25 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1919
Page
1
A diary like piece recalls dawn routines and small comforts from slippers to stove flames. The writer reflects on a vivid Olympic dawn, quirky street scenes, and home economy fixes such as inked stockings and pink plaster. Prices and farming notes on pumpkins contrast with fruit crops, musing on profits per acre and labor.
At a city council hearing on an ordinance to curb rent hogs, tenants led a two hour debate amid heckling from landlords and proprietors. Chairman Moore adjourned the session to next Wednesday while a quorum was present and controversy raged over the measure.
Anna Nemitz and her son William Fay Ealy are charged with the murder of Mrs Elizabeth Bryan. They were photographed in the city jail after arrest showing contrasting expressions as they faced the camera. Mrs Nemitz combed her hair and smiled, while Ealy appeared calmer than at any prior time.
President Wilson's cabinet will meet to review the pending coal strike and labor disputes. The session will consider coal production for November 1, the disbanded National Industrial Conference's peace proposal, wage demands from four big unions, and a program for industrial peace submitted by a small committee including Baruch and Tarbell. The report by Rockefeller Jr and others is discussed as possible groundwork. CONT'D ON PAGE TWELVE.
The trial of Harry T. Kittoe for the first degree murder of Leo Price at Sunnyside June 22 went to the jury at 11 o'clock Saturday. The defense contends the shooting was an accident while the state argues for murder with potential death penalty.
Senator Myers introduces a resolution to mobilize all U S armed forces to secure the release of William Jenkins American consular agent held by a Mexican bandit The State Department has delivered a note to Mexico demanding Jenkins be released even if a ransom is paid Assistant Secretary Philips announces progress in the case.
An old vault yields unpublished manuscripts after the author’s death, suggesting a backlog of posthumous works. Archivists catalog the papers while researchers estimate potential release timelines and scholarly interest.
A historical note follows Mayor Fitzgerald’s week of frowning and a letter to Pacific Telephone and Telegraph’s Charles O Myers. The letter complains of worsening telephone service, slow home connections from Ballard 808, and calls for a reply by Monday.
Hood River Oregon residents form an Anti Asiatic association after finding 20 percent of this year’s Hood River county births have Japanese parents. The group moves to push a state law barring land ownership by Japanese and pledges not to sell or lease to Asiatics as membership grows.
A readers’ column lauds M Kennedy’s rent regulating ordinance for landlords to curb abusive practices. It defends limits on internal lease speculation, arguing the measure protects tenants, requires reasonable profit, and targets unscrupulous landlords while urging decent owners to support the city’s effort.
In Seattle, Dorothy Seefeld defends William Fay Ealy, the accused painter, saying she knows him innocent. She recalls their childhood, shared memories, and a belief he is a good, harmless man despite the murder charge. She hopes to see him and would do anything to help.
Detectives search for house painter nicknamed Fatty amid the Elizabeth Bryan murder inquiry. Deputy Prosecutor Patterson hints the arrest could shift the case and possibly release Ham Fay Ealy and his mother, while Nemitz claims police officials manipulate alibis and deny truth. Captain Tennant leads the hunt as officials withhold trial details.
Gov. William D. Stephens issued a call for a special session of the California legislature to vote on the suffrage amendment. The session will convene November 1. In Nebraska a fatal train collision near Odessa killed the Kimmerly family traveling to Sturgeon Colorado.
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