Majors gang captured after bold robberies across states
Kansas City police round up the Majors gang amid serial bank and gambling-house raids in Kansas Missouri and Tennessee. Nine members held after a raid on a Kansas City gambling hall left a man dead. Dr H W Queen and others linked to the gang arrested in a nationwide dragnet.
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Kansas City
James
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Kangag City
Frank Gardner
Omaha
Baileyville
Majors
Ray
Walter Majors
Edward Adama
Majors Boys
Adams
Roy Majors
Ford
Burns
Bankits
Poffenberger
United States Secret Service
Puyallup Fair Opens Its 20th Anniversary
The Puyallup fair in Washington opens with all exhibits in place and buildings full despite rain. Livestock shows shine with many blue ribbon entries as breeders from the coast compete. I M Ringer of Seattle enters 42 pens of prize swine valued at $000, across all classes. Thursday is Seattle day at the fair.
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I. M. Ringer
Seattle
Lake Washington
Rain Stops Fires Hunters May Hunt
An order suspending the open season for hunting in Clallam and Jefferson counties was revoked after rains reduced brush fire danger. Officials based the decision on advices from the affected counties.
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Olympia
Clallam
Jefferson
Ezra Meeker Pushes Seattle Air Route to Rainier Glaciers
Ezra Meeker visited Seattle on Wednesday urging an aerial tourist route from the city to Mount Rainier and its glaciers. He said his Tacoma flight convinced him it is feasible to carry travelers to the glaciers by air.
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Ezra Meeker
Seattle
Mt. Rainier
Tacoma
Silk import firms man hosts foreign trade luncheon
Tictine to Robert Vyvyan Dent, representing A. Arnaud Coste and R. V. Dent, was guest of local foreign trade clubs at the Army and Navy club luncheon Tuesday.
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Robert Vyvyan Dent
A. Arnaud Coste
R. V. Dent
Army and Navy Club
Deadlock in Senate over Treaty Debates and Reservations
Washington Oct 1 Senators hint at fate of the peace treaty if rejected or vetoed by President Wilson. A senate deadlock prompts questions on yielding on reservations or withdrawing the pact. League of Nations supporters fear defeat without concessions while reservationists gain strength.
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Martin
United Press
Washington
Senate
Wilson
Snch
Germany
League of Nations Covenant
League
Prohibition Stay Debate Amid Steel Strike
Representative Volstead urged the wartime prohibition ban remain in effect until steel dispute is settled. He linked loosening to violence risk in steel districts and noted the president’s discretion after treaty ratification and demobilization. Senate and House conferees expected to report on enforcement soon. Army strength remains about 60,000 above peacetime levels.
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Washington
Unitead
Representative Volstead
Minnesota
House Judiciary Committee
Volstead
Vdlstead
Senate
House
Wilson
Palmer
Mayor Asked to Clear Waterway of House Boats
Duwamish water way commission files a protest with Mayor Fitzgerald urging removal of 60 or more houseboats and shacks along the river as a sanitary measure. John B. Shorett states the banks are a health menace and asks the police to act since the commission cannot order removals.
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Duwamish Waterway
Duwamish Waterway Commission
Fitzgerald
John B. Shorett
Shorett
Firemen Held With Booze Cleared of Charges
Five Spaniards aboard the steamship Admiral Farragut were arrested last week after the drug squad found 56 pints of liquor in their sleeping compartment. They appeared before Acting Police Judge Eugene Childe and were discharged as the city could not connect them to the contraband liquor. Released: Marcotti, Arenozo, Sanches, Ferrerra, and Blanco.
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Poffenberger
Fat Poffenberger
Lawrence
Kas
Fat
Memphis
Tenn
H. W. Queen
Wichita
Emerson Queen
Charles P. (Neisy) Blevins
Queen
Tn Republican Party
Oklahoma
Blevins
Walter Majors
St. Louis
Godley
Eckstein to Retire From School Board
Nathan Eckstein, president of the city school board, will not seek another term. With two directors to be elected next month, W. J. Santmyer, appointed last year, is expected to run.
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Nathan’ Eckstein
W. J. Santmyer
World knows more about the other half lives than it confesses
A terse reflection notes that public discourse reveals less about the lives of the less privileged than common perception suggests. It underscores social irony and calls for candor about inequality.
Senate Demands Facts on U S Marines in Dalmatia
The Senate unanimously adopted Senator New's resolution calling on President Wilson to provide all facts about the landing of American marines at Tran Dalmatia. The move followed charges of a filibuster delaying the peace treaty and heated exchanges over administration tactics toward the president.
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Washington
Senate
New
Wilson
Tran
Dalmatia
Hitchcock
Swanson
Campbell
Kansas
House
Senato
Injured Man Dies as Jap Driver Held in City Jail
John Dahl, 56, a ships yard worker, died Tuesday night from head injuries after being struck by an auto driven by K Inouye, a Japanese truck driver, at Post Street yesterday. Dahl, who never regained consciousness, was taken to the city hospital and later to the morgue for identification. Inouye remains in custody pending investigation.
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K. Inouye
Sixth Ave
S&s
John Dahl
Post St
Dahl
San Francisco Taxi Strike Shrinks Ranks With Walkout
San Francisco drivers quit en masse as 500 taxi drivers walked off the job. They demand 5 dollars for an eighth-hour day, up from 4 dollars for a nine-hour day, leaving the city without taxicabs.
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United Press
Learning a Little Daily Opens Minds for All
A compact saying urges steady daily learning, contrasting modest growth with those who claim to know everything. It notes that curiosity matters more than certainty, and persistence fuels wisdom.
These Are Seattle People Praise Doans Kidney Pills
Seattle readers speak highly of Doans Kidney Pills after kidney and back pain from typhoid fever and long illness. C M Lindell proprietor barber shop recalls relief and cure after using Doans. Mrs G W Pomeroy and F A Woods share rapid improvement and ongoing benefits from the remedy.
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C. M. Lindell
Valest
South Dakota
Doan
F. A. Woods
Fourth Ave
N. B
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U. S
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San Francisco
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Enya
First Avenue W
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Maple-Leaf
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