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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1911
Page
1
Washington Aug 7 A deadlock between Senator La Follette and House Ways and Means Chairman Underwood over the wool and free list bills threatens adjournment without action. Southern Democrats favor postponement. cotton schedule looms in conference as insurgents press to delay.
In Hanniwell Kansas mayor Ella Wilson, elected last April, defies the male council by not signing ordinances or confirming appointees. Governor Stubbs advised ouster if tonight's council meeting failed. The council met but produced no action beyond paying town pump repairs as the mayor refused to sign ordinances.
P. H. Armbruster, noted by Dr. Boardman at the First Baptist Church, asks the public to suspend judgment until a full statement is read.
Senator Borah of Idaho attacked the recall principle, arguing a free independent judiciary protects minority rights and prevents majority rule from shaping judicial decisions. He warned a dependent judiciary harms the poor and calls for judges to interpret law as written until the people rewrite it.
Des Moines on August 7 reports the first street car run restores normal service after a court injunction ended a strike. About 500 workers were reinstated and received demands met. The company may seek dissolution of Judge DeGraff's injunction. AFL President Samuel Gompers denounces the method as a return to slavery.
A midnight attempt to free inmates at the state stockade near the state quarry was foiled. Thirty eight convicts were housed in the bunkhouse when a prisoner pried loose a window bar and an improvised wrench was found on another man. Deputies later jailed two suspects and guards recovered both ends of the break attempt.
Irvin J. Bounds police magistrate of Nota Yakima returned to the streets Monday after five weeks at St. Elizabeth's hospital following an appendicitis operation. He expressed satisfaction with the outcome and his friends offered congratulations on his recovery.
Miss Susan H. Boyle died suddenly Sunday at 1 PM after nursing exhaustion following an unrelated operation a year earlier. Born in North Yakima 23 years ago, she served as society editor for the Yakima Morning Herald and died after a brief illness. Funeral was in St. Michael's Episcopal Church with interment in Tahoma cemetery.
The sheriff’s force nabbed Clyde Smith, Clarence Hester and Roland Scheith on larceny charges after recovering C D Hesse’s $100 fishing outfit. Deputy Rightmire traced three youths seen near the barn to a Naches valley camp, arrested them, and returned the gear. Hesse praises the sheriff’s office for the return of his outfit intact.
A fire on North Sixth Avenue Saturday was traced to a small boy who soaked a cat with kerosene and lit it. Firefighters and city engineers responding to the alarm captured the cat, extinguished the flames, and calmed neighbors who feared a fatal blaze.
Geo W Perkins of New York would speak on constructive national policy but was called to testify in Washington. He questions the Sherman act enforcement and argues Congress may amend antitrust law to balance big business with public good. He cites costs, wages, employment, foreign trade and distributive profits, urging inquiry into trusts’ impact.
Henry Traub, president of the Central Labor Council, urged the city to rescind or force compliance on Warren Construction for employing labor beyond eight hours daily and hiring foreigners. City Attorney was tasked to refer the matter to the prosecuting attorney for action under state law.
A special meeting of business men is called for Wednesday night August 9 to discuss open attendance and finalize plans for the business men's picnic. The event will feature sports and games with a holiday atmosphere and a noon closing for local businesses on August 24.
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