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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
6
The restricted district reopened with loud activity last night despite a Saturday injunction by Judge Gillam. Rumors of sheriff raids circulated, then Midway and other dives below the line stayed lit. Wilmon Tucker, for James B Murphy, may file affidavits seeking contempt penalties against those keeping the vice district open.
In San Francisco on October 20, 15 year old Paul Samuels, an errand boy at a downtown clothing store, crawled under a heavy trell elevator and was crushed to death while attempting to learn how the mechanism operates.
Maxwell Edgar told Chicago stockholders that irregularities and stock juggling violated interstate commerce laws and urged an investigation. the resolution failed. Providence free of debt: British Columbia reports a year end surplus of 2 750 000 dollars enabling full repayment of public debt.
The Lisbon alienist and republican leader whose assassination by a royalist army lieutenant precipitated the revolution that drove King Manuel from the throne and made Portugal a republic.
Public Welfare League trustees meet at 4 p.m. in room 211 Pioneer block to consider a recall candidate for mayor. The executive committee narrowed candidates to George H Walker and George Dilling, who may decline due to personal or business sacrifices.
A critical examination of the Washington Supreme Court led by Judge Gordon, defending a ruling allowing corporate medical examinations over a plaintiff’s choice. Dissent by Judge Reavis argues against eroding personal liberty. The piece links Lane and corporate influence to state and national justice, noting cross-state impact and Montana’s contrasting stance.
Horace Tillard Jones, a former general land office agent, telegraphed to his brother Eugene A. Jones to file mandamus proceedings against Richard A. Ballinger and the general land office commissioner. The suit seeks admission to Interior Department practice, alleging denial due to testimony in the Ballinger Pinchot inquiry and withholding until after the election.
William Bowman a noted Black man in the restricted district was dismissed in Judge Brown's court on a charge of involvement in white slave traffic. Deputy Prosecutor McBride said Vanderveer would file the information in superior court and Bowman was released with his $2,000 bond discharged.
Testimony details Crippens efforts to hide his wifes disappearance and death in California. Witness Tobin describes Crippens plans to shelter, evade inquiries, and mislead authorities while plotting the escape with Miss Le Neve.
President Taft returns to Washington after a summer of Beverly leisure and political socializing. He reached the capital at 7 o'clock this morning to begin the upcoming administrative season.
T P OConnor will be hosted by the Seattle Press club at noon tomorrow instead of after his Alhambra theatre address. The Seattle clearing house praised press police and drivers for aiding visiting bankers from the east last week. The North Side Republican club plans a meeting tomorrow night at Ma sonic Hall 45th and 14th N.
Olympia October 20 notes proposed monorail railroad linking Bellingham Mount Vernon Port Townsend Irondale and Port Angeles. Incorporators are Charles Gentry Walter Strange and Arpad Tokay. Capital stock set at 7000000 but papers held up due to defects.
David Belasco attempted to enter a Washington lodging house and broke into a vacant room but was warned by Patrolman Donlan. Judge Gordon gave him a warning. Laula Ubirich faced similar charges and will spend a week in city jail. David Korti, a Ballard street cleaner, collapsed with paralysis at work and was taken to hospital with improving condition. Six year old Ella Gilburn of Ballard died at home from appendicitis.
Many cases of piles have been cured by a trial package of Pyramid Pile Cure without further treatment. When it proves valuable, buy from your druggist at 50 cents a box. Send name and address to Pyramid Drug Co. 270 Pyramid Blog Marshall Michigan for a free trial package in plain wrapper.
The obituary recalls David B. Hill born August 20 1843 in Havana New York and a long career from lawyer to lieutenant governor and governor of New York then U S senator. It notes Hill opposed Bryan in 1896 and supported anti Imperialism, and highlights his fierce rivalry with Grover Cleveland shaping New York politics. His home was Albany and he died after a life devoted to law and public service.
A bartender, Welch, was shot in Seattle. he recalls a well dressed young man fleeing after the attempt. Welch, from Vancouver via San Francisco, suspects no identity of the assailant. In Leavenworth an escaped trust y from the Kansas prison called to surrender from the Lansing stables.
Berlin reports a mounting impression that winter Prussian suffrage protests and Moabit disorders foreshadow upheaval. Private officials acknowledge worry while avoiding public quotes. Granville City records a burial discovery of 1145 dollars unearthed by Mrs. Frits Krauzkolb. Wellston notes Miss Katherine Mohan, 22, fatally injured after a streetcar incident at a 20 foot trestle.
A Baker's apprentice identified as Auer, 24, shot himself twice in a lakeside area near the cable line after refusing to work for Union Bakery at Pike and Third. He left a note to a friend, Edward Kangas, and was a roomer at the YMCA.
New York courts require Sheriff Chanler and Lina Cavalleri gag trustees to appear and show cause why they should not be appointed over Chanler's affairs. The move follows a filing by Giler's first wife seeking control amid disputes over a prenuptial with the Metropolitan.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diuretic as a universal kidney remedy. It claims rapid cure for kidney and urinary trouble, including dropsy and related symptoms, urging use at first signs and noting availability from Pape, Thompson & Pape of Cincinnati for 50 cents.
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