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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1922
Page
8
Thomas Ryan has been arrested in Paris on charges of attempting to murder his wife, Aubrey Creighton, by forcing bichloride of mercury tablets. He claimed she would kill herself, while she was reported to be improving at a hospital. The Ryans were in California in 1917 where Aubrey was celebrated as a prize winner.
Capt Roald Amundsen aims to summit the m to study weather patterns. He will begin a five drift Arctic voyage from Alaska to Norway to obtain data to forecast storms in advance, testing the theory that northern polar regions spawn storms.
Sam Levin, father killed in a January auto crash near Portland. His wife Mrs Max Levin suffered a fractured leg and reported three rings worth 1000 dollars were removed from her fingers. Police could not locate the rings near the accident site.
The Bureau of Labor reports a 14 percent drop in the cost of food in 16 U.S. cities for the fiscal year ending December 15, 1971, compared with the previous year. Mobile and Savannah lead with an 18 percent decrease, Salt Lake City at 17 percent, and Omaha at 15 percent.
The Wilson Foundation executive committee will meet at Good Fats cafeteria at 2 p m Saturday to discuss raising five thousand dollars toward the Woodrow foundation under the chairmanship of George F E Ryan.
Roosevelt Post plans a formal designation for the Highline Road now called Seattle Des Moines road with trees planted on both sides, each named for a fallen serviceman. Ten trees will honor departed post members, plus a tree for Col. Theodore Roosevelt. The event is led by Maj. Thos. R. Beeman with Maj. W. H. Nelson and Harry Young.
Seattle police hunted four auto bandits who robbed a Puyallup Union Oil station of 35 dollars and later held up W. Sulla at Bast 43rd Street and 12th Avenue Northeast, taking 16.65 dollars before fleeing in a small car toward Seattle on the Pacific highway.
North End residents keep up drive for jitney service and plan a mass meeting at Ravenna schoolhouse west Tuesday night. Councilmen FM B Heaketh, T Erickson and John F Carroll will be the principal speakers.
United States District Attorney Thomas F. Revelle received a commendatory letter from Harry D. Smith praising the office in securing narcotics convictions. Revelle credits assistant Judson Faulkner and special narcotics agent James F. Brown for their role. A Seattle luncheon discussed trusts in business administration. Mary K Butterfield, 72, longtime Seattle resident, was to be buried at Evergreen Park cemetery after services at 5915 Roxbury Street.
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