Fugitive McGregor Caught After Six Years on Run
James McGregor British subject captured and held at Tecumseh Oklahoma six years after escaping custody from a train near Attalia Washington while en route to San Francisco for deportation. Immigration officials report the seizure and note disposition rests with the federal labor department.
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Attalia
Waah
San Francisco
James McGregor
Tecumach
Okla
John H. Sargent
McGregor
Alexander Stewart
Walla Walla
Edward L. Wells
Wash
Wells
Pasco
Seattle
Monrose Reformatory
Canada
Walla Walla Penitentiary
Padewes
Tacoma
Tegma
Australia
Star-Universal contest opens in King County for lead test film
Seventeen to appear in first test film for a $1000 contract with Universal Film Co. in Hollywood. Contest rules bar Universal staff and require parental consent for minors. The 37 chosen contestants will film at The Star office on Seventh Ave with filming set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. Judges include Nellie Cornish and Albert Victor Lewis.
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King County
Star
Universal
Clemmer Theatre
Universal Film Co
Hollywood
Cal
Los Angeles
Star-Universal
Star Office
Seventh Ave
Union
University Sts
Enid Metcalf
N. 25Th
Madonna Moeele
Old Homestead
Atks
Estelle Murphy
Woodlawn
Eatolie Ringwood
E. Goth
Edythe Thompson
Vashon
Pauline Walker
Brandon
Grace Elaine Forbes
Thackeray
Pegecy Lampman
Second
Inez Primeau
Lillian M. Bair
Third
Ethel R. Burke
Wall St
Katherine Eves
Esmondo Apta
Atta W. Hunter
Meadat
Aletta Jappe
Pershing Apta
Emma Jergeneen
Pegey Martin
15Th Ave
Vivian McKnight
Silva Metzenbaum
Mae Montgomery
Empire Way
Mae Ross
Fitza Roth
Bryn Mawr
Wash
Verna
Alberta Sorben
Eighth Ave
Helene Carol Sturgeon
Charleston
Francis Drager
Second Ave
Pegey Roberta
Ninth Ave
Mari ™N Thornton
E. Priest
Pacific Film Enterprises
Harold J. Binney
Nellie Cornish
Cornish School of Music
Albert Victor Lewis
University of Washington
Mesis Daisy Henry
The
George Bourke
Harding's America First Message Calls Tight Domestic Economy
President Harding urges Congress to cut national expenses and tax burdens while rebuilding domestic welfare and the merchant marine. He rejects a League of Nations role, supports tariff action and peace efforts, and cautions on entangling commitments as he outlines priorities for economic recovery and public welfare.
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Harding
Americas
America
League of World
Congress
Comegrees
League of Nations
Europe
Department of Public Welfare
Theatre Peeves: Readers Clash With Stage Pests
Tom Olsen laments theatre annoyances in a local column. He targets patrons who narrate plots aloud Read subtitles loudly and show boredom during performances. He recalls loud backseat viewers and overfamiliar fans while praising genuine applause and attentive crowds.
Racing Pigeons Reach California Flights
Two Portland pigeons racing by air to San Francisco arrived this morning. U. S. & S. & California reached Oakland at 10:59 a m and Secretary Denby arrived San Leandro at 11:15 a m.
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U. San Francisco
Portland
San Francisco
U. S&s
California
Oakland
Denby
San Leandro
California urged to file power sites in the Sierras
The assembly irrigation committee urged that California be placed in the running with private power firms. It passed a resolution calling on Governor Stephens to immediately file available power sites in the Sierra region.
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California
Capitol
Sacramento
Cal
State of California
The
Assembly Irrigation Committee
Stephens
Sierras
One Killed Eight Hurt in Akron Boiler Explosion
An explosion at the Miller Rubber plant in Akron on April 12 killed one person and injured eight. Ambulances answered the scene as relief crews combed the wreckage, with casualties expected to rise as searches continued.
