City Council Revoke Independent Telephone Franchise
By a six to three vote the council revoked the Independent Telephone Co franchise after the Sunset merger. The action clears city rights to much of the company property and supports a possible municipal telephone, with litigation to the U S Supreme Court likely lasting about three years.
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Independent Telephone Co
Sunset
Independent Telephone Companies
Austin E. Griffiths
Erickson
Hesketh
Marble, Goddard and
Peirce
Blaine
Haas
Wardall
Maine
Independent Co
Supreme Court of the United States
Oregon National Guard Officers Face Court Martial
Five Oregon national guard officers including Major KR Scott Captain H E Williams Captain Walter L Tooze Jr and Lieut Richard Peich face court martial in Portland for disobeying orders under General Maus. They remain under arrest as official charges are processed with potential dishonorable dismissal. An officer says they shouldered responsibility to protect enlisted men unable to retreat.
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Portland
Oregon National Guard
Marion P. Maus
KR. ©. Scott
Liew
H. C. Hrumbeugh
H. E. Williams
Walter L
Barrymore Pleads Not Guilty in Assault Case
In Los Angeles on July 30 Jack Barrymore, leading local theatre man, pleaded not guilty to assaulting barber Martin Bergman. He posted $25 bail and faced a civil suit seeking $1,500 in damages over injuries alleged by Bergman.
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United Press Sease
Los Angeles
Jack Harrymore
Martin Bergman
Barrymore
Bergman
Pantages Heads to California for Oakland Theatre Debut
Alexander Pantages, his wife and family left last night to open the new Pantages theatre in Oakland, California. He will stay in the state for the rest of the summer. The theater, costing $450,000, mirrors the design of the San Francisco venue.
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Alexander Pantages
California
Pantages Theatre
Oakland
San Francisco
Woman Dies In Confessional At St. Josephs Church
The body of Mise Cora Dessureau was found in a church confessional by the caretaker in Meridian Connecticut. A glass nearby contained what is described as a mixture of carbolic acid and holy water and her lips were burned. The family offered no motive beyond recent melancholy.
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United Press
Meridian
Conn
Mise Cora Dessureau
St. Joseph's Church
Hooray Ends Quiet Day as Stove Explodes in Cottage
In Minnetonka on July 20 H. Me Lyng’s wife has left for the country and he planned a meal at home. A gasoline stove exploded igniting his cottage, destroying the dwelling and ending the day with a blast rather than song.
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Tilled Press
Seasen Wire Poli
Minn
H. Me Lyng
Poor Sailor Kapan Refuses Typhoid Vaccine
In Chicago area a 28 year old Navy sailor Joseph Kapaa refuses typhoid vaccination citing Christian Science beliefs. He faced court martial aboard the Delaware at Guantanamo and was sentenced to two years hard labor later reduced to one year and dishonorable discharge. His grandmother, elderly and tearful, prays for his release.
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Chicago
Wina
Joseph Julian Kapan
Delaware
United States Naval
Port Royal
Joseph
Dreyfus
Joseph Kapaa
Sam
United States
Navy Department
Washington
Kaspa
Guantanamo
Cuba
New York
Kapan
Kapaa
Ractor
Akpea
Iteut
Racicot
Kapea
Leutenant
Kappa
Kapsa
Navy
Memorial for Pilgrim Fathers by Mayflower Site
Work has begun on a marble shaft fifty feet high to honor the Pilgrim Fathers. Panels at the base will depict scenes of the voyage from Southampton where they embarked on the Mayflower.
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Southampton
Eng
Wanted 100 Men and Women to Grow Grant County Land
Adrian Power and Water Co promotes Grant county irrigation prospects with 5 and 10 acre tracts near Adrian two miles from town. Lands with water rights plowed sagebrush or growing orchards offered at low prices with liberal terms. Free Seattle excursions depart Saturdays 9 a.m. from Leary Building 225.
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Adrian
Independence
Seattle
Adrian Power & Water CO
Leary Building
Poor Minnie McGee Confesses to Ontario Child Murders
In Charlottetown Prince Edward Island Minnie McGee admits starving and poisoning her five children with sulphur and matches. Report notes neighbors blame insanity and a farming movement to support her. The confession follows court admission she killed due to poverty and blues.
