Daughter Death Case Seeks Jury Conviction in Puyallup
State argues in Judge J T court that Elizabeth Bryan was strangled for money on October 19 by William Fay Ealy and abetted by his mother Anna Nemitz. The trial recounts witness testimony about plans for a letter from Bryan to Ealy and the motel room meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Court
Elizabeth Bryan
W. Bryan
Puyallup
William Fay Ealy
Anna Nemitz
Virginia Bryan
Secon
Puyal
Ronald
Dept
Ste
Baly
Walter Fulton
Ealy
Barnett
Bert Faulkner
Vanderveer
Wice Criminal Syndicalium
Elmer Smith
Faulkner
Wilson
Political Ponderings On Voters And Caldwells Horoscope
A verbose op ed mocks political superstition and campaign tactics as Oregon votes on anti booge measures. It muses that Caldwell’s rise shocks observers, questions press power, and imagines a future heaven built from simple civic pleasures.
Seattle Style Fifth of The Star Snapshot
Snapshot features an attractively dressed young woman on Seattle streets. The described costume forecasts early spring styles with plaids knife plaited box plaited and accordion-plaited skirts with box coats or Eton jackets. The Star offers two tickets to Moore if she visits to identify herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Eton
Star
Moore
Witness asserts alibi as Barnett testifies in Centralia case
Eugene Barnett testified in his own defense claiming American Legion paraders rushed the I W W hall and fired. He said he hid at the Roderick hotel after the shooting and provided details of his whereabouts and actions surrounding Armistice Day violence in Centralia.
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Clem J. Randall
Roderick Hotel
Barnett
American Legion
Tower Ave
Roderick
I. W. W. Hall
Grimm
Avalon Hotel
Centralia
Idaho
Elmer Smith
LW. W. Hall
Mrx. McAllister
French say U. S. ships worthless
Paris reports 82 ships built for France in World War I by the United States could not sail due to unseasoned defective lumber. M Bignon says 40 schooners cost France 80 900 000 francs. Commission orders investigation. Washington says vessels were built by private firms contrary to Shipping Board advice and the board had no role in construction or sale of ships in France.
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Paris
France
United States
M. Bignon
Chamber of Deputies Commission On Merchant Marine
Bignon
Washington
Shipping Board
Weather Forecast Promises Rain for Seattle Area
Weather observer George N. Salisbury predicts precipitation for Thursday night and Friday in Seattle. A moisture shower appeared near Beattie late Wednesday evening, signaling coming rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George N. Salisbury
Seattle
Beattie
Auto plummets into tree top. driver freed after five hours
In Wilbur Washington on February 19 J C Altizer lost control of his car which rolled over a bank and lodged in a tree. He was trapped between the tree and vehicle but survived with no broken bones after workers used a knife to cut the tree down in five hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gil Costello
Tom Marine
Conan Doyle
Piritea
Wilbur, Wash
J. C. Altizer
Altizer
Gas Hearing Set Friday In Seattle Rate Fight
First Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas J. L. Kennedy will appear before the public service commission Friday morning at the Chamber of Commerce to lead Seattle's opposition to a proposed gas rate increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. L. Kennedy
Public Service Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Seattle
Pedestrians Hit by Autos This Year Rise Record
Mrs. Maud A. Loudon, 63, 937 26th Ave, fractured leg and severe bruises after being struck at 26th Ave and East Union, vehicle fled. R, DPD and Delecie Killeen, 4423 Latonia Ave, slightly injured when hit by J L Backman car at Mastlake and Broadway as leaving a streetcar. Olaf Sterner, 46, 711 Lance Ave, fractured leg when struck by Mrs. F Johnson car at 10th Ave North and EB Aloha, flung onto pole. Albert Meyers, 17, paper boy, crushed between two autos at Second Ave and Weesler Way. he rode on a truck rear. In hospital.
