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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
10
Multiple figures declare or consider runs for county commissioner judge and congress in Seattle and King County. Snyder and Landon decline congressional bids while Hughes plans a legislature run. Elmer Conner gains early backing for county auditor. Paschich and Ramsay pursue commissioner posts. Local parties prepare events and speeches as Ballot activity heats up.
Property valued at about 50 000 was bequeathed to the three sons of Mrs. Louisa Bornstein in her will admitted to probate Thursday. Philip Bornstein named executor. The sons named are Samuel and Alfred.
California seeks to end the longshoremen strike after losses of $15000 in wharf tolls. Labor Commissioner John P. McLaughlin arranges a meeting between strikers and employers to discuss arbitration. Federal Mediator White continues peace efforts as the Chamber of Commerce funds the campaign with $340000.
Mrs. Nellis Colter told police early Friday a wallet vanished from her room in the Holland hotel after a Thursday night movie. It contained checks totaling 482.50 dollars.
Negotiations to consolidate the National Bank of Commerce Dexter Horton and Metropolitan banks are reportedly over. Manson I Backus, president of the first bank, says the talks have ended and he has no plan to retire, despite years of merger rumors.
The hearing on the state warrant seizure of a $40 000 stock of liquor from Eyres Storage and Distributing Co was continued to August 1 after hours of argument. Attorneys for the company say the liquor was legally brought in and still in transit. City Attorney Kennedy asserts the booze is in storage and the firm participates in an extended bootlegging plot.
Lonny Simes, a Georgia negro, was beaten by striking longshoremen on Union Street near Second Avenue after arriving from the South Thursday night. He refused to press charges Friday and spent the night at the police station without funds or a place to sleep. Simes was merely walking along the docks when surrounded by a group of men and ran toward Union Street to escape before being caught near Second Avenue.
Of the 52 561 men aboard American warships or serving on shore 47 664 were born within the continental limits of the United States.
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