Five Whiskey Syndicates Reported in Seattle
Sheriff John Stringer claims five independent liquor rings operate in Seattle with fleets of delivery cars. A shipment valued at $37,500 was smuggled in on Sunday, using concealed tar filled kegs. Stringer calls for federal agents to curb interstate shipments and says cases arrive from China and Japan. many carloads are spotted across Lake Washington and Snohomish County.
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Seattle
John Stringer
Stringer
China
Japan
Snohomish County
Sheriffs Men
Yankees Die In Wreck and Tug Freehold Sinks
Two naval tragedies reported. A rear end collision near Cowlie killed twelve American and eight French soldiers with 56 injured as troop trains collided three miles west of Cowlie. In New York the tug Freehold sank while aiding the liner Saxonia with 18 crew missing and likely lost.
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Brest
United Press
Cowlie
Lille-Guillaume
le Mans
New York
Freehold
North River
Saxonia
Naval Headquarters
Plane crash kills Currie and passenger in Venice
Venice dispatch reports pilot Currie and an unidentified passenger died instantly when engine trouble sent Currie’s aircraft plunging from an altit ude over Venice at 12 05 PM. The aeroplane then descended and struck ground near the city pier. Currie, known as Venice’s aerial policeman, had taken off moments earlier with a companion.
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Cal
Currie
Tte Meyerhofer
Cx _tereone
Ten men held in federal booze theft probe
Federal authorities disclosed ten men including Joe Mangini have been arrested in a $25,000 whisky theft probe. Mangini, released on bail, provided statements supporting two confessions as investigators mapped the crime chain from a garage meet to a storehouse robbery. The preliminary hearing for all arrested was set for April 29.
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Hagen
United States
Bowman
Joe Mangini
Commisser
Mangin
U. S
Mangini
Robert C. Saunders
Fred Smart
W. F. Patton
Patton
Gue
Relbiad
I. W. Arnold
Ed Hagen
Jimmy Morrison
J. W. Locknane
Dick Russell
Locknane
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Hasuelblad
Patten
Western Ave
Lencrast
United States Ships Begin Sale of Wooden Fleet
The U S Shipping Board started disposing of its wartime wooden ships. Chairman Hurley announced 15 vessels sold to Naciiene Steamship Co of New York for 650000 dollars each, averaging 146 dollars per ton.
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Washington
United Press
United States Shipping Board Today
Hurley
Naciiene Steamship Company
New York
Seattle workers urged to join nine month Victory bond plan
A Seattle loan plan invites every worker able to save five dollars monthly for nine months to buy a Victory bond. Plan 3 requires ten percent down and ten percent at intervals, aiming to ease payments for small salaried investors. Major Louis Seagrave notes past loans forced large, rapid payments, while local clubs organize drive through 1,800 stores and plants with Henry Kyer chairing Augustine & Kyer. Special honor placards and awards await plants meeting quotas.
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Uncle Sam
Victory
Seattle Clearing House Association
Louis Seagrave
Planta
Seagrave
Henry Kyer
Augustine & Kyer
Fivery
Japan Troops Reach Korea Amid Riots
Seoul April 13 Japanese forces arrive in Busan from Tokyo for guard duty linked to Korean uprisings. More than 1,600 soldiers and several hundred gendarmes plus two divisions en route. Lieut Gen Asekawa says dispatch is necessary due to growing violence and rioting by nationalists. Koreans warned to avoid large meetings.
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Tokio
Japan
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Mayor Hanson to Return Saturday and Lead Victory Loan Tour
Mayor Ole Hanson will return to Seattle Saturday at 4 20 P M after a California rest period. He arrives from San Francisco and plans to resume duties in the city county building before leaving again for an ocean to ocean speaking tour in support of the Victory loan. Acting Mayor Lane will retire briefly as Hanson departs for the campaign with a leave of absence approved by the council at Treasury Secretary Glass's request.
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Seattle
Grover Conklin
Hanson
San Francisco
Portland
California
W. D. Lane
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
Tacoma Unions Refuse Participation in Peace Jubilee Effort
In Tacoma April 17 the Tacoma Central Labor Council refused to send union representatives to the Victory Loan committee and to join the soldiers and sailors placement panel. The council also tabled labor support for the Northwest Peace Jubilee from June 20 to July 6 amid hostile questioning.
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Tacoma
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Council
Tacoma Central Labor Council
Tacoma Victory Loan Committee
Northwest
German Troops Ordered to Munich Face 27,000 Army
German government troops dispatched to restore order in Munich total 27 000 men, facing red guards estimated at 10 000 in the unrest reported today by United Press from Bern.
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Munich
Berne
United Press
Red Guards
Italians Killed in Demonstration Across Cities
A socialist demonstration in Italian cities led to five deaths and multiple injuries. Protests were reported in Milan Bologna Turin and other locations as strikes intensified.
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Rome
United Press
Milan
Bologna
Turin
Dem Leaders Urge Wilson to Remove Burleson in Telephone Strike
Boston April 17. Prominent Massachusetts Democratic leaders cable President Wilson to remove Burleson and settle the strike. The appeal signed by Francis Finneran and state leaders urged action as 18 000 to 26 000 operators and employees walk out in New England. A general labor halt was seen as possible if no settlement soon.
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Mascachusetta
Wilson
Burleson
Francis Finneran
Massachusettes Democratic Club
Kearney
Cronin
Callahan
Counihan
Mitchell
Green
Donovan
McKenny
New England
Telephone Walkout Grows Across New England
Boston April 17 United Press reports the New England telephone strike in its third day with no settlement in sight. About 10 000 operators and inside workers are on strike and unions in other departments expected to bring total walkouts to around 20 000 today after an ultimatum to General Manager Driver. Local operators vow to strike at once pending guidance from international officers in Boston.
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Boston
United Press
New England
Reading the Want Columns for Vital Opportunities
The notice urges readers to review personal want ads in the columns as they may hold the very chance to buy sell rent exchange or secure employment you seek. It emphasizes that opportunities often appear in these want listings and are within easy grasp if noticed.
German Delegates Expected to Affix Signatures Soon
Paris April 17 German delegates likely to sign the peace treaty by May 15 with April 25 as the start for review. Debate centers on a time limit to avoid delays, while some fear delayed German approval could force further ally discussions. News notes an allied-Russia food agreement under a neutral commission and Wilson's push to lift the German blockade to restore European work.
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Russia
Wilson
Germany
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