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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
5
An honorary committee led by J. D. Thomas Burke and others outlines a September 4 event styled as a Japanese day. The plan includes a Tokiy city vibe with dragons and streamers, Puget Plaza grounds, and It of Honor, featuring geishas and musicians as main attractions, with about eight thousand dollars raised for decorations and activities.
The Beatle fair typewriting contest sets entry by August 31 for Beatle residents since July 1 1900. Entries require name and address to Mr W L Buckley director special events Exposition Grounds. The contest uses National Missphews Show rules with a 20 minute writing period and three words deducted per error.
A. C. Minle, 74, father in law of J. J. Maaze in charge of Valdima exhibit, was thrown to the ground while boarding a cable car at Third Ave and Madison. He suffered a fractured right shoulder and arm. Taken to Providence hospital, his condition listed as serious, with relatives in Dellingham. He is staying at his son in law's home. In Seattle twelve people were injured in separate incidents today. two may be fatally hurt as a moving car struck bystanders. Mr. Minle is to be moved to 4027 10th Ave N. for care.
A crowded front lists ships and routes including the British steamer Purl bought by McKennie Cros with 1500 passengers and 16 knots. Also reported are three men killed in a Santa Fe engine runaway near Mojave, a City of Puebla voyage to San Francisco, and Army dispatches to Clinton Iowa. Other items cover Siena earthquake damage, a Seattle auto crash funeral, shacks to be burned at Everett, Lucy Webting’s marriage, a missing boy in South Bend, a major skin graft operation in Salem, and Puget Sound Mill’s 50th anniversary celebration in Port Ludlow.
Von W. and URen, credited as fathers of Oregon direct primary and initiative and referendum laws, will be principal speaker next Tuesday at the Washington Direct Legislation League convention in the Fine Arts building at the exposition. The league, led by President Geo. P. Cotterill, plans a new campaign to expand the initiative and referendum as in Oregon Maine South Dakota and other states.
A fragmentary report recounts a voyage through Vancouver and Victoria during wartime, noting travel via Active Pass and the Juan de Fuca region. It mentions stops at Vancouver and Victoria and implies strategic movement across coastal cities during conflict.
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