Love Letter Leads to Arrest in Auburn Robbery Case
Roy A Miller 27 is arrested after a London love letter tip leads Sheriff Starwich to his Tacoma address. Miller, Ernest Smith and Robert Smith are accused of attempted robbery at the Motor Inn near Auburn. Shots were exchanged. Ernest Smith wounded, Robert Smith arrested later. Miller confessed to county officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. Miller
Ote
London
Ngland
Veriff
Matt Starwich Miller
Miller
Ernest Smith
Otor Inn
Auburn
Robert Smith
Ernest
Malcolm Douglas
We Motor Inn
A. Marco
Tacoma
Marco
Ernestmith
Smith
Robert
Starwich
Medord
Ore
England
William Sears
Bud” Toveall
San Francisco
Samen
Sears
Loveall
George Aki
Seattle
Henry Bacon
Dupont
Pierce County
Bank entertains disabled veterans camp Cushman tonight
The Cashbank Staff club of Seattle at the Bank of California presents a show for wounded veterans at the hospital. A club quartet and jazz orchestra headline with solo acts by Miss Katherine Gordon, Lawrence Lanser, Earl Nelson and Miss Helen Westerman. A three in one ragtime act by Carl Bryant, R. L. Nicholas and H. K. J. Nutt closes the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank
Cushman
Cashbank Staff Club of
Seattle
Bank of California
E A. Anderson
W. A. Heath
J. D. Mitchell
Einar Sandstrom
Jaz Orchestra
Wilbur Weater
R. J. Jackson
Mute
Katherine Gordon
Lawrence Lanser
Earl Nelson
Misa Helen Westerman
Carl Bryant
R. L. Nicholas
HK. J. Nutt
Poll Tax Agents Poaching, Woman Says
A caller to The Star complains poll tax collectors are poaching on each other’s beats. She refuses to identify herself but lives at 6220 14th Ave NE and says one registrar appeared this morning followed soon by another. She vents at the taxpayer burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
14Th Ave. N. E
Olga Nethersole forms health league with royal patron
English actress Olga Nethersole has founded the People's League of Health with King George as a patron. The league will lecture on personal hygiene maternity child welfare eugenics alcoholism housing tuberculosis and social diseases, reflecting her view on health rooted in heredity and environment.
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London
Olga Nethersole
People’s League of Health
King George
Miss Nethersole
America
Camille
Mme. Bernhardt
Tobe Retiioni
Health League
Rum maddened demon takes hotel by storm in Idaho
Olaf Rye, described as rum maddened, took a hotel by force in Pocatello Idaho after borrowing a rifle and locking ledgers. He fled to a shack in Outakirta and was dragged to jail early today by the sheriff.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Olaf Rye
Outakirta
Dope Located in Apartment Room as Owner Absent
Police and federal agents searched Wednesday for the occupant of a room in the Armstrong apartments at Seventh Ave and Weesler Way where five ounces of cocaine were found in a clothes closet Tuesday. Raids also targeted the office of Harry Gong in the L C Smith Building and rooms in the Chicago Hotel at 655 Dearborn Street but no drugs were found there.
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Armstrong Apartments
Seventh Ave
Weesler Way
Harry Gong
L. C. Smith Building
Chicago
Dearborn St
Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles Reported in 1921
On Tuesday afternoon William Einzig, 532 16th Ave, told police his auto struck J. P. Nordlie, 45, at Broadway and James St as he stepped onto car tracks to view oncoming traffic. Nordlie was taken home and was uninjured. Also Tuesday, Mrs. B. McClure, 9360 Elliott Ave N, suffered minor bruises when struck by Mrs. Sadie Rafferty, 207 Seventh Ave N, at Front Ave N and Mercer St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Einzig
16Th Ave
J. P. Nordlie
Broadway
James St
Felinzig
Nordlie
McClure
Elliott Ave. N
Sadie Rafferty
Seventh Ave. N
Firet Ave. N
Mercer St
Maj Gen Wood to Arrive in Seattle Friday
Maj Gen Leonard Wood, famed passenger aboard the steamship Wenatchee, will reach Seattle Friday from San Francisco. He will be met on arrival by senior officers from Puget Sound forts and posts, per word received by the Chamber of Commerce.
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Wood
Seattle
Leonard Wood
Wenatchee
San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce
Puget Sound
Posta
They Shall Not Pass Gen Wood Denounces Sovietism
In San Francisco Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood told about 10 000 Legion members that Americanism means a government of law and order and that those with double citizenship or Sovietist views must drop allegiance or return to their homeland no room for half breed Americans.
