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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1913
Page
6
The House of Commons debates a compromise bill granting the vote to women over 25 who are householders or wives of householders, about 6,000 people. The chamber fills as guards and police supervise access while the division bells await tonight’s vote.
St Catherine s church in a southeastern London suburb burned with an estimated loss of 50000 pounds. Authorities suspect suffragettes set the blaze. A hazardous device with a lit fuse and a Votes for Women placard were found at the Grand hotel. Ada Ward a militant suffragette was identified and arrested but escaped custody en route to Bow Street station.
William Zantell an assistant engineer on the Alaska Pacific Steamship liner Admiral Sampson is jailed on a theft charge after Patrolman Poolman questioned him on the Grand Trunk docks. Poolman found 250 pounds of brass engine fittings missing from the ship’s storeroom amid his inquiries.
Hyomei is advertised as a cure for catarrh using a pocket inhaler to deliver medicated air. The ad asserts rapid relief from nasal discharge throat irritation and offensive breath, claims near universal effectiveness, and offers a one dollar complete outfit with optional extra liquid bottles at fifty cents.
The grand jury in Judge Ronald's court will focus on county and city affairs rather than ordinary charges. From 75 names drawn Monday, 17 will be chosen. prosecutors expect a full panel. Deputy sheriffs serve summonses as 34 women appear on the list. witnesses may already be subpoenaed and some watched to prevent flight.
Chicago reports reveal 1000 young immigrant girls are brought yearly to stockyards, housed in crowded boarding houses known as Back o' the yards, mostly 14 to 20 and few speaking English. The American Federation of Labor exposes conditions, noting persistent recruitment after 1904 strike and pay of 3.50 to 6 a week for grueling 10 hour days on cement floors with foul air.
George Edward Adams, convicted with John G. Webber of a counterfeiting conspiracy, remains on paroled term from McNeil's Island and will serve 18 months concurrently with his prior sentence. The former society man had also faced gold theft charges at the government assay office. Webber received a similar sentence after his appeal.
Friday morning in superior court will hear a restraining order sought by T. B. McDermott in a challenge to a $21,000 paving contract awarded by the board of public works to the Barber Asphalt company. McDermott claims bitulithic is patented and blocks competition, risking a monopoly on city paving.
The Hotel Rector on Thirday at Cherry Street opened Monday night drawing a steady stream of visitors. The Wekal orchestra played into the early hours. First registrants were Mr. and Mrs. L. Wurzburg of London, England. Clerks in charge were Andrew Harris and Ernest Rogers, both formerly with well known Seattle hotels.
Lake Washington shorelands will be preliminarily surveyed by Land Commissioner Savidge from Seattle after a May 6 departure. The last legislature authorized reservations of area for public purposes before upland ownership. London reports the Duchess of Connaught’s condition remains far from satisfactory after a second abdominal operation.
An infant health ad urges early bowel care and presents Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative remedy. It touts suitability for infants and all ages, claims digestion benefits, and offers free samples via mail from W. B. Caldwell of Monticello Illinois.
The text argues that visual content vastly outperforms plain text in selling goods. It claims major corporations use about ninety percent pictures and ten percent reading matter in their ads and suggests readers try this method for even small ventures.
Engraving firm listed with address 229-230 Liberty Building opposite Postellios. No further details on services or personnel provided.
Seattle plans a Fathers day to honor dads on June 16 as churches adopt the observance. The piece contrasts regular Mothers Day reverence with fewer Father songs, noting Bible references and a parade of paternal theme tunes from cheerful to somber.
On Monday two women and a boy were injured in separate auto incidents. Mrs. W. C. Vaughan of 8018 Eighteenth Ave NE was treated at City hospital for an injured wrist and scalp wound after being struck by a car driven by H. H. Hart of Richmond Paper Co. Mrs. C. H. Woods of 323 Battery Ave sustained minor bruises when hit by a runaway car belonging to Hilers Music House. Frank A. Hanson, 11, of 3738 Fifteenth Ave backed into a car driven by G. H. McCalum at Brooklyn Ave near NP tracks, a wheel ran over him.
Herman Ross of Seattle, a newspaperman, is named by Governor Lister to the state board of control, succeeding A. D. Cowen. He will take office next Saturday after a long newspaper career in the Middle West and previously editing a Vancouver, Washington daily.
In Spokane on May 6 Billy Nolan, manager of Willie Ritchie, repeats his claim that Ritchie will allow Packey McFarland to make 135 pounds at 6 p.m. if they are matched for a night bout. McFarland has stood by 3 p.m. as his final word, drawing modest headlines amid speculations.
Alphonso Polet, 16, on Rainier Boulevard, and Louis De Torreo, 9, rode a wagon when startled by a Renton car. Polet leaped aside and shoved De Torreo to safety as he was thrown to the ground. The wagon crashed after striking a telephone pole and both boys were bruised. The accident wrecked the wagon.
Thorwald Siegfried will deliver a lecture on the work of the New York congestion committee at the Commercial club tonight after the committee’s recent session closure.
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