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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
1
Rev. T. T. Edmonds, a Presbyterian minister of Seattle and defense investigator, testified on the witness stand at Grays Harbor Court House Montesano on March 5 about the inner workings of the defense in the Centalia murder case.
Readers weigh in on suffrage and fashion as defense filings unfold. a Seattle movie audience complains about on screen drinking while a trial in Montesano reveals testimony about Warren Grimm’s killing and alibi claims. Jury instructions loom after days of witness testimony.
The American liner St Paul arrived at Halifax after leaking boiler tubes forced her to abandon her Southampton voyage. Wireless reports confirm the ship reached port to safety.
Senator Hiram Johnson was a passenger on a Great Northern train that collided with another near Sioux Falls South Dakota. He escaped injury and remained unhurt.
CHICAGO March 5 The American Farm Bureau Association on record opposing strikes and shorter working hours.
The Seattle Star invites readers to express preference for a Northwest presidential candidate. A printed ballot lists prominent national hopefuls including Poin dexter, Johnson, Hoover, Borah and others, inviting Seattle and Washington voters to cast or mail their choice to the political editor.
Federal and county investigators pursue four men jailed in Spokane on suspicions tied to the Tolt post office break in and the Cumberland postmaster murder. The four identified as James Young Frank J. O Conner Harry D. Brown and C B Reynolds face warrants and possible prison records.
A fragment shows names including Boorah William E Johnson Hiram Hughes Chas Fe Lowden Frank O Walsh Frank P Gryan Wm J Wilson Woodrow Taft Wm i Baker Newton D.
The Dutch government allows the former Kaiser to live at Doorn with a strengthened personal pledge he will not move without consent or engage in politics. A heavy guard will surround his residence, and exile to a Dutch colony is not being considered.
A new Allied note on the Kaiser’s extradition has been delivered to the Dutch government in The Hague. It repeats the Allies’ prior position and stance as outlined in the previous communication. In Riverside California, Sergeant F. Pearson was killed in an airplane crash at March Field.
Dozens of Seattle families offered to adopt the three babies of Jessa Beckman after her death from influenza. The father, left with seven children, said he would part with the youngest three if loving homes could be found. By Friday morning the children were placed in good homes and many readers pledged support.
Paris reports the French foreign office announced that the council of premiers altered economic decisions concerning Russia and Germany to align with French viewpoint.
Mrs. J. B. Nye of 380 West Lander Street reported a purse snatching in a downtown department store Thursday afternoon. Two women dressed in black, whom she believed to be involved, were suspected after she felt a jostle. The pocketbook contained eighty two dollars. Police investigated the incident.
In El Cerrito California 1200 residents are to undergo alienist examinations amid fear of Ouija board influence. Seven arrests and a sanitary inquest tied four women to insanity with men released. A high school girl involved as chief medium described visions and plans to ban the board as pernicious.
Walter Arthur Bagnall, 20, missing from home since Monday, was found shot in the head in woods two and a half miles west of Kent. A surveying crew found the body as investigators note auto tracks and footprints leading to and from the spot, with real estate ads in pockets. The coroner and police suspect homicide tied to a prearranged lure and missed $70. Navy veteran and American Legion member Bagnall had ties to local businesses and a bank check cashing before disappearing.
James Young a 65 year old porter was fined 75 by Police Judge John B R Gordon Thureday for attempting to smuggle a bottle of Canadian whisky across the line. Young was arrested Wednesday at Kingston station Independence Kan March 5. The county jail here has gone bankrupt because of prohibition. Judge Latehan ordered the jail closed and employees were discharged. In San Francisco March 6 Captain of Detectives Duncan Matheson credited prohibition with a drop in crime and arrests noting daily drunken arrests have fallen to five or six from 50 or 60 and domestic troubles such as nonsupport and wife beating are rarer.
In New Orleans Cardinal Gibbons urged a liberal interpretation of intoxicating beverages and steps to legalize beer and light wines. He warned the dry law carried a menace of unrest to the country in his first public statement since arriving to visit his brother.
President Wilson may threaten to withdraw the Versailles treaty from the Senate if Turks remain in Constantinople as the United States weighs joining the League of Nations. High authority notes that protecting a Turk-ruled settlement would force U S to defend an arrangement it opposes, a matter potentially eclipsing Adriatic disputes.
President Wilson's second Adriatic note was delivered to the council of premiers in London this afternoon.
Chicago police chief John J. Garrity said prohibition had not yet reduced crime, noting Chicago has had as many murders and other crimes as in previous years. He added that professional criminals are not typically drinkers.
New York on March 5 District Attorney Swann said that with prohibition in force only briefly drunkenness and disorderliness have declined while more serious offenses appear to be on the rise.
A woman and three men from Seattle were arrested in a car carrying 30 cases of Canadian whisky near Bellingham. The group named Andrew Johnson Ralph Plover L. K. Tukson and Mary Ann ONeill face court charges in connection with the whisky run.
St Louis police chief William O Brien said arrests have fallen about 20 percent since prohibition began. Petty offenses dropped most while he cautioned the crime reduction is still in its infancy and dismissed dopers turning to dope as a stimulant.
ST. PAUL Minn March 5 Captain Rowan of the police department said there is more crime since prohibition took effect. He noted fewer drunks but increased thefts and holdups as slot machines and gambling in former saloons keep officers busy.
Minneapolis police chief Walker reports February municipal court cases fell from 570 last year to 128 this year. Miscellaneous February crimes dropped from 140 to 91, marking a notable reduction in recorded city crimes.
Cleveland police chief says crimes of violence dropped 50 percent due to close saloons and enforcement of prohibition. He credits the dry measure with cutting violence in the city.
Washington March 5 The senate foreign relations committee again delayed action on Bainbridge Colby nomination as secretary of state. The panel will reconvene to consider the case early next week.
Major A. D. Smith postpones Coast record attempt from Camp Lewis to San Diego due to continued unfavorable weather conditions. The March 5 flight is set back as officials monitor favorable skies for the test.
Roy Dickerson known as George Lynch a vaudeville handcuff king escaped Los Angeles city jail after loosening a cell door lock and climbing to the roof through a ventilator shaft. He had robbed the Phoenix bank in Phoenix Arizona prior to the escape.
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