Royal Row for Magi Robel Women Fight to Rule Cult
April 17 report portrays a power struggle within the Order of the Magi over the grand master role. Widow Verona Richmond and foster-daughter Miss Richmond contend with an insurgent trustee and B C Peterson as rival claimants. Court actions and will disputes loom amid claims of ritual secrets and succession.
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Hoffman Richmond
Order of the Magi
Richmond
Verona Richmond
Mises Richmond
Paul
Pers
Order of
Zviliac Charta
United Sea
Socrates
New York
Boston
Ara
America
Pacific Ocean
Mrs. Richmond
Mies Arline
Ernest A. Johnson
Order
Truestees
B. C. Peterson
Khee
Spud Thieves Captured Near Gresham Farm
A gang of six alleged potato thieves was dispersed when deputy sheriffs surprised them at farmer Ritchie's home near Gresham at night. A Thompson was shot in the arm. two autos and a truck taken from the potato cellar were recovered. Thompson was sent to the capital for treatment. the other five were jailed.
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Portland
A. Thompson
Litchie
Gresham m
Ritchie
Thompson
Fannie and the Servant Problem at Queen Anne High
Students of Queen Anne high school present the play Fannie and the Servant Problem on April 21 with cast and school support. The performance showcases student theater and community involvement for the spring event.
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Q. A
Fannie and the
Queen Anne High School
Seattle Fails to Heed Call on Armenian Relief Drive
Seattle lags at less than half of a $100,000 quota for Near East relief as 260,000 homeless Armenians face hunger. Miss Campbell urges immediate contribution. checks payable to Red Cross and sent to 815 University Street via J. W. Spangler.
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Seattle
Armenia
Mine 1H Campbell
Miss Campbell Aaye
Iiet
Campbell
J. W. Spangler
Red Cross
University St
Mayor Grants Waiver for Soldier to Join Police Force
Mayor Caldwell asked the civil service commission to waive height rules for Sefus Sutton to take the patrolman exam. Sutton, a World War I infantry veteran from 6521 20th Ave NW, was deemed three quarters of an inch short, despite holding a wartime lieutenancy.
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France
Caldwell
Civil Service Commission
Police Asked to Nab Slain Miner Suspect
Sheriff John Stringer wired New York police to intercept George Radovich a miner accused of killing Pete Chalovich at Black Diamond Wednesday. Officers fear Radovich intends to flee to Serbia, possibly returning to his fatherland with a wife and six children remaining in Black Diamond. Chief Deputy Coroner W H Carson to direct the inquest at Black Diamond at 10 am Wednesday.
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John Stringer
New York
George Radovich
Pete Chalovich
Black Diamond
Radovich
Serbia
Altho
W. H. Carson
Chalovich
Question Charter Amendment Challenged Over Civil Service Preferences
The civil service commission questioned the validity of a charter amendment adopted at the last election. They asked Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meter to rule on its constitutionality, noting the state constitution forbids laws granting privileges to some citizens not shared by all.
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Walter F. Meter
Denny Way Plans Anti Jap Club Meeting
Citizens meet Monday night at 410 Denny Way to form a chapter of the Anti Japanese league. Frank E. Kannai will speak, with members of the Denny Way Trade Protective association invited, under the slogan Give Your Trade to Americans.
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Denny Way
Anti Japanese League
Frank E. Kannai
Denny Way Trade Protective Association
Mount Vernon Census Increase Reported
The census bureau released 1920 population figures showing Mount Vernon Washington at 3 241 residents an increase of 960 or 40 3 percent since 1910 Newcastle Pennsylvania 44 938 up 8 658 or 23 9 Muskegon Michigan 36 560 up 12 508 or 52 0 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Mount Vernon
Wash
Newcastle
Muskegon
Mich
Nab More Salmon Unfit for Food
Laboratory tests show salmon unfit for food. Deputy Marshal Rooks Monday seized 2,865 cases of Alaska packed canned salmon valued at 20055 dollars. It is the fifth seizure of salmon this year in the area.
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Alaska
United States
Rooks Mrnday
Japs Dominate Cider Market Under Prohibition Rules
Prohibition officers report 24 cider samples with 27 exceeding five percent alcohol, violating law per the U S Food and Drug Laboratory. Of the offenders, 15 were owned by Japanese proprietors.
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Prohibition
United States Food and Drug Laboratory
Washington in a political daze as campaigns swirl
Washington, April 17. The city feels dazed by competing candidacies and shifting policies. Observers note uncertainty about President Wilson’s health and the Hoover candidacy, with debates on liquor laws and the fate of the saloon shaping public mood.
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Washington
Gus J. Karger
New York Vice Trade Estimated At Mass of Hidden Venues
James F. Smith, assistant district attorney, says Manhattan hosts about 6000 call flats and over a hundred dance halls along with numerous French pastry restaurants and coffee houses. He estimates nightly spending from 600000 dollars and up, with another half million in taxi, food and show costs. Prohibition has driven vice into covert, respectable venues making detection harder and expanding its reach to many new participants.
