Talk Strike Peace as Riots Increase in Louisville Distillery
In Louisville on July 18 a United States guard at a distillery was arrested after a truck clash with Prohibition agents. One man escaped as the truck rammed agents blocking the road. three men in the truck opened fire, and bullets from agents’ rifles ripped into the vehicle.
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Louisville
Baker
Frank M. Colbert
United States Guard
Prohibition
Delozzer
Handsbrough
McFarland
Gilbert
Colbert
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Washington Guernsey Cattle Breeders Club prizes a Guernsey on its convention trip while avoiding holstein violation. Los Angeles woman sues for divorce after 30 years of flirtation. Thieves steal a motorcycle from the police garage and Bill Beveryns vows action against bootleggers on his beat.
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Washington
Guernsey Cattle Breeders’ Club
Guernsey
Los Angeles
Husbad
Bill Beveryns
Wayfarer fans set season crowd record in Seattle
The Wayfarer, Seattle’s passion play, drew 17 000 spectators for its fourth night, a new season record. Nearly 25 000 voices joined in “Onward Christian Soldiers” after the last act, as police and management kept crowds orderly under Lt. C. G. Carr. The March of Nations scene again drew the loudest cheers.
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Seattle
Wayfarer Management
C. G. Carr
Flandersfield
Christ
Cook
Beauty
Musie
Nationa
Gambler Tries Monte Carlo Roof Show In Portland Column
James W. Egan recounts a night at the Bell Street terminal roof garden show called Monte Carlo hosted by Pacific Northwest merchants and manufacturers. He wagers 300 dollars on number three at chuck-a-luck, laments luck, and hints at a brutal loss and moral misgivings.
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Bell St. Terminal
Blanche Mildred Holbrook
12Th Ave. N. E
Saxony Knitting Co
Mabel Lindberg
Seventh Ave. S
Pacific Knitting
Bellingham
L. R. Perine
Waitsburg
Price & Carter
Star
James W. Egan
Monte Carlo
Seattle
Faro
Pacific Northwest
Rum Fleet Seized Off New York Harbor by Dry Navy
Heavily armed guards patrol decks of three seized vessels captured by the United States dry navy near New York harbor. The contraband cargo valued at 409000 dollars includes what officials call the rum fleet’s mother ship at anchor off Fire Island awaiting a dry blockade breach.
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New York
United States Dry Navy
New York Harbor
Prohibition
Rum
Fire Island
Vehtehip
Ship liquor policy debated by shipping board and congress
In San Diego on July 28, Rear Admiral William S. Benson said liquor will be served on ships operated by the United States Shipping Board outside the three mile limit. Attorney General Daugherty’s ruling challenges the practice, and Benson vowed to appeal to Congress to obtain an act permitting continued service.
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Ban Diego
Cal
United States Shipping Board
Wntees
Daugherty
William 8. Benson
Shipping Board
Benson
Congress
Youth Shot by Pal In Albany Under Accidental Wound
Albany July 28. Brook Wise 16 son of Mrs Guy Newton North Albany is in doubtful condition at a local hospital from a bullet wound through the chest an inch below the heart. The wound, inflicted accidentally, is attributed to C D Walker of North Albany.
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Albany, Ore
Brooksher Wise
Guy Newton
North Albany
C. D. Walker
Ickled Hen Is Clue to Whisky Disturbance
Diamond City II reports a strange incident at a peaceful country home in a quiet chicken yard. A swizzled chicken staggered forth amid mash and the arrest of Otto Metzler.
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Diamond City
Otto Metzler
Poindexter Begins Campaign Tour Across State
TACOMA July 28 After launching his bid for re election Sen Miles Poindexter began a statewide speaking tour with two speeches in Tacoma and left for Olympia to continue the campaign.
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Tacoma
Miles Poindexter
Olympia
Grapo Returns to Duty With Seattle Police
Grapo, famed booze hound of the police dry squad, resumes patrol Friday after a six month layoff from an injury suffered while sniffing a broken moonshine bottle. He will again lead efforts to sniff out bootleggers under the new police regime.
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Grapo
Police
Nore
Seattle
Valera Reported Returning to United States
New York report says Irish leader Eamon de Valera may seek financial backing in America to support the Irish Free State government. Circles note his name has vanished from recent civil war accounts, suggesting he has again gone underground.
