Murder Plot Linked to Monon Rail President Rawn
President Rawn of the Monon Railroad was assumed murdered at his Winnetka home after two gunshots. Police pursue a burglar who fled, with several arrests in the suburb noted as investigators search for the assailant believed to be hiding nearby.
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National Conservation Congress Chooses St Paul Capital Site
The United Press reports the Conservation Congress announced plans to hold the War in the Capital area with committees in the Twin Cities and the national body confirming St Paul as the host location.
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Salvation Army Wedding At Hall in City On Thursday
A ceremony of unusual interest will be held at the Salvation Army hall at Fifth Ave and Washington St Thursday evening at 8 oclock. Captain Daniel DuVall and Lieut Mabel Stevens will be married with Brigadier Robert Dubbin and staff in charge. The hall will be decorated and the local brass band will provide music. The public is invited.
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Poindexter to Speak on Cannon Clash in Seattle Campaign
Congressman Poindexter opens his senatorial campaign at the Grand Opera House Saturday night detailing his opposition to the Cannon leadership and the Washington standpatters. He will present the independent group in Congress as fighting for representative government and the people of his state.
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Boy dragged to death by racing horse in Atlantic Street incident
Eleven year old Donald Ross, son of H. B. Ross, was fatally injured when his horse threw him and dragged him for two blocks along Atlantic Street. He died at City Hospital from a base of skull fracture after the accident yesterday evening. John Studebaker was arrested for theft of a $111.05 Navy disbursing check cashed in Tacoma nine months after it was issued.
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Seattle Star editor arrested for libel in King County
Beaton editor of The Seattle Star was arrested yesterday on a libel charge after publishing an article reflecting on Charles H. Phillips, a candidate for sheriff. A warrant was issued and August 11 was set for the hearing in King County justice court. If the case proceeds, it may reveal evidence affecting Phillips fitness and his removal from Seattle policing duties.
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Wayne Flegle Arrested for Sister's Murder in Nebraska
Wayne Flegle is under arrest for the murder of his sister tied to opposition to his marriage to a neighbor's daughter. The confession came from hired man William Eichencamp who found the body near the Flegle home on June 30. Eichencamp says Flegle forced him to narrate the fading of the body under threat of death.
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Reese Prosser’s Mother Dies After Train Shooting Tragedy
Mrs. Thomas Prosser, mother of Reese Prosser who was shot by his former wife Vera Prosser on a Montana rail train, dies at her Cleveland home. Officials say grief over her son’s death contributed to her decline. Vera Prosser remains jailed in Libby, Montana.
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Washington Cruiser Sails to Meet Chile Centennial
Bremerton July 20 The cruiser Washington departs the navy yard at 5 pm likely never to return to its namesake state. It will carry the state naval militia to San Francisco then proceed to Valparaiso for the Chilean Centennial, then sail to Hampton Roads to join the Atlantic fleet.
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Towns Wiped Out by Fires Across Northwest
Massive forest fires rage across the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia with four towns burned, hundreds displaced, and eight dead or missing. Fires threaten timberlands from Nelson Kaslo to Grays Harbor while crews fight blazes near Hoquiam, North Bend, and Bothell as smoke darkens Seattle area skies.
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Auburn
Frank Pontius
Sun Creek
Bothell
First and Second Choi to Be Voted For This Time
Spokane report says county auditor Butler, following prosecutor Pugh, confirms a first and second choice vote must be used for United States senator in the September 13 primaries. The change, new to the state, adds uncertainty to the race as ballots are prepared. Montreal dispatch notes Trainmen and Grand Trunk officers decline arbitration and vow to continue the dispute.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
Taft Visits Bar Harbor Aboard Mayflower
President Taft reached Bar Harbor aboard the Mayflower as scores of pleasure craft greeted him. Several boats fired small cannons in a presidential salute to the visiting party.
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Bar Harbor
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Cannon arrives in Kansas City in peace campaign stance
United Press reports that Joseph G. Cannon landed in Kansas City confident that his campaign in Kansas has secured reelection for Congressmen Miller Campbell Reeder Calderhead and Anthony. He appears tired yet zealous saying the campaign is one of peace not war and that insurgents would be shot in war as guerillas.
