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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
1
New York April 11 reports from press services recount tense jury deliberations in the Harry Thaw murder case. Jurors faced exhibits, heard testimonies, and showed strain as they considered possible verdicts while Thaw notified reporters of his orderly preparations for any outcome.
The WWE association offers to send men to break the strike and maintains a list of volunteers ready to act. It claims success in recent years, including a strike in Los Angeles. About 100 tailors are out, with the union demanding a 1% raise in wages.
The King’s appointment is rejected as Leake Cormmings leads the matron movement. A committee claiming outrages and brutality presented to the Central Labor council and allied groups including the Queen Anne Methodist church Men’s club and Daughters of Norway securing endorsement. Sheriff Low Smith states he will appoint one matron and will not yield.
A police officer aided a thief by authorizing a money order and mailing it to a wife. The man, John Lindberg, was later arrested for robbery as the stolen $406 money order payment was stopped after a telegraph. Authorities recovered the money order receipt on Lindberg.
Striking drivers gathered at Hallard as officials of the Mutt Company faced protests over a proposed 26 cent daily raise. The walkout halted operations and intensified tensions between management and workers seeking better pay.
A Weber man was recently arrested and arraigned in federal court on alleged violations. The case involves local authorities and a related commission investigation.
A large delegation of Seattle railroad officials travels to Tacoma Friday for a joint session with state railroad commissioners and transcontinental lines to study recently enacted laws.
The fair play group of state senators from the tenth legislature have received invitations to a complimentary dinner for State Senator R. W. Condon of the Twenty third district at the Union club in Tacoma next Saturday night.
Mayor Moore will speak Friday evening to the Madison Street M E Church Men's Club on local civic affairs. He will outline efforts to clean up the city and report on progress.
Deputy Sheriff Oecar Wise investigated a man found on the Great Northern main line east of Beenie with a head wound. Wise concluded the man was probably struck by a passing train, an accidental rail incident under inquiry.
Judge Tallman and a 26 member jury concluded the Fremont air grade trial after a day and a half of deliberation. The Elliott air widening project, numbering 13 items, was all disposed of in the same session.
Chief of Police Wappenstein instructed captains to arrest any dance hall owner allowing dances at parks on Sunday. Police were flooded with complaints of young girls entering public halls and dancing with men who are strangers to them.
April 11 Paris report says banker editor Emile Denelist was assassinated this afternoon in the office of his financial newspaper after a discontented customer fired ten shots. The incident occurred at the newspaper’s offices.
J W Roberts introduces a resolution in the Chamber of Commerce to rename Hallard Seattle Northwest after annexation. Public reaction in the Shingle City is largely against the proposal with residents preferring the current name Patlard.
James HH, principal of the Raymond reboot and a juror in the Haymarket case, was found shot in the head in Chicago. A revolver with one cartridge discharged lay in the dresser drawer and the bullet was in his head. he died about half an hour after discovery, amid a deep mystery surrounding the case.
A special meeting of the A P P ex position directors is set for Friday at 4 o clock in the Chamber of Commerce to elect a vice president to succeed Judge Richard A Ballinger.
A petition for leave to disincorporate was filed by the Woodland Cemetery Corporation. The cemetery, owned by the corporation, was recently sold to a syndicate and after the hooket are removed is to be platted into a lot.
George KR Law, held in the county jail for weeks without a definite charge, was released in the afternoon on an order issued by Judge Morris. The decision ends a period of confinement without formal accusation.
Arbor Day was celebrated in Erammar city schools with various programs and tree planting in some yards. Universities and high school kept to routine with no special exercises. Private citizens and Romig groups joined the cleanup effort, supporting the general cleaning day started by women’s clubs with workers visible across streets and premises.
Everett will play Saturday and Sunday at the new athletic park. Manager announced the schedule after inspecting the diamond. Stovall, the Seattle star, will start in one of the games for Everett.
A white wife, Mrs Frank Sarhas, accuses her half breed Cherokee husband of forgery and faces removal to Oklahoma. She, a maid at the Universal lodging house on First Ave, plans to flee with him if he is cleared, though relatives urged divorce and she now resists returning to him.
The Oregon & Washington railroad begun condemnation proceedings to secure an approach for a tunnel under the A It sites, targeting the north half of late 7 and 8 block 29 Maynard's addition and the east half of totalh and 6 in the same block.
Capt. B. W. Bell who has chaired the northwest district for seven years resigns to assume the presidency of Puget Sound Wood Products Company, effective May 1.
