Star Claire Windsor vanishes as actor joins search in Seattle
July 13 report says film star Claire Windsor missing after horseback ride. Charles Chaplin joins three posses in hunting for the former Seattle girl noted for Lois Weber films. An estimated 300 men in the field. parents now LA residents. reward offered. Chicago? Not relevant.
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Western Actress Opens Little Theatre Season in Seattle
Seattle hosts Maurice Browne players at Cornish Theatre Royston Harvard A venue for six plays this summer with Bernard Shaw The Philanderer among the selections All season ticket holders receive invitational access and the first public show is set for Thursday evening
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Mixed comments on politics crime sports and law in 1919 era chatter
A jumble of names and topics includes Sheriff and poll tax talk, Mayor Caldwell brutality probe, thoughts on war veterans and mortgages, possible Willard Dempsey match chatter, and a note on Clara Fish teaching, with various opinions on laws and fights.
Must Settle War Debts Before Bonus
Senator Penrose, head of the Senate finance committee, said refunding the allied war debts to the United States must be settled before enacting the soldier bonus bill. He noted President Harding’s suggestion that bonus passage hinges on tax cuts, debt refinancing, and foreign loan adjustments, and called a finance committee meeting to grant Mellon broad powers in refinancing Allied loans.
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Increase Your Sales by More Calls and Cars
Our salesmen can make more calls. If you enable more calls you gain a larger selling force without new training. Furnish them with automobiles and their output could rise dramatically. Used car columns in The Star offer bargains and daily best deals.
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Boy Accused Killing Mate in Ohio Juvenile Court
Dayton report states Willie Stevenson nine on trial for the killing of eight year old Henry B Levine. Two other boys Vincent Hall and George Bayham nine served as witnesses. Authorities say Henry and Willie quarreled and a struck iron bar broke Henrys neck then the body was submerged near Bimma pond after stripping and tying a rock to the hands.
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Esterbrook Hunted After Eloping With Woman and Daughter
Caldwell Idaho felon H C Esterbrook 40 elopes toward Seattle with Mrs A Mullins and her daughter after stealing 1300 in Liberty bonds. Police in Caldwell report Esterbrook and Mrs Mullins vanished leaving families behind. A Studebaker car is believed to be their mode of travel as Seattle officers pursue sightings and a nationwide manhunt.
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Drake University Bank Held Up in Des Moines
Four armed men robbed the Drake park bank during business hours in Des Moines and fled in an automobile with 7000 dollars in cash and negotiable bonds. Professor Fulton of Drake University was severely beaten after refusing to enter the vault.
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Babies in Seattle Have Best Chance in Nation to Live
A 1920 American Child Hygiene association report ranks Seattle as the leading city over 250,000 in infant deaths per population, with Portland and San Francisco close behind. The West shows the lowest infant mortality, Tacoma Berkeley and San Diego cited for small-city coastal safety. Horace Greeley’s “Go West” quip is linked to new brides as a contemporary twist.
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Vanderlip Attacks Hughes on Russia
Vanderlip, a Los Angeles capitalist who won Kamchatka concessions, accuses Secretary Hughes of blocking $200 million worth of Russian materials from entering the United States. The interview suggests Vanderlip expected trade reopening in exchange for the concessions.
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Skagit Project Opinion Meeting Set by Seattle Chamber
Delegations from three Seattle civic groups will meet Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce assembly rooms to discuss the Skagit project. Trustees who favor halting work cite need for more facts before proceeding.
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Divorce Diary of a Seattle Blonde Reveals Lawyers
Miss Wanda von Kettler of The Star plans a humorous exposé on Seattle lawyers as Mrs Cassidy seeks a divorce. She disguises as the plaintiff to test firms from shyster to ethical and will publish tomorrow with more installments. The stunt aims to show who pockets fees and who behaves properly.
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Wanda von Kettler
Bandits Hold Up Paving Contractor in City Hall
Two men robbed Joseph Biedel a paving contractor in a corridor of Chicago City Hall near Mayor Memp son’s office at noon. They took 142 dollars. Police chased them through the building and the Loop district but the bandits escaped.
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William Hale Mmpson
Buding
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Speak Wednesday Evening at University Unitarian Church
Rev Rosalind Lee will speak Wednesday evening at the University Unitarian Church, presenting an English divine address.
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Rosalind Lee
Three Billion Wages Lost in Building Trade Slowdown
In Chicago on July 13 Daniel Crawford Jr of Philadelphia told the National Association of Real Estate Boards that three billion dollars in wages were lost by building trade laborers in the last year due to inactivity in construction work. Also reported Army planes sunk the German destroyer G-102 off Hampton Roads after an hour and seventeen minutes of bombing.
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Daniel Crawford, Jr
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National Association of Real Estate Boards
Newport News
Hampton Roads
Names Sought Over False Bank Solvency Claims
The Seattle Star editor Roy D. Pinkerton cautions readers against false statements about bank solvency allegedly linked to The Seattle Star. He calls for names of individuals spreading such claims to aid prosecution for circulating false information. The Star denies any staff involvement.
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Japan Holds Back From Washington Conference
Tokyo reports Japan has not accepted President Harding's invitation to the Washington arms conference and will not issue an official statement on disarmament. London dispatches note opposition leaders gauge Lloyd George's role and speculate on a new British delegation head amid pressure from critics.
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Harding
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Noted Publisher Urges Confidence
London July 13 Viscount Northcliffe British publisher told United Press that mutual confidence among nations is essential at the disarmament conference. He warned the conference would accomplish nothing without straight honest dealing and free from maneuvering.
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London
Viscount Northcliffe
United Press Today
Northcliffe
Stillman Identified in Leeds Bay Birth
In Poughkeepsie New York Jill James A Stillman was named today as the man present at Jay Ward Leeds birth. Nurse Mrs W Hill testified for Mrs Stillman declaring that the man in the photo was Stillman and that she attended the birth. She also said Mrs Leeds lived with Stillman under the name Franklin Harold Leeds.
Marginal Way Closed Thirty Days for Pavement Repairs
Marginal Way from Spokane Street to Michigan Street is closed to all traffic for 30 days due to pavement repairs. Local motorists are advised to follow posted detours and plan alternate routes during the closure.
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