Prohibition Officers Slain in El Paso Ranch Raid
BE Beckett and Arch Wood federal prohibition officers were shot and killed at the Shearman ranch near El Paso while attempting to seize 23 cases of whisky. The gunfire came from the ranch house as the officers advanced, prompting reinforcements and a search for ranch owners Co. FP Shearman and his son Neil.
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EL Paso
Texas
BE Beckett
Arch Wood
Prohibition
Shearman Ranch
Here
Beckett
Wood
Co. FP
Shearman
Neil
Mach
Second Attempt to Die at First Ave Gallery
G W Rasmussen 31 former streetcar man shot 50 times then killed himself at 1208 First Ave noon Tuesday. A girl screamed and fled as he uttered the act. Rasmussen lived on Sixth Ave. He died at the county morgue from a bullet wound. an earlier attempted suicide by gas at the O W hotel failed.
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G. W. Rasmussen
First Avenoon
Rasmussen
W. H. Corson
Sixth Ave
O-W
City Hospital
Our Pet Peeves on the Cost of Living Alibi
A reader vents anger at supposed declines in living costs. He attacks bankers, rent collectors, and politicians, arguing groceries and rents stay high while asserted price drops are misrepresented. He cites shoes, lumber, rugs, and transit as examples of hidden inflation and urges the editor to expose bunk.
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Gas Trust
Stillman Tenders Resignation From National City Bank
James A. Stillman offered his resignation as president of the National City Bank in New York on March 2. The board of directors unanimously refused to accept the resignation.
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Stillman
New York
James A. Stillman
National City Bank
Talk Settlement in Stillman Case
On the eve of the first open court hearing in the Stillman divorce case reports of a private settlement were revived. Emphasis was placed on the divorce applicant coming into court with clean hands and the alleged relations of James A. Stillman with Mrs Florence H Leeds had made it difficult to obtain a decree in New York state.
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New York
Stillman
James A. Stillman
Mra
Florence H. Leeds
President Calls Congress Meeting For Extraordinary Session
President Harding issued the formal call for an extraordinary session of Congress to meet at noon on April 11. The announcement comes from Washington on March 22.
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Congress
Washington
Harding
He Came to the Aid of the Party in a Bootlegging Probe
Steve Brushkik aided the party with four quarta objects and was detained for bootlegging. The incident centers on a political group and an alleged illegal liquor case.
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Bing
Steve Brushkik
Spring fever and city notices color Tacoma page
Odd mix of brief items from Tacoma area scenes including social events, a bus crash update, Easter parade plans, a Good Friday concert, local officials and council actions, job notes and stray notices. Names, places, dates and small happenings paint a busy municipal snapshot with light humor and local color.
Pacific Mail Ship Point Bonita Ashore
The Pacific Mail steamer Point Bonita en route from Baltimore to San Francisco is aground at Cardo Island off the Costa Rica coast, according to advices received today.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Baltimore
Cardo Island
Costa Rica
Colorado Launched Amid 20000 Cheering Spectators
The superdreadnought Colorado was launched at New York Shipbuilding in Camden New Jersey. Christened with carbonated water from Colorado Springs the event drew about 20 000 spectators today and marked a bold naval milestone.
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Camden
N. J
Colorado Springs
Colorado
New York Shipbuilding Company
Syracuse Student Drowned in Canal
Syracuse university freshman banquet turned memorial service for James A. Gafney to be remembered after he drowned in the canal at Onwero New York last night while attempting to capture three sophomore officers to be held as yearling banquet hostages. The canal was drained today to recover the body.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse University
James A. Gafney
Gaffney
Hudson
Onwero
Woman Passes Receipt as Check to Obtain Groceries
A woman presented a county clerk’s $4 filing receipt for a divorce suit and indorsed her name on the back to redeem $6 in groceries. W A Swanson of Northern Grocery Co. reported the incident after presenting the paper to a bank and discovering it was money paid out, not due.
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W. A. Swanson
Northern Grocery Co
Phinney Ave
Swanson
Bachelor Husband Heats Up Seaside Honeymoon
Marie Lawless uncovers her husband Chris plans for money and status after a shotgun marriage. At a seaside hotel her world collides with Feathers Dakers as billiards nights and overheard truths threaten a fragile union. Marie faces a choice between love and deception amid social scandal.
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George Chester
Giles
Marie
Chris Lawless
Mine Chester
Chris
Feathers” Dakers
Bootlegging boom and a jailed ex-bootlegger speaks
Lee Sullivan reports a surge in liquor and drug smuggling with boats from Canada and trains delivering cases to hidden caches near the Sound. Police have seized hundreds of bottles while Ed Hagen, jailed for theft from a government warehouse, vows to reform and go straight at McNeil Island.
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Canada
Sound
Mitch
Vancouver
Ed Hagen
City
The
Star
McNeil
Hagen
Toba
Levinaky
New York
Ed Calle
McNeil Island
Ready to Go Ahead on Recall
Circulation of recall petitions against Governor Hart will begin within days after Seattle undertaker Joseph R. Manning announced his organization is being perfected. Manning will meet with county officials to decide poll tax collection methods and funds. the tax is due after May 1 with delinquency after June 30 and possible seizure of personal property by the sheriff.
