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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1920
Page
5
Tampa reports: bootleggers hide chests of rum in Gulf islets and fly remodeled bombers to Bimini to haul liquor. Prohibition agents expand efforts as Florida coast hosts numerous hiding places and offshore trafficking persists.
Ottawa reports upheaval in Canadian politics as a farmer driven party gains ground. The Domin ion government faces potential collapse with a February 26 parliamentary session. Farmers across the country form a distinct political movement, winning recent provincial gains and expanding toward the Maritimes.
New York critics note in a theater feature that Friday the Thirteenth holds no misfortune for marriage proposals in the French farce Breakfast in Red. The heroine Mims Florence Moore asserts happiness depends on finding the right partner, not the calendar.
Federal Judge George M Bourquin reversed the secretary of labor deportation order against John Jackson assistant secretary of the Butte S W W organization. He ruled the immigration proceedings were insufficient to warrant deportation. Jackson was charged with distributing literature advocating overthrow of the government by force.
A Dockers' union leader urged the Workers' federation to ship more coal overseas. He said the public has a right to ensure that children do not go to bed cold.
Fifty pastors fifty laymen and fifty teachers will address fifty Seattle church meetings next Sunday evening. Each meeting features a minister on The Church and the School, a layman on The Community and the School, and a teacher on The Emergency in Education. Talks run fifteen minutes each.
Pendleton Oregon February 14 Charles Van Pelt aged 36 half breed Indian died here Friday of influenza He was one of the best known Indians of the reservation He was the son of Captain Van Pelt who operated a boat on the Columbia river many years ago and of an Indian mother a Wishram tribe member Wishrams are native to the region opposite Celio and are mentioned in The Bridge of the Gods and Lewis and Clark's expedition.
In Pittsburg on February 13, Mrs. Grace Steffer died after her high heel shoes got caught between an apartment elevator and the floor. She fell forward while hurrying into the car and grasped the elevator cable, becoming crushed between the steel cage and the wall as the elevator began to descend.
Washington February 13 William Phillips assistant secretary of state is the president's choice as minister to The Netherlands. His name was sent to the state department for submission to the Dutch government, as learned today.
The farmers push for sharp tariff cuts and free trade with Great Britain and Canada within five years. They seek immediate reciprocity with the United States and inclusion of all foods, farm machinery, and raw materials on the free list. Labor growth parallels farmer gains as Ontario tilts toward a united government, with eleven labor members and over forty farmers now in politics.
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