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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1907
Page
2
Washington high school stars react as Lefty Burke a key wing becomes a dancer at a club dance. Coach Lewis orders the end quit football duties and Burke agrees to focus on dances while Mullen resists temptation and stays with the team.
Quinn of Spokane builds a potent roster as he chases the next season’s banner. Howell, a Seattle import, likely lands in the garden. Bul Croll from Vancouver is pursued. Dunn the veteran pitcher may join. Bender of Pullman will join midseason. Quinn predicts 24 on hand after weed outs, with 17 already on his reserve list including Renner Ripley Claflin Osburn Killflay Wright Mallory Myers James Chandler Hamilton Waters Swain Carney Suess Howells and Dennis.
The National Guard track meet at the armory last night ended with Company A finishing first, Company B second, and Company D third. Event winners include Walter L. for the 30-yard dash, L S Nelson for high jump, and Frederick for the half-mile, among others. Company B won the relay.
Owen Moran defeated Prankie Neil in San Francisco last night as the fight was halted in the sixteenth round with Neil clearly faltering. Attell immediately challenged the winner, setting up a potential Moran versus Attell match.
U A C football team departs for the Thanksgiving game in Los Angeles against St. Vincent's college. Eighteen players travel under coach Norcross and manager Greenhaw, with likely starters including Emily, Dobbin, Harding, Cady, Bennett, Jamison, Finn, Dunlap, Pendergrass, Barber, Kelly, Gagnon, Cooper, Kinebalven, Wolff, and Looney.
In Helena a Lewiston dispatch reports Ches ter C. Smith, a Pine Grove rancher, killed Walter Fairburn over alleged ties between Fairburn and Smith's wife. Smith pleads unwritten law as his defense hoping for acquittal.
Anacortes hosts Snohomieh High School basketball tonight in a regional matchup. The visiting team recently beat Huellingham Normal girls two weeks ago, adding anticipation for a competitive local game.
Mahnaken's Bismarck squad defeated an 8 A. C. five on the club alleys last night, taking all three games. McKown led scoring with 236 as the tally sheet notes the figures that followed.
Stanford's rugby team will visit Seattle in January for a potential match with California stars, while the Stanford Glee Club travels the Northwest. The Stanford rugby squad is also coming north to face the British Columbia eleven.
A. D. Shamel, top U S corn expert and agricultural official, urges city men to abandon fear and take up farming with a city boy. He cites success stories, advises early countryside relocation, and notes the southeast offers affordable land, transport, and modern comforts. He recommends consulting state agricultural commissions for land analysis and crop suitability.
In Richmond, two rival wives confront Herbert Barber as he sits jailed for embezzlement. Wife No 1, Gussie Smith of Rutland, and Wife No 2, Lois Hot of Lansing, claim marriages and dispute Barber’s Boston union amid a sensational feud. Evidence sought to prove or deny a Boston marriage.
Pa Pinta, famed fire dancer from California, collapsed and died on stage at the Apollo theater in Düsseldorf Thursday night amid an apoplexy attack. She owned a large California stock farm and was renowned in vaudeville in the United States and Europe.
Judge John E. B. Humphries announces his bid for the Republican nomination for Seattle mayor. Placards feature his photo and platform on municipal ownership, pensions for public servants, and lower utility costs. He cites a long record as a lawyer and prior party pledges, with past withdrawals to aid state officials.
After 22 hours the jury in the Edward G. Lewis case charged with misusing the mails in connection with the People's United Savings Bank failed to reach a verdict. They stood seven for conviction and five for acquittal after a 16 day trial in St Louis United States district court before Judge Carland.
An enthusiastic meeting called by the mayor to select councilmanic candidates declared four winners H Wright Dr Keltner BR Hardy and C EB Gueberson after a spirited contest Rev BE G Land DD of Philadelphia arrived in Seattle to take charge of the Holy Trinity Bogiseh Lutheran church at Eleventh and Best Olivest Rev Dr Land will preach at both services tomorrow.
An extensively signed petition was filed with the city clerk yesterday afternoon addressed to the city council. It requests a method of assessment to fund street improvements, confining the cost directly to the abutting property.
Comptroller Harry W. Carroll told the finance committee the statement lists total funds available for the city government next year. The report covers multiple funds and presents anticipated carryover to support ongoing services.
The document lists multiple city funds with balances: general fund 2,991,076.62. water fund 578,928.00. night fund 226,296.50. library fund 196,740.80. park fund 241,114.02. judgment fund 25,000.00. interest fund 347,602.40. all totaling 4,484,998.74.
Mrs. Helen Grenfell, ex state superintendent of schools, says in Denver that half a million American children are illiterate and two million earn their living. She notes illiteracy is worst where women have the least power and urges higher education for children and women.
Councilman Kelso says about 20 miles of new street work in Flewenth ward is being planned this week by engineers. Bids open in a week. He notes contractors are eager to win the contracts and expects the project to be let.
The Fourteenth Ward Municipal league names a committee to present to the charter commission next Tuesday evening a proposed amendment to the city charter defining Seattle saloon limits. The measure would shift the limits authority from the city council. The committee includes J. F. Douglass, William Calhoun, L. J. Colman, J. A. Moore, William Pigxot, George Cotterill, Everett Smith, E. Shorrock, C. H. Kieh and L. B. Kirkpatrick.
Mrs Harold F McCormick daughter of John D Rockefeller has been selling dresses she bought but disliked to friends at small prices. A room in her Chicago Lake Shore Drive mansion served as a temporary sale room with gowns from Paris and London. A gown once costing about 1000 was sold for a few dollars to a dinner guest after remaking it.
Providence R I November 23 The American Civic Association convention reelected most officers from last year including Horace Melariand of Harrisburg president Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Philadelphia first vice president and secretary Fielding A. Stimson of Los Angeles as second vice president.
In New York a dramatic defense feature unfolds as Mrs Harriette M Johnston Wood, a Portia of the New York bar, assists in the murder trial of Hedrons Hamartzolian, renowned rug merchant Movannes Tavebanjian. Her law partner husband Howard O Wood aids, and parts of the jury were selected with her input.
dispatches report the walking craze sweeping towns from Wingo North Dakota to Moscow Missouri. notable incidents include a 66 mile nine hour walk won by an unknown challenger, a baby walking at three weeks, and 88 year old Josiah Longbow walking six miles in 45 minutes. the movement grows amid a streetcar strike and a proposed ban after a fatality.
Prince Salmon of Tahiti is arraigned in a police court on two counts defrauding an auto livery firm and failing to pay a board bill. J Ed Shrewsbury appeals a $55.85 award to Ida Weith in a manicurist dispute after her SF arrival. Also, Frank Pentlewait, son of Ballard residents, is jailed on grand larceny charges in Bellingham.
In Seattle the Washington society notes highlight women’s prominence in fashion circles. A gown of broadcloth trimmed with gilt braid and deep cuffs, plus a black net hat with velvet complement pale green hues, reflects current season taste.
A quirky note describes Toby Claude presenting a new skit themed as a bride and half widow. The act references memories of Belle of New York and promises a return to the stage with a frock and performance in a half bride role.
The readable fragments show a performer lamenting a difficult season and late arrival, complaining about reception and fans. The text hints at strain between singing routines and audience expectations without clear names or events.
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