Death trap claims its victim at Bell apartments
Herbert J. Pratt a three year old boy died when a freight elevator at 2321 First Ave in the Bell apartments descended trapping him. Coroner and investigators concluded Pratt walked into the shaft while attempting to operate the elevator rope. Pratt was last seen alive at 10 30 p m and left with his partner Fred Mur. The county will move to condemn the elevator as a death trap and close the shaft. Mrs J Hall Pratt’s sister is his only known relative.
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of the Bell Apartments
First Ave
Herbert J. Pratt
Donald D. Murphy
Pratt
George Reynolds
Dench
Fred Mur
Peace efforts falter as mine owners refuse terms
In Scranton Pennsylvania Dominic Perlano, the first coal strike victim, dies after an ambush shooting. Chicago reports say mine owners in Indiana and Illinois reject the government invitation to meet with John L. Lewis and plan a conference to consider separate agreements with workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Dominic Perlano
Perlano
Chicago
Indiana
Labor Committee
House of Representatives
John L. Lewis
United Mine Work
Ers
Invita
Strikers Seek Aid From Non-Union Miners
Indianapolis April 5. United Mine Workers press non union miners to join the strike as open shop fields, notably New Virginia, face intensified organizing efforts. With up to 20 percent of naval production by non union workers, prospects for a wage conference remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
New Virginia
Non-Union Miners May Be Hired Here Meeting Announcement
The Wash Coal Operators' association plans a Thursday meeting at the Lyon building to discuss reopening 14 closed coal mines with reunion labor. J. H., commissioner, stated the mines are idle and a Union paragraph notes developments reported by Farrimon on the 16th.
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Wash- Coal Operators’ Association
Lyon
J. H
Am So
Ia Id
Farrimont 16
United Mine Workers of
Seattle Greeters Select Delegates
Six hotel men have been named by No 9 Hotel Greeters to represent Seattle at the annual convention of Hotel Greeters of America in the Midwest from June 26 to 28. Delegates include M Aitken W Vic Moran Martin Pheil J W Bradley and Ralph Bradley.
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No. 9
Rep
Seattle
Amertigh
M. Aitken
W. Vic Moran
Martin Pheil
J. W
Ralph Bradley
Boston Actress Dorothy Clark Marries on Honeymoon Day
The Boston actress Dorothy Clark wed Karl E. Elms on Tuesday and began a honeymoon in Nashua New Hampshire. Clark’s mother has sued actor Herbert Rawlinson for two hundred thousand dollars alleging misconduct toward the daughter. Rawlinson denies the charge and plans to defend.
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Dorothy Clark
Boston
Herbert Rawlinson
Rawlinson
Nashua
N. H
Karl E. Elms
Miss Clark
Etre
Slain Sequim Bank Robber Identified as Noted Fugitive
A fingerprint comparison will be made in Port Townsend to confirm if Frank Grant the Sequim bank robber is actually James Costigan a famed burglar and fugitive. Costigan faced a life term if captured alive after a long chase across the West with an alias used by Grant.
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Heller
Frank Grant
James Costigan
Seattle
Port Townsend
Costigan
Costigan Is Dead, “Grant" Was One of Contigan
England
Contigan
Pacific
Folsom
San Quentin
Montesano
James Carrell
Olympic Peninsula
Albert Ernest Browning
Sequim Bank
Grant
Phil Chase
Costican
Luke
May
Northwest Association of Sheriff and Police
Ganna Walska and Cochran Divorce Saga Across Continents
The tale tracks Ganna Walska and Harold Cochran through Europe and America as rumors of spirit guidance and a massive fortune fuel a high stakes divorce fight. Lawyers Untermyer Malone and others volley headlines while Paris and New York swirl in court and public intrigue.
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Dudley Field Malone
Paris
Mrs. McCormick
America
Europe
Ganna
Cochran
New York
New World's Record Set by Auto Racer at Daytona
Daytona Beach Florida April 5 Sig Haugdahl of Trondheim Norway in his Wisconsin Special racing car set world records driving at 152.54 mph. He lowered the 10 mile record to 3.56 and the five mile mark to 1 66.02 minutes or seconds unspecified in this report.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Sig Haugdahl
Trond
Kjem
Norway
Goethals Report Weighs Pend Oreille and Grand Coulee Plans
The piece outlines two Columbia Basin water schemes. If Goethals backs Pend Oreille, Spokane becomes the construction hub and Seattle gains via exports to the Orient. If he favors the Grand Coulee dam, Seattle benefits as construction shifts closer to the north district. The author argues Seattle will ultimately win either way.
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G. W. Goethals
Pend d'Oreille
Spokane
Goethal
Grand Coulee
Seattle
Great Northern Railroad
Gen. Goethals
Columbia Basin
Orient
Pacific Coast
Beck Slay Mystery Deepens as Coroner Inquest Sifts Clues
Report recounts tangled angles in the Beck killing with a coroner's inquest set for Saturday. Day and Mrs Day may not testify. investigators probe had drinks at the death bridge party and why Day retrieved the gun upstairs. Four cars were seen at the Day mansion during the party and the missing murder bullet remains unfound.
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Beck
Walla
Day
Hughes
Army Court To Probe Death Of Lieut Col Beck
The Army will appoint an army court of inquiry to investigate the April death of Lieut Col Paul Ward Beck at Oklahoma City. The inquiry follows regulations for non natural deaths in peacetime and will be chaired by the Fort Sill commandant, independent of county action.
