Boy Found Safe After Nightlong Search Near Jovita
After a Sunday disappearance near Jovita a baby boy was found on a brush pile, crying but unharmed. Bloodhounds led searchers through woods and swamp as a large posse gathered and the child was restored to his worried father, J. C. Bowman.
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Alvin Bowman
Jovita
Alvin
J. Sieley
Sibley
Avith
Lee
Kearney
Dee
J. C. Bowman
Crica
Monopolies and Gasoline Prices Probed by Public Voice
A reader denounces oil monopolies, arguing distillate mixed with gasoline raises prices and that restrictive laws fail to curb shortages. The piece contends private control of oil lands and lumber fuels higher costs, urging careful yet decisive action or reform.
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Standard Oil Co
Sam
Bandit Shot by Posse Ends $200,000 Loot Career
Chicago reports Harry James, famed bandit, shot dead after a gun duel with six officers at a district station. He fled, wounded two more officers, then died as police described loot worth over $100,000 found in a hidden warehouse. Police searched for weapons and uncovered addresses of numerous wealthy Chicagoans.
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Chicago
Harry James
James
Mayor Seeks Ordinance Change to Remove Fire Hazards
Mayor Caldwell proposes amending city ordinances to empower the superintendent of buildings to compel alterations for fire hazard removal. He acts after announcing steps to make Seattle safe from fires, noting current rules require a separate ordinance for each post fire law construction alteration.
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Caldwell
Seattle
Candidate Spear Enters Race For County Auditor
O. M. Spear, serving deputy in the county auditor’s office for 11 years, appeared this morning with cigars in his pocket and announced his intention to run for county auditor on this trip.
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O. M. Spear
Spear
Ladies Auxiliary Meets with Stylish Middy Blouses
The Ladies Auxiliary to the City Hall Overall Club No 1 held its first meeting on Monday morning. Marie Arnold and Charlotte Purves employees of the railway department appeared in snappy middy blouses.
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Overall Club
City Hall
Marie Arnold
Charlotte Purves
Official Sanction for Overall Idea at Local Post Office
A postal employee initiative to wear overalls received official sanction on Monday morning. The order requires a majority vote to decide whether overalls will be worn and obligates all staff to follow the outcome.
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Overall Idea
Thieves Take Stage Costumes From Five Chorus Girls
In Chicago on April 26 thieves stole the street costumes of five chorus girls. The thieves fled in taxis after grabbing frowns and tights bound for their hotels.
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Chicago
Taxia
Supreme court declines review on Black Tom wreck damages
The Lehigh Valley railroad was held for damages near 800000 dollars from the 1916 Black Tom explosion near Jersey City. The Supreme Court refused to review 13 appealed cases on April 26, sustaining lower court rulings.
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Washington
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Jersey City
Supreme Court Today
Man Reports Theft After Late Night Encounter
Mike O'Donnell of St. Louis says he lent money to a woman on Second Ave. 8 and Main St. late Sunday night and she took $275 from him, after which he reported the theft to police.
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Mike O'Donnell
St. Louis
Second Ave
Main St
Mike
Ears Burn During Sermon on Spiritualism by Dr. Matthews
The writer recalls heavy ear burning while Dr. Mark A. Matthews denounced spiritualists as demons impersonating departed loved ones. He jokes about Ouija boards and plans to report the seance tomorrow night, inviting Matthews to attend. A departed friend urged the writer to craft a sensational Seattle story, then publish it later.
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Mark A. Matthews
Sir Oliver Lodge
Oliver Lodge
Marconi
Thas
Mares
John Partridge
Bedelsebub
Nick
Mars
Satan
Dr. Matthews
Seattle
Sheriff Ayers Plans Jail to Hotel Conversion
Ottawa Ohio April 26 Sheriff Co. Ayers announces plans to convert the county jail into a hotel claiming town hotels cannot accommodate tourists and a jail is unnecessary.
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Ottawa
Towa
Sheriff Co
Ayers
Escaped convict arrested after alleged diamond theft and assault
Accused of robbing his wife of diamonds valued at 700 dollars and beating her until she was injured. He fled to the Northwest, was tracked to Kirkland, and arrested at Kennydale by Deputies Sears Elliott and Starwich. He faces extradition while identified as a dangerous man by Indiana officials.
