Recount in Judgship Contest Upheld in Non Judicial Election
The court kept the ballot boxes under review and ruled that the non judicial election results must be recounted. The decision leaves the 18 top vote getters to contest the nine sape court bench seats this fall, with potential immediate election for some if a majority supports it. Judges Frater Ronald and others could be among contenders as tally methods are finalized.
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John Judge Joiner
Ska
Sape Court
Frater
Ronald
Pench
John T
John B. Yakey
Joiner
Ron Albertson
Dykeman
Gilberett Smith
George
Haw
Frank Griffiths
Myerseen
Carl Smith
Casey and
Law
Testimony Tentative on Trust Contributions Aimed at Harriman Case
New York September 21. A Senate committee inquiry into campaign contributions from trusts and corporations reaches the witness stand. HL Marriman is to testify on late husband’s affairs while subpoenas target John D. Arch Rockefeller and Mrs Harriman. Insurance firms and life companies are to be called later as the inquiry proceeds. Water shutoffs affect Jackson Fifth and Seventh Aves in the city as details emerge.
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Hington
de Re
Cam Senate
Marriman
May
Col
Roosevelt
Pemelias
N. Biliex
At Arms
Ransdell
New York
Ser GT. White
Libby
John P
Cordr
Tegehoff
Pri
H. Harriman
Harriman
John P. Arch Rockefeller
Expert links accused lawyer to mental deformity in phrenology
New York on September 21 expert Jessie Allen Fowler, head of the American Institute of Phrenology, declares Burton W. Gibson’s face and skull show a motive temperament and hardness. She cites hollow cheeks, tightly compressed lips, long jaw, and large cheekbones as signs of cruelty, composure in danger, and acquisitiveness.
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New York
Burton W. Gibson
Countess Szabo
Jessie Allen Fowler
America
Gibson
Mins Fowler
American Institute of Phrenology
Burton Gibson
Mies Fowler
Robbers Loot Markets and Saloon in Daylight
In Dufur Oregon on September 21 robbers forced entry through front doors hitting Walker Wood ruff meat market and Dounigan Delay saloon. They smashed safes taking 50 dollars from the market and 600 dollars in money and jewelry from the saloon before escaping.
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Dufur, Or
Walker & Woodruff
Dounigan & Delay
Monoplane fatalities reported in Freiburg and Belfast
Three more men killed in Germany and Ireland as aviators Lieut. Berger and Lieut. Junghans fell from a monoplane near Freiburg and died instantly while Lieut. J H Eastley perished after an exhibition flight in Belfast.
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Freiburg
Germany
Lieut
Berger
Junghans
Belfast
J. H. Eastley
Admiral Southerland Reaches Granada to Relieve Siege
Rear Admiral Southerland with 1000 Marines reaches Granada after fighting rebels who besieged the city. The town’s populace faces starvation as Washington orders relief at any cost following pleas from Americans and others under siege.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Mena
Granada
Southerland
Washington
Americana
Two of a Kind Jones Align With Aldrich on Tariff Support
Two of a Kind Jones voted with Aldrich to boost the tariff on the se many times as Humphrey voted with Cannon for the for announces that he will assist I Am a Trimmer in his reelection. Their battle cry is to be, Experience Counts.
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Jones
Aldrich
Humphrey
Cannon
Chicago police scandal linked to bank robbery suspects
Chicago police face a deepening crisis as Assistant Chief Schutter discloses five men under suspicion over the Bank of Montreal New Westminster robbery case. Four officers are charged with offences from incompetence to bribery, threatening a shakeup of the force.
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Chicago
Bank of Montreal
New Westminster
B.C
Schutter
Schuttier
Black man confronts girl in Owens River incident
William Koop, an aqueduct worker, was brought to Bakersfield after an inquest into a public safety incident near Jawbone canyon camp on the Owens river. The unknown Black man, about 45, confronted a 7 year old girl of a woman called Queen of the Valley. Koop fired three rounds at the assailant following cries for help.
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Bakersfield
Cal
William Koop
Aqueduct
Dixon
Jawbone Canyon
Owens River
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Mojave
Koop
Woman Dies Kneeling at Grave After Mummifying Infant
London report details Violet Grange a 23 year old working woman found dead at her baby's grave. She had confessed to mummifying her infant for four years in a tenement room. Grange said she burned the child and protected it with vinegar. She described paying a man half her wages in blackmail and threatened exposure when ill. She was arrested over hush money.
