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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1913
Page
6
A western storm arrives tonight after a light drizzle ends the freeze. Forecasters warn of heavy rain and winds above 36 mph, with storm warnings issued for Oregon and Washington. Temperatures ranged from 26 to 36 degrees as trains run late and ground remains frozen on north slopes.
London dispatches say the Porte offers to feed half of Adrianople to the Allies while returning the Mos section. The note requests a region for peace conference discussions. Homesteaders' Society to hold a dance Monday night at Tyee Fourth Ave and Pine St.
A Seattle notice touts a single dose of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients as a German appendix remedy that antisepticizes the digestive tract and draws off impurities. The claim lists Swift's Pharmacy at Second Avenue and Pike Street as the source.
January report shows Captain Halpin deploying a night squad of 100 detectives, armed with rifles and revolvers, to hunt auto bandits amid Chicago’s violent crime wave. Four patrol squads operate from sunset to sunrise, while a steady flow of stick ups continues and police offer female escorts after dark.
Comtesse de Cronthielm of Swedes arrived from Siam and recounts elephant hunting with King Vajiravudh. Her husband Captain John C Schneidler accompanies them back to Scandinavia. The royal hunt used decoy elephants to lure and enclose the wild herd.
Floods pour through Cypress and Howell Indiana as homes submerge under rising water levels. The river stands 46 feet seven tenths below the 1884 record as refugees cluster in Cincinnati to Cairo hills. Evansville sees its food district expand amid 30 mile winds and heavy rain. Green Lake lodge Knights of Pythias installs P H Gorman as chancellor command er and W G Perrow as vice chancellor.
In Olympia the State Federation of Labor opened with 300 delegates as Governor Lister urged workers to patronize products manufactured in Washington. He said the state could prosper with honest development and promised benefits for labor through home industry. Case to retire as federation president. H. J. Hughes of Spokane seen as likely successor.
Chicago January 20. Additional bonds offered for F. M. Ryan head of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Ironworkers and E. H. Houlihan and William Shoupe serving sentences in Leavenworth for illegally transporting dynamite were rejected by U S District Attorney Charles W. Miller. Bonds for W Reddin Wert Brown and W J McCain convicted on similar charges were also offered. Bonds for William Bernhardt of Cincinnati are en route and expected to arrive late today.
Ny United Presse reports on Mrs. Julian Heath president of the Housewives league urging New York homes to eat jam instead of butter to lower butter prices. The call ends with a rallying cry to butter sellers to adjust prices.
In New York on January 20 the garment workers strike turned violent as police clashed with about 1,000 strikers. Eight strikers were badly hurt, many others bruised, and a dozen men were arrested amid accusations that outsiders and manufacturers provoked the violence.
Joseph Tosney killed himself at a Chicago salon station on Saturday. He was a former employee of the Commercial Art Company, a photo engraving concern in the city.
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