Thousands Ask Liberty for Gloria
Albany April 7. Nathan J. Miller has received 10 000 petitions from readers of The Seattle Star and others urging mercy for Baby Gloria O Dell and her incarcerated mother Pearl O Dell. The petitions press the governor to intervene as Baby Gloria sits with her mother while James O Dell faces execution on April 25. The piece notes Miller’s moral consideration and cites the baby’s future as a focus of national sympathy. A second item reports the death of Thomas H Benton at 71, Seattle resident and Civil War veteran, with Mason ic funeral plans pending.
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Albany
N. Y
Nathan J. Miller
New York
Gloria O'Dell
Pearl O'Dell
Tio
Auburn Penitentiary
Gloria
James O'Dell
Sing Sing
O'Dell
Doom
Miller
New York City
Seattle Star
Thomas H. Benton
Seattle
62Nd Ave
Mrs Laura Wood Helman Dies in Seattle at 66
Laura Wood Helman 66 a Seattle resident for 12 years died at 1948 Summit Ave N Wednesday Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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Laura Wood Helman
Seattle
Summit Ave. N
Refugees Quarters Set At Tokyo Park After Asakusa Fire
A thousand refugees from the Asakusa fire are quartered in Agakusa park today as the city provides shelter. Officials coordinate relief and assess needs for displaced residents.
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Tokyo
Asakusa
Agakusa Park
Rail wage cut blocked by U S railroad labor board
The United States railroad labor board ruled that common labor wages on U S railroads cannot be cut without a hearing. The board set April 18 for hearings on the New York Central and 20 other lines seeking a 25 percent wage reduction retroactive to April 1.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
New York Central
Becaus
Sta
Wis
Rail Uniona
Juvenile Jail Breaker Captured After Shootout
Eureka, April 7. Wille Clark, known as the Pacific coast champion juvenile jail breaker, was captured today at South Fork sixty miles south of Eureka. Railroad men found him riding a freight train bound south. Several shots were fired but he was uninjured and will be taken to Pureka by officers around noon.
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Eureka
Cal
Wille Clark
Pacific Coast
South Fork
Clark
Pureka
Calbank Staff Club to entertain Camp Cushman veterans
Tonight the Calbank Staff club from the Bank of California will perform at Camp Cushman for disabled veterans. The program features a bank quartet, a jazz orchestra, an Oriental dance, and humorous readings.
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Calbank
Camp Cushman
Bank of California
Bank
British strike crisis speeds up wartime measures
In April in London talks collapsed between miners and Premier Lloyd George over immediate steps to flood prevention. The triple alliance formed by miners, railway workers, and transport staff feared a sympathetic strike as government mobilized troops and food stocks. Lloyd George urged nationwide aid, warned of industrial disaster, and pressed miners to accept preserving property without conditions while factories prepared to shut down.
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Britain
Lloyd George
Lloyd Georges
Russia
England
And Yet They Grab the Festive Franc
Paris reports a scientist counted 297 260 000 germs on three French notes totaling about 14 cents. The note value may have fallen but the germs have not read the depreciation.
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Paris
Paria
Woman Free to Sue Road Over Alleged Railway Misconduct
A federal jury ruled Miss Lynette Langlois a Washington citizen, allowing her to sue the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway for 20000 dollars in damages over alleged insults and mistreatment by a railway employee during a 1920 trip. The railroad contested jurisdiction, claiming Wisconsin residency, but the jury found Philadelphia? no. The case proceeds with potential new trial requests from the railroad.
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EE Cushman
Lynette Langlois
Washington
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Langtons
Tomahawk
Win
Seattle
Marmoth, N. D
Marmoth
The
Railroad
Prohi Agents Angered Town in Empey Shooting Trial
Spokane April 7 John J Sovereign editor of the Ban Poll Eagle testifies at the trial of dry sleuths for the killing of Emiey an ex service man and war hero shot at Keller May 23 1920 The state charges Montgomery and West with manslaughter defense will argue the officer fired as Emiey tried to escape.
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Spokane
John G. Montgomery
William CC. West
Emsey
John J. Sovereign
Ban Poll Eagle
Emiey
Ernest Emiey
Keller
Montgomery
Vent
Campaign for beer and wine in New Orleans chartered league
The Anti Blue Law League of America Inc, granted a Delaware charter, will begin work immediately to end prohibition on beer and light wines. President C M Ellia said the league aims to kill blue laws and promote a sensible liberal construction of prohibition laws.
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New Orleans
Anti Blue Law League of America, Inc
Delaware
C. MH. Ellia
League
America
We Are Going to Make New York Dry
New York reports the police commissioner Pichard E Enright launching state prohibition enforcement after Governor Miller signs the new law. A dozen arrests for alleged violations follow as the effort begins.
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New York
Pichard E. Enright
United States
Nathan L. Miller
Enright
The Duchess Has Nothing to Say
The Duchess of Manchester arrived in San Francisco with 27 pieces of luggage and a retinue of maids. Rumors of a divorce action against her husband William Angus Montague were not addressed as reporters found closed doors and no source statements. Previously Helena Zimmerman from Cincinnati.
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San Francisco
Duchess of Manchester
William Angus Montague
Duke of Manchester
Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Pano Robles
Cal
Tom Marshall to Speak in Seattle at First Methodist Church
Former Vice President Tom Marshall will visit Seattle on Saturday April 16 to deliver an address at the First Methodist Church the Y M C A announced on Wednesday.
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Tom Marshall
Seattle
First Methodist Church
Alleged Gunmen Reported by Patrolman at City Intersection
Patrolman Jorgensen arrested G H Reynolds 35 and F J Burch 21 single handedly at Ninth Ave and Spring St Wednesday night. Officers hold them on open charges as detectives investigate. A mask hung by the police machine and another allegedly thrown from a suspect during arrival. Reynolds is accused of possessing the revolver.
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G. H. Reynolds
F. J. Burch
J. Jorgnensen
Ninth Ave
Spring St
Reynolds
Women's fine ribbed cotton undergarments early 20th item
DowNSTAIRS STORE offers a selection of women's and boys undergarments with various styles and sizes including fine ribbed cotton vests unions and bloomers. Prices range from 25 cents to $1.25 and sizes span 26 to 44 for youths and 36 to 44 for women.
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Alge
Sane
Rehabilitation of Workmen Urged as National Goal
Dr. John A. Lapp editor of Modern Medicine addressed the Rotary Club on industrial efficiency and national health. He called rehabilitation of broken-down workers the country’s great constructive future effort.
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John A. Lapp
Modern Medicine
Rotary Club
Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal In Street Car Death Appeal
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed King County Superior Court's ruling denying the administrators of Okanishi estate the right to sue over a street car death. The court said the widow and child in Japan had not been provided an address.
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Supreme Court
King County Superior Court
Okanishi
Japan
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London
Jeaders
PROHI
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Ohio
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Frederick & Nelson
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