26 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
1
An accused wife asks a physician whether she is black or white as her husband sues for divorce. The vivid story frames the bride as a popular young woman suddenly shunned by society and decides to tell Star readers her side.
Alma Boone Little fights to prove she has no mixed blood as her husband Arthur Little accuses her of tainted birth. Doctors and lawyers weigh her ancestry claiming white lineage while she relies on court support and a protective association. The case, tied to a Cincinnati midwife adoption tale, heads to spring hearings.
Dreamland hosted 3500 children and families for a Christmas celebration. Police Chief Lang distributed fruit cakes and toys while local volunteers and volunteers from the NP Club provided extra specials and handmade jumping jacks and dolls via a charity effort.
Excitement rose in the naval department as Athens dispatches claimed a U S warship threatened to bombard Tripoli after an attack on a American merchant ship. Secretary Daniels commended Captain Oman for the North Carolina's actions. The North Carolina and Tennessee lay 40 miles from Tripoli.
Washington reports a real battle for control of Vera Cruz is under way between Carranza and Villa factions. Advices say forces are ten miles west of Vera Cruz with Carranzistas preparing to withdraw to their main defenses.
The Ballard fire department reports its food and clothing stores are rapidly depleting while aiding destitute families in the North End. Citizens are asked to phone Ballard 2760 to arrange pick up of old clothes or food, and volunteers will collect contributions.
Manila authorities arrested eight Filipinos with more detentions likely after a planned local native uprising on Thursday. Army officers were warned of a crowd potentially numbering 10,000, but the plot failed as gatherings dispersed quickly. The scheme is linked to Artemio Ricarte, exiled in Hong Kong.
The Star publishes a downtown Second avenue landlord list as part of a rental problem discussion. See names and blocks for property holders from Northwest corner to Yesler, including Sarah E. Adt Judge Danworth William Pitt Trimble and Emily T. Walker among many others.
Ed Sweeney argues that rental profits on Second Avenue stem from landlords charging tenants on full property value. He notes King County assessor values $4 000 per front foot and $5 000 for corners, creating high returns from ground floor space. He cites Miller Trunk Co. at 04 Second Ave with a total property value near 75 000 and claims the building’s improvements are nearly worthless.
A plot to trap Quong Chew in a badger game culminated in his murder at the Milwaukee hotel on King street and Sixth avenue. Mrs Lucille Goldy and her husband Vernon Goldy are arrested along with L F Oesear and Serafine Villafior after Chew, beaten with a shoe brush, dies. Police say Oesear confessed.
The account shows Miller paying $600 monthly rent and taxes on $75 000 in value. He also pays Sweeney's rental agents and 7 percent interest on the land and building total. Ed Sweeney receives 7 percent income on the full $75 000, not just his own investment.
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