Island Underbrush Torture Tale and Gardner Search
Disjointed clipping reports Mrs Durand accusing guards of torture on an island, amid a wave of riotous, unrelated fragments. The Tacoma Times details a pursuit of bandit Roy Gardner on McNeil Island with guards firing near the west shore and warden Maloney coordinating searches all day.
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Tacoma
Roy Gardner
McNeil Island
Case
Maloney
Bary
Geverones Secrtry
Gem
Gardner
Insane Case at Everett Is Thrilling Courtroom Tale
Mrs. W. S. Durand testified about days and nights with her dangerously insane husband, Everett physician Dr. Durand, describing threats, forced inspections of a corpse, and strange rituals as the trial for insanity unfolds in Seattle.
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Star
Everett
W. S. Durand
Power
Stanley Padden
Guy Alston
Seattle
Nicholson
Durand
Paris Designers Declare American Styles Seized
Paris is taking American styles, with the skirt 10 inches from the ground adopted by Parisians as their own. The American Fashion Arts league, with 3000 members, meets next week to set new styles. Mme Alla Ripley says ankle length gowns will be popular among willowy women while a graceful outline remains favored.
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Chicago
Paris
America
American Fashion Arts League
League
Mme
Alla Ripley
United Press
Gardner still eludes guards on Puget Sound island
Reports from ranchers and guards place Roy Gardner on the island with footprints spotted on the west shore. A guard heard brush crackle as Gardner possibly avoided capture near a timbered area while residents recall seeing a dark figure in an orchard. Authorities deny escape from the prison yet admit increasing odds of liberty.
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Tacoma
Roy Gardner
California
Tile Island
Puget Sound
Gardner
Tom Williams
Everett Impyn
Lewardus Bogart
Anieas Gardner
Lonely Funeral for Everett Impyn on M'Neil Island
Everett Impyn, formerly a soldier, was buried in the prison cemetery after a brief ceremony. Two trusties lowered the plain pine casket as a chaplain spoke, with fellow inmates declining to attend. Lawardus Bogart, implicated in the crime, is reported to be improving in the prison hospital after an attempted escape.
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Impyn
M'Neil Island
Everett Impyn
Camp Lewis
Lawardus Bogart
Young Durand testifies in insanity trial
Reynolds Durand, 17, manager of the football team, testified against his father on Wednesday in Everett. He was cross-examined by his father while on the witness stand during the insanity trial.
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San Francisco
Reynolds Durand
Adiencevereigh Sc
Everett
Humanitarian Society Eyes Probe of Northern State Hospital Conditions
The Humanitarian society plans to submit evidence on alleged inhumane conditions at Northern State Hospital Sedro Woolley and Western State Hospital Steilacoom. Prosecutors John Selden and W L Brickey said they are willing to review material and seek a grand jury if warranted. Action will wait until the next meeting Tuesday night.
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John Selden
Pierce County
W. L. Brickey
Skagit County
Hunt
Humanitarian Society
Thoreness
Northern State Hospital
Sedro Woolley
Western State Hospital
Steilacoom
Mahoney Defense Plans Planting Claim in Murder Trial
Prosecutor reports that James E. Mahoney will argue his wife Kate Mahoney’s body found in a Lake Union trunk was planted by police. The defense allegedly plans to suggest police hid the true trunk, then used a similarly sized body to frame the case. Trial set for September 20.
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Malcolm Douglas
James E. Mahoney
Lake Union
Kate Mahoney
Douglas
See Johnston
Mahoney
New-Born Babe Thrown From Train Near Portland
Portland police seek the mother of a newborn baby hurled from Southern Pacific train No 16 between San Francisco and Portland. The infant was tossed from a Pullman window at Turner Marion county as the train passed early this morning. The fall crushed the body though the child appeared alive at impact. The train left San Francisco Tuesday night at 8 20 and reached Portland this morning.
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Portland
Sept
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Turner
Marion County
De Valera Invited to London Talks on Irish Situation
The British cabinet invited President De Valera to bring Irish plenipotentiaries to meet a special committee around September 20 to discuss Ireland’s status face to face. The note affirms Ireland must remain with the empire.
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de Valera
London
Ireland
Mother Offers to Loan Kiddies for the Winter
A Chicago mother Margie Lawson writes to The Star describing dire hardship. Her husband seeks work in Yakima orchards, now unable to provide. The family of four children aged 4 to 10 faces hunger as rent is due and the landlord pressures payment.
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Ernest Clarence
Ella Corrine
Alvin
Harold
Margie Lawson
Taylor Ave
Star
Yakima
Mount Rainier wedding on summit amid blizzard
Miss Lenore Allaine of Auburn and Edward J. Hamilton of Buckley married at the Mt. Rainier summit as a 12 mile gale raged. Rev C. J. Stone officiated. Loretta Page as bridesmaid and Alma Wagen presented a crater key. The party celebrated with a wedding meal at Paradise Inn after reaching Camp Comfort through the storm. The ceremony followed a climb for the bridal party and guide.
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Paradise Inn
Mt. Rainier
Lenore Allaine
Auburn
Edward J. Hamilton
Buckley
C. J. Stone
Tacoma
Hans Subrer
Allaine
Hamilton
Loretta Page
Glenn Hamilton
Alma Wagen
Camp Comfort
Elihu Root Considers Armament Conference Role
Elihu Root met with President Harding and Secretary Hughes in Washington and did not deny reports he would join the American delegation at the armament limitation conference.
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Elihu Root
Harding
Hughes
Washington
Calder Proposes Beer Tax to Aid Tax Revision
Senator Calder of New York urged a 2 3 4 percent beer levy and a steep jump in spirituous liquor taxes. He told the Senate Finance Committee the plan could raise about 175 million dollars annually. Secretary Mellon testified with figures on how each proposal would operate.
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Washington
Congress
Calder
New York
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
U S Destruction of Smuggled Liquor Hoard Reported
Washington September 3 authorities say a large seizure of fancy wines whisky champagne and other liquors from smugglers is being destroyed after failed sale attempts. Chief Ashworth of the customs service notes little market for imported liquor and that permits are required before any sale.
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Washington
Ashworth
Customs Service
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