Gorge Adams Gold Dust Thief Arrested For Counterfeiting
Seattle officials reveal Gorge Adams a onetime convict known as the Gold Dust Thief is arrested with accomplice John Webber for counterfeiting. Secret Service agents found paraphernalia at a cabin. Adams previously served six years and was paroled last May. Officers cite Adams as highly educated yet erratic with a family history and alleged $150,000 in supposed wealth.
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Edward Adams
U.S
Adama
Charles U.S. Bank
Stodsnow
Ile
Webber
Utah
Counnee
McNeil
Adams
Ding
Secret Service
Adame
L Sernigo
George
Senator Smith signals possible U S action on Mexico
Los Angeles Sept 30 Senator William Allen Smith on the sub committee investigating American activities in the Mexican revolution said the United States may act soon. He cited American losses and property seizures and warned Washington must assert Monroe Doctrine interests. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn to appear at Ettor and Giovannitti trial as a socialist organizer with ties to Ettor.
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Los Angeles
Mexico
William Allen Smith
Southern Republic
United States
Smith
Washington
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Miss Flynn
Ettor
Giovannitti
Specials in the News Across the West and Cities
A collage of brief items: Bryan tours Wyoming for Wilson. a San Francisco burglary scare ends with holes in walls. Joe Gilda fined $25 and joins a “Speeders” club. Reports from San Francisco, Hollister, Fort Worth, Clinton Howard’s bench fate, coal strikes in Barcelona, and politics in Portland and London.
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Joe Gilda
Chicago
Seattle
Judge Gordon
Joe
Labor Leaders Face Murder Trial in Salem
Salem witnesses the start of the Ettor Giovannitti murder trial amid militia crowds and 4000 strikers marching in sympathy. The case centers on the Lopezsi killing during the Lawrence textile strike era and questions motive and proximity.
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Salem
Mass
Joseph Ettor
Arturo Giovannitti
Lawrence
Escaped condemned murderer Skinner flees Nevada prison
Skinner, condemned for murder, escaped from the state penitentiary after feigning insanity. He manipulated the death chamber, left a dummy in his bed, and slid through the south yard fence to flee into the mountains. State police and guards hunt for the fugitive today.
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Skinner
Carson
State Penitentiary
Miss Minnie Gallagher Sues Over Porter Kiss Offer
In Waco Texas Miss Minnie Gallagher 13 year old of Moody sues the Pullman Car Co for 20000 dollars alleging a negro porter offered her a kiss for one dollar during travel from Tennessee toward Montgomery a few days earlier.
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Waco
Tex
Minnie Gallagher
Moody
The
Pullman Car Co
Pullman
Tenn
Montgomery
Actor-aviator Robert Loraine barred from flying
New York on September 30 1924 Robert Loraine the actor aviator has been refused permission to fly. His managers Liebler and Company oppose any risk that could affect box office receipts.
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New York
Robert Loraine
Liebler & Company
Sculptor Epstein Removes Tar Pan Veiling of Oscar Wille Monument
Paris report says sculptor Epstein traveled from London to uncover tar pans used to veil his Oscar Wille statue in Pere Lachaise Cemetery. Officials argued the monument was immoral, prompting the removal action.
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Paris
Epstein
London
Oscar Wille
Pere Lachaise
Aviator Escapes After 60 Foot Fall Wearing Helmet
London report says aviator Cyril Foggin fell sixty feet at East Bourne but escaped with only a headache thanks to a leather safety helmet.
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London
Cyril Foggin
East Bourne
Man Regains Health After Finding Rabies Dog
Philadelphia Sept 30 After a long search William Scovell regained health after finding a fox terrier that bit him in March. The dog was examined and found not to have rabies. The terrier disappeared two weeks after the bite and Scovell, once worried and fearful, recovered from the ordeal.
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Philadelphia
William Well
Taet March
Scovell
Woman Stops Burglar After He Robs Home
In Chicago on September 30 Mrs. W. C. Laidley lay still when a burglar entered and stole money. She fought the intruder as he tried to hug her, forcing him to flee with the cash left behind.
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San Francisco
Beulah Loderer
Santa Cruz
San Francisco Bay
Vallejost. Wharf
Lomg Wharf
Oakland
Chicago
W. C. Laidley
We Have the Most Horrid Milk Man in Charitable Theory
A brief comic exchange questions the quality of milk from a local milk man. The remark about water in milk is met with a charitable defense blaming recent heavy rainfall on farmers. The dialogue preserves a light, moral undertone.
