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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1919
Page
1
A Seattle reader recounts a main water break that left homes without water for hours. Neighbors improvised with buckets and fires, highlighting how dependent and vulnerable modern utilities make communities. The piece muses on resilience if systems fail and detours to old-time solutions like oil lamps and cistern pumps.
Marian Sullivan and Dean Smith of the graduating class model the new common sense hair dress in vogue at McDonald school during Plain Hair Day as photographed by Cress-Dale Photo.
Students and parents discuss dressing norms as girls wear simple hair styles and boys keep midpoints sleek. Teachers praise modest looks and call for uniform dress to curb vanity, while some students complain the trend looks unflattering and temporary.
Toledo raids lead to the arrest of 200 men and women as federal and local officers seize narcotics and other materials, amounting to several thousands of dollars in value.
Public utilities water and light departments were asked to file estimates by January 1 so the city council can consider a large terminal on Third Ave and Blanchard St and a subway network to streamline the municipal street railway. Mayor Fitzgerald backed the plan with tentative drawings from Thomas F. Murphine.
Passenger train service from Chicago to the Pacific coast will be reduced by one third beginning Monday December 4 after a conference of three Western regional directors. No special trains or second sections. overflow traffic waits for inter trains. parlor and lounge cars barred. Mail and express trains largely unchanged. Seattle district not affected. electric locomotive roads exempt.
The Fuel Administration issues a rationing order urging wood use to conserve coal and detailing delivery priority. It authorizes seizure of coal in yards and in transit and directs cooperation from state county and city authorities with enforcement.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hears Senator Fall on severing diplomatic ties with Mexico and liquidation of U S claims. Fletcher testifies in secret as Hitchcock suggests presidential support for breaking relations with Carranza. The panel awaits Lansing and may back wartime measures and a joint or independent claims commission.
El Paso report details explosive Mexican scene with arms shipments alleged from Spain for Carranza. Candido Aguilar linked to arms purchases while American troops and ports monitor spillover risk and possible Vera Cruz style crisis. Non-interventionists urge presidential action.
In Youngstown at 1 a m on Thursday the brother-in-law Beneditti fired a 25 caliber revolver at Joe Lorenzini in the downstairs room. Lorenzini was wounded in the neck and rushed to Providence hospital where doctors said he likely will live. Beneditti fled and was at large Thursday morning. Lorenzini's wife claimed he was beating her when her brother intervened. She showed a mashed nose and bruises as evidence. Beneditti is 26. Lorenzini about 32.
San Francisco reports marine experts fear the barkentine Thrasher, which left Oct 26 for Seattle with a crew of ten, has foundered. No word has come since it cleared San Francisco, and a gale off Point S could reach 50 miles per hour, reducing hope for the vessel’s safety. An Austrian chemist claims a liquid coating for smoked meats that hardens and preserves them indefinitely.
Local motorcycle officer Bil Elvett borrows Pegasus to write and publish a humorous ode about keeping tail lights burning. The poem praises police wit and lamping motorists, noting Elvett penned the verse after pinching drivers for burned lights.
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