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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1922
Page
1
Quirky clippings mix satire and social chatter from Seattle. Items mock earwigs in society, tongue in cheek poetry lines, race humor, and brief blurbs on local events, a $750000 apartment, and a Seattle bookstore sale.
A Seattle column discusses repeal of the poll tax and the effect on voters. It notes payroll withholdings, fears among the colored population, and claims about Japanese compliance, urging readers to wait on the next legislature and the chance to repeal the tax.
Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals lauded the Columbia river basin irrigation plan as a great project with vast potential. He described envisioned dams canals and tunnels and predicted full district development and acres of fertile land. He addressed tolls on Panama Canal shipping opposing free passage and urged tolls returned by Congress. he noted the Suez as a model. He spoke of moving westward to Spokane after hosting Judge Thomas Burke at Hotel Washington.
GRASS VALLEY CAL March 2 Three men trapped by a cave in at the Idaho Maryland gold mine were brought safely to the surface last evening after 14 hours entombed.
A 19 year old Harvey Church faces a gallows tomorrow after a long legal battle. The piece derides society's use of capital punishment and the bureaucratic cruelty surrounding the case. The account condemns the system while detailing the doomed youth's doomed path.
Harvey Church, emaciated and unconscious, is kept alive in a county jail vigil as the death sentence for two murders stands. Doctors say he is too near death to revive and will be executed by chair if the stay is not granted. Attorneys sought a habeas corpus writ in federal court as a decision looms.
Southeast to southwest gale forecast as storm gathers near Sitka Alaska. Warnings ordered at 7 15 a m for Cape Mlattery to Columbia River and Puget Sound. Storm moves rapidly eastward producing moderate winds this afternoon and tonight.
Boston dispatch reports the Norwegian merchantman Grontoft sinking at sea after radio contact. Aid was ordered but the rescuers were 36 miles away at six miles per hour. The Grontoft is owned by T. S. Skogland & Sona.
Detectives search for a famous screen actor linked by Mrs. John Rupp to the murder of director William D. Taylor. Mrs. Rupp alleges the actor acted as a go between bootleggers and narcotic distributors in major film industry deals.
Only 44000 of 100000 Seattle residents qualified to vote by Thursday noon. Officials warn of a last minute rush before books close March 28. Friday and Saturday registration books move to home precincts to avoid city hall. New precinct sites near former locations ease finding them. City Hall registration office open 830 to 5 daily.
Horace M. Wood a 49 year old miner for the Pacific Coast Coal Co died after a coal car struck him from behind while he walked beneath the surface at Newcastle. His body was taken to the Seattle morgue by Deputy Coroner Frank Koepfli. He was married and his wife resides in the Philippine Islands. He had worked in the mines since February 22 and was said to be a strikebreaker.
A vivid frontier scene unfolds near a stockade where guards watch over a hunting party. Dave Yandel wakes to breakfast as Polly and Lyddy tease Honor while three girls prepare food amid watch towers and cowbells in a primayval camp setting.
A University of Washington survey shows total student fees for the year near $513,747 with an average $32.47 per quarter per student. Expenditures include books at $12.47 per quarter and board and room about $49.86 monthly, with significant variation by gender and self supporting status.
Mrs. Henry B Landes president of the Federation of Women's Clubs filed for city council in Seattle's comptroller office on Thursday. She said women and some men feel it is both a right and duty to take part in public affairs and aims to run the city on business lines with municipal housekeeping. Landes has lived in Seattle 26 years and is wife of Dean Henry Landes of the UW College of Science. Kathryn Miracle also filed for the same office earlier in the week.
They urge readers to compare specially priced merchandise in today's Star. The notice touts strong bids by advertisers and promises savings on shopping, urging constant engagement with the ads for profits and deals.
Three men died in Tacoma area accidents yesterday. Grace Erickson, 28, was struck by a train while walking the tracks near Western Washington hospital. T B Sontag, 21, a charger at a Wilkeson mine, suffocated in a coal chute. Frank Youngblood, 59, a veteran of the Western Indian wars, was killed at Orting when hit by a logging train.
Dublin reports Sinn Fein ratified the Ard Fheis agreement to delay elections to Free State offices for three months. Dale Eireann announced the postponement as part of the national convention decision.
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