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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1921
Page
6
Nasco Arbuckle prepared to take the stand to deny fatally injuring Virginia Rappe during a Labor Day party. The defense planned to present details of parties, medical experts, and a life story of Rappe, aiming to have Arbuckle appear personally.
Chairman Lasker directs a personal representative to Puget Sound to probe protests over San Francisco control of Pacific coast shipping. The move follows Chamber of Commerce pressure to win board recognition, with statements claiming tonnage and allocations misrepresent the Puget Sound district’s traffic needs.
Otto returned to his Savoy room to find it stripped of belongings after a man named CC A Palmer used a found hotel key. Palmer, of 131 Bellevue Ave, hosted Thanksgiving dinner and may have accessed the room with the detected key.
Seattle faces a shortfall for the Community Chest and vows to press on beyond the $744,000 goal. Booths around downtown and the theater district invite donations, with an additional drive at the Pacific Northwest Fruit Exposition and a Santa Claus booth at Bon Marche to rally support.
Charles Moritz Thomsen son of Seattle financier Moritz Thomsen was granted a divorce from Maud Thomsen in superior court Friday. He alleged personal indignities. Mrs Thomsen received $100 monthly alimony and custody of their two minor children.
A worker Maurice Fox was burned in a gasoline tank cut with an acetylene torch at Northwestern Steel and Metal Works on Eighth Avenue. Fellow workers tore burning clothes from Fox after the blast and he was taken to City Hospital where his life was saved.
King county grand jurors probe port affairs into deeper questions amid testimony from H D Padden and William A Rossell. Unconfirmed rumors address disbursement irregularities and voucher gaps while witnesses from Maple Valley and Renton, plus county officials Lou Smith and Thomas Dobson, remain to testify.
Elphraim Harding father of Everett Harding self styled cousin of the president attempted suicide at his Chicago home today firing a revolver to the head. Physicians at the county hospital reported his condition critical. Police said the act may have been caused by Everett Harding’s imprisonment on charges of impersonating a federal officer while claiming kin to President Harding.
The dialogue argues against owning a car through high streetcar fares. It suggests using proceeds from property held and mortgage, returning to better property, to enable affordable private cars. It questions perpetual auto upgrades and favors streetcar use until parking becomes worse than streetcar inconvenience.
Traction expert Peter Witt is described as favoring a light low floored wide entrance one man street car for fast efficient service. A pay as you enter coin box would reduce conductor attention to fare collection. Witt declines to confirm or deny plans.
Rowena Baillargeon won a default divorce decree in superior court on Friday from J. J. Baillargeon. The divorce cites personal cruelty. The defendant is described as a Seattle businessman.
W. M. Wilson, 34, former Seattle patrolman, is in City Hospital with a fractured skull and injuries likely to prove fatal after an early Friday beating. His wife Mra. Wilson, and two others B H F Smith and Mrs Anna Chrittney were detained. all allegedly intoxicated. Police link motive to a drunken quarrel. detectives respond as witnesses report the attack in Seattle.
Funeral services are set for Mrs Madeline M Brewer at One Church of the Immaculate Conception. The Seattle resident, 45, died Thanksgiving in the Charlemont apartments. She leaves two sisters and a brother in San Francisco and Dublin.
A burglar entered Mrs. A Kinney’s home at 1631 North 66th Avenue Friday and stole Liberty bonds worth hundreds of dollars from a buffet along with a bottle of Booteh. The intruder ignored the bonds but took the bottle.
Patients at King county hospital were entertained by Loyal Order of Moose orchestra members B V Dudley piano A C Presho harp J C Inge accordion and B D Phelps banjo. Selections included Sisters to the Mocking Bird When You Were Young Maggie and Turkey in the Straw.
Record from 1921 notes Weston Seeley a 10 year old badly cut on the head after being struck by a truck driver who fled the scene near Westiete and Galer. An unknown four year old was also hit while pulling away from a mother on Sec ona ave and was not hurt. Henry D. Simmons of 2612 Burke Ave reported the incident.
A New York thief uses tricks to steal motorcycles. He answers ads for trial rides then disappears, and wheels off while the owner is distracted. He operates the machine with the owner present, knocks the owner's hat off, then rides away as the hat is recovered.
Four hundred American troops stationed on the Rhine since the war's end left today for home. They journeyed to Antwerp to embark for New York as part of the policy to reduce the American garrison on the Rhine.
W. F. Fraser a 35 year old truck driver of 826 22d Ave sustained a broken forearm when his engine backfired as he cranked it Friday. He received treatment at the city hospital.
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