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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
16
At 490 am Thursday a passerby pulled a trapped woman from a bedroom behind a burning building on 26th Avenue Southwest. Mrs Rena Wright, storekeeper, was saved with minor injuries after flames and smoke filled half the structure. Fire damage estimated at $1,700. owner G A Peterson not in state.
The report details a séance in which the spirit Sunshine and others allege two men and one woman planned the killing of Charles Legate, with one suspect to escape. Officials tied to the Daniel A. McDonald murder investigation from Ronald station update Guth as a person of interest as authorities seek answers.
Police investigate the murder of Sasaki whose body lay across a dark road near a Swift cafe. A 45 caliber pistol stolen from Bremerton navy yard was found near him after two fatal head shots. No arrests have been made in three slayings, including Le gate and McDonald.
At St Matthew's church in Belfast a bomb wounded two women as snipers fired across the Tyrone border. Ulster forces fortify farmhouses and trenches while Sinn Fein fighters threaten a broader clash as provisional government lines remain uncertain.
Hela alleges Read swindled Henry Bunn of 250 dollars paid as a deposit on a Vancouver Island land plot tied to a mill site. Read circulated forged backing from Seattle investors and sought favors from banks and chambers of commerce. Attorney Kahin reports a former stock-seller exposed Read after a struggling East salesman left stranded in Minneapolis.
A factory worker describes years of insulting treatment from her husband and a stillborn baby as motives. She recounts buying a revolver, killing him, then turning herself in at a police station and expressing no remorse.
St Louis report notes tremors felt in Southern Is aore, Southeast Missouri, Southern Indiana, Western Kentucky, Northern Arkansas and Northern Tennem. In Poplar Bluff Missouri a third tremor in two days rattled windows with moderate, long lasting shaking and no damage reported.
The Metropolitan peerage list named a leading soap manufacturer and a distiller with new titles. The announcement, dated London in March, highlights royal conferment for industrial figures.
An 11th hour Senate poll shows the four power treaty will be ratified tomorrow with the Brandegee reservation attached by at least 69 to 27. The danger of an upset over removing the Brandegee proposal has passed with fewer than a dozen Republicans likely to vote to strike it out.
Stanford University report says Secretary Hoover insists ratification will cut naval costs. He warns that without the treaty the year’s program would rise by 10 billion dollars, while ratification could reduce the national naval bill by 300 million annually.
Gov. J Th A Robertson of Oklahoma is under indictment for accepting a bribe to permit a nearly insolvent bank to operate. He posted a $6,000 bond and was released. He arrived in Okmulgee to meet bond requirements.
In San Francisco a crowd of about 11,000 packed the civic auditorium last night urging passage of the four power Pacific treaty. The rally showcased broad support from local residents for the international accord.
Tadaigi Fujimoto a Jiu-jitsu instructor at Ohio State University invited two husky students to try to throw him. He is now in the university hospital with both arms and legs paralyzed.
Washington March 23 Rep Andrew Volstead of Minnesota author of the Volstead Act says reports of his resignation are false. He intends to stay in Congress until the teeth in his jaw begin to bite, insisting he has no plan to leave.
Tokyo officials stated there are no secret agreements under the four power Pacific treaty and urged full investigation of Senator Borah's charges to prevent distrust among signatories. They said Japan accepts the denials of the United States and Great Britain and places trust in the treaty framework.
Owendolyn Armour six year old daughter of Philip D Armour died at the family mansion on Lakeshore Drive after a several day illness. Doctors and nurses fought through the night to save the heir to the Armour millions. The child died of peritonitis.
A. ute driven into a train near Long Beach, Los Angeles area. Walter KE. Guy of Santa Ana was instantly killed. Mrs. M. M. Deming of Long Beach was probably fatally injured when Guy’s coupe struck the side of a fast moving freight east of Long Beach.
A contemporaneous editorials warns that attempts to sow distrust are dangerous and urges the United States Senate to investigate the charges thoroughly to eliminate any chance of doubt or skepticism about the matter.
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