Baby up for adoption as struggling family faces hard times
A young couple known as Mr and Mrs John Smith due to privacy constraints describe poverty after their five-member household loses savings and faces no doctor for a newborn girl. The man estimates $6.60 to $6.75 daily wage may not suffice, prompting thoughts of adoption and possible better homes. The Star invites readers to write the Baby Editor with interest in adopting the child.
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John Smith
the Star
Bloodless clash at Sumas yields seized liquor and car
Vancouver report details a dawn confrontation at the U S Canada border in Sumas. Revenue officers halted a smuggling attempt, seizing an automobile and 2000 dollars worth of liquor while two armed smugglers escaped in a second car. Large seizures followed on the Vancouver Seattle Great Northern run.
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Vancouver
B. C
Sumas
International
United States
Great Northern
Seattle
Darn These Jaywalkers and Boots of the Times
A reminiscence on dangerous crossings near Times Square and the dangers of jaywalking. The narrator recalls close calls with streetcars trucks and vans while lamenting rising shoe prices and the cost of living, mirroring urban hazards and economic strain.
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Times — Square
Gome
Tragedy At Emerald Apts Ends In Slaying And Suicide
In a two room Emerald apartment at 105 Westlake, George McCormick 90 and his estranged wife Ettie McCormick die after a violent break in. Ethel Lucey a sister by marriage witnesses a chaotic scene including a gunshot as McCormick assaults Charles Jackson before dying in hospital. The motive appears linked to a complex affair. both victims die within hours of the incident.
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George McCormick
E. BR. McCormick
Ettie
Emerald
Westlake Ave
McCormick
Indaw
Ethel Lucey
Levy
Orpheum
Miss Lucey
Navy Build Up If League Fails Ratify Treaty Warship Plan
Secretary Daniels told the House Naval Affairs Committee the United States must continue a prewar naval build up if it does not join the League of Nations. He proposed a $195.3 million immediate program for two battleships a battle cruiser six scout cruisers twenty light cruisers eight destroyer escorts twenty flotilla leaders six fleet submarines four aircraft carriers one submarine tender and one destroyer tender. If the senate approves the league, he said many ships could be scrapped or reduced. He also asked Congress for $1 million to build a fleet landing place and a supply storehouse at San Diego on land to be donated by the city.
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Lance
Herbert W. Walker
Washington
United States
League of Nations
Daniels
House Naval Affairs Committee
General Savy Board
Calle
League
Daniele
Minellayer
Congress
San Diego
Cal
Daylight Saving Plan Faces Citywide Input
The civic bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce seeks sentiment from manufacturing concerns transportation lines and vessel operators on a proposed daylight saving plan. The plan would start on April 1 and end October 1, moving the workday one hour earlier, without advancing the clock.
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Quentin
Civic Bureau
Seattle
Four Suspects Cleared in Cumberland Robberies Case
In Spokane on March 6 four men detained over port office robberies at Cumberland and Tolt and the murder of Postmaster Joseph Paschich are cleared after an all day inquiry. Sheriff Stringer Deputy Lovell and Post Office Inspector Witzgerald concluded a mistake had been made.
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Cumberland
Tolt
Joseph Paschich
Stringer
Lovell
Witzgerald
Beattle
Boy Sentenced to Hang amid Denied New Trial at Everett
Isom White, 19, the first killer under the state capital punishment law to be sentenced to death, denied a new trial. Judge Well ruled no overt act by three men seeking juror influence. Warden to set hanging date. Morton, 15, will be kept separate until July 16 and then treated as a convict for the rest of his life.
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Everett
Joseph Smith
Isom White
White
Joseph Darwin Mortom
Lee Linton
Morton
Walla Walla
Senator Smith
Valentine Shreck
C. J Tiehenal
Well
Stanwood
Smith
Supreme Court
Young White
Ike
Bagnall Murder Case Tied to Auto Scam Theory
Walter A. Bagnall Jr. was killed in a dense cedar patch two and a half miles west of Kent. Detectives found real estate ads in his pocket but see no link to those firms. His father suspects an auto purchase led him out to the woods where he was killed.
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Walter A. Bagnall, Jr
Cedar Woods
Kent
Charles Tennant
Friday Marning
Walter Bagnall, Jr
Wilson Ave
Tennant
Bruch
Te Waa
Wenatchee Fruit Land
Fils
Young Bagnall
Aero Alarm Co
Woman Heed by Police as Partner of City Burglar
Seattle police chased a burglar duo after Violet M. Long 25 and W H Parker 24 attempted to pick a lock with a table fork at 1207 27th Ave. Long lived with Parker at 706 20th Ave and refused to talk. A fake marriage license and pawn tickets were found on Parker.
