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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1919
Page
1
A letter from Dana Sleeth pleads for late jazz records to comfort nine ex service men at Riverton pulmonary hospital. The writer notes rising prices and shortages, shares a restaurant mishap, and criticizes wartime taxation and cigarette price hikes as consumer robbery.
Senator Fall of New Mexico introduced a concurrent resolution demanding immediate severance of all diplomatic relations with Mexico and withdrawal of the United States from Mexico policy. The measure, sent to the foreign relations committee, cites alleged Mexican embassy acts and border agitators as justification. Senator Shields supports broader war declaration against Mexico.
A burglar twice tried entering N. Lesohm s home at 30 15th Ave. at 4:95 a.m. Wednesday. In a back yard struggle six shots were fired and the intruder fled. Officers Bearman and Anderson could not locate the gunman. A maid heard a window rattle and Lesohm fired five shots from the back door after confronting the attacker on the porch.
The American steamer Kerwood on passage to Hamburg struck a mine off Holland. Rescue boats returned without locating the vessel, owned by Kerr Shipping Company of New York.
Paris dispatch reports the supreme council told Germany its armed force exceeds treaty limits and must be reduced before the treaty takes effect. The council also sent a note on war prisoners. A second item notes Brazil wars waste thousands of tons annually.
In a local paper readers follow the want ad pages to discover available goods jobs and services. The column proves its value by delivering targeted opportunities to cautious shoppers and job seekers in a bustling community market.
The Star endorses George H. Walker and Walter J. Santmyer against Triple Alliance candidates. It argues public representation should transcend class labels and urges labor to align with the general welfare, warning class warfare weakens democracy and public confidence.
Mabel Gray, 16, vanished from 720 her fersonit street in Seattle about a month and three days ago. Police and family search tirelessly as mother Mrs. Gray clings to hope she will be found before Christmas.
In Palo Alto on December 3 the high school boys refuse to speak to any girl with bobbed hair, aiming to curb the hair trend. The incident is described as an epidemic deterrent and reflects local superstition linked to Italian pedagogy and teeth necklaces observed among children.
The army quartermaster retail stores will stop accepting parcel post orders for goods carried by the stores after December 10. Orders must be on file with the store prior to December 10 to receive consideration.
The city woke to 28 degrees on Wednesday as Old King Boreas swept in. Official weather watcher George N. Sallebury says Wednesday night and Thursday will stay clear and chilly, with no further drop expected.
Santmyer and Walker win easily as final vote totals confirm decisive victory. The record vote cast shows both candidates ahead by a wide margin, signaling clear public support in the election.
In Seattle the triple alliance candidates were defeated with Santmyer and Walker elected to three-year terms as school directors. Santmyer leads with 27,779 votes and Walker with 27,219. others include Listman 14,235 and Wilson 18,907. Kantner had 462 votes. Turnout neared 20,000 by noon. booths stayed open late to handle crowds. A separate note reports the U.S. Senate adopting Watson resolution for a federal inquiry into Trade Commission employees' socialist and Bolshevik sympathies.
Two workers died after fire trapped them beneath boilers during hull construction at Duthie shipyards. Lloyd M. Jones aged 23 and Juan Espinosa aged 22 were overcome by flames and molten bitumen in the hull. Rescue teams searched the congealed substance as crews investigated the interior.
The Senate adopted the Pomerene resolution for a sweeping inquiry into the 1918 Michigan Ford Newberry senatorial race and related campaigns. The investigation targets Henry Ford and Truman H. Newberry with Newberry under indictment, to begin when Chairman Dillingham returns to Washington.
The Salvation Army will provide an annual Christmas basket dinner for Seattle's poor and arrange gifts for needy children. All cases will be investigated and cooperation from interested parties is sought. Do not donate to impersonators. contributions may be sent to Lieut. Colonel T. W. Scott at 325 Globe Building Seattle.
In Oakdale California farmers met the Farmers' Co-operative Union where Senator J M Inman urged a special legislative session to curb Japanese land purchases and marriages. He cited Japanese theories as urgent and warned that California laws may be changed by birth and marriage practices.
Patrolman E W Yaquerd pursued Juan Ysquerdo after he attempted a hold up of J W Duval at Ninth Ave and Jacks Son St. Officers Pielow and Haag chased the suspect for blocks, catching him in a vacant lot after a struggle. Duval, a night watchman, was treated at the city hospital.
William N. Carlisle, famed Wyoming train robber, was shot through the right lung and captured near Douglas after a four day blizzard chase. He had escaped from prison on November 15 and had been suspected of假 robbing the Los Angeles Limited near Medicine Bow on November 18. Carlisle is hospitalized under guard in Douglas with an armed deputy by his bedside.
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