Proposal to auction glands to aid slain man's widow
Floyd Lee McClure who killed Anton Schoembe offers to auction his interstitial glands for ten thousand dollars to benefit Schoembe's widow and children. He says he is willing to undergo the operation before his own hanging if the money goes to Mrs. Schoembe, and expresses sorrow for the widow while noting he faces execution. Chastain approves the idea, hoping funds reach the family.
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San Jose
Cal
United Press
Anton Schombs
San Francisco
Floyd Lee McClure
Schoembs
Schoombsa
McClure
San Quentin Prison
Schoembe
Global Cotton Value Estimated at Six Thousand Dollars
A newspaper note puts the current value of the world's cotton at about six thousand dollars, indicating a broad assessment of the commodity's price level. This figure reflects market conditions and reported trading perspectives of the period.
Will Reform Italy Eye Military Machine
Rome dispatch says a royal decree will reform the army and extend universal conscription. The plan reduces peacetime strength while boosting infantry artillery and engineering, cuts cavalry, and treats the army as a national military school with personal training for every citizen.
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Italy
Rome
Giornale
Italia
Shaffer Conviction Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to review lower court rulings and affirmed Frank Shaffer's espionage act conviction. Shaffer, a Bible Students representative near Everett Washington, was indicted May 16 1918 for insubordination and anti war talk. He received two and a half years at McNeil's Island Federal Penitentiary.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court Today
Frank Shaffer
Everett, Wash
Bible Students’ Association
Everett
Seattle
District Court
Shaffer
McNeil's Island
Break Up Parade at Funeral in Youngstown
A parade of several hundred steel strikers in Youngstown Ohio was broken up by police on mayor Carvers orders during the funeral of a striker killed in disturbances.
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Youngstown, O
Carver
Bromo Quinine Laxative Advertised in 806 Box
A cold symptom remedy named Bromo Quinine is marketed as relief for headaches and body pains. The box is labeled with H. W. Groves and carries the number 806.
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H.W. Groves
President Wilson Busy With Wide Range of Tasks
President Wilson, still recovering, drafts a congressional program for domestic legislation, prepares a message to the industrial commission, plans ratification of the peace treaty and league, selects a new secretary of commerce, and studies the coal strike. He also confers with Secretary Tumulty as 17 invited commissioners nearly all accept, eyeing swift industrial code drafting and railroad policy before Jan. 1. The Puebla incident with Jenkins looms if Mexico refuses release.
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Washington, D. C
United Preac
Wilson
Congress
Industrial Commission
League of Nationa
White House
Congres
Science Party Runs Gauntlet Expedition in South Africa
The Smithsonian African Expedition faced heavy red tape unloading 47 tons of gear in Cape Town on arrival from Washington. Officials delayed customs for cameras, film, seeds, pill boxes, and other items, while film crew and scientists navigated permits and duties amid growing delays en route to the jungle regions.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Smithsonian African
Joseph A. Armstrong
Los Angeles
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Custom House
Willam Stowell
Universal Film Company
H. Ll. Shanta
Department of Agriculture
TH. C. Raven
Smithsonian
Raven
Edmund Heller
Heller
South African Union
George Scott
Pliny Horne
Hank Kohler
Winged hip poboucidae stands out among parasitic insects
The text notes a single species named hip poboucidae that diverges from the order by possessing wings. It contrasts this trait with other parasitic insects and highlights its distinctive morphology.
Cape to Cairo air service eyed as first flights planned
Reports from Cape Town indicate a Cape to Cairo air route may debut before the envisioned railway completes. Lord Weir and his committee study routes and stations across Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa with seaplanes possible on Nile sections.
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N. BE. A
Capetown
Cape
Cairo
Nile
Lake Victoria Nyanza
Lake Tanguanyika
Egypt
Soudan
Central Africa
Zako
Uganda
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Kisumu
Mnanga
German East Africa
Wiifi
Lake Tanganyika
Kituta
Rhodesia
Broken Hill
Bulawayo
Mafeking
Kimberley
Cape Town
City Pays $55,750 for New Fire Site
The city completed the purchase of a fire station site at Fourth Ave and Battery, paying $55,750 after council authorization weeks earlier. The new station replaces the older site at Third Ave and Pine, sold to the Bon Marche.
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Fourth Ave
Battery
Third Ave
Gala ox with lyre shaped horns from East Africa
Massive horns measuring 46 inches long and 15 inches around the base fashion a lyre shaped silhouette for an East African and Abyssinian specimen. The description highlights its unusual ornate headgear as a notable curiosity.
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East Africa
Abyssinia
Labor Party Pushes Impeachment of Indiana Judge
At Chicago the National Labor party adopted a resolution condemning Judge A J Anderson for issuing an injunction against coal miners, calling it unconstitutional. Ten thousand copies were ordered for nationwide distribution as delegates organized and drafted a platform amid protests from farmers unions.
