Girl Is Spectacular Trial Trapped in Illinois Case
Illinois Governor to face jury on felony charge after a dramatic case involving a masked bandit who robbed a girl named Mise Sparre, tied her with rope and wire, and forced her toward a farmhouse before she was rescued. Search parties scoured the countryside as BlacKalee posses hunted the suspect. Miss Sparre later fainted on rescue and was taken to a physician. She is a Lincoln High School and Washington State College alumna.
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Mise Sparre
Blackalee
Emall
Blackslee
Kobe
Louis Sparre
Lincoln High School
Washington State College
Roy Gibbons
Waukegan
Len Small
Illinois
Small
Arel Bates
Weekend Page Scraps and Society Notes From Seattle
A collage of odd items from a local paper includes a theft report noting Pandit robbed a Seattle garage of $50 yesterday. Other blurbs mention film and style events, a mayoral candidate booth, and whimsical pieces about poems and contests.
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Pandit
Seattle
Wan Se
Two Men Arrested in Portland Choir Shooting
Portland authorities report Luther Shields alias Howell from Vancouver barracks and B D Martin 21 arrested early today in connection with the St Stephen s Cathedral shooting of choir girl Miss Willamene Fuller Thursday night. Police withhold details but say the pair knew Elmer Weatherford and were linked to him.
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Portland
Luther Shields
Howell
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
B. D. Martin
Willamene Fuller
St. Stephen's Pro-Cathedral
Elmer Weatherford
Buddy
Weatherford
Bad Weather Keeps Registration Light Across Precincts
Heavy rain and voter apathy reduced Friday registration as enrollment books moved to precinct voting places. Fewer registrants, around 000, were recorded. Books stay at home precincts Saturday until 9 20 p m before being returned to the county city building.
Ruth Law Quits Air For Cradle
Chicago March 4. Ruth Law aviatrix quits aviation to lead a simple life to have a home a husband and babies according to her statement.
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Ruth Law
Cradle
Chicago
Tuth Law
Aviatrix
Star Carriers Parade Through City for Movie Shoot
About 300 newsboys gathered outside the Star office at 9 45 a m and formed a two abreast staggered march through Union Third Yester Second to Madison. They chanted slogans about steels and later joined a film shoot for Huckleberry Finn by Oakman.
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Seacond
Third Aves
Star Office
Union
Third
Yester
Madison
Oak Maning
Safes Cracked in Downtown Robbery Shocks City
Early Saturday a band of safe crackers scaled a wall and opened a transom at the Spring cigar store on Second Ave. They dynamited a safe at the Superior Laundry causing extensive damage. About $1,200 in cash was taken, with $201.84 left in four bags. A clerk, Frank Scholtz, reported the theft at 6:30 am and detectives found fingerprints and muffling cloths. The attackers fled after daybreak, leaving $25 as a reward for capture is noted.
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Frank Scholtz
Superior Laundry Company
Ninth Ave
Robert Bridges
K. BR. Moulton
Slayer of Husband Sent to Oregon Pen
Alma Louise Wurtzbarger, jailed for killing her husband on the Chemawa Indian reservation while he slept, will serve a 10 year term in the Oregon penitentiary as designated by the attorney general. Word came to Portland from Attorney General Daugherty via A B attorney Lester Humphreys on Friday.
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Portland
Alma Louise Wurtzbarger
Oregon Penitentiary
Lester Humphreys
Daugherty
University study finds students’ clothing spend higher
University Daily business office reports that both male and female students living on campus spend more on clothes than financially independent students. The investigation highlights spending patterns among different student groups.
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Helf
University Daily Business Office
Railroads blamed for price boosts threaten Willapa Harbor trade
A state public works officer warns Raymond and Raymond Willapa Harbor shops may lose business as rail freight hikes spark a legal clash with water competition claims. A boat schedule to California could shift Willapa Harbor purchases to San Francisco as rail costs soar.
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Raymond
Kentle Bend
Willapa Biarbor
State Department of Public Works
Willapa Harbor
Board of Public Works
California
Willapa District
San Francisco
Boat Company
Leas
Raymond Dock
Tacoma
Seattle
Russia Ready to Pay Debts Amid War Damages Offsets
Russia will repay all external debts but seeks offsets for damages caused by Denikin Kolchak and allied generals, a Foreign Minister Tchitcherin statement reported to the senate agriculture committee via George Johnson, chairman of the Near East relief commission.
