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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1922
Page
1
Councilman Robert Bruce Hewketh delays filing for mayor citing 75 dollar fee and interest savings. Cartoon and editorials touch on local politics, wartime attitudes, and city life through varied clippings and notes from Seattle.
A humorous Seattle column mocks a reckless plan to drive a fast car to Tacoma or Everett then dispose of the wreckage. It also notes Paul Clyde’s bond pitch in Chile, a jab at “Jello Carriages” called by readers, billiards champ Jake Schaefer showing his wares, and a Pinehurst Poultry Yard plea for an Eat a Raw Beg a Minute Week.
Seattle public night schools will close three weeks early this year due to a $250,000 budget cut. More than 4,000 students will be affected as high schools also face shortened schedules with classes ending around March 1.
John L. Lewis, president of the miners union, told a joint conference in Chicago that miners are ready to strike starting April 1. He urged moral support from railroad workers and public sentiment to influence the strike’s outcome.
James Brown Potter of New York Newport and Tuxedo Park was found dead in his bed at Col. Frank Powers' home in Richmond. Heart disease listed as the cause. Remains to be taken to New York for burial.
McDougall- Southwick plans two fashion show performances for Washington's birth day at 2 and 8 pm. The show runs on the department store’s second floor for the third day, with Thursday concluding at 10 am and 2 pm. Only the first Monday performance had an admission fee.
Chicago Feb 22 Proposed measure by Midwest farmers would have government purchase the national surplus wheat to stabilize the market at a fixed price of 1.50 dollars per bushel. The plan targets members of the senate farm bloc and aims to curb price fluctuations.
Seattle ladies attended the Metropolitan theater to see Tamaki Miura in Madame Butterfly. The Japanese colony formed an estimated 90 percent of the audience, reflecting a civic awareness of the Pacific coast issue and its resonance with local working women.
Hughie Sing and Gee Jon, Chinese tong members, face execution under Nevada's new lethal gas law with first trials planned between April 16 and 23. Gov. Emmett Boyle and prison officials push construction amid ongoing legal challenges to stop the method. The condemned men await their fate as courts weigh the case.
The Oregon Public Services Commission affirmed a prior order increasing Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co rates, with rises from 30 percent to 200 percent in some classes. Portland and other cities filed a rehearing petition, granted May 21, 1921, and rehearing opened July 18, 1921.
The eight starter field for the American dog derby in Ashton Idaho includes 20 year old Lyda Hutchison among top mushers. Smoky Gaston, a veteran driver who had been missing in the Targhee forest, returned safely with his dogs badly torn from a lynx fight, likely keeping him out of the race.
J J Underwood of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC sent a wire to President Waterhouse Tuesday expressing confidence that the Smith McNary reclamation bill would pass shortly.
In San Francisco on February 22, Jafet Lindeberg seeks to block extradition to Tacoma, Washington, as lawyers prepare to argue before Superior Judge Harold Louderback. Lindeberg, detained on bail and ill with influenza, faces a potential U.S. Supreme Court review as his counsel vow to pursue all rights amid claims of wrongful asset looting by depositors.
Nicholas Rodriguez led a small rebel group in Northern Mexico against the Obregon government. Federal patrols cornered and wounded him near Guadalupe while his men were routed. He escaped after the clash on Frank Williams’s ranch near the border town.
Senator Lodge plans to appeal to President Harding to stave off adopting reservations to the four power Pacific treaty. He blocked a vote by the foreign relations committee by announcing he would discuss reservations with Harding, and arranged a meeting for Thursday.
Patrolman Martin J. Cleary was promoted Wednesday to detective to fill the vacancy caused by Detective Ralph FE. Benjamin's death. The order takes effect immediately.
Frederick G. Denke, a contractor, married Vera Fitzpatrick by Judge James M. Trout in San Francisco. An hour after the ceremony, Denke died from pneumonia, leaving Mrs Fitzpatrick a widow.
The novel If Winter Comes by A. M. Hutchinson leads Seattle Public Library’s February best sellers. The story portrays postwar Tingland and a man’s inner descent into disillusionment and sorrow, reflecting an author long known to critics who rose to popular demand with this work.
Congress demanded an immediate halt to most army funding after the Roma airship disaster at Norfolk killed 34 iform. Investigations were slated to probe the accident cause and helium supply, with Rep. Kahn calling for a rigorous blame assessment and honoring the deceased as martyrs to progress.
Army air service experts opened a formal inquiry into the Rome airship disaster near Norfolk Virginia after 34 people were killed and 11 injured. The burning wreckage showed a twisted steel frame as investigators sought the cause and details, with coverage continuing on later pages.
Portland police hold John Campbell 18 and Nestor Bergstedt 17 brothers of two of the bandits who robbed the Bank of East Portland last December. Investigators link them to thefts in Seattle Tacoma Tenino and Beaverton. Arrest yielded a large quantity of cigars from a stolen car.
Billie Owens, 19, of the Rosedale hotel at 722 Pike street, was severely burned Wednesday morning when her night dress caught fire from a small gas heater in her room. She was taken to the city hospital.
Peter Oscar Thompson accused of two murders tried to kill himself in his county jail cell by banging his head on iron bars. His cell mate W A Bringhurst intervened, overpowering him and saving his life.
Dr. Helen Babcock questions a Seattle Mothers and Parent-Teacher groups demand that no teacher who smokes be employed at Roosevelt high. She argues against judging intelligence by personal habits and notes past tolerance of smoking among pioneers, stressing freedom and national ideals.
Washington reports say R J McGahie bought the Pacific coast wood fleet of 75 ships for 122,250 dollars and will use the hulls as barges. Mercer Island residents fear county action to buy 15 hulls for a Lake Washington pontoon bridge may fail as hulls already sold.
The weather man declines to reveal exact spring timing while forecasting continuing cold nights and fair days. He notes a 34 degree Tuesday temperature and says conditions will include gentle northeasterly winds in the Puget Sound region.
Kenneth St. Kingsbury, a leader in the Pacific coast shipping pool plan, says no steps toward forming the merger can occur until President Harding presents his ship subsidies and shipping situation message to Congress. Kingsbury returned to San Francisco after attending a conference with President Harding, Chairman Lasker, and a coast shipping delegation.
Detroit report says H N Fields convicted forger claimed knowledge of the William D. movie director murder in Los Angeles. He named an assailant and provided test questions about movements of Taylor and another person. Los Angeles authorities pressed him for answers. Coffee announced the testimony lent credibility to Fields as a possible suspect. Fields was arrested in Buffalo and brought to face forgery charges.
Concord, N C Feb 22 Police wired Los Angeles for a detailed description of ward F Sands after a man answering to Harvey Adams provided a general likeness to the missing valet of murdered film director W D Taylor. The prisoner claimed to be a Richmond Virginia book keeper.
A Sacramento Star interview with Thomas, a reformed drug addict, alleges a California drug ring targeted William Desmond Taylor and may have ordered his murder. He claims peddlers, tied to Hollywood studios, smuggled drugs from Mexico via El Paso and mingled with actors. Police meanwhile traced suspects to Detroit and Concord, N C, amid Taylor murder inquiries.
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