Immigrant inquiry unfolds on Pacific coast scandal
Officials face possible charges as investigations reveal a Pacific coast corruption case. The inquiry links immigration agents, smuggling, and conspiracies at border ports with figures in San Francisco and Seattle. Investigators, led by Heney and Burne, pursue undercover leads and consult university experts to expose graft.
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Pacific
Oregon and Washington
Washington, D. C
Seattle
Ann
Blaine
Tacoma
Francie
Portiard
Portland
I¢ Brown Mill
Gene
San Francisco
Theodore Roose
Cep Tan
Francisco
W. J. Burne
J. Heney
Heney
Whoemiah W. Jenks
Department of Economics
University
Fermford
Ds of
Stanford
Jenks
San
Hanford
Mal
Iamigration Bureau
Mar Oms
Jas
Parkhurst Charged With Major Bank Defalcation
R Y Parkhurst, longtime cashier at First National Bank, faces US district attorney charges for falsifying accounts and embezzling about $44,340. Arrested this afternoon on a warrant. The bank secured roughly $20,908 bond as protection while funds were traced and real estate holdings were involved to shield the bank. Discovery of the scheme occurred two weeks ago.
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RY Parkhurst
First National Bank
Tv Beattie
Bank
National Park Bank
New York
George W. Allen
National Surety Company
Seattle Bank Cashier Embezzlement Case Unfolds
Parkhurst, 45, longtime cashier at a Seattle bank, admitted falsifying ledgers over about a year. The scheme, focused on eastern accounts with Chicago and New York firms, yielded mostly small to moderate amounts and did not touch depositors’ funds. The bank's new management uncovered the shortfall after implementing a new system. Parkhurst is described as a skilled accountant and remains married with no children, living at 161 Union Ave.
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Parkhurst
Chicago
New York
M. A. Arnold
Laster Turner
Seattle
J. A. Hall
161 & Union At
Seattle Athletic Club
Kitten Blocks Second Avenue Street Car Traffic
A gray striped kitten halted northbound street car traffic on Second Avenue near Madison Street for over five minutes last night. Onlookers and passengers coaxed the animal as the motorman, a humane man, finally freed it and handed it to a woman who screamed earlier, allowing the cars to proceed.
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Little Kitten
Second Avenue
Madison St
Independence leader Bryan blasts independence platform
At Fairview Lincoln Neb July 20 United Press reports William Jennings Bryan urged independents to align with Democrats while criticizing his party's platform compares to the Democratic platform on elections trusts labor and immigration He argues independence support benefits reforms and warns that voting for independence may aid Republicans in blocking goals.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Independence Party
United States
Department of Labor
Democratic Party
Democratic
Republican Party
Attorney in Fight With Police Over Arrest at Station
Ovid A. Byers of Byers & Byers was arrested at police headquarters on a disorderly conduct charge after opposing the arrest of his client Samuel T. Beresford former Plymouth church janitor accused of selling a stolen typewriter. Byers said the arrest was an outrage and condemned police methods as high handed and dictatorial.
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Ovid A. Byers
Byers & Byers
Byers
Samuel T. Beresford
Plymouth
Hiyers
Capt. McDonald
Seattle and Portland Clearing Figures Reported Today
Seattle clearings reach 1,122,390.81 with balances at 105,468.36. Portland reports clearings of 663,767 with balances not specified.
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Portland
Pan Jr. Shoots Self at Mother's Grave in Sorrow
A. B. Pan Jr a prominent real estate man and mining engineer, sat by his mother's grave at Laurel Hill cemetery and shot himself in the head Wednesday evening. A note to his wife said he was despondent and financially depressed.
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P Ean
Francisco
Laurel Hill Cemetery
A. B. Pan, Jr
Mob Attacks London Jews After Acquittal Demonstration
A large antisemitic mob of about twenty five thousand gathered outside Tow Street police station in London order to celebrate the acquittal of Robert Stevier for alleged blackmail of J B Joel nephew of Barney Barnato. The crowd fought guards and attacked Jewish bystanders causing injuries.
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United
London
Tow Street
Robert Stevier
J. B. Joel
Barney Barnato
Joel
Bartender Acquitted in Liquor Law Case
Co C Buckley, bartender at Wilbur and Ferguson s saloon 511 King St, was acquitted of violating the Sunday liquor selling law by a police court jury this morning. Buckley was defended by HiGI, city council president. One witness misidentified the man, and jurors freed Buckley amid confusion. Police officers called the trial a farce.
