Murder charge after Venice cottage fight ends in death
Mrs May belle Roe is charged with murder after coroner's inquest found real estate dealer McCullough G Graydon died from gunshot wounds in a dispute over a summer cottage in Venice California. Four persons were held pending the inquest as details emerge from the case files.
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Venice
Cal
Maybelle Roe
McCullough G. Graydon
Los Angeles
McCullough
G. Graydon
Graydon
Mra. Graydon
Julia Marshall
B.L. Adkins
BE. F. Doane
Center Shots on Prosecuting Attorney Conduct and Reform
A candidate pledges to reform the office by firing a chief who cannot finish work and by ensuring the prosecutor acts in harmony with the sheriff and mayor. He vows to personally try cases when needed and to avoid delaying actions, promising a square deal for all and accountability in prosecutions.
Holding Up a Train
A first-hand outlaw memoir recounts a 1890s attempt on a Santa Fe line near a creek bridge. The narrator and partners outline motives and methods, noting early life as cowboys out of work and a ramping path into train robberies, with vivid but nongraphic reminiscences.
Miss Lucille Carpenter Held in Berkeley Incident
Berkeley authorities detained Lucille Carpenter, 21, daughter of Seattle lumber mill owner Peter Carpenter, after a San Francisco hotel keeper accused her amid disputes over hotel money. Her mother said Lucille travelled to California to attend the University of California, claiming she lost funds in an oil land venture.
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Berkeley
Cal
Lucille Carpenter
Seattle
San Francisco
University of California
Peter Carpenter
Mise Lucille
Monmouth Apartments
Rainier Electric Company
University
Mehan Seeks 5000 Damages Over Ford Charge Drop
Cornelius Mehan, wrongfully jailed for five days in June, sues Gordon Prentiss for 5000 dollars claiming false accusation related to a Ford automobile theft. The action asserts he languished in jail before the charge was dismissed.
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Gordon Prentiss
Cornelius Mehan
Mehan
Fall River Largest Cotton Milling City in United States
Fall River Massachusetts is described as the largest cotton milling city in the United States, highlighting its industrial prominence and prominence in textile production during the period.
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Fall River
Maas
United States
Land and landless in the nation’s future
The piece argues land is finite yet land ownership is unequal noting 19 acres per person if divided equally and calls many Americans landless. It predicts population growth and rising landless share and urges readers to consider farm land investments advertised on the classified page.
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U. 8
Earth
Goats Allowed in Backyards Says City Panel
San Francisco authorities approve an ordinance allowing officers to keep goats in their backyards. Ruth Christensen, 17, of 2718 17th Ave W, was reportedly sought by police with about 120 dollars in cash found on her person.
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San Francisco
Supervisors’ Health Committee
Ruth Christensen
Christensen
Gerard Heads Demo finance committee in New York
James W. Gerard of New York a former ambassador to Germany was named chairman of the Democratic national committee finance committee. He will assume duties immediately as he pursued the presidential nomination. The county expects about 78 million bushels of dry goods produced this year according to estimates.
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Gerard
Finance Committee
New York
Font
James W. Gerard
Germany
Democratic National Committee
Stene
Entimuten
Stanford Alumni Plan Regular Meetings After Auction
Chicago report notes R R Gharrat's attorneys arranged sale of his drug store to pay alimony to Gharrat. Proceeds allegedly go to the X-Mrn Gharrat. Stanford Alumni meet at Blane's cafe to plan monthly gatherings for Stanford and Washington graduates with annual membership events on university calendar dates.
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Chicago
R. R. Gharrat
Gharrat
Stanford
Blane's Cafe
Washington
Men Saved From Death at Sea Rescue of Submarine 85
Disabled submarine 85 towed by battleship Ohio was found near the Delaware breakwater after 35 hours underwater. Rescue ships and buoy signaling aided the crew’s survival as Goethals and Ohio led the effort to raise the submerged vessel. The incident unfolded with multiple navy ships racing to the scene.
