Throat Attack at State Penitentiary
Convict Joseph Wagner slashed fellow prisoner Robert Lang’s throat from ear to ear with a butcher knife early Wednesday. Lang, a trusted inmate, received 59 stitches and was taken to the prison hospital. Wagner, awaiting transfer to the asylum, had hidden the weapon under his bed.
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Joseph Wagner
State Penitentiary
Robert Lang
Lang
Olympia
Wagner
Seattle
Asylum For the Insane
Medical Lake
Auto Pursuit Ends With Arrests After Midnight Chase
Frank Mason and Lester Relding were pursued through downtown streets by Patrolmen F A Wise and K E Covell. Mason faces disorderly conduct charges while Belding is charged with driving while intoxicated after the pair fired several shots and were captured near First Ave and Bellet. The chase covered almost a mile as the prowler car tracked the fugitives and they were arrested after exiting their vehicle.
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Frank Mason
Lester Relding
F. A. Wise
KE. B. Covell
Belding
Mason
First Ave
Bellet
Cantú Revolt Under Way in Lower California
Mexican independence day reports from Tecate indicate Esteban Cantú forces have seized La Puerta, 45 miles south of San Diego, driving out the federal garrison after guerilla fighting. Several garrison and Cantú sympathizers were wounded. Tijuana area likewise tense. The uprising is seen as Cantú’s bid for Mexico’s presidency.
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San Diego
Cal
Esteban Cantu
Lower California
la Puerta
Tecate
Cantu
Tia Juana
Acros
Lower
California
Carranza
Mexico
Man Pins Papers on Coat to Aid Memory
Yakima crowds note George Trown a hardware merchant starts each day with pinned pieces of paper on his left lapel. His wife uses the notes to prompt purchases or messages. He simply counts the papers to remember.
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Yakima
George Trown
Crown
George
Convict Arnstein in Bond Robbery
Jules Nickey Arnstein, David W. Sullivan, Nick Cohn, Norman Bowles and W W Pasterday were found guilty yesterday of conspiracy in the Liberty bond robbery in New York. The jury deliberated under an hour and the defense indicated an appeal. Bond for the defendants was requested.
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Washington
Jules
Nickey
Arnstein
David W. Sullivan
Nick Cohn
Norman
Bowles
W. W. Pasterday
Heretic
New York
Death Delays Drive Despondent Man to Poison and Knife
John J. Daoust, 46, attempted suicide at the Latona Hotel after swallowing strychnine and slashing his throat. A roommate found him and police took him to City Hospital. a box of 30 strychnine tablets was recovered, and Daoust spoke little about his marital troubles with his wife and two daughters in Devil’s Lake, North Dakota.
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John J. Daoust
Latona
First Ave
Daoust
Ed Norton
Frank Bertrand
City Hospital
Wertrand
Daooust
Auburn girl Irene Arnell 17 attempts suicide after family distress
Irene Arnell 17 living with her aunt near Auburn disappeared Tuesday, prompting a countywide search. She reappeared Wednesday night five miles from home, unconscious on a road between Auburn and Algona after taking poison. She survived, with officials noting she had a recent troubled mood tied to her mother’s disappearance six months earlier. The aunt attributed a broken engagement and general despair to the strain.
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Irene Arnell
Auburn
Algona
Miss Arnel
Denton Burke
Miss Arnell
Wilbur Arnell
Strike Halts 3 Ships Here
In Washington and Seattle a wage dispute with the Shipping Board stalls three vessels Alaska service tied up steamships Alameda City of Seattle and Admiral Dewey unable to sign engineers crews scarce and overtime pay changes meet resistance. A Russian sailor Albert Kerensky seeks work but faces citizenship and paperwork hurdles before ending up on a different ship.
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Seattle
Shipping Board
St Andpoint
Alameda
City of
Alaska
Admiral Dewey
California
Admiral Benson
Sailors’ Union
Albert Kerensky
The
Star
Kerensky
San Francisco
Shipping Board Office
Marine Strike Not Yet Settled Wages and Talks Stall
Negotiations between the government and striking seamen leaders are at a standstill. President Brown of the Marine Engineers' National Benevolent Association says unions are finished on the issue. Labor Dept reports no conference plans for at least two days.
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Washington
William 8. Brown
The
Marine Engineers’ National Benevolent Association
Davis
Peace in Portland trades may follow mediation ruling
Portland reports peace in the building trades wage dispute as the Building Construction Employers' association agrees to the mediation board verdict of a 10 percent cut. All unions except bricklayers accept the ruling, while Chicago notes B M Jewell urges the U S railroad labor board to delay wage cuts until new working agreements are drafted.
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Portland
Building Construction Employers’ Association
Building Trades Council
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
United States Railroad Labor Board
Comnon
De Valera and Craig Hold Conference
Dublin reports a formal conference between Eamonn De Valera and Sir James Craig. They discussed forthcoming elections and Sinn Fein’s possible acceptance of a government plan for two parliaments in Ireland. Craig is slated to become first premier of Northern Ireland when home rule takes effect.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
James Craig
Sinn Fe
Ireland
James
North Ireland
War Veterans Find Comfort at Rainier Hospital
At Cushman hospital Rainier, Noble Post No 1 American Legion supplies entertainment books cigars and other dainties for wounded and sick veterans while the public pursues its own affairs at the Rainier Noble post headquarters in the Stuart building.
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la Guerre
Cushman Hospital
Rainier
Noble Post No. 1
American Legion
Rainier- Noble Post
Stuart Building
Canadian Actress Granted Divorce in Cruelty Case
London May 5 Margaret Bannerman Canadian actress is granted a divorce from Pat Somerset actor on grounds of cruelty.
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London
Margaret Bannerman
Pat Somerset
Sequim Officials Set Flying Record Tour
Sequim Mayor J. S. Bugge and editor William D. Welch set a rapid itinerary that began with a Port Angeles train to Port Townsend and steamship to Seattle, then Kent by road, a flight to Sequim, and return by car arriving 5:15 p.m. The unusual travel sequence marks a local record.
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Sequim
Port Angeles
Wiliam D. Welch
J. S. Bugge
Port Townsend
Seattle
Kent
Frank A Munter
First American novel The Power of Sympathy published 1789
The Power of Sympathy by Mrs. Sarah W. A. Morton is recognized as the first novel published in America in 1789.
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America
Sarah W. A. Morton
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