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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1922
Page
9
The cruiser Seattle, laid up over a year ago, will be repaired to active duty at the Bremerton Navy Yard. Missoula remains out of commission while repairs also proceed on another ship. A naval inspector will visit next week to review the status.
Ernest Seaborg and W J Kinney head the local fisheries and game office as they prepare to move headquarters from 20 Seneca Street to the Bellet dock. The move will save considerable money by abandoning the Seneca Street office, in use for years.
The American Legion will not start a recall against B F Taylor on the school board. Commander J Arthur Younger of Rainier-Noble post said the Legion has no political agenda and will not endorse or initiate a recall despite public pressure.
Prohibition agents from San Francisco under Special Agent Wheeler clashed with rum smugglers off Point Pines near Salinas. They seized about a thousand cases of Scotch from Canada, 12 touring cars, a motor truck, and a gas launch, arresting at least six men after a firefight at dawn.
A fragmented notice seeks Eddie Cook last seen in Seattle four years ago and now believed missing in Hamilton Ontario. His mother urges informants to contact W. I. Cook via General Delivery in Hamilton, Canada.
Pleading in a breach of promise case against Seattle chiropractor Dr C N Maxey opened in Judge D M Carey's court. Mattie BE Baker alleges a November 1918 engagement to wed in 1919 and a later postponement, with Maxey allegedly refusing marriage in 1920. Maud Kearns, art instructor at the University of Washington, is named in the complaint.
State employment data from the federal office shows unemployment no longer a problem in Washington. Although some remain jobless, vacancies match the number seeking work, with May figures reporting over 6,000 placed and only about 400 disappointed applicants. Construction, roads, and lumber sectors drive the improvement.
Paris reports Prof. Champy has successfully changed the sex of cala manders by controlled feeding and starvation. The experiments suggest sex can be determined or modified, with Champy noting uncertainty about future applicability to humans and continuing tests.
The Pacific Express will depart St Paul at 6:55 am and Minneapolis at 6:55 am on July 2 under a revised timetable. The train’s Seattle arrival shifts to 6:25 pm.
An American-made tractor is deployed inside a Mexico City arena to haul out dead bulls after bullfights. The device replaces manual removal and accelerates postfight cleanup, reflecting modernization of the arena operations.
Mayor Brown rejected cutting city employees salaries and said funds should be trimmed by eliminating waste. He called for all departmental budget estimates by July 10 and announced plans to review budget lines for nonessential expenditures. He also pledged action against political incurables and to curb joyriding in municipal cars. He is checking all municipal vehicles and pursuing petitions to repeal the poll tax and rewrite the workmen’s compensation act.
Dr. W. Paine, secretary of the eleventh civil service district, says a treasury plan to vacate the federal building could force the Seattle office to move. The commission lacks rent funds and must use government-owned space, with potential relocation to any city in the Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Alaska region.
Former Chief of Police W. H. fearing end Mayor BE. J. Brown were called before the grand jury Tuesday morning. Mayor Brown investigates the death of Patrolman Charles Lagate while new witnesses from Monday afternoon join the inquiry. Chief W. BE. Bev eryns also works with the mayor as Bertha Marshal and J. H. Chambers testify.
A finder named Bunday King aided Snohomish County Deputy Sheriff Fred Prymale and two East Stanwood bank reps in recovering thousands of dollars in securities stolen months earlier. The trio uncovered the robbers secret board while wandering through the woods. In Bellingham Thomas Simplot, 9, drowned after falling from a railroad trestle into Lake Whatcom.
In Olympia last week nine Seattle candidates received state dental licenses including Robert B. Blackburn William Wienter Bether R. Holway Miles W. Ward Harry L. Gerber W.B. Spanton Elihu Lurie Earl H. Ledingham and Allen Frederick Stanton Forty four candidates from across the state were granted licenses.
Charles Downie, 1¢, of 2828 Boylston Ave, was taken home Tuesday after spending the night at Beat Ue General hospital with a fractured wrist. The injury occurred when the family car backfired while Charlie was cranking the engine.
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