Gas Questionnaires Sent to Seattle Housewives Questioned
A public service gas hearing looms as questions about questionnaire mailings to Seattle housewives spark controversy. Few returns are reported while Fraser-Paterson’s staff and officials deny receipt. Assistant Kennedy notes about 40 responses, urging dissatisfied consumers to attend and testify on gas quality.
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Public Service Commission
Seattie
Gan
Jack
Seattle
Mickery
Fraser-Paterson’s
Olympia
Osborne
the Star Today
Merks
Tom Kennedy
Kennedy
Far North Seawolf Alec McLean A Vicious Trader of Pelagic Sealing
Captain Jehan Hertencetai recounts Alec McLean, master of the Hibberd Swenson schooner, a legendary Arctic outlaw who raided Russian posts, hunted fur pelts, and evaded U S revenue cutters. After a violent career, he retired to a quiet life in Victoria B C, where he died after a fall from his houseboat.
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Star
Jehan J. Hertencetai
Kipling
Hertenceinl
Hibberd & Swensee
Kamehatka
Kommandasky
Beltry
Hibbard Swenson
Anadyr
Siberia
McLean
Behring Sea
Row
Ts Cuyter
U, & Revenue
Alec McLean
Alec
Jack London
Bear
London
Victoria
B. C
Alec M Lean
Auto Victim Chinaman Dies After Collision
Chin Qu Tuck of 215% Main Street died at the city hospital after being struck by a car driven by W. H. Pieolow a Seattle transfer man at Fifth Avenue and Jackson Street. Pieclow says the victim stepped into the path of the car while dodging another machine. The radiator struck him and a wheel ran over his body. he died within an hour at the hospital.
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Chin Qu Tuck
Main St
City Hospital
W. H. Pielow
Seattle
Fifthave
Jackson
White Cross Meets Today Plans Nationwide Traffic Fight
The American White Cross holds its second public meeting in Justice of the Peace Otta W Brinker’s court at 3 30 Wednesday afternoon to outline plans for a country wide campaign against narcotics and drugs. Rev W H Bliss to serve as temporary chairman with Dick Jackaye as secretary as trustees discuss officer personnel.
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American White Cross
Justice For the Peace
Otta W. Brinker
W. H. Bliss
Dick Jackaye
Break In at Candy Store on Queen Anne Ave
Burglars broke into the candy store run by L. & Well at 2206 Queen Anne Ave early morning. They escaped with pennies, candy, cigars and cigarets. Notify police.
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Queen Anne Ave
Book of Martha opens new Confessions of a Bride episode
The Book of Martha launches today on page 11 detailing Martha Fulmer Jane Lorimer and Rob Lorimer in a modern woman’s struggle. The serial centers on a good wife trying to save a bad man while managing home work and a child amid jealousy and marital tensions.
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Winona Wilcox Payne
Martha
Jane Lorimem
Ann
Lorimer
Baraase
Katherine Miller
Rob Lorimer
Jacee
Bob
Jane
Katherine Jim Lorimer
Air Service
Jim
Anne
James D. Lorimer
Paul van Fyck
Ite
Marthe Ewart Falmer
Rateal
Saint
Henry Morgenthau Wilson Named Personal Mediator
Henry Morgenthau former American ambassador to Turkey has been appointed President Wilson's personal representative to mediate in Armenia. The decision was learned today and marks Morgenthau's return to public service in a peacemaking role.
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Washington
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Wilson
Armenia
Pet Poodle Heir To Eight Thousand In Will
Rex the pet poodle is named heir to $8,000 in the will of Mrs. Ross E. Porter filed in Chicago probate court. The document specifies Rex receives daily baths, sauerkraut, and a Christmas tree each year, while half brother RK. F. Jobling of Casetide Locke, Ore., inherits $5.