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Maud A. Loudon
26Th Ave
E. Union
DPD
Delecie Killeen
Latonia Ave
J. L. Backman
Woodland Park Ave
Mastlake
Broadway
Backman
Olaf Sterner
F. Johnson
16Th Ave. N
10Th. Ave. N
EB. Aloha
Albert Meyers
Second Ave
Weesler Way
Organized Labor to Fight Cummins Railway Bill
Labor at AFL headquarters announced plans to oppose the Bach Cummins railway bill set to regulate railroads after owners regain control on March 1. Samuel Gompers will sign a letter to President Wilson condemning the bill as a hodgepodge while labor mobilizes in Congress. unions object to tribunals that lack compulsion and view the wage-dispute clause as discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Hines
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
B. M. Jewell
Rai
Congress
House
Senate
Labor
Railroad Director Hines Hints at May Retirement for Law Practice
Washington reports Rail Director Hines plans to retire around May 1 and enter private law practice. He stated this intention during a briefing, signaling a transition in the railroad administration and a move toward legal work outside government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hines
Railroad Administration
Easy Case Details Meeting and Murder Plan in Puyallup and Seattle
The State presents that Mrs. Bryan met Mrs. Bryan in Puyallup last August and traveled to Seattle with Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Galbraith pseudonyms. She left Puyallup on September 18 with 4500 in small bills, stayed at Plaza Hotel, and later was found strangled on October 20 with money missing. Tire tracks linked to Harry Fritschie tie to defendants. Mrs. Nemitz visited the deposit box October 21. The plan was to meet Ealy in Seattle and go to Los Angeles to open a garage with part of the money while keeping enough for independence.
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Bryan
Puyallup
Seattle
Plaza Hotel
F. W. Galbraith
Plaga
Galbraith
Ealy
Webber
Harry Fritschie
Bolshevist envoy Martens fronted at Senate inquiry
Soviet envoy Ludwig C A K Martens told the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee he would like to see America become Bolshevist but denied efforts to overthrow the government. He protested the questioning method and defended his speeches while critics pressed about arrests and trials from radical meetings.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
America
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
United States
Senate
Martens
Wade H. Ellis
Senate Committee
Ellis
Senator Borah
Yankee Starting French Air Mail Between Paris And Warsaw
Paris dispatch says Captain Well an American pilot planned to begin an air mail service from Paris to Warsaw with en route stops at Coblenz to deliver and pick up mail dispatches and parcels.
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Paris
Well
Warsaw
Coblenz
Opportunity Knocks and Strikes in the Classifieds
The Star urges readers to seize chances by picking up the Classifieds as opportunities decline with hesitation. A cautionary note echoes proverbs about acting quickly to avoid loss and capitalize on chances.
Police chief probes claims of bribery by patrolman
Chief of Police Joel F. Warren opened an inquiry into allegations by L. H. Brown that Motorcycle Patrolman H. A. Holmes offered to drop a speeding charge for $20. Brown said he was arrested on Rainier bird and was to meet Holmes at the police garage with the money. Holmes denied soliciting funds, saying he only suggested an amount to settle the matter.
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Joel F. Warren
H. A. Holmes
L. H. Brown
Brown
Willard Hotel
Warren
Holmes
Wore Stolen Suit Leads to Police Arrest in Centralia
Detectives A A Brown and L C Harris arrested William Davis, 25, on Washington et al late Wednesday after a description from Centralia authorities linked him to a suit theft last Wednesday. Davis initially denied the theft but confessed later. Records show he is an old offender.
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Centralia
A. A. Brown
L. C. Harris
William Davis
Washington Et
Davis
Maj Smith Hops Off for Seattle In Northwest Patrol
Eugene report says Major A D Smith army aviator flying from San Diego to Seattle to inaugurate a government aerial forest patrol in the Northwest left Eugene at noon Thursday on the final hop to Seattle. He is expected to reach Seattle at 5 pm Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
A. D. Smith
San Diego
Seattle
Ore
Seattle Woman Hit by Street Car
Mrs. Leonore Westfall of 8019 Fairmount Ave was struck by a Fauntleroy street car on First Ave Thursday morning. She escaped serious injury according to observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Leonore Westfall
Fairmount Ave
Fauntelroy
First Ave
Baby Roth Adoption Frenzy Grips City Hospitals
Police and City Hospital received numerous calls on Thursday from would be adopters after a 5 day old infant girl was found on Mrs. George Humphrey’s doorstep on Wednesday morning. Officials say the child will go through court and likely be placed with the family offering the best home.
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Rena Anderson
Bryans
Mrs. Bryan
Tacoma
Fay Ealy
Meridian Ave
Fulton
Patterson
Billy
Oregon
Adoo
New Jersey
Johnson
Taft
Arch
Caldwell
Cald
Dana Sleeth
VIP
Daisy Henry
Montesano
U. S
Cummins Railway
Ralph F. Couch
Jollies Solons
Yankee
Maj. Smith
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