Wealthy Chinese student vanishes after hotel stroll
Mington Liao a 25 year old Shanghai heir and University of Virginia student disappeared after a short downtown stroll from the New Washington hotel. Private detectives and the consulate search for leads as family friend Nieh seeks return to Shanghai amid possibilities from aphasia to foul play.
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Mington Liao
China
University of Virginia
New Washington Hotel
Virginia College
Young Siao
Virginia
C. C. Nieh
Shanghai
Nieh
Seattle
China Club
Siao
Nich
Washington
Nick
Falkenberg & Co
Stao
Goon Dip
Woman Detained After Insane Charge Over Trouser Escape
Celia Rosen of 925 Zist Ave. claimed a $869.18 deposit was in a Brooklyn hospital when she was committed for insanity. She said a man followed her in New York, so she wore trousers to evade him. Hospital release led to a court ruling that she is normal. Judge J. T. Ronald ordered her release after a 10 week hold.
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Celia Rosen
Zist Ave
Procter C. C. Dalton
Brooklyn Hospital
New York
Katherine 8S
Cahoon
J. T. Ronald
Harlem tenement fire traps mourners nine killed
A Harlem tenement fire killed nine residents today and left many unidentified. The blaze trapped occupants on upper floors, forced jumps to the street, and overwhelmed the building’s lower hall where wicker carriages allegedly fueled the blaze. Firefighters evacuated survivors as smoke and flames roared through the structure.
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New York
Harlem
Tims
Kenton
Paul Bunyan legends told by Star readers in rugged mock epic
A long reader contributed tale about Paul Bunyan born in Maine with a floating cradle and giant tides. The interview includes Blue Ox stories, beans in a lake, and Bunyan moving to Alaska with logging exploits. Tex Gordon adds memories of early camp life and camp cooks in the Pacific Northwest era.
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Maine
Alaska
Paul Pee
Greece
Bunyan
Bombermen
Btu Newnes
Senos
Paul Bunyan
Eastport
Paul
Bay of Fundy
Nova Scotia
Gulf of St. Lawrence
H.C. A
Puget Sound
Cascade Mountains
Dad
Pati
Flue Ox
Ole
Sloga
Mexico
Lake Union
Tex Gordon
the Star
Paul Bunion
Iil
Eastern Wash
Dan
Cook House
Charge scheme to boost price
Washington reports unemployment nationwide attributed to efforts to maintain prices. Ethelbert Stewart, price expert and commissioner of the labor bureau, says price reductions could lift full time production. He notes war era profiteering as a factor and that wholesale cuts precede retail ones by months to a year.
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Washington
Ethelbert Stewart
Stewart
Bureau of Statistics
Labor Department
Redmond Man Fined for Possession of Liquor
John EB Jones of Redmond was fined 190 dollars by Justice of the Peace O W Brinker on Saturday for having liquor in his possession.
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John EB. Jones
Redmond
Conta
Justice of the Peace
O. W
Japanese Boy Hurt By Auto At City Hall Park
A Japanese boy, aged S years, was hit by an automobile driven by Ronald R. Drake of 405 Brooklyn Ave while playing football at City Hall park. He was taken to the city hospital unconscious with possible skull fracture.
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City Hall Park
Tadaal Kuniyuki
Ronald R. Drake
Brooklyn Ave
Drake
City Hospital
Room for rent ad seeks spare room aboard $250 yearly
A person calling himself ONE OF A THOUSAND offers to pay $250 per year or more for the use of a spare room. He requests interested landlords to run a room for rent advertisement in The Star and contact him by telephone or ad.
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Ad In the Star
Hunting Hero In Mail Theft Mystery Emerges
Keith Collins a 27 year old former World War I lieutenant and decorated veteran is sought by federal officials as the mastermind of a 3.5 million Burlington mail robbery in Council Bluffs Iowa. Collins a Union Pacific fireman is believed to have escaped with a large share of the loot. Mrs Daly the only woman tied to the case has been arrested for receiving stolen property and only 20000 of the plunder has been recovered.
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Omaha
Neb
Keith Collins
Air Service
Burlington
Council Bluffe
Collins
Union Pacific
T. A. Daly
Russian Girls Case Reopened in Deportation Hearing
Deportation hearings for Eva Pring and Anna Lapina, two Russian girls smuggled from Vladivostok aboard the Cross Keys by two sailors, were reopened at the immigration station Saturday morning at the instance of Lloyd Jacet of San Francisco who seeks to prevent the deportation of Eva Pring who allegedly came to the United States to marry him.
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Eva Pring
Anna Lapina
Vladivostok
Cross Keys
Sallora
Lloyd Jacet
San Francisco
Piva Pring
United States
Stanford Calif Coast title clash looms in Berkeley
Stanford and California prepare on the Berkeley campus for the coast conference football championship game. A wary Stanford crowd faces a confident Cal squad with changes in the lineup including Barnes at left tackle and possible shifts for McMillan.
