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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1922
Page
1
A collage of Seattle and regional notes mocks taxes and politics while recounting local bonds, odd quotes, and amusing anecdotes. Notables include Caldwell linked to a Skagit bond and playful jabs at Seattle life and culture amid fragmented clippings.
A Los Angeles newspaper office stages a farcical newsroom scene where editors react to a bogus earthquake dispatch. The mock chaos with toppled desks and crumbling walls mirrors a chaotic press room as staff anxiously chase a breaking story and improvise in a spoof of sensational reporting.
Hollywood circles speculate on who will marry Charlie Chaplin after his divorce from Mildred Harris. Rumors focus on May Collina and Claire Windsor as possible brides with other names denied. Windsor reportedly attracted Chaplin’s attention in Seattle and Hollywood, though she downplays interest.
Reports of earth concussions spread across towns within 60 to 100 miles after Pacific fleet battle practice off San Pedro. Officers questioned the cause as four capital ships fired heavy five and fourteen inch guns, with tremors felt from Riverside to San Bernardino and San Diego area.
Wednesday morning Seattle records 16 degrees the lowest since 1919 with 12 degrees back then. Forecasters say another thaw won’t come today or tomorrow and fair weather will hold through Thursday night. Snow remains 2.5 inches with more cold across Chehalis and Bellingham and a light northeast wind in the Northwest.
George G. Walters of Dunkirk New York testified before the senate investigating committee that he saw sergeants beat soldier prisoners to death at Camp Merritt New Jersey. He named Sergeants Smith and Stanley as the men who did the killing.
The U S government invited Chile and Peru to send plenipotentiaries to Washington to negotiate a settlement of the Tacna Arica dispute, aiming to end the long standing border conflict.
New York January 18 Charlie Chaplin is named as a creditor in the bankruptcy of KE W Wagner & Co Wall Street brokers with a 100000 dollar account. The firm has been declared bankrupt and Chaplin appears among the creditors.
In New York a lawsuit centers on a million-dollar string of pearls with a history from Catherine the Great to the czar’s massacre. Widow Mrs. Horace Dodge owns them, bought after the revolution. Bengulist Brothers sue Cartier for part of the price claiming $1.5 million, while Cartier disputes $1.6 million. The necklace was recently seen in New York.
Sheriff Matt Starwich investigated the January 5 theft of Anton Lenicar’s $2,000 gold savings from a Renton area hidden cache. Lenicar, a Kenton laborer planning to move his family from Europe, kept the gold in a sealed panel safe. Two roommates knew the cache location, but authorities doubt they acted alone.
Berson, 71, a salesman, was brought from Salt Lake City to face grand larceny charges after allegedly passing about 1000 in bad checks on several firms since January. He cashed a large check with Eldridge Buick for a car and planned to travel to Salt Lake City. the auto remains unfound. Dozens of checks between 20 and 35 dollars were used on Collins-Normile and other victims. He surrendered at the Salt Lake City jail.
B R Stewart of the Disabled American Veterans denounces the dismissal of Professor Arthur Dean as assistant director of the veterans bureau. He claims the firing stems from Dean’s refusal to back Camp Sherman Ohio rehabilitation plans led by Col Charlie R Forbes. Stewart calls the Camp Sherman plan a wildcat scheme for vocational rehabilitation.
Geraldine Farrar will leave the Metropolitan Opera stage at season end to tour concert halls. She will appear in major American cities beginning next October, with Maria Jeritza to assume many of Farrar's famous roles.
Dr Clara P Reippel a noted women's specialist warns flimsy dress harms female development saying today’s girls wear rolled hose short skirts and satin pumps and risk frailty. She cites late nights and poor rest as factors and notes heat loss impairs growth while some mothers delayed by dress choices. Dr Rey Copeland counters texture says habits may stay if not reversed.
Coroner investigates the death of Stephen Lally 36 after a piece of flying metal from a planing machine struck him in the side at Tregoning Sash & Door Co near Fremont. He died en route to Lakeside hospital. Survived by widow Daisy T. Lally.
Mrs. Ethel Landerkin, 40, of 8615 48th Ave South, was found in a gas filled hospital room after swallowing poison tablets in a Tuesday night attempt. Nurses report she remained unconscious as doctors fight to save her life.
Five thousand people were made homeless by a fire in Manila. The Red Cross receipt provides no details on relief efforts or which branch is handling the response.
Maj. Carl H. Reeves, superintendent of public utilities, denies telling Mrs Hankins he spoke of her as dear. The divorce suit enters its second day with Reeves alleging a cruel-behavior campaign by his wife. He cites a 1921 breakup, dancing criticisms, sermons on propriety, and repeated upbraiding. The couple, married 19 years, have two sons due to testify.
Friends of Captain SE C Colvin and Thomas J I Kennedy canvassed the city council for votes to elect their man to succeed Walter F Meier as corporation counsel. Meier is expected to resign to a superior court judgeship if Judge A W Frater moves to federal court.
In Washington on January 18 the Senate caucus of Republican senators agreed to take up a soldier bonus bill as soon as the foreign debt refunding measure is disposed of. They endorsed immediate, speedy action on the debt bill.
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