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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
4
Clara A. Mitchell, a 120 pound, 5 foot 5 inch poetess from New York, completes a trek to Oakland proving women can walk in French heels. She left with $3.50 and 28 weeks earlier, averaging 35 to 40 miles daily, her longest 46 miles in 24 hours.
Hugh Kelly, 48, of 104 Varian Street, Stapleton, receives a hip fracture when a man falls from a roof into his lap. The intruder, Garry McEnerey, a Stapleton grocer’s clerk, fled after shouting good night. Police seek the suspect as Kelly faces probable death. The piece notes Washington Alaska fisheries value and Seattle as a hub.
Seattle records 36 inches of precipitation, less than New York Boston and Washington. The city’s rainfall figure contrasted with higher totals in other eastern cities, highlighting regional weather differences.
Mary Connor aged 30, who escaped from London Provincial Hospital two weeks earlier, was found hiding under the altar of St. David's Anglican church in nude condition. She claimed she lived on communion wine since wandering into the church and stayed under the altar during services and an Orangemen meeting. Police nationwide had been searching for Miss Connor.
Sterling August 1 local shipping circles debate whether the British steamer Wynette captained by Bonner has vanished like the Alum Chine blown up in Baltimore harbor. The Wynette carried 50 tons of dynamite from Baltimore, left April 5 for Guayaquil via Barbados, last heard April 15 at Barbados.
A fragment notes local theater listings for Friday to Sunday August 1 2 3 featuring 3 reel film The Evil Art and The Old Match Last Attempt. It cites Prof Cleveland Abbe stating tornados occur only three or four times yearly, rarely exceeding 2 miles wide and 200 miles long, with extremely low per-area strike probability per century.
Reports from Australia claimed King George and Queen Mary would lay the corner stone of the Commonwealth Parliament House in Canberra next year but the Pall Mall Gazette denies it. The Gazette says Canada is the next dominion to be visited and suggests they may cross into the United States with brief stops in Washington and perhaps New York.
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