Man of 80 Arrested With Dope
James A. Ralston known as the Old Man was arrested in Renton at Milwaukee station by Deputy Vaughn. Fifty five tins of smoking opium valued at 6250 are held as evidence. This is his second arrest in six weeks after a Vancouver BC stop with 40 tins. He has a history of prior arrests and is to be turned over to federal authorities for prosecution.
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James A. Ralston
Andrew Vaughn
Milwaukee
Renton
Ralston
Vancouver
B.C
Paul Watson
Vaughn
Huge Dope Seizures in 1920 Across Washington District
Principal customs seizures for the district of Washington in the year ending December 31 1920 show vast contraband. Thirty four autos seized for narcotics transport or failure to report at border plus seven gasoline launches used for liquor transport and undeclared crystals. Seizures total narcotics include 1200 taels opium valued at 227000 and 200 ounces other narcotics valued at 5500 totaling 27500 in contraband dope. More than 10000 bottles of liquor were seized.
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District of Washington
Drumheller
Viaduct Collapse Injures Dozens At San Francisco Site
A viaduct under construction at Market and Taylor streets collapsed after midnight, trapping about 100 people in a 25 foot pit. Fifty were hurt, one severely, with many sustaining broken bones as emergency crews and hospital staff scrambled to treat victims and improvise care on site.
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San Francisco
State Theatre
Market and
Taylor Streets
Marcus Loew
Chicago audiences stunned by Mary Garden in Aphrodyte gowns
Mary Garden as Chrysia dominated the New Year’s Eve Chicago opera, with four elaborate costumes and Pavley’s ballet, as spectators marveled at the terpsichorean display yet offered few curtain calls. The piece was billed as the sensation of the Chicago opera season and drew 4000 attendees.
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Chicago
Mary Garden
Chrysia
Aphrodyte
Terpaichorean Realem
Pavney
Hoquiam’s sobering method praised by official
Hoquiam operates a unique prohibition approach. Drunken men are reprimanded by the police judge and escorted home to sober up, with strict limits if they step out again. McDonald notes Grays Harbor county shows improved conditions as a county dry squad is planned for January 10. Nearby, Chicago Pullman workers reject a 20 percent wage cut.
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Hoquiam
Donald A. McDonald
Grays Harbor
McDonald
Fort Gibson
Dect
City council boosts city staff salaries in special session
The salary of J. D. Tons, superintendent of the city fighting department, is raised from 5000 to 7600 dollars annually after a Friday afternoon special session. Mayor Caldwell signs the ordinance and will reappoint Tons. Plans include renewing Ross and appointing A. F H. Dimoeck as city engineer and a new civil service commissioner.
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J. D. Tons
City Fighting Department
Eity Council m
Caldwell
Ross
A. F H. Dimoeck
Chauncey I. Baxter
Baxter
Thomason and
Erickson
Moore
Pay drop bill laid on table
Councilman Thomsons proposed measure calling for a 15 percent reduction in the salaries of all city employees under civil service was postponed by the council finance committee. The committee voted two to one to indefinitely delay the ordinance with Hesketh and Tindall in favor and Thomson opposed. Moore was absent.
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Thomsons
Council Finance Committee
Hesketh
Tindall
Thomson
Moore
Famous Spy to Wed Was Doomed to Die
Paris dispatch reports that Mgr. Gerlach plans to marry a Dutch woman he met in Switzerland. A former Austrian army officer, he hid at the Vatican during the war and later fled to Switzerland. A court martial sentenced him to death in absentia for alleged espionage activities.
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Paris
France
Turin
Mgr. Gerlach
Switzerland
Mar. Gerlach
Vatican
Italy
Gerlach
Lincoln High School Adds Covered Walkway
A weather protected walkway from the main building to portables at Lincoln High School was completed on Friday amid controversy between the school board and city building superintendent J E Blackwell over the project.
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Lincoln High School
J. E. Blackwell
City Building Department
Damage Suit Against Railroad Transferred to Federal Court
Margaret F. Walker sues the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad for 5275 damages claiming serious injury after being forced to climb into a Milwaukee coach from the ground without a step. The case moved from Jefferson county court to federal court in Beattie.
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Sulit
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Margaret F. Walker
Jefferson County
Beattin
Milwaukee
Enlistment Marks New Year as Army Joins Local Man
Edwin J. Courtney, veteran of the Princem Pats, became the first to enlist in the new year. He arrived in Seattle from Bellingham after requesting a delay until 12 o clock. Lieutenant Robt Laughlin enlisted him as the clock struck midnight.
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Edwin J. Courtney
Princem Pats
Courtney
Seattle
Bellingham
Robt
V. Laughlin
Bungalow Theatre-Restaurant Opens on New Year's Eve
Frank Rippe and Clint Ward opened the Bungalow theatre restaurant at 1620 Third Avenue. Latest New York features have been added, and the venue is billed as a bit of the Great White Way.
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Bungalow Theatre
Frank Rippe
Clint Ward
New York
University Bay to Try for West Point
Kenneth M. Hills twenty from Company C Third Infantry Washington National Guard will be the guard representative in the competitive exams for admission to West Point.
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University Bay
West Point
Kenneth M. Hills
Co. C
Third Infantry
Washington Naional Guard
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