City Struck by Freezing Rain Delays Ap Proposals
Fragments indicate a January or April meeting in Revel city where a large project on a sidewalk was discussed. The mayor is named in the notes but details are incomplete.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
1
Fire Claims Dozen In Hamilton Insane Asylum
In Hamilton Ontario today a fire gutted the asylum trapping 600 inmates. 12 to 15 residents perished behind iron screens on the fifth floor as attendants battled flames and attempted rescues through life nets hoisted by firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Hamilton
Ont
Hamilton Insane Asylum
Recall effort delays as fall date eyed for mayor and council
Citizens Recall association may delay the September 5 recall election to a later fall date or the next spring. About 6000 petition signatures remain usable for future recall actions against Mayor Dilling and Councilmembers Kellogg Steiner War Gall and Blaine. Terms expire next spring for Dilling and Kellogg, likely ensuring reelection bids. others face possible recalls if reelection defeats occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Recall Association
Dilling
Steiner
War Gall
Blaine
Kellogg
Wardall
Two Daylight Burglaries Strike Nearby Homes
Two burglary attempts occurred within two blocks and the same hour. J A Ramsey at 1420 List Ave woke at 3 15 AM to a window screen removed by a thief. Nearby neighbor L A Sherrard at 1426 33rd Ave woke at 4 AM to find a man crawling from his window. The same suspect is believed to have targeted both houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Ramsey
Kent
L. A
Jealous husband suspected in Taro murder mystery
Seattle detectives weigh theories in the Taro case where chauffeur Joe Taro was killed after a supposed ride with a married woman. Theories consider a jealous husband, a gun duel aboard the car near Maiden Lane and Denny Blaine Park, and possible motives of revenge or confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taro
Joe Taro
Seattle
Maiden Lane
Denny-Blaine Park Boulevard
Express firms cut rates after ICC probe plan announced
Practically all U S express companies cut their rates today following an Interstate Commerce Commission announcement of a thorough investigation into express charges. The reductions apply mainly to packages from 7 to 50 pounds, while 100 pound shipments stay at old rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ate
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jeffries to Alaska Hunt With Brother Jeffries
James J. Jeffries and his brother Jack plan a trip to Alaska for big game hunting. They depart August 8 from Seattle, travel via Juneau to Kodiak Island, and expect to return November 1. Meanwhile complaints arise about garbage dumping into Lake Union from Wallingford and Ewing dumps, prompting a health department inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
James J. Jeffries
Jack Jeffries
Alaska
Seattle
Juneau
Kodiak Island
New City
Wallingford
Ewing
Lake Union
Dr. Crichton
Taxi Driver Teases Focus On Fare Not View
An impatient rider complains about the slow ride and the driver redirects attention to the fare register, urging the passenger to watch the charges rather than the scenery. The exchange appears in the Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Scatterings of a Seattle medium's ashes on Puget Sound
Arminda Hensen, a Seattle spiritualist known in the city, died recently. Her cremated remains were scattered from a West Seattle Ferry boat deck as witnesses watched. A. J. Speckert led the ceremony for the Samuel Watson Church of Spiritualism, and Mrs Hensen had previously scattered her husband’s ashes similarly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Harbor
Arminda Hensen
Seattle
Uel Watson
Seattle Fair Tonight and Wednesday Weather
The forecast for Seattle and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with light northwesterly winds. Noon temperature today was 61 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Vicinity
Atlantic coast lighthouses urged after Pacific wrecks
In San Francisco August, critics urge Congress to light the Pacific coast properly amid frequent wrecks. Report cites 20 Pacific coast wrecks annually versus 70 lights on 850 miles of Atlantic shore. A Santa Rosa steamer wreck near Point Arguello killed four after confusing stationary lights for signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Congress
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Santa Rosa
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Point Arguello
Big Wrecks on Pacific in Seven Years
A chronicle of multiple shipwrecks along the Pacific coast from 1904 to 1909 detailing the vessels Clallam Fulton Boscowiltz Valencia Corona Sibyl Mars Ohio Santa Rosa and others with loss of lives totaling 54 116 4 2 6 and 4 respectively. The Valencia disaster spurred coastal safety upgrades including a lighthouse near Vancouver and a powerful ocean tug with a 13 ton apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Clallam
Juan de Fuca Atraita
Fulton
Port Orford
Boscowiltz
Harbledown
Valencia
Cape Beale
Corona
Humboldt Bar
Sibyl Marston
Surf
Ohio
Swanson Bay
Fom Tilla
Santa Rosa
Point A
Vancouver
Senator Owen Calls for Recall of Judges and Court Lawlessness
In a fiery speech Senator Owen of Oklahoma argues federal courts have invaded the constitution and states rights, endorsing a recall mechanism for judges as a check on alleged judicial overreach. He claims recall would curb court injunctions and protect legislative prerogatives and worker rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Owen
