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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
1
A reporter describes joining Seattle's Local 22 of the International Itinerant Workers at the Hotel De Gink and Labor Temple. He notes his initial hob0 status, his card and dues, and the fellowship felt among itinerant workers while contrasting city life with unemployment and the risk of being fired.
Mrs. Jacob Lustig recalls her five children at Italian hall where a Christmas tree event ended in a deadly rush. Her five kids escaped while Albert, aged little, lay crushed in the stairway crowd. The mother tells how she found him in the open coffin and believed he had fainted before his head fell back.
Public Utilities Superintendent A L Valentine proposes a skip stop plan on Phinney Avenue between N 5th and Phinney Ave to reduce 35 stops to 7. Buses would stop only on odd numbers outbound and even inbound with posts marking stops to aid riders. If successful it could extend to city to outlying areas for faster service.
An investigation directed by Mrs. J. A. Reed examines how public schools prepare boys and girls for business efficiency. Superintendent Frank F. Cooper says the study will look at dropouts for work, home visits for child needs, employer input, and how education can better align with job demand and earnings.
Police officer Webb on Western Avenue near Lenora performed a dangerous Beachey style stunt while avoiding a car. The motorcycle flipped in the air and landed on Webb who sustained bruises but remained on duty this morning.
Councilman Marble introduces a bill to appropriate funds to finance the installation of a draw and the use of present approaches of the Stone ay bridge after the opening of the Lake Washington canal.
Centralia Washington reopens city schools after typhoid fever outbreak. State health officer Dr. Eugene Kelly believes danger of spread is past as pupils return to classes.anic advertising text notes school improvements and bookkeeping references.
Helen Van Campen writes about places she has been not the Broadway glare. Interview at the Frye Hotel reveals she drafts Alaska set stories like La Touche and Curled tales while husband the Guggenheims fund mining ventures. She now types 18 000 words a month from a Seattle apartment in fluffy kimono.
The mother of F W Vaille superintendent of the railway mall fer me Seattle died in Springfield on Sunday. His two other sons H T Vaille and F T Vaille attempted to reach Springfield from Denver before her death but arrived one day late.
Twenty two insane Chinese inmates were moved from the asylum at Salem through Portland today en route to Seattle where they will depart for Hong Kong tomorrow aboard the Minnesota.
Dec 29 report from New York notes Hans Schmidt, killer of Anna Aumuller, collapsing in his jail cell before court convened. His condition at the trial’s start worsened under strain, with nerves described as completely shattered.
George H. Walker of Seattle resigns from the board after Gov Lister demands four regents’ resignations over the Kane ouster. Four named possible quitters include A. L. Rogers, Alex F. McEwan, John C. Higgins, and F. A. Hazeltine as the governor asserts improper interference by the board.
Senator Miles Poindexter replies to Seattle Commercial Club urging Seattle to be named a federal reserve city. He says Spokane also seeks a reserve status but advocates friendly rivalry to strengthen Washington's overall claim, while noting the difficulty of securing any reserve bank in the Pacific Northwest.
Coroner Wm. Fisher opened an inquest to fix responsibility for the Christmas Eve panic in a Calumet moving picture theatre that killed 76 people. Striking miners and Citizens' Alliance members crowded the room as deputies waited on standby for possible clashes.
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