Death of Two From Gas Probed in City Fireman's Tragic End
Coroner investigates the Sunday deaths of Frank Free, 20, a city fireman, and Walter Stebbins, 29, a plumber, found in a nearly airtight room on Lakeside Ave. Ge TAS. Preliminary findings attribute the fatalities to burning gas in the closed space. Ida Wallin discovered the scene after failing to reach Free following their Saturday date. Stebbins slept in bed, Free reportedly died at the door from exhaustion. Both men were reportedly divorced. Stebbins has a terminal son under neighbor care.
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Free
Walter Stebbins
Lakeside Ave. S
Ida Wallin
Pree
Stebbins
Yeggs Crack Ninth Safe in Seattle Bottling Works Theft
Police traced a four hour investigation to a safe robbery at the Seattle Bottling Works on Bistave Street. Dynamite shattered the door and burglars gained entry through a rear window. Detectives found fingerprints. this marks the ninth safe cracking in two months.
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Montany
Seattle
Bistave. S
President Ready to Seek Ship Subsidy in Joint Session
President Harding plans to deliver a ship subsidy message to a joint session of Congress. The White House announced the draft was rushed on Saturday with final work ongoing as of today in Washington.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
White House
Alaska Delegates Race Narrows After Filing Deadline
In Juneau on February 27 three candidates seek the Alaska congressional delegate seat. Dan Sutherland seeks renomination along with James Sutherland a Republican and E J White a Democrat. Filing is now closed.
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Juneau
Republi
Dan Sutherland
Alaska
Sutherland
E. J. (Stroller) White
Princess Mary Sets Spring Bridal Styles for Britain
London reports Princess Mary as fashion leader on the eve of her wedding. Court styles and gowns influence thousands of brides with cloth of silver, pearl and gold embroidery, long sleeves, and ankle length skirts. Evening dresses feature beaded florals and sapphire blues, while hats stay small with plumes barred.
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London
Mary
Britain
Trousseau
St. James
Parta
Dive
Viscount Lascelles and Princess Mary Honeymoon Alone at Last
Viscount Lascelles and Princess Mary will be alone together for the first time as their honeymoon train departs Paddington for Weston Park and later Villa Medici near Florence. Court etiquette has denied them privacy until after the wedding.
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London
Viscount Lascelles
Princess Mary
Paddington Station
Weston Park
Villa Medici
Florence
Italy
Princess Mary Styles Seen Differently by American Women
New York February 27 American women will not follow Princess Marys fashion. William De Lignemare of Hicksons Fifth Avenue notes her ultra English taste clashes with American preferences for a Frenchy touch in clothing.
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New York
Mary
William de Lignemare
Hickson's
Fifth Ave
Cock-Fighting Ring Raided. Three Men Charged
Humane society officers seized fighting cocks during an Sunday raid at a barn near Thomas south of Kent. Patrick Fourn and William Jones, owners, and Harry Fraser, alleged referee, face cock-fighting charges with $200 bonds each. A fight victim lay dead amid about 300 spectators as officers arrested the trio.
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Nebuchadnezzer
Humane Society
Harry Fraser
Maki
Patrick Fourn
William Jones
Paul Goerner
KR. C. Wilcott
JM. Wade
Thomas
Kent
Wade
Goerner
Wilcott
Bure
Royal wedding plans outline procession and guest schedule
The article details the royal wedding procession timing at 11 am to 11:28 am, with carriage arrivals and a cavalry escort from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey. It notes seating, guests including Viscount Lascelles, and the breakfast at 12:30 pm, plus limited foreign royal attendance and press coverage.
Movie Murder Sparks Dope War in Hollywood
Police pieced together the tale of William D. Taylor’s clash with a drug ring in the movie colony. Harry Fields, held in Detroit, provided clues after learning from underworld sources. Taylor had targeted dealers, sought to purge heroin use, and confronted a peddler at an actress’s home, leading to a fatal shooting on February 1.