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New York
Rator
Galile
de Valera
America
Ireland
Training Camp Opens for Washington Oregon Youths
About 760 youths from Washington and Oregon enroll at Camp Lewis for a citizens military training camp opening Monday. Recruits are assigned to companies, outfitted with uniforms, and sent to the infirmary for vaccination and inoculation. The program covers rudimentary military training to prepare them for war service in emergencies.
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Tacoma
Washington
Oregon
Citizens
Camp Lewis
J. 5 B. Speake
Parisian Woman Seeks Rothschild Husband Over Breach Suit
Mile Marie Porquet declares she pursued Baron James Henri de Rothschild for a husband more than the $500,000 she sought in a breach of promise suit. Her counsel says she slipped out of the country with Rothschild’s son unaware to authorities.
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New York
James Henri de Rothschild
Mile
Marie Porquet
Atlantic
Rothschild
Parquet
Europe
Convict Sentenced for Prison Attack in Tacoma
J. B. Sheehan, a McNeill Island federal prisoner, was convicted in federal court of assault with intent to murder fellow convict John Barr after a tobacco dispute. He will serve seven additional years beyond his current sentence.
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Tacoma
J. B. Sheehan
McNeill Island
Sheehan
John Barr
Barz
Evangelist Cleared in Wife’s Divorce Case
Grand Rapids, July 28. Rev Mel K. B. Trotter, a nationally known evangelist, was ruled not to be the father of the child born to his wife by Florence Moody on the witness stand. The court decision settles the question of parentage in the divorce suit of Mrs Trotter.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Mel KB. Trotter
Florence Moody
Trotter
Slot Machine Raid Hits Vancouver Businesses
Vancouver sheriffs raided every establishment operating a slot machine. Machines were seized and brought to the courthouse. no arrests were made, but proprietors will be cited to appear and answer the charge of operating the machines.
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Vancouver
Wash
Riots Break Out As Rail Strike Sparks Violence
Renewed riots flare in a dozen shop centers with at least three dead and scores injured as rail strike settlement efforts begin. Gritted guards reinforce zones while 148 rail executives head to New York for talks. One riot in Aurora, Illinois prompts arrests and gunfire.
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Charles R. Lynch
Chicago
New York
Aurora
Ill
United States
Roy E. Burton
Santa Fe
San Bernardino
Cal
CC. H
Jury to Consider Madalynne's Fate
In Los Angeles on July 28 a jury was expected to deliberate tonight on the fate of Madalynne Obenchain. Deputy District Attorney Asa Keyes planned to finish by noon his argument accusing Mrs Obenchain of murdering her former sweetheart John Belton Kennedy. Predictions of a possible disagreement were already being made, potentially the fourth in the case.
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Los Angeles
Madalynne Obenchain
Asa Keyes
Obenchain
John Belton Kennedy
Pastor Fired for Improper Wedding in Lawton
Rev. Thomas J. Irwin, founder of a Lawton Presbyterian church, was indefinitely suspended by the El Reno Presbytery for ecclesiastical charges. He had gained notoriety by marrying a couple in bathing suits and now faces arson charges in district court for allegedly attempting to burn his church.
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Lawton
Oklo
Thomas J. Irwin
Presbyterian Church
el Reno
Irwin
British Cruiser Capetown to Visit Tacoma in December
Tacoma dated report says the British light cruiser Capetown with a 360 crew will visit for five days early in December. Mayor Fawcett was informed today.
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Tacoma
Fawcett
Man Crushed by Train in Colorado Springs
Frank Welsh 25 of Lincoln Nebraska was struck by a Santa Fe train in Colorado Springs last night and was fatally injured.
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Colorado Springs
Frank Welsh
Lincoln
Neb
Santa Fe
Judge Carey Attacked in Affidavits After Trial
Affidavits filed in support of a motion for a new trial accuse Judge Carey of boisterous intemperance and possible intoxication. Statements from Silas Howland Eva Howland and others describe alleged peculiar conduct and mental disturbance during court actions. Case involving Silas Howland executor and several corporate entities was dismissed with prejudice.
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Carey
George Grant
FE. McGrew
Henry
Wort
McGrew
Silas
Howland
Catherine Stirton
Would You Pay $300 for Your Own Home
Real Estatements advertises a modern six room bungalow with living room fireplace bookcases dining room hardwood floors 3 bedrooms cement basement furnace and laundry for $300 offering immediate possession near Lincoln High and stores. Quick action urged by reading WAN T AD columns.
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