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New York
James F. Smith
Manhattan
Smith Mays
Smith
Coxes
He Left His Wife for Free Air But Lands Behind Bars
Charlies A. Smith of Junction City Colorado is jailed on a wife desertion charge after a telegraphic report from his hometown. In a writ of habeas corpus filing he claims life with his wife was intolerable and says he surrendered the $8,000 home, a $3,000 life policy and cash and left to attend to property in Centralia. He protests he is not a fugitive and was arrested.
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Charlies A. Smith
Junction City
Colorado
John Stringer
Smith
Superior
Centralia
Toy autos illustrate collision in court case
Toy automobiles were used to depict a crash between a Commercial Importing Co. car and a vehicle driven by Henry Jones in Justice Read M Whitehead's court. The company won $33.05. The accident happened at Seventh Ave and Pine St on December 5, 1919.
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Henry Jones
Jones
Read M Whitehead
Seventh Ave
Pine At
Divorce suit against Harry Stahl dismissed
Harmony returns to the family of Harry Stahl after his wife Johanna Wilhelmina Stahl sued for divorce alleging cruelty. It was announced on Saturday that the action will be dismissed.
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Harry Stahl
Johanna Wilhelmina Stahl
Gruesome Soviet Mystery Aboard Oxstara Yacht
In Bucharest on April 17, authorities report the yacht Oxstara stranded near the Danube mouth with 11 prominent Russians shot in the head and 14 million rubles found aboard. The massacre on the ship raises questions about motive and perpetrators.
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Bucharest
Oxstara
Danube
450 Feet More of West Garfield Bridge Collapses
At 6 30 a m today 450 feet more of the West Garfield at foot of Magnolia bluff bridge failed leaving the structure practically useless for pedestrians police say About 900 feet of the span had already fallen a week earlier No injuries reported.
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West Garfield
Magnolia Bluff
Surgeons to Hear Outside Physicians Honored Guests
Dr. Robert C. Coffey of Portland and Dr. Jo W. Thompson of Vancouver will be honored guests at Seattle Surgical society banquet at the University club Monday evening. They will also address the King County Medical society at the Arcade building Masonic club rooms.
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Robert C. Coffey
Portland
Ore
Jo W. Thompson
Vancouver
BH. CC
Seattle Surgical Society
University Club
King County Medical Society
Masonic Club
Arcade Building
Sugar price to rise again with new lots planned
A new sugar lot arriving next week will cost 174% cents a pound wholesale and retail at 20 cents. Mrs. Melinda Swank age 171, died Friday at her home 2754 Yesterday, survived by four sons and four daughters. body at Home Undertaking parlors awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Melinda Swank
Dindl Arraigned on Syndicalism Charge in Gilliam Court
John Dindl appeared in Judge Mitchell Gilliam's court on a criminal syndicalism charge and admitted being an IWW member. The judge ruled this was not a guilty plea and a full trial will be scheduled later.
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Mitchell Gilliam
John Dindl
Gilliam
Dindl
Women Duel Over Love Spark Gas Hinted Conflict
Two women vying for the same man clash as rivalry intensifies with tense glances and sharp stares. The love triangle rumor hints at rising jealousy and public interest in the quiet town.
Complete Funeral Law at 65 Dollars in Seattle
Seattle funeral firm promotes 65 dollar complete service claiming to meet critical taste while avoiding bankruptcy. It highlights lower rents, new parlors, and comparable casket options with prices 15 to 50 percent below Seattle norms.
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Seattle
Tribe of Chin Faces Arrests in Opium Bust
Chin Wing and Chin Ching were arrested in a hop joint behind a Chinese grocery at 719 King Street by treasury inspectors Hamar Watson Ide and James. Chin Lim and Wee Gee were jailed at 710 Washington Street with items seized including two taels of opium four pipes and a green lacquered bamboo pipe worth over 100 dollars. The total seizure is valued around 500 dollars.
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Chin Wing
Chin Ching
King St
Hamar, Watson
Ide
James
Treasury Department
Chin Lim
Wee Gee
Washington Street
Want Lubricants to Be Regulated
Waverly Oil Works Co requests regulation of selling lubricating motor oils. The letter to Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meier argues there is no current method to prevent adulteration or substitution in oil sales.
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Public Utilities Department
Waverly Oil Works Co
Interlaken Ave
Walter F. Meier
Switchtender killed by train near W Garfield street bridge
George Nicolas switch tender in the Great Northern yards was instantly killed late Friday when struck by a moving passenger train near the W Garfield street bridge. He died from a fractured skull at the county morgue. Nicolas lived at the Interbay bunk house.
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George Nicolas
Great Northern
W. Garfield St
Nicolas
Interbay
Seventy-Seven At First Sign Of Cold Promoted
An old advertisement touts Seventy-seven for early cold symptoms warning that delaying may prolong illness. It links the remedy to Dr Humphrey Rees regimens praised as unerring. The offer includes a free mailed Doctors Book in five languages.
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Humphreys
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