Seattle election set with mayor and council races
Voters in Seattle will choose a mayor corporation counsel and five councilmen in a regular biennial municipal election tomorrow. They must decide 14 charter amendments and a bond issue for a W Spokane bridge. Polls open at 8 A M and close at 8 P M with a lengthy ballot urging early voting.
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Geatile
Hugh M. Caldwell
James A. Duncan
Iran
Labor Temple
Seattle
Duncan
Philip Tindal
W. Spokanest
Harry W. Carroll
U S to Inquire Into Mex Murder
Washington March 1 the department prepared to call upon the Mexican government for action against the murder of Alexander J. Frazer an American citizen in Mexico City authorities report the case awaiting diplomatic steps and a formal inquiry.
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Washington
Alexander J. Frazer
Amer
Booze Nooze and a Watch Chain Theft Arrest
A drunken Gus Hardman, 39, slept in a rooming house when a broken watch chain was found on him. Martin Smith, 32, photographer, was arrested after police recovered Hardman’s watch in Smith’s possession. In a separate case aboard the fishing smack Uranus, customs officers found five cases of Canadian whisky under 17,000 pounds of halibut. Captain C P Rekdal and the vessel Silverside were detained for federal seizure and confirmation.
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Gus Hardman
Sixth Ave
King Et
Martin Smith
Hardman
Smith
Uranus
C. P. Rekdal
Cold Tea Peddler and Liquor Cases Open at City Court
Blackie Chandler a colored man jailed for 30 days after trying to hide liquor as cold tea at the stockade. John R. Montgomery faces transporting liquor charges and a federal liquor hearing. Fred Wood Nora Wood and Nick Pappas plead not guilty to various liquor offenses. Rhode Island fights to invalidate the 18th Amendment as Hughes and other prohibition states press the Supreme Court. A judge fines Jamaica ginger incident with George Williams at 15 dollars.
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Blackie” Chandler
Fred
Nora Wood
Jeremiah Neterer
Nick Pappas
Julie
Washington, D. C
Charles EB. Hughes
Supreme Court
Rhode Island
Chinatown Fears New Tong War In Seattle Rigged Gunmen Arrival
Police report five gunmen arrived from San Francisco aiming to spark another tong war in Seattle Chinatown. The force tightens a dragnet after the Goldie Chinn kidnapping and the arrest of her alleged abductor. Patrols sweep key districts as tensions mount.
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Chinatown
Seattle
San Francisco
Eald
Goldie Chinn
George Louie
California
Nicolai
Wong Toy On
Dick Solbert
Wifthave
Maine
Solberg
Pedestrians Hit by Autos 205 This Year
Pedestrian injuries tally 205 this year draws police inaction and council inaction while The Star provides publicity.
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Council
Star
Thief Confesses Robbery of Drug Store and Diamonds
Higby, a confessed highwayman, admits stealing from Beach drug store in Ballard and joining a cash and diamonds heist on Cyril Cohen and his two sisters. The tale links a gun, five gallons of alcohol, and a Penn hotel room to the February 9% Cohen robbery.
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Charles Brown
Cyril R. Cohen
Merritt Higby
Beach
Ballard
R. C. Scott
Scott
Higby
Cohens
Penn Hotel
12Th Ave
Madison St
Migby
Cohen
Penn
Myrtle Higby
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Phil Tindall
France
Tindall
White
The
Tindalls
Commonwealth
Sea Front
U. S
Stockade
John R. Montgomery
R. W. McClelland
George
George Williams
Gordon
Joel I. Warren
Fred Nic
Olar
Seventh Ave
King St
Leé Gordon
R. B. Benjamin
K. F. Kimoto
King
Harry Wong
Roy la Rue
Carl P. Richards
Gladys Hoffman
Howell Et
Third Ave
University St
C. Foreman
Jefferson Jt
Wiley Showalter
Marion
Broadway
Madison
the Star
Police Department
Charles Trown
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