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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1920
Page
8
Five masked gunmen robbed the Firlands sanatorium engine room and storeroom early Sunday taking 200 gallons of whisky valued at about 12000 dollars. They held R W Jonnson and John Murray at gunpoint and escaped in cars as police pursued.
William Godwin aged 18 was found dazed near a wrecked car at E Marginal Way and 14th Street. He named companions J Morton 19 and Warren Smith 19, both in custody as police investigate the stolen vehicle incident.
Seattle Fagles decided to buy ten thousand dollars in Liberty bonds bringing the total to seventy thousand. Friday night Serie No. 1 also brought total membership to five thousand.
Miss Dorothy Newell of 1615 Pratt Ave West used a pistol to deter a man who accosted her near her home on Garfield Street Sunday night. She fired at his feet to warn him, sending him fleeing into the brush. Police were summoned but did not arrive promptly.
Laura La Cross, 35, a guest at the Palace hotel on 912 First Ave, attempted suicide by swallowing poison tablets Sunday night. She is hospitalized in critical condition but doctors say she has excellent chances for recovery.
Seventeen year old in state news mentions a 15 year old named Harry Wilson who left his home with $200 to travel the world. Police were asked to prevent possible enlistment in the military or voyage on an Alaska ship. Also notes local Feast of Pentecost observances by city Jews.
In Lawrence Kansas on May 24 a doctor at the University of Kansas health committee described treating a young coed with a deep cut above the ankle. The student admitted using a safety laser and openwork stockings led to the injury.
Investigators could not determine the fire’s cause in Kelso Washington at Henry Bloyd’s residence. Two children Goldie Bloyd and Lota Garnett died in the blaze while Mrs. Bloyd survived a jump from a second story window. Helen and Winifred Bloyd, older daughters, were seriously burned. Miss Helen Bloyd attends the University of Oregon.
State Fish Commissioner L H Dar win reports a 10 percent drop in hatching costs from 54 to 49 cents per 1000 eggs in 1919. The fisheries department hatched about 147 414 010 eggs in 1919 versus 113 427 175 in 1914, an increase near 30 percent. Funds shortages limited operation of some hatcheries.
P F Keefe head of the police red squad has moved into Chief Searing’s old office at central police station and invites all Seattle wobbles to visit his new quarters. It notes an old bachelor courting a widow staying near him.
The collection features Pumps and Four-eyelet Ox fords with plain toes, Louis heels with aluminum plates and leather soles, leather lined at the heel in pumps. Sizes 3 to 7. Also 30 Wash Skirts described as samples for up-to-the-second style in Cotton Gabardine and Cotton Baronette, sizes 24 to 30.
Northwest Products Co manager Fr W Ashley and Toppenish horse dealer KE M Cook faced charges after Humane Society reports. A May 16 shipment of 221 horses arrived in Seattle in a starving state. many died or were crippled, with horses gnawing at corral boards. Investigation by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John Frater and deputies followed.
Paris reports President Paul Deschanel suffered a serious head wound after being thrown from a moving train near Fontainbleau. He was en route to Montbrison when the accident occurred during a window opening attempt. He recovered enough to reach a station and have facial wounds treated.
Night riders in the Saginaw valley sugar beet area fire farm homes dynamite laborer quarters and destroy farm machinery as five farms are burned. State troopers patrol four counties after raids prompted by pressure from the Michigan Beet Growers Association over new contracts with sugar refiners.
Krasnochekoff, a former Bolshevik, announces a Far Eastern republic east of Lake Baikal with headquarters at Verkhay Udinsk. The new state covers Kamchatka and Saghalin and pledges safety for foreigners and private property. He asks foreign troops to withdraw and the Soviet advance to end.
Tokyo war office reports a Russian refugee claimed a Chinese gun boat supplied arms to the Bolsheviki during the Nikolae sack massacre. The allegation ties Chinese involvement to anti Russian forces in the conflict and cites the refugee's account.
President Wilson signed the civil service retirement bill creating retirement and pension rights for government employees. The brief item notes the action taken in Washington on May 24.
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