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Akron
Pumping Is Begun in British Mines
London April 12 The general strike question rests with a small group of miners and colliery owners as they confer on wage disputes. Premier Lloyd George meets both delegations while pumping of flooded mine levels continues. The government readies for emergency with 300000 more men to be drafted and boosts air and sea forces.
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ED L. Keen
London
Lloyd George
Seattle Girl Tries to Buy Off Wife in Divorce Case
Letters from Miss F A Duffy of Seattle offered to support Mrs Eva Fay Isbell and her daughter for life if Isbell would leave her husband Phillip C Isbell. A check sent as earnest money was included in the offer. Isbell's wife testified she returned the check uncashed.
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Eva Novak
Universal City
Calif
Malif
Seattle
St. Louis
California
Jane
Universal
Mary Maclaren
Lho Comedies
Tom Mix
House Peters
William 8. Hart
San Francisco
F. A. Duffy
Fourth Ave
Eva Fay Isbell
Miss Duffy
Groundbreakers at Alderwood Manor Temple Ceremony
Masons break ground for a new temple at Alderwood Manor. Also noted are a mix of local items: university pledges, court actions, fines for illegal possession and alcohol related charges, and civic events including a Washington state pow wow and Greek independence celebrations amid a day’s bustling community notices.
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Masons
Alderwood Manor
Oil soaked papers in hotel fire investigated
Fire investigators probed a two and a half story frame rooming house at 1427 Seventh Ave after a Monday afternoon blaze. Old soaked papers found in a closet were touched off by a match, but timely fire department arrival prevented major damage. The building housed Joe Miller’s rooming house. no injuries reported. The Jonas won $400.
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Seventh Ave
Joe Miller
Jonas
Pussyfoot Johnson Ousted From Canada
William Pussyfoot Johnson, American prohibition agent, was escorted to the border at Windsor Ontario and told to speak in the United States after plans to address a crowd were canceled. He crossed back into the United States unharmed and with no further incident.
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Windsor
Ontario
Pussyfoot’) Johnson
United States
Man Fined for Grape and Beer Possession on Des Moines Road
R. R. Boyer was fined $100 and costs by Justice C. C. Dalton after being arrested with C. B. Stewart and J. F. Hart on March 30 on the Des Moines road. The charge cited a quart lot of grape and a small quantity of beer. Stewart and Hart had their charges dismissed.
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R. R. Boyer
Stewart
J. F. Hart
Des Moines
Justice of the Peace
C. C. Dalton
Hart
Alleged Bandits Up One Pleads Guilty in Robbery Trial
In Judge William D. Aaskren's court Tuesday morning Elmar Sorenson and Willard Wren faced robbery charges for a Jan 18 1927 hold up of Harry Clark who lost $69. Wren pleaded guilty after trial. Sorenson's status remained unresolved. Wren was wounded by a policeman at capture and sentencing will follow.
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Elmar Sorenson
Willard Wren
William D. Aaskren
Wren
Sorenson
Harry Clark
Death of His Son Sparks $5,150 Suit in Court
Eugene Nobile, age 6, killed by an automobile between Kirkland and Kingston on Lake Washington. Vincent Nobile sues Gunt Olsen for $5,150 in Judge J T Ronald's court on September 26, 1920, claiming Olsen struck the child without warning.
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Eugene Nobile
Kirkland
Kingston
Lake Washington
Vincent Nobile
Gunt Olsen
J. T. Ronald
Nobile
Olson
Wicked Wiggles May Hit Soaped Skids Cabaret Ordinance
Legal Luminary Kennedy to transmit a cabaret ordinance to the city council. The proposal would regulate and supervise bold cabarets and jazz joints, aiming to curb their conduct.
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Kennedy
Woman Freed After Proving Innocence in Beer Cache Case
Mrs. Alice Nutechins was released in police court Tuesday after she convinced Judge John B. Gordon that she knew nothing of 41 quarta and nine pinta of beer cached under her kitchen floor at Eighth Ave and Bradford Street. She blamed the hidden brew on boarders.
