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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1914
Page
1
The piece questions H. C. Pigott as a mayoral candidate noting he has not produced a license to run. It labels him erratic yet decent and attacks his business deal tale as a disqualifying red flag. The call remains for a sharp Seattle mayor.
City officials, led by Mayor Cotterill and Council members, push for municipal control of Seattle streetcar lines as the Puget Sound Traction refusal persists. They cite San Francisco’s success and argue eventual city takeover is likely, with plans for a trunk line and extensions while regulating private rates.
An essay by Fred L. Boalt recounts Rev. William Turnbull Locke and Protestant missionary efforts amid a perceived rise of Asian powers. It reflects fears of a Yellow Peril, comparing Chinese modernization to historical empires and noting sermons urging Christianity as remedy.
Washington jan 27 the interstate commerce commission served notice that it will authorize no increase in freight rates unless railroads prove they are not providing services free or below value the move signals strict scrutiny of pricing practices by the regulator.
In Goodland Kansas on January 27 Eva Murphy declared her progressive bid for Congress. She aims to challenge the incumbent and mobilize support across the district with a platform focused on social reform and economic fairness.
H Me Lain, a coal passer on the U.S. St Louis, is held on burglary charges after breaking a plate glass window in a Bremerton drug store. The noise alerted caretakers and he was captured at the cash register.
The Star's campaign for a King county farm colony to care for the poor yields results in Douglas county Nebraska. Omaha official Frank Beat requests full plan details after reading about the project. King county bids for 200 acres will be opened February 24 with subsequent building plans to follow.
Washington officials say President Wilson indicated to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Huerta’s downfall may be near. He was expected to announce soon the removal of the embargo restricting arms for rebels across the border. The Washington Steamboat Co. says its Sound steamer Washington will operate by May 1.
The Woodhouse & Platt Furniture Co ad on page 5 of The Star advertises discounts on home furnishings. A $4.50 center table in birdseye maple or golden oak is $3.45, $8.00 tapestries rugs at $6.25, $5.00 Axminster rugs at $3.25, and a $6.50 white enamel metal crib at $4.95.
Col Goethals, after Panama canal governance terms, says he would accept the New York police commissionership if legal changes allow the commissioner to remove subordinates. He notes 34 years in the army and hopes the president will grant retirement after 30 years.
In Portland on January 27 Mrs. Gertrude Gerlinger was arrested on a charge of horsewhipping Attorney F. L. Brown, a witness in her breach of promise suit against merchant Lloyd Frank. Brown testified she invaded his office, censured him for his testimony, drew a whip, and struck him before a newsboy summoned an officer. Brown said he and slippers in her apartments and shared breakfast there.
Seattle plans its own grand opera company with Madame W Hesse-Sprotte as producer and stage director, Claude Madden and John Spargur as conductors. Carmen and The Merry Wives of Windsor will follow Lent, with an estimated 600 singers expected to participate. the venture is noted as the only American city opera company not subsidized.
An angry crowd at Roslyn station faced Bert G. Mitchell, secretary of the Y M C A, who instructed a mass meeting that he did not declare Roslyn had changed from a black to a white town in the last two years. He refuted the remark attributed to him in Seattle.
Portlanders woke to about a half inch of snow on the ground the first snow of the season and a chilly air driven by strong south winds.
Supreme Court Justice Sea bury upheld the state boxing commission ruling prohibiting Bob Fitzsimmons from boxing Soldier Kearns at the Garden Athletic Club. The ban, due to age, makes Fitzsimmons permanently barred from the ring in New York state.
Judge W D Wood, a Seattle mayoral candidate, calls for a 64 member elimination conference to unite on a single candidate. He proposes a mixed body of businessmen, social groups, clubs, and churches with top officials as conferees and agrees to remove himself if another candidate wins a preferential three choice ballot.
Residents and property owners on Capitol Hill object to a $750,000 mausoleum and vault complex planned by Puget Sound Traction Co. A. A. Tremper Inogen Tremper and Ida M. Erickson filed a superior court petition seeking a permanent injunction to block the project. The proposed site lies near 1902 Lie south of the Travis A building, with a switch on 15th Avenue and East Garf referenced in notices.
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