Grocers In Drive On Japs Seeks Sanitary Stores Plan
Seattle grocers hold a mass meeting to promote a sanitary city ordinance for clean stores. Aimed at eliminating Japanese grocers, the plan pushes clerk unionization, Sunday closing, and support for three council candidates to back sanitary, wholesome food. Tomorrow they travel to Tacoma for further talks.
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Seattle
Masonic Club
Arcade
Retail Clerks’ Labor Union
Frank E. Kannai
Retail Grocers’ Association
Attle
ATL Grocers
Tacoma
Home Brew echoes and city notes in a border column
A collage of humorous items and editorials from a Seattle paper. Bootleg talk, mayoral chatter, and random jests fill an eclectic page including remarks on bootlegging restraints and a camel in transit.
Armed Citizens Guard Streets Amid Night Rider Fear
Night rider warnings send town into tense mood as armed citizens patrol streets. Strangers face surveillance while six government detectives join the influx. Officials report no arrests for weapon carrying as fear and vigilance rise.
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Raidera
Night Riders
Vigilantes threaten oil district in Maricopa
Citizens accuse civic authorities of aiding the night riders and form a shotgun squad to stop raiders. The threat of open warfare looms as hooded figures may be fired upon after nightfall in the oil fields.
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Bakersfiela
Cal
March
Maricopa
Raiders
Taft confronts armed crowds as police missing in action
Taft California, March reports say the town faced night rider excitement with Chief Porter Munsey absent in Los Angeles and Officer Higgins unaccounted for while Deputy Marshal Arnold is on vacation. Oil-field work is crippled and streets are crowded with openly armed men awaiting events.
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Taft
Cal
Porter Munsey
Los Angeles
Higgins
Arnold
Gyro Club of Seattle Luncheon Speakers at Pig'n Whistle
The regular Gyro club luncheon in Seattle will be held at Pig'n Whistle on Thursday at 12 15 p m. May. T J Cunningham and several club members will speak.
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Gyro Club of
Seattle
Pig'n Whistle
T. J. Cunningham
Club
Dupe Women Storm Court in Chicago Riot
About 3000 furious women stockholders of the Co operative Society of America stormed the federal building in Chicago to confront Judge Evans as news spread of a warrant for the arrest of Harrison Parker former head of the society. Federal deputies with revolvers held the crowd at bay during the hearing on receivership. The warrant for Parker charged perjury and followed a secret indictment.
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Chicago
Co-operative Society of America
Federal
Evans
Harrison Parker
Loyal Force Holds Limerick as Free State Troops Arrive
About 1,000 Free State troops arrived from County Clare to reinforce the loyal garrison in Limerick. Rebels of the I. R. A. threatened to attack unless evacuated, but the loyal force appeared to gain the upper hand with the larger, better armed force in control.
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Limerick
Free State Provisional Government
Free State
County Clare
Mahoney Appeal to Be Argued in May
The appeal of James F. Mahoney sentenced to hang for his wife Kate Mooers Mahoney murder will likely be argued before the state supreme court in May by his attorney Lee Johnston. Mahoney remains held in solitary confinement in the county jail.
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James F. Mahoney
Superior Court
Kate Mooers Mahoney
State Supreme Court
Lee Johnston
Mahoney
Funeral Mixup Stuns Denver as Wrong Kelly Found
Denver citizens gathered for the funeral of city employee Billy Kelly amid remarks the deceased did not resemble Bill. It was later confirmed the supposed Billy was a different Kelly, causing a mix up in the burial lineup.
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Denver
Billy” Kelly
Bill
Kelly
American Murdered in Town in Mexico
Washington reports that Alexander Mathern, an American citizen, was murdered Sunday night at Las Naranjos in Vera Cruz Mexico. The State Department announced the incident and state authorities are investigating the case.
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Washington
Alexander Mathern
Las Naranjos
Vera Cruz
Mexico
State Department
Osborn Jury Divided Over manslaughter verdict in Osborn case
The Osborn murder case jury reported disagreement after a long deliberation with one woman holding out for conviction. The panel was split nine to three for acquittal, then eleven to one for acquittal on successive ballots. A second holdout persisted as jurors refused to name the undecided member.
