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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1920
Page
1
Goldendale Washington dated July 5 A debutante Cordelia Dale and Lawrence Brown fled by plane to marry despite Cordelia's father and a shotgun attack. The aircraft rose to about 100 feet before the father fired, the couple flew upward and vanished.
Pierre Weins of the Clark Baking Co escaped three masked highwaymen after a nighttime holdup attempt on a road near Enumclaw. Weins and his wife were in a car when bullets from the bandits struck the air. none hit them. Deputies from King County are investigating Saturday.
William Gibbs McAdoo was a Tennessean turned New York lawyer who championed the Hudson tubes project, helped finance the U S government during World War I, and later served as secretary of the treasury. He served in politics alongside Woodrow Wilson, married twice to Sarah Fliempe and Eleanor Randolph Wilson, and had three sons who served in the navy.
The record lists votes by state for candidates including McAdoo Cox Palmer Cummings Smith Owen Davis and others with totals such as unofficial Cox 313 Palmer 262 McAdoo 380 and notes absences. It catalogs state by state tallies and ends with an overall unofficial tally.
Standard Oil and Shell announced increased car allowances at service stations while keeping the half tank limit. Standard said stations would receive extra gas this afternoon to aid businessmen after work, with the El Segundo tanker due around July 15 bringing over 1,000,000 gallons and planning trips about every ten days.
New York reports the Giants are negotiating for Ernest Johnson manager and shortstop of Salt Lake in the Pacific Coast league. He is batting 264 and regarded as one of the league’s best fielders.
Americans in London plan Independence Day festivities with daytime dances and ballroom events at major hotels. A hopeful note promises no thirst as celebrations contrast with a long Gregorian year of 365 days 5 hours 49 minutes 12 seconds.
U.S Public Health Service warns on preventing tetanus and treating burns from Fourth of July devices. Emphasizes prompt physician care, tetanus antitoxin, cleaning wounds, proper burn dressings, and cautious removal of foreign matter.
New York police report more than one woman known to Joseph Bowne Elwell, the slain whist expert, was introduced to staff as Miss Wilson. Viola Evans says she had no serious quarrel with Elwell. Ann Kane recalls a Miss Wilson threatening to kill him if spurned. Centauri is 25 trillion miles away.
A robin fledgling attempted flight from a top electric pole cross arm near The Star office. The bold effort ended when the bird struck a wire and fell to the pavement where a cat then seized and killed it. The staff observed the tragic event as the nest grew under watchful eyes.
Vance McCormick warned of an evident deadlock after the first ballot in San Francisco on July 4. He compared the scene to the 1912 contest, saying the situation is shaping up similarly.
Government troops repulsed a second rebel action led by Osuna. Osuna himself was wounded, according to a war department statement from Mexico City dated July 3.
The mayor Caldwell was asked Saturday to remove a cow from a front yard at 34th Ave W. The request was sent to the street department as the mayor said he is too busy to deal with cow punching at the moment.
President Wilson expresses pride in the party's leadership and principles. He notes the party's roots in the founders, vows to keep faith with fallen soldiers, and asserts the party will advance from victory to victory in support of liberty, justice, and the republic.
King county's 400 deputies are called to decide if the shimmee dance craze is allowed at the Scott Kiddies' benefit ball. Big Bill Barr, jailor and dance committee chair, hints the event may move to the Hippodrome on July 20 with a high‑class rev devil show and a program of stunt acts between dances. Tickets go on sale next week.
At auditoriums in San Francisco on the July 3 session, McAdoo led Cox and Palmer on the seventh ballot in the Democratic presidential race amid a tense convention. Cox gained ground on the eighth ballot while Palmer and Cox trailed McAdoo, with votes tallied and leaders shifting as delegates arrived. The day opened with an invocation by Rev. James L. Gordon and a patriotic program as the party prepared for a possible quick conclusion to balloting and vice presidential selections.
In San Francisco on July 3 after adopting the platform the Democratic National Convention moved to presidential ballotings. Two ballots were held with McAdoo leading on both. first tally shows McAdoo 266, Cox 134, Palmer Gerard 21 and others. Second ballot numbers begin with Palmer 246 and Cox 159.
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