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Campbell
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Calderhead
Anthony
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Cannon
Buck Stove Company Ends Open Shop Policy
Buck Stove and Range's five year battle with union labor ends as the company abandons the open shop stance and will hire union workers. The reversal follows the death of former president J. W. Van Cleave who led anti union campaigns. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison faced jail sentences for injunction violations in the case.
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Buck Stove and Ranger
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John Mitchell
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J. W. van Cleave
National Manufacturers’ Association
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American Federationist
Street Car Strikes Boy on Capitol Hill
Jack Scurry, 9, son of M. E. Scurry of 406 14th Ave N, was struck by an inbound Capitol Hill street car at 14th Ave N and East Broadway at 10 AM. His left foot was crushed and toes severed, likely leading to amputation. He suffered a scalp wound and additional bruising. taken to Seattle General Hospital.
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Governor Carroll of Iowa Indicted by Grand Jury
Des Moines Iowa July 20 United Press reports Governor Carroll was indicted on a criminal charge by the Polk county grand jury. The indictment stems from complaints about John Cownie a former state official removed by the governor with accusations of mismanagement and immorality. Cownie is expected to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination this fall.
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Iowa
Carroll
Polk County Grand Jury
John Cownie
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Cownle
Divorce suit tied to mystery wife claims Spalding
W S Spalding once a Beattie painter and paper hanger, now in Los Angeles, faced a divorce action from a woman he had never met or seen. The suit alleged his wife of 20 years was not his legal spouse because no divorce from the other claimant existed. Judge Albertson heard the case as it was dismissed.
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Crippen Located as Police Set to Arrest Him Tonight
Inspector Dow of Scotland Yard says Dr. Hawley Crippen is hiding at a health resort and will be arrested before night. The report also recounts the long case of Lille S. Spalding of Texas, who sought a divorce after believing W. S. Spalding in Seattle was her husband.
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Pinchot Addresses Crowds in San Francisco for Johnson
Gifford Pinchot spoke for Hiram Johnson in San Francisco drawing a large crowd. Unable to fit all listeners inside the Central theatre, he delivered two talks, one indoors and one from an automobile downtown.
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Weather forecast for tonight and Thursday
Fair tonight and Thursday with light northeasterly winds.
White Girls Starve to Free Negro Fanatic
Washington dispatch reports three white women taken into police custody over alleged ties to Rev. Jonah Sturdevant a Black religious leader jailed for bigamy. Hilda Johnson and Gertrude Monson Norwegians and Addie Codding starved and nearly insane as police accuse Sturdevant of incantations black magic and leading fanatics in multiple cities. Monson suffers pellagra while believing self sacrifice frees Sturdevant and Codding defends him saying she is called by the Almighty to Africa despite hunger and danger.
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Baltimore
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Gertrude Monson
Addie Codding
Monson
Sturdevant
New York
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Newport News
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Norway
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Miss Johnson
Little Howel
Africa
A Time Saver A Step Saver Want Ad By Telephone
A brief notice explains calling in a Star Want ad saves time and costs the same as advance payment. It lists phone numbers for contacts, including Main 400 and Ind 441, directing readers to use telephone submission.
Salem rail wreck toll recalled on anniversary
Thirty people were killed and 70 injured in a Pere Marquette railroad wreck near Salem Michigan three years ago today marking a somber anniversary for the affected communities and rail observers.
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Five candidates file candidacy notices for legislature
Five candidates filed notices with the county auditor pledging direct primary. The list includes Charles M. Paxter for the 32nd senatorial district Samuel Coles for the 41st representative district B A Bowen for the 30th senatorial district Charles E Congleton for the 47th representative district and Frank K Jackson for the 37th senatorial district.
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Samuel Coles
B. A. Bowen
Charles E. Congleton
Frank IC. Jackson
Dr Lathrop demands hearing over Star critique
Dr C F Lathrop writes to editor demanding a hearing after The Star labeled him a faker in a July 16 1910 article. He claims licenses from three drugless systems and four and a half years of practice in Seattle, inviting investigation of his reputation at the People's Bank Building.
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