24 Oct 1911
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1911
Page
1
A dated inspirational verse urges taking risks and facing fortune with courage. It promotes pluck over hedging, noting that great people advance by taking chances in life and embracing risk rather than fearing failure.
Boston dispatch reports police will exhume Avis Linnell’s body at Hyannis and search the bathrobe for the cyanide vial tied to the Rev. C V T Richeson murder case. Chemists at Harvard will test the remains while defense aims to sow doubt about suicide. Col Richeson arrives to aid defense. Richeson declines to resign.
Margaret Haley the sole business agent of a national teachers union is touring on return from California where she aided suffragists. She cites Chicago tax actions showing 500 public service corporations not paying taxes on school property, prompting a $2 million increase by the state board of equalization and a federal judge’s cut to $600,000. She will discuss the Chicago tax fight at a Y M C A meeting tonight.
McNamara defense teams press to overturn Judge Bordwell by arguing belief that a gas dynamite explosion caused the Times building destruction aligns with court rulings. They seek juror disqualification based on this theory while the state opposes. Three jury vacancies exist as Monday session opens with ten others awaiting panel lines.
Mayor Dilling refused to act pending coroner jury decision on the Friday night killing of Frank Harris by Detective Joe Bianchi as he tried to flee arrest. A coroner's inquest is in progress with evidence that two shots were fired and the alley to be inspected this afternoon. Joseph Daniels joined the University of Washington faculty as assistant professor of Mines yesterday.
The state industrial commission announced adjudications in four recent death claims and awarded damages to six injured workers. Widows and orphans in three deaths will receive $30 monthly pensions with $4,000 reserved per case. Mrs. George Hopken, first beneficiary in Seattle, receives $25 monthly for herself and $5 for her son after her husband died from gas plant fumes at Lake Union.
Congressman George W. Prince of Illinois arrives in Seattle as guest of L. Charlebois at 1911 Fourth Ave. Other monetary commission members arrive tomorrow and begin sessions at the Washington hotel Thursday morning with Alaskan affairs on the docket.
The Civil Service Commission hears three and a half hours of evidence on whether J. W. White is a good rat catcher after being discharged by Sanitary Inspector M. T. Stevena. The commission will render a decision next Tuesday.
Prices slip on fresh fruit and condiments with bananas at 10 to 15 cents per dozen and a 25 cent bottle of catsup five cents cheaper. Eggs remain steep at 50 cents per dozen with no bargain today.
Property ad offers five acres north of the city directly east of the country club. Describes fertile level land with lake view. Asks $2,500 total or $500 per acre. Claims others sell 0-foot lots for $150 each and emphasizes cash value.
An old classified style ad from Seattle area markets promises cash incentives for land deals. It states a bold claim of value growth and references Ole Hanson & Co on the New York Block, Third Floor.
Spokane reports United States Senator Poindexter is expected to back a push for a special Washington legislative session to enact a presidential preferences vote law. The Spokane progressive republican group backs the effort and a Monday meeting will name delegates for a Tacoma convention to pressure the governor to convene the extra session.
Rosie Waller ten years old became head of five siblings after their parents left them to fend for themselves. Neighbors rescued the children and placed them with juvenile authorities as Rosie cooked eggs and rice to feed them. Judge Frater ordered the four oldest children to Queen Anne orphanage and kept the youngest with the mother.
Never again will the St. Francie hotel accept a live growing 15 year old as security for a debt. S. Pemberton left the boy with the hotel, promising to cover all expenses. The case highlights the outrageous use of a minor as collateral and the unfulfilled debt. Meanwhile the Inaba Maru sailed for the Orient with cabins full and freight capacity reached.
Federal government filed antitrust suit against several lumber corporations. In a separate case Dr B C Hyde the germ poisoner is involved as a panel of judges resumes proceedings before Judge Porterfield. Hyde’s defense claims victory as the motion to discharge the first panel is sustained.
A promotional plan promises Seattle Theatre matinee seats to anyone with red hair as part of The Star's coupon giveaway. Billy Clifford stars in The Man The Girl and The Game with Mae Collings noted for her red hair, and Bing also drawn to the gesture.
A tour of Seattle shop signs reveals pun laden messages from vendors. Laughs come from Bent Pianos to Blood Makes Paint as names collide with catchy phrases. Readers are urged to notice clever signs that color the street life.
Occasional rain possible tonight or Wednesday with light easterly winds. Noon temperature around 64 degrees.
Connie Mack's Athletics stun the New York Giants 4 2 in Philadelphia as a late rally seals victory. Devore and Doyle spark the Giants early while Murphy and Collins rally Philadelphia with key doubles and a squeeze play mishap by the Giants. Bender and Mathewson handle the mound for Philadelphia and New York respectively as the series tightens with one win needed by Mack's boys to clinch.
New York October 24 stock speculation costs Marcella Sembrich about 2 million dollars over the past two years erasing her operatic return today.
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