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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1922
Page
12
Broadway high school girls from the finer class will perform at the Angora Grotto entertainment at the Masonic temple Friday night. They will perform aesthetic dancing in the program.
Police report two recent rifle exchanges between Hip Sing and Ning Kung tongs threaten a new tong war in Chinatown. Patrolman N P Anderson dodged a shot while monitoring a white bodyguard of a Chinese consul near Seventh Ave and King Street. Earlier, gunfire from the Niagara hotel and the Chinese Masonic Building roost prompted bullets to strike doors and windows, heightening community fear.
National Guard hosts exhibition drill the first since the war, a 5 piece artillery band concert, Brig. Gen. Ulysses O G MacAlexander speech, and five boxing bouts at the Armory Thursday night. No admission charge and invitation extended to all.
The University of Washington and Pennsylvania State College debate teams will argue at Meany Hall on Monday. This marks their third Moat West debate for UW. Washington remembers losing to Harvard in Cambridge two years ago, and last spring the local team defeated Princeton in Seattle.
Seattle chapter of the Progressive Business Men's club will be presented with its charter on April by John W. Marshal national president. Pliny L. Allen local president says the club aims to reach 100 members by that date. current membership stands at 85.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at St Josephs Church for Mrs Nora Cleary who died on Sunday.
Gas ball, a four ounce lightweight basketball sized sphere, has become a classroom sensation. Originating in the Interlake district, teacher developed rules and a new light ball to avoid damage while two sides clash to stop the ball from hitting their floor. Physical education leaders in other cities inquiry about the game.
A quarterly report shows increasing freight activity for the Northern Pacific railroad. For the year’s first quarter the figures are January 11,069 cars, February 6,364 cars, and March 15,160 cars, with lumber shipments rising compared to last year.
Under orders from Lima, Peru, Consulate staff report DevMacedo will depart Puget Sound soon. Eduardo Bapantoso, the new Seattle consul, is assigned to succeed De Macedo in Seattle.
Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches in Seattle will hold solemn Good Friday services. Evangelical denominations will mark the anniversary of the Crucifixion, observing the day with different emphasis on Lent feasts.
An old advertisement claims actresses rely on a simple hair wash using a teaspoonful of canthrax dissolved in hot water as shampoo. It asserts the mixture cleanses dandruff oil and dirt, leaves hair fluffy with uniform color, and dries rapidly, improving luster and softness.
Francia Howe Long, a 12 year old Seattle boy baritone, rehearses for Methodist Protestant Easter festivities while performing at the Oak theater this week in Washington. Missouri Pacific Railroad gains ICC approval to issue 18 million in first and refunding mortgage 6 percent gold bonds to retire existing debt. A Los Angeles Times note reports a lawyer earning 3000 a year insured for 60000, shipwrecked once, rescued miraculously, he cables to his partner that he is saved and to break it gently to his wife.
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