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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1922
Page
6
The Se city council voted unanimously to ban all fireworks and related explosives citywide following last Fourth of July deaths. Council members, led by Robert B. Hesketh and Henry Landes, rejected calls to delay the measure and pushed immediate action.
Colorado officials expelled William Foster, alleged radical, after rangers arrested him Sunday night. Foster, who planned to speak in Omaha, was found with seditious literature and confiscated. State officials described him as undesirable and pledged he would not be allowed to stop in Denver again.
The county board will meet in the office of County Frank Hull. Three petitions for tax reduction on residence property were read. County Commissioner Lou C. Smith was elected chairman. members are Claude C. Rameny, Thom Dodson, Assessor Hull, County William Gaines and City Lou Cohen.
Federal Judge FB EB Cash sentenced three men on narcotic charges and two on bootlegging. Louis Piper received a year and a day in Leavenworth, Blaz Fernandez two years, Chin Loy four months in King County jail. Arthur Leander fined 300 dollars and J Kelly 250 dollars and 60 days in jail for liquor law violations.
Glen Park New York judge Jennie MacMillan, the state's only woman justice, runs for state senate. She says a woman with home duties can enter politics with family support, pledging agricultural and labor reforms as core platform.
Col William N Hankell says the American Relief Administration feeds 10 million people including 3.4 million children and 6.6 million adults across 4 million square miles with 200 Americans. 800000 tons of supplies have been distributed. Child feeding began Sept 1 and adult feeding April 1.. adult relief will wind down as crops mature.
In San Diego Mary McMullen, who issued her county’s eight thousandth license, marries Charles Duffy after years of vowing she’d not wed. The clerk’s desk romance ends with her nuptials and a name change to Mrs Clarien Duffy.
Ambassador Myron T. Herrick returning from Paris says France shows resilience with low unemployment, 4,000 of 46 million seeking allowances, and 93 billion francs spent on restoring devastated areas. He notes Europe will not fall into despair and praises French determination to rebuild.
The article notes Alexander the performer known as "The Man Who Knows" will appear at the Pantages the week of August 14. He rejects any association with the supernatural, insisting his feats come from trained mind power and concentration. He urges belief in positive thought and personal discipline.
A piercing shriek and sudden death in the street drew bystanders, including women and children, to mourn the lifeless form of Bea st. Police moved through a hushed crowd as onlookers wept and the scene turned grave.
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