Far North Hoodoo Tale From Arctic Adventurer
The second in Capt. Johan J. Bertonceini's Star serialization describes a brutal Arctic march from Mackenzie delta toward Point Barrow. After abandoning a damaged whaling vessel, five men trek with limited rations, endure hunger, hunt polar bear, and finally reach welcoming Eskimo hosts for a winter as the hoodoo unfolds.
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The
Star
Johan J. Bertonceini
Skip- Bee
Kip- Mag
God of Man
Hertenceint
Hibbard & Swenson
Scheamer Kamehatha
Beatsie
Arctic
Mackenzie River
Hersehhe Island
Point Barrow
Real Estate Rise Promised in Seattle Market Says Star
The Star asserts Seattle real estate has steadily increased value for years with gains for prudent buyers. It argues population will grow as the city expands and downtown property becomes affordable as suburbs convert to downtown. It urges readers to inspect today's classified page for good buys.
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Seattle
Grieving Northwest Squaw Dead After Loss of Husband
Mary Sedwang aged 169, reportedly the oldest squaw in the Northwest, died after mourning her husband George Sedwang who was cremated last Thursday. She was found dead in bed early Friday in an Indian hut along the West waterway south of Riverside. she was blind and deaf. Her body was taken to the county morgue.
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Mary Sedwang
Northwest
West Waterway
Riverside
George Sedwang
Youth Killed by Auto Truck in Wet Street Crash
Ivana A. b 23 of 5657 41st Ave SW died after slipping from a moving parcel post truck driven by Fred Brown at Westlake Ave and Stewart St. He was aiding in deliveries when he leaped off and was run over by the rear wheels. He lived with his sister Mrs A Ogden.
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Ivana
41St Ave. S. W
City Hospital
Fred BE. Brown
Yale Ave. N
Westlake Ave
Stewart St
Burn Injury From Gas Torch Hits Local Tin Shop
Frank C. Vestal was badly burned on his left hand at 11:36 a.m. Friday when a gun torch he was adjusting in his tin shop at 1014 Fourth Ave flared up. The fire department extinguished the blaze. Damage was reported at $100.
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Frank C. Vestal
Fourth Ave
Co operative store robbed at Frannier Avenue
Groceries valued at 100 dollars were stolen from the Co operative store at 5601 Frannier Ave. Thieves entered through a rear window and used an auto to remove five sacks of flour two cases of canned milk two sacks of rolled oats two cans of graham crackers 25 pounds of cube sugar 20 pounds of butter 20 pounds of bucoa two slabs of bacon and assorted wardines figs raisins coffee and cigarettes.
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Co-operative
Frannier Ave
Preyed Upon Bootleggers Arrests Stir Prohibition Era
Richard F. Morehead an alleged member of a bootlegger raid pair was arrested by Deputy Marshals Colligan and Rooks on Thursday night. William Emch the other man was already held for the federal grand jury on impersonation charges. They posed as prohibition officers and seized liquor from suspected bootleggers before Morehead was set to depart for California.
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Richard F. Morehead
Colligan
Rooks
Wiliam Emch
Federal Grand Jury
Prohibition
Morehead
California
Ducks Shot After Sunset Forfeit Two-Five Dollars
Tony Piano forfeited $50 in Justice of the Peace O. W. Brinker’s court on Friday for not appearing at his trial on a charge of shooting ducks after sunset.
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UCKS
Tony Piano
Justice of the Peace
O. W
Wilson Accepts Nobel Peace Prize
President Wilson accepts the Nobel Peace Prize for 1919. The decision was announced from the state department and noted as official U S recognition of efforts toward universal peace.
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Wilson
Washington
State Department
Oriental Sun Dodger magazine debuts on campus
The campus journal weekly features bold portraits of harem figures and Far Eastern snake charmers. Steele Lindeny, senior in journal, serves as editor of the new issue released Friday.
