Local arrests in Cronkhite case probe
Capt Robert Rosenbluth former chief of forestry service in this state held in New York on warrants charging murder or manslaughter in the Cronkhite shooting at Camp Lewis in 1918. The probe follows Sergt Roland Porthier guilty plea and prior investigations exhumation findings showed Cronkhite was shot in the back.
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Robert Rosenbluth
Forestry Service
New York
Alexander P. Cronkhite
Camp Lewis
Roland Porthier
J. F. McAuley
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Saunders
Cronkhite
McAuley
France
Rosenbluth
England
Russia
Siberia
Seattle School, civic notes and university shakeups
Seattle teachers report city schools up to date as new deans, professors, and officers step into posts. Queens Anne grads and U W students appear in campus events while a busy spring quarter and legal notices shape local life.
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Seattle
Y. Saki
King St
Louisiana
Queen Anne High Grads
Champ Life Savers
Y. W. CA
Portland
U. James FE
China Boy
Jap Boy
Uncle Sam
University
U. of W
Wiliam
Lake Union
Sun Dodger
Golden Bears
U. of W. Comic Monthly
Beany Myers
Yale Ave. N
John W. Wilson
Charre
N. P
Frank W. Hull
Chamber of Commerce
Willows
Federal Hospital
Forest Service
Dean M. L. Spencer
Board of Control
Fred A. Osborne
City H unt for Booze Is Illegal
Superior Court Judge Griffithe rules search warrants used to enforce the city's dry ordinance are invalid, saying only the legislature can authorize the municipal court to issue such warrants. The decision could expose the city to damage suits from business owners whose premises were entered or demolished under those warrants.
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Superior Court
Austin EB. Griffithe
Griffith
John J. Sullivan
John F. Deere
J. W. Day
First Ave
W. H. Searing
Crants
Griffiths
Justices of the Peace
Cardinal Gibbons Dies After Long Illness
James Cardinal Gibbons head of the American Catholic Church dies at 86 in Baltimore after a lengthy illness. He passed away at 11:33 a.m. with Monsignor Bonzano Bishop Corrigan and other clergy at his bedside. News rails: city hall bells tolled half-mast as officials notified Rome and mourners gathered.
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Catholic Church In
America
Baltimore
James Cardinal Gibbons
Charles D. Donovan
Father Stickney
Father Connolly
Owen B. Corrigan
St. Gregory's Church
Corrigan
Benedict XV
Rome
Charles St
Froening
Communists clash across mid Germany amid riots and bombings
Violent confrontations erupt in cities from Hamburg to Eisleben as communists battle police. Banks are looted, railways sabotaged, and public buildings damaged while miners and workers rally. Police suffer casualties as martial measures spread across Saxony and surrounding regions.
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Berlin
Germany
Burg
Eisleben
Seastom
Saxony
Hamburg
Freiburg
Frankfort
Wansleben
Mansfield
Zig
Our Pet Peeves The Celluloid Ashtray Chalcraft Gets It
A humor piece by ER P Chalcraft, ninth in a series, describing the author’s reluctance to write a peeve and the pressure from the city editor to produce one. He muses on word meanings, his desk setup, and how he overcomes his initial irritation to comply with the assignment.
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Chalcraft
Star
ER. P. Chalcraft
Aileen
Red
Angie
Was This Wind Wafted Rum Smell
In MOULTRIE GA on March 24 a county policeman following a line of stump fires at Lewis Johnsons farm caught a whiff suggesting stump rum. He found a 100 pound lard can setup in a hedge, noting the wind shifted as he passed.
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Moultrie
Lewis Johnson
Man Drugged on Train Dies in Butte
George E. Clark of Huxton Colorado died after being removed from an Oregon Short Line train in Butte after a lapse of memory. Police say he was drugged in Pocatello Idaho, robbed of 6000 dollars, and placed on the train.
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Butte
Mont
George E. Clark
Huxton
Colo
Murphy
Clark
Pocatello
Idaho
Buy That Used Car Now Says Star Ad Page
The Star urges immediate used car buying on its Want Ad page noting rising new car prices and steady gas costs. It claims best bargains appear on the Want Ad page and directs readers to call Main 600 for selling cars.
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The
Star
Girl First Poll Tax Victim to Register
Miss Flor ence V. Schultz of 614 Blaine Ave signed up first with Assessor Frank W. Hull to pay the poll tax. John Barrett, 41, of 218 Occidental Ave followed 15 minutes later to apply for the license to live in the state.
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Florence V. Schultz
Blaine Ave
Peters & Powell
King County
Frank W. Hull
John Barrett
Occidental Ave
Harry Grey Loses Treaty Pistol After Theft
Former naval chief Harry Grey returns home before nightfall after a thief stole his treaty pistol the previous night. Police investigate the nighttime theft amid ongoing security concerns.
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Harry Grey
Wood to Sail from Seattle to Philippines
Major General Leonard A. Wood will sail April 9 from Seattle aboard the Wenatchee to study political and industrial conditions in the Philippines. He cancelled reservations on the Ecuador from San Francisco and a planned banquet there, citing a shorter route and an earlier Manila arrival.
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Leonard A. Wood
Harding
Philippines
Seattle
Hewner
Manila
San Francisco
Procter Sues Over Wood Campaign Funds
William Cooper Procter sues to recover 110000 he advanced for Gen Leonard Wood's presidential campaign. The suit names A A Sprague of Chicago, treasurer of the Wood campaign committee, as defendant.
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Henry Suzzafio
Bureau of Education
Mary F. Roberts
Seattle Bakery Co
Husband
Wrong Bakery Company
State Supreme Court
Phi Delta Phi
Men's Law Fraternity
Blanc’s Cafe
Chicago
William Cooper Procter
Gen. Leonard Wood
A. A. Sprague
Wood Campaign Committee
Seattle streetcar system posts $20,736 monthly gain
Officials report February revenues of $492,758 against expenses of $472,022. The gain stems from higher fares which increased daily receipts by $878 but reduced passenger volume by 3,500 riders per day. Principal purchase payments are not included in the expense total.
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Seattle
Urging Hamon Girl to Avoid Movies
Pasadena February telegram from the First Baptist Church urges Clara Smith Hamon to abandon plans to depict her life tragedy on film. Signed by church clerk S H Staines, the telegram cites religion and morality and condemns the project as reported in yesterday's dispatches.
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Pasadena
Cal
First Baptist Church
Clara Smith Hamon
S. H. Staines
A Bachelor Husband Seaside Honeymoon Turmoil
Chris Lawrens and Marie Cheater, newly married, face suspicion and secrets at a seaside hotel. Feathers Dakers alerts Marie to potential money motives while Chris struggles with honesty about last night’s skiff accident and a brewing conflict with his wife. Feathers warns of mischief if truth is hidden. The couple debates leaving the sea and returning home as tension grows.
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Chris Lawrens
George Cheater
Marriet
Marie
Maris
Chris
Feathers Dakers
Chiia
Feathers
Mia Heriot
Mr. Heriot
Marie Celeste
Mrs. Heriot
Madge
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PageOn Colump 3
Ves
Wer A
Oor
Cardinal Gibbons
Roger
St. Mary's
Sagwee
Carl D. Groat
Leipzig
Hettsted
Rodlewisch
Marienburg
Auerbach
Webster
Acros
Harry
Wood
Wenatchee
Procter
Gen. Wood’s Fund
Muny System
Hamon Girl
Tory
China
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