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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1912
Page
6
ISS delegation casts votes for VYoopRow Wilson. See battleship Oregon in ary deck tomorrow.
Clerks stenographers and deputies in the material's office and the United States district attorney's office face a June pay ban as Congress failed to provide the necessary appropriation. Attorney General and the district attorney say Congress may approve funds next month.
The Washington Supreme Court upheld the King County Superior Court ruling that Seattle streetcar bonds voted in March 1911 are valid. Justice Morris wrote the decision, with Justices Fullerton Mount and Ellis concurring, rejecting eight objections and stating the people’s submission was proper and binding despite arguments against it.
Delegates from city organizations formed the Seattle Recreation and Playground League to promote recreation. A three-representative council will run the league and a resolution urged the city to convert the old city hall site into a park. Officers elected include John R. Price president and J. W. A. Smith treasurer, with a large trustees board.
A severe morning thunderstorm swept Seattle with two steel cars struck on Renton road and wires damaged in alleys between Fourth and Fifth and Union and Pike. A lightning clash at Olive and Westlake caused a runaway. Charles Prosch marked his 92nd birthday with open house at 621 Ninth Ave. He came to Puget Sound in 1851 and was born in 1820 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Local architects will prepare plans for the eight story city and county building on the Colleeum site. Saunders Lawton and Bebb Mendel will be consulted in preliminary plans. Actual architect selection not yet made.
Despondent Evelyn Blake entered a bathroom at Hotel Burlington 612 Madison Street at 1 AM and stabbed herself in the abdomen with scissors. The wound was two inches deep but not serious. Police notified. she was taken to the city hospital and is expected to recover barring infection. Blake is said to be the wife of a mining man in Prince Rupert.
In Sacramento foreman Robert Allen bought a plug of tobacco and found a human thumb embedded inside. Officials speculate a digit was severed during tobacco production but the exact cause remains a mystery as crowds view the odd exhibit at the cigar store.
Dr James Crichton city health commissioner tested 420 rats in 30 days using magnifiers telescopes X rays and combed searches but found no fleas carrying bubonic plague germs. He plans to continue the hunt despite results.
Augustus H. Holcomb filed for divorce yesterday against Mrs Florence K. Holcomb. Mrs Holcomb will contest. A demurrer was filed on her behalf by Tucker & Hyland.
Alice Hedges, a fancy stock raiser from Pana, regains her voice today after fifteen years of silence. Doctors call the case peculiar and cannot explain the sudden recovery. She spoke briefly to a relative in her parlor, then fainted with joy before regaining clear speech.
Postmaster Russell aims to use an aeroplane flight from the Federal Building to West Seattle or navy yard to carry mail during Potlatch week. A Portland flight last week is noted as a precedent. In a separate suit, Shogemon Hiyamura faces $3,080 claims by M. Furuya & Co for lavish spending and use of funds, including $600 for detectives.
An old newspaper advice note suggests Mareage as a wrinkle remover, warns against excessive facial massage, and recommends a mercolized wax treatment from Grugemict's applied nightly to improve skin tone. It claims the wax dissolves the usual roughness and brings a clear velvety complexion, stating it has never failed for freckles.
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