Bogus coin pair held after Seattle counterfeiting raid
Federal agents arrested Ralph Groff, 30, and Mrs. R. E. B. Gilmer, 40, on counterfeiting charges. Groff carried a suitcase of alloy used for fakes. the pair met in Vancouver, Washington, and traveled through Buckley before Seattle arrest. Gilmer claimed to have learned coin making from a girl in Oregon.
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Federal Secret Service
Ralph Groff
R. EB. Gilmer
Groff
Tacoma
Capt. Foster
Gilmer
German Alien Held for Passing Federal Reserve Notes
German national George Smith was held in Whatcom County jail after U S Marshal E R Tobey brought him from Seattle. Charged by secret service with passing raised one to ten dollar federal reserve notes in Taco and Bellingham, he is held for grand jury on three thousand dollars bond. He vanished after the war era, according to Tobey, and a homing pigeon note hints at wartime activity.
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Bellingham
George Smith
Seattle
United States
E. R. Tobey
Smith
Secret Service
Federal Reserve
Taco
Tobey
Sheriff Pays Prisoner in Jail Poker Debt Case
Albany June 6 testimony said Sheriff John Selley Jr of Rensselaer County paid discharged prisoner Her Craig $50 to settle a poker debt owed while in jail. Prisoners accompanied him on trips to Philadelphia and Syracuse, and he ordered police not to be notified of two prisoner escapes. Hearing before a state commission committee examined lax jail management allegations.
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Albany
John Selley, Jr
Rensselaer County
Craig
Philadelphia
Syracouse
State Commission of Prisons
Selley
Court Decree Saves Albers in Espionage Case
Washington June 6 The Supreme Court refused Oregon Bar Association's bid to reconsider the Henry Albers espionage case. The attorney general admitted error and the court reversed the lower court verdict, which had jailed Albers for pro German utterances. The DOJ said a new trial would be sought due to faulty prior procedure.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oregon Bar Association
Henry Albers
Portland
Ore
Albérs
Department of Justice
Albers
Government Backs Off Trust Busting Suit Against Can Company
The federal government dropped its antitrust case against the American Can Company in the Supreme Court. After losing in lower courts, the government sought dismissal of its appeal led by Solicitor General Frierson, a move quickly granted.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Frierson
Eight Bureaus of D. C. Consolidated
The Chamber of Commerce consolidates eight bureaus into three to boost efficiency and keep a Washington bureau. New staff includes Christy Thomas executive secretary Arthur Priest assistant secretary Hamilton Higday director industrial bureau Sumner J Lombard director foreign and domestic trade bureau Maj A A Oles director taxation and civic trade bureau D D Stewart director membership bureau G B Coetello personnel director.
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Chamber of Commerce
Robert Boyns
Washington, D. C
Chamber
Christy Thomas
Arthur Priest
Hamilton Higday
Sumner J. Lombard
Foreign and Domestic Trade
Maj. A. A. Oles
Maj. A. A. Oles, Director Taxation and Civic Trade Bureau
D. D. Stewart
G. 8. Coetello
35 Known Dead in Flood Zone
Pueblo Colorado June 6. United Press reports 25 to 41 known dead in area flood. Morgue sightings list 25 to 41 victims from Pueblo and surrounding towns with missing persons in La Junta Longmont and Canon City. Damage to farms roads railways and utilities estimated at 50 million dollars.
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Pueblo
Colo
United Press
Arkansas River
T. J. McCarthy & Co
Buna Gray
Marjorie Gray
Dan Creedy
Bingham Canon
Utah
Hubbard
McCarthy & Brown
Flighth
May Kyrd
Denver
Sarah Byrd
A. Currie
Shattie
A. A. Allen
Davina-Voorhies
Broadway
Vans St
Byrana
Pullman
John Farrells
EB. C. Haines
Glenwood Springs
Cole
Henry Miller
Ai ‘Schaubel
Pueblo A
Clarke
Minnie D. Sadio
Pueblio
Dorothy Weta
Mines
Pullman Porter
Rio Grande
Doris Debora
Frank Irwin
Hotel Deramer
Colorado
Willard
la Junta
Lamar
Marshal
Loveland
Sterling
Longmont
Canon City
Florence
Girl Aviator Laura Bromwell Killed After Plane Crash
MINEOLA Long Island June 6 Miss Laura Bromwell 23 a noted woman aviator died Sunday afternoon when her plane plunged about 1000 feet during a looping maneuver. She was thrown clear from the seat and hung by the straps throughout the fall. Authorities believe she might have regained control if she had reached her seat in time.
