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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1920
Page
9
Weather turns threatening as 25 knot winds and a stormy sea halt the fifth deciding race of the international yachting series. Both yachts wait at the start as regatta officials postpone the contest due to dangerous conditions. The fleet disperses back toward harbor amid rain thunder and high winds.
Axel Oleson recalls the famous 30 year old race off Gioucenter during a centennial celebration founding the town. He notes the international yacht regatta and the C Bolin winning against the fleet as sails dragged and crews clung to their craft. He asserts that the best sailors in the world are the Yankees aboard schooners on the Grand.
Chicago July 24 Union leaders in conference urged acceptance of the labor board award and ordered an immediate ballot on the decision. The organization favoring action plans final instructions to members while an outlaw faction urged rejection citing lack of seniority rights for those struck last April.
Chief Harry L. D. Smith of the narcotic squad visited Seattle Friday to conduct oral exams for applicant agents. The trip is described as preliminary for tightening enforcement and adding three to four men to the Seattle force.
Francis 8 Collins, 20, of Everett, was medevaced to North Bend hospital and later died from injuries after being thrown from a motorcycle on the Sunset highway ten miles east of North Bend. He was stepson of R. E. Tall Man of Ellensburg and was en route to visit his stepfather when the accident occurred.
Frank Ermence faced a five dollar fine in Judge Gordon's court on a Saturday for keeping a cub bear in his home. He appealed to the state supreme court seeking to overturn the ruling and challenge the legality of the penalty.
In Belfast on July 24, Sinn Fein snipers were accused of using explosive bullets as clashes between Orangemen and Sinn Fein supporters escalated. Three more deaths in hospitals raised the week’s toll to 17 with over 250 wounded as mobs looted, burned furniture, and ambulances were stoned. Troops patrolled crowded streets, with reinforcements arriving as violence continued around monasteries, churches, and convents.
Walter DeLong and his family were found by Deputy Sheriff Matt Starwich at the home of Mrs. DeLong's mother in Wenett Beattie. DeLong said he returned daily to Bitterlake to feed stock and poultry, and left the house open for ease of access to anyone who might enter. Neighbors had tended the farm since July 17 due to their disappearance.
Nine year old Jennie Staharsky and her two year old brother were killed by a bolt of lightning at Bay Side New York. The county medical examiner found both bodies buried to their necks in the back yard. Relatives doubted the examiner ordered removal from the graves citing beliefs in earth currents restoring the struck.
Twelve men including John Murphy once Duluth police chief and Frank L. Bradley deputy U.S. marshal face indictments for wholesale liquor smuggling from Canada. Other briefs report a million dollar fire at Famous Players in Kansas City, a double fatality under a Bouquet Canyon car, a moonshine find by two boys in Hoquiam, a release for lack of evidence in Idaho, a jeweler attacked in Victoria, troops guarding a murder trial in Springfield, an accidental peavey death in Castle Rock, a search for Capt. Haynes in Aberdeen, a steamer concert heard by wireless at Signal Hill, and a 106 year old resident in Snohomish.
James A. Metcalfe 63 of 4526 11th Ave N E died at home Friday. A partner in Metcalfe & Metcalfe University district grocers he had lived in Seattle 14 years. Funeral services set for 3 30 Sunday at University Undertaking parlors.
Water service will be interrupted on Harbor Avenue West from West Florida Street to Luna Park, and along Alki Avenue from Luna Park to Alki Point, plus the district from Alki Point to Lincoln Beach. The low service system will supply the area from 8 p.m. to midnight Saturday.
OHarra of Seattle filed Friday as a Democratic candidate for governor. Edward T. Mathes of Bellingham is the only other Bourbon who has filed for the position.
Col. Roland HM Hartley of Everett will open his gubernatorial campaign Monday. He is with the Third Washington infantry at American Lake and will arrive Sunday to confer with campaign managers. His platform centers on industrial freedom and fair adjustment of labor and capital issues.
Seattle dog fanciers rally to defend canine rights as a proposed bowling dog ordinance heads to the council. Mayme E. Marbie protests that the measure would endanger every town dog and jail owners, comparing it to suppressing liberty and likening offenders to crooks in straitjackets.
