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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
6
Mrs. Robert L. Adams, a Dallas social leader, admits shooting her husband and cousin Bertha Neese after learning of an affair. She was arraigned, released on bond, and vows acquittal under an unwritten law. She described the motive and sequence of events in detail.
Newark police search for Raymond E. Smith treasurer of Rossville Trust company after officials report accounts $358,000 short. Seattle merchant Robert Merchant, pioneer businessman, dies at home. funeral 2:30 p.m. from 2753 Washington St. Caledonian Society member. London reports Dorothy Wilfink scales 200-foot church steeple and writes name on weather vane.
Mrs. Chas. P. Winchester of Carroll Ave Cleveland says eight years of red itchy blistering hands were soothed by Resinol Soap and Ointment after many treatments. She reports complete cure for three years with no return and notes nationwide free trial offer from Resinol Baltimore Md.
Bryn Mawr College announces the Phoebe Ann Thorne Open Air Model School for Girls to train 20 children aged 10 to 12 for seven years in elementary subjects. They aim to mold girls physically and academically, with graduates eligible to enroll at Bryn Mawr at 17 or 18. A $2100 scholarship awaits those who pass the seven year program.
A Tacoma woman, using the alias Jane Doe, begins a hunger strike at the city's free boarding house jail. She refuses to identify herself or confirm suffragette ties while being held on intoxication charges. The jailer shows no concern, citing long service and indifference.
Across a digest of brief items, reports note Knickerbocker from New England Fish Co. reaching Port Townsend. a fatal fall on Blackfoot glacier in Glacier Park. a drowning recovery at Kitsap Lake. a manhunt for Edwin Tungren near Index and Gold Bar. and multiple regional notices from Spokane to New York involving church conferences, finance, labor disputes, and curious incidents in cities from Milan to Los Angeles.
In Reading Pennsylvania a 14 year old boy named Albert Moser declared he would shoot himself after his parents took his pay envelope. He shot himself with a .22 rifle in his room and died an hour later at a local hospital.
Star want ad offers a well furnished room for rent. Includes bed, dresser, shared kitchen and bath. Quiet neighborhood near bus line with utilities and wifi included. Ideal for single person seeking short term or month to month stay.
Speculation grows over whether a woman will win the vacant city council seat as about 100 candidates vie for the eight member body. Five votes are needed to elect, and none of the prominent women have lobbied council members. Former councilman J M Sparkman is a persistent name in the race, while many candidates have not pressed a campaign. The council appears likely to remain deadlocked for now.
Scarcity of cattle risks soaring footwear costs, warns Harry Selz president of Selz Schwab Shoes. He says the famine pressure could push prices higher even beyond the Mexican scare, as consumer costs rise if cattle supplies do not improve. The piece also notes preparations for Rice and Dore water carnival at King County fair Meadows, featuring a free water circus with diving and stunts.
A posse of deputy sheriffs chases three heavily armed horse thieves through the Calabasas hills after rancher A. L. Loveland of Los Feliz exchanged gunfire with the bandits who stampeded ten mules and three horses from his Los Feliz ranch before the thieves fled into the hills.
Seattle plans a municipal roof garden to be built at the Central Waterway. The port commission authorized President Chittenden at Wednesday’s meeting to confer with the park board to arrange transfer of management once completed. A connecting bridge from Bell street over Railroad avenue and Elliott Way to Pike Street will provide access.
Property owners on Beacon Hill allege damages from a hill slide caused by a 70 foot cut on Tenth Avenue. They seek $29,200 in compensation and restoration costs from the city.
The Camels of the World lodge will be organized tonight in Knights of Pythias hall Firatay and Pikest. The organization has 260 charter members.
In Milan on August 21 a group of American tourists at Milan Central Station struggled with the station master. The Duke of Abruzzi, nearby, offered to interpret. The visitors learned his identity and then asked about his rates before the official interpreter arrived. The prince then posed for photos.
About 75 Hindus detained since March face a show cause hearing next Tuesday August 26 before Judge Neterer. Ellis De Bruler ordered to appear in federal court to justify land entry for the group led by petitioner Herbert W. Meyers who seeks a writ of habeas corpus claiming Philippine residence for a year before arrival.
Details reach Manila of a ferocious hand to hand encounter during a provincial inspection trip in Jolo. Kerner Whitney, governor of Jolo, killed two Moro attackers after they wounded his interpreter and servant. Whitney sustained five bolo wounds but is expected to recover.
In Snohomish Washington Jessie Starkes, a 16 month old, drowned after falling into the Snohomish river. In Hemingford Nebraska three children ages 2 5 and 8 years perished when a home burned after a gasoline stove exploded. In South Bend W B McKinney son of Mrs E L McKinney of Olympia was found dead from heart disease. In Olympia a 3 year old girl Oren George was killed when a mower ran over her while she slept in a field. In St Louis eight injured when a K T train collided with a local freight. In Los Angeles Mrs E H Bruce and others injured and Pauline Bruce killed when a car struck a tree and rolled over. In Ellensburg pioneer John Haley dies of Brights disease at his brother Thomas’s home.
A thief emptied about $800 from pay telephones in a week. Fifty four machines were robbed as the culprit moved through busy hours, entering establishments with a valise strapped to his shoulder.
A resolution by Senator Boles Penrose proposes placing sufficient American troops in Mexico to act as a constabulary to protect U S lives and property, asserting the move would not be war. Washington reports say the Mexican situation remains deadlocked as Wilson refuses to recognize Huerta and Lind stays in Mexico City.
Private W. H. Coffman, found guilty of insults to the American flag, is sentenced to one year in the Fort Leavenworth federal prison and would be dishonorably discharged from the army.
Mrs. Linda Burfield Hazzard, confined in county jail awaiting a rehearing in the manslaughter case, expresses confidence she will secure bonds to gain liberty. Her former bondsman, Oklahoma Surety Co., surrendered her to authorities and the court doubled the bond to twenty thousand dollars. Hazzard says she has received multiple offers of aid while jailed.
Censpe figures show Berlin as a healthy city for elderly residents with a large female population. Among nonagenarians, 365 are women and 111 are men. For ages 80 to 89, women total 7,810 and men 3,169. From 70 to 80, women reach 27,520 and men 26,049.
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