Hospital scandalWitness testifies on months of nurse in charge
Testimony details a nurse at the King County Hospital who admits he handled medicines and daily tasks for months while in charge of male patients. Doctors disputed heating needs and condemned tuberculosis tents as unsafe. A private detective hints at graft as jury prepares to conclude hospital inquiry.
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Reka Travers
King County
Ers
Carson
Star
Gunby
Charles
Tee
Dunn
Bnd
Teate
Lerk Gil
Grant Calhoun
Seattle
Calhoun
Walter R. Thayer
Foreman Parker
Streetcar Crush Delays Spark Crowds Waiting In Cold
Report describes a crush and jam as crowds waited for street cars with insufficient service. Commuters shivered in the cold while long delays sparked rising anger and exasperation as people waited to reach home for hot dinners.
Edmonds Station Agent Faces Late Night Warning
A terse report notes an Edmonds station agent warning after a late occurrence involving a person named Beatt. Authorities caution the parties to stay clear of further trouble.
Mothers Fight Over Baby in Jail as Thanksgiving Draws Near
The 11 month old Little Lester Johnson remained in King County Jail drawing a flood of interest from about 26 women who called to take him home. Relatives and jail officials described the effort to secure custody and the debate over whether the baby should leave the jail, with Mrs. Johnson insisting the child stay. The scene showed strong public sympathy for the infant and the willingness of strangers to intervene.
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Lester Johnson
Star
Alee
Mrs. Johnson
King County
Bine
Lester
Snohomish Boy Wishes to Adopt Jail Baby Lester Johnson
A nine year old Snohomish boy writes The Star offering to adopt Lester Johnson, the jailed infant, claiming four siblings could care for him while promising affection, care, and work when older. He asks the newspaper to relay the plea and suggests sending rent and contact details.
Thanksgiving day crash injures many in Los Angeles
Five people were killed and twenty injured in a chain of Thanksgiving day accidents in Los Angeles. Nicholas Jacobs and his family were struck by a Pacific Electric car as they traveled to Long Beach. An ambulance returning to hospital then collided with a Central Avenue streetcar, adding thirteen more injuries among its passengers. The Jacobs children and relatives named include Mamie, 16, Tony, 6, and Clement, 4, among the injured.
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United Presa
Los Angeles
Cal
Nicholas Jacoba
Long Beach
Pacific
Loen Angeles
Murder by Conductor Unpacked Near Town
November 24 in a small town a streetcar transfer led to a deadly escape. Conductor J. T. Lowrey shot at William Moore during a dispute over the transfer. Lilly Baker was killed by a stray shot as a crowd wrestled with Lowrey. Moore died in the car tracks as the conductor opened fire again before fleeing.
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Ewo Hives
Mise Lilly Baker
William Moore
Patdnengefry
J. T Lowrey
Moore
Theo
Lowrey
Baker
Helt Ueni
Taft Aldrich and Moot in Newest Sugar Trust Scandal
Minutes of trust directors meetings are in government hands and promise revelations that will stir Washington. Investigators expect a broad congressional inquiry this winter into the sugar trust and related figures Taft Aldrich and Moot.
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Taft
Aldrigh
Washington
New Sugar Scandal Grips Taft Aides And Senators
The report accuses President William H. Taft of trading tariff concessions for sugar trust support. It names Nelson W. Aldrich as fixing the tariff schedule with the trust and cites Reed Smoot and Frank M. Hitchcock as key actors in the alleged arrangement.
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William H. Taft
United States
Nelson W. Aldrich
U. S
Rhode Island
Senate
Reed Smoot
U.S
Utah
Aldrich
Frank M. Hitchcock
Michigan Club Building Transfer to University of Washington
The Michigan Club completed a deal this morning, transferring ownership of its exposition grounds building to the University of Washington. The transaction finalizes a long negotiated handover, creating a new campus facility arrangement.
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Michigan Club
Exposition Grounds
University of Washington
Mrs Christy and Howard Christy Divorce Battle
Zanesville Ohio November 26 Howard Chandler Christy artist is estranged from his wife who seeks to keep their late daughter Natalie. Mrs Christy accuses Mrs Stetson a Christian Science teacher of causing the trouble and says Stetson taught that marriage is wrong.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Howard Chandler Christy
Natalie
Christy
Stetson
Eddy
Howard
Why Viola Left Her Husband in a Sordid Town Tale
Chicago columnist recounts Viola Larsen later known as Miss Larsen divorcing her husband William Brown after a quick Evanston marriage. Her act mirrors Mary MacLane style satire as she declares domestic freedom and renounces the husband in a dramatic, talent laden life.
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Chicago
Tike Butte
Mont
Mary MacLane
Viola Larsen
Wa. Brown
Viola
Brown
Mine Larsen
Misa Larsen
Evanston
Milas Larsen
Justice of the Peace
Catherine McCulloch
Auburban
Miss Larsen
Reununciation of Husband Brown by Viola Larsen Brown
The narrator declares she will wed for life a literary career, recounting a bitter divorce from William Brown. She recalls his intense, all consuming affection and her need for independence, lamenting the idol they built that proved clay. She pities Mr. Brown but rejects his love.
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Cupid
Wm. Brown
Mr. Brown
Sugar Trust and Mormon Church Linked in Beet Industry
Washington reports that the Mormon church and the sugar trust allegedly control 85 percent of the U S beet sugar industry. Minutes from seven years of directors meetings are to be produced for a congressional probe showing ties to Senator Aldrich and Senator Smoot, lobbyists, and alleged tariff and anti trust manipulations.
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Washington, D. C
Mormon Church
Sugar Trust
United States
Trust
Washington, D.C
Aldriche
Senator Smoot
Utah
Aldrich
United States Senate
Charles B. Warren
F. R. Hathaway
Henry T. Oxnard
Judge Lovett Arrives in Seattle With Harriman Staff
Judge Robert S. Lovett, successor to E. H. Harriman, arrived in Seattle in his private car Guadaloupe with J. P. O'Brien W. W. Cotton J. G. Stubbs and Julius Kruttschnitt. The party tours Southern Pacific holdings by auto from Union Depot track No. 6. Lovett praised Seattle but gave few specifics on plans or projects.
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Robert S. Lovett
E. H. Harriman
Seattle
Judge Lovett
J. P. O'Brien
W. W. Cotton
J. G. Stubbs
Julius Kruttschnitt
Union Depot
J. D. Farrell
Harriman Lines
Southern Pacific
Northwest
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Mrs. Christy
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Viola Larben Brown
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