Bandits Hold Up Seattle Hobart Stage In Night Attack
Three auto bandits robbed the outbound Seattle Hobart stage between Hobart and Terrace soon after midnight. Passengers, mainly miners and loggers, were forced to line up while one thief with a revolver guarded them and others rifled pockets and wallets. The car fled without plates, with one headlight and a broken rear window. Details to deputies were scant and no theft total was disclosed. The holdup occurred about 12:20 am with sheriff Campbell and deputies responding shortly after.
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Seattle-Hobart
Hobart
Terrace
Airl
Sheriff's
Frank Brewer
Sheriffa Stewart Campbell
George Bundyeft
No Chance for Bonus Measure Faces House Push
Washington report notes Ways and Means Republicans ignore Mellon on the bonus and push the bill to a floor vote. Senate delay appears likely with December session start, while Harding may urge leaders to delay the soldier bill amid a tightening legislative calendar.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Wrathy
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
House
Representative Frear
Congress
Sne
Senate
Harding
What the Sales Tax Means
Edward F. McGrady of the American Federation of Labor testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on unfair sales tax effects. He argues a $60,000 earner paying tax on 20 percent of income and a $20 weekly worker with a family taxed on all income show tax burden disproportions and violate the principle that taxation should be borne by those best able to pay.
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Edward F. McGrady
American Federation of Labor
House Committee On Ways and Meana
British Crisis Alarms Rulers
London reports a weakened coalition government facing multiple crises abroad and at home. India unrest grows after Gandhi arrest, Transvaal rebels linger, Near East Turco Greek war resumes, and mass unemployment nears 600,000 if a March 25 agreement fails.
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London
Lloyd George Ls
Wales
India
Transvaal
Near East
Lloyd George
Ghandi
Hardol
Peart
Sikha
Punjab
Banda
Ghand
Smuts
Johannesburg
Great Britain
Greece
Yeesterday
England
Report condemns red deportation actions in Palmer era
The Walsh subcommittee report to the judiciary committee urges curbs on mass raids and deportations of alleged reds, noting the justice department acted high handedly by arresting and deporting men without proper authority.
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Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
Walsh
Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
Willie Dalton Returns to Trial for Embezzlement
Willie Dalton, 17, who walked out of the Eastern Trust company with bonds valued near a million dollars, stood trial again after a hung jury in the first embezzlement case.
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Willie Dalton
Chicago
Eastern Trust Company
Willie
Train Hits Auto Truck. Four Killed Eight Hurt Near Hamilton
Four men were killed and eight injured when a Grand Trunk train struck an auto truck at the Welland canal crossing near Thorold today. The truck carried fourteen men.
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Hamilton
Ont
Grand Trunk
Welland Ship Canal
Thorod
Funeral services set for Chauncey Smith in Lisbon
Floods swept a henhouse away in Lisbon as Chauncey Smith of 6212 Alaska Street prepared for funeral services at 1 p.m. Monday under auspices of Rainier No ble post American Legion. The creekside town faced rising water while livestock reacted to the flood.
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Rainier Noble Post
American Legion
Chauncey Smith
Smith
Alaska St
Water Shut Off Notice for Busy Seattle Blocks
Water will be shut off on First Ave W between Denny Way and W Harrison and on W Thomas between First Ave W and Second Ave W Tuesday March 14 from 8 am to 5 pm. Local residents should plan accordingly and secure alternative water sources.
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First Ave. W
Denny Way
W. Harrison Et
W. Thomas At
Second Ave. W
Fatty Trial Delayed as Jury Panel Fails to Appear
Fatty Arbuckle's third manslaughter trial in San Francisco was postponed after 16 prospective jurors failed to show up. A brief session adjourned proceedings until this afternoon while officers search for missing panel members. Arbuckle attended court appearing calm and untroubled.
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Ban Francisco
Reavee
Fatty) Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Probe Death of Two Girls in International Drug Ring
New York date March 13 reports a broad probe into a global narcotics gang operating in the United States and Canada as investigators seek to solve the deaths of Dixie Dixon and Dorothy Waddell two show girls. Dixon died after being found dying in a taxicab and forced drugging. Waddell died from drug poisoning after being taken from a Boston train. No arrests yet.
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New York
United States
Canada
Dixie Dixon
Dorothy Waddell
Miss Dixon
Mies Waddell
Boston
J. M. Tarrell
Danville
Seven Die in Train Wreck Near Union City
Official investigation into the wreck on the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad near Union City is under way. Seven people were killed and 16 injured when a passenger coach carrying 39 fell 50 feet from a trestle. several of the injured are not expected to recover.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
Union City
U. S. Has Another Haiti Said Nation
The Nation alleges the United States Navy treats the Samoan islands like a second Haiti in the Pacific. It claims long used as a naval coaling station, Samoa’s independence has been crushed by autocratic methods similar to those described in Haiti and other Caribbean republics.
