Business promoter dies by suicide in Mutual Life building
Max Freed, 45, a business promoter and father of nine, shot himself in his office on First Ave at the Mutual Life building after telephoning Solomon Friedenthall of Schwa bacher Hardware. Police found him with a gunshot wound near his desk. He had recently pursued a loganberry juice venture amid financial troubles. He lived in Bellevue with his wife and nine children. Freed formerly owned a large Vancouver furniture store that burned, and had headquarters in Seattle for about 15 years.
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Max Freed
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First Ave
Yessler Way
Friedenthall
Schwabacher Hardware Co
Freed
Star@ard Tire & Rubber Co
Bellevue
Vancouver
Hoe
Seattle
Seattle The Star highlights auto ads and shop bargains
The Progressive Merchant notes readers seek bargains and urges hearty responses to spur future deals. Opportunities to save money are plentiful in the ads, with Seattle's best stores featured regularly in The Star. Auto news and ads appear on page 6 today.
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Star
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Auto News
Thaw Extradition Battle Ends in Pennsylvania Favor
Governor Brumbaugh refused New York’s extradition request for Harry K. Thaw in Harrisburg guided by Attorney General Brown. Thaw may remain in Pennsylvania following the governor’s decision dated May 9.
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Harry K. Thaw
Pennsylvania
Brumbaugh
New York
Brown
Grain Gambler Named Embezzler in Davenport Case
In Davenport on May 9, J. H. Currier former manager of Purity Oats Co. was arrested on embezzlement charges after allegedly diverting about 90000 from wheat market accounts. Authorities say Currier signed over insurance policies to safeguard the company and wheat prices rose after the government crop report.
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J. H. Currier
The
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Logan Billingsley to surrender in open court Thursday
Attorney Robert Hodge announced Logan Billingsley will give himself up in open court at 9 a m Thursday to pursue release on bond during his appeal of a 13 month sentence from Judge Neterer at McNeil Island. Hodge cited indirect sources and said no reward is offered. Billingsley has been in hiding since escaping immigration detention. he intends to appear and pursue bond.
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Logan Billingsley
Neterer
McNeil Island
Hodge
Whatcom County
Seattle
Bonda
U. S
Alfred Black, Jr
Bellingham
War tax bill to hit movies and postage
Washington May 9 The house ways and means committee reported an 1.8 billion revenue bill. The measure raises tariffs incomes and inheritance taxes, doubles the normal income tax, enacts surcharges up to 33 percent for high earners, and increases postage rates. It imposes a 1 cent amusements tax on ten cent tickets and raises rates on liquor tobacco and soft drinks.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
Star May Sell War Bonds Says Secretary McAdoo
The Seattle Star offers its office as a market place for part of the 5 billion dollar war bond issue. Secretary McAdoo says the offer will be considered when bonds are ready for sale to the public. He acknowledges the telegram and promises full information when terms are fixed.
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McAdoo
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United States
Germany
the Star
Seattle Star
Captain Matt Peasley joins Navy Reserve in Seattle visit
Capt. Matt Peasley, hero of Peter B. Kyne’s Cappy Ricks, arrives at the Northern hotel in Seattle to seek an officer’s commission, sharing tales from the sea and his long career as master of the schooner Fred J. Wood. He plans to enlist if approved, with a lifelong love of sailing and a big black Mustache twirling as he speaks.
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Matt Peasley
Seattle
U. S. Naval Reserve
Matt
Peter B. Kyne
Cappy Ricks
Saturday Evening Post
Northern Hotel
Fred J. Wood
Aberdeen
South Sea
Australia
Bay of Fundy
Fiji
Ralph Erskine Peasley
South Seas
Colbeer & Carson Shipping Company
San Francisco
Kyne
Pete
England's Daily War Costs and Credit Request
May 9 London England's war expenses each day total 54 560 000 dollars as Bonar Law the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the house of commons He asked the house to vote a war credit of 600 000 000 pounds.
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London
England
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Vancouver War Echoes From Our Neighbor to the North
The Star reports on Vancouver British Columbia after three years of war. A staff writer and photographer captured returning soldiers at their recruiting point. Forty two veterans arrive in a large group, many crippled or limping, declared unfit for further service.
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The
Star
British Columbia
Vancouver
Seattle
One of Every 13 in the Trenches
A British Columbia reader recounts crossing the Blaine Washington border and entering Canada during wartime. He describes perfunctory U S customs checks and stern Canadian officers who share a trench survivor’s souvenir, noting lighthearted chatter and wartime tensions.
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