Washington, D. C
Congress
Owen
Oklahoma
Senate
Supreme Court
Tobacco Trust
Supreme
Biic
Chicago
United States
Santa Claus
Wilson on Carpet
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson attacked by a Wilney probe witness as saying the Remsen referee board was fired to serve manufacturers. Willis, a newspaper correspondent, testified before the House committee on expenditures during the Wiley investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presse
Washington
DO. C
Agriculames
Local man cheats at midnight meal in Homer Wolwins restaurant
A man dining at Homer Wolwins restaurant on 616 Third Ave used a faulty arithmetic scheme at about midnight to obtain ten dollars from Wilson. He paid with a twenty dollar gold piece and received 19.70 in change, then tried to select two for the change and reclaim the twenty for tens. Wilson is left puzzled by the manipulation and his loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Wolwon
Wilson
Hicktown Bee Briefs Include Local Visits and Notices
In Hicktown, residents report a playful mix of town gossip and work notices. Miles Pheenie Phurr of Lower Mills is visiting. other items mention the Pontoft office and local figures, with a casual, fragmented rundown of who is in town and who is out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinae Fetl
Elm Co Pontoft
Hite
Willer Reek
Hicktown
Anybody
Miles Pheenie Phurr
Lower Mills
Trapped Miner Resumes Effort After Shaft Setback
Entombed in Joplin, Ge Lin reports that the third attempt to drill a shaft into the drift containing Joseph Clary was blocked by a cavern. Crews immediately began a fourth shaft to reach the trapped man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Ge Lin
Mon A Aug
Joseph Clary
Behm Has His Troubles in Times Case
Geo Behm uncle of Ortie McManigal and key prosecution witness faced possible jail for contempt after refusing to answer grand jury questions. He appeared before Superior Judge Walter Bordwell seeking relief as Deputy Assistant Attorney Joseph Ford sought satisfaction on the record. A continuance was granted to tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ualted Presse
Los Angeles
Cal
Geo. Behm
Ortie McManigal
Times
Behm
Walter Bordwell
Joseph Ford
Free List Bill Passes Senate Amid Amendments
The senate approved the farmers free list bill by 48 to 30 after a tie earlier, with amendments from Kern and Gronna adding leather boots and shoes. The measure, designed to aid agricultural regions and tied to reciprocity with Canada, has House approval and moves toward the president. Republicans voting against included Bourne and Lodge. Bailey of Texas was the sole Democrat opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gronna
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Sherman
la Follette
Wisconsin
Conference Committee
la Foliette
Canada
Bailey
Kern
Bourne
Bradley
Brane
Degee
Briggs
Burnham
Clark
Crane
Cullom
Lodge
Mer
McLean
Nixon
Oliver
Perkins
Richardson Root
Smoot
Stephenson
Townsend
Wareren
Wetmore
Culbersson
Dillingham
Dupont
Frye
Gallinger
Lea
Penrose
Percy
Ner
Sutherland
Tillman
Riams
Texas
Federal grand jury probes United Shoe Machinery trust
A federal grand jury opened in Boston on August 1 to investigate the United Shoe Machinery trust. The probe targets the company’s activities and is believed to indict some trust heads, aiming to curb prices on most U S footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Seattle Star
Boston
United Shoe Machinery
United States
Forest Fire Rages Eight Days Near San Bernardino
Still far beyond control the forest fire has burned eight days along the Bernardino range. It continues to creep toward City Creek Canyon threatening Fredal area lumber mills and yards as firefighters struggle to contain it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Cal
Bernardino Range
City Creek
Fredal
Cold and Raw in Kinder as Coal Man Takes All
A terse poem depicts Kinder's harsh day with a coal man who collects every coin found, leaving no cash for the family this year. The speaker, Pa, laments the cold and notes the coal man has no soul.
Furth Uses Power To Enforce Transfer Rules
The Star reports Boss Furth enforcing a transfer mandate on Fort Lawton riders. A north bound car was halted with about ten thousand slowed for 30 minutes as a conductor demanded extra fare from E M Montgomery after claiming he boarded outside the transfer point. Montgomery, planning to sue the corporation, says 38 witnesses will testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boss Furth
Straphanger
Socal
Fort Lawton
E. M. Montgomery
Gilmanay
Pike St
Montgomery
Furth
The
Star Today
Furth’s Corporation
Has the life of the cowboy lost its romance
The Star begins a two part exploration on page 4 today, examining whether the cowboy life still carries romance. The second installment appears tomorrow, continuing the in depth series.
Taft on Alaska and the Big Business Dilemma
The piece argues Alaska development hinges on government action over Big Business, urging Taft to back a government plan, support coal field development, and sign petitions to place Alaska’s resources in the hands of the people rather than special interests. It cites Ballinger and the coal campaign as a test of intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Alaska
Ballinger
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