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Guy Broughton
Indianapolis
Fichia
Buffalo
Los Angeles
Cal
Harry Fields
Detroit
William D. Taylor
Fields
Taylor
Peddiem
Arresta
Himee
Depe Ring
Harvey Bell
Missing pint evidences after raid at Northwestern dorms
Police raid on four dormitories and a fraternity house at Northwestern University led to the confiscation of the halfway consumed evidence. A professor seized the results, the student owner facing charges, amid unrelated wedding and royal ceremony notes appearing in the same digest.
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Alf
Evanston
Northwestern University
Deflation and Gold Backing Debate Sparks 1920s Talk
A speaker highlights a $801 million rise in gold reserves and a $508 million drop in currency in the past year, arguing it proves deflation while gold backs currency. He questions the Federal Reserve’s role in maintaining elastic money and proposes restoring normal circulation to fund a soldier bonus.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Joker Found in Bonus Bill
Washington reports warn that the soldier bonus bill may let nonveterans gain access to public lands. Rep Frear proposes to study and possibly amend the draft to restrict land grants to veterans. House Ways and Means Republicans meet tomorrow to chart action amid concern over delay.
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Washington
Frear
Secretary of the Interior
Farm Nettlement Board
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Mountaineers Plan Walks and Outings in March
The Mountaineers announce seven local walks and two outings for March. Events include Seattle A walks on March 5 and 19, Everett A walks on March 6 and 19, Tacoma A walks on March 12 and 25, Bremerton A walks on March 12 and 25, plus a Kitsap cabin outing from March 11 to 12 and March 25.
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Seattle
Everett
Tacoma
Bremerton
Kitsap Cabin
Three Women Die as Auto Plunges Into River
In Binghamton New York on February 27 three women died when an automobile driven by Roses Nash slipped into the Chenango river after hitting a rut. The dead were Mrs Mary Brady Mrs Margaret Reardon and Miss Josephine Casey. Nash and Miss Louise Reardon managed to reach shore from the icy water.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Chenago River
Mary Brady
Margaret Reardon
Josephine Casey
Roses Nash
Louise Reardon
Nash
Prodigy Ethel Mar Shines At Woodland Park Rally
Ethel Mar an 11 year old Chinese musical prodigy starred at the international missionary rally held Sunday at Woodland Park Presbyterian church. Daughter of H. K. Mar Dong of 803 29th Ave she has memorized more than 50 classical piano selections.
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Ethel Mar
Woodland Park Presbyterian Church
Little Miss Mar
H. K. Mar Dong
29Th Ave
Youthful double murderer to hang after hunger strike
Harvey Church, a teenage killer, will die on the gallows Friday after prison attendants end his hunger strike. Doctors say he may be unconscious at execution and have induced self hypnasia to suppress faculties. He killed two motor car salesmen to impress his girlfriend with a new car. Separately, several mayoral candidates will address a Municipal League meeting Tuesday noon in the I Smith building restaurant.
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Chicago
Harvey Church
Church
Bernard J. Daugherty
Carl Aureus
Stinuli
Municipal League
Reformer Not Flapper Held to Be Public Menace
Chicago February 27 Professor Frank M Hunter warns at the National Educational association that parents should resist adult ideas imposed on youth. He argues reformers threaten public schools more than flappers and favor copper styles over prudish reforms. He says cigaret smoking by girls should be discouraged but notes many girls imitate mothers' habits.
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Chicago
Frank M. Hunter
National Educational Association
Hunter
Marshal Joffre to Visit Victoria in March
Marshal Joffre will arrive in Victoria on March 28 from the Orient and stay one day. The visit is announced from Victoria.
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Marshal Joffre
Victoria
BCGC
Orient
Bandits Slug and Rob Man Near Interbay
P M Hawkins recovering from painful injuries while police search for three bandits who attacked him near Interbay on Sunday. He was beaten unconscious and robbed of 50 in cash and a gold watch, then found dying in the street and taken home after treatment at the city hospital.
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P.M. Hawkins
BR. F. D
Box 265
Interbay
Hawkins
Seattle
Aty Hospital
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