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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
10
Berlin reports Germany has halted motion picture imports while domestic production expands to meet the German market. The industry, boosted by wartime growth, seeks monopoly as hundreds of new theaters open. German films, featuring bold themes, attract audiences despite differing censor standards.
Mrs Thomas Walsh dedicates her sewing to aid poor children. In Washington she runs 100 workers making coats for Belgian and French children, producing over 4000 coats. Every garment uses unlikely repurposed materials from her Bar Harbor home prompting a memorial tone.
St Paul Minn Oct 10 Louis Hill three times president of the Great Northern railroad retires from the presidency. Ralph Budd executive vice president succeeds him at the annual board meeting Hill keeps the chairmanship temporarily. No reason given for the action and reports say retirement as head of Mill properties may follow.
Wong Foo, 27, was shot and killed at 6 a m today in front of his Washington Street home. His wife witnessed him fall and two men flee into the darkness. She could not identify whether the assailants were Chinese or white.
Youth arrested by Yakima Deputy Sheriff A Poulin after being released from city jail for riding a Great Northern train from Bellingham to Seattle. He is also wanted for assault and connected to a Yakima automobile theft last week.
Harris Brothers & Co of New York bid $6.8 million for the government built Nitro powder town in West Virginia, with New Jersey Machinery Exchange at $4.8126 million and Du Pont at $2.60876 million. All bidders plan to establish an industrial town on the site.
In ZANZIPAR natives of East Africa are adopting tobacco habits rapidly as British American Tobacco ships 26,000,000 cigarettes monthly. Reportedly the locals smoke four at once, placing one cigarette in each corner of the mouth, a vivid illustration of fast adaptation to civilization.
Inventory lists apples and pears with quantities and varieties. Jonathan apples and Gravenstein apples appear with two dozen and one dozen units. Grapes include Sweet Tokay or Malaga ib and Bartlett pears with one dozen.
Airmail service is about to start between Leopoldville and Stanleyville, the Congo's first. The note also explains that the term dollar originates from the Joachimthaler coin.
Ennistymon Ireland October 10 coroner's jury finds the boy scout Murphy killed during a clash between soldiers and Sinn Fein in a case labeled military murder. The verdict pins responsibility on armed forces amid a volatile dispute.
Special to The Ster by N. Be. A. Honolulu October 10 Hawaii will have the largest coffee crop in its history with prices about double last year. Growers expect profits after years of low prices though labor is short. Authorities plan to release children over 12 from school to aid harvest.
The Cleveland Trust company has started a school for its workers with a principal resigning from a public school to run the program. Courses cover banking, public speaking, banking laws, business laws and practices.
London reports Dorothy Lawrence, who served in the war, has published a book recounting her experiences and declaring herself a member of a third sex, a masculine woman.
In 879 Charlies II of Germany adopted the phrase year of our Lord as part of dating practice. The shorthand marked years with a liturgical era. This change reflects medieval dating conventions and royal influence on timekeeping.
In Evanston Illinois on October 10, six firemen burst into a wedding at J W Stephenson’s home as the pastor asked do you take this woman The groom protested but the firemen explained they were there to put out a fire The couple and guests laughed and the ceremony continued once the danger was addressed
Miss Hester Leavenworth Trumbull, descendant of Priscilla Mullins and John Alden, married Miles Standish Jr. of Boston at Litchfield. The groom traces his lineage to Capt. Miles Standish of Plymouth. The bride is daughter of William and Mrs. Trumbull of Litchfield.
In Cailutta on October 10 the Yuvaraja of Mysore welcomed a son. Carloads of sugar were distributed to the poor and prayers were offered in the temples to mark the birth.
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