Barroom shooting claims life of U S soft drink bar owner
Christ G. Grecorn, proprietor of the U S soft drink bar at 11 Recond Ave S, died in city hospital after a late night shooting affray. J H Hill, a produce peddler of 19th Ave and E Flist, is jailed on multiple witnesses’ accusations. Hill reportedly fled to his wagon, then returned with a revolver and fired at Grecorn after an argument escalated. Hill says the shooting was accidental. Both men are married and have families locally.
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Christ G. Grecom
U. S
Recond Ave. S
City
19Th Ave
E. Flist
Grecorn
Hill
James O'Lhen
Dayton Ave
Yester Way
Paul Rietbrock
Six Injured in Auto Accidents in City
Six persons were injured Sunday in separate auto crashes in the city. One victim, Harry 75, is in serious condition. Others injured include K W Jarett, L A Roper, R Strickland, Charlie Russell, and Frank Kiser. The incidents involve an ambulance collision, intoxicated drivers, and a truck hitting a fire hydrant, causing sheep to panic.
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Harry
Are. S
K. W. Jarett
McKinley
N. E
R. Strickland
Harrison St
Charlies Russel
Franklin St
Frank Kiser
Riverton
Kiser
Raymond L. Weeks
W. A. Booth
Pacific Highway
Weeks
Booth
Stedman
Bear Taylor's Mill
Fredon Lilje Mark
Preston
Overland Transfer Co
Eastlake Ave
Blaine St
Jones Postpones His Address Here
Senator Wesley L. Jones delays his scheduled remarks to August 20 due to the death of his brother. Congressman W W Humphrey substituted for Jones at Meves' cafeteria meeting today. Funeral services were held for Nancy Fry, Seattle relief corps and G A R worker, at Bonney-Watson parlors under W R C auspices. William McDonald, 25, died of tuberculosis at Firlands sanitarium. Marie Cunningham reports the theft of a purse containing a ring and cash from a car near 14th Ave and Jackson St. Police note two Black suspects seen nearby.
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Wesley L. Jones
King County Women’s Republican Club
Ww. E. Humphrey
Senator Jones
Meves
Nancy Fry
Relief Corps
G. A. R. Worker
Seattle
Minnie KR. Dahnken
14Th Ave. W
Bonney-Watson Company
W. R. Co
William McDonald
Walter
Firlands
McDonald
Daniel McDonald
Enohomish
Hoda Dispensers’ Union
Collina Bros
Marie Cunningham
Union St
14Th Ave
Jackson St
Miss Cunningham
Thieves Enjoy Busy Week End
A string of thefts over the weekend saw items and cash vanish from multiple sites. The Denny Way pharmacy 406 Cedar St lost an electric vibrator and a pay phone at Island View Apartments yielded nickels. H D McGee 1220 Ninth Ave reported 220 stolen from him at a Third Ave theatre. Cigar store owned by G Cotta 824 First Ave lost 140 from the till. H Chinn 2221 Boylston Ave N reported 51 stolen at Fortuna Park along with Lang 1704 Hanford T who also lost 50 at the same location.
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Gentry
Denny Way
Cedar St
Island View
H. D. McGee
Ninth Ave
G. Cotta
Early Bird Nips Wallet With $35
A pickpocket nabbed W. W. Bale bury, a Lake Burien druggist, on a southbound street car at First Ave and Yester Way. The thief took $15 and a Masonic emblem from Bale bury’s wallet as a 23 year old man in a brown suit bumped him on the car.
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W. W. Balebury
Lake Burien
First Ave
Yesterway
Salsbury
Salebury
Cook Ends 18 Hour Nap Locked in Tool Box
Fred Allen, a cook, crawled into a large iron tool box at Post Street and Dealer Way for a nap Saturday afternoon. A watchman locked the box. Eighteen hours later police rescued him, nearly dead from lime fumes. he was recovering today.
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Fred Allen
Post St
Allen
Washington Association No 12 Picnic at Kirkland
The Washington Association No 12 Master Mates and friends held their first annual picnic at Kirkland on Sunday afternoon.
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Washington Association No. 12
Kirkland
Two Policemen Killed in Cafe in Chicago
Chicago police sergeants William Hennessey and Jamen Mulachey were shot and killed in a revolver duel in a cafe during a "black and tan" case. Bailiff Hitchey Miller confessed to shooting the two officers as authorities investigated the case.
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Chicago
United Pree
William Hennessey
Jamen Mulachey
Hitchey Miller
Municipal Court
Authorities
Salt
Poker Players Arrested in City Poker Game
Three men Eb C Sava 34 George Wolf 33 and Naum Demneti 37 were arrested at a poker game at 2139 First Ave by Patrolmen after an undercover agent observed the scene. They were charged with gambling.
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EB. C. Sava
George Wolf
Naum Demneti
Police Diotter
First Ave
Tt. F. Heerman
N. P. Anderson
Drowning claims two on Lake Sammamish near Seattle
A woman identified as Mrs. Lille Blichfeldt and a man drowned on Lake Sammamish as a raft incident occurred off the southwest shore. The husband witnessed the tragedy and helped recover the woman, but the man remained missing after the Hailey Gateert docked at Colman. Doctor McKibben declared the woman dead and the body was taken to Bonney Watson's.
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Hateel
Bailey Gatzert
Lille Biichfeldt
K. Mercer Sr
J. A. D Blichfeldt
Crary Building
Buchfeldt
Lake
Bammamish
Merhusband
BE. C. McKibben
Kirkland
Bonney
Watson's
Shatsel
Hailey Gateert
Colman
Bremerton
West Seattle
Infant's Cause of Death Sought After Lake Union Shore Find
Post mortem at the morgue today by Deputy Coroner Willis H. Carson aims to determine the death cause of an unidentified infant whose body was washed ashore at Lake Union foot of East Boston Street. The infant was found early Sunday by Curtis C. Griffin of 2203 Fairview Avenue. No trauma marks were noted.
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Willis H. Carson
Lake Union
Boston St
Curtis ¢. Griffin
Fairview Ave
Robbery at Shell Station Sparks Car Theft Pursuit
Three masked men robbed an attendant at a Broadway and Harrison shell station of $50 then fled in an auto stolen from W G Bovee of 901 Hixthave. Police, chasing the getaway car, saw Bovee's vehicle later but could not catch the robbers after a mile-long pursuit.
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Shell
Broadway
Harrison St
W. G. Bovee
Hovee
Ready to Launch Drive for $90,000
The Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Society announces a campaign to raise 90000 for a Washington baby home and hospital. One third of the amount will be raised in Seattle. The home will care for orphaned and abandoned babies. The Seattle drive will start Friday August 27 and run through September 10.
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Washington
Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Society
Seattle
Lamping Plans Campaign Resumption After Injury
Senator George B. Lamping, injured by a falling tree, says he will resume his campaigning tour in three to four days after returning to Battle on Sunday. He notes his itinerary will be adjusted but he plans to continue his bid.
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George B. Lamping
Beattle
Loyalty and Love Crossed in a Henry Story
A narrator recalls offering measured loyalty and truth in a tense scene at a conservatory. A translator’s impersonal zeal surfaces as a young man faces accusations of intimate casualness, while a letter to Dr. Arnold prompts an urgent reply.
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Rome
Dr. Arnold
40 000 Veterans to Attend Session
About 40 000 veterans are expected to attend the American Legion national convention in Cleveland Ohio from September 27 to 29 Lemuel Bolles national adjutant represents Seattle in the organization.
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The
American Legion
Cleveland
Ohio
Seattle
Lemuel Bolles
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