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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1919
Page
5
Theo dore A. Kytka, noted handwriting expert who testified in the Mooney case to support an alibi, died in San Francisco after suffering a chill on returning from a hunting trip.
The Canada Maru, an Osaka Shosen Kaisha liner, departed Seattle on Friday bound for the Orient with a full cargo of general merchandise. The vessel had undergone three months of repairs after grounding near Cape Flattery.
An advertisement touts Hromo Quinine as the genuine laxative bromonine product. It invites readers to call for the full name and notes W. Grove signature. Claims it cures a cold in one day and lists price as 0c.
Workers at the Ames plant formed long lines for back pay and time checks as a strike stretched through the morning. Union leaders cite class cooperation while managers warn pay will be limited to one day and three hours unless settlement occurs. Motorcycle police monitored yards amid a largely quiet, daylong walkout.
Congreau has been asked by telegram to open demobilization points in each state. The only other coast point is Camp Lewis. Camp Reynolds, in California. Bureau officials say soldiers from other states seek home-town work, turning to Seattle for posts. Forty six soldiers and millers placement bureaus have been set up in Washington, says Lawrence Wood, federal employment director in Seattle. Communities report encouraging results.
In Olympia on January 21 Representative Hodgdon’s Criminal patrioteering bill was pigeonholed after a vigorous debate. Critics said majority members refused to punish violence used to block political reform, while supporters Bohrke and Cotterill of King backed the measure. The judiciary committee recommended indefinite postponement.
Sixteen pupils from the school for the deaf at 18th Ave and Main attended a Superior Court session as spectators. Principal Maria Templeton and Dr. R. G. Hamilton faced a liquor prescription charge for issuing medicine not needed, at 3419 Fremont Ave, last August.
Spokane faces a surplus of job openings for returning soldiers as civic groups suspend direct canvassing. The Bons of Democracy, housed in the Chamber of Commerce, now coordinates employer requests, leaving Spokane with more jobs than available Yanks.
The mayor denounces the proposed temporary appointment of Superintendent Youngs of the water department to lead the light department. He cites the charter granting the board of public works in emergencies and says the board should review the matter before action. The board asked Youngs to confer with lighting department staff.
Dr Richard F Scholz history professor and Dr William F Dehn associate professor of chemistry were elected to Quad club at the University of Washington. Pledges include Ralph Smith basketball and baseball star Francis Davies editor elect of the University Daily George Hopper president of the Dramatic association and yell king Wilbur McKibben vice president of the associated students Hill King business manager of the University Daily and sophomore representative of the board of control.
Ellen G. Field was granted a decree of divorce from Harry K. Field by Superior Judge Frater on Tuesday. Mrs. Field had charged nonsupport and cruelty in her complaint and fainted just before the decree was read, needing carriage from the courtroom. Dublin hearing notes lift of restrictions on public meetings clears the path to an Irish parliament.
Edward Paker, manager of the Jeune Moore Hunt Co. in Ban rane cisco, pled guilty to being part of a liquor conspiracy in the Logan Billingsley case. He was fined 500 by Justice Dept. agent Clarence Hearnen. Billingsley received a 13 month sentence on MacNeill Island after being found guilty of accepting liquor shipments in Seattle.
In Olympia on January 21 Senator Wray introduced an athletic commission bill to permit round boxing matches. Senators Metcalf and Pierce proposed licensing real estate agents with license revocation for dishonesty. Davies and Pierce pushed a gambling abatement measure. Lamping and King sought to grant Union Bay shore lands to Seattle park board for an aviation landing site. Kinhop and Chimacum proposed joint defendants may demand separate trials and a measure punishing fraudulent stock registration. An Englishman sold in London a penny 800 years old.
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