Mutual banks accused of defrauding depositors in Seattle
Seattle and state residents were said to be defrauded by new mutual savings and loan banks that are not members of the State League. Agents allegedly failed to disclose a $2 per share membership fee, causing deposits to be listed as subscriptions and leading to hidden charges when withdrawals occurred. Millions potentially affected.
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Seattle
Mutual Savings and Loan Associations
State League of Savings and Loan Associations
Mutual Banks
Mutual Savings Banks
Nto
New “Mutual
Washington Servings and Loan Association
Puget Sound Savings and Loan Association
Mutual Savings and Loan Associaton
Home Savings and Loan Association
Second Ave
Columbia Savings and Loan Association
Henry Building
Protective Savings and Loan Association
Prudential Savings and Loan Association
Cherry St
Seattle Savings and Loan Association
American Savings and ‘Loan Association
Police to destroy large liquor in storeroom purge
Chief Beckingham announced plans to destroy a truckload of liquor evidence stored at the police station. He will hand room keys to Sergeant Putnam of the dry squad after a dispute over control of the storeroom. The destruction follows withholding of access until keys are turned over.
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Beckingham
Destru
Sergt. Putnam
Nquor
Cow Counties Must Play Square in Education Rift
Olympia rumors say legislators from the cow counties oppose the state education survey report backing the Pullman college over UW. The Star urges a state wide, nonsectarian approach and notes the survey was prepared by a legislative committee with expert help. President Suzzallo to address lawmakers tonight urging the whole state’s best interests.
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Olympia
Cow
State College
Pullman
University of Washington
Seattle
Star
Suzzallo
Tacoma Club Urges State to Bear Cost of Tourist Fight
The Tacoma Commercial Club urges statewide action to fund the $17.50 tourist differential fight for the Northwest. The report says the attorney general cannot prosecute on appeal and favors the original winner defending the case. Contributions to the rate fund include $100 from a local shipper and $5 from Guardian Savings Bank.
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Tacoma Club
State
Tacoma
Tacoma Commercial Club
Northwest
Jourisl Rate Fund
Guardian Savings Bank
Witch Girl Delia Wrobleski Draws Detroit Crowds
In Detroit crowds gathered before 16 year old Delia Wrobleski whose rumored witch powers draw police and curious residents. Reporters met the girl who denied any occult power as crowds sought demonstrations amid fear and local clergy skepticism.
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Detroit
Delia Wrobleski
Father Felix Kierus
St. Francis Church
Lieut Guyne Mer Downed 27th German Plane
Paris reports Lieut Guyne Mer shot down his 27th German aircraft today and second in 48 hours. The war office also notes a failed German surprise attack south of Berrybac in which the enemy sustained heavy losses.
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Paris
Guynemer
Hthmn
War Office
Berrybac
Generosity Alone Will Let America Hold World Trade
Pittsburg January 25 The national foreign trade council opens its fourth annual convention with Willard Straight urging broader generous lines for postwar US business. He says international trade must be mutually beneficial and that the United States must purchase as well as sell. Alba Johnson is elected Baldwin Locomotive Works president as chairman designates. Bankers urged greater liberal treatment of foreign borrowers while cautioning none but Americans may destroy France’s opportunities. President Wilson’s senate address looms as delegates tie his ideas to postwar trade protection.
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Pittsburg
United States
National Foreign Trade Council
Willard Straight
New York
American International Corporation
William Penn Hotel
Alba Bt. Johnson
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
J. J. Farrell
U. S. Steel Corporation
Lewis Pierson
Irving National Bank of New York
W. W. Nichols
Allie Chalmers Co
United States Industrial Commission
France
Venaibes- Pere Straignt
U. S
Wilson
Senate
Bali Island Quake Kills Fifty Injures Three Hundred
An earthquake on Bali in the Malay archipelago killed fifty people and injured about three hundred. Dispatches report widespread destruction of houses factories and temples. The Cunong Agong volcano rises about ten thousand feet on Bali, an island roughly seventy five by forty miles.
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Amsterdam
Bali
Malay Archipelago
Movie actress Nell Harvey dies by alcoholism says autopsy
Dr. Wagner, autopsy surgeon, announced Nell Harvey, a movie actress found dead in Los Angeles, died from alcoholism. Police say Harland J. Winter, detained in the case, will be released today. An attempt to kill Spanish premier Count Romanones by placing railroad ties on train tracks failed.