The town of Renton will gain 450 from Seattle for the right of way near the municipal power and light plant pole line. The arrangement outlines payment to Renton for access and use related to the utility line site.
The fire and water committee approved a new sprinkler ordinance after review. It restricts lawn irrigation to hand sprinkling only and bans mechanical devices.
Chicago April 11 The body of Mrs Sylvester Smith aged 66 wife of a retired railroad magnate and Impitatiat was found in the lake this morning and she is believed to have committed suicide by her own actions according to Beripps Telegraph Service.
A worker from the Asphalt company died when crushed by a gravel car in Bayst. at Bay st yesterday afternoon. The incident follows two other near-similar accidents within 24 hours. The deceased, 36, left a widow and two children. A separate accident killed Katherine Walker, daughter of C. Walker Ballard, under a driven car by William Turner. Edna, a Madison schoolgirl, narrowly escaped death after being struck by a car on Fourth Ave. The Walker case is deemed accidental by Deputy Sheriff and Coroner Carroll.
A Canadian Pacific wreck near Chapleau Ontario killed eleven and left forty injured. Emergency crews responded as investigators began to probe the cause of the disaster.
A man identifying as Frederick Siegel, 23, of Los Angeles, was restrained at a Carnegie hotel entrance in Pittsburg this morning after claiming to seek a patent related to cow milk. He displayed an open knife and was confined by bystanders or officers pending further inquiry.
Birger Hermann clung to his first firet examination statement and denied he influenced the Benson-Hyde Dimond patent cases within the department at the request of the late Senator Mitchell. He maintained his position as the investigation proceeds with Senator Mitchell's death noted in reports.
Miss Mable Holley 3022 Hoyt avenue suffered likely fatal burns when her clothing ignited while she tried to replenish a stove fire. Her mother Mrs H W Holley was severely burned trying to extinguish the flames.
The Mike Wright cigar factory at Hillman City has resumed operations after an adjustment. Forty three employees returned to work following a dispute over gauge regulations tied to the Cigar Makers union meeting in Washington and Oregon.
Locals report hundreds of cars blocked on sidetracks at the Hil roads, with only cars owned by other Nines allowed to be loaded. The Northern Pacific shows eagerness to deliver those cars.
At the directors meeting of the AP EB a successor to Judge BR Ballinger is to be selected. Will H. Parry is favored and currently chairs the executive committee.
Local teachers resist a planned Most Popular TeachersContest run by Morning Kal Yen to boost newspaper subscriptions. Officials say the event would force teachers into publicity without consent and damage reputations. Community educators plan a meeting to vote against using their names in circulation schemes and oppose the notoriety in the press.
Hay dealers report a growing shortage with high demand and offers to unload. Galbraith Bacon & Co cites railroad car scarcity as the cause and notes hay prices at 26 dollars for best and 20 for double compressed. Harvey A. Boyce files for custody of his 9 year old son, arguing neglect by Nina A. Boyce.
A Seattle Times report denounces Dr M A McLaughlin Co for selling electric belts as cures. Advertisements claim vitality and renewed vigor but the piece notes the device gives only mild foradic electricity and targets imaginings rather than real medicine.
Bank clearings for April 11, 1907 reached 1,824,232.63 while the same day in 1906 totaled 1,934,477.42, indicating a decline in activity year over year. The figures reflect daily market turnover and help gauge economic momentum for the period.
Kelly Wiley pleaded guilty in superior court this afternoon to burglary of L. X&L Market and was sentenced to three and a half years in the penitentiary.
Preparations underway to open a new branch public library at Settlement house located at Fifteenth Avenue and Spruce Street. The Settlement began a year ago by the Council of Jewish Women. A vaudeville performance will be held at the Grand Opera House on April 18 to benefit the Settlement.
Edith J. Budiong former wife of George H Budlong remains real executrix of the estate and agrees to the appointment of George H Burlong Jr as administrator in the settled matter once feared to be bitterly contested.
The body of Ignus Lowengart's wife was found under the Ford street bridge in Portland, a fall of over 100 feet. Meanwhile city hall quarrels flare as Councilman Gill resigns from the license committee and Reynolds is named to replace him, fueling a volatile struggle over saloon licenses and future committee meetings.
Fraser faces a probable nonjury trial as Allan Stark testifies Logan attacked Fraser before Fraser fired in self defense. The killing occurred in Fraser's saloon on April 3 as Stark and Fraser drank through the night. Stark, a deputy assessor, says he found Logan on Fraser when he woke from drunken stupor.
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