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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1921
Page
8
Nile temple organizers arrange transport from Skagit Snohomish Whatcom and Seattle to Hall's Lake on August 27 for a temple picnic. Fortified by meals and entertainment, Shriners from multiple counties will attend.
The Cigar Dealers' Association of Seattle will host a banquet Thursday evening at the Elks Club honoring B H Davis of New York, who represents eastern cigar and tobacco retailers. Cottages once housing Shakespeare's stage company still stand in Southwark England.
SAN FRANCISCO August 23 Final tribute to Maj. Gen. H A Greene will be paid by List division service men who will escort his body from Ferry Building to City Hall where it will lie in state. The body will be moved Saturday to Berkeley for cremation Gen Greene organized the 91st division at Camp Lewis He died in Oakland last Friday
In Spokane Washington on August 123 two men captured George Williams, a novice bank robber, twenty minutes after he robbed the Farmers and Mechanics bank in Rockford. He carried $615. Captors identified as W. J. Taylor editor of the Rockford Register and Frank Preminger rancher of Mount Hope. An exchange of shots occurred during a pursuit through Rockford streets.
County commissioners will revisit the ferry leasing plan at 3 p m today after Monday’s discussions. The meeting aimed to open bids for the ferry system but was delayed to hear from community representatives and groups including Kirkland Medina Bellevue Vashon Harper Mercer Municipal League King County Democratic Club and Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Most speakers favored leasing ferries to their communities.
U S Marines arrive in Panama for show purposes, part of a coastal goodwill tour in a central American social squadron. Officials say the deployment is unrelated to the Panama Costa Rica boundary dispute.
An advertisement touts calonite powder from drugstores as a cure for blackheads. Sprinkle on a wet sponge, rub over troubled areas, rinse, and the blackheads dissolve and wash away, leaving pores clean. The method claims to prevent irritation and pore enlargement from pinching or squeezing.
Berlin reports Americans seek return of millions of marks and securities worth 126 million marks held by Germany. Custodian says restoration awaits peace with the United States. Other nations have settled matters. Americans owning German concerns faced compulsory administration with profits and goods potentially used against American trade.
In Granite City Illinois a body misidentified as Cincinnati resident Mr. Serena Gilliland is now identified as Nora Dorman. Arthur Dorman and his son John Dorman both 16 are jailed by Police Chief Clark and charged with murder. The son reportedly confesses that the father killed the mother.
Washington announces competitive bidding will handle food for Russian famine relief and all accompanying supplies to be shipped from the United States. Secretary Hoover stated the bidding system was adopted to secure efficient procurement.
Word that Brazil Ambassador to Japan Chemont will pass thru Seattle Wednesday reached the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Fifty Baptist missionaries bound for the Orient will arrive in the city Saturday. The Philippine railroads will be electrified with power from the Agno River in Central Luzon.
Strike ballots for the wage dispute between railways and railway employees are ready for distribution in Seattle once orders arrive. Over 5,000 ballots have been received in Seattle for the Western Washington Brotherhood. Instructions outlining the wage controversy dating to July 25, 1920 accompany the ballots.
Marc Peter, the Swiss minister to the United States, arrives in Seattle Saturday with his wife and two sons. He will tour the West, visit Mt. Rainier, and spend two days in Seattle before continuing to Tacoma as part of a sight-seeing visit coordinated with the Swiss consul.
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