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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1920
Page
1
An investigator tracks Kawayama, a Japanese assistant, who visits a shrine room daily at a corner tailor shop. Through stealth, the reporter uncovers a secret behind the shrine, locating a hidden moonshine stash behind a drain pipe.
Washington reports indicate opposition will meet any proposal to settle the Japanese question by treaty in the Senate. Foreign relations committee members argue immigration and Japanese rights should not be settled by treaty, noting past ineffectiveness in solving the issue.
Authoritative information says a formal treaty with Japan could settle rights of Japanese in the United States and immigration. The State Department backs a treaty to exclude Japanese labor more easily and secure Senate ratification, while Japan weighs public opinion. Negotiations continue as Colby signals seeking Senate approval before settlement.
Tokyo dispatch reports for Christian missionaries that Japanese forces in Chien Tao Korea have conducted a systematic burnings of homes schools and churches and killed many without examination or trial in a campaign during Christmas season.
Leon Roe and Lennie Roe end their marriage after a year of wedlock with a claim that she bought only one hat during the entire time. Judge A. W. Frater presided as Lennie Roe sought a divorce on the grounds tied to that single purchase.
Tenants in the Seaboard office building at Fourth and Pike were notified that starting January 1 rents will rise by $5 per room each month. Agents Stir rat and Goetz cite higher taxes by $6,800, 32 percent increases in light and power, and higher heating costs as the reasons. A frustrated tenant recalls previous raises tied to wages and notes the building’s revenue gain from rent increases.
Nellie Sinder faces a rent raise from $35 to $45 for a five room house at 1616 Yesterday owned by John W. Roberts. She moved in November 1 and was served November 13 with notice to begin December 1. She contends the partially furnished house is not worth $45.
A court action is filed in the superior court to recover the Berkshire hotel building. Mrs E Hambleton is named as owing 600 dollars for a month’s rent. The property is sub leased to G and 8 Ma kino, who sub let to Charlies FR England Stone the Tailor, a corporation, is plaintiff in the case.
Ranch eggs fell a nickel a dozen on the wholesale market Wednesday to 65 cents, marking a 10 cent drop since Saturday. Restaurants may adjust menus accordingly.
Hon. The Star Faster: We inform the honorable public about the gentlemen of the Apartment House Owners and Managers association. They met at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss landlords and tenant rents, producing resolutions praising Hon. Thomas Lippy for port commission and urging voters to support him. HASHIMURA TOGO
Tacoma police took into custody two men, 8. F. Chalmers and William Martin, amid an overheard plan to rob Camp Lewis finance offices. Martin, a deserter, will be turned over to military authorities. A gun and burglar tools were found in Chalmers' possessions.
Thomas J. L. Kennedy, assistant corporation counsel, ruled that city health officials have little legal recourse against anti vaccination propaganda unless the material directly incites illegal acts. He said an injunction cannot lie solely to suppress such circulating material unless it prompts lawbreaking.
Following the lead of the Blue Taxicab Co Peoples Bros a taxi firm sought an injunction in superior court Wednesday to block enforcement of a city ordinance prohibiting parking in certain named places. The company argues its headquarters are in a restricted area and that its business is being damaged.
Searchers near James Island comb the ocean beach for 13 unaccounted bodies from the wreck of the W. J. Pirrie as a fierce central Pacific storm heads toward Sitka. Captain Alfred B Jensen and his wife perished with their infant son Haakon, eight bodies recovered, others unidentified, and cargo lumber spread across a cove near the Giant's Graveyard.
Map marks the Giants Graveyard where the W. J. Pirrie is believed to have struck and foundered last Friday near James 3land Giant. The collision is marked by an X on the chart indicating the hazardous rock nest and shipwreck location.
The Star argues a port election issue centers on a $10,000,000 stake and whether private interests and Japanese owners gain control. It defends George B. Lamping, accusing rivals of fearmongering about Bolshevik labels and Ayres terminal schemes, and emphasizes public ownership over ten years of port spending.
The morning paper argues that stockholders of The Star now live in California and says this should affect the port election. The Star refuses to comment and notes uncertainty about who owns the P.I. or who directs it, while implying a mediator guides the P.-I. storyline.
Walter Lindley Tuck, 57, part owner of Community garage and ex-operator of Central garage, shot himself at 9 40 a m in 802 Seneca street apartments. Investigators cited health and unemployment as key factors while noting he had planned to return to work. The scene was witnessed by his stepson Richard Goldsmith and his wife Frances, with funeral arrangements by Booth Undertaking Co.
City officials seek quick action on an 84 cent fare ordinance. If approved, a special session could pass the measure immediately. Railway officials report rapid token sales ahead of any change as conductors are told not to sell more than a quarter's worth at once.
Poem excerpt notes the Little Brown Jug rests unclaimed in the lost and found of the street railway. Its spirit and date of disappearance are unknown, with light humor on its fate and lingering fame of Kentucky bourbon.
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