Cleanup Week for Lake Washington Frontage at Madrona
A Star staffer laments Seattle’s lakeside mess from Madrona Park to Leschi. They urge city officials to clean the boulevard bath house and beaches, proposing a modern bathhouse and enhanced park space to transform the shoreline into a city asset. The plea emphasizes the Cascades and Mt. Rainier views as key to a beautified waterfront.
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Madrona
Lake Washington
Madrona Park
Leschi
Lake Boulevard
Lee cii
Washington
Cascades
Mt. Rainier
Portland Shootings and Bay Deaths Stir Police Hunt
In Portland on April 20 Mrs Thomas Baker 19 remains in critical condition at Sellwood hospital while her husband is wounded at Good Samaritan hospital. Jem Boydson of Vancouver Wash sought for after shooting the couple and fleeing. Two men were found dead in Elliott Bay with one identified as Al Joch Pier 14 worker. the other unnamed. Joch’s body washed ashore near Pier 14 after a possible drowning during a fit and was identified by a foreman. bodies found along Spokane Ave and near Spokane and Nng Streets await identification.
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Portland
Thomas Baker
Sellwood Hospital
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bakers
Jem Boydson
Vancouver
Wash
Baker
West Side
Boydson
Boyd Fon
Elliott Bay
al Joch
Pier 14
Joch
Border Line Transportation Company
Albert Meyers
Thomas St
W. H. Day
Sixth Ave
Eddie Hubbard
Victoria
G. M. Lowry
Central District
Eto Dents
Robert Kell
Seattle
E. P. Kohl
Chamber of Auto
Valley
M. Honna
F. A
Jean McMorran
Warren
Fuffelman
Parent Teacher Association of
John Hay School
Kelso
Willam Randall
Randall
Nick Niccio
Mra
W. A. Moore
17Th Ave
Kokomo Creely
Alaska
U. S
L. T. Erwin
Earl B. Rose
Shanghai
Campus Armory
G. Curlette
John B. Gordon
Myrtle Johnson
Westlake N
Hazel Archibald
Alicia Bigelow
Movie Mermaids Splash at Star Universal Contest Tests
Twenty Seattle girls tested for The Star Universal moving picture contest at Crystal Pool. Director Harold J. Binney swam in an oversized bathing suit while cameramen captured dives and smiles. Louise Lough of Ballard drew praise from sculptor Alonzo Victor Lewis, who plans to model her.
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Star-Universal
Thareday
Seattle
Crystal Pool
Harold J. Binney
Star- Universal Moving Picture
Len H. Roos
Anna Mayhall
William Cutts
Clemmer Theatre
Miss Mayhall
Alonzo Victor Lewis
Louise Lough
Ballard
Central Public Library
Fourth Ave
Madison St
Binney
Morosco Held in Booze Case in Brooklyn Court
Oliver Morosco theatrical producer is arraigned in Brooklyn on a Volstead act violation for possessing 92 bottles of liquor bottled after the act. He faces $1,000 bail for the May term. revenue agents claim shipments were prepared for Los Angeles with permits for 42 barrels. Charles O Connor granted permits. Meyer Kaplan filed the complaint. Leon Winstock posted bond. Morosco waived examination before U S Commissioner McGoldrick.
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New York
Oliver _vosco
Brooklyn
Morosco
Los Angeles
Charlies R. O'Connor
Prohibition
Morresco
Great Neck
N. Y
Meyer Kaplan
Leon C. Winstock
Desmond Pleads Guilty in Statutory Offense Case
Thomas Desmond was sentenced by Judge Calvin Hall to 10 to 26 years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to a statutory offense involving a young girl. The sentence was handed down Wednesday morning.
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Thomas Desmond
Calvin
Hall
Desmond
Trial of Bay 11 Set for May 31
Cecil Burkett, 11, is charged with murdering Bennie Slavin, 7, a playmate. The trial was postponed due to the illness of prosecutor Dilts and now set to begin May 31 in Starke county court with Judge W. E. Pentecost presiding. Burkett allegedly shot Slavin last Thanksgiving after a quarrel.
