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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1921
Page
5
Japanese troops in Siberia face a hard winter and uncertain withdrawal plans as talks at Dairen and Chita stall. Reports say officials weigh a withdrawal but no concrete action is announced while Far Eastern talks linger over troop removal and border security.
L M H Darwin, retiring state fish commissioner, submits a report to Gov Tart warning that selfish interests threaten Washington salmon runs. He notes eight years of agency reforms, growth in hatcheries and licenses, stricter seasons, and the need for cross-border limits with Canada to preserve fish supplies.
Standard Oil employees packed fifty Christmas baskets totaling 125 pounds of food and a $1 bill for sixty needy families at the Whatcom avenue Holgate plant. Hi Carson, plant superintendent, directed the delivery of the baskets.
Joseph Jefferson, a golf instructor, is in Seattle General Hospital after breaking his knee cap. He fell Friday while ascending the Pike Place Market steps with his arms loaded with packages.
Reports from Tokyo suggest Japan will not formally recognize the Chita government despite talks of a possible shift. Chita is portrayed as Moscow-influenced, while Japan clamps down at Vladivostok and the Far East to halt Bolshevik spread to the shores.
Washington officials of the Northern Pacific sent Christmas fruit cakes to President Harding and all members of the disarmament conference. One cake remained and Fred Kaul suggested giving it to Tom Revelle, the pastryman who made the cake, who accepted it.
A fragmented page shows birth announcements and marriage licenses with names and partial addresses. Entries include Durkeep Se Heary at 4017 Diet Ave and Joseph Patrick Gilmour at 721 29th Ave, alongside a long list of spouses and residences such as Beattie in Seattle Poulsbo and Beattie in Selleck, plus scattered legal notices.
An assortment of local notes includes an Olympia oyster ad push by the Olympia Oyster Growers association, a Perriguay estate escheat to the state, a new Olympia business college led by Miss Rose Dieta, a Lynden boundary mill startup, and a push by Whatcom groups for federal aid to curb the Skagit and Nooksack rivers.
Tramigration Commissioner Luther Weedin will relocate his family to Seattle next week. He has rented a Capitol Hill residence and plans Christmas week stay in Coupeville with his wife and their one year old child.
A Christmas entertainment of music and song was held Friday night by the Least We Forget club for Providence hospital inmates. Performers came from the Orpheum theatre and Remick's song shop with a piano furnished by Sherman, Clay & Co.
Louis Mattson is released from jail as a Christmas present to his family. He had begun a four month county jail sentence on November 17 after an arrest near Woothell for a still. Federal Judge Jeremiah Neter and U S Attorney Thomas P Revelle found his wife ill with five children dependent on her for support, prompting a timely clemency decision. Mattson returns home Saturday to take a permanent job with a warehousing company in Liver ett.
Sheriff Matt Starwich says at the county jail a Christmas dinner with turkey cranberry sauce celery mashed potatoes and pie will be served to inmates on Sunday with family present. City jail plans a delayed Christmas dinner Monday for about 110 prisoners with the same festive fixings.
Dee, WENATCHEE, Dec. 14. After being given up for dead, 90 year old G. H. Gray of Mt.? sat up and called for breakfast. He rose and ate heartily, unconscious for six weeks, a death notice circulated. He and Grandma Cray plan more wedding anniversaries.
In Pavenport Iowa Dee M4 Sui seeks 20000 dollars damages claiming destruction of her beauty in an auto accident. Plaintiff Mias Gertrude Thieleke sues A P Conner, who was driving the vehicle, while Mrs Conner counters with a cross claim for 240000 dollars alleging alienation of husband’s affections.
Local merchants say they welcome a federal probe into retail prices. Attorney General Daugherty announced plans to investigate profiteering nationwide as prices in the Seattle area move toward normal levels per merchants.
London story notes John Haywood aged 104 has lived in a hut near Frogham for a century without visiting London or being photographed. He jestingly aims to try these experiences when he is “old enough.” The piece records his long life and odd vow.
Madrid dispatch reports many goods ordered for Germany as French, British and American agents demand higher prices than German firms. The text notes widespread purchasing by Germany amid wartime trade pressures.
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