Millionaire Boss Convicted in Atlantic City Graft Case
The wealthy Atlantic City leader Levis Kuehnle received one year in prison with hard labor and a $1,000 fine for grafting on a $310,000 paving contract. Officials say he controlled banks, gas and heating franchises, and local politics while his four lieutenants received shorter sentences. The case highlights entrenched power and a rare substantive punishment for a longtime boss.
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Atlantic City
WN. J
Woodrow Wilson
Levis Kushnle
Millonaire
Sakeen
Kuehnie
Edmund Wilson
Samuel Kalisch
Newark
Keuhnle
Kuehnne
Kaehnhle
Marine Trust Company
SIG
Kuehnle
The
Water Board
Lockwood
United Paving Company
Burns Before Lorimer Probe Shifts in Investigation
Detective William J. Burns testified in the Lorimer hearing that he was hired by the senate committee to review Charles Metjowan’s testimony. He said funding stopped in October and that editor James Keeley later guaranteed payment to continue. Burns said McGowan and his father resided near Toronto and that the elder McGowan denounced him as a liar while Burns described the man as a damned liar.
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Wnt United Press
Ashington
Wm. J. Burns
Lorimer
Senate Investigating Committee
Burns
Lorimer Committee
Chas. Metjiowan
James Keeley
Chicago Tribune
New York
McGowan
Toronto
Mittee
Good Sign In Store Label Warns About Dye Contamination
A store label warns that men with coal tar dyes or benzoate exposure cannot handle certain products. The notice states the product is made with clean tomato products not tomato pulp and does not require ovens or preservatives.
Abrams Ends It This Time with Self Destruction
David Abrams who retracted a prior confession to setting fire to his apartment house died from a self inflicted gunshot wound today in San Francisco. His earlier suicide attempt by gas occurred after learning of tenant Nettie Rouda's arrest on suspicion of arson.
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United Prean _cases
San Francisco
David Abrams
Abrams
Nettie Rouda
Tragic Shooting Deadly Passions End in Suicide
James Hardiker, 28, shot himself at the feet of Mrs. Minnie Creighton in her parents home in Angeles. He had been forbidden the house and died instantly. Creighton is separated from her husband but not divorced.
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Angeles
Ditt Angeles
James Hardiker
Minnie Creighton
Hardiker
Mina
Kenzo
Dykepian
Widow Receives One Dollar From Moore Will
John J. Moore left his estate primarily to his son Jefferson McLeod Moore and cut his widow Lil lian L. Moore out with one dollar, citing reasons in the will after the capitalist was killed by Samuel R. Timothy amid suspicions of wife’s intimacy.
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Redwood City
Cal
Lillian L. Moore
John J. Moore
Samuel R. Timothy
Jefferson McLeod Moore
Moore
Woman wins leap year proposal reward at New Jersey hotel
Arthur Zimmerman of Point Pleasant offered 20 to the first woman who swore she had made a leap year proposal. Mrs. L. Burge of Asbury Park wrote and proposed to Zimmerman and claimed the $20. The hotelman said he never expected a woman would claim both the leap year proposal and the reward.
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Arthur Zimmerman
Point Pleasant
N. J
L. Burge
Asbury Park
Zimmerman
Scott
Promoters Agree on Harbor Island Terminal Plan Changes
The Port Commission meets with Harbor Island Terminal project representatives to finalize modifications to a New York drawn gentlemens agreement. A key change likely lowers the bond issue from 5 million to 3 million, with Je Fenn of the terminal promoters signaling consensus. Judge Dykeman grants Mina Minthorn and Kenzo Torikai divorce citing racial incompatibility, with custody arrangements and visitation for their 18 month old daughter.
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Port Commission
Ain
Harbor Islan
New York
Je Fenn
Mina Minthorn
Kenzo Torikai
Opening Shots Fired by Geo F Cotterill in Seattle Mayoral Bid
George F. Cotterill addressed a crowd at the Armory in Seattle, railing against rival Parish and urging voters to back his nonpartisan, merit‑based approach. He portrayed himself as an experienced city engineer promising lower taxes, steady streets, and honest governance free of political stumping.
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George F. Cotterill
KOW
Mark Hanna
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Gill
Ed Cudihee
Cudihee
Seattle and Chicagoan Elopement Sparks Downtown Romance
A Seattle mining heir M A Silver and Abbie Silver known as Baby Rose eloped in Sacramento on the way to Chicago where Englehardt, son of a retired capitalist and Wright Englehardt vice president, pursued fame after hearing her sing in a fashionable downtown cafe. The couple planned New York education for the girl.
