Rich Man Fleeing Wife Seeks Court Injunction
Carl F. Kruse proprietor of the Pure Food Shop sought a superior court injunction to stop his estranged wife from entering his business claiming she threatened him with a loaded horsewhip. Mrs Kruse filed for divorce asking $1,000 monthly alimony and named Irene Crane as a possible beneficiary. Kruse alleges she robbed his shop of cash and bonds totaling over $31,250 in assets. He asserts his net worth around $100,000 and asks for modest alimony while fighting the divorce.
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Carl F. Kruse
Pure Food
Pike Place
Superior Court
van Siclen
Kruse
Frank George
Mra
Miss Crane
Man on a Houseboat Shows Steady Spirit of Work
A reader letter praises a one-armed man living on a houseboat south of Spokane Street Bridge who cuts stove wood despite his handicap. The writer urges support for this determined worker and lauds resilience over grand military praise, while reflecting on Seattle’s culture and costs in arts, parks, and public spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokaneet Bridge
Joe Davis
Caldwell Set to Inaugurate as New Mayor Monday
Mayor elect Hugh M. Caldwell prepared to take office Monday as incumb ent Mayor C. B. Fitzgerald, home with influenza, plans to visit the office to tidy his desk beforehand.
Archie Fullerton Loses Authority Medal Badge
Archie Fullerton of 6518 Woodlawn Ave is furious after losing his special police badge. He fears the loss may cost him a chance to arrest a suspect and affect his authority.
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Archie Fullerton
Woodlawn Ave
Husband's Death Suit Filed in Superior Court
Amy Stokes sues J. D. Lawson, his wife and daughter Marie Guthrie for 15000 damages alleging an auto struck and fatally injured William Stokes, 54, at 21st Ave N and E Mercer St on December 24, 1919. Mrs. Stokes resides at 609 27th Ave N.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
J. D. Lawson
Marie Guthrie
Amy Stokes
Igs
Stokes
William Stokes
21St Ave
E. Mercer St
27Th Ave
Perjury Charges Trimmed as Trial in Montesano Concludes
Defense witnesses finish as 264 testified over four and a half weeks in Montesano. John Huber and Elmer Smith face perjury and allied charges tied to the Armistice Day killings case. Final state arguments loom with judge preparing instructions and a jury verdict expected post Friday.
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Grays Harbor
Montesano
John Huber
Centralia
Huber
F. B. Hubbard
Dale Hubbard
Hubbard
Portland
C. D. Cunningham
Elmer Smith
George F. Vanderveer
W. H. Abel
Warren O. Grimm
Eugene Barnett
Grimm
By-Products Firm Plans Leather From Arctic Skins
The Universal By-Products company organized with $5,000,000 capital announced plans to make leather from Arctic skins. Beluga whale, shark skin, sea lion, hair seal, walrus and reindeer hides will be turned into leather to ease shortages. J. F. Lavarne is named president.
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Universal By-Products Company
J. F. Lavarne
Cider Shortage Noted in Seattle Port Report
Seattle port weekly figures show 471.79 tons of coffee on hand versus 305.31 tons of cider. The document highlights cider lag in supply compared with coffee in the harbor stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Shipyard to Get War Decoration
Certificate of merit for services performed during the war will be presented George W. Albin acting for the Ames Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company at Portland Monday. Other Seattle shipbuilders were decorated recently.
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George W. Albin
Ames Shipbuilding & Ork Dock Company
Portland
Seattle
Billy Sunday Enters Race for President
Syracuse dispatch reports Billy Sunday announces a dry platform bid for the presidency with running mate William Jennings Bryan and a hand picked cabinet including Henry Cabot Lodge Leonard Wood K M Landis Henry Allen Herbert Hoover Charles Curtis and Curtis of Boston. Sunday also hints Pershing as chief of staff.
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Billy Sunday
United Press Today
William Jennings Bryan
Henry Cabot Lodge
Ma Sunday
K. M. Landis
Secretary of the Interior
Henry Allen
Herbert Hoover
Exhusbands aid in $65,000 suit in Los Angeles
Former husband No 1 acts as attorney for Mrs Ethel Rich who sues ex husband No 2 Robert B Rich for 65000. No 1 also represented by Leon Samuels who aided in the suit as counsel. Rich claims he received funds during the marriage and has not returned them after their separation.
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Los Angeles
No. 1
No. 2
Ethel Rich
Robert B. Rich
Leon Samuels
Rich
Bryan Can't Get Name Off Ballot
W J Bryan attempted to remove his name from Michigan presidential primary ballots. He wired the secretary of state declaring he is not a candidate, but the state says there is no mechanism to delete names once petitions are filed.
