Beattie’s Last Hope Is Gone
Virginia Governor Mann refused to pardon or grant a reprieve for Henry Clay Beattie Jr. condemned to electrocut ion on November 24 for the murder of his wife. He rejected an affidavit challenging trial testimony and said no new facts create reasonable doubt about guilt.
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United Press
Richmond
Navy
Gov. Mann
Virginia
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Washington
Paul Beattie
Mann Tasued
Swi
Beattie
City Comptroller fights Blaine water fund transfers
City Comptroller Bothwell vows to block four Blaine ordinances transferring about 68 569 from the municipal water fund to the general fund claiming the transfers violate the city charter He says the water system paid its way and levies are not needed He will take the matter to court and may withhold warrants to stop the scheme that would double charge water users and weaken the water system.
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Blaine
Bothwell
Council Finance Committee
General Fund
Ciy
Spirit Unbroken Union Message From Zeit
Israel Zeit, second vice president of the Ladies' Garment Workers of America, telegraphed the American Federation of Labor in Atlanta urging all unionists to boycott clothing made in Cleveland. He said the Cleveland strikers, though forced back to work, retain fighting spirit and seek a chance to resume the struggle.
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United Press
Atlanta
Israel Zeit
Ladies’ Garment Workers of Aerica
American Federation of Labor
Cleveland
Zeit
Chicago mustache race ends in hair-breadth finish
At the Chicago university a mustache contest concluded with a hair-breadth finish. The winner was not announced and all contestants were ordered to shave their facial hair.
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Chicago
Chicago University
Conductor A. W. Chesney Injured By Car Accident
Conductor A W Chesney of 1818 23rd Ave was badly hurt yesterday after stepping from a car and being struck at 13th Ave and Jackson St. He suffered a head cut and a bruised right leg and was taken to General Hospital.
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A. W. Chesney
23Rd Av
13Th Av
Jackson St
Ital
Berlin Heights voters may vote again after printing error
May vote again as Berlin Heights residents face a new election after a printer misprint placed the democratic emblem over the republican ticket. The discovery prompts officials to consider a fresh ballot casting in Sandusky County.
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Sandusky
Berlin Heights
Freshman Cyril Norton Dies After Pneumonia
In Champaign Illinois on November 15 Cyril Norton a University of Illinois freshman died from pneumonia after weeks of illness. Upperclassmen recalled Norton’s prank of walking through campus in a nightshirt as a notorious gaffe from earlier days. Norton was remembered by friends and university staff for his quiet demeanor and studies.
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Champaign
University of Illinois
Cyril Norton
Norton
Empress Eugenia Lays Noteworthy Pumpkin-Shaped Egg
In Greenwich Arkansas on November 15 George Barnes reports his duck Empress Eugenia laid an egg described as pumpkin shaped with a stem, mottled yellow color and faint spots that resemble a jack o lantern, a curious feature of the fowl.
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Greenwich
Ark
George Barnes
Blaine Ordinances Face Finance Committee Test
Blaine's ordinances go to the finance committee Friday afternoon. If approved, the council may confront a snag over Bothwell's plan to refuse the warrants, testing municipal resolve.
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Blaine
Finance Committee
Council
Bothwell
Cop to Guard Wedding Bells and Charivari Parade
Ivan N Warren real estate man will lead May Smith daughter of J J Smith to the altar with Mendelssohn music. A party plans a charivari to mark the ceremony and a cop will be posted to keep horn toots and pan banging within limits so the Rev Jones of the First Baptist church can unite the couple. Smith sought the officer's aid this morning.
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Ivan N. Warren
Pretty May Smith
J. J. Smith
Rev. Jones
First Baptist Church
Smith
Bud Mars Plans Thanksgiving Sierra Flight Route
Sacramento aviator Bud Mars, former height record holder, says he is arranging a Thanksgiving day trip across the Sierras. The proposed path goes from Sacramento to Marysville then Downieville, to Crystal Peak at 6 428 feet, on to Floriston and into Nevada.
