29 Apr 1915
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1915
Page
1
Political leaders urge signature of seven referendum petitions citing a fight to preserve direct popular government. The text argues the 1915 legislature trampled the people’s will and warns that failure now could end initiative rights and give power to corporations.
Citizens sign a referendum petition to place measures passed by the legislature on the ballot. The final judgment on approval or disapproval comes when they vote in November 2014.
Mrs Carolina Rowe 41 wife of mill man John Rowe was found shot in room 23 of the Imperial hotel Seattle. Police seek Joe Potona alias Joe Alligio after she refused to run away with him. Potona, once a Spokane Everett visitor, is missing with his belongings. Rowe supported by unstable work. four children ages 12 to 21.
Mrs. Merrill Cushman files in superior court alleging James T. Cushman and his son Thomas J. Cushman faced spying by “key hole” detectives. She says the father-in-law harassed her, followed her to work and church, and attempted to influence her husband’s remarriage after a possible divorce.
The article contrasts Regeana Maye’s defense of teaching tango and the hesitations of Rev Adna W. Leonard on whether Methodist doctrine remains rigid. It notes public interest and a broader wartime tension fueling the discussion among church members and leaders.
In Lynn on April 29 a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Frank B Mower weighed 15 ounces and measured ten inches long making her the smallest recorded birth in the city Physicians say she has good chances to live Her lungs are strong and she is nourished with a medicine dropper from atop a radiator She can be held in the palm of a hand.
Col. A. J. Blethen publisher is reported in critical condition and hurrying home from Chicago under a physician's care. Dr J. H. Lyona of Seattle has been asked to meet him in Spokane. Blethen has been ill for months following a serious breakdown.
The Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway hearing on canceling transfer privileges for patrons was postponed from Thursday morning to Saturday May 1. The company also seeks to withdraw transfers and discontinue a 4 cent ticket rate from Ryanst to Stewart.
P. S. Anderson, operator of the Progressive Healing Institution at 619 Westlake Ave, was arrested Thursday and placed under $200 bond for practicing medicine without a license.
Griffiths will speak on The Mental Moral and Physical Welfare of Children at the John Allen school Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The talk addresses child welfare concerns and emphasizes educational and social development within the community.
J E Ballaine accuses the Alaska bureau of Seattle Chamber of Commerce of acting as a Guggenheim lobby to weaken the Alaska railroad bill. He offers documentary proof and invites J E Chilberg and J L McPherson to convene an open meeting for full disclosure. The letters deny the charges and defend the bureau’s motives.
Charlies R. Case, superintendent of streets and former federation leader J C Kellogg ex-councilman and J O Golden socialist will speak for referendum supporters at a mass meeting in the Labor Temple Friday night.
Vincent Suvela, Frank Boravine and John Boravine are under arrest charged with fishing with a gill net.
A BreMer ton Commercial Club letter urges a regional alliance of Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana to back naval protection and Pacific Northwest interests. Berlin via wireless reports the sinking of a Polish transport off Aviburn and a Turkish victory with four enemy brigades driven to the sea in an official statement.
Merchants advertise to build goodwill with patrons and attract buyers. Today’s ads showcase bargains such as lace flouncings at 69 cents a yard, neckwear at 39 cents, and a black silk umbrella priced at 2.95. Don’t miss these offers.
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