Phillips blames himself for Alberta Meadows murder
Armour TL Phillips testified he would tell the truth on the witness stand at Clara Phillips trial. He said money and circumstances led to his actions, detailing his life with Clara, their finances, and his affair with Alberta Meadows. He admitted to killing the man he believed harmed his wife and described the motive and events leading to the murder.
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Los Angeles
Armour TL
Phillips
Alberta Meadows
Bert
Clara Phillips
Diana
Clara
Texas
Camp Traverse
Los ‘Angeles
Alberta
Defense seeks to show Peggy Caffee struck the hammer blow
Los Angeles Cal Nov 1 Defense attorney Herrington told the jury he will present witnesses to prove Peggy Caffee the state's key eyewitness struck the hammer blow that killed Alberta Meadows. He said Caffee bought the hammer and was the only person present the defense claims knew of it.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Herrington
Clara Phillips
Peggy Caffee
Alberta Meadows
Arene Sepeccaree
Wallace Reid Begins Regular Training Retreat Near Los Angeles
Wallace Reid, aiming to recover from a nervous breakdown, has entered intense training at a mountain retreat near Los Angeles. He is under Teddy Hayes, former Jack Dempsey trainer, and plans to return to studio work on a new picture within a few weeks.
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Wallace Reid
Los Angeles
Wallace
Reid
Teddy Hayes
Jack Dempsey
Brown Pushes Seattle Gas Public Ownership Petition
Brown urged city takeover of gas service to curb high Seattle rates. He claimed public ownership would yield a permanent settlement of the rate issue and said he would relay the matter to the department of public utilities after the election.
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Brown
Seattle
Department of Pub
Boy Earns Money in Apple Season
A family discusses their son who worked on an uncle's Wenatchee Valley apple ranch all summer earning his first money and plans to buy a school suit. The ad suggests Cherry's at 1015 2nd Ave Rialto Bldg over the Pig'n Whistle as a place to buy on small payments and save remaining earnings.
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Johnnie
Wenatchee Valley
Cherry's
2Nd Ave
Rialto
Arbnnie
Advt
Dill Gains Strength in Northwest Senate Polls
A Snohomish County produced telephone straw poll shows Robert B. Bermann leading Miles Poindexter by more than two to one for the senate seat. Dill polled 8,022 to 4,006 with 1,319 doubtful. if the doubtful lean Poindexter would reach 6,315. The survey asked 12,871 voters and highlighted support for a soldiers bonus and tax reform, with Newberry scandal and Poindexter’s stance drawing opposition from many veterans. County-by-county outlooks varied, and Dill pressed a grueling campaign schedule across the state led by liberal Democratic organizers and Republican rivals alike.
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Robert B. Bermann
Senate
Miles Poindexter
League
Dill
Poindexter
Dr Lorenz to Visit Seattle for Orthopedic Work
Dr Adolf Lorenz, famed for miracle work with crippled children, has accepted an invitation to Seattle to visit Beattie and treat young patients. Dr Ira C Brown, on behalf of The Star, secured the invitation and received a favorable reply from Dr Lorenz's Newark secretary Dr Carl L Keppler. Lorenz may not reach Seattle on this trip but plans to come as dates can be arranged. no West Coast plans yet, yearly US visits anticipated.
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Adolf Lorenz
Star
Beattie
Ira C. Brown
Seattle
Lorenz
Carl L. Keppler
Newark
N. 1
Dr. Brown
Vienna
Poindexter Not Fired Denied by Veterans Group
The Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Monaghan district demanded an investigation after false dispatches from Spokane claimed Senator Miles Poindexter was expelled. Warren H. Steen denied the report and Poindexter’s honorary membership remains under review pending action.
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Miles Poindexter
Monaghan Post
Veterans of Foreign Ware
Theodore Roosevelt
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Phil Tworoger
Department Judge Advocate
Warren H. Steen
Monaghan Poset
Poindexter
Steen
Tworoger
Seattle
Halloween Mischief Across Cities Sparks Quirky Incidents
In New York a man and woman jailed for a Halloween stroll after a street incident. A Carnegie Hall prank involves a cow in a speakers’ room. Chicago police quell a riot when revelers toppled a flaming fruit cart on tracks. Denver Halloween vandals push a five ton truck onto tracks, delaying traffic. Albany reveler William Small fends off three gunmen after a party. Wilkes-Barre sees heavy confetti forcing a car to stall overnight. Pittsburgh sees a man believed dead return from a party to find preparations for burial halted.
