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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1920
Page
1
Louis Lafontaine dreams of blooming bulbs and a radiant girl with blue eyes then finds love in March 1918 and enlistment trials at Camp Lewis. Rejected on June 6, he returns to Seattle and meets another woman as dreams blur with memory and fate.
A Christmas morning fire swept a one story building next to the College Inn at 40th and 14th avenues North. Twelve guests evacuated in their night clothes after alarm. The blaze destroyed 700 apple boxes in the rear storeroom of A C Shaffer's restaurant. loss estimated at $800, insured. Short circuit blamed. building owned by Mrs Clark.
Federal raids on two plants halted a planned Midwest flood of fake money. In Chicago detectives arrested George F. Choate and T. B. Tyler, after a raid at Matat Cass and Canfield avenues yielded counterfeit notes. Detroit officers found about $86 000 in bogus $1 and $20 notes but made no arrests as occupants fled.
Tom Curtain, 39, recently released from McNeil Island federal prison, struck H. J. Landwehr of Our House bar at 151 Washington Street, rendering him unconscious late Friday. Curtain allegedly believed Landwehr had informed on him and had him imprisoned.
Wong Hip Chong aged 55 of 622 Sixth Ave South was treated at Providence hospital for a fractured left collarbone and dislocated left shoulder after the auto he rode in, driven by Henry Wong, collided with another car operated by Austin Fowler at 14th Ave and FE Alder Street Friday afternoon.
Readers planning winter departures can sell or buy a gloom killer piano or phonograph at sacrifice prices through The Star Want Columns. Call Main 600 to place or respond to ads during the month.
A downtown Atlanta blaze gutted three retail establishments, with damage estimated at $100,000. The fire threatened a block before being brought under control about 1 PM. A falling wall endangered about 20 firefighters, who all escaped unharmed. The origin remains unknown.
Nine deportation prisoners were moved to the county jail after an attack on guard J B Harlan. Allen Robinson, 19, led the assault, seizing the guard and accusing others of plotting the escape. Detainees named include Robinson, Robertson, McBain, Bole, Cassold, McInnes, Hutchinson, Proctor and Kettyls. All are British or Canadian born.
Burglars stealthily entered J. C. Blackford's basement Friday night causing a loud door crash when the entry was made. The homeowners woke, and the prowlers fled the scene in haste.
In Newark New Jersey Mia Carmalia Bruillo a bride of a few hours and her husband were found dead in their home from asphyxiation. Police believe the bride who relied on oil lamps blew out a gas jet as she retired. Braille a war veteran had sent money for their trip. The couple married at Ellis Island on Thursday and the wedding feast continued yesterday.
The Argentine government sends a battleship to Montevideo to receive Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby after the American battleship Florida cannot enter Buenos Aires harbor due to insufficient depth. The visit marks a diplomatic gesture amid limited port access in the region.
Seattleites woke to a sad white Christmas only four times in 30 years with full snow in 1911 and 1916 and traces in 1904 and 1915. Weather records say snow falls almost every year on New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day, suggesting a near yearly chance around the year’s end.
In San Francisco on December 25 the Howard Street vice gang defendants Kruvosky Tom Brady Spud Murphy and Jim Carey spent a dour Christmas behind bars. They were briefly allowed to attend mass in the prison chapel only by Kruvosky Brady and Carey while the others stayed inside and wandered the jail corridors.
Dr Wilson Putnam a Los Angeles dental X ray expert returned to his Garden Grove home near Santa Ana to spend Christmas and found his wife Anna 40 and son Wilson Jr 15 dead in separate beds. Mystery surrounds their deaths with ptomaine poisoning suspected due to a half filled salmon tin.
Raff Ferrier reported a Christmas morning robbery on Sixth Ave between Pike and Pine, near Right Hotel, where two bandits robed him after he alighted from an Everett interurban. One robber brandished a gun while the other searched him, taking $275.
Washington December 25. A man known as a former dollar a year official is hunted by detectives on orders of Senator Calder as the senate reconstruction committee probes large profits from coal deals. George Cush ing names the suspect and seeks fuller identification before testimony.
J. B. Smith of Auburn was robbed of 59 dollars by a highwayman near Railroad Avenue at the foot of Columbia Street at 7 20 p m Friday. The bandit wore a gray cap and black overcoat and spoke the line Don't be in a hurry Keep on walking but go slow. Smith had just landed from the Sol Due at Colman dock and was returning home from Port Angeles.
The Seattle Elks hosted their annual Christmas tree ceremony at the Elks temple on Saturday morning. Volunteers distributed toys clothes and holiday items to children overlooked by Santa Claus.
Santa Claus disguised as a doctor stork enters Mrs. Martins private hospital on Christmas morning and leaves a ten pound baby girl with Mrs. B W D Kenny at 4310 West Atlantic Street. Dr J Stewart assisted Santa in the unusual delivery.
Rome December 25 Pope Benedict warned five evils afflicting modern society amid greetings from Cardinal Vanutelli. Indiscipline hatred among brothers inordinate craving for pleasures and enjoyment refusal to work and loss of faith in God were cited. The Holy Father stressed social reconstruction and God’s cooperation as essential.
President elect and Mrs. Harding spent a quiet Christmas in Marion Ohio receiving gifts from across the country. They planned a day of rest as the odor of turkey filled the Harding home and the limelight stayed bright despite their private observance.
The national Christmas dinner is estimated to cost at least 100 million dollars with about 70 million pounds of turkey. Turkey averages 65 cents per pound, totaling around 45 million dollars, while cranberries mince pies and other fixings account for the rest. In major cities, buying presents keeps daily turnover above one million dollars as December shopping begins.
Christmas trees placed by bedside for wounded American heroes in Washington hospitals. trees trimmed to patient tastes. The American Legion, YMCA, Knights of Columbus, Red Cross and others supplied beer for soldiers still hospitalized. Special dinners and entertainment were held across all hospitals.
Early Christmas morning a Seattle burglar broke into M. Hild’s home on Dose terrace and escaped with a heavy mahogany phonograph worth 216 dollars and 80 grand opera records. It is the second such theft in two days. The loot also included a black mantel clock trimmed with gold, four silk shirts, and six soup spoons.
DD N Schoonover, 32, recently dismissed for alleged misconduct, faces an open charge after his auto struck and killed Ernest Sundblad, 36, a carpenter, on County Club road near the city limits at 1 45 this morning. Sundblad was returning from a Christmas Eve party with Julius Hillstrom when he was hit.
Fiume was cut off today as confrontations between Gabriele dAnnunzio and the Italian government over the Rapallo treaty left all roads closed. Royal guards ringed the city with trenches and barbed wire, allowing only a brief sea passage.
Rome dec 25 followers of Gabrielle d Annunzio hold Fiume against Italian forces. Some favor passive resistance while others vow to fight. D Annunzio on duty, wounded by guards. Refugees report plans to mine the port and blow up ships if Italy forces entry. Troops mass at border points and stay well armed with machine guns.
A vehicle overturned on Rainier Ave and Plum St injuring a man identified as Joe Johnson who lived at 55th Ave S and Orcas St. He was recovering at home at Christmas. The car was driven by E. Johnson of 59% Wilson Ave. Another auto collided with his vehicle during the incident.
Fred Kalberg a 28 year old lumberjack of Bellevue was struck by a Mt. Baker streetcar on Jackson Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues Friday morning. He remained in hospital Christmas with a possible skull fracture.
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