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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
12
County Auditor D. EB. Ferguson announced a special bonus for fast handling of compensation papers. A room on the first floor of the County City building will house the program with W. R. Fa ria, a former serviceman, in charge. Applications are expected within two weeks. Cincinnati Ethel Barrymore is seriously but not critically in hospital.
Representatives from nearly every business and profession join political figures to discuss plans for a public safety campaign. The Automobile Club of Western Washington calls the meeting at 1213 Fourth Ave at 7 p.m. next Tuesday. The campaign runs April 4 to 9. There are fewer than 50 Japanese women in New York City.
Two women report threats within 12 hours as detectives link a possible panhandler seen at the Jensen home to the case. A second woman, Miss Alice Strom, reports menacing phone calls and officers guard her residence.
Ten F-5L seaplanes from the San Diego to Panama flight were believed at the Gulf of Nicoya with others at La Union San Salvador or en route to Nicoya. Radiograms report departures from La Union for Nicoya and arrivals at La Union for further movement.
Raoul Peret president of the French chamber of deputies was summoned to a Paris conference with President Millerand today likely to discuss forming a new cabinet. The pair met amid ongoing political maneuvering and expectations of a ministerial reshuffle.
Washington reports the 1910 census shows 64,318,032 people live in towns and cities of 2,500 plus, 61.4 percent of the total, while rural inhabitants total 61,390,738 or 44.6 percent. Past decades saw rural shares decline from 70.5 percent in 1880 to 54.2 percent in 1910.
Washington reports the United States has become a matrimonial center as thousands of foreign women seek husbands and homes in the U S. Immigrants include 42.4 percent of arrivals in the year ended June 30 with a trend likely higher. European women from Britain Ireland Italy and France dominate and officials in those countries fear losing women to America.
Lieut Col Seaone of the U S signal corps returned from Alaska to lead the Washington Alaska cable project spoke at the Members Council luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce in the Masonic club Arcade building O S Johnson vice president of the Illuminating Engineering Society talked on industrial illumination and Rev W A Major of Mt Baker Baptist Church spoke on civic activities in Chicago where he formerly pastored.
The grand jury will hear results of Mayor Caldwell's $10,000 inquiry into a $15,000,000 street car purchase. Caldwell said the investigation is practically complete and the panel will reconvene next Monday.
John L. Etheridge testifies in chancery court that Fred Morris and James H. Morris misrepresented assets over years. Etheridge, under arrest for the collapse, claims $200,000 in recoverable assets exist for creditors and asks to inspect the firm’s books as court adjourns to Monday. Two hundred unemployed march before city hall in Yakima.
Burglars stole 60 dollars from a cash register and 20 from a punchboard at Jack Monahan's pool hall on Rainier avenue. A second punchboard was emptied at Oscar Johnson's Queen City pool room on First avenue. Other losses include 75 dollars and a watch from A J Smith's store cafe, and a 75 dollar watch robbed from A J Graham near Second avenue. Mrs Kruger reports a burglary at her apartment on 15 1st avenue.
Surgeons of Washington organize the league for the conservation of public health with aim to disseminate information on disease prevention and conduct impartial research into health conditions. Joseph W. Gilbert is appointed executive secretary to lead the effort.
W K McFall of Tacoma reports a test purse containing about $200 and $1.75 in streetcar tokens was stolen near the man dock. The incident is under investigation with authorities seeking witnesses.
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