Battles Near German Towns Reported By Safety Police
Crowds of communists fled hill country as safety police and Peninsky commanded troops supported by artillery. Shelled rioters near Sangerhausen and Mansfeld, with small explosions but little damage. Soldiers harried the Reds as they moved through the region, sometimes storming cities and occupying key points as fighting persisted.
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Carl D. Groat
Germany
Peninsky
Sangerhausen
Mansfeld
Police Gun Battle Ends With Suspect O Brien Wounded
On Easter morning a citywide gun battle left Dave O Brien wounded after a dramatic chase. He fled into a taxi, forced the driver to move, and was struck by bullets as detectives fired overhead. He collapsed in an alley with a shattered right wrist. Hastings police report a staged confrontation in the thorofares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave” O'Brien
Toron
O'Brien
Hastings
Thorofares
Snoqualmie deputy finds beer at home. man pleads guilty
Deputy sheriffs found a considerable quantity of beer at a Snoqualmie home on Saturday. The man admitted having 50 bottles and pleaded guilty before Justice C C Dalton on Monday morning. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs.
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Snoqualmie
W. Ll. Murphy
C. C. Dalton
Peggy Marsh Claim Settled for $100000
The $100000 claim of actress Peggy Marsh on the Henry Field estate was paid as part of a final $400000 settlement. Marshall Field III, heir to the Marshall Field fortune, assumed the contract and paid after the claim had been withdrawn.
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Peggy Marsh
Chicago
Henry Field
Marshal Field III
Marshall Field
Henry
Easter at Seattle Churches Crowded Across Denominations
Seattle congregations packed churches on Easter Sunday with decorated altars and impressive ceremonies. Denominations held diverse observations as services ended and congregants joined in special rites and communal celebrations.
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Seattle
Easter radio filibuster at Williamson’s wireless set
A. C. Dailey and H. E. Williamson spent Easter at Williamson's 316 Union Street listening for the first message from the new Haranomachi wireless station in Japan. They hoped for a direct communication with San Francisco, but heard none.
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A. C. Dailey
H. E. Williamson
Williamson
Union St
Haranomachi
Japan
San Francisco
Air Passenger Line to Vancouver BC Planned
Seattle plans its first international air service with daily round trips to Vancouver by Avery J. Black and A. C. Beckmann university students and former army fliers. They purchased a navy flying boat and will begin May 1.
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Seattle
Avery J. Black
A. C. Beckmann
Univesity
Army
Navy
Vancouver
B. C
Stillman Divorce Case Divides High Society
In 1917 18 and 19 a web of affairs surrounds James A Stillman Jr wife Mary and Florence Leeds the Century chorus star alleged corespondent. Beauvais a Canadian guide figures in and paternity disputes lead to high profile court actions and sealed papers. Leeds flees to Florida while Stillman heads to Florida yacht life as alimony and custody seeks unfold.
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Jim” Stillman
Florence Helene Leeds
Chicken Chorus
Broadway
New York
East Side
Mra Stiltman
Fred Beauvais
James
Alexander
Beauvais
Stillman
Pocantico Hills
James A. Stillman
Jim
James Stillman
National City Bank
James Alexander Stillman
Frank Vanderlip
Leeds
Reet Court
Stony Beach
L. I
Pitts Duffield
Society
Stilman
Guy Stillman
Althe
Dutchess County
Stillmans
Lakewood
N. J
Guy
Anne
Union League Club
Modeaty
Bay of Biacayne
Miami
Mia
Leeds Scouples
Japan to Withdraw Troops From Former German Islands
Tokyo officials announced Japan will withdraw troops from the former German islands assigned to it. The foreign office denied fortification plans for the Tetanda, calling it economically and strategically unimportant.
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Tokyo
Japan
America
Atlantic
Virgin Islands
Mandate Islands
Kamchatka
Pacific
1000 Homes Lost in Big Tokyo Fire
Tokyo reports a fire Saturday night caused estimated property losses over 10 million dollars. Four large business houses a bank and other major structures burned as nearly 1000 homes were destroyed. The Japanese Red Cross opened relief stations for the homeless and treated many injured.
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Tokyo
Red Cram
New Gold Strike At Alaska Draws Miners Near Seward
Miners rush to Alaska's latest gold strike near Paibanka, about 26 miles from Seward. Reports say the district yields gold at six dollars per yard with a pay streak over 60 feet wide, described as the most important strike in years.
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Seward
Alaska
City of
Paibanka
Cupid Cuts U. S. Court's Red Tape
A Canadian woman, Mise Jeanette Martial, weary of war era citizenship delays, married American veteran A. Kel ley and had her application withdrawn in federal court. Thirty three others were naturalized in the usual way.
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Mise Jeanette Martial
Withean A. Kelley
Millionaire Deckhand Tours Pacific, Sails as Sailor
A wealthy Australian cattle king, Lionel Robert Grant, serves as a deckhand after five years of war in France and Gallipoli. He and his wife take a long vacation, sailing from Australia to New Zealand and Tahiti, then to San Francisco aboard a passage funded by Tahiti. He buys passage to the United States and settles near the Flamingo hotel.
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Seattle
Lionel Robert Grant
Australia
France
Gallipoli
New Zealand
Tahiti
Grant
San Francisco
Goveland Villa
Flamingo Hotel
Chinese Tong War Enflicts with Fatal Gun Duel in Chinatown
In San Francisco Chinatown a morning gun duel between two tongmen left both dead and a third victim found nearby. The fight occurred after 6 am in a lodging house with doors and hallways shot through. Police investigated as the violence spurred a broader tong security response. Portland prepares to welcome six Bing Kong tong men arriving from San Francisco amid calls for calm.
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Ban Francisco
Chinatown
Shota
Bing Kong
Jew Jung
Hop Sing Toma
Hong Kong
Ageresmor
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
California
Jenkins
Bebe Daniels Tries Speeding Charge in Orange County
Bebe Daniels motion picture star faces a jury trial in Santa Ana California on a speeding charge. Daniels allegedly sped at 66 miles per hour on an Orange county boulevard as Justice Cox presides noted for strict sentences. The packed courtroom expected the star to charm the proceedings.
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Bebe Daniels
Banta Ana
Cal
Justice Cox
Mines Daniels
Orange County
Cox
Bebe
Stern
Arraignment Scheduled for Portuguese Jointist Case
William Smith a Spanish Portuguese man was to be arraigned at 1 15 in court after a sheriff raid ten days ago off Madison Park in Lake Washington. A bond of 1000 dollars was posted at the sheriff s office for Smith Friday by his attorney Walter Mettenbaum. Smith says he bore no interest.
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William Smith
Madison Park
Lake Washington
Sheriffs Office
Smith
Walter Metnenbaum
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Desperado
Home Brew
Dorothy Miller
Trenton
Tmi" Potter Stillman
Mr. Stillman
Town
Leeda
Fred Beauquis
Montreal
Vanderlip
Boand of Directors
Social Register
New York City
Westchester
Mandate
Big Tokyo
Cupid
U. S
Millionaire
Deckhand
F. Tong
Copenhagen
Nge
Sorto Navy
Iren Ue
Collie
Nemo
A. L. Craig
The
Nemo Hygienic Fashion Institute
Camel Hall
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