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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1920
Page
1
Police search for a black haired man described as about 40 and very dark who forced entry into Mrs. E R Marshall’s home at 125 Edgar Street and attacked her for nearly an hour Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors interrupted the struggle and the assailant fled promising to return. no arrests by Wednesday night.
A reflective piece traces beliefs about mammoths saber teeth and other megafauna, arguing no human presence in North America during those ages. It describes glacial advances melting away life, later animal arrivals, and the arrival of humans after climate shifts. It notes lions tigers wolves camels and wapiti elk musk ox and caribou as later migrants. The writer questions classic depictions and cites explorers Lewia and Clarke.
The government asks the Supreme Court for a rehearing of the United States Steel case after a 4 to 3 ruling cleared the company of charges. Solicitor General King argues the court erred by allowing mere size to excuse restraint of trade and urges reinstatement of Sherman Act penalties. The court may rule before June adjournment.
Turtle Lake North Dakota April 28 Dave Hanson was questioned by authorities in connection with the murder of eight persons on the Jacob Wolf farm last week. He is the first suspect apprehended after a mile foot chase and was taken by Clarence Nelson. The suspect denied being near the Wolf farm. Funeral services for all eight victims were to be held today.
The Public Service Commission will hear allegations of inadequacy in Seattle Lighting Co. gas facilities on May 21. Thomas J. Kennedy, first assistant corporation counsel, leads the case against the gas company for the city.
Mrs. Alvina F. Abnert sues the United States Cremation Company for 10000 dollars alleging the firm mixed the ashes of her two husbands during a two compartment urn repair. She argues the event underscores long geological time versus human history.
A mocked séance describes a Martian scientist claiming life on Mars is extinct and urging investigation of police graft. The medium John Partridge relays the message to Aileen, speaking of distant realms and unfinished communication, ending abruptly as the spirit departs.
The note mailed to Deputy Prosecutor John D. Carmody this Tuesday was reportedly written by Charles W. Kelch who is awaiting trial in county jail under the habitual criminal act. Deputy Sheriff C. H. Leebe called the message a threat and implied the term habitual criminal applied in the case.
Lacrosse Wisconsin April 28 Attorney W E Butt of Viroqua discovered a new way to make money by wrapping in a buffalo robe and sleeping all night in a cemetery winning a $10 wager.
The 100 Per Cent club sent a check for 25 dollars to Mayor Hugh M Caldwell on Wednesday morning to purchase a medal for C R Dooley, hero of the Lincoln hotel fire.
In Bellingham on April 28 the Carlyon road bill seeking a 30.6 million bond failed to secure endorsement from the state Republican convention after the platform committee approved it. Senator Lon Johnson warned he would oppose it on the convention floor, so the measure and its indorsement were not presented.
Tokyo reports Japanese warships Mikasa and Mishima landed troops at Alexandrofsky near Vladivostok. Russian forces retreated with little resistance as Japan issues sweeping regulations forcing withdrawal of armed Russians from Siberian areas and vacancies of ships munitions and barracks to Japanese control.
Robert F. Stroud once labeled a two time killer, narrowly escaped execution after President Wilson commuted his April 23 hanging for the murder of a prison guard. His mother Beth Stroud spent years and tens of thousands fighting for clemency. Stroud, 30, began crime in Alaska in 1912, later killed a guard in Leavenworth in self defense, then pursued rhetoric music and drawing by correspondence.
Vera Schneider a 19 year old telephone operator found choked to death on a porch in Pontiac Michigan. Prosecutor Gillespie reported an alleged confession by Allen Best 24 of Flint claiming she asked to die and he strangled her with knotted handkerchiefs.
Two motorcycle patrolmen were discharged and a third given 24 hours to resign after graft investigations. The case cites bribes for tearing up traffic slips and for dropping speeding charges. Names cited include Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell and Chief Warren.
Los Angeles reports Sheriff John C. Cline claims to know the body of Nina Lee Delaney, one of Bluebeard Charles N. Harvey's wives, stabbed in this county and moved to another. Two trips to a burial ground are noted as authorities stay reticent and a possible confession under light sentencing is rumored.
A well attended Renton meeting at the bill club house formed another chapter of the Anti-Japanese league. Speakers included W. W. Ladd from the central labor council P. R. Kinsey of the Beattie Retail Grocers association city councilor Philip Tindall and Frank B. Kannair of the Anti-Japanese league.
Thousands fill the Mel l ingham hall as U.S. Senator Miles Poindexter is endorsed for the presidency at the Washington Republican convention. The article recalls Poindexter's past drops from the party and his 1910 insurgent race, noting old leaders’ reactions and the political shift within the state.
The Washington state Republican convention finished its work and adjourned in Bellingham on April 28. Fourteen delegates and 14 alternates to the Chicago convention were chosen, Miles Poindexter endorsed, and party leaders urged every honor able means to secure his nomination. A platform attacked radicalism and the Democratic administration, favored universal military training and a national highway system, and supported cooperative associations over state socialism. Alternates named for the national and district conventions, with weather notes predicting tonight and Thursday showers and light westerly winds.
Bond of 20000 dollars was filed in superior court Wednesday for Ingram Rader charged with first degree murder of Bud Curtis at Lake City on April 3 in a quarrel over Curtis wife Abe Greenbaum pawnbroker and A A McCafferty treasurer of the Mutual Home Co were the bondsmen.
April 28 Mrs G B Hodgson resisted a bandit who forced her to remove a pearl necklace. The jewels fell inside her waist and the robber fled with $20.
Senate leaders aimed to pass a 468 million dollar navy bill with few amendments left. Messages praised Pacific state senators for securing coastal naval defenses including bases on San Francisco Bay Los Angeles Port Angeles Pearl Harbor and Hawaii with extra appropriations.
Fire Marshal Harry Bringhurst observed Lincoln High School during a drill as 1,735 students exited in 2 minutes 14 seconds. Fire Chief Lawrence Taylor and 57 guards opened exits and guided students, with disabled students carried out and all students reassembled on the street within a breath.
Fighting between Carrancistas and rebels breaks out in Mexico as federal garrison troops rush to Tampico to aid General Francisco Murguia. Reports say rebels seized Alvarado on the coast south of Veracruz in dispatches to Washington.
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