31 Dec 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1921
Page
1
Editorial urges optimism for 1922 while urging Seattle to unite for full service. It calls for wage fairness, lower rents and utility costs, rate cuts to boost shipments, and public labor efficiency. The Star emphasizes giving better value and a hundred percent service to ensure jobs and growth.
Senator Miles Poindexter joined American Legion leaders in pressuring a harsher immigration stance. He urged abolishing the “gentlemen’s agreement” and backing a federal law to exclude Orientals, citing rising Japanese birthrates and Western flood of migrants. He favored deportation of Japanese and other alien dope peddlers on conviction and promised to press the issue in Washington.
The United States weather bureau warned of severe storms approaching from the North Pacific. Southeast storm warnings were ordered for the Straits of Juan de Fuca and southeasterly gales for the North Pacific affecting ships sailing to the Orient.
Weather bureau cautions of a severe storm in the North Pacific. Southeast storm warnings ordered at the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Shipping bound for the Orient warned of strong southeasterly gales in the North Pacific.
Alexander, president of the Pacific Steamship Co., after treatment in Seattle, is confined to his Tacoma home but greatly improved. He declined to discuss the San Francisco proposal of the $30,000,000 Coast shipping pool.
8S Yamamoto merchant released Saturday from city jail after arrest at Maynard ave and Jackson st by Sergt Frank Olmsted on charge of carrying concealed weapons. Bail set at $200.
Roosevelt post Veterans of Foreign Wars hosts a benefit New Year’s Eve dance at the Armory Saturday night to aid unemployed veterans and support preparations for the upcoming Veterans of Foreign Wars convention.
In a Far North stormbound tale Bill Brenson and Virginia search for a man linked to the girl he loves. A distant snow trail sparks doubt about dangers ahead as tension rises over whether discovery will ruin Brenson’s hopes.
A New York press summary reports 11 child murders in six months across New York and New Jersey. Cases include abducted Theresa Kuchurski in New Brunswick and Giuseppe Verotta in need of ransom, with several victims found slain or assaulted.
Mrs J P Murphy of 224 Fourth Ave N reported burglars entered Friday night and stole ivory a complete set emerald ring coral bracelet two jewel boxes. R M Tyson of 705 FB 65th Ave said his home was entered and ransacked with mahogany reading lamp electric iron aluminum ware silverware and a dozen suits and dresses taken along with a family alarm clock and toothbrushes.
Tacoma police predict the quietest dryest New Year’s Eve in memory with extra officers patrolling drink parlors to prevent violations of the prohibition law and all dancing stopping at midnight.
The Star argues for a Pacific Coast publicly financed ship company to run U S Shipping Board vessels, favoring Washington centered operation with Oregon and California ports served by separate groups. It envisions Washington and Northern Idaho financing, warns against monopolizing control by California, and highlights Puget Sound’s advantage in Pacific trade.
Seattle business leaders meet Saturday with Robert S. Boyns to discuss Albert Lasker’s proposal to transfer government shipping on the Pacific coast to a large corporation. J D Lowman doubts Pacific coast financiers will back the plan. Otto Fisher says current shipping laws hinder American vessels until laws change.
In Thurston County Judge John M. Wilson contended the jitney impasse remains unresolved. Transit Co. head W. R. Crawford announced buses would resume service to Roosevelt Heights and University District by Saturday afternoon, while Maj. Garg Reeves vowed arrests of would‑be drivers. The conflict hinges on a county order and certificate of necessity, with officials deeming the prior ruling invalid and leaving jitneys without clear rights to operate.
A woman identified as Ethel, believed to be Abe Attell’s wife, was arrested in New York with two men over a $1.5 million mail theft dating July 7. The case involves altered bonds passed as paid using chemical erasure. bonds worth about $1.447 million were missing or cancelled.
Fifty seven Chinese passengers aboard the Keystone State from the Orient arrived Friday night in Seattle and applied for admission at the immigration station on Saturday. Among them Mrs K M Chou, wife of K M Chou, a Chinese student taking a post graduate course in medicine at the University of Minnesota, is a protege of Dry Ting Pans, former U S ambassador.
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