Girl Helps Police Track Looting Bandits After $33,000 Heist
An 18 year old girl named Jessie Noltie aided police by revealing the gang posing as militia deserters hid in a Detroit rooming house with two trunks heaped with gold from the Burroughs pay auto robbery. The landlady sheltered the group before they fled to Toledo through three states.
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Detroit
Mich
Jessie Noltie
Chatham
Toledo
Cassave
Jessie
Altho
Henry Ford
Militia
Burroughs
Bandit
Miss Olive Erickson Killed in Auto Crash East of Portland
Mrs. C. A. Magnuson of Portland brings the body of her sister Miss Olive Augusta May Erickson 24 daughter of Mrs Augusta Erickson Lil Melrose Ave N to be buried here Tuesday Agnes Erickson sister is recovering from injuries in the same accident occurring Sunday fifteen miles east of Portland
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C. A. Magnuson
Portland
Olive Augusta May Erickson
Augusta Erickson
Lil Melrose Ave. N
Agnes Erickson
Water Shut Off Notice for Local Avenues
Water will be shut off on 13th Ave between E Alder and E Jefferson, on 15th Ave between FE Spruce and E Jefferson, and on EF Jefferson between 12th and 11th Aves, on Wednesday from 9 am to ?.
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13Th Ave
E. Alder At
E. Jefferson St
15Th Ave
FE. Spruce St
E. Jefferson
EF. Jefferson
12Th Ave
11Th Ave
Rail Peace Hangs On Railroad Directors
Washington August 22 The greatest industrial struggle in U S history hinges on Wilsons eight hour day plan for rail workers now passed to the presidents and then to directors After an all night session the big barons could not decide and sent replies to their boards The dispute pits arbitration against a direct trade off with the president as rail executives face daily costs of twenty five to thirty thousand dollars in negotiations plus a split among rail heads over accepting the eight hour day proposal
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Robert J. Bender
United Press
Washington
Wilson
Score
Score Railway
Hale Holden
Hill Roads
King County approves 5 percent land tax cut
The King County board of equalization, against protests by Councilmen Erickson and Bolton, voted for a five percent reduction in land values. Assessor Thatcher had already granted six percent depreciation on improvements. The cut affects 160.441 million dollars of land, saving 8.922 million, bringing total property tax relief to about 13.9 million.
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Erickson
Bolton
Board of Equalization
King County
Thatcher
Spokane
Pierce
Wilson vows veto on immigration bill again
President Wilson told callers he would veto the immigration bill if it reached him for signature. Moments later the Senate voted 32 to 22 to take up the revenue measure, a move seen as likely to push the immigration bill over to December.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Sutton and Hartley Oppose Labor Rights in State Race
The piece condemns Senator W. J. Sutton and Representative Roland H. Hartley as enemies of improved labor conditions. It notes their past votes against union labor, the union label, the repeal of the full crew law, legalizing prize fighting, and limiting direct legislation while favoring the boss system. It argues their records justify defeat.
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W. J. Sutton
Roland H. Hartley
Sutton
Hartley
Senate
House
George E. Lee
Sutton and Hartley
Judge Gordon Humanitarian of Seattle Police Court
The Seattle police court judge known for mild, humane justice treats drunks with care and private trials for women. He believes kindness can temper punishment while still enforcing accountability, often helping first with family ties and personal support.
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Seattle
Gordon
John B. Gordon
Meke
Victims Identify Dips Gang After Picnic Thefts
Victims of a professional pickpocket gang identify four suspects after a Sunday theft spree at the union milk wagon drivers picnic. The Gorilla denies involvement claiming he never attended the event. Police say he may have stayed in town while others operated across Lake Washington. Total cash stolen reaches 276.80. The Gorilla frets as victims view him, while The O K Kid and The Louse remain untroubled. Watson and Gardner were briefly detained but released. All suspects held on open charges.
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Lake Washington
Jatier Glen Humes
O. K
Louse
Watson
Gardner
H. J. Matthews
Army appropriation bill passes in House without roll call
The House adopted the army appropriation bill without a roll call, re introduced by Chairman Hay. The piece mentions Russia has about 96 public holidays in a year.
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Washington
House
Hay
Russia
Poindexter Spotlighted In Spirited Campaign Tour
Senator Miles Poindexter launches a brisk swing through King County with stops in Ballard Seattle Renton Kent Auburn and Port Townsend. Governor and coach admiration hints at political pull as the Washington official receives cheers from local crowds and postal workers.
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Poindexter
Port Townsend
Seattle
Ballard
Beauty Actress Angela Barnes Reported Kidnapped
San Francisco August 22 A nationwide search is under way for Angela Barnes the actress famed across the coast and a Thaw trial witness who has been making calls claiming she is detained at Eddy and Masonata Some calls fail as captors are seen and she tells her doctor she needs help She recently left a hospital after a nervous breakdown and the distress may be imagined Seattle dairymen plan to organize an association Tuesday night at the Chamber of Commerce
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San Francisco
Angela Barnes
Eddy and
Masonata
Bootlegging Probe On Steamship Baggage Raid
Police raid on the steamship President from San Francisco found liquor in trunks and suitcases bound for Seattle hotels. Four suitcases and one trunk were seized containing nine barrels of whisky and a cask of beer, with about 30 cases moved off in a truck during the search. Fifty-two cases were aboard the President, and arrests were anticipated as investigators pursue the bootlegging scheme.
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President
Pier D
San Francisco
Seattle
Seattle Transfer Co
Harvey
Boggess
Ford
Duma to Lift Ban Upon Jews
Petrograd dispatch reports a plan to abolish the Pale and grant Jews equal rights in Russia. Prof. Miliukov says the bill, supported by the progressive Duma majority, will remove Pale restrictions, ease education limits, and permit Jews to pursue any trade. Opposition may arise from resistance to outside involvement.
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DUMA
Philip Simms
U. P
Petrograd
Paul Miliukov
Cadets
United Press Today
England
France
Italy
Progressive Party
Milinkov
Pale
Russiia
Rothschilds
Prof. Levy
Sorbonne
Paris
Russia
All Records Broken In Booze Permits
Reinforcements were sent to the liquor permit room at the courthouse Tuesday after a record-breaking rush of applicants Monday. Permits issued Monday totaled 1,048, nearly double January, with 60 percent beer. The day surpassed 1,000 for the first time, beating the prior record of 984.
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Cornelia Glass
ARMY
Star Man
Gilmore Dobie
University of Washington
Miles Poindexter
Dobie
Kent
Auburn
Willard Hotel
Margaret Merritt
Dr. Merritt
Polydeates
Little Margaret
Daniel Gaby
Renton
Paul Houser
Chamber of Commerce
Gage
Dodge
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