Mysterious murder of Everett taxi driver sparks manhunt
Police and deputy sheriffs across the Northwest search for two 17 year old youths seen with Lee Linton, 35, Everett taxi driver, who was found dead with a head blow and $40 missing near Home Acre. Linton was hired Wednesday evening to take the pair to Snohomish, then murdered for unknown reasons.
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Lee Linton
Everett
Home Acre
Linton
Snohomish
James MacCulloch
Bnohomish
Healy Taxicab Co
Healy
Ford
Healy Company
King County
Matt Starwich
Stewart Campbell
C. H. Beebe
William T. Bailey
Spencer Snow
Barley
Idaho
Seattle
John Stringer
Stringer
Letters Roosevelt Wrote to His Children
The Star presents permissioned publication of intimate letters Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his children. The missives reveal his love of family and home and show the former president’s lovable, animated nature.
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Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Lived Happily With Wife for Years Says Deaver
The statement recalls a long marriage with Minnie Deaver and a shared history from boyhood. He notes an engagement ring and civil then religious wedding, a child, and later strained years after a visit to Anacortes and a divorce action that was dismissed. Public reports are referenced but details are not repeated here.
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Anacortes
Holt
Acquittal in West Seattle Murder Case for James Deaver
After nearly two months in jail on a first degree murder charge, Sergeant Major James B R Deaver U S M C retired was found not guilty by a Seattle Superior Court jury in 32 minutes. The verdict followed a trial noting an alibi and impeachment efforts over witness Ruby Latham, with Mrs Elsie Wiseman as jury forewoman.
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James BR. Deaver
Henry Clay Holt
Alki Grocer
Mitchell Gilliam
Deaver
Holt
Denver
Oscar Denver
John PD
Carmody
H. A. Martin
Walter B. Allen
Gilliam
Ruby Latham
Alkiave
White House
Green
Latham
Deaver Seen Near Crime Scene Before Shooting
Witnesses identify Deaver as the man who fled after Holt fell. He was allegedly in the White House pool hall at the time of the shooting, near twenty o'clock, according to defense witnesses.
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Deaver
Holt
White House
Denial of Forced Marriage From Stepfather Story
Minnie Elaine Deaver’s stepfather Samuel Jewell disputes claims she was forced into marriage with Sergt Maj James R. Deaver. He recalls she announced plans to marry and suggested she preferred money to servitude, noting she later left with Deaver and he retrieved her from Anacortes five years ago.
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Minnie Elaine Deaver
James R. Deaver
Star
Samuel Jewell
Eighth Ave. W
Jewell
Deaver
Anacortes
Alumni to Aid Hungry Professors Ahead of Thanksgiving Game
Alumni at the state university organize a rousing reunion and dinner at University Commons on the eve of the California vs Washington game. President Wee Coyle will seek alumni action to support faculty salaries, with cards mailed to former students and plans to present the issue to decision makers. The event includes a Glee Club concert and a dance in Meany Hall.
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University of Washington Alumni Association
University Commons
California
Washington
Wee” Coyle
Alummni
Association
Glee Club
Meany Hall
Sugar prices to rise with beet sugar crop
The King county fair price committee held an executive session and forecast a wholesale beet sugar price of 11 cents per pound with retailers allowed a 1 cent profit, making the retail price 13 cents per pound for next week. They also considered coal price increases as dealers report selling coal at a loss of 13 cents per ton under current controls.
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King County Fair Price Committee
Ethel Dean
Fair Price Committee
Arrest Brothers for Investigation
J. H. Hageman 23 and his brother Julius 18 are in the city jail after a burglary investigation. They were arrested at Boren avenue and Pine Street by Officers J. C. Neal and R. C. Watson while possessing a hacksaw and chisels. They could not explain their early morning street presence near the May hotel on Eighth Avenue and Westlake.
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J. H. Hageman
Julius
Josephine Nicholas
May Hotel
Eighth Avenue
Westlake
Boren Ave
Pineast
J. C. Neal
R. C. Watson
Yale Faculty Salary Increases Set Record U.S. High
Yale professors receive salary hikes that raise fulltime professors earning $4,000 to $5,000 to $5,000 and $6,000 to $7,000, with some reaching $8,000. The move makes Yale the highest paid university faculty in the nation and expands typical pay scales across the faculty ranks.
