09 May 1922
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1922
Page
1
A readable fragment mixs humor notes and city trivia. It references radio as a new war front, jokes about broadcasting and manners, and Seattle plans for trackless and seatless trolleys. It notes old fashioned attitudes toward matrimony and knickers.
A mixed column of quips and notices includes playful items about spring celebrations and public life. Reports mention Henry Ford’s fertilizer process, Dempsey’s Europe remark, a telephone meter debut, and an arrest in a local cave man trial case.
The special grand jury in Department No 11 heard Joe Jypler an engineer on the ferry Aquila and called Thomas Daugherty as the first witness. Deputy prosecutors Patterson and Jones were presenting evidence as the panel continues its inquiry into alleged fraud by county commissioners over ferry leases to Capt. John L. Anderson.
At Marengo Iowa a fire at midnight at the Bork home killed August Bork Jr and four of his children. Mrs Bork and two other sons and four baby girls were rescued as Bork re entered the flames to try saving the others. His charred remains lay across a bed near the children's bodies.
A pair of storms caused fatalities and heavy damage across western Oklahoma and northeast Texas on May 9. Ralph McClendon drowned in Cleburne Texas as flood waters surged through the town. Three people died in Oklahoma from high wind storms and Fort Worth faced a second flood, with lower city areas already inundated.
The White House declared that American policy toward Russia will not be altered by the Genoa conference or by any European government. The administration reaffirmed its base principle for resuming relations with Russia regardless of Genoa’s outcome.
Rev. Thomas J. Irwin known as the bathing suit parson did not appear as a judicial commission of the El Reno Presbytry gathered in Lawton to try him on charges of conduct unbecoming a minister. He accepted service and waived citations, ending the day’s proceedings.
Rev. Alice Phillips Aldrich warns that flappers threaten civilization and moral order in a Chicago address. She argues modern women lure men away, call for censorship, and predict a return to traditional roles as men revolt against flapper culture.
City officials plan a court challenge to the dog pound measure after legal doubts about its validity. Corporation counsel Walter Meier and Mayor Caldwell cite potential conflicts with civil service rules and delegation of police power to a private humane society. Police Chief Seering warned the city may withhold pound duties pending legal determination.
Washington reporter recounts Poindexter's 1920 campaign funding by Julius Bache and others totaling 77500 dollars. It notes his shifting ideologies, the Newberry seating fight, and a telephonic reminder from Bache amid the final vote.
Mayor Hugh M Caldwell said he would urge the city council to end free city services for the municipal railway including legal purchasing and accounting work. He noted a Supreme Court ruling that streetcar costs must be paid from railway revenues, not general tax funds, and called for the railway to cover its own operating expenses.
City residents led by Faussett challenge Puget Sound Telephone Co plans to install telechronometers on lines citing high costs and limits on speech. He argues telephones are a public necessity and the devices are an unjust extra charge. The article notes the device cost and lease terms, with further details promised on page seven.
Alexander K. Robertson, a British World War veteran, claims an attempt was made to kidnap him and move him out of the county. He met today with British officials in a three hour conference at the embassy. Robertson fled reporters from the embassy garage in a roadster owned by a embassy attaché amid secrecy surrounding his movements.
A mob in two automobiles attacked a house in Waitbridge Ohio on May 9 seeking Otto P. Tracy the local school principal accused of a statutory offense against pupils. Tracy was slightly wounded by a shot and cut by glass but escaped.
Champion boxer Jack Dempsey left Paris today en route to London accompanied by actress Fanny Ward and her husband. The trip signals a planned bout or public appearance in the British capital.
The Prince of Wales leaves Japan after a four week stay marking the continuation of duties begun during Hirohito’s state visit to England last year. Hirohito did not meet the prince in Kagoshima but spoke by long distance telephone from the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Ninety three cases appeared on the court sheet as motorists faced speeding charges. Mrs FE Garett became the first Seattle woman to lose her license, fined 25 dollars. Other speeders named include J H Wall 21 dollars H J Herata 25 dollars J R Hall 25 dollars B R Laberbeaux 14 dollars W J Roy 19 dollars A J Lennon 25 dollars G A Richards 20 dollars Frank B E Wertz 15 dollars Oliver Iverson 10 dollars C Vetter 20 dollars Thorpen Nelson 18 dollars Aoki failed to appear leading to a bench warrant. Sentences were given by Police Judge John B Gordon.
First regular sessions of the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher associations opened in Tacoma with 250 delegates from across the United States. Reports of state organization presidents were planned, following a banquet at the Tacoma hotel. Mrs. Victor Malstrom of Tacoma, newly elected state P T A president, and Mrs. Milton S Higgins of Worcester Massachusetts, national president, addressed the gathering.
A bazaar to raise funds for 4000 children of striking miners will run Thursday to Saturday at the Pavilion on Third Ave and University St. The event is organized by a committee led by Mrs. J. W. Wilson.
May 9 report says Casino de Paris and nearby venues burned to the ground in Montmartre, threatening the Apollo theater and Perroquet cabaret. Pearl White narrowly escaped injury previously and Peggy Hopkins Joyce’s favorite venue Perroquet was destroyed as firefighters fought to save surrounding buildings.
Durango Colorado May 9 Rod Day editor who shot and killed rival Will Wood after a bitter newspaper controversy was released on 10000 bail days after confinement since the shooting three weeks ago He was at liberty today after being jailed for the fatal incident.
Trombley, a former Seattle patrolman of 16 months, faced charges of burglary at Diamond Rubber Co. on 113 King St. He allegedly used a pass key to steal eight tires and eight inner tubes on March 22, with loot recovered at Roy Foote’s home. The judge noted his past reformatory term and prison time.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood announced in Manila that he will continue as governor of the Philippine Islands until the end of 1922. He was asked to choose between staying or returning to the United States for University of Pennsylvania work. He said leaving before year end would prevent completing his begun tasks.
President Harding maintains his opposition to the soldier bonus bill. White House aides say the president will not approve the new measure sent to him last week by Republican Senate leaders.
J R Hanify the San Francisco lumberman drowned with A Christensen and P Anderson was buried today. Mass was held at St Marys cathedral with attendance from the Olympic club and many leading businessmen.
Advices reaching Tokyo report Wang Shih Chen appointed premier as Wu Pei Fu's forces prevail over Chang Tso Lin. He succeeds Liang Shing, former premier of the Peking government.
Asle J. Gronna, former North Dakota senator, was laid to rest in Lakota, N. D., today after dying Thursday from cancer. The ceremony honored his long service in public life.
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