18 May 1910
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1910
Page
1
The Star states its carrier route circulation is the largest in Seattle by 3 000 to 4 000 copies per day. Circulation books are open for inspection by any merchant in the city.
Seattle engineer Perkins plans for a July Alaska trip with a Morgan company tie while Ballinger seeks an engineer for private Alaska railroad work. The correspondence shows pressure to use Ballinger influence. Thomson and Wickersham are drawn into the confidential exchanges amid the Ballinger investigation.
The record notes Taft said he read and digested in a week the Gravis charges comprising 61 pages and 37 000 words. It lists answers by Ballinger Dennett Pierce and Schwartz with files letters and exhibits totaling 774 pages and about 400 000 words.
A condensed diary of President Taft’s week detailing motor trips to Myopia Hunt Club Brookline and Beverly, golf with Yale allies, receptions with Ballinger Lawler and Wickersham, yacht Mayflower trophies, census talks, and the handling of the Ballinger case with 661 pages of documents and a Boston speech prep.
At the federal prison in Atlanta convicts fear Halley’s comet will destroy the earth. Guards suspect some inmates exploit the panic for disorder while officials impose extra measures with all guards on duty at sundown. A Catholic bishop confirms a new class of inmates with priests assisting.
San Diego teachers report unusually light attendance as anxious parents fret over Halley’s comet. A light day yields curious idioms like an early cucumber in the hand beating a two in the stomach.
The text recalls John Miller and John F Miley discussing a letter from Thomeon to HaMinger. Thomeon reportedly told Miley Ballinger asked him to seek leave to Alaska. Ballinger supposedly wanted to catch land there, and Miley pledged cooperation, though details were scant.
The speaker recalls a city official approving a leave of absence after a quick 16 minute discussion. They sought assurance on the purpose and claimed a right to information before granting the request. They mention potential Alaska government service as a condition discussed with Thomeon and Ballinger.
E B Shiffey traveled 2000 miles from Owensborough Kentucky to become city engineer in Walla Walla at 175 dollars monthly. The council learned the city charter requires officers to be electors of the state and residents of the city for six months prior, risking his return to Kentucky without a job or expense reimbursement.
Washington reports that by size and displacement the United States tops the world in completed warships, with Britain as the only country having a fin aie exception. The U S is behind five other nations in total vessel numbers.
Classified notice notes a six room house on a four block distance from par priced at 12 dollars and a one room new house at 15 dollars. The ad, inserted Saturday, brought a tenant Sunday.
Denver votes show reform forces winning control of the city government. Voter returns indicate adoption of initiative and recall while the 20 year water franchise likely fails. Judge Ben Lindsey emerges as a rallying figure for reform as Democrats gain aldermanic majorities and Republicans are swept from power. The city also goes wet by about 16,000 in a hard fought prohibition contest.
Chicago women hailed a moral victory as Judge Scanlon ordered Cort Theatre to stop the musical farce Get Busy With Emily. An injunction dissolving closure restrictions allowed doors to remain closed, with Al Woods producing under the K and E syndicate.
Vice President James Sherman opened the Kalamazoo campaign praising President Taft and defending the Payne Aldrich tariff bill. He said Taft does not deceive the people and attributed tariff criticism to false statements, contrasting Taft with Roosevelt as an improvement over his predecessor.
A three person committee was named by the Seattle Commercial Club president to petition the state railway commission for an investigation into the rise of telephone charges in Seattle. The move follows a club vote to demand inquiry and may lead to hiring lawyers to present renters’ concerns before the commission.
The forecast suggests pleasant conditions tonight with clear or fair skies and light west winds expected on Thursday. No significant precipitation indicated.
A small meteorite fell through the Shawnee building roof at 10 o clock in Topeka Kansas striking near the desk of J W Going manager of Shawnee Fire Insurance Co Clerks fled in panic but no one was injured The flat stone could not be handled.
University of Washington astronomer Prof Jas E Gould reports Halley’s comet visible in the eastern sky from 9:20 to 10:06. The head crosses the sun in a predicted eclipse aiding density measurements. The tail will take 12 hours to pass Earth, the comet will dimly recede for two months, and observers seek evidence of solidity meteor activity and electrical effects.
In Pasadena on May 18 officials of the United States Geological Survey set up a glycerine coated plate on Mount Wilson to collect dust from Halley’s comet as it passes. If any tail material adheres, scientists will scrape and analyze it for dust content.
The United Press reports Halley's comet will cross the sun tonight at 7:39:10 p m Pacific standard time with transit middle at 8:08:46 p m and egress 8:37:46 p m. Earth enters the tail at 5 p m and leaves at 11 p m, tail about 1 000 000 miles thick and 20 000 000 miles long.
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