Bandit Shoots Banker in Edison Wa
A bank employee is shot during a robbery in Edison Washington as a posse engages the bandit. One robber is killed and another captured during the pursuit. The incident unfolds amid a tense local response and ongoing manhunt.
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Bandit
Edison
Posse
Mount Vernon
Earl Spurgeon
Bellingham
Ray
State of Edison
Matt Halloran
Chai Publican County Committee
Ray Spurgeon
Geon Brothers
Halloran
Phelans
John K. Hannay
Edison Bank
Ira Letherwood
Hannay
Erwood
Letherwood
Pete
Cy Noble Teaches Bayonet Art at Camp Lewis
Cy Noble, former Washington football halfback, trains officers at Camp Lewis in bayonet fighting. He learned at Fort Sill and Fort Gill and now teaches parry thrust and blade use to national army officers with advice from British French Italian and Belgian experts. Noble acts as a key figure in the push to equip a highly skilled bayonet corps for the American forces.
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Ormer University
Camp Lewis
Cy Noble
Washington
Sam
Noble
Fort Gill
Oklahoma
National Army
American Lake
Sammy
Barns Commission
Presidio
San Francisco
Fort Sill
No Man's Land
Russla
Gil Dobie
France
Capitol Hill Car Plunges Down Grade Miracle Escape
A Capitol Hill streetcar numbered 607 ran off tracks on a 45 percent grade down Gaylor street after brakes failed. Passengers including Mrs. Murphine and Joe Hinehy suffered injuries, while motorman George Hastrop steered through the end of the line. Eyewitnesses called the escape miraculous as the car ripped trees, struck a curb, and halted near a telephone pole.
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Capitol Hill
Gaylor Street Hill
M. C. Murphine
45Th Ave
Joe Hinehy
17Th Ave
George Hastrop
11Th Ave
Gaylor
Gaylor St
Edison Worked on Sub Weapon at Sea
Edison the veteran inventor spent ten weeks at sea attempting to perfect a method to defeat submarines. He has returned to “somewhere in America” with results from his studies and experiments as announced by his laboratory.
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Paul Revere
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
America
New England
Teuton
Bill Blank
Edison
Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Wim
City Boost Aims for Liberty Bond Quota
Seattle readers mobilize to reach a 13 million dollar Liberty Bond goal by Saturday night. Reporters note a 1 million dollar stride achieved on Liberty Day and 150 thousand dollars from 26 street bureaus. Citizens urged to continue personal campaigns and urge others to invest.
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Gulf
Maine
California
Golden Gate
France
Seattle
Uncle Sam
Name trio linked to depot brigade training school
CAMP LEWIS Washington Oct 25 William Baker a Spokane butcher serves in the Depot brigade Frank Butcher works as a baker at the cooks and bakers training school Charles Goodnight Boozer from Seattle is identified as a prohibition advocate.
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Camp Lewis
Tacoma
William Baker
Spokane
Depot Brigade
Frank Butcher
Cooks and Bakers
Charles Goodnight Boozer
Seattle
Council votes ten thousand to fight gas rate grab
Seattle council votes 10,000 to oppose Seattle Lighting Co rate plan. Officials say little chance of fair hearing before the public service commission, which has ordered a new rate schedule. The city will hire accountants and an expert gas engineer to gather data for a case presented to Gov. Lister and the commission.
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Seattle Lighting Co
State Public Service Commission
Seattle
Dispute at City Hall Ends with Fines for Disorder
In a Wednesday council rooms clash, Councilman Moore struck Hesketh over glasses and taunts when ten minutes later Hesketh challenged him to step outside. No arrests were made and both men were briefly separated by Haas and Schrader.
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William Hickman Moore
Robert B. Hesketh
Moore
Hesketh
Haas
Schrader
Sixth Ave. S
J. Yamamoto
Don Clements
Yamamoto
Clements
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Boston
Concord
16Th
17Th Aves. N
BE. Browning
City Sky
Liberty Drive
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