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Lansing
Mich
W. J. Bryan
Michigan
Bryan
W. G. McAdoo
Esperanza Ashore on Mada Gascar Reef Off Progreso
A Ward line steamer the Esperanza 4700 tons carrying about 100 passengers is ashore on Mada gascar reef off Progreso Mexico. An undated radio from Capt J R Curtis says engine room flooded and engines disabled. Progreso tugs have been dispatched to aid.
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New York
Ward Line
Madagascar Reef
Progreso
Mexico
Tampa
Fla
J. R. Curtis
Peperanza
Vote on Watson-Simmons Article X Reservation Touches Senate
Washington March 11 The Senate may vote on the Watson-Simmons reservation to Article X if enough Democrats support it. Supporters claim 30 Democrats and 34 Republicans could pass the measure with Lodge faction defections. The plan states the United States assumes no obligation to employ forces or economic pressure to protect other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Novely
Lodge
United States
Violets Laid on Coffin of 'Other Woman'
In Chicago on March 11 Ruth Randall, accused of killing her last lover and then herself, lay in an expensive casket with a single violet bouquet. A white-haired woman placed the flowers and spoke of Ruth’s restless life and sought-after love. Clifford Bleyer’s sealed coffin rested nearby. access to view his body was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ruth Randall
Clifford Bleyer
Mra. Randall
Sokol Gymnasts Set March 14 Entertainment in Seattle
The Czecho Slovak Bohemian Gymnastic Society Sokol of Seattle will entertain American friends and Americans of Slavic origin Sunday March 14 at Christensen Hall Harvard Ave and Broadway. The program features physical culture and music and runs from 3 p m to 10 p m.
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Sokol
Seattle
Christensen Hall
Harvard Ave
Broadway
Chickens Run Amok Damage Embryo Garden
Harry Wade reports his neighbor's chickens distressed his embryo garden on Thursday. Police were notified as the birds wandered near 907 BE 62d Street.
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Harry Wade
Theft on Queen Anne Hill Strikes Thelma Miller
Thelma Miller reports a burglary on Queen Anne hill Thursday morning taking all her summer clothing including four bathing suits, several pairs of shoes, silk items, a purse and two rings one with two diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne Hill
Thelma Miller
W. Leest
Army Frozen Beef Sold to Markets
The Army ships frozen beef into Seattle under the quartermaster program. Fifteen carloads in the Northwest sold at about 20 percent under Chicago quotations. Officials describe the product as choice meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Uncle Sam
Northwest
Chicago
Army
Spokane Plans Benefit Ball for Isom White Appeal
Arthur Prague organizes a benefit ball in Spokane to raise funds for appealing Isom White, condemned at Everett for the murder of Lee Linton. Prague has circulated petitions urging Governor Hart to commute the sentence. petitions to be sent to the governor soon.
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Spokane
Isom White
Everett
Arthur Prague
Prague
Hart
White
Lee Linton
Go to Canada on Crime Club linked Seattle murder case
Seattle police continued efforts Thursday to trace a blue motor car linked to the man last seen with Arthur Bagnell a 20 year old Aero Alarm clerk whose body was found Friday in a wood near Kent Detectives say secrecy is maintained and they remain mystified James P Taylor and G H McKay are held on open charges connected to automobile thefts Robert Hodge defends the pair while Capt Tennant and Lt Wickman deny any additional connections
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Seattle
Arthur Bagnell
Aero Alarm Company
Kent
Canada
James P. Taylor
G. H. McKay
Robert Hodge
Charles Tennant
John Wickman
Attorney for Youth Seeks Appeal Over White Case
Everett reports Isam White, 16, condemned to die for the taxi driver murder of Lee Linton. Senator Joseph Smith, the youth’s attorney, asks the supreme court to address two legal questions before the death warrant is entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Supreme Court
Isam White
Slayeg
Lee Linton
Joseph Smith
White
Senator Smith
Man claims ex Marine officer broker W Brouse sought by Seattle police
A man calling himself W. Brouse, claiming to be a ex captain wounded and decorated at Chateau Thierry and a representative of Kuhn Loeb, is sought by Seattle police on a warrant. Seattle and Tacoma business people say they cashed his checks which later returned marked insufficient funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateau Thierry
Kuhn-Loeb
New York
W. Brouse
Seattle
Tacoma
Brouse
Man Arrested on Forgery Charge Faces Tacoma Grand Jury
Herbert A. Benjamin was arrested at Carlisle Washington on a complaint that he forged his brother's endorsement on a $60 bonus check. He was released on $1,000 bail and ordered to appear before the federal grand jury in Tacoma for trial. The hearing occurred Wednesday afternoon before a U S commissioner at Aberdeen.
