11 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1921
Page
1
President elect Harding announced Charlies E. Hughes will be his secretary of state and will arrive in Florida within a week. Harding indicated Hughes’ stay in Florida should be agreeable and reporters noted Hughes is a near certainty for the post.
Mrs. Roy Chapman Andrews will be the only woman in the nine scientist team leaving February 22 for China and Central Asia to photograph and collect fossil remains for the American Museum of Natural History. The five year trek, led by her husband, blends zoological and paleontological work with peril from bandits and rugged terrain as they hunt the missing link with planes, camels, horses, and mules.
The Star recalls Mayor Hugh M Caldwell as a vocal figure in Seattle politics, not shy in urging policy, and notes his 1918 involvement as city corporation counsel in proposing steps to resolve traction troubles with Puget Sound Traction Light Power Co. The editor highlights Caldwell’s letters and suggestions for revenue adjustments, street improvements, and wartime rate considerations to secure adequate transportation.
Henry A Wise Wood of New York an advocate of preparedness arrived in St Augustine Florida and will meet with Harding after Senator Wadeworth discussed army policy yesterday. The discussions centered on potential choices for the war portfolio and the army situation.
A stubborn Ford that wouldn't crank and an ambitious professor Broil L Grondal tried to master it. The mishap left a sprained wrist and earned two days’ vacation for some forestry school students at the university.
Judge Mitchel Gilliam took under advisement Thursday the case of Gretchen Ranke Meyer suing her brother-in-law and sister John T Campion and his wife for a redistribution of the reputed $500000 estate of her mother Dora Ranke.
Tokyo reports indicate rising tension as American refusal to recognize Japanese troops policing Vladivostok worsens the situation. The diet later defeated a disarmament resolution 225 to 88, pushed by the insurgent wing of the opposition.
A letter promotes a planned lunchless Tuesday to divert lunch money to the unemployed via the Social Welfare league. Hazen Titus of Chauncey Wright Restaurant Co endorses it, while business and civic leaders including Harry R. King and KK Ey Boyna back the idea, urging contributors to skip lunch next Tuesday.
Thieves broke into Pike Place market Thursday night and took two cooked hams totaling 22 pounds and 14 pounds of bacon. Local authorities warn shops and vendors to heighten security as the loss affects inventory and prices.
Mrs. Ardis Betty Clifton and William Robert Clifton's divorce includes a request for the division of all property acquired since their November 1919 marriage, with Mrs. Clifton seeking decree of ownership of the washing machine and the entire property.
D Buchanan poultry specialist from the state college will deliver a lecture on Brooding Day Old Chicks in the city council chambers Saturday at 2 p m. He will share knowledge for chicken fanciers and those interested in poultry care.
The United Press reports an exclusive interview with former Kaiser Wilhelm, obtained by Heinrich Petermeyer. The piece recounts the Kaiser’s view on Germany’s collapse, Luther, betrayal, and a staged Amerongen meeting with the Kaiser.
A journalist recalls a radical encounter in a subterranean cave discussing violence and class revolt. The companion extols destroying government and prisons while promising pro rata wealth and mercy for all, ending when Billy the Mute sells pencils and is cruelly dismissed by the companion.
Ex-kaiser Adolf Wilhelm claims in a 1921 interview that he never wished the war and that his people betrayed God. He blames the socialists for most of the fault and says the world has denied God and that divine retribution plays out on earth. He notes changes since 1880s and cites public events in Kiel and a 1913 vessel shown to Italian observers.
Deputies captured 17 year old Wil Ottinger and 15 year old Fred Carver near Bellevue after a late night robbery at Midlake grocery owned by Harry Summers. Suspects armed with revolvers and belt fed bullets admitted the crime and are jailed on open charges.
Four young men scale a rear fire escape behind Puss'n Boots to steal pastries left in the kitchen window nightly. The escape route runs through the alley between First and Second Avenues and Madison and Springers.
Police probe the shooting of a bullet into the law office of former district attorney Charles M. Fickert. The incident occurred late yesterday when he stood nearby as the bullet smashed through a window in his office.
OCONEE GA Feb 11 Twenty six lives were lost and more than forty injured when a cyclone struck late yesterday. Rescue workers report only two of the dead were white and many sustained minor injuries.
Mrs Ruth Wong battles an intruding armed thug at 1712 Jackson Street Thursday night. She was stunned by blows from a revolver butt but routed the assailant and narrowly escaped a shot. Neighbors, drawn by the blast, arrived too late to capture him.
Near-sighted burglars raided a house at 235 Fifth Ave. N. last night but left BE. L. Gomell’s eyeglasses behind.
The vice president's salary will rise from 12000 to 15000 dollars annually under an amended legislative executive and judiciary appropriations bill adopted by the Senate. The amendment was offered by Senator Pomerene of Ohio.
A Friday court action by 14 taxpayers seeks to stop the city from paying interest or principal on street railway bonds until operating expenses are covered from gross earnings. Judge King Dykeman ordered a hearing next Thursday, while a previous order aimed to prevent funds from being diverted to employee wages and upkeep. The suit contends current city procedures violate obligations to Stone & Webster and urges depreciation and prior payment of railway costs before bond payments.
Olympia February 11 A senate bill introduced today provides for licensing of practitioners of physcultopathy, aiming to regulate the growing therapy. The measure signals a move to formalize the field and ensure standards for treatment.
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