Will Be Hanged for Murder of Two Salesmen
Harvey Church, condemned for killing two auto salesmen, awaits execution at 4 p.m. in Chicago. He remained comatose after a 43 day hunger strike as his parents visited. lawyer Bartel said there was no further legal recourse. Church killed Carl Ausmus and Bernard Daugherty to seize a Packard car.
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Chicago
Harvey Church
D. Fr. Bartel
Bartel
Brig
W. G. Anderson
Salvation Army
Anderson
Church
Probehir
Peter Lawrence
Isabel Church
Etcr Phe
Carl Ausmus
Bernard Daugherty
Packard Motor Car Company
Local hints of politics and humor mix with Prohibition debate
A jumble of notes mentions Dan Colegrove and T H Bol ton campaigning for city council amid jokes about cooks and brewing. Also reports Olympia March 3 on a drive to curb state prohibition conflicts with the Volstead act and appeals to the supreme court over liquor laws.
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Olympia
Supreme Court
Thurston County
Bennie Jones
Everett
State Supreme Court
Tolman
Emmett N. Parker
Taylor murder mystery stalls as clues run dry
Los Angeles police and the sheriff’s office press on with the William D. Taylor case amid no new corroboration for the John Tupp alias May Lynch story. Detectives dismiss that account as largely fictitious and fail to prove a rival theory involving a prominent society man in a quarrel over a woman. District Attorney Tae Woolwine reports no significant new information, private investigators find no progress, and after 20 days the case remains a baffling mystery labeled the perfect crime.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sheriffs J
William D. Taylor
John Tupp
May Lynch
Central Police Station
Herman Cline
Harvey Bell
Taylor
Thomas Tae Woolwine
Burns
White Arrow and fort siege echo in tragic frontier tale
Pioneer Dave Yandel guards a settler stockade as 15 year old White Arrow seeks refuge from hostile companions. Captured as a child, he learns of his Mohawk mother’s fate and Shawnee foster bond. Indians attack. White Arrow kills his abuser and a Virginian rescuer dies. The stockade endures as the story shifts to a tense scene with Lydia Noe and a naked boy dancing a scalp ritual by the fire.
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Dave Yandel
Pre-Revo. Kentucky
White Arrows
White Arrow
Lydia Noe
Man Crushed by Log at Palmer Near Emu Melaw
Norman N. Clark a bridge carpenter was killed instantly when two timbers fell on him while jacking up piling at Palmer near Emu Melaw. Coroner Carson investigated the scene and the body will be sent to Kent for burial.
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Norman N. Clark
Palmer
Emumelaw
Clark
Carson
Kent
Is Hart's Idea Legal A Labor Fight Over Convict Work
The Northwest products committee of the Chamber of Commerce plans a Friday meeting to discuss convict labor for state auto license and road sign plates. Opponents argue the use is illegal under Section 207 and would hurt Washington's prosperity, citing penitentiary production limits.
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Organized Labor
Chamber of Commerce
Northwest Products Committee
Washington
Secretary OF State
Left to Starve Child Found in Vacant House by Luck
A mute three year old boy named Danny Capps is discovered alone in a vacant Seattle house by butcher C. W. Henne man after moving neighbors. Danny, once cared for by Mrs. Edwards, lost both parents in Alaska and Seattle and cannot speak or make sounds. The tale highlights a string of hardships from birth to guardianship and death.
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Woodlawn Ave
Ernest
Danny
Henneman
Danny Capps
Alaska
Storm warning extended for North Pacific ports except Marshfield
A weather bulletin extends storm warnings at 745 a m Friday for all North Pacific seaport stations except Marshfield. The central storm moves from Western British Columbia toward the east bringing moderate to fresh southwesterly gales today and tonight.
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North Pacific
Marshfield
British Columbia
Fear Ship Grontoft Feared Lost With All Hands
A wireless from the Esthenia to Cape Race reports the Norwegian steamer Grontoft feared to have foundered with all hands. The Esthenia reached the position yesterday but found no trace of the vessel or crew.
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Halifax
Grontoft
Cape Race
Esthenia
Bonus Enemies Threaten Pepper Over Soldier Bonus
A black hand letter from Philadelphia targets Senator Pepper over opposing a veteran bonus. Pepper faces hostile reactions from Philadelphia figures as the note marks its protest with a bold Black Hand image and the word bonus. Police search for the Ernie Porters play into a separate child welfare incident involving Danny.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Pepper
Pennsylvania
A Dandy Lot of Money Savers
A sales oriented note urges readers to examine today’s Star advertising columns for Saturday bargains. It promises substantial savings on every desired item and encourages daily reading of the ads to build a shopping list.
Sanctuary shot shocks Portland choir girl
In Portland Oregon 17 year old Willamene Fuller was shot during a church choir practice by a masked assailant. Elmer Weatherford was arrested after boasting to a newsstand clerk that his accomplice did the shooting.
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Portland
Ore
Willamene Fuller
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Elmer W. Weatherford
Miss Fuller
May Fuller
Governor in Fistic Battle in Oklahoma Courthouse
Gov J B A Robertson clashed with James G Lyons an Oklahoma oil operator in the Okmulgee courthouse after a conference with County Attorney James Hepburn. The governor sought permission to testify before the district court grand jury probing state bank failures. A half dozen blows were exchanged before spectators separated them.
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Okmulgee
Okla
J. B. A. Robertson
James G. Lyons
Okmiul+ gee
Robertson
James Hepburn
District Court
Police hunt as pet bear takes first avenue walk
Police officers including traffic cops went hunting Friday after Bruin, mascot of the U.S.S. Analga, escaped his enclosure and wandered to Belst dock then onto First Avenue. pedestrians were frightened as the bear enjoyed himself during the outing.
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First Avenue Walk
Bruin
U. S&s. S. Analga
Belst
First Ave
Tharoly
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Dan Law
Colegrove
T. H. Bolton
Bob Hesketh
Tess Wage
Boston
Queen Anne Hill
Tongman
Mr. Hart
Phe Berkerp
Danny Capp
Price & Carter
Star
Taylor Case
By John Foxjr
Joel
Still Boy
Hart
Northwest
Walla Walla
W. FE. Theodore
Pacific Coast Stamp Works
Senate
Frank Cotterill
Central Labor Council
House
Bridges
Rules Committee
Hal Armstrong
C. W. Henne
Weatherford
Joe Benss
Man With Mask
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