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Kennydale
Sears
Elliott
Starwich
Northwest
R. R. Herbert
Kirkland
Glass
Herbert
Giamenda
Chargea
Altho
Indiana
Spokane Cops Urge Respectful Conduct During Dance Night
Spokane officials publish an honor plea to criminals to abstain from crimes during the annual dance tonight. They warn burglaries during dancing hours will be treated as a despicable breach of trust and emphasize community safety during the festivities.
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Spokane
Sensation in Dempsey draft case unsealed in San Francisco
Special Agent Blanford disclosed that Maxine Dempsey was not the legal wife of Jack Dempsey, since Utah divorce rules required a six month wait for remarriage. If illegality is proven, she may testify against Dempsey in the draft evasion case. both Dempsey and Kearns plead not guilty.
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San Francisco
BE. M. Blanford
Department of Justice
Maxine Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
Blanford
Maxine
Utah
Dempsey
Champion
Jack Kearns
Kearns
German Troops in Ruhr Zone Reduced
Paris reports German Reichswehr in the Ruhr district has been reduced to 17,000 men as permitted by the August agreement. Dr Wilhelm Von Mayer told the foreign office the troop level conforms to the accord.
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Paris
Reichswehr
Ruhr
Wilhelm von Mayer
Foreign Office
Poindexter Delegation Heads to G.O.P. Convention
A special train carried King Spokane and Pierce county delegates to the state Republican convention in Bellingham. Poindexter is expected to win the party endorsement for president with no strong challenge from Wood followers. Delegates at large include George H. Walker C D Barnett Thaddeus Lane and Richard W Condon.
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King
Spokane
Pierce County
Bellingham
United States
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Poindexter
Gen. Wood
Altho
Wood
George H. Walker
Seattle
Chicago
C. D. Barnett
Anacortes
Thaddeus Lane
Richard W. Condon
Kitsap County
King County
Ewing D. Colvin
William T. Laube
Mark Reed
Shelton
Frank I. Serrit
Guy E. Kelly
Tacoma
Samuel A. Perkins
No Decision Yet on Prohibition Supreme Court
The supreme court again did not hand down a ruling on the validity of constitutional prohibition. A recess was announced from May 3 to May 17.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Second Butte Victim Dies in Mine Strike
Butte Mont April 26 Thomas Manting the second victim today of strike disturbances last week died at a hospital after an operation following injuries in a battle between strikers and mine guards. One person was killed and 20 injured in the unrest.
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Butte
Mont
Thomas Manting
Manning
Packer Company President Faces Conspiracy Charges
Detroit April 26 Richard C Friabie 40 president of Associated Packing Co Des Moines Iowa began journey back to town to answer conspiracy charges tied to 3 800 000 dollars in alleged fraudulent stock sales Source notes a high profile corporate fraud case with emphasis on the packing industry and Des Moines leadership.
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Detroit
Richard C. Friabie
Associated Packing Co
Des Moines
Culprit Breaks Window Third Time in Two Weeks
D Waota of Waota & Co. at 2209 Sixth Ave. protests after the third plate glass window is broken in two weeks. He values each pane at 147 dollars and demands police action to catch the culprit.
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D. Waota
D. & N. BE. Waota & Co
Sixth Ave
Waota
Wine Flows in Walla Walla Jail
Prisoners in the county jail here showed signs of intoxication from wine seized by the sheriff's force in raids, according to admissions by Jailer Godbold to county commissioners. Affidavits filed by prisoners say wine has flowed freely for months, and one affidavit claims two released prisoners tried to break back in to drink.
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Walla Walla
Godbold
Mexican federal forces retreat toward Mazatlan amid siege
Mexican federal troops pull back to a point 46 miles north of Mazatlan as rebel Gen Flores closes in on Mazatlan, a key Sinaloa port. With about 45 Americans in the area, U S warships may shelter evacuees if rebels cut the water supply. Federal bridges are burned and fortifications rise outside Mazatlan while fighting looms. In Nogales Sonora, Gory de La Huerta accepts the role of supreme head of the constitutionalist army per the Agua Prieta plan.
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Washington
Mazatlan
Flores
Sinaloa
Mexico
Nogales
Ariz
Gory
de la Huerta
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Lewiston High Girls Vote to Remove Heels and Cosmetics
In Lewiston Idaho on April 26 high school girls will reduce heels by one inch and cosmetics by half an inch as resolutions reach the Supreme Court. The court today ordered a rear argument of the case challenging the constitutionality of the farm loan act.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Washington
Supreme Court
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