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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1911
Page
3
A terse police statement details an afternoon arrest connected to a Metra incident. Investigators say the suspect faced charges and awaits further proceedings as authorities review evidence and identify a motive.
Fragmentary text describes a bill or financial item linked to Bt Loods and a figure 2880. Details are unclear but suggests a transaction or due amount tied to a rental or rent-like matter. No clear persons or organizations beyond the obscured names.
Fragmentary notice hints at a political intrigue involving OSGAR and ADOLF against Everett True. The text references a usurper, coal, and winter steam, suggesting a chaotic scene with political subterfuge and disruptive weather imagery. Entities are unclear due to garbled OCR.
The Seattle Electric Co and Puget Sound Electric Co seek city franchises to run lines to the south city limits. Intendent Valentine urges provisions for fare reform within city limits. Supreme court rulings and new utility laws limit street railway fares to six cents for a single continuous ride with transfers.
Judge Gay refused William A. Rob a divorce from wife Dora amid a case where Rob a Turkish bath attendant claimed she returned to a life beyond their marriage. Dora testified Rob urged her absence from home, while Rob argued he sought reform rather than separation.
A divorce case reveals a definition of a wife as someone who can cook meals and feed the chickens. Ellen Russell sues Alexander Russell claiming a failed marriage begun last June. The couple split after two days. she returned to San Francisco and needed a state residence to file. Judge Main granted $60 monthly alimony pending final disposition.
James A. Murray, president of American Savings Bank & Co., appeared before U S Commissioner W D after learning of federal grand jury indictment in Spokane. He is charged with using funds to defraud Idaho Co in its plan to grow acalyptus trees. Murray posted a 2500 dollar bond.
After two months of idleness, Muscatine button plants will resume work tomorrow following talks among State Labor Commissioner Van Duyn, factory workers, and shop representatives. A committee will be formed to settle weights and counts and other shop issues at a Saturday meeting.
More than 20 000 furniture workers walked out in a general strike in Grand Rapids Michigan on April 19. Practically every furniture manufacturing house in the city was tied up by the stoppage.
Listings include Moore with The Merry Wid Grand The Old Homeland and The Merry Whirl at Star. Monte Cristo plays at Seattle venues Alhambra and Orpheum. Other stages feature Lois Whose Baby Are You and multiple New Vaudeville houses including Majestic Pantages and Orpheum.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on April 19 John Coombs a wealthy Bartlettsville oil operator was arrested in the Taft Oklahoma dynamiting of Zeb Mackay home. Coombs is held on a murder indictment claiming he paid 2000 dollars to an accomplice who blew up the Mackay residence killing Mackay's two children. Realty operator F T Martin was arrested days earlier for complicity.
The article notes Charles W. Shomo was tipped by a Seattle friend, also under indictment, to carry out a grand exit. Burns detectives remain confident they will capture Shomo, who is still in Hot Springs.
Downtown houses show a varied slate with drama and comedy. Notable titles include The Fortune Hunters at Acme and The Stolen Jewels at Crown, plus The Big Baseball Show at Alaska and Hamlet at Diadem. Casts feature Zel la Rawlings and James Hammock in musical numbers.
Blanck and Harris indicted for first degree manslaughter after sons perished in the Washington Square fire in New York City. The case centers on alleged negligence and fire safety failures linked to the deadly blaze.
City utilities committee heard complaints about uneven street lighting with some areas under lit while others are over lit. Light Superintendent Ross asked to conduct a thorough investigation. Councilman Griffiths condemned cluster lights in residential areas as a misuse of public funds.
J C Lawrence of the state railroad commission reports after comparing measured versus unlimited telephone service in Los Angeles that the measured system is more expensive and has been practically abandoned by users.
A discussion of Virgil G. Bogue's report by the Seattle Municipal Plans Commission will follow a 6:30 dinner of the Seattle Rotary Club at the New Washington Hotel in Washington D. C. The notice also lists Berg a furrier taxidermist and rug maker offering summer prices on ladies furs and alterations at 1425 First Ave.
Seattle club women held an auction at the Washington hotel selling over 1900 handkerchiefs donated by stage folk and authors. Ellen Terry and David Warfield handkerchiefs drew attention as memorabilia.
The Phoenix county poll shows all areas except Phoenix voting dry with Maricopa County tallying 750 favoring prohibition while Phoenix voters chose the wets by 213, reflecting a sharp regional divide in the county.
Mayor Dilling, Council President Wardall, Chamber of Commerce President Lowman and Seattle leaders telegrammed President Taft urging immediate construction of the Lake Washington canal. They charge selfish interests delay the project and note King County has satisfied lumber interests along Ballard. The main holdup is property damages if the lake is lowered, but county authorization to settle claims exists and federal backing is assured.
John W. Farwell, longtime manager of Germania Life Insurance in Seattle, died suddenly of heart disease in his Portland home yesterday. He had moved to Portland two months earlier after transferring from Seattle, where he had come from Honolulu.
Jack Dalzell, 12, returned from St. Paul to find his father J. O. Dalzell and mother dead in a Spokane bathroom from gas fumes escaping from a patented heater at the tub. The Dalzells lived at 611 13th Avenue. the father was a local general agent for the Northern Pacific railroad.
An advertisement quotes a London hairdresser advising against frequent washing with soap or shampoos as it dries hair and fades color. It promotes a dry powder mix of Therox and orris root to keep hair light and lustrous, claiming it can stimulate growth without changing natural color.
The future of Jack Cudahy and Mrs Cudahy children rests on a conference in Los Angeles this afternoon between M Cudahy and Joseph Cudahy, the husband’s brother, about whether they stay in Long Beach schools or move with their mother to Kansas City.
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