28 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1910
Page
1
A Charleston class cruiser accident near Olongapo P I killed several sailors including Graden and Molin during target practice. An inquiry will determine blame and deter future incidents. The incident occurred at Cavite after a gun blast destroyed the crew.
A Portland stage production of St. Elmo reveals the leading actress as Mrs. Gerda Wiemer Hoffman of San Francisco society. Mrs. Mathilda Wierer, her mother, confirms that Miss Gerda Nelson is identical to Mrs. Hoffman, wife of composer William Frederick Hoffman.
A Star editor invites readers to learn how a married couple lives on 16 dollars a week. The couple explains frugal routines and steady budgeting to meet basic needs, emphasizing waste not and living within income. Continued on Page Three.
Negotiations between Union Pacific and Great Northern halt tunnel work in Seattle. Labor pulled from the Union Pacific tunnel from near the site of the new station to beneath the King County Courthouse. Electric plans and joint railroad use discussed to save billions. Hariman lines seek expense cuts.
The report notes the second tunnel will probably never be constructed and the depot is not being built on the extensive plane first proposed and announced to the public.
Pair tonight with light frost as the area cools. Tuesday looks fair and warmer with moderate west winds.
Police raided a house at 1718 Warren Street after neighbors complained and ordered the women to vacate within four hours under Chief Wappenstein’s policy to clear immoral residents. At a Japanese lodging house 564 Ninth Ave. 8, six kept women and one man were found after failing a 24 hour move notice by Officers Carr and Christiansen Davis.
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius opened with a great volume of smoke rising from the crater. Early eruption showed no lava flow. Scientists cite possible causes including Mount Etna's subsidence and ash clogging craters. Nearby inhabitants are advised to remain cautious.
F C Cheasty, Seattle park board president, was dismissed at Mayor Gill’s request. His removal triggers club tensions at the Rainier Club amid claims of a breach of clubhouse ethics and calls for investigation, with Cheasty moving to the Washington Annex.
Tokyo dispatch reports rumors that China may offer Theodore Roosevelt a role as general adviser to the empire. The plan allegedly contemplates reforms and guiding China’s foreign relations with focus on diplomacy and statecraft. The chatter follows Wu Ting Fang's Cairo visit and reflects high regard for Roosevelt as a statesman.
In Baltimore the body of Mrs. Al Merrick was found on Alexander Brown's estate with the throat cut. John A. Merrick, her husband and a banker, was arrested after the body was identified, and police report they were estranged. A bloody handkerchief and a broken knife blade were recovered.
scattered notes from Petersburg and Cairo describe Bryan and Parker tours in Africa and Europe. Roosevelt attends morning service as spring imagery fills the page with flowers and civic life. A Salt Key murder confession and a Chicago hold up note punctuate the collage of reflections and questions about garden planning.
In Vancouver Washington F L Curtie wired a garden alarm after a nightly raid on Wie Baster Hilles. The device rang, Curtie captured two high school girls and they faced a reprimand. In Salt Lake City John KR Winder a senior Mormon leader died of pneumonia leaving 16 children and 87 grandchildren.
City finance chairman Sawyer declares no money for 27 patrolmen and three sergeants amid a rejection of wage increases for teamsters stablemen and other city workers. He notes a $200,000 deficiency on public improvements and only $10,000 of a $25,000 emergency fund remains, underscoring that state law requires tax levy funding for new expenditures.
P E Sullivan cleared when Judge Maid's court quashed an indictment charging him as owner of the American Cafe with allowing women and morals violation. The American Catering company, not Sullivan, owns the cafe, and Sullivan serves as its president. The grand jury had presented the charge via women's clubs.
A village inn in Oakoerite Austria burned during a dance killing about 250 people as panic blocked exits. Roof collapse trapped dancers while others perished under timbers. many bodies were so burned they could not be identified. Town mourns, businesses closed, families devastated.
Albert Wolter faced police over Ruth Wheeler death as portions of her body were found charred and cut in his apartment grate. The coroner held him for grand jury without bail while a key witness Kathen Mueller claimed to be Wolter’s wife and testified to two late night disturbances and Wolter’s threats.
Water will be shut off in the district tributary to EB Madison St from 29th Ave N to Lake Washington on Tuesday March 29 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Sven Olson of Wessington Alberta seeks his son Oscar Olson age 20 who left his claim at Stettler last August and traveled to Seattle to visit the exposition. The father has journeyed three weeks tracing his son through Edmonton Calgary Vancouver and Seattle with no word since.
Residents around Georgetown expect a close vote as annexation to Seattle faces a special election tomorrow. Suburban wards near Georgetown, though outside city limits, are within Seattle’s sphere, with district improvements tied to the outcome. Strong interest spans multiple wards and civic plans rely on Georgetown joining the city.
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