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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1909
Page
1
Daring Seattle Bank Robbery Echoes a Week Later
A bold bandit raid in Seattle echoes a prior attack at the American Savings Trust bank on Madison Street. A masked robber threatened six people, forced the cash drawer open, and fled with about 12.50 amid a tense chase through the area. Local police pursue leads as officers identify the suspect with a nickel plated pistol. The bank’s secretary, Mr Fields, narrowly escaped injury during the standoff and remains a target of ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Savings Trust Company
Madison St
Toffee House Sa
Walter Ami Cook
Odana
Walter
Frank Mesner
L. Flies
Madison
Pleids
Telfer
B& Re
Madison Et
Jeffries to fight Johnson again after exhibition
Reports from New York state that Jim Jeffries Haw plans to reenter the ring and defend his title. He says he will meet Jack Johnson or any challenger who has the nerve to face him and expects bidding to begin for the five service fights. He dropped 26 pounds and vows to regain wind and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vested Pres
New York
Jim Jeffries Haw
Met
Jack Johnson
Jeff Wit
Johnson
Ketehel
Jeff
Jim Jeffries
Weather forecast fragment for tonight and Wednesday
Forecast notes a focus on tonight with west winds and a hint of Wednesday conditions, indicating a shift in wind direction. Details are limited but suggest continued mild to moderate wind activity and typical regional patterns.
Unclear Board Meeting Text Hinders Seattle Company Action
A garbled note describes a rushed board meeting about a Seattle company and department decisions. The fragment mentions a possible morning gathering and a motion or action linked to ensuring prompt progress, but readable details are limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N Oworks
Seattle
Iite
Boatllon
Department
Little Three Year Old Girl’s Grief in Local Divorce Court
A three year old girl, heartbroken after a divorce, whispers to her doll as she learns she has no papa. In King County Superior Court department No 1 the child clings to her mother, sharing sorrow and tears with a worn doll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly
Papa
Littl
King County Court House
Department No. 1
Superior Court
Shuberts to Build Theatres in Portland
J J Shubert visiting Portland to inspect sites for a new theatre. He aims to build at once with three possible locations and hopes for completion before 1910. The Shubert brothers plan to own their own houses along the Pacific coast and will invest up to six million dollars in new theatres from Denver to the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shuberts
Portland
Ore
J. J. Shubert
Lee Shubert
Mr. Shubert
Shubert
Pacific Conmat
Denver
Weet
Conat
Broadway Pupils to Put on Show at Arcade
Broadway high school students present Goldsmiths She Stoops to Conquer next Friday at the Arcade ball. Katharine Melick directs with Mrs. George Wandersen aiding rehearsals. tickets selling fast. Cast includes George McPherson Florence Todd Genevieve Cook Martha Reekie John Nickerson Henry Winquiet Harding Callard and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway High School
Goldsmith
Katharine Melick
George W. Baundersen
George McPherson
Florence Todd
Genevieve Cook
Martha Reekie
John Nickerson
Henry Winquiet
Harding Callard
Railroad forces may fight pitched battle
Kalispell Mont April 20 A struggle in railroad circles to win the best route through Ne canyon on the North Fork above Coram to the Crow Creek coal field is under way between the Great Northern and the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound. Both lines are spending freely to gather traffic and it is estimated that 260 men are employed today with more to join daily as the contest tightens for the northern route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United News
Kalibpell
Mont
Great Northern
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Bound
Ne Canyon
North Fork
Coram
Bouillon objects to Union Pacific spur track franchise
A Seattle utilities superintendent Bouillon urges the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club to oppose granting a spur track franchise to the Union Pacific for Railroad Way. He argues the street is public, risks traffic safety, and should not be given away to private interests without equitable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. V. Touillion