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San Francisco
Leonard Wood
American Legion of
Wood
Samuel F. Guerin Dies at 64 in Providence Hospital
Samuel F. Guerin aged 64, seaman, died Tuesday at Providence hospital. His body lies at the Home undertaking parlors awaiting arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel F. Guerin
Seaman
Providence Hospital
Okanogan County Livestock Men Reelect Banker President
In convention, El Ff Banker was reelected as president and P T Harris was chosen secretary treasurer to lead the county livestock men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okanogan
el. Ff
P. T. Harris
Engineer Bush Reaches Merril and Ring Lumber Camp
Port Angeles reports engineer Bush arrived by airplane to reopen the Merril and Ring lumber camp after travel to the site yesterday.
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Port Angeles
Bush
Merril & Ring's
Hughes Faces Stiffest Fight in Treaty Disputes
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of State Hughes will face strong opposition in three major issues with the allies. Japan's Yap mandate, the Ban Remo oil division, and share of former German cables are cited as key flashpoints as the United States distances from Versailles and the League. Hughes sent protest notes to Japan, Britain, France, and Italy.
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A. L. Bradford Washington
Harding
Hughes
United States
Japan
Yap
Pacific
Great Britain
France
Menopotagie
Potamia
Italy
Little John Doe Born and Adopted Within 24 Hours
A baby boy less than a day old was left on a Portland doorstep at 10 PM. By morning a wealthy home secured by matron Mrs Elizabeth R Jehu adopted him, leaving the infant named John Doe Jr to grow in a new family.
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Portland
Ore
John Doe, Jr
Elizabeth R. Jehu
Palace Hip opens with gleeful revue and feature
An opening Thursday bill at the Palace Hip showcases The Book Shop with Ida Regal and Mack Mack delivering gay comedy and topical songs plus soft shoe numbers. Gleenone and Houlihan perform a musical scene while Mills and Moulton offer A Timely Appointment. Howard and Hoffman present songs, Ukullo Quartet from Hawaii performs, M Canaris with Cleo, and star Marie Doro headlines Midnight Gambols.
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Palace Hip
Ida Regal
Mack Mack
Gleenone and
Houlihan
Mills
Moulton
Howard
Hoffman
Ukullo
Hawaiian Islands
M. Canaris
Mile
Cleo
Marie Doro
British miners to talk trace to end coal strike
London April 6 British miners and colliery owners agreed to reopen negotiations to settle the coal strike. The government offered its mediation, and a miners pledge to prevent pit flooding was sought to avert a broader rail and transport stoppage. Troops girded London as unrest and sporadic mining violence erupted in Scotland and England.
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ED L. Keen
London
Piittish
Pita
Lloyd George
Suich Transport
Powhbie
Miors
Pifeshire
Polles
Narcotic Agent Harry Smith Heads South on Inspection Tour
U S narcotic agent Harry Smith, chief for the Pacific coast, departs Beattie tonight for Portland to continue his regular inspection tour. From Portland he returns to San Francisco head office. His next trip is scheduled for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Smith
United States
Pacific Coast
Beattie
Portland
San Francisco
Mother saved by daughter in suicide attempt
Myrtle Phelps eleven rescues her mother Mrs J Phelps thirty five who drank a small amount of poison before collapsing at home on Hell street. The child’s quick action kept the woman alive and hospital treatment followed. Police had earlier notes of alleged desertion but the motive remains a temporary mental aberration.
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Myrtle Phelps
Hell #t
Tuesaday
J. P. Phelps
City Hospital
Women lead Kansas town Ubia by all-women ticket
In Thayer Kansas April 6 an all-women city administration takes charge for a year in Ubia village of 400. Mayor Mrs A J Forest and Police Judge Mrs Hattie Breuster head a slate backed by Mrs Ida Craig Mrs Prince Rash Mrs Allie Lambertson Mrs Iva Cram and Mrs Daisey Savage. Main issues include summer activities for boys and girls ice price protests and conflict with the male city marshal who refuses to take orders from women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Kane
Ubia
A. J. Forest
Cludwoman
Santa Fe
Grape Theft Suspect Nabbed in Indiana Hotel
Police arrested M. Kawaguchi aged 32 at a hotel corner Indiana Avenue and West Weller Street Tuesday night. Officers detained him after finding a hot water bottle partly filled with grapes during a distraint search.
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M. Kawaguchi
Indiana Hotel
Ave
Weller St
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Mrs
Frederick Bentley Prenentas
Michele de Caro
Metropolitan Theatre
Health
Britain
John Doe
Palace
United Action OF Triple Alliance
Kensington Gardens
Eward
Little Park
U. S
South
Kansas Town
Agarin Peart
Red Cross
John Kelly
Bon Marche
Spredwell
Coffee and Co
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