Private conference shapes re district crackdown plan
Wappenstein Prose Vanderveer and Sheriff met with the court officials in a routine session this morning to discuss actions in the restricted district. Sheriff Roberts and Judge Ronald indicated directives were issued to curb alleged nuisance houses, with potential criminal informations to follow if violations persist.
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Ciel Wappenstein
Prose
Vanderveer
Hodge
van Peere
Ronald
Roberts
Quiet Mexico on Sunday as anti US unrest fades
Reports from interior Mexico say anti American sentiment is quieting with Sunday pass without major incidents. In Jalisco and Guadalajara areas Americans stayed indoors and crowds were not allowed to gather while federal troops patrolled to maintain order. In Oklahoma City Gov Haskell tracks a 100 member posse seeking Oscar Opet for police chief Temple's murder at Anadarko with steps to prevent lynching.
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Tes
Mexico
Jalisco
Guadalajara
Oklahoma City
Okla
C. N. Haskell
Caddo County
Oscar Opet
Anadarke
Political Faith and Moral Victory Recounted by Local Minister
Pastor Rey rt Eiveli of the Oak s church lauds moral wins and women’s enfranchisement in a late night talk. He cites Seattle and Everett as models and urges cities like Seattle to follow the Bellingham example voting for a desirable commonwealth.
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Rey Rt Eiveli
the Oaks Church
Bat
Seattle
Bellingham
Everett
Perlet to Lead Seattle Symphony Pop Concerts
Perlet, an eastern conductor, will lead the Seattle Symphony popular concert program at the Moore Theatre next month. He will conduct engagements in Philadelphia Boston and New York as part of a busy schedule.
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Perlet
Seattle Symphony
Moore Theatre
Henry Place
Philadelphia
Boston
York
Kane Apple Show Opens Amid Wireless Broadcast
Fragmented report describes an event labeled the Kane Apple Show opening on a morning in which the Tennessee ship and wireless room relay a message to the Sea State and officials. The text notes a seller R and a loud bell as the show formally opens.
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Miorida
William
Tennessee
Fort
Sea State
Philander Knox
Howard
Choked to Math by Apple Incident Report
An unclear Nov 14 entry from Adams Mass reports a game warden seeking evidence of an incident involving an apple and a choking event, with no marks of violence found. The fragment offers limited details about the actors or outcomes.
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APPLE
Adams
Mass
Poisoned Animal Death Unearthed By Unusual Cause
A case reveals an animal died from strangulation by an apple after a suspected poisoning. Investigators report the animal’s throat was cut and the apple tied or lodged to cause asphyxia. Authorities seek further evidence.
Woman Passes As Monk for Eighteen Years
In the Solovetski monastery near St. Petersburg a woman was arrested for eighteen years of masquerading as a monk. She followed all rules and was regarded as an exemplary inmate. She hails from a good family and is highly educated. she faces church penance and possible transfer to a convent.
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ST. Petersburg
Solovetski Monastery
Russia
Abe Lovequist Describes Night of Vandalism at Home
Abe Lovequist admits wrongdoing after a Saturday night incident at 1925 Boren ay in which he wrecked tables chairs and pictures. Patrolman Humphrey arrived as Abe carried a stove to the steps and then surrendered after his wife Mrs Lovequist and three boarders emerged. He attributed the trouble to drinking and said it cost him 20 dollars.
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Abe Lovequist
Abe
Borenay
Humphrey
Mra. Lovequist
Love at first sight inspires happy marriage tale
A married woman from Texas shares a letter about falling in love at first sight. She describes an engagement in a week, a five month marriage, seven years of happy life, and urges others to believe first sight can happen in real life as in stories.
Labor federation opens 18th convention in St Louis
The 18th annual American Federation of Labor meeting opens in St Louis with President Samuel Gompers presiding. About 500 delegates from all trades in the US and Canada attend as Victor Berger, Wisconsin socialist congressman, attends and may challenge Gompers. Finances show $182,914.96 cash on hand. year receipts at $193,470.44. Members total 1,561,151 with 16,737 affiliated locals and 334 new charters issued.
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ST. Louis
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Canada
Victor L. Berger
Congress
Wisconsin
Socialisticket
Berger
Gaid
Gompers
Nerger
Frank Morrison
A. P. of L
A. F. of L
Washington
Cle Elum
North Yakima
Raymond
Willapa Harbor
Socialiiem
Organt
Old Batch Weds Widow With Sixteen Children
In Wooster Ohio on November 14 James OConnell a lifelong bachelor married Emma Lookabough widow mother of 16 children. The bride had lived near Mansfield with her late husband who died a month before the 16th child’s birth. Three sets of twins are among the brood. Mrs Lookabough then moved to Rittman and ran a boarding house with OConnell among former boarders.
