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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1922
Page
10
A French veteran was buried yesterday at Artington cemetery with high military honors. Queen Wilhelmina attended the recent opening of the world court at The Hague as a spectator.
Herbert K. Ames, 56, a Seattle resident who lost nearly $50,000 to fake oil stock promoters, died by self-inflicted gas exposure in a Strand hotel room. Coroners investigated. Ames had worked as a janitor, left notes, and previously stated fortune lost to speculation. He left a $2,000 estate and a brother in Nottingham, England.
The Department of Labor reports the U.S. cost of living fell 4.2 percent in the first three months of the year. Overall, prices remain 66.9 percent above prewar levels, with food 38.7 percent higher and housing 60.9 percent higher. San Francisco and Oakland show a 2.7 percent drop, 67.6 percent above 1915 levels.
In Wenatchee on May 4, Jack McCarty a cook shot and killed his wife Katharine a waitress after ordering her and exes from the home. He then fatally shot himself, reportedly under morphine influence. The couple had been separated for months.
A pastor stages an annual Eurhythmic Ritual on a church stage in Manhattan with barefoot dancers under blue spotlights as incense rises. The spectacle draws strong opposition from New York clergy who condemn the rite and question church propriety.
Dr. W N Guthrie argues for sacred dance in church services citing Oberammergau drama and poetry as precedents. He describes St. Mark's Eurhythmic Ritual performed on the Feast of Annunciation as a solemn celebration of pure motherhood to open a pathway to Heaven.
Dr J F Norris known as Texas Tornado warns in revival services against dancing in churches and worldly entertainments. He cites a Texas lunatic asylum anecdote to condemn dancing as a pagan practice and urges churches to purge worldly leaven to save the republic.
Beginning Friday night Leachi park hosts a series of 21 dances to raise funds for Seattle Post No. 18 American Legion band to attend the state convention in Wnatehee in August.
A public hearing is set for Thursday at 3 30 p m before the council streets and sewers committee on a resolution to extend Dexter avenue from Mercer to First avenue. The plan would straighten a zig zag traffic path and improve an arterial route through downtown relieving congestion on Westlake boulevard.
Chicago reader Mrs. Adrith Tomsheck credits her doctor for prescribing Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after childbirth. She reports improved health and urges other women with nervous run down symptoms to try the remedy, noting it helped her three children.
James M. Ballard long known as a street car conductor for North End riders passed the Washington state law exams and opened a law office with Rolla V. Houghton at 625 Central Building. He attended the University of Washington law school while supporting his family by driving a car conductors.
L. W. Hill chairman of the Great Northern board and a party of road officials are expected to arrive in Seattle next Wednesday, per M. J. Costello Western traffic Manager.
Deputy coroner Dr. R. T. Burke investigates the death of John Holpit 37 of Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Co. at Camp A. Holpit was killed instantly when a felled tree toppled and struck him on the head. The body lies at Snoqualmie. Holpit has relatives in Finland.
A Seattle burglar broke into Patrolman R. Kilkmer's home on Intrike Avenue late Wednesday night. He tore off a window frame in the bedroom and scared Mrs Kilkmer before fleeing when Kilkmer's son-in-law appeared with a shotgun. No capture reported.
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