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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1922
Page
16
Northern Pacific railway announces a reduction from 1.50 to 1.97 dollars per hundred pounds for carload salmon shipments from Seattle to eastern points. The change, effective January 12, affects rail and water routes from Seattle, the leading world shipping point for fresh and cured salmon, and should boost direct movement to eastern markets.
Wanda von Kettler profiles Richard Haveman the animal trainer touring with Kings of the Forest and Desert. Haveman, with five lions four leopards and a Bengal tiger, emphasizes kindness in training and claims the key is eye contact and feeding steak.
Stockholders at the Arctic club approved the Olympic hotel board trustees and new by laws. Frank Waterhouse reported a surplus of over 72 000 dollars and 200 000 invested in government securities. The trustees will elect officers at the first meeting and bond details with Dexter Horton National Bank were approved.
A Brussels London aeroplane was forced to descend in an open field when five bulls attacked it. Their horns wrecked the wing fabric, halting the flight.
Hugh C. Morse, a Bremerton navy yard janitor, is bound over to the federal grand jury on charges of stealing a billiard table several towels and other articles. Morse was released on $500 bail after a preliminary hearing before Federal Commissioner B. J. McCall.
In Rome on December 4 two wealthy young men quarreled over a girl in a restaurant and dueled in the courtyard. Both returned slightly wounded as the girl refused to recognize either.
Treasury Secretary Mellon urged Congress to adopt strict economy and cut surtaxes on high incomes, arguing no new taxes are needed next year if spending is restrained. He warned current rates hinder growth, noted labor shortages, rail undermaintenance, misaligned farm prices, and rising government debt.
A special Reserve Officers meeting announced by Maj. Malcolm P. Andruss protests a large army budget cut of 10,600,000 dollars affecting officer training. District maintenance budgets face a 15 to 76 percent reduction, while rivers and harbors budgets rise as much as 60 percent.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to give a teaspoonful of California Fig Syrup to relieve a constipated or fretful child. It claims benefits for biliary issues, colic, sour stomach, and bad breath, touting liver and bowel action as the remedy and noting printed warnings on each bottle.
A snowstorm on a mountain highway near Redding Cal caused Joseph Bickerstaff to lose control of a car carrying his two sons and four other passengers. The vehicle fell 160 feet. Mrs. J A Smith of Beattie suffered a broken arm and scalp wounds, while husband J Smith endured a brain concussion. Two other men were slightly hurt.
In Rome on December 6 Count Filipo chi drew two revolvers during a ball and drove dancers from the floor. He then lay down and slept on the floor.
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