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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1921
Page
12
Immigrant bootleggers and federal officers clash along the Rio Grande in a weeks long whisky dispute. Prohibition officers E W Walker and others die amid patrols and firefights as smugglers cross into the United States from Mexico with cases of whisky.
From Italy via express details a clash where Avila died after refusing to halt, four others joined the fight and three wounded soldiers, including Thomas, battled from 10 p m to daybreak. A streetcar hauling troops was fired on. additional casualties occurred at a hog ranch and a pursuit after liquor warrants.
Frankie Kiolet and family join guests at the Hotel Butler for a celebratory banquet as she prepares to view her screen debut at Clemmer theatre later this week. Universal Film Co and The Star send representatives. 22 Mappy Hore Dairy employees toast her success with a pearl necklace.
Washington lawmakers press for full compliance with the dry law after Treasury cuts in dry agents and delayed budget requests. Volstead and Burnas accuse officials of hampering enforcement and push a plan to move enforcement to the Department of Justice along with a supplemental bill to block beer as medicine.
Arthur R. Priest of the Chamber of Commerce reports a keen fight and splendid victory in keeping the war risk insurance bureau headquarters in Seattle. He says the effort made a favorable impression at the capital after returning from Washington where he fought to stop the relocation to Tacoma.
Forestry men from all parts of the state will be invited to a Seattle conference to examine and correlate forestry movements. The event is under the forestry committee of the state development bureau and the Chamber of Commerce with Prof. Hugo WinkENwerder of the University of Washington as chairman.
Mayor Caldwell has asked the board of public works for a detailed report explaining why garbage collection costs rose from 245017.57 in 1916 to 560072.36 in 1920, more than doubling.
Paris May 25 The latest in novation in dancing palaces is a small red electric lamp to signal that a lady is disengaged and desires to dance. The lamp is attached to one of the tables and the lady presses a button. The method is said to have been a great success and the number of wallflowers in the establishments where the lamp has been introduced has been appreciably reduced.
Mrs Kate Mahoney, wealthy Seattle divorcee, vanishes after husband Mahoney, paroled from Walla Walla in December, faces first degree forgery charges over a note to her bank. The case involves a St Paul honeymoon, a Vancouver niece, and a search for a missing witness as police pursue links to alleged incidents in Seattle and Spokane.
Small investors may fund Seattle factories via the Finance corporation plan to sell Seattle industries to Seattleites. Wealthy backers would place 10 000 to 50 000 each, with mortgages on plants and debenture bonds issued in 100 200 500 and 1000 denominations sold to the public. William Pigott subscribes 25000 as details await at the committee of 12 meeting.
A young Spokane man recalls Mahoney at a Second Street corner where a citizen restrained him until an officer arrived. At the station Mahoney was not recognized until Dete O'Brien entered and identified him as a railroad man once arrested for an alliance card game. O'Brien's memory then led to recognizing John Schmitt, indirectly causing Mahoney’s death.
The outlaw Roy Gardner was caught after a failed post office robbery scheme. He was playing cards at a hotel when Mexican authorities thwarted his plan about twelve hours before his intended surrender to officials. He aimed to reach Napa to see his wife and let her claim the $5,000 reward to support himself and their child while serving a 25 year sentence at Alcatraz different facility.
Col Riley H. Allen of the American Red Cross will address the Engineers' club at noon Thursday on The Experiences of a Red Cross Colonel in Soviet Russia. Allen edits the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and has spent considerable time in Russia with Red Cross work.
In Wenatchee on May 25 two men who had stolen little Erickson from the home of Goldsmith near Manson fled with the child in a blanket into a plowed field as pursuers closed in. A custody fight in the courts involves the mother Mrs Erickson who reportedly opposed the child's adoption by the Goldsmiths.
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