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Washington
Russia
Deniken
Kolchak
Tchitcherin
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eobert A. Johnson
American Commission On
Veterans to Meet for Bonus Parade
Roosevelt Post No. 24 Veterans of World War II will assemble at Veterans hall 1616 Third Ave at 7 p m Sunday to join the bonus parade. Unemployed Veterans club and other unemployed veterans meet at 1909 Fifth Ave at 2 p m.
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Roosevelt Post No
Veterans’ Hall
12 Hour Day at $15 a Week Aid to Golf
San Francisco March 4 DD H Patterson of Paraffine Companies defends a 12 hour day at the Crescent boxboard plant in Port Angeles Wash saying it raises wages to $15 weekly for most workers. He notes a four day week with 12 hour shifts yields a livable wage for about 60 percent of employees while a three shift eight hour system would not. He apologizes for layoffs and stresses the plan aims to restore a living wage despite objections.
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San Francisco
Port Angeles
DD. H. Patterson
Board Milly Department
Paraffine Companies, Inc
Crescent
Wash
Patterson
City Alleges Telephone Overcharges Illegal Since War
The city seeks repayment and interest for two years of charges it says were levied under a tariff that never existed. Thomas J. Kennedy and the state department of public works filed the complaint alleging the gains were illegitimate, referencing wartime federal control and a court ruling invalidating the rate-raising order.
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State Department
State Department of Public Worke
Thomas J. L. Kennedy
First Resistant Corporation Counsel
Public Service Commission
Supreme Court
Telephone Company
Panic hits forty brokerage houses in New York
In New York on March 4 the panic widens as forty brokerage houses collapse since January. The New York Stock Exchange shows a steady advance while six firms close doors, with frantic customers besieging others. District Attorney Joab Banton continues his probe and Albany lawmakers plan a statewide investigation.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Joab Banton
Albany
Sands to Hang in Toronto Under Alias, Report Claims
A report from A. B. Swank of Canton Ohio claims Edward F. Sands is jailed in Toronto awaiting hanging under the alias David Harris. Officials doubt the tale, noting Sands is wanted here in connection with the William D. Taylor murder.
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Sands
Los Angeles
Edward F. Sands
Toronto
A. BE. Swank
Canton
Ohio
William D. Taylor
David Harri
Missionary Slain by China Bandits in West China
ST LOUIS March 4 Dr A Lie Shelton a St Louis missionary of the Disciples of Christchurch was attacked and killed by robbers near Ik iang in West China February 17 according to a cablegram to the United Christian Missionary Society.
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St, Louis
A. Lie Shelton
St. Louis
Disciples of Christchurch
Ikiang
West China
United Christan Missionary Society
Shooting mystery surrounds dying Wright after party
Witnesses say a masked highwayman threatened the auto party as Cy Wright was shot near the heart. Beatrice Innis, 18, and sister Hazel, 19, were with the party when the driver Wright was struck and neighbors transported him to hospital. Lawmen questioned Lawrence Erickson 21 logser and C Hartland 21 machin e, with sisters’ statements aiding the investigation at 2119 First Ave lodging house.
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Lawrence Erickson
Logser
C. Hartland
Machine
Smien
Wright
Hazel
Senne Innis
Stresia
Walter Death
George Reynolds
First Ave
Herbert Beebe
W.H. Sears
Beatrice
Erickson
Harland
Six-State Conference on Narcotics Held in Portland
A six-state conference convened by Governor Olcott in Portland to curb narcotics discusses mobilizing medical profession to curb opium derivative use and the possible substitution with safer substances. Delegates from California Washington Montana Wyoming and Idaho attend along with federal and state narcotic officials. The group also considers petitioning Congress to place narcotics under government control and ban importation and wide sale.
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Portland
Ore
Gov. Olcott
Oregon
California
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Congress
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Posse
Ftome Brew
Tew Page
Richard Mansfield
White
Holmes Bunting
Second Ave
Star
Datneard
Wanda Ton Kettler
Star Reporter
Pierce
Aphrodite
Babe Ruth
Bainbridge Island
Billys
Paris
Friends
Europe
Taree
Anita Lemmon
Mary
Poodle Pup
G. Roozalem
Spring Cigar Store
Superior Laundry
Orkers
The
Public Works Department
Cedar Falla
Cedar Walls
Milwaukee Roads
Fred
Sterling
Rg Curtis
Springfield
Bterling
Kaward C. Curtie
Vernon
Curtin
Park Thei
Mater Ark Bank
Curtis Brothers
Treudulent
Interes
Grant Park Bank
Gov
Len Smali
China
Pacific States
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