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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1912
Page
3
The Port Commission and Ayers Co discuss rental terms as it negotiates leases for port facilities. Negotiations appear abandoned, with lawmakers proposing changes to rental law while resisting long term leases and private concessions. The commission aims to keep port property affordable and regulated, balancing private use with public interest.
Idaho delegates split between Roosevelt and Taft camps with 129 instructed for Roosevelt and 73 for Taft. Both sides eye a finish fight at the national convention as E Borah supporting Roosevelt and Taft factions potentially threaten a compromise by sending unpledged delegates. The outcome hinges on the two remaining uncommitted delegates and the balance of power at the nominating event.
Miss Martha Louise Tipton of New York City was named queen of the 24 girls who will carry Vassar’s daisy chain this year. The daisies are gathered by sophomores each year as a college rite, but jealousy and controversy over selecting only 24 from 278 students led college authorities to abolish the tradition after this year.
Robén Alcana runs a compact Seattle shop offering shoeshines while discussing Turkish Greek Spanish Italian Portuguese Yiddish and English. The multilingual driver and owner curates foreign news and chatter for diverse customers, claiming a near polyglot talent and political commentaries.
The prohibition party plans its state convention in Everett on May 14 and 15 with committee appointments for the campaign and several speakers. Harold K. Rockhill of Tacoma Mra M B Platt of Seattle and Rev Luther Little are listed among the speakers. Snohomish county and King county prohibition groups schedule events around the same date with a preconvention meeting at the Y M C A.
Paris May 13 Prof Metchnikoff of the Pasteur Institute announces a vaccine to prevent typhoid fever after experiments on volunteer medical students who received large typhoid germ inoculations. The first two volunteers were given 500 million germs each.
At the New York customs pier Mrs. F August Heinze and her 6 year old daughter Catherine were involved in a crowded scene as a loot of 100000 dollars in diamonds and jewelry spilled from a jewel case. The child warned the crowd and helped gather the jewels while Mrs Heinze signed slips without apparent concern.
A Salvation Army captain dismisses a harsh begging letter as poor, then mobilizes neighbors and Army resources to aid a sick Arlington family. Within an hour the Army secures clothes and supplies for a week, showing fast, practical charity despite the family’s pride.
Speaking in Pittsburg, John N. Underwood cites alleged alcohol harms claiming 3600 wives killed by drunken husbands and 2500 babies crushed by fathers, with 90 percent of divorces tied to liquor and 180000 cases of insanity annually, plus costs of care and criminal prosecutions totaling tens of millions.
WRISLEY BROWN, special assistant to the attorney general, heads the impeachment prosecution against Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court. Brown submits his report to the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives.
Average prices paid to producers for various commodities are given with notes on variation by freshness and quality. Figures reflect a rough market snapshot for fire sale items and butter selling price, including regional adjustments and percentage factors.
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