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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1922
Page
6
State examiners investigate irregularities in city light department accounts. Officials believe the discrepancies involve small sums across multiple members.
County voters will not have a chance to express opinions on a proposed recall of county commissioners in November. Recall chairman Thomas Daugherty says 27,000 signatures were collected, but time ran out to place the measure on the ballot. If signatures pass review, a special recall election will be sought unless Commissioner Thomas Dobson resigns. Commissioners Joe Smith and Claude Rameau will leave office at the end of their current terms.
Chief notes show Carl P. Gassman facing limited days to gain a new appointment as street and sewer chief. Mayor Edwin J. Brown must nominate another official within three days to the city council. Byron P. Thomas is nominal head, but Gassman is viewed as the real influence.
More than 1,000 umbrellas plus dinner forks cameras raincoats and other personal property were left on Seattle street cars since January 1. The department disposed of the articles at a public auction held at the Westlake market.
Stew TODAY'S PROGRAMS lists Valentine in Mood and Sand, Nease Peters in Human Hearts, Rar in A Tatter Made, Gilbert in Gleam of Dawn, Murray in Dread, Alma Rubens in Valley of Silent Men, Binney in The Case of Becky, De La Motte in Trompet Island.
Alma Rubens stars in The Valley of Silent Men a thriller with a gun point rescue a secreted captive and a secret confession that clears the Northwest Mounted Police officer Jonhn Gilbert stars in Gleam a Dawn at the Winter Garden and shines as a future director and star.
The Coliseum features Edith Haller and Mary Philbin in Human Hearts with Mae Murray praised in Broadway Those. Charlies Ray debuts as a tailor made man in A Tallor Made Man at the Blue Mouse. Blood and Sand at the Strand adds Spain’s sartorial flair while The Case of Decky stars Dr. Emerson played by Frank McCormack at the Colonial.
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