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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1913
Page
1
Giant Boss uses young pitcher to stop slugging Athletics as Demaree suffers heavy hits. Fletcher in bad with New York player who taunted umpire Connolly and faces punishment.
In Philadelphia the fourth game of the world championship series ended with Philadelphia securing the win as Merkle starred for the Giants despite Fletcher’s on-field controversy with Umpire Connolly. McInnes Strunk Barry and Schang powered a late Philadelphia rally to seal the victory.
The United Press wire to Shibe Park was cut in in the House today and Congress received baseball game returns. Congressman McDermott of Illinois, a former telegraph operator, took the returns and Congressman Mann acted as announcer.
In Albany on October 10 Judge Alton B. Parker condemned Gov. Sulzer as morally unfit to hold office and accused him of hiding behind his wife over campaign fund use. Prosecutor and defense presented forceful arguments as Sulzer did not testify to avoid implicating his wife.
A Seattle morning celebration erupts as the Panama Canal becomes a reality. Bombs explode skyward, ships salute from U S S Concord and Bremerton yards, forts fire salutes, streetcars and horns join the cheers, and crowds foresee a vast influx as the canal nears completion.
Tonight residents gather at the Postal Telegraph Building to hear from state tax commissioners about high taxes and the Seattle matter. Speakers include T D Rocklin Col J M Hawthorne Hughie Todd John C Rathbun and others. questions will be invited.
Henry Laneilson, ambassador to Mexico, resigns accepted by the present administration this month. In Seattle Wilson says he has no definite fare plans, hopes to visit Spokane, and may make his home there. He is the brother of the late Senator John L. Wilson. G A Joslyn awarded 75 cents damages from Stern Union for alleged failure to deliver a telegram.
James Wickersham warns that a united Washington delegation could push the government owned Alaska railroad bill through this session. He notes support from South and East members but says Western division hindered passage. He backs Chamberlain and Poindexter measures totaling 35 million dollars and envisions passing Chamberlain first, then Poindexter.
Four clipped numbers from The Seattle Star and 15 cents buy a 65 pennant sent by mail for five extra cents per pennant. Mail to The Seattle Star 1307 Seventh Ave near Union.
Dr Franklin Baker pastor of the local Unitarian church and organizer of Unitarian churches in Seattle and Sacramento was arrested in Los Angeles on a vagrancy charge. He retained Swaffield and Swaffield to defend him denying the accusation. Baker had been a Sacramento pastor and planned a combined church and club house in Long Beach.
A woman's severed left hand, recovered at St George, is under police investigation. Coroner Jackson suspects a murder akin to the Aumuller case, noting the hand had been waterbound for three days and shows no signs of labor.
Dozen persons were hurt in a Custer county tornado that swept the area last evening. No fatalities were reported at this time. Many farm houses and barns were destroyed and livestock killed as the storm's aftermath disrupted wire service reports. Governor Sulzer of New York says he reads the Bible every day.
The Gamboa dike was detonated marking the technical completion of the Panama Canal. President Wilson’s telegraphic signal reached Col. Goethals who ordered the blasts. 400 charges exploded at a time with alternate firings, debris cleared by dredges, opening Gatun lake and allowing small craft within weeks, while big ships will take longer after dredging the canal bed and cutting the Cucaracha slide. Witnesses included Col. Goethals and family, Nicholas Longworth, Captain Nilson, and canal chiefs.
Los Angeles reports painter C A Smith died after falling from a scaffold. His widow and three children are left penniless.
A brief classified ad urges young men to learn shorthand at Hyatte Yowells located at 4th and Pine. It argues stenography builds business knowledge and advancement.
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