Meat prices coming down says Wilson
Washington November 14. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Charles W Armour predict meat prices will fall as crops are good and conditions are prosperous. They warn a dealers’ combine could prevent a decline but express personal expectation of lower prices for the American consumer.
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Washington
Wilson
Charles W. Armour
Bible flood story called a fake by preacher
In Chicago Sinai Temple Dr. Emil G Hirsch calls the Noah flood tale a palpable myth saying a vast ark voyage would be physically impossible even if Noah existed. Separate item notes Oregon apple exhibits at Spokane show with Medford Ashland Hood River districts in competition with Wenatchee Yakima and Idaho orchards. Also changes to matinee days due to Pavlova Mordkin troupe affecting the Moore schedule.
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Chicago
Emil G. Hirech
Sinai Temple
Dr. Hirsch
Portland
Ore
Medford
Ashland
Hood River
Spokane
Oregon
Wenatchee
Yakima
Idaho
Pavlova Mordkin
the Grand
Moore
Kissing Ourl
Welfare league plans recall campaign for Mayor Gill
Defenders organize to recall Mayor Gill with enough supporters to file recall petitions early next month. They aim for January election, urging petitions be checked against the registration list in December to avoid business disruption and ensure orderly progress.
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Gill
Welfare League
Unwritten Law Acquits 12-Year-Old Catherine Botti
In Pittsburg a jury acquits Catherine Botti a 12 year old Italian girl who killed Volpe after he assaulted her twice. She discovered pregnancy and struck him with an ax and hatchet then heated a poker and returned to kill him. She surrendered to a policeman and said she did right. The piece questions if unwritten law applies to poor girls or only men.
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Pittsburg
Catherine Botti
Volpe
Catherine
Taburg
Widow twice over in Riverton blast tragedy
A rock quarry foreman Samuel Stanley was killed by a blast at Riverton yesterday. His wife Elia Stanley became a widow for the second time after a stone struck her husband and a prior blast had killed his first spouse months earlier.
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Samuel Stanley
Riverton
Elia Stanley
Stanley
Ministers Endorse Recall of Mayor Gill
The Presbyterian Ministerial Association unanimously backs the recall movement against Mayor Gill. The meeting occurred this morning at the Twenty second Avenue Church at Cherry Street.
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Presbyterian Ministerial Association
Gill
Twenty-second Av. Church
Cherry St
Swanson Fractures Skulls After Scaffold Collapse
Forty eight hours after Gua Swanson plunged sixty six feet from a scaffold at Wellington he lay in Seattle General hospital with a fractured skull and a fellow worker Thomas Eckert also injured. Swanson requested Copenhagen snuff as doctors weighed his chances of survival. The incident occurred while both men worked for the Great Northern at Wellington when the scaffold collapsed injuring Swanson and Eckert.
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Gua Swanson
Wellington
Copenhagen
Seattle General Hospitah
Swanson
Thomas Eckert
Great Northern
Eckert
Monkeys Caught Ransacking House in Lynn
Mystery of long pilfering from lodgers at 41 Mulberry Street cleared when two neighbor’s monkeys were found ransacking the rooms. Each was in a different room when located, with soap, combs and perfumery among stolen items.
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Lynn
Mass
Mulberry
Fach
Taft and party arrive in Colon for canal inspection
President Taft Secretary Norton and Charles P Taft arrive in Colon for a brief tour of inspection of the Panama canal as part of the presidential party.
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Celted Pree
Colon
Taft
Norton
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Panama Canal
Millionaire to rear Gypsy baby after queen’s death
The six week old Gypsy queen Jessie Habersham’s infant daughter will be raised in luxury at A. W. Habersham’s Baltimore estate following the mother’s death in Cincinnati. Habersham, a Maryland businessman, will also claim the Gypsy queen’s body.
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My United Press
Cincinnati
A. W. Habersham
Baltimore
Habersham
Maryland
Jessie Habersham
Jor
Elopement on Motorcycle Ends with Pursuit in Minnesota
Elizabeth Methuen daughter of a rich farmer near Le Sueur eloped with George Hetting riding side on a motorcycle as her parents chased in an automobile. A front tire blew and the bike and riders were ditched about half a mile behind the pursuing car.
