06 Apr 1914
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1914
Page
1
Reports from Mexico City claim General Zapata crucified Bishop Campos of Chilaha after capture and demanded a $50,000 ransom by Good Friday. Authorities feared the act would be carried out if the money could not be raised. News services note continued suppression of details from Torreón.
In Atlanta Mrs. Leo M. Frank declares her husband innocent and vows a new trial. In Denver, Rev Otis Spurgeon, deported by vigilantes after outspoken sermons, is beaten and dumped near a railroad track before being taken to St Luke's hospital.
A Star editorial recalls Tom Revelle’s 1930s ward councilman era and argues that reverting to 30 ward councils would halt progress in Seattle. It quotes Revelle on the pressure to trade votes for funds and contracts, warning the city would relapse into looting the general fund and losing forward movement.
County Commissioner Lafe Hamilton allegedly struck former Deputy Sheriff R. J. McIntyre from behind, fracturing his skull base and leaving him confined at home near Kirkland. Physicians report McIntyre sinking as a recall effort and investigations unfold into county officials and the crematory scandal.
Miss Mabel Rogers of Shoals Indiana filed a $7000 lawsuit against seven girls alleging severe hazing at Purdue University last January. She says eye sight and health were damaged after being stripped, inked, mucilage poured on her, pins jabbed, and dunked in ice water.
In Memphis on April 6 nine workers trapped in a caisson while helping lay the J. T. Hara han bridge foundation died after natural gas beneath the caisson was ignited by their light. The gas ignited and caused the fatal suffocation.
Portsmouth Va April 6 three men were injured today by an explosion on the torpedo boat destroyer Aylwin. The vessel was reported considerably damaged though in no danger of sinking.
Portland April 6. Mrs Lillian M N Stevens national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and vice president of the World Union died at her home after several weeks of illness.
Helen Keller will appear in Seattle on April 13 at the Moore theatre as the final Clayton series attraction. The remarkable derived from twenty years of study with Mrs Albert Macy she can talk briefly and distinguish sounds despite being blind and deaf.
The piece accuses Jacob Furth and his media aides of misrepresenting fare comparisons between Seattle’s municipal line and private traction. It argues the Burien line offers a 6 cents fare for nearly five miles outside city limits and notes the traction company limits service elsewhere for profit, while the municipal railway provides broader service at lower cost.
Political gossip within Democratic circles toys with Port Commissioner Bob Bridges for U S senator and Joseph A Sloan, president of the Washington State Democratic League, for Congress from the First District. If Bridges enters, five Democratic aspirants would vie for the toga.
Mayor Rolph pressed the lever to start a $3.5 million municipal rail project. Construction on Van Ness avenue from Market to Chestnut begins, extending 1.89 miles as part of a bond funded city railroad expansion.
The North End Progressive club will meet Tuesday at Minnie B. Frazier home to form a Seattle antiwar movement against war with Mexico. Seattle women from prominent organizations back Herbert Quick editorials opposing intervention and support a world peace club movement.
In Needles California Ramon Gonzales 7 accidentally shot and fatally wounded his brother Juan 8 while an aviator Thompson of Los Angeles performed two loops in a plane.
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