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Knox
Ind
Cecil Burkett
Bennie Slavin
Dilts
W. E. Pentecost
Starke County Court
YoungPurkett
Fifteen Prisoners Escape from Leeda Municipal Farm
Fifteen prisoners escaped from the Leeda municipal farm in Kansas City this morning. Six were recaptured after guards pursued them. nine remain at large.
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Kansas City
Leeda
Girl Mistakes Poison for Aspirin and Falls Ill
Irene Pendleton, 18, a chambermaid, swallowed three four grain bichloride of mercury tablets thinking they were aspirin. She is near death with doctors uncertain of her fate for days. Dr. F J Clancy treats her after she burned her mouth. she refused transport to the city hospital.
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Irene Pendleton
F. J. Clancy
Pine Pendleton
Seventh Ave
Clancy
City Hospital
Assassins Attack Kills Chicago Union Leader
Stanley Rokosz aged 62, former president of the Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers union in Chicago, died from head blows after a slugging with a baseball bat. The attack occurred today and no arrests have been made. John Kitulski, Rokosz’s predecessor as district council president, was assassinated about a year earlier.
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Chicago
Stanley Rokowz
Meat Cutters’ and Butcher Workers’ Union of Chicago
John Kitulski
Rokosz
Harding to Speak in New York on May 23 Dinner
President Harding will travel to New York on May 23 to address a dinner marking the 125th anniversary of the New York Commercial, one of America's oldest newspapers. The White House announced the plans today.
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Washington
Harding
New York
New York Commercial
United States
White House
Allies Invited to Legion Convention
The American Legion announced formal invitations extended through the state department and embassies to prominent Allied leaders to attend the third annual three day convention at Kaneag City starting October 1. Invitees include Marshal Foch Admiral Beatty Lieutenant General Baron Jacques and General Enrico Cavalgia.
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Legion
Washington
American Legion Today
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Italy
State Department
Kaneag City
Marshal Foch
Beatty
Baron Jacques
Enrico Cavagia
Loewe Sues Mehlhorn for 25000 in Slander Case
Adolf Loewe, attorney, sued August Mehlhorn Jr for 25000 claiming slander. A jury in Judge Calvin 8 Hall's court awarded Loewe damages of 1 and costs on Wednesday, after Mehlhorn allegedly called Loewe a shyster nearly three years ago.
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Calvin
Hall
Adolf Loewe
August Mehlhorn, Jr
Loewe
Mehlhorn
Summer U. plea aims at city high school seniors
High school graduates are urged to attend summer school at the university in letters sent by Prof. Frederick C. Bolton, dean of the summer session, to all city high school seniors.
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University
Frederick C. Bolton
Thought Sheriff Was a Customer in Greenwood Garage
Carl A. Johnson, 40, was arrested by deputy sheriffs Tuesday night at the Greenwood garage at Greenwood Ave and Sith St after an agent of the sheriff alleged Johnson mistook the officer for a regular customer and sold a quart of a substance described as peanecdun.
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Carl A. Johnson
Greenwood
Greenwood Ave
Sith At
First American silver dollars struck in Denver mint
Denver officials announced the mint will coin the first American silver dollars in Denver starting next Tuesday after receiving over 1,000,000 ounces of silver from western camps. The Philadelphia mint last produced them in 1904 and resumed last month. Production here will run day and night for several months to replace dollars withdrawn for the war and melted for shipment to India.
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Denver
Philadelphia Mint
India
Summer furs and baseball news from Seattle columns
Page One coverage notes baseball as the day’s lead, local civic notes from Seattle and King County include school, church, and community events. Items list Boy Scout luncheon, district Sunday school convening, auto tour, Armenian relief, and a poetry of local happenings with arrests, awards, and local curiosities.
