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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1921
Page
10
Governor Scott C. Bone of Alaska will be royally entertained during his Seattle visit in July. The plan was adopted after a joint conference of Seattle press club committees and members.
At Mayfield Kentucky on a Saturday Ernest Lawrence is suspected of killing ten relatives, two women three men and five children, burning the house and then possibly taking his own life. Police investigate whether he acted in a dementia following a head injury.
Four act drama Rome Under Valerian staged by Briscoe Orphan School boys at the Metropolitan Monday night before a large enthusiastic audience.
London announces the British coal strike is retired as miners accept government terms. Work resumes immediately after almost three months idle. The settlement includes a subsidy to guarantee wages and protect colliery owners from losses. Unofficial word says the miners dropped demand for nationalization of the mining industry.
In Ridgefield the body of a 64 year old man was found during a canoe trip in the Narrows. The deceased is believed to have died by self inflicted hanging while on a boat excursion near the river. Judge Wm. B. Bert, of the A. S. circuit court of appeals in San Francisco, is named in connection with the case.
A Citizens' Army training camp effort at Camp Lewis gains momentum as Lieut. W. F. Graham and H. B. Marr arrive from California to assist Brig. Gen. R. M. Bratchford. Local high schools grant access to enrollment books and letters go out to eligible boys. The camp offers Red elementary White noncommissioned officer and Blue reserve officer tracks, with no charges. applicants only need underclothes and toilet articles.
At a meeting of the Tax Reduction Council of Seattle in the Masonic club rooms Arcade, 15 committees will be formed to investigate civic departments and reduce maintenance costs. The school investigation committee has been active for weeks and will report at Tuesday's meeting, with disclosures hinted about laxity in school management.
The Duwamish Valley School and Pioneer association held its annual reunion and picnic Monday afternoon in Woodland Park. J. R. Rich, who taught in Duwamish Valley 39 years ago, was the chief speaker.
Oscar Nelson was killed when a timber carried by a passing train struck him on the head. His brother resides in Seattle.
Fame of Seattle's firefighting school is spreading to the Northwest with fire chiefs from Bellingham Ferndale Tacoma Port Angeles and other Sound cities seeking to send men to Seattle for instruction. Harold Teemire of Burlington Iowa requests a dollar and spends it on firecrackers.
Rev J Ralph Magee of the First Methodist Episcopal church will introduce Col Frederick Arthur Lindsay of the Salvation Army at an 8 o clock benefit concert at the Metropolitan theatre. TACOMA Superior Judge Wm D Askren sentences Frank Metrof to three to five years in penitentiary.
The Seattle Retail Grocers' Association schedules a ten day food and grocers' institute to be held next month. The program outlines training, demonstrations, and supplier showcases for local retailers.
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