Portland businessmen back tourist rate fund drive
Private subscriptions gathered through The Star would be returned if the legislature funds the tourist rate case expenses for Charles A. Reynolds. The Star supports continuing the drive to raise 5000 dollars while the legislature may or may not provide state money.
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Portland
Charles A. Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Charles E. Reynolds
State Public Servcommission
Miles Poindexter
Interstate Commerce Commission
T. D. Rockwell
Washington Hotel Men's Association
Ore
Seattle
Public Service Commission
Appropriations
Southern Pacific
Indictments Filed in Liquor-Graft Probe and Related News
Thirteen minor indictments returned by the federal grand jury clear the decks for a speedy finish of the booze graft probe affecting local officials. Indictments include operating a distillery, selling without licenses, white slavery, and interstate commerce charges. Witnesses tied to Mayor Gill’s compromise with the Billingsleys are also noted as the inquiry widens. News from Recife and Rio reports survivors from ships sunk by a Teutonic raider, with flotilla losses and new vessels sunk, while other dispatches list numerous steamers and ships involved.
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Federal Grand Jury
Joe
Rose Hlack
Bellingham
Frank Miller
R. R. Stevenson
Joseph Dwyer
Thomas Cascutt
Antone Cassutt
Co Reilly
H. H. Reis
Chartes Ealing
Herante
Thru Express
Thomas Gilbert
Canada
Internal Revenue
Claude Ingram
Tacoma
Billingsleys
Jesse Moore-Hunt Company
Frank Hessell
J. H. Davis
Washington Annex
U. S
Allen
Hugh Caldwell
Hillingsley
Gill
Pernambuco
Rio
P Pernambuco
Hudson Manu
Teutonic Commerce
Mies
Dramitist
Radnorshire
Matna
Havre
Jordon
Merc Uvaintimen
Byazilian
Dale the Misfit Councilman Faces Reelection
The article portrays C. Allen Dale as universally opposed to all fellow councilmen of the past three years. It claims he aligns with private interests, pushes many fallacious schemes, and acts as a public servant in name only. It urges Seattle voters to retire him from office.
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C. Allen Dale
Erickson
Thomson
Moore
Dale
Seattle
Billingsleys Involved In Booze Catch
Police arrested Ernest Toth and others after a keg of alcohol was found in a Ford left at the White garage at 1622 Third Ave. The vehicle owned by Mrs H Billingsley was linked to F K Billingsley Oklahoma City and keys with a Federal tag were found on the switch lock. Toth, from 2554 10th Ave W, allegedly offered to pay garage workers to steal the liquor after attempting multiple times to take it.
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Billingsleys
Third Ave
Ford
H. Billingsley
McKay
F. K. Billingsley
Oklahoma City
Arbogast
Mason
Ernest Toth
10Th Ave. W
Bone dry measure likely to pass without emergency clause
Olympia, Jan. 17. The bone dry law probably will be sent through both houses as introduced, without an emergency clause or referendum clause. After a conference between the joint public morals committee and Attorney General Tanner, it was agreed that an emergency clause blocking referendum would oppose popular government principles.
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Olympia
Joint Public Morals Committee
House
Senate
Tanner
Riots in Berlin Prompt Military Threat and Reichstag Move
Wireless messages from Berlin report serious disorders prompting a threatening manifesto from authorities. Rumors say the Reichstag may convene outside Berlin due to the unrest.
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Berlin
London
Ening
Reichstag
Japanese Mother Asphyxiates Four Babies and Self
In San Francisco an apartment on Hemlock Street yielded a grim tragedy as police found Mrs. Sanke Kikuchi and her four children dead in bed. Authorities described the case as an insane fit and noted escaping gas revealed the mother's actions after tucking the children in. The oldest child was six.
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San Francisco
Hemlock
Sankei Kikuchi
Miners Quit Over War Bonus Increase In Canadian Camps
Fernie British Columbia January 17 mines idle in Fernie Bellevue and Frank while camps at Michel Coleman Carbondale and others continue work. Workers seek settlement of war bonus increase with pauses likely until terms are told.
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Fernie
B.C
Bellevue
Frank
Hlairmore
Michel
Coleman
Carbondale
Danish West Indies Transfer to United States Marked
The Danish West Indies formally transferred to U S control after ratifications were exchanged, ending latent territorial acquisition. In Billingsley related matters, Allen Dr. Stone and Charles Smith attended, as grand jury sessions continued with Mayor Gill’s aides and a “clean slate” agreement under scrutiny.
