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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
5
Consumers flood the Washington Public Service Commission with protests over gas quality. Chief engineer Herbert Mage cites 200 of 1,200 mailed questionnaires returned as unfavorable. The commission drills toward a public gas hearing set for the Prep Club annex in Seattle on Monday and Tuesday.
Scores of angry gas consumers telephone The Star demanding the questionnaires said to be mailed to Seattle residents. They claim every caller could testify to dissatisfaction with current gas quality and urged attendance at a public hearing Monday 10 a m at the Prees Club annex Fifth and University to register protests. Portland also faces a gas rate fight as Portland Gas and Coke Co seeks higher rates filed with Salem authorities citing crude oil costs while Montaville Board of Trade protests current rates as sufficient for company income.
Mr and Mrs Arnold Aleinkoff of 33 Bank St report their Baltic tour finding Esthonian kursa exchange makes $1 American worth 3.50 marka in Reval. They lived in a hotel three rooms with six servants for $1.50 a day during their stay in Reval.
At a Christmas party at Mother Ryther's Home 95 youngsters received free haircuts from Glen McLeod's shop barbers. Patrolman Bob Bridges organized it with Hawkins Auto Rent Co and William Smith providing taxi cabs to transport the barbers.
Donald Medwan, chairman of the hospital relief committee, Beatle Pont No. 18, American Legion, urges that phonograph records books magazines and newspaper subscriptions be donated as Christmas gifts to cheer disabled service men in Northwest hospitals.
The Sandpoint aviation field and its relation to Seattle and Northwest air travel were discussed at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Major Henry C. Muhlenberg of the Army Air Service spoke on the general outlook for aviation. Great Falls Montana: body of Frederick Byer, 3, found in a barrel partly filled with water.
Boston dispatch reports Secretary Daniels issues a body blow at the navy’s spelling policy referencing a 1906 Roosevelt directive to adopt simplified spelling. The humorous note frames the dispute as a campaign against bureaucratic jargon rather than a drink issue.
Navy officials reject alien spellings in favor of standard American spelling. Secretary Daniela issues order at the navy yard to drop simplified spellings and return to Websterian conventions, aiming to curb silent letters that slow wireless work.
W. Robb, known locally as a genuine Santa Claus to hundreds of Seattle families, has traveled to California for a month. The retired merchant, a bachelor, annually distributes produce from his Des Moines farm to the city’s needy, delivering more than 200 sacks of food before his departure.
Robb delivered a sack of potatoes to a rainier valley family as part of a winter relief effort. The car got stuck in mud, the cleanup cost him twenty dollars, but he noted the recipients were grateful for the aid.
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