01 Sep 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1921
Page
1
A fragmented OCR item references a bandit who robbed the Green Lake State bank and mentions a first avenue shop with ladies' items priced at three dollars each. The readable text hints at a crowd, a bandit, and a bank crime scene but provides no clear names, dates, or locations.
Secretary of State J Grant Hinkle urged that dormant Washington coal mines could be leased and operated by thousands of unemployed men under a cooperative plan. He spoke in a message to M G Johanson of a club seeking work for the jobless, noting lumber and shingle mills have been active in the effort and hoping for progress before winter.
Action by the trade commission to break up the movie rust and related petty theft items is discussed amid noisy asides about straw hats and small town oddities. The column riffs on political headlines, social quirks, and local observations, ending with jokes about postcard writers and vacation greetings.
TACOMA Sept 1 First suits to oust striking coal miners from company houses in Pierce county coal towns were to be filed today Pacific Coast Coal vice president N T Moore said legal action would start immediately but no wholesale evictions would be attempted Carbonado reports strikers moving from company houses to Wilkeson a few miles away The mining company owns Carbonado town
A lone bandit robbed the Green Lake State Bank at E 72nd Ave and Woodlawn Ave yesterday, escaping with 4000 dollars. Police reported fingerprints on a board inside the bank were unreadable due to blur and smear, and no trace had been found by noon Thursday. Lt. W. EF. Jwetua said photo attempts failed to capture identifiable features.
Signor Marconi claims he has intercepted messages from Mars as announced by J C H MacBeth London manager of Marconi at a New York Rotary club luncheon. Experiments aboard the yacht Elettra produced wireless wavelengths longer than those of the world’s highest powered station, suggesting Mars attempts communication.
The Star Classified Ads claim rests on solid support and repeated validation. Readers are invited to scrutinize the data and raise questions, with persistence rewarded by transparent substantiation.
Police Inspector Hans Damm blasts Governor Hart and local courts, calling dope peddlers worse than murderers. He says police court lacks power to convict and criticizes the veto of a state drug bill, asserting state law is needed for justice.
Narcotic agents warn of a big moneyed ring protecting peddlers as courts frequently free offenders on small fines. They describe repeated fist fights with an ineffective Harrison act and note cases like Echaniz who was jailed then released on appeal, illustrating systemic laxity and ongoing drug trafficking harms.
Three youths are jailed on open burglary charges after an early morning attempt at the Gas Smoke Shop at 525 Pike St. Patrolman George Collins arrested George Holt, 21, after a shop employee spotted three men breaking the front window. Mason, 22, and Scott, 21, were later arrested and admitted to being with Holt. all deny taking any items, as detectives continue the investigation.
President Harding told Army War College officers that abolishing war is futile and that armies and navies may always be necessary. He urged widespread understanding at home and abroad to reduce armament while noting past civilizations have only recently reached a civilized state of warfare.
The U S S Washington, a capital ship of the latest type, slid down the ways at the New York Shipbuilding yards in Camden. Miss Jean Summers, ten year old daughter of Representative W J Summers of Washington, christened the vessel with champagne while a Washington delegation and federal officials observed. The ship measures 624 feet 6 inches in length 97 feet 5 1 2 inches in beam 47 feet 2 inches in depth to main deck and drafts about 30 feet 6 inches full load displacement around 33 000 tons.
In Bruree County Limerick a group of transport workers seized a mill and a bakery and proclaimed a soviet after two workers were dismissed. Placards read we make bread not profits as the take over was declared official. Over one quarter of U S tobacco is grown in Kentucky.
The Canadian Importer with 34 onboard was found afloat 625 miles southwest of the Columbia River. The Canadian Observer located the vessel after a two week search by multiple ships, all crew safe with a slight list, while a lifeboat and missing nine men remain unaccounted for.
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