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United Press
Sacramento
Bud" Mars
Sierras
Maryaville
Downieville
Crystal Peak
Floriston
Nevada
Boy Scarred as Infant Helps Identify Burglary Suspect
In Greenwich Connecticut a man named Harry Louder aged 9 percent was scarred by hot coffee poured on his face as a baby. His grandfather Justice T. C. Louder used the marks to identify him when he was arrested for burglary.
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Greenwich
Conn
Harry Louder
Justice T. C. Louder
Booth Tarkington Manuscript Valued at 10000 in Suit
In Indianapolis on November 15 a Booth Tarkington manuscript valued at 10000 is on file in Marion county circuit court. George W. Weisehan files damages suit alleging Tarkington bit him with an automobile.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Booth Tarkington
Marion County
George W. Weisehan
Grand jury session delays Riethen trial in King County
The King County grand jury was called in special session with fifteen jurors in Judge Main's courtroom. Prosecutor Murphy said A. J. Biethen volunteered to testify. Riethen’s trial on earlier indictments was postponed one week. Riethen did not appear this morning but is expected this afternoon.
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King County
Grand Jury
Pinchot Set to Open Fight on Fisher Policies
Former U S forest chief Pinchot and Interior Secretary Walter L. Henne in Washington to oppose Fisher conservation policies. Pinchot plans magazine attacks on Alaska policy as Alaska tensions spark debate likely to be a major issue at the upcoming session.
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United Press
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
United States
Walter L
Enne
Pinchot
Fisher
Misher
Interior
Fire causes burns at city hospital incident
A stove fire on a chilly morning injured George Brown and his roommate J. D. Smith at the California hotel on Fourth Avenue. Brown received salve for burns to hands and face while Smith was treated for leg injuries after the accident occurred about 8 this morning at the city hospital.
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City Hospital
George Brown
J. D. Smith
California Hotel
Surgeons Fault In Correct Side Operation Jury Awards $1000
A Paterson man Harrie Berman won $1000 in damages from a New Jersey hospital after a left side operation was performed on him while under ether. The jury found error in the surgery at the hospital.
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Newa N. J
Harrie Berman
Paterson
Weather forecast with possible rain and mild winds
Occasional rain expected tonight or Thursday as a moderate south easterly wind persists. The noon temperature is forecast at 43 degrees.
Hoodoo Date Blocks Wedding for Ada Ward and Rev Robert Lennie
Mid‑aged Ada Ward balked at a Friday the 13th wedding after learning the date. Rev. Robert Lennie of New Westminster rushed to Cedarburg to obtain a marriage license with Ada. The couple initially left the clerk’s window in gloom, then returned the next day when the 13th had passed.
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Robert Lennie
New Westminster
B. C
Ada A. Ward
Cedarburg
Gage
Dog soap cures baldness shocks St. Louis readers
Deputy Factory Inspector James J. Mullen of Alton reports a baldness cure found in dog mange soap. He tested the product on his dog then tried it on himself and saw hair regrowth. The discovery has led him to recommend the soap to fellow inspectors across the state.
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ST. Louis
James J. Mullen
Alton
Mullen
City Buys Foot Ball Bouts on Thanksgiving
Tacoma reports J C Manley named assistant city engineer and in charge of the Green River gravity water system as J R Preble is fired. Mayor Shank backs Harvard president emeritus Charles W Eliot that football is worse than prize fighting.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Shank
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Bif
Tacoma
J. C. Manley
Engneer
Green River
J. R. Preble
Actress Touts Bag Punching For Perfect Health In Seattle
Miss Harriet Seeback at the Orpheum outlines a health routine for Seattle women, praising bag punching and onion dieting. She claims weight loss from training, shares home habits, and promotes brisk walks and fresh air as part of a simple plan to reach vitality.
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John D. Rockefeller
John
Harriet Seeback
The
Orpheum
Seattle
Miss Seeback
Buy Acreage Now North of Seattle by the Lake
Advertisement notes low prices for land north of Seattle along the lake shore. Mentions improvements are not in and the land outside city limits, avoiding street assessments. Encourages action with a call to buy acreage now.
