Will Ouwa Help Solve Girl Death
Salt Lake City December 1 reporters wonder if spirit medium Frances Korous’s lost body can aid police in solving her death. She vanished October 6 and was found October 17 in Liberty Park lake reportedly with a white cloth around the throat. Authorities say no water marks or definite signs of suicide or murder. occult believers claim messages from spirit realms promise a confession within months.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Frances Korous
Liberty Park
Salt Lake
Oulia Beard
Spirit Realm
Lhse Korous
Riley Beck
Dot
Korows
Stree
Korous
Washington D
Seven Chances to Be Broadway Play
Belasco comedy erected by the Dramatic association of the high school for the annual play and will be presented in Broadway auditorium Friday and Fy.
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The
Dramatic Association of High School
Broadway
Four Seattle Men Are Commissioned In Army Service
James R. McDowell Halsey L. Stewart Miller and Clar Tuck, all of Seattle, have been commissioned in the regular army after seeing service during the war. The report notes their prior military involvement and confirms their new commissions.
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Seattle
James R. McDowell
Halsey L. Stewart Miller
Clar Tuck
Shipwreck off coast leaves survivors to be rescued
A sailing vessel Pirrie was driven onto rocks after a shift to the southwest wind. Captain J K Tibbetts of the Rita abandoned ship, sent SOS signals later picked up by Snohomish. Captain Jensen his wife and baby and crew aboard the Pirrie faced a wreck with many deck crew leaping into the sea. two survivors are rescued and to be brought to Seattle in stable condition.
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J. K. Tibbetts
Jensen
Seattle
Steamship Galo Afire En Route to Southern Port
The American steamship Galo bound from Port Arthur Texas to Liverpool with cotton is afire in the Gulf of Mexico. A wireless from the naval station says tugs are requested to meet the ship which is headed at full speed to the Mississippi mouth about 100 miles from the river.
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New Orleans
Galo
Liverpool
Port Arthur
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Naval Station
Mississippi River
Clerks Boost Ryther Home In Seattle Campaign
Clerks in Seattle stores sell brick tickets to support the Ryther Home charity. Workers, merchants, and police group leaders back the campaign, with thousands distributed and funds expected to grow in days. Garnet McGee pleads guilty to hotel break in. faces sentence of one to fifteen years.
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Ryther
Seattle
Ruther Child
Weary
W. A) Wilkins
Retail Clerks’ Association
Morey Welsfield
J. l. Hall
Empire Building
Garnet McGee
Tereday
Howald
Woman Hunter Seeks Clara Harmon in Ardmore Shooting
Ardmore Oklahoma reports a nationwide hunt for Clara Smith Hamon linked to the death of Jake L. Harmon a wealthy Republican figure. Prosecutor Russell B Brown says Hamon was in Harmon’s suite when he was shot and adds she fled Ardmore with her sister Mrs Von Walling and a man with sandy hair driving toward Durant and back before disappearing. George Miller the service car driver remains missing.
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Ardmore
Okio
Clara Smith Hamoen
Near
Russell B. Brown
Cames En
Jake L. Hamon
Brown
Clara Smith Hamon
Hamon
Clara Harmon
von Walling
Wilson
Oklo
Durant
Okla
Clara Hannon
George Miller
Miller
Fugitive Clara Smith Flees From Dallas Toward Mexico
Clara Smith, accused slayer of Jake Hamen, a magnate and political leader, has fled to Mexico about 100 miles south of El Paso. A chauffeur, who asked not to be named, testified she spent hours in Dallas on Tuesday and tried to hire an airplane to Paso. When refused, she hired a Dallas taxi to take her to Claco Tuesday night.
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Dallas
Texas
Clara Smith
Jake Hamen
Mexico
el Paso
Paso
Claco
Son of Erin Robbed at Night Near Ninth Ave and Cherry
Thomas William Walsh, 1020 James Street, was robbed of 6.50 by two cheerful youths near Ninth Avenue and Cherry Street at 11 p m. He was going home from the Y when approached and asked Hello how are you. He delayed reporting to police until Wednesday noon. Walsh is noted as the first known Irish man held up this winter in the area.
