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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1922
Page
10
Chicago faces total disruption as twenty thousand streetcar and elevated line workers strike. Traffic halts block traffic for hours, with accidents, crowds at stations, and reliance on trains and pedestrians set amid chaotic morning rush. Judges and workers crowd the Edgewater Beach area as transit options collapse.
Announcement states Constantinople and other occupied areas in Asia Minor will not be returned to Greece. Renewed fighting in Smyrna region with clashes at St Livre and nearby outposts as Turkish and Greek patrols clash.
Maj. Thomas R. Beeman ordered his field to issue special reports on proximity of fire to the county. About ten deputies patrol daily in coordination with the county fire services, in addition to their regular duties.
State Bar association convenes in Tacoma with representatives from across Washington. Judge Lawrence T. Millar of Oregon presides, discussions on tougher criminal laws, a Vancouver BC speaker on law nonenforcement, tribute to Justice Wallace Mount, and visits to Rainier National Park planned.
A forest fire near Port Angeles forced vigilant guards as wind shifts raised fears it could reach the city. The blaze climbed along the ridge two miles from town, destroying the shingle mill of BE Nichols and driving residents from their homes before a wind shift reduced danger.
Washington reports senators say Congress will be asked to empower the United States railroad labor board to enforce its mandates against both executives and unions. The plan, part of a Red Cummins law amendment, includes an anti strike provision and a living wage standard, aligned with a broader effort announced by President Harding, his cabinet, and labor board chair Ben W. Hooper. John L. Lewis invites coal operators to a August 7 meeting in Cleveland to negotiate a basic wage agreement ending the present mining suspension.
Harding said the White House announcement was only a summary and that other details about the plan were sent to railway executives and the striking shopmen. The report notes the parties involved and the scope of the presidential communication.
Cincinnati August 1 Strike ballots were distributed among clerks and freight handlers of the Northern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads today. Officials at international headquarters of the brotherhood and wage negotiations with employers had been unsuccessful. Thirteen thousand five hundred members are employed on the two roads.
Sheriff Elmer Gunn of Placer County links armed raiders to a longstanding local gang after the Sunday raid on the Southern Pacific roundhouse in Colfax. A mystery wine colored Nash seven passenger car is tied to the incident with sightings in Sacramento Roseville and Colfax. license details remain unavailable.
The big liner President McKinley, carrying cargo mostly for Seattle, is set to depart Victoria early Tuesday and dock at Smith Cove terminal at 3 p.m. The ship was formerly named Keystone State.
More than 4,000 people are expected at a free Democratic barbecue picnic on August 12 in Kirkland. Congressman C. Do Dill will deliver the principal address, with other candidates present to meet attendees. Democratic leaders from Snohomish Pierce and King counties will attend.
In North Vancouver B C a high rigger employed by a lumber company fell eighty feet from a tree top and died. The incident end the fall prompted an official inquiry and police investigated the accident at the scene. Nickson was a veteran worker with the company and leaves a widow and two children. Authorities reported no immediate signs of foul play.
Pittsburg August 1 The scale committee of the Pittsboro Producers' association rejected John L. Lewis invitation for a joint conference of miners and operators in Cleveland next Monday. KR. W. Gardiner, commissioner, said Pittsburg operators would negotiate a wage scale with miners for the Pittsburg district but would not join a four state conference.
More than 65 cannery workers were reimbursed $5 each after Mayor Brown and the state labor commissioner intervened. The Pacific American Fish Co. deducted $5 from each envelope for an Alaska school tax, and after appeals the company paid back the amount, restoring season pay.
Police hold 30 year old H Martin after alleged hit and run that seriously injured Motorcycle Patrolman Edward Henry who remains hospitalized with a broken back. Deputy Sheriff Asa Lee and family members injured in a separate Sunday wreck. others, including 13 year old Ernest Sorenson, show slight improvement after hospital treatment in Auburn and at Taylor.
Mary Imbelle Neely of Auburn, twelve, is chosen to own the orphan lamb named Wayfarer after a letter contest winner. Five girls named Wayfarer as the best, and several others including Mary Klemmer and Mary Jane Brevena win free admission to The Wayfarer pageant next year. The Lamb remains part of The Wayfarer cast with plans for a future photograph by The Star camera crew.
Diplomas will be awarded to disabled war veterans who completed government vocational training, announced by L C Jenseph district manager of the United States veterans bureau. The program aims to dignify education and aid employment after training with over 200 veterans in the Pacific Northwest already finishing courses and about 4,000 injured veterans in training across Washington Oregon and Idaho.
The poem ridicules a vain man with oil slicked hair and manicured nails while noting rising costs to feed children. It mentions Upton Sinclair planning a single campaign speech for the U S Senate and predicts his landslide election.
Soldiers guard railways and coal mines while travelers face high fares. Rall personnel may lose seniority for striking as railroads avoid losses from service cuts. Consumers' coal prices remain unprotected.
The writer expresses weariness with Moat of William Allen White material and jokes about his arrest for living in Kansas. The piece suggests jail as a punishment but ends with a satirical note on Kansans and the idea of vacationing in the country when affordable.
In Kamloops British Columbia a 12 year old girl and her 15 year old brother drowned after a bet led the girl to attempt a swim in the Thompson River in front of their home. Neighbors called for help. J O Fraser the father searched the river but could not help. The incident left the family in mourning.
Voters flocked to Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma polls as early balloting indicated a heavy turnout. In Missouri the focus was the Democratic senatorial race between James A. Reed and Breckinridge Long with an upset mood noted as part of national wave thoughts.
Frances C. Axtell begins five weeks of campaign speaking across Washington. Mass meetings are planned in Bellingham and Seattle this week. She will tour Spokane Wenatchee Yakima and Walla Walla with allies Benjamin Marsh and Willum Short. Campaign manager C Arthur Varney to oversee headquarters at 401 Railway Exchange.
The Gyro Club schedules a Thursday noon luncheon at Pie'n Whistle featuring an old fashioned spelling match and various speakers to entertain attendees.
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