Three Chicagoans Confess Mail Robbery Involving $234000
Three Chicago men Leo Filipkowski Walter Filipkowski and John S Wejka a mail clerk confessed to robbing $234000 from the mails with help from a postal clerk. They exchanged pouches at Whiting Indiana and used the loot to payroll funds for Standard Steel Co of Indiana. Police found $20000 on Leo Filipkowski after a search.
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Chicago
United Press
Leo
Walter Filipkowski
John S. Wejka
Wejka
Filipkowskis
Whiting
Leo Filipkowski
Municipal street railway revenue and fare facts in report
Murphine reports continued revenue growth for the municipal street railway and the city expects to maintain a five cent fare. He notes 1922 principal installment due on a 15 million bond, maintenance costs offset by depreciation, and July August gains in car hours and total revenue while aiming to raise service by October Leary and Avalon projects.
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Fitzgerald
Thomas
and City Council
Murphine
Municipal Street Railway
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
Leary Way
Avalon Way
Ballard
West Seattle
Goats and Hogs Stir Local Quibbles in Pacific Meet
An Oak Harbor reader offers a mass Angora billy as a mascot for any Pacific Meet unit, praising its energy yet noting its meek side when not in action. The column also reports a farmer’s view on hog markets, rising bacon prices, and a reflection on apple prices and an anagram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angora Billy
Pacific
Oak Harbor
Altho
Cortoumeg
Gale
Fred Boalt In Critical Condition After Fall
Fred Boalt ex Star Man and editor of the Portland II is in critical condition in a Portland hospital after an accidental fall. Physicians say his life depends on an operation planned today after he and a friend were doing gymnastic exercises when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Boalt
Star Man
The
Portland II
Seattle Star
Portland
Boalt
Paraded Soldiers and Shackled Prisoners Stir Portland Depot Crowd
Editor Fred L. Boalt recalls 11 soldiers escorting two Alcatraz prisoners through Portland Union Depot in ragged clothes and ankle chains. He condemns the scene as un-American and undemocratic, questioning military courts and the treatment of servicemen amid wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Boalt
The
Portland News
Union Depot
Alcatraz
San Francisco
Nai “Lan Ae
Portland
McNeill Island
Baker
America
King Albert Heads to America Aboard George Washington
King Albert accompanied by Queen Elizabeth and the crown prince left Ostend for the George Washington destroyer off Calais. American naval officers staged a rapid departure as the king proclaimed his hurry, with the Ingraham accelerating to sea as the monarch praised the display of speed. Separately, a Moscow dispatch reported a bomb attack on Admiral Kolchak’s guard room, killing six and injuring twelve, while Kolchak escaped unharmed.
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George Washington
Albert
Ostend
Calais
Queen Elizabeth
Crown Prince
Ingraham
London
United Press
Moscow
Admiral Kolchak
Omek
Monarch
le Breton
Oklahoma Mob Seizes Cushing After Strife Over Strike
A 2000 strong mob from several counties seized Drumright area near Cushing Oklahoma after officials allegedly interfered with a telephone operators' strike. The mayor Nicodemus police chief Ary and officer Corall were forced out of town amid gunfire in which one woman was wounded. They returned to buy more ammunition, with no new disturbances reported by 8 30 this morning.
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Cushing
Okla
United Press
Drumright
Here
Nicodemus
Ary
Corall
Texas
Strikes Erupt Across Nation as Steel Action Grows
Senate adopts a resolution to study the steel workers strike amid broader industrial conflict. Across Pennsylvania and New York communities prosecutors report injuries and arrests as clashes flare, including two killed in Farrell and injuries in Newcastle and Sharon.
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United Press
Steel Workers
Senate
Kenyon
United States
Fenate Labor Committee
Lackawanna Steel Company
Buffalo
Donner Steel Company
Sharon
Farrell
Newcastle
Pleads Guilty in U S Customs Liquor Theft Case
J. W. Lochnane a jitney driver pleaded guilty before Judge Jeremiah Neterer in federal court, part of eight men charged with breaking into the U S customs warehouse and stealing 1717 quarts of liquor last March. The group faces conspiracy to defraud the government with a maximum two years and $10,000 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lochnane
U. S
Jeremiah Neterer
Ed. Carey
Fred Smart
W. F. Patton
Dick Russell
Ed. Hagen
Tom Russell
City Health Department
Jim Morrison
Walter
Ben L. Moore
Winter
W. J. Roberts
Wilbur W. Scruby
Rashe C. Spaulding
Agnes Dorsey
Edward E. Parrish
Federal
Ludendorff cites failed general as reason for Marne setback
In The Star summary of My Thoughts and Actions Ludendorff blames a general for not exploiting a gap near Soissons during the 1918 drive toward Paris. He notes the commander halted before the key corner, delaying a plan meant to draw Allied troops from Flanders. The attempt failed as Allied defense tightened in early June.
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Marne
Ludendorff
Paris
Soissons
Foch
Star Today
Soissons Vand Fismes
Veale
Flanders
Thoughts and Actions of General Ludendorff
The article excerpt, from 1919, outlines German strategic plans on the western front. It discusses troop movements near Rheims and the Chemin-des-Dames, the use of artillery, and allocation of fatigued divisions after the March 1918 attacks. It notes the need for fresh troops and timing for a renewed assault.
Flu shaped German defeat revealed by Ludendorff in Seattle Star
The installment from General Ludendorff’s book M Thoughts and Actions will appear in tomorrow’s Seattle Star. The German dictator admits Allied American troops’ surge into France disrupted enemy plans and recalls he dared not quit the big offensive.
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Ludendorff
Seattle
France
From the Somme to Ypres and Bailleul Front Struggles
The account notes that experience from the last attack created disadvantages yet could not be changed with available forces. It states the best plan was to press at Ypres and Bailleul, but enemy numbers and strength made it impossible without rest and better communications. Conditions further south mirrored this strain.
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Ypres
Bailleau
Somme
Young Man Drops Dead on Street in City
Harry Leslie 21 an elevator operator in the Lowman building 4416 35th Ave S died apparently from heart trouble early Tuesday morning on Ave and Cherry St while en route to work. He was taken to city hospital by Frank Ruellias and later moved to the morgue. Deputy Coroner F Koepfli investigated. Parents said he had heart trouble and complained before leaving home.
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Harry Leslie
Lowman
Tving
35Th Ave. S
Heart
On Ave
Cherry St
Leslie
City Hospital
Frank Ruellias
Boyd
Spring St
F Koepfli
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Billy
H.C. L
Norfolk
Sandringham
War Department
King Albert
Kolchak
Don FE. Chamberlain
Oklahoma
Gen
Eric von Ludendorff
the Star
McClure
Harper and Brothers
Hutchinson & Company
London Times
Spain
Messrs Seix and Barel
Italy
Fratelli Treves
Canada
Australia
Belgium
Holland
Russia
Rheims
Chemin-des-Dames
Pinon
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