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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1922
Page
12
A collage of stray phrases covers a Seattle page with notes on veterans Paris love songs cabbage pies and a missing bridge order. Vague references include Mayor Brown, the Bascule Bridge, and political humor with Tom Page and Olympia, all presented as clipped snatches.
Methodist and Episcopal services listed at multiple churches with times and pastors. An obituary notes the death of Benjamin Folomond OM, cousin of Grover Cleveland's widow, in Pasadena, California.
The nation sees signs of progress as railroad shopmen's walkout nears settlement. Proposals from executives and union chiefs are under review, with actions by railroads and Congress anticipated. In Philadelphia operators propose taking wage talks to the anthracite conciliation commission. Resumption of bituminous mining nears after Cleveland agreement.
New York Aug 19 tentative proposals on the railroad shopmen strike include a seniority compromise. The plan, drawn up by railroad executives and brotherhood chiefs, will be reviewed by Bert M Jewell and then by a joint committee. Workers would return under a gentlemen's agreement with reduced pay, wage adjustments to be appealed to the labor board, aiming for an honorable settlement.
Terre Haute Ind Aug 19 United Mine Workers president Hessler said Indiana operators representing 3,000,000 tons of coal output annually have signed the Cleveland agreement ahead of a meeting between operators and miners scale committees here Monday.
In Cleveland on August 19 Timothy Shea acting president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen charged that the federal boiler inspection department collapsed after a shop men strike. He said fifty inspectors provided by law are inadequate and not performing required inspections risking engineers and firemen.
The Wayfarer chorus will perform in Tacoma Stadium on Friday evening September 1 under the Tacoma Oratorio Society. Montgomery Lynch, producer, announced the event and called for the chorus to assemble for a first rehearsal Monday at First Methodist Church.
A Sunday motorist drive aids the 91st division reunion at Camp Lewis. Chairman William C. McKay says rail strikes prevent a special train, so Seattle citizens are asked to report at the Savoy hotel by 9 a m to provide the necessary transportation and return by 5 p m. The Chamber of Commerce automobile committee backs the effort.
Police deny drinking amid a raid aftermath. C W Spitz 35 a Broadway street car operator and three off duty colleagues were badly injured when a Stutz used in a bootlegging raid crashed after leaving headquarters at 4 am. The car was seen on Ninth Avenue around 7 am traveling about 50 mph, swerving near Priest Street.
A speeding four policeman motorcar collided with a street car at the southwest corner near Ninth Avenue and Priest Street early Saturday. Five people were badly hurt, two fatally. Spitz warned of the danger but could not avert the wreck. The four officers were taken to City Hospital then Providence Hospital for treatment.
Witnesses in the Kernan incident described the event as a drunken joyride, though police denied the claim. Officers noted a search warrant existed for a nearby location at 12th Ave and Howell Sr but the suspect did not follow that direction at the time of the crash.
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Mayor Joseph Cauffiel orders sale of real beer at 10 cents a glass as water was declared unfit. Saloons hotels breweries rush to produce frosty beer while federal prohibition officials vow to intervene and enforce the Volstead act.
Washington August 19 The Fordney McCumber tariff bill faces a decisive Senate vote at 4 o clock ending a lengthy fight that began with House passage on July 21 1921 and endured continuous debate for 148 months. Democratic opponents concede it will pass by a sizable margin.
In Bothell the girl was kept for two days until attorney Peterson received notification and secured a Saturday hearing. A letter from Mrs. Walker attacked Sargent’s fiancé, calling him an ignorant dog, while she and others warned of threats if the marriage occurred. Witnesses questioned the insanity charge as unjust with editor Mrs. A. B. Clark denouncing it as outrageous.
Tacoma police raided the Broadway hotel and seized seventy gallons of moonshine whisky thirty gallons of wine and twenty five quarts of bonded liquors. Police hunt for the owners as none were found on the premises.
In Philadelphia the joint conference of anthracite miners and operators adjourned without an agreement. A future session is scheduled for 4 PM Monday. In London, British aviator Major W T Blake, en route around the world with Captain Norman MacMillan, reportedly underwent an appendectomy in Calcutta and MacMillan will continue the flight solo.
A concise reflection notes beauty lies in performing one’s rightful task as attributed to Florence Nightingale. The remark emphasizes vocation and fulfillment through dedicated service.
In a Black Diamond mine disaster at Pacific Coast Coal Co. a 75 year old miner W K Kirkpatrick and 56 year old Steve Sepotz were killed. Archie Wright escaped but near asphyxiation. In Newcastle at Lewis McFarling 39 70 Evanston Ave Seattle died after grabbing a trolley cable to steady himself during a fall. Coroner W H Carson opened investigations into both accidents.
Searchers dug for Fred Johnson of Graham Washington, and Z Lagerstrom of Seattle after a logging road tunnel near Melbourne Washington collapsed. Lagerstrom’s body was recovered and transported to Montesano as efforts continued to locate Seattle relatives.
A tariff amendment raised the sodium nitrate import duty to 6 cents a pound, boosting American Nitrogen Products Co. of La Grande Washington to resume operations. Senators Poindexter and Jones are credited with raising the rate, allowing the company to compete with imports. An air nitrate plant will be opened at La Grande.
Beacon avenue between Charles et al and Judkins street will be closed to traffic from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. for three days starting Monday August 21 1972. Detour routes include Corwin Place and 18th Avenue to Forest Street.
The Ballard Beach car line will be called the Sunset Hill line starting Monday as announced by D. W. Henderson superintendent of transportation. The change was approved by the city council after district residents requested it. Giladys Evans, 17, of Long Beach, learns of his mother Nettie Evans suicide via newspaper. Nettie Evans hanged herself to a wall bed in Los Angeles.
Daniel Borich, convicted of killing his wife and her hired man at Oak Creek, was hanged at the Colorado state prison in Canon City during the previous night.
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