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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1921
Page
4
Britain and Russia signed a trade agreement marking the first commercial accord with an allied power. Russia agreed to cease bolshevik propaganda outside its borders and release prisoners as Britain demanded. One Russian envoy, Meff, was expelled over attitude amid subsidy allegations related to London press.
Berlin dispatches say Moscow faces food scarcity with Bolshevik attempts to quiet threats of a general strike by ration extensions. Trotsky reportedly ordered Kronstadt approaches via Oranientam, while rebels claim Yudenitch plans a new western army and a revolt spreads in Southern Russia.
In an interview from Paris Lenine says only two kinds of government are possible in Russia soviet or czarist and that a constituent assembly would fail. He calls the Petrograd revolt foolish discontent backed by world capitalists and predicts it will fall. He notes food shortages and says Kronstadt sailors cannot succeed.
Two armed masked bandits in a large auto chased and overtook George H. Matteson at 3818 Tenth Ave West Seattle four miles south of Kent Monday night and robbed him of 24 dollars. They disabled his car to hinder quick help.
Frederick Taylor, a Texada Island mining man, was en route to Vancouver when he leaped from the steamer Cheakamus and drowned near Vancouver in a incident reported March 16. In Kalamazoo, Richland village is governed by a feminine board of trustees.
Oriental dancer La Belle Fatima known from expositions and circuses dies at her Venice California home. Born in Cairo she was 51, survived by husband daughter sister Helen Hallah of Portland and brother Tony N. Batar of New York. Funeral planned for today.
Clara Smith testifies she lived with Jake Hamon for years and described his kiss, intoxication claim, and plea for forgiveness. She recounts a planned flight to Spokane, travel to Dallas and Mexico, and states she did not shoot Hamon. She discusses a 1915 settlement contract and Hamon's support for students and a sick clerk.
Enemies tag Jake Hamon as villain while friends recall a gentler side. At his funeral in Ardmore Oklahoma two young siblings pressed to see him, explaining he had bought them shoes and helped their family, revealing a softer legacy behind the oil millionaire and Republican figure.
Statyone men of diverse nationalities faced gambling and disorderly conduct charges after two police raids on South End hotels Tuesday night. Forty eight detained at Cleopatra hotel on Third Avenue 13 Third, where cards dice and a chuck luck outfit were seized. Cash receipts totaled 4445. Thirteen more arrested at O K hotel on Hall Road and Main Street for being disorderly. Bail set at 25 for some, 250 for two Chinese operators. Nationalities listed include Irish Swedes Germans French Rumanian Finn Mexicans Austrians Americans Russians Montenegrin Bulgarian Canadians Norwegians Korean Serbian Indians and others.
The French ambassador Jusserand met President Harding at the White House in a direct bid to address ongoing American European relations. The visit, arranged by the State Department, marks the emissary’s first direct approach on the issue.
James A. Stillman and his wife, both suing for divorce, were in conference today at Laurel in-the-Pines hotel in Lakewood New Jersey. It was reported the meeting aimed at a quick out of court settlement of the divorce actions.
New York police detectives face indictment on charges of taking unlawful fees. The four officers are accused of soliciting or accepting payments in relation to their official duties, signaling a corruption probe within the department. Further details on dates and involved units were not immediately disclosed.
Three thousand men are idle and 24 coal mines shut in Western Washington after miners refused a wage cut announced by operators. The new scale would have cut wages about 20 percent from $7.55 to $5.20 for underground laborers. N D Moore of Pacific Coast Coal Co said wage negotiations failed and operators closed mines.
Nicholas A. Zankoff, 30, former manager of the Spokane office of the Prudential Savings and Loan Association of Beattie, is held in Mexico for extradition to answer a charge of embezzling 4000 dollars of the association’s funds, according to Olympia reports.
Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas and assistant Kather V. Johnson weigh a citizen complaint about a rooster crowing at midnight in a city residence on 807 24th Ave. An anonymous caller urged action claiming the bird drives a good citizen to flee town.
Tacoma March 16 Corporal Walter H M Leon and Privates Earl Young and J Zulawiski Camp Lewis soldiers who pleaded guilty to highway robbery were on their way to the penitentiary to serve eight to twenty years. Judge William D Askren called the sentence a needed break on the soldier crime wave.
Thomas Garand, a Vashon Island fisherman, pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in superior court after an overruled demurrer. He is accused of fatally shooting Orear Bokien on Vashon Island.
Fred J. Dibble a Spokane insurance man was appointed to direct licenses under the civil administrative code in Olympia yesterday Walter M Hubbell the governor’s original appointee refused the appointment for business reasons
Tacoma March 16. Arrest of Jafet Lindeberg of San Francisco on indictments by the local grand jury probing affairs of the defunct Scandinavian American bank which failed January 15, expected tomorrow said Sheriff Morris. Warrant copies sent to San Francisco authorities. The armed jury returned 13 secret indictments against Lindeberg last week.
Two civil suits against Alaska miner Jafet Lindeberg were filed in San Francisco by Pioneer Mining & Ditch Company stockholders. One suit seeks return of the Reward Senin circuit railroad near Nome, alleging Lindeberg as president bought it and controlled papers. The second seeks 100000 dollars. A Pierce county WA telegram had urged Captain Matheson to arrest Lindeberg, but no arrest occurred due to insufficient authority.
Olympia March 16 Governor Hart signed senate bill 3123 to allocate 12 million 490 thousand dollars for the improvement of the state's primary and secondary highways.
In Dumlin on March 16 two runners were attacked in a suburb. One runner was killed and the other seriously wounded. A lorry carrying cadets was fired upon, wounding one soldier. The assailants escaped.
Hundreds of Chicago tenants traveled to Springfield to press for legislation curbing excessive rents. The march aimed to win relief from high rents as crowds rode special trains. Everett notes an appeal from the conviction of Ralph Cantwell Senior, who faced 14 to 18 months in prison and a $500 fine on syndicalism charges.
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