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Thomas William Walsh
James St
Ninth Ave
Walsh
Confesses He Bombed Home Charged in Belmont Ave Blast
Elon Smith 42 a carpenter allegedly told Detectives Toms and Barton that he hurled six sticks of dynamite into the home of Frank R. Shong agent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad at 215 Belmont ave North on October 25. Deputy Prosecutor Carmody to file charges in superior court. Motive alleged revenge for a promised life job after an injury six years ago. A gun found on the lawn linked to the bombing aided trace. Smith had bought the gun in Eau Claire Wisconsin a year earlier. He wrote threatening letters to Shong according to Capt Tennant. Detectives Keefe and Far ton helped. Smith believed mentally deranged.
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Elon Smith
Carpenter
Haw
C. M. Toms
H. M. Barton
Frank R. Shong
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Belmont Ave. N
John LD. Carmody
Smith
C. BE. Tennant
P. F. Keefe
Toms and Farton
Eau Claire
Shong
Tennant
Sacramento adopts city manager charter by 6 to 1 vote
Sacramento voters approved replacing the commission form with a city manager charter in a special election. The tally was 7,962 in favor and 1,587 against. Proportional representation was included in the new charter, modeled after the National Municipal League template. Nine amendments to the existing charter were defeated by the same 6 to 1 margin.
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Sacramento
Cal
National Municipal League
Cheek and Cheek Divorce Testimony Contradicts Love Claim
Testimony in Frater Tuesday session shows Cheek and Cheek were not close. Mrs. Florence Cheek told Judge A. W. that after disputes she obtained a divorce from Lester Cheek after the couple sent each other home to their mothers.
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Florence Cheek
A. W
Frater
Lester Cheek
Cop's Auto Stolen and Wrecked Near Police Station Theft
A five passenger car of Patrolman Dan J. Hart was stolen from beside Central Police station at Fifth and Terrace streets at 3 45 a m Wednesday. It was found later at Fifth Avenue eight and Jackson Street after the thieves crashed into a truck. The radiator and right fender were crushed and the car was returned to Hart.
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Central Police Station
Fifth and Terrace St
Dan J. Hart
Fifth Ave
Jackson St
Hart
These Automobile Dealers Can Promise Immediate Delivery
The Star offers used cars for sale with immediate delivery and low prices. Cars have been lightly used as owners upgrade or relocate and seek quick money. Read the Want Ads to spot bargains today at The Star Daily News newspaper Want Ad Store.
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The
Star Today
Stark Daily
WANT
Inspector Pinkham Reported En Route From Shreveport
A letter from post office inspector T. Pinkham, missing since last Thursday, indicates he is on his way to Seattle. Authorities expect Pinkham to recover J. M. Curtis, alleged swindler arrested in Shreveport the day before Thanksgiving, now in officer custody.
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Post Office
T. Pinkham
Shreveport
J. M. Curtis
Mra Pinkham
Mra. Pinkham
Curtha
Northwest
Fruit Canning Industry Talk At Rotary Club
Rotary club listeners heard a principal address on the fruit canning industry in Western Washington. Rotorian George Corbaley delivered the noon talk. The session noted that there are over 12,500,000 telephones in the United States.
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Washington
Rotary Club
George C. Corbaley
United States
Burglary Attacked by Young Intruder at 900 Eighth Ave
In a Tuesday afternoon burglary at 900 Eighth Ave a young thief attacked resident Bernice Garrish 18, threw her against a wall and fled after threatening death. Police detained no suspect after a search by Motorcycle Patrolmen Claude Rix and Fred Mille. Separate reports note a ladder left behind at 1625 Seventh Ave W, used as kindling by W F Simeon. A $500 diamond and a $32 kodak were also reported stolen in other Loma apartments cases on Seventh Ave and Columbia St.
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Eighth Ave
Bernice Garrish
W. F Simeon
Seventh Ave. W
Simon
Mra
Carrie Larren
Lavalliere
Loma Apartments
Seventh Ave
Columbia St
B. Windebank
Obregon In Mexico Faces Accusations Of Conspiracy
Reports reaching the State Department claim a conspiracy against President Alvaro Obregon as he inaugurated his government. Officials are investigating, monitoring developments, and noting that the plots are said to have had no border inception. Details remain incomplete.
