Freight car looting gang disrupts Northwest rail lines
A large organized gang is suspected in systematic thefts from Great Northern and Northern Pacific freight cars. Walker, a Spokane resident and former railroad employee, acted as fence and broker for stolen goods, including 16000 cigars. Investigators eye Seattle Auburn and Spokane as key exchange points while city detectives and railroad agents press to break the ring. Convictions carry one to fourteen years in the state penitentiary.
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George Warhog
Great North
Fri & Tie
Walker
Great Northern
Fang
Tellroads
Hal Agetta
Hardwick
The
Pacific
Great Northern Oper
Beattie
Notious
Auburn
Seattle
Spokane
Cutbank
Mont
Fire Claims Three Lives In East Side Tenement Blaze
New York officials report the third large east side tenement fire in as many weeks as flames engulfed a building early today. Three occupants were killed and several injured before firemen contained the blaze. Detectives opened an incendiary investigation as residents fled in panic from the basement origin and rapid spread through dumb waiter shafts.
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United Press
New York
Big East Side Tenement
Central Office
Man completes cross continent trek pace for $1000 wager
Charles Ring, who finished a Montreal to Vancouver walk, arrived in Nooksack to begin a Seattle leg toward New York City. He must complete the journey in 166 days while earning his own living en route. In Nooksack he spent yesterday loading a car of shingles and earned $1.60.
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Bellingham
Charles Ring
Montreal
Vancouver
Nooksack Yeatercay
Seattle
New Yorkx City
King
Nooksack
Palatial Washington Opens Doors Tonight
The new Hotel Washington in Seattle will host 400 guests for tonight’s informal opening with the hotel orchestra conducted by Sydney Brown performing two programs. Tomorrow the hotel begins full operations with many reservations. manager John H. Langdon Jr. has received congratulatory telegrams from hotel peers nationwide.
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John H. Langdon
Brother
Stele
United States
New Washington Hotel
Seattle
Night riders murder Capt Rankin link to Tennessee Land dispute
Aged lawyer Col L Taylor and Capt Quentin Rankin were seized at the Ward hotel in Walnut Log Tennessee at midnight by night riders. Rankin escaped as Taylor was subjected to a brutal hanging and gunfire ordeal near Reel Foot Lake. Investigators offer a $10,000 reward for the murderers as authorities hunt riders tied to a water rights feud over the Tennessee Land Company.
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United Press
Memphis
Tenn
Col L. Taylor
Quentin Rankin
Ward
Walnut Log
Rankin
Tiptonville
Tennessee Land Company
Taylor
Cap- Rankin
Proim
Tatum
Ger. Patterson
Watte
Tennessee
Rankin and
Wood Will Have Free Hand As Alaska Exposition Director
James A. Wood, selected to succeed Henry E. Reed as director of exploitation, will take office next Monday. He plans a full departmental reorganization and will receive resignations to prevent hindrance, with control over staff hires. Reed says his $600 monthly pay was rejected. officials deny a contract. Reed resigns amid criticism.
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James A. Wood
Alaska
Henry EB. Reed
Mr. Wood
Wood
Reed
Portland
Oregonian
Reed Ia
Friends
Frank L. Merrick
Merrick
Kern's Son in Critical Condition Forces Candidate Home
Syracuse briefing reports Democratic presidential candidate John Kern left for his home after learning his son is seriously ill. The news left Kern a wreck and prompted cancellations of engagements as he travels. City officials plan a multi day inquiry into local theatres, to be supervised by the Health Commissioner, Fire Marshall, and a building inspector.
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Syracuse
N. Y
John Woe
Kern
Crichton
Matehal Kelloggs
Wollding
Grant
Lawrence Opposed to Tax Amendment Speech Urges Tax Equity
State Railroad Commissioner J. C. Lawrence told the Chamber of Commerce crowd that a proposed constitutional amendment would remove direct taxation for state purposes and shift burdens to counties and towns. He warned the change could wipe out revenue limits and breed unequal taxation while urging government remain close to the people.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Lawrence
Commier Lawrence
Chamber
Railroad Commission
Lawrence
Presbyterians Join Methodists in Oaksack
Bellangham Oct 21. Unable to lift a 675 dollar debt and fund a pastor the Presby terians of Oaksack have joined the Methodists and the Methodist church has bought the Presbyterian property.
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United Press
Bellangham
Oaksack
Taft Takes Day Off After Exhausting Campaign
Cincinnati January 21 Judge Taft arrived from Parkersburg on a special train and will rest at his brother Charles P Taft home for the day He is very tired after a strenuous campaign and will begin a final tour of Indiana starting tomorrow The tour will end with a monster demonstration in Indianapolis.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Judge Taft
Parkersburg
Chicago
Charles P. Taft
Asimoet
Indiana
Taft
Indianapolis
Oklahoma Flood Kills At Least 100 Farmers Flee to Trees
Shawnee Oklahoma reports say floods west of town killed at least 100 people. Telegraph lines are down, bridges destroyed, and the Canadian River rose about ten feet in hours. Hundreds of farmers sought refuge in tree tops as flood crests occurred this morning.
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Shawnee
Okla
Here
Who's the Boss of This Town Anyway
Local council clash looms as Councilman Goddard to introduce an ordinance to annul a contract with Bell Telephone for an exclusive exchange in the new municipal building. Board chairman A V Bouillon rejects the move while some councilors push for both firms to be stalled. The dispute promises a heated public showdown.
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Board of Public Works
Dove of Peace
Als
Goddard
Inbono Telephone Company
Seattle and Portland Clearing Figures Today
Seattle and Portland report clearing totals for the day with balances shown. Seattle totals include 1,557,310.12 in clearings and 115,539.57 balance, plus 781,858.00 and 70,865.00 balances. Portland reports 1,212,002.00 in clearings and a 6,984.00 balance.
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Seattle
Portland
Alaska steamship companies face federal records probe
Attorney General Bonaparte orders Alaska and Pacific Steamship Co records for Interstate Commerce Commission review on freight and passenger contracts. Grand jury findings two years earlier alleged a rate keeping trust and rebates. A federal appeal may follow as Juneau officials seek a commission ruling.
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Alaska Civie Company
The
Pacific Steamship Company
Bonaparte
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grand Jury
Federal Grand Jury
Juneau
Alaska
Washington
Attorney General
United States
Boyce
Commission
Tornado Ravages Tucumcari Village. Hartford Hit Hard
A tornado destroyed Tucumcari New Mexico killing one person and injuring many while Hartford 40 miles south suffered two deaths. Practically every village building was wrecked and farm houses up to 12 miles away were leveled. Also noted is the National Woman Suffrage Association convention concluding in Buffalo and inviting Beattie to host the next expo.
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United Press
Tucumcarit
N. M
Get
Hartford
Here
National Woman Suffrage Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Emma Smith Voe
Seattle
Eat
Beattie
WREATHS FOR THE LIVING HEART HUNGER VERSE
An Everett woman contributes verse to the Wreaths for the Living contest describing the longing for kind words after a loved one dies. The stanzas by Mrs. M. L. Whitten include pleas to love now while living and to show affection before death and remembrance.
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Everett
M. L. Whitten
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John L. Wilson
W. H. Sutherland
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