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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
11
The article notes Mary Pickford expected in Los Angeles today amid a rumored divorce filing from Moore. It describes her as elusive, recounting a press chatter chase from Reno to Oakland and a return route toward San Francisco while she travels by train and car.
John Carlson a Bellingham logger was knocked unconscious and robbed of $6 by two men in an alley off King street between Maynard and Highthaves shortly after 10 p m Carlson described the assailants as shabbily dressed and wearing two colored men involved in the attack
New York reports ongoing bond thefts amid the $5,000,000 Wall Street plot. Despite searches for Nickey Arnstein and broader arrears among messengers, new thefts occur in sums from $500 to thousands. Assistant District Attorney John T. Dooling says these thefts worry the DA more than Nickey’s whereabouts.
Spokane March 5 Miss Lutie Stearns of Milwaukee warns men that marriage should not bind them to a can opener rather than a cook. She advocates schools for motherhood for every high school girl to attend.
City foreman L. C. Betts reported thieves unlocked a city tool box on 224 Ave 8 Spokane St Thursday night. They stole 46 pounds of pig lead and various tools, carried away in a municipal wheelbarrow, with police alerted Friday.
Thieves stole a box of oranges from HRadford and Allen at 1105 Western Ave and five boxes of grapefruit from Wenatchee Fruit Co at 1115 Western Ave Thursday night. Seattle's missing persons case grew Friday as Otto Worm 17 farmhand near the city was sought after being missing since December 12 1919. Clifford Kent 25 American Can employee reported missing since February 29 was said to have returned home at Endolyn near the Fauntleroy street car line.
The Bisbee deportation trial is strained by illness and death among jurors. Four men removed from the jury box, including Burnett who killed himself after mental breakdown. County Attorney Rob French returns from illness to participate. Breathing space as John Amalong is sought to fill vacancies.
Nearly 600 sourdoughs attended the reunion and dance at the Masonic Temple in Seattle for Yukon Order of Fioneera lodge No 1. George T. Snow recounted Alaska theatre beginnings in 1893 at Forty Mile and Yukon days since 1486. Senior Past President L B H Behrens reviewed the order’s history as visitors from Dawran Juneau Ringway and other North lodges attended.
Six dry squad officers arrested eight men in a late Thursday raid at 715 Washington Street. Police confiscated a quantity of lottery tickets and marking brushes. Lew Gin, 33, charged with conducting the game, was held on 100 dollar bail.
Tonight in Seattle a 4:00 gathering at the Smith Building covers an organization meeting and a $100 Fine Arts Mail concert. Separate events include a Beattie Symphony Orchestra season concert at Norse Hall and a talk by Dr. T. Eliott Ostrand on Monte Process in Fullment of our Desires. The listings also note a social dance by the Negro association and numerous attendees and addresses.
Olympia reports a conference of employers and public representatives urged a minimum wage scale for women set at 37 1 2 cents per hour 9 dollars per day or 18 dollars per week plus improved working conditions including five hour rent periods uniforms and laundering by the employer and limits on meals and late shifts. The report also notes a banquet held by the Western Pacific Securities sales force at Hotel Washington.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous names with ages and street addresses across several locales. Entries include Mervyn J Conaclyea 7 Ewing et Chicla Phillifrena M 24 and others like Moralle Fy Hunniccutt Seattle General hospital and Richard O James 67 at 9421 20th. The remaining items mix initials ages and streets such as 1420 20th and 4226 Ninth Schweitner Timma 41 at 2710 N 4rd.
Snow blankets the Middle West causing traffic jams and late trains. Chicago reports a 30 degree drop in 24 hours and continues bitter cold. Streetcars halt in several cities while farmers welcome the moisture for the wheat crop.
Moscow dispatch says Soviet troops control the entire Murmansk railway district and have captured Archangel. Huge stores of military supplies reportedly fall into Soviet hands including 10,000,000 ca, 66,000, 600 shells, 22,000 rifles, thousands of mitrailleuses, many airplanes, and vast stores of fuel and provisions.
A fight over ownership of a clasp on Sixth Ave and King left Acodison and Joe Dero injured when Dero stabbed Acodison in the arm during an argument. Acodison was treated at the city hospital.
A 65 year old man M. J. McIntyre was arrested near the Manitary market at Miret Ave and Pike Street after a faulty scale led to charges of weighing with an illegal weighing mechanism. Officer J. L. Crem mons from the weights and measures department made the arrest.
George Spaulding aged 20 was hospitalized after his automobile capsized on a freshly washed pavement at Fourth Avenue and Blanchard Street near midnight. He was pinned beneath the car and suffered head and body bruises though doctors believe injuries are not serious.
The notice urges immediate action to take advantage of a special price, stating the discount may be withdrawn in a very short time. It emphasizes that readers needing dental work now or soon should act immediately to avoid missing the offer.
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