Woman Confesses Slaying Hid Body Under Bed
In Kansas City Missouri on January 4 Mrs Lilian C McGill confessed to Police Captain Frank Anderson that she killed a man Sunday night hid the body under her bed and slept in the bed Sunday and Monday nights The victim identified as Frank Rats Miller a bartender was known to her as Frank She claimed a dazed condition during the shooting and recalled nothing until finding the body and making the bed
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Lilian C. McGill
Frank Andernoon
Frank
Rats) Miller
Rhodes Predicts 1921 Business Growth and Policy Shifts
Albert J. Rhodes, president of the company, argues 1921 will top 1915 and 1916 in business with higher sales but lower margins. He favors a 1 percent sales tax, notes prices will adjust and wages may fall, and calls for a return to normalcy after war-time prosperity.
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Albert J. Rhodes
America
Coch
Altho
Morris Bros Victims Meet to Safeguard Interests
Thirty creditors of Morris Bros Inc now in receivership met at J M Clapp's office to discuss action. Participants represent about $40,000 in Morris certificates with claims from $500 to $5,500. An adjourned meeting is set for Tuesday. W B Stratton may attend to share ideas. a committee or attorney may be appointed. Clapp will visit Portland Friday to gauge the company's status and recovery prospects.
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Morris Bros., Inc
J. M. Clapp
Burke Building
Morris
W. B. Stratton
Seattle
Clapp
Portland
Can't Decide on Inaugural Expense
After two hours of debate the senate failed to decide how much to spend on the inauguration of President elect Harding. A resolution for $50,000 in expenses at the Capitol ceremonies, introduced by Senator Knox, was laid over until tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Harding
Capitol
Knox
Congressional
Man Sues Over Cracker Incident Aboard Weat Keene
Jacob Litehman a Seattle junk dealer sues claiming he suffered injuries from two giant crackers set off while he slept aboard the steamship Weat Keene during a Christmas cruise. He seeks 15000 in damages and will amend the suit to include the United States Shipping Board.
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Shipping Board
Weat Keene
Jacob Litehman
Seattle
United States Shipping Board
Simon L. Wienez
Litehman
Hawaii
Centralia Flood Dams Traffic as Chehalis Rises
Centralia reports the Chehalis River swollen into a brown torrent. The river rose more than five feet from Saturday to Sunday, flooding roads and cutting off traffic between Seattle and Portland. By Monday morning several low land areas remain under water with homes nearly window deep.
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Centralia
Chehalis
Pacific Highway
Chehalia
Seattle
Portland
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Farrow
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth Farrow aged 60 were held Tuesday in the hospital chapel following her death at Providence Hospital on Thursday. Burial was in Lake View Cemetery.
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MRR
Elizabeth Farrow
Providence Hospital
Lake View
Dorothy’s Diary Seeks Seattle House By Star Ad
Dorothy relates the family plans to move to Seattle after her father mails a housing ad to The Star. Mother fears rental searches in a new city while Dorothy imagines song and fruitless searches transforming into hopeful responses from advertisers. The wait for replies begins.
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Seattle
64 Year Old Man Sees Large City For First Time
Fred Gosier aged 64 from Roseburg Oregon arrives in Portland for his first visit outside his home county. He notes his first ever encounter with a railroad train and experiences the city with fresh eyes in this inaugural trip.
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Portland
Ore
Fred Gosier
Roseburg
Bolshevik Army Concentrated Near Bessarabia Threatens Romania
Balkan agency reports more than 200,000 Bolshevik troops have massed north of Bessarabia. Romania reportedly called three mobilization classes on January 1 amid tensions over the region and potential Soviet advances.
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Budapest
Bensarabia
Balkan Agency
Tramp Robs Woman After Seeking Help
Mrs. Frank Lawrence of 416 Bellevue Ave N fed a tramp who later stole a $200 diamond ring from her home. Police reported footprints in the clean bathroom as the sole clue to the robbery.
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Tam
Frank Lawrence
Bellevue Ave. N
Villa fends off former followers in new chase
Pancho Villa resumes conflict as El Charro leads ex-followers accused of cattle theft and banditry near Villa's ranch. Governor Eugenio Martinez of Chihuahua sent federal cavalry to assist, and reports say Villa pursues El Charro fiercely.
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EL Paso
Texas
Pancho Villa
el Charro
Villa
Eugenio Martinez
Chihuahua
Fl Charro
Charter Change Considered At City Council Session
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock the city council meets in special session to weigh charter amendments for the March election. Proposals include abolishing the public utilities department creating a municipal railway department raising the corporation counsel salary from 4800 to 6000 and allowing a park tax levy of three quarters of 1 mill or more.
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Public Utilities Department
200 Die As Spanish Steamer Santa Isabel Wrecks
Madrid January 4 A Spanish steamer named Santa Isabel with 45 crew and 200 passengers ran aground off Villa Garcia. Report says 200 people believed dead with 45 survivors reported from the wreck bound from the Canary Islands.
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Madrid
Canat
Villa Garcia
Canary Islands
Orty
Woman Pleads Guilty to Passing Narcotics to Prisoner
Mrs. Hertina Tingstadt pleaded guilty before Judge Everett Smith in superior court on Tuesday. She was fined 50 dollars for passing narcotics to a prisoner.
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Hertina Tingstadt
Everett Smith
Two Congressmen Backed Bootlegging Ring In Chicago
Federal Prohibition Commissioner Richardson alleges two congressmen and several officials backed a million-dollar bootlegging operation. Confessions say the lawmakers helped secure release of thousands of barrels of whisky. Ring operates from Chicago New York and Jersey City. Two arrestees from a New York detective agency named John Costello and James Shea. Authorities plan warrants and have informed United States Attorney Charles F. Clyne who assigned assistants.
