29 Sep 1921
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
1
The article criticizes Olympia officials for touting a reduced next year's tax levy while students face higher tuition, library, fees, and A. S. U. W. costs. It argues economy is masked and shifts burden onto students seeking college education.
A Seattle editor decries corruption and social decline while condemning moonshine graft and courtroom ruckus. He laments cuts to free public education, notes high school tuition fees and university charges, and urges the state legislature to revoke them, aligning with students and faculty to defend public schooling.
A mass student and taxpayer meeting at Denny Hall denounces rising charges that cut fall enrollment. Officials note resident tuition of 15 per quarter plus 5 for library, and 50 for non residents, with total expenses around 680 plus 105 for non residents.
Fragments discuss Seattle home ownership rates and a Seattle Central Labor Council peace conference proposal. Mentions about executive session and a millionaire club, plus food price shifts and claims about England and U S agriculture and imports from Algeria.
The Star touts its classified ads as dependable for profit and results. It claims thousands testify to steady returns from small investments, urging readers that Star Want Ads rarely fail to deliver sought outcomes beyond mere speculation.
Babe Ruth suffers a severe cold and cannot play today against Philadelphia. The Yankees left him in New York as they traveled to Philadelphia at 11 a m. His withdrawal at this crucial moment weakens New York's offense and hampers their bid to maintain a one and a half game lead over Cleveland.
Federal authorities pursue a sweeping liquor ring tied to Roscoe Arbuckle's Labor Day party. Witnesses report branches from coast cities sourcing from Mexico and Canada, with Arbuckle planning travel to Los Angeles as prosecutors prepare to file information for manslaughter. Bail posted as he awaits trial.
Thieves broke into the Street Car Men's union office at 1431 First Ave. and looted cash and currency totaling over $1,000 from the safe after using a passkey. About $900 in currency and $100 in a liver were taken. $100 and $6 in other drawers were left untouched. Secretary Warrick discovered the break at 8:40 a.m. Thursday noting the combination had been left while the lock remained.
In Belfast on September 1 the keel of a 32 000 ton vessel ordered by the Holland American line was laid. The ship to be named the Rotterdam is the largest laid since the war in the United Kingdom.
By Leo H Lassen sport editor of The Star the star notes Enoch Bagshaw known as Baggy returns to his alma mater as head coach for Washington after 11 years away. He led Everett prep to a national championship and is hailed as the country’s finest high school coach. Seattle cheers for his comeback as the Huskies open against the Ninth Army Corps.
Wanda von Kettler portrays Judge C. C. Dalton’s domestic relations court known for informal, home like sittings. Spectators observe couples as sessions aim to settle disputes without trials with Mrs. Marian McDonnell and Deputy C. A. Batchelor assisting.
Washington Sept 29 A top Treasury Department income tax official Kf C Rickmeyer assistant chief of the personal audit section was arrested and charged with attempting to obtain bribes and stealing confidential government records in a scheme to defraud the government of nearly $1,000,000. The case centers on thefts of United States records and the official’s disappearance after the alleged acts.
Mrs Dolores Johnson testified in the Mahoney murder trial that she spoke with Mrs Kate Mahoney on April 16 hours after police say the husband James E Mahoney beat and stuffed her body into a trunk. She then spoke again by phone April 17. The defense noted a prior witness retracted a statement about a skirt and admitted a felony conviction in 1908.
In Twin Falls Idaho the defense for Mrs I Southard seeks to quash the venire of 40 prospective jurors alleging Sheriff E R Sherman corrupted the process by charging murder against Southard and then steering investigation while holding bias that the defendant is not guilty. The court heard motions and dramatic exchanges as Mills filed for exclusion of the special venire. The defense claims Sherman swore to the murder charge and influenced Deputy W H By to focus solely on the case.
Mrs Delores Johnson appeared aged and drawn on the witness stand with a calm serenity gone as she testified, the courtroom silent save for her voice. The scene described intense emotional strain from the previous session.
Dentists testified for the state in the Mahoney case while P F Nissen and F Pfeil identified handwriting. Mrs Johnson described Kate Mahoney’s appearance and her account of rents for the Denny apartments and Baker Street tenants and a plan to move a trunk with her husband present.
Authorities probe in San Francisco center on George B. Wilbur a Raymond Washington restaurant owner and close associate of bank robber Roy Gardner. Wilbur vanished from Raymond and allegedly called his restaurant from San Francisco yesterday offering a lead to investigators. Detectives hold Wilbur key to locating Gardner and solving the case.
The Interstate Commerce Commission warned that unless railroads agree to voluntary consolidation into a few main systems the government may take ownership of lines. It anticipated opposition from railroad heads as it proposed uniting the nation’s railroads into 19 competitive systems and paused the government ownership option.
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