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New Haven
Yale
United States
Bandit Sought as Centralia Man Surrounded in Woods
In Centralia area a posse reportedly surrounded Ole Hansen, suspected of Armistice Day shooting, with Bert Bland confirming Hansen’s last seen date. A separate streetcar robbery in Kin near park yielded $27.70 from Conductor J C Atkenson before the robber fled. police scoured the Kinnear Park district with no success.
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Centralia
Ole Hannen
Seminary Ridge
Independence
Bert Bland
Herman Allen
Hansen
Bland
John Haney
Tenino
American Legion
Allen
J. C. Atkenson
Kinnear Park
Atkenson
W. Wheeler
G. W. Parmele
Fourth Ave. N
Suc Ces
Belgian Election Returns Show Catholic Lead in Parliament
Final returns from Sunday's parliamentary elections in Brussels indicate Catholics won 78 seats, Socialists 68, Liberals 33, and miscellaneous parties 9, outlining the early post election balance of power.
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Brussels
Free Tickets Ad Rhyme Contest Closes Soon
One day left to send rhymes for Clemmers free tickets offer. Fun easy to enter with rhymes and ads promising results. Call Main 600 to participate and see what we can do for you.
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Main 600
Two Youths Rob Woman At May Hotel Corner
Two armed youths under 21 robbed Miss Josephine Nicholas at the May hotel in broad night hours. They grabbed her as she walked from work near Eighth avenue and Westlake, taking five dollars from her purse while one kept her from escaping. Police searched the area for the suspects.
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Josephine Nicholas
May Hotel
Eighth Ave
Westlake
Sixth Ave
Pine St
Miss Nicholas
Misa Nicholas
Three Men Killed as Auto Hits Freight Train in LA
A Pacific Electric freight train struck an automobile at 25th and Alameda streets in Los Angeles killing three men and seriously injuring one woman, Peggy Perry, 28, a motion picture actress, who suffered a broken leg and burns as the car caught fire. The incident follows a note that several American authors are publishing books in raised letters for blind soldiers.
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Los Angeles
United Press
Pacific Electric
Alamedasts
Peggy Perry
War Day Law Up For Test In Supreme Court
Washington November 20 United Press attorneys for liquor interests and the government opened a constitutional challenge to wartime prohibition before the Supreme Court. Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League urged a brief supporting the government while Elihu Root Levy Mayer and Wm Marshall Bullitt argued for liquor interests. Assistant AG Frierson led for the government with Solicitor General King.
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Washington
United Press
Supreme Court
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
White
Elihu Root
Levy Mayer
Wm. Marshall Bullitt
Frierson
King
Steamer Roman Reported in Peril Off New York
Wireless calls from the freighter Roman reported distress 350 miles from New York with steering gear disabled. The 2348 ton vessel, familyly tied to Great Lakes service, left port Sunday with cargo valued at 1,000,000 for Marseilles and a crew of 40.
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New York
Great Lakes
Marseilles
Timeline of Treaty of Versailles ratification efforts
Chronology from Armistice on November 11 1918 through Senate actions on November 19 detailing Wilson’s tour, Senate committee reviews, cloture adoption, Lodge reservations, and eventual defeat of ratification. Includes key dates: Paris peace conference openings May 7 1919, treaty readings in September, and Lodge’s 15 reservations.
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Paris
Germany
Versailles
Wilson
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wichita
Kan
Washington
Lodge
Wilson expected to submit beaten peace treaty to Congress
President Wilson plans to present the defeated treaty to the next session starting December 1 in a renewed bid for ratification. The Lodge and unratified resolutions failed, signaling the Senate’s opposition and a renewed political battle over League of Nations and U.S. involvement.
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United Press
Washington
White House
Friends
Wilson
League of Nations
Germany
Senate
Congress
United States
Europe
League
America
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Versailles
Raymond Clapper
Washington, D. C
Hitchcock
Republican Congress
House
Smuts Appeals to United States on League Covenant
Gen Jan Smuts urged America not to abandon the League Covenant, speaking from Johannesburg on November 20. He warned that failure to adopt the covenant would blast world hopes. The message was addressed to the United States for consideration. The note references the League commission and stresses global cooperation.
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Jan Smuts
U. S
Johannesburg
America
League of Nations
Jan Christian Smuts
League Commission
United States
Paris Says Treaty Effective by December First
The supreme council announced the peace treaty becomes effective by December 1. Nations that have accepted the pact will exchange formal ratifications in time for the date.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Three Ball Symbol Tied to Medici Coat of Arms
The three ball emblem of the pawn shop traces to the Medici family coat of arms, historically linked to the original pawnbrokers known as the World.
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