Independence to be marked by Filipinos and U S plans
A Washington report notes that the Philippines may declare independence on July 4 while congress readies tariff revision and plans for a special session. Representative Henry and the insular affairs committee debate the bill amid opposition from Republicans and calls for a delegated assembly in Manila.
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Washington
Brown Brothers
Wilson
Frine
Henry
House
Jones
Virginia
Ase
Insular Affairs
Repre
Conthe
Philippines
Sensational developments in wire tapping case
The arrest of private detective A. A. Nordskog on tapping a telephone wire linked to Burns National Detective promises a wider probe involving higher-ups. Prosecutor Murphy says he will push prosecutions to the limit and ties Nordskog to the Hanford investigation and alleged witness tampering.
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A. A. Nordskog
Burns National Detective Office
Hinckley
Nordskog
Burns
Murphy
Hanford
Burns Agency
Wire Tapping Evidence Ties Nordskog to Burns Office
Nordskog in Right hotel room tapped Burns wire using improvised phone receiver. Prosecution holds affidavits and notes. Nordskog in jail without bail, claiming he seeks the truth and hints at political motive. Prosecutor Murphy guards documents while Nordskog cites legal rights and questions prosecution scope.
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Nordskog
Hhs
Burns
Thayer
Burns Agency
Hanford
Leonard
First Methodist Church
Hammond
Murphy
Right
Hinckley
Burns Concern
Star
John F. Murphy
White
Walter Thayer
Burns 5
Balkan conference ends without full peace agreement
Nov 16 reports from Constantinople say the Balkan conference failed to secure peace terms, with Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria rejecting the proposed settlement. Turkish autonomy was debated but Ankara urged limits, while Sofia pressed for broader concessions and control of Constantinople.
Resignation of Chicago Treasury Official Clears Post
On November 16 the secretary treasurer Carmi Thompson of the State Treasury resigned. McClung, succeeding Taft's secretary, is named to the post, with confirmation expected next Tuesday.
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Secre Treasury MacVeachan
Carmi Thomps Taft
Bext Thesday
A McClung
Coal Strike War Reaks Out Again In Kanawha Fields
In Kanawha County West Virginia on November 16 the coal strike war flared again as Gov Glasscock ordered soldiers to Cabin Creek to escort miners to work. The confrontation centers on the long-running dispute affecting coal production and labor rights in the region.
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W. Va
Kanawha Coalfields
Glasscock
Cabin Creek
Kanawha
Mabel Normand Narrowly Escapes Drowning on Beach Scene
Miss Mabel Normand, famed silent film actress, nearly drowned during a Breakers movie sequence near Topanga Beach when a large breaker swept her from rocks. She was recovered unconscious and is receiving congratulations from friends on her survival.
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United Preas
Los Angeles
Mabel Normand
Topangco Erat
Seeks Missing Plumber After Moving Picture
Parents of Gustaf Barley Vall renewed their search after his face appeared in a Pacific Coast League game film shown in Portland. Mrs. Hattie L. Vall arranged another viewing and the theater is recapturing the clip to aid the investigation.
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United
Portland, Or
Gustaf Barley Vall
Hattie L. Vall
San Francisco
Tillickums Enjoy Fair at Spokane
Seattle Til likums arrived in Spokane with 25 members and joined a parade led by the Enakops tribe. They were hosted for lunch at Davenport's and then toured the fair grounds for the National Apple show.
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Spokane
Seattle
Davenport's
Fair Grounds
Democrats Celebrate Lister Victory in Seattle Coliseum
Democrats of Seattle plan their first official celebration tonight over Ernest Lister's election. Governor elect, state and county chairmen, and other prominent Democrats will speak at the Coliseum after an automobile parade precedes the event.
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Democrats
Seattle
Ernest Lister
The Desire for a Home in a Growing City
A home site owner gains independence and value beyond money. The Star urges readers to use Want ads to contact sellers and buyers, promising easy access to rooms, sales, or trades. Contact options include Main 9400 or Elliott St and the Souvenir Shop at 229 Main St.
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Seattle
David P. Eastman
Star
Elliott Sr
Am St
Dangerous Fellow Threatens Renton Coal Strike
The article portrays Morgan Powell as a menace amid a four month labor strike at the Renton coal mine owned by Puget Sound Traction Power Co. It notes community sympathy, lack of armed violence, and calls out the absence of Renton coal in Seattle market while the union claims it can sustain the strike without national help. District 10 UMW President Busnell comments on violence rumors and agitators like Powell and Russell.
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Morgan Powell
Powell
Renton
Puget Sound Traction, Power Co
Iy Dutien
Seattle
Unlon
Busnell
United Mine Workers
National Organization
Russell
Murderer’s Post Card Tells Of Slain Child
Missing since October 12, Joseph Josephs seven years old was found buried in a vault in Lackawanna near Buffalo. Police seek his killers after a Chicago marked postcard claimed the boy was murdered and hidden in the vault. The father, a grocer, had offered a reward.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Joseph Josephs
Lackawanna
Chicago
Home for Mrs Jones: four room bungalow in Columbia City
The unfinished project for Mrs Mary M Jones a scrubwoman in the Lumber Exchange advances after election day with deed to lot 3 block 6 Wetmore addition Columbia City for her lifetime. Plans call a 200 square foot four room bungalow with living room kitchen and two bedrooms. Excavation to start Tuesday color debated but consensus favors a green exterior.
