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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1915
Page
1
A call to action urging residents to register and vote to defend municipal ownership of the city light plant and oppose corporate interests. Registration moved to precincts with same day deadlines and a final note to register before February 9 at the Prefontaine building.
Republican senators fought to stop government ship purchase legislation in a lengthy filibuster. Smoot Sutherland and Lodge held the floor for over 11 hours, with Smoot breakfasting on milk at 8:45 a.m. and sergeants rounding up absentees at clubs and cafes. Lippitt arrived in evening attire, still in formal wear.
Constable Mulligan, old Irish arrival in Seattle, meets Babe the Musher Charles Livingston after twenty years. The pair recall a forged check scheme that brought Mulligan to a computers’ old case and led to Babe’s arrest. Mulligan swore out a warrant and Deputy Malone brought the offender back to Seattle where he sits in the courthouse basement cell.
Washington January 20 After a conference with President Wilson William G McCombs chairman of the democratic national committee announced that the 1916 political campaign is now on His statement implied President Wilsons candidacy for renomination was included.
A Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train derailed twelve miles south of Milwaukee. A smoker and day coach overturned while the engine and baggage car left the track, injuring several passengers.
The official press bureau reports word from Amsterdam that the British battle cruiser Tiger was torpedoed and sunk in Sunday's North Sea engagement. Amsterdam papers cite the London Morning Post poster about the sinking, but the British censor suppressed that edition.
Four automobile bandits entered Adolph Stein's pawn shop at Third Ave and 85th St in New York bound and gagged three clerks and escaped with jewelry valued at $50,000. One clerk freed himself and alerted police. fifty detectives searched the area but found no trace of the robbers. The loot included diamonds, taken after forcing clerks to empty drawers and trays into three vaults. Customers were not harmed.
Helena Montana January 30 with the prohibition bill likely making Montana one of the driest states in the union. The measure would also ban drugs toilet articles and flavoring extracts.
Washington Jan 20 Seattle plans entertain President Wilson before his trip to the San Francisco fair. The plan proposes an overland Northern route westward and a return by a Southern route.
A sheriff recalls a dramatic case as a boy cries in his mother's arms after being branded a desperado by law. A man who won a $25 prize faces family remarks about the boy and the danger of resisting with a weapon against his stomach.
Two boys crouch by a jungle fire when a Chehalis county sheriff enters the circle with a sawed off shotgun. A tense standoff ends as the boy under threat moves for cover and the shotgun fires buckshot into the brush. Continued on Page 2.
The Star magazine invites Seattle housewives to a Wednesday 10:30 a m matinee at the Empress theatre. Lew Shank former Indianapolis mayor and municipal markets advocate speaks on reducing the cost of living by buying and selling at cost. Shank joins The Star's new week bill opening Monday.
In the Caucasus a Turkish rout left thousands of prisoners to Russian care. An officer used a simple tactic by stripping prisoners of suspenders belts and trouser buttons before the march north. With few guards the Turks focused on keeping their essential clothing as they moved.
Lawrence Pisce an eight year old boy living at 1721 Norman Avenue was run over Friday while crossing Rainier Avenue at Atlantic Street. Both legs were badly injured the boy said the jitney failed to stop.
Frank May a lumber yard worker of 740 Blewett St Fremont won a $25 prize for best essay by a Seattle husband on Does a Wife Earn Wages He argues wives earn wages by sharing a husband pays his entire check each payday The contest was run by Manager Hamrich of the Colonial Theatre where Run Away June is shown Photographer Jacobs filmed the May couple at home and at The Star building for a news sequence
Venice reports the municipal pier swept away by record high seas with debris along Playa del Rey to North Beach. The storm has drenched coastal California with 4.47 inches in Los Angeles and caused property damage in Long Beach totaling about $50,000.
Prosecuting Attorney Lundin vows to enforce the red-light abatement law against disorderly houses in King County. The first case, tied to 711 Weller Street, sees defendants Humphy, Yoshimura, and Evelyn Reed facing injunction proceedings set for February 4. Conviction could close the house for six months, confiscate furniture, and impose a $300 tax on the property.
Samuel Frauenthal, a wealthy retired Seattle merchant, died Saturday at 9 30 a m at the family residence 908 Summit Ave after a brief illness. He came to Seattle 46 years ago entered general merchandise and retired 20 years later. He later served as director of the First National Bank of Snohomish and the Puget Sound National Bank.
A battle erupts as the park board pressures the light and water departments to stop paying bills for comfort station utilities. Councilman Cooley calls it ward politics and log-rolling. The move threatens to shift the cost of lighting and water from departments to taxpayers. A four mile ice jam forms in the Columbia River at Lyle Washington.
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