Gunman O Connor Captured After Escape
Oskaloosa authorities claim to have captured a man matching the description of Tommy O Connor the Chicago gunman who escaped from Cook County jail before his hanging. He was taken from a Rock Island train from Des Moines after a tip and cooperated, giving the alias Harry Andrews. Des Moines police held a man earlier believed to be O Connor.
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Oskaloosa
Tommy Connor
Chicago
Cook County
O'Connor
Rock Island
Des Moines
Harry Andrews
Big Sun
Des Moines Oskaloosa
Tommy” O'Connor
Jap Ship Pact End Brings Joy to Shipping Officials
Officials of American steamship lines greet the Washing ton Shipping Board announcement that contracts between the Great Nippon Yusen Kaisha and two railways are void. They say the move denies preferential freight rates to Japanese lines, though some doubt persists. Dodwell & Co. notes the contracts had linked the Great Northern and Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Milwaukee with Osaka Shoson Kaisha.
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American Steamship Lines
Shipping Board
Washington
J. J. Gorman
Admiral Line
Mercchant Marine
Great Northern
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Milwaukee
Osaka Shoson Kaisha
Plan to Save on Service Men's Pay Bill Introduced
Washington March 2 Senator Wadeworth, chairman of the senate military affairs committee, introduced a bill to reduce service men's pay with immediate savings over 13 million dollars and eventual savings exceeding 28 million dollars. The measure targets a rapid adjustment to achieve budgetary relief.
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Washington
Wadeworth
Senate
Hitchcock Demands Treaty Changes in Senate Speech
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska warned in the Senate that he will vote against ratification of the four power Pacific treaty unless amended or reserved. He led the fight for the league covenant and pressed for changes in the pact.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
No More Brown is Derbies in Ring
Two more candidates entered Seattle city council race on Wednesday as C. B. Colegrove and T. H. Bolton filed declarations. The field rises to ten with several others awaiting clearer guidance from voters.
Woman Wins Seat in House of Lords
London March 2 The House of Lords committee conceded Viscountess Rhonda a seat, making her the first woman to sit in the chamber. The committee held that the sex bar to hereditary titles was removed by the Woman Suffrage act and will seat Viscountess Rhonda.
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House of Lords
London
Viscountess
Rhonda
Poll Tax Checks Face Floating Population in Seattle Hotels
An Seattle assessor scans lodgings like the Wabash and New Vancouver to tax transient roomers aged 21 to 60, encountering landladies busy with country trips and a security man at the Porters club. The effort reveals none of the guests are easy to tally, with many rooms held by aging proprietors and irregulars.
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Nakagawi
Sixth Ave
Dearborn
Nak
Wabash Hotel
Washington St
Bure
Vancouver
Washington
Alndlady
Miss Wilson
Third Ave
Ali
Seattle
Portland
Oregon
Dan MacCarthy
McCarthy
Weller House
Weller
Josie Colling
Josie
Nelson
Axel Nelson
Legion Ready to Drop Bonus
Washington notes the American Legion supports a plan to drop cash bonus payments in favor of a workable insurance certificate system. The proposal would allow loans up to 60 percent of a soldier’s estimated cash allotment via banks, with repayment secured by the treasury if defaults occur. Legion leaders argue certificates offer real value for old age and current hardship.
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Washington
American Legion
House
United Presse
Treasury
Legion
Lindeberg calls suit a grand stand play says bluffing
Deputy District Attorney Rex Roudebush of Pierce county Washington denounces Jafet Lindeberg’s $27,900 damages suit as a grand stand play and smokes screen. He asserts the arrest warrant was legal and Lindeberg’s attempted kidnapping claim is unfounded in the wake of California Governor Stephens agreeing to extradite him over the Scandinavian American bank failure in Tacoma.
