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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1921
Page
1
Roseburg report questions who benefits from Brumfield execution as up to twenty thousand dollars in life insurance could pass to Mrs Brumfield if he is hanged. Pinkerton operatives and legal experts are analyzed for impact on jury and outcome.
Fragments reveal a local dispute among restaurant owners and workers over access and control, with notes on politics and social scraps. The composite clippings mention a hero in Seattle and a household setup at twenty five dollars monthly, plus assorted quips and reflections from society notes and jokes.
Sister suggests selling the car to meet a due note. Jack places a Used Ad in The Star. In two days the car sells and Jack gets the money, prompting a grudging remark about the ad's result and Rin.
Eight persons were severely injured when Dr E F Hadley and his wife collided with a Ford carrying C Gasper Nev in Gray Alfonso Vale and A McPherson on the Enumclaw highway six miles north of Enumclaw. Two men were stabbed and the melee left all injured.
Rifts erupt among Seattle congregations as Plymouth Congregational faces excommunication amid conflict between Rev P A Klein of Dunlap Baptist and Rev J Hawkins of Plymouth. Baptist groups withdraw fellowship, denouncing Hawkins's denial of blood sacrifice. Hawkins preaches again denying Jesus died to atone for sin.
Claude Howe, a former Seattle resident, killed himself after shooting his fiancée Miss Bessie Lewis in her Boston apartment Sunday morning. Howe, recently discharged from the army, left his father C. M. Howe of Seattle at 1527 First Ave.
Chicago reporting L N Kolland a Hanover Illinois cashier at Hanover Union State Bank was arrested and charged with embezzling seventy five thousand dollars from bank funds.
Review notes the stage adaptation of Main Street falls short of the novel's subtle social satire. Carol Kennicott's voice and the real intrigue of Gopher Prairie lose nuance. Alma Tell and McKay Morris characters flatten the drama. The scandal subplot overshadows the original networks of gossip and character.
Union waitresses locked out of Wolfe's and Hicks's cafeterias amid a wave of restaurants switching to open shop. Ten eateries have gone nonunion since last Wednesday as lockout talks continue at the Labor temple. Titus and Witus deny industry coercion and insist workers walked out over new wage scales.
Authorities arrested the promoters officials and the trainers linked to the Gibbons O Dowd middleweight bout slated for Tuesday night charging violation of the state boxing law. Mike Gibbons and Mike O Dowd face charges for training and preparing for a match with admission charged. Jess Willard and other officials were also arrested for aiding and abetting the preparations.
Dallas reports two people died in a blaze that consumed a rooming house early today. Seven others were injured, and the victims are identified as Mrs. Lola Montgomery, 45, and W. Felsh, 55, both of Dallas.
The Supreme Court announced a recess from October 24 to November 7. The decision was reported from Washington with emphasis on the scheduled break for the court's sessions and deliberations.
United rail unions moved toward a nation wide walkout with October 30 looming. President Harding explored a conference of railroad leaders to avert a strike while officials prepared to keep mail trains moving and mobilize food and fuel supplies if needed.
Alice M. Lord, longtime Seattle waitress union leader, challenges Hazen J. Titus to a debate on the American Wage Plan. She recalls organizing in 1900 amid 14 hour days at $5 weekly, notes one prior strike in 1907 for a weekly rest, and calls the current Chauncey Wright affair a lockout.
Washington hearing on the Ku Klux Klan nearly ended in turmoil as Imperial Wizard William Joseph Simmons accused Representative Campbell of ridiculing his collapse as a cheap theatrical performance. Campbell rejected the charge as untrue and warned the hearing could halt. Centralia notes the death of Byron Cunningham, son of C. D. Cunningham, department commander of the American Legion.
In Roseburg Oregon on October 17, Mrs. M. Brumfield wife of Dr. Brumfield testified as a defense witness. She described the physician as overworked farming dentistry and overseeing a large timber and orchard operation. She said his fatigue caused headaches sleeplessness and walking in his sleep, supporting a plea of insanity. Prosecution plans to counter with evidence that Brumfield acted from a premeditated plan to kill Russell. If defense testimony holds, four hours of rebuttal follow and closing arguments could reach the jury by Wednesday afternoon.
A 16 year old, Nicholas Parococh, fatally wounded himself while attempting to pull a shotgun under a log near Abrahamson's brick in South Seattle. Albert Ferguson, a companion, moved ahead and Fi rushed to aid. Traumatic scene led to hospital call and unsuccessful blood stop. The boy, an orphan, survived by aunt Mrs Anna Ardara of 4817 12th Ave SW.
Synopsis updates readers on Carol Kennicott as she starts life in a small town after marrying the local physician. The continued feature, running today on page 13, invites those who missed the opening chapters to catch up with her impressions and adjustments to this new community.
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