Desperate Bandits Cornered Near Maynards in Port Townsend Area
A 200 strong posse, led by Sheriffs Starwich Chase and Nelson, encircles a 10 acre wooded tract around Maynards Port Discovery Bay as bandits terrorize Port Townsend. A deadly river crossing duel at the trestle left deputies and desperadoes exchanging fire. no casualties reported among the searchers as reinforcements surge toward nightfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynards
Port Discovery Bay
Port Townsend
Matt Starwich
King
Phil Chase
Jefferson
William Nelson
Clallam
Humorous clipped notes and political quips from Altoona
A mixed collage of editorials and jokes sparely notes spring fever fishing elections and candidate quips. items include a Paris debt joke about Marshal Joffre a birth notice a beauty expert forecast a yegg joke a traffic cop jab and candidate fines for coal short weighting with light satire on politics and fame
Nation facing strike as miners walkout extends
Coal output in America slumped toward zero as miners joined a broad walkout. Some districts kept workers at their posts, including Kansas where an industrial court ordered laborers to stay on the job. Evansville leaders urged work paused pending new wage terms. Operators eyed reopening in six states under possible open shop rules. Washington debate pushed for a miners operators conference to avert or shorten the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United Mine Workers
Kansas Industrial Court
Lonnie Jackson
Evansville
Ind
trans-Mississippi
Washington
House Labor Committee
Harding
500000 Mine Workers Go On Strike Nationwide
Indianapolis March 31 Coal production stops at midnight as five hundred thousand United Mine Workers of America walk out awaiting a new wage contract. President John L. Lewis predicts 6000 of 7500 mines will close across the United States and Canada with government inaction until coal reserves are exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United States
Canada
Lewis
Try to Halt Big Walkout
Last minute efforts to end the nationwide coal strike were pursued in government quarters as Congress sought to induce President Harding to summon leaders for a 30 day conference and suspend the strike at midnight tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul BR. Mallon
Washington
Harding
Re turn of Shantung railroad agreed in Tokyo pact
Tokyo reports from Peking say negotiations between Japan and China on the return of the Shantung railroad have concluded. Withdrawal of all Japanese troops from the railroad and Shantung peninsula is expected to be completed by the end of April, with withdrawal plans prepared long beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
China
Shantung
Peking
Shantung Peninsula
Joffre Welcomed to City With Ovation
Marshal Joffre arrived in Seattle after ceremonies at Blaine and a reception in Bellingham. A huge crowd greeted him at the Northern Pacific station as he shared a kiss of gratitude and waved from a car led by Fort Lawton troops. He rested at the Hill home with his wife and daughter before a busy Saturday schedule.
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Marshal Joffre
Samuel Hill
E. Highland Jr
Seattle
Bellingham
Blaine
Peach Arch
Northern Pacific
Papa” Joffre
Lawton
Joffre
Fort Lawton
Seret
Quentin
April Vow of Mercy Across Seven Seas
Poetic tribute recalling April as month of pledge and mercy. Emphasizes France and the Marne advanced lines, fleurs-de-lis, and a call for Columbia to send its golden eagle to aid those in need, framing a vow lasting into summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Marne
Columbia
Seven Seas
Aviators Complete First Leg of Transatlantic Flight
Lag Palmas reports Portuguese aviators completed the first 1000 miles of their Lisbon to Brazil transatlantic flight. They plan the second leg to Cape Verde from the Canary Islands, aiming to continue toward their Brazilian destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Lag Palmas
Canary Islands
Brazil
Cape Verde Islands
Canaries
Landon backs pass system for Seattle trolleys
Mayoral candidate Dan Landon urges a weekly $1 city streetcar pass, saying it would boost patronage and revenue with little extra operating cost. He cites Youngstown, Ohio, as a model where fares dropped to four to five cents per ride for regular riders and off peak usage rose. Other speakers at the Federated clubs meeting included Maj. T. J. Cunningham H. S. Turner and Charlie S. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Landon
Federated Clubs
West Seattle
Benjamin Henry Pelley
Youngstown
Ohio
Youngs Own
Landon
Judge Grants Funeral Services for Dr Jordan
After a probate court hearing Judge King Dykeman permitted funeral services for Dr J Eugene Jordan Friday afternoon but ordered the body held until further court order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Dykeman
Dr. J. Eugene Jordan
Funeral services for Dr Augustus Holcomb
Funeral services for Dr Augustus Holcomb a 55 year old Seattle dentist who practiced for more than 80 years will be held at 1 p m Sunday at Bonney Watsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Holcomb
Seattle
Bonney-Watson's
Saturday Shopping List From The Star Ads
A busy shopper uses today’s Star to craft a Saturday shopping list from local ads. The note highlights savings, better service, and profit from buying newer merchandise as stores move stock.
