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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1916
Page
3
Councilman Hanna states the billboard ordinance will pass despite Mayor Gill. It will be reconsidered in 30 days, and six votes are needed to override the veto.
The American Can Company will manufacture cans for the Alaska salmon packers in a new Seattle plant costing 350000 dollars and employing 400 men. Vice President Phelps of New York announced the plan here on Monday.
Olympia report states Public Service Commissioner Frank R. Spinning will decide when operation may safely resume on Great Northern lines after engineers assess conditions. The commission will determine timing based on safety assessments and system readiness.
Commercial Club trustees on Monday elected Charles P. Stine former St. Paul Commercial Club secretary to replace Otto Case who resigned. Stine’s 12 years at St. Paul added 100 factories and a $30000 surplus. at Fargo he grew membership from 195 to 550 and won 40 conventions. He is 45, a bachelor, and brother of Mrs. Arthur Hoppock. Resolutions praised Otto Case’s service and loyalty.
W. J. Sutton, state senator from Cheney Washington, declares in a letter to The Star his candidacy for governor He calls for businesslike state management good roads and letting voters decide liquor law changes He pledges freedom from political entanglements and to pay his own campaign expenses
The Union Card and Label league has postponed its card party scheduled for Tuesday until next month due to bad weather.
Police seized most equipment from the Alaskan soft drink house on Third avenue and Jefferson street after finding bottled whisky in stock. Proprietor Charles Berryman and bartender Peter Jensen each posted $160 bail.
In a surprising turn, Gill preserves the billboard company that once aided mayoral candidate J. D. Trenholme two years ago. Foster and Kleiser provided thousands in free space to Trenholme while Gill received nothing, a reversal that now benefits the firm.
Washington February 8 Democratic leaders weigh a single omnibus bill to push major legislation. The Ways and Means Committee will consider a package from Rep Gardner including income tax revision, new inheritance taxes, repeal of war stamp taxes, higher duties on whisky and cigars, munitions taxation, tariff commission creation, an anti dumping clause, sugar duty retention, and repeal of the mixed flour tax.
An old weighty claim from Dr Sauer argues real strength comes from food, not stimulants. He promotes ordinary nuxated iron to improve endurance and alleviate nervous, run-down conditions, stating two weeks of tablets after meals can boost work capacity and reduce digestive or liver symptoms.
Manager Grumbacher announces the release of The Yellow Passport starring Clara Kimball Young, a vivid portrayal of Jewish persecution in Russia as a woman flees the ghetto to save a loved one. The piece contrasts with other current film offerings and theatre news.
Reports from El Paso cite rumors that Gen. Obregon has fallen out with President Carranza and may have allied with the rebel faction.
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