Rescue of Negro From Infuriated Mob in West Virginia
State troops moved Furby from a vault at Weston to Clarkeburg after an all night mob gathered outside the railway station. Flora Anglin testified Furby assaulted her as she returned from a dairy. a flagman rescued her, a horse rider was captured, and Furby was held for grand jury on assault with attempted murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
W. Va
William Furby
Clarksburg
Clarkeburg
Flora Anglin
Furby
Alfred
Miss Anglin
Express Room
Express Company
Miss Helen Gordon Dies After Weeklong Illness
Helen Gordon 17, only child of Mr and Mrs Charles Gordon, died at home Tuesday evening after a week long illness caused by bowel trouble. She was well liked in the city and funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gordon
Helen Gordon
New York Bank Closes Doors After Irregularities Found
The Northern Bank of New York with six million nine hundred twelve thousand in deposits across nine branches was closed by State Bank Supt Cheney for the benefit of depositors amid irregular transactions. President Joseph G Robin, diagnosed as acutely paranoid, is confined after an attempted suicide. Depositors are promised full return and stockholders a dividend if collateral can be realized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Northern Bank of
State Bank
Cheney
W. H. Hotchkiss
Whitman
Joseph G. Robin
Central Valley
Amend
Supreme Court
James Gifford
Robin
Gifford
State Banking Department
Ely Wins Eight Mile Aviation Race In Wet Field
In Los Angeles on December 27 Eugene Ely, flying a 60 horsepower Curtiss racer, beat P. O. Parmalee in a baby Wright by nearly half a mile in an eight and three quarter mile event. Ely’s time was 10:05 26 about 62 miles an hour, the feature of a dull day at the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviation
FIELD
Los Angeles
Eugene Ely
P. O. Parmalee
Wright
Ely
Britons Seek Direct Trade with Yakima Apples
Letters received in North Yakima reveal European interest in direct buy connections with Yakima growers. J Nicholls of London has shipped Ben Davis apples and reports English demand strong, predicting more British buyers next year. Nicholls plans to stay about a week more as he progresses with purchases and considers Cox's Orange Pippin scions for potential Northwest success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Land
Great Britain
Europe
North
J. Nicholls
London
Ben Davis
Nicholls
Mr. Nicholls
England
Washon
Oregon
Northwest
Cox
Gary election scandal arrests in Indiana
Gary Indiana officials including Mayor Thomas Knotts and Police Chief Martin were indicted by a grand jury for ballot tampering in the November election. Eight officials were arrested and released on bonds from two to six thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Thomas Knotts
Martin
College players barred from summer baseball under new rule
Spokane Dec 27 After promising prospects of summer baseball a change in the Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate conference bylaws now prohibits college players from playing on any team during summer vacation with or without salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Pacific Northwest Intercollegiate Conference
Indoor league returns show Spokane Seattle tie and top clubs
Springfield reports unofficial first round results of the U S Revolver association indoor league. Manhattan Revolver club leads with 1108 points. St Louis and Smith and Wesson tie for second at 1081. Seattle and Spokane tie for fourth with 1051.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
U.S. Revolver Association
Axtell
Manhattan Revolver Club
New York
St. Louis
Smith and Wesson
Settle
Spokane
Robbery at Grand Opera House Nets $1000
Two boys entered the Grand Opera house box office in Tulsa on December 27 and stole a sack of about $1000 during settlement with the touring company. Police pursued by car but the thieves escaped on a northbound train and were later lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Grand Opera House
Mrs Price Seeks Divorce in Superior Court
Mary E. Price filed for divorce from Henry W. Price in a Pocatella marriage last September. No children or community property. she asserts ownership of about $10,000 in property and asks to revert to her maiden name Mary Muna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Price
Superior Court
Henry W. Price
Pocatella
Americans Seized and Beaten in Honduras Condemned
A special dispatch reports Maya William Barber of Kentucky and two other Americans were seized by police and soldiers in Puertocortez Honduras. They were jailed beaten with whips and sent on a gunboat toward Guatemalan territory where they were left penniless in a forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Picayuine
Puert& Cortez
Honduras
Williem Barber
Kentucky
Ohio Grand Jury Reports 122 Indictments in Adams County
West Union Ohio December 27 There was another large clean up by the Adams county grand jury in vote bribery cases. Indictments total 747 with 145 more expected tomorrow. Ten defendants pleaded guilty and four not guilty. Fines and disfranchisements were imposed.
