21 Nov 1910
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1910
Page
1
The city faces forced home losses and job cuts as Jake Furth and a Boston board push for higher dividends. Courts and the railroad commission ruled the directors wrong, and an aroused people can prevail against a million-dollar corporation. The message ends with a call that collective action leads to victory.
Reports from Mexico City say revolutionary bands amass near multiple cities while government troops prepare to confront insurgents. A Diaz loyalist crackdown prompts U S presence and troops moved to El Paso amid student demonstrations and border smuggling of titles. Battles are reported in Guerrera Zacatecas Puebla and Santa Cruz with mass insurrection feared.
Blundering deputies arrest 25 men for refusing to pay illegal fare hikes as Valley towns cut off from Seattle rail links. Cars sidetracked at Allentown and Georgetown. authorities clash over arrests and charges. Demonstration described as peaceful as residents push to restore old fares.
Loula Itorney of Boston argues before the Interstate Commerce Commission that railroads waste hundreds of millions of dollars paid by the public. He contends railroads claim efficiency but have grown lax after a decade without real competition, urging reform and modern management practices to cut waste.
In a police court scene, Louis Moule pleads to go home as tears fill his eyes. He explains he cannot find work and his strength is fading. Judge Gordon allows him to leave, and Moule exits haltingly, his life ending in hardship.
Mrs Schenk, charged with attempted murder of her husband, a millionaire, faced arraignment in Charleston with five pleas for dismissal and request for a December trial. Separately, James Evers, Sunset Telephone worker, was severely burned after entering a gas filled man hole on Madison Street and Summit Avenue with a lighted candle. he was rushed to Seattle General Hospital.
Ballard residents denounce the Furth Gill arrangement that put a Seattle Electric Co manager in charge of the municipal plant. The Municipal League probes mismanagement and high rates, with Ballard residents complaining charges reach 12 1 2 cents per kilowatt hour versus the city rate of eight cents.
Rev. Francis Van Horn assailed Mayor H C Gill during a Plymouth Congregational Church address. He urged recall and decried gambling draining legitimate trade and the alleged prostitution by "women of abandoned character" on First Second and Third avenues, noting a weekly Seattle murder rate.
In November notes the turkey market stays strong with high prices for the common man. The piece lists a Thanksgiving tone, mentions a bean hashery, and reports financials including clearings of 1 884 856.62 dollars and balances of 242 574.77 dollars.
The Chicago debut as vocalist and lecturer is planned for the famed theater with his bulldog Sancho as support. The count, amid domestic troubles, denies singing about his marriage and says he will perform two English songs and one French piece, plus a short dog lecture.
Four members of Ora Hubbell's family were found dead in the charred ruins of their Barnard home. Ora Hubbell, 40, his wife, Jessie 6, and Walton 4 were shot. the house burned to conceal the crime. A blood trail suggests Hubbell was slain as he left the house. his wife was killed while trying to call for help. Bloodhounds pursue suspects. robbery cited as motive.
A weather note warns of rain tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures. Moderate southwest winds are expected through the period, shaping the next two days' conditions.
Sheriff Hodge was in Black Diamond today. Chief Deputy Stringer said the company requested deputies and they were sent. Stringer also said he called off the deputies today, leaving the question of responsibility in doubt.
Dr Hawley H Crippen will be executed on November 23 for the murder of his actress wife Bellegimore Crippen. Winston Churchill announced no further intervention. Crippen sobbed and said poverty limited his acquittal and that proof of his innocence may come later.
A longtime Maine hunter vows to leave cigarettes at home after noting their odor betrays hunters to deer and moose. He says in all trips the scent drove away game and never once did he see a deer or moose when cigarets were carried.
Eben Tupper clashes with Schnitzel Smith over a self help craze in Seattle. Schnitzel extols a mindset of fearlessness and personal power while Eben questions the movement and its promises. The exchange hints at optimism versus skepticism in popular self improvement trends.
Teddy ONeil admitted squandering 100 dollars on alcohol in 48 hours, resulting in an eight day stay in city jail. The police court handled the case as a mathematical miscalculation of appetite versus funds.
In South Bethlehem Pennsylvania on November 21 Stewart Kuhnaman hid in a thicket and mimicked lynx cries to frighten his son in law BE Bachman. The ruse ended with Kuhnaman shot in the abdomen and right arm.
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