Mother and Daughter Face Trial for Murder Plot
Mrs Eva Catherine Kaber and her daughter Miss Marian stand charged with first degree murder in the Dan Kaber case. The two were arraigned in common pleas court amid other women facing related accusations as the investigation unfolds with a grand jury indictment and a confession by Brickel.
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Land
Eva Catherine Kaber
Miss Marian
First de
Ader
Dan FF
Kaber
Miss McArile
Conmmon Pleas Court
Baber Cave
Sandusky
Lane
Chase
Mlosester
New York
F Brickel
Huband
Brickel
Miss McArdle
Miss
Babe
Cleveland
Dan Kaber
Jed
Budapest to gauge skirts with police yardsticks
In Budapest the City of the Most Beautiful Legs, the League of Hungarian Women’s Suffrage Societies demands police yardsticks to measure skirt hems. Officers will use centimeter marks to identify women whose skirts rise more than 25 centimeters above the heels, accusing them of violation of modesty.
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Budapest
League of Hungarian Women's
Four Sparks family murders stump Kentucky town
A posse of about 50 farmers hunted a murderer of the Sparks family in Elliott county near Willow Pole Creek. The four killed were Mary Sparks, Wesley Sparks Sr, Wesley Sparks Jr, and Daniel Sparks. Hugh Sparks survive with gunshot wounds. The killings occurred last Sunday with search beginning yesterday after the first reports reached Louisa.
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Louisa
Mary Sparks
Wesley Sparks
Wesley Sparks, Jr
Daniel Sparks
Hugh Sparks
Sparks
Willow Pole Creek
Elliott County
Youth Is Guilty of Slaying Pal in Warwa s
Virgil Decker, 19, was found guilty of first degree murder for killing his friend Leroy Lovett in Warsaw Indiana. He received a life sentence amid claims the deed aimed to let the Decker family claim $24000 in life insurance. Indictments span Virgil Calvin and Fred Decker and Mrs Lydia Decker awaiting trial.
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Warsaw
Ind
Leroy Lovett
Virgil Decker
Decker
Lovett
Virgil
Calvin
Fred Decker
Lydia Decker
Sleeping Youth Fatally Hurt by Father in Des Moines
In Des Moines on June 11 R M West, 50, entered the bedroom of his 11 year old son Myron and killed him in his sleep with a .22 pistol. West, exhibiting signs of mental illness and lung trouble, feared tuberculosis and planned his act as a result of family health fears. Authorities state the incident follows professed concerns and will lead to formal charges of murder or related offenses after investigation.
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Des Moines
R. M. West
Myron
Graduation Exercises at Holy Angels Academy
Friday night ceremonies at Holy Angels Academy featured Rt. Rev. Bishop Edward J. O'Dea presiding. The event celebrated graduates with religious rites and community attendance.
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Holy Angels Academy
Edward J. O'Dea
Grape crop to make country wetter by 40 million gallons
California grape growers project a 40 million gallon boost from 160,000 acres and 275,000 tons of wine grapes, with prices up to 20 per ton higher. Prohibition officials and shippers expect most fruit to be turned into home made wine, expanding demand outside California and lifting profits for growers despite dry laws.
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San Francisco
Volstead
Prohibition
Sun
California
California Grape Growers Exchange
KE. M. Sheehan
New York
Chicago
Baltimore
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Detroit
Kansas City
St. Louis
New Orleans
Washington
Oregon
United States
France
Atlantic Seaboard
Sheehan
Atlantic
Secret Seattle child ring probe reveals Jefferson Street operation
A confidential investigator recalls a sting at 521 Jefferson Street that busted a drug ring trafficking to children. Two operators were traced, marked money recovered, and arrests made as part of a broader roundup, with the narrator cautious about a full end to the ring.
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Jefferson St
School Attendance Here Shows Decrease
Seattle school enrollment stands at 65,949, down 1,370 from last year. Reuben W. Jones, secretary of the school district, reported to the school board Friday. Only Fremont and northeastern sections show no decline, while the central district loses the most. The Northwestern section still has most pupils, though 216 fewer than last year.
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Seattle
Reuben W. Jones
Fremont
Altho
Logger Killed Instantly by Falling Tree Near Lake Washington
A logger named M. Pearson, employed by Allen & Nelson Mill Co., was fatally struck by a falling tree at Monahan in King County Washington on the east shore of Lake Washington Friday afternoon. The body was taken to the King County morgue.
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M. Pearson
Allen & Nelson Mill Co
Monahan
Wash
Lake Washington
King County
Gardner Escapes Again From Castle Rock Pursuit
A posse readies to scour eastern hills near Castle Rock after Gardner and Pyron vanished from a Portland bound train. United States Marshal Mulhall and Sheriff Hoggett lead the chase with Morris Cotturrt and Fred Tastor as key agents. Gardner's past escapes include a San Diego mail robbery and a dramatic break on a moving train.
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Columbia River
Castle Rock
United States
Omas Mulhall
San Francisco
Gardner
Pyron
Morris Cotturrt
Southern Pacific
Posse
Hoggett
Pose
Fred Tastor
San Diego
Texas soldier sentenced for assault on street
A Texas soldier was convicted after an incident in Dallas involving a girl on the street. He received a sentence to dig a trench and replace earth with a table as punishment.
