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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1922
Page
1
Jumbled clipping reports warm weather and wildfires near Sea Gosh. A Seattle doctor case features a woman resisting a mouth treatment. Parade prize goes to a flower city float with artificial bios pams. A Oklahoma congressman Herrick travels by air. The fragmentary text hints at political chatter and personal stories with no cohesive narrative.
The BV-D station aired a quirky program featuring Mayor E J Brown singing Oh Where is Our Fivecent Carfare Today and Captain Charles Tennant’s Mug in My Photo Gallery. A zither piece by 56 trained mosquitoes and a march by Brown with orchestra followed amid jokes and public figure chatter.
A shopper battles persistent sales staff in a dim music bureau near Pike's store as requests for "While Miami Dreams" and "Ginny Shore" fizz into a playful chorus of refusals. The clerk pushes fox trot and waltz options while a juvenile bystander tries to harmonize, turning the scene into a comic, frustrated search for a tune.
Four year old Henry Carlson son of Mrs Ragnhild Carlson of 411 Harreet was struck by an automobile driven by Chris Hanson of 1816 Sixth Ave W as he played near home. He was taken to the city hospital Thursday with a suspected skull fracture and injuries that may prove fatal.
Seventy people were slightly injured when Pere Marquette passenger train No. 6 collided with a New York Central locomotive near Porter Indiana. The train diverted to a siding on the way to Chicago, and most injured passengers were from Chicago.
A dramatic allegory shows Mammon counting gold as victims Peggy Larson Frank Severn and Anker Hem suffer under his ruse of patriotism. The firecracker and bomb cause deadly accidents, each staining coins with innocent blood while homes mourn Thursday.
In New York a Lexington Avenue subway car caught fire after a short circuit near the 59th Street stop. Smoke and flames cut power, trapping passengers below ground. Police reported no fatalities though many were overcome and several injured escaping through broken windows. Elsewhere, the steamer Arctic ran aground on Sounders reef near Point Arena, with rescue ships standing by.
Senator Caraway of Arkansas branded President Harding the man responsible for the most open violation of the 18th amendment in a senate denunciation today. He attacked the sale of liquor on Shipping Board vessels.
ROMDH July 6 reports the Vatican gendarmes mutinied over pay and grievances while the Swiss Guard seized the bar racks and disarmed the gendarmes in a brief authoritarian confrontation at the Vatican.
Republican Senate leaders have decided not to push the administration ship subsidy bill this session. They will consult with President Harding on the soldier bonus, aiming for an agreement not to veto passed legislation. The plan emerged after a dinner last night hosted by Senator Lodge.
The Star and the Literary Digest invite readers to share views on the Ku Klux Klan and its rise as a political force in the United States. Submissions may appear in The Star and will be sent to the Digest for nationwide survey.
Councilman Robert B. Hesketh proposed immediate action to tighten Seattle firecracker and fireworks laws after multiple Fourth of July accidents. He cited deadly incidents involving a 7-year-old struck by a car and a boy injured by a defective flower pot firework, urging stronger enforcement to prevent further casualties.
Counsel for Clem Sullivan, among eight men arrested in a Monterey raid, promises a big exposure of a liquor smuggling ring involving prominent San Francisco and Seattle men. Sullivan seeks immunity first while reports say the group operated four power boats and many motor trucks. Sullivan seeks revenge over alleged lack of bail.
New York July 6 A rumored international rum smuggling fleet of several hundred men and 15 or more ships, repulsed July 2 by the federal dry navy and driven 15 miles to sea, returns and plans another dash to the New York New Jersey coast, says prohibition director Ralph A Day.
Fire destroyed the Booth Kelly sawmill in Wendling at 9 am. Firefighters and townspeople fought to save the planing mill and lumber docks as the town faced total loss. A special Springfield train carried equipment and crews to the scene to aid the effort.
A Balkan king seeks Yolanda’s hand while the Italian crown watches. Princess Yolanda, eldest daughter of Italy, defies arranged marriage and plans to meet the Prince of Wales in London, eyeing independence in love. Duke Henry of Brabant is among suitors, but Yolanda may pick differently.
More than 100 fires burn across Washington with counties west of the mountains and on the East Side affected. Losses exceed 1 million dollars while relief awaits drenching rain. Logging firms face heavy payrolls and equipment damage as crews battle fires from Orting southward. Peninsula fires remain confined to the east side under patrols.
The U S Bureau of Mines reports four high grade kaolin deposits in Washington and Idaho suitable for whiteware. Clyde r E Williams says the discovery enables a Pacific Northwest industry with complete data for factory use. Residual kaolin at Mica and Freeman Washington and Troy and Moscow Idaho are promising for local manufacture.
The weather bureau reports the season as the driest in 32 years with June rain scattered on only two days totaling 0.30 inches. Past records show June 1917 at 3.70 inches. July continues warm with no rain so far and a forecast of temperatures near 83, with a light northwest breeze. June rainfall history lists 1.29 inches in 1921, 1.93 in 1920, 0.36 in 1919, and 0.60 in 1918.
New York July 6 reports confirm salt water invasion in the Toledo Corona Azul oil field threatening near total abandonment. The field accounts for over 80 percent of recent Mexican exports and analysts estimate output could drop by about 300000 barrels daily.
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