23 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1922
Page
1
A rambling festive column jokes about Christmas shopping and bootlegger humor while threading in political notes. It playfully teases Doc Brown and Edwin J. Brown, hints at future campaigns, and features a satirical tone about Seattle society, Prohibition era quirks, and local figures.
A misfortunate boy ends up with a pair of peon pants as a Christmas gift. The gift choice brings disappointment rather than joy in a holiday moment.
A letter from Stephen F. Chadwick of Seattle Post No 18 American Legion denounces the Seattle Council of Churches plea to aid Japanese residents facing eviction from the Yakima Indian reservation. He accuses the clergy of misdirected effort or paid propaganda and urges Secretary Fall to disregard the petition.
In Seattle Judge J T Ronald’s chambers both wives of the same man confront him. Thirty years after the husband John Gorilla came to America to make a fortune his Finland wife waited, learned of him in Renton as John Sullivan with a second wife and five children. The first wife Sorilla decides not to pursue bigamy, forgives him, and will leave, ensuring the children’s future.
Wanda von Kettler reports about two hundred boys and girls singing old-time Christmas carols across Seattle. The group visits hospitals and homes for the aged as part of the Saturday Christmas event, spreading festive cheer through the city.
A young writer contemplates the meaning of Christmas beyond feasting. She recalls the infant Jesus in the manger and his redeeming love, urging silent prayer and peace on earth. The piece contrasts gifts with a truer joy and the hope of goodwill among people.
West Seattle high school boys and girls will ride in large trucks through the afternoon and evening, singing carols to warm hearts at Christmas. They will join crowds at the County City Building park to sing before the great lighted tree, with stops at special places along the route.
Burefare lightened Santa Claus pack considerably in several raids Friday night and Saturday. A spare bedroom at Mrs. J. R. Barnaby 4903 gist ave 8 was stripped of an amber manicure set silk cap hosiery kerchiefs a suitcase and jewelry. Raiders also hit the steamer President Jackson at Smith Cove during fumigation stealing $200 in cab fare and $98 in Chinese money. Other Seattle homes yielded about $1,500 in jewelry and clothing.
Mrs A Matson, 35, reportedly took carbolic acid in her rooms at 706 Yesterday. She was rushed to the city hospital by Dr Charles Firestone but died during treatment. Coroner W M Corson conducts the investigation as authorities say health may have caused the act.
Charles H Heighton, newly elected from the 47th district, launches a third party push toward a nonpartisan progressive bloc in Olympia. He writes to about 16 legislators from semi republicans to democrats, outlining a platform: state budget system, shift taxes to intangibles, empower cities to sell power, consolidate Seattle governance, strong anti narcotic act, bank guaranty or repeal, broader workmen's comp, Women’s Industrial Home at Medical Lake, repeal capital punishment, higher inheritance tax, elective board of public works, reduce college fees, tax freight lines by earnings, trim normal schools, raise corporate filing and license fees, and tax exempt securities to Congress. The Hart machine suffered a blow at the polls. Heighton page reference.
Wholesale roundup of terrorists in Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana was promised by state and federal officials probing the murder of Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards last August. Autos licenses of hooded gang members were issued in Arkansas and Mississippi and will aid in rounding up mob members. Troops moved toward the Morehouse parish area with a machine gun company from New Orleans and two infantry companies en route to guard public buildings and roads. Daniels and Richards lie in caskets, bodies recovered from the Fourche after a long, muddy period. believed to be killed by the mob and dumped in a lake.
Astoria officials plan a Christmas Eve program to aid local fire victims with dances and a boxing match proposed by Mayor Brown against Rev. Hawkins. The event would feature two two minute rounds with light gloves and sole use of the left hand, while dance receipts and salaries are pledged to the relief fund. Brown also seeks financial and property disclosures from the Plymouth Congregational Church and Rev. Hawkins regarding income and holdings.
The Tudor Star, a Blue Star line vessel, is disabled with steamer steering gear amid heavy seas 1,200 miles from Liverpool. An unnamed vessel has answered an 80.8 call and approaches for aid. Tudor Star departed Seattle November 1 bound for Liverpool via Portland and San Francisco. Position is 48 North, 24 West, marked dangerous by marine men.
In Springfield Ohio a Christmas gift to Samuel Dodds, a local Pennsylvania ticket agent, includes no more work and a pension after sixty years of continuous service. In Chicago seven people filed ptomaine poisoning from a pre Christmas luncheon of pickled herring with milk, affecting Mr and Mrs Andrew Liczko and their three children and Mr and Mrs John Kudarik.
J H Dennis paymaster of Pittsburg Coal company was shot by six masked bandits who took a Christmas payroll of $20000. He died en route to a hospital in Pittsburg on December 23.
In Doorn on December 23 ex Kaiser Wilhelm sold a wedding photograph of himself in a field pose to an American agency for ten thousand dollars to raise money. In London on December 23 Pope Pius XI issued an encyclical urging global peace per a Central News dispatch.
Mrs. Sarah Grigsby a domestic fell five stories from the Hotel Clayton in Oakland early today crashing through the skylight of a neighboring store and escaping with minor injuries She attributed the fall to sleepwalking
A gang bombarded Ludlow with rifles and revolvers early today after dynamiting the First National Bank safe, escaping with 3000 dollars and leaving 30000 unclaimed. They terrorized residents, forced people indoors, and kidnapped the local telephone operator to prevent word reaching other areas.
American Ambassador Harvey departed Southampton aboard the Berengaria for New York to brief President Harding and Secretary Hughes on U S involvement in Europe. The ship had been slightly damaged in a collision with the Majestic but continued its voyage.
Fred C. Stillwell a prominent Los Angeles hotel man was named as defendant in a sensational suit filed by Donald A. Boyd an insurance man who seeks 100000 dollars alleging alienation of the affections of Boyd’s wife the couple’s beautiful young bride.
Eleanor Boardman leading woman in Goldwyn productions may lose her right arm after being bitten by a camel on a desert film set in India. The wound became infected as she worked yesterday under Rupert Hughes, novelist and screenwriter, direction.
San Diego dispatch reports Rockwell field officers have no confirmation of the reported recovery of Col. Francis G. Marshall and Lt. Charles F. Weber. Airplanes have been recalled but cavalry search continues.
Marion Ill Dec 23 jurors in the Herrin massacre trial were placed under bailiffs after a brief session and the court recessed for the Christmas holidays until January 2.
Brig. Gen. Robert Alexander at Camp Lewis announced an inquiry into the charge that an army truck was missing for four days as part of a bootlegging scheme. He questioned how bootleggers could have borrowed the machine and pledged a thorough investigation.
A crashed bootlegger tale from The Star recounts three men in army uniforms who used a government tagged truck to haul 80 cases of whisky from Camp Lewis toward Blaine. Snohomish deputies helped free the stuck vehicle after a long struggle, and the crew pressed on to Seattle storehouses before vowing restraint for future runs. The trio boasted the haul and insisted they got away with it, offering a case to the reporter.
The White House observes Christmas quietly as President Harding and Mrs. Harding stay at home. The president, who is in good spirits, will join a small dinner downstairs with a few friends attending the holiday meal.
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