Seattle Jitney Firms Seek Writ to Force Service Restart
Compel Jits and 18 000 residents from Cowen Park and Heights districts in Seattle join 29 other city residents to file an affidavit supporting a writ Mandamus. They ask the Sound Co. to resume bus service after the Sound Jitney Co. suspended operations under the jitney ordinance. The move follows lengthy state probate procedures.
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Former postmaster pleads guilty to embezzlement
Christian Hansen, former Kirkland postmaster, pleaded guilty to embezzlement before Federal Judge Cushman and received a sentence of one year and one day at McNeil Island penitentiary. The Business and Professional Women's Association plans a Christmas gift program for disabled soldiers in Seattle hospitals.
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Brumfield Case Appeals Planned Before Gallows Date
Defense attorney Dexter Rice announced plans to file an appeal within days. The Brumfield murder trial transcript, about 400 pages, is nearly ready as Brumfield awaits execution in the Salem state penitentiary with a January 13 1922 execution date set.
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Ladies of Learning pageant at University of Washington
Women graduates stage a seven scene Colonial pageant in the UW commons to showcase intellect while men in the gym perform boxing and play tin horns. Notables include Miss Rose Glass directing, with medics Miss Garret Blackwell Blake in regalia, and international tableaux featuring Margarette Du Val and Mme Pleas. Doors open 7:45 p.m. with punch and food promised by Alumni association.
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University of Washington
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Seattle
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England
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Scotland
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Church dispute over rioting stones Protestant blame
In the incident described a church is alleged to have been stoned during riots. Bishop Valdespine of the Church of Guadalupe answered the consul's protests by suing a statement that blamed Protestants for precipitating the trouble.
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Church of Guadalupe
UO Wizard Wins Test on Words
University of Washington student Michael Nolan again shatters vocabulary test records. He finished a 120 item, six minute challenge with eight mistakes, far below the 60 mistakes typical for hundreds of students and well under the next best mark of about 30 minutes.
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University of Washington
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Warring Tongs Sign Armistice
The Pacific coast tong war appears to end after District Attorney Meyers reports a peace pact between Hop Sing and Suey Bing tongs at major coast points. The four month feud followed a Hop Sing merchant’s missing girl in Marysville and a Romeo’s failure to pay in gold. Prominent Chinese residents resume public roles in Chinatown as the pact signs.
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Book of U Plays Offered for Sale at UW Bookstore
University of Washington publishes its first book of plays edited by Glenn Hughes. The collection, all by university students, includes Jet by Eather Shepherd Impostion by Max Miller Those Wild Young People by J M O Connell Jr and Tweedledum by Richardson. Copies previously sold out are on sale in the university bookstore.
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Glenn Hughes
University
Eather Shepherd
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Dartmouth Alumni Give $100 to Stadium Fund
The Dartmouth Alumni association donated $100 to the university stadium fund announced by Graduate Manager Darwin Metsnest. The gift aims to extend goodwill from the East West football game last year. F. L. Barnes signed the check as the Alumni representative. The stadium fund also grew by $334.35 this month from events.
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University Stadium
Darwin Metsnest
Dartmouth
Washington
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Alumni Association
Cigarettes Rise as Unemployment Grows in New York
Officials from major tobacco companies say the current surge in cigarette sales is due to high unemployment, with men without jobs smoking more. They forecast sales will fall as employment improves.
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New York
Seek to Combat Cocoanut Disease in Fiji
SUVA Fiji Nov 30 Inspectors from the agricultural department are exploring methods to curb a fungus infecting coconut trees across the island. Authorities urge quick action to prevent spread and protect crops.
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Agricultural Department
Blind cricket played by club members in Heaton Park
In Heaton Park Manchester a blind men’s club plays cricket using a cane ball containing a rattle to determine direction, illustrating an adaptive sport activity.
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