Mayor to Blame for Car Mess in Seattle Speech
Former Seattle mayor Ole Hanson criticized city leadership at Blanc's cafe for mishandling streetcar finances. He urged four reforms including diverting maintenance, hiring a qualified external manager, modernizing the rail system, and removing utilities from city control. He claimed high maintenance costs and inefficiencies threaten fares and bond retirement.
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Ole Hanson
Municipal League
Neral Fund
United States
Eastern Yegg Gang Steals 60000 in Nebraska Bank Heist
Yeggs tailed a Tuesday robbery at Howe Nebraska banking hours and emptied 40 safety deposit boxes, likely containing Liberty bonds, as police seek three men in a red sweater clad trio who arrived by touring car. Separate report from Chicago notes four safe robbers blasting three safes at John Magnus Co. and fleeing with 50000.
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Auburn
Neb
Yeggs
Howe
Here
Chicago
John Magnus Co
Second Washington Infantry Association to Organize Thursday
Former members of the old Washington National Guard will complete the organization of the Second Washington Infantry Association at the Armory Thursday evening.
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Second Infantry
Old
Washington National Guard
Second Washington Infantry Association
Armory
Probe leak case expands after sheriff raid on tavern
The sheriff cites serious charges against proprietors D. N. Schoonover and Aaron Me Sparen after a raid on the Black Cat tavern. A missing young girl known as Ruth, allegedly lured and mistreated, is safe with relatives. Police tapped phone lines to trace Ruth’s movements and conversations reveal ongoing contact with the tavern.
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D. N. Schoonover
Aaron Me Sparen
Ruth
Black Cat
Portland
The
McCall
Kate Brown
Burnside Hotel
Kate
Thea. Goodby
Central
Ballard
Maret
Reth
Mac
Lillian
Huth
Billie
English Pone Girl Decorated by King George
Miss May Bannerman of Glasgow Scotland has been decorated by King George for World War I service. She directed all British telephones for three years and was cited by Marshal Haig for her efforts.
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London
May Bannerman
Glasgow
Scotland
King George
Marshal Haig
Robbers In Hotel Room After Role-Played Heist
Two men, renters in a Martinique apartments hotel, were robbed after a staged entry. A robber lit a cigarette, ordered a wagon, and left, while victims Conley and Polson waited three hours to raise an alarm. Police questioned if officers were involved.
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Peterson
Poleon
Conley
Polson
Weill
Martinique Apartments
Eighth Ave
Union At
Independence, Lives Et
Everettts Not Bomber In Aberdeen Dynamite Case
Chief of Police G. and Dean of Aberdeen say Jean Everetts is not the bomber after showing him to witnesses amid suspicion of planting 26 sticks of dynamite under the American Legion hall on February 2 with 100 ex servicemen nearby. Sheriff Elmer Gibson concurs Everetts innocence. Everett and George Roberts face highway robbery charges in superior court, Fred Bay identifies them as robbers who held him up at 11th Ave and E Terrace St Saturday night.
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G. & Dean
Aberdeen
Jean Everetts
American Legion Hall
Elmer Gibson
Grays Harbor
Everetts
P. F. Keefe
E. E. Darnell
Everett
George Roberts
Superior Court
Fred Bay
Broadway Court
1Th Ave
E. Terrace St
Debs Isolation Probe Sends Shock Through White House
The Department of Justice orders Eugene V Debs held incommunicado at Atlanta prison. White House officials deny responsibility and say they learned of the move through newspapers. Mrs Debs, in Terre Haute, says letters have stopped but stands by him amid imposed isolation.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta Penitentiary
Wilson
White House
Terre Haute
Ind
Jealous Wife Shoots Spouse After Jealous Quarrel
Mrs Sophie Pekun mother of two denies stealing Chaban’s affection. Alice Chaban shot Chaban twice in the neck at their home 1429 Beatlebird in a jealous rage after a New Year quarrel over alleged attentions to Pekun. Chaban in city hospital not in serious condition. Pekun’s husband is in San Francisco.
