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13 Feb 1912
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Seattle Star in Seattle, Washington
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1912
Page
1
Register Tonight For Election Registration
Tonight at midnight the registration books close for the February 20 election. Citizens must sign at the Prefontaine building at Yesler Way and Third Ave to avoid disenfranchisement and ensure they are eligible to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prefontaine
Yesler Way
Meetings Today Across Several Halls and Churches
Cotterill May's hall at 42nd and Sixth Avenue. N B M W A hall Ravenna. Plymouth church. University M BE church at 6 20 pm. Parish Fire station 4th and Massachusetts Angevine hall Youngstown. University M BE church at 6 36 pm. Gill Odd Fellows hall Fremont. Socialists Kidd's hall Green Lake Ward's hall Georgetown Socialist hall Hillman City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotterill
Av. N. B
Ravenna
Plymouth
University
Speaker Champ Clark to Dine at White House With Tafts
Washington February 13 Speaker and Mrs Champ Clark will dine with President and Mrs Taft at the White House this evening The dinner inaugurating last year by Taft for Speaker Cannon ends the formal state dinners of the season unofficial entertaining continuing until Lent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Champ Clark
Taft
White House
Cannon
Woman Attacked by Ex Husband As Police Seek Suspect
Mrs Powell, 19, attacked in her home by her former husband Fox who fled after a fainting spell. A shallow 1.5 inch wound near her heart noted. Powell had married Fox four years earlier, divorced for cruelty, then remarried Powell. Police are searching for Fox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell
Fox
Necklace Seizure Ties to Jack Johnson Smuggling Case
U S secret service raided the home of Jack Johnson champion boxer returning from Europe and seized a necklace valued at five thousand dollars tied to smuggling charges. Johnson could owe twelve thousand dollars if he redeems the necklace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Secret Service
Jack Johnson
Europe
Johnson
Weather forecast predicts rain and shifting winds
Rain tonight and Wednesday with brisk southeast winds turning to southwest. Noon temperature near 52 degrees.
Prediction of revolution by steel magnate shocks nation
Washington February 13. Congressman Norris argues reforms will come without violence and cites Judge Gary of U S Steel predicting a near revolution. Norris says evolution, not revolution, will save the country as wealth representatives foresee reform. Dr Harvey Wiley warns of mob violence as working people lose means of subsistence. Gary claims his Lehigh club remarks were not for publication and meant for capitalists only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Wire
Washington
United States
G. W. Norris
Nebraska
B. H. Gary
Steel Trust
New York
Gary
America
Norris
Taft
New York Bar Association
Unites
Harvey W. Wiley
Dr. Wiley
U. S. Steel Corporation
Lehigh Club
Human Express Package Due Here Today
Gee Fong, the first human express package on record, is en route from Ensenada to Vancouver via Portland Seattle and the Great Northern. He arrived in Portland aboard the George W Elder and was helped by agent Martin Hickey who provided a $500 head tax advance before boarding the train. Immigration officers will oversee the transfer at Seattle to a Canadian Pacific steamship bound for Vancouver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prees
Portland
Gee Fong
Human Express
Vancouver
B. C
Ensenada
Gee
Immigration of
Seattle
Desperate chase ends with surrender near rural school
In Fresno on February 19 a running gun battle near a country schoolhouse ends when Wells and deputies corner Sullivan R. L. Welle on horseback. Welle surrenders after being chased into a grove. he had stolen tools from the school. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Cal
Thorwardeon
Sullivan R. L. Welle
Wells
Welle
Shota
Joe Smith Endorsed Despite His Protest for City Council
Joe Smith was endorsed for the city council by a committee of prominent professionals and editors despite his protest. The ticket includes James A. Haight and John Schram, with other indorsed candidates Geo. S. Kingsbury Otway Pardee R. W. Jones, amid rival business and progressive interests. Smith urged withdrawal due to Haight and Schram, citing Haight’s charter amendment support and Schram’s banking ties and Seattle Clearing House stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Smith
Yeater
James A. Haight
John Schram
Sweeney
Smith
Geo
Kingsbury
Otway Pardee
R. W. W. Jones
Haight
Schram
Seattle Clearing House
The Five Dollar Figures Behind a Nation’s Shame
A stark critique links tiny weekly costs to hunger, degradation, and child labor. It highlights a 16 year old girl, a 14 year old boy, and a worn man worker, all driven by industrial profit, urging arrest, reform, and social justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belshazzar
Mammon
Lawrence
Mass
Record Registration Surges Beyond Last Year This Recall
Registration at the Prefontaine building breaks records with over 1300 registered by noon and a flood of late entrants expected to push totals past last year’s recall fight. By midday the count neared 71,000 and books close at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prefontaine
Labor leaders arrested in nationwide dynamite case
United States authorities issue warrants for Frank M. Ryan president of the Iron Workers and Henry Houlihan Chicago official plus ten others on conspiracy charges tied to the McNamara dynamitings. Indianapolis indictments foresee about fifty four arrests as part of a federal grand jury probe. Ryan vows to prove innocence and says he will be available when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ryan
Structural Iron Workers
Indianapolis
United Preas
Chilago
United States
Foote
Frank M. Ryan
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
Houlihan
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
McNamara Brothers
Salt Lake City
President Ryan
The
Iron Workers
McNamara
New York Man Arrested in Dynamiting Indictments Case
Clarence Dowd a business agent for the Machinists union local branch was arrested in Rochester New York on a federal warrant related to dynamiting indictments returned by the Indianapolis federal grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rochester
N. Y
Clarence Dowd
The
Machintots’ Union
Indianapolis Federal Grand Jury
Fist Fight At Bremerton Council Sparks City Drama
Bremerton Feb 13. City Attorney J W Bryan and his predecessor F W Moore clashed at a council meeting over condemnation proceedings for a public dock. Moore allegedly struck Bryan, who retaliated, and the pair entered three clinches before bystanders separated them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Bremerton
J. W. Bryan
F. W. Moore
Wife and Husband Duel as Divorce Ends in Arrest
In San Francisco on February 13 Harry Bernstein and his wife Leah dueled with revolvers amid a pending divorce suit. Both escaped injury and were taken into custody. Bernstein reportedly fired through a door when Leah refused to open it. she then fired back multiple times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Bernstein
Leah
Bernstein
Prove Newspaper Circulation With Books
Do you inspect goods when received and should apply the same due diligence to advertising claims. The Star asserts over 40 000 copies daily and offers to prove it by letting readers examine their circulation books.
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Peeen
Champ Clark Taft
Han
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