Trial Rests On Admissibility Of Marie Brown Levey Testimony
In Los Angeles on September 20 the Bixby trial paused as Judge Biedsoe prepares a vital ruling. The defense seeks to bar Marie Brown Levey’s testimony to corroborate Cleo Helen Barker’s delinquency charges against Bixby. Barker described abuses and health damage under questioning, while the defense signals it will focus on a claim that Dinckmai or Dinckmal of Bixby was intended.
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Los Angeles
Bixby
Biedsoe
Marie Brown-Levey
Brown-Levey
Cleo Helen Barker
Barker
Force Girl
Woman Sentenced for Killing Brookings Professor
Mrs May Evans received a 25 year penitentiary term for the killing of Dr E L Moore a professor at the state agricultural college in Brookings on May 26. The case stemmed from jealousy and domestic dispute in Bioux Falias.
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Bioux Falias
May Evans
E. L. Moore
State Agricultural College
Brookings
Congressman Sues for 50000 Over Defamatory Blethen Article
Congressman J W Bryan sues Alden J Blethen for 50000 claiming false vile assertions in Blethen's September 7 publication Renegade Bryan Rebuked in Congress. A second 50000 suit targets Times and Blethen for a second publication of the same article.
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J. W. Bryan
Alden J. Blethen
Blethen
Bryan Rebduked
Congress
Bryan
Cotterill
the Times and
Night schools set to open October 6 in Seattle
Seattle night schools will begin regular classes Monday October 6 with registration Friday October 3. Grade schools and high schools will open for night work at the same time.
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Seattle
Sutro to Attempt World Hydroplane Records
Aviator Adolph Sutro Jr plans to push world hydroplane records in San Francisco using a self designed machine. The event aims to test altitude distance duration weight lifting and speed with the machine he built.
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San Francisco
Adolph Sutro
Sutro
Public Executions and Odd Facts From Long Ago
Odd historical notes describe profitable public executions in Paria and rent-like seating fees. Other items claim Queen Wilhelmina’s wealth, vast US cultivated land, French doctor inheritance limits, a Sawnton peas custom, and a fast ocean steamer cannot stop quickly.
Moore Theatre Season Opens With Kitty Gordon in The Enchantress
Seattle audiences will attend openings at the Moore Theatre for Kitty Gordon in The Enchantress, a Victor Herbert operetta about a prima donna who captivates a prince whose throne she may not forfeit. Also on the program are William Faversham in Julius Caesar and acts by Tom Kelley Connors Edna Aldo Brothers plus performers from Vienna and the Royal Opera House.
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Seattle
Kitty Gordon
Kitty
Moore Theatre
Victor Herbert
Miss Gordon
Arthur Forrest
Richard Mansfield
Florence Roberts
Gustav Werner
Royal Opera House
Vienna
Inez Bauer
Walter Catlett
William Faversham
Julius Caesar
Atic
Tom Kelley
Connors
Edna
Aldo Brothers
Officer 666 to Begin Week at Metropolitan Theatre
The popular sleuth Officer 666 will perform at the Metropolitan Theatre for a week, promising merriment without danger of arrests. The three act play, written by Augustine MacHugh, features a thief who steals the officer’s uniform and escapes amid comic chaos.
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Officer 666
America
Metropolitan Theatre
Arsene Lupin
Metropolitan
New York
Chicago
Seattle
Augustine MacHugh
Theatres Next Week Show Wildfire Stock
Stock in the play Wildfire is listed for performances at local theatres next week. Details on dates venues and showtimes appear in the listings.
Orpheum bill features Lulu Glaser in First Love
Lulu Glaser returns to headline the Orpheum next week in a musical playlet First Love with baritone Thomas D. Richard. Snor and Mack perform as impersonators, The Three Langdons present A Night on the Boulevard, plus Georgette Jack Sidney Billy Tonley and Klinting's Entertainers with trained animals and Sutton McIntyre Sutton in a dancing and singing act.
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Orpheum
Thomas D. Richard
Snor
Mack
Three Langdons
Georgette
Elate Janis
Jack Sidney
Billy Tonley
Klinting
Sutton
McIntyre
Empress Presents Empress The Mission Garden Headline
Empress will feature Nellie Brewer in The Mission Garden about early days in Northern Mexico at the Empress next week. Clayton and Drew players perform Othello Outdone a Othello travesty. Tom OBrien and Madalon Lear offer Italian characterizations. Clarence Oliver presents a monologue. Fred Snyder and Eunice Hallo showcase New York dances. Gruet and Gruet deliver minstrel comedy.
