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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1911
Page
1
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The Star defends Seattle women’s voting role in the February 7 recall election over Mayor Gill. It argues women will vote for public duty and curb vice, contrasting with critics who claim women will stay home. It urges immediate registration and turnout to prove good women will participate.
The Seattle Ministerial Federation adopts resolutions urging active civic participation to elect a mayor and nine nonpartisan Christian businessmen, aiming to reform city government and oust the current council. Rev. R. Atkinson and three supporters arrest J F Maddox and Jesse Maddox at Three Tree Point, accusing them of burglaries in Georgetown. The suspects, Kent residents, claim innocence and say they carried guns for work and were surprised by a shotgun arrest.
City council meets Friday in special session to appropriate funds for a recall election. Officials note recent council action set the recall in motion by resolution and that an emergency ordinance is needed to cover costs and avoid delays by Mayor Gill.
Three federal cavalry and infantry left Juarez bound for a flank attack on insurgents in Northern Chiapas. Cavalry detrained at Gillego and will march to Casas Grandes to begin the operation as soon as infantry reach Pearson. Two masked men robbed the Angelus hotel in El Paso taking 600 dollars before fleeing north. Texas rangers pursue them, suspected to be the Sunset Limited robbers.
Gov. Foss delivers annual message urging curbs on corporate influence and promoting initiative and referendum. He calls for prohibition of private vehicles used to transport voters to polls.
A special course of law for insurance men is added to the YMCA evening program, starting tonight and running for 12 weeks. Attorney J. Mettrick will lead the lectures.
A Washington interview scene unfolds with tenor Gorgonzola Gogorza rushing to rehearsal after a brief exchange with The Star reporter. The journalist quips about Emma Eames while Gogorza deflects, discussing voice study and noting a reporter’s camera capture.
Olympia January 5 The Washington Supreme Court upheld the $100 fine against F A Boutel for failing to maintain a five minute schedule on the South Tacoma streetcar line. The court ruled the ordinance was valid as car service served the public convenience, not the company.
Washington reports the death of Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia at midnight after a summer illness. He died at his Elkins home with wife Katherine and four sons nearby. Once a leading Senate figure, Elkins also served as secretary of war and amassed a fortune around 30 million dollars with mining and railroad interests.
In Greeley Colorado J G Hibberland a Wiggin rancher conducted his own defense after his wife sued for divorce in which he questioned her feelings on the stand The court dismissed her claim concluding she still loved him The tale appears alongside a separate note from Walla Walla about prison grain bag cost investigations following Samuel Hills statement on price versus sale figures.
A cryptic letter, signed by Coletti and addressed to Sheriff John Robers in Cort house, threatens violence and claims Roberts will soon be sheriff. The note mocks Deputy Sheriff Hodge and praises John Cicarla, a saloonkeeper, calling him a good man. The letter is treated as a joke by the deputy.
In Los Angeles on January 5, Nettie Wilson kept vigil by the bier of her lover Charles B. Cleveland who shot himself after a quarrel with his fiancée. Wilde lines were repeated as she sobbed but stayed.
Rep Lane of Ohio introduced a Longworth insurgent commission bill in the house after passage by the press for approval. The tentative law matches a bill insurgents filed last year that provoked protests from Se It provides a $250,000 appropriation for expenses and commissioners. The president has demanded at least $400,000, and the measure may not be the administration's. Jan 5 tariff discussion noted.
Seattle music lovers will hear Tetrazzini perform the mad scene from Lucia as the closing number of a program at the Moore theatre on January 16. She opens with Caro Nome from Rigoletto. The event is presented under the auspices of the Ladies' Musical Club.
Elisha P. Ferry as first Washington governor and Isaac J. Stevens as first territorial governor are noted. The Washington territory was severed from Oregon on March 2, 1853. Other items claim 50 flower varieties plucked at Christmas in Seattle, wheat yields of 19.5 bushels per acre, Seattle library cost at 275000, water delivery 22600000 gallons daily, electric plant cost 650090, and electric roads carrying 50000000 passengers annually.
Gov. Osborn sends a message to the legislature recommending a general corporate tax on Michigan chartered companies not currently paying such a tax and proposing regulation of express rates on intrastate traffic to ensure fairer rates and revenue.
Two gunmen halted the eastbound North Coast Limited near Argo station and shot Assistant Mail Clerk Harry O. Clark in the mouth before escaping with registered mail and other letters. Clark, 22, from Spokane, is hospitalized in Seattle in guarded condition. A valise containing stolen mail was found near Eighth Ave and Connecticut St, and three suspects were detained near Kent but not matched to the bandits. Police continue tracking the robbers.
Sacramento January 5. Senator Bell of Pasadena has prepared a constitutional amendment providing for votes for women. The measure will go to the committee on elections with an expected favorable report.
Carrie Kersh was sentenced to 15 years in the Oregon penitentiary by Judge Morrow after a 72 hour jury verdict of manslaughter in the Grand Central hotel killing of W A Johnson last June and an attempted body disposal in a trunk.
Los Angeles reports Florence Blake 35, sister of Mrs John Fink, died after taking arsenic to avoid separation from her dead sister’s one and a half year old baby. The child was placed in her care before her death. Authorities notified the mother to reclaim the child within three days. Separately Florence Johnson and others were released on piracy charges due to lack of evidence.
Walter in disguise as an orang with red grease paint rode Maud the Ridable Mule at Pantages Theatre three times daily. Berngeant of Poll Wilkes charged him with improper advertising. The DTs victim in the cell yelled for relief as Walter’s ape look triggered delirium tremens. Walter released on bail rushed back to perform.
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