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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1921
Page
8
Proclaiming Gov Louis Hart the sole cause of the narcotics crisis Douglas demands action. He urges state level prosecution and a governor led conference on November 26 with officials from Seattle to Whatcom and Snohomish counties.
Police investigated reports that carrier pigeons are used to deliver opium into Chinatown from Orient sources. Stories claim pigeons are loaded with two ounces of drugs aboard outbound liners, released on return trips, and flown to drug rings in the city. Analysts estimate profits could reach tens of thousands if scaled.
Spokane Chief of Police Welt will go to Seattle for the anti narcotic conference called by Gov. Hart on November 26. Safety Commissioner Maurice Smith announced the delegation today, noting other officials named in the call are currently out of town and unavailable.
The narcotic division of the federal building seeks public cooperation in a state-wide campaign to wipe out the dope evil. Information given will be kept strictly confidential.
A seven year old girl, Lucile Strelimayer, was attacked by a middle aged man Friday night near her home at 611 22d Ave and remained at Providence hospital Tuesday. She was selling tickets for a benefit concert when she was accosted. police and detectives are seeking the assailant.
Miss Marie Bloomsness, 31, working at the switchboard on First Avenue, dropped dead Monday. Her body was taken to Bonney Watson's. She is survived by her mother, two sisters and a brother. The note mentions an orange tree in America and Iowa production figures for 1920.
The article outlines how donations to the Community Chest are allocated. Donors may designate preferences to the Red Cross and other groups such as the Rutherford Child Home the Salvation Army and the Humane Society. If oversubscribed funds exist they are held in trust for next year.
The Ryther Child Home staged a window display at McCormack Bros store on Second Wave and James streets. Live children from the Ryther Home posed in the display, including three who have been there for several months.
University of Washington students declare they solved the college mystery. The sophomore is a useful article and a good collector. Led by Art Gerber the sophomore squad aims to collect at least $1 from each student for the Community Chest.
Two bandits held up the Tivell Jewelry store in Kansas City Missouri and escaped with five thousand dollars worth of gems and jewelry. The heist occurred today and police are investigating the robbery. Local authorities seek leads from witnesses and review surveillance footage.
In Seattle a volunteer team of 26 divisions visits a red brick building to solicit donations for the Community Chest. A businessman pledges 15 dollars while another resists charity, saying society should be cared for by the state. A stenographer shows cautious support and others offer varying gifts as the effort proceeds.
Sheriff Matt Starwich announced privately hired guards in King County mining towns will be replaced by deputies. Pacific Coast Coal Co. asked commissioners for relief from guards during the coal strike after paying $500 a day in taxes, and the plan to add about a dozen deputies to protect the towns was approved.
Dublin special to Evening News reports 150 Sinn Fein members on hunger strike as tensions rise in Ireland. Observer notes political unrest and possible government response amid protests and public sympathy.
Bandits robbed a bank as it closed, taking about $4000 in cash and silver. Three men trapped two employees in the vault area, tied them with wires, then escaped in a waiting car headed north. Emigh Kier and Mrs Crowley are named in the report.
A quartet of masked bandits stormed the Roy State Bank where bookkeeper Mrs May Crowle, sister of the bank’s cashier, watched as one thug threatened her while another grabbed $4,200 in cash. The robbers forced Cashier Emigh into a vault and locked the two women inside.
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