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New York
Carnegie Hall
Chicago
Detective Locates Lost Convent Girl
Leona Baker a 16 year old who disappeared from a Catholic academy in Carroll Iowa was found in a Council Bluffs hotel. Garth Hyatt detective bureau operative located her and will take her to Adel Dallas county seat where her alleged sweetheart William Pensler a Perry railroad brake man is held.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Leona Baker
Carroll
Council Bluffs
Garth Hyatt
Hyatt
Adel
Dallas County
William Pensler
Perry
Serbians and Italians clash as frontier fighting erupts in war scare
Belgrade dispatches report fighting near Bushak as Serbs and Italians exchange fire after the Fascisti victory in Italy. Reports say casualties occur on both sides and Serbia contemplates mobilization amid rising tensions. In a separate item, George E. Boos, 70, shot himself at the El Dora apartments, a former Lang Manufacturing official with Montana newspaper ties and a career in government service, leaving a widow and two children. Funeral plans are set in Ruston town.
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Italy
Belgrade
Daily Express
Serbia
Fae Eisti
Express Dispatches
Weca
George BE. Boos
el Dora
Olive
Hoos
Lang Manufacturing Co
Roos
Montana
Russell B. Harrison
Benjamin Harrison
Montana Journal
United States Census Bureau
National Capitol
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W. F. Hart
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Ruston
Ronney Watson Chapel
Fascisti Defy U S Consul in Rome Burn Labor Chamber
An unconfirmed dispatch says Manciatt demanded the American consul in Rome raise the Italian flag over the consulate. It also reports Fascisti burned the chamber of labor in Rome Chinscote on the Italian-Gwise border.
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Paris
Nev
Agence Radio
Chinaso Today
Manciatt
Rome
Chamber of Labor
Mussolini Sets Strict Discipline for New Italian Government
Rome reports Benito Mussolini as premier enforcing iron discipline across ministries. He plans daily ministerial checkups and warns state workers to avoid tardiness. A telegram to poet Gabriele d Annunzio promises discipline and peace, as the Black Shirts disband after a major Roman triumph.
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Rome
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Pascieti
Muscolini Bes
Gabriele d'Annunzio
Mussolini
Wea
Poetalroan
How to Pronounce Fascist in Italy
Pasadena item notes Augusto Galli, ex-secretary of Rome's Fascist movement and ally of Mussolini, urges Americans to learn the Italian pronunciation Fe acenhee with the accent on the second syllable. He says the first two syllables sound like far and stresses the second. He predicts the term will be familiar for years.
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Pasadena
Cal
Augusto Galil
Rome
Benito Mussolini
United States
Galli
Italy
Seattle Kiwanis vows friendship with Yakima trade ties
About 100 Seattle Kiwanis members in Yakima pledged friendship and cooperation to counter Portland’s bid for Yakima trade. Dr. W J Hindley warned a Portland Yakima railroad could shift substantial business, noting Yakima merchants spend about 20 million dollars yearly.
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Yakima
Portland
Yakima Valley
Seattle Kiwanis Club
Last Sight
W. J. Hindley
Washington State Retailers’ Association
Hindley
Seattle
Stephen S. Miller
College of Business Administration
University of Washington
Beattie Kiwanis Club
San Francisco
Longshoreman Harris Hurt by Piling at Colman Creosote Works
Joe Harris, 49, a longshoreman of 1801 Ninth Ave, was knocked into Elliott Bay when a piling swung from a loading on the steamer Fred Baxter at Colman Creosote works Florida Ave and Raill Road. Rescued and revived, he recovered at home Wednesday.
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Colman Creosote Works
Florida
Havre Postmortem Reexamination in Carleton Case
The postmortem on Mrs. Carleton was reexamined yesterday. Doctors Hamilton and W. F. performed the autopsy with Dr. Carleton present. The bullet lodged near the spinal cord at a 45 degree angle. Mrs. Carleton was left handed. District Attorney Max Kuhr and attorney F N Utter attended the examination. physicians declined to comment.
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Mra
Carleton
Max Kuhr
Hill County
F. N. Utter
Mre. Pyle
Blame Cast On Minister In Havre Tragedy
Frank B Carleton widower of Mrs Margaret Carleton charges in a signed statement that Bishop Faber and public claims misrepresent the events leading to the deaths of Mrs Carleton and Rev Leonard J Christier at Havre Montana He asserts his wife was not to blame and the minister bears responsibility.
