Trio of arson suspects held in Tacoma area
Detectives arrested Andrew Clay Palmer Parker Reamy Myers and Fred Piatner after neighbors alerted Fire Marshal Bringhurst to suspicious burning attempts at 4723 45th Ave. Oil soaked mattresses and hemp fuses were found, with Palmer allegedly having rented the property and insurance details cited.
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45Th Ave
Andrew Clay Palmer
Parker
Reamy Myers
Pike
Fred Piatner
Bringhurst
Palmer
Peace answers not expected soon after Christmas
Government officials say it will be after Christmas before European powers frame peace answers. The state department has no definite information on when it might receive the allies' reply to the German peace proposals or to President Wilson's note.
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Washington
State Department
Wilson
Lengthy Roman catacombs claim vast reach and corpses
Report asserts the Roman catacombs stretch 580 miles and hold 15,000,000 bodies. The claim emphasizes extraordinary scale of burial halls and rare archaeological figures.
Young wife stands by bandit husband amid arrest and fear
A distressed wife, expecting a baby, confronts a prison arrest after her husband Lowe confesses to crime. Detectives support leniency for his confession while the couple faces a grim Christmas and uncertain future. She vows loyalty despite threats and hardship.
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Lowe
London Begins to Feel Peace May Be Nearer
London editors debate Wilson peace note and the idea he holds secret terms Germany might accept. They speculate the note signals insight or leverage rather than an anti ally stance and hope peace could be near.
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London
Wilson
Germany
Entangling alliance may be peace price
United States officials for the first time acknowledged a possible entangling alliance if peace negotiations require enforcement of guarantees. Secretary Lansing cautioned against premature discussion while noting the need to consider alliances if a peace accord binds all parties. The State Department regretted the misread that President Wilson endorsed a common purpose for both sides.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press
Washington
United States
State Department
Lansing
Department
Wilson
Europe
Allance
Billingsleys Indicted in Seattle Bootlegging Probe
Federal grand jury indicts five members of a Seattle bootlegging ring for interstate liquor shipment violations. Logan Hillingsley arrested in San Francisco, charged with false records and mail fraud. penalties include up to 50 thousand dollars and two years in prison. Bail set at three thousand dollars for Ora Billingsley and two others.
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Federal Grand Jury
Seattle
Logan Hillingsley
St. Francis
San Francisco
Sergt. Putnam
California
Washington
Frigon-Washington
Fred
Logan
Ora Billingsley
Frazier
Pielow
Logan Billingsley
St. Francis Hotel
U.S
M.A Thomas
Leon Morris
U. S
Otis Bohn
Hillingsley
King County Superior Court
Billingsley
Billingsleys
RE. J. Margett
Arabia not a war vessel contradicts German claim
Washington December 23 British government informed the state department that the steamer Arabia was not in admiralty service when she was submarine attacked nor had she ever been. Britain added that the Arabia carried some government passengers booked as ordinary packet passengers at the expense of the government.
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Washington
Germany
Arabia
State Department
Great Britain
Christmas Mail Piles Up in Chicago Stations
Chicago on December 23 reports an unprecedented flood of Christmas mail, 20 percent above last year. With 260 auto trucks and 1,000 extra clerks plus substitutes, sacks stack up a day and a half behind schedule at railway stations citywide.
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Chicago
City Drops Interest Case Against Local Contractors
Corporation Counsel Caldwell announced the city will drop litigation to recover 89 thousand 144 dollars and 65 cents in accrued interest paid unlawfully to local improvement contractors. The council ruled the cases hopeless.
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Corporation
Caldwell Friday
$450,000 Bonds For Roads Put To Voters
Voters in the March election will decide on issuing $450,000 in bonds to upgrade arterial highways from the city center to outlying districts. The council approved the proposition after Streets and Sewers committee backed it. Haas opposed and Hesketh abstained, urging improvements be ranked by merit and paid from the general fund.
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Haas
Hesketh
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