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Philadelphia
Alanthus
Delaware River
League Island Navy Yard
Delaware
Ohio
League Island
Ohia
Norfolk, Va
New York
Goethals
Navy
8 5
Boston
Baltimore
Cape Henlopen
General Goethals
David L. Moore
Farmington, Conn
Boston Navy Yard
New Haven
Navy Yards
Delaware Capes
Assault charge over infant rib fracture in Portland case
Portland, Sept 2. George Kraker a shipyard worker is charged with assault and battery against his two months old son in warrants sworn by humane society officers. They allege he crushed a rib to stop the baby from crying. Kraker says coworkers advised calisthenics to quiet the infant.
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Portland
Ore
George Kraker
Gen Huomane Society
Kraker
Humane
Lord Mayor MacSwiney Near Death in Hunger Strike
Terence MacSwiney Lord Mayor of Cork lay virtually lifeless in Brixton prison on day 21 of his hunger strike with only occasional eye quivers. Paralysis spread from the left side as doctors feared full-body shutdown while relatives and priests kept vigil at his bedside. British leaders and labor figures urged release, warning of consequences if clemency is denied.
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London
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton
Jord
Ian
Dominick
Macdw Gas
Lloyd George
Robert Smiley
William Adamson
Robert Williams
MacSwiney
Mayor MacSwiney
Ireland
Poles Advance Beyond Lemberg Front in 100 Mile Span
Warsaw reports that Bolshevik defeat deepens in the Lemberg region as General Budenny is crushed north of Lemberg. Poles advance from 15 to 40 miles along a front exceeding 100 miles, signaling a broadening Polish advance.
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Warsaw
Lemberg
Budehny
Poles Reject Bolshevik Peace Terms
London dated report says the Polish delegates to the Minsk peace conference rejected all Bolshevik proposals. They will depart Tuesday for Riga Latvia where the conference will resume.
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London
Minsk
War Office
Riga
Latvia
Walbridge divorce suit and local deaths noted in brief
Alma M Walbridge filed for divorce from Louis Walbridge who rents boats on Lake Washington. Jacob Seiver a 26 year old druggist residing at 1820 15th Ave died last night at Seattle General Hospital with funeral arrangements pending at Bonney Watson.
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Alma M. Walbridge
Superior Court
Louis Walbridge
Lake Washington
Jacob Seiver
15Th Ave
Seattle General Hospital
Bonney-Watson
Youth and 39-year-old linked to Chinese den narcotics bust
P Anderson 15 and Walter Cameron 39 were nabbed near a noted Olive Street Chinese joint by Patrolman N P Anderman. The youth, described as the citys youngest narcotics user, was sent to juvenile authorities while Cameron faced vagrancy charges and a suspended sentence allowing him two hours to leave town. A long bowie knife was found on the boy and narcotics paraphernalia on both suspects.
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Olive St
P. Anderson
Pany
Walter Cameron
N. P. Anderman
Long Bowie
Cameron
First Ave
Washington Et. Oy
A. A. Gray
Allen
Dope Promoter Takes Own Life After Carnival Losses
Hans Evers, secretary of the boys' union, returned to Tacoma and identified the man who killed himself in a local hotel. The body, buried in the Potter's field, is being moved to Seattle for burial. Letters found hidden in the carpet explain the motive tied to carnival losses and dope use.
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Hans Evers
Boys’ Union
Tacoma
Charlies Spash
James Miller
Tascoma
Ash
Seattle
Evers
Soash
Newsboys
Doctor and druggist held on dope charge
Secretly indicted Wednesday by the federal grand jury Dr J B Godfrey with offices at 103 Second Ave 8 and Charles E B Kelly proprietor of Kellys drugstore at the corner of Second Ave 5S and Washington St were arrested Thursday afternoon by Deputy United States Marshal Frank Colligan.
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Federal Grand Jury
J. B. Godfrey
Second Ave
Charles EB. Kelly
Kelly
Washington St
United States
Frank Colligan
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