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Seattle Commerceial Club
Union Pacific
Corporations Committee
Bouillon
Two Armored Cruisers to Turkey Ties to Star Editor
No warrant had been issued by the prosecuting attorney for the arrest of The Star editor on a charge of Criminal libel linked to the Sullivan controversy. Prosecutor Vanderveer questioned Edward Corcoran and Jes P. O Neil, who assert every word in The Star is correct. O Neil plans to appeal to King County court to protect his and his client s interests as settlement talks collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
STAR
the Star
Carrig
Shank
Edward Corcoran
Jes P. O'Neil
O'Neil
Vanderveer
Eer
Sullivan
Howe
Corcoran
Court of
King County
Hifort
Callaghan
Teibrest
Hannah Callaghes
H. Farrell
Ferrell
Hero track repairer sacrifices life to save train
John Christianson a track repairer in Bellingham Washington attempted to drag a frightened team of horses pulling a scraper from the track to save the south bound Seattle accommodation train of the Great Northern. The team was killed and Christianson was fatally injured and now lies in St Josaph's hospital conscious but unable to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
Seattle
Great Northern
John Christianson
Christianson
St. Josaph’s Hospital
Wheat market hits by Chicago bears provoke sharp raid
Chicago bears triggered a dramatic wheat market raid driving May futures to about 1.28 and July to 1.19 as bears dumped large quantities. May declined further to 1.224 amid market demoralization and broad selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bears
Old Woman Injured in Street Car Fall
Mra A Hartwig 70 was seriously hurt when a Seattle street car improperly stopped to unload at Rainier Beach and she fell onto a switch rail near Fairview yesterday afternoon. Mrs Lockwood 88 died at her son in law’s home 6617 Boulevard Ave Sunday evening. funeral at the family residence tomorrow at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
A. Hartwig
Seattle, Renton & Southern
Fairview
Rainier Beach
Emma G. Lockwood
Robert L. Graham
Boulevard Av
Lockwood
St. Paul
Armored Cruisers Ordered to Alexandretta to Protect Americans
The North Carolina and Montana were ordered to Alexandretta Turkey to report to the U S consul and safeguard American lives and property amid alarm in Turkey. In Smyrna Kopaseia Ef fend the Turkish Prince of Samoa is reported assassinated, with few details given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Montana
United Press
Washington
Alexandretta
Turkey
United States
Smyrna
Sanctioned Wooden Theatre Arouses Fire Safety Concerns
The board of public works approved a wooden theatre building at Fourth Ave and Seneca St amid safety questions. Owner Thompson touts a May 29 opening with a 4000 seating, later 6000 capacity, at a cost of 25000 dollars, while critics warn of fire risk and noncompliance with standard building permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Fourth Av
Seneca St
Bursting Tensions Over Public Utilities Chief
A city utilities department head, Bouillon, faces sharp criticism from a majority on the corporations committee. They accuse him of being a nuisance and hindering franchise enforcement, while allies Revelle and Weaver defend him. The council holds power, with anti Bouillon pledges overlooked as pressure grows. The conflict threatens to erupt imminently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporations Committee
A. ¥. Boulton
Public Utilities
Department of Public Utilities
Bawvyer
Armstrong
Zbinden
Hines
Houslton
Bouillon
Wealthy man tortured in brazen blackmail plot in Braddock
Braddock Pennsylvania April 19 Robert and Nicola Bigtteotia alleged Mafia members are jailed after a sensational blackmail plot against Joseph Gugliotta the wealthiest Italian in town. Gugliotta was tortured for days with his nose cut off pieces of his ear and chest wounds then yielded to the demands at the bank before police intervened. The two captors fled in a street battle before being captured and jailed to avert mob justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock
Roebert
Nichola Bigtteotia
Pittsburg Jafine & Reesult
Bigtieotta
Gugliotta
Pittsburg
Accident at Launching of Merrimac in Alaska
