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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1911
Page
3
A clipped verse expresses wartime feeling with references to OsGAR and ADOLF, a joking address to Bill Taft, and a plea to avoid financial strain while expressing mixed affection for all sides amid global conflict.
Oliver T. Erickson, recently nominated for the council, urged action at the Washington State Letter Carriers Convention protesting the discharge of four carriers and a pay cut for another. He condemned the post office stance as unjust and un-American, criticizing profiteering railroad rates and calling for recall of Postmaster General Hitchcock. Delegates paraded through downtown Tacoma as the convention moved behind closed doors in the federal building with Everett chosen as next year’s host.
Ottawa protest dispatch notes the Canadian parliament formally declared political loyalty to Great Britain yesterday. In Portland Oregon the body of Harry H. Pincus of Tacoma, a hop dealer, will be sent to Tacoma for burial on the Shasta Limited today.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims relief within five minutes, eliminates sour belches and stomach gas, and prevents nauseous breath. A 50-cent case supposedly contains enough to cure most stomach disorders.
In Brockton Massachusetts on February 24 1924 to Mr and Mrs Herbert Tripp twin boys were born and christened Cupid and Psyche by their delighted parents.
John Manning from Ireland is described as the sole heir to a $10,000 bequest left by his first cousin Ellen Wrixon. The statement suggests the court ruling is seen as a light initiation into American life.
An armed group of about 25 men, including Americans, celebrated their success in displacing the federal garrison in Algodones near Andrade, Mexico, without incurring losses.
Fire yesterday gutted a lodging house in Mission Street San Francisco forcing residents to flee into the streets in scant attire. Firemen battled the blaze as several occupants were reported uninjured but shaken by the incident.
About 300 passengers aboard Santa Fe train No. 2 near Albuquerque are unaccounted for after the eastbound service fractured in two at 50 miles per hour. Officials seek the cause and casualty status as rescue crews sweep the wreck site.
Rev. Father Robert Smith 58, one of three Jesuit priests at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, died suddenly from heart failure in the church rectory. Funeral Friday at 9 a.m. Bishop O'Dea and diocesan priests will attend. Requiem Mass by Father Carroll. interment in Calvary cemetery. Smith served Seattle over ten years after coming from Portland. He was a California native.
Six years after meeting at a Portland Methodist mission the well known Seattle tea merchant Harry Toy married Miss Daisy Davis. The ceremony was performed yesterday by Rev. W. T. Osborne. Toy has long worked for Ah King & Co. at 217 Washington st and the couple plan to reside in Seattle.
P. W. Hemrich a Copper River & Northwestern Railroad employee died in his stateroom from heart trouble about 24 hours from Valdez. The body was buried at sea next morning. The Alameda carried over 100000 dollars in registered gold from the Treadwell mines to Seattle and San Francisco. A gift of six lots and a 12 room house from Mrs. Everett Smith will fund a Y M C A girls home near Woodland Park for under 18s.
An advertiser touts a kidney treatment mixing bucchu extract, murax compound, and gin with instructions to take one to two teaspoonfuls after meals and at night. Claimed to restore weak kidneys and urinary paths, it asserts broad success and urges prompt use after backache or rheumatic pains appear.
In Chicago on February 22 Col Theodore Roosevelt spoke to a crowd at the Auditorium. He addressed recall initiative and referendum but said even good laws require honest administration and warned against expecting instant improvements from changing how senators are chosen. He urged safeguards for any future use.
Thos. McCormack, 62, bound for St Vincent's hospital after a deep throat slashing in the Overland hotel hallway. An unknown assailant spoke a few words the victim did not understand before stabbing him, and McCormack believes he was mistaken for another man.
English authorities grow more alarmed over the Far Eastern plague situation. The London Morning Standard says skepticism remains, but without a method to stamp out the infection an epidemic of the most virulent type may be expected.
A massive landslide at Culebra in Panama uncovers 500000 cable yards of rock and earth sliding into the canal cut. The slide, occurring today, threatens to require substantial changes to Panama Canal plans and construction.
Col. Nellie Duncan, superintendent of the Maud B. Booth home for children in San Francisco, and Lieut. Allie Danielson will visit the Volunteers of America here for the rest of the week. Duncan speaks Thursday at the Women’s League of the Queen Anne Congregational church. Friday program at the First Presbyterian church. Sunday service at the First Unitarian church.
Clar ence Henry Paqridge files for divorce after three years of marriage to Rose Paqridge. He claims he is a dutiful husband willing to provide a home, but she refuses, preferring the glare of the white way and the brand of payery it offers. The couple wed in Seattle in 1908. They have no children.
After twenty one years of marriage Martha Jane Goldsmith files for divorce from Oliver T. She says he has ceased to love her and spends all his time with other women. He offered a dismissive remark when confronted. She reports supporting herself since 1909 and there are no children.
Louisiana congressmen press for federal funding for a government building and exhibit in San Francisco 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition claiming parity with any foreign country. They argued the same level of support as when New Orleans vied to host the fair.
Louis Preller proprietor of the Royal hotel in Issaquah has vanished since Tuesday. Mrs Preller and her two children were later driven to Renton by boarder M Grant and have not been heard from since.
California legislators debate Taft backed Panama expansion amid claims of a political frame up and assurances that anti Asiatic agitation will not receive official sanction. The report notes strong sentiment in Sacramento on February 23.
Director Hadley of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra has secured Albany Ritchie as the soloist in the eighth popular concert. Ritchie has spent most of his life in study and work in the old country and has played with Yanye Cesar Thon son and Sevolk. He is a violinist of unusual power.
Mrs. Derrick of Ballard was in a voting booth when her hat caught in a can. Rev. Thomas Houlston, an election judge, grabbed the hat and likely saved her from burns. The incident occurred Tuesday.
In Stockholm on February 23, Mormon leaders from Sweden Norway and Denmark opened a conference to discuss expanding their faith throughout the Scandinavian nations.
The senate committee on foreign relations today decided to recommend that the senate ratify the new treaty with Japan.
Advertisement promises instant relief and a permanent cure for piles with a free mailed trial package of Pyramid Pile Cure. It claims many cases are cured before further treatment and urges purchasing at 50c a box from a druggist after proving value. Include a free coupon to mail today.
In Edmonton Alberta on February 23 a months long dispute among the mayor, council and city officials ended with Commissioner A. V. Bouillon being dismissed and several councilmen resigning. Bouillon called the moves star chamber work while opponents accused bossism. The public largely supported Bouillon despite his prior role as head of public utilities and subsequent city post.
In Washington, Senator Heveridge of Indiana argued against removing William Lorime of Illinois from the national body labeling him corrupt. In Vienna, a private Cettinje message reported King Nicholas of Montenegro in critical condition from apoplexy.
An old advertisement claims a home remedy can destroy the dandruff germ, stop hair loss, and even grow new hair. It prescribes Kum, Lavona de Composee, Menthol Crystale, with Te-Kaion Perfume, to be applied nightly and morning to the scalp, avoiding dyed hair and poisonous tonics.
Harry C. Dell, 28, an American prisoner in Tia Juana fifteen miles south of San Diego, faces possible execution by Mexican officials on rebel spy charges. A Mexican-descent companion, claiming American citizenship, is held with him. Dell appeals to San Diegans to alert friends in San Francisco. Dell says he went to Tia Juana after a car break down and denies rebel ties. US authorities in Los Angeles and border troops were notified. Dell expects no fear of execution. his wife lives in New York.
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