Seattle Merchants Had Best Look Out
Butte Montana November 18 A four town probe shows false weights flourish among food dealers. F B Holbrook of the bureau of standards touring the west to uncover short weights. Holbrook says shortages are enormous and plans to continue to Spokane Seattle and Portland.
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Seattle
Walted Pree
Butte
Mont
F. 8. Holbrook
Bureau of Standards
Department of Commerce and Labor
Holbrook
Hutte
Spokane
Portland
Hillman Demurrer Sustained in Federal Case
Tacoma November 18 Judge Donworth yesterday sustained the governments demurrer to Hillsmans plea of abatement in a Seattle real estate indictment If Hillman loses the motion to quash he must stand trial on charges of fraudulent use of the United States mafa in his enterprises Judge Donworth to outline reasons Monday and hear defense arguments then.
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Tacoma
Donworth
C. D. Hillman
Seattle
Sons
Hillman
United States
Man Arrested on Bigamy Charge in Local Case
W. C. Bonner foreman for International Contract Co. was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Zimmerman on bigamy charges after his first wife learned he lived with another woman in the Belvidere apartment. She claims Bonner deserted her last spring in Seattle. Bonner is said to have married Althea J. Vineyard at Vancouver, and his wife in California is also suspected.
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W. C. Bonner
International Contract Co
Zimmerman
Belvidere Apartments
Wear
Seattle
Bonner
Althea J. Vineyard
Vancouver
Mra Bonner No. 1
California
Crippen's Father Dies in Los Angeles
Myron Crippen aged father of Dr H H Crippen who was convicted in London of murdering his wife died early today in his South Flower Street room. The physician said death came from old age and the strain of his son's arrest.
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United Prep
Los Angeles
Myron Crippen
H. H. Crippen
London
South Flower St
Portland Captures Seattle Burglars
James Ahern and James H. Dalton, who looted the Wonder millinery store at 1525 Seconday on October 4 and took ostrich plumes valued at $5,000, were captured in Portland yesterday. They will be brought to Seattle to stand trial for burglary.
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James Ahern
James H. Dalton
Wonder
Portland
Seattle
Three Die in Auto Crash Near Maricopa
United Press reports FP H Stevens a chauffeur and two unidentified women died instantly when their car overturned near Maricopa California. Stevens age 43 left a wife and two children in Oakland.
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Bakersfield
Cal
H. Stevens
Maricopa
Stevens
Oakland
Dying Rochester Prelate Lambert Longtime Catholic Controversialist
The Rev. Dr. L. A. Lambert of the Rochester diocese is dying in a New Jersey sanitarium. He edited the Freeman's Journal and was known for sharp defenses of Catholicism against agnostics like Ingersoll. Ordained in 1859, he led the Scottaville parish for about forty years.
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L. A. Lambert
Rochester
N. Y
New Jersey
Freeman's Journal
Bob Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Lambert
Scottaville
Louis Schoenfeld Reported Still Alive in ICU
Efforts to save Louis Schoenfeld, veteran furniture merchant, continue as he lies unconscious at his residence. His advanced age and poor health render the battle to recover him uneven, while family members and Standard Furniture Co. department heads await any news of his condition.
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Louis Schoenfeld
Standard Furniture Co
Tolstoy Nearing Death Amid Burial Controversy
In St Petersburg on November 18 Count Leo Tolstoi’s condition is hopeless. Efforts are under way to reconcile him with the Greek church, after excommunication over his work The Resurrection, to ensure a Christian burial.
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ST. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Jack Johnson’s Breakdowns Reported in Press
Chicago observers say Jack Johnson has broken down after reports he collapsed in Lowell Massachusetts. Friends in Chicago had long expected such a collapse and view the episode as not surprising.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Lowell
Mass
Seattle to welcomed new daily paper under Lorton control
Eugene Lorton, veteran newspaper man from Walla Walla and Spokane, has secured a controlling interest in the Washington Saturday Review, the Olympia publication. The plant will be moved to Seattle.
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Seattle
Eugene Lorton
Walla Walla
Spokane
Washington Saturday Review
Olympia
Marion Baxter dead longtime Seattle charity worker and reformer
Mrs. Marion Baxter died at her daughter Beatrice McClure's residence 1506 KE Jefferson street aged 60. A pioneer Seattle figure she led the Wayside Mission and helped build the Wayside Emergency Hospital from the old Idaho hull. She earlier worked with Frances Willard and Rev Anna Shaw in the WCTU anti liquor campaign.
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Marion Baxter
Beatrice McClure
Jefferson St
Baxter
Seattle
Idaho
Washington
Senator Jones Seeks Tariff Revision After Democratic Victory
Senator Jones and his son Harry visited the city yesterday expressing belief the Payne Aldrich tariff is unsatisfactory. He calls for a special session to revise the tariff under President Taft to reflect the voters' verdict. He doubts a Democratic house can handle the revision.
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Congress
Harry
Taft
Talks on Teeth by the Regal Dentists
The Regal Dental Offices advertise the value of good teeth for health and digestion. They claim teeth protect the body from disease and offer a complete replacement service for two or more teeth with durable, comfortable, lifelong dentures without bridges.
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Regal Dentists
May Cut Congress Short Session Debate
United Press reports that despite population growth one aim for the short congressional session is reducing House membership. Leaders discuss changes as reforms questioned by several senators including Hale Burton Borah Flint Cullom Piles Halley Money Culberson and Overman.
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Washington, D
United States
Congress
House
Benatora Hale
Maine
Burton
Ohio
Borah
Idaho
Flint
California
Cullom
Ilinois
Pilea
Washington
Halley
Texas
Money
Mississippi
Culberson
Overman
Indiana
Canal free to Yankee ships
A Pacific Coast Congress adopted a resolution calling for free passage of all American vessels from one U S port to another through the Panama Canal. Other resolutions of national importance were also adopted, with emphasis on western states toward the Rocky Mountains.
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San Francisco
Cal
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast Congress
Rocky Mountains
Portland Census Expected Population Near Two Hundred Thousand
Portland sources say the official city population will be about 200000 when the census is announced early next week. The figures come from semi official sources cited today in Portland.
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Portland
Ore
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