23 Feb 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1922
Page
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Mrs Howard Taylor wife of Dr Howard Taylor British missionary appeals to Beilby for $20000 ransom to free her husband. Threats to torture him if unpaid cited. Mrs Taylor says Fo Hang head of bandits in Northern China led the kidnapping. She walked 100 miles to reach telegraphic link to Peking after release.
London February 23 Princess Mary will wed commoner Viscount Lascelles next Tuesday in Westminster Abbey, the first royal daughter to marry there in six centuries. Four processions, a mixed crowd, and a white silver wedding with nine bridesmaids mark the ceremony. honeymoon includes Weston Park Shropshire then Italy at Villa Medici Florence.
The piece notes local chatter on a mayoral bid by Walter F. Meier and reports his public consent amid a rise in streetcar policy questions. It also mentions a policeman’s ball, Ed Hagen’s absence, and various social musings from Seattle’s civic scene.
A collage of jumbled items from Seattle readers and events. References to a batter hitting a ball, a misread umpire call, a slogan about looking before drinking, a note about Lady Godiva on set, and a wet humor line. Mentions of New Richmond Laundry, Pike Street shop window signs, and jokes about the city’s night schools closing early. Also notes a large plate glass window broken at an ice station, 423 wooden ships sold in Lake Union to a San Francisco buyer, and a nod to Johns Hopkins physicians with a sea cure for ets.
George Brazer and George Krazer, a prominent American Legion official, faced trial in Judge Seay's court for allegedly embezzling 1899 dollars from the Metropolitan club while serving as manager between March 1921 and October 13 1921. The state planned to call nine witnesses. Brazer denied the charges.
British government invites signatories of the Irish Free State treaty to London for a conference on the whole situation. Churchill announced in the House of Commons that the meeting would discuss broader implications and arrangements.
The Star’s advertising columns showcase up to date Seattle merchant merchandising. Readers can learn current offerings and potential profits by studying the ads and noting merchants’ messaging and pricing.
Engineer H B Neave reports a radium field near Open Bay Valdez Island off the British Columbia coast after a nine year quest from Africa to Alaska. He sent samples to Sir Ernest Rutherford in London, confirming the claim, and hopes others join to develop the site and relieve cancer sufferers.
Senator Waleh of Montana introduced a resolution directing the senate judiciary committee to investigate the eligibility of Senator Need Smoot and Representative Burton of Ohio as members of the foreign debt funding committees.
CTIEHALIS Feb 23 Mrs Ed ward M Rhodes is absolved of all blame for the death of her five children from strychnine poisoning after suspected doses of what she believed were Epsom salts The coroner jury verdict cites death from strychnine from unknown source and clears Mrs Rhodes of any suspicion in full testimony.
Five armed bandits robbed the Williamsburgh sub-postoffice in New York today, taking $3,100. They entered the drug store housing the office, forced occupants into a small prescription room with revolvers, rifled tills and collected stamps, then fled in an automobile.
Federal Judge Jeremiah Neeterer ordered the sale of fifteen trucks four automobiles and nine trailers owned by Frank Waterhouse and Company and the Vulcan Manufacturing Company. The sale follows a petition by Clark P. Bissett receiver for the two firms.
The Washington bureau can research questions of fact Seattle readers cannot answer locally. It leverages the Congressional Library departmental archives museums and scientific collections to provide replies.
In Keokuk Iowa on February 23 Joseph Haubert 16 and Mae and Ida Printy were drowned when the car they rode in went off the ferry boat dock at Nauvoo Illinois. The girls were recovered in the car but Haubert remained missing.
Dragging operations began at Apple Tree Point near Seattle for the bodies of Edward Church and Joe Josephson, both believed drowned Sunday after their boat capsized following a fight. Police doubt Eli Evans's statement that they went ashore for help. Evans is suspected to have lied. a squat runner may have taken the launch to Vancouver. Harry Church, brother of Edward, headed to the scene with dragging crews as harbor patrol and Sound ships were alerted.
President Harding today sent a draft reservation to the foreign relations committee as a substitute for the Brandegee reservation. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts presented the measure but did not formally offer it.
The state told of Madalynne Obenchain waiving a lace white handkerchief from a Russell hotel window the day John Belton Kennedy was killed. Witnesses described a white faced woman waving the handkerchief and the prosecution said the signal linked to the murder.
Tacoma police search for a tall bandit who held up F. W. Doyle operator of a Standard Oil service station last night stealing cash receipts around $25. Doyle described the robber as six feet tall wearing a dark coat and cap fleeing in a waiting car.
Tenants in a New York apartment building protest after the owner discovers an 18 month lapse in rent collection by the agent. They claim the omission harmed their standing and demand remedy.
Telegram announcing the death of Md Niles's mother in Duluth Minnesota is held by the Western Union central office in Seattle due to inability to reach Niles at 118 Washington Street. The message asks whether he intends to come for the funeral and burial arrangements.
Public utilities leaders in Seattle push a $3,000,000 program to construct new street cars locally. They argue most fabrication can be done in Seattle including wheels, with motors bought from outside, and estimate it will provide work for hundreds if the 200 cars are built in city shops.
In Los Angeles and Detroit reports, Harry M Fields names Johnny Clark Wong Lee and Kennie Moore as occupants of the suspected murder car. Detroit dispatch says Fields’ story aligns with Los Angeles police dope ring theory, suggesting Taylor tried to save a star from drugs and was killed during a confrontation.
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