Indictment and death in a California runaway incident
B G Lewis head of the American Woman's league and Lewis Publishing Company was indicted for postal law violations by a federal grand jury. Aupu States District Attorney Houts showed prejudice in juror handling. Separately Enid Williams, 18, of San Francisco died after a stage collapse caused a runaway incident at Blairsd en station in the Sierras near Oroville, California.
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B. G. Lewis
American Woman's League
Lewis Publishing Company
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Aupu States
Houts
Lewis
Floroville
Cal
Enid Williems
San Francisco
Western Pacific
Blairsden
High Sierras
Oroville
Controller Bay rush discussed by cabinet
Washington July 12 cabinet session focused on the Controller Bay situation with Interior War Agriculture Commerce and Labor urged to file reports promptly. President Taft expected to receive all information early next week and submit it to the senate. the House committee on expenditures in the Interior Department may also review.
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Washington
Controller Bay
Interior, War, Agriculture and Commerce
Labor
Taft
Senate
House Committee
Interior Department
Congress
Shorty Wells in Court Story of Shooting Told
Charlie Wells alias Shorty Wells, accused of shooting Algona rancher Allan Brooks on June 12, failed to post a $2000 bond and was bound over to the superior court after a preliminary hearing. Brooks testified about the milking scene and a milking stool episode as Wells claims the gun fired accidentally while Wells hid under Brooks's bed.
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Shorty
Wells
Charlie Wells
Allan Brooks
Algona Rancher
Algona
Brooks
Six Months Postponement of Seattle Assay Charge Order
The Taft administration suspended for six months an order increasing assay charges at the Seattle office. Treasury Secretary Franklin MacVeagh had faced requests from Congress and Senators to revoke the action. A White House session followed the president’s directive to pause the order, with discussion of reviving the Seattle fee structure aligned to New York. Telegrams notified Alaska banks of the shift to direct gold flow here rather than San Francisco.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh
MacVeagh
Washington
Humphrey
Senator Jones
White House
Presi
American birdwomen challenge European aerial feats
Women in the United States embrace aviation after Miss Mary Mannering’s successful flight with a professional birdman leading to plans for a personal biplane. Detroit and New York society women join the trend with notable flights and savored thrill of the air.
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Europe
Mary Mannering
Frederick EB. Wadsworth
Michigan
Detroit
Miss Mannering
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
Sopwith
Citizens Demand Thomson Removal at City Meeting
At a North and Progressive league gathering in Mrs. J E Austins home Tuesday afternoon the crowd endorsed Councilman Goddards move to remove R H Thomson from city engineer. A Northwest journeymen plumbers convention opened with boxing bouts at Labor Temple and Councilman Hesketh welcomed delegates for Mayor Dilling.
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J. E. Austin
Goddard
R. H. Thomson
Northwest Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Allied Trades
Labor Temple
Hesketh
Dilling
McManigal Nervous Wreck Loses 18 Pounds
Ortie E. McManigal self confessed dynamiter shows signs of mental and physical breakdown amid conflicts between prosecution and defense. His wife and George Behm urge him to switch sides, but he fears execution. Jail officials note an 18 pound loss since incarceration.
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Los Angeles
McNamara
Ortie E. McManigal
McManigal
McLaren
Burns Agency
Mc. Manigal
Compromise offer ends city rainier boulevard row
The Crawford line backs a compromise after a restraining order and temporary injunction halted Rainier boulevard grading. It will not oppose the filling if tracks remain at the current low grade on the east side. City Engineer Thomson calls the offer favorable, allowing the city to proceed with work.
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Crawford Line
Ite
Rainier Boulevard
Thomson
Ethel Barrymore May Stop Suit
Reports from New York say Ethel Barrymore may drop her divorce suit against Russell G. Colt and that Colt expects no trouble. Friends and family work to reconcile the couple while John Drew and Jack Barrymore urge reconsideration.
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United Free
New York
Ethel Barrymore
Russell G. Colt
Colt
John Drew
Jack Barrymore
Odd Bits O News Highlights From Across States
A collage of small items from Indiana to Pittsburg includes Heshbon twins alerting Justice of the Peace Campbell, Muskegon rescuers saving people from fireworks, J L McConaughy named heir to a $2 million estate, A L Jamieson's prairie powered lighting, a fatal fall in Neenah, Dr Woodworth tending wounds in Chicago, studies on religious proof, prison costs debate, Ethel Hicks praised as regular pupil, Lenox caddies on strike, Clarence Mackay’s $250000 gift to Nevada, wives of strikers marching, two travelers on the Minneapolis, a heavy hat reveal snake lining, and courtroom coat-on rulings for lawyers.
Captain Faria Clears Self in Santa Rosa Wreck
Captain Faria said he blamed no one for the Santa Rosa wreck and claimed the ship was under his command from impact to evacuation. He noted he was not on the bridge at the moment and believed the vessel would float at high tide.
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Faria
Santa Rosa
United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Bolles
Bulger
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Earthquake Hits Washington Area in Long Quake Wave
Seismic shocks were recorded at Georgetown University over nearly three hours starting 11:27 p m. and ending around 1:18 a m with a peak at 12:20 a m. The quakes showed equal intensity on both horizontal and vertical instruments. Father Torndorff suggested the shocks did not occur in North America.
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Washington
Georgetown University
Father Torndorff
America
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