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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
3
A reader reflects on a Seattle Fine Arts Society exhibition featuring futurist and post futurist works and a contrasting show of pastoral and realist pieces. He argues art should be public, accessible, and freely viewed, criticizing private ownership and gatekeeping by collectors.
Three persons were treated at the city hospital for injuries from a collision between two street cars at Broadway and Pike street at 8 30 AM Thursday. Injured were Isadore Klein P A Stavick and Mrs Cecelia B Kehoe with bruises cuts and nose injuries. Additional passengers suffered minor bruises but were not hospitalized.
A Democratic leadership caucus was called for Saturday to settle the struggle for the senate leadership. Acting leader Senator Hitchcock and Senator Underwood of Alabama are the candidates. A tight, near even vote is anticipated.
In New York two hundred dry goods dealers met to plan economy sales urged by the justice department for January and February. The piece then rails against framing art behind glass and the glare of showroom windows, mocking overdecorated catalogs and social climbers.
Charles Hoyt proprietor of a 90 West Connecticut Street soft drink shop and his brother Neil tackled a looter in the store at dawn. The burglar, Harry Hartley, 49, was found with cigarets and candy and a small amount of change, under the influence of drugs. He was booked on an open charge.
Seattle detectives seek to identify a headless corpse found floating Wednesday afternoon in Lake Union at the Vegetable Produce Co site foot of Ewing Street. The body, unclothed and decomposed, may be Lawrence Arnold a former Produce Co employee who vanished last May after a three day marriage. His wife is in California. The body rests at the morgue with inconclusive clothing fragments nearby.
Seattle paper reports the Merry Christmas company overreceived donations for Firland hospital Christmas Eve. Manager Joe Newberger and staff face overflowing funds and a rethink of how to use or return surplus. The vaudeville program fills with multiple offers, yet only five acts plus moving pictures will be used, leaving many volunteers uncalled.
Crippled kiddies unable to attend the Elk Christmas celebration will receive transport by car to the tree on Christmas day. The Elka group plans to distribute candy fruit nuts and toys to poor children of Seattle, bringing joy to the young not necessities of life.
Vladimir Voehmetroff claiming 20,000,000 Russians. held at Angel Island immigration station for investigation after arriving aboard the China. Officials say he will not be received in Washington and state department has no record of him.
Tip the black and white terrier is booked for safe keeping at the city dog pound after her owner, A. B. Hartley, 19, an actor, was arrested on suspicion of pocketbook theft. The dog caused a scene in the booking office, befriending staff and inmates before being taken to the pound. The dog will stay there until the master's charges are resolved.
Leslie Keller, a steward at a relief home, was attacked while sleeping by his wife who hacked him with an axe more than a dozen times on head neck and shoulders. He lies in serious condition at the central emergency hospital. Mrs. Keller is jailed and believed mentally unbalanced. The husband says she fears dying and intends to remarry after her death.
Victor Sheppard of New Haven testified at Captain Detzer’s court martial that he believed American officers could beat privates. He said he had seen such treatment in France and thought it was the custom. The trial hinges on alleged misconduct by Detzer, a former military policeman.
Dover New Jersey reports a major blaze at Picatinny arsenal with two dead and three others fatally injured as shrapnel shells exploded. Fire damaged four buildings and caused extensive alarm in surrounding towns as Marines aided firefighting efforts.
The last hurdle to Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman deportation was cleared as the Supreme Court granted Goldman’s request to withdraw her appeal. Berkman’s appeal had been denied earlier, with the court choosing to reconsider Goldman’s case before her withdrawal.
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