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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1912
Page
6
Appleton, city treasurer, touts his work securing state funds for local improvements on state lands and saving taxpayers money through interest rate reductions. He campaigns for broader service on the city council and lists endorsements from local business leaders and prominent residents.
The ad urges Seattle voters to support amendment 25 to allow city ownership of a telephone system. Nordskog claims the Independent is a Bell subsidiary overcharging by $70,000 yearly and promises phone rates at half. It bills Nordskog as the pro municipal system candidate with backing from the King County Norwegian Republican club.
Two large Socialist meetings drew about 4 000 attendees in the afternoon and similar numbers at night. Helen M Wells energized the crowds as mayoral candidate detailing labor vs capital and election issues. George W Scott pledged easy sale of street car bonds while others spoke underlining political ties.
Four persons died and ten were seriously injured when a three story brick building partially collapsed in Pittsburg on February 19. Rescue crews searched rubble for additional victims and authorities began investigations into the cause of the collapse.
Five year old Elva Tarman was killed when she was struck on Wallingford Avenue near Forty-fifth and Twelfth NE while waiting with her mother to board a streetcar. The motorman Ingersoll and conductor Thompson were detained, then released on bond. authorities planned further inquiry as the mother remained hospitalized in serious condition.
In Lódz on February 19 thirty women from the Mariawittens sect attempted to crucify their self styled Bishop Kowalski. They surrounded him and demanded he be nailed to a cross as punishment for sins. Police intervened to halt the mob, saving Kowalski from harm. The group was excommunicated by the Catholic Church but remains recognized by the Russian government.
Mise Birdie Wise of Astoria leads University of Oregon coeds who have organized an equal suffrage association. They plan a votes for women campaign and a suffragette parade, aiming to convert the university community to the idea.
The White House announced Mahlon Pitney chancellor of New Jersey and former congressman will be appointed to the vacancy on the Supreme Court bench.
The British steamship George Pyman from Nordenham arrives in Charleston after a six day January storm that wrecked the stern cabin and stores. Captain Gaines and several seamen sustained minor injuries as the crew navigated by sun after losing charts and instruments.
Anna N. G. Wilkins of Sicklersville files suit in the New Jersey Supreme Court against her father John V. Wilkins claiming compensation for acting as his housekeeper for 1,144 weeks. She seeks 2422 dollars at three dollars per week from January 14 1890 to January 17 of the current year.
Pekin February 19 Yuan Shi Kai now firmly the Chinese republic president confronts a major challenge in Manchuria Viceroy Chao Bao Hun rejects republican rule and vows to uphold Manchu sovereignty by force, with recent Mukden massacres cited.
Ira Landerman of Rose farm near Zanesville Ohio nailed to a corner of his barn while mounting a board for a clothes line. The nail slipped and pierced the index finger of his left hand and the barn side, requiring amputation of the finger.
The Twenty Minute Society of Immanuel Baptist Church will hold a social and box party in the church parlors Friday evening at 6 o'clock. Proceeds go toward church activities and community outreach.
Justice Gerard is to set aside the 30 year sentence of Foulke Brandt former valet to Mortimer Schiff. The move follows claims Brandt was railroaded to cover a Schiff household member and that indictments remain against him for burglary and assault. District Attorney Whitman may seek quashing of remaining charges noting his five years already served.
United Press dispatch from Lawrence Massachusetts reports that police and militiamen charged a crowd of 100 women picketers with drawn clubs and bayonets causing several to fall. Three women were arrested for intimidation and disorderly conduct as leaders decried the tactics of mill owners.
Bellefontaine Ohio February 19 Frank A Hardy aged 94 has held public office for 109 years. He now serves on the soldiers relief commission and as notary public after a career that included multiple concurrent posts such as justice of the peace township clerk city clerk waterworks clerk board of education clerk ward assessor board of equalization member tax equalization board appraiser of real estate and more.
Wah Ting Gip and Woo Chee Gip proprietors of a 413 22nd av laundry were murdered in bed at 5 30 Sunday. Woo Fong Gow, their nephew and business partner, is held for the crime and is described as insane. Three other Chinese sleepers awoke to find the killer reloading an empty revolver. Police traced Woo after a man reported spotting a wet, clothing drenched figure hiding in a barn.
In San Francisco authorities warn of renewed tong hostilities after two Hop Sing gunmen suspected of betrayal evade police. Sen Suey Nextongman, brother of the slain Big Louie Fong, tipped off officers about their whereabouts. the gunmen escaped before arrest.
Arnold H Herrmann of Brooklyn and Laura Romaine, daughter of Mrs. Sarah C Romaine of Maple Shade Peekskill, were married by Rev Harvey Alley at the parson's home in Greenwich Inn. The bride kept her maiden name Romaine and will reside at Maple Shade after the honeymoon. The bride says Herrmann is nervous as this is his first marriage. Her former husband, now remarried, still resides in the area.
Middletown New York February 19. An elderly man Karl Kempff avoided a jail sentence after his pet dog climbed onto the bench and shook hands with the judge leading to a lenient ruling on intoxication charges.
A vintage advertisement touts Diapepsin with bold claims of rapid relief from indigestion sourness heartburn gas and dyspepsia within five minutes. The copy urges readers to time the effect and use the product for stomach regulation.
A vintage drug ad touts Pape s Diapepsin as a fast safe remedy for indigestion dyspepsia gastritis and related stomach troubles. It claims rapid relief from sour gas headaches and nausea and urges keeping a fifty cent box on hand for any eating mishaps.
Tveitmoe, secretary of the California State Building Toll, and E. A. Clancy of the International Association of Structural Iron Works were arrested today by deputy marshals in Indianapolis on charges tied to a bombing plot.
Dr Carl E Koenig, MD lists hours from 9 to 7:30 by appointment. Office location appears near Columbia with phone numbers including 446 and 7s. Provides contact details for scheduling visits.
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