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Danish West Indies
United States
Denmark
Lansing
Hron
Allen
C. M. Stone
Charles Smith
Edmonds
Billingsley
Billingsleys
James Crehan
Gil
Grand Jury
Crehan
Gill
Alfred Landin
Landin
Billinsleys
C. B. Peterson
W. C. Ridley
N. Nelson
Leak probe gains power to hire counsel and hold hearings
The house approved the leak probe committee by unanimous consent to employ counsel and accountants and to hold hearings domestically or possibly in Wall Street New York. After an initial delay Rep Pou sought a 30 day extension of the committee and the request was granted.
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J. P. Yoder
United Press Staff
Washington
The
House Today
Wall St
New York
House
Rep. Pou
Leak
Greeks Accept Allied Demand in Athens Ultimatum
Athens reports the crown council has agreed to accept the allied ultimatum without reserve. Entente ministers were advised of the decision. Venizelian prisoners are slated for imminent release.
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Athens
Crown Council
Purse Snatchers Rob Two Women
Purse snatchers grabbed hand bags from Mrs. B. A. Arney of 1618 Boylston Ave and Mme Christine La Barraque, a blind music teacher at the Assembly Hotel near Ninth Ave and Madison St. La Barraque lost a silver mesh bag and $15, while Arney lost a watch.
Raider Mystery: German Raider Reported South of Virginia
Norfolk Va Jan 17 A German commerce raider believed to have sunk a number of vessels in the South Atlantic is reported to be operating about 1 000 miles south of the Virginia capes, according to a warning broadcast by allied warships at noon today.
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Norfolk
South Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Gompers Defies Possible Strike Prevention Law
Samuel Gompers told the House Interstate Commerce Committee that he would be a violator of any strike prevention law the Congress may enact as the Adamson bill, including the president's railroad program, is discussed.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
Congress
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Flyers Begin Airman Hunt in Calexico
Three United States army aviators started a historic aerial manhunt for Lieut. Col. Bishop and Lieut. W A Robertson Jr missing airmen. They flew at 9 30 a m with orders to search until their gasoline ran out. A new aviation supply base was set up at MccKinnon’s ranch thirty miles southeast of Calexico.
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Calexico
United States Army
Col. Bishop
W. A. Robertson
MccKinnon
Heattle’s beat stores offer heat offerings in The Star
A merchant advertises new merchandise in The Star to keep goods moving. He prices items as they slow, advertises the sale, and delivers bargains to customers. Regular heat offerings appear in The Star for shoppers.
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Star
Heattle
Beat
Fistic Fracas Marked Olympia Senate Session
Olympia Jan 17 The senate saw a notable melee after Senator Howard Taylor struck Ed Brown with a palm in the chamber. The altercation drew a peace appeal from Speaker Kelly and a forthcoming boxing impulse among senators Fairchild and Barnes. Bert Butterworth appeared at the scene amid talk of future duels and a gaggle of lobbyists eyed port commission amendments. Ralph Nichols of Seattle is tipped for governor. King County led in pay days as bills on reapportionment and port governance move forward.
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Edgar C. Wheeler
Olympia
Howard Taylor
Ed Brown
Senate
British Admiralty Confirms Raiding Sinking Eight British and Two French Merchants
London reports the British admiralty says a German raider sank eight British and two French merchantmen in the South Atlantic. Dispatches from Buenos Aires note a Japanese steamer landed 257 rescued from sunken ships on Pernambuco, while the St. Theodore was captured and Yarrowdale crew-mates were transferred. Losses include Voltaire Dramatic Radnorshire Netherby Mount Temple King George Georgic Mineh Nantes and Asnieres.
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London
Admiralty
South Atlantic
Buenos Aires
Pernambuco
Radnorshire
Netherby
Mount Temple
Dramatist Victim of Sea Raider Listed as Missing
The Dramatist, a Harrison liner, is reported among victims of a German sea raider that has sunk or captured 23 ships in roughly the last six weeks. The vessel sailed from Seattle on November 29 after loading at Tacoma, left port November 6, and was examined here by Balfour-Guthrie agents before setting out for the British Isles.
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Harrison Liner
Seattle
Tacoma
Balfour-Guthrie
British Isles
Terror
Three Vessels Possibly Sunk by German Raider
Rumors in Galveston indicate the Swedish steamers Consul Corfuson and Consul Olsson and the Norwegian steamer Asborg, all three sailing from Galveston in November, may have been sunk by the new German raider. The Swedes carried 20,000 bales of cotton to Havre, and the Norwegian ship carried 10,000 bales to Genoa.
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Galveston
Consul Corfuson
Olsson
Asborg
Havre
Genoa
Roberts Case Heads to the Jury Wednesday
The federal case against former Deputy Sheriff John W. Roberts will go to the jury on Wednesday. Judge Neterer struck two counts from the indictment, one for conspiracy and the other for representing an officer.
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John W. Roberts
Neterer
Roberts
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