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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
6
The Kansas industrial relations court reportedly rules that skilled workers should receive support during limited production periods, potentially obliging employers to maintain payrolls during shutdowns. Critics call the move paternalistic and liken it to socialist policy, fearing an industrial oligarchy and curtailed employer rights.
BELLINGHAM December 24 Mad wages in the Bloedel Donovan mills and logging camps will be based on 90 percent efficiency. Foremen and superintendents will grade workers and those above 90 percent will get raises while those below will see pay cuts. About 1,500 employees are said to be pleased with the plan.
In New York the wife, son, and daughter of Lieut. Stephen Farrell, missing in the naval run, prepare a Christmas tree with strong optimism for his safety. MEDFORD Ore two alleged desert ers Clarence Hennes and Herbert Ward arrested in Seattle with a stolen auto.
The article hails Lew as the most envied actor for kissing Julie Ring up to ten times per performance in Up in Mabels Room at the Metropolitan Theatre. It notes the high salary and the math of hundreds of kisses weekly and monthly, praising the engagement as the pleasantest he has played. The show arrives Sunday December 26.
Tom Swale state American Legion commander will lead a tour inspecting all hospitals housing ex servicemen. A government health service representative and a war risk insurance official will accompany. The first week covers West Side hospitals, then East Side. will include asylums. A detailed report goes to national headquarters.
IOUIVILLE KY Internal revenue department places 190 more guards on duty at whisky warehouses bringing total force in state to 300.
The Liberty presents Fatty Arbuckle in The Life of the Party with a 280 pound baby acting scene in New York City at midnight. At the Coliseum Marshall Netlan stars in The Christmas Attraction in a tale of a fighting news boy and an Irish mother. San Francisco Chinatown provides scenes. Strands show The Man in the Web and other titles with notable cast members including Marjorie Daw Coleen Moore Pat Malley and J Barney Sherry.
The handsome masked lis shown as Doug Fairbanks in The Mark of Zorro now at Clemmer Saturday. The picture adapts Johnson McCulley's The Curse of Capistrano and fans say Fairbanks surpasses prior performances with the tale and athletic feats.
Agnes Ayres leads the all star cast in The Furnace at the Blue Mouse opening Christmas Day at 2 p.m. John Hamrick owns the Seattle venue with a mammoth organ and concert orchestra for silent and sound accompaniment.
The J Parker Read Seattle Star scenario contest awards 5000 total with 2500 for first 1500 for second and 1000 for third. In ties all tied receive their prize. Open to all entries any form judged on idea quality. Entries due January 1 1921. Send to the Seattle Star Scenario Contest Editor.
Kansas City reporter notes Dr. L. C. Johnson fears a "colored gentleman" plans to eat his trained goose for Christmas. The doctor vows to respond by offering the biggest turkey in Kansas City for the return of his educated fowl.
The Universal department seeks stories featuring a typical American high school girl for Gladys Walton. Marion Davies hosts a finas party in New York. Jane Novak and House Peters lead in Twobol. Mae Murray stars in The Gilded Lady. A production crew lost cameras off Lobos Point during Foolish Wives filming. You Cant Kill Love debuts next month in the Canadian Northwest. George Fitzmaurice heads to London to join his wife Olga Bergere. Dorothy Dalton returns in The Teaser. Thomas Meighan wears a beard in The Quarry to exit Sing Sing. William Tooker shifts from benign roles to a blase villain in Regret. Tom Moore grows sideburns for Mr Barnes of New York.
The local post office will examine and pay postal insurance claims instead of forwarding to Washington. The change aims to speed payments. If an insured article does not reach its destination within 10 days, a claim may be presented to the receiving office.
Tuchard Rountree, 20, was held for investigation by naval authorities after being struck by a car on Fifth Ave and Olive while fleeing Detective W A Fuller who had arrested him as an alleged deserter. Rountree denied desertion but claimed a concealed knife in his clothing.
The county court announces a Christmas observance with no trial calendar hearings until January first and no motions heard before then. One judge will oversee current matters during the holiday period, as stated by the presiding judge.
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