Billingsley Graft Case Spurs Seattle Grand Jury Probe
Rival bootlegging factions in Seattle feed a federal probe as Logan Billingsley and ex patrolman Margett tell how liquor shipments were diverted and bribes lubricated city officials. The witness list implicates Mayor Gill and Chief Beckingham with others as prosecutors edge toward indictments.
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Logan
Fred
Ore
Pielow
United States
Tacoma
Allen
Gill
Beckingham
King
J. Mullen
Billings
Leva
Billingsleys
Mullen
Logan Billingsley
Seattle
Outlaw Tells Of Winning Battle For Honor System
Tex Schapper, one of 17 Kansas prisoners given Christmas paroles who did not report back, recounts in the prison paper how he chose to return. He describes border life, the pull of freedom, and the decisive moment reading a Fort Worth paper with the headline about the square deal editor and the prisoners praying for his return. He states the honor system won the inner struggle.
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Lansing
Kas
Tex” Schapper
Kansas
Tex
Texas
Rio Grande
Mexico
Square
Fort Worth
Square Deal
Ife
Favorite Boyhood Books Spark Living Debates in Seattle
A Seattle survey finds Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe top boyhood favorites. Readers like Swiss Family Robinson for adventure and animal ties, with others praising The Scottish Chiefs and Oliver Twist for pace, outdoors, and empathy.
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Twain
Defoe
Seattle
Archie Peppin
Pike Street
Tom Sawyer
J. D. 0. Powers
Unitarian Church
Ole Hanson
John Lagerquist
Sim
Cobb
Robinson Crusoe
Custer
Renton
Oliver Twist
City council candidate files as Union Transfer chief enters race
J. F. Douglas of the Metropolitan Building company and Frank J. Miller of the National Grocery company spoke to Y M C A boys on the elements of successful sales. John J. Kelly, president of Union Transfer Moving and Storage, filed as a candidate for the city council.
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J. F. Douglas
Metropolitan Building Company
Frank J. Miller
National Grocery Company
John J. Kelly
Union Transfer Moving and Storage Company
Saturday shopping ads across Star pages
The piece highlights liberal advertising space in today’s Star and urges consulting the ada for Saturday shopping. It lists retailers like Standard Furniture Co, Imperial Tailoring Co, Easterp Outfitting Co, Gately’s, MacDougall-Southwick, and others, noting more than 60,000 copies.
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Ada
Standard Furniture Co
Rage Imperial Tailoring Co
Easterp Outfitting Co
Gately’s
Vase Ou Canbouse
Grontaum Ee i
MacDougall-Southwick
Steee Poo
Sea Raider At Large May Have Added Six Victims
Buenos Aires reports indicate the German raider has increased its list of merchant ship victims by six and may have converted prizes into raiders. Allied ships hunt the South Atlantic as survivors recount the raider’s audacious acts and a possible Moewe connection emerges amid confirmed logs.
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Charles P. Stewart
United Press
United Presse
Buenos Aires
Rio de Janiero
South Atlantic
High Seas
Radnorshire
Moewe
Pernambuco
Yarrowdale
St. Vincent
Rio
Snow Touches Greenlake Morning, Reaches Downtown
Snow began in Greenlake around 5 a.m. and drifted little yet by 11 a.m. the downtown area saw only light flurries. The report notes the sparse early snowfall limited to the northwest district with minimal accumulation downtown.
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Greenlake
Mayoress rejects city marshal and old town hall
Umatilla officials led by mayoress Laura Starcher announce no city marshal will be kept. Councilman Stephens backs marshal but is overruled. Administration plans to abandon the outdated old town hall and cut monthly government expenses by 57 dollars.
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Umatilla
Laura Starcher
Stephens
UH-SONG by Damon Runyon in cabaret slang
A playful verse in cabaret patter about Wacky Wee and Mart hy Abigail See in a Kansas City style scene. The narrator recalls a night in a cabaret on Broadway with a singer in a hula skirt and a stubborn girl who won t dance the right way.