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Seattle
Real estate offer on 480 acres at $400 per acre
A land sale advertises 480 acres for $400 per acre with $10 cash and the balance at $7.50 monthly. It claims much of the land is worth $700 per acre today and notes two trips daily to view the property.
Ole Hanson and Co Third Floor New York Block
A brief notice identifies Ole Hanson and Company located on the third floor of the New York Block. It notes the business presence in the building and positions within the local commercial district. No further details are provided in the readable text.
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New York
Author Henry Sienkiewicz Injured in Accidental Gunshot
War saw Poland Henry Sienkiewicz famed author of Quo Vadis is hospitalized with gunshot wounds from an accidental discharge by a fellow hunter while pheasant hunting. Several pellets lodged near his forehead above the left eye.
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United Press
Warsaw
Poland
Henry Sienkiewicz
Queen Mary to Wear Irish Lace Train at Delhi Durbar
Queen Mary will don a court train of Irish lace at the Delhi durbar. The lace is a Belfast gift sewn in the Presentation convent Youghal and uses 20000 yards of thread.
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London
Queen Mary
Delhi Durbar
Belfast
Presentation Convent
Youghal
London tutor visits New York to teach poise and posture
Miss Christian Miller of London arrives in New York to instruct American women in poise and posture, claiming English women have better figures and aiming to enhance beauty.
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New York
Christian Miller
London
Eye Laceration From Streetcar Collision
E Bailey of 719 Third Ave was struck by a National Grocery delivery wagon while alighting from a street car at Third Ave and Columbia St. He sustained a lacerated eye and a bruised leg.
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E. Bailey
Third Av
National
Columbia St
Spooky Husband Sparks Chicago Divorce Suit
Mrs. James C. Jordan seeks a divorce from her husband described as spooky and constantly communing with departed shades, accusing him of a troubled marriage in Chicago.
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Chicago
Navy
James C. Jordan
Tuberculosis Deaths In California Reach 4872 For 1910
State health figures show 4,872 tuberculosis deaths in 1910. Occupation categories reveal outdoor workers highest at 22.07 percent and laborers and servants 13.42 percent, with professionals 7.29 and clerical 10.67 among others. In New York, a specialist driver Doyle was run over by an ambulance when a child triggered a lever. his condition is critical and may be fatal.
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Sacramento
State Board of Health
New York
Wm. Doyle
Doyle
Young woman survives suicide attempt amid cafe strolls
Loretta Carey 20 attempted self harm after a night at cafes with a man named Kreiter who blocked her as she drew Paris from her bag at the Planters hotel. He took the box and she was rushed to the city hospital, reported out of danger by noon. Police raid Archibald hotel nets 23 in disorderly charges with owner Savage held on $200 bond and others on $25 bonds.
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Loretta Carey
Berence
Planters
Joe Krelter
Miss Carey
Paris
Kreiter
Archibald Hotel
Second Av
Stewart
John Savage
Gordon
Archibald
Klondiker
Oregon opens one of its largest railroad rate probes
The Oregon state railroad commission convened on November 15 to examine distance tariffs of the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation, the Southern Pacific, and the Corvallis and Eastern. The inquiry aims to scrutinize freight and passenger rate structures across major carriers.Story notes a landmark scope for Oregon’s regulatory efforts amid a broader probe into rate practices.
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Teves’ Spes Benenic Fe SA
Oregon
State Railroad Commission
Oregon, Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Southern Pacific
Corvallis and Eastern
Avaunt With That Ghost at 204 Eastlake Ave
Crowds gathered to watch a flashing arc light strike a window pane at Mrs. Thomas’s home. She denies any murder occurred and says she has lived there nine years. Several hundred locals viewed the display over recent nights.
Rodgers Recovering After Transcontinental Flight Setback
Mechanicians must prepare an aviation carpenter shop at Long Beach to repair the biplane Rodgers shattered in a Sunday fall at Compton or send the craft to Dayton for rebuilding before completing his cross country attempt. Rodgers showed improvement today and planned exercise after breakfast and cigars.
