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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
1
Chicago June 1 Roosevelt supporters push for alliance with anti Hughes Republicans amid signals of a split in the party. Barns Penrose and McGrath arrive to sway delegates as Hitchcock lobbies Hughes backers and talks of DuPont changing sides surface.
The June 1 House approved a 6 million dollar measure to equip Puget Sound Philadelphia Norfolk Charleston Boston and Portsmouth yards to build ships if private yards delay. Padgett's amendment aims at arming similar capacity for big ships, echoing a Senate action on Bremerton.
Striking longshoremen in Western ports halt work for hours tying up about 200 ships along the Pacific coast. About 10 000 workers walked out at 6 a m demanding higher wages with a potential 10 percent raise for marine engineers. Police patrol the waterfront as the labor dispute widens coastwide.
Delegates from Washington Oregon and Montana board the N P special at Beattie and Pasco for a Chicago bound convention. The Montana delegation led by Senator Dixon who backed Roosevelt in 1912 joins the mixed Republican and progressive contingent.
A local talk advocates walking in a preparedness parade instead of riding in autos. Doctors and other civic figures are planning to drive, but the writer urges able bodied participants to hike and feel they are doing something tangible. The editor and office boy plan to walk.
Sixty German Americans met at Turner hall Wednesday night and decided to march for preparedness on June 10. They were members of the German American community.
The Star promotes its Busy Dollar by following shoppers across downtown stores from Stamm Bros. to Ever So le Optical and Diamond Palace. Citizens spend the dollar on pipes, candy, lingerie, dresses, and more while urging readers to keep it circulating. A Seattle parade plan includes ambulance service and diverse participants from Afro-American women to fraternity members and the Red Cross.
Mrs. Mary Leung seeks a quarter of a million dollars and divorce from John Leung alleging a 32 year pattern of persecution. She claims his final act was to have her declared insane and deported to China. Leung reportedly owns about 500000 in assets.
In Pittsburg today a small crowd and the Friars club met Colonel Roosevelt as he traveled to New York. He repeated that he would not attend the Chicago event, stating his stance during the stop.
Firefighters investigate a blaze that caused about $2,000 in damage to an empty apartment building at 2700 East 55th Street. The fire broke after midnight Wednesday, and crews worked Thursday to determine the source.
A council bill signed by the mayor at a special meeting requires all farmers stalls at Pike Place public market to close at 9 p m on Saturdays after a 30 day period. Water will be shut off Friday in Georgetown area mains south of Nebraska street and west of Duwamish avenue from 9 a m to 5 p m, and yesterday between Ninth and 13th avenues during the same hours.
Carron, a professional horse breaker, admires the stallion Son of the Wind described as great and lonely with distinctive markings. The tale links this horse obsession to his affair with Blanche Rader, as the Stars previews the weeklong feature beginning Monday.
Washington, June 14 Louis D Brandeis was confirmed as justice of the supreme court this afternoon. The vote was 47 to 22.
Arthur H. Bewell, organist and noted choir director, will not appear next Sunday. Six to eight choir members also absent as elders take sides following the music committee's decision amid Bewell seeking another job. The dispute arose after letters from choir members to all 30 church elders.
Kansas City police said the reported attempt on Teddy Roosevelt during the preparedness demonstration was a fabrication by yellow journalists, carefully rehearsed in advance.
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