Two Men Found Guilty of Extortion in Seattle Case
Prosecutor Vanderveer told the Seattle Bar association that Hoelscher and Peyton extorted $1000 from Ralph Leavitt in Los Angeles to block extradition to Seattle for manslaughter. Both admitted sharing $500 each as go between and direct beneficiary. Deputies witnessed the arrests and money exchanged as Los Angeles detectives seized the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoelzheimer
Peyton
Ralph K. Leavitt
Los Angeles
Seattle
Vanderveer
Seattle Bar Association
Hols Belmer
Kenneth Mackintosh
Holshemer
Claude B. Peyica
Holsheimer
Leavitt
Seatile
Zimmerman
Holzheimer
The
Bar Association
George
Cant Get Away To Marry You Today
Lexington dispatch reports Misa Laurie Crosthwaite and Charles Blaine of Spokane were to wed in Lexington but the ceremony was called off as Miss Crosthwaite married Goodwin Chase in Los Angeles. Her father received a telegram confirming the California marriage while plans for the Lexington ceremony collapsed.
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Lexington
Misa Laurie Crosthwaite
Charles Blaine
Spokane
Miss Rale
Los Angeles
Goodwin Chase
California
Samuel Creathwaite
Mrs. Chase
Professor at Market Mixes Up Grocery List in Humorous Tale
In a comic episode Professor Timotheus, absorbed in a chapter on Radio Activities, travels to the market with a mismatched list. He orders chemicals and salmon, debates soda types, pays with a five dollar bill, and is escorted home by a puzzled delivery boy as Mrs. Diedle Baum surveys the taken basket.
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Mra. Diedle
Mra. Diedlehanm
Timotheus
Golden Harp
Mr. Monaghan
Prof
Pete
Marriage Licenses Show That Courting in Big City Is Tough Job
A long freeform anecdote chronicles old timers comparing courtship distances and the challenge of meeting partners in a city. It cites Green Lake and Columbia City in contrast with Ballard Beacon Hill Madison Park and Fremont as couples show their licenses and planned marriages.
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Big City
Green Lake
Columbia City
Hfe
Ely
Mabel R. Smith
Ballard
Downtown
George T. Breer
Beacon Hill
Axel Runck
B. 65Th
William Grotham
Madison Park
Minato Ebbers
Hillman City
Mark Hanna
South Park
Fanny Degorthgov
Fremont
Herbert Bromley
Georgetown
Mabel Plexmeyer
West Seattle
Night lodging in jail cell for rough night
Dick Murray couldn't find a bed or pay the price. Patrolman Crandall found him asleep on a window sill in the Great Northern. Afraid Murray might fall, Crandall sent him to jail. The night lodging cost Mr. Murray 3 dollars for the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Murray
Crandall
Mr. Murray
Griffitha Attacks Gill in Interbay Mayor Campaign Speech
In Steiner hall Interbay last night Austin Griffitha Republican candidate denounced Gill as unfit for mayor. He warned against electing a 10 cent man to a $100 job and charged Gill with being a narrow ward councilman without reform efforts. About 160 people attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whiel
Austin Griffitha
Hill
Steiner Hall
Interbay
Griffiths
Gill
Meyer Griffithe
Seattle
Quotable Lines On Gender And Progress From New York
A New York remark ponders gender visibility and industrial progress with wit. It contrasts a woman’s rare recognition with a man’s constant expectation and imagines a coalless furnace versus a ruinous automobile venture.
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New York
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