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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1920
Page
1
The writer laments mass irrationality and public blame of Seattle streetcars while praising decent wages and service. He mocks a war medals token by James Karl Frazer as vulgar sculpture, decrying artless public monuments and the Times Square statue as an example of poor taste and lost artistic sense.
Charlies E Roselius, a former police officer, was acquitted of murder in Judge Mitchell Gilliam's court for shooting Sergeant Gilly L Carleton on November 2. The verdict came on the first ballot after a noon-hour jury deliberation as the Roselius family listened in the courtroom.
City Comptroller Harry W Carroll warned that Seattle's registration is well below daily averages. He noted 2438 names on Monday and 3230 on Tuesday with evening hours in place until January 27, except January 15 16 and 17 when books go to precincts for voter registration.
Deputy coroners W. ff. Corson and Frank Koepfli examined the 39th avenue and Woodland Park avenue tracks and signals where over 50 people were injured and one killed in the Monday morning incident. Coroner C. C. Tiffin will decide after their report whether to call an inquest to determine responsibility.
The writer mocks the idea of a Congressional Hall of Fame and condemns the absence of recognizable public statues or memorials. He notes few artists excel in marble and bronze abroad and in the country, and laments the dead Hall of Fame more than the Congressional Record.
One man and one woman die and two others seriously hurt when a Seattle motor car crashed into a telephone pole near Silver Lake. Victims include Lucille Corbett 19 of Seattle and C Parsons 15 a printer who lived at Hillcrest hotel. Helen E Swenson and William E Swenson both sustained multiple leg injuries. Hospital efforts to locate Corbett relatives continue while police investigate the Everett crash details.
Antone Mottet and assistant George Carvajas clashed at the Washington Annex over a cooking dispute. Mottet, 40, was hospitalized with a deep forehead wound, while Carvajas, 25, faced charges after a confrontation that began with a dish error and escalated to the alleged throwing of a cooking bowl. A cleaver lay on a meat block as police investigated.
More than 40 representatives from prominent clubs will meet at the Woman's University club at 1205 Fifth Ave Thursday at 10 AM to discuss combating rising food and clothing costs. The morning session from 10 to 12 will feature food and clothing specialists, with organization work in the afternoon chaired by District Attorney R. C. Saunders.
A frantic early morning call from near Longfellow school reported a shooting. Officers Vollrich Goodwin Haag Piehl responded to find an irritated motorist backfiring his engine and left without obtaining a name.
The article notes Japanese entrants in the Pacific codfish industry, challenging American firms on the coast. It states Ana Cortes Fisheries is reportedly under Japanese influence via contracted handling, while president J E Chilberg denies ownership. Transcribed from Pacific Fisherman December reprint.
Washington reports an American citizen Gabriele Porter employed by Penn Mex Co was shot dead by a Mexican army officer at Tuxpam on December 21. The State Department orders a full report and urges authorities to arrest the guilty. Two other American employees, P. J. Rolle and Earle Howles, are missing details. The killings strain Mexican relations with Carranza forces under scrutiny.
Gen John J Pershing will visit Seattle January 20 and 21 instead of January 19 as first planned. A Pershing committee report notes Pershing prefers inspecting Camp Lewis and Sound forts on January 19, freeing January 20 and 21 for Seattle entertainment.
Assistant Attorney General Benjamin F. Geis said he will appeal Judge Rudkin’s ruling allowing Hitoshi Watanbe, a Japanese sailor, to remain in the United States while he can support himself. Watanbe, who entered on a Japanese vessel and has lived in the U S since 1915, was ordered deported for unlawful entry but released pending appeal.
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