Castle Roadhouse Raid Reveals Hidden Cellar of Beer and Wine
Sheriff Beebe led a raid on The Castle roadhouse seven miles out, arresting about a dozen revelers and seizing a cellar full of beer wine and whisky. Scott Malone appeared during the raid and collected liquor as officers loaded cases into a sheriff’s car. Bail amounts ranged to $800 for some and $50 for witnesses.
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Scott Malone
Depwith
Alea
W. Wilkens
Jacks
Whitaker
Carousal
Malone
Sheriff's Auto
Gertle Evans
Lillie Sanders
Sadie Green
Ginda Weiss
B. Freedes
Arthur Ross
Louis Gold
Jack Siegel
Isaic Greenbaum
Beore
King and Queen Mary Attend Tillygunge Event
King and Queen Mary joined official receptions amid the Tillygunge horse show. The visit featured horse riding displays and a display of royal entries. The king’s presence accompanied by notable relatives underscored the itinerary of the royal couple.
School Returns Spark Fears of Exams for Teens
After vacation the school routine resumes as younger pupils adjust to back to class while older students face looming exams. In a separate incident, 18 year old Arthur Simmons spanks the schoolmaster and receives a hard strap before being expelled.
American Women Defeat Baroness De Meyer In Fencing
New York January 2. Baroness de Meyer, noted international fencing champion, met two American women fencers at the Pencers' club and lost. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Jr and Mrs. Adelaide Baylis, prominent in society, fenced with the baroness and won in both bouts. The baroness, wife of a Russian noble, is visiting New York for a few weeks.
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Veal
Baroness DE Meyer
New York
Baronese de Meyer
Pencers
Stuyvesant Fish, Jr
Adelaide Baylis
Russian Lust for Blood in Tabriz Persia
Russian troops in Tabriz have hanged eight Persian patriots and dragged their bodies through the streets. Authorities fear daily executions as czarist forces press reprisals after invading Persian territory without a declaration of war.
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United Press
Tabriz
Persia
Fall of Pekin Next
Imperial troops at Lan Chow in Kwangeu province desert the Manchu colors and march on Pekin under Gen. Wang Wei Tee. Rebels in the south advance toward the capital as the fall of Peking seems inevitable, threatening the throne's stability.
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Tientsin
Chita
Dan
Lanchow
Kwangeu
China
Wang Wei Tee
Yuan Shi Kai
Pekin
Peking
Labor's Attitude On McNamara Case Stirs Portland Unions
Local union leaders in Portland state they will take no stand for or against Trehmoe Johannsen Clancy and Munney who face conspiracy charges linked to the Los Angeles dynamitings. They say they believe them innocent but do not want labor to be drawn into their trial.
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Portland, Or
Organized Labor
Portland
Trehmoe
Johannsen
Clancy
Munney
McNamara
Los Angeles
Bank receiver recovers keys from vault bars
Vancouver Washington January 2. M J Kies receiver of the Commercial Bank could not enter his home at midnight because he had left his keys in the bank vault. The vault was locked and Kies fished the keys off a shelf through the bars of the vault door.
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Vancouver
Wash
M. J. Kies
Commercial Bank
Seattle Citizens Press City to Sell Car Line Bonds Now
A Rainier Valley delegation questions whether Seattle banks will fund the city car line project under Erickson’s ordinance. Citizens urge the treasurer or comptroller to sell bonds directly, noting about 4 million dollars in city funds in bank deposits with high interest. Delegation members include James Tulloch H. J. Proberfeld M. Y. Catcutt F. W. Holl and H. B. Jensen.
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Seattle
Terry
Erickson
Rainier Valley
James Tulloch
H. J. Proberfeld
M. Y. Catcutt
F. W. Holl
H. B. Jensen
Chicago Quake Shocks City Early Morning
A minor earthquake struck Chicago at 16 21 today alarming residents and rattling chandeliers and bottles. Forecaster Cox reported no recording instruments but confirmed the tremor lasted seconds with east west vibration. Joliet buildings trembled and inmates in a state penitentiary faced concern as panic spread.
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Chicago
Cox
Joliet
State Penitentiary
Progressives Tour Ohio Back La Follette Bid
Led by Gifford Pinchot and Senators Mones Clapp and John D. Works a dozen national reputations spread across Ohio to press progressive principles. La Follette’s supporters say the conference deferred endorsing him for the presidency at his request, but 7 to 1 favored the same outcome in principle.
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Columbus
Gifford Pinchot
U. S
Forester
Mones Clapp
Minnesota
John D. Works
California
Ohio
la Follette
Progressive Conference
Carnegie Denied Aid Sought by Gillespie in Death
James Gillespie, 80, died in Los Angeles after failing to receive medical help from boyhood friend Andrew Carnegie. Gillespie’s supporters said Carnegie refused passage money for a New York specialist. Gillespie had borrowed 10 pounds from Carnegie’s father years earlier, with compound interest now totaling about $2,000.
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Los Angeles
Andrew Carnegie
James Gillespie
Gillespie
Carnegie
New York
Steel King
Gillespie, Jr
Tragic Green Lake sledding accident wounds seven
A seven person sledding party at Green Lake collided with a board two feet high, injuring several. Anna Poreyth 16 suffered lacerations and critical condition. Otto Forsyth 26 and Walter Forsyth 21 sustained internal and minor injuries. Gladys Carson 14 and Zella Carson 15 received minor injuries. Clyde Hutts 24 had facial cuts.
