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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1912
Page
3
The clipping portrays Gertrude Atherton arguing that many women in Oakney Los Angeles and San Francisco lack political awareness despite their vote. It criticizes “petting” and a drifting attitude toward public questions and implies some women are unaware they possess voting rights while urging awakening to civic duties.
In Washington DC on July 31 the keynote address at a Republican meeting accused production costs and government overreach of fueling inflation. The speaker blamed Senate trends toward extravagance and wasteful expenditure for rising prices and urged restraint in energy and other sectors.
The July 31 proclamation of martial law in West Virginia's Paint Creek area ends after reporting more than 2,000 miners affected. The measure now moves into the next phase with ongoing regional developments and enforcement actions.
Twenty wire muzzles over aces of leather straps ride through a street parade in the city as protestors argue the ordinance muzzles freedom. Women, owners of the protest against the law, say the display shows cruelty and aims to curb liberty. The event underscores tensions over regulation and personal rights amid a city crowd.
The Princess Rajah, a Cleopatra dancer, sews her gowns without patterns or pins by eyeing measurements on the floor. She improvises her dances between acts, creating two performances with the same spirit, and performs Hindu temple, Spanish, Nile, and her own improvised dances.
Chicago July 31. J Ham Lewis former Seattle attorney and congressman now practicing law in Chicago advocates high alimony for a “beautiful woman.” He argues a wife with beauty requires care and status, saying the naked jewel must have its setting and the rose its perfume. He cites Mrs Florence E Kirk in a separate maintenance case.
Clifford H. Reid is free on bail after being charged with shooting a Chinese pheasant out of season. He was arrested at his Portland home during a dinner party where a cleaned pheasant neck was taken as evidence. Authorities say he killed the bird while driving near Portland.
The Dover Plains pastor sues three church members for dam ages claiming weak sermons while the defendants joke they enjoyed a Sunday nap. In Kalamazoo a US Army lieutenant woos Miss Sadie Bishop, with quick parental consent and a request for extended leave. A Stillwater kitten with three heads and nine lives meets an untimely end. Great Meadow prison begins a five team baseball league with a first game on Saturday, contingent on good behavior.
The U S treasury faces a shortage of $1 and $5 bills despite having abundant funds. Congress failed to pass the dry civil bill before July 1, delaying relief. Subtreasury staff urgently need smaller denominations to move funds as July demands rise.
Mrs Myrtle Edgar, who arrived four months ago from Vancouver with her husband W K Edgar, disappeared last Saturday after packing her belongings. Edgar asks police to find her and claims she joined a Holy Roller band, naming Amy Keller as knowing her whereabouts. Keller says Edgar went to Detroit to join the colony there.
London dispatches say Prince Katsura's mission to forge closer ties between Japan and Russia has failed. A separate report claims 100 Koreans were arrested in Manchuria and Mongolian towns on suspicion of plotting against Katsura's life.
Twenty five regular army officers commenced a yearly 90 mile horseback ride from Gate City under Brig. Gen. Marion P. Mav e supervision at Centralia. The event marks an annual endurance maneuver for officers.
Mrs. Fred Screiber aged 24 died of jaw cancer attributed to an injury from July 24 when the car carrying her husband and baby backed down an embankment near Colpax Wash. The accident occurred July 24 and the woman succumbed today.
A light exchange between Miss Vocolo and Bright Young Man about singing and getting the key, as reported by the New Orleans Times-Democrat. The snippet captures playful banter in a society note.
Mrs. H. P. Belmont, famed socialite and heroine of the suffrage movement, heads new Newport suffrage HQ amid snubs from New York’s 400 social set. Her bold acts include defending a motorist and rallying workers for higher wages as she battles social resistance and aims to mobilize elite support for equal rights.
Munich reports the highest beer consumption with 704 gallons per person annually. Local breweries produced 81.75 million gallons last year. 42.5 million consumed in Munich while the remainder went to Germany or abroad. Home consumption rose by 2.31 million gallons since 1910.
Wm Calvert and Ernest Williams, known as honor convicts, were found asleep in a Glen Lach barn by a searching posse after escaping the Carson state penitentiary last Monday. They were so exhausted it took nearly five minutes to wake them.
