Fragments Hint at Great Jazz Session on Saturday
OCR reads fragmentary note mentioning a great jazz session slated for Saturday the 25th. Details on venue and performers are unclear.
24 May 1907
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
1
OCR reads fragmentary note mentioning a great jazz session slated for Saturday the 25th. Details on venue and performers are unclear.
In West Seattle and Youngstown precincts leaders on both sides claim victory as voters head to the polls. Judge Albertson rejects an injunction to halt the election and Sheriff Smith orders deputies at Youngstown to prevent illegal voting and quell disturbances. Washington post office changes include Milan Robinson appointed at Columbian, George Dodge named at Pe Ki, and John Cann jä ven at Piedmont.
Representatives from Monone New York discuss international arbitration doctrine amid plans to force debt repayment. Minister Ignacia Calderon notes broader use in southern nations while Loomis comments on a peace pathway and a railroad from New York.
An officer of the Kitchen Helpers' union in Temple notes a great shortage of kitchen staff. He says Deng besieges daily from outside areas offering scarce labor and higher wages, while November camps and railroad work lure workers. The scene highlights widespread job competition and rising fees in labor markets.
Seattle employment agencies report a total lack of cooks on their lists yet receive hundreds of demands from hotels boarding houses private parties and Alaska towns. First class help costs range from 126 to 200 per month as skilled cooks seek other work.
Coal bunkers of the Pacific Coast Co are empty and not expected to refill within two days. Officials blame Black Diamond mine disruptions while ships wait. Abassinia ready to sail, daily delay costs 500 to the fleet. Florence K, Roslyn line players noted with varying supplies.
A large ammonia pipe burst at Armour and Co in the stock yards injuring many. Five men died instantly and several others were hospitalized with fatal pneumonia risk from fumes. Names include Michael Black 60 James Gorneck 18 Jobih Killnock 51 Peter Maroon 51 and one unidentified victim.
A Beattie diary details the town’s fever over Raffles the Mysterious. Citizens search from Beattie to Ballard with a $600 reward for the capture, while the suspect promises to reveal himself when challenged after Sunday night.
Secretary of War W. H. Taft will travel through Seattle in September on his way to the Philippine Islands. He is due to sail from Seattle aboard the Minnesota, which is set to depart about September 26.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary society opened its fifteenth annual session yesterday afternoon at Madison Street Methodist church. Delegates from King and Clatsop counties attended. Missionary Mrs Willis Rowse Keene spoke on the work in China.
May 24 Albany report states New York resident M Henory Becker 31 of Manhattan arrested on suspicion of murdering Amelia 15 year old daughter of William Staffeldt farmer of Elmhurst Long Island. Senate approves bill setting railroad rates at 2 cents per mile for all lines over 150 miles. awaiting governor’s signature after passing assembly.
A Polish miner was killed when Atamborski, a Lithuanian resident of Franklin, fired four shots during a dispute over a keg of beer. Atamborski denies the shooting as police detain him with mourning neighbors noting his good reputation. Will H. Morrin was retained to defend the accused.
James Cochran a chain gang member will be retenced from Way site hospital with both legs intact. Doctors had prescribed amputation as the only means to save his life but he will be discharged without losing a limb.
John Barrett director of the bureau of American republics and appointed by President Roosevelt to represent the United States at the AYP exposition ground breaking on June 1 will depart Washington tonight arriving May 31. Thirty five local residents formed an Yealer way improvement club with H L leer as president and Albert L Lord secretary to plan street upgrades and cleanup near the power house at Eighth avenue.
The Star warns readers about the Great Walton and Phenomenal La Fayette, exposed fakirs using medical quackery. They plan paid public shows and a vaudeville display while avoiding public enthusiasm and facing police scrutiny and a $0.80 admission plan.
General Streeter represented three Mary Baker Eddy trustees arguing to place them as next friend plaintiffs in the Eddy case. How for the next friends summarized affidavits alleging premeditated trustee action and that Mrs. Eddy's son George Glover acted from affection for his mother. Senator Chandler expected to wrap up the session later today.
The Good Roads association will convene at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at 1 PM to decide on a site for a proposed secured road along the sound toward Everett. A Richmond Beach delegation will press for prompt action.
Dillon Montana May 24 A Tuesday night inquiry into Prof Karl Reidelsberger musical director at the State Normal School failed to yield definite evidence of impropriety. Twenty female students accused him of dissipated character but offered no specifics while calling for his removal and Luce’s reinstatement. Lieut Gov Norris attended and will owe Gov Toole to act. Republican church groups and the WCTU have limited action against Reidelsberger in support of the students.
When the lake shore lands are appraised the board of land commissioners will summon local business leaders as expert witnesses. The board has asked Mayor Moore and City Engineer Thomson to appear in Seattle next week.
A phrase indicating the plan to name certain persons who could and would give expert testimony on the value of the lands in question. The note suggests appointing qualified appraisers or surveyors to establish appraised worth for legal or settlement purposes.
Surviving members of the volunteer fire department will observe the fifth anniversary of the 1889 big fire with a basket picnic at Wildwood Park on June. The day includes addresses and games following the picnic.
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