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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1912
Page
6
John Harvey perished in New York after two hours hanging head downward in an elevator shaft. He lost balance while ascending and jammed the lift, both legs crushed. Firemen cut him down as a priest administered last rites.
Returns from yesterday's primary election show that President Taft dominates the New Hampshire state Republican convention to be held April 30 and will receive a solid delegation to the national convention in Chicago.
King county will hold a preferential presidential primary this Saturday, April 27, from 3 to 8 p.m. Voters may choose among Taft Roosevelt La Follette Cummins in the Republican race and Harmon Clark Wilon in the Democratic race, plus vote for county convention delegates. The Taft and Harmon factions opposed the move and leadership fights have characterized the campaign.
A joint Republican and Democratic committee seeks convenient polling sites for the presidential primary next Saturday 3 to 8 pm. About 170 locations are secured but many precincts remain unassigned with standpatters hampering progress. Progressives in listed precincts are urged to offer sites.
Dr. D. K. Pearsons, 92, noted philanthropist and former multi millionaire, lies dying of pneumonia at Hinsdale sanitarium with oxygen support. In New Jersey, Nancy Jane Elwood and James W. Benedict, both 87, marry in South Norwalk after decades apart following earlier marriages.
The Richmond Heights lighthouse tower rises 231 feet above mean low water and becomes visible 35 miles at sea. It aids navigation in the Ambrose channel and will be seen farther offshore than the Ambrose lightship despite being 18 miles inland.
Frank O Leary a Connecticut National Guard private died after grabbing live wires on a roof while demonstrating a play scene Heinke and a rival grasped a charged wire with him. he died moments later In another incident Nicholas Calaf was dazed on a railroad girder for two hours as a high tension circuit remained live until rescuers shut off power leaving him near death
El Jones, a Titanic stoker, recalls his perilous crossing and lifeboat duties. He recounts guiding survivors, pulling two women from a sinking boat, and witnessing a man and others die, while choosing to pray at Bethel chapel instead of drinking.
Six members of the Allen outlaw clan were arraigned in Carroll County court on charges of first degree murder in the March 14 killing of Judge Thornton Macnie and others. Floyd Allen Claude Allen Victor Allen Sidna Howards Byrd Marion face the case. defense seeks to pin blame on Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards as the two remaining free members.
Judge Z T Wain of Brooklyn spent his 79th birthday in Cleveland seeking a cheaper coffin. He refused to pay high prices for dying, saying he has no plan to die but wanted a bargain instead.
Hermann Sechler saved a group of schoolchildren at play in a Fresno street by leaping in front of a runaway wagon. He grasped a horse by the bit to divert the team, protecting the children but was struck and dragged, the wagon passing over his abdomen. He was fatally injured and his act is described as risking his life to save others.
Marie Martin four years old was admitted to Hellenite hospital New York for a defective thyroid gland. Mrs Hannah Kirechoff of Bethel Connecticut arrived with a swollen gland pressing the windpipe. A large piece of the woman's thyroid was cut out and grafted to the child’s atrophied gland, and both appear cured.
Police are aiding searches for four missing men believed in Seattle. Muriel Couch, 15, left home last night. Francis Austin, 17, missing since April. P. Rodini, 36, from Hotel Diller, absent days. Frank Kell, 39, missing since April 6 with jewelry valued at 500 dollars.
In a crowded courtroom at Philomath, Dr. Aprilg and Charles Humphrey were placed on trial for the murder of Eliza Griffith dated January. Judge Walton of Roseburg will preside as the case proceeds. a Dreamland Dance is held tonight in the area.
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