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Washington
Army
Oklahoma City
Paul Ward Beck
Army Flyer
Postfield
Okla
War Department
Army Court
Fort Sill
Wae Waid
Letter of Death by Own Action Linked to Insurance Suit
In Tacoma on April 6 a federal trial centers on Maude BE Stewart of Kelso seeking $45 000 on her husband's policies. The expected letter from Stewart stating death by own action may be shown, with testimony about his mental state before his disappearance on March 17 1921 after the Kelno state bank failure.
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Tacoma
Maude BE. Stewart
Kelso
Stewart
Mra. Stewart
Frank T.’. Sardam
Boble
Kelno State Bank
Portuguese Airmen Continue Flight Toward Cape Verde Islands
Lisbon April 6 reports that after a false start due to engine trouble the Portuguese aviators finally took off at 8:30 a m from the Bay of Gando avoiding bad weather. They taxi to the starting point and plan a flight toward Cape Verde in lands.
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Lisbon
Brasil
Bay of Gando
Las Palmas
Cape Verde
Pulver Reelected Mayor on Bathing Suit Platform
Frank P. Pulver wins reelection in St. Petersburg based on a platform advocating a lone-piece bathing suit. The result updates city leadership and signals a local cultural stance.
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ST. Petersburg
Frank PP. Pulver
Miss Baker Hints Summer Wedding to M Cormick
Mary Lan don Waker reiterated plans to marry Allister McCormick in Europe on Saturday after leaving him at the church in January. Society circles doubt the match citing her California trip and a greeting by Barry Baxter, the English actor rumored to be tied to her return.
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Chicago
Mary Landon Waker
Europe
Allister
Cormick
Society Grenip
Mary
California
Barry Baxter
Baxter
Miss Baker
Fire extinguished after suspected arson at McDermott Wheel Plant
Acting Fire Marshal Robert Laing probes a blaze at the McDermott Wheel Manufacturing Company on 521 KE Northlake Ave. Neighbors say an explosion preceded the fire and a 100 foot flame column shot skyward. Property damage is estimated at 660 dollars. Incendiaries are suspected.
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Robert Laing
McDermott Wheel Manufacturing Company
Northlake Ave
Laing
Lloyd George Halts Engineering Lockout Across Britain
In London on April 5 Lloyd George announced that employers would suspend lockout orders against 660000 workers following the premier's intervention. He brought together workers and operators and a collapse of the engineering trades was averted. Negotiations are to resume Monday between union leaders and company executives.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Two Die in Chicago Crime Epidemic in One Day
Chicago records two more deaths as a crime wave hits April. William Parlon, 32, was killed during an attempted car theft with his fiancée present. Fritz Meinhausen shot at his wife as another woman intervened, killing Mrs. Peters. Officer Fred Irvine was arrested in related investigations.
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Chicago
William Parlon
Parlon
Fritz Meinhausen
Mra
Nicholas Peters
Meinhausen
Fred Irvine
Joan Association
Three Shot In New Tong War In Portland
A clash between Hip Sing and Bing Kong Bow Leong tongs in Portland last night left one Chinese man dead, one fatally wounded, and another shot by police after about twenty shots rang out near a police station. Church spires reportedly displayed cocks as warnings amid the violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Portiana
Poor fish to gain culture at last from civil service ad
Pity the poor fish with no universities for culture. C. W. Paine, district secretary of the U S civil service, advertises for fish culturists. Examinations set for May 12 and June 21. Application blanks at Room 163, post office building.
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C. W. Paine
United States Civil Service
Postoffice
Driver Flees After Wrecking His Auto
Police sought John Molar formerly a truck driver for the Arma and Scott Co after his vehicle ran wild down Weller Street striking a stone gird railing on Fifth Avenue and plunging half way through. Molar was seen fleeing the scene after leaping from the car before impact and the damaged track hung 70 feet over the railroad line.
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John Molar
Pike Et
Arma & Scott Co
Occidental Ave
Weller Et
Fifth Ave
Molar
Forest Protection Week Support Urged
W G Weigte Snoqualmie National Forest supervisor urges support for Forest Protection Week set for April 16 to 22. He sits on the Washington committee directing week plans and notes no one in tourism development can prosper without protection efforts.
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Washington
Harding
W. G. Weigte
Snoqualmie National Forest
Fire losses per person in Seattle 1921 report
The Seattle fire department annual report shows losses of $2.30 per person for 1921, with a total loss of $757,373 though fires endangered $24,354,239. Expenditures for the year were $1,537,083, Chief George Mantor announced Wednesday.
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Seattle
George Mantor
Criticisms of Muny Line Contract in Mayoral Race
The critique argues the street railway purchase contract favored Stone Webster interests and alleges Walter F. Meier, mayoral candidate, was present in the corporation counsel’s office when the contract was approved. Charles H. Miller, mayoral candidate, spoke to the Taxpayers league at the Good Mats cafeteria at noon on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone-Webster
Walter F. Meier
Corporation Counsel
Charles H. Miller
Taxpayers’ League
Good Mats
Discharged Employee Opens Fire at Chicago Foundry
Charles Fal atedt, a discharged worker from W Jones foundry, entered the shop and fired with two guns. He killed clerk Chester Borstrand and wounded four others before J Powers, the superintendent, shot and killed Walstedt after being wounded.
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Chicago
Charles Falatedt
W. Jones Foundry
Chester Borstrand
J. Powers
Walstedt
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