06 Sep 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1921
Page
1
The Star raises concerns about McNeil Island under Warden Thomas Maloney citing multiple jail breaks during his tenure.
A humorous clipping from the Star 1971 surveys quirky lines about home brew culture. It includes jokes on Shakespearean school days, car ads, supply of silk stockings, and odd hints about dogs and dodo birds. Felix Hightower’s moon landing reads as playful science fiction.
The Star Classified Ads promote investment in ads as a safe certainty, claiming every dime spent yields rewards and urging readers to view advertising as a guaranteed return rather than a gamble.
The Steilacoom Sedro-Woolley scandal prompts calls for grand juries in Pierce and Kitsap counties to investigate Steilacoom and Sedro-Woolley institutions. Readers urge a full inquiry beyond the governor and board of control, citing alleged beatings starvation and other cruelties.
Honolulu reports a sharp rise in Hawaii’s Japanese community for fiscal year 1920-21. Japanese births reached 5,001, about half of all territory births, while deaths slightly exceeded one third of total deaths. The Japanese population stands at 114,879, up 6,605 since 1920.
Hundreds gather in Blaine to unveil the Peace Portal on the International boundary commemorating a century of peaceful relations between Canada and the United States. Speakers include Gov. Ben Olcott Oregon Lt Gov William J. Coyle Washington Premier John Oliver British Columbia. Prof. Edmonds Meany to read an original poem. President Harding sends a message. a Beattieite caravan travels by auto to the event.
Military funeral services planned for 2 p m Tuesday at Butterworths for John Williams a World War I veteran who died at Wenatchee.
The article recounts the Canadian Importer’s distress when the Cordova offered aid in a drenching squall, raising questions about maritime code and duty. It cites the Princess Sophia disaster and references the Canadian Exporter case, urging Seattle readers to consider captains' obligations to seek and accept help.
In Cork harbor, workers seized vessels and customs buildings, raised the red flag, and announced the harbor would be run for workers. They rejected a 70 shillings weekly demand, ejected harbor officials, and blocked pilots from boarding ships. Sinn Fein majority on the harbor board offered Dail Eireann arbitration, refused. Troops were called out to aid police though no disturbances yet.
William Hightower pleaded not guilty to the murder of Reverend Father Heslin Colma California. He was arraigned in the superior court in San Francisco and a trial date was set for October 3.
In Everett Dr. E B A Durand fights insanity charges as his wife and two sons testify. He claims the first trial eight years earlier was a frame up to railroad him to an asylum. Judge Alston overrules Durand on a procedural point as a cool, fastidious defendant assists his attorney. Jury sworn at noon.
G R Boomer of the Sather hotel 606 Pike Street was knocked unconscious in an alley between Sixth and Seventh Avenues on Tuesday. He was taken to city hospital. Boomer said a thug struck him with a blackjack as he walked home. He recovered about an hour later and his money remained. No description or motive available.
Admiral Edward W. Eberle of the Pacific fleet started shaping his command today as the fleet began drills and maneuvering off Southern California. The exercises run through November 11 to prepare for joint maneuvers with the Atlantic fleet later this fall.
A plate glass window at Peter Michaels Jewelry on 202 Pike Street was smashed early Tuesday and two diamond rings worth 1800 dollars were taken from a display tray. A responding officer found thieves gone on arrival.
President Harding ordered a partial withdrawal of federal forces in West Virginia. The 6th Infantry was directed to return to Camp Dix after a White House conference with Secretary of War Weeks.
Reports say Roy Gardner escaped from McNeil Island and may have reached the mainland amid heavy fog and island searches. Guards, bloodhounds, and reinforcements comb Olympia peninsula while guards patrol the island and a bloodhound search follows the trio’s Labor Day ball game distraction.
Roy Gardner, the escaped prisoner, was seen on a bleacher gap in a barbed wire fence. He and Impyn Bogart slipped through the opening and ran for freedom as guards in towers opened fire, following a lengthy pursuit after McNeil Island confinement.
Gallup New Mexico September 6 Joe Wiggins a pardoned convict entered the Allison school house and shot two dead and three wounded. Jealousy over a woman is blamed for the fatal quarrel. Armed posses search the surrounding hills for the man while the woman involved fled with Wiggins.
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