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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
3
A telegram from Senator John McCall, New York City, reports plans to start a new building between the California state and Forestry structures. Bids will be sought immediately. current appropriation stands at 75,000 dollars with expectations to raise to 125,000.
Mucklestone right half of the University of Washington eleven was chosen captain at a noon meeting of players. The sophomore performer, previously active on the varsity, was picked for captaincy amid speculation.
United Press reports Belgrade has added between 6 000 and 7 000 Russians to its military forces. Servia's plan is to field these troops against Austria in the early spring. The men are said to have entered openly through Russian cities by consuls and have arrived in Belgrade by train and road in recent nights.
Broadway prepared for a debate on tariff revision despite no official Tacoma response. A try-out afternoon is planned with the topic Resolved that the principle of protection should be maintained in a revision of the tariff schedule.
Dr. Leo Leipsiger in The Weekly Review denounces Emperor William as indecisive over his course as Chancellor Von Buelow faces delay. The dispatch notes the Kaiser’s uncertainty mirrors political maneuvering in Berlin.
Frances J. Heney appeared in court under pale light to testify about bribery attempts connected to Abraham Ruef's defense. He described the events surrounding a courtroom revelation of an alleged bribery plot aimed at a prospective Ruef juror.
At a meeting of the Norwegian Republican club of King county a resolution was passed condemning race track gambling and poor selling as threats to public morale. The group commends Ole Hanson for anti gambling efforts and denounces The Meadows race track as the worst hell hole in Washington.
Multnomah county halted the search for the men who stole 14743 dollars from the East Side bank on Monday. The Pinkerton Detective Agency has taken up the trail where the sheriff and deputies left off and the Bankers association will pursue crews believed to be involved, with arrests expected within 48 hours.
The California Supreme Court rules an injunction against unions boycotting Parkinson Emery Company was dissolved. The decision states it would be ineffective to compel workers to attend. Justice Hienty dissents, while the court sides with J Parkinson & Co against Santa Clara unions.
Dispatch from Washington notes a sluggish Senate with factions indecisive over key posts. Roosevelt support shifts seen among some senators while others resist, leaving appointments stalled and little movement on West Coast or eastern regional posts.
Death Valley Scotty, center of attention at the Board of Trade, was rushed into a pit by brokers who pelted him with grain sacks. He removed his hat and gave eight wild cow calls after reports he found a new fortune in secret Death Valley mine.
Former world boxing champion John L Sullivan filed for divorce in the superior court alleging misconduct by his wife. He lists Chicago as his residence and notes his spouse defied a prior petition dismissed by the court, with she living in Centerville RL.
In Nevada a famous mule named Maud dies on the desert about 66 miles from Winnemucca after a wine and rich incident. A Winnemucca physician treats an injury with a license issue in town today. Fire destroys Badger Lumber Co mill at You in inadequate facilities. Fire at 1 am. no water, Seattle engine arrives too late. Loss estimated at about 3500 dollars. Mill owned by a company headed by William Brownerts.
Indiana Standard Oil official L J Drake testified that his firm did not pioneer gasoline, but government attorneys forced him to admit the firm did not lead the early phase of the oil industry as the government seeks to dissolve Standard Oil.
In Cincinnati, Charles … sues the New York paper and others alleging libel from an article linking his name to the Panama graft scandal. The filing cites damage to reputation and seeks redress from the implicated outlets.
In Wakefield Mase Dee Badger killed his two daughters Blopenge aged 16 and Catherine aged 7 then fired at people and shop windows while roaming the town. A grocer’s clerk was wounded in one leg before Badger was captured.
In a Dec 8 briefing at Washington Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks urged national control over waterways development. He argued for bond financing to fund future canal and harbor improvements and praised railroad canal cooperation as a model. Representative John E. Ransdell called for a nine member statutory waterways commission and anti discrimination laws for water carriers.
A Ballard Salm on Bay Improvement Club meeting appointed M A Malloy T C Tiedemann and Wm Twigs to confer with Councilman Armstrong on a major bond issue vote. Discussions covered a public market, a widened ship channel, substation for the city light plant, and a new dock at 24th Ave. The Rainier loaded 900000 feet of lumber for California ports under Capt Lindquist.
An approval request is sent to Congress to settle land disputes in the western United States, notably in Washington. Senator Pike presented the proposal after inquiries from several chambers of commerce.
The state land lodge of the Masons closed last night with a banquet that drew strong attendance and high spirits. Tension reportedly ran high as members praised the event as the best ever held in the state.
Tomorrow evening the D. S. Johnston Co presents the first Talking Machine Recital of the season in Recital Hall at Third and University. The program includes Caruso Scotti Tettragzini Schumann Heink and other stars with Sousa band selections and De Wolf Hoppe's Casey at the Bat. Admission is free and the recital starts at 8 16 p m with a cordial invitation to all.
New York Dec 9 Miss Marjorie Stevens and Miss Rose Winter English actress whose husband is Percy Winter were named co respondents in a divorce suit by Mrs Helen Kelly Gould against Frank J Gould. The plaintiff alleges Gould and Stevens shared adjoining rooms at the Grand hotel in Paris during 1906 1907 and that he later visited Stevens in New York. She accuses Gould of paying court to Winter in this city meeting her at a well known restaurant in 1906 and later law-
The Canada Pacific offices report the steamer Princess Charlotte has touched at Coronel on her Clyde voyage and will likely reach Seattle harbor around Christmas. Wm H Finck Pioneer Jeweler 816 Second Ave Seattle notes 3 000 Kings to choose from.
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