Wife Kidnapped by Stranger Prompts $500 Reward in Los Angeles
Gladys Witherill, 28, mother of a seven month old infant, was abducted from her Hollywood home Wednesday night by a man who lured her away with a false story. Husband investment broker Witherill declares kidnapping for ransom and posted $500 reward for information. His father is a bank vice-president. the family moved from Chicago six years ago.
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Los Angeles
Gladys
Erill
Witherill
Hollywood Savings Bank
California
Chicago
Chicago Athletic Association
Train Eyes to Picturize Memory Like a Camera Mind
New York reports on Gay McLaren a woman who recalls entire plays in minute detail after witnessing them once claiming to “picture it” in her mind. She compares her gift to a stage in the head and suggests anyone can train a photographic memory through mental pictures. She notes the need to visualize objects to remember shopping lists or numbers, otherwise they fade quickly.
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Gay McLaren
Zoe Beckley
Miss McLaren
Trial of John Sehmitt Opens Amid Large Courtroom Crowd
Crowds fill the court house as John Sehmitt stands trial for first degree murder before Judge A. W. Frater. Jurors are questioned about death penalty views. one woman is permanently excused for not enforcing criminal law. The judge notes no precedent exists for Sehmitt’s case since he pled guilty, so trial proceeds with extended proceedings.
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Ruth Garrison
A. W. Frater
John Sehmitt
Malcolm Douglas
Douglas
Elizabeth Murphy
10Th Ave. W
Awa
Murphy
Frater
Ronald
Althe Schmitt
I Shot Policemen Because They Were Rough Says Murderer
John Schmitt, self described bandit turned killer, recounts his life from Germany to America. He says he shot three police officers during a confrontation after a robbery, fled, was beaten, and jailed. He claims to have operated openly and without targeting laborers, and questions immortality and religion.
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John Schmitt
George B. Channing
Star
Germany
America
New York
Billings
Mont
Altho
Camp Lewis
Montana
1921 Outlook The banker predicts lumber revival and building boom
Guarantee Bank executive Beattie Bunker forecasts a 1921 revival in the lumber industry and a fall in building material prices boosting construction in Seattle. He notes credit will be tighter and warns against absorbing port handling charges, while contrasting Seattle's steadier condition with Eastern cities and cautioning about overexpansion.
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The
Star
Seattle
Beattie
Humber
Bunker
Sion
China
Japan
Shipping Board
Eastern
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Detroit
New England
Marge
Motor Inn Bandit Wounded In Robbery Near Auburn
Ernest H. Smith a 26 year old Tacoma man was critically wounded during a failed robbery at the Motor Inn near Auburn Wednesday morning. His brother Robert Smith 35 is jailed as an alleged accomplice after an alleged confession. Police hunt for Roy Miller 27 the third bandit.
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Ernest H. Smith
A. Marco
Tacoma
Motor Inn
Auburn
Robert Smith
Roy Miller
Smith
Miller
C. H. Beebe
C. 8
Campbell
City Hospital
Ernest Smith
Hoffman Brothers
Rainier Ave
Seattle
Marco
Caught Robber Denied Reward By Federal Court
J L James city marshal of Monroe failed to claim a $5,000 reward for the capture of an alleged train robber after a jury verdict in Judge Cushman’s court. James arrested Arthur Howard alias Jack Lane, later jailed for a 1919 passenger train hold up between Bellingham and Seattle. suit was against the director general of railroads.
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EB. KE. Cushman
J. L. James
Monroe
Arthur Howard
Jack Lane
Bellingham
Seattle
James
Director General of Railroads
Police Auto Guns Considered by Seattle Officials
An apparent plan to equip Seattle police autos with automatic hand machine guns was reviewed by Chief W. H. Searing Inspector Hans Damm and Detective Captain Charles Tennant. They prepared to inspect an automatic gun at the Fort Lawton target range Thursday afternoon.
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Seattle
Hag
W. H. Searing
Hans Damm
Charles Tennant
Fort Lawton
Bandits Battle Washougal Bank as Posse Pursues
Five bandits attempted a Washougal State Bank robbery this morning. Citizens responded with gunfire, a vault door was blown open, and three bandits are believed wounded. The amateur gang fled and are being hunted by a posse with possible captures ahead.
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Washougal, Wash
Washougal
Bruno Maintains 24Year Prices At Tremont Theatre Barbershop
Boston barber Frank V. Bruno keeps hair cut at 25 cents and shave at 20 cents. He has not raised prices in 24 years, despite owning no car or large fortune, and runs a small shop over the Tremont theatre.
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Boston
Frank V. Bruno
Bruno
Tremont Theatre
Loot Found At North End Robbery Suspect Home
After a North End gun battle, Willard Wren and Pinar Sorenson were linked to a robbery at 126 North 40th Street. Loot from the Clark home was recovered in Wren’s bedroom and Wren, wounded, identified two bandits as suspects in earlier holdups. Sorenson was arrested later that morning.
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North End
Willard Wren
City Hospital
Wren
Pinar Sorenson
Harry W. Clark
N. 40Th St
Clark
Aurora Ave
Italy
H. J. Rush
E. Jennings
Densmore
N. 45Th St
Woodland Park Ave
Sorenson
N. 44Th St
Neo
Chad Pin
Tennant
Lson
John E. Jones
Jones
Einardo
N. 82Nd St
Weklingford Ave
Code Dubbed Railroading By Opponents In Olympia
In Olympia the governor's code is attacked as an overreaching emergency measure that circumvents referendum rights. Critics argue it consolidates power, rivals labor interests, and remains secretive. they demand amendments and redrafting aligned with the Lowden model to protect constitutional safeguards.
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Caesar
Olympia
Illinois
Gov. Hart
L. D. McArdle
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