Twenty-one arrested in racy contraband cargo probe
Federal authorities raid a ring allegedly moving contraband across the Mexican border. Mrs Hall, a blonde arrested in Los Angeles, bail set at 5000. Officers say she heads the group and received 10500 from Mexico. Also detained are Antonio Felix, James Wright, engineer ynodis Scott, and 23 Chinese workers. Felix, a San Francisco importer, is accused of paying 350 per head for each Chinese arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Mall
Hall
Los Angeles
Sery
Mexico
Antonio Felix
San Diego
James Wright
Ynodis Scott
Felix
San Francisco
Mistaken Escape Ends With Shootout at Cigar Store
Vancouver police report a man named Geo Brown attempted to flee after being challenged by Constable Home near Matthews' cigar store on Granville Street. Homestead fired three times into the air then shot the fleeing thief, who is recovering in St Paul’s hospital with a bullet wound to the hip. Police found briar pipes and several packages of cigars on the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Constable Home
Matthews
Granville Street
Geo. Brown
Paul's Hospital
Homestead
Stranded Kin Rekindled After 20 Years
In Bellingham Washington on November 28 Jack Lyons was briefly accosted in a hotel by a stranger asking him to post a high bond. The man turned out to be Sid Lyons his brother whom he had not seen in twenty years leading to a sudden but cordial reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
Jack Lyons
Lyons
Sid Lyons
Libby mezzo to perform recital at Boylston Avenue church
Helen Priscilla Libby, mezzo, was to appear at a Boylston av tarian church recital last Monday and will perform this evening and next. The program tonight features items by request and American composers, with Miss Caroline Jardine as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Priscilla Libby Mezzo
Boylston Avtarian Church
Caroline Jardine
Trusts Are Necessary Says Furth In Vancouver Speech
Vancouver B C November 28. Jacob Furth a Seattle capitalist and Western financier kingpin states trusts are necessary and apply equally to capital and labor. He argues combination is essential and that trusts keep states ahead, while workers must organize to advance wages and living standards but avoid political agitation. He warns workers not to be misled by agitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ey Vanes
Vancouver
B. C
Jacob Furth
Sue McNamara Visits Canal Zone Teachers’
Sue McNamara recounts a day with Canal Zone teachers in Culebra Panama describing their cheerful, porch living quarters, hammocks and casual life. She notes meals at the commissary hotel, the government run meal halls, and mentions Miss Emily Kite as an early canal schoolteacher. The diary entry reflects a lively, paternal tone about teaching life on the isthmus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue McNamara
Culebra
Canal Zone
Lethmus
Minnesota
Emily Kite
Canal Son
Panama
Corogal
Three Men Drowned Off Jarvis Inlet
Vancouver B C November 28. Word reached here of the drowning of Henry Nygreen Frank Roper and a Chinese cook when their launch was wrecked at Jarvis Inlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Henry Nygreen
Frank Roper
Jarvis Inlet
Swindler Gets Sum to Help Dying Son
Mary B. Hamilton testified in Kalama on the Vancouver bank case that she sent 1631.10 to a son dying of tuberculosis in Arizona after selling her home to raise cash. H. L. Phillips, president of the defunct Commercial Bank of Vancouver, faces charges of receiving funds after knowing the bank was insolvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalama
Wash
H. L. Phillips
Commercial Bank of Vancouver
Mary B. Hamilton
Arizona
Phillips
Fande
Election for School Board Contested in City History
The city faces a highly disputed school board election with 76 000 qualified voters after a new registration cut off. Candidates include Edmund Bowden, F Shorrock, Richard Winsor, Horace Crosby, Dr Mead Parker endorsed by women’s clubs, and Jacob Mades. Polls open Saturday at 1 pm and close at 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lst
Edmund Bowden
F. Shorrock
Richard Winsor
Horace
Crosby
Mead Parker
Jacob Mades
West Seattle
Public Markets Stlake Market Prices Summary
Prices listed for Hananii 16 cents per dozen Tokay grapes 10 cents per basket oranges 19 cents per dozen Japanese oranges 10 to 15 cents per dozen 75 cents per box fancy lemons 2 dozen 26 cents per dozen Nellii re 10 cents per dozen etc. Includes sugar 18 pounds for $1 and oysters 40 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hananii
Tokay Srapes
Local Market Ad Lists Meat and Produce Prices
A fragmented ad lists presh-killed turkeys at 26 to 46 cents per pound, chickens at 20, prime roast at 16, various roasts and steaks with multiple price entries, cranberries, olives, pickles, jellies, raisins, Tokay grapes, sweet cider, plum pudding, and other groceries priced per pound, quart, or can. Some line items include two dozen eggs 46 cents and large quantities of fruit and preserves.
