State considers insane couple in Whitman county case
George Brown and Annie Brown were declared insane after admitting they shot Annie Brown’s father. They face confinement in an indefinite insane ward at the state penitentiary. The case details claim the motive stemmed from a brutal family history and forced marriage, with the two children later abducted. The article notes strong debate over using penitentiary insanity wards as reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skane
George Brown
Annie Brown
Whitman
State Penitentiary
Les
Winnie Browns
Washingbo
United States
Way
George
Winnie Brown
Ag Brown
Jake
Kippen
Idaho
Indif
State OF Washington
Fight Over Dying Husband Between Wife and Mother
Tubbs lies near death as wife Mrs Tubbs and mother in law Mrs Spink clash in court over who may care for him. Mrs Tubbs claims an incurable disease and hospital transfer, while the mother keeps the patient at her Seattle area home. Judge Ronald hears continuance as conflict strains family relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald
Tubbs
Spink
A. E. Griffin
Seattle General Hospital
Bankers in Court as Trial of La Conner Bank Official Opens
Vernon reports testimony in the trial of Jacob Furth of Seattle and others over alleged acceptance of deposits after knowledge of the bank's insolvency. Witnesses described a $2,569 check from W. W. Robinson Co to Kalso, deposited with Schricker, cashed by Seattle National Bank, and later used amid the bank's collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon
Jacob Furth
Seattle
la Conner Bank
Seattle National Bank
J McKeown
W. W. Robinson Co
Fred Kalso
Otto Kalso
James Dunlap
Robinson
Kalso
Schricker
the National Bank
T Hey
MPs to Win Cort Wilson Parade Meet Inaugural March
Involves a body of suffragists and a push to condemn a right of way on Pacific Street between Fre and Was. Court action opened yesterday by the company to advance the plan as part of preparations for the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cort Wilson Wii
Woodrow Wilson
Pacific
The
H Co
Bruce Wheeler Reported Missing in Cave Near North Yakima
Bruce Wheeler, last heard from in a cave near North Yakima, is held prisoner by a band guarding a great secret. He wrote to his father in Tennessee, prompting the elder Wheeler to travel west and contact the sheriff. Meanwhile, J. W. Holman’s home burned yesterday, with losses around 1700 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Wheeler
North
Yakima
Kidda
Bruce
T. J. Wheeler
Tennessee
Wheeler
Sheriff's Office
Ladies Fashion Note Describes Men's Style Vests
A brief item notes ladies will wear vests patterned after men’s striped vests with braid, highlighting a fashion trend in garments excluding trousers for men.
Opium Smuggling Tales From the Seattle Pier
The article recounts arrest at pier 6 of Hai Ching and Mark Quong for opium smuggling aboard a steamer. An interpreter portrays Hai Ching as poor yet honest, exploited by white men, while Quong is depicted as Christian but duped by a Melican lady. Other names include Captain Oterie, Leon Chong, Chin Young, and Dr Matthew's church.
