Fugitive Gardner Captured in Norfolk on Forgery Charge
A nationwide manhunt ends as Gardner, once Seattle gum company head and financier of a graft scheme, is arrested in Norfolk after using an alias. He faced extradition and had moved toward New York and Brazil, with detectives tracking his payments and forged checks.
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Walter Thayer
Seattle
Burne & Sheridan Detective Agency
Atlantic
Pacific
Gardner
Consolidated Gum Co
Mins Schoenfeld
Schoenfeld
Norfolk
New York
Brazil
Seattle National Bank
Ooeration
Chase
Burne-Sheridan
Gardners
Jetters
Ignatz Gardner
Chicago
Tobacco
Quincy
Florida
Lehon
Georgia Line
Imnatz Gardner
Lebon
Thayer
Ignatz
Norf
M. Cohen
Labor leadership may back Gomper s for federation head
WIS SAYS LABOR WILL KEEP GOMPERS AT HELM. President Mel J. Lewis of the United Orders of America, a socialist vote leader in the AFL, says socialists cannot bind him and he would support a capable successor to Gomper if the man meets his personal qualifications. A floor fight looms over proposed amalgamation of unions as United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners challenges the Amalgamated Society in blocking strikes.
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United Prec
F Louis
Mel J. Lewis
United Orders of America
Lcan Federation of Labor
Samuel
Lewis
Gompera 1
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners
United Brotherhood
Roosevelt Returns to Outlook Appearance After Election
Former President Roosevelt appeared at the Outlook with reporters noting he felt fine and was uncommunicative about the election. He referred questions to New York editorials in the Sun and Post, which opposed him during the campaign, before leaving for Washington to address a national audience.
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Ty United Press
York
Colere Roosevelt
Outlook Today
New York
Wghed
Ee York Sun
New York Ie Post
Naphical Society
Old Man Robbed Near Fifth Avenue Bridge
Aged chandelier maker Simon J. Lynch of 2848 Alkiav was assaulted and robbed on a Fifth Avenue Bridge night. He fell to tide flats, struck a log, and suffered a fractured back. An X ray at City Hospital shows possible fatal injuries.
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Simon J. Lynch
Alkiav
Lynch
League After Arms in City Light Plant Probe
City leagues demand explanation from Supt Arma on conduct and light plant mismanagement since his appointment. Carroll Hendren named chair of the league’s investigating committee. Probing starts immediately with Ballard and Georgetown clubs urged to cooperate.
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Arma
Municipal League
Arms
Ghl-Purth
Carroll J. Hendren
Ballard
Georgetown
Armes
Hiendron
Louis Schoenfeld Nears End At Seattle Furniture Firm
Louis Schoenfeld 70 founder of Stand ard Furniture Co and a leading Seattle businessman lies dying surrounded by family. After pneumonia followed a cold, a bulletin offered hope, but doctors later feared minutes remained. He built a large firm with a main store and a Tacoma branch.
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Louis Schoenfeld
Standard Furniture Co
Seattle
Schoenfeld
Thos
Tacoma
Unclear historical questions about Seattle figures
The text lists varied claims about a postmaster turned UW football player, National Guard units, a senator aiming for senate presidency, multiple woman suffrage votes, a UW site history, and a councilman’s parentage. Evidence and dates are fragmentary and require source verification.
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George Ruseeell
University of Washington
National Guard
Thi State
Pliny Allen
Senate
University At
Councilman Plaine
Seattle
New multi millionaire cat story hints at Putnam figure
In a California tale of wealth and invention, Putnam who helped popularize barbed wire is profiled as a self made innovator. The narrative links his 1849 arc to scarce water, soda, and the forged path to a rumored vast fortune amid a chorus of acclaim and doubt.
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California
Putnam
Benet
New York City
America
Putnam's
All Over
Riter
Argonauts
Heany
San Francisco
Mr. Putnam
New York
Charles Washburn
Worcester
Mase
Bennington
Wire Trust
Want
Love Incubus Warned In Washington Rearing Chaos
Washington pastors warn of a social menace described as a universal love incubus causing havoc among students, theatergoers, and youths. Parents may not detect its damage until secret marriages reveal the effects, with leaders urging regulation by corporations and parental vigilance.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
BE. Hes Swein
Baptisl
Dr. Swemn
Thanksgiving donations sought for Seattle Children’s Home
The Ladies' Relief Society asks for food or clothing for children at Seattle Children's Home located at Ninth Ave W and McGraw St. Donations are collected once a year the Wednesday before Thanksgiving at Augustine & Kyer's on First Ave or by notifying secretary Miss May Goldemith East 419.
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Seattle
Betty Lost Her Garter Buckle Advertisement
Lost gold garter buckle engraved with the name Betty. Reward offered by Udall and Ballou at 674 Fifth Avenue. The store was closed yesterday so Betty’s surname and the street of loss could not be confirmed.
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New York
Betty
Udall & Ballou
Meter Thief Loots 20 Gas Meters in Coronado Basements
A persistent meter thief struck 20 meters in the basement of the Coronado Apartments at 135 Bellevue Ave NI. The takings in quarter dollars were not disclosed, and the robber acted a day before the Beattie Gas Company collector. Separately, a Mexican consul influenced a dispute leading to the abandonment of a high school debate on annexation of Mexico by the United States.
