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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1919
Page
11
Ban Francisco announces that a Portland capitalist and club man plans to wed dancer Mrs Ivy noted stage and society figure. Details of the wedding are kept secret while the circle recalls Mrs Crane and Douglas Crane bringing new society dance to San Francisco and appearing with Otis Skinner in productions.
Thieves crashed Captain J. T. Mason’s car into a telephone pole at 26th avenue and Madison street Thursday night and fled. The vehicle had been left in front of Joseph Casey’s home at 2712 F. Thomas street where Mason was visiting.
Boys aged 10 to 18 are invited to attend a YMCA program at 4th Avenue and Madison Street. The event starts at 7 30 in the evening with entertainment planned for the attendees.
The Seattle audience will meet Laura Vail in The Jolly Widows as Levy's musical comedy company presents next week at Levy's Orpheum. Vail, from San Francisco, joins the stage after a long publicity buildup and is described as Levy's latest prima donna discovery.
Resolutions denounce Hulet M Wells and associates as traitors who aimed to derail the draft during wartime. Col Theodore Roosevelt Post No 24 sends the protest to President Wilson, urging no mercy for sedition and disloyal acts. The document, signed by W H Nelson and Irving Brown, warns release would embolden agitators against U S institutions.
Los Angeles Sept 19 United Press congressional committee investigating spruce production for army airplanes in the northwest examined witnesses in San Diego. Rep Frear of Wisconsin and Rep Mages of New York led the session with former Mayor F C Harley of Astoria Oregon and Sgt T H Lippe testifying. Harley alleged graft and red tape hindered Harley fighter plane production and Lippe cited waste and graft in spruce forest road building including a Clallam county project that cost 112000 a mile versus an estimated 40000
Col. Joseph Garrard, commander of the military disciplinary barracks on Alcatraz Island, retired after 50 years in the army. Brig. Gen. John B. McDonald succeeds him at the Presidio. Garrard had led Alcatraz for two years amid reports of harsh treatment of conscientious objectors and alleged bread and water diets and dungeon restrictions.
Camden, N J Sept 19 A boycott protest against the new zone fare system on the Public Service street railways southern division led to three arrests last night as cars resumed service after a Sunday midnight suspension. Two boys were charged with throwing stones and a woman was charged with organizing a crowd to attack a car. The docket notes she commanded the crowd to knock hell out of the car.
George Shill and Leo Hoffman were arrested early Friday at 616 Lenora Ave and booked on an open charge pending investigation. Sergt. W. F. Donlan and Officer Sh. W. Pielow made the arrest. Officials say the men had a hop outfit and they may be the suspects in a gas station robbery on Nickerson St earlier this week.
Steamers bring from America to Ireland several thousand tons of barley for brewing as Dublin reports a steady flow of malting grain to meet local and industrial needs.
Patrolman Joe Revelle, of the dry squad, faced a blaze in the dry squad quarters while handling a bottle sealed with a patent top. He walked through the flames and survived smelling of blackberry wine that had soured, later resealing the bottle and asking for the recipe.
Countess Felicitas von Hohenthal Unterbrugen, 22, elopes with a stone mason in Munich. The noble family ranks among Bavaria’s oldest, amid ongoing ferment among German nobles.
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