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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
1
Seattle Fenders Under Fire Over Streetcar Safety
City ordinance requires front guards on streetcars, but officials admit inefficiency. Tacoma and Seattle officials debate better fenders while Kansas City’s basket fender is praised for safety. An interview with J B Arnett highlights claims of death traps and calls for improved design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace
Seattle
Kansas City
Jacob Furth
Kansan City
J. B Arnett
Missouri
The
Star
Make The Fight Are T Advice To Burton
Theodore Roosevelt urges Burton to pursue the Cleveland mayoralty, saying make the fight and urging strong leadership. A public market ordinance seeks sheds on Market place with bidding planned by the board of public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Market Place
Pike
Board of Public Works
Board of Pubic Works
City Panel Debates Salt Water Main Renewals Tonight
The fire and water committee of the city council meets tonight to discuss renewing plans for establishing salt water mains.
Profits of Standard Oil Exposed in Dissolution Case
In eight years from 1899 to 1906 Standard Oil earned profits totaling 490.9 million dollars at a rate exceeding 61 million annually. The company distributed 308.4 million to shareholders while assets stood at 338.9 million in 1906, data from Assistant Comptroller Fay presented in Frank B ellogg led federal case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company
Frank Bellogg
Standard O41
Fay
Robbery at Southend Resort Leads to Arrest
Dan Williams arriving from Kerrinton found about $400 missing last night at a southend resort. Patrolman Doom arrested Eva Dean after discovering the theft and charging her with the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Williams
Kerrinton
Southend
Doom
Eva Dean
Deep Creek Jones Takes Interim Charge at State Train School
Olympia September 18. Governor's office announces H. T. Jones known as Deep Creek Jones will be temporary head of the State Train School at Chehalis until a permanent successor to C. Reed, now penitentiary superintendent at Walla Walla, is named. Jones plans to spend much time at the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Olmpia
H. T. Jones
Jun ea u Man Bound for Seattle Amid Unpaid Tilla Claims
In Jun eau Alaska on Sept 18 Tony Kenayel owner of the Occident hotel, a prominent southeastern figure, sails for Seattle aboard the steamer Dolphin leaving unsettled debts and unpaid tilla. J D Peters arrived from Nushigak canneries with cannery workers aboard the wen nel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Tony Kenayel
Occidental Hotel
Seattle
Dolphin
J. D. Peters
Nushigak
Benefit Ball For Strike Fund At Labor Temple
The Women’s Labor League plans a benefit ball at the Labor Temple tomorrow night to raise funds for the general strike fund. Proceeds will be turned into the fund to support workers’ activities and related causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Temple
Womens Labor League
Seattle Seen Through Eastern Eyes
An eastern journalist portrays Seattle as a bustling, rapidly growing metropolis. He notes new skyscrapers, massive construction, regrading, filled tide lands, and expanding railways, driven by trade with the Orient and Northwest development. The piece, from the Manufacturers' Record, September 12, by Phenis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Orient
Puget Sound
Alaska
Northwest
Record
Baltimore
Phenis
San Francisco Moves On Alaska Trade From Seattle
Frisco merchants launch a campaign to win back Alaska trade from Seattle. A committee of major shippers plans to negotiate with northern lines to lower costs and reclaim up to 16 million in annual Alaskan business. Local firms back the effort to offer rebates and compete on freight charges. A separate note describes domestic strife with a wife alleging abuse and a husband threatening violence before leaving for the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Ban Francisco
San Francisco
Seattle
Alaska
California
John Bbarneson
Barneson-Hibber Line
Bbarneson
Bac Francisco
Alnaka
Pearce
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Dollar
Dollar Line
Matson
Harrison
Beattie
Japanese Patriarch in Beattie Quells Local Uproar
Bato a Japanese patriarch in Everett moves to calm local Japanese amid agitation. Mr Sato helped prevent an uprising in Bellingham days earlier by smoothing tensions and averting conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bato
Everett
Beattie
Mr. Sato
Bellingham
Rumor Linked Kiplinger to Mexico and Vera Cruz
An unconfirmed report claims John Kiplinger left his banana plantation in Honduras and was seen recently in Vera Cruz Mexico while arranging banana shipments to the United States and seeking health benefits. City officials decline to confirm the rumor amid extradition implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kiplinger
Honduras
Vera Cruz
Old Mexico
Mexico
Kiplinger
United States
New Orleans
George Russell
Russell
Seattle
Beattie
Kiplingor le
Arctic explorer William Bruce missing after north coast trek
Lost in Edinburgh, a telegram from Aagsard, Norway, reports that a search steamer failed to locate William Bruce and his three companions. Bruce began an expedition along the north coast of Spitzbergen near Charles Foreland and has not been heard from since. The Express, tied to the Wellman-Chicago Record-Herald Arctic expedition, found traces of one Bruce camp at end of August, with no signs of Bruce or his party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
Scotland
Aagsard
Norway
William Bruce
Mr. Bruce
Nee Charles Foreland
Steamer Express
Spitsbergen
Wellman-Chicago Record-Herald
Bruce
Grand jury probes charges against U S Attorney Ruick in Boise