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Sun Dodger
College Comic Monthly
Steele Lindeny
Journal
Jom
Germany Will Upkeep Ex Kaiser
Berlin dispatch reports the German government will continue paying for the upkeep of the former Kaiser, stating no intention to discontinue the support. The decision was announced today by government authorities in Berlin.
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Germany
Berlin
Topper the Wolfhound Foils Burglar at Brockett Home
Norwood W. Brockett reports his Russian wolfhound "Topper" attacked and mauled a burglar in the basement of the 2402 Fourth Ave W residence while the family was away. Police were summoned. the thief escaped, leaving behind torn clothing. Topper, 14 months old, had been recovering in the basement after being left there recently.
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Norwood W. Brockett
Fourth Ave. W
Brockett
Dog
Shockett
Topper
Bure
Index
Identity Test At County Court Building
A judge asked two newspaper men to line up with other young men so a woman could pick the culprit from the crowd. She selected someone else, passing on the reporters.
Man Arrested After Chickens Found Dead on Lake Burien Farm
Tom Gaines was found sleeping on the premises of Mrs. W C O'Brien near Lake Burien with two wrung chickens. Deputy Sheriff William Sears arrested Gaines and he was lodged in the city jail.
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Tom Gaines
W. C. O'Brien
Lake Burien
William Sears
Gaines
Jal
Mary Donovan seeks restraining order in divorce case
Mary Donovan petitions the superior court for a restraining order against her husband, Michael Donovan, alleging he spied on her and twice slapped her after their marriage. She says he climbed a neighbor's roof to spy and that she left twice but returned once more before deciding to end the marriage.
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Michael Donovan
Mary Donovan
Superior Court
Fine car man fined for assault on conductor
J. W. Huntington street car motorman was fined 26 dollars and costs by Justice O. W. Brinker after a third degree assault charge on J. D. Zahrt. Huntington allegedly struck the conductor R. H. Boyer with a piece of iron as a fellow passenger Robert Klannert bargained over damage claims.
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J. W. Huntington
J. D. Zahrt
Costa
Justice of the Peace
O. W. Brinker
Huntington
Robert Klanert
Zahrt
R. H. Boyer
Douglas Names Staff Gir Lawyer and Deputy Prosecutor
Maj. Malcolm Douglas appoints two young lawyers to assist. Esther V. Johnson, L. L. B., serves as assistant law clerk and Cordelia Thiel, L. L. B., becomes deputy prosecutor. Both named to join Douglas as he prepares to take office in January.
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Malcolm Douglas
Esther V. Johnson
Cordelia Thiel
Woman Lawyer First Deputy Prosector in King County
Major Malcolm Douglas announced a staff plan for his January 10 start, including two women lawyers Esther V. Johnson and Cordelia M. Thiel. Johnson, 23, will head the information desk as assistant law clerk. Thiel, ex private secretary to Judge Neterer, becomes a criminal prosecutor. The roster includes several men veterans and marks the first appointment of a woman as deputy prosecuting attorney.
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Malcolm Douglas
Esther V. Johnson
Arcade Apartments
Cordelia M. Thiel
United States
Neterer
Roberts & Skeel
John Leon
Milas Thiel
University of Washington Law School
King County
Douglas
E. I. Jones
Criminal Department
Howard A. Hanson
John D. Carmody
Thomas H. Patterson
Bert C. Ross
Chester A. Batchelor
Mies Cordelia M. Thiel
Willam Parmerlee
Arthur Schram, Jr
Eugene M. Meacham
R. L. Bartling
Ralph Hammer
Mrsa
Christine Lessie
Edna Droppleman
Estelle Fitts
Jones
Fred C. Brown
Interior Administration
American Legion
Ross
Messrs
Meacham
Batchelor
Bartling
Hammer
Miss Fitts
Brown
Miss Johnson
Univer
Mrs Hamon Expected To Surrender In 24 Hours
ARDMORE Oklahoma December 10 relief spread as Clara Smith Hammon, sought in the death of Jake L Hamon empire builder and politician, was believed to surrender or be captured within a day. She was thought to be in or near El Paso Texas.