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Chicago
A. J. Anderson
Indiana
National Labor Party
United States
Robert M. Buck
Anderson
Duncan McDonald
Illinois Federation of Labor
Judge Anderson
Gary
McDonald
Minnesota
Labor Party
Miners Meet as Statewide Coal Output Expected Soon
State coal operators gathered in Sageebenaetae with Gov. Hart predicting normal output by week end. Troops will deter trouble if needed as Bayne and Bellingham mines resume operations amid a wage dispute and pending a national conference between operators and unions.
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Gov. Hart
Hart
Bayne
Bellingham
Myron Steamer Crew Believed Lost After Storm
Sault Ste Marie reports no trace found of any of the 18 crewmen of the steamer Myron owned by O W Blodgett Co of Bay City Michigan after it went down near Whitefish Point during a severe weekend storm. Local searches ongoing with no confirmation yet of survivors or casualties.
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Sault Ste, Mich
United
Social Welfare Drive Gets Chamber Endorsement
Through its chairman Dr Park Weed Willie the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club endorses the Social Welfare league appeal for 50000 to fund 1920 efforts. Willis reports the league is a key city charity and in October cared for 446 indigent families.
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Drive
Park Weed Willie
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Social Welfare League
Evelyn Gall Gardiner
Willis
Talks on Higher Pay for Military Men in House Debate
Leaders of the military and naval committees say higher pay for all army and navy personnel will be among the first questions when the regular session begins December 1. Representative Butler notes the increase is practically sure and a joint committee will outline a unified schedule for both services.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Navy
House
Butler
Pennsylvania
Naval Affairs Committee
Military
Naval
Two Are Held in Probe of Murder in Mount Vernon
F Doard arrested in Seattle has been brought to Mount Vernon to answer charges in the murder of Capt. Norman McLeod skipper of the fishing schooner Alice whose body was found in the bay near Anacortes last Tuesday. Spencer Mann of Anacortes beach is also under arrest and police seek a third man.
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Mount Vernon
F. Doard
Seattle
Norman McLeod
Alice
Anacortes
Spencer Mann
Anacortes Beach
Thugs Attack 73-Year-Old Man Near Minor and Harrison
A 73-year-old man, T. J. Young of 1168 Harrison Street, was struck on the head with a lead pipe by assailants at Minor Avenue and Harrison Street Sunday night. He cried out, alerting neighbors who distracted the attackers as they fled.
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T. J. Young
Minor Ave
Harrison
Young
Harrison St
Scientists on Long Journey From Washington For 64 000 mile voyage
A 64 000 mile voyage in a wooden ship with no iron or steel sails from Washington to Dakar Buenos Aires Saint Helena Aden Perth Australia New Zealand Society Islands Honolulu Samoa Panama and back to Washington to study magnetic currents. Capt James P Ault will command the voyage for Carnegie Institute scientists beginning in 1920.
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Washington, D.C
Carnegie Institute
Washington
Carnegie
Dakar
West Africa
Buenos Aires
St. Helena
Aden
Arabia
Perth
Australia
New Zealand
Society Islands
Fanning Islands
Honolulu
Samoa
Panama
James P. Ault
Eagle's Roost Faces Charge At Issaquah Parlor
The Eagles' Roost parlor at Issaquah awaits morning court action on charges of managing liquor. Judge Jeremiah Neterer ordered a continuation. Nagatoma of Snoqualmie Lumber Co was found guilty last week for operating a still near North Bend, with sentence postponed.
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Harry A. Hammond
Issaquah
Jeremiah Neterer
I. Nagatoma
Snoqualmie Lumber Company
Butterworth Moves to Quash Indictment in Misuse Case
A motion to quash the indictment charging Gilbert M. with misuse of funds to defraud the U S and the parents of a deceased service member was argued before Judge Neterer on Monday. The Butterworth case is on the district calendar for the 25th.
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Gilbert M
U. 8
Neterer
Butterworth
Police Air Patrol Rescues Prisoner in Alameda Flight
Police aviator Gates flew from Alameda to San Francisco and landed the prisoner, completing a rapid air transfer. The operation demonstrated the patrol unit’s practicability and quick response.
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Police Air Patrol
Alameda
San Francisco
Ed Gates
Rea] Alameda
Unclear ship crew list hints at polar voyage details
The fragment mentions H. F. phe and observers including Dr. Russell berton as ship doctors and crew members Grumann R. R. Mills and A. TAS son. It references a prior 1915-16 cruise that reportedly reached the South Pole via New Zealand, with incomplete phrasing about timing.
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H. F. Phe
Russell Berton
Grumann
R. R. Mills
A. Tasson
South Pole
New Zealand
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