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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1922
Page
1
A collage of quirky vignettes and jokes from Seattle era life, reflecting celebrations and daily oddities. Mentions of National Thrift Week, travel, fashion, and local humor with mentions of Homer Brew and Joie Ray. Genel excerpt of light social chatter and local flavor.
A lone woodsman with pack horses gazes down on Bradleyburg as twilight cloaks the North. The town once thrived on nearby gold camps, but now the wilderness encroaches and questions loom over its fading prosperity. The scene recalls a former boom era and a mother’s memory as winter and fate press in.
A House resolution by Rep Reavis Nebraska urges demanding payment of Liberia's war debt by France over its naval program. Liberia appears in arms conference discussions. U S opposition to Japan’s Siberian occupation parallels earlier Anglo Japanese alliance stance as Bri beria documents raise possible Franco Japanese collusion. Turn to Last Page.
Police reported a pair of arson attempts at 413 Third Ave. W. in two days. Neighbors fought back the flames Sunday midnight and again Tuesday morning as crude oil smeared the floor and woodwork. The vacant building, controlled by W A Eastman and vacated by Charles Kirchbaum, is valued at about 3500 with losses around 106.
The piece cheers a forecasted wet New Year’s Eve and notes thousands flocking to the United States under a so called gentle agreement. It remarks on saving pennies to cover a lawyer for a will and jokes about gentility.
A sheriff's posse searched Tuesday afternoon for a daring bandit who robbed a lone pedestrian on the highway near Orillia before noon. The victim's name was not given. Deputy sheriffs William Sears Ed Hughes and C H Morrow were dispatched to the scene.
Robbers entered the S. W. Smith store in Carrolla last night and overlooked a $1,000 wad in the safe. They took about $10 worth of dry goods and shoes as they contented themselves with petty theft.
Thieves robbed the wine cellars of Mishu Root in Clinton New York while Root attended a Washington conference. A Utica newspaper ad offers a thousand dollar reward for information leading to arrests and convictions.
An 11-year-old girl in Rockwood Tennessee asks suitors to send $1,000 now so she can marry at 20 to support her family. She says she is 17, the eldest of six, and plans to finish education and aid her sick parents, offering references and a photograph as proof.
Washington January 3 More letters charging Maj H L Opie Staunton Virginia with shooting down American soldiers in France reach Senator Watson Georgia today. William Gillie Richmond Virginia says Opie took a rifle from a soldier and shot a man October 9 1918. Witnesses St John Lynchburg and Leedy Strasborg report seeing Opie shoot a runner. They seek to testify as senate committee resumes hearings on illegal hangings and killings in the A I F.
The passenger steamer Agosto sank near Puerto Mexico at the northern end of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec railway. Three engine room crewmen drowned while passengers were rescued. Investigators suspect a boiler explosion caused the disaster.
Three masked burglars held C F P Churchill and wife in their North Bunker Hill home for hours and tortured them with hot irons and clubs. They stole $400 from the bedroom carpet and demanded more. Mrs Churchill disrobed under threats. the couple and daughters were harmed and hospitalized. police dispatched flying squadron to scour the neighborhood.
Three unmasked bandits robbed three Owl Drug Co collectors in broad daylight at Sixth and Broadway, escaping with 10000 dollars. Witnesses swarmed the scene as police were alerted by W A Schulte.
The White House announced on January 3 that it will send to the Senate the nomination of Under Secretary of State Fletcher to be ambassador to Belgium, succeeding Brand Whitlock.
Editorial urges Senator Poindexter to take a clear stand on ousting Newberry. It rebukes a tentative stance and calls for him to be on record voting to fire Newberry, arguing voters demand decisive action and leadership from Washington.
Prosecuting Attorney says murder charges will be prepared against Robert Henry Watson once he recovers from self-inflicted wounds in the city hospital. Watson killed Mrs. Mary Bushnell at her home on Elm Place on New Year's Eve and then shot himself, after a troubling marriage to Mrs. Bushnell's daughter and ongoing family disputes.
Washington January 3 Truman H. Newberry will defend himself before the senate. He has prepared his defense speech and it will be brief. The speech will be delivered shortly after the senate resumes consideration of his case Friday.
Rising waters from Cave Creek threaten the state capitol area in Phoenix and have the state fairgrounds under three feet of water. Evacuations are underway as residents in the flood zone, those affected last August, are advised to leave.
Kansas City publisher and republican leader Walter S. Dickey may be appointed to Will H. Hays’s cabinet post if the postmaster general resigns to enter the motion picture industry. The Kansas City Post said the story came from Washington and local republican circles.
Portland authorities report no trace of D. T. McKenna, a Tacoma insurance agent, who has been missing from his home for three months following a serious head and facial injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The case remains unsolved as police continue inquiries.
Labor and Watson were jailed on charges of driving while intoxicated after a Monday night crash on Des Moines highway near Boulevard park. Kate Gerdes, 63, mother in law, is hospitalized with a broken arm and possible knee fracture, while Watson's wife and three children received bruises and were treated at home. Deputies say both drivers had been drinking and the wreck hurled four passengers from the rear seat onto the pavement.
A 15 year old girl is in critical condition after an assault on 24th Ave S W early Tuesday. Sailor N L Pulley 23 of the U S S New York was arrested during a city wide hunt and is held on an open charge. A 11 year old girl accompanying him was arrested then released. Police believe the attack followed her disappearance New Year's Eve.
Extradition papers for Thomas Fogler, accused of flooding Tacoma Everett and other cities with bogus Northern Pacific pay checks, were prepared Tuesday. Fogler remains at large in Los Angeles, according to Northern Pacific Special Agent John Windquist. Forty eight checks totaling 3600 dollars have been recovered.
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