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Fred L. Boalt
Hai Ching
S. Hai Ching
Boas
Cteric
London
Hongkong
Pier 6
W. F. Allen
Hal Ching
Mebdy
Ching
Oterie
Boal China Boy
China
Chow
Oteric
Seattle
Mark Quong
First Presbyterian Church
Matthew
Jerusalem
Melican
P'leecyman
Dr. Matthews’ Church
Leon Chong
Ching Young
Sli
Chin Young
Twelve Year Old Archie Duncan Dies After Poison Pills
In Toronto on November 20 a twelve year old boy, Archie Duncan, died in his father’s home after an unknown boy supplied him with several poisonous pills on Monday. Witnesses recall the youth returning home dizzy and thirsty before drinking large amounts of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Archie Duncan
Hazel Moore Indicted Again in White Slavery Case
Hazel Moore, once tied to Ortla Hamilton, the adjutant general, was reindicted yesterday on a white slavery charge by a federal grand jury. The record suggests a link to prior allegations and a Vancouver visit, with Moore alleged to have brought a woman to Seattle for immoral purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Moore
Ortla Hamiltton
Seattle
Olympia
Walla Walla
Seafarers Pay Fine to Escape Sea Sickness
Two young travelers Miss Clare Heron and Miss Bertha Hoss faced fines after changing travel plans amid seasickness. They were aboard heading to Asia from Honolulu, later confined in hospital in Hawaii, leading to a decision to return home by favorable route. The British ship Mongolia was delayed as passengers paid a $200 fine to avoid further penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Clare Heron
Vancouver
B.C
Bertha Hoss
London
Honolulu
China
Japan
Pacific
Persia
Hawaiian
Mongolia
Rainier Valley Residents Lose Intervening Bid in Receivership
Judge Frater denied the petition for intervention filed by John H. Perry and Charles C. Croson in the receivership dispute between William R. Crawford and the Seattle, Renton & Southern bondholders. Citizens claimed the tangle harmed their rights to cargo service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainier Valley
William R. Crawford
Seattle, Renton & Southern
Gunmen to be sentenced Tuesday in Rosenthal murder case
New York Nov 20 Justice John W Goff set November 26 as the sentencing date for Harry Horrowitz alias Gyp the Blood Lefty Louie Rosen berg Whitey Lewis and Frank Cirofici convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of gambler Herman Rosenthal The judge also granted a motion to release the wives of Horrowitz and Chofiel who have been held as witnesses Freedom appears near for the four gamblers whose testimony aided the Becker case and the gunmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Horrowits
Gyp the Blood
Lefty
Louie” Rosenberg
Whitey” Lewis
Frank” Cirofici
Herman Rosenthal
John W. Goff
Horrowitz
Chofiel
Becker
Jailed Foreman Sues Mining Co for 660000 Damages
John Tiberg formerly a night foreman for Pioneer Mining Co in the Nome district filed a King County superior court suit seeking 660000 damages after serving two years in jail on a charge he was found not guilty. He was accused of stealing 14345 in gold nuggets from service boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tiberg
Pioneer Mining Co
King County
Tiberg
Nome
New Warden Appointed at Oregon State Penitentiary
Salem reports Lieut. Col. Berton K. Lawson of the Oregon National Guard named superintendent of the Oregon state penitentiary succeeding Frank H. Curtis who has resigned. The governor offers no comment on the cause. Lawson must preside over execution of five murderers scheduled for Friday December 13.
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Salem, Or
West
Berton K. Lawson
Oregon National Guard
Frank H. Curtis
Oregon State Penitentiary
Curtis
Ultimatum Delivered by Austria Threatens Balkan Tensions
The Austrian government sent an ultimatum to Servia over the Albanian port dispute, with Vienna reporting the threat of war if Servian moves to occupy the Adriatic port. Servian leaders warn of possible revolts in Dalmatia, Hercegovina, Croatia, and Slavonia should Austria resist.
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Bervia
Tageblatt
Vienna
Reichapost
Austria
Servia
Adriatic
Turkey
Dalmatia
Herzegovina
Manila
Croatia
Slavonia
Europe
Peter
Italy Demands Serbia Explain Treatment of Italian Consuls
Reports from Rome on November 26 indicate Italy has demanded Serbia explain the handling of Italian consuls in Albania after Servian actions. The dispatch follows Berlin reports that Austria issued an ultimatum to Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Servia
Rome
Bulgars and Turks talk peace plans in Sofia and Constantinople
Sofia reports General Saroff appointed Bulgaria's peace representative with Turkey as hostilities pause along the Tehatalja line. In Constantinople Nasim Pasha named peace chief for Turkish forts while cholera and war losses shrink the Turkish army. Berlin notes a signed pact awaited amid sick Moslem troops and closed Constantinople schools.