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Los Angeles
Wagner
Nell Harvey
Harland J. Winter
Count Romanones
Seville
Madrid
Hunger strike grips birth control activist in New York
On Blackwell's Island Mrs. Ethel Byrne enters fourth day without food or drink as authorities report stable vital signs. Warden Fox says Byrne will be made to take nourishment when discomfort peaks. Sister Margaret Sanger indicted by Kings County grand jury for public nuisance with $500 bail posted.
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New York
Ethel Byrne
Wiron
Whitman
Hymne
Blackwell's Island
Burdette Gillon
Byrne
Kings County Grand Jury
Sanger
Indicted in Ohio vote fraud probe major federal action
Six sealed indictments naming 99 defendants were returned by the federal grand jury in Cincinnati. Indictments’ names will not be released until arrest. The probe targets election fraud in the Middle West with several prominent figures and at least two city officials suspected. Frank C. Dailey of Indianapolis leads the probe. he previously oversaw actions in Terre Haute resulting in federal penitentiary cases against Mayor Don M. Roberts and his Democratic city officials.
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Cincinnati
Middle West
Frank C. Dailey
Indianapolis
U. S
Dailey
Indiana
Terre Haute
Don M. Roberts
Federal Penitentiary
Speaker Thompson presides as Stanfield retires in Oregon House
Mrs. Alexander Thompson of The Dalles served as speaker over the Oregon house yesterday as Speaker R N Stanfield retired from the role. The event marked a transition in the state legislature with Thompson leading proceedings in the absence of the retiring leader.
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Alexander Thompson
Dalles
Oregon House of Representatives
R. N. Stanfield
Girl seeks 800 dollar mortgage repair through card sales
Theresa Bonderer faces a six month goal to raise 800 dollars for her mother’s Orting ranch mortgage. She plans to sell souvenir postal cards and canvass houses after quitting her stenographer job, hoping to earn 135 dollars monthly by selling cards. She asserts the venture is more profitable than stenography and is living with the Hartmans at 816 Sixth Ave North.
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Theresa Honderer
Orting
France Frees Girl Who Killed Baby Over German Father
Paris January twenty five. Josephine Barthelemy aged twenty was acquitted by a French jury for infanticide after confessing she killed her baby because the father was German. The trial highlighted wartime tensions and perceived moral outrage amid soldiers and unwelcome births.
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Baby
Dad
France
Paris
Josephine Barthelemy
Vice Resorts in Frisco to Close
San Francisco officials announce closure of uptown vice resorts after Rev. Paul Smith names owners from the pulpit. The mayor and police commissioners pledge a tightened lid on the Barbary Coast as part of a vice crusade. A second note mentions an oversized freshwater catch displayed at Pete's stall in the Sanitary market.
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Vice Resorts
Frisco
Pastor Names
San Francisco
Rolph
Paul Smith
Smith
Cape Plattery
Pete
Sanitary Market
First Ave
Pike
Leaks Prompt Change in U S State Department Codes
A high official said confidential messages of the state department have leaked since codes were known abroad. Codes have been altered periodically and hints suggest recent changes.
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Washington
State Department
Grand jury hearings conclude in liquor syndicate probe
Federal grand jurors hear further witnesses as papers and guns linked to the Jesse Moore-Hunt Co and the Billingsleys are moved to authorities. Roy Alden and others testify about raid contacts and conspiracy. Indictments include Nichols for counterfeit coins and George Snyder for opium smuggling.
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Liquor Syndicate
Federal
Jesse Moore-Hunt Co
Billingsleys
Roy Alden
EB. J. Ketts
Margett
Alden
Sergt
Ass T
Clarence Reames
William Chadwick
Taxi Drif
Bills
Thomas J
Antone Cass
George W. Reilly
H. Reilly
Inters
Neterer
Antone
H. H. Reilly
Logan
Fred Bellingsley
Wednesady
F. E. Nichols
George Snyder
Mother Fights for Daughter Over $600 in Tacoma
Elizabeth Durst loses court fight to regain daughter Helen Louise 7 adopted by Mr. and Mrs. William Fletcher of Tacoma. Fletchers demand $600 before returning the child, drawing letters to the Tacoma Times and public sympathy. A struggling mother and a day laborer woman search for work amid
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William Fletcher
Tacoma
Washington
Fletchers
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