Gangs and Graft Scandal Ties Murders to Police Corruption
July 31 dispatch reports a policy to avoid exposure of a New York police scandal tied to the Rosenthal murder. It cites graft funds and high officials, including Becker, Rose, Webber, and Vallon, with District Attorney Whitman pursuing the case as grand juries probe the alleged collusion between police and underworld figures.
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Fyore
New York
Gam- Rosenthal
Ehotel
James Verelia
Hie
Chofici
P West Sith St
Herald Square
Lorenzo
al- Rae
Chas
Rosenthal
Whitman
Jack” Rose
Bridge
Harry Vallon
Becker
Gaynor
Rose
Attor Whitman
Burns Detective Agency
Allance
Webber
Wallon
Rob
Court Suit Seeks 50000 From E M Mills
The case, filed in an unnamed local court, alleges E M Mills of Renton Road caused a head on collision on January 22 injuring H E Peet and leaving him an invalid for life. The suit, linked to the Mileage firm Peabody Melling Co, seeks damages of 50000 and mentions a planned discontinuance of a system and ongoing actions from last December.
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E. M. Mills
Seattice, Renton & Railroad
H. E. Peet
P. Spooner
Mills
Bie
Benton Company
T Mills
Peabody, Melling & Co
Perry Hotel
Decision on Judge Hanford Due Next Week
Chairman Clayton of the house judiciary committee said the impeachment proceedings against U S Judge C H Hanford of Seattle will not be dropped and no action will be taken until Congressman Higgins of the investigating committee returns to Washington.
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Washington
Clayton
House Judiciary Committee
United States
C. H. Hanford
Seattle
Higgins
Seattice
Portland Operator Dies In Automobile Crash
Miss Grace C. Dow a 35 year old telephone operator at the Hotel Oregon was fatally injured when the car she rode in struck a Japanese fruit wagon near Portland early today. She died en route to a hospital from a fractured skull and broken neck. In New York Newman Erb acting for Hawley interests pursued talks to buy the Denver Northwestern and Pacific railroad though terms were not disclosed.
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Portland
Grace C. Dow
Hotel
Oregon
New York
Newman Erb
Hawley
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railroad
Divorce filing reveals Arizona exile remark and hot town joke
Minnette Burnside filed for divorce alleging her husband wrote from Douglas Arizona in February 1907. She said she has never been in Arizona and noted the heat of the town, while mentioning Clarence as a distant acquaintance.
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San Francisco
Minnette
Minnette Burnside
Douglas
Ariz
Arizona
Landon Pledges Support for People’s Cause
Daniel Landon writes in gratitude for The Star’s endorsement saying the paper’s confidence reflects the people and pledges to follow its principles in Congress. He vows to make a record that The Star will not regret its action.
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The
Star
Congress
Daniel Landon
Standpat Hay’s reform plan faces scrutiny by bar association
A Tacoma meeting critiques Gov Hay’s commission proposal for preliminary court hearings with bond requirements aimed at limiting meritless suits. Critics warn it could bar poor plaintiffs from court, empower corporate interests, and erode trial by jury.
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State Bar Association
Tacoma
Gov
Frank T. Post
Supreme Court
J. B. Bridges
Corporation
Aberdeen
W. H. Gorham
Seattle
Hay
Commission of Corporation
Corporation Attorneys
The
Bar Association
Divorce Suit Is Surprise At University
Mrs. M. Daggy files for divorce from Prof. M. L. Daggy former head of the University of Washington rhetoric department. She alleges cruelty and threats. The couple married June 6 1905 in Seattle and have a six year old son. Prof Daggy lectured on a lyceum course.
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M. 8. Daggy
M. L. Daggy
University of Washington
Seattle
Daggy
Prof. Daggy
Taft Children Trip To Glacier National Park
St Paul July 1 Robert and Helen Taft son and daughter of the president will leave Beverly Hills for Glacier National Park. They travel with friends including Miss Martha Owers daughter of the late solicitor general Lloyd W Bowers and Miss Isabel Vincent daughter of the University of Minnesota president. Mrs Vincent will chaperone.
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ST. Paul
Robert
Helen Taft
Beverly
Glacier National Park
Martha Owers
United States
Lloyd W. Bowers
Isabel Vincent
University of
Amazing Trance Feats by Girl in Missouri
Wellsville reports describe Bessie Stewart a farm girl who enters trance states revealing remarkable abilities. She sees in the dark speaks and dances without training lectures recite poems compose music and seemingly acts as multiple persons. Her powers emerged after attending Kirkeville normal school and a teaching stint in Waco.
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Wellsville
America
Bessie Stewart
Genee
Bessie
Charles Stewart
Kirkeville
Waco
Tex
Weather forecast fair tonight and Thursday
Generally fair conditions reported with light west to north west winds. Noon temperature is 71 degrees.
Lost Girls and the Line Between Respectability
The piece portrays Susan Brown, a woman lost to drink and drugs who is guided back toward respectability by a missionary. It contrasts the old restricted district deadlines with modern times, noting four out of five lost girls cross the line and need steadfast guides to return.
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Fred L. Boalt
Susan Brown
Blanket
Rouge
Red Lamp
Second Avenue
Third Federal Judge in Danger of Impeachment
Georgia judge Emer Speer faces possible impeachment over actions in the Huff case. The dispute centers on a letter attacking Speer's record and a bankruptcy matter tied to $94 000 in bank proceedings. Huff accuses Speer of improper juggling for financial gain and calls him venal and corrupt.
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United Press
Macon
United States
Cornelius H. Hanford
Robt
W. Archbald
Emer Speer
Southern District of Georgia
Huff
Speers
Be Friends
Speer
Congress
Mente
Nova Scotia
Lost on Desert Near Trinidad Heads to Los Angeles
J. W. Walker and his two sons of Los Angeles are missing on a desert trip from Minneapolis to Los Angeles. They were last heard from three weeks ago after a wireless message from Trinidad saying they faced road trouble and could not say when they would reach Los Angeles.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Trinidad
Colo
Minneapolis
J. W. Walker
Haines Poised for Idaho Governor Nomination in GOP Primary
Boise Idaho July 31 John M Haines appears likely to win the Republican nomination for Idaho governor from the latest primary returns though final results await tomorrow A surprise runner Bonner county candidate Paul Clagstone trails close behind and leads ex Governor Morrison as Haines main rival.
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United Press
Boise
Ida
John M. Haines
Paul Clagstone
Bonner County
Haines
John T. Morrison
Woman leaps from Eiffel Tower in Paris tragedy
A fashionably dressed woman hurls herself from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. She falls 525 feet to the second platform and is killed, with limbs severed. About 400 francs found in her pocket as investigators seek identity.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
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