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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1915
Page
4
The legislature passes a bill tightening rules for jitneys including accident liability bonds to limit operators and push most out. If enacted April 10, it delays jitney death until a November 1916 vote on whether traction companies regain monopoly. The piece then shifts to a broad critique of national wealth and the need for a navy as insurance against invasion.
Martin Dies of Texas warns that this republic will not fall to marching armies from abroad but to internal decay as the people build a dominant military and debt ridden system. The speaker suggests danger lies in neglecting the Constitution and amid long range guns from overseas.
The Port Commission details lease terms for 16 blocks along the tidal area from Colorado Avenue to Beacon Hill foot, including a 15 year term at 5 percent appraised value with 5 year reappraisals. Present tenants include Stetson & Post Lumber Co and Cumberland Coal Co, with several parcels available and a new port bill limiting leases to five years after July 1.
The page compiles Mr. Grey answering humorous and mixed questions about flying records, pickle tastes, sleeping car etiquette, and romance advice. It includes anecdotes on a Puget Sound high waves record by Herbert Munter, plus playful exchanges about attire in a sleeping car and a young actress seeking a hit.
Olympia reports a fade to adjournment with the governor's veto power poised to control remaining bills. The supreme court restricts emergency clauses, granting referendum rights to measures including the jitney bill and land board bills, delaying effect for 90 days and enabling petition-driven votes by 6 percent. The public remains wary as liquor laws and other reforms stall amid political maneuvering.
U. S. District Attorney Clyne announced discovery of a large dope syndicate said to extend from New York to San Francisco. He stated the group formed to evade the Harrison drug law and that vast quantities of cocaine and opium were concentrated at Gary and Hammond Indiana and other Middle West cities.
Washington reports that a United States note dispatched to England and France requests a clearer explanation of their joint communication to Washington. The note asserts their liberty to halt all commerce between Germany and neutral countries, a stance admitted by high authorities.
Peking reports Japan secured a ninety nine year extension of the present Japanese railroad system in Manchuria after a conference between Chinese and Japanese diplomats.
Washington reports that a New York Sun item claiming Ship Creek on Cook Inlet was chosen as the Alaska railroad terminal was denied by all quarters today.
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