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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1920
Page
9
Robbers looted the cash from Harra Bros grocery at 90th and Avenue N last night, marking the second such visit this month. Police noted the amount stolen was eight hundred ten dollars.
A cluttered page lists events and notices including a speech by Rep Fordney on industry, church fete plans, business addresses, and a long roll of births, residences, and ages across Seattle area hospitals and street addresses with scattered names and dates.
A witty proverb on marriage prospects mocks a bride to be who expects reward from generosity. The saying frames romantic expectations as a clever social observation.
Salt Lake performer Mamie Breen recounts her two year sojourn with Mexican General Johnny Barragan. She recalls money, lions, and trains amid Carranza upheaval, fleeing to Vera Cruz then north. She claims Barragan was jailed and that she is through with Mexico.
The Forty‑eight national convention voted to amalgamate with the labor party and begin a joint convention at Carmen's hall at 2 p m. Delegates cheered as Rev George Chalmers Richmond delivered a fiery opening prayer denouncing old parties and praising leaders and international movements.
The U S marshals announce auctions of confiscated items including the gas boat Uranus seized for whisky smuggling from Canada. A July 22 sale will dispose of ten 38 caliber revolvers 28 boxes of ammo and 120 boxes of .30 caliber cartridges at 11 a m on Third Ave steps of the federal building with further dates for vehicles and other articles.
The supreme court upheld Beattie’s $5,000 bequest to the Firlands tuberculosis sanatorium, finding William Chislett’s challenge to be invalid. George R. Wilson left the funds to the city sanatorium, and the court ruled the city’s interpretation aligned with the donor’s intent.
CAPCAMENB HALL Chicago July 13 Amid enthusiasm farmers organizations entered the Labor party convention and were welcomed in. The Committee of 48 decided to unite with Labor, with farmers and Seras joining the labor conclave. Leaders expect amalgamation of liberal groups into a third party within hours. The platform committee resumes work after subcommittees failed on Plumb plan nationalization of mines and capital tax.
HOTEL MONAIUBON Chicago July 13 The platform committee accepted the nationalization of mines and the Plumb plan at the joint party convention leaving only the capital tax levy plank in dispute. An agreement on the tax levy was said to be in sight. Water shutoff in low mains Wed July 14 from 1 am to 6 pm in the district bounded Rayet Dravia Fourth Ave Fireth Ave N.
In Spa Belgium on July 13 the German delegation faced a new allied demand for coal. Lloyd George told German FM Simons that 3,000,000 tons monthly was the entente minimum and asked for a reply today. A delicate stage followed as indemnities and reparations were set to be discussed after the coal issue.
Reports from Spa and London indicate Lithuanian troops mobilizing to attack Poland in line with aPolish Russian Soviet pact while Polish defenses retreat. Dispatches note heavy fighting north of Swienciany and Kraywice toward the Plies river and rumors of Bolshevik advances toward Minsk Molodechno and Sienclany, with Warsaw denying Minsk capture.
Beattie officials from Rainier National Park arrive in Seattle Tuesday afternoon as members of the House of Representatives appropriations committee plan a 7 p.m. dinner at the Rainier Club hosted by the Chamber of Commerce.
Inea Armstrong filed for divorce from Stanley B Armstrong alleging lost love. The couple married in May 1919. The notice notes distressing conduct and cites irreconcilable difference amid the public record of a failed marriage.
Destructive cloud burst damages the Bunnyside irrigation canal in multiple spots between Outlook and Ranger. Flume embankments and several bridges are swept away, farms suffer extensive losses, and repair crews say the ditch will take about a week to mend.
Fourteen Sumnera in the United States are polled to identify a dead woman found in a bathtub on July 6. The victim registered as Mrs Kreck Bumner, with clues including a torn postcard reading Honey and an empty poison bottle. Police investigate a hypothesized hypo needle gang that paralyzes victims before robbing them May involve Mrs Brock.
In Los Angeles on July 13, authorities struggle to interpret the actions of Jack Johnson, a negro pugilist. He is said to be about to surrender for arrest on white slavery charges, while Assistant United States Attorney Green travels from Los Angeles for a personal investigation. Johnson claims a Chicago return and possible secret entry to avoid arrest, prompting officials to monitor shipments from Lower California to San Pedro as he remains in Tijuana.
Fourth United States official 4Ouettesthouse arrived in Seattle on Tuesday morning and conferred with Roscoe M. Drumheller the collector of customs about treasury matters and policy developments.
Chicago July 13 Lieut Carl Wanderer the confessed murderer of his wife of eight months the unborn child and a tragic stranger on June 21 is under police investigation today Miss Julia Schmitt aged 17 released by police as uninvolved in the murders Wanderer refuses to add to his signed confession saying he must read his Bible The liquor man carries his knowledge and his watch for his own use not display.
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