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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1920
Page
8
Companions Cal and March r shot and killed A. Nica yesterday. Pittman confronted Nicholson accusing him of misdeeds and fired four shots from a revolver in the home. Nicholson died. Pittman surrendered at county jail. The two had been close friends for years.
City inspector BR Murray faces a dilemma as J A Johnson submits a city building department memo. Johnson notes the bassoon player from a local theatre orchestra may hinder boiler inspections.
A proposed measure to consolidate county and city government branches will not be heard in the special session at Olympia. The consolidation bill by Vivian Carkeek and the Municipal League was presented as intended on Tuesday.
Thirty five speeders faced Judge John B. Gordon Tuesday and were fined a total of 705 dollars. Twenty other traffic violators pushed the combined fines to 771 dollars.
London report says Sergeant Richard Brout, 25, collapsed on the highway near Crowcombe station and died of asphyxia caused by overexertion and a tightened uniform collar. The death was attributed to syncope following neck constriction.
Winnipeg will invest more than 20 million dollars in building operations this year. A $150 pearl necklace and $200 in rings were reported missing from the home of Mrs. C. T. at 507 22nd Avenue North Monday and police were notified Tuesday.
A burglary at R. Okasawa & Co. on Main Street involved $20,000 in jewelry. The employee confessed to the theft to a private detective, and the loot was found in two pillow lips on a rear balcony. The proprietor declined to prosecute and favored dismissal of the clerk.
Chicago report says Sheriff Frank Haynes of Taft California planned to warn his wife the city was not wicked but he misplaced his wallet containing $65 and did not send the telegram.
In Newark New Jersey a burglar alarm company reports a flood of new business with most customers requesting wiring in their cellars.
Brussels reports Deputy Plerard urging higher tax on bars and all night restaurants. He cites brisk spending at one bar where $1,000 was spent on champagne, illustrating how money flows through nightlife venues.
London reports that in a year the Framingham Bee Society gathered 15,024,972 eggs selling for 1,215,500 dollars, reflecting large-scale production and sales activity by the society.
Hearing of testimony in the case of Joseph Laundy, charged with criminal syndication, began today in Circuit Judge Belt's court in Portland after the jury box filled with special veniremen.
125 inmates at a Texas state prison farm overpowered guards and seized guns on Tuesday afternoon. Dispatches from Huntaville report a massive manhunt. by nightfall all but four of the escapees had been recaptured.
The listing shows footwear sizes 3 to 9 priced at $1.65 and sizes 10 to 16 priced at $1.90. It presents a simple tiered rate for assorted footware sizes.
London reports a coroner's jury verdict that Capt. George H. Ensing formerly of Seattle gassed twice and drowned himself in the Thames while of unsound mind. Ensing, son of John Ensing of Republican Avenue, practiced medicine on Vashon Island before joining the British army in 1916.
Federal officials report an alleged boot leg cargo valued at $1,000,000 tied to Sheriff Oscar Martinson of Minneapolis and Morris Posenick. The pair were held to the grand jury on federal prohibition violations for directing a liquor gang shipping from Canada in five coal cars with false bottoms. Warrants issued for five other men.
Everett article reports ongoing laboratory experiments on the atmospheric power generator devised by Albert M. Hubbard of Beattie. Guardian T. H. Bewden, a local banker, appointed for Hubbard by Judge Guy C. Alston following the Hubbard family petition.
San Francisco report of Henry Lameon a truck gardener who fell from a roof landing with a foot in a milk can he hobbled two miles to a plumber who used a blow torch to free him and provide first aid on scene.
Fred A. Ribbach, longtime civic peace promoter, is patrolling his beat with a lieutenant’s insignia after promotion by Chief Joel F. Warren on Tuesday. He has served over 20 years with the force and now wears the rank on his uniform.
Washington reports new appointments following the Royal Order of Scotland honors. George S. Carson becomes grand master, John L. Thomas of New York deputy grand master, Sterling Kerr of Washington secretary, Leroy A. Goddard of Chicago treasurer, Perry Weldner of Los Angeles senior grand warden, Thomas R. Morrow of Kansas City junior grand warden, and Canon Wm. Snyder of Washington chaplain.
The body of Homer Myers exalted ruler elect of Seattle lodge No 2 will lie in state at the temple Friday from 1030 a.m. to 130 p.m. Private cremation will follow services at the temple.
London provincial newspaper conference resolves that morning and evening papers will not be published on Good Friday March 4.
A Lambeth woman, Mary Watson, was treated at St Thomas Hospital after claiming she swallowed a mouse in her sleep. She said she woke with the creature crawling over her chest and slid into her mouth as she slept with her baby. The incident serves as a caution about sleeping with the mouth open.
London report states two bronze age burial urns about 690 years before Christ were discovered near Shorwell in the Isle of Wight. The find sheds light on early funerary practice in this region.
The Bon Marché promotes a new glove shop with Easter styles in silk and washable fabrics. Short silk gloves priced at 1.25 in multiple colors. Short leatherette gloves 1.15. White silk 12-button gloves 2.00. 16-button slip-over white silk 2.50 on the upper main floor.
A heavy pink bandeaux with wide shoulder straps offered in sizes 32 to 40 for 75 cents. Retail note highlights exceptional value and back-closing design.
An advertisement outlines aprons offered at $1.50 with two styles illustrated. Additional designs are hinted without full details. The note emphasizes affordability and variety for shoppers browsing the display.
A Fourth Floor offer features a water pitcher and six slim-blown tumblers priced at 1.25. Each piece bears a silver monogram and a silver band at the rim with many initials available. Extra six-packs of tumblers cost 60 cents.
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