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United States Navy
Haiti
Pacific
Caribbean
Coal Mine Strike Seems Inevitable
In Indianapolis on March 13 officials of the United Mine Workers of America said a nation wide coal strike on April 1 was virtually certain. Mine owners refused wage talks and offered no comment on government efforts to convene. Union leaders expected no meeting before March 31, risking a walkout at 12:01 a.m. April 1 led by President John L. Lewis.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Hotel Fined for Selling Whisky
CHICAGO March 18 The Hotel Sherman Co of Chicago was fined 25590 by Judge George A Carpenter for violation of prohibition laws on selling whisky with forged permits. The judge ordered an investigation to determine if any company official was involved.
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Chicago
Hotel Sherman Co
United States
George A. Carpenter
Carpenter
Harding Plans Palm Beach Trip For a Day of Golf
FORT PIERCE March 13 President Harding will travel to Palm Beach by boat this afternoon for a day of golf. He said there will be no speeches on this trip and refused to say if he would address the American Legion convention at West Palm Beach.
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Fort Pierce
Fila
Harding
Palm Beach
American Legion
Gasoline Prices Rise Across Central States
An announcement from Standard Oil indicates gasoline at service stations rose one cent a gallon in the North Central states. The increase affects Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Indiana Minnesota Iowa North Dakota South Dakota Kansas and Missouri.
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Chicago
North
Standard Oil Co
Wisconsin
Tiinois
Michigan
Indiana
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Births of 1277 Japanese Babies Stir Washington State
Japanese women in Washington state gave birth to 1277 babies last year, a rate about four times that of white women. Dr. Paul A. Turner, state health director, warns that without dramatic legislative action these children will vote in 21 years. He cites two cases of duplicate birth certificates issued for the same child before April 1991.
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Washington State
Paul A. Turners
Uniees Draatic
Turner
Four Power Pact condemned by Senator Hiram Johnson
Washington march 15 Senator Hiram Johnson condemned the four power Pacific treaty as a surrender of American sovereignty and heritage. He argued the pact forces entanglements and erodes U S traditional policy, preferring open forums and periodic international discussion over alliances to preserve safety.
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Washington
America
Hiram Johnson
Senate
Johnson
United States
Republic
Jonneon
Strikers Meet Fierce Resistance as Johannesburg Uprising Escalates
Reports from Johannesburg describe fierce fighting as miners and natives engage government forces. An official communique notes operations ongoing, with air support saving police detachments and preventing a collapse at Fille Park. Casualties rose over the weekend as clashes spread to Pordeburg and Brixton Ridge.
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Johannesburg
Etrikers
Pretoria
Pordeburg
Etrikera
Ant Irish Club
Rand
Fille Park
Fordsburg
Brixton Ridge
Outlaw Hagen Builds New Life After Prison Exit
Ed Hagen walks free from a Washington penitentiary and vows to live honestly. Once a burglar and bootlegger, he recalls his police past and the line, They don't change, it's in em. He heads toward Seattle, urging Grogan to tell his own tale of reentry at a local store manager's office.
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Ed Hagen
Seattia
Seattle
Grogan
De Valera Starts Armed Campaign in Ireland Violence
Followers of De Valera begin an armed campaign against the Irish Free State. Gunmen threatened Michael Colling with death at Cork yesterday and Arthur Griffith spoke at Dundalk amid jeers from the crowd.
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Dublin
de Valera
Irish Free State
Michael Colling
Cork
Arthur Griffith
Dundalk
Iaa
Entire U. S. Force May Quit Rhine Line
Congress was expected to demand immediate withdrawal of all American troops from Europe as a sequel to allied rejection of US payment claims for Rhine army upkeep. Fewer than 6,000 troops remained on the Rhine with several thousand ordered home.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Rhine
Everybody Against Poll Tax Says Hull
County Assessor Frank W. Hull reports near universal opposition to the poll tax. He notes many floater class residents give false names and impossible addresses, leaving assessors unable to verify individuals and hindering tax collection.
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Hull
Frank W. Hull
Man Held on $500 Bad Check Charge
An information filed in superior court charges forgery in the first degree against Vernon N. Barnes alias Ray Smith. He is alleged to have passed in Seattle bogus checks totaling more than $500.
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Superior Court
Vernon N. Barnes
Aling Ray Smith
Seattle
Hamer Trial Set to Open Tuesday in Federal Court
Augustus B. Hamer a longtime U S customs agent will face a federal court jury Tuesday charged with giving narcotics to May Butchart a Seattle area schoolgirl in exchange for favors Hamer was arrested weeks ago and awaits trial.
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Augustus B. Hamer
United States Treasury Department
Seattle
May Butchart
Hamer
Two Die From Botulinus Poisoning at Lakeside Hospital
At Lakeside hospital Kendalville Ind March 13 two persons are dead and several others including nurses are critical with botulinus poisoning traced to canned spinach authorities say the hospital outbreak began among patients and staff.
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Kendalvilile
Ind
Lakeside Hospital
Former King County Judge Donald McMaster Dies at 61
Donald McMaster a former King county superior court judge died from heart disease yesterday in Vancouver Washington at age 61. The brief obituary notes his career and passing with no further details.
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Vancouver
Wash
Donald McMaster
King County Superior Court
Applicants vie for secretary to American banker’s wife in Geneva
In Geneva on March 13, 1,600 applicants seek the post of secretary to the wife of an American banker. The field includes three princesses nine baronesses and 30 countesses among the contenders.
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Geneva
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