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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
8
Improvement clubs of West Seattle and J. B. Kiefer debated condemnation. Kiefer circulated a flyer in West Seattle claiming the project would cost 1,000,000 dollars and he admitted the figure was “a bit spicy.”
Billie Burke discusses how women’s hip shapes reveal character and age, contrasting wagging and sliperied hips with a nottied look. She argues for moderation in diet and weight, proper posture, and regular exercise to maintain a youthful, buoyant figure without corsets.
Alaska May 2. Harry Badger completes a 311 mile bicycle traverse from Chin a to FPATRBANKS in 50 hours of travel. He is the first to bike over the snow this season.
Japanese commercial leaders broadcast that Japan would embargo California ports if the anti alien land bill passes. They warned exports would be routed to U S markets via Puget Sound ports, signaling retaliation amid heated debate. Bryan's failure noted as fueling disappointment and sentiment.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will speak at a monster suffrage rally at the Metropolitan opera house in New York. The event, under the Men’s League and Greater New York suffrage groups, serves as a preliminary to the big parade planned for tomorrow.
Professor William J. Hull of Swarthmore College told the Fourth American Peace Congress in St. Louis that warfare between nations is immoral. He argued nations have no more right to wage war than rulers have divine right to govern wrongly and urged a court exterior to nations to prevent immoral warfare.
Scott Calhoun and Joseph Parkin as receiver for the Seattle Renton and Southern oppose a $1,126,000 claim on collateral bonds and notes. They allege the Peabody Houghtering company charged excessive rates and shorted the bond issue proceeds. The company allegedly furnished $270,000 of a $300,000 note and $335,000 of an $825,000 bond.
Swedish Mission church leaders from the West Coast including British Columbia Washington Oregon and Northern Idaho gather for their yearly conference at the Swedish tabernacle. The event continues with formal sessions and lessons in the faith.
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