Boys Ride to Death in Stolen Auto and Bank Fees Controversy
The Star reports ongoing complaints from investors in several Seattle building and loan associations. Managers deny withholding information on membership and withdrawal fees while defending disclosures and state supervision. Customers say they were induced to deposit without full terms, with lawsuits and accusations amid a battle among lenders.
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the Star
Savings and Association
Pierce
The
Home Savings and Loan Association
Seattle
Joyride to death in stolen car claims two Seattle youths
Two Seattle boys Lee Erland and Andy Dechtel died when a stolen car they allegedly drove crashed through a bridge railing on Bothell road. The vehicle, owned by N W Welger of Hotel Lincoln, was found wrecked with both youths crushed. Police note prior auto theft arrests.
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Seattle
Lee Erland
25Th Ave. S
Andy Dechtel
29Th Ave. S
Bothell Road
Koepfli
Lcense
N. W. Welger
Lincoln
Reformatory
Sunshine Lady inspires without complaint in Seattle
Mabel Long, a 30 year old Seattle woman paralyzed for eight years, faces life from her wheelchair with a brave cheer. She runs a magazine subscription business by phone, helps her mother, and aims to cheer others, insisting whine is a crime against self and others.
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Jack Jungmeyer
Mabel Long
Seattle
Miss Long
Ballard
Sunshine
Sunshine Lady
Indictments in Seattle booze graft case favor four sealed names
Four secret and three open indictments were returned by the federal grand jury to Judge Neterer after weeks of probing Seattle’s booze graft scandal. Open indictments named Ah Sing Ah Lee and G. Shung with infractions of federal law. four sealed names await arrest. Warrants issued. witnesses testified as the grand jury convened and adjourned.
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Neterer
Seattle
Billingsley Brothers
Allen
Ah Sing
Ah Lee
G. Shung
Women of Streets Challenge Crusaders in San Francisco
In San Francisco on January 26 1920 300 Magdalenes posed the key question what will you do with us as 5000 gathered at Dreamland for a vice crusade. Mrs R M Gamble confronted church leaders with economic class critique as Rev Paul Smith admitted he cannot answer the age old questions and offered personal aid to leave the life.
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San Francisco
Rolph
Paulmith
Central Methodist Episcopal Church
Dreamland
R. M. Gamble
Mr. Smith
Saturday Shoppers Offers Across Local Stores
Saturday shoppers will find many helpful suggestions in the add today. Practically everything you are likely to want to do tomorrow is advertised with special prices worth checking. The Star lists deals from Standard Furniture Co MacDougal & Co Woodhouse Crunkser Furniture Co and others across multiple pages.
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Standard Furniture Co
Page Reaatern Outfitting Co
Page Woodhouse-Crunkser Furniture Co
MacDougal & So
Detroit Urged as Leader in Americanization Drive
Walter C. Piper of the National Association of Real Estate Boards urged renewed Americanization efforts for immigrant laborers before the National Security League in Washington. He touted Detroit as the most American city and said local business leaders push to assimilate its 60,000 non English speaking aliens, noting a 100 percent rise in naturalization applications in 1916.
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Washington
Detroit
Nichols proposes senate elected rules committee
Olympia Jan 26 One of the senate's most radical moves occurred as Senator Nichols announced a Monday proposal to elect the rules committee by Senate vote. The plan aims to block efforts by political organizers to bury bills in the reactionary committee under Lieutenant Governor Hart.
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Nichols
Senate
Olympia
Gov
Hart
Birth Control Advocate Taken to Hospital on Hunger Strike
Mrs. Ethel Byrne, after five days without food, was moved from her cell to Blackwell Island Hospital. Authorities report she is weaker, with fluctuating blood pressure and a moderately weaker pulse. Prison physician Dr. Irma Howard monitors her condition and food will be provided if deemed necessary.
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New York
Ethel Byrne
Blackwell Island
Hardette C. Lewis
Commissioner of Correction
Mra. Byrne
Irma Howard
Howard
Mra
Steamer Prince John Ashore in Wrangell Narrows
Word of the Grand Trunk Pacific steamer Prince John, a freight carrier with possible passengers, reaching Wrangell Narrows and taking on water fast, prompted S O S calls. Coast guard and ships in northern waters rushed to assist. exact boat location and passenger status were not confirmed.
French Say They Repulsed Attacks On Front Lines
Paris Jan. 26 German attacks on four points along the front from Avecourt Wood to Deadman's Hill were reported repulsed with heavy losses by the war office. A small enemy detachment briefly penetrated French trenches near Hit 304 while two Somme assaults were checked by artillery fire.
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Paris
Avecourt Wood
Deadman's Hill
War Office
Somme
British Labor approves Wilson plan for world peace league
At a Manchester conference the British Labour Party adopted resolutions backing President Wilsons plan for an international league to enforce peace after the war. Only one of 700 delegates opposed the measure.
