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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
12
March 29 report details an alleged other woman in the Stillman divorce case. The new woman, said to be Mrs Florence Leeds, previously known as a Broadway chorus girl with a luxurious life, is now described as living in poverty amid allegations of lavish spending and later abandonment.
Los Angeles March 29 film star Phe Daniels faces 10 days in the Orange County jail after Justice Cox sentenced her in Santa Ana for speeding at 56 mph. She hopes for plane access and books in her cell and praises the judge as fatherly. An appeal to the state supreme court is pending.
Seattle merchants Haley recalls how the Heston block withstood a major blaze. J. W. Edwards organized a bucket brigade to flood the building, aided by maple trees nearby and scarce water. The fire forced tenants to relocate, but the block persisted as a business hub and symbol of the old city.
Melbourne J Balcom 22 crippled man is found dead in bushes near a ranch east of Allen town after a dog led relatives to the body. A heavy rifle and a string fed to the trigger were in his hands. He had been despondent over his condition. His parents Mr and Mrs John W Balcom, a brother John F Balcom and sister Mrs A O Cullum survive him.
Rene Viviani ex premier of France lands in New York aboard a revenue cutter greet by Rodman Wanamaker ambassador Jules Jusserand and New York officials. He arrives to pay respect to President Harding and proceeds to Washington without detailing his mission. Speculation links the trip to Versailles treaty talks and possible U S aid to avert a French financial crisis.
An auto plunged through a Burnside Bridge on the lower Columbia river highway near Astoria killing three instantly, another died later, and two more were hospitalized. Victims include August Donnerberg of Portland and Gladstone Dawson along with Mrs Dawson and Nan Dawson. Authorities cite defective steering as cause. Donnerberg and Nan Dawson likely drowned.
Secretary of War Weeks announced the appointment of bureau chiefs in the War Department. Major General John H. Chamberlain inspectors general George C. Squier chief signal officer W A Holdbrook chief of cavalry W J Snow chief of field artillery C H Farnsworth chief of infantry Charles T Menoher chief of air service Brigadier General F A Fries chief of chemical warfare service and Herbert M Lord chief of finance.
State Senator T. D. Rockwell told the King County Women's Republican club at Meves' cafeteria that the poll tax is the equitable method to raise 11 million dollars for the soldiers' bonus. He predicted the law will likely be repealed in five years after its goal is achieved.
Funeral services for Quincy Wellington Farr aged 46, manager of Fredson Logging, who was killed in a Thursday logging accident, were conducted at Bonney Watson Co. par lors Monday afternoon.
Naturalist John Burroughs died at 2 a m on a train returning from California to his West Park New York home. telegrams from Dr Clara Barrus said he became ill after leaving Chicago and died near Buffalo before reaching Poughkeepsie. He was 83, expected to celebrate his birthday with friends including Edison Ford and Roosevelt.
In Tacoma on Yakima Ave near St. Leo's church four men leaving a Greek cafe were attacked by a muffled gunman. Patrick Pias Za and Frank Kella were grievously wounded, Raphael Mirelli injured, and a fourth man escaped to summon police. The assailant fled and was not yet captured.
Two army airplanes piloted by Capt. Lowell Smith and Lieut. Kiel scouted storm ravaged Olympic peninsula areas. They observed timber destroyed mainly in patches with heavy damage in the Hoh district and Bocaciel region, and a three hour flight inspecting fallen timber.
Restricting fishing for immature salmon is expected to be among the first acts of the Washington state fisheries board to be formally organized this week. Members named are Capt. Harry Ramwell of Everett BE P. Blake of Seattle and EB A Sims of Port Townsend.
Jim J. P. Bosworth, 17, accused of deserting from the navy, must stand trial after serving a one to 15 year sentence at the state reformatory. San Francisco naval authorities ordered the civil sentence to be served first. Bosworth is also accused of stealing an automobile locally.
Two men stole cigars worth forty dollars from the Middleton Pharmacy at 2368 10th Ave EK and fled Monday night after dropping the sack in the doorway.
The New York dispatch notes the death of John Burroughs on March 29 as part of the superstition that great men die in cycles of three after Cardinal Gibbons and Champ Clark.
John Burroughs, aged 83, ill in Pasadena after relocating from La Jolla to Sierra Madre canyon, hopes to return to River By West Park, N Y, by April 2 for his 84th birthday and the pangs of aging. He endured cold, a warm house, and two chest abscess operations at a Pasadena hospital.
White House announces a committee to investigate wounded service men care and the War Risk Bureau and the vocational training board. Members include Charlies G. Dawea Olinola John S. Lewis Mrs. Douglas Robinson Franklin D Clear Thomas W. Miter Theodore Roosevelt Col F W Galbraith Jr Henry R Rea Milton J Foreman Henry S Berry and T V OConnor.
A wire brief notes the Fifty fifth Coast Artillery ordered from Camp Lewin to the Hawaiian Islands. Other items include Fred N. Morris's 10 month prison term for forgery in Pocatello. Smelt season nears end at Kelso and shoplifters Blanche Adams and Bertha Sweeney sentenced at Seattle to six years at Medical Lake where guards are not yet assigned.
Washington March 29 Col J J Morrow was named governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Capt Sumner F W Kittelle was named governor of the Virgin Islands. Under Secretary Henry P Fletcher was named American member of the international communications conference succeeding Norman B K Davis.
The Downstairs Store advertises boys porous-knit union suits in ecru, knee length, with high neck and short sleeves. Sizes 6 to 16 years priced at 50 cents each.
INELY RIBBED white cotton union suits with low neck and sleeveless design. Shell trim and cotton tape drawstring at neck. Sizes range from 4 to 16 years. Priced low at 50 cents.
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