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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1911
Page
1
Citizens in Seattle face heavy rains as a motivator to register within eight days. The prompt registration effort aims to mobilize residents ahead of the upcoming Gill competition and showcase civic engagement.
The account notes Seattle Judge John F. Main, named by Gov. Hay to the superior bench, as a potential nominee for the Washington Supreme Court to replace Frank H. Rudkin who moved to the U S district bench. Roosevelt challenges the sacred status of judicial decisions and urges public scrutiny of Congress and judges.
Tokyo reports that 24 of 96 socialist suspects were condemned to death after a special trial for alleged plots to assassinate the Mikado. Two other defendants received prison terms. Court proceedings were secret and restricted access for press and counsel.
A derailment of the Los Angeles Salt Lake and San Pedro line near Lyons Nevada injured sixteen people. Eleven crew members and five passengers were hurt and brought to Los Angeles by a special train for medical care.
President Taft leverages influence with the House Ways and Means Committee to push for a recombination of the Dalzell and Longworth tariff bills, as reports indicate ongoing efforts in Washington. In Everett, 1910 court records show a total of divorces granted in this county.
The ministerial association backs Gill as more candidates announce runs for council. Arms reports higher profits at the light plant while S E Co abolishes strap hanging. Crawford dismisses Renton line boosters as irregularities surface.
Representative Wright introduced a bill in Olympia making driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor a felony. The measure was referred to the committee.
Sacramento legislators plan to withhold anti Japanese pro labor bills until Washington settles the Panama Pacific exposition site. The tacit understanding in state capital ties action on such measures to the expo location decision.
In Rochester New York on January 18 seven adult children of Levi A Strong were reunited after being apart from their father for three decades. The event marks a poignant family homecoming as siblings embrace after a long separation.
In Olympia on Jan 18 a bill was introduced for the third time to require one tenth of newly dedicated land be set aside for playgrounds or parks. Representative Wright of King County introduced it, following prior passes and vetoes in 1907 and 1909. Austin E. B. Griffiths advocates for the measure. If enacted it would be the first such law in the United States.
Reports from Dalny Manchuria and Yokohama detail assaults on Americans, including States Vice Consul Williamson and Miss Hayes. A Japanese newspaper condemns the hostility toward foreigners and urges restraint for policy reasons.
January 18 report suggests Winston Churchill may resign as home secretary amid a recent street battle. Police firemen and a Scots Guards detail were deployed to quell unrest, killing suspected anarchists in central London.
A reader asks where to obtain cheap fashionable injunctions to restrain a barking dog a disliked neighbor and even weather. The letter jokes about using legal orders for petty aims and mentions donating one to public causes.
The followers of Mrs. Augusta Stetson appear to have halted efforts to regain control of the First Church of Christian Science of New York after the church trustee election. It was expected the Stetsonites would contest the offices, but they did not challenge.
In Spokane on January 18 local Mongolians announce a protest against a June edict. They vow to begin the Chinese New Year February 2 by refusing to obey orders and decapitating their queues to show defiance.
Representative Buchanan proposes a board of censors for plays and moving pictures with one female member. Other introduced bills seek aliens owning land, undo common personal injury clauses, annual grand juries per county, and licensing real estate agents. Additional judges proposed in King county with two bills for more judges.
New York reports two coined suffragette terms. Vida Sutton touts Husbandette as an ineffectual, fearful male accessory while suffragists praise independent women advancing in clubs and public life, noting the term's use in meetings and social conversations.
Aviation prizes in 1910 reach 940000 with nine pilots earning over 200000. Names include Paulham, Latham, Morane, Grahame White, Leblape, Cattanec, Chavez, Captain Dickson, Wynmalen and amounts from 70000 to 20000. In Astoria a police search follows an 11 year old girl Helen McKay who is believed to have eloped with a visiting actor.
Boston January 18 Victor M Weil famed for annual free outings to poor children has been arrested on charges of promoting fake mining companies. Investigating authorities say he allegedly solicited funds and offered stock in dubious ventures.
A list of disparate historical trivia notes: DC city government timing, congressional control, British army costs in 1910, U S army annual cost, monthly US mortality peak in 1910, transatlantic distance from Sandy Hook to Queenstown, Europe’s 25 year military spending totaling 29 billion dollars, and a claim about age perception 16 centuries ago.
Report states Mrs. Mary Binford was killed in a crowded Fort Worth department store while Mrs. T. M. Brooke and others from First Methodist Church gathered at Mrs. Brooks' home for a prayer meeting yesterday afternoon.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge secured the Republican nomination marking his likely election to the United States Senate. Former President Theodore Roosevelt visited Boston in the past three days to support Lodge’s bid.
Sensational testimony promised in the murder trial of Walter Dipley and Goldie Smith for Stanley Ketchel’s killing. Roscoe Patterson the state’s chief counsel refuses to reveal the testimony’s substance as jurors begin selection tomorrow in Marshfield Missouri.
Dispatches from Chihuahua report the Mexican government plans to retire Governor Terrazas and place the state under martial law due to the progress of the Madera revolution.
After a night of deliberation the jury acquitted Ho Bak Guile of murder in the death of Chin Gul Ole. The incident occurred after a quarrel on November 16 in a gambling joint at a local Chinese hotel.
Resolutions adopted by the Seattle Presbytery urge men and women voters to register and elect leaders who will promote Seattle’s best interests. The call came at yesterday’s quarterly meeting of the presbytery.
W W Dilling pledges to enforce state laws and ordinances as mayor. He vows a clean, well policed city and rejects law evasion. He supports selling surplus electric power to private parties and efficient operation of lighting and city departments.
In Butte on January 17 Mrs Nel lie G Elmberg a longtime Christian Science leader and former first reader of the First Church reportedly died by her own action in a lodging house. The body was found the next day.
Members of the Woman's Surf Club of Tukwila endorse The Star in its fight against government by injunction and constructive contempt. They pledge support for the newspaper and urge new laws to curb judges' arbitrary contempt powers, expressing appreciation for the paper's role in public welfare.
In Olympia the State Federation of Labor weighs a bill to bar punishment for criticizing judges. The bill to abolish constructive contempt is before the Senate judiciary committee as delegates seek copies and the resolutions committee reviews it. Labor councils in Seattle Tacoma and Everett oppose criminal penalties for criticism and push for the new measure.
Raymond Duncan, a young San Franciscan promoting Hellenic arts, is in Seattle planning a series of lectures to advocate founding schools for the revival of Greek music drama dance gymnastics and hand crafts.
Four people were injured in a rail wreck on the Canadian Pacific Railway Owen Sound branch between Monroe and Bolton yesterday afternoon.
Jean Mitchell a 17 year old burglar confessed to robberies in Providence Camden Philadelphia and other cities is sent to the State Home for Girls in Trenton. She taunts police mocks death of partner Thomas Wandles and says she may burgle out. She jokes fate and accepts jail as part of life.
J G C Levold a 55 year old bookkeeper living in a Seattle lodging room once dreamed a million dollar land deal. He sued Stirrat and Goetz for over 750000 after leases and land around Third to Fifth and Seneca to Union shifted possession to Metropolitan Building Co. He seeks justice as rivals grow rich from his plan and a possible trial looming.
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