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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1922
Page
1
A chaotic collage recalls 25 years of gold rush lore, hotel drives, voyages through Chilcoot Pass, and the Gold Ship, with digressions on Soapy Smith, Rudyard Kipling, and upheavals from avalanches to elections. The piece lampoons bold headlines and fosters appeals to subscribe.
Seattle officials announce an eight day drive to sell 2 700 000 in 7 percent first mortgage gold bonds for a major hotel project. With 440 volunteers active, supporters claim bonds could sell faster than planned as Seattle positions itself as a premier hotel and convention center attracting tourists, commuters, and transcontinental traffic to sustain growth.
Hazel Moore, tourist from Yakima Washington to North Dakota, drowned while bathing in North Fork creek near Cody Wye. Parents awoke to a search finding her body a quarter mile downstream.
Police pursue a trapper believed to be responsible for the death of a young rainey whose body was found in the bush at Half Moon Bay. Rainey reportedly quarreled with the suspect whose name could not be ascertained.
Olympia will lay the cornerstone of the state administrative building on September percent of a year as part of the capitol group. Clark V. Savidge, building committee member, announced the project with a preliminary cost estimate of 5 million dollars for the entire central unit.
Police Sergt. W. EB. Carr reports his car was stolen Sunday night and later found stripped of tires tools and a spotlight. William FE. Murry of the Coliseum said the auto was taken from in front of the theater and seen speeding down Weatlake with five soldiers in the car.
President Harding proclaimed the Yap treaty between the United States and Japan effective on July 13. The proclamation text was released by the state department, confirming the agreement’s official status.
F Cromwell of the Watson Hotel reported Sunday night he was robbed by a fellow sailor whom he had befriended. The theft included a suit of clothes shoes shirts and other wearing apparel fifty dollars in cash and navy discharge papers. He told police on Monday.
The 440 men who will sell the hotel bonds are scheduled to meet at Keller's Rink on Third Ave and University St at 6 15 pm Monday. Frank Waterhouse the general chairman and W L Rhodes the citizens' committee chairman urge every worker to attend.
Federal probes link two prohibition officers to breweries with salaries near 106000. Indictments set against former directors of a foundry, a wealthy drug store owner, and various police officials as investigators prepare grand jury evidence over 18 months of saloon openings in Chicago.
After motoring to California Miss Father V. Johnson deputy prosecuting attorney was back on the job Monday.
At a fruit stand I watched an aged woman demand a white onion worth exactly 2 cents. The vendor weighed repeatedly, offering a near match, until he finally handed her a modest onion. She examined it, pocketed it, and moved on, prompting me to wonder about her past hardships.
Henry Redmond and 60 auto loads of shut-ins will attend the Wayfarer show at The Star next Monday night. Dr. Frank R. Loope seeks 40 more cars and asks interested readers to call Capitol 2267 by Saturday to donate rides and passes for the attendees.
Los Angeles July 17 Mrs Clara Phillips faces a murder trial after coroner's jury finds Meadows died from skull fracture caused by a hammer wielded with premeditated intent. Witness Peggy Caffee testified briefly as the case moved toward arraignment.
Taxpayers plan a biennial reconference at the Hotel Frye on August 2 to vote on initiative measures and nominate candidates supporting the Taxpayers league of Seattle. All taxpayers urged to attend the assembly room event.
Photographer Harry Gilbert, 25, of 2423 34th Ave. 8W, slipped from a rock above Eagle Falls while photographing the Skykomish River Sunday and fell to his death in the falls below.
Three men died when a plane crashed about one mile from Rogers Airport. The victims are pilot W. H. Robinson, a Canadian, Gerald Schellenbach of Los Angeles, and Kenneth C. Dublin of San Diego. The accident occurred yesterday, the aircraft plunging about 1,000 feet.
A classified notice advertises a 6 acre farm with an 8 room cottage on 86 feet of boulevard frontage and city water. It promises easy terms and invites readers to contact Mr Chandler at 2371 W Spokane St or West 0499 to find a home.
In Cliftonville near Wellsburg a firefight between deputies and striking miners left 138 dead and many wounded. The clash followed a dynamite blast at the Richland Coal Company tipple, with attackers setting fires and seizing property as authorities rushed in from Wheeling and Wellsburg.
Charles R. Lynch reports in Chicago that a nationwide rail strike paralyzes systems as three unions walk out. Up to a million railroad workers may idle. 25,000 maintenance of way members idle plus 14,000 oilers and 8,000 other workers. Grable seeks board assurances to avert a broader stoppage. Detroit meeting may authorize a strike.
Avel la Pa July 17 The death list in the mine war at Cliftonville may reach 80, according to word received here today by Justice of the Peace.
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