Los Angeles July 24 A suit to collect 15000 in legal fees from Owen Moore will be filed as soon as Moore can be located. Fairfax Cosby of Ayres Gardiner Reno represents Moore’s ex wife Mary Pickford’s side and says Reno attorneys were hired through Arthur Butler Graham. Movie stars Fairbanks and Pickford expected back from Europe August 10.
Long Beach California July 1 Cupid is ordered out of the schools by the board of education. A Yule rule requires any teacher who marries to resign from teaching. Superintendent W N Stephens explains married teachers lose focus and lose their poise in the classroom.
King County deputies reported two additional robberies near Joe Parenti's Salmon Creek store on Thursday night. Mrs Johns Lyner's shop lost merchandise valued at several dollars and bicycles were among the items stolen.
Funeral services for John W Huff 64 a veteran patrolman will be held Sunday at 2 20 p m from Downey Watsons under the Police Relief association with burial at Evergreen Park cemetery. Huff died Thursday night in a Swedish hospital after an appendicitis operation.
Police hold Mrs. K Kanawasa a Jap woman after a fire in the Montetlus building on Third Ave and University. She was hospitalized with burns to the head and face and a cut hand after escaping from a back room where she drying clothes over a burner sparked the blaze. Damages totaled about 700 dollars with 200 to the building and 600 to contents. The incident drew local musicians from the building as firefighters contained the blaze within minutes. Henry Hroderick Inc. owned the property and the loss is insured.
Seattle jitney drivers through attorneys and the city of Beattie appeal to the Supreme Court seeking a recount of petition signatures for a jitney initiative. Judge Boyt J. Tellman denied a writ of mandamus demanding the city comptroller certify 11,612 petition signers excluded from the comptroller count due to registration list omissions.
W Freeman of DeQueen Arkansas worries about coming to Seattle and asks Mayor Caldwell about the bachelor tax here and the age when taxation begins for the so called human maverick in a Saturday communication.
A newly married man reflects on marital bliss but soon doubts the quality of his wife. The remark signals growing dissatisfaction as the months pass.
A record crowd of 10 000 attended the Nai nier Valley fiesta Friday with plans for a Saturday program. Governor Laula F Hart spoke to the Young Men's Business club amid remarks on community unity. An automobile parade, concert, dancing, and singing followed.
Dispatches indicate about 12,500 soldiers will be stationed at Camp Lewis when the fourth division moves in around August 6. The first contingent is expected to pull into the cantonment in Seattle area reports.
John McAteer of McAteer Shipbuilding Co. and his son James will leave Seattle Tuesday to join the Knights of Columbus on a European pilgrimage in New York. They will aid in the unveiling of a Marquis de Lafayette statue in Mets on August 20.
Delegates to represent Rainier post No. 21 at the state convention of the American Legion will be elected by post members Tuesday evening July 27. A special train will carry Seattle delegates and housing arrangements are being satisfactorily made.
A brief note observes that some individuals quit one vice only to take up another more harmful habit. It discusses the pattern as a caution about intentions and lasting change.
In San Francisco the princess Della Pattra issues an ultimatum to Erich Buehle, her husband of seven days, to divorce Germany or her. A process server delivered papers for a $170 suit tied to the gown she wore at the start of a court case, as she plans to return to New York to resume her artistic career.
Deputy Sheriff Matt Starwich filed for the Republican nomination for sheriff and opened headquarters at 906% Third Ave. The campaign aims to acquaint voters with Starwich 18 years of service. Capt. E A Plummer will run the campaign HQ and lead Starwich's effort.
Great Northern railway will close the draw span of its Salmon bay bridge for two or three days starting Monday to allow repairs. The notice warns against throwing fire away toward woods or along the road.
The city street railway began a 10 cent fare Saturday with cash or four for a quarter tokens. Half a million tokens circulated, per D W Henderson, superintendent. Tokens sold on cars and at transfer points. Officials project an extra monthly revenue of about $125000.
Beattie police seek a weekly day off by ordinance, aiming to repeal the overtime time-off rule. If granted the one day in seven, officers may lose the one hour off per hour of overtime, with the measure to go before the budget committee and take effect December 30, 1920.
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