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United Press
Mvasen
Pasadena
Cal
Rodgers Camp
Long Beach
Rodgers
Compton
Ela
Wright Works
Dayton
Suffragettes Refuse Taxes Amid Prison Held Militant
London reports show suffragettes boycotting taxes with militant leader Clemence Houseman jailed. Doctora Frances Ede and Amy Sheppard of Berkeley Square lose their furniture as part of the protest.
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London
Clemence Houseman
Doctora Frances Ede
Amy Sheppard
Berkeley Square
Noted Farmer Sends Daughter To Jail Over Stolen Horses
W J Hoss of Blue Springs identified a woman at police headquarters as his daughter Ella 32 who he says stole his horses. A man and a woman with similar horses were arrested and Hoss requested his daughter be locked up. He will pay the reward for the horses and said he will not show her leniency.
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Kansas City
W. J. Hoss
Blue Springs
Ella
Hoss
Fly Trapped by Sticky Paper Leaves No Escape
A misread sticky paper traps a fly, leaving it unable to escape. The incident highlights the unintended consequences of adhesive traps in everyday settings.
Miss Hannah Johnson and Cousin Return from Seattle Visit
Tacoma dispatch reports Hannah Johnson and cousin O H L Johnson, who vanished on Saturday amid rumors of death by suicide and elopement, reappeared last night after a brief visit with friends in Seattle. They say they simply went visiting and invited no notice.
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United Press
Tacoma
Hannah Johnson
O. H L. Johnson
Seattle
Re-arrest in tar and feather case shocks Lincoln
In Lincoln Kansas on November 15 re arrests were made of BE Clark James Fitewater and John Secranton leaders of about fifteen youths accused of tar and feathering Mary Chamberlain a schoolteacher on August 8. They face assault and battery charges and will be arraigned tomorrow. The crime involved luring the teacher to a lonely spot near her school three miles from Lincoln for a supposed dance.
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United Press
Lincoln
Kas
BE. G. Clark
James Fitewater
John Secranton
Mary Chamberlain
Kansas
Mise Chamberlain
Record
Vinegar Fueled Man Dances on Los Angeles Plaza
Bruce Nimmo began a spree by gulping vinegar and then two stepped along Main Street. A hand organ band halted him, and he circled the plaza. Policeman McCarron escorted him to a hospital where bromide finally quieted the dancing.
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Los Angeles
Bruce Nimmo
Nimmo
Main St
McCarron
Customs officers bar local pugilist from Canadian soil
Earnest Barriew is the Coast lightweight champion from Vancouver. Tom Martin, a local Greek boxer, was denied entry to Canada by customs officials for not being a native. He returned to Seattle amid fan reactions of disbelief. W. H. Day of Portland visited Seattle en route to Kamloops to plan Y M C A reading rooms for camps along the Canadian Northern line.
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Earnest Barriew
Barrieu
Tom
Lonnie Austin
Seattle
W. H. Day
Portland
International Committee
Seattle Association
Canadian Northern Railroad
Victoria
Kamloops
Y. M. C. A. Reading
Magician Chefalo Reveals Coin Trick At Pantages
The magician Chefalo at the Pantages demonstrates a coin vanishing stunt before The Star office crew and explains the method. He teams with Madam Palermo to perform similar feats in stores, promising readers a behind the scenes account in a future Star feature.
Gentlemen, Attention: Low-Priced End-Season Suits
A retailer reports buying high-grade suits from a manufacturer who preferred a small price to a large stock at season end. The items will be offered at a correspondingly low figure.
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Bud Mars
Rigi
Brethen
Puggery
OLE Hanson & CO
BIG Hotel
Hotel Archibald
Stanley Rankin
Rote Rickley
Polly Jane
Marie Hubert
J. F. Burke
Wm. Lawrence
May Dunn
John A. McDonald
Laura Brown
J. W. Williams
Gus Swanson
May Woods
Theodore Hall
PJ. L. Carman
Mabel Coleman
Lucile Jackson
Jos. J. Burke
Annie
Chefalo
Star Office
Madam Palermo
Star
Madam Palmera
Shafer Bros
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