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John B. Gordon
Eighth Ave
Bradford St
Alice Nutechins
WWI Veteran 8. RR Cutler Returns Home After Death Report
Yakima reports the official death of 8. RR Cutler two years ago, but the world war veteran now returns to his home town, reversing the prior status and drawing local attention.
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Yakima
Cutler
Woman 51 Faces Murder Trial in Plains Montana
Mrs Mona May McCully 51 faces trial for the murder of her son in law Leon Richardson. Her widowed daughter and her son Ernest McCully will testify for the prosecution while Fred McCully supports his wife. A confessed statement was repudiated and officers say she killed over alleged alienation of her children. Richardson, an overseas veteran, was found shot in a car near Plains after leaving the McCully ranch with the couple.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
Mona May McCully
Leon Richardson
Mra. MccCully
Ernest
Fred McCully
Mra
McCully
Mra. McCully
Richardson
Plalna
Tonneau
Mra McCully
Plain
Ernest McCully
Plains
Diplomatic Fight Is Won by America
The United States has won a diplomatic fight with Mexico's Obregon government. The state department advised that Mexico assured no American or foreign property would be disturbed in the proposed expropriation of farming land for peasant division, according to American Charge d Affaires Summerlin in Mexico City.
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League OF Nations
Harding
Europe
World Association of Nations
Senate
United States
Washington
Obregon
Mexico
State Department
Department
State Hughes
Summerlin
Mexico City
Bootlegger Goffee Gets Six Months and Fine
Harry Goffee, convicted with Werner Lindquist on federal liquor charges, was sentenced by Federal Judge Neterer to six months in county jail and a $2,000 fine. Goffee plans an appeal to the U S circuit court. Lindquist received a new trial. The pair sold $5,060 worth of Canadian liquor to J F Duthie a Seattle shipbuilder.
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R. L. Jones
Phi Beta Kappa
U. of W. Studes
Pennsyvania System
Leary
Samuel Genkowicz
Samuel Geskow
Werner Linguiet
Seattle Florists’ Association
New Washington
Spokane
Lyle Darts
Seattle
Federal Reserve Bank
Justice of the Peace
C. C. Dalton
Arthur Trigg
Beattle-realtors
Wennesday
Pig
Kenneth C. Kerr
J. D. Butler
Heybrook Lamber Co
Minor
Hull
Gladys
Donna
Tacoma
Tella
Eddie Hubbard
Air Postman
Empress of Japan
Victoria
Neterer
Yaichiro Goto
Matsuo
Goto
Washington, D. C
Hugh de Valin
Public Health Service
Ford Children’s Home Society
Metro
Harold Engiett
Atlanta
Jean Griffin
Edward F. Cushman
Wein
Violet Wein
Fred Wein
Puyallup
J. G. Newbegin
Laura Cushman
Cushman
Newbegin
John
Kate
John Murray Pettit
Earl B. Rose
Shanghai
Bank of
Asin
J. FE. West
Charleston
Bunco
Harry Goffee
Werner Lindquist
Goffee
United States Circuit Court
Lindquist
J. F. Duthie
Sheriff Receives Threatening Blackhand Letter
Sheriff Matt Starwich received an unsigned blackhand letter on Tuesday. The note used vulgar terms and warned to “get him” after the recent execution of murderer John Schmitt, who was hanged for his crimes.
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Matt Starwich
John Schmitt
Science on the Greensward: Thaddeus Rayne’s Park Theories
Thaddeus Rayne, a park observer in City Hall park, proclaims a conspiracy by capitalists to cement the ground beneath the grass. He offers a comic evolutionary theory linking humans to vegetables, mocking professors and politicians as vegetable descendants while describing his restless summers on the park bench.
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Thaddeus Rayne
City Hall Park
Southland
Thaddeus
Frye Hotel
First Ave
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19Th
Germany
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Jimmie
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