Seattle Leader Urges Unity to Rebuild After Hard Times
NK Waterhouse of Seattle, discussing local and global business, calls for courage and unselfish unity to rebuild Seattle. He warns against pessimism, urges counting blessings, and promotes buying locally as liquidation ends and normal conditions return. He predicts better business in spring and fall.
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Waterhouse
NK Waterhouse
Hongkong
Colombo
Frank Waterhouse & of
Seattle
Former Soldier Held in U S Arson Plot
DETROIT Jan 22 Former quartermaster Franklin Lamb at Fort Wayne now civilian was arrested by federal authorities charged with defrauding the government and hiring a man to set fire to government buildings to cover up a shortage.
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Detroit
Franklin Lamb
Fort Wayne
Lamb
Lumber Mills Report Production Below Normal On West Coast
One hundred twelve coast lumber mills report production 61.42 percent below normal. The weekly tally shows 31,291,450 feet produced while orders slightly exceeded production.
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One Hundred and Twelve Coast Lumber Mills
West Coast Lumbermen’s Association
Rockefeller Gives Million Dollars To Aid Hungry Kiddies
Herbert Hoover urged feeding starving children abroad at a New York dinner. John D. Rockefeller Jr. pledged and gave one million dollars, prompting other attendees to offer donations of ten and one hundred dollars. The event highlighted the fund for child feeding overseas.
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Rockefeller
New York
Herbert Hoover
John 1D. Hockefeller, Jr
Curfew Applies as Cork Businesses Feel Strain
Cork under British military curfew grinds trade to a halt with longest martial law hours yet. Shops, theatres, tobacconists, and bars suffer while trains stop at night and Sunday services are suspended. In Dublin, reports note unrest and reprisals including five houses burned at Glenwood.
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Cork
Ireland
Dublin
Glenwood
Deputy Auditor to Explain World War Bonus at Bird Cafe
Chief Deputy County Auditor W. R. Faria will present the latest on World War bonus payments at the Wild Week division rally in the Bird cafe at 214 Columbia st. Thursday at noon. Faria recently attended a state conference on the bonus issue at Olympia.
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W. RF. Faria
Bird Cafe
Columbia St
Faria
Olympia
Road Crew Fired Over Rock Study Dispute
Spokane January 22. County road foreman dismissed six laborers who spent time discussing rock formations and soil values instead of using picks for Swedish exercises. The laborers appealed to county commissioners, but the firings stand.
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Spokane
To Represent U W at College Convention
Miss Creigh Cunningham will represent the University of Washington at the College Young Women's Christian associations convention in New York from February 6 to 10.
Austria Nears Brink as Credits Hinge on Paris Conference
Baron Frank enstein, Austrian minister to Great Britain, warned that if the Paris supreme council denies Austria credits, consequences are unpredictable. In Vienna, the Austrian parliament reopening is postponed to Tuesday amid the tense political situation and awaits Paris conference news.
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London
Baron Frankenstein
Great Britain
Supreme Council
Paris
Austria
Vienna
Ford Gains 2101 Votes in Newberry Senate Recount
Washington January 22 Henry Ford posted a net gain of 2 101 votes over Truman H Newberry in 1 461 precincts during the state senate recount of the 1915 senatorial election The result reflects the ongoing tally in the National Capital precincts and shifts the margin in the contested race toward Ford.
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Ford
Newberry
Washington
Henry Ford
Truman H. Newberry
Senate
Robbers Steal 7000 in Gold From Salt Lake Vault
In Salt Lake City on January 22 daylight thieves using a home made stethoscope opened the Western Iran association vault. They took 7000 in gold and 500 in currency before the time lock at 7 am. No clues to the robbers have been found.
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Salt Lake City
Western Iran Association
Auburn arrest ends three year pursuit for shooting
Fritz Bummer, 21, is accused of shooting and wounding his brother in law George J. Gagne three years ago. He was arrested near Auburn Friday afternoon by Sheriff Matt Starwich's deputies and faces first degree assault charges. Bummer had recently returned from California.
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Fritz Bummer
George J. Gagne
Auburn
Matt Starwich
Bummer
California
Charley Mullin Named Manager for Tacoma Club
Charley Mullin a former Seattle Coast League, White Sox and Yankees infielder was appointed manager of the Tacoma baseball team in the Pacific International league, announced in Tacoma on January 22.
