President Grants Limited Clemency in Indianapolis Dynamite Case
President Wilson denied clemency to all but four labor leaders convicted in the Indianapolis dynamite trial. Michael Hannon Frank Painter Fred Mooney and William Shupe received commutations effective immediately. Seperate clemency reviews were promised for John Barry and Pawl Morris.
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Washington
Wilson
Indianapols
Leavenworth
Michael Hannon
Frank Painter
Fred Mooney
William Shupe
John Barry
Pawl Morris
Leaven- Worth
Barry and
Morris
Frank M. Ryan
Iron Workers
Chicago
Sven
Eugene A. Clancy
San Francisco
Second Victim Dying After Seattle Jail Rampage
A coroner's jury in Seattle found the city jail cell 505 a slaughter pen where four inmates were injured during a brutal rampage by Marcott the maniac left loose among drunks. One victim Arthur R Johnson died in the morgue while P H Glines is expected to die. Jail walls bore holes as officials plan noise conduits and further segregation of violent from harmless drunks.
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Seattle
Marcott
Helples
Arthur R. Johnson
P. H. Glines
Jallern
Griffiths
Future country schools center of hamlets with farms and tech
A critic imagines rural education evolving from lone one room schools to compact communities. A teacher and family live on site with land, a domestic economy program, and cooking and arts in a multi-activity campus. Movies broaden geography and history for pupils and adults.
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India
Brazil
New York City
Iowa
Iowa “Better School Commission
Iona
Unfit Judge Emory Speer to Remain for Life
A congressional probe found clear unfitness in Judge Emory Speer and labeled him a menace to American institutions. The committee could not prove he is a crook or murderer, so Speer will keep his lifetime federal judgeship despite calls for impeachment.
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Seattle
Hanford
Macon
Georgia
Speer
Congressional Committee
Jud Speer
Emory Speer
Beatha Watson Involved In Court After Marriage Scandal
Los Angeles motion picture star Beatha Watson described by a judge as too beautiful to remain unprotected. She married Lawrence F Converse alias Max Lawrence and was taken from a Fresno train to Los Angeles with him. Converse already has a wife who resists prosecution as Watson faces renewed attention and legal questions.
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Beatha Watson
Los Angeles
Lawrence F. Converse
Max Lawrence
Fresno
Cal
Converse
Miss Watson
Tired of Life Ends Own Life at Outlook Hotel
Jameson 45 left notes to family and Dr Jameson before shooting himself in the heart at the Outlook hotel corner First Avenue and Pike Street. Landlady Mrs Hawkins found the scene this morning. He cited fatigue from efforts to regain health and to support his wife and four children.
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L. Jameson
Outlook
First Av
Pike
Mra
Hawkins
Jameson
Baby Dies After Mother Faints With Infant in Bath
A month old child of Mrs. John Cruze in Long Beach California died when the mother fainted while lifting him from the bath. She lay unconscious atop the infant for an unknown period and is now in serious condition from the shock.
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Long Beach
Cal
John Cruze
Hypnotic Marriage Sparks Divorce Battle in Tacoma
Mrs Rose Brown Germain files for divorce from John Germain claiming a hypnotic spell forced an unwanted marriage on May 13 1914 in Tacoma. She seeks restoration of her maiden name Rose Brown and cites continued visits and coercion after 1913. Attorney A J Speckert filed the complaint.
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Rose Brown Germain
John Germain
Tacoma
Germain
Butte Miners in Deadly War Amid Factions
In Butte Montana last night a riot left one bystander dead and five wounded, including a fatally hit miner Peter Brune 61. Edward L Noye a Great Northern freight clerk was killed. Governor Stewart planned to request federal troops to restore order as seceding miners disrupted a meeting called by Charles H Moyer head of the Western Federation of Miners.
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Butte
Mont
C. Stewart
Union Hall
Edward L. Noye
Great Northern R. R
Peter Brune
Moyer
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Sterilization Law Invalidated by Federal Court
Des Moines Iowa June 24 The federal circuit court of appeals today declared Iowa's sterilization law unconstitutional for criminals idiots the feeble minded drug users and moral perverts A similar statute has been enforced in Washington since 1909.
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Des Moines
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Lowa
Washington
King George and Queen Mary Guarded in Nottingham Visit
King George and Queen Mary arrived in Nottingham guarded by Scotland Yard detectives and special constables to avert suffragist demonstrations while they toured the city’s lace and hosiery industries.
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Nottingham
Eng
King George
Queen Mary
Scotland Yard
William McKenzie Inherits Half Million Estate In Wales
GO TO IT BILLIE GRANDVIEW June 24. William McKenzie arrived three weeks ago seeking work and now learns he has inherited an estate of 500000 dollars in Wales. He left last night to claim his fortune.
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Grandview
William McKenzie
Wales
Money Barrel Politics and the Hinky Dink Charter
The author rails against a proposed city charter allowing ward politicians to appoint a $12,000 city manager, likening it to old bribery practices that appointed U S senators. They warn ward council members will prioritize district interests, trading votes for personal gain, echoing Illinois Lorimer era corruption and repeating fears of graft in the city manager selection.
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United States
Illinois
Podunk
Hinky Dink
Seattle
U. S
Auto overturns near city limits. two injured
Walter H. Downing a fireman of 75th Ave and Aurora St and Mrs. T Hoffman 22 of 2827 Yancy St escaped serious injury when the car Hoffman drove overturned on the Pacific Highway just outside the northern city limits. They were rushed to Providence hospital. Downing owned the auto.
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Walter H. Downing
75Th Av
Aurora St
T. Hoffman
Yancy St
Pacific Highway
Lmits
Providence Hospital
Downing
Hoffman
King Abdicates Throne in Serbia
Belgrade reports King Peter of Servia abdicated today for health reasons and transferred the throne to the crown prince amid the royal transition.
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Belgrade
Peter of
Servia
Charter Meetings Held At Local Churches
Further discussions of the Hinky Dink charter are set for tonight at Tabernacle Baptist church on 15th Avenue North and at Temple Baptist church on Third Avenue and Cedar Street, with Ward's Hall in Georgetown hosting the Home Owners' League meeting. The schedule lists nearby venues including Harrison at Home Owners' League and Cedar Street locations for community deliberations.
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Tabernacle Baptist Church
15Th Av
E. Harrison
Public safety panel sustains mayor veto on crossing rule
The committee voted to sustain Mayor Gill s veto on the ordinance barring pedestrians from downtown street crossings except at intersections. A revised version will be drafted later.
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Public Safety Committee
Gill
Afraid of death by self action seeks jail
Trembling from alcohol effects, Frank Jones a 25 year old workman surrendered to the county jail saying he faced self harm with a razor and carbolic acid. He asked to be jailed to avoid city jail where he believed men were killed. He was admitted for confinement.
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Frank Jones
Ted McCormick
Jones
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