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Washington
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico
State Department
Obregon
Department
Educator to Talk to Teachers Here
Dr Elwood P Cubberly international educational expert will address special assemblies of city and county teachers Saturday Dr Cubberly has been called to thintate in connection with the session of the public school administration code commission
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Elwood P. Cubberly
Cubberly
Tate
President May Rush Solution to Mexico Problem
Washington December 1 strong belief grows that President Wilson will rush a settlement of the Mexican problem before leaving the White House. The latest development is a public letter from Secretary Colby to Mexican agent Roberto Peepueira proposing joint US and Mexican commissioners to draw a treaty, covering the lasuon and protection of American life and property, notably oil holdings.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Mexico
Blaze Colby
Roberto V. Peepueira
Colby
United States
Amon
West Side School Board Candidates Speak Tonight
All four candidates for the two school board seats attend a West Side Parent Teachers Association meeting at West Side High School tonight. Candidates listed are Eri. Shorrock Judge Richard Winsor Carl E B Croson and Dr EB J Brown. The Bank of England safeguards its gold supply by submerging it in a deep well.
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West Side
West Side High School
Eri. Shorrock
Richard Winsor
Carl EB. Croson
EB. J. Brown
Bank of England
Skidmore's Funeral Thursday at 8 30 A M
Patrolman Francia Skidmore died Sunday after an appendectomy. Funeral services set for Thursday at St Alphonsus Church Ballard at 8 40 a m. A overseas veteran, he served on the police force for over a year. He is survived by a father.
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Francia Skidmore
Providence Hospital
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
Ballard
Skidmore
Hie
Judge Chadwick to Speak at University Smoker
Judge Stephen Chadwick of the state supreme court is slated to be the chief speaker at a university law students smoker on Wednesday December 8 on the campus.
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Stephen Chadwick
State Supreme Court
Wife of Utah farmer gives birth to quadruplets
Mrs. Vina T. Knight, 46, wife of farmer William T. Knight, 34, bore four children at Main City near Ogden, Utah. The babies are three boys and one girl named Kenneth, Kenton, Keith and Katherine. The Knight family now totals six boys and two girls with eight children overall.
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Ogden
Utah
Dee
Vina T. Knight
William T. Knight
Main City
Kenneth
Kenton
Keith
Katherine
Playfields 10 to be expanded in Seattle plan
Seattle park board members Mrs. M. F. Breele and J. D. Low man were appointed to study possible playfield sites. A bond issue up to 300000 will be placed before voters at the spring elections to acquire sites. Bon Marche directors donated over 200 worth of playfield apparatus to the park board.
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Viretetepa
Seattle
Seattle Park Board
M. F. Breele
J. D. Lowman
BR. J. Fisher
Park Board
Bon Marche
Offer to Quit Jobs to Aid Unemployed in Clothing Trade
Five hundred employees of the Nash company in Cincinnati say they will surrender their jobs for a month in January or February to aid unemployed clothing workers and reduce wages by cutting high earners first if necessary.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
A Nash Company
Home Made Pacific Northwest Banquet Planned for Retailers
Food manufacturers and about 800 grocery men will hold a home made banquet at the Masonic temple on January 2 to promote buying Pacific Northwest products. The event will feature Puget Bound menu items and a masquerade charity ball at Crystal Pool on December 17 with Pacific Northwest displays. Over 200 grocers met last night with manufacturers to urge housewives to choose local foods, stressing quality and price. Rex Smith noted $750 of every $1,000 payroll circulates back into retailers’ stores, and Fred R. Morgan urged building a permanent local payroll through home products.
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Pacific Northwest
Masonic Temple
Crystal Pool
Fine Arts’ Society
Rex Smith
Fred R. Morgan
Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce Northwest Products’ Committee
Suspend Northwest Freight Increase Across Pacific Northwest
Washington dispatch reports the interstate commerce commission has suspended proposed freight rate hikes from Washington Oregon and Idaho to British Columbia until March 21 1921. A separate order delaying increases for diversions and shipments of fruit and vegetables nationwide extends to March 31 1921.
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Terstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
British Columbia
United States
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Claude Rix
Fred Mille
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