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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1912
Page
6
A large crowd is expected tonight at the Broadway rink on Til East Pine street. Ladies are admitted free and manager H G Kaller forecasts a nationally large turnout thanks to good weather. The venue boasts a smooth Northwest skating surface and new pattern ball bearing skates near Broadway high school.
Olympia, Nov. 25. Three members of the state Industrial Commission clash over the first aid provision in the workers compensation act. Higday and Wallace favor funding the first aid from industries. Pratt opposes and wants workers to pay. Governor Hay stays out. a bitter feud likely ends with resignations. Pratt calls Higday a socialist, while lumber interests oppose public funding for first aid.
A Balkan armistice is reported for one week as negotiations continue. Turkey and Balkan allies seek to settle the dispute without a broader European war, with Austria showing conciliatory notes and Germany pledging support to Austria if Russia is involved. The conflict has been short but deadly, with heavy casualties among Bulgarian Serbian Greek and Turkish forces.
At Stara Zagora on November 25 the Bulgarian general staff promised reporters they soon may move closer to the fighting zone and possibly witness a battle. There are 118 correspondents, including Germans and English with attendants, but officials keep them from firing lines. an American is the sole U.S. journalist.
Cecelia Farley, a young stenographer on trial for shooting Allen E. Zollinger, was acquitted of first degree murder after a three and a half hour jury deliberation. A large crowd approved as she greeted jurors, and it was announced she and her fiancé Jerome Quigley would marry and depart for Los Angeles immediately.
The board of arbitration says a settlement ends the wage controversy affecting 80,000 engineers across 62 railroads. It notes the public has the most at stake and reports a partial victory for the workers.
New York report outlines Thomas W. Lawson’s plan to regulate the stock market via federal law. He urges a federal stock exchange, outlawing mail dissemination of stock data unless exchange is federally incorporated, and cites billions wasted yearly by stock gambling.
Seattle officials push to amend the public service law passed in 1611 to restore city control over local utilities. Bradford says state power limits local regulation and outlines home rule via a new bill, with Hanson drafting the proposal for legislative action.
A thirsty patron offers his false teeth as payment for a bowl of beer at Tony's bar. Bartender Jerry accepts the upper and lower teeth, promising to redeem them that night or risk losing them to another customer.
At the Oregon and Washington depot Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, a Graeco Russian priest, addressed 67 Greeks Servians and Montenegrins bound from Alaska to fight the Turk. He sought to rekindle their zeal as they prepared to depart Seattle for the East.
The Junior Guild of the Children’s Orthopedic Hospital presents a benefit vaudeville at Moore theatre Friday at 2 PM. Admission is free. donations accepted. Dorothy Hendricks performs a Topsy life sketch, Gold Dust Twins impersonation, and James Mac Farland offers ventriloquism with local theatres contributing acts.
Georgetown police with neighbors pursue J. H. Thomas a 60 year old retired carpenter who disappeared after leaving home Saturday afternoon at 15th av S and Ferdinand at. He has been in ill health for some time and has not been heard from since. Portland Ore a group of Albany college friends began raising 87000 toward a total 200000 to qualify for a 50000 gift from James J Hill.
Seattle readers are urged to guard against appendicitis by using Adlerika a German remedy mixed with buckthorn bark glycerine and other components a single dose is claimed to relieve sour stomach gas swelling and constipation instantly as it antisepticizes the digestive tract and draws out impurities Swift's Pharmacy at 2nd Ave and Pike St promotes the product.
Senator Isadore Rayner of Washington died at his home today after a long illness described as neuritis. His death comes amid Senate control uncertainty, with Democratic gains narrowing the margin to 44 votes, just shy of a majority.
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