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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1911
Page
6
United Press learns Denver endures 5 below zero as Colorado stations report 16 below at Sterling. Snow coats ranges with a foot of packed snow and water frozen increasing livestock peril while trains from east and south run 4 to 12 hours late due to the deep freeze.
Below zero weather sweeps Montana as sheep and cattlemen fear losses exceed normal. Helena reports around 20 degrees, Havre and Butte hit 16 below zero amid a sharp cold snap.
After two days of debate the council decided to submit a proposed charter amendment on saloon licenses to the people. Councilman Peirce alone opposed sending the referendum forward. A delegation from W. C. U. and Lawrence J. Colen led the petition effort on the streetcar line proposal.
The council unanimously approves a charter amendment to ask voters in March about a city run telephone system. Councilman Griffiths aims to secure a franchise vote and anticipates purchasing the Independent company's plant if needed.
Semiofficial advices from Mexico City indicate Gen Barnardo Reyes' armed rebellion trial against the Madero government is unlikely before February as the government seeks to ease unrest. Reyes remained in good spirits and received several visitors today.
Ralph H. Knowles the chauffeur in the Co H case was cleared of criminal blame by a coroner s jury, which cited an abstracted mood and moderate speed as factors. The jury still admonished him for not stopping after the collision. The city council, acting as a committee of the whole, completed work on charter amendments for the March election and will report at the next council meeting.
In New York on December 30 Miss Miriam Henrique known as The Great American Beauty asked for three warrants against her husband Abraham Hammerstein. She charged bigamy nonsupport and attempted murder saying she was forced to marry at gunpoint.
Police Chief Sebastian links speed mania to a 20 percent rise in 1911 arrests in Los Angeles. Through December, 21,243 arrests were recorded versus 26,017 the previous year, with speed law violations making up about one fifth of cases and many others cited for risky driving.
The first submarine destroyer used in Pacific waters has been completed here. Moran Iron Works is building six more, with launch in this city set for January 6 per Mare Island Navy Yard authorities.
United Presse Leased Wire reports Hankow theaters in ruins as dogs gnaw corpses on streets. G u ybrands of Hotavia Java returns with word of a drastic postwar crisis facing the infant republic. Rev John Wesley Hill arrives with a greeting from the Japanese emperor to President Taft.
Senator Robert M. La Follette shifts focus in Ohio with a stop at Hamilton this afternoon and an address tonight in Cincinnati, Taft's home town. He praised Ohioans as progressive beyond their leaders amid the tour.
The king of Siam will visit the United States probably in October on a trip that also includes European courts with a return through America. The queen mother will leave in April for Europe but may not include the United States in her tour.
Emperor Franz Josef denies approval for Archduke Henry to wed a Munich middle class daughter. He refuses military return while having fallen in love during painting visits. The Archduke is granted indefinite leave and stops pay.
Dr Sun Yat Sen the American Chinese leader elected and accepted the presidency of the republic will be inaugurated in a few days at Nanking. He believes the republican form of government will be chosen by the provincial delegates assembled there over a constitutional monarchy.
James Hancock Hadley, half brother of Missouri Governor Herbert B. Hadley and son of a former Louisiana governor, died in a San Pedro waterfront saloon. He reportedly cried Hurry, Mr. Bartender before collapsing from heart failure. A Georgetown-educated lawyer by training, he had drifted to California years earlier and earned income from seafood harvesting.
Portland reports its so called hoodoo coyote, roosting in the Glisan area for four months, was shot early today by Patrolman Morebeck. The wild animal reportedly entered the city from nearby forests and unsettled residents in the negro quarter with its eerie midnight howls. Local superstition and fear spurred appeals to police.
Cadet William Gerringer, a second date man aboard the North German Lloyd ship Herzogin Cecilie, was swept overboard in a gale. His body fell into a looped trailing main stay line, the rope tightened as the ship moved away, and he climbed hand over hand back to the deck. He reported for duty immediately after the storm, not changing his dripping clothes until the seas calmed.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the King Edward hotel as well as adjoining St. Croix Paper company warehouses in Halifax. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 256000 dollars. Firefighters reported frantic scenes as people fled in night attire seeking shelter from the cold.
In Oakland California Howard Shafer kidnapped his infant son Karl from Mrs Mercedes Shafer and fled in a car. The mother chased the vehicle until exhausted. The child had been with the mother pending a hearing on support. Shafer claimed the wife could not care for the boy. Judge Yakey marries Bremerton.
King George and Queen Mary arrived in Calcutta as the Indian durbar tour culminates. The royal party traveled from Agra after hunting in the Napal Terai and were greeted at Howrah station by Viceroy Lord Hardinge, Lady Hardinge, and Bengal officials amid festive state ceremonies.
Charles Frederick Adams, noted single taxer of New York City, will speak tomorrow evening at the Boylston Avenue Unitarian church on Doing Gods Will on Earth. Admission is set for 8 o clock.
Miss Margaret Draper inheriting five million from Gen William F Draper hosted a high society event. Rumors of hummingbirds and butterflies from southern climes were refuted as false. The real affair was a fancy dress ball attended by many prominent Washington society girls.
Mrs Louise D Behner filed for divorce from Ephraim Behner in King county on incompatibility. She married him two years after meeting him in Sycamore Illinois where she was 4 at start of their union. He is 67 and will not contest the divorce proceedings.
Kansas City Missouri December 30 State banking officials take charge after the American Union Trust company founded less than a year ago fails to open its doors affecting about 3000 depositors. President Musser promises full payment to depositors but requires time to meet demands.
President Taft departed Washington for a New York peace dinner and did not act on the Charles W. Morse pardon request. He did not read the surgeon's reports on Morse's precarious condition and issued no public statement on the case.
Vienna faces a potential schoolmasters strike as teachers demand a 25 percent pay raise to cope with rising living costs. The protest highlights nationwide protests over high living costs and strained family finances.
Dramatic Record notes Miss Holman as a young actress famed for beauty bright eyes and pearly teeth. Her archness softens to innocence and adds pathos, drawing strong audience sympathy for her tale of woe.
In a sworn answer Parker asserts he received about 250000 in commissions for United Wireless stock sales, denies any 1643247.30 tally, says he handed stock proceeds to International Loan & Investment of Denver, and asks whether the parent company ever got the funds. His assets tied up in wife Evvie J. Parker’s name remain frozen during the receivership fight.
The finance committee recommended rejecting all claims for damages filed against the city arising from the Cedar River break, leaving the city to absorb potential losses and set new recovery measures.
City council approves a proposed charter amendment allowing acquisition of power sites by buying with 40 year serial bonds or in fee. The Hebb power site on the White River, capable of about 60,000 horsepower, is offered for $1,000,000 under terms in the amendment.
Santa Monica will see Mayor-elect R H Dow appoint seven women to his advisory cabinet. Dow promised women voters they would have a voice in city government and in municipal legislation beyond appointments.
Los Angeles deputy forest supervisor R H Chariton proposes using 2000 goats to keep Angeles forest firebreaks weed-free at no cost to the government. Goat ranchers would gain free use of a large grazing area as payment for the service. Also noted is a local concert by twelve musicians led by Chas Lombard at the House of Good Shepherd for 260 children.
A damaged text fragment lists a 40c package of Kalso A and a $2.50 can of Stain A with a quart of best Shelia. Reading is partial and unclear. no full item details or context available.
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