Murder case in Auburn unravels amid whisky thefts
Sheriff Stringer reports the case nearly cleared as J F Casey confesses details of a whisky theft ring and graham’s alibi collapses after his young daughter exposes the truth. The probe links Graham and Casey to a raid in Auburn and a nearby murder of William Applesticl.
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N. P. Switchman
Auburn
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William Applestiel
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Wes
Applesticl
Casey
Graham
Stringer
Papa
Christmas Needs Drive for Firlands Children and Local Aid
Measles quarantine hits the Mother Ryther Home as 46 tubercular children await Christmas gifts. The Anti Tuberculosis League, Industrial Claims staff, and Seattle volunteers organize donations of cash, comforts, warm clothing, and a patent hot water boiler for the Firlands kids. War savings stamps replace gold coins in gifts.
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Mother Ryther Child
Denny Way
Firlands
Henry Building
Anti-Tuberculosia League
Seattle
Red Cross Seeks 2025 Membership Drive in Seattle
Sixty five thousand Seattle residents have joined the Red Cross, forming a volunteer army of mercy. The call urges every man woman and child to enroll, highlighting a 5000 increase as insufficient and stressing Christmas membership as essential to the world safety effort.
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Seattle
Red Cross
Volunteer Army of Mercy
The
Inventor Lewis Attacks Gen Crozier On Gun Shortage
Col Isaac Lewis, inventor of the Lewis machine gun, testifies before the Senate committee that Gen Crozier is responsible for the army’s obsolete equipment and artillery shortages. He criticizes the War Department’s opposition to his gun and claims American forces are lagging in armament compared with allies.
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United Press
Washington
Gen. Crozier
Isaac Lewis
Senate
Crozier
Lewis
America
France
Weet Pointer
American War Department
Col
Europe
Ordnance
Ordnance Department
Browning
Connecticut
Scriven
Signal Corps
Col. Lewis
United States
Leward
Benet Mercier
J . Lewis
Zier
Gen. Wood
Wood
Ennance Department
England
Birmingham Arms Co
Great Britain
Hansen
Colt Company
Sharpe
the Star
A. Borie
Savage Arms Co
Borie
Prisoner Freed to Answer Draft
Deler G. released by county authorities after it was learned he was drafted at Goldendale Washington and was willing to serve. He had been held on a charge of stealing a boat in Doria.
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Doria
Deler G
Goldendale
Wash
Red Cross Benefit Adopted by Hat Co Employees
Des Moines workers at Marx Hat Co agreed to donate a cent for each swear word uttered to the Red Cross. An employee exclaimed Oh hell during the pledge, and the idea was confirmed as a humorous fundraising method.
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Red Cross
United Presa
Des Moines
Eaid
Marx Hat Co
Business Office Seattle Star
Seattle Star announces the office location at 1307 Seventh Avenue. The notice outlines the business operation hub for the publication and related administrative functions in downtown Seattle.
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Apply Business
Seattle Star
Seventh Ave
Ukrainians Mobilize at Front and Declare Independent Government
Ukrainian troops take positions along the border as Cossacks are mobilized. A soviet of soldiers and workers at Kiev claims self rule and the formation of a complete independent government amid Bolshevik opposition.
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United Preas
Petrograd
Soviet
Kieff
Battle in Petrograd Streets Timely Report
United Prene Correspondent reports a major street battle in Petrograd as four army corps refuse orders from the Bolshevik government. Bolshevik forces respond with additional troops. the meeting was ongoing when the dispatch was filed with few details available.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Holsheviki
Girls Relief Bazaar Nears Final Day for $100000 War Aid
The Girls War Relief bazaar has surpassed $50,000 for the base hospital behind French lines and dependents' relief. Hundreds of valuable items remain unsold as Arena shoppers are urged to visit today. Doors run 9 a.m. to midnight with a Christmas play at 3:45 p.m. and a popular music booth featuring the song Come Thru.
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Girls
Fund For Dependents
Fourth Ave
Hippodrome
Junior Patriotic League
Mises Hertha Tremper
Red Cross Christmas Drive Surges on with 8000 New Members
On the twelfth day the Red Cross campaign added eight thousand members and raised sixty six thousand two hundred ninety eight dollars and seventy two cents. About nine hundred ninety names remained unturned in Friday night totals. Thirty crew of students and city youths joined the effort amid prizes for top fundraisers including a Buick and a Shetland pony. University of Washington reports one thousand four hundred twelve students have joined to date.
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Red Cross
J. F. Douglas
Seattle
Second Ave
University of Washington
Hauser Sentenced for Five Years
William Hauser, convicted this month of slashing Mrs. Ida Mall at Kent with a razor in a jealous rage, received a five year sentence in the state penitentiary. The defense claimed temporary insanity due to alcohol abuse but failed to prove habitual drunkenness.
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Kent
State Penitentiary
Tallman
Hauser
Neutral Nations to Get No U. S. Butter
The war board bans butter exports except to nations at war with Germany. In Tacoma the 565th Quartermaster motor truck company will host a dance this Saturday at the armory.
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United Press
Washington
The
War Board
Germany
Motor Truck Company
S65th Quartermaster Corps
Tacoma Armory
Captain Searing Bans Gambling in Seattle Cigar Stores
An order issued by Captain Searing bans gambling in cigar stores and all venues, targeting games involving money such as 26 while allowing the practice of shaking for cigars and cigarets. The crackdown aims to curb petty gambling with less dice and punch boards used in public spaces.
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Seattle
Searing
Armed Black Hold Up 40 White Workers at Plant
Alton Illinois December 22 armed Black men held up forty white workers as they were leaving the Federal Lead Company's plant. Cleveland Ohio December 22 a bank robbery netted fifteen thousand dollars and a twelve year old witness described the leader as resembling Bill Hart with shaking knees.
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United Preas
Alton
Federal Lead Company
Cleveland
George Wentz
Time Bandits
Bill Hart
Hunt Seated as Arizona Governor by Supreme Court
The Arizona Supreme Court unani mously seated George W. F. Hunt, Democrat, as governor, ending a year long contest after Thomas Campbell, Republican, was initially declared governor by a small vote margin.
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Hunt
Arizona
United Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Supreme Court Today
George W. F. Hunt
Thomas Campbell
Oregon boys housed for winter appeals for barracks
The war auxiliary central committee claims Oregon coast artillery at Fort Stephens near the Columbia River are forced to sleep in floorless tents exposed to rain. They urge the governor and Mayor Baker to ask the War Department to transfer the units to Vancouver barracks or the local Armory until housing is provided.
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United Press
Portland
Oregon Coast Artillery Companie
Fort Stephens
Columbia River
War Auxiliary Central Committee
Baker
War Department
Vancouver Barracks
Seattle Leads World in Shipbuilding Amid War Effort
Chairman Hurley told the Senate that Seattle yards are leading global shipbuilding with 60 government contracts totaling 382,800 tons and a Seattle workforce around 17,800. Nationwide 1,427 ships are under construction for the government, with 6,000,000 tons needed next year to defeat the German submarine campaign. Oregon aims to build 150 wooden vessels and 625,000 tons of shipping for the merchant marine as coordination of lumber and steel output is planned.
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Hurley
Senate
Banner City
Kaiser
United States Shipping Board
Senate Investigation Committee
United States
British Admiralty
Uncle Sam
State of Washington
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Shipping Board
Southern
Southern Pine
North
Weet
Emergency Fleet Corporation
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