Father Ready to Sacrifice Self for Son in Murder Case
Hood River Oregon September 10. The Robbing family faces a murder trial over Mrs. Castoe’s death. The old father William Robbing, frail and aged, offered to confess and take the blame to spare his son George Robbing. Prosecutors presented circumstantial evidence linking the youth to the crime, but the confession may alter the verdict.
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Mrs Duke Insane Committed to Asylum
Chicago September 10 Alice Webb Duke former wife of tobacco magnate Brodie L Duke has been committed to the Kankakee asylum. The once brilliant wealthy bride appeared a complete mental and physical wreck and only ten minutes sufficed to persuade the jury of the need for restraint and treatment.
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Chicago
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Brodie L. Duke
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Baby seal Lana thrives after warm milk at Luna Park
A two week old seal nicknamed Lana was trapped in a fish net near Luna Park. Manager Charles Looff struggled to feed it until warming milk revived its appetite. The seal now drinks from a nipple bottle and swims twice daily then rests in a box at night. Reports say Lana is on track to be reared successfully.
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California author calls for change to play title
Mary Lambert writes from Oakland demanding that David Belasco rename his play The Girl of the Golden Wear to avoid insulting California women. She urges a public response from the California Chamber of Commerce and Native Sons, criticizing perceived silence and urging action.
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Cal
California
Mary Lambert
David Belanco
New York
Miss Lambert
California Chamber of Commerce
California Girl Has Spunk Says Drama Draws Fire
Mary Lambert denounces a California play saying it portrays a rough girl among rough men as a crude production. She claims the drama is a lie as a type of a Golden West girl, but acknowledges the character shows spunk in the California girl.
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Mary Lambert
Miss Lambert
California
Funeral for Mrs Merriman Colbert Harris in Tokyo
High officials and prominent leaders from many faiths attended the funeral of Mrs Merriman Colbert Harris wife of the American Methodist bishop for Japan and Korea in Tokyo. Attendees included Count Okuma Sir Kogoro Takahashi and Baron Komura as well as state ministers and diplomats marking a national mourning.
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Tokio
Merriman Colbert Harris
Japan
Korea
Count Okuma
Kogoro Takah
United States
Baron Komura
May Prove Mars Has People
Boston dispatch reports Prof. Percival Lowell claims to have detected oxygen in Mars atmosphere through spectroscope observations, arguing the presence of life supporting elements makes habitation likely and needing little further evidence.
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Boston
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Trial of Chicago police inspector begins in corruption case
The trial of Police Inspector McCann, charged with accepting protection money from dive keepers in the south levee district, opened today in Chicago.
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Chicago
McCann
South Levee
Thieves Kill Fisherman Ah Bing in San Francisco
United Press reports Ah Bing, a Chinese fisherman, was robbed and shot through the head early today in San Francisco. Thieves stole $15 before fleeing, with the men unidentified and no motive given.
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United Press
San Francisco
Ah Bing
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