Segundio Rodriguez Admits Grass Valley Mine Robbery Plot
Segundio Rodriguez and three others were arrested after a detailed confession alleging a plan to rob mines in the Grass Valley district. The statement was made at midnight in Placer county jail in Auburn after officers feared violence against the suspects.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Segundio Rodriguez
Albert Greenwald
Rodriguez
Placer County
Auburn
Greenwald
John Martin
Tells Details of Rappe Girl's Life
San Francisco March 31. Further details of Virginia Rappe's past life were promised in Roscoe Arbuckle's manslaughter trial. The sensational testimony came from Mrs. Virginia Warren, a Chicago nurse, who said she attended Rappe twice in Chicago for illness involving childbirth.
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San Francisco
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Virginia Warren
Chicago
Miss Rappe
Mulching Veteran Sentenced for Bonus War Rant Scam
N. P. Nichols was sentenced by Justice of the Peace C. C. Dalton to six months in county jail for discounting a veteran bonus war rant. Nichols had pleaded guilty earlier and admitted charging Alex Gibson $23.50 to cash a $105 war rant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. P. Nichols
Justice of the Peace
C. C. Dalton
Nichols
Alex Gibson
Tragic Runaway Wagon Death in City Streets
A junk dealer identified as I Mandell was thrown from his wagon when runaway horses crashed into a stone railing at Fifth Avenue and King Street and crushed against the roof of the O W R N Co passenger shed forty five feet below. One horse was so injured it had to be shot by city veterinarian F E B Sweet.
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Fifth Ave
King St
I. Mandell
F. EB. Sweet
City Veterinary
President of Oil Co Held on Grand Larceny Charges
Elden J Edwards, president of the Northern National Oil Syndicate, was jailed on grand larceny charges. He allegedly collected thousands from investors by false representations about holdings in Hancock county Ohio. The syndicate, incorporated for 260000 in 1921, counted Seattle businessmen among its officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jorney
Bureau
Elden J. Edwards
Northern National Oil Syndicate
Central Building
Edwards
Seattle
Hancock County
Ohio
Revenue Ship Surveyor Safe in Northport Port
The revenue cutter Surveyor, missing after failing to reach Bayville in fog and sleet, is reported safe at Northport New York. Deputy Surveyor William R. Sanders said the vessel diverted into Northport and remained there through the night, unable to reach its destination.
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New York
Revenue Cutter Surveyor
Long Island Sound
Northport
N. Y
William R. Sanders
Custom House
Bayville
Rich Chicago banker dies by suicide in Lake Michigan
William T. Fenton a 70 year old Chicago financier and vice president of the National Bank of the Republic hanged himself by leaping into Lake Michigan. He drove to the lake from his home in a taxi and disappeared into the icy water shortly after the taxi left. Health concerns are reported as a possible motive.
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Lake Chicago
William T. Fenton
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Fenton
National Bank of the Republic
If Win ter Comes instalment on page six
Reader notification for today’s instalment of the great novel appears on page six. A prompt to start the winter tale is included with encouragement to turn the page and read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Didya
Also Mentioned on This Page
Starwich
Hal Armstrong
Sequim
ASL
Paris
J. Davis
Altoona Times
Marcel
Buch
Henry D. Hall
Kathryn Miracle
Homer Brew, Jr
Willie Jones
Hias
Premier Poincare
Paine
Neterer
The
W. C. TU
Mr. Blank Siso
Fred G. Johnston
Marshal Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre
BY Leoh, Lassen
Youngstown Company
Maj. T. J. Cunningham
H. 8. Turner
Charlies H. Miller
Judge Orders
Dr. Jordan
California
Rappe Girl
OIL CO
Revenue
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