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Green Lake
Anna Poreyth
Otto
Walter Forsyth
The
Sythe
Fisie Randolph
Pacific Hospital
Gladys Carson
Zella Carson
Clyde Hutts
W. H. Hossman
Forsythe
N. 64Th St
Fremont Ay
Linden At
Taft to Force T. R. to Show His Hand
Washington rumors say President Taft plans to pressure Theodore Roosevelt into declaring his candidacy for the Republican nomination. Secretaries and bankers are reportedly involved, with Hilles traveling to New York to consult with Otto L. Barnard before possible talks with Roosevelt.
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Taft
T. R
United Prese
Washington
Col. Roosevelt
White House
C. D. Hilles
New York
Roosevelt
Hilles
Otto L. Barnard
Lucky Couple Marries at Ball Receives Gifts From Sponsors
The public wedding of Jane Willard Stantis and Lorraine White at a Native Boys ball concluded with sponsors presenting two sacks of potatoes, a license, minister fee, champagne, four nights lodging, a bath, shoe shines, blankets, and a free shave for the groom.
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Cky
Jane Willard Stantis
Lorraine White
Millionaire figures in Seattle: bankers list forty real fortunes
Seattle bankers estimate about forty people truly exceed one million dollars. Cyrus Walker tops the list with around twenty million, while Jaco Furth and others are noted high on the scale. Mrs. Frank McDermott is named as Seattle’s wealthiest woman with substantial Bon Marche stock. The Star provides a long roster of names and estates tied to the million-dollar mark.
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Little Johnnie
Secon
Seattle
Jaco Furth
Cyrus Walker
Sound
Madison and
Seconday
Burke
Frank McDermott
Co. H. Frye
M. F. Backus
H. C. Henry
Hs Denny
The
Haller
Yesler
Collins
Schoenfeld
Laundries Closed in New York Strike Paralyzes City
Twenty thousand women and girls in New York steam and hand laundries struck, with 90 percent of laundries closed and many more to shut tomorrow. Strikers, poorly clothed, stood picket lines while strike breakers yielded to pleas to leave. In London, King George and Queen Mary reportedly to undertake state visits to European capitals this year.
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New York
United Press
New Yoork
London
the Express
George
Mary
Robbery Targets Wilde Trial Evidence
In Oakland area papers, the district attorney and special prosecutor A. E. Clark report that late last night unknown intruders broke into their offices, stealing bank books and cancelled checks tied to Louis J. Wilde's embezzlement trial set for January 8. Wilde calls the act a conspiracy to blacken his name.
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Wilde
Oak United Press
TLAND
Cameron
A. E. Clark
Louis J. Wilde
San Diego
Oregon Savings and Trust Company
Chamber of Commerce
Ethel Williams on Stand Under Hot Fire
Ethel Williams testifies in San Francisco on January 2 as defense attorney Samuel Shortridge seeks impeachment of Dr. O C Josien on trial for alleged betrayal. She denies conversations about jealousy and a letter to Annie Huston, and cannot recognize handwriting.
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Ethel Williams
Stand
United Press
San Francisco
Ethel Willliams
Samuel Shortridge
O. C. Jossen
Shortridge
Merle Weaver
Josien
Dill Chorus
Mise Williams
Mise Weaver
Dr. Josien
Miss Weaver
Dr. Joslen
Miss Huston
Ginger girl vanishes after Columbia performance in Oakland
Dan De Pearth Berger, one of the ginger girls at the Columbia theatre, disappeared on Christmas Eve after the show. Authorities suspect elopement or return to a former husband, while the press agent remains silent.
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Oakland
Cal
Dan de Pearth
Berger
Columbia Theatre
Here
San Francisco
Mum
State fight for days in western dry campaign
Officials of the Anti-Saloon league announced a state campaign to turn wet towns dry will be formally inaugurated in a few days. For 1914 all local option elections will be held simultaneously in November. Any district voting wet must remain so until November 1914, and the same applies to any territory added to the dry column.
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Ox Pulece
Ane
Anti-Saloon League
Man Burns Trying to Save Wife from Fire
In Vancouver British Columbia on January 2 Henry Watts attempted to rescue his wife from flames. A grate coal fire set his wife's skirt ablaze causing Watts to suffer severe burns to his face and hands.
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Vancouver
B. C
Henry Watts
Righthaw
Seattle Weather Forecast Through Wednesday
Forecast calls for fair weather in Seattle and vicinity with light easterly winds tonight and Wednesday. Washington statewide also expected to remain fair tonight and Wednesday.
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Seattle
Washington
Names on Recall Checks for Councilmen Bisine and Wardal
Checking of recall petitions began this morning with deputies under Chief Registration Clerk Courtney. The process continues pending an opinion from the corporation counsel on petition validity. Councillors Blaine and Wardall claim petitions filed Saturday duplicate those from last August and cite invalidity.
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Bisine and
Wardal
Courtney
Corporation Counsel
Blaine
Wardall
Ukiah Editor Returns After Knockout Ordeals
Chas. G. Halliday, young Ukiah editor, recounts being drugged on the San Francisco waterfront and waking near Calgary with $450 missing. He disappeared December 7 while in San Francisco to pay newspaper bills and traveled home by rail line and rough footpath.
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United Press
Ukiah
Cal
San Francisco
Calgary
Alberta
Chas. G. Halliday
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