07 Jan 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1922
Page
1
A mishmash of gossip and jokes covers marriage notices and local trivia. The column pokes fun at politics and society while mentioning weddings, public figures, and a stray ignoble remark. It reads like a scattergun page filler with no single news hook.
The item strings together odd holiday tips about fixing toy music boxes with an axe and sewing nightshirts, a mock plan to drop coins into jammed machines, and a quip about H C Tinghes. It mentions Gene Debs regaining citizenship, Billy Bryan as a presidential candidate, and a note on January weather with Scotch foot warmers.
The piece urges readers to register to vote and back an upcoming initiative to end the poll tax, describing it as unfair and costly. It calls for action at the city county building and warns that without registration no voice remains in the matter.
Four of five Tacoma city council members back repeal of the poll tax and seek signatures on a petition. Mayor Kiddell, sick in hospital, expected to join. Safety Commissioner Shoemaker, Light and Water head Davison, Public Works chief Harrison, Finance head Sliver and City Attorney Dennis voice support for the repeal before the election.
Joseph R. Manning, Seattle undertaker and recall leader, says the Hart recall failed due to the poll tax law passed under Gov. Hart and his political machine. He accuses malfeasance as the recall basis and notes the attorney general found no sufficient cause. Page 4.
The Seattle Star urges readers to use its Wanted columns for effective ads. It emphasizes the paper’s wide circulation reaching three quarters of the English-reading homes in Seattle daily and affordable rates for broad exposure in the afternoon and evening editions.
State editors react to The Star proposal for reimbursing depositors of the Scandinavian American bank disaster. Contributors argue for funds to cover losses while questioning universal liability for member banks and urging scrutiny of guaranty law provisions.
A bootlegger claims ten liquor cases were not reported, shaking estimates of bootlegging activity. Police investigate possible hidden shipments and record discrepancies in county liquor enforcement logs.
A dramatic letter to The Star alleges sheriff deputies in a New Year raid failed to account for 10 missing whisky cases from a car. Deputy Lee and Murphy deny the charge, saying 18 cases were seized and stored. the letter-writer the Bootlegger questions the discrepancy and hints at further pursuit.
Gustaf Lindeberg, former director of the defunct Scandinavian American bank and a Tacoma grocer with stores in Everett and Yakima, faces sentencing in superior court today after being found guilty of unlawfully borrowing $13,000 from the bank.
While cooking breakfast Saturday J McQuire on 4151 19th Ave left the kitchen briefly and returned to flames. He fled to the street as the house burned to the ground. Loss estimated at 1200 dollars. Overheated cook stove blamed.
A column recalls Logan Billingsley known as The Bootlegger who evaded authorities across the Northwest. He taunted reporters, surrendered after legal battles, served time on McNeil Island, was discharged, and later disappeared after a yacht wreck near Key West with film people aboard.
Timothy Costello, a naturalized American citizen, was murdered January 4 at Texcoco, 15 miles north of Mexico City. George T. Summerlin, American chargé d’affaires at Mexico City, informed the state department and has made representations to the Mexican government. No further details were provided.
A new electric machine gun can discharge bullets at a rate of 20,000 per minute. The device promises rapid fire for military or security applications and signals advances in automatic weapon tech.
The Bootlegger writes to The Star complaining that 10 cases of whisky disappeared and offers to discuss the matter with the editor. The editor promises confidentiality of The Bootlegger's identity and location if he calls for an interview.
A writer of poison pen letters has threatened Mary Garden, director of the Chicago Grand Opera, sending a box with a revolver and six cartridges. The writer claimed three cartridges were for Garden and vowed to see her body in the Chicago River. Miss Garden reported the case to Police Chief Fitzmorris. she called the threat “the pig.”
Colorado Springs report says Gene Logan, a convicted burglar awaiting a 10 year sentence, escaped from jail by stealing a car and attempting a high speed turn. The vehicle overturned and Logan died instantly from the crash early yesterday.
New York buzzes over the motion picture Molly O starring Mabel Normandia. Mack Sennett directed both Mickey and Molly O and spent ten months producing this new Cinderella style film. The city has embraced Molly O as a universal fad across fashion, music, and merchandise.
B. E. Albert and his wife pleaded guilty to a gross misdemeanor on Christmas day after abandoning their 10 month old baby on Colman dock. Judge Everett Smith sentenced each to a year in the penitentiary with the term suspended as of Saturday. The child died two days after the abandonment.
Milton B. MacIntosh former head of the foreign trade bureau at the Chamber of Commerce was found guilty by a federal jury on three counts for transporting Agnes Campbell from New York on August 10 1920 in violation of the Mann Act.
Seattle awoke to the first snowstorm of the year as downtown streets faced soggy flakes that melted quickly on contact. It marked the third winter flurry, arriving over a weekend with similar past episodes noted.
Washington reports that poison gas as a weapon of war was barred by the arms conference led by Elihu Root with American backing. The resolution will seek global adoption, marking a U.S. triumph as five powers move toward arms limitation. Aircraft limits, aside from carriers, seem unlikely.
Four signatories reached an understanding to exclude Japan's mainland from the treaty's protective scope. Arthur J. Balfour said the interpretation would ease Senate ratification. Britain, citing high authority, affirmed acceptance of the American reservation to speed approval.
The Japanese government lodged a strong protest with Chita officials over documents claiming a Franco Japanese secret agreement. Tokyo rejected the exposures made in Washington and warned negotiations would be cut off if the alleged falsehoods continue.
Police arrested Andrew Oreska and Tony Wasel incki in connection with a plot to dynamite the Morris & Co packing plant where union workers are on strike. The suspects, imported as dynamite men from Chicago, were jailed in default of bond pending trial January 18.
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