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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1922
Page
5
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders an investigation into existing express tariffs after complaints that rates for certain commodities violate the interstate act. Hearings will be held to determine whether current rates are unlawful and if changes are required.
The Yukon Order of Pioneers organize a July 17 parade in Seattle to mark the Alaska sourdough celebration. Fort Lawton soldiers fraternal groups and local businesses will join the event honoring the first Alaska gold ship arriving in Seattle 26 years ago.
The commission announced a forthcoming inquiry on rate reform to be conducted over the next weeks. All sides will have an opportunity to testify. The investigating committee will not examine every rate case but will not pursue broad sweeping complaints.
A clever billed revue opens at the Palace Hip with refined staging and costumes and strong musical numbers. The feature photo play Poverty of Riches stars Richard Dix and Leatrice Joy, supported by Phil Adama, four girls and a bell boy in a top number A Syncopated Musical Bouquet. Le Belge Duo adds life to an old subject while harmony singing returns after a hiatus at the Criterion.
Hayward California July 10 Police saved Frank Titson from possible lynching after his auto struck and seriously injured George Welch as he alighted from a street car. Titson fled the scene with motorists in pursuit and wrecked his car on a curve. Threats of hanging were made as officers withdrew revolvers to spirit him away.
Four male performers headline a lively show with Gordon and Healy delivering satirical lines that spark audience laughter. Andy and Lauree Barlow portray a Bowery tough and flapper respectively and receive encores after songs and comedy, followed by eccentric clog dances.
The United States Labor Board directs that men taking the place of strikers are not strike-breakers and will be protected in their positions as performing a public good. This ruling aims to reassure returning workers and safeguard their jobs.
A Veterans' Association member warns that failing to report for duty could erase twenty five years of accrued time and reduce pensions. He notes minimum pensions imply significant financial loss and questions how a family could bear such impacts. The note claims the strike targets a government labor board decision, not the railroad itself, and argues fairness by the company.
Mayor Brown, after a meeting with Socialist party members, announced that free speech will be protected and street speaking will be permitted as long as it does not create a nuisance. He stated the right will be lawfully exercised.
City departments filed their 1923 budgets with Mayor Brown showing little expected tax relief. The treasurer forecasts $3,200 more for 1923 than for 1922. The police court seeks $11,800, unchanged from this year. The water department requests $47,416 more for 1923, though not tax funded.
Mildred Harrin 71 a chambermaid at the U S hotel was struck by a brick in a Saturday night incident. C Adama 49 a lawyer is charged with assault and disorderly conduct and jailed awaiting further action.
The labor department reports June employment climbing in 52 of 65 leading cities, with the balance showing declines. Director Jones warns a labor shortage may develop, noting a lack of skilled workers in the building trades. Meanwhile the Northern Pacific Railroad cuts round trip fares by one and a half from Washington, Idaho, and Oregon to accommodate Wayfarer week travelers to Seattle.
British Admiral Dumara, former commander of the Australian fleet, lies near death in a Manila military hospital from pneumonia that followed a month of illness. A Seattle court will hear cases in Bellingham as Judge Cushman of Pierce county arrives to substitute for Federal Judge Netorer this week. Samuel D. Crockett, 72 Northwest pioneer, funeral set for 2 p.m. Monday at his Olympic home. Transportation officials including Col Henderson and Walter Riddle plan Seattle visit to improve Orient mail service and consider staffing mail clerks on shipping board vessels.
Hollywood Legia Mercedes De Kol, owned by FE.8. Stimson Coa of Hollywood Washington, was named the new champion in the eighty day division of the senior two year old class by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. She produced 19221 2 pounds of milk and 699.70 pounds of butter fat, equivalent to 749.6 pounds of butter.
The State College of Washington circulates a new film titled The Danger That Never Sleeps as part of a public education campaign on home fire prevention. The piece highlights simple methods to reduce fires, noting that woodlands like Redwood are among the most endangered.
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