Baker backs mail looting by army men
Washington reports claim that a post office inspector or any army officer who takes a letter from the mails risks their life as the postmaster general warns against such acts. The note ties the incident to the Eighth Ohio militia round robin and broader battles over press censorship and war powers in peacetime.
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Washington
Burleson
Eighth Ohio Regiment
Ohio
Eighth Ohio Militia
Akron Press
War Department
el Paso
Gilson Gardner
Congress
Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Eighth Ohio
Pomerone
Baker
Newton Haker
P. O
Akron
Bell
William HH. Lamont
Seattle Star Promises Courteous Service and Quality Goods
The merchant who advertises seeks your business and pledges special efforts to earn you as a permanent customer. The Star displays Seattle’s best store offerings, with more than 60,000 copies printed daily.
Nine die in Canadian Pacific rear end train wreck
In Montreal fog the Toronto bound Canadian Pacific train collided with a Cornwall to St Polycarpe local. Five men were killed and six injured as signals were possibly misread or unseen by the Toronto bound engineer.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Cornwall
St. Polycerpe
Oil fields destroyed in Romania valued at 150 million
British military commission reports Romanian oil fields worth 150,090,000 dollars were destroyed before fall of the territory to Germany. MP W. W. Rutherford announced at a Romanian Consolidated Oil Fields Co meeting that property and stock seized by Germans was valueless.
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London
Romania
W. W. Rutherford
Romanian Consolidated of Fields Co
Foolish Spending Cited by Judge in Guardian Case
Superior Judge Tallman denied a motion to appoint a guardian for Cornelius J. F. Aus after he admitted spending $4 000 foolishly. The judge warned that many guardianships would flood the court if those who spent money foolishly appeared in court. Austin was accused by his brother of buying $1 meals and paying high room rent. The cave will be appealed.
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Tallman
Cornelius J. F. Aus
Austin
Wilson 60 Today Misses Golf In Rain
President Wilson marks his 60th birthday in Washington on December 28. Dr. Cary Grayson reports he remains in excellent health, with outdoor exercise keeping him fit. Rain prevents his usual golf game with Mrs Wilson. he spends the forenoon indoors awaiting a possible automobile ride. The column ends with a crab oyster life fact.
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Washington
Wilson
Cary Grayson
Grayson
Return Nonpartisan Petitions Today Heads to Clerk
Urgent appeal for residents to file nonpartisan petitions by evening at city registration clerk. Carry petitions even with a single name, official deadline imminent. Thousands circulated, but tens of thousands needed. 32 000 signatures required to validate campaign.
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Arcade Building
Kivery
Seattle Sees Fresh Start in Chamber Consolidation
The Star endorses a complete reorganization and new leadership after a merger of the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club. It urges a fresh, credible leadership and warns against personal or old-officer considerations blocking the city’s potential gains. The call is to finish the old year and begin the new by uniting for Seattle.
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Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Crete
The
Star
Dilling to Head Merger of City's Business Clubs
Merger committees finalize the consolidation plan for the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club. Worral Wilson and J Wettrick prepare the draft. Dilling is the likely president of the merged group. Commercial Club acts on the report Friday night with dinner reservations due by 1 pm.
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Dilling
Worral Wilson
Commercial Club
J. Wettrick
Chamber of Commerce
Consolidated Club
Tilling
Mercial Club
Seattle
Progressive Party
Hughes
Fifty Rescued From Stranded Liner Sankaku
A Tokio dispatch reports fifty survivors from the steamer Sankaku wrecked off Chefoo have landed. The group includes two American passengers with a few Chinese survivors. fate of the remaining roughly 350 aboard remains unclear amid freezing fears. Dairen is linked as a port reference near Port Arthur.
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Tokio
Cheefoo
Dairen
Pdairen
Tairen
Pechil
Port Arthur
Gas Explosion Kills Five in Mount Holly Hotel
An acetylene plant in the Madison hotel cellar exploded at 11 20 this morning destroying the building. Twenty eight persons were in the hotel with twenty three rescued. five feared dead. Injured are hospitalized in Burlington county hospital. Aeroplanes ready for delivery are on sale in a Broadway store.
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Mount Holly
N. J
Madison Hotel
Burlington County Hospital
Broadway
New York
Bomb reward totals $8 500 for arrest of plotters
Salt Lake City officials announce a reward of $8 500 for the capture of those who plotted to blow up Governor Spry's home. Secret service agents detectives and deputies are pursuing leads as an expert prepares to examine the infernal machine found at the governor's residence.
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Salt Lake
Gov. Spry
Governors Home
Insiders Make 60 Million On Peace Leak
Washington dispatch reports Wall Street profits from advance information on the president's peace note. Thomas W. Lawson cites a telegram showing sixty plus million to be made. Rep. Wood of Indiana calls for a full probe, pledging to obtain Lawson's statement on leaks tied to Washington and Wall Street.
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Washington
Sean
Wall Street
Thomas W. Lawson
Representative Wood
Indiana
Lawson
New York
Henry
China
Boston
Capitol
Washington Wall St
Congressional Hall
Senate
House
Wood
Sub Chief Sinks 138 Ships Honored by Germany
Amsterdam dispatch reports Submarine Commander Valentiner of the German navy decorated with the order pour le merite for sinking 188 ships totaling 282,000 tons. The ref from Berlin notes the exploits and honors awarded.
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Amsterdam
Valentiner
Berlin
Higher-Ups Involved, Says C Allen In Booze Case
The article details bail issues for Billingsley tied to a major liquor ring. He was moved to Fierce county jail, then brought to Seattle by Deputy Marshal Fleetwood, with further sessions planned. Witnesses include former officer Margett and several city squad members as grand jury testimony continues.
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Fierce
Seattle
Fleetwood
Allen
Federal Building
Fred
Ora
Jesse Hunt Moore Co
Billingsley
Sergt. Putnam
Billingsleys
Hillingsley
Margett
Force
Clarence Gerald
Ciry Squad
Jesse Hunt Moore Company
San Francisco
Caplan Sentenced to 10-Year Term for 1910 Dynamite Case
Los Angeles judge denies Caplan's motion for a new trial and imposes the maximum penalty of ten years in prison for the man slaughter connected with the 1910 dynamiting in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Dem
David Caplan
Wood
Caplan
Morse resigns from Washington state board of control
Frank C. Morse Republican member and chairman of the state board of control has sent his resignation to Gov. Lister effective December 31. The governor accepted the resignation and is expected to appoint Morse’s successor, with indications the appointee will be a man rather than a woman.
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Olympia
Frank C. Morse
State Board of Control
Lister
Aid Peterson Fund Receives New Contributions
Fund for the Peterson family, affected by a major Alki fire last week, reports new contributions from Maine cafe four dollars, A Wanderer one dollar, A er cashmere five dollars, and Henry Brown clothing.
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Peterson
Alki
Maine Cafe
Wanderer
Aer
Henry Brown
Jade box turns deadly mystery for Los Angeles lawyer
The Chinese hand over a carved ivory box containing a jade piece to Ferris, a young LA attorney. He drops dead shortly after. the box seems linked to a fatal mystery. Read Monday's Star for the continuing tale by Charles E. Walk.
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Ferris
Los Angeles
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Fred W. V
Morse
AID Peterson Fund
Marke
Charles E. Walk
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