Meeting of Young Republicans Over Humphrey Appointment Debate
A Young Republicans meeting devolved into a dispute over a proposed Humphrey federal judgeship. Members clashed on candidate qualifications and the president’s selection, with calls for delay and a telegram to the president urging caution pending investigation. A mass meeting was planned for Sunday.
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Pierce
Humphrey
Ole Hanson
Mnss
Taft
Rummens
Star
Dreamland Rink
Jury deadlocks in Dr Jossen perjury case in San Francisco
After nearly two dozen ballots all ending 6 to 6 the jury in the Dr Otto C Jossen case, accused of betraying 17 year old candy girl Ethel Williams, is discharged. A new trial is planned with retrial preparations underway. Prosecutor Murphy will pursue perjury charges against bell boys Martin Prince and Joseph Watkins who testified against the girl’s character.
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San Francisco
Otto C. Jonsen
Ethel Williams
Frank J. Murphy
Martin J. Prince
Joseph Watkins
Bell Boys
Government to Examine Morris Packing Co Books
Government attorney James Wilkerson announced a review of Morris Packing Co books by expert accountants, expected to take about a month. The Morris trial resumed with Harry Timmons detailing the firm's records as the courtroom held hundreds of volumes covering three years of shipping lists.
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United Press
Chicago
James Wilkerson
Morris Packing Co
Harry Timmons
Morris Test Cost Department
Weather forecast for tonight and Sunday
Rain tonight and Sunday with high southeast winds. Expect damp conditions and breezy weather across the period.
Fugitive-warrant arrest raises bail to 15000 in bank robberies case
Charles Dean, held on a fugitive’s warrant in Los Angeles, faces $15000 bail for alleged involvement in the New Westminster bank robbery in Canada. Authorities say he was about to post $1000 bail for a minor statutory offense when the fugitive move was set to proceed.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Charles Dean
New Westminster
Canada
Matinee Girls Shape an Actress Says Nana Bryant
Nana Bryant says matinee girls drive an actresss early popularity and can halt or boost careers. She notes managers court the girls approval as their families follow the girls verdicts and dream of romantic leads.
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Nana Bryant
Miss Bryant
Cotterill Enters Mayor Race With Petition Filed
George F. Cotterill filed his mayoralty petition with City Comptroller Hoth this afternoon. An opening campaign meeting at the Commercial Club will form a fifteen member committee to organize the race and later pick a director to run the campaign from the Lumber Exchange headquarters. Rufus R. Wilson withdraws from active management to preserve harmony and support Cotterill in other ways.
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George F. Cotterill
Hothwell
Commercial Club
Progressive
Lumber Exchange
Wilson
Rufus R. Wilson
Edmonton Hospital Fire Drives 25 Patients to Safety
A blizzard and 20 below zero weather accompany a blaze at Edmonton hospital early today. One wing destroyed as 25 patients are moved to safety. Alaska fans urge praise for the carpet bag system amid Arctic fuel shortages.
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Edmonton
Alb
Edmonton Hospital
Alaska
Tts
Funny as three ulcerated teeth in a California robbery
In San Andreas Stephen Cassinelli explains he let three burglars blow open his brother's safe which held only catalogues and ink. He notes the bandits' faces were funny as three ulcerated teeth. In Redding California a sentence is postponed for Daniel Fleming the railroad policeman convicted of killing Geo Vaiker of Tacoma to January 19 for a new trial motion.
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San Andreas
Cal
Stephen Cassinelli
Cassinelli
Redding
Daniel Fleming
Geo. Vaiker
Tacoma
Hall
Taft Promises Respect for Judiciary Amid Bench Controversy
The piece laments Taft's stance on the federal judiciary, arguing the public must control judges and remove those who erode justice. It denounces Humphrey as unfit for high office and warns that party power seeks life tenure on the bench, risking corruption and biased rulings.
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Willum Howard Taft
Arizona
Willum Howard
Willam Howard
Seattle
Humphrey
Taft
Boss Tweed
Satan
Admiral schooner turns turtle with three drowned
The four masted schooner Admiral bound from Walsa to Gray's Harbor sank off the Columbia bar after a gale. Three crewmen drowned while the Hammond life saving crew prepared to rescue the captain, his wife, daughter, and eight others as waves and wind battered the vessel.
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United Prees
Astoria, Or
Admiral
Turtle
Astoria
Hammond Life Saving
Walsa
Gray's Harbor
Governor Hay Seeks Direction on Primary Question
Gov. Hay admitted he has not studied preferential primary elections deeply. At a Young Men’s Republican dinner in Tacoma he faced remarks from Thomas Murphine, noting that without a direct primary law delegates would be handpicked and a tainted convention might snub reforms and Poindexter, stirring debate about insurgent influence.
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Humphrey
Young Men's
Republican Club
Hay
Tacoma
Thomas F. Murphine
King County Republican Central Committee
Progressive League
Murphine
Supreme Court
Poindexter
Leap Year Proposal Contest for Girls at The Star
The Star invites girls and women to write proposal letters of up to 100 words for a chance to win theatre seats. Prizes include 4 and 2 seats at the Metropolitan and Moore theatres for performances of Robert Hilliard in A Fool There Was and Paul Armstrong's The Deep Purple. Submit to D. Cupid, care of The Star.
