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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1911
Page
6
A wartime graphic contrasts the U S Illinois battleship with the Japanese fleet. It highlights big gun counts and gross tonnage to argue American naval supremacy and counters claims of a Japanese fleet superiority.
The article notes that the U S navy is nearly twice as large as Japan, with the average level of capability inferred without testing actual warfare.
The text compares active service in Japan and the narrator's country, noting 40,000 versus 46,000 in service and reserves of 110,000 for Japan against a 6,500 naval militia. It stresses that victory hinges less on numbers than on artillery fired, lethality, and aiming accuracy.
In Springfield Oklahoma Speaker Owen urged passage of initiative and referendum amid rumors of Lorimer party interference. He framed the measures as a clash of organized greed against the people and pledged to end bribery and machine politics. A Washington Annex banquet honored forestry teachers by 26 rangers after three months of work. Fauntleroy Progressive Club plans Gateway school meeting to finalize charter membership and organize.
A jury in Judge Gay's court awarded H. Glicher $15000 damages against Seattle Electric Co. He was thrown from a Yesler car by a sudden start at 27th and ag.on October 3, 1910, passing over both legs and crippling him. Attorney R. W. Jennings represented Glicher.
The Waadah club in Seattle proclaims a secret political aim to elect men to office. The motto reads Put the Indian Sign on the Enemy, and the group states no one may apply for membership as members are elected when the club desires.
In Snohomish a boy died when a wheelbarrow slipped from a log and pulled him into a millpond. Perry Nelson, 22, was sentenced to one to twenty years at Monroe Reformatory after pleading guilty to forgery for cashing a $30 check with a forged signature. He claimed the signature belonged to his father, a wealthy Eastern banker. Also quoted: a wry remark about twins and taxi cabs.
Everett residents oppose the city occupation tax plan and are raising funds to test the ordinance’s legality.
Chicago March 23. Sociologist Prof Charles Zueblin spoke on marriage. He argued economic dependence stigmatizes women and that independence could relieve this stigma and moral flaws. He said marriage is more a social institution than a spiritual bond and that love serves to protect children.
In Victoria B C March 23 Japanese are being starved out of Manchuria due to plague says Mr Nakamura president of the South Manchurian railway. The Tacoma Maru reports cut off communications with Japanese shops and firms and if the plague lasts long Japanese business men may leave the country. Also dated notes mention the biennial convention of the Washington Association of the Deaf set for July 2 to July 4 with 150 to 200 expected attendees.
George Edward Adama, imprisoned at McNeil Island under ten years for substituting black sand for gold, has an application for pardon sent to Taft. He has served five years, shown model conduct, and works as bookkeeper and assistant to the superintendent.
Charles P. Pray of the U S department of justice reviewed records of the Pacific Shippers' Association as part of an investigation into a possible combination among Northwest lumbermen. He previously completed a probe of the Western Retail Lumber Dealers' Association in Spokane.
Yukon lawmakers opened their annual session with a minimal quorum as opposition leader Andy Smith walked out prompting a daylong blockade. Governor Henderson threatened dissolution unless Smith returned, but Smith can depart again to end legislation at any time.
Attempts yesterday to sell cigarettes openly after the four year old repeal law were frowned upon by police. Dealers must wait until June 10 when the new law takes effect.
Chicago residents of Chinatown unable to meet heavy rents decided yesterday to abandon their South Clark street haunt.
An advertisement proclaims that a 25 cent package of Pape's Cold Compound cures grippe and breaks up severe colds within hours. It claims three doses every two hours until relief, with no quinine and three years of research behind it.
Endorsements from a priest, a local bridge contractor, and merchants tout a Beattie Neal Institute program in Seattle that addresses liquor addiction with an eight day cure. The notice promises a full information packet by mail from East Howell and 16th Ave.
Prince Nicholas Troubetzkoy of Russia has taken American naturalization papers in Los Angeles seeking freedom from autocratic rule. He recalls his lineage from Rurik to the first Romanoffs and notes his son Urey, born American, may choose Russia or America. He preserves a ceremonial silver cross once given to Peter the Great by an ancestor.
In New Orleans on March 23 a dispute arose after the Wasp weekly criticized Armand Capdeville, editor of the Bee French daily. Capdeville challenged M. De Baroncelli, the Wasp editor, to a pistol duel.
A vintage health note claims women can gain a rosy even complexion without makeup by nightly massages with a cero cream. It explains dissolving two ounces of cero in warm water to create a soothing preparation for face neck and arms.
Regular users in the US, England, and Canada report fast relief from indigestion, sour stomach, and gas. A 50 cent case digests meals within five minutes, ending belching, nausea, headaches, and stomach discomfort. claims cure for most digestive upsets.
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