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Marthy
Abagall
Alaska Copper Kings Plan Major Copper Steamship Merger
Reports from San Francisco said a huge merger tying the Jackling and Guggenheim copper interests to consolidate Pacific Steamship, Alaska Steamship, and Hill lines is being arranged. Officials deny knowledge or involvement, with skepticism over the steamship tie-ins and overall merger scope. Jackling is in New York awaiting developments.
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Jackling
Guggenheim Copper
Pacific Steamship Co
Alaska Steamship Co
Guggenheims
Hill Steamship Lines
San Francisco
H. F. Alexander
Pacific Company
R. W. Baxter
Alaska Company
Bexter
Judge Brown
Guegenheim
Alaska
Alexander
Db. C Jackling
Pacific Steamship Company
Hill Steamship Line
New York
Posse Kills Three Yeggs Near Okmulgee
Three bandits identified as Oscar Poe Will Hart and Harry Hart were killed by a posse led by Sheriff Roach in a clash 18 miles southwest of Okmulgee Oklahoma. Chief of Police Bowman of Okmulgee a posse member was wounded in the hand.
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Okmulgee, Okla
Jan
Oscar Poe
Will Hart
Harry Hart
Roach
Here
Bowman
Okmulgee
Billingsley Quizzed Over Beckingham Visit Details
Fred Billingsley testified before a federal grand jury Friday about Chief Beckingham’s claim of visiting his McKay Apartments flat on Oct 10 seeking tips to locate ex Patrolman E. J. Margett. The session included questions on other alleged visits and police protection stories tied to the Billingsleys and their associates. Deputy sheriffs and officers awaited calls as D. McKinnon, indicted on liquor license charges, was arrested and released on bond.
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Margett
Jesse Moore-Hunt Company
Hillingsley
Logan
Central Station
Billingsley
Hillingsleys
Fords
24Th Ave
Jackson St
Charles Smith
Edmonds
Star
Beckingham
Moore Hunt Company
Jesse Moore
Billingsleys
Gregory
Washington
Seattle
Jesse Moore-Hunt
Baker
Burke Eddie Baker
Ethelton Hotel
Burke
Charles Young
Fred
Ora Billingsley
W. H. Plelow
William Frazier
San Francisco
Fred Billingsley
Federal Grand Jury
Pink Star
McKay Apartments
Seventh Ave
Pike St
E. J. Margett
Fred. Logan
Lee Gordon
Billi
Becki
McKay
Eighth Ave
Prie St Iit
Smith
Loys
Beckingsham
Oregon to fund Reynolds trip for tourist rate case
The Oregon legislature will let Attorney General Tanner’s office cover Charles A. Reynolds’ actual travel expenses to champion the Northwest tourist victory. No fee is included. Reynolds will be appointed by the attorney general. Senate committee expects Tanner’s appropriation to cover costs.
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Edgar C. Wheeler
Olympia
Tanner
Charles A. Reynold
Washington
Northwest
Senate Appropriations Committee
Reynolds
Public Service Commission
Senate
Oregon
Senate buys furnishings for senators wives in best room
In Olympia Washington the senate appropriated 150 dollars for furnishing the room used by senators wives. Senator Palmer of King backed the purchases including Wilton rugs oak rocker two French mirrors two oak tables three card tables folding chairs cretonne and related items for eight wives of members.
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Olympia
Wash
House
Senate
Palmer
King
Bat Wing Bowles Era of a Fateful Farewell
A young hero pursues the girl he loves and follows her from town to Arizona, with adventures framed as fiction. The tale promises intrigue as the couple’s journey unfolds in the upcoming Star feature.
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Billingsley Brothers
Feder Grand Jury
Ora
Outlaw
Chane Sibley
Oe Fame
Pamily Robinson
Live Business
M. A. Gottatein Furniture Co
Westlake
Pine St
Pane Public Market
Houth End
Vpage
Redelsheimer'’s
L. V. Westerman
Grote-Rankin Co
Wraser-Waterson Co
Wryen Market
Vane Carl Schermer
Page Tailored Ready Co
Ake Bon Marche
Frederick & Nelson
Heattle
SEA Rover
Marshal
Old Town Hall
Damon Runyon
Alaska Copper Kings
Posse
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