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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
6
Washington March 29 government aid to railroads was debated at a cabinet meeting. It was announced that the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the railroad labor board would be called in to discuss a specific plan to rehabilitate the rail system.
W Jett Lauck consulting economist told the United Railroad Labor Board that inefficiency costs the railroads a nation reducing potential output under the national agreement. He said management inadequacies drive the problem and argued that higher efficiency and capital use could lower costs and boost traffic with fewer workers and hours.
The Denver and Rio Grande Western line will be improved and sold to the Western Pacific Railroad Company. The transfer confirms in federal court yesterday and the railway will be renamed the Denver and Rio Grande Western. Staff will remain unchanged.
Judge Robert Lovett chairman of the board and Carl R Gray president of the Union Pacific system, touring Yakima with rail officials, report 4000 new refrigerator cars ordered last year by Pacific Fruit Express will add to 15000 19000 total freezers for the Pacific Coast fruit crop this year signaling trading revival.
Water will be shut off on El Notte avenue between West Prospect and West Gaylor streets on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The disruption affects residents and businesses along the block.
Chicago reports from the American Journal of Sociology indicate husbands deserting wives more often than vice versa. 368% of divorces granted to husbands cited wives running away. Recommendations include a federal marriage statute with state laws, prevention of hasty marriages, ethical and hygienic instruction, strict enforcement, and the creation of family courts.
The 66th Congress may seat J. R. Farr after finding Patrick McLane guilty of fraud in the Tenth Pennsylvania district election. Farr is expected to be seated. McLane’s seat remains unresolved until late in the session, with Farr to be paid for two years under a courtesy plan.
In St Joseph on March 29 a hen egg found with the inscription Christ Cometh caused superstition in a negro colony. John Strickland, owner of a second hand store, holds the egg after boiling. hundreds viewed it and offered varied explanations. He cannot explain the message.
Julie Gordon asks the council to pass a law forbidding kids from playing baseball within 60 feet of any occupied building. She argues the rule would eliminate most city ball grounds and leave children with few options for play.
The court of revision in Toronto denied a claim for exemption by a father seeking $200 for each of three children plus $200 for an expected arrival. The court ruled it could not anticipate the stork's visit.
London April 1 plans are under way for a grand general headquarters for the London labor party. The temple will cost 10 million dollars and serve as a gathering point for trade union federations. Samuel Arnold, 74, Seattle resident of 14 years, died Sunday night at his home 1102 13th Ave. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
Chicago reports 18 year old trusty Franklin GCommett who escaped from St Charten school after striking Mrs Grace Lovellette, wife of an assistant warden, with a fur nace shaker. He was captured in Elgin thirty hours later after Mrs Lovellette died. He sat in a hotel lobby reading crime accounts, admitting he struck to obtain keys from her apron pocket and to gain access to clothes and money.
Local listing advertises white wood clothes pins at 7¢ for 2 dozen, 50 feet cotton cloth line at 35¢, heavy wire clothes line at 60¢, and japanned iron clothes line pulleys at 78¢ per pair. Union Street area shows the sale.
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