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Chicago
Rex
Ross E. Porter
RK. F. Jobling
Casetide Locke
Ore
Fire Rages Through Madison Plant Wipes Out Block
A $1 million blaze at the Helmbacher Mill in Madison, Indiana, spreads amid high wind, destroying over a block of property. About 1,000 firefighters battle the flames aided by nearby towns, threatening the American Car and Foundry plant and triggering dozens of secondary fires. Seven hundred fifty mill workers join volunteers as the cause remains under investigation.
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Madison
Dee
Helmbacher Rollt Milian Co
American Car and Foundry Co
Rolling Mills
American Car and Foundry Ca
Judge McGannon Faces Murder Trial in Cleveland
The second degree murder case of Judge William H. McGannon, 50, chief justice of Cleveland’s municipal courts, centers on the killing of Gaby Kagy last May after a day with McGannon and John W. Joyce. Joyce testified he did not shoot, while a third man’s identity, possibly McGannon, remains disputed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
William H. McGannon
Harold Kagy
John W. Joyce
Kagy
McGannon
Gaby” Kagy
Joyce
Bar of Justice
Mail Clerk Shot During Mail Theft In Wichita
J. J. DeArmond railway mail clerk was shot and wounded by federal officers after being caught stealing a registered mail package worth 20000 dollars at Union passenger station Wichita. Mrs DeArmond and a man named Will Hewes of Manhattan Kansas were arrested following the shooting.
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Wichita
Kan
Dee
J. J. DeArmond
Union
Christmas Row in Washington Capital Punishment Debate
The Star argues against capital punishment for Isom White, 19, sentenced to death by the state supreme court. It urges commutation to life imprisonment and asks readers to sign a petition to Governor Louis F. Hart. It frames the issue as a Christmas moral test and questions the societal gain from killing.
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State of Washington
Washington
Supreme Court of Washington
Nim Nangea
Isom White
Governor Urged to Commute Death Sentence for Isom White
Petition from the public asks Governor Louis F. Hart to commute the death sentence of Isom White to life imprisonment. The plea emphasizes Christmas as a time to spare a minor from gallows and to inform White’s mother on Christmas Day.
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Isom White
Debate on Anglo Japanese alliance in university clash
A debate between the University of British Columbia and the University of Washington is set for Meany Hall on January 21 to discuss the resolution That an Anglo Japanese alliance is a menace to the future of British American relations.
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University of British Columbia
University of Washington
Meany
Denver music supervisor extols playing over cooking
William A. White, supervisor of music in the Denver schools, told the mothers' congress that a tired business man would rather hear Beethoven than eat a well cooked dinner. He said knowing how to play piano or violin matters more than cooking beans or trimming a hat.
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William A. White
Denver
White
Lae
Mothers’ Congress
Jeweler Robbed. $25,000 Gems Stolen in Chicago
Samuel Rubenstein, a Chicago jeweler, was bound and gagged as his shop was ransacked. About $25,000 worth of gems were taken. Police suspect the same band earlier robbed another store for $20,000 yesterday.
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Chicago
Samuel Rubenstein
Rubenstein
Governor Isom White’s Only Hope in Murder Case
Everett December report details Isom White, condemned for the 1919 murder of taxi driver Leiton in Snohomish County. The Washington Supreme Court affirmed the death verdict, triggering petitions by supporters including Senator H. Smith to save the lad. The piece also notes White’s companions and family perspectives amid debate over clemency.
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Leeton
Everett
Supreme Court
Olympia
Snohomish
White
Stanwood
H. Smith
Smith
Jemi White
Joseph D. Morton
Linton
White Morton
Robbery At Mrs Rasmussen Home On Phinney Avenue
Sneak thieves entered the residence of Mrs. H. Rasmussen at 1918 Phinney avenue with a pass key on Wednesday and stole jewelry including 4 rope pearls a lavalliere a Tiffany ring and a jeweled wrist watch plus expensive clothing valued around 1000 dollars according to police reports.
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H. Rasmussen
Phinney Ave
Lavalliere
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