Watch On Bergdoll Return Rumor Stirs Seattle Sightings
Government agents mobilize across Washington as rumors spread that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the millionaire draft dodger may have returned. State Adjutant Henry A Wise announced photographs measurements and descriptions will be broadcast to all Washington posts and every member will be on the lookout.
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Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Seattle
Henry A. Wise
Washington
Bergdoll
Wise
Four Holdups In Hour Shock City Tuesday Night
In a two hour span Tuesday night four men were robbed. Arthur Dartah was held at 654 Alpha street at 6 45 by a lone bandit with an automatic pistol taking 25 dollars. An hour later Gus Aasbad surrendered 40 dollars to two robbers around 1924 First Ave W. Alfred Corbett at 1731 Rainier Ave was robbed of 20 dollars as two youths entered the nearby Beacon Hill area. R L Warren at Fourth and Cedar Street lost 50 dollars before police arrived.
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Arthur Dartah
Alpha St
Dartah
Gus Aasbad
First Ave. W
Asbad
Alfred Corbett
Rainier Ave
Beacon Hill
R. L. Warren
Denny Way
Fourth
Cedar St
City council forms special legislative lobby committee
John EB Carroll Oliver T Erickson and E L Blaine named to represent city government interests at the upcoming legislative session. Corporation counsel Thomas J L Kennedy to serve as advisory member of the lobby.
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John EB. Carroll
Oliver T. Erickson
E. L. Blaine
Thomas J. L. Kennedy
Officer Morris to undergo surgery for buckshot removal
Patrolman 8 W Morris is scheduled for an operation Wednesday at Providence hospital to remove 12 buckshot from wounds sustained when accidentally shot by a fellow officer in a police prowler car. Doctors say his condition is not dangerous.
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W. Morris
Providence Hospital
Morris
Revive Scandal Over Garbage
An affidavit urging immediate installation of a new bookkeeping system in the office was received by Mrs. Henry Landes, chair of the public safety committee, and will be discussed at the committee meeting. Inspector Albert Helan acted for State Auditor C. W. Clausen in delivering the document on Wednesday.
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Sen
Albert Helan@er
C. W. Clausen
Henry Landes
Council
Mints Plan to Foil Robbers
Washington reports Fort Worth style heist fears. FF E Scobey says old guards replaced by young, armed staff at U S mints. He notes Denver robbery halted by pre transfer of funds to Federal Reserve Bank. He asserts U S Treasury vaults are protected by armed guards and rapid cavalry response from Fort Myer.
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Washington
U. S
Denver
FF. E. Scobey
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S. Treasury
Fort Myer
FiveYear Sentence for Seaman on High Seas Assault
Frederick Hansen, convicted December 269 on a charge of assault on the high seas, was sentenced to five years at McNeil Island by Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer Tuesday. John McKay received 18 months for possession of narcotics at McNeil. Tom Pappas, ex King County deputy, jailed six months and fined 500 dollars for violations of prohibition laws. Charles Ferguson and Oliver Thompson given six months and 500 dollar fines. Thompson three months.
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Frederick Hansen
High Seas
MccNeil Island
Jeremiah Neterer
John McKay
McNeil
Tom Pappas
King County
Charlies L. Ferguson
Oliver Thompson
Ferguson
Thompson
Man Charged as Policeman's Slayer Identified by Photo
San Diego December 27 photograph identification links Joe Hendrick, serving 60 days for petit larceny, to Charles Dauchauski, sought in Chicago for the murder of Acting Lieutenant Terence Lyons and Patrolman Thomas J. Clark on May 10.
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San Diego
Joe Hendrick
Charles Dauchauski
Chicago
Terence Lyons
Thomas J. Clark
British debt mission sails to America to seek settlement
London December 27 Stanley Baldwin chancellor of the exchequer left for America with Governor Norman of the Bank of England to discuss funding Britain's debt and reducing interest payments. He said a settlement could guide Europe and precede Bonar Law's reparations talks in Paris. They travel via Southampton aboard the Majestic.
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London
Stanley Plaldwin
America
Washington
Europe
Bonar Law
Paris
Baldwin
Debt Mission
Governor McNorman
Bank of England
Southampton
Majestic
Bloodhounds Track Convict From Washington Penitentiary
Rath er than serve the remaining six months of his sentence, Mike Stre mb a, a convict in the Washington state penitentiary, escaped Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock and was still at large Wednesday morning. Guards and bloodhounds pursued from the farm near the main building while towns nearby were warned. Stre mb a, 36, 6 feet 6 inches, 167 pounds, was sentenced from Whitman county for a statutory offense to serve three to five years.
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Walla Walla
Mike Strembeta
Washington State Penitentiary
Touchet
Here
Whitman County
Hart Refuses Pardon for Peter Miller in Olympia
Gov Louis F Hart announced he would not pardon or parole Peter Miller, jailed in Walla Walla from King County for over ten years. Despite Miller's good prison conduct, clemency requests were denied amid ongoing calls for mercy.
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Olympia
Louis F. Hart
Peter Miller
Walla Walla Penitentiary
King County
Miller
British to Keep Mosul Oil Fields
Lord Curzon, the British foreign minister, declared Britain cannot meet Turkish demands and abandon the Mosul oil regions. He stated allies will retreat the northern frontier in coordination with Turkish forces.
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Mosul
Lausanne
Lord Curzon
Samet Pasha
Britain
Curzon
Auto crashes injure eleven in city record day
Police report 86 auto accidents causing thousands in damage and eleven injuries, including four pedestrians at Fifth Avenue North and Roy Street. Victims include Madeline Madison and Emmatee of Broadway, with others listed from Main Street to Swift Avenue. Hiram Johnson appears in Washington political context regarding the ship subsidy and 1924 party strategy.
