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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1921
Page
1
A patchwork of snippets from the city notes includes odd adverts, provincial humor, and social jests. Writers reference cockroach racing, prohibition era jokes, cadet drill footwear, and jokes about home rule and bootleggers as Seattle culture threads through local columns.
The Associated General Contractors of Seattle will meet October 31 to map a program to stimulate building activity and improve employment. The move aligns with a national effort from the Washington D C unemployment conference and a Hoover statement that construction is the key to the present situation.
A San Francisco dispatch reports Bremerton yards will run at maximum capacity for the next year. The drydock is full, with berthing uses, and ships ordered to San Francisco in December cannot be accommodated at Bremerton. The chamber investigates why Bremerton, official base of the Pacific fleet, was not designated.
Chicago, Oct. 20 Chiefsof powerful railroad brotherhoods with 600000 members gathered in Chicago to hear President Harding peace proposals. The Pennsylvnia road challenged the U S labor board amid talks to avert an October 30 strike as union leaders warned of a broad walkout if rules are not followed.
Daylight bandits held up a mail collector in central Los Angeles today seizing a mail sack and fleeing in an automobile. The incident occurred in a busy district as police began a search for the suspects.
In Auregan United Kingdom on October 20 thousands of readers express support for Miss Marion Larson’s crusade promoting knickerbackers for women at work. Her image appears in many papers and mail comes in daily with endorsements and proposals.
Seattle officials assess contingency plans if a nationwide railway strike halts trunk line service. Coastwise and inter coastal steamship lines would keep trade moving. Canadian Pacific rail and Vancouver routes offer alternatives. Coal supplies, fruit shipments, and meat stocks could be preserved via water transport and refrigerated ships. Local auto stages and trucks could handle distribution, keeping Seattle’s commerce functioning.
Washington officials reiterated that significant freight rate reductions will be announced soon by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The forecast, previously reported by United Press, indicates the cuts will take effect in the near term. Elyria youths under 15 will be allowed to fish for 60 catfish and six bass in the city park fountain on Saturday.
Richard Melvin Brumfield is found guilty of first degree murder in Roseburg Oregon for slaying William Dennis Russell. The courtroom drama featured a tense verdict at 11 24 p m as spectators watched, Brumfield showed no emotion, and sentencing is set for Saturday with a death sentence expected to Salem.
City police and Coroner W H Carson investigate the discovery Wednesday night of a newborn baby beneath a board sidewalk at Dennyway and Westlake Ave. The tiny body, wrapped in newspapers, was found by boys playing in the street. Residents alerted authorities who turned the babe over to the coroner.
Herbert Coleman aged year old is accused of shooting Lynn Peters age also year old in Tacoma. Lynn lies in dying condition at Eatonville hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Witnesses include Randle schoolchildren who say Herbert threatened Lynn after a quarrel. The Coleman and Peters families are prominent in Lewis county.
Mrs. Esmonda Hughes sued the Navy Yard steamship line for damages after a gangplank crushed her foot. A jury in Judge J. T. Ronald's court Wednesday denied her claim for $1,000.
Thomas Habernal was awarded $1000 in damages against Roy Venn in Judge Boyd J. Tallman’s court. Habernal sought $3000 for injuries from a car collision at First Ave and Columbia WI last spring.
Roseburg, Ore. Oct. 20. Dr. Richard M. Brumfield, convicted last night of the murder of Dennis Russell, declared his innocence in a calm, rational tone. He said in God’s eyes he is innocent and not afraid to meet death, insisting the verdict was damning evidence but not proof of guilt. His wife and brothers visited as he awaited the judge’s ruling and faced emotional support amid the looming sentence.
The Alaska Packers fleet steamer Nushagak will depart San Francisco to hunt the Santa Clara missing with 31 crew. Santa Clara left Karluk on September 4. Chilkat also sailed from Port Angeles to aid the search.
Dolores Johnson sister of James E. Mahoney, a convicted wife murderer, is to appear before Judge Everett Smith Friday on a forging charge related to Mahoney’s wife. Former King County Sheriff John Stringer faces arraignment the same day on grand larceny tied to county jail funds. Dr E B Hanley also to be arraigned Friday on an assault charge following a car collision and stabbing incidents near Burnclaw.
In Twin Falls Idaho on October 20 the state closed its case in the Lyda Southard trial with Herman Harms the Utah state chemist recalled for redirect. He testified arsenic was found in the bodies of each of Mrs. Southard's husbands.
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