Olympia Clean-Up Hinted as Probe Links Looted Fund
Gov. Sister signals state wide clean up amid investigation into industrial insurance fund looting. Prosecutor Yantis and officials met while Olympia saloonkeeper E W Kearns was arrested for aiding burglar Harold Leinan who confessed to ring activities tied to opium and vice operations based in Olympia.
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Sister
Yantis
Tanner
Darwin
E W. Kearns
Harold Leinan
Tacoma
Kearns
Leinan
Industrial Fund
Official alleges graft in Olympia looting scheme
Joe Fleury a Seattle foreman claims a state administrator arranged a 50 50 split on a 1500 insurance fund claim tied to Olympia. He says witnesses overheard talks and a voucher for 157 50 was signed before the money arrived. Fleury filed affidavits naming the higher-up and handed evidence to Burns detectives and the governor.
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Seattle
Joe Fleury
Fleury
King County
Burns
Lister
State Department Size Note On Ancona Sinking Reaches Vienna
American note on the Ancona torpedoing has reached Vienna and argues that the Austrian admiralty should disavow the torpedoing, punish the commander, and offer reparation for lives lost. The U S says the commander acted willfully after engines stopped with passengers aboard.
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America
Austria
Ancona
London
Vienna
Henry Ford is Losing Faith in Peace Mission
Henry Ford and Mme Schwimmer retreat from public view as war hopes fade. Close associates say Ford sees little chance of early troop withdrawals and plans a quiet, unobtrusive departure after a stop in Stockholm. The Oslo reception and Copenhagen resistance dampen his peace voyage.
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Chas. P. Stewart
Christiania
Henry Ford
Norway
Copenhagen
Mme. Schwimmer
Oscar II
Ford
Stockholm
TES AT SEATTLE Weather and Tides Update
Seattle forecasts show high and low temperatures around 55 degrees with waves and tide levels noted. The report includes a 4.4 foot arrival at 11:40 pm and a 0.9 foot swing at 2.52 pm with a 17.6 foot peak at 11:34 pm.
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Seattle
Rev King Arrests Beggar Clergyman Sparks Debate
Seattle Star reports a confrontation between Rev George C King of Queen Anne Methodist and Rev David Brown who says he is an ordained minister. Brown, alleged to be a professional beggar, was arrested twice after seeking aid from King. Both men give differing views on duty and forgiveness under religious law and public safety.
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Queen Anne Methodist Church
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Methodist Church
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20Th Infantry
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Haddon
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Calhoun
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Bandits Stop at Farm House Near Duvall
A posse including deputy sheriffs Indians and citizens with bloodhounds left Duvall for a farmhouse five miles northeast where three armed men tied to be Duvall State bank robbers halted Tuesday night and demanded food. One wounded man limped after being shot in the hip.
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Duvall
Duvall State Bank
Villa Troops Sweep Into Juarez Amid Fear of Rioting
Thousands of Villistas advanced into Juarez after surrender plans failed, with police reporting about 1,000 entering the south and as many as 5,000 more within reach. Violent clashes and renewed unrest were anticipated as Carranza’s price on Villa loomed and border patrols tightened. Also, Kaiser Wilhelm is ill and unable to visit the western front.
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Berlin
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Will arraign trio in German bomb plot case
San Francisco December 22 Arraignment of Baron Vonana Co C Crowley and Mrs Margaret Cornell alleged German bomb plot ters was scheduled today.
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San Francisco
Baron Vonana Co. C. Crowley
Margaret Cornell
US Note on Ancona Sinking Brief and Direct
The United States issues a concise note to Austro-Hungary asserting proportionality and humane conduct at sea. It cites sinking of the Ancona and states the government has given the matter immediate attention. The note records the Vienna transmission of November 15 1915 from Baron Zwiedinek to Washington.
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Ambassador Penfield
United States
Ancona
Vienna
Washington
Baron Zwiedinek
Imperial and Royal
Department of State
Unofficial Armistice Story From the Trenches
Mary Boyle O Reilly recounts an unofficial armistice in World War I trenches observed by an English officer. A wounded British soldier cried for water as two soldiers and enemy troops prepared a rescue. A German officer allowed a brief rescue, and the wounded man was carried home as cheers rose for the enemy.
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London
Mary Hoyle
Tommy
Bowie
Rr ET Mettre
Frante
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