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Metropolitan
Moore Theatre
Star Office
Robert Hilliard
Metropolitan Theatre
Kipling
Paul Armstrong
Hammond Seeks Corporation Counsel Post in Recall Campaign
The Star profiles Frank E. Hammond candidate for corporation counsel. Born in Hamburg Iowa in 187? he ran a confectionery and sold papers in youth, studied at Iowa University and George Washington University, moved to Seattle in 1906, is married with three children and resides at 1728 32nd Ave. He campaigned as an active Gill partisan during recall.
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Carnon Counsel
Geattie
Frank EE. Hammond
Frank BE
Hammond
Frank
Little Burg
Hamburg
Iowa University
Law
Washington, D. C
George Washington University
Seattle
Gill
Former Judge Charged With Bribery in Rail Scandal
The Shasta county grand jury indicts former Superior Judge Geo W Bush, Southern Pacific counsel, and a railroad officer in a bribery case. Witness Frank Hooper testified a bribe offer included money, a free railroad ticket, and a lifetime job.
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Tone Press
Redding
Cals
Geo. W. Bush
Southern Pacific
Railroat
J. J. Harold
Geo. W. Mundorf
Shasta County
Grand Jury
Frank Hooper
Daniel Fleming
Geo. Vaiker
Tacoma
Harold Rogers
Chas. W. Braynard
Starving gulls fed as Milwaukee covers ice with refuse
Milwaukee officials spread café and restaurant refuse over harbor ice to feed thousands of starving gulls amid subfreezing weather. The scene shows city measures to help wildlife, while a distant note humorously compares an aerial sleuth thief catcher to other plain clothes crime-fighters.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Los Angeles
Fire and police bankers raise fund for Equitable fire heroes
New York fire and police commissioners approved a banker led appeal to create a fund for the firefighters and officers who tackled the Equitable Building blaze on Broad Street. Leading banking houses joined the petition and the plan promises relief for families of the deceased and substantial compensation for the injured.
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New York
Fire and Police Commissioners of
Wall Street
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Lower Broadway
Safe Crackers Loot Bank in Newport Beach Heavily Wounded Man
Three robbers dynamited the State Bank of Newport early today and escaped with cash after a running gun battle with citizens. A bandit was wounded and fisherman Bradley Kemble was shot twice in the back. authorities pursue the attackers toward Long Beach. The loot included gold and large denomination bills, scattered in the streets.
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Wallace
X. B
Los Angeles
State Bank of
Newport
United Press
Newport Beach
Cal
Cabh
Bradley Kemble
Wm. Hall
Hall
Long Beach
Robt
Squires
Geo. Law
Jackson
Santa Ana
Kemble
Three Years for Grafting in Ohio Senate Sharpens Corruption Case
Rodney Deigile former sergeant at arms of the Ohio state senate was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for complicity in wholesale grafting in the legislature. His attorneys filed a brief appealing the case and arguments will be heard January 23.
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Columbus O
Dan Thtumbus
Ohio
Rodney Deigile
Attempts to Kill Dr. Arthur Morrow in Chicago
Police report several nighttime shootings aimed at Dr. Arthur Morrow stepson of Chas. Morrow the murdered inventor. Anonymous threats urged him to change testimony against Mrs Rene Morrow the accused widow in the preliminary hearing. Ole Hanson attended last night.
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Chicago
Arthur Morrow
Chas. Morrow
Organizing to Keep Husband at Home in Spokane Y M C A Move
The Spokane Y M C A will form a Husband Stay At Home club to urge married men to skip late business and social events and stay by the fireside. G A Forbes of the Y M C A leads the effort, calling the home a nation’s bulwark and noting a nationwide Stay At Home trend.
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Hubby
Spokane, Wash
Jat
Spokane Y. M. C. A
G. A. Forbes
YY. M
United States
Worse Cold Wave Is Due
Weather authorities warn of a deeper cold wave with subzero readings across multiple cities. Record lows include Duluth Minnesota 22 below, Sault Ste. Marie Michigan 28 below, and Green Bay Wisconsin 20 below with several other towns showing double digit subzero temperatures.
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Duluth
Severe Chicago Blizzard Predicted After Cold Wave
Weather officials forecast a more severe cold wave and blizzard for Chicago, arriving tonight from the Canadian prairies. The storm is described as the worst in years, as coal prices rise and temperatures hover near zero, worsening conditions in crowded poor districts.
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Chicago
Canadian Prairies
Coldest Winter Weather Grips Columbus District
In Columbus Indiana on January 13 the thermometer plunged to 27 below zero marking the coldest spell of the winter for the district with frigid conditions affecting daily life.
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Columbus
Ind
New Playfield House Opens on Ballard Playgrounds
The Ballard park board opened the new playfield house with a large turnout and a strong program of addresses by local dignitaries. In Victoria two sailing vessels collided to show the sail lashed to the mast, while two steamers crashed in the harbor as sparks flew from their steel prows.
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Ballard
Park Board
Victoria
Taft Accepts Bacon Resignation for Harvard Fellowship
In a published letter President Taft accepts ambassador Robert Bacon’s resignation to take a Harvard fellowship. The president cites a Lowell letter urging Harvard to share Bacon’s services with the government. A side note mentions Doc Roller losing three consecutive races in Denver to a Pole with a difficult name.
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Washington
Taft
Robert Bacon
France
Harvard
Bacon
Lowell
Doc Roller
Denver
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