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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1922
Page
1
The sheriff's office drives 75 deputies under Assessor Frank Hull to list 1922 poll tax eligibles. Hull decries the tax as unjust yet accepts duty. Officials also pursue delinquents and list personal property and dog taxes.
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals Panama canal builder will spend hours in Seattle Thursday on his way back to New York. He brings data for a Columbia basin irrigation feasibility report to be prepared with his son Col. George R. Goethals. The report, funded $20 000 by state and Spokane businessmen, is due within a month. From Seattle he will proceed to Spokane and then to New York.
In Los Angeles detectives hold six men after a raid tied to the William Desmond Taylor murder. The group faces questions as Mrs. John Rupp aka May Lynch named suspects, Mabel Normand returns for questioning, and a possible confession spreads without corroboration.
President Harding calls for a ship subsidy arguing the merchant marine is the second line of naval defense. The piece notes the need to balance foreign and domestic costs and warns against provincialism if subsidy funds are misused, while signaling cautious public opinion as naval limits loom.
A jumble of society notes and miscellaneous quips. references to Princess Mary’s marriage, Kathryn Miracle’s city council bid, and local gossip about flappers and a Hollywood romance. Other items include jokes on golf, a Man o' War foal forecast, and a боrderline mockery of Seattle life.
The nationwide hunt for Clara Winborn in the Hochbrunn murder case is nearly abandoned as Coroner W H Carson releases the victim's body to Edward von Tobel, estate administrator. Police doubt Clara Skarin is alive, suggesting she is in California, possibly Fresno, while rumor of her location continues after Hochbrunn was found shot in his Fifth Avenue home.
A Seattle park board decision sets a committee to study saving Green Lake's bathing beach. Health Commissioner Read calls the lake a germ breeding ground and doubts city funds will remove contamination sources. The panel will include City Engineer Dimock, Read, Water Superintendent Young, and Parks Superintendent Jackson.
Washington reports Republican leaders on the house ways and means committees virtually decided on delaying cash payments for a soldiers bonus for two years. Plans involve issuing bonus certificates to secure loans. a subcommittee will work on a plan avoiding large cash outlays, with members Fordney Longworth Green Hawley and Treadway. Legion leaders prefer prompt action, while a new proposal to increase cash payments for vocational training disabled and unemployed veterans drew cautious support from President Harding.
William S. Kenyon former Iowa senator was sworn in as judge of the eighth district United States circuit court of appeals, succeeding the late Judge Walter I. Smith in St Louis Missouri on March 1.
Port Angeles report: Mr and Mrs J C Porgue welcomed their 18th child, a boy weighing 11 pounds 4 ounces at birth. Thirteen of the children are living.
Seattle officials warn hundreds of residents face risk from a spreading earwig infestation. Maj. O A Piper and Health Commissioner H M Read urge a $3300 appropriation to battle the pest as districts including Queen Anne Hill and West Seattle report peak impact.
Portland march 1 three alleged burglars suspected of robbing the Montavilla bank last week were jailed after a spectacular arrest. Roy Kimbrough 33 Henry Schwartz 24 and John Spor 28 are booked. Police said a tip about a planned downtown raid led six officers to capture the trio.
Princess Mary now Viscountess Lascelles and her husband spent a quiet honeymoon day in Shropshire at Weston Park. Girl guides guarded the gates of Lord Bradford's estate as the couple began their first days away from cheering crowds.
Readers are urged to study The Star’s advertising columns for bargain opportunities. The message promises best offerings from Seattle’s top stores and encourages daily reading to maximize value.
Mrs John D Kennedy, devastated by her son's murder, was to testify in Los Angeles as the prosecution seeks to portray the divorcees as having planned the death. Her appearance aimed to influence the jury through emotional impact.
Washington reports opponents in Congress seize on the slogan no bonus for shipping interests until soldiers receive their bonus. President Harding argues the subsidy is the last chance to save the American merchant marine, with Borah promising to lead the Senate fight.
Jafet Lindeberg filed a $27,000 lawsuit in San Francisco against A. B. Severyns Rex Roudebush Walsh and four private detectives alleging they attempted to kidnap him while ill with influenza at W. H. Metson's home. The suit follows his extradition fight from California to Washington over charges connected to the Tacoma Scandinavian American Bank wreck.
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