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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
1
Dana Sleeth invites visitors to the Seattle Fine Arts Society exhibit at 1213 Fourth Ave. Readable canvases by honest artists reveal lifelike portraits and landscapes. Observe No. 25 portrait, Early Writer by Paul King, and Elizabeth Roberta and Eliz Paxton works.
The Junction City sheriff says Col. Hart pursues James H. Smith for alleged desertion, with the governor later declaring the evidence insufficient and noting a long trip to Seattle.
War office releases first reliable account of the massacre at Nikolaesk where Bolshevik forces aided by Koreans and Chinese killed 370 Japanese, set fire to the consulate building, and left prisoners missing or dead amid rising tensions between Bolshevik forces, Siberian sympathizers, and Japanese occupation troops.
Polish troops reportedly pierced the Bolshevik line at the Russian front and captured 10,000 prisoners, per a Warsaw dispatch quoted by the Vesesische Zeitung on April 29 night.
L. D Seigler, a well shooter from Tulsa, is hospitalized with a broken leg after his truck carrying nitroglycerine fell from a bridge and hung suspended for two hours. The incident occurred near Tulsa on April 30.
Jim Doyle aged 30 and William Fahey aged 22 were found late Thursday night at 706 Olive Street with a narcotic outfit in their possession and are held in the city jail on open charges. Sergeant William Dolan and Patrolman KF Barr made the arrest.
In Cleveland on April 20 a quart of wood alcohol and a porter disappeared from St. Mark's hospital. The coroner expected further reports from the porter as investigations continued.
In today’s Classified Ads many market stalls are for sale and spaces in public markets are at a premium. The Star Want Ads highlight the best buys in Business Chances for readers seeking opportunities.
Misses 1 and Laura Viosca of San Francisco led a party of 14 Americans at a Sinaloa house party in Mazatlan when attacked by Mexican Indians. They escaped into a host’s private rail car attached to an armored train guarded by Mexican soldiers. A Japanese servant warned them in time to flee from the pool into the car. The attackers looted the guests’ wardrobes as the train sped away.
Twenty five United States army planes patrolled the border from El Paso to Douglas watching Mexican federal and revolutionary forces. Aircraft operate with wireless links to headquarters. patrol duration not announced. Each craft carried a pilot and observer. A large balloon balloon ordered from Camp Langley, Virginia, to be stationed over Camp Bien no near El Paso.
A rumor from Mexico City says Ignacio Bonillas may return as Mexican ambassador to the United States while Alberto Pani, minister in Paris, is mentioned as a coalition candidate for the presidency. Reports follow claims that Bonillas and General Pablo González would withdraw to restore order.
President Wilson nominated Henry Jones Ford of Princeton New Jersey and James Duncan of Quincy Massachusetts to join the Interstate Commerce Commission. Duncan is slated for one of the new positions created by the Bach Cummins railroad law.
Br. V. Reeves faced Justice Gina W. Brinker on Friday for exacting more than the legal interest on a loan. The case alleges Reeves charged over 3 percent interest on money loaned for an auto belonging to W. R. Cotten.
Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell sharply criticized Police Chief Warren after the raid on the Service club at 41 Olivest. He ordered officers to file open charges only after 12 hours of investigation and demanded all reports since January. The dispute centers on ownership rumors involving Sol Warren and a gun tied to the case as investigators probe further ahead of May 7 hearings for 27 arrested men.
Albert Hurley an 11 year old messenger boy was in serious condition at Providence hospital after being struck by a car at 23rd Ave N and Boyer Street. He suffered a fractured skull and remained between life and death Friday.
Amid a railway strike the Prince of Wales tour in North New Zealand was largely halted and the royal party returned to Auckland. At Rotorua several Maori maidens tried to kiss his cheek but he dodged them as spectators laughed. a Maori girl named Buide Bella Papakura got a pound from the prince and plans to have it framed as a souvenir.
Louis A Hilton alias Huirt known as Bluebeard plans to plead guilty to first degree murder and receive a life sentence under a gentlemen’s agreement with Deputy D.A. Doran. An indictment for Nora Lee Delaney’s murder will be filed by the grand jury Monday.
A Seattle man known as Louis A. Hilton confessed to murdering several women including Lice M Ludvigson Pryor Gordon and Doloney. Investigators traced his crimes across Idaho Washington California and Hawaii, with deaths from falls drownings and beatings during alleged affairs and desertions.
George Gerstagh a 35 year old Milwaukee engineer was found crawling over a fence at Green Lake reservoir and was brought to city hospital under observation. His disappearance was reported by Mrs F B Wright who found farewell notes in his room. Railroad colleagues said he had shown strange behavior and asked for a leave of absence.
East meets West as Ahmad Sohrab former secretary to the Persian legation marries Juanita Storch of Santa Rosa California in New York. Sohrab could have a harem in his home town but chose one American girl.
Apartment house residents complain to police about roosters crowing every morning near 533 N. 68th and 23 N. 68th St. They say the crowing at about 6 30 and 6 50 am disrupts sleep and urge action. Rogers lives at 23 N. 68th St. and is involved in the complaint.
The Ways and Means Committee, along partisan lines, favors advancing the soldier bonus bill to the House for action next Monday. Democrats oppose provisions taxing sales, while Republicans push extensions to officers below captain and lieutenant (senior grade) and regulars for wartime service. Bonuses cannot be paid before December 1, 1920, and taxes to fund them are projected to raise nearly $6 billion next year.
A secret federal indictment adds Mrs. J. R. Lewis owner of the St. Elmo Hotel in Auburn and George H. Trepanier of 113 Maple Street Auburn to a list of defendants already facing charges for alleged conspiracy in freight car looting.
Mary Goblin claims she was imprisoned with her head downward for over two hours when a folding bed collapsed. She seeks 15000 in damages from her accuser in a Los Angeles suit filed in April.
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