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Hart
Joseph R. Manning
Seatte
Manning
State Supreme Court
Hart Denies Engagement Reports In Retirement Eve
Bill Hart today denied published rumors that he will marry Jane Novak as he nears retirement from films. He reiterated there is no engagement planned and dismissed the speculation surrounding his personal life.
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Bill Hart
Los Angeles
Cal
William
Bill) Hart
Jane Novak
L. C. Smith
Clad as Woman He Loots Car Berths
Keifer, 26, dressed in woman's clothing, was arrested on a Northern Pacific train from Yakima to Seattle by a railroad special agent for reportedly rifling Polliman berths. He is jailed in the county jail on an open charge.
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Keifer
Northern Pacific
Yakima
Seattle
Polliman
Packers May Not Strike Says Outlook Encouraging
Washington March 22 prospects of averting the threatened packers strike were considered. R S Brennan attorney for the employes said the outlook is very encouraging and a settlement may be reached today or tonight.
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Washington
R. S.S. Brennan
Tragedy at Great Lakes Station Ends in Double Death
Beulah Upton Howard, famed morale singer for student sailors, was shot in a Rockford hotel by her husband Corporal Charles Howard of Camp Grant. He then killed himself. The incident occurred after a wartime morale role at the Great Lakes training station.
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Slays
Rockford
Madelon
Great Lakes
Beulah Upton Howard
Charles Howard
Grant
Ohio Murder Train Returns Prisoners From Akron and Cleveland
Heavily guarded car carrying three men and a woman charged with three Cleveland and Akron murders departed for Ohio for trial. Prisoners include Samuel Purpera a 17 year old gunman who confessed to a December payroll robbery killing and Charles W Smith 22 and his father C P Smith 43 with his 19 year old bride Olive. Akron detectives seek these suspects in the Peter Schure murder on Oct 8 in Akron.
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Angeles
Cleveland
Akron
Ohio
Samuel Purpera
W. W. Ly
George Kramer
Charlies W. Smith
C. P. Smith
Olive
Smiths
Peter Schure
Mrs. Smith
Manslaughter Charge Filed In Camp Lewis Shooting
Formal charges of manslaughter were prepared in Tacoma against sergeant bugler Porthier for the October 25 1918 shooting of Major Alemage at Camp Lewis. Warrant attested in Tacoma will be sent to Providence R I for removal. trial expected about 30 days after arrival.
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Tacorha
Inyer
Mal Alemage
Campie Lame
Robert C. Saunders
Peter C. Cannon
United States
Providence
R. I
Porthier
Department of Justice
Boyle
Tacoma
Sanders
Camp Lewis
Arrest of Tacoma Banker in Bank Probe
Charles Drury, Tacoma capitalist and former director of the defunct Scandinavian American Bank, was arrested on five warrants tied to five secret indictments by the county grand jury. He was released on 35000 dollars bail posted by local Tacoma businessmen.
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Tacoma
Charles Drury
Scandinavian American Bank
Sign of Spring Bock Beer Harvest Near Home
Home brewers prepare to harvest the annual crop of bock beer. The thick dark beverage is made from the residue of prior brewings.
Otho Receives Cigar From Lou Cohen Prominent City Figure
Otho Lémoot Shrader, a statistical sleuth of the city council, is given a nice cigar by A. Lou Cohen, a notable city father and cigar magnate, in a light local gesture.
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Otho
A. Lou
Otho Lémoot Shrader
Lou Cohen
New City
Friendship Move Started in Japan
In Tokyo on March 22 a group of statesmen journalists and business leaders announced the International Peace organization to promote friendship among Japan China and the United States while opposing prejudice.
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Tokyo
King George IV Appears in Police Court for Drunkenness
King George IV stood before a police court on Tuesday charged with drunkenness on grape. Judge John B. deferred sentence after the monarch and his wife pleaded innocence, ordering them to return to Monahan where the king, identified as Indian, faces further scrutiny.
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George IV
John B
Monahan
King George
Booze Bust During Deputy Search at 1015 Pike Street
Deputies raided the residence at 1015 Pike Street at night searching for illegal liquor. Six quarts were seized from under a trap door as customers reportedly arrived during the operation. Occupants identified as Mrs Fay Huston and Mabel ertson, both described as colored.
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Pike St
Fay Huston
Mabel Ertson
They Watched Too Well for Nicholas
Nicholas Bellu pleaded guilty in federal court to liquor charges after agents spotted him at a game he had asked them to watch for loggers. He was fined a total of 450 dollars Tuesday.
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Nick Bellu
Twenty-three quarts of beer cost in federal court case
Thirty-five quarts of beer in the Yellowstone hotel at 1212 First Ave cost Seth King and Edith Hamer $300 in federal court Tuesday.
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Yellowstone Hotel
First Ave
Seth King
Edith Hamer
Roofwalk Chronicles of a City Editor’s Humor
A city editor urges a funny tale as narrator visits the 42nd floor of the L. C. Smith building. Dan Preston, ex-Hotel Butler bartender, in a blue uniform, shares jokes about Chinaman lore, sightseers, mountains, and a millionaire’s son while a rooftop crowd gathers under a wary editor’s grumble.
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