Weather Outlook with Rain Tonight and Tuesday
Occasional rain expected tonight and Tuesday with southeast winds from moderate to brisk. Noon temperature reads 57 degrees.
Labor Leaders Trial Opens Tomorrow in Indianapolis
Final conferences were held in Indianapolis as 51 members of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers prepare for trial tomorrow. Attorneys for both sides completed negotiations, with Senator John W. Kern among the defense counsel in the dynamite transport case.
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Indianapolis
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
John W. Kern
Close Mills Hit to Preserve Prices in Washington
Mill owners in Washington state closed about 75 percent of their operations yesterday to resist what lumbermen see as eastern buyers pushing prices down. The move followed unsatisfactory shingles demand and is viewed as retaliation to keep up local prices.
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Washington
Move to Free Stacey St Louis Bank Robbery Suspect
A report states efforts are under way to secure Walter Stacey’s release. Police seek a fugitive warrant charging Stacey with assaulting Lieut Burns in Chicago after the New Westminster bank robbery claim.
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ST. Louis
Walter Stacey
New Westminster Bank
Stacey
Lieut. Burns
Chicago
Woman sues for fifteen thousand over weight claim
In Cleveland Mrs Anna Gibbons seeks 15000 dollars in a case filed against the Cleveland Railway company alleging loss due to weight gain. The trial occurs in Common Pleas court. In Nevada Bly miners threaten a strike if Western Federation of Miners demands are not met by Thursday.
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Cleveland
Anna Gibbons
Cleveland Railway Company
Common Pleas Court
Bly
Nevada
Western Federation of Miners
Probers Hear Blida J Probers Hear Blida J
Probing testimony centers on the case of Blida J as investigators question key witnesses. The hearing focuses on alleged actions and connections tied to the defendant and related parties, with officials detailing timelines and evidence in court.
Testimony on campaign contributions in senate inquiry
Cornelius N. Bliss Jr testified that his father, Bliss, refused to publish contributor lists citing privacy in gifts and ballots. He said no evidence tied Standard Oil to a 125000 dollar contribution. Wm Libby, a Standard Oil adviser, described contacts during tariff discussions with Taft and other officials.
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Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr
New York
Senate Campaign Contributions Investigation Committee
Bliss
National Republican Committee
Harry New
Indiana
Standard Oil Co
Wm. Libby
Libby
Washington
Payne
Taft
State Department
Duke Tobacco King Aiere Duke Visits Seattle on Inspection
James A. Duke, tobacco king and head of the Tobac co trust, traveled to Seattle with a party including a Norwegian financier. The group, on an inspection tour of Puget Sound country, plans a stay in Seattle for several days and largely keeps their business aims private while visiting.
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James AB. Duke
Tobacco King
The
Tobacco Trust
Seattle
King Duke
Puget Country
Duke
Washington
Burglars Are Less Active This Saturday Night
The burglary record for Saturday night was lighter with four reports by yesterday morning. Paul Torno of 836 West 63rd Street was knocked out after leaving a Ballard dance hall and robbed of $35. Spring Hill Grocery at 6301 California Avenue was robbed of $56.65. Fred Spinning at 1415 Fourth Avenue lost clothing and jewelry. Members of the Y M C A were also robbed of various articles by an 18 year old who gave the name Hugh Fuller.
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Paul Torno
West 63Rd St
Ballard
Spring Hill
California Av
Fred Spinning
Fourth Av
Hugh Fuller
Tried death by own action after love tiff in Shamokin
SHAMOKIN PA Sept 30. In a sequel to a love tiff William Broscious 83 shot himself over the heart at Elysburg after a quarrel with Mrs Elizabeth Ott Fetterman who seeks a divorce. He was found by farm hands and brought to the State Hospital where he is not expected to recover.
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Shamokin
William Broscious
Elysburg
Elizabeth Ott Fetterman
Broscious
Vancouver Storm Tracks Eastward Affects Seattle Winds
A storm over Vancouver moves eastward bringing high southeast winds for Seattle today and tonight. The wind pattern is expected to shift to the southwest by Tuesday.
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Vancouver
Seattle
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