White and Jap Escape From Jail
Immigration inspectors aided by police and county officers hunted Beattie for Abe Toroyosh and George Budwick who escaped from the detention station on Union Street. Both men face deportation. Budwick had a Walla Walla term for burglary and Toroyoshi previously fled a liner nightmare.
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Beattie
Abe Toroyosh
George Budwick
Union St
Graebert Anderson
Toroyoshi
Japan
F. Smiley
Louie Engels
Budwick
Tasmania
Walla Walla
Tom I
Anderson
Abe
State
Bandits Pose as Police in Summit Ave Robbery
A pair of highwaymen robed Keil at 1112 Summit Ave on Monday evening near a lawn. They posed as police, demanded silence, searched his clothing and removed a watch wallet and eight dollars. Keil grabbed a bandit’s wrist and tore free the watch as the men fled in a passing car.
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Keit
Heim
Summit Ave
Keil
British coal strike meet resumes talks with owners
London April 22. Striking British coal miners agreed to a further meeting with colliery owners and the government to resume negotiations. The delegates, representing all miners, reaffirmed demands for a wage board and national pooling amid protests over the cancelled triple alliance and a railway workers withdrawal. Tomorrow’s session will report on talks with Lloyd George and owners.
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London
Triple Alliance
Lloyd-George
Uniformity in City Positions Recommended by Civil Service
In its annual report to Mayor Caldwell the civil service commission urges uniform procedures for the city council and the commission in creating and classifying city positions.
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Caldwell
The
Civil Service Commission
Chicago Lockout Looms as Builders Push Labor Cuts
In Chicago on April 22 builders issued an ultimatum to unions demanding a 20 percent cut for skilled labor and a 30 percent cut for unskilled labor. They warned of a lockout beginning May 1 if the proposals are not accepted by the trades.
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Chicago
People’s legislative service forms in Washington lobby
A new organization called the people’s legislative service is created in Washington with Basil Manly as executive head and Robert M. LaFollette Jr as chairman. It pledges to analyze legislation, inform the public, and act as a watchdog against legislative fraud while drawing diverse liberal figures into a unified, alert representation outside Congress.
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Washington
People's Legislative Service
Basil Manly
War Labor Board
The
Industrial Relations Commission
Washington Bureau
Seattle Star
Robert M. LaFollette J
George Huddleson
Alabama
Wm. H. Johnston
Machinists’ Union
W. G. Lee
Stone
Railway Brotherhood
George F. Hampton
Southern Building
Congress
People’s Legislative Service
George W. Norrin
David J. Walsh
Chas. F. Amidon
Thorstein Veblen
New York
Cudahy Rites On Saturday
John P. Cudahy son of the Chicago packer dies by his own hand after a loan denial in Hollywood Cal. Funeral services set private at Holy Sacrament church with body to be shipped East. Aunt Mrs John R. Cudahy says he died intestate with no life insurance and income of about 100000 a year amid financial straits and reduced revenue after no dividends last year.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Holy Sacrament Church
Hollywood
John P. Gack Cudahy
Chicago Packer
Cudahy
Jack
Canada to U S liquor shipments may raise wrecks, says World
The New York World warns that allowing liquor to be shipped directly from Canada to the United States without a stopover could boost the risk of train wrecks.
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Canada
United States
New York World
Oven Bake Demonstration Claims Safe Heat Therapy
A city editor commissions a sensational tale as Dr. A M Loughney heats a man to 600 degrees in an oven to bake bread alongside. Joseph Oldaker endures the procedure wrapped in cloth, noting warmth and thirst while doctors tout indirect heat and oven baths for various ailments.
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A. M. Loughney
Joseph Oldaker
Ith Ave
Stock swindle suspects face grand larceny charges
Trela and Moran are jailed on $1,000 bail each as alleged stock swindle leaders tied to Wall Street Securities Co of San Francisco. Prosecutors say they induced many to part with thousands, misrepresented stock value, and sold beyond worth. Blakeway lost 1200 buying Packard Motor Car Co stock at 50 a share with false promises.
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Moran
J. McMahon
Justice of the Peace
C. C. Dalton
Misa Ilvle
Roberta Blakeway
Federal probe targets alleged Seattle plumbers combine
Federal investigation into an alleged Seattle plumbers combine is under way to determine if bids for city school contracts are controlled by a group called the true st. District Attorney Robert Co Saunders ordered the probe after charges by Judge Richard Winsor, a former school board member. If antitrust violations are found, a report will go to the attorney general for possible action. DOJ agents led by J F McAuley carry out the inquiry.
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Seattle
Robert Co. Saunders
Richard Winsor
Saunders
Department of Justice
J. F. McAuley
Bureau of Investigation
Will Confront Bomb Suspect in Wall Street Explosion
Tito Tigi, held in connection with the Wall Street explosion in Scranton, Pa., is to be confronted by witnesses who saw the driver of the death wagon. A blacksmith who shod horses believed to have drawn the wagon will identify Ligi. Ligi faced a hearing on evading the draft law. his attorney plans a habeas corpus bid, while the district attorney said the government would oppose release.
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Bcranton
Tito Tigi
Wall Stret
Ligi
Broad and
Wall Streets
lAgs
United States
George Wellis
Drunken revelers blamed for Graves death on KE road
A speeding Dodge tied to a Tacoma to Seattle alcohol party struck and killed John H Graves father of seven. Authorities Carr and Dr Carson traced the fatal car route and described a drunken party in two cars causing a deadly crash. Graves family faces loss with five children under seven and a newborn baby, while Mrs Graves risks losing their partially paid two room home.