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Seattle
Violet M. Long
W. H. Parker
27Th Ave
Parker
20Th Ave
W. G. Thomas
26Th Ave
Thomas
Warker
Voters weigh Hoover lead in early Seattle Star ballot
Early returns show Herbert Hoover leading in Seattle Star presidential ballots. Bryan Wood and Johnson closely contest second place with scattered write ins for Hitchock. Final tallies published Monday Fifth Edition. vote by mail or in person to The Seattle Star Political Editor.
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Star of Morning
Washington
Herbert Hoover
William J. Bryan
Leonard Wood
Hiram Johnson
Hitchcock
Nebraska
The
Star
the Star
Seattle Star
Seventh Ave
Seattle
Wash
Maj Smith Begins Pacific Coast Air Flight to San Diego
Maj A D Smith, army aviator, with Sergt Maj Lew Genslinger, takes off from Camp Lewis at 6 am aiming to set a 1150 mile one day coast flight. The route includes Eugene, Red Bluff, San Francisco, Fresno, and finally San Diego in a De Havilland craft after a two day weather delay.
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Tacoma
Lew
Genslinger
Infantry
A. D. Smith
Camp Lewis
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Eugene
Ore
Red Bluff
Cal
San Francisco
Fresno
Maj
American Legion
de Haviland
Weather Man Expects Rain This Weekend
Weather observer G N Salisbury forecasts rain for the weekend with light easterly winds and unreliable sunshine.
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G. N. Salisbury
Nations League admission by Norway Denmark Sweden
The State Department said on March 6 that Norway Denmark and Sweden have decided by executive action to join the League of Nations. The move marks their entry under formal government decree.
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Washington
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
League of Nations
State Department
Wday
Denies plot to kill veterans in Centralia case
Bert Faulkner testified he saw soldiers rush the I W W hall and that shooting began as the doors were struck. He denied any conspiracy to kill veterans and placed the event near the hall amid parade witnesses. The defense stated it would close its case today and court would adjourn to Monday for jury instruction drafts.
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Clem J. Randall
Grays Harbor Court House
Montesano
Bert Faulkner
Centralia
Faulkner
L. W. W. Hall
Vanderveer
Vandeveer
A. Peters
Olympia Farmer
Peters
Cr Ave
Saloon keeper killed in raid. three officers wounded
Racine Wisconsin March 6 The first death from a revenue raid occurred last night when Barney Sekat a saloon man was killed during a clash with revenue officers Three officers were wounded in a brisk revolver battle alleged to have been started by Sekat Officers found considerable whisky at the saloon
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Racine
Wis
Barney Sekat
Sekat
Moonshine still battle leaves two dead in tri state area
Two men were shot to death and a third wounded during a moonshine still dispute near the Kentucky Virginia line. A Dry squad raid at 153 Michigan St yielded a still and mash. Police blotter lists Frank Duono and Peter Castro. Former Constable James M Lambert is fined 300 dollars for graft and resigns after pleading guilty to taking money to protect a hard cider joint.
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Huntington
W. Va
Kentucky- Virginia Line
R. L. Mullins
Michigan St
Frank Duono
Peter Castro
James M. Lambert
Mitchell Gilliam
Lambert
R. Hita
Hita
Omaha Buttermilk Fiends Described by Y. W. Girl
Spokane report of Miss Lutie Stearns child welfare lecturer describing Omaha men waiting in line to drink buttermilk as a social vice at a YWCA mass meeting.
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Omaha
Y. W
Spokane
Lutie Stearns
Nebraska City
Big Liquor Seizure in Salt Lake City Raid
Salt Lake City officers raid the Central Meat market uncovering grain alcohol and red wine valued at 17 500 dollars. The liquor was hidden in barrels beneath a rear room floor in one of the era’s largest liquor seizures since prohibition began.
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Salt Lake City
McAdoo Declines California Offer
New York March 6 William G McAdoo telegraphed his refusal to permit his name in California primaries and urged uninstructed delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Sculptor Lorado Taft of Chicago will speak several times in the city on March 16.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
B. F. Ewing
Democratic State Committee of
California
Lorado Taft
Chicago
Readers Debate Party-Line Telephoning Etiquette
Quips from readers on the party line issue. Mrs E R McCausland urges elimination of telephones for such people while Maud Mansfield says she knows nothing. M M Devin calls it petty but jail sentences too harsh. Mary Holmes also says she knows nothing. Nettie Pillar notes party-line listeners lack much telephone respect.
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Nettie Pillar
Sunset
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Hoover
Borah, Wm. F
Lowden
Frank
McAdoo, Wm. G
Palmer, A. Mitchell
Poindexter, Miles F
Wood, Leonard
Wilson, Woodrow
Maj. Smith
McAdoo
Quentin Quidnunc
E. R. McCausland
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