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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1911
Page
8
In France on Saturday Henry Farman in a biplane shattered records by flying 184 miles to capture the Michelin prize for distance. The feat surpassed yesterday’s record by Maurice Rabuteau who traveled 2.66 miles in the prior event.
Berlin January 2 Carnegie hero fund similar to those in France England and the United States has been established in Germany A letter from the Kaiser to Carnegie expressing Germanys appreciation was made public The fund totals 150000 dollars
Miss M Carey Thomas, Bryn Mawr College president since 1894, helped open great universities to women. She trained at Cornell Johns Hopkins Leipsic Zurich and Paris despite opposition. As president she advocates no barriers to women entering professions and led the college to establish effective student government.
On January 2 1492 Abu Abdallah king of Granada nearly met Ferdinand of Spain at a surrender scene as officials arranged beforehand Abdallah’s mother Ageuha vowed he would not kiss a Christian hand Christopher Columbus was the only American present The report also notes a separate lawsuit where Ethel Knox sues Joseph Gardner for 480 dollars claiming community property not shared by the defendant.
A Spokane report covers a deadly early morning shooting in the business district with a suspect arrest, a LaSalle banker’s nephew winning a San Francisco romance, a New York Europe-bound encounter, a New Year’s Eve intruder wrecking rooms, a death by suicide under a bridge near Auburn, and varied incidents from across the country including a meteor risk and a postal savings bank launch. The dispatch notes a midwest blizzard, a graft case before the Supreme Court, and a Klondike journey to wed, plus a home invasion in Spokane featuring Daisy Fennick bound and robbed but left unharmed.
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