Hamon Trial Details Reveal Tarnished Romance and Murder Charge
Ardmore Okla March 11 Clara Smith Hamon faces murder charges in the slaying of Jake Hamon the Southwest magnatedbillions of the era. Prosecutor Freeling outlined the state theory of evidence while witnesses describe Hamons relationship with Hamon and their shared life in Ardmore including hotel rooms and alleged lovers quarrels. The case frames Hamons rise to power and a disputed personal life amid a political and social backdrop. Also noted is Evangeline Tooth Salvation Army leader set to visit Seattle with General Booth and accompanying officials for multiple addresses.
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Ardmore
Oklo
Clara Smith M Hamon
Jake Hannon
Southwest
Prince Freeling
J. Mullen
Hamon
Baby Letters From Dads Encourage Equal Roles in Child Care
A column by Mrs. Max West argues fathers are key caregivers and counselors in family life. She urges paternal involvement, notes fathers can be better nurses in emergencies, and answers readers on nervous babies and skin rashes with practical guidance.
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Max West
Ax Alde
Mary MacSwiney to Speak in Seattle Monday Night
Mary MacSwiney campaigning for Ireland will travel from San Francisco to Portland and Seattle after addressing a crowd estimated at 15,000 in the civic auditorium. She is slated to speak at Crystal Pool in Seattle on Monday night.
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Mary MacSwiney
Seattle
San Francisco
Ireland
Portland
Civic Auditorium
Waiting The Hundred Dollar Punch Round One
Kid Malone wakes with swollen lips and bruised eyes after a loss to Chicago Red. Manager Tim eely scolds the fallen protégé for waiting out the fight, calling him trough and refusing further excuses. A “Help Wanted” ad appears seeking a steadfast fight-game manager at Brown's Billiard Parlor.
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Kid Malone
Tim Eely
Tim
Chicago Red
The
Star
Brown
Marriage dispute seeks $30,000 in love balm case
Annie Abramson sues Marshall for $30,000 in Judge Calvin Hall's court claiming prior engagement to Marshall on July 1 1919 and that Annie E Hamilton wed him first after postponing the ceremony due to ill health. The case rests on alleged broken betrothal and property of affection claim.
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A. Marshall
Annie E. Hamilton
Annie Abramson
Marshall
Calvin
Panama Demands Million Indemnity
President Porras of Panama announced a demand for a one million dollar indemnity from Costa Rica over the disputed territory invasion. The guard of American soldiers at the Presidencia was withdrawn today.
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Balboa
Porras
Panama
Costa Rica
Presidencia
Woman Sues City Over Loss of Both Legs for 52550
Mrs Mae Doughty sues the city for 52550 claiming a trip over a loose pavement block at Roanoke street and Lastlake Avenue on September 29 1920 led to a street car crushing her. Physicians reportedly amputated her left leg below the knee and right foot at the ankle.
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Mae Doughty
Roanoke St
Lastlake Ave
Man Charged After Chasing Daughter’s Assault Claim
Justice of the Peace C. C. Dalton heard Martin Zupin face a third degree assault charge after he allegedly struck Ella Jasbak 17 in Cle Elum. The scene followed a dispute over discipline and a divorce suit against her husband, with Jasbak wielding a weapon against Zupin. The case against Jasbak was dismissed and Zupin was ordered to stay away from the Jasbak home.
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Justice of the Peace
C. C. Dalton
Zupin
J. W. Hoeffier
Joe Jasbak
Cle Elum
Jasbak
Dalton
aJa
Faces Second Trial for Household Theft
Robert Britton charged with grand larceny of household articles from a house where Mrs. M. J. Fohn housed him as a favor. He went on trial for a second time Friday in Judge Mitchell Gilliam's court.
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Robert Britton
M. J. Fohn
Mitchell Gilliam
Lost Man Found Ill in Tacoma
Ralph C. McAllaster prominent Seattle churchman lodge man and broker was found Friday very ill in the Carlton hotel Tacoma by a searching party of friends. He had been wandering for four days with no memory and was to be brought to Seattle Monday. He disappeared Tuesday while en route to Plymouth Congregational church.
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Ralph C. McAllaster
Seattle
Carlton
Tacoma
Altho
McAllaster
Land Lord
Manonic Lodge
MacAllaster
Plymouth Congregational Church
Port
Tacoma Masona
McAllister
George W. McCauley
American Bank Building
Masonic
Steinert
Tapoma
Frank Audley
Ed Tyler
Audley
Joseph Mayer
Marions#t
Mayer
Mrs. McAllaster
Eighth Ave
N. K
Bis
8 Cent Carfare in Denver Next Week
Denver riders will pay about 8 cents for street cars starting next Monday after Federal Judge Lewis allowed the company to set a maximum fare. In Omaha, farmer John A. Berg was shot and killed when his improvised trap at his chicken house accidentally triggered.
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Denver
Col
Lewis
Omaha
John A. Berg
Real Beer Plans Discussed by New York Brewers
New York brewers prepare to manufacture and sell real beer for medicinal use after a Justice Department ruling. Jacob Ruppert, head of a large brewery, says demand for beer as a tonic is rising and its medicinal value aided by food value. Attorney General Palmer's ruling is seen as justifying the move.
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New York
Department of Justice
Jacob Ruppert
Palmer
Beer for Patients Would Be Prescribed by Doctors in Chicago
Chicago doctors concluded two patient classes could obtain beer by prescription: new mothers and those in a run down condition needing a tonic. They await federal clarification on medicinal quantities while brewers rush to supply. Keeley Brewing says real beer could be easier to provide than near beer once allowed.