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San Francisco
Rex Roudebush
Pierce County
Washington
Jafet Sandeberg
Roundebush
Tacoma
Larson Visits J Lindberg in San Francisco
Ole S Larson former president of the Scandinavian American Bank of Tacoma was seen with Jafet Lindberghs lawyers in San Francisco as Rex Roudebush deputy prosecutor seeks Lindberghs extradition for fraud conspiracy tied to the banks failure. Larson faces penitentiary time over state banking law violations and has an appeal before the Washington state supreme court.
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Tacoma
Ole S. Larson
Scandinavian American Bank of
Jafet Lindeberg
San Francisco
Rex
Roudebush
Pierce County
Lindeberg
Washington
Larson
Washington State Supreme Court
Maurice Langhorne
Four Injured In Auto Crash At City Intersection
Four people were treated for serious injuries after a spectacular collision at Fifth Ave W and Crockett St. The victims, Kenneth Holcomb and Mrs. Holcomb, W F Patterson and Mrs. Patterson, were in a car driven by Holcomb when a second car driven by A Hocking struck broadside. The crash overturned the Holcomb vehicle and sent occupants to nearby homes for care.
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Fifth Ave. W
Crockett St
Kenneth Holcomb
Brooklyn Ave
Holcomb
W. PF. Patterson
15Th Ave. N. B
A. Hocking
Gangsters tied to movie world plot and confessions
Detectives pursue a central station informant who says an actor tied to the gang can reveal facts of the movie murder. Mrs. Rupp, also May Lynch, was beaten and nearly suffocated as fear of a squeal spread. Suspects booked for robbery with ties to the Taylor affair under active investigation.
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Mra. Rupp
Cline
Taylor
Narcotic Chief Reports Surge in Drug Arrests and Trade
Dr. Carleton Simon, head of the New York narcotic division, outlines a nationwide narcotics crackdown. He cites 300-plus February arrests in New York and 651 arrests year to date, with a rising drug trade linked to Hollywood and international smuggling from France Germany Japan Canada and Mexico.
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Carleton Simon
New York
Los Angeles
New York City
Simon
Taylor
United States
Hollywood
Dr. Simon
France
Germany
Japan
Canada
Mexico
Lloyd George Faces A Crisis In Secret Conservative Meeting
London March 2 Conservative party leaders met in secret session to decide the fate of Premier Lloyd George and the coalition. Austen Chamberlain and Sir George Younger led the talks after Lloyd George reportedly threatened resignation over personal attacks.
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London
Lloyd George
Austen Chamberlain
Sir George Younger
Uniformnl
Chamberlain
McAdoo to Relocate to California from New York
William G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, plans to move from New York to Los Angeles citing the lure of the West beyond money and politics. In Detroit, Winifred Dodge Gray is granted divorce from William John Gray on cruelty charges.
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G. McAdoo
the Treasury
New York
Los Angeles
Detroit
Winifred Dodge Gray
John S. Dodge
William John Gray
Meeting to Define Premier Letter Incident After Bombshell
The outcome of today’s meeting will refine the incident around the premier’s letter, which was described as a bombshell to many politicians yesterday.
Chinese Held for Murder in Tacoma Tong War
Goon Bing, identified as a Chinese tongman, is charged with murder in the first degree in a complaint filed before Justice C. Dalton. Witnesses say he shot and killed L. Lee of a rival tong at the Tacoma interurban depot Monday night. Also charged are Bing Lee Allan Jung Hing June and Wong Sing with carrying concealed weapons.
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Goon Bing
Justice of the Peace
C. Dal
Tong
Tacoma
Bing Lee
Allan Jung Hing June
Wong Sing
Portland trio found guilty of drug act violations
In Portland, Hoo Chin Chung and Joe Wa Lee are convicted before Federal Judge Bean for violations of the Harrison Act and the opium act.
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Portland
O Hoo
Chin Chung
Joe Wa Lee
Bean
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George Rodney Calvert
Walter Kirby
William Bast
John Herkey
Nay Lynch
Harry Amorheim
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N. S
N.S. No War
Pike Street
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Hart Schaffner
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Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Shop
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