No Oregon Land Opening for Vets
Portland officials and military leaders denied any plan to open land to exservice men on a large scale. Reports and inquiries from Seattle suggested a proposed Oregon land opening, but authorities here knew nothing of it.
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Portland
Government Land Office
Seattle
Oregon State
Daddy Draper Sick Writes Secretary About Des Moines Fund Drive
The Star reports founder known as "Daddy" Draper is ill. His 13 year old secretary Kathryn Weat over relays the update while fundraising for a new children's home building in Des Moines continues to progress.
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Draper
Star
Kathryn Weatover
Des Moines
Congress Anti Japs Form Club In Washington
An association of western congressmen to press Japanese exclusion laws was formed in Washington. Senator Hiram Johnson was elected chairman and will name an executive committee to frame a program of anti Japanese immigration legislation. The committee will include two representatives from California Oregon Washington Idaho Utah Arizona New Mexico Colorado Oklahoma Nevada and Texas.
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Washington
Congress
Hiram Johnson
California
Oregon
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Oklahoma
Nevada
Texas
Petitions Filed on Senate Bill 180 Referendum Motion
Petitions for a referendum on Senate Bill 180 filed with the city comptroller by J. W. Gilbert executive secretary of the League for the Conservation of Public Health. The appeal seeks 24 000 signatures and notes 4 000 names collected to oppose compulsory medical submission for children.
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Senate
Widnesday
J. W. Gilbert
League For the Conservation of Public Health
United States Rejects Settlement of Reparations Dispute
Berlin reports that the United States, in response to German inquiries, declined to accept a settlement of the reparations dispute with the Allies. Diplomats here noted no immediate resolution and said Washington emphasized continuing negotiations rather than a final settlement.
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U. S
Berlin
United States
Extradition Sought for Grand Larceny Suspect
Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas asked Gov. Hart on Tuesday afternoon to extradite J. R. McDonald wanted here for grand larceny and arrested recently in San Francisco.
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Malcolm Douglas
Gov. Hart
J. R. McDonald
San Francisco
British Girl Golf Champion Wins 36-Hole Event
Miss Cecil Leitch the British woman golf champion won a 36 hole tournament at the Ranelagh club defeating Miss Alexa Stirling American woman champion. Leitch scored 70 and Stirling 73 in the final round. Both had 72 yesterday. Leitch also won a medal for the best 18 holes.
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London
Cecil Leitch
Ranelagh Club
Alexa Stirling
Miss Leitch
Miss Stirling
Star series on baby care praised by Seattle mothers
A letter to Mrs West from Mrs Dan D Ballard of 2221 Federal Ave notes The Star’s famous care of babies series by Mrs Max Weat is invaluable to Seattle mothers and expectant mothers who closely read it.
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Mra
Max Weat
Seattle
West
Dan D. Ballard
Federal Ave
Praises Prosecutor for Leniency in Grand Larceny Case
A. C. Petridge, proprietor of Petridge Auto Sales Agency, writes Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Jones to thank him for kindness and note the county saves money due to current prosecuting methods after Petridge pleaded guilty to grand larceny and received a three to fifteen year sentence.
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Altho
A. C. Petridge
Petridge Auto Sales Agency
Jones
Petridge
Grounds In Good Shape For Opener In Seattle
Seattle's Coast league opener features the Solons against the Siwashea at Rainier Valley park. The 14 000 capacity stands will host a parade and mayor Caldwell will throw the first ball with Chief Searing attempting to catch it. Seattle's lineup includes Lane Wisterzil Murphy Eldred Kenworthy Cunningham Meld Spencer Stumpf Schorr while Sacramento fields McGaffigan Kopp Pick Mollwitz Compton Ryan Orr Elliott Niehaus.
