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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
1
A reflective piece from a hill farmer describes pruning duties, a non paying draft cayuse, and a distant aero plane rising like a hawk. He notes spray work against fungus, the toll of rural labor on hands, and hill country life shaped by rain, deer, and shooting skill.
Four youths robbed LaFayette Inc jewelry on Second Avenue taking $10,000 in diamond and platinum pieces and cash after binding proprietor M. Feldman and Nellie Goldman. The fourth robber fled with the loot as the others escorted the women to a stairway and fled the scene after a quick escape. police recovered two diamonds valued at $700 from a waste paper basket. Goldman provided descriptions of three attackers. one man remained unseen. The store had opened four months ago and the owner plans insurance steps.
E J Thompson a Seattle suspect in the Bagnall slaying is held for investigation after a two week pursuit. He is linked to a blue Chalmers car and was last seen with Bagnall before the March 1 murder near Kent. Police press Thompson as possible killer as they track his movements from Seattle to Vancouver and Prince Rupert.
The Senate unanimously adopted Senator Lodge's resolution asking the president to state if Yap island is to be given to Japan and whether any steps have been taken to obtain it for the United States.
Automobiles driven by William Schornick and J. F. Day collided at 434 Avenue and Fremont Street Monday afternoon. Schornick suffered a scratched face in the jammed incident.
Zena Andrealla files for divorce citing refusal to abandon bootlegging as the cause. The couple resided at 1511 Shelton Avenue and the complaint was filed on Tuesday.
Five hundred men and women marched to Albany to press lawmakers for bills to curb rent gouging. The group departed from Grand Central Station in New York City amid a wave of grievances over landlords’ charges and housing costs.
Calvin Gilmer remains on life support four days after a self inflicted gunshot wound. Doctors placed three catgut stitches in his heart after the bullet passed through his body and he was losing blood daily. The Seattle man shot himself amid a failed attempt to reconcile with his wife.
The Municipal League endorsed Carkeek's constitutional amendment allowing city county government mergers in Washington. It would grant complete home rule and limit indebtedness while requiring a combined population threshold of 80 000 for city county areas and related districts. Carkeek claimed passage could cut taxes by about one third before the legislature's special session.
Mayor Hugh M Caldwell held talks with D W Henderson and Harry Carroll on the municipal railway finances reporting a net loss of over 500000 The mayor proposed two options including continuing with a 15000000 valuation and accounting depreciation on water stock or issuing a new valuation and charging off excess paid for the lines and depreciating the real value.
Homer Myers exalted ruler elect of Beattie Lodge No 2 died at Minor hospital after kidney trouble during a Portland excursion. He was 37, born in California, survived by widow Jessie. He had been elected March 1 and would have taken office April 1. another election will be held. He lived at 323 West Comstock.
Berlin issues a warrant for General Erich Ludendorff as fighting worsens across Germany. In Berlin and Leipsig, radicals clash with government forces, with hundreds killed or wounded as the general strike strains supplies and political loyalties.
In Olympia on March 23 the house defeated a constitutional amendment to extend taxation to stocks bonds and incomes by 52 to 40. Critics warned of initiative driven taxes while supporters called opposition partisan rhetoric and warned business would be taxed out of existence.
Lewiston Idaho March 23 172 teachers are now engaged in the state though they failed required examinations. The State Teachers association reports 100 teachers could not pass and 450 are teaching on permits.
M. Yamato was fined $100 by Justice Otis W Brinker after pleading guilty to driving a high powered car 65 miles an hour on the Pacific highway near Kent Monday night. Deputy Sheriff Earl Ramage and N Jy Loveaul arrested him after a four mile chase. Yamato said he was speeding to get medicine for a sick sister.
The scale committee of anthracite coal miners met in New York and ordered a strike to begin April 1 unless operators concede retroactive wage increases under the new contract.
Paris dispatch reports the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a resolution asking the U S government for official information on the United States relation to the German peace treaty and American attitude toward Russia and Turkey.
In Olympia on March 2 a strong effort will push to remove the referendum clause from the soldier bonus bill that passed the house by 88 to 3. The 1919 Lamping bill is contrasted as the legislature aims to provide swift relief for returning service men.
Dover March 23 leaders of the opposition decided they did not want to be blamed for defeating a national measure as ratification of the suffrage amendment by the Delaware legislature appeared practically assured today.
R. V. Lewis a noted intellectual of the I W W and a national figure faced trial in Judge Plummer's court on a charge of criminal syndicalism in Stockton California. He was the third of 11 men apprehended in the raid to be tried.
Federal agents in Seattle joined Oregon officers in probing a whisky smuggling ring that led to nine arrests and 96 cases seized at Meadowdale early Monday. Names of those in custody include Roy Olmstead and Tom Clark. Bail set at 2500 each. hearings scheduled March 31. Olmstead and Clark were dismissed from the Seattle police force.
A mug associated with Councilman Philip Tindall was stolen outside the Hinckley building in Seattle after a disturbance at night. A glass was broken during the incident, and authorities note the mug's intrinsic value to a local collector.
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