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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
2
In Chicago during the Hearst strike and others, slugging and thug violence have surged. Newspapers denounce the assaults while locals and publishers explain it as retaliation rooted in long running circulation wars. The city remains tense as newsagents suffer robberies and intimidation.
Chief of Police Bannick plans to request 50 additional personnel today at a joint public safety and finance committee meeting. He seeks an ordinance to add 10 detectives and 40 patrolmen immediately and notes that a prior ordinance shifting cars to the public works board has crippled his department, leaving him with limited patrol wagons and hindered operations across the city.
Four hundred children waved flags of all nations during the second day of the Western Washington Sunday school convention at Plymouth church. Over 500 delegates from 21 counties attended, making it one of the largest delegations. Hymns were sung with Mrs. John H. Matthews leading the chorus as sessions discussed elementary classes and gendered teaching topics led by speakers from Vancouver and Chicago.
Henry A Balch sought medical help and a lawyer during a December crisis but recovered. He later refused to pay Ralph Simons bill for drafting the will. Simon sued in superior court and won twenty five dollars plus costs of the suit for services rendered.
Judge Thomas Burke and J. Do. Lowman presented the ultimatum on behalf of Autre Terminal Co. to port commissioners. The two key demands seek a 50 year lease after legislative action to modify the 30 year rule and a tax-like arrangement to match seven years of deferred interest on the port’s $5,000,000 outlay.
On May 10 flood waters of the Mississippi threaten about 20000 residents in New Rhoades and nearby towns. Officials rush launches motor boats and barges for rescues as crevasses widen and levees crumble. Communications fail with Torras and Mo reauville reports alarm as homes are swept away and food dwindles.
May 10 report says final defeat is expected for efforts by the House Appropriations Committee to abolish the San Francisco mint and assay offices including Seattle. Opposition hinges on a potential roll call by Chairman Pithe r h ald on disputed items. last day saw a 92 to 61 vote restoring funding for the San Francisco mint and other institutions.
The Sanitary Public Market completes arrangements for a general inspection of all goods and continues progressive upgrades. Exterior arc lights on First av. and Pike place and interior improvements aid patrons, with refrigerating meats under glass drawing liberal patronage and plans for glass boxes to protect berries and perishable fruit.
A large city dental office claims honesty and reliability through its large practice and pleased patients. It emphasizes it is owned by a graduate registered dentist with only registered dentists on staff and argues its guarantee is more trustworthy than one from a non dentist.
Regal Dental Offices advertises dental services with Dr. L R Clark as manager at 1406 Third Ave Northwest near Union. Bring this ad to redeem or inquire about visits and offerings.
May 10 report from Snohomish details a high school seniors outing titled hike away. Alta Holmes and Julia Vestal were polled on a cedar log in the river by Byron Paine when the log rolled. Holmes and Paine were saved by fellow students while Vestal clung to the log and floated downstream about a mile. A farmer later reserved the scene. The annual event is labeled a school board saga never again.
In Seattle inquiries are under way into the disappearance of Mrs. Claude Walters formerly of this city. She deserted her twin babies in Portland on May 1 after leaving a note reading I will leave you. It is too much to take care of these kids. I am going far away and work. Good bye Lucy.
Boston May 10 Indirect indication that Clarence V T Richeson facing execution for slaying his former sweetheart Mina Avie Linnell is of unsound mind. Dr Varnes Briggs a noted alienist who has observed the unfrocked Baptist minister avoided detailed mental remarks but implied Richeson is weak minded though physically sound.
Mrs May Arkwright Hutton of Spokane becomes the first woman named as a delegate from the state to a national convention. Indorsed unanimously by the Spokane delegation at the Democratic state convention in Walla Walla. She supports Bryan and campaigned for woman suffrage.
John Haley, a former employer and slayer of Charles Ditton, remains in U S court custody in Pierce county jail without bail on a first degree murder charge. A preliminary exam was held with Haley pleads not guilty and audible remorse as witnesses described the Ditton killing and Trahey shooting. Ditton's funeral is set for Sunday.
A playful missive asks if a wooer may write on plain business paper or a yellow pad rather than fine monogrammed stationery. The speaker toys with posting cards and different papers, questioning whether unconventional paper would spoil romance.
Washington May 10 An official of the American Federation of Labor announced negotiations are in progress to settle the pressmen strike in Chicago. The federation said it is vitally interested after learning that Chicago publishers allegedly began a concerted move to undermine the labor organizations involved. The AFL executive council met in secret to discuss the Chicago dispute.
Mayor Cotterill and the board of public works spent hours reviewing the expert engineers of the Cedar River dam project report. The mayor will submit a council briefing Saturday morning ahead of committee discussion.
Mayor Cotterill, guided by Walla Walla Warden C. 8. Reid, made a hurried tour of the state penitentiary last Tuesday evening. He viewed prisons workers forming furniture and shoes, milling dairy and other tasks, and observed the daily routine through remaining hours.
May 10 report notes Olympia officials will not accept streetcar style payments for deputy transportation. The decision, by the vice commander, follows a custom to pay about per deputy for service, though exact figures are unclear.
Photographs show the last Italian holdout at Gargareshh southwest of Tripoli after fierce fighting. Four hundred Turks and Arabs were killed. Experts call the entrenchments impregnable, guarding the desert front toward oases including Tripoli Tagt ura Ain Zarahir Bengal Tobruk and Derna, with 10 inch field guns and attack aids in use.
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