The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 21, 1923, Page 1

by un thering n wit jo aul je chor disous peether where sketch y and rth of Fran) it inging Santa's becoming modern It used to be that he paid h Dizon and Vixen and the other comes in a comfortable by this photo of “Bob” Santa. , along with everything else, R. H. Disney, of 4. reindeers. But now he steam-heated limousine, perepira tion. Reano, ———— Cloudy tonight, followed dy rain Saturday. Increasing south- erly winds, Temperature Last 24 Hours Maximum, 46, Minimum, 40. Today noon, 46. 4807 Graham st., visits ina sleigh drawn by| the Christmas ek at*the postof Disney is one of 250 extra clerks as shown| extra carriers on duty that Supt. of Mails Williams The Bon Marche's veteran} will enable them to deliver all Christmas mail on time. AN photos by Price & Carter, Star Mtatt stops for a moment.én » to wipe away the says | girls Mrs. E. Longmath of Foster, | granddaughters, Olive Longmath, 8, and Margaret, 5, in to and 100) do some Christmas window shopping Friday. saw the window full of ture Co, they wouldn't be dragged any farther. erapners| Where the photographer caught them. Wash., brought her two But when the dolls at the Standard Furni- That was The Newspaper With the Biggest Circulation in Washington The SeattleStar Metered as Lecond Class Matior May 2, 1499, at the Postoffice at Beattie, Wash. under the Act of Congress March % L61v, Por Yoar, by Mall, $8.50 : Ex NO. DECEMBER 21, “SE ATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, The Christmas tree obtained by the Elks for their party at Fourth and Madison tonight was so tall that Fire Com- pany No. 2 was called out with an aerial truck Friday to decorate it. Capt. Dale and Harry Little were in charge of the squad that took the colored lights up the 75-foot ladder to string them. OME 1928. Two CENTS IN SEATTLE. HELP! CALLS M | (Hone Brew Appeals for Aid to OFTICER WHO Howdy, folks! The police, sber- iff and federal men have seized thousands of dollars worth of Christmas booze during the past week. Not very chummy of them, say we. Start Secret Probe reer a ae) Browti Would Take Quarter of All weason, At of 8 Fines From City Courts to Finance Investigation Chief Severyns seized a lot of cS © uor consigned to Seattle citizen’, and may have them haled before the h O 0 Ice r : ry. Seo you in Canada, | ppeale d to the city council ret investigations of violations rf Mayor E. J. Brown Friday y|for a fund with which to fi alleged graft in the police departme il as CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTION Why not a year’s subscription to Home Brew? It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you SWEAR! . . . With every subscription to Home Brew, The Seattle Star will be included free as a special premium! The Saturday night bath, says a| jir Texas professor, is a fad. And even tually it'll hit T Amog A. Fries, 1 fal We arfa are batt LETTER TO BE UP NEXT MONDAY 6 mayor's letter ¥ t Monda (Turn to Page 7, Column 2) Alice, Where Art Thou? CHRISTMAS GIFTS WE CAN USE’ Cocktail shaker. rafiiele Go amor eet sero he) Ty A nents Here Using Wives to Snare offers of good jobs (for young ? ; Liquor Sellers an, not particularly bright). One hymn book (to leave on desk to fool rich unele). One collar, size 16 (our other one is worn out). Sixteen cases of Scotch, Turn to 7, Column 4 BABY BOY FOUND ON PORCH; KEEP IT AS CHRISTMAS PRESENT 4b THON I; Teed, PON. 104th at., opened his oor Wednes- day morning he recelved the shock of his life—and at the I DSMSSED) = Order Signed Fri- day by Severyns; 3eat Woman and Men, Is Charge Harry J. Weedin, member of the detective department, was of ficially dismissed from the potico MEN ARRESTED Sheriff Issues List of Those} Who Are Booked Turn to Page 7, Column 4) (Turn to Page 7, Column 1) CRASHES ASHORE Le viathan Runs Aground in New York! Arriving From Europe to Page 7, Column 1) AYOR ARMED JAP I “ARRESTED AT | END OF TRIAL “Not Guilty” Ver- dict Is Believed to Have Averted Court Warfare Armed with @ large caliber automatic pistol, fully lo: was pl morning he left Super ge A. W. Frater’s courtroom after the jury had returned a verdict of not gullty in the trial of T. Yamada, charged with first degree mur- Sheriff Prose ct h Hammer tt co © courtroom prepared for fou uilty lared that he had been tn- Bootleggers’ Song NowGREATEST LINER 22 TAXI DRIVERS Those Who Do Not Heed Summons to Be Arrested (turn to Page 7, Column 3) at he hada| Yamada had been , “8° MUST TESTIFY Thugs Routed by Hail of Bullets in Store Robbery 'Cracksmen Driven From Clothing © Shop by Watchman; Second At- tempt in Two Days What detectives believe was &n attempt to loot the M. | Prager & Co. Hart Schaffner & Marx shop, Second ave. | and University st., on a large scale was frustrated early Fri- |day morning when Night Watchman Mike Lee surprised | three thugs in the store and engaged in a pistol duel with | them. } | Friday mo: nt was the|the thugs turned nnd fired at Lee, but failed to hit him. In their headlong flight, the three robbers ran into a clothes rack and xy two masked | knocked it down, second In two days. Thursday morn- diander, store man- | , | third floor withe e| struck by Lee's bullets and . | by an open w w to a fire i 4 the ground floor { a for the police. 5 ves found three pulley Invest rv ed to the fire escape by wh ing t € oor | thought they intended to and fi 4 and carry away clothing and and ran other articles by hoisting them to the second fic he roof and from here down to men at pointblank, range. escape > This mane Shipping | Is Just Too, Too Funny |M’Dear, You’ d Simply, Die to Hear Chief Severyns’ Stories Chiet there were but 190 full 1e chief got couft- said that the cases 1 labeled for deliv: 1 to some | y day—and sometimes And all this streak of humor started nesday morning when the f “hisself” led a sncilad demand. 1 in the raid. at the raiding party ed the truck si which seized ap. proximately $18,000 of Christ as the sun Was eastern hills made his Friday mornin, cashd Hee re sneaking over the contraband had the chief, “t station story was he said. “My iow they were just ag with me when they said was labeled. It to anyone. It yed on know, I to whether or curious report And then cam hero yester- that truck him, you knov were ¢ u e y more € good ones, When we con