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Manchester
Eng
Labor Party
Wilson
International League
Sensation in Mooney bombing trial as new witness identifies four defendants
A new witness, Oregon cattle dealer 8 C Oxman, testified in San Francisco that he saw Thomas Mooney Warren Billings Mrs Mooney and Israel Weinburg at Stewart and Market streets minutes before the parade bomb blast. He described a fifth man with a black mustache and an automobile present at the scene. Mooney was on a running board with a suitcase as Billings and the mysterious man took it and moved away.
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San Francisco
Thomas Mooney
Mooney
Warren Billings
Israel Weinburg
Stewart and Market Sts
8. C. Oxman
Oregon
Mooneys
Billings
Weinburg
Stewart
Market Sta
Stewart St
Snow Holds UP Union Pacific Trains Across Wyoming
In Laramie Wyoming a major snowstorm halts eight westbound and twelve eastbound Union Pacific passenger trains. Traffic east and west of Laramie is at a standstill as drifts close lines from Hanna to Boulder. Plows struggle against heavy drifting while railroad men serve free meals to stranded passengers.
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Laramiee
Wyo
Union Pacific Railroad
Medicine Row
Laramie
Hanna
Boulder
Earthquake Felt in Montreal Canada
A strong earthquake震震震 shock was recorded in Montreal Quebec at about 2 45 this afternoon lasting 15 seconds with no damage reported.
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Montreal
Quebec
War paint banned at Washington finishing schools
Washington January 26 principals at exclusive finishing schools ordered the abolition of war paint. Rouge beauty spots eyebrow pencils and lip sticks are expelled along with the checolette gown that previously allowed a full survey of arms shoulders and vertebrae.
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Washington
Norris amendment on sub treasuries defeated in Senate
Washington January 26 Senator Norris amendment to abolish nine sub treasuries was defeated by a 45 to 15 vote in the executive legislative and judicial bill debate.
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Washington
Norris
Osteopath Bill Back In Committee
Olympia, Jan. 26. The Goff bill allowing osteopaths to practice surgery was sent back to the committee on medicine, dentistry, surgery and hygiene for further amendments after a two hour House debate. Fred Hastings moved to postpone it indefinitely.
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Olympia
Committee On Medicine, Dentistry
Fred Hastings
Allies Buy Sheep in Oregon for Europe Trade
Allied agents entered the market for recon sheep in Portland on January 26. Heavy purchases are being made for shipment to Europe, signaling planned wartime supplies.
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Oregon
Portland
Europe
Slavs Admit Loss at Kalmeev River Battle
The official statement reports Russian forces pulled back about a mile on the eastern bank of the River Aa in the Riga sector toward Kalmeev after a stubborn clash with German forces today.
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Petrograd
Riga
Kalmeev
Dog Derby Leaders Push Toward Winnipeg to St Paul Goal
Miartusa Henson Gunnar Tomasson and Mike Kelly of Lake Winnipeg lead the Red River Dog Derby by 18 miles on day three. Louis Hill president of the Great Northern follows on a special train with a moving picture crew. The three leaders expect to keep pushing toward the finish.
Paper mill buys 100000 acres of Oregon timber
An unnamed large Eastern paper company has secured an option on 100,000 acres of spruce along the Smith and Lower Umpqua rivers in Oregon. The deal reportedly values at about 4.5 million dollars, marking one of the era's largest timber acquisitions.
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Paper Mill
Oregon
Marshfield
Ore
Big Eastern Paper Milling Company
Smith
Lower
Umpqua
Alcohol from wood wastes shown possible and profitable
The forest products laboratory at Madison Wisconsin proved that manufacturing alcohol from wood wastes is not only chemically feasible but also commercially profitable.
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Forest Products Laboratory
Madison, Wis
Kaiser Plans Peace Move On 58th Birthday
London reports that Kaiser Wilhelm intends to push a peace initiative on his birthday with terms more acceptable to the Entente. Count Tisza signaled continued peace talks with the United States, while rumors from Berlin to Paris describe a push for a universal meeting to discuss reorganization of future peace.
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London
Kaiser Wilhelm
Stephen Tisza
United States
Count Tisza
Berlin
Ss Zerland
Paris
Gall
Germany
Teel Williams Wins Fame at Foreign Trade Meet
A Chicago to Pittsburg wire reports Teel Williams Missouri Pacific freight agent will read a paper on Northwest shipbuilding at the Foreign Trade Council in Pittsburg. Williams, delegate for J. P. Duthie & Co., is the council’s youngest rail man and issued a daily newspaperette on the Pacific Coast delegates.
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Chicago
Teel Williams
Missouri Pacific
Northwest
Foreign Trade Council
Pittsburg
Williams
J. P. Duthie & Co
Pacific Coast
Marriage Penalties in Argentina Separate from Consent
The article states that in Argentina a man who hesitates beyond a reasonable time to marry can be heavily fined. It also notes that residents who fail to marry are taxed until they reach age 80.
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Argentine Republic
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Hodge
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M. W. Palmer
Beckingham
Allen Stark
J. O. Revelle
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Roy Alden
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Ora Billingsley
E. J. Margett
Clarence L. Reames
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Westlake Market
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Carl Beoheimer
Plymouth Shoe
Grote-Rankin Co
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