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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1916
Page
1
In the Congressional Record photos from September 6 1913 Senators Poindexter and Jones spoke in support of a proposed tariff on lumber and shingles. Both announced their votes for the amendment in the reproduced pages.
The Congressional Record documents that Humphrey falsely claimed Senator Poindexter voted against a lumber and shingles tariff. Poindexter supported Jones on early amendments and introduced a $1.25 per thousand feet lumber tariff with Jones backing it on September 6, 1913.
Theo Earle, Seattle star in grand opera, chats with Cornelia Glass about his early fear and journey from a shy student to a celebrated voice. He recalls his debut four years ago, his New York return, and a Wednesday concert at the First Presbyterian Church ahead of a Ladies' Musical club engagement.
American and Mexican commissioners began talks at the Hotel Griswold New London to settle Mexican problems. The first session focused on the withdrawal of the American expedition from Mexico as the initial agenda item.
Seattle militiamen totaling 1980 arrived in Tacoma Wednesday morning and moved to Cosgrove. Second Washington troops accompanied, excluding Co A signal corps and Troop B Tacoma. Guards kept on border indefinitely. may stay at American Lake camp for up to a month before muster out or return home. Adjt Gen Thompson welcomed the sections as they arrived. regimental headquarters and key units first to reach. Company F UW may be relieved by week’s end to allow infantry to return to college.
Dent Mowrey the pianist and Edward Hellier-Collins the violinist were presented to Seattle music lovers at the Cornish school on Tuesday night in a collaborative recital showcasing their classical talents.
Chicago police say Mrs James R Barnes, a New York soap agent, confessed to shooting her husband after he refused to divorce her. She claimed they quarreled over his divorce suit and another man, then said she blacked out after firing two or three times and that he killed himself before police grilling.
The Steamship Georgiana from the Willamette river bottom returned a body identified as A. B. Richardson, prominent Portland businessman and Multnomah Club member. Richardson drowned while swimming near Windemuth last Saturday after bathing alone. his clothes were found in a locker when the bath house closed that night.
ST PAUL Sept 6 Northern Pacific telegraph operators signed a working agreement with the rail ad averting a threatened strike. Arrangements made for the strike were cancelled and operations continued without interruption.
In New York on September 6 the American Society of Professors of Dancing reports military steps and Hawaiian wiggles will dominate this winter's dances, replacing the old fashioned waltz after the European trenches.
County commissioners accept a budget raising $2,818,890.01 by levy, an increase of $261,648.98 over last year. A public hearing is scheduled for October 2, with total county revenues estimated at $456,950.
Patrolman M S Arbogast wounded in wrist after a hold up on Sixth Avenue as a one armed felon John Hildebrandt and his partner Walter Healy flee. Hildebrandt, twice jailed, was wounded in the spine and neck as the struggle ended in the street. Local details indicate ongoing peril for the city.
Prosecutor Lundin announced a rapid review of cancelled warrants and payrolls in King County South road districts. He orders handwriting experts and data from Auditor Phelps to uncover graft, noting dummy signatures on June and July payrolls and the difficulty of tracing extensive fraud. Clerks say road bosses and supervisors may have concealed misclaims over years.
A new full length work follows a young American architect working near London and promises clever, complete storytelling. Read the first installment Monday.
Forty Tacoma and Pierce county business leaders extended an invitation to Senator Poindexter to address them in Tacoma. He carried a large majority in the last election here, with only local business opponents at that time.
The municipal budget for 1917 proposes $8,048,141.72 in expenditures with $4,757,696.58 to be raised by taxation after utility revenues. The budget may be cut but not increased in coming weeks, and a public hearing is set for 2 p.m. October 2 in the council chamber. Total outlays will be slightly below last year.
Large crowds attended the burial near Cuffley for the Zeppelin crew shot down Sunday morning. The service was postponed from Monday due to objection to a military funeral, and local farmers charged admission to adjacent fields for spectators.
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