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Libby
Tradt
Seattie
J. Brennaman
Anderson's Paook
Madison Park
Nia
Burley
LL & Price
American Bank
Kirkland If
Annouat & Ag
Lake Washington
F. D
R. H. Collins & Son
Third Ave
Agres
Lake Lesehl Park
Kauffivante N Co
Town
Bothell
John Orrison
Lake
Woodland Park
Gareage
Phinney
Cottage Realty CO
North
White
Kirkland
Madison and
Wharf
Burke & Farrar
Cherry St
H. Collins & Son
Texans Didn't Lynch Girl's Slayer But Now Wish They Had
Reeves County faced a near lynching after Emma Brown 26 was slain near Saragosa in July. Leon Martinez confessed to the murder and was sentenced to be hanged in September but moved for a governor’s respite. The story notes race tension and a county intent on legal justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Tex
Reeves County
Emma Brown
Saragosa
Hersterer
Leon Martinez
Martinez
Miss Brown
Pink Harbert
Wil Brady
WHIDBY ISLAND LANDS OFFERED AS CULTIVABLE FARMING AREA
An advertisement extols Whidby Island lands for farming with rich soil and low costs. It claims yields of wheat and other crops historically high and promotes a price of about 20 dollars per acre. The notice also contains unrelated classified lines about dancing lessons and furniture stores.
Variety of notices and ads fill city pages
A garbled page of legal notices, personal ads, housing and real estate listings, job requests, and business services. It includes health claims from a medicine company, matrimonial bureau pitches, lost and found, room rentals, and numerous property for rent or for sale entries across Seattle areas and nearby towns.
Also Mentioned on This Page
McNamara
J. B. Sexton
W. J. Andre
Jakey
Washington
Dexter Horton National Bank
Washington Trust and Savings Bank
Pacific Northwest
Dexter Horton Rational Bank
Geccada Cuety
New York
Bradbury System
Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc
Battles Reliabe Credit House
Union’ ST
Canal
Davidson
Miss Kite
Stlake Market
Piee Place Market
J Leaake
Bates
Martines
Wasco
Balla
Fin
Fremont Av
Hintain
Busser
Balmore
Henney-Watson Funeral Directora
Hird Av
University
Phongg
Punara Am Hag
Dental
Washington Pyeng
Martilawyer
Anton Delmondo
Black Diamond
Black
WST & Wheeler
Colman
Raber
Fullerton Furniture CO
Saucksuch
Bie Ag
Argent Ness
OWAY
Joembrix
Route
Box 64
Renton
Vie Medicine Co
Snoqualmie Pharmacy
Gad Pike St
Doyle
GURED
Truss
Harvard
Eitel
Pike At
Tacics
Ind. L
Pines
MES. Miller
Pike ST
Youvenir Pen Co
Seattia
Lund
Ots Park
Sidney
Strangla
Gavin
Eti
Clara Fidler
Greenwood
Wenn
Acnemia W Rr National Ranbid College
Ublia Market
Wenterway
Mntal IL
Third Av
Pike
Union
Madison
Lllp LD Plp
Joan Davis & Company
Eastern Avenue
University Trict
T. Spokane
Worsant
Fane Peneksky
Mogers Inuit Rs
Excelsior
Jane
Virginus Hotel
Cor
Virginie and Eighth
Estiake Av
Anderson Hotel
Yester Way
K. Apta
Denny
Marion
West Harrison
Monroe
Pike & Ere Dairy Farm
Tas
Walker Ride
Perkins Land Company
OLB Hanson & CO
Leavin Country
Av. W
First-Clase High School
Ste Robert
Alaska
Ieee
Lake Winston
Cherry &T
Lavras S Land Company
Hird
Smattle Tacoma W
Robert Maltby
Kenton County
Achool
Clifford
Seattle
Kay M’kay
Liberty
City
Renr
Samuel Sutter
Central
City Real Estate
Elliott Bay Investment CO
EMR Realty CO. Inc
Burke Bay Kodak Rolls Devels
SALS
Samuel
Collyer
Leary
Eeeraner
Bios Chain
Gen
New York Blk
Main
Ind
6Th Ave
N. P.O
Ponts Oh
Lake Burien
Lake Hurten
Grand Trunk
Wainwright & McLeod
Esey Ae
Sturtevant Rco
Boston Block
Second
Columbia
Columbia St
Central Seattle
Furnitur Pike AT
Latty @ Ball
Firat
Furn Main
Cerita
Kalem Poultry Market Cor
Pine
Pike Place
Dawe Son St
Ist Ave
Burg
J. A. Sundwall
Meyer-Tower
Anne
Ey Voorhees
E | Commerce
Toronto
Canada
G. V. Holt
Mer
Ndow
Western Ar
Jam Roach
N. Y
A. W. Kline
Cear
Henry Buchel
Russell House
King St
are—Kavanaug _Hata
Peckert
Poesee
J. P. Ball
R. Burke
Wink
Merate Pon
Corwin A. Townsend
Bailey
Josephs Wallin
Hobart, _ Wa
Mullinnix
Pont
Wm. Tf Lovering
Lumber Exchange
Dalton
Arc Arcade
Askins
Tent Litorney
Henry Block
James & Go
Brooks
Central Building
B. Spillman
Rin Ouse
Eneca
Shaw Show Case CO
Cor Virginia
Oving Storage Co
Aciffic Coast
Rypowriter & Supply Co
Maplewood
Pure Milk
Seventh Ave
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