Victim of Justice Served Eight Years for Crime Unproved
W L Veach, released after a night in jail for drunkenness, recounts being wrongly jailed for murder in Oregon. He spent eight years of a 99 year sentence after a later finding showed Albert Teppin, not him, was the killer. Veach describes loss of his family, a move to Seattle, and decades seeking redemption.
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Oregon
W. L. Veach
Manresvdewe de
nGetaoin
Albert Teppin
Medford
Seattle
Oleum
United States
Werch
Jackson County
Albert Toppin
Teppin
Veach
Harry Tracey
Harry Tracy
Alime
Long Beach
Cal
Toppin
New York
Christopher
Tacoma
Hisildren
First pictures of Wolgast Moran fight printed on Star page
The Star publishes the first photos from the Wolgast Moran boxing match on its sport page today showing key moments and notable exchanges between the fighters. The article highlights action shots and crowd reactions captured at the bout.
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Star
Steamer Santa Rosa Strikes Rocks Near California Coast
Telephones report the steamer Santa Rosa loaded with passengers is on the rocks between Point Concepcion and Arguello but has not yet sprung a leak. The President is thought nearby and being urged to respond. Passengers are reported safe. A separate San Diego wireless notice confirms the vessel on rocks in a bad spot with no leaking and passengers aboard.
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Marine Exchange
Santa Rosa
Point Concepcion
Arguello
President
San Diego
Cal
U. S&s
Point Loma
Bay
Girls Who Shot Stokes Plan to Go on Vaudeville Stage
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad, on trial for attempted murder of millionaire W. E. D. Stokes, plan vaudeville engagements after acquittal. They hint at letters from Stokes and a courtroom sketch to leverage their story.
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Stokes
United Free
Wire
New York
W. E. D. Stokes
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Ethel
Lillian
Conrad
Miss Graham
Millionaire Stokes Recaps Attack by Two Girls in Court
In New York, millionaire W. J. Stokes testifies amid a packed courtroom, recounting wounds from Lillian Graham and Ethel Denred who allegedly shot him amid blackmail attempts. Defense claims self defense and hints at missing letters and potential investigations to protect officials.
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United Press
New York
W. &. D. Stokes
Lillian Graham
Ethel Denred
Clark Jordan
Stokes
Jordan
Europe
Graham
Ansonia
Trian
Star Readers Rally for Clemency for Mrs Napolitano
The Star reports Seattle residents have filed about 30 000 peti tions seeking clemency for Mrs Napolitano a Canadian woman condemned to hang for the murder of her husband in Sault Ste Marie The Star has sent 9 000 petitions to Earl Grey governor general of Canada and another batch is planned plus local efforts like Mrs C A Kendtner of Renton who has gathered over 600 names since July 4.
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Star Today
Seattle
Napolitano
Sault Ste Marie
Star
Earl Grey
The
C. A. Kendtner
Renton
Kendtner
Canada
Heatwaves Claim Dozens Across Cities In July Toll
Chicago reports sweltering heat with eight deaths in the morning and a coroner's tally near 225 dead from the heat, totaling 91 for the hot spell. Phila death count reaches 91 in the period since the wave began. Baltimore reports 11 heat deaths by noon, with 36 total since July 1. Boston records ten heat deaths today.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Royal Edict Names Potlatch Court For Carnival Week
Edgar J king of the Potlatch today issued a royal edict naming court members for the Golden Potlatch carnival July 17 to 22. Appointees include Lord High Chancellor John F. Douglass and Duke of Law John P. Hartman with other titled nobles and officials awaiting further announcements.
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Edgar J
Edgar L. Webster
John F. Douglass
John W. Pace
James T. Ronald
Royal Highways
Ceci H. Bacon
Royal Docks
William T. Perkins
Nome
John P. Hartman
Law
Maurice J. Lahey
Royal Entertainment
James C. Gaffney
Royal Apparel
Perl H. Hebb
Tacoma
William P. Williams
Royal Accounts
Ernest E. Merges
Portland
Mardi Gras
New Orleans
Edgar
Opium Found Buried Under Coal on Steamer Siberia
Customs inspectors uncovered 2500 dollars worth of opium buried under 500 tons of coal in a bunker of the steamer Siberia belonging to Pacific Mail Co. The vessel had arrived from Oriental ports. In Everett, the monitor Cheyenne anchored after a night cruise from Olympia.
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United Prees
San Francisco
Bur
Siberia
Pacific Mail Co
Oriental
Everett
Olympia
Cheyenne
Daw Steamer Wreck From Train Near Santa Barbara
Passengers on Southern Pacific train 18 reported sighting the steamer Santa Rosa stranded near Ilonda creek mouth. The vessel sits on its keel with calm passengers waving from shore, believed to have drifted in after the pilot mistook a work train for a lighthouse beacon.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Southern Pacific
Santa Rosa
Ilonda Creek
Sunday school workers conference at Westminster Church
A conference of Sunday school workers will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church at Broadway and Columbia this evening at 8 o clock. The conference will be preceded by a dinner and delegates from the recent San Francisco convention will be among the speakers.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Broadway and
Columbia
San Francisco
Uniforms Ordered for City Street Sweepers
The department efficiency committee will introduce an ordinance next Monday requiring street sweepers to wear uniforms. Supt. A. L. Walters has already compelled the workers to wear them. Employees protest the cost and cleaning burdens on their low wages as resolutions from workers and unions are sent to the committee.
