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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1922
Page
3
Mrs Grace Braun 33 escaped death when a bullet grazed her head and another struck her left hand. Neighbors searched the area with shotguns and rifles but found no assailant. She was treated at Seat te General hospital and sent home. Detectives consider fiend or stray hunter shots as explanations.
Fire aboard the Honolulu transport leaves a glowing hulk about 600 miles southwest of Los Angeles. Passengers on board the West Farallone are reported exhausted yet safe. The loss is estimated at 7 million dollars as Army surgeons and aid crew work to evacuate and tow the vessel, with many aboard the West Farallone sending messages home confirming their safety.
Four Pacific Northwest residents aboard the ill fated steamship City of Honolulu are identified. Elmer Tite son of James A Tite 37 W Cremona St Seattle Mrs Mabel McCann Askers and Miss Margaret OConnor Tacoma Norris Kumler Yakima are listed as aboard with the disaster.
San Francisco October 13. Attempts to float the Union Oil tanker Lyman Stewart, ashore near the Cliff House for a week, will be made at 1 p m today. Tugs Sea Ranger Bea Scout and Fearless will place lines on the vessel Weasel and pull her from the rocks after a collision with the Walter Luckenbach in fog last Saturday en route to Seattle.
BAN DIEGO Cal Oct 13 Mrs L Crawford of Honolulu racing to her father James Loren Mudgett in San Diego has died before reaching him. She remains at sea aboard the rescue ship after passengers and crew were taken from the blazing liner City of Honolulu. Her father died the night before flames were found aboard the ship.
The five crew members of the Gloucester steamer Marshall Foch, missing after running aground near Babble Island in a fog two days earlier, have been located at Larry's River, eight miles from the wreck. They will be transported to Canso by car. A statue of the Pollu Liberator was recently erected in Metz at the former Wilhelm statue site.
Paria hosts a contest for the finest eyebrows with Mademoiselle Myrtle May winning first prize for length and slenderness and Mademoiselle Batelle Grease taking second for dark Oriental brows. A beauty expert from the Pennsylvanian hotel explains how eyebrow shapes reveal personality traits, noting that plucking erases natural character and that brows reflect vigor, steadiness, or mood.
Wilbur Colby Mundt, 23, of Pierre, South Dakota, claims to be Alexander the Great. He told police he planned a 3,000,000 film with Cecil B DeMille, envisioning Mary Pickford as his leading lady and Douglas Fairbanks as Hephaestion, with Ben Turpin as Darius.
In Bend Oregon two masked men entered a bunkhouse poker game at Shevlin Nixon camp No 1 ten miles south of Bend and purloined the pot of $400 after a brief game. They drove away in a small car seen in camp moments earlier. The bandits wore brown sweater strips over their faces and used a bold line to pull off the robbery.
Two bandits boarded a crowded street car in Kansas City on October 13 and held passengers at gunpoint while robbing a bank messenger of a satchel containing 9,500 dollars in cash.
Congressman John F. Miller of Seattle will address Columbia Hall Friday night on behalf of himself and fellow Republican candidates. In Stockholm streetcar news, hatpin protectors sold to women for 1 cent each as a safety measure.
Mayor Brown defended the Liberty cabaret at 217 Second Ave urging that it operates under police regulation and is as orderly as other venues in the city. He disputed reformer claims and said he personally inspected the site and saw officers turn away intoxicated patrons. He argued such establishments serve workers from woods and camps and save Seattle money by keeping men from leaving for other cities.
Police report ER. Clarke Walker, manager of the Pantages theater, shot himself Thursday afternoon as the matinee curtain rose. Investigators say his apparent despair over his removal after 13 years likely caused the tragedy.
The Chamber of Commerce hosts a Friday theater night at Moore Theater on October 27 with Seattle's biggest family in attendance. Alfred H F Lundin, vice president, will speak on "The Value of the Theater to a City" and the chamber chorus will entertain in the specially reserved section.
The steamship Ruth Alexander will sail from Pier D at midnight Saturday for San Francisco carrying Northwestern cargo and 195 passengers. The vessel arrived Friday at 6 a.m. after an unusually fast northern voyage, about an hour early. The text claims an African elephant can charge a short distance at 15 miles per hour.
Two top Chicago board of trade figures tell the federal trade commission that a grain trader’s life is not all it is cracked up to be. Arthur Cutten and B F Rosenbaum describe farming as healthier, while noting vast wheat holdings and personal choices between city life and farm life. Armour declines to discuss his death on the board and refuses to answer questions.
A grave behind German lines holds 60 men sent on a raid, 17 missing, 18 identified by dental charts, two with post enlistment work. Detectives note tag misuse and superstition led to misidentifications. A young officer remains unnamed. a ring bears no traceable owner. The Nation’s Unknown Soldier at Arlington retains an unsolved mystery with sealed records.
The C-2 dirigible will depart El Paso for San Antonio early tomorrow on the second leg of its return transcontinental trip. A new motor installation delayed the giant craft, which had been scheduled to leave today.
Mrs. H. W. Lenhart of Tacoma disputes Seattle reports of a second lilac bloom in a year. She claims lilacs can bloom again in November if leaves and seed pods are removed after June, a simple method she says she uses annually.
The Buddhist church at 1020 Main St hosts Sunday morning services at 11 o’clock with Sunday school at 10. Dr. H. A. Brodbeck serves as pastor guiding the message titled The Middle Path for Americans at the Buddhist mission.
Sheriff office notes a deputy delaying breakfast after a sharp tooth pain, while the Friday calendar reveals 13 divorce cases in the default list. County Clerk George Grant labels the unlucky day as the divorcé tally rises with thirteen cases in the docket.
A bizarre string of incidents unfolds as a rum sign on a police door sparks a Friday gathering and thefts. Officers detain three young suspects after a circus victim’s $270 check and circus tickets vanish. chaos echoes in town with broken ankles and a cork pocketed by luckless revelers. The report also mentions a lucky mascot with false teeth and a Kansas City sweeping job shadowed by a family inheritance in Modesto.
Chicago Oct 13 Settlement of the dispute among U S railroad labor board members over the wage increase for maintenance of way workers nears. An expected telegram from Edward F Grable, president of the maintenance of way union, to Walter F McMenimen signals the union may accept a 2 cent an hour rise despite protests of insufficiency.
Mrs. J. A. McIntyre of Seattle visited The Star Thrift campaign and deposited 10.50 in a Pot of Gold. She opened 21 savings accounts and credited family members with 1 each, totaling 21. They received 21 savings passbooks and 21 Liberty Bell banks to hang on the tree. The paper urges others to participate for Christmas joy.
Washington Water Power Co will acquire Okanogan Valley Power Co by stock merger effective January 1. Okanogan stockholders will receive Washington Water Power stock. The new network will extend into the valley connecting at Pateros with 55 to 70 miles of 60 000 volt lines to serve towns and farms.
Bremerton residents pursued a man who attacked Mrs. A Pieser near her home in the Glenwood district Tuesday night. She fought back forcefully, repelling the assailant, and posses have since returned.
The sugar ash of Sicily yields a sap that hardens into cane sugar used by natives without refining.
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