26 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1910
Page
1
Emma De Voe leads the state’s suffrage opinion, arguing voters intend equal suffrage for women and that a clerical numbering quibble should not alter the ballot. Lawyers say the intent of the voters is clear and opponents fear the same outcome as the eastward tour shows broad support for equal suffrage.
Judge Black at Heilingham branded Mr. Humphrey a pork barrel statesman. He criticized a salary graft bill vote and asserted Humphrey accepted salary and mileage payments from Washington to Seattle and back for a trip he did not take.
The Whitehaven coal mine pit opened revealing a chalked note from a doomed miner lamenting neglect by the mine owner who profited from the operation. Keir Hardie argued the 136 deaths were a national calamity demanding greater public attention than royal events.
Tony Blage of Irondale testifies about being duped by Hillman advertisements offering labor, paid little, and promises of a permanent job. He invested $250 in a Boston Harbor home and faced a total loss of about $450 due to what he calls fraud by the self-styled Poor Man's Friend, sworn October 24 before John H. Perry.
The article questions Supreme Court integrity amid rumors of bias toward powerful interests. It details repeated but blocked investigations, a $20,000 bribe claim tied to a decision on the Attraces Railroad, and wide railroad tax dodging. It cites figures showing Northern Pacific and Great Northern tax values vs. assessed rates, noting decades of alleged dodging and state efforts to pierce it.
In Atlanta on October 26 former Governor Allan Daniel Candler, among the region's wealthiest figures, died early today. Clarence Darrow challenged prohibition advocates before a Dreamland hall crowd, arguing alcohol is not the root of crime and that prohibition favors the rich over the poor.
Washington editors warn that the Olympic Mountains region, a vast government forest reserve, hosts about 6000 elk down from 7000 five years ago. The Siberian timber wolf, the elk’s chief predator, drives down numbers despite a closed hunting season. Continued on Page Five.
Washington officials report cues for a Tacoma population recount after a city census was alleged to be padded. Durand and Tacoma committee members demand a corrected enumeration, while Nagel confirms the department seeks accuracy though climate may have affected counts.
The case against Champion Jack Johnson, filed by Norman Pindar who alleged he was struck with a chair, was dismissed today in New York. The district attorney recommended dismissal after stating Pindar had disappeared.
San Francisco observers report a big aviation meet planned by local merchants with sanction from the Aero Association for November 23. Attendees pledging to attend include notable figures such as Count De La Semp, John 2B Meigasant, Hubert Latham, Archie Hoxsey, Charles K. Hamilton, Walter Brookline, and Willard, who will compete at the event.
President Taft plans to appoint William H. Lewis as assistant attorney general and Charles H. Cotterill as collector of customs at Honolulu. Cotterill is presently assistant district attorney at Heaton.
A clipped Seattle forecast notes fall tonight and into Thursday with light north easterly winds. Expected conditions include cool temperatures and minimal precipitation, helping outdoor plans but requiring warm layers for evening.
Ten balloons departed St Louis on October 17. Three landed within 12 hours, three more in the next 12 hours, and the remaining three drifted for two to four days landing in northern Ontario and Quebec. One covered over 2000 miles. America II sails north with two men aboard, well supplied and armed. Searching parties depart from Montreal tonight.
Dr Hawley H Crippen convicted of murdering wife Belle Elmore Crippen announces appeal to the criminal court of appeals after a conference with attorney Arthur Newton.
A reflective diary note records the season's first frost in Seattle dated October 26th. The piece blends whimsy with practical worries about heating, coal, wood, gas bills, and Christmas savings while recalling family ties and local color.
Premier Katsura says tariff revisions will be a principal issue before the approaching Japanese diet. Trade relations with foreign powers especially the United States and England grow more grave as possibilities of retaliation loom and Japan faces shoal waters for its ship of state.
Hans 8 Weaver a 45 year old laborer was killed by a Northern Pacific train near Orillla in dense fog this morning. He had relatives in California and Oklahoma.
Indignant citizens submit recall petitions to the Public Welfare league in the Scheinerman building. A large corps of petition circulators works ten days, with a steady flow of filled petitions arriving and new ones going out all day.
One hour after learning Alvin C. Hamer was sought in Los Angeles on forgery charges, Walter R. Thayer, local Burns agency manager, arrested him in a room at the Knickerbocker hotel. News of the arrest was sent to Los Angeles.
New York October 26 Clif ford B Harmon offers a reward of 1000 dollars for the discovery of Allan R Hawley and Augustus Post the balloon America II aviators. He hopes a subscription fund will grow with others contributing. The Aero Club of America board will also offer a reward. Harmon doubts Hawley and Post are alive if not found or picked up.
Ottawa officials acknowledge Allan D. Hawley and Augustus Post of the missing balloon America II may be alive but unlikely to reach civilization. Reports from Canada indicate they carried firearms fighting tackle and other gear to endure long hardships, with authorities placing them near Hudson Bay.
Toronto dispatch reports the balloon America seen last night at the western end of Lake Superior, its location reached the city today.
Chief surveyor Prof Bock and two aeronauts are believed dead after a doomed mission in a barren cold region. Searchers from Ottawa led by Edward Stratton of the Aero Club of America spent a night out without success but expect news soon of their fate.
A collection of anecdotes links presidents Hayes Harrison Roosevelt and Taft to Seattle visits, local churches and ministers to the First Baptist and early religious sites, doctors and lawyers with college football ties, and civic leaders like James E. Bradford on suffrage. It notes Raincoat trends, and signatures of Matthews and Van Horn in handwriting style.
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