22 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1922
Page
1
A collage of humorous notes and cartoons from a 1920s campus scene. Jokes target Doc Brown, university life, Christmas gifts, and quips about scholars, a mayoral bid, and a Portland boxer with a Broken Blossom nickname. Contains satirical and playful vignettes with names such as Chauncey Hawkins and Count George Haydu Barry.
The Black Manufacturing Co sells Wenatchee apples to employees at cost in 100 box lots via a weekly comb cart. Last year the company moved over 1,200 boxes and already this fall more than 500 boxes have been sold. The plan aids workers and valley farmers by reducing surplus while fostering city country cooperation.
Thousands of bogus stock firms flood mail with offers as treasury redeems Victory bonds and 1918 war savings stamps. Denison urges blue sky legislation to block mail sales across states, aiming to curb fake promoters while guiding savers to Treasury certificates. John Sheffinger testified in Jersey City court, leading to his son David Sheffinger’s conviction for stealing automobile tires.
U S Urges You to Exchange Securities explains ongoing war financing beyond World War I as War Savings Certificates mature. Chief Lew Wallace Jr notes 625 million dollars in war savings certificates fall due January 1 and many new investors held stamps purchased under government appeals for the war effort.
Homer G Brew suspects Mayor Brown sent a box labeled Merry Christmas to Homer at the Seattle Star. Paddy the office boy delivered four kittens, three yellow and one black, noting the gesture as a Christmas surprise. Brew promises to investigate the harmless prank.
Bank clerks across Seattle receive substantial Christmas bonuses, with many institutions granting half to full month's salary. The Bank of California First National and Union National offer half a month, National Bank of Commerce offers a full month, Marine National a third, and Metropolitan Seattle plus Seattle National tier bonuses by tenure. American Savings Bank also participates, though exact figures are undisclosed. A gold coin shortage is noted due to bonus withdrawals. department stores keep bonus sizes private.
A 14 year old boy named Romano was fatally injured when an Alderwood Manor to Seattle auto stage struck him as he stepped from a Manor school bus. He died Friday morning at Providence hospital from internal injuries after the Thursday afternoon incident. Witnesses say the stage sped away and the driver had not yet been arrested.
Ten members of an alleged bandit gang were captured in a Chicago raid after terrorizing the Middle West with bank robberies and holdups that netted more than 500000. Police seized liberty bonds, stocks, bonds, whisky warehouse receipts, nitroglycerine, fuses, revolvers, and a Joliet penitentiary diagram. Leaders named Thomas Holden John Barry and Harold Young were rushed to headquarters for questioning.
Charles P. Morarity of the Seattle Boxing commission awaits grand jury questioning as investigators probe local vice conditions. Elmo Jones and Dr. B T Hanley are expected to appear. Mrs Alice Preston testifies about reporting threats and statements on Seattle vice conditions amid boxing law questions and city entertainment bans.
Robert Allen Swaney was held as a bandit suspect by police until noon on his wedding day. Authorities concluded he was not a bandit, and he returned home to finish wedding preparations. He was married that night and is now on his honeymoon.
Robert Swaney and his companions were detained as suspicious when a police prowler car stopped them near the planned wedding. A revolver found on Swaney sparked concern, but by Friday they were cleared and proceeded with the ceremony, Swaney marrying Blanche Metzler that evening.
Hundreds of Seattle women write to the three county commissioners to block Lafe Hamilton from a South district road supervisor post. They warn the appointment could Weld him to build a political base for a future port commissioner run. About 200 letters are reported to have reached Paul Gaines and Dobson as well as the third commissioner.
New York report says Terrence Murphy sought jail time to spend a night with friend John McCann. He pesters the judge and is arrested, only to learn McCann has already been discharged.
Seattle business leaders predict 1923 will be the best year since the reconstruction era. They credit lumber revival and growing building permits, despite rail car shortages and farm difficulties, with a surge in prosperity ahead of the new year.
Three civilian employees at the Benicia military arsenal were critically injured when a shrapnel shell being moved exploded. Clarence Thomas is not expected to live, foreman William Fox suffered a severe abdomen cut, and Arthur Harris sustained a broken leg with multiple shell fragments. The board of inquiry convenes this afternoon.
A street car was struck by an automobile loaded with moonshine at Second Ave and Lencra St shortly before noon Friday. Two men believed to be liquor runners fled as police arrived. The wrecked car and a broken moonshine jug in a suitcase were seized, with the car licensed to T. J. Dowling of Woodinville Washington.
Six men armed with riot guns surrounded a guarded Stix, Barber & Fuller Drygoods truck in St Louis on December 22 and fled with 5000 dollars in cash from Christmas C. O. D. Policeman James Hanson was disarmed during the robbery.
T G lins a window washer plunged from the third story of the Railway building today while cleaning windows for the Aetna Fire Insurance office. He landed on his feet and remained conscious after recovery, but was shocked and transported to Samaritan hospital.
A chaotic scene near Batavia Ohio follows a double header freight derailment six miles east of town. Kelly the brakeman died and Casey Wood suffered a leg injury as investigators begin to piece together the incident.
The final interior department appropriation bill was reported today by the appropriations committee. The measure carries 254,858,460 dollars for the United States office, with a portion allocated for navy pensions.
Police searched Friday for a taxi driver described as a gay Lothario who frequented silk stockings thefts. He allegedly drove Jaine Parker and Helen to the Hotel Butler, charged them 15 dollars, returned to their room, and claimed to have taken stockings. The driver has not been located.
A mass appeal for release of prisoners was posted at the White House entrance with banners urging President Harding to make the Christmas gift of clemency to the nation. The amnesty protest aims to free at least 28 prisoners convicted in the 1919 Chicago trials before Christmas.
Bodies of Watt Daniels and Richards, believed murdered by riders, were found in a lake near here. Feet had weights and were tied, indicating the victims were submerged for days. A fragmentary report from Chicago notes a suppressed balance sheet showing a 1922 deficit, with Dawes hinting at underlying causes.
The White Star liner Majestic broke free in a terrific gale at Southampton while Be The Cunarder dragged her anchor and collided in rough seas.
Seattle church leaders send a telegram to Secretary Fall urging leniency in enforcing a cent ruling that orders the removal of Yakima Indians. The message, signed by F. Thrapp and Herbert J. Chatterton and others, protests against actions by farmers and others in the valley and beyond.
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