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Sofia
Saroff
Bulgaria
Turkey
Constantinople
Nasim Pasha
Tchatalja
Waa
Key
Berlin
Ferdinand
Indictment Charged Hickey With Child Murder
A grand jury in Buffalo New York returned an indictment charging J Frank Hickey a chemist with the murder of 1 year old Joseph Josephs The child was found choked to death in a vault at Lackawanna a Buffalo suburb Hickey is held at Tom River New Jersey after a Whiting New Jersey arrest
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United Presse
Buppalo
N. Y
J. Frank Hickey
Joseph Josephs
Hickey
Toma River
N. J
Whiting
Young Josephs
Lackawanna
Buffalo
Imprisoned Maniac Imitator Terrifies City Police
In Los Angeles on November 26 Fred Grabal, carrying a square glass box, taunted officers after the dynamite maniac raid on the police station yesterday. A special officer struck him with a rapped blow to the head and he was jailed. he is reported to be better today.
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Ny United
Los Angeles
Fred Grabal
Burglar Builds Box Pyramid Reaching Second Floor Window
In San Francisco a thief used a pile of empty boxes to form a pyramid to gain access to the second-story window of 4 D. Tucker's apartment. He crept up the staircase with stealth and cunning but escaped when the top broke and the thief fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
4. D. Tucker
Sane Answers to Foolish Questions Fragments
A collage of quips and advice about eccentric questions is presented. Topics include art and lighting, domestic habits, medical ridicule, and a joke about doughnut holes. The text blends humorous anecdotes with stray instructions and odd suggestions.
Federal agents arrest nine in quack doctor crackdown
Postmaster General orders nationwide action against patent medicine sellers and quack practitioners. Nine indictments in this district followed arrests of eight suspects in a coordinated federal sweep across 72 cities. Arrests targeted doctors and vendors accused of misbranding and harmful medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Hitchcock
United States
Jacoby
Federal Grand Jury
Post Office
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Jones Family Name Change Petition Moves in Court
Charles Rutgen Jones of Tucker Hanford and Co. seeks to adopt the Dutch family name Rapalje through a superior court petition. The filing notes Jones has no debts under the Jones name and cites lineage to the Rapalje line.
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Jones
Tucker, Hanford & Co
Charles Rutgen Jones
Tuckers
Hanfords
Joneses
Charles
Rutgen
de Rapalje
New Amsterdam
4 Rapalje
Tuck, Hanford & Co
Monmouth Ingersoll
Charles Rutgen Rapalje
Rapalje
Charles Rutgen Rapaille
New York Fruit Buyers Win One Day Strike Victory
The Fruit Buyers' association wins its one day strike against California fruit receivers demanding a one cent drop in cartage charges. Over 300000 dollars worth of fruit was tied up on Erie railroad piers. The passage hints at broader allied interests regarding division of Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Fruit Buyers’ Association
California
Erie Railroad
Five at Portland Indicted by U S Marshals
Duty U S Marshals Griffith Dukes Becker and Beatty placed under arrest T C Pierce Mrs E M White and Doctors J B Stott C H T Atwood and A A Ansplant on indictments sworn by Chief Inspector Sharpe of the post office department in Portland Oregon on November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Or
U. S
Griffith, Dukes, Becker and Beatty
T. C. Pierce
E. M. White
J. 8. Stott
C. H. T. Atwood
A. A. Ansplant
Sharpe
Post Office Deepartment
Four Arrests In San Francisco Mail Drug Prosecution
Four arrests were made today by the United States marshal in San Francisco as part of nationwide prosecutions for using the mails to sell illegal drugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
San Francisco
United States Marshal
Weather Forecast for Tonight and Thursday
Rain is expected tonight and Thursday with moderate southerly winds. At noon temperature is 49 degrees.
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Maude Fealy
Paris
Maude Misa
le Figaro Hiliatre
L. P. Mullinnix
Third Av
Union St
Madam Crame
Bovington Flats
C. W. Foster
Bellingham
Catherine M. Harrison
Bellevue Apartments
G. S. Stewart
People’s Savings Bank
H. Drath
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E. Zurenstein
12Th Av
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