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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
7
Organizers announce festivities for Independence Day including concerts by Lam Bake Pienic and the Unde agent Fellow, a baseball game, and a clam bake on the beach. J L Wilson of Comet No 9 will speak and lead evening events with a grand fireworks display and boat processional. Steamer charters and regular trips will shuttle crowds from the dock to the venue.
Gotech departs Seattle for Dallas to wrestle Parmer Burne at a bike convention on July 1 and plan exhibitions in Oklahoma City and Texas. He reports no injuries after Wednesday’s bout and plans further theatrical engagements in Seattle next spring.
Federal authorities investigated a letter containing a stamping machine device believed to be intended to explode. A fool or an unknown person sent the letter to a local firm. the device sparked and burned before it could be stamped. Secret service declined to discuss names.
A brief notice announces the opening of the American Bank Building Phones Ind 4648 project by the Bond & Kralty Company in Greanda City Park. Details are limited but indicate a local business expansion with new facilities and services.
Chicago dated report details Mayor Rick A. Busse secretly marrying Miss Josephine Lee, a nurse who cared for him after a 1900s Altoona wreck. It notes Lee's Toledo-born, financially connected background and years of acquaintance ending in a March romance.
A national democratic platform plank endorsing a national theatre is being drafted in Denver by managers from San Francisco Portland Seattle Chicago and New York. L W Leach will present the plank to the resolutions committee and Augustus Thomas is expected to speak in support of adoption.
Wellington July 3 Senator Wilfridge condemned for objecting to New Zealand entertainment planned for the American fleet. He based his objection on U S tariff and navigation laws, calling them hostile to New Zealand. Elaborate reception being arranged as British war vessels also welcomed. Parliament will adjourn ten days to participate.
A newborn boy found in a paper shoe box near a railroad spur behind Swift and Co packing plant is likely the son of Geo H Hem brook and his wife of 1412 West 68th Avenue. Judge Frater ordered custody with the Hembrooks while police review the case, Del Meany and Jay Meany's family housed the infant temporarily.
HOOD RIVER Ore July 3 A body found at the bottom of the Columbia River near Wyeth is believed to be H Edwards of Richmond Ore. The report notes the canvas shirt and pink embroidered rose, with plain light woolen collar and cravat.
Coler of Brooklyn, acting for Chas. F. Murphy, says New York will back Bryan on the first ballot after nominating Parker. The NY group favors Gray or Towne next and believes unity can win the anti-declaration plank by backing Bryan for president.
Advanced G G Barry longtime Moore theatre superintendent and John Cort staffer was appointed assistant auditor of the Northwestern Theatrical Association, effective September 1. Cort credits Barry’s devotion to the interests as the reason for the promotion. He faced a choice between the auditing post and a prominent job with touring attractions he directed. For the past decade Barry has been a familiar figure at the opera house and Moore theatre.
Ty and Lippy arrive in Denver after traveling by automobile with a party from Baltimore for a Seattle style gathering. The group continues plans in the city with expectations of further events and local appearances.
A party from Seattle arrives in Denver after driving over 2000 miles from Baltimore on June 1 in an auto mobile. The travelers Mr and Mrs T B Lippy Mr A F Anderson and Misses Mattie Rose and C Hulae will stay until after the Democratic national convention and then travel home to Seattle by train.
Last night two burglaries and one attempted break in the Broadway district unsettled residents. W H Jewls at 1709 Bellevue Ave was robbed of 15 dollars by three youths, two burst in with revolvers. a third pocketed cash. Nearby at 1616 Summit Ave, A E Greenus home was entered while the family was away. Lenox at 1717 Belmont Ave saw items stolen from Miss Gertrude Burch’s apartments. An attempted entry at 404 Hoylston Ave N was deterred by a scare.
Edward Bartio, head of the Manchester Investment Co, was reported missing in Georgetown after leaving a Boston hotel with cash on hand. A. J. Walters of Barker Hotel told police Bartio was last seen en route to Manc hester, with Mrs. A. J. Watters stating foul play is suspected and that he had missed a boat crossing the Sound.
Fragmentary OCR indicates a July 6 notice about a dock event at 8 a m with names or initials unclear. details are unreadable but reference to a schedule or meeting appears.
Under Nippon Yusen Kaisha auspices Japanese residents of Seattle plan a July 4 fireworks display from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Great Northern docks. Captain Nasachichi Yagi of the Aki Maru will lead the program with officers guiding events. Local leaders Cc T Takahashi T Aras and H H Okuda assist, Hubert Joch oversees the float, and the Third U S Infantry band will perform. About 400 invitations have been issued.
The second rat trapped in the block bounded by Eighth Namth and Madison and Spring Street is confirmed to carry bubonic plague. Inoculated rats died quickly and crews continue a cleanup across the district from Cherry to Union Streets and Sixth Avenue to Broadway under Chief Assistant Medical Officer Bourns supervision.
Chief Irving Ward urged a safe Fourth of July in Seattle and ordered patrols on duty at high force downtown. Fireworks may start tonight and run to midnight tomorrow with strict suppression of explosives and hoodlum activity.
Wealthy Japanese in Tokyo donate to a relief fund for southern China flood victims along the Kwong Tung river region. Hong Kong reports intense suffering as the Kwang Lang river remains high, with millions in damage and hundreds dead or homeless. Government and Standard Oil contribute to relief efforts.
July 3 in Asheve pid. Hillmore house, the George W. Vanderbilt estate in North Carolina, will close soon. Servants report two weeks pay in advance and dismissal. Reports say Vanderbilt is short of money and will economize for a year, selling his horses and acting as his own overseer to save costs.
Visitors are invited to tour Uncle Sam’s navy yard with ships on display. Departures from Pier 2 at the foot of Yesler Way run hourly. Round trip fare is 50 cents.
News notes unions plan a Pleasant Beach picnic with a morning ball game between Painters and Bakers union teams and an afternoon field sports event for all ages. Prizes await winners and dancing continues throughout the day as members and friends gather. The Central Labor council discusses insurers patronizing non union shops and the Typographical union seeks union shop support. The Cigarmakers plan a union home in San Antonio with an estimated cost of four hundred thousand dollars. Routine meetings of stationary engineers and Building Trades council are reported at the Labor temple.
The bricklayers union held its weekly meeting last night and reported greatly improved trade conditions with nearly all members at work. The barbers and tailors unions met at the Labor Temple. no matters of importance were discussed.
Citizens of Vashon Island protest a pool room license granted to George L. Draper. John M. Foster of Vashon College Rev H P Cochrane of Burton Baptist Church and others allege the pool room is a blind for illegal liquor sales and harms local morals.
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