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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
1
United Press reports a warm welcome as the Atlantic Fleet enters Los Angeles for a week of ceremonies and public events. A motor parade, athletic contests, and naval pageantry draw thousands to the shoreline while officers tour the city amid receptions and patriotic fervor.
Washington observers debate Senator Bourne of Oregon and his push for a second presidential term for Theodore Roosevelt. Bourne raves about Roosevelts possible renomination while gossips doubt the plan, noting Bournes wealth and talkative style as factors in Capitol chatter.
In Manitoba on April 21 Mile Cardinal, his wife and child died after their dog team fell through thin ice on the Athabasca River while traveling toward the Peace River country. Another family member escaped.
The cruiser Charleston and its torpedo flotilla including the Perry Prebie Davia Farragut and Fox will go to Portland Oregon for Rose Festival events on June 6. The Atlantic Meet will not visit Portland.
County Assessor Thomas A Parish declined a merchants proposal to tax stock inventories at a flat 30 percent cut. He argued fair valuations require case by case study using inventories, trial balances, and full disclosure of stock details. Parish promised a square deal if merchants supply necessary financial information to enable exact valuations.
James Austin Larson, reputed orvainator of Telecom, did not appear in Police Judge Gordon's court to answer a charge of practicing medicine without a license. On motion the court assessed a $100 fine plus costs.
Australia to receive American battleships with open arms per a letter from the Immigration League of Australasia. The message says the visit will be a gala day and seeks to galvanize the American Australia entente cordiale into active life. It notes many Australians have ties to Great Britain and anticipates closer communication with America.
April 11 report from Slashed by Lunatic chronicles a farmer William M Howard attacked in his stable by an unknown assailant armed with a club. Howard fled and later found his horse missing and then located in a gulch with its hide slashed and stabbed in 25 places. The suspect escaped, leaving only a battered hat.
In Braybeck junction near Melbourne two trains from Ballarat and Bendigo collided late at night. Forty people were killed and about 60 injured as the Ballarat train rear-ended by the Bendigo consist. Five cars were wrecked and fire consumed much of the wreckage. Rescue efforts were hampered by delayed medical aid and widespread suffering.
A Belfry hotel proprietor J Harrison shot and killed Jack Norman last night after Norman allegedly showed his wife attention. The message from Butte reports Harrison is under arrest.
In Chicago on April 21, 154 men were deprived of citizenship by circuit and superior courts amid a government campaign against anarchists. At the US district attorney's request Judge Pinckney revoked papers of suspects. last week Judge Hall revoked 99 others who failed to swear they were not connected with anti government societies. Twenty five similar cases remain to be heard and likely will disenfranchise more.
The Ohio House of Representatives approved by 63 to 22 a resolution calling for a legislative investigation into the city government of Cleveland and into Cuyahoga County.
The Chinese government rejects a Mikado backed explanation for sending 15 ships to Chinese waters. Officials see the fleet as a provocation rather than a goodwill gesture and warn that China may respond if Tokyo’s boycott against Japan continues.
A message from Guatemala reports an assassination attempt on President Manuel Estrada Cabrera. Several shots were fired. Cabrera was struck only on the hand and otherwise unharmed, with few additional details available.
Mrs James Wright killed Lelia Gordo with a single barrel shotgun in a dispute sparked by white and black women over children playing together. Wright pursued Mary Davis after the shooting but her shot went wild. A struggle left Mrs John Wright beaten as tensions flared. In New York William J Bryan awaited his wife returning from Europe.
A major blaze on Buchanan Street in Frisco destroyed four apartment houses housing 196 tenants. John Macey and Annie narrowly escaped suffocation on the top floor as fire and wind drove flames through the structures. Firefighters rescued them and the couple were taken to Central Emergency hospital. The fire began in a garage and spread rapidly, leaving occupants in night attire fleeing into the streets.
Daniel Coleman, a doodling witness for the United Railway franchise bribery trial of Tirey L. Ford, testified that boodlers were summoned to rehearse testimony in a formal meeting led by Assistant District Attorney O Gara in Langdon's private office. The boodlers then signed an affidavit claiming they took no bribes.
Alexander Stolypin, brother of the imperial chancellor, was fined 50 and sentenced to one week in prison for felonious writing to a newspaper that defamed Paul Dulatzel, a reactionary politician, in an inflammatory letter.
April 21 report says two thousand troops rushed to reinforce a small Russian expedition near Belesuvar on the frontier. Kurdish brigands and a superior Persian force surround the Russians. Reinforcements and two railroads are needed. a clash is expected hourly.
In Tacoma Judge Snell sentences Clinton C. Gandy after he pleaded guilty to assault and battery on his young wife. Gandy’s arrest followed his father in law discovering the woman handcuffed and bound to a bed post, a result of the husband’s jealous violence to force her to stay at home.
John Richardson faced trial before Judge A. W. Frater in the superior court on charges of operating a roulette game at North Bend. The case involves continuous gambling from January through February 21 1968 with defense by Will H. Morris who argued the court was moving too quickly. Assistant George Van derveer disputed the pace, saying a jury could be secured in five minutes.
H. Maluin a French mining expert offers odds on Maurice Dreghe and Max L. Hohmann finishing first in the New York to Paris automobile race for Le Journal. He will bet any amount at 2 to 1 odds that the Paris reporters reach the destination ahead of regularly entered cars while stopping at the Savoy.
Portland reports the Werner car, claimed by its Paris owners to have driven solo from New York to Paris, arrived in Seattle amid controversy. A Paris Journal team member Maurice Creighe and Max Hohmann testify the machine completed the continent on its own wheels, while Oregon City locals allege it arrived from St Louis in a box car after a Columbus to St Louis leg. An Oregon City observer recalled a breakdown in Columbus and subsequent freight to St Louis before final leg.
An Oregon City investigator reports that on April 9 the men arrived in Portland and paid freight. They claim they drove the distance from St. Louis by a southern route, denying shipping a full automobile in a boxcar. Maurice Creighe presents freight receipts for automobile parts and a moving picture machine.
Dellroy Fox infant daughter of D A Fox died after a two hour illness. Doctors say arsenic poisoning caused death based on stomach contents. Poison source remains unknown and coroner F M Carroll will continue inquiry. Burial occurred in North Yakima with parents delaying return to Seattle.
Seattle lumberman H H Hewitt and saloonkeeper H H Stommel were arrested in connection with the automobile accident in Chicago that killed Susie Simpson, a stenographer, as a chauffeur and Miss Simpson were among the occupants. The coroner’s court refused to hold Hewitt for her death, while her parents pursue indictment. Hewitt, married with Hoquiam ties, had Seattle headquarters and mill interests at Hoquiam. The crash occurred last week when a test auto Hewitt intended to buy lost control and struck a telegraph pole. Miss Simpson died several hours later.
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