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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1913
Page
1
Beginning Monday the subsequent chapters of The Confessions of a Wife will appear on page 3 of The Star. The diary chronicles a real woman’s wedding fears and early discoveries after the ceremony as the couple rests at a hotel revealing the husband’s innate selfishness.
A Seattle parent-scoldish essay warns that parental laxity and society’s fatigue with children breed sexual immorality. It cites a 15 year old girl’s influence, school clubs run by Miss Rowell and Billy Cook, and argues after hours responsibility lies with adults not educators.
The Star criticizes Dut ton but warns a light vote helps the "gang" and urges citizens to vote on Saturday December 6 to re-elect Bridges.
A newlywed couple, Dick and Margie, arrive by train and settle into a hotel suite. He jokes about names on the register and they decide to dine on beefsteak and talk of a new life together. Margie reflects on the wedding crowd and their plans for privacy. To Be Continued Monday.
Pennants coupon No 125: any four consecutive Star coupons plus 15 cents buy a 65 cent pennant. Yale and Navy pennants are out. Pennants mailed for 5 cents extra per pennant. Bring or mail to The Seattle Star 1207 Seventy near Union St.
A woman at 519 Prie St. leapt from a fourth floor window during a raid while a man fled. She was injured and taken to City Hospital. the man escaped, and police did not learn his name.
The McNulty faction of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers won the factional fight before the AFL. Resolutions denouncing the McNulty faction for supplying strike breakers to Pacific Gas and Electric in San Francisco were set aside. Gompers and other executive council members will visit San Francisco to pursue affiliation with Reid Murphy electrical workers.
The Potlatch and fleet celebration planned for Seattle in 1914 are canceled and postponed to a monster water carnival tied to the Lake Washington Battle Carnival association. The board of trustees decided the fleet will not reach Seattle next year, altering the anticipated events.
Mrs. L. Parsons widow of Albert J. Parsons one of the Haymarket anarchists hanged in Chicago in 1887 was turned back at the Canadian border Friday night and sent back to Seattle. She had planned to speak in Vancouver tonight but was refused entry after border authorities barred her.
Col George Washington Goethals chief engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission gives The Star an authentic three chapter history of building the Panama Canal. He promises the real story from the man who made the project. The series will publish starting Monday under his signature.
The final sessions of theAmerican Federation of Labor convention cover disputes over Reid Murphy and McNulty, choice of meeting place, and officers. Election may be delayed, with whispers of compromise involving John Mitchell and John White for second vice president.
Vera Cruz reports Huerta has been drinking heavily and occasionally reached a state of intoxication. The Washington administration, deeming him unimportant in this moment, has not commented on the episodes.
Mrs. Alicia E. Robertson, wife of Sul livan & Considine executive Harry C. Robertson, killed herself in her St. Dunstan rooms by inhaling gas. Seven gas jets left open, windows closed, janitor found her body at 5:30 am after Robertson had returned from Portland. She was in good health and upbeat. motive search continues. Also note Nathan Straus retires from business to devote himself to charity.
Society diners in Seattle gather at the Rathskeller cafe for late night dancing after midnight. James R. Morrison enforces refined taste as couples swirl through a banqueting room adjacent to the dining hall with no liquor sold during the dance from 12 to 1.
John M. Marie died yesterday in Capital Washington at the age of decades. he served as linotype operator editor lawyer and finally interstate commerce commissioner. His career spanned journalism and public service ending with the high office.
Cambridge November 22 Harvard defeats Yale 15 to 5 before 48000. Harvard scores solely by kicks with Brickley placing a goal from 35 yards and Guernsey dropping a 48 yard kick. Yale adds a safety and a field goal to reach five points.
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