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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1913
Page
7
A partial OCR fragment references a state body and organizations. Details are unreadable, but context hints at a hazardous or administrative notice. No clear names, dates, or places are legible to identify a full event or action.
The twenty fourth annual King County Woman's Temperance Union convenes at the Free Baptist Church with morning sessions led by Mrs. Rachel Smith of Fremont. Ida Hillis presides at 1:30 for opening devotional, followed by department reports and a parliamentary demonstration.
At a Seattle street car, Conductor Paulheim faced a group of rowdies harassing passengers. After earlier insults and an assault on a woman, he subdued a young man with a decisive strike, prompting police removal of the suspects James Cappello Cosman and Joe Rose. A subsequent threat from a rival gang member led Paulheim to eject another assailant at a crossing.
San Francisco September 2 confides that investigators probe the California end of a vast opium smuggling ring. Nine customs guards were arrested in San Francisco last Saturday and government officials say the ring extends into Los Angeles and San Diego. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of opium have been smuggled across the border and into San Francisco. Authorities expect to round up the Los Angeles segment soon.
A fire at 3 o'clock this morning at the Beacon Hill grocery located at 1215 Atlantic street will be investigated by Marshal Harry W. Bringhurst. Fire company members test to the alarm but failed to determine the origin of the blaze. The building was owned by BH Thompson of Vancouver and the grocery store by RE G Thompson. Total insurance amount and loss are not yet ascertained.
Mrs. M wife of the manager of the Mig Co at Portland Oregon was taken from a train yesterday in a serious condition. No improvement is expected and officials await word from her husband who is with the hospital treatment in Oakland.
A car owned and driven by R J Stowe of 1002 Kilbourne Ave left the pavement two feet at 2 am. The occupants included Mr and Mrs Stringer of Rainier and another man and woman. No one was seriously injured.
A humorous exchange reveals motives for firing a bookkeeper. A wife questions the decision while a husband cites a refusal to shave his upper lip during office hours as the unsettling cause. The quip hints at vanity overshadowing professional judgment.
Labor Day festivities at Ocean Park in Los Angeles show a grease slicked pole with splinters left unpruned. A single member of the Los Angeles plumbers union reached the top, the only climber among participants.
Matt Dorotich swallowed his pride whenGeorge Petrovitch claimed a future at work. The two men traveled to Tacoma on Labor Day and Matt handed Mrs George $280 for safekeeping. Back in Seattle they split, and Matt sought police help to locate George and his wife.
No attempt was made today to secure a warrant for the arrest of Assistant United States Attorney Sullivan for breaking up Calvin Rutherford's speech at City Hall Park Sunday. It is probable the case will be dropped.
A Sacramento motorcycle officer stopped a man and a girl who were riding a fast motorcycle. The officer pursued them for 18 miles with a drawn revolver. When finally caught the pair, both deaf mutes, believed him to be an up to date highwayman.
Charles Jake a logger reports a Japanese man with patriotic regard for America after being kicked into the street by K Modachi for trying to tear down an American flag in a Japs poolroom. Blake arrested, Jap commended. Mayor Cotterill attends a Good Templars meeting and is Wilson’s representative to the anti alcohol congress in Milan from September 22 to October 7.
All nine departments of the superior court convened as vacation ended. Jurors will be drawn this month with jury civil cases overseen by Judges Humphries Tallion Ronald and Gilham while criminal matters fall to Judges Ronald Gilliam and Gilham.
A dense catalog lists meats, staples, and household goods with prices for lamb chops pork lard eggs and more. Also promotes mining investment with a terse invitation to meet an investing man at a listed address in Ballard Ave.
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