26 Aug 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1922
Page
1
The cruiser France of 23 000 tons sank after striking a rock in a Bay of Quiberon passage. Of 900 crew, all were rescued except three stokers missing. The ship, completed in 1918, cost £2 475 000. sister ship to another unit, 344 feet long, speed 22.6 knots.
A fragmented passage mentions Joe Bing Marter jailed, a golf date with Judge Calvin Hall, and varied cultural notes. It references Mount Rainier filmed for movies, vague questions about writs, and remarks on Prohibition era humor and public figures.
A fragmented column hints at rising street speed, dubious stock sales, and social changes. Mentions Doc Brown plans, a population figure, land rumors, Moonshine signs, and a turn to page notes about local life and September through November months.
Washington reports indicate President Harding is poised to veto the bonus bill prompting a final push by backers to override. Unofficial polling shows 38 votes may sustain a veto, while some senators doubt enactment if the president withholds his signature. Senator New says the president will not accept a plan lacking revenue raising provisions, a feature the Senate avoids in the McCumver bill.
Weather reports note Friday as the warmest August day at 84 degrees by noon and 9:30 am Saturday showed the temperature already climbing. Forecasters estimate Saturday may surpass prior records, while the summer peak remains May 31 at 89 degrees.
Maurice and Jack Murphy, 8 and 11, left Seattle with their mother for summer, later offered film work by Mason N. Litson of J. K. MacDonald. Hollywood reports show three contract offers as plans include Catalina Island swimming stunts. Their mother belongs to Seattle’s Broadway Orthopedic guild. father is a local attorney.
Detroit August 26 Henry Ford will announce that Ford Motor company plants around Detroit will close on September 16 due to coal shortages. Six thousand workers have already been laid off at one plant and sixty nine thousand more in the Detroit area will be affected. Closing down of Ford plants elsewhere is under caution.
Three Northwestern railroad switchmen were killed when the switch engine carrying them crashed into a string of box cars in the West Allis yards Milwaukee Wisconsin. The accident occurred today as the men rode the engine and it collided with the rolling freight cars.
Sheriff Matt Starwich investigates the Saturday theft of 20 sacks of sugar from Enumclaw General Store. He suspects the motives involve home brew as a likely plan. No arrests reported.
Chicago August 26 ex White Sox player Charles Swede Risberg faces divorce from Agnes Risberg alleging cruelty and neglect. Wife says he remained out at night until 4 am and gave no explanations, after their 1915 marriage here.
City leaders meet behind locked doors after a surge in crashes with drunken joyriders blamed for the carnage. Officials argue existing ordinances would suffice if enforced. a special committee will propose plans next Wednesday to curb speed maniacs and enforce stricter traffic rules.
Seattle police capture Frank Wallace 38 at Sixth Ave and Pike St after weeks of downtown surveillance. Wallace, with 10 aliases and a San Francisco record, allegedly robbed 14 victims posing as a police or detective officer and cashed hundreds in bogus checks. Detectives Waechter and Hayden led the arrest. Herbert identified Wallace by the fake checks.
8 F Woody, a candidate for county commissioner, told an outdoor Rainier Beach gathering Friday that the county paid $52 978.61 in three years for engineers and attorneys fees on abandoned projects. He urged audits and reform.
A reclame style notice promotes varied items including homes used cars and rent options. Readers are invited to place a want ad by calling Telephone Main 0600, noting low cost and quick disposition of items.
The Star critiques Miles Poindexter as an aggressive reformer turned independent, notes his controversial past and mixed record, and analyzes Frances Axtell, George Lamping, and Judge Austin Griffiths. It argues voters deserve a clear choice and praises Griffiths’s steadfast integrity.
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