Haywood Escape Rumor Triggers Wide US Manhunt
Chicago reports say District Attorney Charles W. Clyne ordered a nationwide search for Big Bill Haywood after rumors he fled the United States, allegedly arriving in Riga and then Moscow. LWV leaders denounce the move as cowardly amid ongoing espionage act sentences and bail matters.
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Chicago
Charles W. Clyne
Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Clyne
Russia
United States
United States Supreme Court
Leavenworth
Landis
Christensen
L W. W
Daugherty
New York
Moscow
Riga
Washington
Our Pet Peeves Babies in Movies Break Routine
A 1930s column by Mrs. Max West argues against bringing children under five to the cinema. It warns that evening outings disrupt sleep routines and health, strains young eyes, and keeps toddlers indoors away from outdoor time. It urges parental division of babysitting duties and self denial as motherhood quality.
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Star
Moving Pictures
Close Watch on Cronkhite Case at Camp Lewis
Daugherty says the Justice Department has all available facts on the Cronkhite shooting at Camp Lewis and remains in close contact with developments. Captain Rosenbluth denies instigation claims and has given his account, with inquiries urged by Hoover and Senator Calder.
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Cronkhite
A. & Daugherty
Department of Justice
Camp Lewis
Washington State
Robert Rosenbluth
Roland Pothier
Daugherty
Herbert Hoover
U. S&s
Calder
Scorns Talk of Mexican Revolt in Dallas speech
Eduardo Ruiz, representative of President Obregon and Mexican Consul General, dismissed revolts as enemy propaganda. He spoke in Dallas promoting commissions to improve understanding between Mexican workers and employers.
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Dallas
Tex
Mexico
Eduardo Ruiz
Obregon
San Franciso
Nervy thief steals cop's new tin Liz Ford
A thief steals a shiny new Ford belonging to S&S. Sweeney near central station while the owner took reports of other thefts. Two days earlier another car owned by J. Rameey, a police wagon man, was stolen. Police hunt both suspects.
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Liz
S&s
Sweeney
Central Sta
Henry
J. Rameey
Seattle Municipal Railway Postes Over One Hundred Thousand In Profit
The Seattle Municipal Railway reports a March profit exceeding one hundred thousand dollars after all operating costs and interest. The figure is presented as a counter to critics who claim repudiation of obligations and bankruptcy.
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Eattle
Seattle
Carline Profit Soars for Seattle Street Railway in March
Seattle's municipal railway reports a March net profit of 107 504 90 after 564 098 34 in receipts and 456 593 44 in expenses including 73 000 in interest. February profit exceeded 70 000, with payments on principal at 70 000 monthly. At current rate, the line would pay for itself in under 20 years without city investment.
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Seattle
Municipal Railway
Spokane Marshal Recaptures Prisoner in Still Case
United States Marshal James Mc Govern of Spokane arrives with Miguel Laconta who was wanted for operating a still. Laconta reportedly jumped a $500 bond a year earlier and was last seen with a construction gang on a railway near Spokane before disappearing and later being caught in Spokane.
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United States
James McGovern
Spokane
Miguel Laconta
Laconta
Boarders a Myth Wants Money Back in Lodging Case
Mrs. Laura H. Hill sues Theodore J. Ufen in Judge John M. Wilson's court seeking $500 return claiming a nine room lodging house was advertised to be filled by boarders paying $135 total, but only three temporary lodgers paid $45.
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Mra
Laura H. Hill
Theodore J. Ufen
John M. Wilson
Fathers Do Domestic Work Amid Job Scarcity
London reporters note in Merseyside towns that many men care for the baby and perform housework while wives work outside the home. shortages in male trades push domestic duties as women fill higher demand for labor.
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London
Merseyside
Eight Arrested in Big Robbery Probe
Detroit authorities and federal agents arrest four men and four women for alleged complicity in the $1,000,000 Toledo post office robbery of February 17. The operation was led by Joseph A. Palma district chief of the United States secret service as officers surprised a house suspected to be the suspects' headquarters.
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Detroit
Toledo
Joseph A. Palma
United States Secret Adrvice
Pentecostal Mission
Third Ave
Ethel
Admiral
R. Rush
Fahey Brockman Co
Boylston Ave
Senecast
Alton B. Burke
A. Kahler
10Th Ave
N. W
United States
Tobey
Federal Building
Seattle City Notes and Society Highlights
Page One items cover court notices, lectures, and local events. U. Judge King Dykeman plays hockey, Grant birthday observance at noon, and Bishop Shepard speaks at U commons. Public invited to Maud Parker P T A talk. Grand Rabbi Haim Nahoum promotes Judaism. thefts and legal actions surface as residents seek damages and subpoenas are served.
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Ann Arbee
Clifford Wood
King Dykeman
Federal Court
Charles W. Strother
Grant
Wolf
Washington
Bishop Shepard
Portland
U Commons
Methodista’ Association
Seattle
Senate
Turkey
Maud Parker
P.T. A
Dunlap
Haim Nahoum
Constantinople
Peggy Marsh's Son Won't Receive Field Millions
Springfield report says Henry Anthony Marsh son of Peggy Marsh and Henry Field loses appeal in the supreme court. The decision upholds lower court ruling from Cook County Superior Court denying any portion of the Field millions to him.
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Springfield
Henry Anthony Marsh
Peggy Marsh
Henry Field
Sinale Supreme Court
Superior Court of
Cook County
Seattle Loses Game as Fan Amid Disappearance
A. C. Klaus attended the Wednesday baseball game as Seattle lost 7 to 4. Klaus, listed as Fisher Flour Mills, has not been seen since. Police investigate his disappearance as a missing person case.
