Man Arrested for Double-Headed Axe Murder near Prosser
Giuseppe Spumpo, laborer, allegedly killed his wife by ax and left two young children in bed. He was captured by a Great Northern foreman and confessed at county jail. Three hundred dollars found on him. Neighbors say he neglected his family. children were found naked until neighbors provided clothing.
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Great Northern
Prosser
Guiseppi Spumpo
Foreman Cromley
Great Northern Section
Spumpo
Washington Votes Dry in Statewide Election Results
Washington voters backed dry measures by about 139 672 to 128 321 in statewide tallies. Wesley L. Jones won reelection as a Republican senator while W. W. Black and Ole Hanson trailed. Rhea M. Whitehead, about 28, will become Seattle’s first directly elected woman justice of the peace. Republicans swept many county and congressional races. Blue Sky Law and limited measures faced mixed outcomes.
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Washington
Wesley L. Jones
W. W. Black
Ole Hanson
W. E. Humphrey
Albert John
Mies Rhea M. Whitehead
Seattle
Miss Whitehead
King County
Rhea M Whitehead
Misa Whitehead
Chadwick
Crow
Holcomb
Supreme Court
Mille
Pemberton
Humphries
Incomplete returns show Landen Murphine Lane ahead
Incomplete returns assure Senator Dan Landen and legislators Thomas Murphine and W D Lane are elected in their districts. John H Wallace trails Howard Taylor closely in District 20 and Paul Houser Prop runs Ralph Nichols closely in District 21. Republicans lead in remaining districts.
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Dan Landen
Senate
Thomas F. Murphine
W. D. Lane
Strongarm Boys Meet in Seattle YMCA Convention
Sixteen Northwest Y M C A physical directors arrived in Seattle for a six day convention to standardize physical culture across Y M C A branches. Dr Geo J Misher leads the International Committee in guiding the sessions through Monday night.
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Northwest
Seattle
Geo. J. Misher
International Committee
Defeated by Senator Sherman in Illinois Race
Complete returns from 96 counties show U S Senator Sherman ahead of Roger Sullivan by about 15 000 votes with the entire Republican state ticket elected. Western states favor Republicans as Democrats gain in Michigan Minnesota Nebraska and Oklahoma while Reed Smoot is reelected in Utah and Colorado leans Democratic in the Senate race. Montana and Nevada likely approve woman suffrage. Nebraska suffrage result remains in doubt.
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Chicago
United States
Sherman
Roger Sullivan
Ohio
California
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Pacific Coast
Reed Smoot
Utah
Colorado
Thomas
South Dakota
Phw. Johnson
Kansas
Neely
Curtis
Victor Murdock
Montana
Nevada
California Sends Phelan to Senate
San Francisco dispatch reports James D. Phelan likely to win the U S Senate race by about 20 000 votes over Jos R Knowland and Francis J Heney with 1 184 of 4 585 precincts reported statewide Indications are Governor Johnson appears to have won by a large plurality and statewide turnout set a record Outside San Francisco and Oakland voters supported red light abatement while the prohibition amendment was defeated and the eight year liquor election ban appears to have carried.
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San Francisco
U. S. Senate
James D. Phelan
Jos. R. Knowland
Francis J. Heney
Johnson
Fredericks
Curtin
Belgian Batteries Fire Thousands Near Yaer Front
London reports two Belgian batteries on the Yaer front have fired a total of 8,000 rounds, with each gun delivering about 4,000 since the war began. The guns are described as performing well and remaining in good condition.
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London
Yaer
England Declares War on Turkey in World War I
London announces Great Britain has declared war on Turkey and expects France Russia Montenegro Serbia to follow. Turkey Wednesday withdrew all diplomatic representatives from England France Russia and Serbia.
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England
Turkey
Sait
London
Great Britain
War Office
France
Russia
Montenegro
Servia
Japan
Belgium
New Soldier Slang Emerges in London War Nicknames
London reporters record wartime slang with vivid nicknames. The Kaiser becomes Crazy Bill and the crown prince Five Bob Bit, German snipers Little Willies, and trench lines are drawn as drawing room and reception room. Naval figures are Old Turps and Hell-Fire Jack, with submarines dubbed wasps.
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London
Tommy Atkines
Crazy Bill
Crown Prince
Bob
Little Willies
Admiral von Tirpitz
Sir John Jellicoe
Major General Kekewich Dies at Devon Home
Major General Robert Kekewich, famed as Kimberly's defender in the Boer War, died today at his Devonshire home after being recalled to the colors for a high continental army post.
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London
Robert Kekewich
Kimberly
Devonshire
Bertha Krupp Baroness Von Bohlen Named Benefactor
The Krupp heiress Bertha Krupp Baroness Von Bohlen daughter of the late gunmaker receives wide notice as godfather to her fortune. She funds pensions for 50 000 workers and supports an orphan asylum from the factory profits while continuing to produce weapons for war.
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Bertha Krupp
Baroness von Bohlen
Krupp
Bertha
German Woman Spy Exposed After Years in England
A letter from England to a Yale faculty member reveals a German woman long employed in the Premier Asquith family was a spy for Germany for twelve years.
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New Haven
England
Yale
Paris Recovers As Schools Reopen And Shops Open
Paris shows rapid return to normal after threat of siege. Schools reopen, thousands of children back on streets, and many boarded up shops reopen. Rumor puts A Mitchell Palmer as future FTC member with a 10000 dollar annual salary.
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Paris
Home Consumers' League Visits Pacific Coast Cracker Co
Home Consumers League plans a Friday visit to Pacific Coast Cracker and Biscuit Co to inspect worker conditions and production methods. The visit aims to highlight consumer standards and local industry practices influencing quality and wages.
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Home Consumers’ League
Pacific Coast Cracker & Biscuit Co
Singing hosts rush to aid Germans in Ypres defense
Berlin reports the German advance in the Ypres area continues with Allied resistance. British battalions near Roye are said to have been cut off and forced to surrender, as Teutonic reinforcements move through Belgium toward France. Liege messages describe trains of singing soldiers followed by large shipments of ammunition and by torpedo boats and submarines.
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Roye
Belgium
France
Liege
Oregon Swept by Days Win by 29000 Margin
Portland reports show Oregon voting overwhelmingly for the dry amendment with a margin near 25,000. Senator Chamberlain likely leads by 18,000 in re election and Dr. James Withycombe heads toward about 20,000 as governor. In the Third district C N Me Arthur leads A F Flegel by about 4,000. Hawley and Sinnott are re elected in the First and Second districts.
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Portland
Oregon
Chamberlain
James Withycombe
C. N. Me.Arthur
A. F. Flegel
Congress
William Hawley
N. J. Sinnott
Mexico Looses City as Two Capitals Emerge
Mexico is described as having two provisional presidents and two capitals outside Mexico City. Carranza, deposed by the Aguascalientes peace conference, refuses to recognize its authority and sets up a capital at Pueblo with government archives. Gutierrez, named provisional president by the conference, establishes a capital at Aguascalientes as both sides rally military leaders.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Mexico City
Carranza
Aguascalientes
Pueblo
Vera Crug
Jen
Eulalio Gutierrez
Gutierrez
Obregon
Blanco
Antonio Villareal
Inundated Belgian Land Blocks Beet Fields for Decade
London reports a low-lying Belgian tract being flooded to delay a German advance. This action will render the beet fields uncultivable for ten years and raises an estimated loss of 10 million dollars.
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London
Belgium
Bars to Bar Women in London to Bar Saloons
London moves to bar women from saloons amid rising drunkenness among women believed to be wives of absent soldiers. Government and police consider restrictions to curb disorder.
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London
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