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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR note shows a monetary amount 1.95 and 61.25 with unclear context. Mentions ribbons or RCHE but no identifiable event, people, or organizations. Unable to determine full article details from the fragment. the readable parts hint at price figures and trimming in some service.
Miss Wilma Forest a Fahey Brockman saleswoman is among Seattle entrants for the Ziegfeld Mayflower national beauty prize. If chosen by Seattle committee her picture goes to the national panel. winner earns six weeks on a Ziegfeld show and six weeks with Miriam Cooper at $100 weekly, with travel paid. Seattle entrants Rita Dane and Madge Rush noted as supporting figures, with other Pacific and Eastern cities joining the race. Forest, 22, of 3216 39th Ave S W, is highlighted on page 15.
Two inmates, T. C. Harty and C. W. Sellers, burned their way out of Tacoma city jail by smearing oil soaked rags on a lead pipe and igniting the ceiling, tunneling into the city comptroller’s office. A passerby saw smoke from city hall. firemen contained the blaze. Harty had confessed to burglaries. jewelry and stolen property were recovered. Sellers faced an open investigation after attempting to organize a larger I. W. W. movement.
A reflective piece recalls a rain hail sun day drive from Portland to Hood River via Colum bian highway, celebrating mountain lakes and clouds. It documents wrecked locomotives and engines on a distant summit, a ruined goat farm and deserted homesteads, with grim signs of displacement and loss along the hillside.
Harbor police late Tuesday searched the Sound for two youths about 20 who rented a rowboat at 1045 p m from Hjalmar Stream watchman at the Stacy street dock of San Juan Cannery Co. They warned of a disabled skiff and could not maneuver it. They disappeared into darkness after taking the boat.
Washington June 1 The Ohio referendum last November attempting to withdraw ratification of the prohibition amendment was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. The decision holds that ratification by a legislature in final form cannot be reversed by referendum. An injunction also barred submitting the woman suffrage amendment to a referendum next fall.
Mayor Caldwell asks City Council to empower Corporation Counsel Walter Meier to launch a sweeping investigation into the street car sale to Stone Webster and into city government statements alleging financial benefit. He argues the city may have overpaid by millions and seeks full disclosure to determine any legal relief. He urges action to reveal the truth and clear the city.
Union workers of the Building Trades Council amounting to about 5000 walked off nearly all jobs Tuesday after employers refused to hire nonunion men. Frank Cotterill said the action was a voluntary walkout not a strike, with school board and port work unaffected by the open shop policy adopted earlier. Mayor mediation failed, and the Master Builders announced open shop operations would continue, with many nonunion workers ready to fill in.
Mutaurif Ramadan led rebels who seized the Mesurata garrison, about 100 miles east of Tripoli, taking 150 Italian soldiers prisoner including the colonel in command and 16 officers. The report appeared in Epocas.
Washington June 1 The senate committee on campaign expenditures will investigate activities of the Anti-Saloon league and the Kumb Pian league in the preconvention presidential race, chairman Kenyon said today.
Court records show no proof that John Windquist the NTY special agent wore a raincoat allegedly stolen from a 1912 freight wreck during the Auburn boxcar conspiracy trial. The witness assertion is unsupported by documents.
City officials were urged Tuesday to provide financial assistance to the Children's Orthopedic Hospital. The institution noted it has carried out its philanthropic work for 13 years through voluntary subscriptions.
City Health Commissioner H. M. Read asked the city council Tuesday to approve $2,000 more for trained nurses at the city hospital. The 1926 budget already appropriated $5,000 for the salaries of student nurses. Read stated there are not enough student nurses to go around.
Washington reports the North Dakota Supreme Court upheld seven key laws from the non-partisan league legislature. The measures gave the state authority to enter private business fields, confirming the legality of the statutes.
Local mills cut retail lumber prices by seven dollars per thousand feet for rough stock and up to fifteen dollars for higher grades. Shingles and lath fell between thirty-two and fifty percent. The season's first shipment of watermelons arrived from Brawley California with open quotes at ten cents per pound. Green peas dropped two cents to ten cents per pound.
Federal Judge Edward F Cushman discharged Albert Bruce Paris Louis Trepanier from the Au burn box car conspiracy case in the United States district court Tuesday. With this, 14 defendants remain in prosecution and Joe Vargas was dismissed Saturday. No further charges exist against the three dismissed men per U S Attorney Saunders.
Six year old Katherine Oliver was returned to her mother at police headquarters but Grandma Della Mersebach, who had threatened suicide if the child was taken, disappeared after leaving the building. Police and reporters searched Seattle as the sensational kidnapping drama unfolded and the grandmother later explained she had hidden Katherine to prevent the California plan.
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