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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1922
Page
7
A heavy storm and gale blankets the East Coast from Baltimore to York, halting traffic as streets fill with deep snow and drifting winds threaten to worsen. Forecasters predict more snow today and tonight across the storm-affected area.
Washington reports a record snowfall with more than inches blanketing the capital and surrounding Atlantic states. Transportation halted, dozens of auto crashes occur, with injuries reported as the storm spreads through Virginia and the region. The Weather Bureau forecasts continued northeast winds and heavy snow, with gradual easing expected late tomorrow.
Injunction suit brought by Jahn & Breast and others seeks to restrain the city from enforcing a minimum wage on city contracts. Attorneys argue the $4.75 per day rate is too high and that contractors should be allowed to bid at a lower wage while the city benefits from bidding.
Late Friday the state reclamation conference postponed the February 4 chamber meeting after word from Washington that the Inter brand Smith Mecklen bill is not set for action now. The meeting was called to attempt last minute changes to save the measure.
Acting Mayor Robert B. Hesketh signs the 2 000 Swan extension bonds left by the mayor as he departs for the Orient. Caldwell notes delay risks interest savings of 290 dollars daily and urges immediate delivery to bond companies.
East businessmen, led by L. C. Gilman of the Great Northern Railroad, return from a trip with brighter views for 1922. They expect improvement but not a boom, and express cautious confidence in the year ahead.
Lincoln Neb January 28 National Guard troops were ordered to Nebraska City to handle the packing strike after a conference between Governor McKelvie and Adjutant General Ul. The decision was announced today as officials sought to restore order and safeguard operations amid labor unrest.
The American Legion ritual was mended at the last national convention in Kansas City during Friday night activities at University Post No. 11.
Administration and farm bloc plan a rapid push for farm relief measures aligned with the agricultural conference program. Insurgents fear leadership is being diverted from the bloc, while the conference aims to secure key items such as Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals, St Lawrence waterway, and freight rate cuts.
Denver January 28. Dr D F B Phillips of Denver University counsels the aged to associate with young people to stay young. He argues that aging comes quickly and social contact with youth helps maintain vitality.
Funeral services for Mrs Lottie Fornaugh 19 of 1718 Minor Ave were held Friday afternoon. The body was cremated. She had lived in Seattle 18 years and is survived by her husband B G Fosanaugh an infant son her mother Mrs Eva L Ballah and a brother Lee Ballah.
In Carson City Nevada on Monday the Pickford Moore divorce dispute goes to the state supreme court. Mary Pickford now Mrs Douglas Fairbanks faces the states bid to annul her divorce. Attorney Gavin McNab and Attorney General William Fowler represent the parties as the case appeals a lower court ruling that the divorce stands.
A 1922 column lists pedestrians struck by cars with details on locations drivers and injuries. Mrs. F. Danz suffered a sprained ankle at Second Avenue and Seneca. B Olson from Waldron hotel had a probable skull fracture at Jefferson Street and Yesterday. Homer Binsell caused another injury at Fourth Avenue and Jefferson. The record notes several hospitalizations and an instant death at Eighth Ave and Snoqualmie Street. A year ago today twelve pedestrians were injured, totaling 95 for the year.
Public hearing set in Seattle on February % for W J McCurdy’s auto stages between Seattle and Three Decease. Counsel Walter F Meier opposes state permit arguing buses will compete with Lake Burien cars and may end that service.
Miss Alice Coston daughter of Seattle attorney P. J. Coston wed JL W. A. Noda head of Mitsui & Co oil department in Plainfield New Jersey. The Seattle couple met two years earlier in Mitsui & Co offices in Seattle and faced parental opposition to the interracial marriage.
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce announces Herbert Schoenfeld will head the retail side bureau for 1922. R. E. Bigelow serves as first vice president and A. G. Taft as second vice president.
The Peking government asked the Chinese delegation for more details on the Hughes Balfour plan to settle Shantung railway issues. Delegation says final adjustment may be announced early next week, with China likely to accept the main plan under conditions defining Japanese traffic manager powers and a Chinese counter manager.
Daugherty accuses county official of leasing the Lake Washington ferries to Capt. 4 L Anderson for ten years in a $1,009,000 fleet deal. County to supply 70,000 barrels of oil over 16 months in exchange for absences and a $12,500 surety bond. Douglas says only the courts can decide if evidence warrants a grand jury probe, with the prosecutor backing a inquiry.
Dr Ambrose M Patley will release a homing pigeon owned by Robert Gwityn during the First Baptist church morning service in Seattle. The bird will depart from the pulpit bearing the message John xvi 17 to my Father as a Junior class object lesson.
The U S veterans bureau office announced eight disabled war veterans in Seattle will receive a total of 380 dollars each month in government compensation.
Judge Arnold Heap fined Julia Reetor a cabaret dancer 200 for an improper performance at Chicago's Entertainers cafe. He ruled jazz music barbarism revived and said the shimmy and muscle dancer must go, citing crowded dance floors and immoral influence on youth.
A Chicago street fight ends with a riot car and scores of officers restraining Mrs. Iowa Murphy after she caused a massive disturbance involving about 906 rioters and police subdued the crowd.
A national conference to tackle housing shortages and high rents was proposed by Senator King of Utah. He urged President Harding to summon leaders from banking, labor, and the public to launch a large home-building program financed by banks and aimed at employing workers and aiding the nation’s homeowners.
Hawkins alias May Shaunesay was sentenced by Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer to one year and a day at McNeil Island penitentiary to overcome his drug habit. W. Lockhart received until January 36 to enter a plea on narcotic charges.
Martin Hefner sues Great African Insurance Co in superior court for 1252.50 claiming failure to pay on a policy after 131 tons of coal were washed overboard when a scow struck a sunken object and sank near Alki Point.
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