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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1922
Page
1
A London/Dane era gossip column notes homefront humor and social signals. It mentions W C T U service stars in windows, a judge, and local figures like Councilman Hesketh. The piece mixes spoof headlines with brief reflections on liquor, Prohibition era jests, and wartime cantonments shifting.
Advices from British Columbia report over ten thousand dollars in damage to a Vancouver hotel on New Year’s Eve. The note wishes readers a Happy New Year.
Striking miners in Black Diamond plan a new city of 200 houses after selling homes to Pacific Coast Coal Co. under a compromise on eviction suits. Work will start soon under attorney George Kummens guidance, with similar plans reported from Newcastle Coal Creek and Carbonado where 23 miners’ homes are affected.
The Star provides timely local entertainment details from Seattle, listing what's in town this week. It notes home viewing habits and highlights movies and players, offering concise, first hand news through columns and ads.
Santa Monica on January 29 reports Harvey Gray, 50, slain in a car battle with robbers. His body found in the car seat by the riverbank. a bullet hole in the head and the windshield pierced by bullets. Gray held an automatic pistol in his right hand, fired as a bullet ended his life.
Federal agents investigated Harold Demoine, 23, over the theft of 25 paymaster's checks in Bremerton and the alleged passing of 1500 dollars in the checks. Demoine was arrested Friday night at Zindorft apartments by Lt. W. B. Kent and Patrolman C. E. Walsh and held on an open charge.
In Muscoda Wisconsin on January 28 John Swanda a farmer killed his wife then took his own life in what neighbors call an eternal triangle feud Two years earlier Matt Haviak killed himself after a quarrel with Swanda over Sonia Haviak Swanda's wife Swanda had married the widow Sonia neighbors say the couple were unhappy and quarreled often
In New York on January 28 a witness contesting Amos Eno's will testified that many college men preferred home but Eno still bequeathed 6 million dollars to Columbia University.
Five pupils at Cruz Galvez public school were killed when a bomb exploded after being taken to the classroom by a student who sought to extract dynamite. Two more boys were severely injured.
Former Councilman W. D. Lane files Initiative No. 44 seeking municipal reform to curb living costs. Proposals include municipal markets and fuel yards, city power sales, municipal transportation, and restoration of public utility charters. Strong emphasis on Seattle implications and Skagit plant surplus power.
Safecrackers smashed a vault at the Pathe film exchange 2113 Third Ave Friday night using a sledge hammer after prying a skylight. They fled without loot and were frightened away. Police link the raid to a Roesch Motor Co. gang case. both were under investigation Saturday morning.
Paris dispatch says London Morning Post claimed President Harding refused two audience requests from Jules Jusserand, French ambassador. Washington confirms White House denial and says it has no knowledge of such incident.
Pittsburg Jan 28 Two of the five bank bandits who held up the First National bank of Crafton yesterday and killed cashier Harold T Moss were identified today Walter Joyce and Oren Grame. Joyce was named by a witness as the man who fired the fatal shot.
Detectives pursued a well dressed writer of fictitious checks who swindled O Kimura a tap jeweler of three diamond rings with a bogus 626 dollar check Friday afternoon.
Walter B. K. Lamson alias Red Lamson, alleged I W W, dies from five bullet wounds after attempting to hijack the Southern Pacific Shore Line Limited near Glendale. Detectives ambushed him after authorities were tipped off. Lamson formerly yardmaster at Joliet and involved in broader labor unrest.
Bandits robbed a bank in Agate Colorado a small village 76 miles east of Denver overnight and escaped with an undetermined amount of loot, reports to Denver police said.
Mark Shum, 32, arrested at the Nearborn rooming house after a struggle with Patrolmen Myers and Braillard while allegedly robbing a cash register. He reportedly confessed to rifling the till on the two prior nights, explaining he had not heard the saying about the pitcher that went to the well once too often.
In San Francisco on January 28 the second Astimonty trial of Ros Arbuckle for Virginia Rappe's death nears its conclusion. The prosecution plans rebuttal, the defense a brief surrebuttal. A Monday recess allows Gavin McNab to argue the Mary Pickford divorce case in Carson City. Final addresses to the jury begin Tuesday.
Washington report says Sergt Lee Henry and four Nicaraguan policemen were killed after a January 24 clash with U S marines. Three other marines were captured and later turned over to marine headquarters. Henry and his companions were described as deserters.
Mike Semitch 31, a cook, was stabbed during a quarrel over a waitress at a restaurant on Sixth Avenue. Mike Dukitech 35, another cook, was arrested on an open charge after Semitch was critically wounded and rushed to hospital. Police say the men had long feud over the waitress.
Miss Frances MacLane of Chicago, arrested on telegraphic advices for alleged kidnapping of 3 year old George B. Robbins, was released from custody yesterday afternoon in Ogden Utah.
Paymaster F Harrison of the American Portable House company was abducted by three armed bandits in a Dodge sedan after leaving a streetcar at First Ave S and knet to walk to the factory at 661 Henrietta St. They escaped with $697.15 in currency while police searched the area. Harrison described the trio and car, and a large manhunt followed.
Police suspect a professional yegg crew linked to Chicago's ring carried out a bold safe cracking at Roesch Motor Co. in Seattle. The 2301 Third Ave break drilled the safe door and used nitroglycerin. only $12 was taken, while valuable papers were left intact, signaling a seasoned operation.
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