09 Sep 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1921
Page
1
The Star reports four Lawson children in need. Social Welfare league proposes Kitsap County Children's Home in Bremerton at 3 dollars weekly per child allowing the mother to work. Readers are urged to donate and offer humane plans, with Miss Grey coordinating efforts.
Fragmented excerpt from a periodical features a poetic dialogue about a lattice plan with Lotus and Otis, plus a brief verse fragment about old fashioned girls and a reference to Owen Meredith and Lucile. The piece blends verse lines, a Victorian tone, and magazine satire.
Rosiclare Illinois September 9 state Adjutant General Dickson were to lead a thoro investigation into the Hardin county mine war. An attack on Rosiclare Elizabethtown area miners massed about 15 miles away had not begun and miners were reported disbanding and returning home while guards kept vigil at several locations.
Pacific Mail Steamship Company office and clerical staff agreed to a shortened workday across all departments. Details indicate changes affect navigation, cargo, and passenger service scheduling. Union representatives expressed support for the measure as a step toward improved working conditions.
Dr. Durand testifies in a trial denouncing alienists as crooks and attacking witnesses. He objects to taking the regular oath preferring an affirmation and accuses his wife of scheming to send him to an asylum while recounting alleged past abuse in jail and boasting of work among the poor.
Three 16-year-old boys, Clifford Cain, B. Martino, and John Coon, were arrested at Sixth Ave W and Howest by Patrolmen Darnell and Hill and charged with loitering. Police say the youths had money believed stolen from F. W. Gilbert’s home and are being held by juvenile authorities.
Secretary of War Weeks announced federal troops will be withdrawn from Logan County West Virginia and reassigned temporarily to Kanawha and Boone counties as needed.
Reported mobilization of United Mine Workers supporters near Franklin follows a clash between operators and unionists. Officials in Seattle note no outbreak occurred but fear echoes of West Virginia, as mines stay shut since March 15 and employers refuse union ties.
Chicago unions halted work on numerous new buildings including the Federal Reserve Bank after two unions protested a wage cut ordered by Judge K. M. Landis. Hoisting engineers steam fitters and plumbers walked out while several other unions accepted the cut.
Two men were severely injured when struck by automobiles in an afternoon crash. An unidentified Indian man died in hospital after weeks of illness. Bevan Drowe and Victor Adams suffered multiple injuries, with Adams pinned and later badly hurt before the other driver fled. Babe Ruth ties world home run record at 14 in Philadelphia.
More than twenty unemployed people were auctioned on Boston commons by Urban Ledoux of the church of the unemployed. Angelo Ricco Frank Genarro and Arthur Vernon were sold to bidders for shelter food or wages while a crowd of about 10000 watched. A producer bought twenty men to serve as theatre supers and the sale ended with the man being told to go to his master.
Tacoma reports a prison guard fired at Roy Gardner during a yard incident on McNeil Island. The escapee, famous as a Pacific Coast bandit, demonstrated how to cut an opening in the guarded yard, prompting renewed calls for stricter confinement. Local officials and witnesses describe a tense manhunt with guards on alert and speculation Gardner may carry a firearm.
On Suetacoma island a former inmate, No. 3364, now a physician and ex Army captain, explains Roy Gardner’s escape was a result of negligence. He recalls Gardner as pleasant and clever, noting hospital records failed to document his scars.
A Northwest tale contrasts Gardner with Harry Tracy as a clever bandit who uses brains over brute force. The narrative recalls Tracy’s notoriety after 1897 murders in Colorado and his turn to criminal violence, ending with a note to turn to page 8 for more.
A penciled letter addressed to Police Chief Seattle and postmarked Seattle September 7 claims Gardner is in Seattle and will travel to Yakima and beyond. Inspector Swenson investigates handwriting with a sample, sending it to Warden Maloney at McNeil prison for comparison.
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