28 Jan 1914
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1914
Page
1
City councilman Erickson returns from San Francisco where he inspected the municipal railway. He will publish two signed articles in Seattle detailing the benefits beyond profit, including better employment conditions and improved public service.
The piece argues that wages and conditions are improving for workers worldwide as profitability shifts from squeezing patrons to paying employees fairly. It contends governments gain from better service when patrons receive value and employees receive proper earnings.
The speaker argues government work can yield profit through better citizenship and governance. He challenges the claim that government operations always cost more than private efforts and points to San Francisco as an example where proper management yields cash profit and better public outcomes.
An editorial urges Seattle to forgive Hi Gill but not elect him mayor, insisting reform must be proven beyond past Blethenism and deeds. It recalls the Arms deal and calls for clear changes before a new public trust, warning that old behavior shapes judgment of the reformer.
CAPT CHAS F POND, SUPERVISOR OF THE TWELFTH NAVAL DISTRICT, IS TO BE REPORTEDLY PROMOTED TO REAR ADMIRAL AND ASSUME COMMAND OF THE PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD IN WASHINGTON. HE HAS HAD PACIFIC SERVICE AND WILL LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON IN ABOUT TEN DAYS FOR PROMOTION EXAMINATIONS.
Ex Senator Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois died shortly before 2 p m in Washington at his home after a long battle with old age and a general breakdown. He had represented Illinois in the Senate for many years as his family was repeatedly summoned to his bedside.
In Long Beach California the life savers used a boat to rescue Poundmaster Hutchins from a flooded cottage as he weighs 350 pounds and standard boats were unsafe. In Rome the pope reportedly danced the Tango before him and lifted his ban on it calling it tiresome.
The Seattle Commercial Club calls for a federal investigation into a suspected fish industry restraint of trade. Carl A. Ewald moves a resolution alleging a three firm combine that pays local fishermen 4 cents a pound while wholesale prices reach 20 cents and retail 26 cents. The matter goes to the fisheries committee.
The house spent the day discussing the Alaska R R bill passed by the senate. A compromise substitute for the Chamberlain bill likely will be adopted. General debate is to conclude next Wednesday.
Assistant Attorney General Wilson rules Seattle school authorities cannot supply an industrial teacher for a class of blind adults. The decision responds to Mrs Josephine Preston state superintendent of schools at the urging of Secretary Jones of the Seattle school board.
A U S Treasury and Agriculture team arrives for Seattle hearing on a regional bank bid. Miss Nona McAdoo and others accompany the officials as private cars bring cabinet members to federal court room No 2 for a 9 a m session. Local business groups have gathered evidence urging Seattle as the regional bank site while John Skelton Williams sits out the trip. A Commercial Club banquet hosts guests from multiple western states.
A Seattle Commercial Club plan outlines a reception for Bill McAdoo and David Houston. Delegates will tour the city, present coastwise and lumber statistics, showcase the Smith Building, and host 18 courses with wine and statistics. The event ends with a banquet and 32 speeches by local notables.
Stuart A. Rice former secretary of the minimum wage commission accused J. C. Trenholme of politicizing welfare board actions during a Progressive League talk at the Good Eats cafeteria. Rice cited a demanded 3 percent salary contribution to Seattle Democratic HQ and a bill from the King County Democratic Central Committee, while also alleging internal moves against Rice over policy stances and the apprenticeship clause.
Justice Gavegan called the jury solid and sentenced Thomas Purella for misconduct in his wife’s $5,000 heart balm suit, awarding Mrs Purella $50.
County Commissioner Mc Kenzie objects to a $3000 ambulance expenditure saying the hospital vehicle was offered at $600 yesterday as the board considers the appropriation. Commissioners Hamilton and Knudsen vote in favor.
Phyllis Gordon of the Bilson company recalls near fatal stunts for film work. She stood ten feet from a live tiger waiting for the director’s cue and later described a rope descent where only one strand held, yet she survived the peril and kept filming.
Mary Ann Gunderson accepts Judge Wood's elimination challenge for mayor, endorsed by Presse club Jeff Davis and Jay Thomas. She opposes the judge's voting groups and proposes several substitutes, praising Hyatt-Fowelles School for bookkeeping and shorthand in this advertisement text.
A reader reports a series of insults by a Greek in a red sweater on Virginia Street and two men who approached his wife. He alleges a stool pigeon for the purity squad and says detectives and a sergeant questioned them about their marriage certificate late at night. He accuses police of harassment and intimidates his party.
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