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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1920
Page
1
A historical voice speculates on future livelihoods and urges fewer lawyers and doctors. It argues rapid change brings new trades beyond law and ministry, envisions a shift from earthbound to air and space ventures, and warns against professional overcrowding fueled by too many physicians and attorneys.
Albert Strauss vice governor of the federal reserve board tendered his resignation to President Wilson at the White House. The move comes as other government actions unfold and a reception with music and dancing is noted to follow.
Mary Pickford Moore was granted divorce from Owen Moore in Douglas County Nevada on Monday. She had been living at a Genoa area ranch since February and reportedly wept at the witness stand. Moore did not contest the divorce and it was granted by Judge Langan.
Louis Miller rode a motorcycle on a sidewalk after dark without lights and 60 mph. Police Judge John B. Gordon fined $60 and ordered five days in jail Tuesday afternoon.
Washington reports state department documents to a senate committee reveal a captured Soviet courier Anton Kotteroff bound from Moscow to New York carried instructions for organizing a Bolshevik revolution in the United States and private messages to Russians here. The courier was seized at Riga December 18. Ludwig Martens denied knowledge of Kotteroff.
Berlin March 3 The attorney general published a request asking all men named in the allied list of war guilty to send their addresses as many could not be located The government advanced preparations for trying the accused Germans in Leipzig court
Marysville California report says John H. Barton and Clarence Barton brothers of Latrobe died of pneumonia within three hours of each other. Their parents are also ill.
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Admiral William S. Benson retired to be a member of the United States Shipping Board. Benson becomes the new chairman succeeding John Barton Payne.
Handwriting of Rudolph Vittort, miner, held pending investigation of Joseph T. Paschich, Cumberland postmaster, was being checked Wednesday as residents reported alleged Black Hand letters received in Cumberland.
In Seattle the Tuesday election produced record totals with Hugh M. Caldwell winning the mayoral race by 17,098 votes over James A. Duncan. Philip Tindall surged from sixth to first among council candidates, winning a three year term by about 10,000 votes as the city set a new peak turnout.
Montesano March 3 Judge John E Wilson rules defense evidence in the Centralia murder trial falls far short of demonstrating an overt act by Warren Grimm The ruling ends the defense offer to prove a conspiracy against the I W W with Grimm as a party Bail for Jay Cook and Guy Bray set at 500 as they face perjury charges The court will decide later if any overt act by Grimm may be admitted to support a raid plot at the I W W hall Centralia
The Star praises Seattle voters who shot Philip Tindall to the lead in the council race with a record 10 000 vote margin over his nearest rival. The paper forecasts peaceful, constructive governance and broad public support for Mayor-elect Hugh Caldwell.
Philip Tindall asks readers to accept his council candidacy and pledges to serve Seattle veterans. The Seattle Daily Star earns praise from Col Theodore Roosevelt Post and veterans groups for its broad support and advocacy. This resolution by Post No. 24 expresses deep gratitude and forwarding the notice to the Star.
After W D Lane’s elimination at Tuesday’s municipal election speculation swirled at the county city building over who will lead the council when it meets March 15. Most members have held the gavel before, while Thomson has repeatedly declined and Carroll is in his first term, making Moore the observed frontrunner with plans to secure five votes for the presidency.
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