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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
1
A Chicago immigration sleuth pursues a missing girl named Mimi involved with underworld figures. He questions a landlady and a woman who resists cooperation, then discovers a letter from Mimi's mother as a potential lead. He vows to find Mimi that night.
Five residents die in a New York apartment house fire that raced from cellar to roof via an air shaft. Annette Bracey who alerted others described a wall of flames and blocked exits as occupants tried to flee. Mrs Reed, known in California film circles, and Mrs Jenkins were found in each other’s arms near a doorway to the neighboring building.
Seattle police reported they were asked by Tacoma authorities to find Edward Cunningham, a suspect in the shooting death of his former wife Theresa Cunningham in her Tacoma apartment. A man named Ray Moon, described as the alleged other man, was arrested in Tacoma and held without bail.
A column in The Star promotes daily business opportunities inviting readers to explore listed buys such as a home, automobile, secure business, and luxuries. The message urges taking a chance, noting Columbus and America as examples and claiming the listings pay off for eager readers.
The piece champions George B. Lamping’s plan for a free zone system at Seattle port to foster factory areas, exports, and manufacturing growth. It argues for independent port development, denounces private dock interests, and credits past leaders for building a world port, urging support for Lamping as port commissioner.
City voters urged to learn exact polling location today as several precincts combine. Call registration office at Main 6000 with address to find precinct number. polls open 1 pm to 8 pm Saturday with the outcome hinging on turnout and Lamping’s election.
A large rat crawled behind a switchboard in Grand Island Nebraska causing a short circuit that burned out the dynamo plunging the town into darkness. The rodent was electrocuted in the incident on December 2.
Charges by Port Commissioner Christensen claim port employees were pressured to vote for Thomas Lippy or lose their jobs. A Wednesday meeting saw a resolution allowing employees to vote freely while linking campaign roles to port employment and naming several individuals tied to Lippy's team.
Federal agents and police raided the home of Mary Sanders at 1952 Yakima Ave destroying 711 quarts of home made beer. Mrs Sanders, 49, was arrested and released on 100 bail to appear before Police Judge John B. Gordon charged with liquor ordinance violation. Ed Hagen, ex policeman, is serving a federal liquor sentence and at liberty on appeal. Sanders claimed Hagen no longer lived there.
Jacob Coffman was fined 25 dollars in Judge O W Brinker’s court for failing to feed his dogs. The animals’ ribs showed signs of starvation. Coffman claimed the dogs loved him as they followed him, while an SPCA representative said the dogs needed food.
New charges filed by the Seattle Bar Association accuse George Olson, a clubman and attorney in the Central building, of defrauding Mrs. Pagenia Anderson of a Tolo area farm left by her father Hans Bergman. The complaint alleges mismanagement, breach of trust, and improper probate actions, including deeds and a $1,200 mortgage, with Olson named in multiple transactions and as guardian relations.
Beef steer "Black Ruler," the International Live stock Show champion fed by Purdue, sold to Wilson & Co. packers for $1.75 a pound. Weighing 1,360 pounds, the animal brought about $2,380, the lowest international champion price in years, as last year’s winner fetched $2.63 amid lower live stock prices.
Dudley M. Storrs received a rehearing of his seduction appeal from Ruth Garrison’s case. The supreme court will hear the case en banc in January. Garrison urged divorce proceedings after gossip led her to Seattle and an alleged luncheon poisoning episode.
Seattle Mayor Caldwell warns of a crime wave and urges the city council to add 44 policemen for 1921. He notes the new one day off in eight system beginning January 1 will reduce the police force by 64 men, increasing the need for manpower.
Four masked bandits robbed passenger train No. 6 on the Southern Railway at Oneida Tennessee early today. The mail and express cars and the Oneida post office were looted. Officers with bloodhounds were dispatched from Chattanooga after the robbery.
Representative Albert Johnson introduced a bill to suspend all immigration for two years in the house. Johnson, leading a months long study, argued the step would stop hordes of foreigners, many of them undesirable, from entering the United States.
W G Folsum wins a $180 judgment against Ole Teiger after an auto collision with a cow in the road near Kent last July. The cow was too much to steer around and had to be shot after its leg was broken.
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