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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
1
A report claims L A Larimore of a wealthy St city arranged a burning at the Georgian hotel around morning hours. Authorities say a teaser note warned action, with arrival of John W Larimore and an attorney to follow. A separate item notes a patrol wrecked incident with a wagon collision and minor injuries.
The August 6 report from the Superior Court highlights rapid action granting divorce decrees to several couples. Judge James oversees the matters including language on grounds such as cause and nonsupport.
In a dressing room chat star Mina Webber discusses the play The Girl From Rector's at the Moore theatre. She and Louie the wife explain a husband must continually court his wife to keep her affections amid the show’s double life plot.
New York reports Frank Jay Mackey a California millionaire long based in England rode a horse into a fashionable hotel and around the billiard table. He was fined ten dollars by a London police court after wagering he could perform the stunt. He defended the act as proof of winning the wager.
New York aug reports from US actions show newspapers largely agree the tariff law is a material improvement over Dingley but has defects. They say Congress did not lower prices for essentials or provide relief from high living costs despite presidential interposition.
County Judge J B Yakey of Kitsap County is accused in a state officers inquiry. James W Bryan has filed information with Pilay Allen chair of the legislative committee. The panel will meet Monday to decide if they will consider the charges and probe the matter.
The piece follows Mrs. Baldwin once famed as “Lucky” and her past gambling fortune. After a high profile life filled with love affairs and court settlements, she plans a quiet future in Seattle with no more gambling or glitter, seeking rest and stability.
Renton residents will close shops and travel to the Ivory City for the A P exposition. A bash, glee club, girls drill team, and lodge groups will join a program in the Amphitheatre with remarks from President Chilberg and Judge Wilson Gay. Indiana Day Seattle Business College Day and Washington Rural Letter Carriers Association are on the schedule for a busy event.
Arrangements have been completed for the annual congress of the American Prison association to be held here August 14 to 19. Many prominent prison workers from around the world will attend, with prison reform topics drawing wide interest. The first three days take place in the Y M C A hall and theater, closing with American Prison Association day on August 19 at the A Y P B E.
Police receive telegram alleging Chan Mory of Dupont San Francisco and Wong Wing of San Francisco plotted a cunning love betrayal leading to a false affinity. Dock Ding, the scorned witness, claims gold rings and money vanished as the couple allegedly fled on a carefree honeymoon.
At the urging of his wife Jammes F. Pentland was released from the county jail on order of Justice Fred C. Wentence. Desertion charges are suspended on his promise to pay his wife five dollars weekly and to report to the court four times a month until further order.
Young Smith, 22 years old, faced judge Tallman after a grand larceny arrest. The court, on advice from Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Frank Holtzheimer, sentenced him to reform school in Monroe rather than the penitentiary, aiming to teach a better lesson and rehabilitate rather than punish with an older convict environment. His Winnipeg father is absent, wife plans to live near Monroe to visit weekly, and the case notes smoking cigarets as a factor in sentencing.
City officials reveal the mayor signs about 6000 times weekly for warrants and legal documents. The strain led to protective finger guards, a problem also faced by former Mayor Moore who tried a rubber stamp but was opposed by the city comptroller.
Attorney W T Dovell testified before the legislative investigating committee denying any recollection of a conversation about Judge Milo Root and Judge Herman Drow influencing the Sullivan will decision. Terrence O'Brien and James P Gleason testified, but Dovell said the tale was a fabrication.
Frank W. Shire filed for divorce in King County Superior Court after a September night at a Scent theatre where he saw two familiar faces he believed indicated his wife’s infidelity. He waited for reconciliation, but she left, and no word came. he now lives at the La Crosse hotel.
Pale skies give way to warmer temperatures tonight as winds shift to light northeast. Saturday brings continued mild weather with gentle easterly winds and no significant precipitation expected.
The piece questions whether Mr Struve will accept his proposed terms offering a guaranteed profit of 17000 per year from the city hall property. It asks if he will agree to be supervised with a guarantee that all surplus goes to the city and that all accounts and contracts are city supervised.
The Star rebuts Frederick Carl Struve plan to lease the old city hall site arguing profits claimed at 143,820 yearly are inflated and would yield 70,080 a year, with 50 year lease benefiting Struve while giving the city four floors and tax exemptions worth about 200,000, plus free water and lighting.
Close to 2000 dollars was raised by the Bromley benefit baseball game at Dugdale's park last Saturday. Combined with 1148 dollars from the matinee and Dreamland dance, the funds will go to a new trustees committee to buy a home for Florence Bromley and her family.
Chehalis county 3000 strong arrived by special excursion trains for a day at the A. P. exposition. Col. D. H. Chapman welcomed visitors at the Chehalis county building with President Chilberg and Geo. S. Emerson of Hoquiam responding. Judge Lemoreaux Dead in Beaver Dam Wisconsin.
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