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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1914
Page
1
A column lambasts George Cotterill for attacking The Star over Trenholme. The piece defends Judge Moore and many city figures, calling Cotterill and his allies tools of predatory interests and urging readers to judge the controversy by facts and loyalty to civic fighters.
Mrs. Dorothy Johnson of Tacoma, a bride of a week, was shot and killed in a San Francisco hotel by her former fiancé Abraham Pepper, a lace salesman. Pepper later killed himself and survived in hospital, facing murder charges. he expressed remorse and claimed he learned of the marriage only the day of the wedding.
A Seattle Star excerpt reports J C Trenholme’s mayoral stance on municipal ownership of the city lighting plant. The piece presents Smith alleging Trenholme favors keeping Puget Sound Traction Light and Power profits while expanding public service, and includes quoted exchanges from a Monday Alaska Building conference with witnesses and Robert Bridges.
Gill, candidate for mayor, speaks at noon at the Grand Opera House. He then addresses audiences at Red ding's hall on First Ave W Royst, Dantah Brotherhood club rooms on 14th Ave and First, Phalen's hall, Whitworth and Brighton schools in Rainier Valley, and West Side hall.
Got property Let Hyatt-Fowells School at 4th and Pine teach you how to keep track of St Myatt-Fowells business training is beat.
In Trenton on February 26 the New Jersey state senate approved a resolution extending voting rights to women and sent it to the governor for signature. The move marks a key milestone in the state's suffrage effort and follows earlier legislative steps.
A blaze at Baker's Hotel in New York City on February 26 left two men dead and several firefighters injured. Multiple occupants narrowly escaped as flames enveloped the building. Local authorities investigated the cause amid a frantic rescue effort.
The piece portrays Seattle labor voters largely endorsing H C Gill against Trenholme, accusing rival papers of lies and selling out to Special Interests. It claims The Star exposed the plot and angered supporters who once backed Gill, triggering a chorus of mongrel barkers and cursing toward the paper. George Cotterill is noted as joining the chorus.
King County Humane Society recovered the mule Bess from the Pacific Coast Coal Co mine in Franklin Washington after an article in The Star exposed 24 hour labor. The rescue led to an arrest planned at the mine with Mrs Griggs and two officers present.
Twenty seven teamsters faced trial before Police Judge Gordon on charges of unlawful assemblage. Complainant J. E. Barnes alleges the group gathered on the waterfront where non union workers unloaded wagons and then moved to Western Avenue in the Market district, where police arrested them.
United States officers report Gus tavo Rauch was executed by Mexican rebels at Juarez last Friday. Seismograph records have been confirmed.
Chicago February 25. L. L. Hunter city engineer loses a $2,000 position after composing a humorous skit about his boss that the superior officer failed to see as a joke. The incident highlights friction over workplace humor.
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