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West Union
Ohio
Adams County
Three men attack small organ grinder prompts aid
A brief exchange shows a distressed organ grinder pursued by three assailants. An elderly gentleman debates rushing to help, noting the worker's size and the danger if assistance is delayed. The tale highlights urgency and moral choice in a street confrontation.
Northern Pacific Station Too Small for Holiday Crowds
The Christmas season shows the Northern Pacific railway did not overbuild its city railroad station. The general waiting room has proven too small for crowds that gathered there in recent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific Railway
Dismissed suits to aid prosecution in Chicago
Assistant U S District Attorney Wilkinson announced the dismissal of the civil suit against National Packing Company. He said the move aimed to speed a vigorous criminal prosecution of the packers under indictments, and to prevent equity cases from delaying the case. The dismissal is without prejudice to future civil actions by the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Wilkerson
National Packing Company
Wife's cigarette habit not grounds for divorce in Kansas City
In Kansas City a judge ruled a husband cannot obtain a divorce merely because his wife smokes. Judge Jones denied Rob er L. Houck's petition to end his marriage to Florence Houck who he claimed smoked while cooking and even in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas. City
Judge Jones
Rober L. Houck
Florence
Houck
Futurity planned for North Yakima two-year-olds
Horsemen of North Yakima push a local harness futurity set for July 4 for two-year-old trotters or pacers owned by locals. Entries may exceed a dozen with Bonnie McKay bloodlines and sires like Zilk and Chesterton. Owners must drive. payments divided into three installments with prizes for top four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Yakima
Charles Gagnon
South First Street
Bonnie McKay
Zilk
Chesterton
Zompert
Fair Track
Butte Woman Speaks About Club Funds and Plans
Mrs David Dickson vice president of the Montana Federation speaks to Butte Woman's club guests. Club members outline a $14 000 clubhouse project financed by stock sales and a series of parties with 25 cent admission. Continued on page eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
David Dickson
Montana State Federation of Women's Clubs
Pat Mullins
Butte
Dickson
First venire exhausted in Wilson murder trial
Jury selection in the Wilson case drags as 40 jurors are exhausted with one seat open and a special venire of 75 summoned. Prosecutors rely on circumstantial evidence while scruples about a possible death penalty disqualify most potential jurors. Trial resumption targeted for Thursday morning with evidence likely to advance after noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Jim Coon
South Front Street
Ward
Moren
Veniremen
Holden, Wheeler & Shumate
Holden
Venice
North Yakima
W. J. H. Kerslake
W. A. Lahar
Arthur la Plant
J. L. Clift
W. W. Melvin
C. H. Wilfo
Moxee
John Ekelman
David Walters
John Boorsma
Jay van Wechtel
Eugene Robillard
Grandview
F. G. Bennett
Paul Killian
Granger
A. £. Flint
H. BE. de Kray
A. A. Cole
W. T. Smith
O. H. Copps
John Morehead
Sunnyside
H. M. Tinker
E. G. van Belle
Paul Woodin
Mabton
Homer A. Young
B. D. Waters
Selah
G. W. Valentine
Frank Stever
W. A. Williams
Nob Hill
George A. French
M. J. Malone
C. O. Shupe
Belma
A. L. Irish
Naches
J. F. Mullin
M. Merton
L. Razy
Wapato
W. Munson
Judge Bounds Absent No Police Court This Week
Judge Irving Bounds left on business to the coast cities. Police court cases will be set for Wednesday January 4 during his absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Bounds
Judge Bounds
Foraker Challenges Corporation Tax In Supreme Court
Former Senator Foraker renewed the legal contest over the constitutionality of the corporation tax in the Supreme Court. He filed a brief arguing the tax is not on the corporation or its business but on the entire net income, claiming it unconstitutional like the 1896 income tax ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Foraker
