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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1919
Page
7
Special investigator Frank T. Gordon probes alleged sedition meetings in deserted lakeside houses near Palmer. The probe focuses on claims of promoting Soviet propaganda in Palmer school and red ribbons worn by 21 of 24 pupils. Amid unrest, diverse groups in Holy Land Palestine unite in Red Cross work.
Glenn Hoover hosts a street car lost item auction next Saturday at 10 30 AM. Items include 327 umbrellas gloves robes fur mackinaws and a memory improvement book. Unclaimed articles have sat at the utilities office for over three months.
U S civil service commission will hold examinations to form a list of eligibles for appointment as special agents in the intelligence unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Entrance salaries range from 1500 to 3000 dollars yearly with promotion potential to 5600. Applicants age 25 to 45, with military preference exempt from age limits. District secretary Seattle provides more information.
Arthur McQueen, a former inmate now living in Alaska, chased a thief for blocks on Jackson Street after waking to a burglary at the Welcome Hotel. The suspect dropped McQueen’s trousers during the escape, then fled with the victim’s clothing and $10 while McQueen stopped to dress. Motorcycle Officer N P Anderson searched the area.
City Health Commissioner J M Read says five new cases, all mild, were filed by physicians with no deaths since last Saturday. Several patients remain comatose including a woman at Providence hospital who has been asleep for over a month as doctors seek a cure amid difficulty isolating the germ.
Ah Fook, alleged manager of the Cannery Workers Club, faces bribery charges in Milwaukee at 668 King Street after offering Deputy Sheriff Murphy and Phillips 300 to release four men arrested in the club raid Tuesday night. Fook, held on 1500 bail, denies bribery, says he offered bail for the four men. The four detainees Ah Fong Chin Yam Ah Wong and Suey Wong remain in county jail. deputies Conner Taveall Scoones assisted.
The North Bend Lumber Co. seeks 401629.02 in damages from the city for flood losses after the Cedar River dam breach in December 1918. Jurors visited the flood scene and court sessions were to resume, city attorneys arguing the dam break was an act of God due to heavy rainfall.
The report notes that living costs in Japan have increased tenfold from 1887 while wages grew fourfold, highlighting widening economic disparity over the period.
Francisco King a 14 year old school boy in a rush to school ran into a Cowen park jitney at Eastlake avenue and Garfield street sustaining a bruised head and sprained ankle. He was taken to City Hospital by driver C Carlson of Dawson street where physicians said injuries were not serious and he was allowed to go home.
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