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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
3
Beattie conductors and motormen filed a formal request with the city council for a flat 25 cent wage increase. About 1,400 workers would raise annual payroll by roughly 127000 dollars, as the 1921 budget is prepared and fare changes take effect.
Prison guard Albert Morin was asleep on duty when Henry Arthur Hickey and George Henry Wood escaped by the wall early yesterday. Morin had been discharged by Superintendent Cleon B. The Ford car used in the escape was found abandoned near Tacoma. Deputy sheriffs of Pierce County searched Tacoma for the pair.
The national prohibition party named its presidential ticket after William J. Bryan declined the nomination. Aaron S. Watkins of Germantown Ohio a college professor was chosen for president and D Leigh Colvin of New York City a historian for vice president. The convention adjourned after announcing plans for a national campaign.
A joint committee of ten members from senate and house naval affairs panels will inspect the Land Point aviation base in November to assess its suitability as a permanent naval landing field. They will also study a submarine and destroyer base at Port Angeles and visit Puget Sound navy yard Bremerton before reporting to Congress.
Washington July 23. The census bureau released 1920 population figures for Pocatello Idaho 14961 Albany Oregon 4449 Corvallis Oregon 6752 The gains since 1910 include Pocatello 6851 642 percent Albany 565 142 Corvallis 1200 264 percent and notable increases for Brawley Cal Calexico Cal El Centro Cal Monterey Cal 229 680 11 percent 11 4 percent. A woman always tells you it is to worry but she worries the mw.
Sacramento report outlines Benedicts plan to curb Japanese influence. It urges federal action to end the Gentlemen's Agreement and bolster border control, while California would push land and corporate restrictions, fishing licenses, guardianship reforms, language and housing rules, and strict child labor enforcement for Japanese residents.
In Tacoma on July 13 Sheriff John Stringer a King County candidate for governor told the Republican club it is the duty to buy every acre on Puget Sound from Japan and give it to ex soldiers. A second fragment notes a widow making love to a man in a way that makes him feel he is first loved.
Carl G. Johnson 72 longtime contractor and organizer of the Swedish tabernacle died after a long illness at 4319 12th Ave NE Seattle He lived in Alaska since 1882 was foreman at the Treadwell mine in Juneau Survived by wife Betse two daughters Mrs Carl Leaf Mount Vernon and Mrs Arthur Winquist at home and brother J P Johnson Torstuma Sweden Funeral Sunday at 2 at Swedish tabernacle Rev Paul Rood to officiate Booth Undertaking Co in charge Burial Mount Pleasant Cemetery
In Connellsville on July 23 the male population surrounds the Baltimore & Ohio line seeking freight work between here and Mt. Braddock. A stalled freight on a bridge attracts diversions as mermaids appear singing in a creek, causing trains to pause. The odd sight inspires a local Mermaid club as wives question the shift toward manual jobs.
Camille Rozera pleaded guilty to possession of eight gallons of wine and was fined $50 by Federal Judge Frank H. Rudkin. Rozera had been indicted by the grand jury on March 26.
Scientists in London study a dead animal found on a Scottish coastline. Described as horse sized with four short legs and cream hair, theories name a young mammoth from a glacier or a prehistoric horse.
Walla Walla report states Anna Carlson, serving five to ten years for murder, ends a hunger strike at the state penitentiary and will be moved to the Medical Lake hospital for the insane.
The gasoline probe by Justice Department agents has not found hoarding by distributors. J A McAuley chief of the bureau of investigation said locally the only hoarding is individuals who drained car tanks and refilled them.
Store advertises menswear discounts with suits marked down to 60 65 and 70 dollars offering limited time savings for shoppers seeking formalwear bargains.
Ex mayor of Enumelaw died at Providence hospital last week. Funeral Wednesday was held under Masonic Lodge auspices with Rev W A Major officiating and a ritual team from the Independent Order of Odd Fellows taking part. Body placed in Bonney Watson mausoleum awaiting family mausoleum completion.
The United States case against Seaborn Shipyards Co. received a leave of absence for a defendant from August 6 to September 6 granted by Federal Judge Frank H. Rudkin. The defendant must report weekly in writing to Ren L. Moore, special assistant to the attorney general. The cases are set to be heard in early September before Judge Jeremiah Neterer.
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