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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1914
Page
2
All day yesterday the aviatrix and her manager D. L. Francis worked with mechanicians assembling her trim aircraft and bringing it to peak condition for today’s flight. Mrs. Bryant said she has a warm spot for Seattle and hopes to make a mark this year.
Vancouver Portland Victoria Tacoma and Spokane detectives will join Seattle police in 12 hour shifts at Potlatch. Twenty five special patrolmen assist in nabbing any chips seen from home towns.
Frances Helliwell, injured in a fatal car crash that killed Bessie Holmes and Welwood Murray, lies in a city hospital as her mother prays for recovery. Details shift in police statements with driver Joseph Taylor recounting earlier versions and admitting drinking, while Helliwell’s condition remains serious but hopeful.
Clerks hung from windows and well dressed locals watched as a steam shovel began excavating the new $500,000 Stuart building at Fourth and University. City officials expect completion of the excavation by July 31 and the structure finished in six to seven months.
In Keller Washington a feud has divided the population after the murder of Sally Nee Webber. Tom Runnels was acquitted though the town remains tense with threats and "accidents" as sheriff Moran warns a shooting may erupt any night.
Families of President Huerta and War Minister Blanquet left Mexico City for Orizaba and possibly Vera Cruz as U S S Consul Canada awaited word on their destination. General Funston prepared to receive them, while Huerta remained at the Jockey Club and a barber shop in a calm departure.
The Everett Commercial Club supports building a new road and bridges from the north end of the Everett peninsula to Marynville. The project would shorten travel to northern points by about seven to nine miles.
In Centralia on July 15 Mrs Emma Swisher, whose arrest led to the capture of Homer Farley for abducting her 15 year old daughter, relented and issued a blessing to her children. The case centers on an alleged elopement and abduction charges.
Seattle police investigate a gruesome discovery after a woman's head and bones were found in a cloth sack near the Brace and Hergert mill. The coroner said the remains belonged to two different people, each dead a year or more, with red lead used to preserve facial features.
Martin J. Flyzik of United Mine Workers District No. 10 says the scale committee will demand higher wages for state miners at the convention meeting this week at the Labor Temple. He expects no trouble.
Portland witnesses in the J W Logan case say the Seattle man continued to accept land grant applications after indictment and told seekers it was an absolute cinch. The charge involves fraudulent use of the mails in disposing of Oregon and California railroad land.
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