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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
6
Classified promotion for land and farm properties with terms and contact details. Notices describe plots from four to six acres, improved tracts with water and fruit trees, and a farm of eight or more acres. Includes prices and monthly payments, with agents Tolman and Robert Malthy listed.
Want Ads charge two consecutive days per line per day seven words per line three consecutive days one cent per word one month six cents per line per day minimum ad twenty cents space used billed at full rate on all contract advertising or advertising charged to account Ballard Agency P Ht Mullen 321 Ballard av opp City Hall Main Office Seventh ay between Union and University Phones Ballard 806 Main 1050 Ind 441 The Star does not guarantee accuracy or assume responsibility for errors in telephone advertisements.
Five acres suitable for berries and fruit, with improvements including water, sewer, and a modern tram. Nicely located four minutes from car lines, close to a 22 foot alley and a beautiful view. Call North 1017 or 3635 Linden Ave for details.
In New York City Greenwich lodging house a gas leak killed six unidentified Italian men found on the third floor. The coroner says the men had been dead for hours and a gas jet mock test may have been left open.
Colorado delegates at large to the Chicago Republican convention were elected by the state convention and instructed to support William H. Taft for the presidential nomination. The regular organization slate was adopted without opposition.
Mrs James Palmer and her husband are jailed on suspicion of killing Mrs Sarah Brennan of Brownville. Police say Mrs Palmer first confessed to striking with an ax as Brennan watched from a window. A second confession shifts blame to Jim Palmer. The couple’s baby remains with Mrs Palmer in jail.
The Monticello leaves Flyer dock at 6 30 a m and 6 30 a m and 1 30 and 4 p m daily.
Tacoma reporter describes George Klonts 22 aiming at his wife and infant in front of St. Leo Catholic Church. Klonts then shot himself in the head. wife was wounded but the baby, six months old, was uninjured. Klonts had recent drink-driven quarrels and was discharged from work.
Vera Dolge wife of Prite Dolge of Alhambra and daughter to Alfred Dolge of Dolgeville attempted to shoot her husband after a prior threat by him. She was confined at the county hospital on a complaint charging insanity. Two earlier revolver purchases and a subsequent firing at her husband are noted. The Dolges are prominent in Low Angeles society.
A head on collision between two Interurban trolleys on the Detroit Michigan line near Ypsilanti killed nine and injured about twelve more. Motorman Isa Fay’s mistaken orders allegedly caused the crash. Wounded were sent to University Hospital in Ann Arbor. Dead include Ian Fay and several Detroit residents with others from Syracuse and Grand Forks.
Salem Ore April 19 Frank RB Cooper city superintendent of schools in Seattle and a well known coast school man has been engaged to teach supervision and school management at the summer normal at Monmouth this summer. He has been in Seattle seven years previously he was city superintendent in Des Moines and Salt Lake City Utah.
Brooklyn's Tommy Sullivan and Abe Attell are rested before their 206 round bout tomorrow night as Sullivan weighs in at 126 pounds with Attell in peak form. Attell is a 1 to 2 favorite despite Sullivan's weight advantage.
Thomas Slaughter appeared at 607 Thirday to see his wife but she fled and police were called. He vanished before officers arrived but soon showed up again. Detectives Holland and Griffith detained him, a revolver was seized, and Slaughter claimed he came to patch up a domestic quarrel. He remains held at the city Jail.
J B MacDowgall was yesterday elected president of the Hustoens Men's association of Seattle with DB Frederick as vice president D K B Frederick as vice president M A Gottstein as treasurer and Tyrrett J Lee as secretary. The group will maintain an office to the Papapore Mattei.
Miss Luetitie Mulhall, famed broncho buster, faces a legal demand as Ian't Price Taylor seeks the return of a diamond engagement ring. He claims the ring was given and asserts she plans to marry another man, dragging the Oklahoma showman Zach Mulhall’s daughter into a public dispute during a St Louis stay.
San Francisco April 29 over one hundred commercial bodies representing nearly all Pacific coast interests have endorsed a petition circulated by the California promotion committee. The petition asks the secretary of the navy to maintain an adequate naval force on the Pacific coast and will be printed as a book and presented at a breakfast in honor of Secretary Metcalf next Wednesday.
