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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1918
Page
3
Wah recruited Yin and Hong Fat to work in Alaska canneries. He supplied $150 each for expenses, placing faith in two credible representatives of his race. Now he asks police to locate them after they disappeared.
Police received a telegram from the Chehalis training school principal reporting that three boys escaped Saturday morning. Names listed as Walter Schuster and Marty Hawcroft. authorities believe a third boy fled with them and are actively searching for all three.
Bon Marche announces a wartime benefit minstrel show for Seattle store workers serving in the armed forces. All employee acts from delivery to floorwalker will perform at the Metropolitan Theatre with a 12 girl ballet and a full slate of musical and vaudeville talents led by Edith Crain and director C O Kimble. Two service members honor the store with 47 stars on the service flag.
Police under Sergeant Zimmerman raided the Palace Hotel at 912 First Ave at 4 AM Saturday arresting five: Phillip Stibinger an elevator operator. Thomas Demos. Mrs Al Johnson. Bernice Gutfeldt. and Mrs Billie Morton on disordery conduct charges.
A community tobacco fund benefits soldiers overseas. A contribution of 8126.50 from a April 6 Community House benefit dance funded tobacco packets for Our Boys in France. Messages from A G Murphy praise the aid and note ambulance drivers abroad appreciate the support.
Major Charles Slight of the U S Army argues two hundred American aircraft on the western front could have halted the German spring offensive. He predicts America will have a preponderance of planes at the battle line within six months and vows costly past mistakes will not be repeated.
A fragment mentions Mount Vernon Crear Company beside Mount Zion Baptist Church and hints at a local hustle to raise funds. It references a city directory and a push to sell daily houses nuts to collectors, with a cafe address noted for donations.
The sheet metal shop of A. H. Keeler at 188 Columbia et was broken into on Friday night with $51,091 stolen. Local police investigate the burglary as investigators review security footage and neighbors report suspicious activity in the area.
Trainmen and electrical workers voted 756 to 148 to reject a voluntary wage scale from Puget Sound Transit Light & Power. The plan would have raised wages by 5 cents an hour for trainmen and 15 dollars per month for other crafts, binding until August 1 1919 or 60 days after peace. Labor cites long hours averaging 10 hours 13 minutes last month and worker shortages as reasons to oppose the deal.
G. Marle Gordon and J. Fred Drake, charged with leading the mob that destroyed the Pigott Printing Co. plant on January 5, will plead emotional insanity as their defense when the trial opens Monday. They admit leading the action while claiming incitement by Pigott literature left them not mentally responsible. Clarence Reames and Ludwig Frank will testify for the defense.
Ottawa April 20 Canadians publish casualty lists naming Americans in today’s report. Killed in action is H. M. Field of Keene New Hampshire. Gassed is A. P. Rogers of Winthrop Minnesota. Died is H. Saultau of Tacoma Washington.
The report notes a warning that Australia could be forced to engage in combat on its own soil if external threats persist, reflecting military concerns and strategic posture of the time.
Information charging Joe Ishifuka and K Mukasa with felony was filed by Deputy Prosecutor Lane Summers Saturday morning. Both Japanese bellboys employed at the Savoy hotel were arrested when the establishment was raided Thursday night. Bond was set at $1,500 for each.
Navy messages reach Australia as French wireless station confirms reception by cable. The station marks French gratitude to the United States for entering the war and aims to link France with America, aiding troop ships and convoys against submarines. Arkansas shippers still hold 400 carloads of rice unsold in warehouses due to railroad constraints.
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