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Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1908

Page

5

Veto Debated as Yellowstone Bar License Postponed

Council votes to postpone action on Mayor Miller's veto of the Yellowstone bar license transfer to Haney Asmussen. The liquor license and revenue committee recommends delaying the decision to allow further protest and review. A separate vote investigates renewal at the Alaska rear transfer and franchise issues move forward.

Yellowstone Onesieooe Ay Cownel Sue Maer Miller Haney Asmussen Old MacDougal Southwick Ft Impoes William Luther Alaska Seto T Tneas Liquor License and Revenue Committee Counciil South Park Nabb Hanache Claussen Brewing Association Liense Themittee

Route Steamer Leaves Flyer Dock Early Morning

The UK Navy Yard announces a route steamer departing from Flyer dock at 6 30 am with additional services at 1 90 and 4 pm. The schedule aims to serve naval and civilian passengers with multiple daily departures.

Navy Yard Flyer Dock

City Schools Burglarized in Sudden Break-Ins

The Washington high school office was broken into Sunday night and $96 taken from the stenographer desk. Mercer and Denny schools were also found burglarized, with no clues obtained.

Washington High School Treant Ketcham Mercer Denny

Lectures and events highlight Seattle clubs week

J A McCormick will give a free illustrated lecture on the San Juan islands to Y M C A members. David Russell of South Africa visits Seattle May 16 to 26 giving 26 talks at churches, Fort Lawton, factories and the fleet with a Saturday banquet for Mr Hammer of Playaround. The T C A directors plan an informal dinner and business meeting. Rev Herbert Gowen to speak on animals in literature at Theo Sehol Hall for Progressive Thought Club. Wednesday P M Club met with Wordworth studies and Coleridge paper. Sunday School concert at Madison M E church. Green Lake Home Economic Society meets with a talk on home organization. A wedding at First Congregational Church Bellingham unites Evaile Dedsen and Dr William Douglas Stevenson. Daughters of Isis to meet at Mrs A Clark’s home.

David Russell South Africa Seattle Fort Lawton Y. M. C. A. Committee Hig Ve Thought Club Herbet H. Gowen Trinity Episcopal Church Progressive Thought Club Women's Clubhouse Gowen Helen Frazier HD. Moore Mies Hertha Cohen Lucia de Lammermoor Mise Evaile Dedsen L. T. Dodson Bellingham William Douglas Stevenson First Congregational Church Edith Prosch Jeanette Perry Helen Stevenson Alice Murchison Blodgett Tacoma Frank J. Shaw Lee Crawley Herbert Griffith Wiliam Phillipe Harley Dodson Hellingham

Gee Battleships Offer Daily Pier Boat Trips

Boats depart from Pier Ten for round trips daily at ten cents per person. The service runs with consistent schedules, inviting visitors to enjoy short sea outings along the harbor.

Confessed to a Brutal Murder at Fort Worden

Private James Holt confessed after cross examination to taking part in the murder and cremation of Musician Henry B. Johnson at Fort Worden. He claimed three accomplices, unnamed, and said Frank Grieble was innocent but detained for leaving the post. The body was battered with an iron plate and then burned.

United Press Port Townsend James Holt Henry B. Johnson Fort Worden Holt Frank Grieble

Detention of Sater suspect foregrounds murder case

Last evening the civilian suspect in the affair remained in custody of the sheriff. Belahe a' complicity is not fully established but he may have been present at the murder, not at the furnace scene. Holt provided where the instrument used to kill Johnson was found and other damaging information. The district attorney doubts Holt story of implicated men. The crime tale grows more horrifying as it reveals the killers moved from murder to revelry.

Sater Fe Belahe'e Holt Johnson Todd Tle

Waterfront streetcar line to connect West Seattle Fort Lawton

The Seattle Electric Co. plans a new waterfront streetcar service from West Seattle to Fort Lawton and from Alki Point to Fremont and Ballard. Manager K B Potter announced the system will start before the fleet arrives to provide a continuous waterfront run without transfers.

West Seattle Fort Lawton Alki Point Fremont Ballard K B. Potter Seatte Electric Co

Thompson Steamboat Fined for Carrying Explosives

Federal Judge C. H. Hanford fined Thompson Steamboat Co 160 dollars plus costs for violating laws against carrying explosives on passenger vessels. On November 14 1906 the steamer Perdita carried 11 explosive packages and one package of dynamite caps mislabeled as hardware, revealed only when 20 miles from Seattle.

C. H. Hanford Thompson Steamboat Company Perdita Seattle

No Flowers at Commencement Proposed by Seattle Class

The Seattle high school plans June 18 commencement at First Presbyterian Church for a 422 member class. The commencement committee passed a resolution to avoid decoration expenses and donate any funds saved to hospitals.

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