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Angeles
Margaret Carleton
Leonard J. Christier
Havre
Mont
Christier
Frank B. Carteton
Carleton
Margaret
Faber
Margaret Ie
Funeral for Mrs. Carleton After Havre Double Tragedy
The body of Margaret Carleton was brought to Helena for burial after she killed Rev L J Christier and shot herself in Havre on October 27. Her mother Mrs Joseph Pyle led arrangements and questioned how the revolver and two diamond rings entered her possession.
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Helena
Mont
Margaret Carleton
Havre
L. J. Chriatier
Joseph Pyle
Pastor's Body Taken to Waterloo in State
The body of Rev. Leonard J. Christier known as "Bishop of All Outdoors" was brought to Waterloo, New York from Havre Montana. It will rest at his parents home until Friday when it will be moved to St Pauls Episcopal Church for public viewing.
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N. Y
Mer
Leonard J. Christier
All Outdoors
Havre
Mont
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Brumfield Widows Romance Reported in California
Roseburg Oregon reports Mrs. Merle Brumfield widow of the convicted dentist Dr. Richard M. Brumfield is honeymooning in California with Howard K. Moseha. The brief item notes a new marriage-like arrangement following the son of the Brumfields’ scandal.
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Roseburg
Ore
Merle Brumfield
Richard M. Brumfield
California
Howard K. Moseha
Local Firm to Help on Hotel Plan in Seattle
Bebb & Gould, renowned Western architects, will collaborate with J Otto Post to design The Olympic Seattle community hotel. Construction starts April with opening planned around May 16, 1924. The building will feature a round floor for dining and a large lobby with a 260 foot viewing vista along Seneca Street.
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Bebb & Gould
Beattle
United Hotels Co
Alo
J. Otto Post
Staller
Hebb & Gould
Seattle
Post
Gould
Beneca Et
Seneca S T
Hotel Statler
Cleveland
Man Fatally Hurt By Cars On Dayton Street
Charles J. Sheeta a 4420 Dayton street tailor was fatally injured Wednesday morning after being struck between two Phinney avenue streetcars moving opposite directions at Dayton avenue and North 43rd street. He apparently tried to cross and dodge a inbound car but was crushed. identity unknown, about 45 years old.
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Phinney Ave
Charles J. Sheeta
Dayton St
Dayton Ave
N. 43Rd
M. L. Horrig
Fremont Ave
Boy Injured When Auto Strikes Pole
William Strong a five year old schoolboy was badly hurt Tuesday night when the automobile he rode in with his father B Strong struck a car driven by T W Coker. Strong’s car then crashed into a telephone pole tossing the boy into the street and he was taken to Minor hospital with cuts on his head.
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William Strong
B. Strong
Bixth Ave
N. PB
T. W. Coker
Weatinke Ave
Couple wed sixteen days after prison inmate Brumfield hanged
The marriage of two individuals in Seattle followed the suicide of Brumfield, a death row inmate at Salem penitentiary who hanged himself with bed clothing to forestall the gallows after being convicted of a murder in Dennia Russell's case a year earlier. Confirmation came from D B Ferguson, county auditor at Seattle.
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Borer
Seattle
Brumfield
Salem
D. B. Ferguson
Dennia Russell
Pancake Championship Headlines and Urban Quips
Fragmentary humor and local notes mix in a chunk of 19th century style snippets. References include New York pancake contest leaders and a playful jab at insurance against culinary risks. Other lines mention Seattle bootleggers and a football emphasis.
Lloyd George Abandons Bristol Speaking Engagement
London November 1 David Lloyd George former prime minister was forced to drop his Bristol engagement because of a slight cold and throat inflammation from heavy campaign speaking. He hopes to speak in London on Saturday.
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London
David Lloyd George
Bristol
Lloyd George
British Empire
Medicinal Herbs Back In Style In English Gardens
A Manchester paper urges renewed cultivation of old fashioned medicinal herbs in English gardens. In the U S herbs have fallen from fashion in small gardens yet are imported in bulk from Turkey India and China for commercial use. Large quantities are used annually in Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a popular medicine for women's ailments. It contains no narcotics or harmful drugs.
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Manchester
England
United States
Turkey
India
China
Lydia E. Pinkham
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