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Department Efficiency Committee
A. L. Walters
Efficiency Committee
Four Washington Children's Home Boys Escape Into World
Early yesterday morning four boys from the Washington Children's Home ran away to see the world. By evening Bruno Falo and Arthur Manor turned back tired from the day's tramp while the others pressed on. The missing boys are Lee Braden and Ernest Lehmar.
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Washington
Bruno Falo
Arthur Manor
Lee Braden
Ernest Lehmar
Mrs Wappenstein Called Before Grand Jury Indictment Secretly Filed
Mrs Charles W Wappenstein wife of the ex chief of police was summoned to the grand jury this morning. Foreman Corliss delivered a secret indictment to Judge Main just before she entered the jury room. An arrest warrant was issued but the identity remained unavailable. She left the courthouse after about 20 minutes and indicated she might be recalled. The probe reportedly focuses on her husband’s bank account and evidence from BE Benn and two Portland detectives.
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Charles W. Wappenstein
Corliss
Main
Wappenstein
Morris
Court House
BE. B. Benn
Portland
Darrow Attacks Fredericks in McNamara Extradition Case
In Los Angeles on July 7 Clarence Darrow, defending John J. McNamara, accused District Attorney John D. Fredericks of false testimony and charged a premeditated kidnapping conspiracy by officials. He argued that extradition was lawful and contrasted it with the Haywood Moyer Pettibone proceedings. The court scene drew a large crowd.
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Los Angeles
John D. Fredericks
John J. McNamara
Clarence Darrow
Walter Bordwell
McNamara
Darrow
Fredericks
Wm. J. Burns
J. J. McNamara
John J. McNa
Hair vanishes overnight in desert incident
Jack Gleason, a prospector near Death Valley, awoke to find all his hair gone after drinking from a poisoned water hole. A mule he treated also lost much hair, according to reports received today.
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United Presse
San Bernardino
Cal
Jack Gleason
Prospector
Death Valley
Frenchman Conneau wins European aviation race
Ensign Conneau flying as Andre Beaumont won the 950 mile European circuit race with the final Calais to Vincennes leg of 156 miles in 3 hours 25 minutes. Total elapsed time 58 hours 38 minutes 54 seconds with 28 hours 22 minutes 39 seconds actual flying time. Prizes exceed $60,000 including $40,000 from Paris Journal.
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Paris
Conneau
Andre Beaumont
Calais
Vincennes
Paris Journal
Alimony Ties in Missouri Woman’s Probate Will
Mrs. Margaret S. Rose left the residue of her $10,000 estate to her first husband Joseph S. Caldwell, from whom she had received alimony. Rose, divorced from Caldwell years earlier, later remarried Frederick Friese Jr and divorced him last October. Caldwell, a livestock dealer now at 4168 McPherson Ave, was described as her best friend.
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Conrad
Bluefields
Mobile
Hie
Stokes
Graham
Lexington
Moore
Singleton
Lillian
Blakes
ST. Louis
Margaret
Rose
Joseph S. Caldwell
Caldwell
McPherson Avy
Frederick Friese, Jr
Thomson Denies Knowledge Of North End Regrade Plans
At a municipal plans commission meeting City Engineer R H Thomson denied ever seeing the proposed regrade plans for the north end. Councilman Goddard alleged Thomson knew or helped formulate them after obtaining the documents from Thomson’s office. Virg il Bogue referred him to Thomson, but the engineer was absent. W D Barkoff later provided Goddard with a copy. A large north end delegation protested the regrade.
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Municipal Plans Commission
R. H. Thomson
North End
Goddard
Thomson
Virgil Bogue
W. D. Barkoff
Ballard Fire Causes Eight Thousand Dollar Loss
A blaze at the Motor Shingle Co. dry kiln and shingle shed in Ballard destroyed over 1,250,000 cedar shingles and damaged the mill by water. Fire department efforts saved a large section of Ballard from greater loss, with estimated total damage around $8,000.
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Motor Shingle Co
Ballard
Burn Effigies in Vancouver Strike
Striking laborers burned effigies in Vancouver with a police squad nearby. H Ro lston, manager of the Vancouver exhibition association, helped avert damage on the grounds where non union workers are employed. In Aberdeen a posse led by Sheriff Ed Payette, with bloodhounds, pursues Fred Kalestro accused of fatally wounding Tom Rice in a saloon brawl.
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United Press
Vancouver
B. Cu
H. §. Rolston
Aberdeen
Ed Payette
Fred Kalestro
Tom Rice
Kalestro
Hicktown Bee Humorous Notes On Local Life
The Bee records colorful local quirks with names like Jenks Emporium stock, Miss Mealie Spudd new phonygraff record, and undertaker Will Tidds lamenting poor summer business. The piece jokes about advertising, summer boarders, and residents planning to seek work in nearby towns.
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Jenks’ Emporium
Lone Star
Mealie Spudd
Will Tidds
Severa
Walla Walla
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Parta
Philadelphia
Boston
Golden Potlatch
Mrs. Wappenstein
I. M. Howell
Helen Baker
Wm. Schreyer
Parkland
Tacoma A. Leon
Pasco
Kennewick
Yakima
Jas. Boyle
Army
Boyle
Patrick Kavanaugh
Hicktown
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