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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1914
Page
4
Eng ship Royal Edward, returning from the Atlantic, rammed a nearby iceberg off Cape May on May 23. Captain Woteon steered bow on and halted with a gentle tap, buckling plates but no serious damage, then backed away and continued the voyage.
Edwin J Brown argues that reapportionment is essential for fair representation across classes. He frames the war of the classes as a battle over economic power, railroads, and corporate control, claiming wealth owners exploit labor and calling for social cooperative production to end wage slavery and class conflict.
Short news roundup notes Rev J B Johnston at First United Presbyterian in Long Beach. Children dance at Douglas Dancing Academy today. Houghton farmers fight brush fires. Record attendance at Follies Fortuna dance and Bachelors dance next Friday. YY W C A Federated Clubs meet. Sans Souci club meets Tuesday. Rev W Brinkman returns from East. State medical examiners tests begin July 1. Engineers and firemen dance at Foresters Ball. Kirkland volunteer fire department aids forest fires. Dr P F Bressee addressed Nazarene assembly. Rev M A Matthews and wife return from East next week. Rev Ira M Grey to speak at Plymouth ministers meeting. Memorial Day observed in public schools. Officers Night at University Presbyterian church. Rev A C Ericson from Brooklyn speaks at Hippodrome in Swedish. Women's Missionary Society hears Rev C E Tebbetts Wednesday. Mt Baker Park Presbyterian hosts special missionary meeting Sunday night.
Eight miners lose lives in a Tamaqua Pennsylvania mine elevator disaster. Rescue and investigation teams work at the shaft as officials review safety procedures and accident circumstances.
Seattle churches announce music for services tomorrow with sacred concerts planned in both morning and evening. The notices highlight church choirs and ensembles performing during worship.
Judge Fred C. Brown declared that Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Thomas J. L. Kennedy shows bias in criticizing the lazy husband law due to both men running for prosecuting attorney.
The park board yesterday approved plans to reserve shore lands along Lake Washington for the construction of a highway and boulevard.
Graduate Manager Harr expects the $4,000 needed to send the crew east to be raised by Monday. Overnight contributions include $50 from John W. Considine and Pennsylvania grads, $25 from J. B. Chilberg, and $1 from H. A. Moldenhour, with additional small gifts.
Prosecutor Murphy says citizens may withdraw petition signatures despite no law permitting withdrawal. Six signers of the Hamilton Knudsen petitions asked to have their names removed from the lists.
Edith left Elliott Bay at noon bound for Nome and other Alaska ports marking the first of the season for larger vessels to head toward Bering Sea ports. The Corwin, a smaller craft, is now in Nome.
Mrs A Conner of Tacoma passed the state dental examination and was awarded her degree by the Washington dental board which adjourned yesterday. She was the only woman among 61 applicants.
A Dingman well near Calgary produced a large oil flow with gas precedents. By yesterday afternoon about ten barrels had been brought to the surface. A thousand feet of high grade oil was reported rising rapidly and described as an unprecedented strike in the region.
Calgary reports a remarkable oil strike at Calgary Petroleum Products Co with output estimated 160-200 barrels daily and 2,006,000 cubic feet of gas. Gas contains gasoline and can be profitably extracted. Stock leaped from 12.50 to 200 as crowds flocked to the site. Police kept order as brokers saw no selling, only buying.
CALGARY May 19 A new oil strike was reported yesterday at the McDougall Segur well about 12 miles north and west of the Seasman well. The substance is black and greasy and burns similar to the Dingman oil. Dingman continues to gush daily though expulsion lasts briefly. Fourteen standard drilling outfits were ordered. Dingman plans to pump to resume drilling after a board meeting. Mammoth opens a pocket of wet mass.
Oil speculation in Canada highlights multimillionaires like Rockefeller and Rhodes, with British Columbia's Sage Creek showing promising seepages. Geologists and engineers from Canadian Geological Survey and various experts note potential anticline traps, shallow dips, and a possible lucrative oil field, urging development with adequate capital and skilled management.
A sensational oil investment pitch touts immense gains from early stock purchases in Western Canada. It promotes pre organization offers, names executives and a Vancouver base, and predicts 200 to 1000 percent profits as millions in oil profits are framed as imminent.
Feverish excitement grips Calgary as the Dingman well spouts 90 feet high for several minutes. Driller J. H. Brown reports continued high oil flow of about 2000 feet. Wemoth well yields wet gas with black oil particles. stock subscriptions surge with dozens of new contracts and potential wells.
Calgary May 19. Oil excitement continues with the Dingman well gushing daily and the McDougall Seur strike producing black greasy oil. Dozens of new brokers offices open, more than fifty new companies being formed, and space in the shopping district snapped up as confidence returns and money loosens.
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