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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1921
Page
1
An earnest plea to business leaders across Washington state urges immediate action to combat looming winter unemployment. The Star argues abundant crops and improving conditions lessen the crisis and calls for a united, strategic effort to create jobs and prevent destitution. ARE YOU EMPLOYERS BIG ENOUGH FOR THE TASK?
Fragments mention Rey Gardner an escaped convict and Matt Starwich in a moonshine case. References to Seattle pugilist Ea Hagen and a Punch party list refreshments and helpers. Pervasive garbled chatter includes President Woodhouse Aerial League, Harding, and Pacifist mottoes.
San Antonio Texas reports 42 dead with more expected as the night storm devastates South Central Texas. Army kitchens aid relief while Mayor Black calls a city hall meeting. Olmos creek floodwaters recede. damages run into millions with extensive impact on railroads highways and the cotton crop.
Four bandits robbed post office station C at Fifth and Los Angeles streets of thousands in registered mail. They held eight clerks at bay and fired on a clerk as they fled in a car at 6:20 am. Bystander Henry P D Hiteman was wounded in the neck during the escape.
Special to The Star recounts Dolly Gardner wife of Roy Gardner tormented by questions about his escape from McNeil Island prison. She hopes he is safe and desires guidance while awaiting news and letters from him. A child in Dry Creek awaits her father as questions of sanity and fate swirl around Roy Gardner.
The Star asks Roy Gardner to respond to questions about his train robbery actions and mindset. The open letter questions his sensations during the robbery and how he framed the events while noting W Maloney’s intellect. The piece presents a provocative public inquiry into the fugitive’s perspective.
W. W. Ballantyne asks in superior court if his children Ancrum and Florence will be dismissed Monday for refusing to pay newly levied school fees. He argues fees oppress the poor and route public schools toward private tuition, saying many parents share his concern as the case tests legality and impact on required courses.
Charlie Chaplin arrived in London to an extraordinary welcome at Waterloo Station and outside the Ritz. A 50 man police squad held back crowds while Chaplin appeared on the side balcony waving and speaking to cheering thousands. Traffic along Piccadilly was halted as more than 6,000 greeted the star, with twice that many lining the route.
Federal prison on McNeil Island reports fugitive Gardner shot at close range as he hid near the west end of the island. Patrolman William Anderson, in a rowboat, fired when rocks and gravel tumbled from the bank, fearing an attack. No trace of Gardner was found after the volley.
In Tacoma Sept 10 five days after Roy Gardner fled the McNeil's Island penitentiary Ward en Maloney initiates a new search method sending three skilled woodsmen James McDonald forest ranger Louie Sonny Centralia officer and H B Ogle Lewis county deputy sheriff into 12 square miles of forest to track trails and signs Gardner remains on the island according to Maloney though some hunters doubt it.
Harry Sullivan of Lowell Massachusetts began his fifth attempt to swim the English Channel after departing Dover England yesterday afternoon at 6 52 PM. He was reported making good progress early today as he challenged the voyage.
United States district attorney Robert C. Saunders said no investigation of the Ku Klux Klan in Seattle is contemplated. Any orders for such an investigation would have to come from Washington.
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