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Clara Smith Hammon
Jake Ll. Hamon
Oklahoma
el Paso
Accused Slayer Hangs Himself in Jail
MARION, NL, Dec. 10. Frank Bianco, accused murderer of two boys at West Frankfort, whose trial was in progress, hanged himself in jail this morning. The murder sparked riots in West Frankfort last summer, causing several deaths and lootings of many businesses.
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Marion
Frank Bianco
West Frankfort
Prize fighters react to Santa Rosa lynching news
Ed Kruvosky and Ed Murphy, tied to the San Francisco vice gang case, sob as they learn their pals George Boyd Terrance Fitts and Charles Valento were lynched at Santa Rosa. Kruvosky mourns Valento as his only friend, while Murphy pins blame on bootleggers for the incident.
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Ban Francisco
Kruvosky
Spud) Murphy
San Francisco
Cason
Pala
George Boyd
Terrance Fitts
Charles Valento
Santa Rosa
Murphy
Lfe
Tennessee
Valento
Miles Jackson
Jackson
Boyd
Choir Boy Hanged in East Chicago on 19th Birthday
Nick Viana a 19 year old choir boy was executed in East Chicago on his birthday for participating in the murder of saloonkeeper Andrew Bowman. He proclaimed innocence and said it was no disgrace to die for his family. He had turned state’s witness and faced the gallows at 8:30.
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Chicago
Nick Viana
Andrew Bowman
Viana
Bomb kills in Romanian senate in Bucharest riot
A bomb exploded in the Romanian senate yesterday in Bucharest, killing one person and wounding several others. Bishop Oradiaradu was killed instantly and the minister of justice the president of the senate a senator and other officials were injured by flying debris. The bombers remain undiscovered.
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Bucharest
Oradiaradu
Justice
Senate
Quakes Destroy 25 Villages in Albania District
American Red Cross reports from Valona say twenty five villages in the Tepeline district of the Albania area in Yugoslavia were destroyed by earthquakes. The tremors were centered in Tepeline.
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Paris
Albania
Jugoslavia
American Red Cross
Valona
Tepeline
Brainerd Case May Be Moved
Betty Brainerd’s defense seeks a change of venue for the Baby Bobby Stagg kidnapping case. A motion arguing unfair bias in Pierce County due to local opinion will be heard Monday here in Tacoma.
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Tacoma
Betty Brainerd
Bobby Stagg
Miss Brainerd
Pierce County
Shoes Owner Identified. Keg of Cider Missing
Ten boxes of shoes belong to Mr. Turrell, a shoe merchant, found with a partially filled cider keg labeled third rail apple jack. The keg owner has not appeared and is likely unavailable.
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Turrell
Cedar Falls Approves Funds for 15,000 kW Hydro Project
About 100000 dollars was made available by the Cedar Falls city council at a special session to finish the 15 000 kilowatt hydro-electric addition. Earlier, work was halted as the auditing committee blocked a 7447 dollar payroll due to an overdrawn construction fund.
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Cedar Falls
Mob Lynches Three Jail Inmates In Santa Rosa
About 100 armed masked men raid Sonoma county jail disarming Sheriff Boyes and deputies. They whisk three indicted inmates Terrance Fitts George Boyd and Charles Valente to a tree in Odd Fellows cemetery and hang them as police and bystanders watch.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Sonoma County
Boyes
Terrance Fitts
George Boyd
Charles Valente
James Petray
Miles Jieqn
Lester Dorman
Sancisco
Odd Fellows
Boyd
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Gbarr
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MacSwiney
Tive
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Yousa
N. W
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Puget Sound Power & Light Co
Gir
University Law School
Ardmore
S. F
East
Ruman
Seagit
Fitts
Alf
John H. Boyes
James Jewitt
Marvin Robinson
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Petray
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