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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1909
Page
1
Secretary C B Bagley resigns as public works board members clash with A V Bouillon over charges against Bagley. Miller declines to intervene as deadlock grows with Thomson Youngs Grant opposing Bouillon’s push. Rumors swirl about appointment plans and amid tense city politics.
The state case against Kirkman and co defendants includes charges of conspiracy to defraud the Title Trust Company. In a tense cross examination Morning Morris and Mor Bouchard testified about obtaining and handling company records, with witnesses pressed on handwriting and the timing of data transfers. The defense argues the information was misused, while prosecutors seek to prove the defendants bought and exploited sensitive records.
The Star editor and the Seattle Bar grievance committee secretary discuss forwarding a grievance letter to the attorney for the committee. The correspondence concerns disbarment prosecutions and forthcoming committee attention.
In San Francisco on April 14 the defense in Pat Calhoun’s graft trial pressed impeachment of witnesses by the prosecution. Daniel Coleman of the boodle board questioned James Gallagher about a talk involving the Parkside franchise and alleged blackmail. Attorney Earl Rogers argued for impeached testimony. Judge Lawlor allowed the matter to be explored later.
Wil Ballard a former teamster for H. M. McConnaghy attempted to end his life last night by swallowing two ounces of chlorform in his room at 912 17th street. He was taken to the city hospital where physicians say the poison’s effects were overcome and that Ballard will recover. Friends say drinking contributed to his discharge from two jobs. He is injured.
Boise dispatch reports the Idaho state board of pardons declined to interfere with a death sentence. Fred Seward, convicted of murdering a woman of the underworld in Moscow, Idaho, is to be hanged Friday morning at the state penitentiary.
Beach Hargis was found guilty of murdering his father, Judge James Hargis, a noted feudist, and received a life sentence. The trial concluded today with the verdict and penalty handed down in court proceedings.
Seattle clearings totaled 1 470 973 02 with balances 56 281 612 02. Tacoma and Portland show mixed figures with totals 4 672 790 00 942 794 00 and 67 186 00 respectively.
E. C. Holbrook arrested Monday on forgery charges brought by the Arlington hotel pleaded not guilty before Judge Mitchell Gilliam this morning and was sentenced to a term of one to fourteen years.
Special Prosecutor Gregg opened the case against Captain Peter Annis calling Harvey Rockwell Herbert Funke George Skinner and Dr Leopold Schuck to the stand to recount the shooting of William Annis The defense sought to limit testimony excluding Thornton Hisine and the defendant remained seated and observant during proceedings
Mary Broening and Ora Kets, both 13, disappeared from Everett last Sunday while traveling to Beattle with a man. Their worried parents have enlisted Beattle police to locate them. no clue about the man is available.
Thursday calls for fair skies and rising temperatures with light west winds. No rain is expected and daytime highs should be warmer than today across the region.
A foreclosure hearing for the John Sullivan estate was postponed from this morning and rescheduled to next Wednesday before the assigned judge. The continuation extends the mortgage salt proceedings tied to the estate.
W Grant, superintendent, seeks support in an amendment to arch 17,240 section, aiming to remove restrictions on frame buildings from the street line and from each other. Cham Commerce backs the proposal to ease setback rules, arguing for wider construction flexibility.
A Seattle health push labels the fly as Typhoid Fly, a major disease carrier spreading typhoid fever, dysentery, cholera infantum, and tuberculosis. Crichton calls for action as campaigns rise nationwide to reduce fly-borne risks and urges readers to follow simple elimination tips tomorrow.
Leaders of the General Federation of Labor plan a 24 hour strike for May 1 while claiming no violent revolutionary aims. The government reads signs of potential unrest and implements elaborate measures to preserve order.
The article centers on Bouillon challenging corporate influence in city government. Mayor Miller faces a choice about Bouillon’s fate as chairman of the board of public works before Bouillon’s May 2 term end. Corporations, utilities, rails, and contractors oppose Bouillon, while Bouillon pushes for businesslike, fair city conduct.
James Shepard Cabanne II arrived from St Louis and retrieved his son James Shepard Cabanne III from a detention home. Brandenburg, the boy's stepfather, is jailed on accusations of forging posthumous Cleveland letters and did not resist.
Mike Zocart, a laborer, fell 30 feet into an excavation at 40th Avenue and ? street this morning. He sustained back bruises and possible internal injuries and was taken to Providence hospital.
Magnon Jubert and Marie Caillot two French women held by federal authorities at Interbay were moved yesterday to the county jail after a superabundance of spirits mixed with cocaine reportedly caused disturbances at the detention home.
Police in Monaco say they uncovered a plot to assassinate President Fallieres. One man was arrested as an accomplice and prepared to travel to Paris to carry out the killing. Details of the plan remain undisclosed.
The Independent Steamship Company, led by the Alaska Steamship Company, resumes the Seattle Victoria freight and passenger rate fight. It announces a 25 cent base rate, then raises to 1.00 each way and 1.75 round trip, as the Canadian Pacific Line counters with 1.74.
The county commissioners yesterday granted the superior judges an additional stenographer at a salary of 55 dollars a month. Miss Mae V. Hutton was appointed to the position.
Dispatches report a massacre in Adana district where about one hundred Protestant missionaries were killed after seeking refuge in a church which was then burned. The violence spread across Asia Minor with fears of civil war and widespread Christian deaths among foreign residents.
In Hadjin, where American missionaries fear death and starvation, Miss Rose Lambert reports the town nearly out of food and unsafe without protection from provincial authorities. She appeals for swift aid to prevent massacre and famine.
Rev W N Chambers and his wife, formerly of North Norwich Ontario, are among missionaries in Adana Asia Minor. They are in the city of Adana, capital of surrounding villages, where anti Christian outrages have struck.
Abdul Hamid arrived in Salonica in feeble health and was escorted by eunuchs to the carriage. He will be held prisoner at General Robilant’s villa in Lapini suburb, accompanied by 11 of his wives, under gendarmerie authority.
Soldiers of the Fourth and Fifth army corps in Aleppo Braerum Vilayets revolt while insurrection threatens western Macedonia and northern Albania. Meagre mutiny reports gain credence as Young Turks agents arrive. Sultan Rechad orders suppression. Washington to recognize Rechad as lawful sultan following Hamid’s dethronement notification.
Paris reports President Fallieres sent a congratulatory message to Mohammed Rechad Effendi on his enthronement as the new sultan of Turkey.
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