Seattle Actor Loses Arm
Tacoma reports actor Joe Carroll from Seattle was run over by a street car and surgeons amputated his left arm at the shoulder. He is in a comatose condition and may not recover, as his injury occurred Wednesday while crossing a street. Carroll performs with the Frawley stock company.
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Sy Yased Press
Tacoma
Joe Carrol
United Tacoma
Joe Carroll
Seattle
Carroll
Frawley Stock Company
Judge Taft and Family Arrive in Hot Springs for Month
Taft and his family reached Hot Springs Virginia at 10:40 this morning from Cincinnati to spend a month. He noted that James S Sherman the vice presidential candidate, who is ill at his Utica home, is improving steadily.
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Eyton Press
Hotings
Taft
Cincdonati
James 8. Sherman
Utica
Married men win pocket rights ruling in Los Angeles
Police Judge H. H. Rose acquits BE. C. Hatch in a battery case after ruling that a wife may not search her husband pockets or appropriate community property without consent and that a husband may use reasonable force to prevent such acts. The decision centers on a dispute over angel cake and household belongings.
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Los Angeles
H. H. Rose
BE. C. Hatch
Hatch
Two Firemen Burned in Ballard Lumber Plant Blast
Two Ballard firemen Paul Bayne and Nick Kauthen suffered severe burns when a chemical saturated sawdust pile exploded at Seattle Cedar Lumber Co. The blast trapped them in burning sawdust. Bayne was released to his home, Kauthen remained hospitalized at Providence. The incident caused minimal property loss.
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Paul Bayne
Nick Kauthen
Ballard Fire Department
Seattle Cedar Lumber Company
Ballard
Bayne
Ballard Av
Kauthen
Providence Hospital
Ballard City Hall
Stuart
Greiner
Man Drowns in Green Lake Near Denny Station
B. Hansen proprietor of a Superior grocery and market at 464 KB 70th St drowned last night in Green Lake near Denny Station. His body, found 40 feet from shore after bystanders mistook cries for play, was sent to Bonney-Watson's. He was 40, survived by a wife and two sons.
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Hansen
Superior Grocery and Market
Green Lake
Denny Station
Bonney-Watson's
Chicago Heat Wave Returns With Fatal Toll
The Chicago heat wave reappeared with deadly severity causing two deaths in the morning and at least forty prostrations across hospitals. The business district again felt oppressive conditions similar to a prior fourteen day spell, heightening suffering citywide.
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Chicago
Toas
US District Attorney Lima Eyes Government Pursuit After Standard 641 Reversal
Edwin M. Lima, U S district attorney for Illinois, returned from Lenox conferences and said the government will pursue the Standard 641 case "hammer and tongs." He expressed confidence in ultimate success following the $29,000,000 fine reversal.
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Chicago
Edwin M. Lima
U. S
District of Sinois
Lenox
Mass
Sims
Hammer and Tongs
Two swindlers sell saloon they do not own to Tacoma contractor
W F Weis of Tacoma paid 1250 dollars for a saloon at 126 West Main believed owned by a brewery. They claimed Sullivan leased the place and warned not to tell him. Weis was shown the saloon with Sullivan present, then the pair vanished. Sullivan later explained the error to the contractor and police.
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W. F. Weis
Tacoma
Wels
West Main At
Dan Sullivan
Seattle
Weis
Puyallupav
Henry Sander
Sander
Olympic Hotel
J. L. Anderson
Sullivan
Anderson
Morgan profit alleged in Northern Pacific reorganization
In a Minnesota rate hearing the state’s attorneys claim J Pierpont Morgan and associates earned 22 202 393 dollars from the Northern Pacific railroad reorganization, a figure cited as the profit in the case.
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United Press
Paul
Minn
J. Pierpont Morgan
Northern Pacific Railroad
Minnesota
Wires Underground Movement Forms in Queen Anne Hill
Queen Anne Hill residents form a movement through the Queen Anne Improvement Club to press telephone companies to place wires underground. A meeting is set for 8 o clock tomorrow night at the Baptist Mission on Queen Anne avenue and Garfield street amid concerns over unsightly poles and shade loss.
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Queen Anne Hill
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Mr. Andrews
Standard Oil
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