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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1912
Page
3
In Chicago on December 17 the white wife of Jack Johnson was ordered to leave a fashionable hotel by manager Kauffman. She was with a white woman and two white men. Johnson was not present. Kauffman cited possible incidents as a reason, referencing a prior death.
On March 14, 1910 Julia Werner married William G. Mogeau in Fairbanks Alaska. The same day a San Francisco divorce suit against Mogeau secured an interlocutory decree and the final decree surfaced a year later. Mrs William G Mogeau No 2 seeks annulment and restoration of her maiden name.
The Public Health Service reports Pellagra caused 6105 deaths from 1907 through 1911. The disease remains concentrated in the Southern states with many cases in Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia Kentucky Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana.
The editor urges readers to cut out and save the pictured images as they will be of permanent interest, especially to children. If any picture is missed, back issues of The Star may be secured at the office.
Washington December 17 A house committee investigating the money trust will probe the Chicago clearing house and examine the New York stock exchange methods this week. A score of witnesses will be questioned before the holiday recess next Thursday.
Tacoma dispatch reports lineman Guy McClure died after a short circuit while working on a downtown telegraph pole. His father, D. McClure, witnessed the shocking death as the worker began to fall and rushed to the scene.
Geo B Anderson and F M GC Choate pleaded not guilty today after a county grand jury indicted them for falsely imprisoning F W Lloyd in Los Angeles. The case is assigned to the county court for further proceedings and potential trial.
A witness for the state testifies in the case of former City Prosecutor Guy Eddie who faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
A gang of five masked men stopped a Lima, Ohio construction crew, beat several workers, stole more than $400, and fled on horseback. One man was believed dying and seven others were seriously injured.
Two men sought for assault on a one year old girl on a Santa Ana ranch are surrounded after a running confrontation with officers in the hills. Deputy Sheriff Stacey is reported shot during the engagement. Fugitives are heavily armed and at large.
Paris reports minimal participation as the French General Labor Federation’s protest strike falters. Few workers quit, and though tramcars were attacked with window breaking, railroads and other industries remain largely unfazed.
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