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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1909
Page
1
Sketchy early 20th century report notes Weir traveling from Ireland to assert a claim in the Sullivan estate amid district unrest. Police and workmen clashed briefly as tents and camp facilities were guarded, with royal authority invoked to restrain disruptions.
City officials respond to The Star demands to end slot gas meters amid reports of harm and deaths. Councilors Reveille Sparkman Weaver push for action while Sawyer defends meters. Armstrong Zhinden Hines offer little comments as the corporate committee weighs legal authority to order removal.
Jillippe Maggi was arrested by Patrolman Mardin at the corner of Manard avenue and Dearbornet at 2 PM, held as a suspect in the assault on John Autuini. The stabbing of John Againd in the Hill brick yard last Sunday left him critically ill. Magni, a knife grinder with one eye, may try to abduct a child in Des Moines. officials keep watch over the Draper home child.
A riot in a mining town leaves several injured and at least one dead as suitors clash over a girl. The foreigner involved is named Mozeka, and the chaotic scene unfolds as authorities respond to the violence.
Reported uprisings spread from Alehh to Dibra as the Turkish army mutinies trend across Albania and neighboring regions. The sultan claws toward restored power through the League of Mohammed while the Young Turks vow to kill him if he leans toward opposition. Bulgaria considers mobilizing to press Turkey on Hungarian independence amid unsettled affairs.
John H. Harry, 28, a carpenter, collapsed minutes after leaving the city hospital. Witnesses said he reeled and fell near the elevator as he walked toward a street car. Dr. Willis H Hall tried to revive him but he died from acute dilation of the heart. He had been a hospital patient since April 4 with pneumonia and had been improving. He boarded with Miss Pearl Shuter at 3028 Fifth Ave North and came to Beattle from Decatur, Tl.
The Rev. Walter C. Jones of Knox Presbyterian Church resigns amid accusations of socialist views and rumors of smoking a pipe. He admits smoking only in his study, denies romantic rumors, and a new preacher will be named. Governor Hay also names C. B. Beach and F. J. Cooper to the state board of education.
In Springfield Iowa on April 1 suffragettes overwhelmed the houses with hundreds of women flooding the aisles. Lawmakers were interrupted as suffragists pressed equal suffrage. The group hoisted buttons and spoke from the speaker's stand and president's chair delivering 26 addresses.
Washington April 14 President Taft will pay no heed to protests in the United States against appointing Charles Fulton former Oregon senator as minister to China. The post was offered by the president despite opposition from Chinese residents.
The Union Pacific railroad has gained entry to Aberdeen by purchasing the property slated for the Vulcan Iron Works project. Construction on the plant had been underway, and the new purchase ensures continued access and progress for the facility.
Mrs. Mary K. Lewis widow and sister of Judge David B. Morgan lies in critical condition after a thirteen day fast prescribed by a self styled neuuropath. Physicians say the fast caused her decline at her home 1421 York Ave. A Victoria Law Association debate is set for April 24 at the University of Washington with the first international debate attracting attention.
The speaker asserts America should rebel at Reeves absence and hopes his return is indefinitely delayed. He proclaims Hoover’s name will pass into history as one linked to incalculable civic and financial damage to the country.
In Valardena Mexico ten men who took part in last Saturday's riot were shot by troops sent to restore order. Five others are in custody awaiting trial by court martial, while participants who fled to nearby mountains are being pursued by detachments of troops. The mayor, blamed for the unrest, allegedly ordered the action, and the governor authorized execution threats against rioters.
A woman named Sarah Koten faced trial for the killing of Dr. Samuel Auspits in a justice court. Defense attorneys would not deny the act but planned to argue a plea of emotional insanity as the primary defense.
Kwor Singh, a Hindu wrestler held in San Queptt county jail, has refused food since being placed in a cell. He told the sheriff through an interpreter that he would starve himself to death rather than be sent to the state penitentiary for a three year sentence.
Clearing today shows Seattle with $1,624,129.47 in assets and $196,924.29 balances. Tacoma reports seven clearings totaling $722,740.00 with balances not fully listed. Portland records clearings and balances of $205,754.00 and $120,056.00 respectively.
The government announced that the automer capitol under Taft would sit at Heverly Cove near Salem Massachusetts. President Taft plans to occupy Robert Bevans’s home six miles from Manchester.
Green Lake Methodist church trustees conducted a heated trial over allegations by Mrs. Charboneau that councilman and Sunday school principal W H Weaver slandered her and suggested beer wagons at her home. The panel found Weaver not guilty after he said he briefly reassigned a Sunday school class.
A heated council committee session is expected as plumbers and a Plumbers' union delegation oppose changes proposed by the health and sanitation department to current plumbing laws. The meeting may also address a full weight loaf law and two other sanitary measures affecting fruit and candle sales.
Congressman McLachlan of California departed for Panama to study transportation conditions. The inquiry aims to support his bill to establish a government steamship line on the Pacific coast and to inform future legislation.
Edward Corcoran heir to a quarter of the Sullivan estate arrives in Seattle from Ireland with Dublin solicitor Charles O Neil to protect his interests amid foreclosure actions and fees. They meet with James B Howe C H Farrell and others as negotiations continue.
War clouds of a legal battle over terminal land near Ballard deepened as Harriman interests seek to condemn property already owned by the Great Northern and Seattle & Montana Rail road. Late evening the Great Northern filed 87 deeds covering parcels in Gilman Lawton Park Prospect Beach Ballard Home Tract Brueger's Home Addition Queen Anne Addition and two acreages in township 25 north range east. Most land parcels were held by Minnesota settlers who bought and then transferred to MN interests for a token dollar or nominal value.
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