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John H. Graves
C. BE. Carr
W. H. Carson
Tacoma
Seattle
Charles Snell
Puyallup
Mra
Graves
Idaho
Disarmament Plan Urged by Herbert W Walker
Washington reports that a disarmament resolution authorizing a world conference is expected after the Knox declaration. Secretary Hughes Weeks Denby and Hoover will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee next week to discuss Rogers of Massachusetts initiative. He insists the plan is not pacifist and calls for a strong navy to back global disarmament.
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Herbert W. Walker
Washington
Hughes
Weeks
Denby
Hoover
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Representative Rogers
Massachusetts
Rogers
Plan of national reconstruction seized in Texas
Government agents seized printed copies of a proposed May 5 revolt named the plan of national reconstruction. The plan was sponsored by 203 prominent Mexicans formerly associated with the Carranza administration and discovered in San Antonio on April 22.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Carranza
Obregon Ready to Suppress May Day Uprising
Mexican President Obregon said the government is prepared to combat any revolutionary attempt on May 1. He noted investigations and known leaders, dismissed the rebel movement led by Gen. Murgula as insignificant and assured it will be suppressed without trouble.
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Mexico City
Obregon
Murgula
U S Rejects German Plea for Mediation on Reparations
Washington notes the German appeal to President Harding for mediation in reparations are rejected. Secretary Hughen calls for immediate reopening of negotiations between the Allies and Germany to settle the issue, with the United States expected to have a decisive role shaping the settlement.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Harding
Hughen
British Press Hails Reply to German Mediation Plea
London newspapers on April 22 praised Germany's failed bid to split the allies. Before America's reply arrived, pundits predicted Hughes would reject the appeal. The German eleventh hour move created a sensation and was denounced in most papers.
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London
Germany
America
Hughes
Germans to Make Another Reparations Proposal
Berlin April 22 German leaders hurry to revise reparations proposals to the allies Officials said several plans were under consideration but it was not clear if new offers would be made The American note refusing to mediate was received early today drawing a large crowd at the foreign office The American reply was seen as a command to submit indemnity proposals France and Great Britain can consider The Fehrenbach cabinet was dissolved to take another chance with the allies.
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Berlin
United States
Cocaliets
Foreign Office
Germany
France
Great Britain
Fehrenbach
Oregon Marine Strike Called
Astoria Oregon April 2 with 150 longshoremen quitting work along the lower Columbia river in a mass walkout ordered by the longshoremen's union headquarters. Employers plan to load ships with nonunion crews and police stand by. The Helene and Malpais finished loading before the strike. the Celllo and Pacific face delays due to the walkout.
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Astoria
Ore
Columbia River
Eemployers
Pioneer Realty Firm to Retire After 33 Years in Seattle
Crawford and Conover announce the winding up of all holdings in Seattle after 33 years in business. C T Conover will retire and a new one payment plan plus accelerated principal reduction will dispose of Exposition Heights University Gardens and University Home Tracts in the University district near Roosevelt Park car line.
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Seattle
Crawford & Conover
Pioneer
C. T. Conover
Conover
Samuel J. Crawford
Exposition Heights
University Gardens
University Home Tracts
University District
Roosevelt Park
Boosters of Famous Prune Invade City
Clarke county prune boosters were to attend the Seattle Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Masonic club noon Friday. Souvenir packages of Clarke county prunes would be distributed. In the afternoon delegates planned a city tour.
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Clarke County
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Masonic Club
Senate Finance Committee Hears Young Emergency Tariff Bill
Senate Finance panel continues hearings on the Young emergency tariff measure while military affairs panel organizes and the House readies its final vote on immigration restriction. Assistant Secretary of War Wainwright appears on army meat disposition and the appropriations committee advances army and navy funding. Ways and Means panel drafts permanent tariff schedules.
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Congress
Senate Finance Committee
House
Wainwright
Military Affairs
Lectures Tonight on Mountains and Berries
Free illustrated talk by Dr. W. Beekman at Ballard High School auditorium tonight at o oclock. Beekman, a national naturalist and head of laboratories for Puyallup and Sumner Feast Growers' Canning, will narrate the northwest valleys from the glacial period to today using vivid slides.
Tmylight Saving Cuts English Coal Use by 2.6 Million
A year of Tmylight saving in England reduced coal consumption by about 2,600,000 units, signaling substantial energy efficiency gains and economic impact. The report highlights shifts in industrial and residential usage patterns and potential cost savings for the national economy.
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England
Wreckage Search for Victims After Junk Shop Blast
In Dethoit on April 22 wreckers search the debris for six additional bodies after an explosion at a junk shop killed two people, Mrs. Guntile Herrman and Louie Bennet, with several others feared dead. The blast was from a chemical tank in the shop.
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Debria
Hiarry Freedman
Guntile Herrman
Louie Bennet
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Takeoven
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Tito Ligi
Dodge
A. L. Bradford
Oregon Marine Strike
Pioneer Realty Firm
Earching
Dethoit
Wreckerg
Bulfinch
Georgetown
J. T. A. Bulfinch
Cary
DODD
Ava Utenenent
Edison
Messrs
Collins and
Harlan
Pat
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