Uncrowned Queen of Portugal Dancer Talks King Manuel
Mile. Gaby des Lys, the dancer at the Apollo, claims she was King Manuel I's mistress and a central figure in his life. She recounts meeting in Paris, visits to Lisbon, and public controversy over her relationship with the former Portuguese king. Des Lys describes her stage fame, European adoration, and alleged royal connections.
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United Presse Association
Sta
Gaby Des Lys
Dom Manuel
Portugal
Apollo
Manuel Si
Manuel
Porte
Paris
Jove
Lisbon
Royal Palace
Bla
Pers
Penard
Mile
Des Lys
Dea Lyte
Inter Lys
Europe
Ars
Boils de Boulogne
Lisbon Disaster Toll Reported At One Hundred Killed
Refugees arriving today estimate about two hundred killed and four hundred wounded from the Lisbon incident with claims of higher later casualty figures. details remain uncertain as officials assess the frontier crisis and await fresh advisories.
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Spain
Portugal Exiles Move Toward France Amid Uncertain Rebel Scene
United Press reports Dan Sebastian says Don Manuel and Queen Amelia of Portugal travel incognito to France. The fate of the Duke of Oporto remains unknown as royalists face exile. Navy loyalty shifts to the republic while Braga’s provisional government seeks public order and unity amid civil war tensions.
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United Press
Reuter
Don Manuel
Amelia
Portugal
France
Oporto
Mel
Ducans
Manuel
Braga
Woman victim of bunko game in Seattle fraud case
Mae Fennell of Seattle swears Hillman Institution and agents used a brazen land scam. She paid 50 dollars to bind a contract for five lots at 126 dollars each near Algona, but was shown mudhole lots instead of the described land. She never saw Hillman again as she sought remedy.
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State OF Washington
County OF
King
Mae Fensell
Seattle
Wash
Hillman
Algona
Pacific City
Interurban
Hillroan
Friday
Peet
Mae Fennell
John H. Perry
Washington
Gill fears firing Wappy amid city hall turmoil
Rumors swirl around Seattle city hall that Chief Wappenstein may be ousted to aid Mayor Gill. Inner circles say Jim Agnew could lead the department, while Gill fears a newspaper they say has leverage. Wappy opposes dismissal and plans to shield witnesses as Public Welfare League investigators probe vice and graft.
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Eddy
Wappenstein
Gill
Jim Agnew
Wappy
Ballinger
Public Welfare League
Seattle
League
Lightning strikes man after he declines card game
Napoleonville Louisiana October 6 Pierce Groos age 18 declined an invitation to join a card game at a local dance hall three miles from town Sunday night. He was struck and instantly killed by lightning. The other card players received slight shocks but were uninjured.
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Napoleonville
Pierce Groos
Chimney Sweep Arthur Schweizer Fined For Loud Parade
Arthur Schweizer wore a conical chimney sweep hat and played a bugle in the residence district on Capitol Hill yesterday afternoon. Patrolman Mero stopped the music, the defendant claimed he blew from coast to coast, and Judge Gordon fined him one dollar after a warning.
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Arthur Schweizer
Capitol Bill
Mero
Arthur
Coant
Lesanesa
Gordon
Divorce sought by woman after leap year marriage
Emily Caldwell sues for divorce from Arthur Caldwell after their 1904 marriage. She claims she supported him while he squandered her earnings on gambling and that he beat her when she urged him to provide. She notes the leap year warning and seeks separation.
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Girla
Emily Caldwell
Arthur Caldwell
Poisoned Candy Kills Oakland School Boy
Authorities opened a searching inquiry into the death of Ivan Star mar ii of Elmhurst who is believed to have eaten poisoned candy meant for another. The boy fell ill after returning from school on September 29 and died that night, after saying he had eaten candy at school given by a playmate.
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Oakland
Cal
Ivan Starmar, ii
Elmhurst
Choor
Sheridan Quits His Detective Agency Will Tell All
William P. resigns from the National Detective Agency amid plans to disclose political nature information. He intends to make starting disclosures once the resignation takes effect.
