23 Nov 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1921
Page
1
Wanda Von Kettler reports that weather will not cancel the Children’s Day Community Chest Star-Animal parade and that it will be held next Saturday. If it rains, participants will carry umbrellas.
A lively community scene unfolds as Jack Dempsey joins a planned animal parade in Seattle. The event, set for Saturday at Third Ave and Virginia St, features dogs, pets, and children, with prizes and handshakes to follow. Officials expect wide attendance and praise the fundraiser spirit.
Letter to the editor compares Seattle’s Community Chest to a child with a cold needing care. The writer urges applying care and warm generosity to revive the fund and restore health to the city’s charitable drive. The note is signed Hannah K. Meagher at 1558 Fe 76th St.
Seattle citizens born in France gathered at the French consulate on Wednesday to organize a Saturday gathering. The event will discuss plans for honoring Marshal Foch during his Seattle visit.
Washington November delegates mock the arms talks with a spoof on facial hair. Hughes backs an open beard while Schanzer favors wild growth and Salmond prefers a full but trimmed look. Sarraut columns a wiry mustache and Cartier de Marchienne favors lush lip foliage. Kato and Wang illustrate wide regional styles.
Five Santa Fe railroad officials were killed when an automobile left the rails near Wickenburg Arizona on the California border. Victims named include W. H. Oliver assistant chief engineer William Mathie division superintendent H C Story assistant division superintendent William Bowman road master J A Daeger assistant division engineer. Injured were W E Martin F E B Kennett Roy Stevenson and J C McNell with broken legs arms shoulders.
Three masked mail car robbers boarded B&O train No 9 between Washington and Pittsburgh. Marines ordered them out. two suspects were killed and a third wounded and arrested in Pittsburgh. The captured man identified as Casimer Fable, 21, of Buffalo. Private Waaserman of Brooklyn was reported as the shooter.
John T. Ross, 27, attacked his wife with an ax at their home 4022 39th Ave SW on Wednesday. He was overpowered by officers RC. McWade and A. W. Van Stone, disarmed, and held in the city jail as insane. Police believe financial worries contributed to his mental break.
New York profile of designer Herman Tappe and his wife Anna Holch detailing their arrangement of separate households yet strong affection. They work together on fashion business, pursue solo interests, and adopt an intermittent matrimony echoing Fanny Hurst’s ideas while maintaining friendship.
Gunmen roamed Belfast streets firing on pedestrians as renewed fighting broke out. Two women were shot, a man was killed and many others injured in the violence.
Two crewmen of the fishing boat Tano died after the passenger steamer Harvard struck the craft near Mile Rock as a dense fog halted visibility. Harvard lifeboats rescued four crew members including Capt. William Silva and ferried them to Los Angeles. In a separate ruling, Julia Smith was found not guilty of violating federal liquor laws in the LA district court.
A devotional call urges readers to give to the needy before praising God. It emphasizes actions over words and warns against hoarding gold while others suffer cold, insisting that sheltering the hungry and helping the poor is honoring the divine. The piece ends with a plea to bow and sing His hymn through compassionate deeds.
Washington reports that Japan agreed to recede from demanding a 10 percent increase in capital ships tonnage under the naval arms limitation program. Admiral Baron Kato is expected to announce the shift as the negotiating trio Hughes Balfour and Kato move toward a possible settlement.
Washington reports the start of the arms conference signaling four major outcomes. The central aim is a universal naval reduction with an open door in Asia and equal trade opportunities. Nations pledge to curb extraterritorial rights and China’s integrity.
The Star urges Seattle residents to donate to the Community Chest this week to boost the city’s name abroad and morale at home. Citizens are asked to contribute a dollar per person before the holiday meal, with a big wind-up planned Friday and Saturday. The Star believes Seattle can raise the remaining goal and urges everyone to do their part.
Seattle Mayor Caldwell accused the city council of gifting nearly 100000 to a private bond ring by selling 2 million dollars of water extension revenue bonds to three local firms without public notice. Water department head Youngs blamed haste for lost time value and urged rebid after proper advertising.
President Harding signed the Campbell-Willa beer bill ending medicinal beer manufacture and sale. Seventeen breweries had permits under the pre prohibition beer rules issued about a month ago. Secretary Mellon will issue a ruling to withdraw those regulations.
Kiwanis club sent five turkeys to Ryther Home aiding Thanksgiving for the children. The delivery aims to start the holiday season with nourishment and community support.
A Seattle physician calls for 20 red headed boys aged 10 to 14 to join his Thanksgiving dinner at a comfortable Seattle home. He seeks those without regular turkey cranberry meals and invites more to call The Star office for details. He hopes the all red headed group will foster a brotherly feeling.
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