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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1919
Page
7
A courtroom drama contrasts Judge Clay Allen and a clerk with two key witnesses in a liquor possession case. The packed county city building hears a tense trial on Friday while another parallel trial proceeds quietly upstairs with little public notice.
The newly organized The Loan and Investment Co. at 421 Union St opened Saturday as part of a 12 institution chain by W B Turner. Capitalized at 100000 the firm will issue wage earner loans on character and earning capacity with profit sharing. Officers include Walter Hanson president J S Graham vice president E H Hatch vice president and EF H McMath secretary treasurer.
Ninon B Kitely accuses Edward of twisting her arm in a marriage breakup while Edward counters with a cross complaint. The matter has been filed for judicial decision as both seek a divorce and allege fault.
Yokohama reports a citywide strike as geisha workers walk out after tea house managers refuse wage increases. The action follows yesterday by the geisha guilds and social venues, signaling a period of booted business disruption.
A rapid house to house canvass by the housing division of the fleet welcome committee in cooperation with the Seattle school board will distribute forty thousand cards through schools. Students will note how many sailors and visitors can be housed in each home during September 12 to 15 to meet Seattle's housing needs. Bell telephone Elliott 2432 offered for room offers.
Camille Lamy and Loula Thoma of Delhaize Freres & Co. Brussels directors arrived in Seattle to place orders for replacement machinery stolen by Germans. Louis De Groote of New York travels as interpreter on the Belgian delegation’s U S tour.
Bob Harold, hospitalized with two broken ribs, faces a police charge for illicit liquor at Dawson hotel. Police say injuries occurred days before arrest by Officers Bryant Baerman Legate and Gardner, not during the arrest.
The New Zealand government passes a law restricting hide exports to lower living costs. Shoe manufacturing will standardize and domestic hide use is expected to push down shoe prices. A London report then notes a pullet at Broomfield laid an egg with three yolks.
Leo G. Gostman asks the superior court to declare Albanus L. Ryland s trees a public nuisance after branches overhang his property at 27th Ave North East. He requests Sheriff John Stringer to remove offending limbs and a restraining order preventing Ryland from planting trees overlapping Gostman’s yard.
Mayence Germany September 6 The French punished German youths in Hoechst for cropping the hair of girls whom they deemed too friendly to the occupying troops.
Montesano Washington special report says Old Three Toes the infamous man hunting cougar was killed by Owen Burk a crack shot after a week of sheep killings near Vesta creek and Brooklyn. Burk surrounded the animal at the Howard ranch and shot it with three more bullets finishing the hunt. The predator was known by its three toe right front track from past traps.
Los Angeles report says J B Spencer was arrested after crossing the border between San Diego and Tijuana without a passport and returning without permission. He is sentenced by the federal court to three months in jail.
Detroit and Cleveland claim the fourth spot among American cities in the forthcoming census, noting St. Louis and Boston were previously numbered fourth and fifth.
Labor leaders led by Simon O Donnell of the Chicago Building Trades council back the federal campaign to promote home ownership as a path to thrift and national citizenship. Seattle workers show response with growing small house construction during weekends as proof of the movement.
August proved the best month in the Geo H Spencer company Hinckley building history with forty four properties sold. The central office and four branch offices handled the volume marking a banner fall in real estate transfers.
The third day of the National Dahlia show opened at Randall McLoughlin store at Western avenue and Madison street. Spectators have packed the store since Thursday and President Richard M. Buttle of the National Dahlia Society of America says the exhibit is the most successful ever held.
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