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Chicago
Thomas Keeley
Keeley Brewing Company
Milwaukee Brewers Still Idle After Prohibition Ruling
Milwaukee March 11. The great Milwaukee breweries, nearly idle since prohibition, have not moved to make beer with a kick despite Attorney General Palmer's ruling permitting manufacturing of good beer for medicinal purposes.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Breweries
Palmer
Hip Bottle Style Doomed in State
Washington state bans hip bottle brewing despite federal allowance. Federal prohibition officer 8S. A. Moore says state law forbids brewing. Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas warns House Bill 147 could lead to long jail terms for possessing hip contraband.
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Washington State
A. Moore
Washington
Gov. Mart
Malcolm Douglas
Prohibition Chief Tightens the Screws
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer warned that any person or firm selling beer containing more than one half of one percent alcohol is breaking the law. Enforcement agents are ordered to arrest such cases and breweries found in violation will be seized. The claim follows Palmer rulings viewed as allowing broad beer sales as medicine.
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Washington
Prohibition
Kramer
United Press
Palmer
Water to grape prank ends with funny arrest
Jerry Sullivan, a former Cadillac hotel bartender, was fined 100 dollars in police court for possession of intoxicating liquor. He planned to replace alcohol with cedar river water, delivering it to a dry squad agent, and the ruse nearly fooled the officers before the mistake was revealed.
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Ferry Sullivan
Cadillac
Althe
Jerry
Cedar River
Too Much Mash and Not Enough Kids
Police court session hears Robert Billy admit making prune mash medicine for children. Judge Gordon surveys a stash of fifty gallons of mash and four stills and imposes a one hundred dollar fine.
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Robert Billy
John H. Gordon
Billy
Den raid nets six arrests and loot recovered
A raid on a Ninth Ave and Howell St den recovered a tool worth hundreds. Six men including William Fahey James Doyle Otto Tanhauser Jack Keeler Chris Dahl and J W Berg were arrested. William J Schaffer, 29, escaped custody after tip off and stole his handcuffs and robe.
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Ninth Ave
Howell St
John F. Majewski
Don M. Blaine
Arthur J. Hill
William J. Schaffer
Schaffer
Hill
Denny Way
William Fahey
James Doyle
Otto Tanhauser
Jack Keeler
Chris Dahl
Carpenter
J. W. Berg
J. C. Wickman
Discouraged man ends life in hotel room gas route
A 40 year old man named Jack Lee committed suicide in his room at a hotel 506 Sixth Ave. early Friday. He attached a gas line to a gas jet and slept with the other end in his mouth. He had been depressed over ill health and unemployment. A Portland draft registration card was found in his pocket by police.
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Jack Lee
Sixth Ave
Portland
C. Ff. Watson
Air Postman Overtakes Liner Empress of Russia
After the Empress of Russia sailed from Vancouver Eddie Hubbard a U S air mail pilot hopper overtook the liner and delivered 562 pounds of Oriental letter mail at Victoria British Columbia confirming a rapid air to sea mail run earlier this week.
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U. S
Vancouver
Eddie Hubbard
Hopper
Victoria
B. C
Indian liquor sale leads to fines and jail sentence
Joe Yoshi, described as Jap, pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Neterer in a Weeh gold bar case for selling liquor to an Indian. He was fined two dollars and sentenced to four months in jail.
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Gold Bar
Weeh
Joe Yoshi
Neterer
Fritzi Scheff Granted Divorce in Waterbury Court
In Waterbury Connecticut on March 11 soprano Fritzi Scheff known as Mrs George Anderson was granted a divorce in superior court She testified her husband was a charming companion and loving when sober and cited intolerable cruelty as the ground for the divorce.
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Waterbury, Conn
Fritzi Scheff
George Anderson
Miss Scheff
Monster Fleet Is Nippon's Ambition
In Tokyo on March 11 the Japanese naval program is described as the most ambitious scheme of naval expansion in peace times by any modern nation. One hundred fifteen peers have drafted a bill for introduction in the diet, challenging the government over irregularities in the education department.
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Tokyo
Californians to Tell East of Japs
New York dispatch reports a California delegation will travel east to explain the Japanese land sit nation and call for exclusion of Japanese from agricultural holdings. Wallace Irwin says the visit aims to win broader American understanding and urges Americans to act on Pacific coast issues.
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New York
United States
Wallace Irwin
United Press
California
Irwin
Tax refunds likely on 1916 income tax suits
Washington reports that two or three million dollars will be refunded to taxpayers after rulings in major tax cases argued before the Supreme Court. The disputes involve the 1916 income tax law taxing gains on the sale of capital assets between March 1, 1913, and sale date.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mad scramble as Legislature ends in Olympia
Disorder marked hours of the session as last minute rush to push bills through both houses continued until midnight. Joint conferences failed to agree on several measures while more free conferences with full powers were appointed than at any other session.
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Olympia
Althe
Snowflakes Reported After Icy Winds Friday Morning
A light snowfall was observed by The Star at 11 36 a m Friday following icy winds overnight and a weather forecast predicting fair skies Saturday. The weather caster remained optimistic about weekend conditions.
Mary and Doug Off to Mexico Sunday
Mary Pickford and her husband Douglas Fairbanks will leave Los Angeles for Mexico City next Sunday in a trip announced from the city.
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Mary
Doug
Mexico
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Mexico City
Great Mystery of Elfreda the Lost Mare Solved
The missing racing mare Elfreda was reported stolen from King Street stables but was found safe in the barn after the groom moved her two stalls away while tidying. Owner Mrs F H Herman of 2007 Rainier Ave had alerted authorities Wednesday night.
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Elfreda
F. H. Herman
Rainier Ave
King St
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