Cryptogram Case Probed Over Graft Messages
District Attorney Fickert pursues a mystery of cryptograms tied to graft cases raised by Patrick Calhoun. Stone decoded first letters of May 23 1908 to Aug 4 1909 ads and linked threats to Calhoun and others, including Chief Biggy.
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William R. Stone
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Los Angeles
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Cornell seniors clash with police at student resort
Ithaca reports Cornell seniors object to police interference as two officers arrest Clarence J. Pope of Pittsburg and Pauendael W. Williams of Salt Lake City after they attacked officers trying to remove them from a student gathering.
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Clarence J. Pope
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Pauendael W. Willams
Salt Laks
Naval Militia Plans Coastal Defense Exercises Next July
Seattle area yacht clubs join the state marine militia in coast defense drills July 13 to 17. Amateur crews aboard power and sailing craft will attempt to slip past Fort Worden Casey and Flagler under cover of darkness as sentries monitor with searchlights and guards.
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Bellingham
Olympia
Forts Worden
Casey
Flagler
Col. Whistler
C. Benson Wood
Seattle
Nick Carter
Forta
Man Is Sentenced to Sit Six Sundays in Church
A Moscow Idaho man named Krier was fined three dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. He appealed the ruling rather than serving the six Sunday church penance. Police Judge Strong showed leniency but allowed the appeal path. The dispatch adds a Helena weather note with bitter cold readings.
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Moscow
Ida
Krier
Strong
Cured Singer Bequeaths Organs To Medical College
Bert Morphy the Chicago singer died in Detroit after arranging to donate his lungs and throat to Bennett Medical College. The case drew interest from medical men as Morphy reportedly cured tuberculosis through outdoors singing and the college paid him well for the organs to be returned to his family.
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Detroit
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Bert Morphy
Chicago
Bennett Medic College
Morphy
Million for Washington Hall proposed by Masons
Alexandria Va February 28 plans move forward to create a National Masonic Memorial with a one million dollar fund to build a Masonic hall of fame. The site near Christ Church Washington Street is tied to his early surveying days and a historic Masonic lodge stands nearby.
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George Washington
Masonic Memorial Association
Masonic “Hall of Fame
Christ Church
Washington
Hila
Ohio
University of Wisconsin Inquiry Over Socialist Teaching
A special board of visitors committee in Madison opens an inquiry into charges that socialist ideas are taught at the University of Wisconsin. The panel seeks truth and to clear the university, also considering the Emma Gobdman incident as students testify.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Board of Visitors
Emma Gobdman
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