Red the Yegg and the landlady tale in dry squad raid
A tale of Red the Yegg and an alleged landlady unfolds during a hotel raid by the dry squad. A lawyer confronts the charge, arguing the key witness lacks proof and the landlady claim falls apart. Washington opens a note on League of Nations debt and disarmament policy.
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Tnis
Reed
Red
Perapicacity
Oman
Jennie
Husband
Dhemias
Washington
League of Nations
United States
State Department
Fare Hike Faces City Council Vote On Streetcar Fares
City faces a $100000 impact depending on Councilman Hesketh's Friday vote on raising streetcar fares to 8 cents. If approved as emergency, the measure costs the city over $100000. delaying the effect may trigger a $20000 token supply shortage as D W Henderson notes token stock already exceeds a million in circulation. Demand remains high and riders confront token shortages and crowding on cars.
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Robert B. Hesketh
R. H. Thomason
Hesketh
Thomason
D. W. Henderson
Henderson
Written by Husband of Slain Wife
Tacoma dispatch reports two handwritten letters by Eb W Cunningham found in a strong box days before his divorced wife Theresa Cunningham was murdered. The notes to his mother and to a former coworker urging cremation and detailing perceived betrayals imply Cunningham planned to flee or die, with a final line signing Eb W Cunningham. The letters reveal motives tied to marital strife and accusations against Theresa and others.
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Tacoma
BE. W. Cunningham
Theresa Cunningham
Polies
A. B. Cunningham
Charlies Staples
Cunningham
Staples
Elleworth
Eb. W. Cunningham
Heroes Cited for Bravery Aid Lamping
A group of veterans and civic figures defend Col. George B. Lamping against charges of radicalism. They praise his six years as Seattle park commissioner and call for a square deal amid funds spent to defeat him. Names and battles cited include Miles Price Saint Mihiel and several Croix de Guerre recipients.
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Col
George B. Lamping
Lamping
Seattle
George Lamping
Miles Price
Saint Mihiel
Philo Dunn
Soissons
Albert Bechtel
Fred Washun
Fourragere
Marne
D. Colvin
Seattle Park Commissioner Lamping’s Untouched Salary Claim
The Parallel reports George B. Lamping, Seattle park commissioner for over five years, did not collect any salary, auto mileage, or meals during his tenure. Voucher No. 32 records $856.40 for auto mileage and 60 cents daily for meals over 22 months from Seattle port.
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Thomas 8. Lippy
Citizn
Seattle
George B. Lamping
Port of Seattle battle pits public good versus private greed
Campaign over control of the Port of Seattle centers on private dock owners and Japanese interests. The piece argues the core issue is whether public welfare or private greed will govern the port, warning against those who would sell out the port to private interests. It contrasts political attacks with the lasting question of port stewardship.
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Seattle
Port Commission
The
Star
Lippy
Hagen Charged Under Volstead Act in Federal Court
Former Seattle officer Ed Hagen faces a federal charge of violating the Volstead act filed by U S District Attorney Saunders. Hagen posted 500 bail. In 1918 he and accomplices were convicted of conspiracy to steal whisky from a federal seal, receiving two years and a $1000 fine, with Hagen on bond since December 1918 after appeal.
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Ed Hagen
Seattle
United States
Saunders
Hagen
Liberty
Dynamite Found Behind Frye Hotel After Alley Find
Two dynamite caps two fuses and a dynamite stick wrapped in a newspaper were found in an alley behind the Frye hotel Thursday night by city firefighter A T Jordan. Motorcycle Patrolman J B Stoddard tossed them into the bay. detectives think the crate belonged to a safe cracker who left it there.
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Frye Hotel
A.T. Jordan
J. B. Stoddard
Express Mail and Bank Held Up on Rail Route
Bandits robbed a railway mail car on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul main route to Aberdeen near Minneapolis. About 100 registered mail packages were taken and no arrests reported. Losses estimated under $10,000 as the bandits fled west of Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Cago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Aberdeen
Minneapolia
Train Robber Sentenced Fifteen Years Over Mail Sack Theft
Keith Collins, tied to the $5,000,000 Burlington mall robbery case, pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Martin J. Wade. He admitted stealing government mail sacks and opening them, then received a 15 year federal prison term at Fort Leavenworth.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Dee
Keith Collins
Burlington Mall
Council Bluffs
Martin J. Wade
Fort Lea
Kansas
Collins
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Theodore Roosevelt Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Home Guards
France
Col. Lamping
Happy-Eye
California
U.S
C. Solie
12Th Ave
Solie
McDonald
Canada
Frye
Express
Louis
Dea
American Express Company
Washington, D. C
Muncie, Ind
Aville State Bank
Sullivan
P. E. Sullivan
Harvard A. N
Caluim S. Hall
Raisuke Tanaka
Brinker
Tanaka
Muny
St Peter
Peter
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