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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1920
Page
7
H Arthurs of Ont receives letters from dozens of women after news he inherited 40 000 from a Philadelphia heiress. Postwar trauma fades as March letters pile up from girls widows and spinsters in the United States and Canada, all seeking marriage.
Wire briefs from several cities report Lt. J. Harris Jr. killed in the recent military revolution in Kovno Lithuania. In Pittsburg Mrs. Anna Haynes Tobbed pocketed 192 plus two 60 Liberty bonds while getting shoes shined. Yakima plane crash injures Lawrence Brown and Marion Mourey after a 75 foot fall. Chicago Rev Maesell arrested while attempting church entry amid resignation demand. Oakland UC coed Lucille Krause freed after three day jail for speeding. Montreal snowstorm halts Rockaway New York to Montreal race.
Police dragged Lake Union near Monk and Miller's coal yard Monday seeking C. Johnson a 35 year old fuel company employee who may have drowned Saturday. Johnson's clothes were found on a coal barge and divers continued to search the waters.
A Bayview Dairy Farms representative asked Newton local board in Queens to lift building restrictions to convert stables and dairy facilities into a factory. He explained prohibition ended mash feed for cows after breweries closed, forcing the company out of business and prompting the proposed change.
Tombstone, March 1. County attorney Rol French, long linked to the Bisher deportation trial, shocked locals by rising from illness to claim Al Turner the cowpuncher and “miracle man” cured him with a salve removing the cancerous growth. Doctors had urged operation, but French now says he is nearly well and may attend the trial this week.
City hospital physicians announced Monday that Frank Greenberg, who was thrown from an automobile at Second Eve and Wall Street in an automobile collision Friday, was improved. Greenberg sustained a fractured skull and internal injuries.
Indicted suspect Isac Perlow, arrested in Seattle February 16 and brought to Portland by postal authorities, stands charged in a secret indictment with robbing the mails and attempting to pass checks taken from stolen letters.
Elmer E. Gage, 34, argued politics and was knocked through a plate glass door at a cafe on 420 Pike. He received cuts at City Hospital. Amos Brown, 48, was arrested and later released.
F C Jarvis a 34 year old laborer blinded in one eye shot himself in a room at the Myatic hotel 2107 First avenue Sunday and died at the city hospital. A note directed police to give all his effects to his brother H C Jarvis of Renton.
Tombstone Arizona March 1 after two days of quiet the Bisbee deportation trial resumes. Both sides anticipate the stormiest week as jurors are to be completed and witnesses gathered. Agents have scoured the county for witnesses to corroborate or deny testimony leading to the arrest of defense attorney Pryce Stevenson for alleged perjury.
A dense compilation of meeting notices at Kats Cafeteria Evergreen Hat Arcade Building and Roosevelt Veterans Hall with addresses and participant names follows, alongside a long list of residents and their ages and a note that divorces were granted for Currie Johanna and Metcalfe Peter.
Mrs. 4. F. Hunnicut suffered a fractured skull after falling four stories in the Cobb building Saturday afternoon. She shows slight improvement and is being treated at Seattle General Hospital.
Halifax March 1 64 passengers of the Leyland liner Bohemian were rescued after going ashore near Sambro point at 3 30 this morning. The vessel was said to be in no danger and expected to be floated at high tide. Water was found in three holds but calmly continues weather may permit refloat. No panic reported.
General Peyton C. March told the congressional committee that private soldiers should not be automatically entitled to the Distinguished Service Medal. Representative Bland of Indiana pressed for equal recognition, but March dismissed the idea of private troops receiving the honor alongside officers.
In New York on March 1 Patrick J. Pelton laughed hard at a vaudeville act singing Good-bye, or, You're Thru. A false tooth came loose and he nearly choked before swallowing the tooth.
American border police killed one Mexican and wounded another while attempting to smuggle liquor into the United States near El Paso Texas. The Mexican party withdrew leaving the dead and wounded.
Police nabbed 82 year old Buddy White at 20th Ave Yesterday Sunday night carrying a gun. He claimed to own a restaurant and said he carried the weapon for protection.
At Duwa mish ave and Kenyonet a Tacoma Interurban train struck a moving car as it neared the tracks. Albert Fleming and Clara Fleming were killed instantly. Betty Fleming survived with minor injuries and witnessed the tragedy. The car was demolished and the bodies were taken to Georgetown Undertaking Co. for arrangements.
Henry J. Coucherie head porter at a downtown hotel has secured a 15 year lease for the Colonial hotel uptown with gross rent of 250000 dollars. Louie Miller, 19, faces charges after a Sunday high speed chase on West Green Lake Way as police say he reached 60 miles per hour while trying to outrun an officer.
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