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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
6
Unclear OCR text references Renton Kent route Helmes, with a sum of 42 dollars and names Kepire Hidgerond and Madison. Details are partially unreadable but indicate a local notice or transaction.
Eight to eighteen acres of peat bottom and clay land available ten miles from Everett. The tract includes a large engine mill and sawmill nearby, with good road access and surrounding land selling around 140 per acre. Terama Schmorpppel lists the offering.
A fragment describes trading 40 acres valued at 4000 dollars for a six room broom house in Seattle. It notes realty firms and lenders, including CALMOUN DENNY EWING and Alaska Building and Mortgage Co, and lists addresses on New York Dike and Central Midg.
Five 8. EE. Co. motormen face morning court in Judge Gordon’s court on a speeding charge. Jitney drivers accused Traction Co. men of camping on their trail, a case watched with interest.
Edward Unger aboard the Jewel City ascended to 28 000 feet at the Panama Pacific Exposition but could not beat the 25 420 foot world record. Clarence Drake of Spokane jumped from 16 000 feet while T M McClain of Oakland descended from an unspecified height.
County commissioners were to open bids for 250000 dollars in new courthouse bonds financing two additional stories on the James Street and Third Avenue building to house city officials. The Star notes a misidentification of James R Montgomery in a divorce suit story, clarifying it was not James Montgomery of the D BL Spellman Co.
The notice records multiple marriage licenses including Robert H. Lee and Ruby G. Satterlee, John L. MacMillan and Beatrice Thompson, and others in Tacoma and Renton. Birth announcements name several new babies to local families, and deaths list James D. McLennan, Albert Anderson, Charles A. Essick, J J Powers, Sayo Kaneko, and Katherine Fazon. Divorce petitions are filed by several couples on grounds of desertion, nonsupport, cruelty, and abandonment.
In Los Angeles on June 22 a new angle emerged in the Caples family bitten finger case. Edward Caples announces he will pay no bills contracted by wife Mrs. William Caples, after a quarrel with sister-in-law Mrs. Edward Caples. Mrs. Edward Caples allegedly blocked a telephone call as Mrs. William Caples bit her finger during the dispute over whether Wm. Caples would return home.
Nellie Tuttle a Scandinavian woman seeks divorce from Henry Tuttle claiming he threatened to dynamite their home to end the marriage. She testified before Judge Gilliam, noting his frequent drunkenness and violent threats.
Portland police warn jitney drivers to avoid overloading vehicles with more passengers than seats available. Violators face arrest under the city enforcement effort announced on June 22.
London reports a Russian submarine sank two Turkish barks and a steamer in the Black Sea about 150 miles west of Constantinople. No further details on casualties or exact vessel names are provided in the dispatch.
Consul Silliman reports the telegraph line from Vera Cruz to Mexico City cut at Otumba near the capital by Zapatistas. Convention of Associated Advertising Clubs of the World in Chicago cheers for honesty in advertising. Harvester trust case slated for rehearing in October before the U S Supreme Court.
George Gordon Moore, ally of Sir John French, told reporters in New York that German morale on the western front is shattered and the Kaiser line will gradually dissolve. He praised Allied munition output and predicted England will soon aid Russia, with Germans fighting stubbornly yet doomed to lose. Moore cited strategic aims including Brussels by next Christmas for King Albert.
County commissioners threaten to void identical franchises granted to the Seattle Electric Co. and electrical engineer G A Collins unless construction begins within 60 days. Collins plans to form a company to install an island plant like the Vashon Island operation before January 1.
In San Francisco on June 22 seven were injured and one killed when a motorbus collided head on with a taxi on Embarcadero row at Market street foot. The taxi driver George P. Bixon sustained a fractured skull and was dying. Many injured were visitors to the fair.
Mrs Argua Marks files in superior court Monday against Shell Oil Co and Stimson Logging Co seeking 200 for the death of her son B L Marks on March 15. The suit names Roger Marchetti as administrator of the son's estate. It alleges Marks rode a bicycle on Westlake Ave when a Shell truck with a Stimson team struck him.
Arthur J. Taylor files suit in superior court alleging partners diverted several hundred dollars from Blazier Transfer Co. Defendants named are John and Will Blazier. The case seeks judicial adjudication of the firm’s finances.
Gus Zehle sues Bolcom Mills Co. in superior court seeking a receiver to manage affairs after alleging insured venture and removal of property causing material damage in a $2,114 suit filed Tuesday. The action names Bolcom Mills Co. as defendant and requests court appointment of a receiver.
Market notices list various stalls with items such as new potatoes large pineapple 15c sugar 6c fancy rice 4 lbs 50c blackberries 2 cans 25c pork and beans 2 for 15c full cream cheese 12c eggs 2 dozen 40c tomatoes 2 cans 15c coffee 2 lbs 25c brick codfish 8c beans 8c red salmon 1c solid shrimp 2 cans 25c pot roast 9c beef 10c per lb
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