Lorimer Plans Voter Tour After Senate Expulsion
In Chicago on July 24 William E Lorimer, once a U S senator before his expulsion, expressed elation at audience support and announced he will campaign to show Illinois voters he was wronged. He denied running for office and said he will speak across the state after the presidential election to let people know the record of the senators.
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Chicago
Ilinois
United States Senate
Wm. E. Lorimer
Congress
Lorimer
Section
Illinois
Comedy seating quirks at the box office spark questions
A reader complains about price differences for the same show on different floors at the Orpheum. Reiter and other patrons share odd seat requests and misfits, while a moving picture reel and jokes about a “bum show” close the scene.
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Collnge
Orpheum
Even & Nager
Carl Reiter
Weber Fields
Reiter
THAT MISSING HEIRESS THAT MISSING HEIRESS
New York July 24 Dorcas Snodgrass Mount Vernon heiress remains missing as Phoebe Cummings a Mount Vernon maid says she saw her Monday afternoon The claim raises parallels to the Dorothy Arnold case Police cannot verify the maid’s identification A physician linked to the disappearance sailed for Europe last Thursday but the girl was not aboard the liner
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New York
Dorcas Snodgrass
Mount Vernon
Dorothy Arnold
Phoebe Cummings
Miss Snodgrass
C. Gibson
Snodgrass
Europe
Bolcom Mill Proposes 75 Cents Per Sq Ft Right of Way
Bolcom Mill company owners of Ballard tide lands ask county commissioners for a land strip to straighten the Lake Washington canal at 75 cents per square foot. They estimate the right of way at 22 269.75 dollars and warn rebuilding the mill would cost 150 000 dollars if water rises above seven feet.
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Bolcom Mill Company
Ballard Tide Lands
Lake Washington Canal
Young Driver Reports In Auto Pedestrian Crash
Harold P. Johnson, 20, says his machine struck an auto carrying Mrs. Wilbur Childs, injuring her and Mrs. John Van Dyke. He reported to police yesterday afternoon, states he was traveling about 11 miles an hour and remained at the scene helping the injured. He will not be held.
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Harold P. Johnson
Wilbur Childs
John van Dyke
Dairy Wagon Driver Killed in Lakeview Collision
Joseph Logger, 26, a dairy wagon driver, died when his milk wagon at Lakeview was struck by an Oregon & Washington train. The impact hurled him about 50 feet. both horses perished and the wagon was wrecked.
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Tacoma
Joseph Logger
Lakeview
Oregon & Washington
Girl and man killed in Portland auto crash
In Portland Oregon July 24 Bertrand Fiske head of a local optical company and Miss Elizabeth Toohig of San Francisco were killed when a car carrying Fiske, his brother in law P F P Munsell, and friends ran from Mount Tabor street into a tree. Five others escaped with minor injuries.
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United Three
Portland
Bertrand Fiske
Elizabeth Toohig
San Francisco
Fiske
P. F P. Munsell
Mount Tabor
Miss Toohig
Wealthy Man's Horsewhipping by Woman Shocks Richmond
A. C. Parsons, a wealthy Oakland and Los Angeles realtor, says Mrs. L. Jacobi, a Richmond realty saleswoman, horsewhipped him after a business dispute. She reportedly signed documents under two names and was freed on $50 bail for a later hearing. Also noted is Dr. A. W. Leonard's Friday lecture “On the Trail With the Mountaineers” at the Swedish M E church.
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Richmond
Cal
A. C. Parsons
Oakland
Los Angeles
Mra. L. Jacobi
Parsons
Mra. Jacobi
Lash
A. W. Leonard
M. BE. Church
Pine and
Koren
I am I of life ends troubles after phone message
In San Francisco a woman identified as Mrs. Elizabeth Kemmitter telephoned a friend and then died by a revolver shot found near the telephone. In Greenwich a man named Stanley A Heardle surrendered to police claiming he is wanted by Day and Night Bank and Savings Bank of Los Angeles.
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San Francisco
Elizabeth Kemmitter
Greenwich
Stanley A. Heardle
Western Sales Company of
Los Angeles
Day and Night Bank
Savings Bank
Submerged Cruiser Plan Aims to Reshape Naval Warfare
Hudson Maxim, inventor, declares a semi-submerged cruiser design that would discard dreadnoughts. The vessel would be lightly armored and high speed, floating normally but diving so its decks are nearly awash during action.
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Detroit
Hudson Maxim
Maxim
Postal Business Is Booming In Three-Month Span
Auditor Kram reports record postal service revenues for the quarter ending March at 64.57 million dollars, up over last year, while expenses reached 64.88 million and a nine month net profit of 6.45 million is noted. Domestic money orders rose over 6 percent despite a drop in foreign remittances.
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Washington
Postal Service
Kram
Post Office Department
Titanic survivor and SF assessor resigns for bank VP post
Dr. Washington Dodge, a survivor of the Titanic disaster and 14 year assessor of the city and county of San Francisco, resigns his office to become vice president of the Anglo and London Paris National Bank in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Washington Dodge
Anglo and London- Paria National Bank
Takes Lessons in Burglary
Milford Lindsay from a Galveston family studied burglary under a career criminal known as Casey Jones, arrest followed aboard the Morgan liner Proteus bound for New York. The pair robbed two Galveston homes, stealing about $1,445 in jewelry.
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New Orleans
Milford Lindsay
Galveston
Texas
Lindsay
New York
Casey Jones
Coroner rules engineers at fault in July wreck
Coroner's jury finds negligence by Flagman Lane and Engineer Schroeder caused the Lackawanna train disaster near Corning New York on the Fourth of July in which 40 people died. Warrants for arrest were issued for both men.
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Corning
N. Y
Flagman Lane
Schroeder
Lackawanna Railroad Mear
Smith
Judge Bordwell Quits LA Bench after McNamara trial
Superior Judge Walter Bordwell announced at a banquet that he will resign from the Los Angeles bench and return to private practice after presiding over the McNamara dynamiting trial. The banquet honored him and urged another candidacy.
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Los Angeles
Walter Bordwell
Jas. B
John J. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Explorers Pictured After Mount McKinley Expedition
Parker and Browne led a Seattle expedition to scale Mount McKinley. The attempt failed in its main objective, but the expedition produced valuable and interesting reports.
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Parker
Browne
Mount McKinley
Fail to Reach Summit of McKinley on Alaska Expedition
Prof. Her echel Parker of Columbia University and Belmore Browne of Tacoma failed to summit Mount McKinley after two attempts on the north and south peaks. They reached 20 200 feet and 19 000 feet respectively. Severe blizzards hindered the climb and an earthquake was felt during the ascent. The party, after more than a month on the mountain, is in good health and plans to return to Seattle via St Michael. They produced many photographs from the expedition.
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Fairbanks
Herechel Parker
Columbia University
Belmore Browne
Tacoma
Tolovana
Tanana River
Mount McKinley
Twin Peaks
Parker
Browne
Seattle
St. Michael
Yukon River
May Bar Women as Operators Debate
Maybelle Kelso the only woman with a wireless operator certificate has joined the liner Mariposa as a wireless man. The Department of Commerce and Labor says no law bars her from the job and the issue may be sent to President Taft for action.
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Maybelle Kelso
Mariposa
Congress
Department of Commerce and Labor
Miss Kelso
Taft
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