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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1920
Page
12
The court held that cash dividends paid by a mutual life insurance company to policy holders are taxable to the company under the 1911 income tax law. The Pennsylvania mutual life insurance company protested, arguing the act did not apply.
Seattle’s Orpheum at the Moore hostsVic Quinn headlining 100 per cent Jazz with a jatz orchestra and Helen Davies singing pleas ingly. The Rough Neck features a comic husband and wife conflict while Hints and Shae present dialect sketches and juggling novelty acts with Peters and Le Buff performing on a bouncing canvas.
The Wilkes stages Pals First a Lee Wilson Dodd drama based on Francia Perry Elliott with Howard Ruseil and Ben Elway in strong turns amid an intricate three act mystery. A Palace Hip bill presents At Half Past Two a tuneful musical comedy tabloid featuring Leclaire Sampson Weston Eline and the De Lite Bisters with acrobatics by The Astra duo.
The Supreme Court ruled that civil courts have jurisdiction over soldiers in wartime, denying a reprieve for Edgar C. Caldwell, a Black man condemned to death for killing a street car conductor near Anniston. The government had intervened seeking federal consistency amid conflicting federal court rulings.
Washington April 19 Representative McFadden president of the First National Bank of Canton Pa won a suit in the supreme court against John Bkelton Williams comptroller of the currency. The bank sought to enjoin the comptroller from demanding from it special loan reports Williams says he was authorized by law to require.
Mrs. Katherine Kenny, 60, route from Minnesota to visit her son J B Kenny in Clear Lake. She vanished in Seattle while en route for Snohomish to visit relatives. A letter says she planned a few days visit. she did not reach Snohomish and is believed to have arrived in Seattle on Wednesday.
Retail milk prices in Senttls will remain 12 cents for delivered milk and 10 cents at stores this week. A milk commission recommends producers receive 3.20 dollars per 100 pounds, but local markets wait for distributors to unite on uniform action. To allow distributors’ profit retail prices of 13.5 cents per quart will be charged, says F A Bird, president of the milk dealers’ union.
In a Labor Temple address Henri de Man predicted socialism will replace unsteady European politics. The report notes that more than 216000 British Isles women were widowed by the war.
A disposal sale lists broken lines including brocades metal stripes grosgrain and Latin striped ribbons sorted by colors and widths from six to seven inches.
A new shipment of Cluster Pleated Dress Skirts offered at 8.95 shares economy with savings for customers. Skirts come in two plaid combinations, styled with a sash and belt, and available in lengths with 25 to 30 inch belt measures.
Fred and Werner Lindquist, indicted by the last grand jury for alleged violation of the national prohibition law, pleaded not guilty in United States district court Monday morning.
Federal Judge Neterer considers demurrers filed by John F Blain after final arguments on two grand jury indictments. He will rule after reviewing the briefs in the United States district court Monday morning.
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