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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1914
Page
1
A critic argues that poverty determines justice in trials punishing the innocent and notes the US government pays nearly 100000 men daily to fight wars while failing to compensate citizens for enforcing laws. The piece urges the state to apply the Golden Rule and hold government accountable.
Miss Eva Turgeon, 19, a Seattle resident, describes dressing as a man for a day to explore how regular men live. She secured a full male outfit and recounts her experiences in a first person account titled A Man for a Day for Starreaders.
Eva Turgeon recounts disguising herself as a man to experience male life in Seattle. She borrows a suit and hat, endures stage fright, hails a shine from a bootblack, visits a billiard room, and finds the male world more free, noting their politeness and unbound life without skirts. She reflects on envy of male freedoms and the ease of living as a man.
The trial includes Walter Warnock the superintendent and three drivers fined for cruelty to a mule named Bess at the Cannon mine Franklin. Justice Wright presided noting higher ups push profits over animals and workers. Separately Rev. Albert Dahlstrom faces a federal white slave case amid claims of a 32-wives spell and urging Mrs Englund to elope.
Officials in Los Angeles forego prosecution of Mrs. Bertha Pukeshofer after she leaped from a fifth floor window during a corset theft attempt. She was caught by two plainclothes women and dangled 70 feet above the pavement before being saved and fainting.
In Marshfield Oregon on March 11 J. FH. Strain did not explain his absence from his own wedding. Miss Artie Helle Clarke accepted his proposal but he did not attend the ceremony. She chose Wm. Strain, the bride’s son, as a substitute groom, while Father Strain remained absent.
In El Paso on March 11 Rafael Muzquiz rebel consular agent said he had not been notified of any battle near Mazatlan in which 2,500 rebels were killed. The report, stemming from Nogales, had some officials giving it credence, though Muzquiz doubted its accuracy.
In Rochester Washington on March 11 Governor Lister and Public Service Commissioners Godman and Lewis will hear charges brought by local citizens against Commissioner Frank R. Spinning. The hearing centers on alleged official misconduct and seeks accountability from a state official.
A photographer, Frank Jacobs, uses a moving picture camera on his family to create reels of the child’s life from infancy to manhood. The family envisions future viewing with the boy grown, seeing him as he ages and eventually becoming a grandfather.
Fire destroys several public buildings in Bulcole as militant suffragettes set blazes today. Damage estimated at 100000 dollars amid escalating protests.
W A Loomis chief of police resigns today to the newly appointed commissioner of public safety Thomas J L Kelly. The notice notes a city personnel reshuffle and references a local business training ad.
Mrs James Cavanaugh’s child was born roofless in the mouth. Doctors grafted flesh to form a roof while the father served six months in the stockade under a lazy husband act. Upon release he boasted it was done and vows the child’s future looks brighter. The narrative notes the father’s shame dissolving as the operation progresses.
The Mothers Training school lectures attract a large audience with a live infant demonstration. The fourth lecture Thursday at 4 PM on the Bon Marche sixth floor will use a real baby to illustrate newborn care and prenatal mother care. Prominent physicians will explain the child’s mental and physical development over six weeks.
Washington reports W. W. Rockhill former minister to Chile and ambassador to Russia would be named to succeed John Hassell Moore as counsellor for the state department. In Mexico, Gen. Villa claimed victory for rebels at Loma southwest of Torreon, Chihuahua.
A House Judiciary subcommittee in Washington on March 11 prepared its report on charges against Judge Emory Speer of Georgia.
Six Seattle residents and others share a 160 acre coal claim near Glacier Whatcom County valued at about 500 million dollars. Experts testified the anthracite vein could yield over 86 million dollars of coal per 160 acres with a clear profit of 17.2 million. Mrs Wheatman of Seattle co-owns the claim with John Part Blaine Mary Smith Keplinger and Joseph Frankovitz and Jas Hinton of Glacier.
In Portland on March 11 two rival Chinese tongs are preparing for armed conflict, signaling escalating gang tension in the city. Local authorities monitor the standoff as merchants and residents brace for possible clashes.
The Star becomes a member of the American Audit Association joining leading U S papers and national advertisers to certify circulation statements. Notable organizers include Russell Whitman Henry Dumont Louis Brush and Curtis Brady with early members such as Chicago Tribune New York Globe Seattle Star and Tacoma Times.
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