05 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1911
Page
1
Public officials overlook the eight hour limit for women in Seattle as laundries hotels stores and factories demand nine hours daily with Saturday six and a half hours. Workers fear retaliation if they complain, despite letters to The Star reporting overtime abuses and a stalled arrest.
A satirical piece portrays Jakey Forth promoting a Seattle Electric monopoly investment to straphangers. It describes stock sales run by Jakey, with investors promised dividends while Jakey secures favorable officials, implying a political corruption scheme tied to election-time profits.
The Chilean minister's wife in Washington speaks no English yet. Observers note her eloquence in the universal language of beauty.
Capt. Felix, commandant of the military academy at Etampes France, climbed to 11,152 feet in 1 hour 3 minutes with a monoplane and descended in 12 minutes setting a new altitude record.
Six boy policemen are stationed on the playfield to preserve order. Each carries a shiny badge proving authority and readiness for action.
Pasadena riders Miss Margaret Hammers and Mrs. Laura S. Eddy of South Pasadena drove through surrounding fires to reach San Bernardino. With wet sacks tied around their heads for protection, they survived several narrow escapes and assisted a ranger and two women campers they found along the way.
Y Bryan Yamashita, a Japanese editor, leaves San Francisco on August 9 to accept a position on the advisory board of the 1917 exposition Japan will host.
News from Pittsburgh reports a patent fight over the ice cream cone. Firm No 1 filed writs against other producers, threatening to limit cones nationwide. Seattle has five cone makers and locals fear supply disruption for both kids and adults.
Congress has passed a measure to establish reciprocity with Canada pending Dominion approval. It would remove duties on foodstuffs, reducing costs for households and easing household budgets as Canada signs on.
Theodore Roosevelt testifies before the Stanley steel investigation committee defending his approval of the 1907 merger of Tennessee Coal and Iron into the steel trust. He says the action was necessary to avert national financial calamity and would have been criminal not to act. He rejects questions about specific holdings and calls for stricter government control of monopolies.
Dr John Barrett director general of the bureau of American Republics accepted Taft's offer to represent the president at the Astoria celebration opening on August 10.
Theodore Roosevelt appeared today before the Stanley house committee investigating the steel trust. He voluntarily testified, becoming the first ex president to do so in a congressional inquiry, entering with energy and good humor and greeting all present.
Col. W. C. Greene, noted Copper Moonaire miner, dies in Naco Arizona from acute pneumonia after a recent runaway accident that left several ribs broken. Born 1851 in West Chester County New York, he moved west in youth.
Paul Geldel a bell boy was killed in New York in a cold blood murder by William H. Jackson. The assailant used the victim’s few dollars to buy patent leather shoes and a new suit. Geldel was seventeen at his death.
In Beaver County a man named The sues for $2,000 in a case that lingered for fifteen years. Of the initial lawyers involved, twelve have died, and only the plaintiff remains alive.
Topeka health board orders cats shaved to combat germs found on a tabby and in fur of local rat hunters. The drastic policy aims to prevent disease spread amid reports of six deadly germs. In Millville California a massive fire destroys twelve buildings worth about $16,000 as flames sweep through town.
The Hicktown Bee notes humorously about bakeries using files and mentions two strangers staying at the Metropolitan hotel with unclear purpose. It hints at ongoing enforcement by Constable Texler and jokes about local taxes and a married man’s shaving habits, reflecting small town concerns and whimsy.
Two hundred sleeping passengers on the California Limited narrowly escaped death when the locomotive collided with a freight at the Flagstaff yard entrance. Several freight cars derailed, five hours blocked yards, but the passenger engine stayed on track and no injuries were reported.
Nat Goodwin announces a forthcoming libel suit in New York courts against the Green Book Album weekly for publishing an article about the Denyard divorce, a novel attributed to Edna Goodrich. He says the piece used his name without permission and has instructed his East lawyers to file immediately.
Mrs. Dean G Kimball, wife of a Milwaukee businessman, preferring uplift work in the slums to home and husband, has caused Dean G Kimball to secure a divorce. The notice states the couple separated as Kimball took steps toward finalizing the divorce.
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