At Ketchikan on April 20 the government forestry ship Merrimac began to leave the ways but lurched crashing into the water. The cabin flooded and lifeboats were launched as nearby tugs rushed to rescue those aboard. Those in danger included H. F. Story T. F. Hopkins and Bert Handleshell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Ketchikan
Merrimac
H. EF. Story
T. F. Hopkine
Bert Handleshell
Daily Miner
Wireless record set as Princess May aids fugitive capture
The Canadian Pacific liner Princess May, recently equipped by United Wireless, sent a dispatch revealing a wanted man aboard. Victoria police nabbed the fugitive on the gangplank after the ship docked, completing a long wireless transmission over land and sea from Prince Rupert to Wrangel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess May
United Wireless Concern
Victoria
Prince Rupert
Island City
Wrangel
Magdalena Bay
Virginia Harned Sothern Denied Reno Divorce Case
Judge Pike refuses jurisdiction for Virginia Harned Sothern to divorce RE H Sothern in Washoe county. Procedures require either spouse to establish bona fide residence in Nevada. Also, Anne Poets sues American Paper Co for 1500 dollars after being struck by heavy rolls from a wagon on James Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Reno
Pike
Washoe County
Anne Poets
American Paper Company
James St
Seconday
Tragic decline of Badlth Marlin ends in city hospital
A 28 year old woman known as Badlth Marlin died at 8 this morning in the city hospital after a week in a rooming house. She spoke of hardship and desertion by her husband, saying the world refused her an honest living before succumbing to starvation and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badlth Marlin
Bet Av
Lok
Tragic Accident Claims Young Child’s Life After Ingesting Pills
The four year old son of B G Love found a box of atroeh nine and belladonna pills and ate several sugar coated balls. He died shortly afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
B. G. Love
Surrender talk in Constantinople as Young Turks press
Reports from Constantinople say Tewfik Pasha consults the sultan on surrender to the Young Turks while invaders mass near the city seeking a decision. The sultan seeks German aid and delay aims to avoid bloodshed. 40,000 invaders camp nearby. In Portland, Capt. W. H. Ledbetter, an American linked to the Turkish navy, is highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Pare
Germany
Portland
Ore
W. H. Ledbetter
Sultan Hamid
Up Ut
Hydrographic Office
Custom House
Buckam
Mass Meeting Aims to Block Consumptive Colony on Queen Anne Hill
A mass meeting at Seattle Seminary tonight, called by the Ross Improvement Club, seeks to finalize action to stop the Board of Public Works issuing a permit for tents for consumptives on the Prosch tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Anne Hill
Seattle Seminary
Ross Improvement Club
Board of Public Works
Prosch
Daughters of the Confederacy Seek Pardon for Garnett
In San Francisco on April 20 the Daughters of the Confederacy press for a pardon for Alexander B. Garnett a Civil War veteran serving 15 years for the killing of Maj. Mo Chung at the Palace hotel apartments eight years past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Daughters of the Confederacy
Alexander B. Garnett
Mo Chung
Lillie Hitchcock Colt
Palace Hotel
Searchlight on Harriman merger reaches Portland hearing
The Interstate Commerce Commission plan to investigate the KB. Harriman merger of Southern Pacific and Union Pacific will open hearings May 3 in Portland before a federal court referee. Numerous witnesses have been subpoenaed and Attorney A. Severance will represent the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Portland
Ore
KB. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Court
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
A. Severance
Commission
Girl Slays Her Father in New York Shooting
Agnes Wallace, 26, fatally shot her 65 year old father John Wallace in New York last night. Authorities say motive unclear though she was heard shouting I killed my brother, claiming abuse at the time of capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New RK
John Wallace
Agnes
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rvin
Yesler Way
Harry Welty
Arthur T. Drew
Mr. Fields
Earthont
Sim
Fields
Jeffries
United Pree
Sam
What O'Neill Wants
Thompson
Im Thia Elty
Limits
Board of Works
Act of Public Works
Chi
Boutlion
Houtlion
Revelle
Weaver
Rouillon
Virginia Harned
World
Capt. Ledbetter
Harriman
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