Steamer Cook Faces Murder Charge Over Patrolman Harris Killing
H. W. Hazelwood, a cook on a steamer, is jailed on suspicion after trying a revolver bought for 50 cents. Harris was shot near Occidental and Washington streets last Fourth of July. A motorman identified Hazelwood as the slayer, who fled into Main Street. Hazelwood is held for further investigation.
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H. W. Hazelwood
H. L. Harris
Hazelwood
Harris
Occidentally
Washington St
Main St
Beacon Hill
Rules England by Wireless
England will be ruled by wireless during King George’s tour to India. Four cruisers escort the Medina and the royal party, with home fleets patrolling the Channel Bay of Biscay and Spanish coast to ensure safe passage to Gibraltar. The Medina carries a wireless setup to keep contact with Premier Asquith and the royal commission.
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United Presse
London
Defence
Natal
Argy
Cochrans
King George
India
Medina
Channel
Bay of Biscay
Spanish
Gibraltar
Port Said
England
Asquith
Special Commission
Rodgers Bad Fall Ends Flight Near Goal
Coast-to-coast aviator Carbraith P. Rodgers lies semi conscious at the Maryland hotel in Pasadena after a fall yesterday afternoon near his objective. Doctors report no broken bones and no feared internal injuries. Rodgers is too dazed to comment on the accident.
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United Press
Pasadena
Cal
Carbraith P. Rodgers
Maryland Hotel
Rodgers
Italian ruler named new Tripoli governor
Vice Admiral Borea D Olino becomes the Italian governor of Tripoli. General Caneva is superseded as commander in chief due to the Arabs massacre incident.
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Borea D'Olino
Tripoli
Caneva
Hotel Destroyed in Fire at Spalding Hotel
Fire last night destroyed the Spalding hotel in Halis Washington. Guests escaped but many lost personal effects. The building was formerly the Lewis County courthouse and the loss was estimated at 15000 dollars.
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Dubnais Press
Halis, Wash
Spalding Hotel
Lewis County Court House
Manila purge on ship reveals contraband opium haul
The Kumeric, arriving from Yokohama Saturday night under Capt. G. B. McGill, was found clean at sea but Manila purged $50,000 worth of opium cocaine and morphine. Lee Fung, the quartermaster, supplied the tip to U S customs inspectors. The boatswain and two sailors were arrested and held in Manila for smuggling.
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G. B. McGill
Yokohama
Manila
Lee Fung
United States Customs
Debate grows over December special legislative session
Petitioners press for a December special session to pass a law for direct nomination of delegates to national conventions. Gov. Hay has set December 6 in Tacoma to hear arguments, hoping to demonstrate a public desire to stop state committees from arbitrarily naming delegates.
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Hay
Tacoma
Washington
House of Death in Chicago Poisoning Mystery Details
A Chicago poisoning mystery tied to Mrs. Louise Vermilya involves nine deaths and life incidents. Names include Arthur F. Bissonnette, Richard T. Smith, Fred Brimmerkamp, Frank Brimmerkamp, Lillian Vermilya, Charles Vermilya, Harry G. Vermilya, Ora Brimmerkamp, and Florence Brimmerkamp with death dates spanning 1906 to 1964 and locations in Illinois and Alabama.
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Chicago
Louise Vermilya
Old
West Diverecy Parkway
Brimmerkamp
Ora
Vermilya
Garrington
Florence
Barrington
Hil
Trains Delayed by Deep Snow Across Substantial Mountain Pass
Great Northern trains faced serious delays as snow banks between Leavenworth and Index reached three to six feet. Three rotaries operated all day while crews worked to clear tracks. Snow began melting in spots as conditions eased slightly.
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Everett
Wash
Great Northern
Leavenworth
Index
Russian Cossacks En Route to Pekin
Fifteen hundred Cossacks entrained at Vladivostok for Pekin to serve as advance guard for Russian troops expected to safeguard interests during a likely scramble for Chinese territory after the empire's disintegration. St. Petersburg authorities anticipate China's collapse following the empire's fall.
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United Press
Vladivostok
Pekin
Russia
China
St. Petersburg
Telephone ownership urged by Seattle Commercial Club
The Commercial Club plans a meeting to consider a resolution calling for municipal ownership of Seattle's telephone system. Authored by Revelle Blackwell Wells and Shively, the measure urges city council action to acquire own and operate a municipally run network, criticizes Independent Telephone Company rate increases, and notes the public utilities commission denial of the city's bid to rescind the rate rise. The decision remains pending.
