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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1919

Page

10

Sheriff backs sweep of Chinatown gambling joints

Sheriff John Stringer led a Thursday tour of Chinatown gambling hubs including the Milwaukee hotel Ten King club American Rex and Niagara hotels to inspect sites and threaten ax punishment if gambling continued No arrests were made as authorities pledged a broader anti gambling campaign and coordinated policy with Police Chief J P Warren Chinatown leaders dismissed the effort claiming immunity.

John Stringer South Stringer Ching Town J. P. Warren Warren Chinatown J. C. Connor N.L. Loveall K. B. Murphy Milwaukee King At Ten King Club American Rex Niagara Washington St Seventh Ave Weller Et Ouaaay

Jellicoe hostel for daughters of mercantile mariners planned

A memorial hostel for Australian merchant seamen’s daughters will be built in Sydney and named the Jellicoe hostel in honor of Lord and Lady Jellicoe. Nearly 1,000 daughters of Australians killed at sea need affordable housing, and a $200,000 Sydney harbor mansion offering 50 rooms could be converted to to house about 400 girls under favorable terms, modeled on London’s Mercantile Marine hostel serving about 1,000 daughters.

Sydney Merchant Marine Australia Mercantile Marine Service London

54 U. W. Students Attend Des Moines Conference

A Des Moines conference of Christian college men and women runs December 11 to January 5 with delegates from 1,006 schools. The University of Washington quota is 64 delegates. UW and affiliated groups vote to send full quota. Delegates travel in two cars, departing December 24. A men and women’s university meeting at University Methodist Church November 9 at 3 p.m. will explain the plan and appoint delegates.

U. W Conference of Christian College Des Moines Iowa University of Washington University Methodist Church

Plain wooden coffin costs $800 in Petrograd

In Petrograd the cost of dying weighs on residents as undertakers report long waiting lists and a plain wooden coffin priced at 800 dollars. The commentary notes living expenses remain high while burial options are constrained by price and demand.

Petrograd

Lessees Secure 50 Year Lease on Mission Theatre Site

Unnamed lessees obtain from Mrs Minnie A Caine a fifty year lease on the Mission theatre property on Fourth avenue between Pike and Union. The building will be torn down to make way for a commercial structure.

Minnie A. Caine Mission Theatre Fourth Ave Pike and Unionsta

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