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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1921
Page
6
In Washington the Pacific coast pressure groups push national action to restrict Japanese land ownership and immigration. The Japanese Exclusion League backs absolute exclusion and stronger U S enforcement, while debate weighs treaty action versus broad legislation amid Yap island tensions.
Secretary of the Navy Denby offers to buy the racing yacht America from the Eastern Yacht Club of Boston for one dollar. The Navy may lack authority to accept the gift but explores acquisition as a nominal purchase.
The record notes North Carolina used at least ten different capitals prior to establishing Raleigh as the permanent seat of government. This overview traces the sequence of shifting administrative centers and the eventual designation of Raleigh.
Police Lieutenant Marty G. O'Brien mourns as his German police dog Bella dies from a lethal strychnine bait. Her two month old pup Chan also perishes while Pilot, her mate, survives. The dogs were part of O'Brien's unit in France after the armistice. the poisoner's motive remains unknown.
A poem by Merriah Abbott celebrates a loyal dog as a patient, perceptive companion who comforts a crippled narrator. The speaker contrasts human doubt with the dog’s steadfast love and trust, describing the animal’s quiet wisdom, fear, and devotion.
A London report notes vegetables and fruits, especially tomatoes, as curative for temper and liver stress. Doctors increasingly prescribe vegetable medicines for certain complaints based on recent research findings.
London April 27 rat hunting is proposed as a fashion able sport combining business and pleasure. The chamber of agriculture of Cheshire was asked to back rat hunts among farmers. It was suggested that ladies and gentlemen form hunts for enjoyment. A farmer cited a woman who motored to his farm with dogs and ferrets and killed 200 rats.
A Seattle jury granted Mrs. Cora V. Petty twenty thousand dollars in a damage suit against the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway. Roy C. Petty, 79, a switchman earning twenty dollars a month, was killed October 24, 1920, when struck on the tracks and run over by a following freight train. Petty left four children Ruth Pearl Robert and Ellis. The court was Judge Calvin 8 Mall. The award is said to be among the largest in King County.
The Seattle Master Plumbers and Heating Engineers Association defended itself against price fixing accusations. In a letter from President J H Norton the group offered to open books to the school board to prove no conspiracy and claimed average profits on public school plumbing and heating work around six percent. They cited total contracts since 1917 at about 264657 and argued actual yearly profits near four thousand dollars.
Hosago Sakaguchi a Japanese picture bride seeks a writ of habeas corpus to stay deportation proceedings. Federal Judge Cushman heard arguments Wednesday after the case was taken under advisement. The 24 year old arrived in Seattle on December 23 1919 aboard the Africa Maru and was paroled to the Japanese consul. An immigration board found she was likely to become a public charge and subject to deportation. Her counsel said she has a brother and sister in the United States willing to care for her.
All interested in cooperation as a remedy for social ills are invited to attend the Cooperative League of Seattle class meeting at Meves Cafeteria Blue Room Friday evening. The league holds alternate business and study meetings weekly. W. C. Boucher, president, said the cooperative movement shows how to escape current economic evils without strife.
Imports of raw materials topped exports by 10 million dollars in March while food exports led the balance with 25 million. Tom Kennedy an eminent city luminary worked Wednesday on an ordinance to appropriate 500 dollars for Memorial Day celebrations.
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