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Turkey
Mary M. Jones
Lumber Exchange
Wetmore Addition
Columbia City
Yale and Princeton Tee Up 6-6 Tie in New Jersey
Yale and Princeton played to a 6 to 6 draw in Princeton New Jersey. Each team scored two field goals as the United Press Leased Wire reported.
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United Press
Princeton
N. J
Yale
Fn United Press
Oyster Pearl Waiter Finds Fine Pearl in New Britain
Fidward Burne, a cafe waiter in New Britain, finds an unusually fine pearl while shucking oysters. A jeweler offers 260 dollars for the pearl, remarking the value could have been eight cents if declared earlier. The exchange hints at a potential sale.
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New Britain
Conn
Fidward Burne
Burne
McNamara urged death amid dynamite trial
In Indianapolis Nov 16 the McNamara case heard James B McNamara express remorse over Los Angeles violence and request someone shoot him later. The trial in Cincinnati involves 47 union men accused of illegally transporting dynamite. Echoes of Ballagh Nebraska and notes about aid to Pasadena and a fatal lodge quarrel in Victoria.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James B. McNamara
Los Angeles
U. S
Frank Eckhoff
Cincinnati
Ballagh
Neb
Eckhoff
Jim
Weather Forecast: Fair Tonight and Sunday Brisk Winds
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday with brisk easterly winds. Noon temperature is 55 degrees.
Suffragette Parade and Miscellaneous Vancouver News
Reported events include Miss Liberty leading a suffragist torch parade on Fifth Avenue and remarks by Sir William Ramsey about U S wasteful practices. Other items cover a Portland restaurant incident with a cigarette butt, a blue heron death at Gig Harbor, Frank Lucas robbed in San Francisco, Fritz Vedder injured by a suffragette, a baggage handler’s destruction echoing in Salt Lake, Ocean water drinking to cope with a dry town, and a Long Beach man jailed briefly.
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Gig Harbor
Frank Lucas
San Francisco
Lucas
Portland
Fritz Vedders
Salt Lake Road
Frank Kern
Long Beach
Cal
Sane Answers to Foolish Questions From a Calm Voice
A garbled piece discusses canning pumpkins and preserving produce with cautions about timing and methods. It includes stray questions about a gentleman in Seattle and a veiled election betting line referencing Taft Debs and Chafin, with unclear local context.
Gustav Schwab Dies by Own Hand in Sanitarium
Gustav Schwab former head of Odrichs Co New York died from hanging rather than heart disease as a death certificate filed in Litchfield Connecticut shows. He died Tuesday in Dr Beals sanitarium after hanging himself with a bathrobe cord. His family had kept the circumstances private.
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Litchfield
Conn
Gustav Schwab
Odrichs & Co
New York
Page
Schwab
Beal
Prosecutor Questions Nordskog on Immunity in Wire Tap Case
Prosecutor Murphy disclosed that Detective Nordskog suggested immunity talk during a Seattle wire tapping inquiry. Nordskog faced accusations of tapping wires and using information to obstruct justice, with a memo book of sources and cases seized at booking.
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Murphy
Nordskos
Seattle
Nordskog
White
Deputies nab Jap gang leaders at Edmonds lumber yard
J Takagaki and N Nakashiwa, ringleaders of a Japanese section-hand gang, were captured by Deputies Beebe and Freeman in an Edmonds lumber yard after their group had assaulted Brakemen Joslyn and Thurston at Richmond Beach. The mob had earlier been driven off by revolvers fired by Engineer Parish and the Work train Inductor.
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J. Takagaki
N. Nakashiwa
Joslyn and
Thurston
Richmond Beach
Edmonds
Beebe
Freeman
Engineer Parish
Wahkiacus Mourns Malcolm McInnis Lyle Trading Co Head
The Wahkiacus district greets the loss of Malcolm McInnis a leading figure and head of the Lyle Trading Company whose death marks the passing of a prominent community businessman and civic leader.
Burglary Suspect Charged in Neighbor’s Death
In San Francisco on November 16 John J. Hyland real estate man died after being shot by William H. Cocks who mistook Hyland’s home for his own. Cocks will be charged with murder. the two men were neighbors and had been friends. Cocks’s elderly mother summoned him believing a burglary was in progress.
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San Francisco
John J. Hyland
Lorimer Loses Appendix in Chicago Hospital
William Lorimer the former senator from Illinois underwent an appendix operation at Presbyterian Hospital Chicago. The May be a typographical error in the source but the report states the operation was successful and Lorimer is resting easily.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
Mlinois
Presbyterian Hospital
Lorimer
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