Mystery attack on Phillips stirs New York crowd
New York reports say author David Graham Phillips was shot by Harvard graduate Goldsborough Dolan. Phillips has a good chance of recovery though danger remains from p o tential complications. Authorities ponder a motive while Beveridge travels from Washington to visit at the hospital.
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New York
David Graham Phillips
Mpitehagh Coyle
Goldsborough
Phillipe
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Phillips
Washington
Threat to Kill the Joy Riders Posted on Mountain Road
A San Jose dispatch reports Mountaineers along the road between San Jose and Santa Cruz posted a placard declaring eye for an eye and life for a life as a threat to joy riders. Complaints to District Attorney Free claim it is unsafe to send children to school due to speeding.
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San Jose
Cal
Santa Cri
Charlton to be Returned to Italy for Trial
Porter Charlton faces extradition to Italy for the murder of his wife after the federal circuit court ruling. His father said an appeal would be filed. Judge Bell Mab rejected the habeas corpus petition to block the extradition.
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Trenton
N. J
United States Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Court
Porter Charlton
Italy
Charlton
Bell- Mab
Plans Direct R. R. Connection With Portland Soon
Portland in January 24 report states the Western Pacific railroad will gain direct connection with Portland soon. P Hildreth of New York, representing a syndicate of New York and European bankers, is in Portland en route to San Francisco to oversee the $56,900,000 Western Pacific bond issue. He is joined by H H Woltf of Seattle to inspect Pacific lines.
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United Presse
Portland. Or
Western Pacific Railroad
Portland
Hildreth
New York
San Francisco
H. H. Woltf
Seattle
Western Pacific Das
Francisco
Salt
Jury frees Mrs. Kvalshaug amid harrowing needs
In Tacoma on January 2 jurors acquitted Mrs. Kvalshaug after a trial. The defendant, said to lack money and a home, faced a precarious future as the community weighed her fate.
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Tacoma
Girl 16 Pleads Guilty to Bigamy at Refuge
Rather Dalke of Buffalo, aged 16, has been admitted as an inmate of the Western House of Refuge in Albion New York after pleading guilty to bigamy. She claims her first marriage was the result of a joke.
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Albion
Rather Dalke
Buffalo
Western House of Refuge
Banks Suspended in Utah Amid Cash Withdrawals
United Press reports Utah banks, including the Utah Banking Company offices at American Fork and Lehi, suspended operations due to inability to realize on assets to meet heavy depositor withdrawals. Prominent cause cited is liquidity strain from customers removing cash.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Utah Banking Company
American Fork
Lehi
Southern California Urges Taft for Panama Exposition in San Francisco
Southern California presses on President Taft with urgent reasons to hold the Panama exposition in San Francisco. A flood of telegrams to Washington follows a day of extensive messages from the southern part of the state urging the plan.
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Los Angeles
California
Taft
San Francisco
Trains Snowbound in Rockies Delays Extend Westbound Service
Snow blocks the Rockies delaying Great Northern trains by 12 to 24 hours with all westbound mall trains arriving late. Two weeks earlier a similar blockade caused detours via Helena using the Northern Pacific tracks to bypass stalled trains.
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Rockies
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Helena
Suit Over Undelivered Telegram Claims Damages
Charles B Corcoran and Mabel Corcoran sue the Postal Telegraph Company for 2100 dollars claiming failure to deliver a telegram notifying Mr. Corcoran of a dangerous illness. The action seeks compensation for damages arising from the omission.
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Postal Telegraph Company
Charles B
Mabel Corcoran
Corcoran
Federal tobacco import probe targets Cuba discrepancies
Federal authorities initiate nationwide inquiry into wrapper and filler statistics of tobacco imports from Cuba. Officials say the alleged fraud deprived the government of 3 to 5 million dollars annually for five years.
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New York
Cuba
Big Project Salem Irrigation Plan Aims to Reclaim 20000 Acres
A syndicate of Oregon and eastern capitalists plans to reclaim 20000 acres of Marion county land in eastern Salem through irrigation. The project, a milestone in state agricultural progress, targets development in the generations-long settlement program.
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Salem
Oregon
Marion County
Ancient pure food law traced to King Ahab era
Cambridge Mass January 24 A Harvard professor reveals that the first pure food labels appeared in 900 B C during King Ahab's reign. Excavations in Satiaria Palestine uncovered Hebrew wine records kept in a government warehouse.
