15 Aug 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1922
Page
1
Fragmented notes reveal Mayor Brown pressing for budget action while an engineer on the street jokes about tasks and a public debate with Rev Bauer is proposed. References to bagged luggage in a quirky scene mix with hints of labor strife and Prohibition era political banter.
Mayor Brown and Lieutenant Governor Coyte head a Seattle veterans event praising World War I and Spanish War veterans. They pledge support for the national and Washington state bonus bills as thousands applaud. Veterans attend Elks picnic and planned initiations at Woodward theater and Roosevelt hall activities follow.
Lieut Gov William J Coyle president of the Gist division association will command the division Sunday afternoon at Camp Lewis during a pass in review on the old parade ground. Furs valued at 500000 and gold 250000 en route to Seattle aboard the steamship Victoria, Nome to Seattle delivery.
Sydney, N S W Aug 15. Dr Cranston of Hampton Victoria killed his three children aged 15 10 and 13 with morphine injections and shot his wife’s companion before taking his own life. The wife and two younger children 13 and 14 are gravely ill but expected to recover. Cranston a drug addict faced financial difficulties and a struggle is visible in the eldest boy’s injuries with the wife fighting for life.
A bill introduced in the city council proposes using 600000 dollars from bond sale proceeds to advance the Skagit Project. A public hearing is set for September on a resolution for a Union Street redesign between Second and Fourth Avenues, from Wanton to Pike, and on a trunk sewer system along Marginal Way. Councilman Lou Cohen's ordinance to cost regrading the Denny Hill hump and to authorize eminent domain to fund the district for improvements was referred to finance and street committees. Councilman KF Blaine introduced an ordinance to ban future gasoline stations within 750 feet of public school grounds.
In Mexico City the Obregon government keeps soldiers and police ready as deputies begin final voting for contested seats. The presidential palace denies a cabinet crisis. Ratification of the financial agreement with American bankers hinges on who wins the disputed deputy seats.
Allied premiers split over German reparations and forests and mines guarantee. Lloyd George opposed taking over resources as repayment, prompting the breakup of the conference. Debts and reparations talks to be postponed until the debt funding commission returns from Washington later this year.
A special committee of the Tax Reduction council calls for reducing salaries across all city departments. The report will be presented soon to the city council for consideration.
A STAR WANT ADS note highlights a dealer offering a small home for sale or rent. The item is presented as suitable for any buyer seeking furnished or unfurnished living space with adaptable features. The message promotes STAR WANT ADS as the source to locate such homes.
Advertisement for a four room bungalow with full basement on lot 10 100 and complete street improvements. Quick sale price 2200 dollars with 200 dollars down and 25 dollars monthly payments including interest.
Mayor Brown declares the city council is obstructing his administration by blocking the confirmation of Carl S. Gaseman as street superintendent. The 6 to 3 vote defeated Gaseman, Brown’s former campaign aide and friend, prompting vows to seek a charter amendment to curb council interference.
Mrs Ivy Giberson prominent reformer and prohibitionist was arrested in Tom s River jail after agents found a revolver in the back yard tied to her husband s murder in their Lakehurst home. A New York man known for love letters to the suspected model wife is being sought by police.
Dan Cunningham of Tacoma was robbed of 14 dollars by two masked highwaymen while driving from Roy to Tacoma at night. Deputies investigated the scene but found no trace of the bandits.
Mayor Brown rejects a Green Lake pastor's call for a debate on vice conditions in Beattie. He questions a claimed 12 molestations within three blocks and demands solid evidence rather than assertions.
Miss Forbus emerges as a self made lawyer whose tough campaign against Douglas coincides with her leading role in the Legate murder inquiry. Born 1892 in Mississippi, she funded education through work and built a diverse criminal and civil practice.
A Seattle reporter recalls attempting to interview M Helle de Talley er dis tinguished guests the Duchess and Duke of Talleyrand de Perigord at the Hotel Washington. After hours outside their door he overheard a muffled gasp and learned the couple had retired for rest.
President Harding will speak to lawmakers within 48 hours outlining a national response to the rail strike. Officials say he may seek authority for seizure if the situation worsens and will stay in Washington to manage the emergency rather than attend the Brooklyn convention.
The miners and operators approve a wage scale, appoint a fact finding commission, and set a January 3 meeting to draft a new scale. John L. Lewis expected to order a return to work in six idle states as leadership urges joint conference approval.
Anthracite operators and union mine leaders meet in Philadelphia to renew talks after a three month standstill. An early settlement is anticipated and reopening of the hard coal mines is expected within ten days or sooner.
Actual mining of coal started today in the Kimloch and Valley camp mines of the Valley Camp Coal company. Coal cutters were ordered into the mines by officials in anticipation of the signing of the agreement between the miners and operators in Cleveland.
Terre Haute district UMWA headquarters reports operators controlling 85 percent of Indiana tonnage will sign the Cleveland agreement reached today.
Pueblo Colorado, Aug 15. Striking firemen and hostlers of the Missouri Pacific railway have agreed to return to work immediately after the company announced armed guards would be present. Page 7, Column 1.
Relief seemed near in the transcontinental railroad strike. A settlement had been reached at San Bernardino with Union Pacific employees other than shop men who were on strike there, followed by Southern Pacific announcing progress in San Francisco as the brotherhood action continued.
Guerrilla warfare erupted at the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail shops in Green Bay Wisconsin after midnight as workers repairing an engine were fired upon by a crowd. Armed guards exchanged gunfire until early morning with no reported casualties though over 100 firemen engineers and trainmen refused to report for work today.
Muskogee Oklahoma August 15 walkouts of Big Four railroad brotherhoods threatened to spread into the Southwest. Frisco Midland Valley and Kansas Oklahoma Gulf railroads voted to strike unless armed guards are removed from the railroad shop area.
The Southern Pacific railroad lifted its embargo on livestock and perishable freight shipments southbound this morning effective immediately. The embargo had been in place since yesterday.
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