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LE Sueur
Minn
Elizabeth Methuen
George Hetting
Woman sues for divorce over cruel kissing claims
In Minneapolis on November 14 Mrs. Amelia Schmidt sues for divorce on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment alleging her husband kissed her with excessive ardor or strength and objects to escalation as a general rule.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Amelia Schmidt
Aldrich May Be Candidate for U S Senate
Providence Rhode Island November 14 prediction suggests Senator Nelson W Aldrich may reconsider his earlier statement of not seeking reelection If he does not run the Rhode Island legislature could deadlock over the successor returning the state to a stalemate in senate selection
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Providence
Nelson W. Aldrich
United States
Senate
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Boys Run 16 Miles in 84 Minutes by Ballard Pair
Two one year old boys, Guy Brewster and Wilbur Hammond, completed a 16 mile run in 1 hour 24 minutes. They started at the foot of 64th street and finished at Radmonds. The feat was accomplished as an exercise record in Ballard.
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Ballard
Guy Brewster
Wilbur Hammond
Radmonds
Notable local figures linked to past and present roles
The note lists various figures and claims from local lore. Fred Huebner linked to Booth and Barrett in former roles. Andy McKee once danced eccentrically and now drives in Seattle. Biddy Doyle allegedly died at Providence hospital and resided at sea as a schooner's mate years ago. Joe Hodge, once a renowned Italian character actor, is now a liquor firm bookkeeper. Seattle auto speeders average about 22 mph, and elevators in the Alaska building run nearly 56 miles daily.
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Fred Huebner
Lois Theatre
Booth
Barrett
Andy McKee
Seattle
Biddy Doyle
Providence Hospital
Joe Hodge
America
Alaska
Corpse of Woman Found After Blood Trail in San Francisco
Frank Smith found the body of a murdered woman at McAllister and Leavenworth in San Francisco. Detectives arrested 57-year-old John Knapp, whose room yielded a bloodied iron weight and torn clothing. The victim was identified as Mrs. Julia Carey by a prison matron.
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United Prec
San Francisco
Frank Smith
Womman
McAllister and
Leavenworth Sts
John Knapp
Knapp
Stephens
Julia Carey
Belle Love
Sweatshop Slavery Drives Lad to Attempted Suicide
Samuel Si brone, 15, a Jersey City sweatshop worker, collapsed in Chelsea Park after taking two self-inflicted gunshots. He had to work 13 hours daily in a tailor shop while attending night school, dreaming of becoming a lawyer. He killed time hoping for an open air job but found none and cried that he could not live.
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United Prep
New York
Samuel
Sibrone
Chelsea Park
Bellevue Hospital
Jersey City
Accused Hold-Up Man on Trial
Richard Howley is on trial before Judge Gay for the May 2 hold up of Joseph E. Perrins of the Great Northern Express Co. and theft of 5342. Howley plans to prove an alibi as police seek a swift conviction aided by a $5000 reward.
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Richard Howley
Joseph E. Perrins
Great Northern Express Co
Gay
Howley
Supreme Court Upholds Philippines Silver Export Law
The United States Supreme Court today sustained the law prohibiting the export of silver coins from the Philippines. Ling Su Fan, a Chinese resident of the Philippines, was convicted of violating the act and her sentence was upheld.
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Washington
Philippines
Supreme Court of the
United States
Ling Su Fan
Texas Gets 2 Million Thanksgiving Turkeys
Statistics compiled in Dallas show two million turkeys have been placed in Texas by Northern dealers this fall. Nearly half of this total will be shipped from Dallas commission houses.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Chinese press objects to draft press law in Peking
Tokyo reports Chinese newspapers protest a new draft press law before the Peking senate that bars publishing anything damaging to an individual's reputation, regardless of truth. The Supreme Court has set January 16 for hearings on four cases challenging the employers liability act.
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China Press
Tokio
Senate
Peking
Washington
Supreme Court
Plan to Cut Out High Living Sparks Unexpected Scheme
A character named Schnitzel Smith proclaims he will ignore costs of high living and outlines a frugal menu. He proposes cheap lentil soup, a barrel of apples, shark steak cheaply from boats, and makeshift coffee from roasted breadcrumbs. He indulges in corned beef sandwiches and hot mince pie afterward.
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Seattle
Schnitzel
Cleaner Seattle and political equality urged by women
A reader letter urges women to fight for a cleaner Seattle and political equality, expressing hope that their efforts will help secure victory in public reform and civic rights. Signed by O. Mueller.
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Seattle
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