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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
3
The Navy plans reorganization with Admiral Brownson as chief. The Pacific fleet will include battleships West Virginia Pennsylvania and others. A second squadron covers Charleston Milwaukee St Louis Chicago, and a third guards Rainbow Cord Conn.
Georgetown council orders the crossing between Northern Pacific and Puget Sound railways on Sander Avenue closed. City engineer rebuilds the fence. East Georgetown remains isolated from the city while the Supreme Court decides if a crossing may be built. Railroads awarded $16,000 previously. Two streets lie only eight inches apart.
March 14. Gov Mead signs eleven measures including creating a state board and commissioner office to oversee highways survey construction and maintenance, regulating water rights, piloting on Puget Sound, tobacco sale restrictions, and state land administration. The package also covers state roads funding, railroad load and delay rules, and a board of land commissioners.
Judge Albertson overruled Seattle Electric Co's demurrer in a suit by West Seattle to require the company to fulfill a $30,000 contract to purchase the borough street railway system. The case aims to resolve legal tangles surrounding the sale.
The Indianapolis will be withdrawn from the Seattle Victoria run next month and placed on the Beattie Tacoma route with four trips daily leaving Seattle at 9 am 1 pm 6 pm and midnight Tacoma will be overnighted to connect Southern travelers with the Victoria boat. San Juan Fish Co Steamer Ovent returned from fishing banks with 110606 pounds of halibut. John Lindh Co offers spring hats at half price and urges quick purchase before store vacates in a few days.
A new mine to open immediately at Renton with the adjoining Talbott mine revived after 20 years emptying water. Seattle Electric Co. had begun pumping water out months ago to restart operations. The project will ease fuel shortages and provide many mining jobs.
In San Francisco this afternoon H Ruef submitted a second petition for a writ of habeas corpus to the state supreme court after an earlier writ in the AUEF 19 case. The move marks another legal step in the ongoing proceedings.
Licensed to wed reports list marriages of Alexander Holmes and May Gray 46 and 42, L D Jones 21 with Gabrielle Martin Brown 18, James Ralph Tucker 23 and Edith Kiethel Jeffries 20. Births recorded for Cline, Kelly, McKensey, Jackson, Gorman, Stein with locations and dates. deaths listed for Hiscock, McNaught, Smith, Garfinkle, Minch, Franecke with ages and burial areas.
Thomas H. McGauran, a steel riveter earning about $200 a month, was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to forging several checks while drunk. He helped build a building in Alaska.
Toulon reports 189 dead from the battleship Jena explosion with others believed lost. The ministry of marine released the count this afternoon and said unaccounted crew members are presumed perished.
Olympia March 14 The tenth Washington state legislature faces midnight adjournment with about 260 measures passed by both houses. The house approved three senate bills and the senate passed one house bill as the session winds down amid a fierce debate over a drivers bill and joint resolutions.
Notie June Palmerton 19 daughter of MH Palmerton of Palmerton Harvey Grain company died at home 1429 Fourteenth av tubercular meningitis She was a senior at Seattle High School and a leading basketball player Her death shocks the student body and campus community as she had recently remained active in studies and athletics.
A Green Lake district resident complains to The Star about Seattle Electric Company service. He cites high speeds over the Lake Union bridge and steep Green Lake bridge incline, crowded cars after 4 pm, danger of accidents, and lack of seats or safety. He urges prompt action to protect passengers.
Market notes list various vegetables and fruits with unclear spellings and prices. The garbled OCR mentions cranberries and other items, indicating a brief market roundup of produce and prices.
Fragmentary OCR lists livestock and feed items with prices per ton and per hundredweight. Mentions timothy hay and corn, with scattered figures like 23 and 098, but many words are illegible, yielding a damaged listing rather than a coherent notice.
Marine underwriters have nearly abandoned salvage of the Corona. A new plan to build a bridge to the wreck to remove boilers is under discussion. Rules restrict calcium carbide on steamers with passengers. Queen and Senator of Pacific Coast Steamship Co. laid up at Frisco for repairs but may return in six weeks. J Scott reports freight business to rise markedly due to more mining in Alaska. Many men are sought for Tasana district mines.
Within the last week Cowen's University Park addition saw a price increase on the remain site abatien 3 pet cone near Jefferson Street. Seneca Land Co sold lot 5 block 44 in Boren & Denny's addition listed at 66 000 previously. Phelan & Costello reported 10000 in Portland addition sales to local investors. Mrs Fay Cooke Litchefield sold Belmont av lot to a local investor for 4769 via Parry Investment Co.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception plans a Saturday night St Patrick's Day program featuring character Kane and traditional Irish music. The event highlights community participation and festive cultural music.
A rancher named Hd Hiller near Kent was killed when his wagon was struck by a Northern Pacific train while crossing the tracks. Two trains moving in opposite directions caused confusion. Deputy Coroner Wiliale investigated the scene. an inquest was not expected.
The president issued an executive order to enforce the immigration bill’s Japanese exclusion provision after San Francisco authorities pledged equal school privileges for Japanese children. This marks the immediate effect of the policy change.
The Lindh Company Clothiers at 1432 Becond Ave announces a rapid clearance sale as the building will be vacated soon. Marked down merchandise is offered at unusually low prices, urging customers to hurry.
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