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London
Violet Grange
Miss Grange
Judge Black Defends Gubernatorial Eligibility in Seattle Speech
Snohomish County Superior Court Judge W. W. Black, nominated for governor as a Democrat, ridicules ineligibility claims against serving as judge during his term. He notes favorable decisions in other states and will address the issue at a Seattle Democrat meeting this afternoon.
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W. W. Black
Superior Court
Snohomish County
Democratic rally aims for larger Bryan visit in San Francisco
San Francisco observers report the local Democratic committee gears up for William Jennings Bryan to campaign for Gov Wilson. The earlier visit by Col Theo Sago drew significant attention as organizers push for a bigger turnout.
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T. R
San Francisco
Col. Theo.soogo Mag
Democratic Campaign Committee
Wm. J. Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Miscellany of oddities and local curiosities in brief
A collage of quirky items from across the U S and Europe. Reports mention Alice Holland in Philadelphia amid health concerns, unusual catches like an eel with 17 rattles, and a barking catfish. British and Californian anecdotes cover jail escapes, juries, burglar hunts, and curios from San Francisco and Geneva.
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Scott Thompson
Vinta
Cal
Robber tariff cries over meat costs blamed on Taft Aldrich tariff
A historical analysis argues the tariff raises meat prices in the United States by shielding the beef trust from foreign competition. It notes London beef at 1914 cents and Seattle at 28 cents, cites census wages of the packing industry and 89,728 workers in 1909, and claims annual per-head taxes on meat consumers would match the wages paid, asserting the tariff burdens consumers weekly.
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London
Seattle
Mwaddle
Great Britain
American Beef Trust
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Trust
United States
Beef Trust
Indictments In Dynamite Case Grow Three More
Boston September 21 four secret indictments returned by a special grand jury in the Lawrence strike case target textile magnates. Wm M Wood president of the American Woollen Co Frederick Atteaux head of Textile Mills Supply Co and Daniel Collins a Cambridge dog fancier named as tools in planting dynamite to discredit strikers and spur militia order under Gov Foss.
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United Prose
Boston
Lawrence
Wm. M. Wood
American Woollen Co
Frederick Atteaux
Textile Milla Supply Company
Daniel Collins
Cambridge
Atteaux
Gov. Foss
Strike situation still serious at Bingham
Salt Lake City reports 100 more sheriff deputies heading to Bingham where over 4,000 striking miners refuse to surrender arms. E. C. Gemmell of Utah Copper directs operations. Jackling to join to plan protection for strikebreakers. Greek section men of Denver & Rio Grande refuse to strike in solidarity.
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Salt Lake City
Bingham
E. C. Gemmell
Jackling
Utah Copper Company
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Colonel Green uses electric lights on cars to show numbers
New York reports Colonel FE. H. Green, heir to Hetty Green, had his chauffeurs arrested after using electric lights on automobiles to display numbers and address irregularities.
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New York
FE. H. Green
Hetty Green
If She Chooses Can Chew Tobacco Now
At sunbury Pennsylvania on September 21 Si mon Hine and Rose Nicholas of Milton sought a marriage license. Hine warned she would have to stop chewing gum after marriage. She argued aloud and lectured him in the courthouse corridor before they returned to complete the license proceedings with no final change in plan.
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Sunbury
Simon Hine
Rose Nicholas
Milton
Recorder’s Office
Hine
Court House
Recorder's Office
Paris Council Allows Cremation Exceptions Outside City
Paris authorities rule that bodies of personal crisis reports cannot be cremated in Paris but permit exceptions for deaths by own action outside city limits. The Paris council issued the decision.
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Paris
Paris Council
Judge rules on Dau's mailing dispute in postal case
In Pittsburgh on September 21 Judge Charles P. Orr of the U S district court says Dau's may be sent on a postal board after the postmaster refused to mail them. The ruling follows that refusal and outlines postal authority.
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Pittsburg
Newport newcomer shown in debut gowns charm city
New York on September 21 witnessed a young newcomer’s striking attire. A week later a modiste recognized her as the saleslady and believed the gowns to be Newport's undelivered fineries.
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New York
Newport
Roche Harbor money order clash shows petty politics
Telegrams reveal RocheHarbor residents sought a money order office but John McMillin opposed it to protect his business. Humphrey cancelled the order citing experience in congress, while locals express frustration and anger at the perceived self interest.
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M'Millin
Roche Harbor
Wash
W. E. Humphrey
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Department
John 8. McCmillin
Seattle
John 8. McMillin
W. BE. Humphrey
Humphrey
Congress
Sound
Post Office Department
Washington
John S. McMillin
Ross McMillin
Anti-Saloon League
Dan Landon
Boss McMillin
Spokane
McMillin
Gov. Mead
Judge Hanford
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