01 Feb 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1922
Page
1
In the business district the focus centers on tires and auto parts as vendors display new tire models and service offerings. Shoppers explore latest brands and promotions while street activity highlights busy storefronts and consumer interest.
Scattered items recall social notes and light humor about weddings divorces and fashion. Snatches name Princess Mary Cheatham & Sons and George III with a note about snuff boxes and Copenhagen. A stray theater reference and fragmentary chatter fill the column with no clear single event.
Field Marshal Prince Arii Yamagata died at his home near Tokyo at age 85. The aging statesman led Japan through modernization, wars, and cabinet building, earning the title real ruler of Japan. His passing closes a vital political era as the nation grapples with tradition and modernity.
The final funeral service for Benedict XV was celebrated today with solemn rites. The Sistine Chapel was prepared to serve as a voting room for the secret conclave meeting tomorrow to elect a new pope.
Weather notes compare Havre Montana to Puget Sound, with Havre recording 24 degrees below zero. Reports say recent days were frigid, affecting locals as the fourth-coldest day in 50 years for the area with average temps around 36 above.
In Everett on Feb 1 Treva Pete and her mother Bertha Wilkes faced trial as attorney F A Hastwick argued the girl was framed by Danielson. Judge Alston granted a directed verdict for Treva but reserved ruling on Mrs Wilkes. The dramatic proceedings included testimony from Officer Otto Nicholson and Dr J W Carsons as court opened.
A desert camp tale opens with rugged riders around a fire under a blazing sky. The crew, young and toughened by sun and wind, introduce David Sanders returning from Arizona while a ceremonial talk by Mr Menderes promises a grandiose explanation of superiority as a new chapter begins.
Six loggers were seriously hurt when the log train they rode from a logging site to camp plunged through a bridge over the Nehalem river near Cochran. Five men Francia John Wiest, Ford Wiest, Amos Nelson, James Thomas and Alfred Buckman were hospitalized in Portland and rapidly improving. R B Parker was the only fatality.
Unidentified about 35 year old woman was found murdered in Kansas City subway. She was choked with her silk stocking and gag remnants from a skirt undergarment were in her mouth. Police think the body was dumped from a car sixty feet above the roadway into the subway.
The Star previews Zoe Beckley’s Polly and Paul and Paris, a human study of a first year of married life as an American couple in Paris. The bride from the Midwest fears she is not brilliant enough, yet she proves herself as their Paris days unfold.
The five powers announced acceptance of the naval pact after Hughes spoke calling it a historic end to battleship building. The accord sets a 6 5 3 ratio among US Britain Japan France and Italy with a ten year holiday and specific replacement tonnage limits.
A 48 hour snowstorm sweeping southwestern Colorado caused trains to stall and left one man dead. Three feet of snow fell in some areas and a body was found in a cabin ruins near Durango.
Washington reports that the arms conference plenary adopted a separate treaty binding all nations to forbid poison gas and unrestricted submarine warfare. Submarine visits and searches are required before seizure and vessels must be spared if compliance is refused, with force allowed only after safety of crew and passengers.
Patrolman W. C. Batten suffered a fractured skull after falling from a car at 7 near nia avenue and Walker street. He lay unconscious in the street before colleagues halted the vehicle and found him, rushed to a doctor and then to the city hospital in critical condition. Ball and O'Brien report Batten’s baton caused him to lose balance as the car turned onto Alki avenue.
In Vincennes two people died in an incident reported by local authorities. Investigators say a fatal collision occurred near a street intersection, and emergency responders transported the injured to area hospitals. Police are reviewing surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses.
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