Geneva July 31 A fortune of 3 200 000 goes begging in Etoy as no heirs to the estate of late lawyer Corthay are found. A mass meeting of property owners near Washington park district will protest a proposed city incinerator with Cornell men Griffiths and Erickson speaking. Ontario Cal Judge Pollock says he has no faith in Mexicans after leniently fining three for disorderly conduct.
Tokyo July 31 The minister of justice moves to issue an amnesty marking Emperor Yoshihito’s accession. It likely includes pardons for 125 Koreans on trial at Seoul for conspiracy to assassinate Count Terauchi, the Japanese resident general.
A Londoner at 199 Cornwall Road Notting Hill praises Sulphurro after learning of its effects in Victoria BC. He cites chest and internal pains relief, credits sulfur based blood purification, and mentions internal treatment and baths. Free booklet details how and why from Sulphur Co at 71 Columbia St Seattle WA.
New York July reports a 60 year old millionaire seeks a bride for companionship in his decline. Real estate dealer David L. Hardenbrook of 22 Flushing Ave Jamaica N Y says the man wants a wife, preferably plump and weighing about 150 pounds, to become a stepmother to two 40 year old children.
Olympia July 31 Sen Harry Rosenhaupt of Spokane filed for at large congressman on the Republican ticket. Other filings include Chief Justice R O Dunbar and Justices Wallace Mount and O G Ellis on the nonpartisan supreme court ticket, W JH Plummer Spokane Republican for lieutenant governor W H Kaufman Bellingham Republican for land commissioner Lester Still Coupeville for Island Jefferson Clallam superior court judge A S Steiner Waterville for Douglas Grant counties
Capt O E Chapman died Sunday night after a long career as master of ships on the Eastern coast. He completed a jong voyage around the Horn aboard the Dirigo Jack London’s ship. He commanded famed vessels including the A G Ropen during a typhoon on the China coast and the Shenandoah, the largest wooden ship flying the American flag.
The House voted 172 to 56 to disapprove the LaFollette wool bill as passed by the Senate. The Hill substitute was also rejected by a near identical vote. The Senate bill was sent back without a conference. Progressives and four Democrats supported LaFollette.
Old settlers in Port Angeles recount Hunter John the Indian who died yesterday as possibly the oldest person in Northwest America. Pioneers who met him fifty years ago recall him as an old man and say he remembered the arrival of Lewis and Clark. He lived on an old Elwha river bottom farm for many years.
Dr Lamson, partner of the late Dr Rininger, says the hospital at 803 Summit Avenue will be built and opened this winter. Rininger devoted years to the project, and his wife wishes it finished and opened.
The Rev. Frank Milnes, a Presbyterian minister in Pendleton, Oregon, resigned his pastorate citing his reputation as a billiard expert. He told his congregation he would like a billiard table in every American home, a view they reportedly opposed.
Tokio reports that upon accession Yoshihito will preside over a new era named Taizi replacing the Meiji era of the late Mikado. The announcement sets the official period name for the reign.
Mrs Minnie Futrelle, mother of Jacques Futrelle the Titanic author, died in Adrian Georgia after a weeks long decline. Her death was anticipated as her health had been faltering for several weeks.
In Sullivan Indiana on July 31 two men were killed and three others fatally injured after a revolver fight at a church social over a dispute about paying for ice cream. More than 100 shots were fired.
Dr. Cornelia de Rey spoke to women educators in Chicago on July 31 asserting education, not charity, as society’s main need. She lauded Ella Flage Young, Chicago schools superintendent, as a greater benefactor to the human race than Jane Addams for targeting root evils through educational help.
Virginia Christian, a Negro woman condemned for the murder of Mrs. Ida Belote in Hampton, faces execution tomorrow in Richmond unless Governor Mann commutes the sentence. He will not grant clemency, and she has already received a respite.
N Dickenson reports nine years of invalid life with bowel and stomach issues. After starting Dr Swick treatments, she regained strength, could walk to the streetcar, and within six weeks was able to perform housework again, with no medicine given. Swick Sanitarium offers similar cures.
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