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Mission Garden
Nellie Brewer
Mexico
Clayton and Drew Players
Tom O'Brien
Madalon Lear
Clarence Oliver
Fred Snyder
Eunice Hallo
New York
Gruet
Wildfire at Seattle Theatre stars Hobart and Broadhurst
Seattle theatre opens Monday night with Wildfire a racing comedy by George W Hobart and George Broadhurst. Mrs Henrietta Barrington owner of a string of race horses provides a sprightly widow lead. The play includes Bud the stable boy and fast track humor driven by melodrama and original twists.
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George W. Hobart
George Broadhurst
Seattle
Henrietta Barrington
Lillian Russell
Bud
State Extends Honor System To Quarry Work
Olympia Sept. 20 Gov Listers system of parole and state work pay is extended to state rock quarries. A bureau of inspection report issued today recommends convicts in quarries be covered by the workmen compensation act, same as free workers.
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Lister
Bureau of Inspection
First Ave
Union Block T
Ike
Dr. Browns
Rebels defeat federal party near Mayor Lower California
Messages report a rebel detachment defeated a federal party below Mayor Lower California with 17 dead and many wounded among the federals. Six rebels were wounded in the engagement.
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Calexico
Cal
Mayor
California
Felix Club Plans Third Annual Banquet
The Felix club will hold its third annual banquet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the club hall located at 20th avenue and Lane street.
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Felix Club
20Th Av
Lane St
Contractor Slow Damages Market Board Watered-Down Repairs
Complaint to the board of public works by Thomas Boyd, manager, claims the Westlake Market association loses $1,000 a month due to dilatory contractor delays. Streets torn up since August 1. address cited at Fifth Ave, Pine St, and Sixth Ave.
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Thomas Boyd
Westlake Market Association
Fifth
Pine St
Bixth
Pantages Presents New Russian Troupe at Matinee
Pan tages opens a new bill headlined by Boris Fridkin's troupe of Russian singers and dancers making their local debut. The show also features Maurice Samuels and Company in A Day at Ellis Island, a comedy drama praised for its success.
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Pantages
Boris Fridkin
Maurice Samuels
Ellis Island
Maurice Samuels & Co
Korb Company Opens New Hair Store in Seattle
B Korb Co. opens a modern sanitary hair store at 1102 First Ave Seattle. The shop focuses on toupe making theatrical work and hair dressing, manicuring, and face massage. A second sanitary hair store remains at 104 Spring Street with a full corps of attendants.
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B. Korb
B. Korb & Co
Seattle
First Av
Korb Company
Gov Sulzer Near Collapse Amid Impeachment Tangles
New York reports Gov Sulzer’s deteriorating health as impeachment proceedings continue. He stays indoors at the executive mansion with his wife aiding him. Lawyers run technical defenses while predicting court ruling on the court’s power to try pre office offenses.
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Court of Appeals
Widney Faces Trial Over Blackmail Claim in Murphy Case
Arthur B. Widney, Los Angeles real estate heir, goes to superior court on charge of taking part of Noel Murphy’s earnings. Murphy claims she was paid at least $600, she loved him, contemplated killing him, then chose legal action. Widney’s defense: blackmail attempt by Murphy.
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San Francisco
Arthur B. Widney
Superior Court
Noel Murphy
Widney
R. M. Widney
Los Angeles
Shortall
Miss
Hotel Becoming Very Popular in Seattle Aboard Virginia Hotel
The Virginia hotel run by Chas A Hulten on Virginia street attracts many visitors with first class service and low rates. It offers 105 outside rooms with free bath and phone plus closets and perfect ventilation. The hotel aims for a full house at low rates near Everett interurban depot and theatres.
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Seattle
Chas. A. Hulten
Virginia Hotel
Virginia St
Hulton
Virginus
Everett
Governor Lister Declines Senate Bid and Seeks Tax Campaign
Governor Lister told the King County Democratic Central Committee at the Lyons Building that he will not run for the United States Senate next year. He urged effective party organization for the legislative campaign and pledged to work in the campaign to aid candidates who favor tax reduction. He added that he expects a cooperative legislature in 1915.
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Lister
United States
Dame
King County Democratic Central Committee
Lyons Building
Governor weighs pardon plea in Burke case
Sacramento reports Mrs. Burke urged clemency for her husband Dr. Willan Burke who was sentenced to ten years in San Quentin for dynamiting a tent where patient Laetts Smith slept at his sanitarium. The governor took the plea under advisement.
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Sacramento
Willan Burke
San Quentis
Laetts Smith
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