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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1911
Page
1
A disrupted city faces flour shortages as freight handlers strike and authorities warn that flour and coal reserves may run out within days. Dispatches note troops in valley clashes with workers and a looming nationwide confrontation between employers and labor.
The long battle over United Wireless ends with George H. Parker headed to Atlanta penitentiary for two years. Investors who funded the scheme watch as the graft home on Prospect Street stays shuttered while the factory on Jackson Street is described as a bait for gullible savers.
Petition drives this week claim thousands of signatures but workers refuse to name supporters and warn it will be hard to find a candidate for mayor as the year’s recall fights shape a difficult political scene.
A call to inspect Alaska coal fields near Controller Bay and report to the president. The petition argues the coal should belong to the people of the United States and urges Congress to act. Thousands in Seattle have already signed and circulated the coal petition to push government ownership and operation.
San Francisco and San Diego police join efforts to locate E. E. connected to a murder case involving a wife and 17 year old girl from an old Hesse farm near NSEH. Inquest points to a possible slayer, with authorities pursuing a man linked to a Denver origin and a Burlington railroad tie owner. The search spans the coast as clues unfold.
Edwin Perry secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America visited Seattle yesterday then left for the East after touring coal mining regions in British Columbia and Alberta where about 6,000 miners have been on strike for higher wages. Perry praised Puget Sound climate and wished his wife could have joined him.
Tacoma reports five additional true bills returned by the federal grand jury. Indictments said to involve opium smugglers and counterfeiters. The case related to an Alaska coal fraud scheme is suspected as the major focus, though identities remain undisclosed.
The Star announces Sadie Smiles will visit to lift mood and bring cheer. A lighthearted feature promises joy and brighter days for readers.
Rainier Valley residents plan a Hillman City meeting next Monday to push for a single fare with transfer on the Seattle Renton and Southern line. Jim Dennison and other insurgents vow to continue the fight, denouncing Crawford’s truces and demanding a final decision from bondholders and the law.
Suspected accomplice of Prof. Ferrer is held in Panama City in a canal plot case. Acquilino Lopez faces federal detention over alleged dynamiting of canal works and assassination plans against Colonel Goethals. Police report an organized anarchist group among Spanish workers.
The Great Northern railroad in Washington was valued at 67,000,000 for assessment on June 30, 1911, per figures certified by the public service commission and filed with the state tax commission. The prior year valuation for taxation was 59,577,212.
Leslie McLaurin of 1036 B 69th St was forced off a Seattle Ice Co car by a conductor after an invalid transfer. Three laborers assisted in removing him near University Street as McLaurin vowed to sue the driver for rough tactics against passengers.
Secretary Fisher urges safeguarding public wealth and distributing contents for everyone. He frames Uncle Sam as the big man to unlock national resources, referencing Panama as a symbol of broader reach. In Chicago a divorce filing follows a 49-year marriage.
Fair tonight and Thursday with rising temperatures. Salmon runs are thousands fewer than last season, signaling a likely sharp price increase. Sadie Smyles reports on the market impact and forecasts.
An advisory note promotes first mortgages on improved real estate as safe investments. It states the writer does not loan or sell mortgages but acknowledges many firms do and endorses West & Wheeler in Seattle. It mentions Ole Hanson & Co. in New York and stresses integrity and a square deal.
A group of convivial clubmen at a Medford party tossed lit firecrackers under editor R B Ruhi's chair. The blast sent the newsroom crowd fleeing and prompted police, who were alerted to a suspected dynamite incident at the Medford Sun office.
In Washington on August 16 protests against the marriage of John Jacob Astor and 18 year old Madeline Force culminated with two resolutions introduced by Representatives Norris of Nebraska and Howard of Georgia. The measures urge a new uniform code of marriage and divorce laws across states.
In Berkeley on August 16, attorney Brunk questions N. Jordan, a liquor salesman, about prejudice in the case against Dan Duggan. Jordan struggles to define prejudice and jokes about Taft as he is excused.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic explorer and lecturer, arrived in St. Louis today, registered at a hotel, and then disappeared from public view. Local observers report he checked in this afternoon with plans unknown.
George Northrup a 50 year old widower and father of a son and daughter died at the city hospital after a morning accident at Ster son Mill Co sawmill. The oiler was believed to climb shafts each morning when a belt or wheel tore his clothing and threw him to the floor twenty feet below fracturing his skull and breaking a leg.
Lois Hall, the Berkeley girl missing since last Wednesday, has been located according to her brother who said in a letter today she ran away and secured a stenographer position. He did not reveal the postmark. She was thought to have headed to Toronto to join fiancé Gerald Fenton, a Canadian traveling man.
Boise Idaho Aug 16 Mrs George H Stewart wife of Idaho chief justice died today after a decade of illness leaving her in a semi conscious state since October 27 1900 and unable to recognize her family members. Medical men could not diagnose the disease.
William R. Crawford, president of the Renton road, faced public scrutiny for denying Rainier valley residents rights in transfers to Seattle Electric lines after court orders. The Star photographer captured Crawford inspecting the cave near the O W N depot during the visit.
John H. Bullock president of Lange and Bullock and former Sesnon Coal head was arrested in the Beck building Portland on a U S government warrant for conspiracy to defraud the government in Alaska coal contracts. Indicted by a federal grand jury in Tacoma this case follows the Wickersham Wicker sham controversy and the June death by suicide of Captain J H Jarvis in Seattle. Delegate Wickersham charged Bullock with a scheme with the Morgan Guggenheim syndicate to rob Alaska contracts and claim $50 000 profits split between the Guggenheims and Sesnon company.
New York Aug. 16 reports say Miss Madeline Force fiancee of John Jacob Astor faced a serious nervous attack amid public condemnations of their engagement. Hospital or family statements avoided stating the illness as serious, while other sources note the pressure from clergy against the marriage.
SPOKANE Aug 16 Though struck on the head by a hammer dropped from 120 feet and knocked from a ladder into a 200 foot well Al Larson 34 is alive today and physicians hope to save his life. The accident happened while Larson repaired piping in an ice plant.
Mrs. Eleanor Valentine, 40, said her husband would have killed her. She shot Valentine and then wounded herself in the breast, hoping to die. She claimed financial strain and a recent operation led to the action. In Washington, a House Territories subcommittee was formed to work with the Senate on a compromise statehood bill for New Mexico and Arizona to pass both chambers and be signed by President Taft.
A public painting of Chief Seattle near the Northern Bank at Fourth and Pike is criticized as a misstep by observers who say the iconic figure should be honored differently. The piece notes the city’s evolution from Indigenous origins to an urban landscape and laments the new green statue as a costly descent of culture.
Augie Matilda Moisant of Mineola New York today becomes the second woman to hold a pilot license from the Aero Club of America. She follows Harriet Quimby as the first licensed woman in the United States and proves skilled in monoplane flight with steady takeoffs and landings.
The piece notes Miss Guatie Gowan Ie, 11, as an aspiring actress with playful gossip about old days and fashion. It comments on fall fashion for blonde hair and mentions a local millinery and ice cream shop. Lafe Watertower jokes about marriage choices for his nephew.
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