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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1913
Page
6
Volunteers are called to clear blocked streets in Hot Springs after last week's great fire. A special city council meeting led to a relief funds drive with contributions from other Arkansas cities. No disorders have occurred.
Open Forum members seek use of high school buildings for winter meetings. At Sunday’s session the Forum voted to urge city acquisition of the Lake Burien line. Next Sunday the group plans to meet in City Hall park.
A historical note recalls social centers hosting public discussions in city buildings. Meetings used available public spaces to foster community dialogue and civic engagement on civic topics.
At the Meadows fair grounds the King County fair announces a popular vote for queen and homely man. Mique Fisher leads the homely man contest with endorsements from police and firemen, while Helen Baldwin tops the queen standings with 1303 votes. Cash and coupon votes pour in from Star coupons and Westlake Market supporters as counts show public favorites and near rivals Campaigned across the event.
The Chamber of Commerce will send a five day trade tour leaving at midnight with business leaders city council members and public works officials. The itinerary covers Bellingham Huntington Sedro Woolley Mount Vernon Everett Wenatchee Adrian Davenport Spokane Kennewick Pasco Walla Walla Pendleton North Yakima and Ellensburg with a visit to the Pendleton Round Up. A few reservations remain available.
The Buford with Red Cross flag and armed guards sails from San Francisco to transport 1000 American refugees to Manzanillo on Sept 15 and then to Acapulco for a brief stop before continuing toward Salina Cruz, carrying medicines nurses and supplies.
The colored people of Seattle hold a mase meeting at 8 p m in the African M E church to protest federal office discrimination under the Wilson administration. White and colored speakers will attend and a petition will be sent to the president. Also: at Point-A-Pitre a grandstand with 600 spectators collapsed and an attempted aerial display ended when a aeroplane was destroyed and caught in a wire fence.
Forty five men are jailed in Los Angeles awaiting gambling charges after raids on about six clubs late Saturday and early Sunday. Nearly as many were released on $500 bail. Women and children delivered Sunday dinners to detained husbands and fathers, giving the scene a picnic ground atmosphere.
Col. David D. Gaillard a Panama canal engineer is reported missing after leaving the Phipps Clinic where he was treated for tropical exposure related mental disorders. Authorities fear his nervous condition remains serious as the search continues in Baltimore.
A bullet was fired through the dining room window of FH B W Eckler at 411 North 77th Street at midnight, breaking a teapot on the table. Mrs. Eckler heard the shot. the bullet and broken window were found this morning.
In New York the supreme court issues a decree of divorce to the wife of Paul Armstrong the noted playwright. In Tacoma Oscar Rillery and Will Van Frank who were charged with robbing the yacht Corsair escaped from Tacoma city hall jail and are at large.
Dr M A Matthews of the First Presbyterian church urged a central clearing house for consensus among city organizations. He praised Seat tle’s future program and joked about room for the Chamber of Commerce Commercial club four newspapers and wholesome fun. He urged cheerfulness and less somber seriousness.
Henry Hunt declares Congress must amend the Constitution to ban women from appearing in public, arguing the dress controversy centers on legs. The editor bristles at social debate over fashion, suggesting drastic moral and legal action to end public display of women’s attire.
In San Jose California Dr A H McFarlane reportedly injected rabies serum into his own arm after the needle slipped while treating a patient. The incident mirrors a bite scenario as claimed by witnesses. Public notice lists lodging at Stewart House with rooms from 25 to 50 cents.
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