01 Dec 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
1
The text fragments mention an alumnus of the University of Washington, a college yell, a second lieutenant in an army corps, and references to home life and drinking. It reads like disjointed wartime school notes or an advertisement fragment about consistency and a wet policy.
Disjointed notes reference a Chicago crime scene and odd anecdotes. Mentions of a Pennsylvania State game, damp baths, and quips about signals appear amid scattered lines about money, performance art, and marital names. The text blends slang, names, and stray phrases without a clear single event.
A collision of Oregon-Washington trains No 17 and No 12 near Celilo Wash leaves multiple dead and injured. Fireman George Bristow of Portland among the dead, crews work through wreckage as relief teams bring the injured to Portland. Floods across Green River valley threaten Kent and Des Moines with isolation.
New York specialist Dr. A Graham Biddle unveils a radium method to melt away tonsils in 20 minutes without blood or knives. Patients sit with a radium pencil, the tissue melts, and recovery lets them resume work and play.
Commander Miller Freeman charges the federal government with aiding Japan through acquiescence to Nippon aggressions. He cites land leasing to Japanese on Yakima land, coastwise navigation violations, opiate trafficking, political influence attempts, propaganda efforts, Japanese language schools, and control of production and pricing.
The death toll rose to 13 after Charles Bosworth, a student and bus driver, and Marian Day died from injuries from yesterday's auto bus train wreck in Red Bluffs California. Investigators pursued the fog related crash data.
Alexander Fair received a one year county jail sentence from Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer on Wednesday for assaulting a customs officer at Blaine.
The steamer Simon Tolmir carrying lumber from Vancouver to Kobe is calling for four tow vessels three miles east of Neah Bay. The message, received at Merchants' Exchange at noon Thursday, reports broken steering gear.
The U S destroyer De Long ran aground ten miles south of San Francisco in thick fog. The crew is safe and rescue efforts by the tug Fearless and coast guard cutters are underway. About 199 men and officers aboard under Lieut. Com. F L Johnson. Another destroyer, Frederick, has also moved to the scene.
Councilman Lou Cohen says contractors of Storrie & Co won $500000 profit from the Gorge creek tunnel contract in Skagit by taking 2205000 in municipal light bonds as payment. Bond dealers hold the issue and oversubscription shows market value at par would cause a city loss.
Six masked men robbed the Argonaut Mining Co. office in Jackson Amador county early this morning. They seized 400 pounds of gold bullion and fled in an automobile.
A storm warning was ordered displayed at 10 a m Thursday at all Washington and Oregon seaport stations. The storm center off Vancouver Island moves southeastward, bringing fresh to strong south winds shifting to southwest gales north of Cape Blanco today and tonight.
A high official says Japan will not accept certain points despite consequences, while public opinion seeks compromise. Japan moves the dreadnought Mutsu to active fleet duty, though slated for scrapping under Hughes program. Navy 8-8 constructions continue, with work not stoppable without shipyard owner agreement.
The Chinese delegation demands Shantung back without condition, announced before the afternoon talks with Secretary Hughes and Arthur Balfour. China offers to assure Japan it will not cede the former territory, as delegates seek away from the court to resolve the Shantung issue.
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