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Minnie McGee
Charlottestown
Prince Edward Island
Georgetown
Here
Minole McGee
Widy
Soul
Men on State Job Strike Over Eight Hour Violations
Sixty union mechanics on the Hall of Justice project in Olympia walked out today over alleged eight hour law breaches and union rules. Business Agent Pohlman of the Seattle Building Trades council led the strike against Seattle contractor Peterson, whom union officials say overworked his crew and violated the union job agreement. The state commission has not intervened, leaving the workers no option but to strike.
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Olympia
Juny
Mate “Hall of Justice
Pohlman
Seattle Building Trades Council
Peterson
Seattle
State Commission
Governor West Completes 460 Mile Oregon Ride
Governor Oswald West rode 460 miles across Oregon ending in Caldwell. Governor Hawley met him but could not accompany him into Boise due to an injury from a fishing trip. West travels on to attend the Western Conference of Governors meeting August 1.
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Boise
Ida
Oswald West
Oregon
Hawley
Idaho
Caldwell
Gov. West
Western Conference of Governors
Bridge Collapse In Germany Kills Twenty One
Twenty one bodies were recovered after a bridge collapse in Benne Germany drowning many islanders yesterday. Several other victims remain missing as rescue efforts continue today. Portland doctor H W Coe received notice of his appointment to the credentials committee for the national progressive party convention in Chicago on August 6.
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Benne
Germany
Portland, Or
H. W. Coe
Portland
Medilla McCormick
National Progressive Party
Chicago
Standpat Gang Promotes Third Party Conventions in State
The standpatters push multiple third party conventions to divide progressives before the September 10 primary. They plan to field separate tickets in Seattle Tacoma Spokane and other cities, hoping to ensure standpatters control the nominations in a primary contest. Judge W. W. Black of Everett announces governor bid and ties to Democratic circles. Charlie R. Detrick meets Progressives opposed to a full third party ticket in Seattle.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Spokane
Whitham
Daniel Landon
Charlies R. Detrick
Palo Alto
Hiram Johnson
California
Thomas F. Murphine
Progressive League
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Superior Court
House of Tentatives
Woman fatally shot by husband at San Bernardino recital
Mrs. Camilo Ruez was shot twice by her husband as she finished singing La Paloma at her father’s home recital in San Bernardino California. He fired through a window then killed himself after a pursuing officer arrived. The couple were separated. the father John Luna is described as a wealthy pioneer.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Camilo Ruez
Ruez
San Diego
John Luna
Cow Captures Pickereel After Tail Strike at Lake
Seth Pelton drove cows to Sackett Lake near Monticello New York. While cows drank, a pickerel leaped at a fly on a cow tail and bit. The cow panicked and ran to shore, dragging the fish free as it was caught. A San Mateo heiress vows no more chaperones after voting rights. Mise Belle J Brittan, heiress to a million, declares American womanhood needs no chaperons and urges independent girls to act.
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Seth Pelton
Sackett Lake
Monticello
Mise
Belle J. Brittan
San Mateo
Cal
Summer Foods and Indigestion Warned by Health Ad
An advertisement warns that summer foods including impure water and milk, unripe fruit, and acidic drinks upset digestion. It claims constipation and toxin buildup harm the digestive system and promotes Dr Coldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle bowel laxative to prevent summer illnesses. It offers a trial postpaid from W B Caldwell, Monticello Illinois.
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W. B. Caldwell
Washi St
Monticello
Illinois
Hungry Cow Climbs to Third Floor for Family Vegetables
Mrs. James Solomon of East St. Louis TL laid in a large supply of fresh vegetables on a third floor table. A hungry cow in the backyard climbed the stairs ate everything and waited to be led out. Separately William McGraw and Jonathan Drury objected to being called tramps when arraigned before Justice Moorehouse at Tarrytown.
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James Solomon
East St. Louis
William McGraw
Jonathan Drury
Moorehouse
Tarrytown
N. Y
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