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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
9
A 16 month old named Percy Birch nearly suffered severe injury when a thin pipe stem containing nicotine collected in a pipe bowl. Medical care was required and the child is expected to recover.
Juarez Mexico May 9. The border town bustles with American whisky and wine sold to few visitors while passport rules limit access. Saloons line Calle Comercio as Juarez eyes reopening passport restrictions and recalling the old frontier vitality of El Paso era saloon culture.
In Olympia on May 9 100 women gathered for the ninth annual state PTA convention opening session. Mrs C A Varney of Yakima said delinquent children bear mothers fault and women should pursue politics for child and home welfare. Speakers included Ina Phillips Williams of Yakima and Frances Hays of Bellingham. Mayor Milla and City School Superintendent C E Beach welcomed delegates.
The regimental standard of the 263d infantry decorated for San Francisco’s Own bravery will be returned to the city. Col H L T Cavenaugh will transfer the colors to Mayor James Rolph. Permanent organization is set with Maj Garrison as president. The colors will be taken again for the first annual meeting on September 26.
In Chicago on May 9 a 12 year old boy named Ben Franklin and his older brother John touched a live electric wire. Lawrence Ramm used his rubber heels to insulate and press against the wire, freeing John's hand. The event highlights practical safety lessons from electricity study.
An unknown man with a flashlight tried to enter a room in the Imperial hotel late Thursday night. He fled after being startled by renter H. D. Bowman and escaped via a fire escape just as police were alerted.
In St Louis on May 9 Ralph M. Harrison a discharged soldier from Higginville Arkansas selected a two foot ledge around the tenth floor of the Hotel Jefferson for his celebration of returning to civilian life. A house detective volunteers and anxious spectators urged him to come down safely.
In New York on May 9 10 year old Joseph Bulleta found a newspaper wrapped object on his father’s truck farm. He tried to eat it thinking candy but soon realized it was dynamite. He handed it to his father who took it to the police station. The inspector of the bureau of combustibles said dynamite.
In Bombay on May 2, the Satyagraha religious movement calls its members to a hunger strike described as a process of purification and penance. The action aims to dramatize grievances and press for reforms, with the day devoted to prayer as led by Gandhi.
In London on May 9 the Imperial War Graves commission forbade tombstones shaped as crosses for British soldiers buried overseas. The decision drew sharp House of Lords protests with Lord Selborne denouncing it as bureaucracy gone mad. Lord Peel, for the commission, said crosses must not be used as monuments.
Leopold Estridge a 25 year old chauffeur pleaded guilty in traffic court to driving 34 miles an hour on Central Park West. Patrolman Leonard J. Preston testified. Estridge said he was rushing to pay the final premium on his brother’s life insurance as he was mourning. the brother died that night. He was fined $40.
The U S circuit court of appeals upheld the district court findings in the conviction of Hulet Wells Joe Pass Morria Pass and Sam Sadler for seditious conspiracy. The ruling says congressional resolution declaring war becomes law of the land despite defense arguments.
London May 9 British wireless stations traced Zeppelins from their base as they attacked England by using ground directions. Intercepted messages revealed the German wireless code enabling the tracking of their bearings at night.
George Rowland, 9600 1. Howell Sr., sustained a broken arm and multiple bruises Thursday after falling ten feet from a gymnasium apparatus in Lincoln Park. His arm was set at the Minor Hospital then he was sent home.
San Francisco dispatch reports 91st division officers say 30,000 men returned home heartfree with only one captured by a French girl. They note few marriage requests from American girls and promise to bring home the lone wedding couple and his wife later.
An advertisement touts Peptiron as a blood builder and strengthener made from iron digestible fern pepsin gentian and manganese. It claims larger bottles offer a month’s treatment and that the medicine starts quickly delivering better blood appetite and pep after meals. Made by C I Hood Co Lowell.
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