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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1913
Page
3
In Los Angeles on July 6 Cecil Plake and two companions swam in a reservoir after which Miss Lucy Terry appeared with two luncheon boxes. She fired a 22 caliber rifle, wounding Plake in the minor, and he was hospitalized for bullet removal. His mother Daisy Plake sues for assault with a deadly weapon.
In Greenwich Village the death of Beauty the English shepherd dog ends four years of paper delivery by Mrs Mary Welch who ran a Hudson Street stand with her crippled husband. Beauty carried papers and snacks to customers daily and was praised with a medal by Mrs James Speyer for her intelligence.
An aged man in Santa Monica enters Judge Carillo's court and kisses the judge's feet, calling him a massa. The judge recalls sentencing the man over a year ago for drunkenness and domestic trouble, noting the man has avoided further arrests since.
Mrs. Joseph Hoffer armed with a shotgun held Constable Robert Heyrer and five deputies at bay for over an hour in South Bend. Officers were at her home to eject her and her furniture following a request by her mother, Mrs Lizzie Nemets. She warned they would be shot if they touched the furniture. After tense talks the officers withdrew.
Pathé Weekly headlines at Clemmer with The Mystery of West Sedgwick two part detective feature. The program includes musical selections by Kather Sundquist and W K Lal plus organist Oliver G Wallace. Also listings for Olympian Clemmer Colonial Dream Tillkum Melbourne circuit Grand venues with multiple two reel features and a three part photoplay Trapped in the Death Pit.
Judge Mackintosh orders Adolph A Gust kept in King County jail until he posts 2000 to cover court costs in his divorce case. Writ of habeas corpus petition quashed as part of the ruling.
In a San Francisco hearing the four women tied to F Drew Caminetti and Lola Norris will again shape the outcome as in the Maury Diggs case. Lola Norris may shield Caminetti while his wife considers her loyalties, risking witness impact and custody of the verdict.
In Illinois in August, Harold Shaw of Urbana was found buried in a 7 foot hole on the Penman farm south of Philo. He and a companion were driving a 90 horsepower roadster when Shaw disappeared leaving the car missing. A farm neighbor reported a 3 am spade request as a possible cover for the crime. Deputy Sheriff A M Evans located the body four feet down. Shaw was a University of Illinois student.
Dr Linda B Hazzard the last cure specialist convicted of manslaughter in the death of Claire Williamson was freed from county jail on a 20000 bond. She is awaiting a rehearing petition in the supreme court with bonds posted by Frances A Roberts John Karcher Paul B Trien A M Tindall and Ida M Wells.
In Carlinville Illinois on August 25 news says residents ended a chinch bug bounty after a flood of receipts reaching 213000000. Merchants offered the reward to protect Macoupin county wheat with trenches and oil lines. John Moorhead claimed five bushels and Thomas Osler seven. 26 bushels were buried at a cost of 3.50 dollars. The bounty was two dollars per bushel and is now withdrawn.
University of Pennsylvania graduates in the Pacific Northwest pick William A. Neill of Walla Walla and Bruce H. Hull of Blalocks Oregon as four year free scholars. Alternates are Ray H. Wilson of Vancouver and Ernest M. Jones of Tacoma. Neill will study medicine, Hull law, alternates dentistry.
Pauline Woodson a 69 year old Black woman was allowed to land in New York under the promise of her son in law David Robertson to care for her in Charleston North Carolina. Fifteen years earlier she went with her husband and daughter to Liberia and built a hut in the woods. Her husband and daughter died there and she returned to die in South Carolina.
Mrs. E F Rose of 789 E 38th St reports a cucumber over a yard long and four inches in diameter. Under Miss Pearl Rose, 13, the plant blossomed a week and a half ago and has grown to enormous proportions. If it stops growing it will be picked and presented to the Chamber of Commerce as a garden marvel.
A Sydney dispatch to the Department of Commerce says New South Wales plans to slaughter in government abattoirs and supply meat to retailers, aiming to eliminate middlemen and lower prices. The note contrasts with the U.S. beef trust issue as meat costs rise.
A queen bee and thousands of bees evacuated Hotel Monnett Evanston as plumber Charles Beck used his smoking outfit to move them from the apiary at 2122 Maple Ave. Guest David Hanson mistook a wireless station in his room for bee activity and peeked into the door.
In Middletown Ohio yesterday a man named Lem Buhler was badly burned when a sunbeam reflected through a prism glass in a grocery store ignited his facial hair. The blaze may threaten his eye sight.
In San Francisco on Aug 25 Miss Hannah Smith an invalid living with her uncle Charles Rink gave a gypsy queen 1120 dollars hoping to cure her illness believed caused by evil spirits. She still suffers and the gypsy is gone. The item ends with local ads and a note about a dollar dinner at the Baths Dance at Dreamland tonight.
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