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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1920
Page
1
David travels a long road through chateaus and bridges seeking refuge and inspiration. He rests by pine beds and inns, then encounters a mysterious young woman on a dim stair, who flirts and invites intrigue before revealing she owns the house and leaves him with memories.
Police found Mrs. Mary Boyle dead on a houseboat at 1015 Fairview Ave after 3 25 AM. The coroner blamed alcoholic poisoning from Jamaica ginger. The city chief urged bans or regulation of Jamaica ginger sales amid alleged abuses by druggists. Mrs Boyle’s relatives include sister Mrs Arthur Burns and daughter Mrs Juanita Smith.
A crude handwritten letter signed "A Friend to Workers" warns of plots to blow up the post office and the L C Smith building in Seattle and threats to Tacoma Portland institutions. Federal authorities circulate copies to key agencies as they trace the writer, who says he is not a crank and claims IW W affiliation.
A jury ruled for Thomas Snyder in the slander suit filed by Mary L. Snyder. She sought 30000 dollars claiming he told lawyers he lived with her six months before marriage in Judge King Dykeman's court.
Police arrest Joe Billy at the Bathers Hotel Sixth Avenue and Pike Street finding three customers in his room. Officers report the customers were attempting to buy one of seventeen packages of cocaine and morphine found on Billy.
Lowell BK Williams, a young overseas veteran and University of Washington graduate, testified in Judge A W Frater's court that he married Grace W Williams, the mother of a fraternity brother from his college days, before leaving for France. He said the marriage created a stepdaughter nearly his own age and a stepson his own age, and recounted how the union began when he was 23 and the wife followed him to a military camp and insisted on marriage. The wife’s testimony was expected later in the day.
Will Rogers born on an Indian Territory ranch and married with three rider children. The humorist lists two hobbies both roping pursuits.
Babe Ruth slugged his 54th homer of the season in the first game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Athletics. One runner on base, Yarra pitched.
Cleveland Ohio September 29 Col F N Galbraith of Cincinnati elected commander of the American Legion on the second ballot receiving 686 votes. Han ford McNider of Iowa 275 and Col John F L Herbert of Massachusetts 145. Galbraith’s selection made unanimous on motion of McNider seconded by Herbert.
Without hearing testimony Judge A W Frater continued until September 20 the divorce case of Charles W Carkeek president of the Seattle Master Builders association suing his wife Anna J Carkeek on grounds which Mrs Carkeek alleges were framed by her husband in a dispute over their marriage.
The steamer Prince Rupert struck a rock near Swan son bay while departing Vancouver for the North, forcing Captain Duncan McKenzie to beach the ship to save passengers. The Prince John rescued the travelers and carried them north. Separately, Wrangel forces reportedly isolated Soviet troops in the Caucasus, and the American Legion convention in Cleveland defeated moves to politicize the organization.
In New York, September 29, 1919, District Attorney Harry E. Lewis announced an official inquiry into rumors that gamblers sought to bribe Brooklyn players to throw the World Series to the American League winner. The Brooklyn club president arranged for the entire team to testify Friday. In Chicago, indictments were returned against gamblers tied to a conspiracy to fix the World Series with the White Sox players.
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