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San Eng
Sy Jan
Reanese
Abbie Silver
Edward & Hardt
M. A. Silver
Seattle
New York
Francis Stewart
Ade
John Doeller
Sacramento
Chicago
Englehardt
Wright-Englehardt Company
Rose
Truck Driver Survives Nighttime Gasoline Fire Incident
James W. Kerry, filling a gasoline tank under a large truck on Olaha street, ignited by a tail lamp, fled the flames in the vehicle. Fire engines and an aerial ladder responded as Kerry, then helped by Ira D. Mundy who extinguished the blaze.
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James W. Kerry
James
Olaha St
Kerry
Geal Gudden
Ira D. Mundy
Cardinal OConnell Returns to Boston From Rome
Thousands of people welcomed Cardinal OConnell as he landed at the Long Wharf aboard the Canopic. Rough seas delayed the ship by two days before the big parade through Boston to his home.
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Boston
Cardinal O'Connell
United States
Rome
Long Wharf
Franklin May Be a Witness Against Clarence Darrow
United Press reports a rumor that Bert H. Franklin confessed on January 14 to Assistant District Attorney W. J. Ford and will be the state's chief witness against Clarence Darrow in two indictments over alleged bribery of McNamara jurors. Franklin hinted he would tell the truth on the stand. Ford declined to discuss the alleged confession.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Bert H. Franklin
W. J. Ford
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
McNamara
Franklin
Ford
Auto tag ends with hospital visit on Priest Street
Fred Mayer walking on Priest Street at night was chased by an auto that began a game of tag without permission. Mayer tried to outrun the car but was struck and taken to the Swedish hospital for injuries.
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Fred Mayer
Priest
Mayer
Deaf mute arrested for disturbing peace to plead tomorrow
A. Btone of Los Angeles, who is deaf and mute, was arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace and will enter a plea tomorrow. He denies that he opened his mouth.
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Los Angeles
Btone
Mrs Jones in Jail Over Insanity Hearing
Coroner filed an insanity complaint in superior court against Edwin Jones widow. Jury verdict says Jones died by unknown hand. Mrs Jones surrendered to police, held without bail awaiting insanity commission hearing.
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Snyder
Edwin Jones
Jones
Twenty women sworn as Fresno police officers
Twenty prominent women are sworn in as full fledged policemen in Fresno California. After their stars were pinned and they took the oath they were armed with free tongues ready to serve.
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Fresno
Cal
Doctor Olmstead Testifies On Asparagus Broth Diet
Special to The Star. Port Orchard Wash Jan 31. Under cross examination Dr Stephen Olmstead, expert for the defense in Dr Linda Hazzard trial, testified it would take 50 quarts a day of asparagus broth to sustain life for the Williamson sisters, a higher figure than earlier estimates. He said a pint of broth or a quart of milk daily would not suffice. State witnesses claimed the sisters were given a pint of broth or a cup of orange juice daily. Noon reports say Dr Hazzard will not testify. Dr E B Littlefield and Dr Lessing are to follow for the defense as night session continues.
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Port Orchard
Wash
Stephen Olmstead
Linda Burfield Hazzard
Williamson Sisters
Olmstead
Williamson
Hazzard
E. B. Littlefield
Dr. Lessing
Seattle
Six Months For Badger Girl In Gambling Scheme
May Richards Barr and her husband Marty Barr and Henry H. Carroll were convicted last May of trying a badger game on John C. Robey, manager of a baking powder firm. The supreme court upheld their sentences. Mrs Barr gets six months. the Barres face three years for the men.
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May Richards Barr
Marty Barr
Henry H. Carroll
John C. Robey
Supreme Court
Ballinger and Sander Lose Interurban Life Passes
Richard A. Ballinger former interior secretary and Fred E. Sander cannot travel on Seattle Everett interurban passes after a public service commission ruling. They had accepted life passes as part of deeded right of way, but the commission answered the contract cannot be recognized.
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United Press
Wie
Olympia
Richard A. Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
Fred E. Sander
Seattle-Everett
Public Service Commission
Ballinger
Sander
Now She s Boss in Santa Barbara Family Shakeup
For 15 years Charles Curtis boasted his wife could not have the last word. She has been silent until yesterday when she spoke up and is now the boss of the household. The event marks a notable shift in the family dynamics in Santa Barbara.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Chas. Curtis
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