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Ivy Osborn
Ward
Mitchell Gilliam
Mr. Osborn
Tacoma Blast Kills Three at Dupont Powder Plant
An explosion at the Dupont powder works 20 miles south of Tacoma killed three workers Fred Paulson Dan Marks and Alvin Larson. The blast rocked nearby buildings as Nitroglycerin mixed with dynamite ingredients in Gelatin Mixing Plant No. 3.
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Tacoma
March
Dupont Powder Works
Here
Fred Paulson
Dan Marks
Alvin Larson
Women end cradle rocking for science says Vanderlip
Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip told a Rotary Club audience in New York on March 8 that women have stopped rocking the cradle because science shows it is not the proper way to raise babies, freeing time for politics.
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New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
Rotary Club
Habit of Reading The Star Advertising Columns
The piece urges readers to regularly study The Star's advertising pages. It argues consistent daily attention to ads yields benefits, urging immediate action for those not already practicing this habit.
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the Star
Lodge Sees Pacific Pact as Path to Peace or War
Senator Lodge urged ratification of the four power Pacific pact to end the Anglo Japanese alliance and enable naval limits. He warned defeat would revive naval arms race, threaten the arms conference, and jeopardize the naval treaty. The speech framed the pact as key to peace and US neutrality in alliances.
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Washington
Lodge
Senate
United States
China
Enda
Far East
Canada
Japan
England
Fire Ravages Cheboygan Michigan City Businesses
A blaze swept Cheboygan Mich destroying several business buildings including the Kessler four story brick structure the Masonic temple and the telephone exchange. A special train rushed the Gaylord and Grayling fire departments to the scene.
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Cherboygan
Mich
Yire
Cheboygan
Amon
Kessler
Masonic Temple
Telephone Exchange
Gaylord
Grayling
Harpoon Plan for Patagonian Pleiosaurus Hunt
An expedition led by Clementi ONeill of the Buenos Aires zoo heads for the Patagonian wilderness to capture a prehistoric pleiosaurus dead or alive. Harpoons and firearms accompany the party ready to battle potential monsters.
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Buenos Aires
Clementi O'Neill
Buenos Aires Zoological Gardens
Patagonian
Harding says nine power Chinese treaty supersedes Lansing Ishii pact
President Harding informs the Senate that the Lansing Ishii agreement is superseded by the nine power Chinese treaty. He notes the four power treaty has no China reference but supports Far East peace and binds nations to the new terms. The Lansing Ishii notes, from the Wilson era, recognize Japan’s interests in China and reaffirm open door principles.
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Washington
Harding
Senate
Borah
Idaho
China
Far East
United States
Japan
Wilson
East
Madalynne Obenchain to Testify in Kennedy Murder Trial
Madalynne Obenchain prepared to take the stand in Los Angeles as she faces alleged complicity with Arthur C. Burch in the Beverly Glen murder of John Belton Kennedy. She vowed to reveal her romance and the tangled past, saying she is ready though not well, and expects acquittal.
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Angeles
Cal
Madalynne Obenchain
Arthur C. Burch
John Belton Kennedy
Beverly Glen
Madalynne
Teacher Acquitted of Beating Child in Superior Court
A jury acquitted Woodinville teacher Anna Swigert of assault of the third degree after a brief deliberation in Judge Boyd J. Tallman’s Superior Court. Swigert had been previously convicted in justice court and fined $10 and costs by Judge C. C. Dalton. the appeal led to the acquittal.
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Boyd J. Tallman
Anna Swigert
Woodinville
Miss Swigert
C. C. Dalton
Widow's Son Wanted for Oratorio Role in Bik Jah
Advertises a young boy aged 12 to 14 to perform in the oratorio Bik jah produced by the Knights Templar at the First Methodist church. The boy would enact a death and dramatic restoration scene, impersonated by a mother figure and Elijah. Contact Montgomery Lynch at his studio for the part.
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Elijah
Montgomery Lynch
First Methodist Church
Knights Templar
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