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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1920
Page
9
Nora Bayes urges audiences to enjoy her Columbia records and the musical comedy Ladies First. She touts hits Just Like a Gypsy Freckles Prohibition Brew and To Tell the World as best sellers and links her records to the success of her stage show.
Tokyo dispatch says Bolshevik forces bombarded Manvarovek and Khabarovsk area. Air bombardment damaged lines north of Nikolak as fighting in the Amur region signals a Bolshevik spring offensive.
London dispatch cites Messaggero and Trieste correspondent reporting widespread unrest in Belgrade, Zagreb, and other cities. Government forces guard with machine guns as telegraph and phone service falter amid internal strife and calls for delays in Adriatic talks at San Remo.
A highwayman accosted J. H Farrand a local butcher on Jackson Highway at 4 W. McGraw. The robber demanded money and Farrand handed over $248 before the assailant ordered him to leave.
The "committee of 4" calls for a national convention in Chicago on July 10 12 and 18 to launch a new party to contest November elections. It accuses the two major parties of serving monopolies and lacking democratic purpose and notes the convention is set after Republican and Democratic nominating events to seek congressional representation. The call follows a Liberal movement meeting in St Louis.
First returns from the Massachusetts presidential primary show delegates pledged to Gen. Leonard Wood behind. Garver town reports Lodge leading the regular slate with 17 votes, McCall pledged to Hoover 16, Crane 14, Jett 12, and Thurston 11, the latter three aligned with Lodge.
New York April 07 Republicans in New Jersey Ohio and Massachusetts vote in presidential primaries. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood faces the field in all three states with Wood opposing Warren Harding in Ohio and Hiram Johnson in New Jersey while Massachusetts backs an uninstructed delegation likely to support Gov. Coolidge.
Washington reports Americans departing Mazatlan on April 23 aboard the Senator, bound for San Pedro Cal, as the State Department anticipates imminent news. Funeral services for Robert A. Schneider, 27, a well digger, were held at the Home Undertaking Co's Fremont branch after his body was recovered from a cave-in well near Richmond Beach by stockades.
In Bellingham on April 27 a plan seeks a state convention in July to nominate governors and other statewide candidates to block a perceived triple alliance. Regular Republicans would withdraw from the primaries, setting up a direct contest between the convention ticket and triple alliance candidates, challenging direct primary law.
In Idaho at Coeur d Alene the eight Republican delegates to the national convention are seen as Borah’s on the first ballot. The delegation is believed to be pro Johnson and will switch to Johnson when Borah directs.
Senator Underwood of Alabama was elected Democratic leader of the Senate by unanimous vote of the minority. The caucus lasted five minutes. A second sentence notes a man thinking he has forgotten his troubles during a good time.
In Bellingham on April 27 Guy J. Kelley of Tacoma emerged as a likely Republican national committeeman candidate amid fraud accusations from his U S attorney tenure. Seattle's Eimer Todd urged voting restraint as the caucus debated the unit rule while Nichols and Rummens pressed the attack. After tense debate the unit rule was adopted and Todd could vote his conviction, allowing the Kelley program to pass.
In Trenton on April 27 voters select delegates to two national conventions and indicate preferences for presidential nominees. Polls opened at 12 30 pm with Governor Edwards facing little opposition in the Democratic race. Republican contenders were Major General Wood and Senator Hiram Johnson.
A compiled list notes individuals with ages and addresses associated with local hotels, hospitals, and residences. Names include John Jacob Reyser, 48. Homer P. Reed, 25. Fred A. Eddy, 70. Eva Maud Evans, 40. John G. Hanson, 60. Hugh Quinn, 83. and others, with varied affiliations to Nippon Hotel, Seattle General Hospital, Central Hotel, and Rainier Avenue addresses. The document records living locations and ages in a city registry style.
Andrew Lakes, 99, a butcher, is held in the city jail pending investigation of prowling two rooms at the Clifton hotel 2038 Westlake av. M Hatamiya proprietor chased Lakes and held him until Motorcycle Patrolman KR F Baermen arrived.
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