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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
3
American tennis star Miss May Sutton discusses health basics in France after exhibition matches. She urges avoiding coffee and tea, walking daily, and favoring fresh air over rigid dieting, emphasizing moderate exercise, ample outdoor activity, and listening to appetite.
Sir Thomas Lipton entertained American athletes who competed in the Olympic Games aboard his yacht Erin at Southampton. The luncheon followed by a cruise around the Isle of Wight ended with a dinner at the Southwestern hotel where the Americans cheered the Irish yachtsman.
United Press dispatch reports attorneys Adame and Yeatman filed a writ of habeas corpus seeking Capt. Daniel F. Keller’s release from Fort Leavenworth. The action stems from a feud involving Judge Landis and Judge Grossoup over Keller’s imprisonment amid supersedeas writs and forged check allegations against Keller.
Ely business leaders plan a $30,000 purse for a Burns versus Johnson bout in Ely on Thanksgiving Day. Promoter Tex Rickard will negotiate in San Francisco with Johnson and Burns representatives this week to secure the match.
Washington July 4 The Interstate Commerce Commission may immediately open an investigation into whether recent freight rate increases are justified without awaiting complaints. San Francisco July 28 The ICC ordered postponement of a lumber rate from Willamette River points in Oregon to San Francisco Bay points delaying the new rate from August 1 to October 1.
A movement aims to unite cannery operations across the western United States and Canada to stabilize salmon pricing for next year. Canners expect profits as humpbacks return in large numbers and sockeye runs are anticipated in the hundreds of thousands. Puget Sound pack compares favorably with last year and may be larger due to earlier sockeye runs.
United Press reports sheriffs from nearly every Washington county will converge in Bellingham on August 8 and 9 for a state convention announced by Sheriff Williams. The gathering is expected to be among the largest and most important ever held with broad county attendance planned.
A San Francisco dispatch notes private advices alleging Guatemala is convulsed by revolt against President Cabrera. The letter claims his vengeance on enemies intensified after his mother’s death on July 2. It cites the Central American court of justice and a case involving Honduras Minister Buatillo, who was blocked from leaving and escorted by an American warship. Ex Gov Budd III. stockton report on his slow recovery after a bout of illness.
Numerous local weddings are recorded with multiple couples wed at churches and homes. Notable ceremonies include Katherine Appell and Early Myers, Ada Fuller and Farress Ham, Leah Hammond and Edwin Weaver, and Anita Chase and Frank Gore. A reception planning meeting is set for Eagles guests. a moonlight club excursion and a Gamma Phi Beta meeting are noted. Engagement announced for Vivianne Adams and Clark Loge with September wedding planned.
Police Sergeant James B. Phillips dies after a sudden illness nine months after being bitten on the cheek by a bull pup. Doctors at the Pasteur Institute diagnose advanced hydrophobia with no chance of recovery. Royal W. Raymond invites Representative W P Freudenberg to a Friday debate in Ballard on the local option bill.
A brief note highlights the safety and simplicity of paying by check, emphasizing its reliability and convenience for transactions.
In Portland on July 28 a fire at the Willamette Club destroyed property valued at 2,500 after a telephone operator refused to take a report without a nickel. John A. Milton, a club member, pleaded for reporting the fire but lacked a nickel, delaying alert until others reported the blaze.
Spokane reports Corporal Frank Barker confessed to killing Ira Nessinger, an elderly Medical Lake resident, after an initial denial. Barker, arrested in Spokane, claimed quarrel over insults led to death with a gas pipe. $75 and a watch were missing but he denies taking items.
George J Gould arrives in New York with wife and children amid Wall Street rumors of concessions to Harriman. He quips on crowns and diamonds as he discusses potential control of Missouri Pacific and the impact on American credit and Taft’s election.
In Los Angeles July 28 workers are being added at the Santa Fe shops in San Bernardino and the Southern Pacific shops following the announcement that railroad rates will not rise and salaries remain unchanged.
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