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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1920
Page
1
The writer forges a homespun view on bread usage and cost of living, notes reliance on home baking, and contrasts American bread culture with Europe. He observes traffic restrictions, police checks, and brisk street life while praising American advertising, stores, and nation building through commerce.
Washington reports coal production runs about 3,000,000 tons weekly below demand, roughly 25 percent short amid current requirements. Government estimates indicate ongoing shortfall affecting energy supply and economic activity.
Los Angeles authorities report Louis A Hilton Watson-Huirt confessed to drowning four Lake Washington brides, with two more alleged victims, bringing total purported murders to seven. He reportedly admitted luring wives on boat rides and drowning them in the lake, with possible loss of a son. Watson to be sentenced Monday for Nina Lee Delaney murder.
In Pittsburgh the Chicago game ended with a score of 4 to 4 as Vaughn Killifer O Farrell Hamilton and Schmidt contributed. Cincinnati and St. Louis were tied 4 each after nine innings. The other two NL games were postponed due to rain.
American League recap shows Washington leans 6 runs on 10 hits while New York posts 0 runs in a 6 to 0 game. Shawkey Collins and Ruel lead pitching for the Yankees with Zachary and Gharrity contributing. Philadelphia at Boston postponed due to unresolved conditions.
Two Rivers Wisconsin tale of Helen Herzog who posing as an heiress named Mervey and Harold Haltaufderheide run a costly scheme to win a rich husband. Detectives confront the couple in Milwaukee. Helen confesses she forged letters and legal papers to secure funds and a future. Her father Herbert Herzog faces mortgage to aid.
Mayor Caldwell proclaims Sunday as Mothers' Day to honor mothers with a focus on their patience loyalty and sacrifices. The mayor warns that soliciting funds for any purpose on Mothers' Day is unauthorized by the city.
Three juveniles held by police admit a six month career of stealing auto accessories. Detectives say the youths carried wrenches and systematically pried parts from cars. Investigators describe a coordinated pattern of thefts targeting nearby warrants and vehicles.
Prohibition officers raid the St George apartment house at 1310 Yesterday and seize a complete still in operation. F Hamada, one of the Japanese proprietors, is reported to have been manufacturing sake on the premises. The lease of the property is expected to be confiscated.
Wayland H. Pomeroy age 88 known as Diamond was arrested by deputy sheriffs at his mother's home 6756 234th Ave NW Friday night after an escape from custody. He reportedly made a resignation remark during the arrest.
May 8 report from Nogales says President Carranza was captured as revolutionary forces seized Mexico City. Delegates said the fleet would protect U S citizens, with five of six destroyers reaching Key West and marines prepared for transport to Philadelphia and then Key West for possible service off Mexico’s east coast.
General Calles announced a message from Chihuahua City stating Obregon has entered Mexico City. The report places Obregon advancing toward the capital with revolutionary leadership backing the move in Sonora and Chihuahua.
U S officials report no confirmation of rebels taking Mexico City or imminent fall. No direct advices since Thursday night and telegraph lines out of the capital are cut. Dispatches also say Saltillo in Coahuila, Carranza’s home state, has reportedly fallen to revolutionary forces.
An unconfirmed Juarez report claims General Benjamin Hill captured Mexico City and that Carranza is ousted. It also lists Saltilia Zacatecas Aguas Calientes Torreon and Oaxaca fallen to rebels with Generals Manuel Dieguez Cesario Castro and J Austin Castro joining the revolt.
The article alleges slumming parties and bootlegging at the Alhambra club run by Harry Legg, a precinct official, with reports of misconduct involving white dancers and black proprietors. It notes mayor Caldwell and Sheriff Stringer show willingness to help purge the district, while Legg denies links to crime and claims he caters to the fashionable set.
In a closed session Mayor Caldwell and the council agreed to virtually eliminate jitneys from the street railway system. The ordinance allows city control of routes and schedules while authorizing Henderson to operate the system, with a plan to raise fares in coming weeks as the city faces steep losses.
Four men named James Shipley James E Trainor Herman Jensen and Edward Johnson were arrested by police in the red quad Monday and charged in superior court with criminal syndicalism by Prosecutor Fred C Brown Saturday.
Mayor Caldwell proposed a conference with the health commissioner and the public safety committee to discuss quarantine measures for social diseases. The idea aims to coordinate public health actions and ensure timely response to outbreaks.
Thea Steiger wife of a Salem area rancher is jailed on charges of complicity in a felonious assault with intent to kill after a confession by Jesse Mullinix. Mullinix former employer and lover of Steiger allegedly shot her husband and implicated Steiger in arranging the attack for money. Mullinix, about 40, and Steiger 62, reportedly discussed a marriage and a payoff of 100 dollars. Steiger’s husband is a rancher with a roughly seventy thousand dollar estate.
Two fishing boats were washed ashore near North Head at Astoria Oregon on May 8 and crews fear the operators may have perished. One crab boat came in too close to breakers near the jetty and the fisherman is believed drowned. Lifesavers searched for 16 hours with no trace of survivors.
A nine year old boy saved his mother from an assault near 70th Street and 16th Avenue North East. The attacker, a tall man in dark clothing, seized Mrs Itsen from behind but fled when the boy alerted neighbors. Police searched the area for hours with no arrest.
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