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Commercial Club
George H. Revelle
J. B. Blackwell
M. E. Wells
J. H. Shively
Public Service Commission
Seattle
Public Utilities Commission
Richest jury in Cook County history valued at fifty million
The report notes Cook County Illinois hosts its wealthiest jury ever with an estimated combined net worth of fifty million dollars. A deputy sheriff faced doormen and staff to summon jurors, and no wealthy man escaped scrutiny.
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Cook County
Chicago
English investors study Seattle steel plant plan
W Owen a London steel expert in the city incognito reports to local capitalists about a proposed big steel plant in Seattle. He predicts construction within a year with an initial output of 25 000 tons annually and 250 skilled workers.
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Seattle
W. Owen
London
Owen
Car Strikes Minister in Kingsbury. Fractured Skull and Broken Leg
Rev. G. B. Kalstead of Kingsbury California suffers a fractured skull and a broken leg after an Everett interurban hits him at Aurora and Blewett avenues. hospitalized at Noble Hospital in precarious condition while guest of Rev. Ossian Johnson of the Swedish Methodist church.
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G. BE. Kalstead
Kingsbury
Cal
Everett
Aurora
Blewettavs
Kalstead
Ossian Johnson
Swedish Methodist Church
Noble Hospital
Great Storm in East Claims Twenty Victims
A violent storm sweeping the Midwest has left numerous dead and widespread suffering among the poor. Illinois Wisconsin and North Dakota reports describe drownings freezes and shipwrecks with several vessels driven across Lake Michigan. Weather officials call it the worst storm in years with rail and river communication disrupted and life savers on high alert.
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East
United Presse
Chicago
Middle West
Wisconsin
Ill Nole
John Dudley
Grand Forks
N D
Joseph Ruppe
Rush City
Minn
Ruppe
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Chine
Towerman Saved Lives at Santa Fe Crossing Crash
Passengers on Santa Fe train No. 17 thank the towerman at Towerman, Kam, for saving lives after he threw the derail switch at the Missouri Pacific crossing. The collision was a head on approach with a freight. two engines and mail baggage car plunged into a ditch. No injuries reported.
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United Press
Obage City
Kae
Santa Fe
Missouri Pacific
Fredericks Alarms War Veteran Juror in McNamara Trial
Los Angeles November 13 with three permanent and three temporary jurors the McNamara murder trial resumes. District Attorney Fredericks seeks to strike Civil War veteran Alexander Gribling over circumstantial evidence views. Judge Bordwell allowing continued questioning to avoid later peremptory challenges. Nine jurors remain with a sixth panel expected this afternoon or tomorrow.
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United Press
Los Angeles
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Fredericks
Alexander Gribling
Gribling
Bordwell
the Times
Girl wife Mia Lamara dies by hanging in county jail
In Everett Washington on November 13, Mia Lamara a 15 year old girl wife of Louis Lamara hanged herself after her mother learned of her plight. Police say Lamara faced a charge of living off the earnings of the girl. Independent note mentions an unrelated advertisement for furnished rooms on Virginia street near Westlake Avenue.
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United Press
Everett
Waah
Mia Lamara
Louis Lamara
Oregon
Lamara
Uns Cotected Western Collection Co. Ad
An OCR fragment mentions Western Collection Co at 433 N. Y. Block with phone Main 6169 and a brief address cue. The readable text is limited and provides no event or outcome.
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Western Collection Co
N. Y. Block
Phipps Freed After Disorderly Conduct Case
In San Francisco on November 13 Police Judge Shortall dismissed the case of Horton Forrest Phipps charged with disorderly conduct. He ruled the alleged trouble stemmed from the wife’s mother Marie Wolf Dowd, a former Portland society woman, and that the couple had no issue with the wife.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
Shortall
Horton Forrest Phipps
Marie Wolf Dowd
Portland
Two Strikes in One Day At Local Railroad Yards
Three hundred switchmen return to work after two strikes in 14 hours against Southern Pacific in the local yards. Dispute with yard guards over uniforms and police status led to the walkouts, with the company eventually agreeing to the union demands.
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Srrpand
Cal
Nov
Southern Pacific Company
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