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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1915
Page
1
An area eight blocks square near Oxbow Georgetown was flooded when the Duwamish river overflowed its seven foot dike Monday morning. Water reached two to three feet in streets as police and volunteers assisted residents. authorities expect possible boat use if waters do not recede and navigation plans are readied.
John Arthur Pender sentenced to hang then life term tied to a murder he did not commit. John G H Sierks confesses to the Daisy Wehrman case near Scappoose. In Portland, the motorbus plan and Seattle, Renton & Southern railway buyout head to a March 2 public vote with separate options for motorbuses and rail expansion.
Misa Louise McGovern of Palo Alto California and a Stanford graduate astonishes Honolulu by mastering surf riding on a narrow plank. She accepts a wager, mounts the plank from a hotel pier, and after several splashes persists until she navigates the breakers without full effort, to the crowd’s amazement.
Fuji Kamiya of Seattle files for divorce from Knotaro Kamiya alleging desertion and abandonment due to his drinking and lack of support. The case notes Japan’s social stance on divorce and cites the couple’s marital strain as the basis for the action.
A Seattle built Viking ship now owned by Gerhard Erickson of Bothell will sail to Frisco with a volunteer crew using oars and sails. The trip aims to support the Frisco expedition with a visiting vessel.
Studies were resumed at the university Monday under Dean Milner Roberta. The program targets the busy student able to complete the short session of courses and aims to fit into a compact schedule.
In Chicago on January 4, Prof Frazer wooed and won Helen, daughter of a boss named James Tilmots. The completion of the match prompted the resignation of the suitor who was to marry into the family.
More than 50 witnesses of national repute are called to appear in New York starting January 5 before the U S Commission on Industrial Relations. The list includes names like Brandeis, Morgan, Rockefeller Jr., Rockefeller, Schwab, Gompers, and Carnegie. Six questions cover corporate responsibility for labor and social conditions, management of labor policies, industrial warfare, unemployment and poverty, adequacy of public and private agencies, and foundations as a potential menace.
New York January 4. John D Rockefeller Jr J P Morgan and Andrew Carnegie head a list of more than 50 witnesses for a federal inquiry opening Tuesday. The U S commission on industrial relations will question leading financiers social workers and industrial experts about the power of big wealth in governing state affairs.
Alys H. Bryfin now Mrs Jess W. Callow wed in Seattle at 12 15 a m on Monday to become wife of Delhi ship chief engineer. They secured a county license and went to Justice Otis W Beinker's home arriving near midnight. Callow had been divorced six months earlier and the remarriage restriction had just expired.
Martin's glove store at 1012 Second Ave closed on Saturday after assignment to creditors as notices posted on the windows announce. The small shop faced monthly rents around 500 dollars, and the owner could not withstand the pressure.
The public welfare committee of the Municipal league is pressing to find a suitable substitute for the saloon. Proposals include a coffee house a workingmen s Y M C A and the Edinburgh Scotland club room plan among the ideas discussed.
In Rome on January 4 King George and the Kaiser expressed favorable replies to the pope’s plan allowing the exchange of prisoners of war who suffer permanent disability. The move aims to ease wartime humanitarian burdens and could affect ongoing prisoner exchanges. The leaders’ responses reflect a potential path toward formal agreement.
France and Belgium halt to some operations in the north as French aviators destroy German dirigible sheds at Etterbeek and kill several. Germany claims slow gains in Alsace while Russia launches a northwest push toward Warsaw. Turkish successes reported in Transcaucasia, and Austria notes a temporary halt to the invasion of Hungary. An attempted Russian Marine landing at Jaffa is repulsed.
A committee of prominent men and women will meet at the Y M C A in Seattle on Wednesday Thursday and Friday to inquire into the causes and remedies of unemployment in the city.
The Star correspondent Mary Boyle O'Reilly describes the German bombardment of Hartlepool and nearby towns, noting civilians scrambling into cellars as shrapnel rains down. She recalls refugees fleeing, homes destroyed, and asks how England will respond to the attack.
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