Suspect Shot at by Cops Admits Theft
RK J Roberson, captured after being fired upon by Sergt W F Denlan on March 31, confessed to detectives L C Harris and A A Brown on Wednesday afternoon that he stole two moult eases from the auto of B E Reynolds of Tacoma on Second avenue the night of March 21. He said he was the man who escaped from Patrolman Fred Ivey after Ivey fired several shots at him. Ivey recovered one of the cases. the other was found in the Y M C A. Roberson is wanted in Atlanta, Ga for jumping bail on a charge of possessing stolen property.
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Avanta
Safety First Day at Auto Show Draws Crowds
Safety first day observed at the auto show with police and public works backing a large city replica to teach traffic rules. The map shows tiny cars and pedestrians illustrating correct observance of the traffic code. Milas Marjorie Bolton, a model for MacDougall Southwick, won the first night prize.
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Police
Board of Public Works
Milas Marjorie Bolton
MacDougall Southwick Company
Women Inspect Everett Cannery Visit by Seattle club group
Fourteen members of the Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs planned a Thursday motor trip to Everett to inspect a salmon cannery and examine packing methods. Olympia reports bids opening April 20 on six million dollars of veterans bonus bonds.
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Everett
Seattle Federation of Women's Clubs
Toverett
Safety Parade Moves Tonight Through Downtown Seattle
A Safety Week event in Seattle features a city hall park assembly at 6 45 p m and a 7 p m parade along Second Avenue led by the police band. The route includes a Lydian quartet and a police quartet performance near Pike between Second and Third. Four Minute speakers will deliver the safety message amid crowd entertainment.
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Seattle
City Hall Park
Second Ave
Pike
Third Aves
Lydian
Licut
Co. G. Carr
Booze Runner Fined After Bothetl Highway Stop
Sheriff Starwich and deputies seized 30 sacks of liquor in a car on the Bothetl highway Tuesday. Jacob Evans pleaded guilty Wednesday before Justice C. C. Dalton to unlawfully possessing liquor and was fined $750 plus costs after a one and a half mile chase.
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Starwich
Bothetl
Jacob Evans
Justice of the Peace
C. C. Dalton
Evans
Wife of Steamship Co. Official Dies
Mrs. Matilda H. Baxter wife of Robert W. Baxter former vice president of the Alaska Steamship Co. and the Copper River Northwestern railway died at her Portland home Wednesday morning Word from here says she and her husband left the city in May 1920 after eight years here.
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Matilda H. Baxter
Robert W. Baxter
Alaska Steamship Co
Copper River & Northwestern Railway
Portland
City
Habeas Corpus Hearing Set In Liquor Charge Case
Habeas corpus proceedings brought by Charlies A. Murphy on behalf of Anton Koria and A Maccich, arrested on a liquor charge and held in the city jail, were to be heard in the superior court at 1 30 p m Thursday.
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Charlies A. Murphy
Anton Koria
A. Maccich
Judson Bemis Dies at 88 Head of Bemis Bros Co
Judson M Bemis 88, longtime head of Bemis Bros Bay Co with 15 factories nationwide and a large Calcutta plant, died Tuesday at Wesley Hills Massachusetts. His daughter Mrs Reginald H Parsons of this city has been notified. He once owned what is now Cowen's University Park.
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Judson M. Bemis
Bemis Bros. Bay Co
Calcutta
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Reginald H. Parsons
Cowen
University Park
Cooper Re-Elected Seattle Schools Head
Frank B. Cooper was unanimously reelected superintendent of Seattle schools for a three year term by the school board on Wednesday. The board stood firm against teachers working outside the schools.
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Cooper
Frank B. Cooper
Seattle
Editorial Chief of Lumberman Dies in Portland
Fred H. Gilman editorial chief of the Pacific coast branch of the American Lumberman died during an operation in Portland. He is survived by widow Grace M. Gilman of Adrian Court apartments 911 Summit.
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Fred H. Gilman
Pacific Coast
The
American Lumberman
Chicago
Portland
Grace M. Gilman
Adrian Court
Summit
Ex-Emperor Carl Homeless in Switzerland amid asylum talks
Lucerne dispatch reports former Emperor Carl told he may stay in Switzerland only to arrange asylum elsewhere, with plans believed to head for Spain. He arrived at 6 p.m. and was greeted by former Empress Zita whose warm welcome contrasted with disappointment over his failed bid to reclaim the throne.
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Lucerne
Carl
Switzerland
Spain
Zita
Erwin Bergdall Plans Appeal on Leavenworth Release
Erwin Bergdall a draft dodger and brother of Grover Cleveland Bergdall will appeal for a new habeas corpus hearing challenging his imprisonment at Leavenworth. The appeal follows Federal Judge Pollock's refusal to grant release on the writ yesterday.
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Kansas City
Kan
Erwin Bergdall
Grover Cleveland Bergdall
Leavenworth
United States District Attorney’s Office
Pollock
Parachute Jump Attracts Crowd For Benefit Dance
Ivan De Villers previously staged a stunt to aid a men's benefit fund and Harry H. leaped from an airplane to raise support. Harry dropped 8000 feet into Elliott Bay at 3 p.m. Wednesday, landing 100 feet from Bell Street Dock and being rescued by harbor patrol. De Villers is recovering from war wound in an operation.
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Sonic Temple
Ivan de Villers
Harry H
Eliott Bay
Bellst
de Villers
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