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Mineola
Long Island
Laura Bromwell
Bromwell
One Killed Eight Injured in Huntington Beach Plane Crash
Riverside resident J. P. Bye was killed and eight others injured when a stunt plane crashed into spectators at Huntington Beach. Pilot Llayde M. Hurlburt attempted a tall spin near the bath house, tried to recover from 150 feet but failed.
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Huntington Beach
Cal
J. P. Bye
Riverside
Llayde M. Hurlburt
Bath House
Airplane Lands in Street in Front of City Hall
Pilot Sam Purcell and four passengers escaped unharmed after a 51 foot plane touched down in Grove street in front of San Francisco City Hall on Saturday afternoon. Scores of onlookers fled for shelter as the small craft settled in the 75 foot street.
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San Francisco
Sam Purcell
Grove Street
City Hall
Pedestrians Hit by Automobiles In Seattle Street Incidents
A 1921 record notes multiple Seattle pedestrians struck by vehicles on Second Avenue, Rainier Avenue, Third Avenue, and Westlake Avenue, with drivers named and victims treated or not seeking help. Separate item reports a successful Rowe Day sale for the House of the Good Shepherd orphanage as thousands buy boutonniers.
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House of the Good Shepherd
Trains wrecked as Pueblo flood destroys two passenger cars
A survivor recounts the Pueblo flood disaster in which two passenger trains in the union station yards were smashed. He describes climbing to the roofs with other passengers to escape rising waters, seven children rescued, and a rescuing effort by workers from a nearby packing plant amid wreckage and flames.
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Puebblo
Colo
Pueblo
Union Station
A. H. Russell
Denver
Collartess
Russell
Denver & Rio Grande
Missouri Pacific
Ita
Nuckrolis
Pueblo Flood Strips City of Power Water and Life
Pueblo reels after Friday flood as Arkansas levee breaches cripple utilities and commerce. Residents endure darkness hunger and disease fears while state and federal aid eyes a massive levee rebuilding plan led by Governor Shoup and attorney Gast with President Harding’s help sought.
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Pueblo
Enaine
Arkansas
Harding
O. H. Shoup
Colorado
R. H. Gast
Shoup
Gast
Levice
Governor Visits Flooded Pueblo City in Colorado
Governor O H Shoup in Pueblo after touring flood districts says martial law under Colonel Hamrock and Major Newton will be kept indefinitely. He notes little looting, good cooperation, plans reconstruction starting with restoring water service, and adequate food with refugees well cared for.
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Pueblo
O. H. Shoup
United Press Today
Hamrock
Newton
Plan to form citizen owned hotel chain at scenic spots
A meeting at 7 30 tonight in the Lyon building will discuss a state wide plan to build a chain of tourist hotels owned by citizens. Backed by Washington Scenic Resort Co and involving Harry Giles W J Jones Dr C C Tiffin J F Wall County Treasurer William A Gaines Frank Powell and C F Andrews. The first proposed hotel is a 70000 log Swiss style structure at Lake Keechelus.
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Lyon Building
Washington Scenic Resort Co
Harry Giles
W. J. Jones
C. C. Tiffin
J. F. Wall
William A. Gaines
Frank Powell
C. F. Andrews
Lake Keechelus
Travelers Aid To Be Explained At Seattle Meeting
A mass meeting for Seattle residents interested in travelers' aid work is set for Wednesday at 2 p m, hosted by Frederick & Nelson along with the Seattle Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Welfare League. Virgil V Johnson, general secretary of the national Travelers’ Aid societies, will explain the need to organize a Northwest division.
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Seattle
Frederick & Nelson
Seattle Federation
En's Clubs
Woman's le Council of Washington
Clal Welfare League
Virgil V. Johnson
Tary
National Association Travelers’ Aid Societies
Northwest
Play Leadership Class To Start At W G Gymnasium
A leadership class will begin at the W G gymnasium on Fifth avenue, starting Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 8 to 10 p m. The program is under the supervision of Captain T G Cook, reorganizer of the Pacific, and aims to promote leadership in districts lacking recreational facilities.
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W. G Gymnasium
Fifth Ave
T. G. Cook
The
Pacific
Ership
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