11 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1922
Page
1
Dr Chauncey Hawkins of Plymouth Church leads a Beattie probe into vice conditions, citing numerous liquor outlets, open drugs, and soliciting sex workers in blocks along Wash and Washington streets. He vows to push the battle and publish detailed locations.
A noir scene unfolds at a shadowed executive mansion portico where a strong French diplomat discusses the Chauvannes mystery with Monsieur Jonquette. A claim that the truth lies in journals and the emeralds in the Louvre emerges amid fog and silence as a page-turning clue.
Seattle mayor E. J. Brown endures a chaotic spell as university and church leaders denounce him over student dress at the Varsity ball and his denial of vice conditions. He bars federal prisoners from the city jail, accuses Whit ney of ties to bootleggers, clashes with the city council over carfare, and counterattacks clergymen criticizing his administration.
Mayor E. J. Brown charges assistant federal prohibition agent William Whitney with a conspiracy to compel prisoners to employ his law partner Bert Northrop. Brown says the scheme led him to order Chief Severyns to refuse lodging prohibition prisoners in the city jail.
Edison Marshall presents a gripping novel scene where Ray confronts Ben and a protective act by a girl ends in Fenris the wolf's fearsome intervention. The Star plans a Thursday publication of this serial installment, promising high tension and swift pacing.
Deputy State Fire Marshal Hal Pomeroy leads an investigation into Friday's Astoria blaze that destroyed much of the business district. Authorities weigh a lumberjack rumor and possible under-viaduct spread, while police probe radical group activity.
Federal officers and local citizens hunted in Menefee County Kentucky for the slayer of Prohibition Agent Dave Treadway 34 who was ambushed while leading a pursuit of moonshiners. Treadway died near the same site where Prohibition Agent Robert Duff was killed in an earlier ambush.
The Supreme Court held that prosecuting dry law violators under state law in state courts does not bar federal prosecutions for the same offense in federal courts. It ruled double liability is intended by Congress to allow federal action when states fail to prosecute properly.
Mayor Brown accused Rev. Chauncey J. Hawkins of being a tool of special interests in Seattle vice crusades. The mayor claimed not to know Hawkins but warned the matter would surface. he also questioned H J Chatterton of the Federation of Churches. Hawkins secretary dismissed Brown as evading the real issue with smoke screen.
The article reports Major Oles of the Chamber of Commerce estimating Astoria requires 100000 for winter relief after a burned city mission. It argues against using the Community Chest and proposes forming a large civic committee to fund Astoria’s share via a rapid pre holiday drive, portraying Seattle as a Good Neighbor.
The House Appropriations Committee reported the commerce and labor department bill totaling 26 million eight hundred seven thousand one hundred one dollars. It allocates 19,168,545 to commerce and 6,643,656 to labor.
A team of robbers dynamited two Seattle safes early Monday but only obtained $160 from each after the owners overlooked cash. One blast at the Red Crab Shop corner Fourth Avenue and St. led to a cracked safe and a missing interior. The J. Fox Bottling Works on Avenue N and Republican Street had its front blown and a few pets but no cash. Detectives Landis and Byrne investigate with no clues yet.
The Fitzgerald five cent carfare ordinance is postponed for one week at Mayor Brown's request. Council considers two substitutes to the provisions while supporters urge adoption of the mayor’s transfer plan. Debate centers on free transfers versus a nominal transfer charge and potential abuses.
Community publication Seattle Tea publishes its onni issue with a focus on pending legislation affecting women. The first edition centers on civic topics and local youth involvement in Saturday release.
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