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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1910
Page
3
Heavy rains cause dormitory collapse in an unnamed location as authorities report students buried alive. Flooding washes out bridges and tracks along the government railroad line, hampering rescue efforts and transport for days.
President Taft ordered Pacific Northwest troops to assist in battling forest fires across forests in the West. The action covers government and private forests, amid authority disputes. Fires are reported in Clearwater Idaho and northern Washington, with over 600 blazes in Northeastern Oregon and timber losses approaching 60 thousand acres last August.
United Press reports Richard A eer will attend a Portland event Thursday or Friday. The talk, tied to public interest topics, follows prior posts and touches on ongoing repairs at the dock. A party bound for California plans to depart Friday night from Klamath.
Eight thousand Hamburg American Steamship workers including stevedores cleaners and painters join a strike. The employers announce plans to lock out sixteen thousand more workers if the dispute continues. Additional shipyard mechanics may also join the action.
Arrangements for the funeral services of Harvey W Scott will be set after a family conference and Masonic officers. The body arrives in Portland Saturday and will be escorted by the Masons to the Scottish Rite cathedral for a possible midnight service. Private services are planned at the residence Sunday. state capitol flags will fly at half mast from the remains crossing Oregon.
In Point Richmond California Mrs John Westman 38 drowned her two young children in a bath tub and then hanged herself in an attic following the example of Mrs Joseph Mello of Antioch who drowned her four children ten days earlier. Westman had returned from Napa insane asylum a month ago as cured.
Captain William P. O'Brien was charged with second degree murder after he shot and killed boarder Alexander Smith in his home while intoxicated. The incident followed a quarrel involving Smith and his interference with O'Brien’s wife. O'Brien is a long time Coast and Alaska waters skipper.
About 200 strike breakers were deported to St Paul for refusing to take the oath of allegiance to King George. They had been brought to Winnipeg to work in Canadian Northern car shops.
In New York on August 9, the Duc de Montpensier and his guide visited Hella Kitchen when a violent shooting erupted. One man died, another was wounded, and the duke remained at the scene until police intervened. A tense confrontation followed as the dead man’s brother accused the duke, prompting police to separate the pair.
A mix of local notes: William Kindred dies. daughter Mrs. Clara Lloyd in Beattle Mason City Iowa. A child Ralph J A June drowns after water therapy. Six boys and two girls born in Seattle yesterday. Georgia bans betting and anti-lobbying bill passed in the Senate. Princess May remains safe on the reef. Farthing no hit pitched in Topeka. Peters dies in Omaha. Hig Jim Kennedy leaves one third of a $1 000 000 estate to a nurse. Tom Hall kills Pedro Bonavidas after accusing cattle theft in Deming New Mexico.
Preliminary cost estimates for the Du-Wamleh waterway total 76 000 dollars and would be shared by King County and the city of Meatthe if canal commissioners prevail. An item of 10 000 dollars for legal expenses appears, with Wallace A. Tustell involved. Pursell plans to appeal Judge Gilliam's quashing of the writ of review.
London reports Dr. H. H. Crippen has sent a cable denial to his attorney Newton, insisting he has not confessed to Belle Elmore Crippen's murder. Newton says Crippen will not speak until he meets him, and claims authorities know no more than before the arrest.
Allison Brooks 21 and Edith M. Brooks 40 were raised in the same home as sister and adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Brooks of 1539 14th av S. They obtained a marriage license at the courthouse and plan to marry tomorrow in a union described as born of deep familiarity and affection.
Helen Ware, once a schoolteacher, now an actress, is praised for her cold and haughty stage look and a big salary. She earned early honors in The Third Degree and will open The Deserters, a Henry Harris production, playing a secret service agent who tracks deserters. Dr Rankin Dawson, brother of Dawson City namesake, visits Seattle and registers at the Washington from London.
Eleven people died as the freight train collided with a passenger train near Ignacio. The smoking car bore the heaviest damage with many bodies crushed or mangled. General Manager Hunter blamed Conductor Flaherty for ignoring orders to wait for the passenger. Identification was difficult due to severe injuries.
Mme Nazimova born to Jewish parents in Run aia. She began on the American stage as a Yiddish star then moved to English roles. She twists her form to fit Ibsen heroines, a talent she loves to portray. America buys gold in London market at two million dollars near half a cent below prior.
A reception for Head Adviser T P Revelle will be held Tuesday evening August 9 at Woodmen Temple Fourth and Marion. All Woodmen are invited. C A Kompfi, Clerk.
Fay A. Scott, injured in an automobile crash, marries his divorced wife Rosalie Scott at her Brooklyn Avenue home. The ceremony, at his bedside, is officiated by Rev. J. M. Canse. Scott remains in critical condition as police investigate the crash tied to a hotel incident involving F. A. Scott and CW Kellogg.
St Pappas who attempted to shoot Patrolman Savin Sunday afternoon has been released from custody and will not be prosecuted. The patrolman has been dismissed from the force. Chief Wappenstein believes Pappas is telling the truth and Savin had annoyed Mrs Pappas with his attempts until she was driven into hysterics. Pappas went to Savin's home Sunday and called him to the door. Pappas had a revolver in his hand and shot through the door, causing no injuries.
At yesterday's hearing on the Chippewa Albion collision the witness Frank OHara described as a green hand admitted he failed to report sighting the Albion.
Water will be shut off tomorrow from noon to 5 PM from E High Street and drive to Roanoke Street and in the intermediate service mains from Roanoke to Lake Union. The outage affects all districts north of Lake Union and the government canal supplied by these mains.
The annual King County Veterans association picnic will be held at Woodland Park on Thursday. Festivities begin at 11 in the morning and continue until the veterans tire of activities.
South End clubs plan a meeting at the Commercial Club rooms at o o'clock tomorrow night. City Engineer Thomson and Robert Bridges will speak on the Dearborn street regrade issue. A fire in B J Korman’s shop on the second floor of the P1 building at 11 30 last night forced the employer to flee the fire escape but was extinguished before press time.
The Green River Hot Springs and hotel near Tacoma were sold by the Washington Hot Springs company to Seattle and North Yakima businessmen for 115000. The property spans 640 acres on Green River, 62 miles east of Tacoma, along the Northern Pacific. The Fortuna park summer dance series continues with a Knights of Pythias event and a steamer departure from Leach Park at 6 o'clock and Madison Park at 8 15.
Charles Lyts was moved from the city jail to the county jail yesterday while awaiting trial on an information charging his murder of his wife Florence Lyts on July 1. The trial is set for October. Nap Lajote draws a line in the dirt with his bat before stepping to the plate.
Mayor Gaynor was shot on a Hoboken pier during farewells aboard a liner. A assailant was overpowered as the mayor was carried to hospital with a head wound. Doctors reported one bullet struck him, entering behind the ear, but not necessarily fatal. President Taft expressed shock and sympathy.
Mayor Gaynor was shot while photographers prepared farewell pictures in Hoboken New Jersey. He told reporters there is plenty of fight left in him and asked who did it. Gallagher was beaten by Commissioner Edwards as police moved in.
A. M. Wade former city attorney for Aberdeen testified yesterday before the Chehalis county grand jury detailing alleged graft and malfeasance in Aberdeen city government.
Health Commissioner Crichton ordered all future infantile paralysis cases reported to the health department and the patient quarantined. He noted August is peak month and September usually sees a subsidence. Also, 11 year old Karl Lacy was struck by a car on a Woodland Park swing, injuring his thigh bone.
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