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Cambridger
Mass
Wiley
Washington
Ahab
Palestine
B. C
George A. Hebner
Harvard
Satiaria
Seats for Symphony Concert Onsale At Moore Theatre
Tickets go on sale at 109 AM today for a Symphony concert featuring Jaroslav Kocian the Bohemian violinist. The sale is at the Moore Theatre.
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Jaroslav Kocian
Saloiat
Moore Theatre
Mrs Curtiss Sees No Fear In Curtiss Flight
Mrs Glenn Curtiss, wife of the pioneer aviator, says familiarity with air travel does not breed fear. She claims repeated flights without serious incidents have eased her anxieties and she does not fear when her husband takes to the sky.
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San Francisco
Glenn Curtiss
Boy Survives 40 Foot Plunge Near Republican Street
Robert Haines, son of Manley B. Haines of 515 Harvard Ave, fell 40 feet head first to the sidewalk after becoming tangled in live telephone wires being installed by a repair crew near Republican Street and Broadway. Dr. J M Lea at City Hospital reported no serious injuries.
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Manley B. Haines
Harvard Ay. N
Republian St
Broadway
J. M. Lea
City Hospital
Harlem Tommy Murphy Scraps Bout With Knockout Brown
Harlem fighter Tommy Murphy announced he cannot condition for the match with Knockout Brown set for tomorrow night at the Empire Athletic Club due to grippe illness. Luke Lea, elected U S senator from Tennessee, is noted as owner of a Nashville newspaper formerly owned by the late Senator Carmack.
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New York
Harlem
Tommy Murphy
Empire Athletic Club
Brown
Tommy
Nashville
Tenn
Luke Lea
United States
Tennessee
Nashvilles
Carmack
Rabies Epidemic Alarms Bakersfield Dog Owners
Members of the Field Trials club meeting in Bakersfield report fear for their blooded dogs as a rabies outbreak leads to multiple canine deaths in the area. The epidemic has raised safety concerns among local breeders and handlers.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Field Trials Club
Scandal Breaks Him In San Francisco Health Crisis
Lieut. Copl. Robert C. Ames, court-martialed in the Philippines after Lieut. C. M. Janney’s death by his own hand, is now a patient at Presidio General Hospital. He arrived recently aboard the transport Sheridan.
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Philippines
C. M. Janney
Robert C. Ames
Presidio General Hospital
Sheridan
YWCA selects chair for 100 member campaign committee
Mrs. Clarence L. White heads a 100 member YWCA committee to start a ten day drive on March 15 to raise 400000 for a new Des Moines building. In Des Moines Iowa on January 24 Byers withdraws from the senatorial race while Kenyon and Funk gain and the deadlock persists.
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Clarence L. White
Des Moines
Byers
Kenyon and
Funk
Seattle recall election registration rises to 61663
One thousand nine hundred thirty five voters registered yesterday, swelling Seattle’s recall election total to 61663. GI workers helped drive registration while Burns Detective agency watched for suspected registrants ahead of election day.
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Gill
Dilling
Seattle
Burns Detective Agency
Health Advice Fragments Urge Ventilation and Caution
A garbled collection of admonitions urges light eating and drinking to stay fit. It warns against bad colds and crowded, poorly ventilated places and stresses treating pneumonia as contagious.
Robbery at Pilton’s Home Leaves Pennies Missing
G E Pilton of 1419 Eighth av reports a room worker searched his clothes and took every penny he had. He chose not to report the incident to police, deeming it a waste of time.
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G. E. Pilton
Pilton
Three Babes Are Blind Asks Divorce
Abraham Phillips sues Lena Phillips for divorce in Brooklyn Supreme Court claiming their three children were born blind and that two of Lena’s brothers were also born blind. The trial judge has granted Lena ten dollars weekly alimony while proceedings continue.
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New York
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Abraham Phillips
Anyt
Lena
Phillips
Marean
Double Romance Ends In Secret Ind. Wedding
In Green Castle Indiana on January 24 United Press reports Miss Ethel Halsted daughter of James Halsted of Brazil Indiana married Bert Connelly of Clinton after a hurried romance. The ceremony followed a public wedding invitation to Miss Halsted and James Evans of Indianapolis. Connelly, a former college sweetheart, acted on pleadings and attended the private nuptials.
