28 Apr 1910
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1910
Page
1
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The message urges residents to boost city spirit by encouraging neighbors to participate in the census and ensure every person is counted in Seattle.
Seattle residents are urged to complete the census before noon Saturday April 30 as government enumeration ends that night. Civic Census Bureau seeks volunteers and notes the need to include every person in households and servants to boost Seattle's standing on the Pacific coast.
United Press reports in City Missouri on trial actions for C Hyde and Col Thos H Swope case. Latshaw overrules defense objections and allows notes and testimony. Hyde denied bail at times. Will stay jailed pending verdict. Local filings include divorce cases and licenses in King County.
A city census effort emphasizes counting all residents in the East 85th to East 65th and Sixth Avenue area. Volunteers engage households and buildings to improve civic census data, noting some residents remain uncounted and encouraging participation.
Roosevelt arrives in Brussels to a tumultuous welcome as crowds gather at the station. The burgomaster and American Ambassador Bryan greet him and King Albert plans a formal reception at the exposition hall. The Roosevelts dine with the Belgian king at Laeken and stay at Hotel Planders before heading to The Hague. Seven deaths were recorded in Seattle yesterday.
The Madison street cable line broke last night causing outages from 6 p.m. to morning, marking the seventh disruption this year as passengers were diverted via 19th Avenue Union and Capitol Hill lines. James Street line also failed from 11 a.m. to noon due to power house machinery trouble.
Washington April 27 Finney, assistant to Ballinger in the Interior Department, is cast as a willing goat in the Cunningham land claims affair. He admits responsibility for letters tied to the case, sits with Vertrees at hearings, and acts as Ballinger’s proxy amid ongoing congressional inquiry.
The Harriman lines place an order with Pullman for 424 all steel passenger cars to be delivered this year. The fleet will total 925 steel cars in service on routes from Omaha to San Francisco, New Orleans to San Francisco, and Los Angeles to Seattle and Portland.
A. Hall Smith, census contact for district 124 bounded by E Howell Harrison N Harvard and 12th Ave, urges residents counted by Saturday morning to contact him at 1467 20th Ave or Ind Maple 889. He offers no volunteers, but promises to adjust if anyone was missed.
Local Knights of Columbus members expect educator and orator James C Monaghan to address the group Monday night at Odd Fellows Temple on 10th Avenue and Pine. Monaghan, a national lecturer for the order, tours the West speaking in California Portland Spokane Tacoma and Seattle. The lecture is free.
London bulletin reports the house of lords approved the 1909 budget without amendments. No roll call was demanded and the king is expected to sign the budget tomorrow.
Mrs Jennie Burke aged about 60 died at 713 Lakeview Ave from a cerebral hemorrhage following a 1904 shooting by her former husband Horwell who was confined earlier. The two children, Rhea Delta Horwell and Annte Burke, 10 and 13 months, were placed in police care as relatives arrange guardianship.
Judge Frater awarded guardianship of Max Leander Wells to his uncle J. Boyd Wells and aunt Mrs. Clartane Ne after the mother died of typhoid fever. Grandparents L. J. Priest of Kitsap County contested the guardianship. The judge allowed the child to visit his parents during the year. Mrs. Wells directed Seattle schools delinquency department and died while on an eastern trip.
Justice John Carroll hears a dispute over a Spitz dog after C. M. White sues Mrs. Sanford B. Belmeyer for possession. White says the dog was in Belmeyer's yard and she refused return until a $5 payment for washing and feeding costs.
Claude G White abandoned his London to Manchester attempt at Polesworth due to adverse air currents, while Louis Paulhan completed the race winning the London Mall prize of 59 000. Paulhan praised for endurance and meteorology, White lauded for pluck and ambition.
A blaze broke out at 11:30 a.m. in a Webster street rooming house in Oakland's Chinatown. The fire, fed by a strong wind, destroyed about twenty buildings and endangered hundreds of residents, including many Chinese. It spread to cottages and stores, threatened Harrison school, caused panic, and led to Chinese residents rushing goods into the street. a Chinese man attacked Officer McCredie with a knife during the blaze.
The Houston Post records a discussion where a doctor advises a warmer climate for health and a minister endorses the plan. The exchange highlights the interplay of medical and religious guidance in personal health decisions.
Councilman Bullock argues the proposed steam heating franchise for C. J. Smith and partners could be worth 200000 in cash to the city. He asserts the venture will yield large earnings and dividends, with the city receiving a share of gross receipts. The plan relies on cheap lignite slack coal from Seattle area mines and new boilers to supply 500 horsepower per plant.
United States government plans to patrol the coast from Ensenada to Point Barrow with a revenue cutter after evidence of smuggling of Chinese and opium between the U S and Mexico. The cutter McCauley has been moved from Sausalito to San Francisco for overhaul.
The report shows Tacoma Portland Spokane totals with figures for today and year to date. Tacoma shows 794 457 today and 59 750 year to date while Portland records 1 454 868 today and 188 219 year to date. Spokane lists 645 173 today and 7 116 296 year to date.
A Danish proverb ascribes moral stance to an honest man who does not trade integrity for a mere bone. It reflects a cautionary view on self serving actions.
The Seattle Star invites all women of legal age in the First district to vote on whether women should vote. A blank ballot will be printed for a ten day window with votes mailed to the Suffrage Editor. Articles pro and con from prominent women will follow, including Mrs. O H P Belmont who will open the debate and Mrs Gilbert Jones who will oppose.
Reports from London detail outrage over harsh lay magistrate punishments including a 12 year old boy flogged and sent to reform school for theft of a 10 cent lump of coal. The commission recommends exams for candidates, broad bench representation, and politics barred from appointments to curb landlord bias.
A fair night gives way to a warmer Friday with light west winds shaping the weather. No precipitation is expected and skies remain mostly clear across the region.
Dr Wilson Lockhart once superintendent of the hospital for the insane at Medical Lake near Spokane and longtime Seattle resident, collapsed and died in a washroom of the Marion building just after noon. He had left his office in room 602 with a note saying he would return in ten minutes. He was discovered dead about fifteen minutes later. He resided at 2107 Sixth Avenue.
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