Heiress Clara Baldwin Stocker Spends Huge Estate Windfall
Clara Baldwin Stocker, heir to the Lucky Baldwin estate, vows to spend a million to have a good time. Purchases include diamonds, a steam yacht, Arcadia and Venice residences, a private Pullman car, autos, silverware, and furnishings totaling about 710000 with many more items bringing expenditures near 1 million.
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Baldwin
Clara Baldwin Stocker
Arcadia
Northamins
Venice
Millionaire heiress arrives in private car for shopping spree
Mrs Clara Baldwin Stocker heir to the Elias Jackson Baldwin estate returns from Chicago in a private car to start spending a million or two to secure luxury gems and wares. She proclaims money buys true enjoyment and previews rooms aboard the California, the Pullman car, including dining and art gallery like spaces.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clara Baldwin Stocker
Elias Jackson
Baldwin
Chicago
California
Mutsikushitami
Darby
Mrs. Stocker
Borax Smith
Free Religion Lectures by John Orr Corliss at Arcade Hall
True Americanism and liberty in civil and religious terms will be discussed by John Orr Corliss of California at Arcade hall on January 16 17 and 18. Corliss and the Religious Liberty bureau are touring the West to promote constitutional ideals.
Progressives of State Oppose Truce With Old Parties
Five hundred progressives resumed the state conference at Rathskeller hall after caucuses. Arthur W. Davis of Spokane delivered the keynote and urged no fusion with any major party. A floor resolution endorsed by C. J. France declared opposition to combining with Republicans Democrats or others, while Col. Roosevelt's stance received praise. The banquet featured J. A. Falconer J. W. Bryan and Bob Hodge as main speakers with Davis delivering a strong keynote.
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State Central Committee
Edgar C. Snyder
Arthur W. Davia
Spokane
Davin
Republican Party
C. J. France
Democratic Party
Col. Roosevelt
Snyder
Davis
Will H. Parry
King County Progressive League
Lorenzo Dow
Aga
J. A. Falconer
J. W. Bryan
Bob” Hodge
Col. Hoosevelt
Progressive Party
Idaho Supreme Court
Progressive
Snow troubles ease for transcontinental railroads
All three transcontinental railroads run on schedule today and Cascades problems appear resolved. Great Northern freight service resumes as temperatures drop on Friday, averting new slides or disruptions.
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Cascades
Great Northern
Seven High Pupils Elope In Spokane Record
Seven North Central high school pupils eloped or secretly married during the Christmas term eclipsing prior records. George Woodcock, a senior, and Agnes Holtzgren triggered the spurt as the semester closed. The affair marks a Northwest interval of hush marriages among local teens.
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Spokane
George Woodcock
Agnes Holtzgren
North Central High School
Northwest
Three Hurt In Smashup Of Taxicab
A taxi driven by Richard Eves crashed into a Studebaker police car on Fourth Avenue at 2 am injuring Dorothy Norton and Mrs Carter. Norton remains hospitalized with bruises while Eves and Mrs Carter were treated and released. a man in the taxi disappeared after the collision. Dan Keane and Patrolman Legate suffered minor injuries.
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Richard Eves
Studebaker
Dorothy Norton
Mra
Helen Carter
Eves
Dan Keane
C .O. Legate
Kane
Capt
Searing
City Hospital to Hire Woman Doctor
The city council finance committee on Friday recommended appointing a woman physician to the city hospital staff. The move follows a petition from the Federated Women's Clubs of Seattle noting many women need hospital exams to obtain certificates for jobs handling cooked food.
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City Hospital
Federated Women's Clubs of
Seattle
Arrest in pension fraud case shocks county jail
Thomas Callahan, described as a cripple, claims enrollment in Company A 43rd Wisconsin and an honorable discharge at Nashville. He sits in the county jail awaiting removal to Fargo North Carolina where the government charges him with obtaining a pension by false claims.
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Thomas Callahan
43Rd Regiment
Wisconsin
Nashville
Tenn
Fargo
N. C
Guggenheim Wall divorce case backed by Wall Street syndicate
Grace Guggenheim Wall seeks to overturn a divorce decree won by William Guggenheim. Attorney Jacob Newman says a Wall Street syndicate supports the suit but will not disclose the backers. Ed Saunders and Carl Wilson lead a recent Y.M.C.A. membership contest, receiving silver cups at the Clemmer theatre and then being hosted at the Rainier club and the Washington.
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Grace Guggenheim-Wall
Wm. Guggenheim
Wall Sr
Jacob Newman
Guggenheim
Newman
Ed Saunders
Carl Wilson
MC. A
Clemmer Theatre
Rainier Club
Washington
Woman turns prison into home for hopeful girls
Bedford New York January. A reformer, Dr Katherine Davis, runs Hedford reformatory for women turning a prison into a home. Hundreds of girls from New York City receive education work and kindness on 300 acres under a motherly staff. Few escape during ten years as girls learn and grow.
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Bedford
N. Y
Jan. K
Americas
Hedford
New York State
Ife
Dr. Davis
Will
Church Holds Its Annual Meeting and Dinner
The University Congregational church held its annual dinner and meeting with over half of 417 members in attendance. They reported last year’s receipts of 9350 dollars, including 1000 for benevolences, and voted to raise the pastor H C Mason’s salary. Deacons A W Frater and AP Zimmerman were elected for 1912 with Ben Phillips named Sunday school superintendent. A Japanese liner Manshu Maru arrives from Portland to load coal for Shanghai voyage.
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University Congregational Church
H. C. Mason
A. W. Frater
AP Zimmerman
Ben Phillips
Portland
Shanghai
Servian Woman Reunited With Parents After Six Years
Belgrade dispatch reports a Servian woman abducted by a wealthy Albanian six years ago is returned to her parents near the old Turkish frontier. With her four year old child, she seeks protection from the harem. The magistrate doubted her at first due to Turkish dress but the boy’s answer that he is Servian when father is away confirmed her claim and both were sent to her village.
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Belgrade
Uskub
Rockefeller crops dandelions bloom at Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller found a large dandelion crop on his Pocantico Hills estate due to an open winter. His Italian gardeners, who favored the greens, bought the crop from their wages.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Slashed by Blackhand in Tacoma
Enrico Giovanni Mazza Italian machine shop owner on Center street was found with fatal razor wounds after being attacked around six in the morning by a masked assailant. Police say a longstanding gang with similar past acts is behind the assault.
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Tacoma
John M
Center Street
Mazza
Tim
Bigang
Enrico Giovanni
Kittitas County Opens Water Rights Deal For Canal
A contract approved by Secretary of Interior Fisher enables the High Line Canal water supply. The $12 per acre water rate from the Reclamation Service covers Kittitas and adjacent lands. The 91,000 acre project aims to bring irrigation to the county after years of effort.
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Jan L
Tas County
Secretary of Interior
Fisher
Kittitas
Katches
Titas County
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