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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1921
Page
18
New York on May 13 reports W. H. Pomeroy head of Fidelity and Casualty Co burglary department says payroll holdups have become a trade. He notes that of 1920 burglaries policies totaling 10 million dollars, 3 million covered loss by payroll bandits.
A Paris report notes a woman attending a horse show wore three pairs of earrings. The earrings featured long diamond pendants set in the ears and two nested very large rings surrounding them. The largest ring measured about two inches in diameter.
Downtown Seattle hosts a health workers field day to gather signatures for referendum 13 protesting Senate bill 180. Two hundred nurses and 150 doctors volunteer for stations with three doctors and four nurses each, from noon to five. Secretary Joseph Gilbert predicts about 36,000 signatures in Seattle by night.
In Douglas Arizona on May 13 an American line rider and companions found a coffin shaped box on the desert. They opened it and found condemned ammunition inside, though they had expected a grave. The group began to dig in pursuit of a mystery but were stopped by the discovery.
Fifteen year old Sandy Mine from Edinburgh sang his way past red tape into the United States. His remarkable voice at an island concert earned his family entry on the eve of their departure including his parents two brothers and his sister.
In London on May 13 a 40 years task ends as the Oxford New English Dictionary is finished. The compilation yields more than 2,000,000 illustrative quotations and marks a milestone in linguistic scholarship.
Mrs. Lillian Fisher reports Yap society shows women treated more as equals than elsewhere in the South Seas. She notes missionary influence reducing idol worship while natives enjoy toddy and betel chewing. Yap chafes under Japanese rule and favors Americans for fair trade. Fisher is part of a lecture tour with the New York board of education.
Ithaca New York May 13 The Cornell Daily Sun replies to Professor George Lincoln Burr who called hazing of Fred Morelli a form of lynch law The university paper defends college traditions and rejects the lynch law label in the debate.
About two thousand women in Quebec join the Christian Women's League to protest immodest dress. The group prescribes no fixed skirt or sleeve length but urges moderation in attire.
London news quotes Miss Eleanor Doorly, head mistress at Twickenham County School for Girls, praising the modern girl as brainy athletic beautiful and cleaner minded though sometimes selfish and flighty, but not worse in these respects.
Mrs Florence Gibson drowned after slipping into a pond while attempting to rescue her 3 year old son Albert near their home in London. A bystander pulled the boy from the water but he died shortly after.
British tour star Harry Lauder, back in England after four years abroad, responded to a question about drinking culture in America. He admitted he did drink but noted the high prices, quipping that a bottle of Scotch cost about 25 dollars and you don’t enjoy paying so much.
London May 13. W A Devins Wade retires after 40 years as clerk to Dunmow petty sessions court. His father and grandfather held the post for 134 years in total, marking a long family tenure in local governance.
The wings of butterflies arise from a double tubular framework filled with air and blood like a net. They are clothed with overlapping scales that form color patterns while at rest the wings stay closed most of the time. Some species use eye spots on the wings as defense and a few rest with wings spread or even inverted to resemble an owl.
A tiny black and tan terrier named Snoopie in Paris weighs one and a quarter pounds. It fits in a hand and wears a camel hair robe with a cowl made by a Paris dressmaker and a silk handkerchief in its pocket.
London Bay 12 reports that C Atkinson’s will imposes sobriety conditions on his two sons for inheritance eligibility. He bequeaths over 75000 dollars, with any son who drinks to excess deemed incapable of managing the estate. Both sons are teetotalers.
Des Moines May 13 Gov Kendall signed a bill permitting adult males to possess cigars and cigarettes, reversing the prior anticigarette law as unpopular and a discredit to laws of similar character. The Washington Post notes the remark about peach bloom destruction by cosmetics.
A small down payment and modest weekly installments make the Thor Electric Washer affordable. The plan promises quick payoff through ongoing low payments.
An advertisement touts the Thor Electric Ironer as a device that can complete a full week's ironing in about an hour. It invites customers to visit for a demonstration and highlights convenient payment terms.
Franz Sieber was shot twice by his employer Theodor Friedman a wealthy coal owner in his apartment. A pack of cards stopped the first bullet and a second bullet grazed Sieber’s lip cheek and ear before Friedman killed himself. The wife and secretary were present.
Vienna residents face a slushy mess as a 10 inch snow falls and drains choke. Street cleaners risk their boots to clear roads while ordinary workers stay home. a Philadelphia capitalist notes money is not everything. The Detroit News reports this odd hardship in Vienna.
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