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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
2
Edwin J. Brown advocates mature upright law and proper organizational efficiency to save taxpayers about $50,000 yearly by avoiding mistakes. Emphasizes need for a capable head of the office to improve efficiency and economy.
The record shows Edwin J. Brown graduated from Kansas City School of Law on June 13 1899 and was admitted to multiple courts from 1900 to 1913 including the Circuit Court of Missouri Supreme Court Washington Supreme Court U S District Court District of Washington and U S Supreme Court.
Washington reports that the customs bureau will publish a comprehensive study of illegitimacy, with no recommendations. The bureau notes the issue is political and that legislative action may follow, including ideas akin to a system granting full rights to nameless children.
An old advertisement promotes liquid arvon as a remedy to dissolve dandruff. It advises applying about four ounces at night to moisten the scalp, claiming by morning most dandruff is gone and repeated use destroys all signs. It also asserts relief from itching and smoother, healthier looking hair.
Dick Lord led kerosene torches and oilcloth capes for a Republican parade tradition. Teens swiped gear on rally nights while both parties staged rallies in Pontiac Michigan. In Washington State the GOP mobilizes with a vast reader mailings effort, overseen by 29 county chairmen and 2,500 precinct workers, costing potentially half a million dollars sourced from business supporters.
Workers from county headquarters sort through bundles of Duty First pamphlets. Ludwig Frank directs pamphlet addressing while George Grant handles outreach telephone. F C Harper notes likely campaign funding gaps and broad coordination with county committees handling literature and speakers. Dallam, ex-secretary for Mead and Hay, explains emphasis on publicity and printing costs.
Seattle shipbuilding experts say the infant industry has passed into permanency and will not fade after the European war. Analysts cite ongoing demand, interned vessels, and postwar orders as factors stabilizing Seattle’s shipyards. Lloyd’s surveyor James Fowler notes about 60 vessels were under construction in Seattle, with major companies delivering about one ship per month.
Patrolman C E Francis spent nine hours in jail after being arrested by order of Chief Beckingham on a charge of possessing liquor beyond legal limits. Liquor was found in his rooms during a raid led by Chief Heckingham, though charges of bootlegging may lack solid evidence. Francis, with a 1916 police career and prior clean record, requested liquor during detention amid nervous breakdown talk.
Wenatchee witnessed a torchlight procession and drum beat as Governor Henry McBride, Republican candidate for governor, spoke to an enthusiastic crowd. He criticized the proposed wet bill and pledged to veto any measure weakening prohibition, citing his administration’s cooperation with moral forces against gambling and liquor and against corporation lobbyists.
L C Whitney of Walla Walla claims in an open letter that vouchers in the state auditor’s office show Gov Lister charged state accounts for personal items. He cites a hat costing 12 dollars and another 13 50, disallowed by Auditor Claussen, along with expenses for tennis nets, oysters, toothbrush holders and phonograph records.
Nominee Hughes, tired but confident, heads to New York for five days rest before the home stretch of his campaign. He plans to stay at the Astor hotel, confer with Willcox, then rest in Montclair New Jersey until Wednesday. The campaign will focus on large city mass meetings with minimal small town stops to conserve energy.
The New York Evening Mail supporting Gov. Hughes calls ex-President Roosevelt a thorn in the side of campaign managers. It says Roosevelt’s influence on German American voters prompts officials to sideline him to minimize harm, relegating him to a speaking tour in less damaging territory.
Seven Italian soldiers, buried for over a week under rock from Monte Cimon, were rescued near Vienna as Italian forces endured heavy fire. The Italian commander rejected an Austrian truce offer to permit digging out the men.
Berlin reports that the largest part of trenches captured by the British west of the road from Raucourt L Abbaye to Le Barque was recaptured by German forces yesterday and announced today via wireless.
Cotterill launches his speaking drive at Fremont hall in Seattle with Prof. E Hale Smith of Lincoln High School introducing him as a leading statewide progressive. He pledges government ownership of public utilities and says Seattle and Kitsap deserve a congressman who is fundamentally right on government action.
A large dry mass meeting is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p m in the First Methodist church. Mayor Gill and Dr. Carter Heim Jones will denounce the wet initiative measures. Girls and soldiers at a Texas border camp dance wore tags on their chests bearing their names.
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