Clarence Vandevanter, 11, son of KR Vandevanter of 580 Dakota S J, vanished from home last Sunday and was found in Tacoma. He told police a strange man enticed him away. He had previously disappeared a year ago and was found at Bothell after saying a stranger took him.
The New York stock market opened irregularly and stayed tense as heavy short covering in Reading and Southern Pacific pushed those stocks up about 20 percent. Total volume topped one million shares with readings like Union Pacific at 136 8 P 79 Reading 1 N P 182 Copper 61 Smelter 71 St Paul 128 Steel 36 and Brooklyn 46. Judge A W Frater upheld the junk shop ordinance in the trial of five appeals. Frank Schwartz Katose Ishishima Myer Goodrich J W Zeeve and Dora Pisterman were fined 25 each for failing to obtain echo.
Stephen Helenburg files a $2,500 damage claim against the city for injuries suffered March 31 when the horse he rode stepped through a rotten plank on the Railroad avenue bridge. The filing alleges the city was negligent in keeping the bridge in proper repair.
The Seattle Heal Retate Anno tation will hold a special meeting in the Alaska cub roome tonight at o oclock to consider the opinion of the state attorney general on mortgage taxation. All parties affected are invited to attend and participate in the discussion.
Senator Piles secured passage in Washington yesterday for a bill creating an assistant United States treasurer in Seattle. The measure requires establishing a Seattle subtreasury, a facility long sought by Portland East Lake City Denver and St Pan.
The Waitresser union with about $5,000 saved is weighing a site near Ravenna park or a downtown location. A vote will be held soon to decide the building project and location.
Berlan April 29 Jack the Ripper captured after a reign of terror among women of the lower classes. His last victim was a small boy stabbed to death then his body cut to pieces and disposed of in a pond. Police found a bloodstained butcher knife, clothing salt, and a blood-soaked block in the murder room.
Rear Admiral J. Dayton commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet is in San Francisco on a brief visit. He called on Mayor Miller this morning to present his compliments and discuss current naval matters.
Police Judge John B. Gordon condemned freight train crews for taking money from tramps enabling them to ride box cars. Eight men—Thos Tierney John Williams William Riley Arthur Jay Edward Kelly Joseph Melia Henry Weet Jesse Green—were found coming into Seattle by the box car route and discharged after hearing their tales. He advised coordinating with railroad companies to halt the practice.
By April 29 at Bremerton Navy Yard, West Virginia returns to sea after dry docking ahead of schedule. Pennsylvania Colorado Maryland South Dakota Wisconsin Nebraska and others received repairs as nine Atlantic fleet ships slated for docking arrive. Wisconsin departs for San Francisco naval review while eight cruisers ready for departure. a Tennessee smoker drew yard visitors and crew.
In a tense session Judge Gordon reviews a disorderly conduct charge against Patrolman Anderberg after a bartender testifies about a disturbance. The court insists on proper use of the telephone and orderly proceedings as the accused awaits comment.
A damaged notice notes inadequate water mains and hydrants on university grounds and asks city authorities to loan or provide material to install a fire protection system ahead of the planned 1806 exposition. It outlines expected costs and the need to improve safety near the farm site and nearby streets.
At Fort Lawton Seattle a wrestling event featured Drit and Draxley in heavyweight action, Uryant and Brack drawing, and Donaldson in a one weight exhibition. The town's wrestling instructor MC A refereed, with Aldeon retaining a land title and the coast championship noted.
An unlicensed boiler and engine incident led to fines. William M aineer, employed by Dit TM, was fined 10 for operating a boiler without proper licensing. The Western MIN factor? Littell area cited by authorities.
A new automobile run from Las to Los Angeles is claimed to have been completed in 17 minutes by Fernando Nelson. Nelson, son of Permande, left Ban yesterday morning and reached the Times building in Lae at 8 18 and 10 06, marking a thrilling dash. He averaged about 2 miles per hour during earlier tests and aims to extend his record with future trials.
Police report Walter Welsh fined $15 after an automobile incident as authorities probe a string of crimes involving kidnapped children and the public mourns victims across Europe. Navy Yard schedules show Pat Fleet departing for Frisco with three round trips noted.
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