Holden Wheeler and Shumate Take Offices from Englehart Rigg
Holden Wheeler and Shumate relocate to the First National Bank building offices vacated by Englehart and Rigg. Shumate, recently a Democratic prosecuting attorney candidate, joins the firm after leaving Englehart and Rigg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englehart & Rigg
Holden, Wheeler & Shumate
First National Bank
Holden & Wheeler
Shumate
Northwest boxing stars vie for McVeigh Mitchel clash in Yakima
Little Pete McVeigh, Northwest lightweight champion, plans to meet San Francisco’s Blackie Mitchell before Yakima Athletic Club fans in January if negotiations succeed. If not, McVeigh may face Hogan or others, with Lonnie Austin arranging February plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete McVeigh
Northwest
Blackie” Mitchell
San Francisco
Yakima Athletic Club
McVeigh
Mitchell
Chick Hudson
Tacoma
Hogan
Johnny Frayne
Frayne
Little Pete
Ad Wolgast
Lonnie Austin
Frankie Burns
Oakland
Cyclone Johnny Thompson
Freddie Corbett
Seattle
Southland
Powell
Considine
Roscoe Taylor
Louie Hahn
H Clarkston Reports Yakima Apples Sold in Pa
H Clarkston returned to North Yakima from Pennsylvania where, at Warren and Knoxville, he observed excellent Yakima apples selling for 75 cents per dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Clarkston
North Yakima
Pennsylvania
Warren
Knoxville
Yakima
Mead Post G A R Seeks Details to Honor Dead Comrades
Mead Post G A R of North Yakima Washington asks friends to supply full names companies regiments and states for deceased comrades buried in Tahoma cemetery so headstones can be placed with U S government stones. A list of names is given and readers are urged to communicate with Commander W O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead Post
North Yakima
Wash
Kiditor Herald
Tahoma
U. S.S
Hardy
W. M. Burroughs
J. G. Butler
C. A. Dodge
G. W. Gardner
Luther Heard
J- W. Leavitt
Jean Tuff
ID W. Young
P. FH. Fin
Lillian Goes To Her Mater In Seattle Child Carries Doll From Unknown Donor
Lillian Hasseltine, six, taken to Seattle by Rev A W Laningham for Washington Children's Home Finding association. The future care depends on the mother's ability to provide for her child and the family burden. A doll, donated anonymously, was given to Lillian, who treasures it. Laningham will also present an illustrated lecture on the home and its children before the State Teachers association in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Hasseltine
Seattle
A. W. Laningham
Washington Children’s Home Finding Association
Grant Hasseltine
Laningham
Lillian
North Yakima
Hasseltine
State Teachers Association
Fruit growing courses offered at Pullman College
Short courses in fruit growing will be offered by the department of horticulture this winter. The first session runs Jan 4 for 10 weeks covering propagation nursery stock orchard and small fruits harvesting packing and marketing and orchard management. A second short course begins Feb 13 for two weeks focusing on commercial fruit growing in the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Horticulture
State College
Pacific Northwest
W. 8. Thornber
W. M. Morris
W. G. Brierly
R. K. Beattie
H. B. Humphrey
A. L. Melamder
Deputy Kruger pursues illegal hunters and fishermen report relief
Deputy Sheriff Paul Kruger rounded up several illegal hunters and forced them to arm themselves. He chased violators with some nearing recognition for future reference. Fishermen report excellent sport pursuing white fish in the Yatuma and Naches rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kruger
Yatuma
Naches
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Negro
Mob
Helen
NEW York Bank
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Butte Woman Speaks 10 Club
Mrs. Dickson
Montana Federation
India
Foraker Fighting Corporation
Blackie Mitchell
Northwestern
California
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Pullman
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