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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1921
Page
7
Classified fragments list furniture autos clothing and real estate offers. Items include room furniture sets buckets rugs stoves heaters a piano and a 1921 Stutz along with multiple trade and sale inquiries. Locations mention Seattle area addresses and local dealers.
Wednesday two holdups occurred within half an hour with small sums taken. Victims Guy Wineagan and Johnst. were robbed on Fourth Ave and Johnston St. they fled to Denny Way where Peter Grance was robbed of $10 cash, a purse, a gold watch and an Eagle charm. Suspects described as two young men, one in dark clothes, one in gray. Patrol reports indicate Arrests near Firthave and ongoing investigations.
Directory style listing for Seattle with multiple entries. Includes attorneys at law TP Ball established 1697, various lawyers and practitioners, Christian Science healer Mary E Sellen, loan services, auto and furniture loans, jewelers, marble and granite firm, optical services, patent attorneys, and physicians. Entries show addresses, hours, and brief service notes.
Parcel offers 10 acres level wire fenced with a good 3 room house a barn and a fine well. Black loam soil ideal for berries roots and crops with irrigation. One mile to town on paved road from Att. Terms available. K M Dah Hoge Building Annex 709 Second Ave.
Mrs Renner’s divorce action against Lydnia Christian Renner was postponed a day after Grace Latra Renner fainted in the courthouse elevator. Testimony showed Mrs Renner’s mother Anna Southrth had been twice divorced and her writer JH Marsh had divorced once.
Paris December 1 Captain Leon Proust of the French army has been arrested on charges of selling mobilization plans to the Germans before the war. He is held in solitary confinement at the Béasincoin citadel after more than seven years. The war department remains silent as investigations reveal papers found in a Belgian town tied to German espionage.
Dr. David Kinley was installed as president of the University of Illinois by the board of trustees after being elected last March. The ceremony occurred during the university educational conference with Rev. G H Sherwood delivering the invocation. Kinley, a 28 year veteran of the faculty, has served as professor of economics and later as vice president.
C H Parker of Astoria Oregon a former Seattle policeman was at liberty on 1000 bail Thursday Parker a patrolman on the beat when the federal warehouse at Walst and Elliotc ave was robbed in August was arrested Wednesday on a bench warrant tied to a secret indictment by the federal grand jury not yet public The bail for Warren V Youmans was raised from 2500 to 3000 per the grand jury recommendation.
The Seattle council utilities committee decided to ask Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meier to draft an ordinance regulating stage buses running out of Seattle. The proposal would empower the city to prescribe stage bus criminals. The current ordinance No. 40886 has been stalled by injunction and other court proceedings for over a year.
Seattle lodge No. 211 plans a December 10 dedication of a new $200,000 Moose temple at 8th Ave and University St. Invitations go to all state lodges as an elaborate program is arranged.
A Christmas tale from court shows Jurors verdicts of guilty for Clyde Ray and not guilty for George Harrison on charges of possession of nine quarts of Scotch with intent to sell. The foreman asks for leniency and the judge suggests sentencing until Christmas, but the appeal is filed, delaying mercy and extending the case. Also, forging charges are filed against F H Luther over a $20 check indorsement.
Dr G J Mohr will address the Sunnydale P T A on child welfare at the community hall Friday at 7 p m. The talk aims to inform parents and teachers about local welfare programs.
Leo Friedman, recently age twenty nine, is thrust into the Arbuckle case as the district attorney’s chosen man to lead the prosecution. He already opened the argument and delivered fiery attacks, with a final summation awaiting his moment to seal Arbuckle’s fate. The tale echoes Horatio Alger in reverse as a young lawyer rises to a dramatic showdown.
Burglars used basement and window smash methods to break into homes on Aurora Ave and Main Street, stealing small items including glass beads, cash, shirts, a razor, undergarments, suits, and a black suitcase. Noted targets include H.Il Ke, Sefer Demer, Y Waga, and O. A. Byers, with entry at 2100 By Galer wt. and 204 Main et. authorities investigate.
Seattle utilities committee tests trackless trolleys and considers a trolley bus. Railway chief D W Montel urges the city to investigate the merits of the scheme but notes the costs are prohibitive. Pending legal department opinion, no council decision will be made.
Seven youths aged 18 were taken by police in two raids Thursday. Reports say they attempted a break in at a Rivoli apartment building on Beecond Avenue. Arrests included Jack Sullivan Eldon Crowser and J MacDowell with Patrolmen Hill and Wood on scene. Other suspects Carl Adams G Lynch Goodman and Ernest Smith were detained by detectives in Col City.
Coroner’s jury finds driver Fred Almy responsible for the death of Louise Yackel, 14, killed Tuesday when an awning gate failed to stop before a passing street car. Prosecution likely to file charges against Almy by Thursday.
By a majority vote the council utilities committee adopted an unfavorable recommendation on an ordinance granting a 25 percent rebate to industrial plants during off-peak hours. Councilmen Cohen Tindall and Carroll voted against the bill while Moore and Erickson will submit a minority report favoring its passage.
Marshal Foch becomes a member of the University of Washington fraternity Apres le Guerre in Seattle. He signifies acceptance of honorary membership in a group for ex service men.
William Bruce and John W are charged with grand larceny in a complaint filed Thursday in superior court. They allegedly stole a Hudson automobile belonging to J. H. Sthole on October 21. Bruce is said to have a prior criminal record.
Amelia Brix, 16, of Yakima was reported missing by Seattle police on Thursday. Her sister said Arthur Northrop, an 18 year old Indian youth, persuaded the girl to marry him and they left Yakima together.
Paris reports official statistics show prewar 90 percent of French babies nursed by mothers, but now most are bottle fed and infant mortality has risen sharply as a result.
Stafford England reports the Irish terrier Princé who once vanished from Hammersmith in 1914 and led to the trenches at Armentieres is dead and will receive a public funeral. Edinburgh notes Lord Blackburn fines Alexander Smith $125 for drunkenness while serving on a jury, calling it the gravest insult to the court.
William Bennett slept in his room at the Watson hotel when a burglar ransacked suitcases drawers and Bennett's trousers. The thief even moved the bed and took an alarm clock and 85 dollars, leaving Bennett late to rise.
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