12 Oct 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1922
Page
1
A collage of quips, satirical items, and social notes cites ballet of celebrities, Prohibition era musings, divorce talk, and crime snippets. It references a Seattle scene with ministers, police, and a headless body joke tied to a local dentist case.
The council should pass a fuel dealer ordinance to set a minimum wood load. Current law caps at 84 cubic feet, forcing customers to receive less wood than paid for. The article argues for allowing customers to receive as much wood as desired but not less than a fixed minimum.
An edited interview with a Seattle bootlegger outlines five broad bootlegging classes: bonded liquor, moonshine, fake whisky sold as bonded whisky, drugstore beverages with grain alcohol bases, and stores dispensing mash ingredients. It notes rare dual wholesale retail operation and divides further into many subgroups within a Canadian-sourced, prohibition era supply chain.
In Dallas Oregon on October 12 the jury in the Philip Warren murder trial for the death of federal prohibition agent Grover C. Todd had spent 16 hours deliberating since the case began at 4:30 pm yesterday. Co defendant Glenn H. Price was also killed in the September 3 New Grand Ronde crime.
An official proclamation declared Columbus Day a holiday in Seattle. By design, many government workers took the day off while banks courts and county city and federal offices closed. Retail stores and most businesses remained open as usual.
Clifford Hayes, charged with the murder of Rev. Edward Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills, was released from Somerville county jail after new developments and sworn statements questioned his involvement. The case centers on alleged jealousy and a vestryman near Phillips farm where noises were heard the night of the killings.
In Seattle, Mayor E. J. Brown rejects interference with the Shrine circus at the Arena despite protests from Lutheran Baptist Methodist and Congregational ministers. They complain wheels of chance are used, but Brown notes no objection was raised previously and allows the event to continue.
Portland reports two men George F. Walton alias Collins of Vancouver British Columbia and William D. Hunt of Minneapolis were arrested at a local hotel at Tacoma police request on tentative murder charges. Tacoma advices said the men slugged a man who later died. the men denied the assault and claimed they traveled with a man who was taken to a hospital after arriving by train.
In New York on October 12, May Redondo Sutton former president of Pacific Minerals and Chemical Co was found guilty by a jury of issuing false statements about the company stock and assets.
Everett Interurban train No. 60 collided with a Cedar Valley school bus Thursday morning. The bus top was torn off and several windows shattered, but the bus driver and all interurban car passengers escaped injury.
W. W. McClough of Everett Washington declares he married after letting his chosen bride win a courting process. He notes the union occurred three weeks ago and plans a public wedding cake event at 626 Seventh N Seattle next Sunday from 2 to 4 PM with residents invited to call.
An interview recalls Christopher Columbus and his fame for discovering North America. The piece casts him humorously, noting his voyage in Elliott Bay aboard a caravel, with vivid period voice and playful banter about Columbus Day and smuggled liquor.
Aboard the 6000 ton liner City of Honolulu fire forced about 300 people to abandon ship in lifeboats off Mexico. Radio and air forces coordinated rescue, with 74 passengers and 200 crew aboard. The ship burned while lifeboats drifted in a placid sea awaiting further word.
The drive yielded 4 500 new savings accounts, marking a peak for the campaign. Officials attributed the surge to a promotional event on Wednesday and the Highway of Thrift program.
Keith McInnis of the Seattle Boys' Club announces that each member had a savings account started for him Wednesday by the Seattle National Bank.
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