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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1914
Page
2
Mayor Gill indicated he would probably veto the Admiral Way improvement ordinance passed by the council. He objects to broad assessments with many not benefiting, calls for general fund support, and cites vague specifications on materials and bridge locations.
Bond attorneys Caldwell Masslich Reed telegraph a plan to issue $404 000 light extension bonds once an emergency act raises the nominal denomination from $100 to $1 000. The legal opinion indicates validity hinges on the new denomination.
A home remedy claims to stop hair loss and boost growth. Mix half a pint of water with one ounce bay rum a box of Barbo Compound and a half ounce glycerine. apply to scalp two to three times weekly. The regimen allegedly darkens gray hair and adds shine.
Police Chief Lang orders a purge of the unemploy ed dormitory directing moneyed men away and promising one free meal daily at the Labor Temple for single destitute women. The city conducts a housecleaning as unemployed flood in, while women’s groups begin Friday to feed needy women. Bona fide solicitors may work in return for contributions. citizens warned against fake charity.
Dr. A. G. Brier, a Lyon building physician, filed a complaint and received a decree of divorce from Eva Lynch on September 16, 1902. The marriage to Mrs. Lynch violated state law by occurring less than six months after her prior divorce from John Lynch.
In New York a major Harlem disturbance erupted after Policeman Ramos tried to arrest Samuel Reeves, a Negro soldier. Reeves struck the officer, sparking a mob that grew to about five thousand. It took 150 officers to reach and rescue Ramos and four colleagues as several dozen were treated at a local hospital.
Gordon Brown, 35, a painter living at 2424 Irving Ave, was found dead with a deep throat wound and a razor nearby. The coroner ruled death by his own hand as he had lived a solitary, comfortable life in a snug cottage. His health had declined and the loneliness of bachelorhood was evident in the quiet house.
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Progressive leaders from 25 states met in Chicago to map the party's future and continue activity into the 1916 election. Delegates discussed Gov. Johnson as a possible 1916 candidate while noting shifts of 50,000 voters back to the Republican side in the Middle West. Col. Theodore Roosevelt was absent with word that he would not attend.
Chairman Herbsman of the county progressive committee pledges battle for purity in a telegram to the Chicago conference. He says Washington progressives oppose any amalgamation with other parties. Senator Poindexter and Austin B. Griffiths attend the gathering representing the progressives.
A three day blizzard drives Bering Sea ice against Nome waterfront buildings as water rises. Officials believe the ice may shield structures from flooding, despite the furious storm.
Russian forces repelled Germans along the Vistula and retook Plock securing the river as a major communication line. Reports say brutal hand to hand combat at Lods with Siberian troops storming trenches and Germans reportedly overwhelmed.
Paris December 2 reports say German artillery pounded the Allied front between Arras and Ypres with great violence. The Kaiser aims to rush reinforcements as the Crown Prince, said to move his headquarters from the Kaiser's Fifth Army in the Argennes to Belgium, is expected to assume supreme command in the West.
The war office in The Hague admits that during recent fighting in Russian Poland the Slava nearly enveloped a large German force near Lodz. The acknowledgement notes reduced interest in fighting in the West and considers German gains in the East highly significant.
Austrian war office reports that the fortress Praemysl has repulsed a Russian attack from the north. The bulletin was issued from Vienna via Berlin and London on December 2.
President Poincare and General Joffre met King George in Paris at Sir John French's headquarters. They called on the king and were entertained at luncheon and dinner.
In Valparaiso crowds stoned the German consulate and other German owned buildings. Troops were called out and several people were wounded before order was restored amid rising Chilean hostility toward Germans over alleged German ships violating Chilean neutrality.
Robert A. Cohen also known as Robert Clark, a 38 year old carpenter, boarded a Tuesday venture to outbid oil rivals for stock popularity and landed in jail. He formed a California company for 50 000 dollars, claimed 80, rented rooms at the Butler, bought clothing worth 230, planned four Winton cars, offered stock as payment, and when arrested handed Cap Van Buskirk shares. He will be examined for sanity.
Reina Valdez departs the Santa Barbara company as Aubrey Kennedy shifts his own firms to the studios in the coast town. Valdez is expected to relocate to Los Angeles.
Miss Lenore Ulrich of Tully’s Hawaiian romance The Bird of Paradise uses a pineapple juice bath as a beauty aid to achieve a Hawaii tinted look. The troupe closes in Portland then opens in Seattle for a three day engagement at Moore theatre.
North Yakima dispatch reports Frank Lenzi confessed at his father Victor Lenzi’s burial to killing him after a quarrel sparked by an alleged insult to Frank's wife. He and his brother James dragged the father to a barn, shot him, then hid the body to mislead of hunting accident, and tied past killings to Gazalla over land.
Millicent, the duchess of Sutherland, wife of Maj. Percy Desmond Fitzgerald, joins London's war relief effort on the eve of his departure for the front. The duchess, like many London women, helps provide for soldiers on the firing line through relief work and support.
Nora and Laura attract attention over prize-winning dogs. Dora explains Laura owns two top prizes, highlighting a lighthearted local contention about canine success and status.
Washington dispatches report Provisional President Gutierrez with General Villa expected to enter Mexico City and seize the national palace. Villa and Zapata would command about 42,500 troops marching from the capital to attack Vera Cruz where Carranza holds control. Villistas reportedly seek navy support to aid the assault on Vera Cruz Harbor.
In San Francisco on December 2 the coroner's jury reviewed the Nov. 24 Hanalei disaster off Duxbury reef. They exonerated Captain J J Carey and blamed Second Officer William Reese for altering course in fog without position checks. Reese died in the wreck.
The Commercial Club urges the city to refuse renewing the traction company steam franchise in the business district unless common user rights are granted and municipal cars can use the tracks. Officials say the deal could be fair if benefits balance costs, with two divisions potentially profitable if connected. The club also backs port development plans and a state court case on an automobile phantasm, while proposing a 5 cent city fare and 2 cent mile outside rate.
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