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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1922
Page
12
A reader seeks divorce grounds over table manners and money. Miss Grey counsels against divorce, urging tact and pride, then handles a long letter about a past life of crime. The column ends with trivia and a London wedding poisoning note.
The board of trustees leads the Chamber of Commerce membership push aiming to add 150 new members, requiring four signatures per trustee. Alfred H. Lundin, vice president, is captain of the trustees team. Reported new members include Hugh Baird Allen G. Davis Graham D. Hampton Ben Vers and others.
Thomas KR Beeman, candidate for re election as county engineer, told the Rainier Valley Improvement club that road width decisions rest with county commissioners and defended his tenure citing honesty and efficiency. He accused his opponent, also an engineer, of squandering $92 000 in taxpayer funds.
Funeral services for Mrs Lydia E McLean Tl who died Tuesday will be held at 11 a m Thursday at the family residence 8217 Let Ave W and burial to follow in the city cemetery local obituary notice confirms details of the services and location
More than nine hundred applicants for clerk carrier petitions in the postal service were examined over the past three days. Names mentioned include Leber Henry Lohse Glen Morgan Jack Richards Louis BF Scholl Rh O Smith and Charles HM Thom nen.
A 1922 collision log notes several pedestrians struck by cars. Mrs FF W Jones of Victoria B C was bruised at N 65th and Phinney Ave by a truck driven by C Kennedy. Alice Kinney of 1120 Broadway was knocked down at Third Ave and Madison St by a car that jumped the curb. H Fille of 1126 N 8th Wt sprained an ankle at Second Ave and Union St by J O Adams. An unidentified man was struck at Becond Ave and Union by a vehicle reported by Bm Vowels but suffered no injuries. L H Fessenden of 9013 Valdexet was knocked unconscious at Rainier Beach and revived.
The United States circuit court of appeals in San Francisco denied Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Douglas's petition to tax property of the United States Emergency Fleet in Seattle. The court ruled that a city or county lacks authority to tax a corporation created by an act of Congress. Douglas says the issue will be carried to the Supreme Court.
Seattle schools opened Tuesday with total enrollment reaching 43 250 as 23 857 entered grade schools and 9 393 joined high schools. Roosevelt High registered 1 125 pupils while Broadway High fell short of last year. West Seattle High enrolled 1 001 pupils, Interlaken led grades with 943 pupils, and B Day was second with 919.
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