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Coronado Apartments
Bellevue Av. NI
Beattie Gas Company
Los Angeles
Senor Lorenzo
Pomona
Mexico
United States
Americans Press Petition to Free Dr Crippen
In London on November 17 the push to commute Hawley H Crippen to life imprisonment gains momentum as allies in the United States gather signatures for petitions. Thousands have signed already and more will be sent to Home Secretary Churchill before the reprieve ends.
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DR. H. H. Crippen
London
Hawley H. Crippen
Gene Elmore Crippen
Urchill
Mexico fears leader of revolt
Francisco Madero, anti Drag faction leader in Mexico, is said to be watched by a 60 strong Secret Service guard in the United States. Agents found evidence of his plotting on 12 Mexican estates and warned the Mexican government in time. Arms shipments from Texas, including a single shipment of 2,900 rifles, were concealed in caves along the Rio Grande.
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Ban Antonio
Tex
Francisco Madero
Mexico
Secret Service
Hin
Texas
Rio Grande River
Tax on Christmas trees considered by Vermont legislature
Nov 17 Vermont considers a 25 cent tax on each Christmas tree cut to curb deforestation. The measure aims to protect young trees as forests face thinning. At the courthouse two divorce decrees were granted to two women yesterday.
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Montpelier
New York
New Wealand
Vermont
Conservation Committee
They Call It Blue Point Now in New York
Congressman elect Martin W. Littleton, who defeated Col. Roosevelt ally W. W. Cocks in Roosevelt's district, received congratulations at the Manhattan Club. A quip about Oyster Bay being renamed Blue Point captures post election sentiment.
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New York
Martin W. Littleton
Col. Roosevelt
W. W. Cocks
Roosevelt
Manhattan Club
Oyster Bay
Littleton
Blue Point
Tacoma girl seeks $1 to wed after 10 000 applicants
Lavone Livingstone of Tacoma announces she will accept $1 from any unattached man who sends a full description and autobiography with photo. She plans to pick a husband from among 10,000 applicants within a month, promising to reveal details after collecting the money.
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Tacoma
Lavone Livingstone
United States
Initials of T Roosevelt Found in Catacombs
Rome November 17 a party of three prominent Americans visited the Catacomba of St Calixtus. The monk showed where Theodore Roosevelt left initials with a taper on marble tablets unearthed in spring excavations now set against a burial niche. The visitors agreed the markings are Teddy's initials.
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Rome
St. Calixtus
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy
Liebig Divorce Case Heard Over Overalls Dispute
Mrs. Jessie Liebig seeks separation from George C. Liebig after a nine month marriage marked by coercive dressing in overalls and jacket and verbal abuse over tree cutting. Judge A W Frater presides as finances cited include $14 spent on Mrs. Liebig.
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Jessie Liebig
George C. Liebig
Woodson youths receive ten year train robbery sentence
Oscar Woodson aged nineteen and Ernest Woodson aged twenty one were sentenced by Judge Kent in Phoenix to ten years in Fort Leavenworth for a Phoenix area train robbery last May. The defendants were found guilty of holding up the Phoenix Maricopa Salt River Valley train.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Kent
United States Court
Oscar
Ernest Woodson
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Sailors from Mississippi Feted in London Parade
American battleship Mississippi sailors were greeted with cheers in London. Crowds filled the streets as rubberneck cars ferried them and coin tosses were made to aid unemployed crowds. The report notes five records in the department yesterday and mentions two posses from the sixties, with a seventh in the fort.
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London
Mississippi
Fatogo Aika Big Gain in Final Census
San Francisco and surrounding Bay Area populations rise as Washington reports a total of 685 239 in the greater region. San Francisco now counts 416 912 residents, Oakland 150 174, Berkeley 40 434, Alameda 23 582, with additional counts in neighboring counties. The city shows a 21.6 percent increase since 1900 despite the 1906 disaster.
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San Francisco
Washington
California
Bay Cities
Oakland
Berkeley
Alameda
Alameda County
Marin County
San Mateo County
Curtiss To Frisco Los Angeles Exhibition Flights Planned
R. R. Long, Curtiss manager, is in Los Angeles arranging for Curtiss and six assistants to appear this winter. The aviators will arrive next week and plan a series of exhibition flights at the motordrome early in December.
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Los Angeles
R. R. Long
Glenn H. Curtiss
Curtiss
King Fears Grave Crisis In Parliament Deadlock
London dispatch reports King George the personal efforts to avert a political crisis failed as the Liberals press an ultimatum to the House of Lords. They demand the Lords yeet veto power be removed by November 28 or parliament will be dissolved and a general election called. Prime Minister Asquith remains firm in his position.
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London
George
House of Lords
Lords
Asquith
Saloon Closures Proposed for Sundays Citywide
City seeks to close saloons on Sundays with vigorous prosecution if needed. Attorney Ralph Pierce aims to end seven day lunch counters by forcing proprietors to keep liquor venues shut on Sundays to curb temptations and disputes.
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Ralph Pierce
Courthouse drama ends as Inez defies mother
Two women exit the courthouse. a stern mother urges Inez to stay away from trouble while the younger woman declares she cannot live without Jim the bull pup. The scene hints at divorce fallout and family tensions with a touch of sharp humor.
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John Copley
Court House
Inez
Rascal
Mercy
Mother
Father
Jim
Anastasia
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