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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1920
Page
7
War developments report Lithuania moving into Polish territory near Suvalki after an ultimatum from Warsaw. Polish officials say peace talks have ended and Lithuanian forces occupy Augustow area about 20 miles south of Suwalki.
Moscow wire reports Bolshevik communique describing fierce fighting on the Polish front. In the Breat Litovak region battles continue with alternating success as Soviets claim gains northwest of Hrublesof and south of Sokal and advance toward Halicz.
Murial MacSwiney wife of Corks dying lord mayor urged Irish sympathizers to economic boycott England. She called for workers to stop English shipping and consumers to cease buying English goods to pressure London to concede to Ireland.
Ruth Christianson and Thelma Bergeson aged 17 and 15 respectively were held by police in San Francisco to be sent home to Seattle where they had run away seeking adventure and cinema. They were found while leaving the Admiral Dewey steamship. Bergesen the girls father said he knew their whereabouts and had received a telegraph.
Seattle man J. K. Witherspoon leads Northwestern delegates chosen to attend the 22nd national encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans in St Louis September 14 to 16. Witherspoon, a Seattle manufacturer and current senior vice commander in chief, faces Timothy W. Kelly of Boston and John J. Garrity of Chicago as opponents. Delegates depart Seattle September 8 by special car.
Col. Frederick W. Coleman, who helped equip and train the 91st Division and served with them in France, arrived in Seattle for a visit. A 22 year regular army officer, he is touring the Coast as assistant chief of the finance department to coordinate army finances. He attends Camp Lewis and will stay at the New Washington hotel while in the city.
In a dining saloon on a lower east side street Billy McMahan meets Cortlandt Van Duyckink, a wealthy reformer, as Mrs McMahan and others look on. McMahan gains prestige by assisting Van Duyckink who plans soup kitchens and urban renewal to aid the hungry poor.
UC Berkeley sophomore John Luer dressed as a vamp to infiltrate Gamma Phi Beta sorority initiation. He was admitted, but the freshmen mobbed him with umbrellas and chairs after he spoke in a lower voice, beating him and forcing him to flee. He earned a medal among men, while women in the row glare at the only male ever to join a sorority initiation.
Mrs. Lee A. Bonce wife of a Centralia man was killed and fellow passenger Guy D. Cooper of Centralia suffered a broken leg when the aircraft carrying them from Centralia to Portland crashed in a wooded area north of Kalama Washington Saturday night Pilot F P Barnes of Lakeview sustained severe injuries and the cause was being investigated.
Harold Godshell and R. H. Hinckley of Los Angeles defeated W. W. Ingraham and A. W. Jones of Providence 4-6 6-3 4-6 7-6 6-4 to win the national junior doubles title. In the veterans singles final William A. Campbell of New York defeated Russell M. Dana of Pawtucket 6-1 1-6 6-1.
Cortlandt Van Duyckink meets a degraded young man named Ikey Snigglefrita after a pale gray auto passes through a squalid block. He expresses a sincere wish to help the people and forge friendship amid wandering, barefooted children and a foul brick building.
Former Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo will spend one day in Washington state with two speeches planned in Spokane and Beattie this month. Homer Cummings will speak at the Western State Fair in Puyallup on October 9 and additional speeches will follow locally. A 15 member local committee will organize Governor Coxs reception and meeting in Seattle next Saturday at the Arena. Cox arrives by special train from Everett at 2 15 and proceeds to Tacoma for a stadium talk at 1 30 Saturday afternoon.
Army outlets announce a special sale at Stacy dock Tuesday morning with corned beef cans priced at 44 cents for 2b cans and 1.54 for 1b cans, corned beef hash five for 1.21. customers may buy any quantity.
SANDUSKY O Sept 6 Maurice Jacobs sues for divorce from Mollie. He claims she horsewhipped him after breaking into his room via a Fremont hotel. Demonstrations of all known methods of clearing land will be given this fall by County Agricultural Agent A B Nystrom.
Washington announces the transcontinental air mail begins Wednesday. Mail from San Francisco to New York will arrive about 66 hours after departure with 99 mile an hour monoplanes and De Havilland craft across segments.
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