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Herbert A. Benjamin
Carlisle
Wash
Tacoma
U. S
Aberdeen
Company L Vets Form New 161st Infantry Club
Members of Company L 161st Infantry organized a postwar club at a Wednesday reunion. More than 65 veterans attended the dinner at the Masonic club, the first gathering since the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
161St Infantry
Washington
Masonic Club
Birth increase across the nation signals growing births in 1920
Census officials struggle to keep up as United Press reports show a nationwide rise in births in the first two months of 1920. Adoptions rise with more infants finding homes while some babies are abandoned or auctioned for placement. Girls more often adopted than boys.
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Census Bureau
Washington
United Press
Milwaukee
Pajamas Declared Obsolete by French-Brussels Designer
Madame Valentine Frere, a Brussels modiste visiting Chicago, predicts silk undies will be scrapped in favor of linen nightwear trimmed with fine handmade lace. She foresees a return to traditional nightgowns for women as pajamas fade from fashion.
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Chicago
Valentine Frere
Brussels
Madame Frere
A Bit Ragged Eh Verse and Weather
A whimsical note on the weatherman's jokes about clouds and a shower tonight. The piece blends verse with playful weather forecasting in a light hearted domestic tone.
Irish Loan Exceeds California Quota in Frisco
California surpassed its Irish republic loan quota by about 200000 in Frisco as $1500000 was set, with the drive ending March 17. The announcement confirms strong state support for Irish bond certificates amid the campaign.
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San Francisco
California
Seek Gang Cracksmens In Seattle
Sheriff John Stringer suspects a gang of expert safe crackers operate near Seattle with Rainier, Silvana, and Cumberland targets. A Rainier post office safe was blown with $250 stolen, similar daytime robberies hit Silvana and Tolland, and an ex convict on an island near Seattle is believed to manufacture the tools.
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Seattle
John Stringer
Rainier
Silvana
Tolland
Cumberland Juary 26
Joseph T. Paschich
Stringer
Ner
Jewels Vanish in Night From Eighth Street Home
An exacting thief robbed John Bryngek’s residence on E 42nd Street taking knives forks spoons and other silver items. The thief also carried off $100 in cash and a pair of earrings reported to be 100 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bryngek
E. 42Nd St
It Was a Machine Not Machine Gun Riot Scene
A riot patrolman arrived early Thursday at Spring Street to a shooting scene. He found a disgruntled motorist with car trouble and misfiring engine mistaken for machine gun fire. The incident prompted patrol presence and investigation.
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of Springst
Mother of Emily Calls Reception in U S Scandalous
Ashton England March 11 The mother of Miss Emily Knowles now Mrs Guy Spiker denounces the American reception of the couple and baby as scandalous insisting her daughter believed herself legally married to Spiker and expressing a vow to seek punishment for the man involved.
Engineer William Kerry Missing After Cashing Pay Check
William Kerry, 32, an engineer at Youngstown Steel Works, is missing after drawing his pay check. His wife reports he is tall about six feet, wearing a gray suit, last seen near their home at 3815 37th Street Southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
William Kerry
St. Ss. W
Missing worker reported by roommate at Lake Union plant
Joe Boff, 38, employed until March 4 at the Lake Union steam plant, is missing. His roommate W. Didbisio of 1633 King street reported him to the police on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Boff
Lake Union
W. Didbisio
King Sr
Boff
Million Dollar Income Tax Filed In San Francisco
San Francisco news reports an income tax total of one million dollars filed to date. A further note states that 90,000 returns have been filed locally and that March 15 is the final day for filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F
San Francisco
Woman Charged With 6500 Theft in Oregon City
Emma Winifree of Portland is jailed in Clackamas county charged with stealing 6500 dollars from Aurora state bank. Burns detective agency operatives who caused her arrest say she has confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon City
Ore
Emma Winifree
Portland
Clackamas County
Aurora State Bank
Burns Detective Agency
Winifree
Senate Orders Probe of Grain Corporation
Senate votes to investigate the United States grain corporation after a Spokane grand jury in Washington state recommended scrutiny. The probe follows a congressional move to examine possible irregularities and governance concerns within the federal entity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Senate Today
United States Grain Corporation
Spokkane
Wash
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Leonard Wood
Charles Curtis
Agricultural College
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Curtis
Boston
Pershing
Esperanza
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America
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