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Sheridan
Will
My United Press
New York
William P.in
Wiliam P. Floris
National Detective Agency
Bull Pup Disrupts Meeting During Senatorial Talk
In Parkville Missouri on October 6 an inquisitive bull pup sprayed a wasp nest from a bench during a Democratic U S Senate candidate James Reed Kansas City speech, nearly causing a disruption at the political meeting.
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Parkville
James Reed
Kansas City
United States
League Rejects Hearst Request in New York Nomination
At the Independence League convention in New York on October 6 they repudiated the Republican ticket and nominated their own slate. J. J. Hopper was named for governor and Hearst for lieutenant governor, signaling a separate party lineup from the GOP.
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New York
R. Hearst
Independence League
J. J. Hopper
Hearst
Seattle Public Schools and City Industry Trivia
Do you know that 16 percent of Seattle public school pupils enter high school, a figure shared by only two other U.S. cities. Seattle also reports an 80 percent rise in manufactories since 1900. Commissioner Carrigan began in a printer's shop and later became a newspaper man.
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Seattle
United States
Carrigan
Berryman Residency Ties to Seattle Real Estate Deal
In 1909 Charles T. Berryman and Mamie Berryman sold property in Seattle to The Times Investment Co for 12500 dollars. The deed references multiple lots in Hill Tract and Yesler additions near Hill School, King County. The record includes notary and auditor citations and notes Berryman’s residence on the property.
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Times Investment CO
Charles T. Berryman
Mamie Berryman
Times Investment Company
Hill Tract
Seattle
H. L. Yesler
County of
King
State of Washington
County OF King
Mainie Berryman
A. D
Daniel Kelleher
Decency Demands It The Star Publishes Official Facts
The Star defends printing an official document about a newspaper’s business ties with a Tenderloin dive keeper. It argues public morals and municipal affairs demand exposure of fraud and deception, stating the record is an officially recorded fact the people are entitled to know.
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The
Star Today
Star
Seattle
Man Shot Professor Who Had Loved Wife 30 Years
Howard Green to appear in police court for preliminary examination after shooting Professor Thomas Skidmore in Los Angeles. Skidmore, dying, named Green as blame, while Green is held without bail. Skidmore had recently moved from Texas, where he taught at a small college, and had long loved Mrs. Green for three decades.
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Los Angeles
Howard Green
Thomas Skidmore
Green
Skidmore
Texas
Man loses $220 after four aces poker tale ends in arrest
Salomin F. Rodin of Litchville North Carolina held four aces and won a sum of $220 before Harry Hatch allegedly seized the money during a hand kept in a saloon safe. Rodin testified Hatch threatened violence and fled with the bills, leading to Hatch’s grand larceny charge in superior court. In New York Col Goethals predicted the Panama Canal would be cut through by 1915 at a wedding in progress.
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Salomin F. Rodin
Litchville
N. C
Rodin
Harry Hatch
Hatch
Tacoma
Robin
West
New York
Panama Canal
Col. Goethals
King Alfonso Gravely Ill in France Report
Madrid reports King Alfonso is fatally ill with bone decay described as caries of the bones. Doctor Moore of Bordeaux has slowed the disease but cannot halt its progress. The ailment affects an ear and the bones of one cheek and nose.
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Madrid
Hendaye
France
Alfonso
Moore
Bordeaux
Mix-Up Over $273 Found Aboard Steamer Jefferon
Chilean miner David Satu found a wallet with 275 aboard the steamship Jeffer son. He split with Robert Brown then turned money to Henry Peterson who promised to turn it over to police. Satu and Brown confessed and returned 240. Peterson claimed he held out 40.
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David Satu
Jefferson
Robert C. Brown
Brown
Satu
Henry Peterson
Peterson
Seattle
E. B. Barton
Pacific Coast Storage Co
Fairbanks
Alaska
Samu
Annie Phillips of Seattle Acknowledged by Few
A Seattle obituary recalls Annie Phillips, a longtime resident and niece of Chief Seattle, who lived in a shack by the Sound and sold baskets and fish. Her passing goes largely unremarked while her husband Billy weeps as undertakers arrive.
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Billy” Phillips
Seattle
Denny
Russell Sage
B. H. Harriman
Annie Phillips
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Ludovic
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Chief Wappenstein
Hi Gill
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