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Berkeley
Cal
Stanford
California Field
Berkeley College
Andy Smith
California
Barnes
Dean
Toney
McMillan
Behiaudemang
QTL
Behiaudemann
Wilcox Offdale
Harvard Kicks Field Goal In Yale Game
Harvard avoids large scoring plays after a brief on-field scuffle to lead Yale 3 0 in the first period and extend to 6 0 by the third quarter at Yale Bowl New Haven Conn with Harvard kicking a field goal early.
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Harvard
YALE
New Haven
Conn
Freight Rate Conference on Western Transpacific Waters
Representatives from every steamship line in the transpacific trade attend the Pacific Westbound conference as it meets to discuss plans to stabilize freight rates in western waters.
Boy seeks missing father in Alaska mining case
A man writes from Fairbanks Alaska asking help to locate his son Kleinschmith and his father William F Kramer a mining engineer. He notes Kleinschmith’s son Henry died in Fairbanks last spring from the flu and that the elder Kleinschmith has lived in Circle and Fairbanks districts since 1902.
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Kiggnachmith
William F. Kramer
Fairbanks
Alaska
Kleinschmith
Henry
Circle
Kramer
Motto Charged With Petit Larceny for False Street Car Conductor Claim
John Motto was charged with petit larceny after a prosecutor's complaint alleged he obtained money from J. Cohen by claiming to be a street car conductor, a position he no longer held the day before the incident.
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John Motto
J. Cohen
Burglars Seek Night Protection as City Sees Crime Wave
Chief W. H. Searing orders expanded police patrols in central Seattle, increasing night coverage to over 30 officers and prowler cars from 4 pm to midnight. Precincts span Queen Anne Hill to Denny Blaine while youths receive extra scrutiny. Burglar union tensions noted as officers warn thieves against poaching reserves. (Page 5, Column 2)
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W. H. Searing
Canal
Lake Washington
The
Bay
Spokawest
Queen Anne Hill
Tol Hill
Denny Blaine
Agenuea
Precinet
Seattle
Star Chamber
Searing
Alexius Burna
Mike Mulligan
J. Jeleff
Second Ave
Washington St
Is a Girl Safe Edith Will Tell
Edith May faced a life changing choice when her beauty won a national contest and a Broadway opportunity arose. Her parents trusted her training as she ventured into backstage New York life. Her story My Adventures in the Midnight Frolic appears exclusively in The Star beginning Monday.
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New York
Edith May
Edith
Star
O Keefe Sentenced 2 to 20 Years for Forgery
Maurice O Keefe, 24, convicted of first degree forgery, received a two to twenty year sentence from Superior Judge Boyd J Tallman at Monroe. He allegedly posed as James McAteer of McAteer Shipbuilding Co and passed a bogus check while an escaped prisoner.
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Maurice O'Keefe
Monroe
Boyd J. Tallman
O'Keefe
James McAteer
McAteer Shipbuilding Co
Two Mexicans Sentenced for Downtown Store Theft
Judge Mitchell Gil lam Saturday sentenced Ramon Fernandez and Robert Sanchez to fifteen years each at the festate reformatory for stealing clothing from a downtown store.
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Festate Reformatory
Mitchell Gillam
Ramon Fernandez
Robert Sanchez
Peace Prize for Wilson Suspected by Stockholm Papers
Stockholm reports newspapers believe President Wilson is likely to receive the Nobel peace prize, with rumors circulating on November 20 about the award.
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Stockholm
Wilson
Higher Park Levy Sought In Seattle Charter Amendment
A petition by Corporation Counsel Walter I Meter asks Seattle to submit a charter amendment to remove the park levy fixed at one mill and place it in the same category as the library assessment with the city council setting the maximum. Harold B Wright, an electrician at Bremerton Navy Yard, was acquitted of theft at a hearing before U S Commissioner R C McClelland.
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Seattle
Walter I
Park Commissioners
Harold B. Wright
Bremerton Navy Yard
U. S
R. C. McClelland
Bodies Recovered After Chesancook Lake Tragedy
Fifteen men employed by Great Northern Paper Co. were recovered from Chesancook Lake after a boat fire caused by a motor's gasoline tank explosion. The incident occurred near Bangor with the wreckage found yesterday following the fall into the water.
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Bangor
Chesancook Lake
Great Northern Paper Co
One Dead In Detroit Hotel Fire
A blaze at the Savoy hotel in Detroit on November 20 left one man dead and several others injured. The hotel was mainly occupied by sailors and dock workers.
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Detroit
Mich
Loss of 2 Million in Fire at Cayamel Fruit Shed
New Orleans authorities report about 2 million dollars in damage to Cayamel Fruit and Steamship Co. property after a fire swept through its riverside shed. Officials believe the blaze was sparked by an engine, touching off the large loss.
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New Orleans
Cayamel Fruit and Steamship Co
Baby Girl Scalded to Death in Boiler Tragedy
Ruth Smith a 2 year old girl was walking backwards and toppled into a boiler full of hot water placed on the floor. She suffered severe scalding and died after only a few hours in Burns Oregon.
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Ore
Ruth Smith
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