19 Dec 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1921
Page
1
A column of local quips and self contained gags touches on potash markets, councilman Fitz, and a nickel carfare dig. It playfully riffs on urban life and a man living in a dark cave who never shaves, ending with a teaser about The Snowshog and comical wordplay.
Washington reports Postmaster General Will Hays will accept leadership of the reorganized Motion Picture Industry Association at a salary of 100000 dollars a year for two and a half years. Both political and film circles note confirmation and silence amid health resort locations as Hays contemplates the move.
Chicago researchers under Dr. Frank Bruner test a controversial program giving mentally subnormal children injections and gland extracts to boost intellect. The report describes daily trials at the board of education research lab with sheep pituitary and thyroid therapies, claiming aims to restore mental health and unlock buried genius.
A tease for The Snowshoe Trail, to be published serially in The Star, promises a tale of vengeance and journey as a vow by a boy to track his father’s betrayer across the world is tested in adulthood. The piece hints at family pain, longing, and a dramatic quest that unfolds in forthcoming installments.
The Scent fare ordinance aimed to boost riders by lowering fares. The city faced revenue shortfall as even a 5 cent fare would not meet expenses. With 9,465,748 riders in a peak month, revenue would still fall short by 27,420 dollars monthly, 529,040 annually, requiring another funding method not provided in the ordinance.
The Star reports on a city council poll showing C B Witawerald opposing the five-cent carfare and John J Carroll leading a move to shelve carfare matters until voters decide. Moore Tindall Hesketh Carroll and Erickson oppose the bill while Drake is absent and Thomson was en route.
Mrs. Mattie Kirby was found guilty of manslaughter for causing the death of her daughter's newborn illegitimate baby in Adrian Michigan. Sentencing awaits Tuesday with a maximum 20 year penalty. The case was prosecuted after delays. Kirby, a WCTU leader, faced accusations of neglect to hide a scandal.
Pittsburg Kan Dec 18 A squad of National Guard machine gunners was rushed to Cherokee shortly after dawn when authorities warned that the Amazon army may renew activities and raid several mines surrounding the area.
A fierce storm swept Buffalo killing one person, injuring three, and causing about 70 000 dollars in damage. Forty riverfront homes were destroyed and the coast guard rescued ten families. several houseboats were destroyed along the waterfront.
The supreme court granted an injunction restraining members of the waiters' and cooks' union at Bisbee Arizona from picketing William Truax's restaurant. The decision invalidated paragraph 1464 of the Arizona statutes on labor dispute injunctions.
Mary Garden, head of the Chicago Grand Opera company, is confined to her home in Chicago with an attack of bronchitis. The report notes she is ill and receiving care, with no detail on prognosis. A fragment mentions Tamona baths as common in the West Indies.
Sixteen men have been arrested in Ardmore after a masked group attacked the home of Joe Carroll in Wilson, Oklahoma, Thursday night. Carroll and two attackers were killed. ten suspects include J. E. Smith, Carley Smith of Wilson, A. Gilliam of Ardmore, W. Hilton of Ardmore, John Murray and Bill Ratliff of Wilson. Authorities tightened the investigation and offered no further details pending trial.
Officials from federal state and civic groups met to urge immediate development of reclamation projects and swift public concessions to relieve Washingtons unemployment. The executive committee heard 25 000 jobless statewide with Seattle 10000 Tacoma 5200 Spokane 3000 Bellingham 1500 and Yakima Walla Walla 1000 each plus 2500 elsewhere. Everett reports negligible unemployment despite earlier mill closures and flood damage with camps and mills now active and rail traffic improving.
Five masked gunmen robbed A. Wright the branch store manager for Sam Seell& Co taking about $1000 in cash. Detectives arrived with sawed-off shotguns and the attackers fled in two cars. The fleeing vehicles were wrecked while authorities pursued, and a second car was used to escape.
A Seattle weather bulletin notes a cold snap moving from Alaska across Canada toward the Pacific Northwest. Forecaster George N. Salisbury reports 22 below in Alaska with frigid conditions crossing into Washington, Idaho, and Montana as a snowstorm nears downtown Seattle. Residents are urged to wrap pipes and prepare for subfreezing temperatures tonight and tomorrow.
The Supreme Court ruled for the government in an antitrust case against 29 firms and individuals in the American Hardwood Manufacturers Association. It held the open competition plan violated the Sherman act and aimed to restrict lumber production, upholding lower court judgments in Tennessee.
Tacoma December 19. William Pigott of Seattle, financier and manufacturer, elected president of the Foreign Trade conference, urges official renaming of the mountain to Tacoma as a commercial asset for the Pacific coast. He is among the region's most influential men.
In broad daylight on Monday expert safecrackers emptied the Seattle Music House vault at 1216 Third Ave. They stole $600 in cash and rifled the vault papers before escaping. City Detective Lee Gordon and J. A. Benjamin call it a professional job. The vault was drilled and the safe opened by knocking off the combination.
Washington reports the United States is at peace with all nations after ratification of the third treaty, this time with Hungary. American charge Hugh Grant Smith in Budapest says ratifications exchanged, following similar pacts with Germany and Austria. In New York a Capitol Theatre robbery yields $10,000 seized by three bandits who held up staff.
Five major powers agree to limit battleship armament under a 6 5 3 ratio with a target near 1 75. Briand signals France will back down from higher navy demands and accepts the plan while reserving the right to future submarine tonnage decisions.
Japan faces renewed agitation over Washington naval limits. A Tokyo mass meeting protests the conference decisions and calls for the Japanese delegation to Washington to return. Yellow press cries of humiliation mount as conservatives call the Mutsu affair a hollow victory despite the naval holiday shift.
Washington reports a decision on Henrys offer for the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals will be made shortly. War Department officials held talks with War Weeks, W. B. Mayo, W. Worthington, Hoover, Lanegin Beach, and Brig. Gen. Taylor to finalize the matter.
San Francisco officials reported the state board of prison directors upheld full 50-year sentences for Edmond Spud Murphy and Faward K O Kruvosky in the Howard Street gang prosecutions. Requests for shorter terms were denied at the session.
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