15 Jun 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1922
Page
1
The tariff bill has sat in the senate nine weeks with 2 088 amendments but few discussed. The measure is described as the most vicious tariff since the constitution and would raise prices on American goods while harming the poor, including Seattle residents, by shifting wealth to the rich.
Readers glimpse a jumble of tidbits from Tacoma and Olympia, including reports on a Chehalis convention, Benton County funeral attendees, a new beer advocacy HQ, and light satirical items. The items reference photographers, political notes, and humor about public figures and events.
Bennett Chapple of Middleton Ohio emerged as a dark horse in the race for president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in Milwaukee. Homer Buckley of Chicago withdrew and endorsed Chapple as balloting began at 2 p.m.
Mayor KB J. and Councilman Oliver T. Erickson oppose American Nitrogen Products plan to seize Skagit surplus power. City officials warn the contract would give away 30 years of excess power, leave the city with a worthless $400,000 Gorge Creek unit, and force transmission of power without charge while selling dump power at high rates.
On the Charles McAllister steamer from Marshall Hall a crowd of over 200 fought aboard the Potomac river vessel carrying 1,100 passengers. Louis McCormick died from injuries after hospitalization in Alexandria Virginia.
A farmer stole 40 outfits from a town gathering as a man with a shotgun confiscated the clothing during a June midnight scene of 20 couples dancing to a tune named September morne. The thief then returned home with the loot and later sent 20 taxis to fetch accomplices, defining a curious local incident.
Dewey Anderson known as the mystery witness is summoned to testify before the grand jury probing Patrolman Charlies Legate's death. Sheriff officials will bring Anderson to Seattle after conferences about his statements that Legate was killed by a bootlegger, not a fellow officer. Luke May, a homicide expert, was also summoned to provide details on bullets found in Legate's brain.
The Chicago Teachers Federation achieved a pay boost approved by the board of education totaling 4.26 million dollars annually. Increases range from 300 to 4600 dollars per year for teachers.
In New Orleans the humor weekly Cafe Brulo by Tulane students sparks a campus uproar as Newcomb College girls faculty and public schools attempt to ban the issue. Helen Dymond editor defends the magazine citing evil to him who evil thinks and the piece includes risqué verse and a vaudeville style Q A on romance.
Washington June 15 W W Yen former minister of foreign affairs for China has been appointed acting prime minister according to official advices from Beijing.
Mayor E. J. Brown and District Attorney Tom Revelle clash over allegations of drunken officials at a state Republican convention. Eyewitness affidavits claim 800 bottles of whisky were taken to Chehalis with 824 delegates present. Revelle denies drunkenness among federal officials while offering to support an investigation.
The department of justice has assigned a special agent to the San Francisco district attorney to aid Attorney Williams in the Pacific coast open shop war probe. A mass of evidence is compiled and preliminary reports are under way to Washington.
Paris deputies vote 313 to 230 to defeat amendments cutting the army and uphold government confidence. The chamber preserves France’s large armed force in a decisive plenary session.
Maj. O. A. Piper reports the earwig campaign is 90 percent effective. City dealers sold over 100 tons of bait and about 20 000 lots were treated. Some owners refused to follow instructions, leading to baiting by the city under state law.
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