27 Apr 1910
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1910
Page
1
Lieutenant Colonel W L Lemon resigns from the National Guard amid a factional dispute in the state. Case forwards the resignation to Olympia. Lemon says he cannot escape taking sides and will not stay in a controversy that threatens the militia.
Terry a longtime Democratic committeeman dies at 4 o'clock at his home 5505 ay N E of rheumatism. He was a native Virginian and a prominent figure in local politics for decades. Funeral will be held tomorrow at All Saints Episcopal Church Brooklyn.
Despondent man identified as Lows Litman, a Philadelphia retiree, jumped into Washington waters on April 8, as reported by his daughter Mrs. Aston of 2332 13th Ave. N. In a note he said he would not burden his children and hoped to find rest in the waters at Lakeside. The body was recovered at the foot of Lakeside Ave.
Local notice urges tenants to call or text a helpline for housing aid. It lists phone lines and steps to reach service staff through The Star advertisements. The message emphasizes urgent action for rent issues and disputes.
Report from Salonika describes Turkish troops massacring five hundred Albanians including women and children, then bombarding the city of Godants. Constantinople says 66,000 troops mobilized to quell the rebellion as more than 90,000 loyal soldiers are in the field, with heavy casualties reported at Sumja and Tebernalova Pass.
Methodist ministers in Se will likely endorse a national boycott of the Jeffries Johnson prize fight. Clergymen interviewd largely favor action, with Rev J M Canse urging Cincinnati federation to act, while Rev Charles A Bowen calls the fight illegal and immoral if true. Rev V Evers supports stepping back to redirect talent for the country’s good.
Supervisor Hill urges exact counting as 160 city enumerators report daily. Many residents remain uncounted despite initial completes, prompting civic census bureau checks and added outreach to capture overlooked names and addresses.
Enumerator 67 reports he has completed work in a district bounded by Yester way north Jackson street south Ninth av S west and 12th av 5 east. Residents still uncounted should notify the Civic Census Bureau at Central building using the listed phone numbers.
Two burglaries, likely by the same thief, struck the business district last night. Dugdale's pool room lost $12 and Shafer Bros. store $6 in the robberies.
Daily clearings and balances reported for Seattle Tacoma Portland Spokane include Seattle clearings $1,998,073.58 with balance 194,550.43 and Portland clearings $882,792.00 with balance 91,214. Spokane figures show $721,239.00 in clearings with 57,196.00 balance.
In Tacoma on April 27 Charles J. Wealer, jailed for the murder of his grandmother, met his two children at the courthouse after his confession. The visit lasted about 10 minutes and the children will remain in Tacoma for several days with daily supervised contact forthcoming from the sheriff.
Prince Yesato Tokugawa, head of the house of peers and second to the mikado, sails in on the Awa Maru en route to Europe. A Seattle delegation led by President Lowman of the Chamber of Commerce visits the wharf to greet him, with a Rainier Club dinner scheduled for tomorrow evening.
Paris newspaper reports that veteran Paris aviator Emil Dubonnet narrowly escaped injury after a very short air ship flight witnessed yesterday.
Sixty five business and professional leaders gathered at the Rainier club to honor E. W. Cheasty, praising his citizenry and park board service amid protests over his removal. Toasts by J. B. Chilberg and others lauded Cheasty. he thanked friends for their support and noted the dinner as approval of his work.
Victor Aberley aged 22, an Seattle Automobile Company worker, drowned yesterday afternoon in a Luna Park swimming pool tank. He swam beyond his companions who did not know how to swim. by the time rescuers arrived, efforts to revive him failed.
The steamer St Lawrence broke the Pacific coast whaling record last Sunday by taking out 11 whales to the Kyuquot whaling station in Victoria British Columbia.
Mass meetings in Skagway Sitka Ketchikan Haines and Juneau demand a congressional probe into removal of John J Boyce U S district attorney and Daniel A Sutherland U S marshal for the First district Governor Clark burnt in effigy in Juneau The largest mass meeting in history centers on Guggenheim linked opposition and a then rising call for a special grand jury to investigate.
Dr H C Hyde purchased cyanide of potassium on multiple dates and planned to use it to kill dogs, testified druggist Hugh Brecklein. The clerk Glazier Williams said Hyde confirmed the drug was for lethal use, while Williams recorded the first five grain capsules for the prescription. In a separate incident Humane Officer Roberts found Joseph Noyes, head of a sporting goods department, shooting two horses in the Yakima river after they hesitated to swim ashore.
A Seattle waffle shop owner, J H Johnson, argues that about 90 percent of local bums and 10 cent lodging house residents are unmarried. He contends marriage could deter vagrancy, noting that even clean shaven or well dressed men may still be bums. He suggests that a stable home would provide meals and shelter away from police and charity.
Edwin Neutzel of Ballard is jailed by Judge Frater for refusing $10 monthly child support for his 13 month old daughter Shirley Neutzel, first prize winner in a summer expo baby show. The couple are divorced and the story recounts an early born baby and a dramatic elopement from Moorhead Minnesota to Ballard.
Ernest Wirthy tells the judge he wants execution by hanging rather than prison yesterday during arraignment for the murder of his wife who he says he kicked to death last Friday in Los Angeles. Separate dispatches report educator Anna Spencer urging universal compulsory four year old education in St Louis and Charles Hall criticizing Nebraskan presidential backers at the Iowa prohibition convention in Des Moines.
In King county yesterday high marriage licenses were granted seven divorce petitions filed and one divorce decree granted. In Tacoma Charles J. Weazler, who confessed killing his mother-in-law, spoke of the past year and his trial was set for Friday morning.
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