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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1912
Page
1
Georg F. Cotterill urges Seattle citizens to fight for the city’s fortunes and reject privilege. He frames the moment as a public peril requiring service in the ranks and vows victory as the people’s. He condemns official anarchy and presses for collective action tomorrow.
A court restraining order served on Pacific Telephone Co. last Saturday stopped the planned consolidation of two telephone systems. The order prohibits any mechanical connections and requires the company to sever connections and halt service on lines already connected.
Ten days ago the Gill gangsters bet $10 to $1 that Gill would beat Cotterill. Today the odds are against Gill as Seattle shifts sentiment. Residents say the city is awake to Gill’s peril and preparing to back Cotterill with decisive action tomorrow.
Gill received 25 700 votes on February 7 1911 but faced 6 000 adverse plurality and recall. On February 20 1912 he stood at 24 000 with 38 000 against and 12 000 not voting. By March 1912 he fell to 34 000 and Skidoo era declared with a 15 000 majority.
The Star endorses candidates for city offices including Mayor F Cotterill Counsel Edwin J Brown City Comptroller Frederick B Chandler City Treasurer George W Scott Councilmen three year term Joe Smith and A J Goddard Councilman one year term David Burgess with voters urged to support these names in the upcoming election.
A large gathering at Dreamland rink marks the end of a strenuous push for the Krickson amendment. Speakers including Councilman Erickson and J McAltieter of Portland argue that single tax benefits workers, lower rents, and wider land access. The Seattle Star is praised for backing tax reform, with a unanimous endorsement resolution from attendees.
The Star urges readers to study today’s advisory ballot and bring it to the polls tomorrow. The brief note emphasizes preparation and informed voting at the upcoming election.
A weather forecast calls for showers or snow flurries tonight and Tuesday. Moderate east winds are expected. Noon temperature around 48 degrees.
Rose Curry reviews a flood of Seattle stenographers in The Star as four prize winners are to be announced tomorrow. Photographs of many entrants are discussed, with Curry praising real skilled typists over stage portrayals and noting public interest in the upcoming awards.
A lively downtown scene in Seattle features talk of Hi Gill's potential election bringing prosperity. The Hofbrau and other venues are crowded as visitors from as far as Los Angeles discuss wealth, temptation, and a roguish figure named Prune who derides Hi while bargaining for gains in a wide open town.
At 8 o'clock 200 Cotterill meetings will be held across the city with all precincts represented. The events aim to mobilize voters for turnout tomorrow, tighten organization, and monitor registrants at the polls. The slogan Make the Cotterill majority 10 000 rings through the campaign.
A signal takes three-tenths of a second to traverse the 2,000 miles of an Atlantic cable.
Former King County grand jurors state they did not absolve Gill. They insist no indictment was issued and oppose Gill’s mayoral run. They condemn the city’s underworld exposure and endorse Cotterill, urging voters to reject Gill in Seattle’s political clash.
Four years ago Hiram C. Gill proclaimed harsh measures against socialists, suggesting piling them deep in the city jail and placing bricks there. The discussion echoes in a later slogan urging to bury Gillism in the city morgue with 50,000 ballots from honest voters.
A marketing inquiry argues about where newspaper ads generate results, noting readers in many homes. It claims the evening paper reaches over 40,000 families daily and that the Star's columns deliver abundant reader exposure.
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