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Sophie Pekun
Alice Chaban
Chaban
Ebert Survives Assassination Attempt at Home
A shot fired at Friedrich Ebert's house narrowly misses a guardsman. The blast hit the helmet of the Ebert guard, coming from a roof near former State Secretary Kuhlmann's residence. authorities kept details secret and blame remained unclear as newspapers withheld reports.
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Renlin
Friedrich Ebert
Kuhlmann
Wilhelm
Kuhlman
Fred
Ebert
Search Warrants for Booze Are Banned
Kansas City report says no more search warrants will be issued against homes where occupants merely possess alcohol, per United States Commissioner G. D. Beardsley.
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Kansas City
United States States
G. D. Beardsley
Legion Members Meet in King County Unemployment Discussion
Representatives from nine American Legion posts held a conference at the Washington Annex Tuesday at the invitation of state commander Thomas N. Swale. Discussions covered Americanization hospitalization and relief of unemployment. Similar quarterly meetings are planned.
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Legion
American Legion
King County
Washington Annex
Thomas N. Swale
X Ray Reveals Missing Ring Tied to Leo Price
Denver reports that Leo Price, a black man, was arrested after a stomach X ray confirmed a lost ring linked to I. Bloom. Price denies knowledge of the jewelry and remains in jail pending further inquiry.
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X-Ray
Leo
Denver
I. Bloom
Leo Price
Bloom
Six Soldiers Hurt in Auto Plunge at Bluff
Six soldiers were injured when their car skidded and plunged over a 40-foot bluff while en route from Fort Stevens to a dance in Astoria Oregon last night.
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Astoria
Ore
Fort Stevens
Nine Guardsmen Charged With Murder in Jasper Lynching
Hamilton Alabama February 23 nine Alabama National Guardsmen charged with first degree murder in connection with the lynching of coal miner William Baird at Jasper last month.
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Hamilton
Ala
Alabama National Guardsmen
William Baird
Jasper
Last Cascades hikers return to Seattle
The last mountaineer from the four day Cascades hike arrived in Seattle Tuesday night hobbling with stiff joints after the strenuous trek.
Untangled personal conflict echoes in late night call
A distressed speaker traces a tangled relation involving McSparen and Jane. The caller mentions Portland travel, a Vancouver woman with dope allegations, and attempts to reach McCail at Smithy’s. A chain of accusations words about Ruth, Mae, and a potential confrontation at Tacoma.
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Portland
Jane
McSparen
Kate
Main
Mrs. Brown
Honey
Mae
Mc Cail
Mrmithy's
Vancouver
May
Smithy's
Ruth
Tacoma
Mac
Air Mail Pilot Killed in Nevada Crash
BAN FRANCISCO Feb 23 W F Lewis air mail pilot was killed yesterday when his plane crashed at Kiko Nevada during an attempt to set a transcontinental mail record. Anchorage reports Dr J B Beeson believed lost on Rainy Pass trail arrives safely from Iditarod.
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Ban Francisco
W. Fr. Lewis
Air Mail
Kiko
Nevada
Lewis
Anchorage
J. B. Beeson
Rainy Pass
Iditarod
Mail Aviator Lands After Night Flight
Aviator John TN Knight landed at Checkerboard field in Chicago after a night cross country flight from Omaha carrying mail from San Francisco to New York. Knight had taken off from Cheyenne, Wyoming late yesterday and completed the journey to Chicago today at 8 42 p.m.
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Chicago
John TN
Knight
Checkerboard Field
Omaha
San Francisco
New York
Cheynne
Wyo
Eight Die In Trolley Collision In Shelton Conn
In Shelton Connecticut on the Bridgeport line a trolley car collision killed eight people and injured 26. The dead include the motorman and four children aged 4 to 16. Colonel George Kellogg of the California National Guard is reported among the dead.
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Shelton
Conn
Pridgeport Ton Line
Spring Fashion Collections at Bon Marche
The Bon Marche showcases numerous Spring styles including the latest lines, embroideries and braiding trims as key features. A broad array of color and textile options appears in the newest fashion lines.
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