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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1921
Page
5
Two leaders offer sharply contrasting takes on the Supreme Court picket ing ruling. Samuel Gompers defends organized labor while Gov. Henry J. Allen assails the labor leadership and its war-time spending on union officials.
Washington reports Samuel Gompers defending lawful picketing as a labor right while criticizing Chicago injunctions under the Supreme Court ruling. Kansas Governor Albion touts the state industrial relations court, noting 18 months of decisions with broad worker support and claims of labor benefiting from the system.
Workmen relaying water pipes unearthed a cache of skeletons near URG dated about 990 years old. Artifacts including ornaments were found with the remains, suggesting burial in a premedieval period.
The Family Gift is here as a Columbia Grafonola offered in Cabinet and Period designs. It is pitched as a universal gift pleasing every family member with multiple popular model options.
The Cornish Players present three one act plays in Seattle with strong performance by Edana Rubin as Patty Hanslope in Her Tongue. Trifles by Glaspell and Six Who Pass While the Lentus Neil! by Stuart Walker follow, with uneven pacing and moralizing interludes but noted artistry and competent direction. Performances run Thursday to Saturday with multiple showings across the week.
City receipts from Seattle police court in 1920 totaled 206 479 dollars, up about 40 000 from 1919. Cases tried increased from 19 111 to 20 682, with funds allocated to the general fund park board library board and police relief and pension funds. City Attorney George A Meagher expects further rise in 1921.
A tax statistics report shows only four individuals in Illinois report incomes exceeding one million dollars per year. The data highlights the concentration of high earnings among a tiny group.
Dope valued at more than 8600 was seized by city detectives who arrested three men at the Clement apartment 1634 Terry Ave early Friday. Detectives Ernest Yoris and Fortner said they found the men preparing cocaine and morphine in bindles for the retail trade.
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Muir outlined Camp Lewis needs to the Seattle Chamber of Commerce through its military affairs committee at a Thursday luncheon. The visiting commanding general spoke as a guest of the committee at the Savoy. White females outnumbered white males in 1920 in Massachusetts Rhode Island New York and the District of Columbia.
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