Speeding Driver Slain Child Adds Urgency to Jail Penalty Debate
Little Dorothy West, 6, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B F West, was fatally struck by a speeding motorcycle Wednesday night. Her death follows another speeding auto death of Little Leroy Litts, prompting calls for a jail penalty. The auto club opposes the measure while councilmen delay action.
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Auto Club
Naked Breast to Naked Fights at Dreamland Boxing Night
A Dreamland rink boxing night draws a mixed crowd of lawyers officials and editors as Billie Bailieau meets Battling Wolff and Johnny O Leary versus Billy Williams ends in a draw. The observer recalls primal boxing spectacle and leaves with a return to 1913 sensibilities.
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Billie Baillieau
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O'Leary
Willams
Man Charged in Killing of 6-Year-Old Dorothy
Reforming charging mat was filed this afternoon by Attorney Murphy George W. Doolin. The man who on Wednesday ran and killed 6 year old Dorothy was arrested and placed on bonds.
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Disorder at mass meeting ends with punch in Uni district
Young men in the Uni district learned quickly that quiet citizens were aroused when they began to heckle a speaker. A man in front told them to keep quiet, the crowd answered with taunts, and a punch from the rear erupted. A policeman’s presence prevented further violence.
City meeting pushes speed control and police hiring
Mass meeting at the city branch library demands swift passage of an ordinance to jail speeders and to appoint more police to enforce penalties. Attended by 300, led by Allen Smith of the University of Washington political department, it urged aggressive action against the speeding menace.
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Allen Smith
University of Washington
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Profim Benson
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Court Upholds Right of Speech in Silk Strike
Justice Minturn of the New Jersey Supreme Court freed labor leaders Wm. D. Haywood and Adolph Lessig, sentenced to six months in jail for strike activity. Thousands of silk workers gathered outside the Paterson court as the ruling was announced.
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Paterson
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Justice Minturn
State Supreme Court
Wm. D. Haywood
Adolph Lessig
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Riots injure many in Auburn strike clash
In Auburn New York on April 26 strikers attacked workers at the International Harvester Twine mill and Columbian Rope plant. Soldiers and police dispersed the crowds after stonings and clashes leaving several with head injuries. Militia arrived and was ordered to shoot to kill if violence resumed after four men and two women were reported shot yesterday.
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Cornered murderer ends life after failed escape
In Great Falls Montana on April 5 the body of Thomas Roberts, alleged killer of sheep herder Peter Wood, was found. He reportedly shot himself after realizing escape was impossible, and the cause of the original murder remains unknown.
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Peter Wood
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Indictments for Arson Tied to Chicago Conspiracy
Fifty six merchants and fire insurance adjusters were indicted by a special grand jury in Chicago. Charges include arson arson with intent to defraud and conspiracy with 259 total indictments. The false bills relied on confessions of Benj Fink and John Dantes as the grand jury blamed incendiary fires on a trust and lax insurance oversight.
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Chicago
Benj. Fink
John Dantes
Doctor Fredd Friedmann Refuses Millionaire Cure Offer
Dr Frederick Friedmann declined a five thousand dollar offer for his tuberculosis serum injection to an untamed millionaire. W E D Stokes and Col Asa Bird Gardiner announced the refusals saying Friedmann would not treat patients outside health officials chosen list per the U S government.
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New York
Frederick Franz Friedmann
W. E. D. Stokes
Asa Bird Gardiner
Friedmann
United States
Bankers on Trial Again in Northwest Case
Bellingham April 5. Jacob Furth a leading Northwest financier faces trial Monday for conspiracy to aid an insolvent bank to receive deposits. He was previously tried with three Seattle bankers last February, but the jury disagreed. each banker now faces a separate trial.
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Jacob Furth
Northwest
Furth
Seattle
Adams Leaves Fate to Jury
The defense rests on denying that George Edward Adams confession was voluntary as his trial ends and the jury will decide his fate tonight. Adams, a former society man and assay office employee, allegedly confessed knowledge of John G. Webber, a felon prisoner at McNeill Island, being involved in counterfeiting. Adams maintained he had no criminal intent.
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John G. Webber
McNeill Island
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Portland Police Offer $300 Reward for Robbery Conviction
In Portland Oregon on April 5 the police department offers a $300 reward for evidence leading to the conviction of the culprit who took $80 and a watch from the effects of prisoner Charles Leclercq. Officers on duty at the station reimbursed Leclercq for his losses.
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Portland, Or
Charles Leclercq
Leclercq
Robbery hits Mary Patterson on First Avenue corner
While waiting for a car at First Avenue and Jackson Street, Mrs Mary Patterson of 212% First Avenue was felled by an unidentified man who grabbed her purse containing $22, a watch, a bracelet and a gold chain.
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Mary Patterson
Wife by Mail Seeks Divorce
Inosuke Kasai sought a wife by mail in 1941 and married Iso Kasai in America on December 29. The following July he went to Japan, divorced there, and took a new wife. Mrs. Kasai filed for divorce in the superior court.
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Japan
Iso Kasai
America
Inosuke
Kasai
Historical Pageant of the Northwest a Great Success
Broadway high school staged a historical pageant in its auditorium Friday night drawing an audience of 3,000. The show portrayed early to modern times with realistic costumes and scenery and featured a cast of 800 students.
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