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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1911
Page
4
A compact verse captures the fan’s hush and the crowd’s fever as partisan energy moves toward baseball’s opening day. The poem depicts southern travel, national passion, and the sport’s enduring hold on spring.
Washington March 6 United Press. Norris says Lorimer’s seating and Senate defeat of a direct election measure push the non partisan back to the people movement. He argues political purity advances despite reversals, noting 40 senators opposed Lorimer, highlighting flaws in legislative selection.
Calgary with 56 000 people owns its street car system. In operation a year and a half, last year profits reached 101379 with interest paid and a sinking fund funded. City plans 22 more miles of lines this year as employees work nine hours daily and are well paid. The system is described as Calgary’s best investment and an 18 percent dividend for 1910 is noted.
Frank C. Doig editor of The Wireless was arrested Saturday by Deputy Sheriff John W. Roberts on an indictment for libel. Bail set at 1500 provided by H. C. Piggott and H. L. Williams. Indictment charges Doig printed that F. W. Baker gambled on elections and that Baker was Colman’s political agent and that the grand jury was a political scheme backed by Colman.
The steamship Prince George rammed the Grand Pacific Trunk pier bow on yesterday morning at half speed causing $1,000 damage to the pier. Uriah Seeley, manager of the Steamship Co., had offices wrecked as heavy stringers buckled. The Prince George sailed for Victoria yesterday afternoon for drydock repairs.
The 1911 fleet heads north a month early led by the Admiral Sampson which sailed last night with 295 passengers aboard and 1100 tons of freight bound for Valdez and the Iditarod under Captain Franz Moore.
Five thousand dollars, contributed by Portland citizens, was cabled to Hongkong today to aid starving Chinese in Anhui province, according to United Press dispatches from Portland, Oregon dated March 6.
Tuesday brings Seattle's first referendum election over a Western Union fire protection franchise. The council backed by Gill and mayor Miller faced protest from Star Chief Bringhurat and City Engineer Joslyn. Labor groups secured a referendum, court battles followed, and the state supreme court ruled to proceed. Vote against the ordinance.
English comedian Charles Brown amuses New York casings theatregoers with verses from the play Marriage a la Carte not a bit like Matthew.
Mayor Dilling will appoint John W. Efaw to the library trustees to replace James Murphy who resigned after moving out of the state. Efaw, manager of Seattle Mattress & Upholstery Co., arrived in Seattle twenty years ago. Murphy had been reappointed to a seven year term but left due to a large Vancouver contract.
In Zion City Illinois led by Wilbur Glenn Voliva and John Alexander Dowie named Dowie, residents threaten armed insurrection against state authority. Illinois enforces a vaccination order for all citizens. Zionists vote to resist the mandate and defy the health board.
A report to the London county council on Wednesday recommends barring biographies of Abraham Lincoln and other Americans from school libraries. The rationale cites extreme lack of refinement and notes they were written in American and described as extremely vulgar American gits.
A blaze last night damaged the Denham Printing plant on First Street in Portland causing an estimated 50 000 dollars in losses. Painter F W Nichols suffered serious burns but doctors expected his recovery.
Diaz Man quits as Vice President Corral prepares retirement. a reliable source says his departure will trigger a broader reorganization of President Diag cabinet as Mexico City braces for changes in March.
Rodman Wanamaker moves to fund a statue of an American Indian in New York harbor. A government-authority resolution has been approved by the national house, signaling proceeding with the project.
The finance committee approved a new method for invoicing city light and water bills. Triplicate bills will be prepared. one goes to the consumer, payment stamps the original, and a stamping machine records payments. The goal is to cut counter wait times.
Stuart Morris Hulin dubbed Jack the Clipper is jailed charged with snipping women's hair in Portland. Arrest followed him in the act. his room yielded many curls and braids, mostly black, and the police summon a wide list of victims.
A certificate of the first communion for Mary Rose Choquet, issued in Vilde Poche Vil de Poche St Louis county in 1794, was found by A J Shores of Clayton while examining an old family Bible. Mary Rose Choquet is Shores great great grandmother.
Springfield Missouri March 6 Burge aged hermit living in southeastern part of Springfield on his death bed told relatives he had a little money hidden away in the house. Search revealed over 36000 dollars. He made no will. The man is 52 years old and had been a carpenter and contractor.
Manila dispatch reports health officials in the Philippines emphasize daily physical exercise to maintain vigor in tropical climates. Observers note white residents’ health hinges on activity, nutritious food, and sanitary habits, contrasting with wider inertia. In Georgia, March 6, three men—George Anderson, George Hanford, and Charles Hunter—were convicted and sentenced for alleged involvement in a Southern Railway express car robbery near White Sulphur Springs.
Minneapol is fire gutted the Syndicate block on Nicollet Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Streets early Sunday. Miss Mary Buck, owner of the Arion restaurant, and her maid Bertha Radens are believed killed, with a large property loss of about 1 million dollars. Firemen saved a dozen from upper floors as flames roared, with major losses to Minneapolis Dry Goods Co, Model Clothing, Hudson & Co, and others. insurance expected to cover most damage.
At the City theatre The Tramp's Find tells of a penniless tramp who sacrifices his reward for two street waifs who found a wealthy woman's pendant. On the Desert's Edge at the Circuit follows a bad man slain in a card game, pursued by a deputy sheriff who goes gand blind and dies by the hand of his sister, the bad man's, sister. Beginning tomorrow the Circuit shows flickerless daylight pictures with Wagner's five piece orchestra. Who Killed Max? at the Exhibit features a sensational case where Max fakes death after a spree and a detective uncovers him as the murderer.
At the finale the detective receives a playful taunt from Max, joined by parents and fellow police officers in a lighthearted moment. The scene blends humor with community support as the group shares a brief laugh.
In Bellefontaine Ohio on March 6 a domestic pantomime ended after seven years of withheld speech between Postmaster John C Rock and his wife of West Liberty They lived under one roof and shared meals while their daughter Eva Rock deputy clerk in West Liberty post office acted as go between for the silent couple The public was unaware of the unusual quarrel and silence within the household.
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