Diamond Bill Newman Shot Dead in Stockton Robbery
Wm Newman known as Diamond Bill Newman proprietor of the Hoffman case saloon in Stockton California was slain by a masked robber who escaped with Newman's $500 diamond ring and $750 diamond stud. The killer fired four shots killing Newman instantly as five card players hid in a rear room. Police pursued the robber through fog for blocks but he escaped.
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United Press
Stockton
Cal
Newman
Bill
Hoffman
Schooner Thayer Rescued and Towed After Sinking
Wireless from Table Bluff reports the schooner C. A. Thayer picked up by the steamer J. B. Stetson and towed south waterlogged with pumps out of commission.
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Eureka
Cal
Table Bluff
C. A. Thayer
J. B. Stetson
Supreme Court Sides With Employers in Liability Case
The U S Supreme Court issued a decision on the employers liability issue linked to the 1908 constitutional framework. Justice VandeVanter authored the opinion, detailing the majority stance and implications for workers rights.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Constitu
Mae Peaieares
Vandevante
Dividing China Report Says Partition Begins
Dispatches from Odessa indicate the partition of China has begun as the Manchu emperor plans to resign, with parallel reports from St Petersburg confirming the resignation.
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China
United Press Leacee Wise
London
Odessa
St. Petersburg
Wealthy Political Prisoners Escape From Lisbon Prisons
Twenty wealthy political prisoners bribed wardens at the Oporti military prison in Lisbon to obtain arms files and ropes. Five men including two priests escaped on the roof but were pursued by troops and several others were wounded. Royalist prisoners fill military forts amid monarchist conspiracies.
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United Prees
Lisbon
Badajose
Oporti Military Prison
Freezum Cases Dismissed and Appeal Planned
Deputy Prosecutor White dismissed the freezum cases against Henry Kastner Adam Nietzel George Beck and S O Havick after a $500 aggregate fine in justice court two years ago He will appeal one remaining freezum case The state failed to prove injurious effects in superior court while a supreme court test case on freezum’s safety is considered
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Supreme Court &S
White
Henry Kastner
Adam Nietzel
George Beck
O. Havick
Justice Court
Agent Sues Hillman Over Unpaid Commissions
S. B. Smith acting as assignee for nine salesmen sues millionaire real estate man C. D. Hillman for 4969.33 in commissions on land sales. In Salt Lake City the case follows reports of Reagan’s disappearance and the body found frozen on the city outskirts. Dance at Dreamland tonight.
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Hillman
S. B. Smith
C. D
Salt Lake City
Utah
Chas. H. Reagan
Roosevelt Seeks Referendum To Limit Court Power
Ex president Roosevelt urges a statewide referendum allowing the public to veto court rulings by making a law binding if the people so choose. In his Outlook article he argues courts should not block laws, but may be reviewed by a popular vote after a delay, as a check on judicial overreach. He defends the judiciary as a body while warning against servility to courts.
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New York
Roosevelt
Judges and Progress
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Supreme Court
Hhis
Court of Appeal
Supreme Court of the Nation
Schumann-Heink Seeks Divorce Over Family First
In St Louis on January 15 Mme Schumann-Heink announces plans to sue her younger husband Wm Rapp for divorce. She cites prioritizing eight children over the marriage while praising Rapp as cultured and proper, noting they have been separated and she is on tour for the sake of her children.
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ST. Louis
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Wm. Rapp
Rapp
Schumann- Heink
New York
Franklin May Plead Guilty in McNamara Case
Bert H. Franklin, facing charges of bribing jurors in the McNamara case, may plead guilty. Arguments on a motion to set aside informations will be heard next Wednesday after Franklin appeared in Judge Willis' department of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Bert H. Franklin
McNamara
Franklin
Willis
Department of the Superior Court
Men’s Equal Suffrage Club Forms in Oregon
Portland Oregon January 15 1913 the Men s Equal Suffrage club debuts with W M Davis as president aiming to secure women s voting rights in Oregon the sole Pacific coast state without woman suffrage and requiring members to pledge to vote for any woman suffrage amendment at the next election.
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Portland, Or
Oregon
Men's Equal Suffrage Club
W. M. Davis
Pacific Coast
Address on Our Relation to Labor From a Commercial and Social Standpoint
Leites, a Seattle resident of 16 years active in the socialist movement, will deliver an address tomorrow evening at the club rooms. The talk focuses on Our Relation to Labor From a Commercial and Social Standpoint.
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Reatme Sese
M. B
Leites
Seattle
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