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Mra. G. W. Madison
Roy
Madeline Madison
W. M. Black
A. B Cavanaugh
Fifth Ave
Madeline
Mise Emmatee
Broadway
T. G. White
Fiorentia Place
Olivesta
Mise Lee
Eighth Ave
A. Morean
Ecity Hospital
John Wotherstrom
Tith Ave
Shiezuko Bayoto
Sixth Ave. S
King
J. W. Redmond
City Hotel
12Th Ave
Madison St
Doctor Fights Backed Threats After Night Attacks
A Louisiana physician recalls being lured into an ambush while driving home after his calls. He fled Metairie Rouge in August and learned of mob violence that followed, including assaults on T. F. Richards, F. W. Daniels, J. L. Daniels, W. W. C. Andrews, and C. J. Davenport, events he says occurred after his departure. He had practiced as a druggist turned physician, educated at Tulane in 1912, and notes his wife resides in Baton Rouge.
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Met Rouge
Tulane University
Baton Rouge
T. F. Richards
F. W. Daniels
J. L. Daniels
W.W. C. Andrews
C.J. Davenport
Return of Mer Rouge's Former Mayor Sparks Town Hope
Mer Rouge Louisiana awaits the return of former mayor Dr. B M McKoin who fled after an ambush threat from a rival group. He has been arrested in Baltimore on murder charges linked to the 1924 Lake La Fourche killings of Watt Daniels and Thomas F Richards. Federal agents seek more evidence and clothing fragments to connect other dynamiters to the crime.
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Mer Rouge
B. M. McKoin
McKoin
Baltimore
John M. Parker
McKain
Watt Daniels
Thomas F. Richards
Lake la Fourche
Dr. McKain
Daniela
Richards
Plan Winter Climb Up Mount Shasta
Oakland, Dec 27 Charles W Warner and Leonard Thatcher UC Berkeley student depart tonight to attempt Mount Shasta in winter for the first time. They plan a snowshoe trek to Alpine Lodge and a midnight ascent by moonlight to reach 14 162 feet on New Year’s Day.
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Oakland
Cal
Charles W. Warner
Jeonard Thatcher
University of California
Mount Shasta
Siason
Akiss
Alpine Lodge
Seek Slayer of Girl Vamp in Brooklyn Mystery
The murder of Teresa McCarthy a 16 year old known for win someness and beauty stunned Brooklyn detectives. She was found shot in the breast by her mother Pauline McCarthy who returned home to find the apartment locked and the child dead among scattered Christmas toys. Police found no sign of entry and fingerprint search on a raised kitchen window yielded no clue.
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New York
Teresa McCarthy
Frrooklyn
Pauline McCarthy
Grand jury probes widen to ferry transfer and bank inquiry
Grand jury intensifies investigations beyond the Waterhouse bank case. W. L. Evans and Tom Daugherty from Bellevue are summoned as probes consider King County ferry transfer to Capt. John Anderson. Mayor Brown seeks reopening and questions a local newspaper man’s role amid clerical calls to stress recall in coverage.
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Clarence L. Reames
Waterhouse
Grand Jury
J. H W. Newberger
Seattle National
A. 8. Stusser
W. L. Evans
Bellevue
Tom Daugherty
Daugherty
King County
John Anderson
FE. M. Lawhead
Fifth Ave. N. E
90Th St
Court House
FE. J. Brown
Anays
Brown
Rey
Chauncey J. Hawkins
Repeat Christmas Pageant in Park
R. H. Vivian, song leader for Community Service, will lead a songfest Wednesday night at 8 in front of the county city building lawn. The Christmas pageant from Saturday night will be repeated and both young and old are urged to attend and sing along.
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R. H. Vivian
Weir mystery timeline shifts in Portland case
Portland police review evolving statements in the Weir mystery on Ross Island. Helen Leary first claimed a knothole sighting of Cash Weir killing a girl, then admitted entering the houseboat after death, and finally said she was present during the fatal scuffle and saw a pipe blow. A letter from the alleged victim labeled Leary’s tale jealous.
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Portland
Helen Leary
Ross Island
Cash Weir
Death at Bryant Lumber mill worker found in his room
Fred Nelson, a Bryant Lumber Co. mill employee, was found dead in his room at 3845 Fremont Avenue. Police reported the death as a reported incident and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the find.
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Fred Nelson
Bryant Lumber Co
Fremont Ave
Nelson
Kridam
Big business to tell labor shortage tale to immigration panel
Washington December 27. After the new year, major business leaders nationwide will testify before the house committee on immigration about labor shortages to support easing the Dillingham Act. Chairman Albert Johnson denies backing the White bill. he proposes moving the 1928 quota up six months to July 1. The White bill remains uncalendared.
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Washington
House Committee On Immigration
Albert Johnson
Johnson
Skull found at Lake Delanty near Port Townsend identified effort
Police and investigators work to identify a human skull recovered Tuesday at Lake Delanty near Port Townsend. Officials say the scene is under examination and a positive identification process is underway.
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Port Townsend
Lake Delanty
Port Disnovery Bay
Senator Curtis Denies Bootlegger Plot in Capitol
In the Senate restaurant a waiter who dropped a bottle on the Capitol floor was not trying to bootleg, said Kansas Republican whip Curtis yesterday. He linked the incident to efforts to drive bootleggers from the Capitol and noted the man carried homemade liquor given for Christmas. Curtis said the crackdown has chased away violators frequenting the area.
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Senate
United States Capitol
Curtis
Kansas
Capitol
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