Gove Embezzlement Case Hits Seattle Bank
32 year old DeForest W W Gove, a Dexter Horton National paying teller, confessed to stealing about $15,000 by forging names of prominent Seattle clients including Carrie B Cobb Elizabeth Foss Thomas E Jones and Herman Linset. He drained Linset's account and was jailed on grand larceny charges with $100,000 bond.
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Seattle Star
NSE
Dexter Horton Bank
Gove
Carrie B. Cobb
E. Alphast
Charles H. Cobb
Elizabeth Foss
N. Broadway
Levi W. Foss
Thomas E. Jones
Queen Anne Ave
Herman Linset
Foster Station
Occidental Ave
Yester Way
Dexter Horton National
Seattle
Philip K. Ahern
Pinkerton
Lundin
Justice Gordon's Court
Lloyd’s Royal Indemnity Co
London
Linset
Foss
Dr. and
D. W. Gove
Orting
Seattle Athletic Club
Ex-state official acquitted in embezzlement case
Boise Idaho June 24 a former state commissioner was acquitted after a several day trial. The defendant Van Valkenberg claimed I didn't write the forged check for 3000 dollars and said the matter involved forged funds.
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Boise
Idaho
van Valkenberg
Elbert Motor Car Co stock fears grow after arrest warrant
Seattle stockholders watch San Francisco actions as N F Wilson faces arrest for the Elbert Motor Car Co. scandal. Reports say the firm moved offices to San Francisco, promised a Sunnyvale plant and 100 cars daily, while stock sold at 50 cents a share and over $50,000 was subscribed in Seattle amid delays and new financing efforts.
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Seattle
Empire Building
John W. Burgess
East
Wilson
San Francisco
California
Sunnyvale
Fam Bentitor
Elbert Company
Empire Securities Co
Maude Adams And Doc Slocum Reunite In Seattle
Maude Adams, 43, once a juvenile lead in stock theatre, greets longtime friend and impresario Doc Slocum, near 60, in Seattle after years of travel and shared Northwest theatre roots. The reunion recalls early Salt Lake theatre beginnings and their mutual ties to Maude’s mother Anna Kiskadden.
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Maude
Slocum
Anna Kiskadden
Maude Adams
Seattle
The
Eagles
Doc” Slocum
Salt Lake Theatre
Doc
Northwest
Siocum
Deutsche Tageszeitung Attacks Wilson in Berlin Note
Berlin reports the Deutsche Tageszeitung reappeared with an attack on President Wilson. It alleges Wilson favored a Swiss peace conference while noting U S neutrality but blocking Panama Canal neutral trade and shipping arms to allies, especially Russia. Berlin also notes Germany may concede on Wilsonian humanitarian principles in a forthcoming foreign office note on submarine warfare.
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Berlin
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Wilson
Tageszeitung
Count Reventlow
Switzerland
United States
Panama Canal
Russia
Herlin
Germany
Foreign Office
Dynamite Found At Carnegie Door Declared Amateur Work
A bomb reported to contain three sticks of dynamite was found on the doorstep of Andrew Carnegie's home. Police say the crude device and placement indicate amateur involvement. Carnegie had been away in Bar Harbor for several days.
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Mike
Johnny
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Bar Harbor
Two Die in Auto Crash near 92nd Street
Mrs Eva Luisdaal of Chicago and O W Franklin of Burlington Iowa died instantly when their car struck a wagon, overturned, and crashed into a telegraph pole on 92nd Street.
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Chicago
Eva Luisdaal
O. W. Franklin
Burlington
Iowa
Motion to change judge denied in Colorado miners trials
Attorneys moved to replace Judge Hillyer who presided over the Lawson case alleging prejudice. The motion was rejected as Colorado miners face multiple trials with the same judge continuing to oversee proceedings.
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Colorado
Hillyer
Lawson
Bryan to Run for U S Senate Rumor Sparks Move
Wm J Bryan announced he would retain a Nebraska residence and spend part of each year there and vote there He hinted at possible campaign for Senator Hitchcock s seat He will continue publication of the Commoner and spend July 4 at San Francisco for the Panama Pacific exposition with Mrs Bryan They depart for California later this week for about two weeks
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Washington
Wm. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Hitchcock
Senate
San Francisco
California
Commercial Club Plans First Formal Dance Friday
The Commercial Club will host a soup and fish themed dance on Friday night as its first formal event. Attire is to be claw-hammer toga with slick fronts and gowns for madame and mademoiselle. A 32 member committee created novel stunts for the evening. Dad Wyner’s band will play and the floor opens at 9 sharp.
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Madame
Mademoiselle
Dad” Wyner
Congressmen Visit Umatilla Irrigation District Then Boise Project
A Congressional party toured the Umatilla irrigation district in Oregon and then proceeded to inspect the Boise project in Idaho. The visit focused on water management and regional irrigation needs.
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Congressional Party
Umatilla
Oregon
Boise Project
Idaho
Lundin obtenes injunctions against red light owners
Prosecuting Attorney Lundin secured temporary injunctions Thursday against owners of three alleged immoral houses in his red light abatement drive. Giuseppe Colanzelo is named principal defendant in all three suits, with bonds set at 3000, and two additional cases for the Potlatch hotel and Boulder Realty Co. continued for one week. Deputy Summers handles proceedings. Judge Gilliam to decide Saturday on the Humphrey house case.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Cook
Gustave Roeder
the World
Thaw
White
Roeder
Jas. Smith
Sherbrooke
Que
Arlee
Wm. T. Jerome
Canada
John RB. Stanchfield
Robert Ewing
Shierbrooke
Court House
Ewing
Lundin
Hie
Ronald
Dearborn
Guiseppe Colanzelo
Joseph A. Hyde
Potlatch Hotel
Weller St
Boulder Realty Co
Summers
Gilliam
Jesse J. Humphrey
Kristina
Wellerst
Shells Kill Nurses in Arras Hospital Bombardment
German shells struck Saint Sacrament hospital in Arras during a bombardment, killing several sisters and nurses. Ellensburg will vote on July 20 on a $100,000 light bond issue.
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Paris
Saint Sacrament Hospital
Arras
Ellensburg
Boy Marines Parade Entry Open at Lincoln Park
Capt. R. W. Thompson organizes a company of 50 boys and 10 officers aged 9 to 17 for a Tilikum parade during Shriners week. There is no cost to join and applicants should report at Lincoln Park at 10 o'clock Friday morning, asking for Capt. Thompson.
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Shriners
R. W. Thompson
Lincoln Park
Thompson
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Tee
Utna
Depot Bar
Fred L. Boalt
Libec
Liberty Hotel
Yeggs
Yeggman
America
Europe
Johnny Vegg
Cata
Yvegg
Society of the Gay Cata
Hoboland
Johnny Vee
Depot
Elbert CO
Frisco
Jerome
Doc’ Slocum
Maude Kiskadden
Mortimer L. Slocum
Maude Adame
Metropolitan
Beattie
Pioneer Northwest
BY Carl W. Ackerman
U. S. Senate
Tilikum “Boy Marines
Fortescue
Merchant
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