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Green Castle
Ind
Ethel Halsted
James Halsted
Brazil
James Evans
Indianapolis
Hubbard Attacks Watson Over Corruption Charges
In Charleston West Virginia on January 24 Representative Hubbard opened a bid against Watson the Democratic caucus nominee for the short term United States senator amid corruption accusations.
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Charleston
W. Way
Hubbard
Watson
Democratic Caucus
United States
Woman Ends Life After Hospital Operation
Despondent over an operation at a local hospital Mrs Addie Tolama 28 wife of Andrew Tolama janitor at St James apartments 16th av and Yesterway ingested two ounces of carbolic acid just after 6 this morning Tolama awakened by groans physician summoned but she died before aid Funeral plans not yet made.
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Addie Tolema
Andrew Tolama
St. James Apartments
16Th Av
Yesterway
Tolama
Ugly charge against Shomo at Duchess saloon
Detectives from the Public Welfare league allege Charles Shomo owner of the Duchess saloon paid six men 60 cents each to register. They say he picked up the men from the Scandinavian hotel and moved them to a Washington street hotel for a second registration. A witness says after that the crowd returned to Shomo's saloon where they were paid 50 cents more each. If they attempt to vote on February 7 they will be jailed.
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Public Welfare League
Shomo
Washington
Mainste
Washington At
Shome
New Boss of Steel Named for Cory’s Job
James A. Farrell chosen as president of United States Steel Corporation at age 32. He is married with several children, based in Brooklyn, and has long steel background including leading the United States Steel Products Export Company since 1902.
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Steel Trust
Cory
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
Brooklyn
United States Steel Products Export Company
Reconsideration of Backus Amid Senate Bombshell
Olympia January 24 Consideration of the confirmation of M F Backus Beattle bank president and regent of the state university was set for 2 oclock today after a Senate committee report. The report said Backus held 200 shares of stock 20000 in bonds and that half the bonds went to his granddaughter while his son held the rest. It also stated he transferred to an Eastern financier the 200 shares under power of attorney.
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Olympia
M. F. Backus
Beattle Bank
The
State University
Shell
Senate
Nichols
King
Hackus
Metropolitan Building Co
Itle
Backus
Roosevelt likely to back Progressive League says Poindexter
Washington representative Miles Poindexter told the insurgents club that Roosevelt may support the new Progressive League. Poindexter said Roosevelt is not yet tied to the National Progressive Republican movement but could become a leader if he backs the insurgency. Rumors spread that Roosevelt would respond through The Outlook and issue a statement soon.
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New York
Idena
Roosevelt
New Progressive League
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Insurgents’ Club
Poindexter
Progressive Republican Movement
League
Progressive League
Republican Party
Madison
Kansas
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Methodists Call for Gill Recall in Seattle
A declaration by Seattle Methodist Ministers endorses the recall of mayor H. C. Gill and denounces intimidation of citizens. The statement urges residents to oust Gilliam, warns against inflaming passions against the laws of God and state, and designates February 7 as memorable for his relegation to oblivion.
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Methodist
Seattle
H. C. Gill
Gilliam
Christ
Progressives split on Taft policy in new league debate
Washington factions discuss whether the National Progressive Republican League signals a third party in 1912 or aims to push progressive legislation. Leaders deny plans to defeat Taft while others say the move seeks closer to popular government and broader Republican reforms.
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Washington, D. C
National Progressive Age
Taft
National Progressive Republican League
Bristow
Kansas
New Contest for Women Readers prize is a cook book
Sunday morning breakfast puzzle invites Seattle housewives to submit an ideal economical breakfast. The Star will award Marion Harland's all cloth bound Cook Book to the best entry submitted this week. Entries must be received by Thursday night and sent to Sunday Breakfast Editor, The Star.
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Seattle
the Star
Marion Harland
Allcloth
The
Kitchen Authority
Tomorrow's Bathrobe Sale For Women Blanket Bathrobes
A promotional notice advertises a limited sale on women’s blanket bathrobes including kimonos and dressing gowns. It lists price cuts from five to seven dollars, offering several styles and colors with trims and neck shapes to attract shoppers.
Kimono Sale Prices Cut at Local Store
Three kimonos priced at 2.95 and 2.39 dollars appear alongside 3.75 and 3.19 dollar options in a local sale. The ad highlights multiple yen style garments and discounted prices for shoppers.
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