Frustrate Murderer and Yeggs by Rail and Rope
A planned jail break by James Redmond, Willard Holtz, and James Mahoney was thwarted by Sheriff Starwich. Redmond’s belt key formed from a tooth brush unlocked his cell padlock, with a lead pipe hidden nearby. Notes reveal a broader plot tied to two Seattle Star workers robbery and a romance with a Oakland admirer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Redmond
Willard Holtz
James E. Mahoney
Matt Starwich
Price & Carter
Star
King County
Allen Stark
Starwich
Redmond
Holtz
Seattle
Oakland
Remond
Mahoney
Stark
Clake
Sign the anti poll tax measure to repeal it now
Citizens urged to sign the initiative to repeal the poll tax at Pike Place Market and downtown locations. Voters must be registered to sign, with other measures also urged for ballot consideration. organizers push passage of the anti poll tax as top priority.
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Pike Place Market
Palmer- Fuller
May Dandelions Bring June Head Henry Landes Geologist
A fragment from a Seattle obscure page features Henry Landes, University of Washington geologist, noting a long day analogy about a thousand years. The piece contains scattered quips on war surplus, KKK references, and local life, ending with a tease to turn to Page 7 for more.
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Henry Landes
University of Washington
Cowen
Labor Federation to Collect Three Initiative Petitions
Washington State Federation of Labor will call in all copies of initiative petitions No. 40 No. 47 and No. 43 on May 25 to check progress and plan a final month campaign. President William M. Short said petitions seek repeal of the poll tax improvements in workers compensation and jury trials in injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington State Federation of Labor
William M. Short
Altho
Short
Secretary of State
Saturday Shopping Bags
Saturday shopping bags guide readers to fill grocery and retail lists from multiple ads in today's Star. References mark the stores and their pages for McCormack Bros Gatelys Swift Drug Co Grote Rankin Co MacDougall Southwick Bartell Drug Grunbaum Bros Rhode Co Boerger Hurlbut Frederick Nelson Eastern Outfitting Graham Bon Marche Singerman Cheasty Chatter of the Mhopas markets and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormack Bros
Gately’s
Swift Drug Co
Grote Rankin Co
MacDougall-Southwick
Bartell Drug Co
Grunbaum Bros
the Rhode Co
Boerger & Hurlbut
Frederick & Nelson
Eastern Outfitting Co
Graham's
the Bon Marche
Singerman'’s
Cheasty's
Chatter of
Mhopas
Markets
Shaner & Wolff
Imperial Tailoring Co
Surplus Army Store
Spokane Fares Drop to 6 Cents June 1
Spokane streetcar fares will drop to 6 cents on June 1, 30 days before the new franchise. Officials say state board approval is secured and transfers on same company cars will be honored. Universal transfers await July 1 with the Spokane United Railways Co. forming from two lines.
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Spokane
EB. V. Keukendall
State Board of Public Works
Sarme Company
Washington Power Co., Street Railway Division
Spokane City Railway Co
Spokane United Railways
Seattle Sees Big Building Boom Across City
Seattle building activity shows a 94 percent rise over last year with $2,000,000 more in permits issued in the first four months of 1922 than in 1921. Officials predict a $16,000,000 to $18,000,000 year as construction picks up after the war, with homes leading the revival and numerous large structures already under way.
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Seattle
James E. Blackwell
Blackwell
Captain Cornell Shoots Wife Then Himself in City
Captain Robert Cornell of the tug Iscum shot his wife Elizabeth Cornell and then killed himself near Third avenue and Senecast. Elizabeth, 22, lay critically injured at the city hospital while Cornell, 29, died after a self-inflicted gunshot. He was said to have been decorated for valor in World War I and formerly served in the marine corps.
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Robert Cornell
Iscum
Third Ave
Senecast
Elizabeth Cornell
City
Cornell
Liberty Hotel
Valdemar
the Marne
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Marine Corps
Port Orchard
City Hospital
Hundreds of Everett Mill Workers Strike Over Wage Demand
Several hundred laborers in Everett lumber mills walked out over a proposed 1 a day wage increase from the current 3. Mill owners argue the industry is unstable and higher prices would follow. Clough Hartley cedar mill shut its shingle unit and plans to resume Monday. Weyerhaeuser mills are hotbeds of agitation with many striking. Ferry Baker Lumber reports about 25 quit and management notes 125 quit elsewhere.
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Everett
Clough-Hartley
Clark-Nickerson MIX Company
Weyerhaueser Company
Ferry Baker Lumber Company
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Hal Armstrong
Seattle Star Bandits
Eddie Patton
Otto the Screw
Jim
Johnnie
Portland
Karl
Drome
Homer Gin Brew
KOO Koo Klan
Jack Dempsey
France
Stanwood
the Star
Henry Ford
Skagit
Henry
Cynthia Grey
Coyne
State Agriculturial
State Federation of Labor
Spokane Fares
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