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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1909
Page
9
Tens of thousands of youngsters enjoyed Children’s Day at the AY P Y fair. They swam through exhibits, explored the Pay Streak, and climbed over livestock displays while the fair management noted no misdeeds. A Shetland pony and cart outfit valued at 500 dollars was given away in the livestock arena late this afternoon.
The Japanese government plans to acquire thousands of exhibits for its Imperial museum in Tokyo through the A Y P exposition. Haji ma Ota, the special commissioner from Japan, assures donors their gifts will be gratefully received. H D Chapman will hand over the Chehalis County exhibit of boxes and mill products, a key display for the fair.
Willie Louis, 41, son of Chinese merchant Ah Louis, confessed to killing his stepmother Gan Ying Louis in her bed with a bullet. He claimed motive was her taunting him over family property and control of the store earnings.
London October 9 Winston Churchill president of the British Board of Trade told National Liberal club members that the government would not yield to the Lords or accept amendments to the finance bill. He said no overtures to avoid a constitutional crisis would be entertained despite King Edward's suggestions.
The A P E livestock and poultry shows close tonight at 11 o'clock. Both shows have been successful and set a high mark for future Northwest exhibitions.
Three Livingston Montana men died when an extra freight side swiped a bridge train on the Red Lodge Branch of the Northern Pacific. Engines and 15 coal cars piled in a tangled mass after the wreck. Also notes a farewell dance by the California crowd at the A Y P exposition in Washington building Wednesday night.
Photographic caption shows a brutal scene depicting medieval cruelty revived in the modern era. The text emphasizes shocking violence and the stark contrast with contemporary society.
A West Seattle based suffrage group appoints leaders with Mrs May Arkwright Hutton as president and Mrs Leonta Browne as first vice president heading the western district. The organization splits Washington at the Cascades with Seattle as western HQ and Spokane as eastern HQ.
In Oakland on October 9, a assailant dressed in women’s skirts attacked and robbed Mrs. Emilya Mederious as she walked home with two children and two companions. She was beaten on the head with an iron bar and left senseless on the sidewalk while the thief escaped with $30 by vaulting a fence.
The Honolulu wireless station established free communication with Cape Blanco station in Oregon, the westernmost point of the state. CAPE BLANCO station is government operated and several long messages were received.
The protected cruiser St Louis now at San Francisco for the Portola festival will depart around Oct 25 for Bremerton Washington and be placed in reserve. The Concord returning from Honolulu to Puget Sound yard will be decommissioned as soon as practical. Princeton near Puget Sound has been ordered to be commissioned there.
A burglar reportedly carried a toolkit into the Orpheum theatre and left it under a seat as he fled. Doorkeeper Fred Davis recalls a man rushing out yesterday night while Detective Lee Barbee had just entered, leaving detectives puzzled by the clue.
In Chicago Judge Grosscup of the federal district court ruled that under AFL rulings the elevator constructors union holds the prior right to assemble all elevator machinery install foundations and complete allied preliminary work, ahead of the machinists union.
The county tax levy was fixed yesterday at 7.081 mills with a school levy of 2.5 mills added this year. The combined Seattle area rate for state, county, city, and school totals 34.78 mills, up from last year’s 30.60 and near the 1907 level of about 35 mills.
Hajima Ota special commissioner of Japan to the A Y P E will host a luncheon for fellow commissioners in the New York building on Wednesday. He has made many warm friends for himself and his country during his Seattle visit.
Governor Hay will meet the Washington state A Y P commission on Tuesday to decide if the state exhibit should be made permanent. Thirty six thousand dollars of a 400 thousand dollar appropriation remains unused and, if deemed worthwhile, the exhibit will be boxed and stored until the legislature resolves the issue.
Captain John Joshua Nathaniel Webber, veteran executive of the Monitor during its 1864 Merrimac battle, dies in a Staten Island seamen's resort at age 80. The death is reported from New York.
The Oregon state commission entertained the A.Y.P. executive commission at a luncheon in the Oregon State building today. President Chilberg and the full committee were present.
A French photograph from Fez depicts El Roghi Bou-Hamara in a cage paraded before Mulai Hafid in a palace courtyard. Accounts differ on his fate with disembowelment or lion cage and immolation, while Western powers protested the cruelty weeks earlier.
A feature notes a statue portraying a woman labeled Inspiration in the Oriental Building. Her gaze toward the sky has led to 29 sales, with her eyes central to each transaction, according to the mock dialogue and Yonkers Statesman excerpt.
The government is the best source for public lands details. For irrigated lands contact the Reclamation Service in Washington DC and for land drawings contact the Land Office in Washington DC.
Gilson Gardner reports criticism of Secretary Ballinger for withholding support from the reclamation service. He notes orders to dismiss experienced irrigation advisors, year‑round ditch riders, and argues private water interests profit from delayed government projects. The piece warns no new reclamation work will start until current projects finish, inviting private land grabs and extra water charges.
San Francisco reports announce that James J Hill plans to extend the Burlington from Cheyenne along the Denver line to San Francisco. Thomas B Walker, Minnesota lumberman and Hill ally, cites Walker's large California timber holdings and new Mountain Meadows property near Coppervale Lassen county as supporting factors.
William R. Hearst announced at midnight he would accept the independent mass meeting nomination for mayor. He repudiated his prior endorsement of Justice Gaynor, the Democratic nominee he had planned to support.
The German government objected to a Hankow See-Chuen railroad loan signing by a local German bank. The $30,000,000 loan is to be financed by German, American and French capital, with funds to be drawn from multiple international sources.
From Premier, October 9, a note that the cholera epidemic began two weeks ago is probably under control though many poor natives died. The report records a high fatal toll within the affected community.
A full Bryan day outlines events from a parade led by Wagner’s band to a meet with Président Chilberg at 10:16 at the exposition main gate. A luncheon follows at 12:39 in the New York state building. Mr. Bryan speaks at 2:20 on The Average Man and again at 7:30 on politics. A public reception is scheduled at 9:39 in the Washington State building.
A mass meeting in Arcade hall last night described Sweden's big strike. Organized by the Central Labor Council and the socialist party, the event featured John Sandgren as speaker. Attendees pledged 180 dollars to the Swedish strike fund.
Dr. ER Irving Cronk, medical inspector in New Brunswick New Jersey, asks the board of education to supply every public school pupil with a toothbrush. He notes health in children suffers from unclean teeth and parental adoption is unlikely, urging clean teeth be made obligatory in schools.
Music Lovers Day features Ellery's band in the music pavilion with concerts at 2:30 and 7:30. The Metiakahtia Indian band performs in Nome circle at 1:30 while Vancouver Welch Male Voice at the Auditorium stage at 2.00. Congress of Peace Mothers of the World meets in the Fine Arts building at 2 with Mrs. H B G Lake as principal speaker. Irene Smith among speakers.
Reports from three firms indicate rising property values and brisk activity as investors plan to remodel the Moore Investments Annex and convert space for offices. Seattle properties attract buyers seeking gains, with rumors of forthcoming deals and growth in local markets.
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