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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1914
Page
1
A vivid Victorian era poem contrasts grand progress with the sight of starving beggars waiting for food. The speaker condemns wealth and war while ten thousand years of invention and empire coexist with lines of gaunt, cold, and hungry people seeking a bit of bread.
A batch of quirky clippings from across the nation shows oddities and humor. New Jersey reports Emma Goldman escorted to a train after denouncing police in Paterson, and a York real estate magnate with vast holdings. Other items include a froth scare at a Canton restaurant, an electrocution confession in Ithaca, and a wag in Sedalia noting an educated horse at a stable.
Two men shot and a woman stabbed in a domestic duel at 25th and Plumet streets. Louis Cefalo surrendered to police after confessing to stabbing his wife, Mrs. Louis Cefalo, who was found with multiple knife wounds in her bed. Rafaelo Cefalo and Girolemo Vicorte were wounded in the crossfire. The incident began when Rafaelo confronted Lauza Cefalo at their home over a suspected affair, triggering a deadly exchange as others joined the fight. The wounded are hospitalized.
Hoboes clash over money and leadership at Hotel de Gink as Mrs Cotterill resists turnover of funds to Mrs Ladd. Cotterill faints and is removed to a private car. Albert Pillar pushes for $50 pay to Frank Cotter. President Jeff Davis leaves for Everett as tensions ease.
Tonight at 6 30 attendees at the Good Fats cafeteria will join a regular weekly pension discussion. Rev A J Steelman of University Baptist Church speaks on Social and Industrial Justice, W D Lane on One Day in Seven and Child Labor, and John H Fletcher on Regulation of International Corporations.
Sacramento reports Gov. Johnson announces he will run again to succeed himself. San Francisco notes Francia J. Heney announces candidacy as a progressive to succeed Senator Perkina of California.
In Alaska, Jack Dalton punches John W. Swift after a dispute over coal work for the Knik mission. Swift hindered trail cutting for government coal tests while Dalton, organizer and worker, pushes a swift, harsh pace to deliver coal for the Navy expedition.
Immigrant officials received word from Angelo Pugliese a railroad worker on the Fraser River disaster detailing that about 75 laborers drowned Saturday while crossing the Fraser near Fort George British Columbia. They were ferrying on a barge that sank. few bodies have been recovered. The men worked on Grand Trunk Pacific construction projects.
Washington January 6 Secre tary of Commerce Redfield called Ford Motor Co profit sharing a great step forward and noted the $5 daily minimum wage. He contrasted this with removing J P Morgan directors and predicted epochal social progress from reforms.
Five more men from the lost tank steamer Oklahoma were rescued by the liner Gregory off Sandy Hook. The survivors Fred Footh George Johnson Wilji Haaht John Konsich Jacob Swansen and six others were in a lifeboat that had capsized twice before pickup after six hours of rowing.
London dispatch reports the British Foreign Office denying a rumor that Sir Lionel Carden will be transferred from England's Mexican legation. No date change announced.
Prayers for peace were held in all churches of Mexico City as reports circulated that Huerta might resign his post. Officials denied any plan to quit, stating the government remains in control.
A mid county landslide blocked the Great Northern railroad between Seattle and Everett for two hours. trains resumed by 11. Skykomish and Skagit rivers rise rapidly with city flood warnings. Rainfall May approach records as 3.8 inches fall. next 24 hours forecast light showers with ongoing damage and repairs to water mains and gutters.
A large force of workmen rushes completion of a five story building at the corner of Fairview and Lakeview, to be used by Ford Motor Co as a branch factory. Ford expects occupancy before month end, producing about 25 cars daily and employing 200 people.
Tacoma reports wage reductions across industries as unemployment grows on the Pacific coast. The Guggenheim smelter cut hours and pay, sparking a walkout stifled by deputies and replacement workers, including Austrians brought in by the company. Violence around strikebreakers escalates as guards clash with pickets.
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