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Chicago
Frank D. Richardson
New York
Jersey City
John Costello
James
Ring
Richardson
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Clyne
War Finance Corporation Revival Passes House
The House, overruling a veto by President Wilson, approved a war finance corporation revival by a 250 to 66 vote with no debate. The measure aims to aid farmers by exporting supplies to curb agricultural depression and stabilize prices. Members applauded the result.
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Washington
Wilson
House
War Finance Corporation
War Finance
Pastor Sued by Choir Girl in Passaic
Miss Trina Hannaberg sues Rev. Cornelius Densel of The Netherlands Reformed Church for 75000 dollars alleging betrayal under promise of marriage. The case stems from a sensational incident involving the church choir singer and Densel earlier this month.
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Passaic
N. J
Cornelius Dennel
Netherlands Reformed Church
Trina Hannaberg
Dominic” Densel
Municipal Railway Prepares for 13-Cent Fare Change
With 600000 metal tokens delivered Tuesday the railway department guards against a token shortage as a 13 cent fare ordinance nears implementation. Officials had not set whether the fare increase takes effect January or February.
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Municipal Railway Department
Kennedy to rule on city narcotic law before safety committee
Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas J. Kennedy will rule on the legality of the proposed city narcotic ordinance now before the public safety committee. The measure was referred to Kennedy Tuesday by Councilman Philip Tindail.
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Thomas J. Kennedy
Public Safety Committee
Council
Kennedy
Philip Tindail
Mail plane crashes in San Francisco street
Government mail plane piloted by Boggs fell 1 000 feet with engine trouble, struck Gough and Linden, then hit wires and caught fire. Boggs escaped uninjured after attempting to land in Civic Center park. 270 pounds of mail was destroyed en route to New York.
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San Francisco
Boggs
Gough and
Linden Ave
Civic Center Park
RES
Toges
Oakland
Marina Field
Reno
New York
Confusion in Connecticut Court as Wade Allegedly Murders Widow
In Bridgeport on January 4 Elwood B. Wade on trial for George B. Nott's murder forcibly kissed Nott's widow Mrs Ethel H Nott as he was led from the courtroom. Mrs Nott screamed fainted Wade's wife swooned as deputy sheriff knocked him down The crowd surged while prosecutors prepared to call witnesses including the police who found Nott's body stuffed in a trunk in a swamp.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Elwood B. Wade
George B. Nott
Ethel H. Nott
Nott
Wade
Homer 8
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
No Receipts for Special Delivery Regulation
A new post office rule states special delivery letters will be left in the regular mailbox when personal delivery is not possible. Receipts will not be required, as the aim of special delivery is speed of delivery rather than proof of receipt.
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Post Office
Seattle songwriter Lolo Armstrong reveals India Serenade origin
The article profiles Seattle composer Lolo Armstrong known for India Serenade and Counterpane Waltz. She explains how she writes in a personal shorthand, how Merigzioli transcribed her music for publication, and that her melodies arrive in sleep or at night, sometimes after theft of her songs.
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Lolo Armstrong
Seattle
Alkiave
Signor Glauco A. Merigzioli
Peoples Savings Bank
Pearl Cardwell
Auburn
Invasion of West Coast Pictured by Milton Bronner
Paris aroused over Kawassima preface to Tarukawa’s 1914 book The War Between Japan and the United States. It foresees a Japanese-American war, a battle at San Francisco, and invasion of the Western coast, with Hawaii and the Philippines loss and the Panama Canal taken.
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London
Japan
United States
Kawassima
Tarukawa
Paris
Philippines
Hawaii
Panama Canal
California
Sancisco
Manila
San Francisco
Three Airmen in Snow Peril Near Mattice
United States Navy aeronauts who set a farthest north balloon record are en route back to civilization with dog teams. They remain in a sparsely populated area between Mattice and Moose Factory, sheltering after a December 13 balloon descent, with blizzard danger and anxious news from an Indian runner. Lieutenants Walter Hinton Louis A Kloose and Stephen A Farrell lead the party with Indian guides along the Missanabi river area near the railway line.
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Mattice
United States Navy Aecronauts
Moose Factory
Areonauta
Navy
Walter Hinton
Louis A. Kloose
Stephen A. Farrell
Missanabi
Lulu Pease Sues for Divorce Over Squandering Salary
Mrs Lulu A Pease charges her husband Guy A Pease with squandering a $100 salary on himself and intoxicants. She seeks divorce amid domestic troubles and accusations of wasteful spending.
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Lulu A. Lease
Guy A. Pease
City urged to run shoe polishing to curb unemployment
A letter signed "Worker" asks Seattle to municipalize shoe-shining stands to provide jobs. The idea was sent to the judiciary committee for study and action.
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Seattle
Judiciary Committee
Wong forfeits $1,000 bond in narcotics case
S G Wong a 29 year old Chinese restaurateur forfeited a $1,000 bail in Judge John B Gordon's police court Monday afternoon. Forty taels of opium were alleged found in his possession when arrested.
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S. G. Wong
John B. Gordon
Wong
Revival of Hotel de Gink Promoted to Feed City Jail Hunger
A plan to revive the Hotel de Gink was floated Tuesday to handle a wave of hobos attempting to break into the city jail for meals. Jailer Sgt. G E McKnight says many men feign drunkenness to obtain three meals and a bunk, making it hard to distinguish real drunks from frauds.
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Sergt
G. E. McKnight
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