19 Aug 1912
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1912
Page
1
Historical notice reports Taft appointing Linton Howard Corporation Attorney to replace Hanford after a fatal shooting incident. Details are unclear due to damaged text but reference to a family tragedy and subsequent political appointment appear.
New York august 18 a portrait and profile of Mrs J Pierpont Morgan wife of the financier famed as America's richest man. the piece portrays her as gentle oblique quiet and devoted to family rather than public life, recounting her marriage to pierpont morgan in 1865 and their four children including j p morgan jr. and laurens morgan noted as the famous spinster daughter.
A California incident reports Mascon and his wife from San Francisco killed when struck by an automobile. Details are fragmentary but indicate a deadly roadside accident near a noted mile marker.
A car plunges over a 266 foot cliff killing Mrs ick of Oekliand aunt Ger im aged 6 and another child with two others hurt. K G Perin of the Detroit Electric company in San Francisco was injured. The vehicle derailed after crossing a fence on a sharp curve.
A beleaguered bandit Todo, previously active along the Goring last year, is said to be back with a larger group and rumored to have committed several murders near the Mexican line. Residents fear renewed depredations as authorities track the gang.
A battered trunk lost in Seattle may hold papers that would claim a fortune for Elmer and Raymond Hart aged 9 and 7. Their father James M Hart died recently, leaving the boys motherless. The trunk disappeared after he left them alone on July 4 and vanished.
Washington report says the senate approved a new budget bill with an Overman amendment that abolishes the court of commerce by a 35 to 23 vote. The action coincides with broader fiscal measures and party lines.
Pair tonight Tuesday fair and warmer with light variable winds mostly westerly. Temperature at noon 65 degrees.
Emma Stewart and Mary Compen both claim Cumberland, Maryland resident George F. Shepherd as husband after a conference in Baltimore. One woman traveled to Los Angeles to press charges, and is now in custody. In a separate note, Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fisher said he will personally visit Honolulu next Sunday to investigate Hawaii territorial government affairs.
Harden, Stone & Co. of Boston acquire control of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Co. for 7.5 million dollars. Most of the capital of the Alaska Gastineau operation will be placed in the treasury of the Alaska Gold Mines Co.
Christ Anna a white slave convict being taken from Seattle to New York for deportation jumped from a train at Oregon Wisconsin yesterday. Chicago police are asked to help locate him.
John R. Earty the leper at Diamond Point near Tacoma may be defended in a divorce suit drawn by Seattle attorneys. Mrs. Earty has remained in Tacoma five months with visits allowed. she seeks custody of three children amid cruelty charges. Mrs. Earty underwent a dangerous operation this morning with doubtful recovery.
A telegram read by E C Snpder shows Col Roosevelt will address the progressive ratification convention in Seattle on September 16. The state convention may be held at the Armory with 1536 delegates, and Roosevelt is to give brief speeches en route from Spokane to Seattle, with North Yakima progressives eager for his talk.
Wm J 4 Mattock, married in South Shields England six years ago, seeks a divorce from his Tacoma wife after she humiliated him before neighbors. In a letter she states she has not received any money from him in more than five years. They share one child.
In a playful exchange Farmer Brown offers the village dressmaker as the source for ages of every woman, while a stranger asks where to find the bureau of vital statistics. The odd answer highlights local knowledge versus official records.
A fragment from a reminiscence-style piece recounts Alicia Radowsky Van Dyke, an aeronaut, and her lover Fredo L. Boalt. It sketches her childhood idolization of a balloonist, a daring Georgetown ascent, a risky tethered voyage, a near fall, and her return to earth with reflections on life above and below.
District Attorney Chas S Whitman and Robert Rubin escorted Sam Schepps from Hot Springs Ark to New York. Police blocked efforts to detain him as he was rushed to West Side prison. Becker's trial focus and Schepps confession implications loom as Becker seeks access to grand jury evidence.
Boston observers report the Seeley family choosing names for their fourteen day old quadruplets. Parents weigh traditional and unique options as doctors and staff predict one or more may become standout personalities among the siblings. The piece notes playful anticipation and a busy naming process in a local hospital setting.
A tongue in cheek column proposes screening brides and grooms before marriage. It jokes that brains lights livers and other traits must be examined to prevent social harm, reflecting early 20th century anxieties about eugenics and marital unions.
Clinton W. Howard of Bellingham is appointed United States judge for the western district of Washington to succeed Cornelius H. Hanford. The senate must confirm. Howard is chief corporate attorney for the Great Northern Railway and Stone-Webster traction interests and led lobbying in Olympia and Bellingham. A protest from William J. Biggar accuses the pick of insulting the people and opposing their will.
The Christian Temperance Union of Chicago unveils a plan to curb modern styles such as tight dresses low shoes and silk stockings deeming them temptations. The group vows a nationwide crusade to curb what it calls willful lures to men with steamroller tactics and ash-can disposal of scandalous trends.
Ben Gaynor wandered into the Golden West bakery at Morin and Massachusetts Saturday night. After causing a scene at the counter he left, returned walking the wrong way, and again stepped into an elevator shaft dropping fourteen feet to the cement. He was treated at the city hospital for head lacerations and bruises and released.
Sir Thomas Lipton will visit America next fall to arrange another attempt to win the America's Cup. He has arranged to sail from England in September for the international yacht race.
Gif ford Pinchot former head of the bureau of forestry completes plans to lead the progressive party campaign against both Republicans and Democrats on conservation. He prepared pamphlets arguing Roosevelt era policy would be endangered if Taft or Wilson win.
A large crowd of male and female teachers led by Prof. Fagin attended police court this morning. They had been at Cascade school this summer seeking human nature data for psychology research. It is understood that many interesting observations were obtained.
The Star presents tonight’s Classified Columns with a stove polish offer at 25 cents for four months and a 850 dollar acre deal with a 4 cent car fare for a 30 minute ride. The notices urge readers to use classifieds to buy a home sell or trade or find a position.
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