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Seattle
Coast League
Baseball Warriors
Rainier Valley Park
Sacramento Solons
Ball Park
Caldwell
Wisterzil
Murphy
Hates
Eldred
Kenworthy
Cunningham
Spencer
Stumpf
Schorr
Sacramento
McGaffigan
Rededication and Clean-up Day at University Camp Event
The university renews its sacred columnia tradition with a Campun Day program. Friday features morning work, lunch prepared by the coeds, speeches, a varsity vs Oregon ball game, and an evening dance following the talks.
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Oregon
Hear 40000 Case Against Railroad
Hearing on the suit for 40000 brought by Cora V Pettby administratrix of Roy C Pettby against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad occurred in Judge Calvin Hall's court on Wednesday. Pettby, a switch man, was fatally injured when a freight train ran over him August 24 1920 after he was knocked from another freight train by a beam.
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Cora V. Pettby
Roy C. Pettby
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Calvin
Seattle Woman Receives Letter From President Harding
Miss Nan Elizabeth Beall of Hotel Livingston in Seattle has a letter from President Harding, or his secretary George B Christian Jr, replying to her congratulatory message. Christian acknowledges the grateful note and explains the opening days’ pressure delayed the acknowledgment. Beall’s greeting to Harding was in verse.
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Mies Nan Elizabeth Beall
Hotel Livingston
First Ave
Harding
George B. Christian, Jr
Christian
Mias Beall
Campus Election At UW Meany Hall Nomination Today
Students at the University of Washington face nominations for ASUW offices including president and representatives in a Wednesday 4 p m assembly in Meany Hall. Herbert Hunsaker and Robert Macfarlane are noted as leading candidates for the presidency.
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Associated Students of the
University of Washington
Meany Hall
Herbert Hunsaker
Robert Macfarlane
Fordney Promises Protective Tariff
Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committee pledged a protective tariff for all southern agricultural and manufactured products in the regular tariff bill. He spoke after meeting with John Henry Kirby of Texas president of the Southern Tariff association, who urged protection before the committee.
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Washington
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
John Henry Kirby
Texas
Southern Tariff Association
Missing teens feared drowned after Lake Washington cruise
Kinchen Mart Kinchen 16 and companion Earl McDonald 16 disappeared after leaving on a Lake Washington cruise around 5 p.m. Tuesday. Police say they have not been heard from by Wednesday. Kinchen’s parents reside at 1545 West 47th Street.
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Lake
Mart Kinchen
Earl McDonald
Lake Washington
Kinchen
47Th St
Drowning at Snoqualmie Falls Claim Says Boy Nine
Coroner H. Carson investigates the Snoqualmie Falls drowning of a 9 year old boy named Shanklin. The incident occurred near the falls while he and others paused on a raft on a school excursion. The body was recovered an hour later and pronounced dead after resuscitation attempts at his home.
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Snoqualmie Falls
Dro
Willig H. Carson
Shanklin
Samuel Max
Snoqualmie
Tax statements sent as county treasurer urges delay
County Treasurer William A. Gaines reports 46,000 statements issued for poll tax payments. About 2,500 residents have paid, while the tax remains delinquent after May 1. Sheriff Starwich will delay enforcement until June to prevent duplicate payments.
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William A. Gaines
Gaines
Starwich
Rum Runners Caught After Coast Guard Chase
Federal officers halted a rum running launch from Canada at Admiralty Inlet after a night chase. The crew aboard the St Daintless escaped Sunday night by slipping ashore on the beach during the encounter with the coast guard cutter Arcata near Kingston and Seattle.
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Kingston
Seattle
St Daintless
Seniel
Admiralty Inlet
Coast Guard
Arcata
Canada
Bold Bandit Burgles 2 Chickens in Home Invasion
A bold intruder entered the home of S. Fukima early Wednesday and stole two chickens. A scuffle ensued, the man escaped, and the hens were recovered. The incident ends with police attention.
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S. Fukima
Logger Hurled 80 Feet to His Death
Aberdeen report states Jack Olson aged 45 died after a logging line jerked and pitched him about 80 feet to the ground. OSHA or local authorities investigate the incident at the worksite.
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Aberdeen
Jack Olson
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