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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1922
Page
1
Disjointed items note disarmament talk progress, ships on Lake Union, and Mayor Caldwell’s Orient trip with a Shrine band. Hilarious signs and puns headline civic life with Hesketh, Hofbrau Schnide, and playful placards. Marriage news from Freeport, Ohio closes abridged column.
The piece argues Newberry cannot plausibly claim ignorance after admitting campaign expenditures in 1918. It warns the danger of wealth influence in Senate races, cites Lorimer and Harding as precedents, and urges voters to watch how Senators Poindexter and Jones respond to the issue.
Senator Borah of Idaho condemned Senator Newberry in a Senate speech, arguing the Newberry campaign tainted the election with money. He listed eight conclusions, including that primary money corruption invalidates the election and that Newberry is responsible for or connected to the committee that spent it.
Tokyo reports former premier Shigenobu Okuma, one of Japan’s elder statesmen, has died after multiple false starts to death announcements. Official word confirms his death after earlier statements on January 6 and subsequent resuscitations. Posthumous decorations were awarded by Prince Hirohito.
The note urges using The Star Classified Ads to help buy sell and exchange items, claiming steady success from patient determination. It frames the service as a reliable tool for achieving aims with no failures.
Washington dispatch reports a plenary army conference near completion with plans to announce the five power acceptance of the naval limitation treaty. Signatures by United States Great Britain France Japan and Italy are expected Saturday.
Tacoma police disclose a gang of automobile thieves operating across Washington and Oregon. H H Edwards, 27, held after last night arrest. police say he controlled three local garages and passed stolen cars to others. W A McConnell, a possible accomplice, also jailed. both headed to Beattie for trial.
Denver officials refuse to approve Mrs Henrietta Lindsey for assistant probation officer under her husband Juvenile Judge Ben Lindsey The board of county commissioners ruled she cannot be employed in this capacity at $135 a month in Denver January 10.
Frank Waterhouse, president of Frank Waterhouse Gene operators, named by the nominating committee as the sole candidate for chamber president. Mail ballots will be sent soon, with January 11 the final return date. New officers slated for installation January 24 amid potential opposition from Alaska bureau members.
The state development bureau presented a Columbia Basin project report to the Chamber of Commerce trustees. It urges reaffirming support for the Smith McNary bill creating a 2350 million revolving fund to reclaim lands and prioritizes smaller Washington projects before larger Basin works. It calls for adjudications of water rights and power claims and a statewide reclamation conference.
The regular luncheon of the Concentric club will be held at 12 15 p m at the Pig n White with Goday presiding.
Arthur Griffith was elected president of the Dail by the majority after De Valera and his followers left the chamber. Griffith pledged to uphold the republic and lead a provisional government to establish the Irish Free State. The cabinet named includes Michael Collins as finance minister and Gavin Duffy abroad, with other posts assigned by Griffith.
In Van Wert Ohio a school truck carrying about 40 children was struck by a Pennsylvania freight train near dawn. Four children were killed and 39 injured as passengers were rushed to area hospitals.
Nishitani 25 a mill worker was arrested Monday night at the Alps hotel by Detectives J Waechter and Tom Hayden after allegedly fleeing the stabbing of three Japanese at Shoqualmie Palle. He was armed with two revolvers and a knife but no weapons were found on search. Trial set for Tuesday in city jail.
Olin C Walker, 22, a country lad from Gallup New Mexico, is held as the mystery man in the murders of James W Blackwell and Mrs Blackwell on their porch. Detectives say Walker left Gallup before his arrest as his bride to be, Rhea Tice, may testify. The motive remains unclear and no robbery is shown.
Hearing on the petition of T. D. Rockwell receiver for World Cable Directory Co to sell the office furnishings and property is set for Friday morning before Superior Judge Mitchell Gilliam. The assets include furnishings in the Thompson building and three properties one a ten acre tract in Whatcom County and two lots in Seattle all with liens. Rockwell will offer the assets for sale and declined to estimate value.
Mrs. S. M. Patterson reports a flock of robins on her West Queen Anne lawn signaling spring. She notes the birds arrive a week early this year. Hikers report pussy willows budding and trees showing new growth as season edges closer.
Coast radio operators heard a faint S O S last night from an unknown ship far out to sea. The exact vessel and location remained unclear as the message proved indecipherable and no full distress call followed after an hour of silence.
In Santa Rosa California on January 10 an autopsy was to determine the death of Jee Johanna D Haberhauer nineteen. Her sister Mary sixteen lay critically ill after swallowing something like a pill during the night. Authorities called the case one of the most mysterious they have encountered. The younger sister woke to finding the older sister convulsing and said she had swallowed something like a pill. First aid and a physician were summoned but Johanna died twenty minutes before help arrived. A prisoner was being held at the time.
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