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Dallas
Tex
Boatman shoots self after attack on Reef and family
In a violent incident at a Washington state home, Boatman fired at Mrs. Reef and others, then fled. He was found dead behind his bed as police arrived. Mrs. Reef escaped with minor injuries. The Boatman children, aged 4 to 12, remained unharmed and were later cared for by Mrs. Learn and relatives in Alaska.
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John A. Boatman
Seurday
Hanna Rees
Boatman
Price & Carter
Star
Mr. Boatman
Falen
Learns
Sid
National Guard
Mra Learn
Mra. Reef
Mra. Learn
Taku Harbor
Alaska
Andrew
D. J. Burch
White Bluffs
Benton County
Reef
Hartford
Wash
Learn
Ends in Garline suit over street railway dispute
City defendants ask dismissal in the Garline street railway controversy case brought by 14 taxpayers led by 8 B Asin. Charles Danworth for the corporation counsel asks for dismissal. Judge Ronald adjourned before ruling. motion to be heard next week in department No 1 of the superior court. The city claims the taxpayers have not yet named Stone Webster as defendants despite a prior ruling.
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B. Asin
Charles T. Danworth
Corporation Counsel’s Office
J. T. Ronald
Department No. 1
Superior Court
Stone & Webster
Ronald
Marine strike rumors denied by Beattle port operators
Local steamship operators stated there is no marine strike at Beattle port. The City of Beattle sails with a non union deck crew for Alaska. Shipping board reports labor conditions progressing satisfactorily with engineers seeking positions and no violence. Federal judge weighs an injunction against six marine unions in the dispute.
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Beattle
Pacific Bleamahip Company
Alaska
Shipping Board
Washington
R. M. Semmes
Pacific American Steamship Association
Pacific Coast
Funeral services for Mrs Porter Richmond Highlands
Funeral services for Mrs Porter of Richmond Highlands will be held at the Home Undertaking Co chapel at 2 p.m. Sunday. Burial will follow in Washell cemetery.
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D. Porter
Richmond Highlands
Home Undertaking Co
Washell
Water Shutoff Notice on Several Streets
Water will be shut off Sunday June 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 36 p.m. on Rail road avenue between Vine street and Broad street Broad street between Railhroad avenue and Western avenue and Elliott avenue between Broad street and Bay street.
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Railroad Ave
Vine St
Broad St
Railhroad
Western Ave
Elliott Ave
Bay St
Nolan sets perfect Alpha test score at UW
Michael John Nolan known as Alpha Wize at the University of Washington achieved a perfect 212 on the Alpha intelligence tests, completing all questions faster than required. The 42 year old Canadian overseas veteran and American Legion member is a federal board student at the university.
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Michael John Nolan
University of Washington
Nolan
Edison
American Legion
Federal Board
British Fight Polish Force Near Malapane
British soldiers and Polish irregulars clashed near Malapane, Oppein district, with a British detachment ambushed but escaping the trap with minor casualties. Poles fled after British initiative, casualties undetermined. Malapane lies 15 miles east of Oppein on the Malapane river near the Korfanty line.
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Oppein
Upper Silesia
Malapane
Korfanty
Woman’s Exhumation in Sunnyside Probes Poison Trace
In Yakima on June 11 the body of Mrs. Courtland Leach of Sunnyside was exhumed for coroner’s examination of vital organs to check poisoning. No evidence of homicide or suicide was found. she died 19 days ago.
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Yakima
Courtland Leach
Sunnyside
Leech
High Japanese Officials Visit Seattle On Investigation Tour
Eight members of the Japanese parliament and two secretaries are in Seattle on a touring inquiry. They were welcomed by a city committee led by J. D. Lowman, hosted at the New Washington hotel, and later entertained in Tacoma by the Japanese association before an auto tour of Seattle on Sunday.
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Seattle
J. D. Lowman
Japan
New
Washington
Tacoma
House
Diet
Japanese Officials Call for Less Jingoism During U S Visit
In Portland on June 11, eight Japanese Diet members urged mutual understanding with the United States and called for reduced jingoism on both sides of the Pacific. They were traveling from Portland to Seattle after a brief stop in Oregon on a cross country tour.
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Portland
Ore
Japan
America
United States
Puget Sound
Belgian Envoy Sees No U S Japan War Soon
Lemaire de la D Hermajie the Belgian charge d affaires in Tokyo for eight years predicts there will be no war between Japan and the United States in the present generation. In Seattle on Saturday he asserts the Japanese government is sincere in pursuing lasting peace for Pacific powers.
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Japan
United States
Lemaire de la D'Hermajie
Tokyo
Seattle
Shoots Sweetheart Then Self in Cheyenne Tragedy
Cheyenne Wyoming June 11 Samuel Underwood 23 shot his sweetheart Miss Margaret Grier twice then killed himself. Physicians say she has a chance to recover despite serious injuries. Grier is a prominent society figure in Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Margaret Grier
Samuel Underwood
F. Underwood
Two Youths Held in Balabury Jr. Murder Case
Vancouver police solved the Balabury Jr. murder as two youths are held. The ship of manager was killed when an assailant cried hands up and fired at close range after a failed response. The case details include the motive and arrests following the fatal shooting.
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Vancouver
B. C
William F. Balabury, Jr
Money
Meeiing Salsbury
Robinson
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