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Tacoma
Charley Mullin
Nebraska's Flying Grandmas Reach Chicago by Train
Nebraska's flying grandmas Mrs Draper Smith and Mrs H Wheeler arrived in Chicago by train after foggy weather grounded their air journey to Washington. They had to reach Washington by Sunday night for a college meet, and said Nebraskans worried more than they did.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Mra Draper Smith
Mrs. H. Wheeler
Washington
Des Moines
Mra Wheeler
M'Donnell Sentenced to Prison in San Francisco
Superior Judge Ward sentenced Allen McDonnell to one to 60 years at San Quentin for felonious attack on Jeusie Montgomery tied to the Howard street gang outrages. A second count carried five years to life. probation was denied and an appeal advised. Additional Montana note mentions a distant well with a steady stream.
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San Francisco
Ward
Allen McDonnell
Jeusie Montgomery
Howard St
San Quentin
McDonnell
Submarine K-45 Sinks. 96 Perish in English Channel
London reports the British submarine K-45 with a crew of six officers and 50 men was lost in the English Channel on Thursday. Details of the accident were not released.
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London
English Channel
Salaries Not Divided Right Prompt City Inquiry
Civil Service Commissioner Chauncy Baxter accused irregularities in city salary payments with some employees earning more than their entitlements under ordinance. A resolution to audit payrolls was set for a public hearing before the judiciary and finance committees next Tuesday.
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Civil Service
Chauncy Baxter
Finance Committee
Judiciary and Finance Committee
Denver Man Granted Divorce After War Army Loan Case
Charles B. Pryor, who signed $40,000 in real estate to his wife before going to war, returned to find another man with his wife. In county court Pryor said his wife refused to give him any money and told him to go wherever he chose as long as he did not reveal the destination. He won a divorce.
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Denver
Col
Charles B. Pryor
Pryor
School Board urged to curb light globe breakages
J. D. Rossa, superintendent of lighting, asks the school board to aid in reducing the number of light globe breakages caused by mischievous boys.
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J. D. Rossa
Perjury Charge in Adoption Dismissed at Hearing
Justice of the Peace C. C. Dalton dismissed a perjury charge against Mrs. Arlee Edna Kooken and her husband Elmer Ralph Kooken after a preliminary hearing Friday. They had been accused by ex-husband John Quient of swearing falsely to adopt Betty Quient, six, child of Mrs. Kooken and Quient.
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Justice of the Peace
C. C. Dalton
Arlee
Edna. Kooken
Elmer Ralph Kooken
John Quient
Auto Driver Robbed by Two Bandits in Early Morning Incident
Two assailants halted N. Hayes at 2853 West 64th Street at 1 45 am Saturday, fired a shot through the car roof, assaulted him, and robbed him of 20 dollars. Hayes resisted then was forced to stop as one bandit jumped on the running board and struck him.
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W. 64Rd St
Hayes
L. H. Waite
24Th Ave
23Rd Ave
E. Jefferson
Pr. M. Olson
Sixth Ave
Smith
FE. Harrison St
W. F. Johnson
W. B. Buffum
Tenth Ave
Central Station
City el Clark
Broadway
Harrison
City Hospital
A. Biemsaia
Empire Building
McMillan
L. C. Buchman
Fenton
O'Brien
Montgomery
Hoge Building
O’brien
Louis Marks
Second Ave
Hig Auto
Kerensky Forms Anti Soviet Union Committee
Paris reports a nine member permanent group to oppose the Soviet government in Russia. Named by Kerensky’s anti Koleshvik conference, the panel includes Kerensky Miliukoff and Avksienteff and aims to appeal to governments to aid Russian refugees to preserve cultural contributions.
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Paris
Russia
Alexander Kerensky
Kerensky
M. Miliukoff
M. Avksienteff
Dog bite rule hits Salem mail service
Salem Oregon January 22 postmaster Huckestein orders denial of mail delivery to owners of vicious dogs to protect carriers after two recent attacks one leaving a carrier severely bitten the policy requires chains or indoor containment. Bellingham Bloedel Donovan Lumber Co plans indefinite mill closures once small orders are fulfilled.
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Salem
Ore
Huckestein
Bellingham Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Co
Two Police Officers Killed In Second Ave Shootings
John Smith charged with first degree murder after fatal gun battles on Broadway Harrison and Second Ave in which City Detective James O'Brien died and Patrolmen Angle and McMillan were wounded. Smith confessed. speedy trial sought as violence followed a week after a similar bandit attack.
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John Smith
City
James O’brien
Broadway
Harrison St
Hoge Building
Second Ave
Cherry Jr
Smith
W. T. Angle
Neil N. McMillan
Angle
McMillan
T'Tnman
O'Brien
T. G. Montgomery
O’brien
Montgomery
Littl
Malcolm Douglas
Volney L. Stevens
Creighton Dodge
Jack Dempsey Sets Course for Portland Exhibition
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey departed Oakland today bound for Portland to fight in an exhibition bout against Terry Kellex on Wednesday night.
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Jack Dempsey
Portland
Oakland
Cal
Terry Kellex
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