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Seattle
A. C. Klaus
Klaus
Fisher Flour Mills
Four Day Lake Washington Canoe Trip Ends Brightly For Two Boys
Mark Kinchen and Earl McDonald aged 14 and 15 narrate a four day voyage on a home made flat bottom boat on Lake Washington. They left Ballard Saturday night and were found at Lake Forest Park Wednesday night after failing to return. They survived by camping on the shore with blankets and provisions and planned to be back Sunday.
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Mark Kinchen
Earl McDonald
Lake Forest Park
Lake Washington
Mark
George Kinchen
Es T
Earl
James F. McDonald
Russell Ave
Kinchen
J. H. St. Peter
Northern Pacific
Bothell
Beattie
Ballard
Fort Fart
Seattle
Frank Farrar
Irving
Washington
Eail
Fremont Bridge
Eastlake Bridge
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Price & Carter
Star
Speeding auto kills man as joyriders flee scene
Investigators hunt for a car with intoxicated occupants after a speeding vehicle struck Graves as he walked with his stepdaughter along FE Marginal Way near Dawson Street. Graves, 98, died instantly after being hurled against a telephone pole. his 2 week old youngest child survives a grieving family. A woman nearby recalled a Dodge with English speaking occupants speeding minutes earlier.
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Jonn
Graves
Graven
Charles Snes
Eighth Ave
Detroit Ave
Marty
Reveferm Graves
Portland Attorney Sues Newspapers for Libel
Portland attorney Lee Roy BE. Keeley began a second libel suit seeking 165000 against Journal Publishing Company before Circuit Judge Tucker as a jury was nearly chosen. He previously lost a 150000 libel suit against the Oregonian Publishing Company and now represents himself.
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Portland
Lee Roy BE. Keeley
Keeley
Journal Publishing Company
Tucker
Oregonian Publishing Company
Lindeberg Released on Habeas Corpus After Bail
Jafet Lindeberg, freed on habeas corpus after failed extradition efforts, was released by police. R H Cross, VP of Pioneer Mining and Ditch Co, sought injunction to prevent Lindeberg from resigning. Cross alleges Lindeberg assaulted him and threatened his life to obtain the signed resignation.
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San Francisco
Jafet Lindeberg
Tacoma
R. H. Cross
Pioneer Mining and Ditch Co
Lindeberg
Cross
Blair Named Commissioner of Internal Revenue
President Harding announced the appointment of David H. Blair of Winston-Salem North Carolina as commissioner of internal revenue. The nomination was sent to the Senate. Claud H. Huston of Chattanooga Tennessee was named assistant secretary of commerce. Charles F. Marvin of Washington reappointed chief of the weather bureau.
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D. H. Blair
Washington
David H. Blair
Winston, Salem
N. C
Internal Revenue
Harding
Senate
Claud H. Huston
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Commerce
Charles F. Marvin
District of Columbia
Weather Bureau
Texans Celebrate San Jacinto Day in Texas
Texans honor San Jacinto Day with banks and schools closed as 800 Texans under General Sam Houston defeated 1,400 Mexicans under General Santa Ana 85 years ago at the San Jacinto site. In that battle 630 Mexicans were killed and 730 captured.
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Texas
Ireland
Sam Houston
Santa Ana
San Jacinto
Fireman Hurt as Explosion Hits Portland Plant
Portland april 21 l t Lester Conger mill fireman is in the hospital after a gas fueled explosion at the North Portland Box Company plant damaged the facility by twenty five thousand dollars and left eight six men out of work. The blast followed a Dutch oven gas buildup and may cost Conger his life.
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Portland
L Lester Conger
North Portland Box Company
Conger
Two Club Wielder Incidents Reported in Dallas
A club wielding prowler attacked sleeping residents in Dallas causing serious injuries at two homes. He crawled through a window at the Shively Russell home, fracturing Mrs. Russell's skull and injuring Mr. Russell with a two by four. He escaped before police arrival.
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Dallas
Texas
Disabled Soldiers' Work Display At Washington Exhibit
A booth in the women s educational exhibit shows handicraft by disabled war veterans in Port Townsend and Cushman government hospitals. Once able bodied men who fought the Hun now craft rugs vanity cases slippers and trinkets for sale to earn money.
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Washington
Port Townsend
Cushman
Civilization
Too Much Garbage Fueled City Pet Peeve
Mayor Caldwell demanded a joint probe with the commissioner of public health and the board of public works after a sanitary report showed Seattle moving three times as many tons of garbage annually as comparable cities. The plea seeks a formal report on waste management practices.
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Caldwell
Commissioner of Public Health
Board of Public Works
M. P. Stevens
Sanitary Department
Seattle
Disarmament Hearings to Open Next Week
President Harding approved hearings by the House foreign affairs committee to discuss disarmament. Chairman Porter announced plans to summon Secretary Hughes Secretary Weeks Secretary Denby and Secretary Hoover to present their views after a Republican conference.
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Washington
Harding
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Porter
Pennsylvania
Hughes
War Weeks
Cynthia Sees First Opening Game Like Circus Day
Cynthia Grey describes Seattle’s opening home game with circus like pageantry on a summer day. She notes crowds, the Star Spangled Banner, Mayor Caldwell and Chief Searing playing catch, and fan chatter about the Seattle team’s performance amid a left handed Sacramento pitching surge.
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Cynthia
Hugh Caldwell
Charles Searing
Seattle
Sacramento
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