A special Boise grand jury met to investigate charges against United States District Attorney Ruick. The probe follows indictments previously returned against Senator Horah former Attorney General Martin and Barber Lumber Company officers. The key issue concerns whether the foreman witnessed names in the indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
United States
Ruick
Horah
Martin
Barber Lumber Company
Buick
Sensational divorce claims filed by young wife
Sophia De Maree, married at fifteen to Harry De Maree, aged 42, alleges threats with a gun and forced labor for two sons of the husband. She says within a month of marriage she faced life threatened, confinement in a cordage factory, and coercion to cook and work for the men. The sensational petition details sickness from a fever and harsh conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia de Maree
Harry de Maree
de Maree
Hindu laborer stabbed in restricted district quarrel
Bustake Bingh a Hindu laborer recently arrived in the city was stabbed in the neck last night by Ethel North. Police arrested North and two officers took the wounded man to Wayside emergency hospital where doctors said he will probably recover. Police learned Singh entered the house early, drew a knife after words, and slashed a woman on the hand before North grabbed a dagger and stabbed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bustake Bingh
Ethel North
Patrolmena J. Donlan
McGrath
Singh
Seattle Captain Clark Ends Life in Despondent Invention Struggle
Captain A J Clark a prominent Seattle resident committed suicide by gas after a long struggle to perfect a mechanical street car enunciator invention. He was the first local Sunset Telephone Co manager who installed Seattle's first switchboard and helped bring outlaw Tracy to Ballard. He leaves a widow three daughters and a son. his body lies in Koehls parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Tracy
Olympia
Ballard
Seattle
A. J. Clark
Bixbay
Seattle Gas & Electric Co
Union Electric Co
Sunset Telephone Co
Sound
Captain Clark
Laura A. Mortis
R. F. Broadway
Sacramento
Cal
Irene Clark
Edwin T. Clark
Alaska
Woodmen of the World
Order of Foresters
Koepli
Japanese steamer Taiyo Maru burning off coast
The Japanese steamship Taiyo Maru is burning at Chinh Kiang with many missing and as many as 100 believed dead. Built 15 years ago for Japan coastwise traffic, the 123 foot wood hull craft belongs to a Japanese company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Chinh Kiang
Taigow
Japan
Open Land Fraud Trial Uncovers Forged Deeds Ring
George Biswanger faces trial in Judge Morris court for allegedly forging a deed to Maple Valley property and defrauding Jesse M. Brown of 200 dollars. Prosecutors claim a two year scheme used forged deeds to transfer lands among ring members and then to innocent buyers, with many deeds filed in the auditor's office. An Agnew audit sparked the investigation leading to Biswanger’s arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Biswanger
Morris
Biswanger
Maple Valley
Jesse M. Brown
Biswanger and
Trac
Agnew
Brown
Mayor Moore Addresses Seattle University Students
Mayor William Hickman Moore spoke at the state university’s first assembly of the year and apologized for arriving unprepared due to state duties. President Kane introduced him as the university orchestra played, his brief remarks welcomed students and urged good citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hickman Moore
Seattle
The
State University
Kane
University
Moore
Mr. Moore
Hiram Gill
Third Ward
Fire tears through Oakland oil tank plant blaze
A high voltage wire car snapped at the Oakland Gas Electric Co plant, crashing into a 6,000 gallon crude oil tank. Instant flames jumped to surrounding structures but firemen, using water and dirt, quickly controlled the blaze and kept it from spreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
Oakland Gas Electric Co
Gallagher sues Hull Hamlet over potato shipment debt
I. Be. Gallagher files a suit against Hull Hamlet for 2152 45 claiming balance on a June potato shipment. It alleges an original 2527 45 account with only 375 paid to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. BE. Gallagher
Hull Hamlet Company
Noah Davia Charged With Burglary of Dixon Room
Information filed this morning charges Noah Davia with burgling Maggie Dixon's room at 89 Vinest. The alleged break in occurred on August 26. Steamship Yosemite sails from Hullingham for this port today, with loading underway for San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Davia
Maggie Dixon
Yosemite
Hellingham
San Francisco
Priest Convicted of Murder in Double Slaying Case
Pittsburg September 18 Ludwig Seezygiel a Roman Catholic priest from Chicago was convicted of murder in the second degree by a jury after a rapid verdict just before 9 p m He had been tried for the killings of brothers Andrew and Stephen Stragynski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Pittsburg
Ludwig Seezygiel
Chicago
Andrew
Stephen Stragynski
AP Annual Meeting Opens In New York
The Associated Press holds its annual meeting in New York with the main business being the settlement of the operators' strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Associated Press
City Engineer Reports Cedar River Power Plant Expansion
City Engineer R. H. Thomson returned from Cedar River head works where work began on enlarging the power plant. A trench between the lake and the power house is being opened to install water wheels, increasing the plant output by 16,000 horsepower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Thomson
Cedar River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bea
Der
Lie Electric Co
Hubbard
Seattle Electric
Tacoma
Fender
Deep Creek
Jones
Reed
Star Special Service
Poor Frisco
East
Grand Jury
Mayor Moore
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