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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1920
Page
9
A jumble of births, marriages, legal notices, and deaths appears with names and addresses across Seattle and surrounding areas. It includes multiple newborns at various hospitals, forthcoming marriage licenses, and scattered death notices, interspersed with historical notes on bells and cattle bells.
Charles N. Clemens, a 64 year old cabinet maker, says Tanlac restored his health after thirty years of illness. He endured digestive woes, gas, dizziness, nerves, and weight loss until his turnaround began with the medicine, reporting pain relief and a ten pound gain after six bottles. He praises Tanlac as a unique remedy.
Archbishop Mannix arrived in London this morning to a sparse crowd at the station. Police constables guarded the area as a few representatives from Sinn Fein and the Garlic League met the prelate while the public was kept from the platform.
In Dublin during a late night celebration for Archbishop Mannix’s arrival in England a curfew was ignored and soldiers opened fire injuring one and killing another. jubilation fueled large bonfires as protesters clashed with authorities. Two soldiers were later reported killed at Klonakiity during the demonstrations.
An unlighted motorcycle carrying two Camp Lewis soldiers collided with a car near the Orilla bridge south of Renton Junction. Private Martin Griffiths suffered a fractured skull with poor prognosis, Private Harold Dubuque sustained a fractured leg and other injuries but likely survived. Civilian occupants of the auto were bruised and hospitalized at home. The motorcycle and car were towed to Liberty garage. Deputy Vaughn reported the 1:45 a.m. accident.
Stockholm reports July 1 totals show prisoners dropped from 3000 to 2000 in one year. The statistics highlight a 33 percent decline in inmate numbers across Sweden.
Washington reports that parts of the American legation staff have moved to Poznan with papers and valuables packed for removal. Some Polish foreign office officers are to leave Warsaw for Poznan as well.
Dispatches from Paris and Warsaw report Bolshevik forces crumpling Poland's northern army along the Bug river. Warsaw braces with trenches and wire entanglements as deserters are hunted and court martials ordered. Russians reach the Warsaw Danzig railway and seize Ostrolenka as they push toward Warmia.
Rumania moves to bolster Poland against Russia, deploying several regiments to its eastern front. The action signals wider regional effort as allied tensions escalate and military support arrangements are formalized.
Moscow aligned Polish Red Cross reports Bolsheviks murder civilians and Polish Red Cross nurses as they advance, driving wounded from hospitals amid a tide of outrage and violence.
The pope ordered special prayers for Poland in letters to bishops worldwide. He cited the Holy See and Europe under threat. Cardinals bishops and diplomats attended a service for Poland in Rome on Sunday.
A Router dispatch from Vladivostok reports Japanese residents of Okhotsk Siberia were massacred and the town burned in wartime violence.
Tokyo authority rejects circulating reports that Koreans plan a revolutionary outbreak on the day the visiting American congressional delegation reaches Seoul. The government calls such claims improbable and urges caution amid the ongoing Orient tour.
In Paris on August 10 the Turkish delegates signed the peace treaty at 4 05 p m. Serbia refused to sign saying the accord imposes part of the Turkish debt on Serbian territory. Nine small powers signed after Turkey. The Greek and Italian delegations reached a division agreement on the DedeCanesus territory.
Glacier Park Montana August 10 The party accompanying Vice President Thomas F. Marshall includes Mrs. Marshall Mrs. Thomas F Walsh of Colorado and Washington DC Mrs John Allen Dougherty of New York and Washington DC Mark Thistlethwaite secretary to the vice president and a maid They arrived from Portland on the Oriental Limited and will tour the park until August 18 then proceed to St Paul and Duluth to board a steamer for a Great Lakes voyage.
Genera l Villa, appearing fit and confident after a 600 mile trek and 48 hours without water, declares he will settle on a Canutillo Durango ranch to raise crops and education. He minimizes politics, vows to obey laws, and recounts his desert ordeal while a San Pedro crowd cheers.
Mexican federal forces and land troops head toward Lower California to oust Governor Esteban Cantu. Cantu denies firing on troops or negotiating with the central government and accuses Madrid of imposing governors. American aviator John Goree returns to U S soil after warning from the U S consul.
Paris reports that a hotel proprietor jailed for two months and fined 20 dollars for quadrupling room charges had his punishment doubled on appeal. Another profiteer saw his sentence rise from 165 days and a 60 dollar fine to two months and 200 dollars.
In Alta, authorities close in on a hillside near Frank where wounded leader Sam Bassoff and an unwounded companion are believed hiding after a robbery and killings of constables Usher and Bailey at Bellevue. Bassoff was aided by a man with a crutch who sought food, while floodhounds search for the second bandit. George Akrofft, killed in the battle, has been buried.
Japan completes construction of 30 ships for the United States Shipping Board. Inspectors and staff to depart. a small force remains in Japan to manage repairs and related duties upon arrival of the vessels in the United States.
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