15 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1919
Page
1
Opinion argues prohibition fails to curb moonshine, fuels illegal trade, harms workers, and risks public health. It contends bootleggers profit as legal enforcement struggles, and hopes for gradual cultural shift toward sobriety rather than total prohibition. It warns against excessive banning and predicts ongoing law violations.
Eugene residents wake to a thaw as the thermometer climbs to 18 above zero marking an 21 degree increase since yesterday. Officials note the sudden rise eases cold snap conditions across the Willamette valley.
The Supreme Court ante-war prohibition is constitutional and must continue until peace is proclaimed. Unanimous decision reads the war-time act ends only by peace proclamation, threatening massive liquor stocks and $440 million whiskey revenue loss if ban ends before January 16. Justice Brandeis delivered the opinion.
The note invites readers to the Classified Page for all details on available help and a rhymed promotion. It emphasizes early submission of lines and hints at a show related context with playful phrasing.
Reporter J. Be Boyden salutes 5 000 skaters at Green Lake on a cold Sunday noted for their self passage and painting on ice with no formal stars. The piece contrasts "star painters" with casual enthusiasts and ends hinting at continuation on page twenty.
Seattle’s weather shifts from a frigid Friday to a near springlike Monday. Temperatures climbed from 12.2 degrees above zero last Friday to 0 degrees at dawn and 33 by noon. Snow and rain possible tonight and tomorrow as observers note a thaw. Green Lake remains frozen and skaters fill the parks while police mark hazardous spots with red lanterns.
Public urged to avoid gas heaters as pressure drops and flames may go out releasing poisonous fumes. Two deaths and three near misses reported. police rushes to hospital. If flame goes out, turn off gas quickly and avoid sleeping in a room with a heater burning.
With the thaw working nicely during Sunday, several thousands of amateur plumbers put in a busy day repairing tee bitten pipe joints and crippled water tanks.
Coroner's jury in Enumclaw absolves Mrs. Hillie Mae Siverly of responsibility after Walter Chapman 35 commits suicide in her home two miles from Enumclaw. Chapman allegedly shot himself in the kitchen as a dispute with Siverly ended.
Seattlewoman Dorothy Fay Gould presents ten articles on modern living in Puget Sound homes. The Star announces the Woman's Page features beginning tomorrow with an introduction on Page 12.
Health Commissioner H M Read notes sleeping sickness cases dropped to nil by Monday after a cold snap began last Wednesday. Since October 27, about 60 people were reported ill, with six deaths through November 11, and all patients now recovering slowly. The decline coincides with the cold spell.
C D D Mitchell aged 35 was found in a sixth avenue lodging house room overcome by gas from a gas heater. He was rushed to city hospital in a semi conscious state and expected to recover. Discovery made by Ira Roberts who smelled the fumes with landlady Mrs R Stinson.
Mrs Donalda Ayer and her 10 year old daughter are restrained by a temporary order from leaving Vancouver for Australia. Judge Johnbury signed the order after Ayer's husband Wallace C Ayer claimed sole custody and alimony, with the child to be in his possession. The couple, married in York in 1906 and divorced in Denver in 1915, have a complex custody battle centered on the girl’s future in show business.
Six thousand coal miners who struck on November 1 will return to approximately 14 percent higher wages on Wednesday morning. The action followed a conference of 36 unions and a commission to be appointed by President Wilson. Officials urged renewed production to meet railroad demand and avert coal famine.
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