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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
2
United States Judge Carpenter denied the packers request to dismiss two of seven counts in the Sherman act indictment. The denial keeps the trial of ten beef packers ongoing, and the defense objected to excluding certain statements from the opening address by Special Government Prosecutor Wilkerson.
Joseph Mangellis of Winton, Scranton Pa, drank a beer with a $20 coin in it as a wager. The coin slipped into his throat before he noticed, requiring X ray and surgery to remove it at the state hospital. The incident cost him $50.
Edward Ripinski known as the Millionaire Kid, 23, is jailed in New York on forgery charges. Police allege he obtained 12,000 dollars by fraud from a tea company, after gaining recent notoriety as a spendthrift.
A hobo asks a Buffalo Express reader about sharing snow and meals as he pleads for compassion. The woman hesitates, replying they only rent the upper flat.
Chelan Falls resident known as Crooked-Mouth or Chelan Bob survived a brutal prison assault when a pick was driven through his face. Now with a small band, he lives by the Columbia river and relies on locals for food during hard winters.
Milwaukee detective reports Elmer Hembrook, 19, killed himself at his young wife’s home after she filed for divorce and refused reconciliation. Hembrook drew a revolver from his pocket and fired a bullet into his brain, dying at the wife’s feet.
In a humorous exchange, Nelse asks his mistress for Friday off to attend a negro school board meeting. She questions his literacy, and he replies that though he cannot read or write, his teacher said those are the only two things she could not teach him.
President Taft returned from New York and signed the joint resolution abrogating the Russian treaty. Secretary of State Knox was the only official present when the resolution was signed.
From France the Academy of Sports awarded a gold medal to Admiral Robt B Peary for his admirable lesson of physical energy and moral courage in pursuing the North Pole. The award honors his achievements amid fatigue and hardship and his contribution to the world.
Dr. Rupert Blue is expected to succeed Dr. Walter Wyman as surgeon general of the United States Army. He travels from Hawaii to Washington and previously led public health and marine work in San Francisco.
The interstate railroad commission denied Carstens Packing Co. of Seattle's request to place Seattle on the same freight basis as Portland, citing Portland's location advantages as a slaughtering center. Carstens sued Oregon & Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. and other railroads.
Emma McIntosh an 18 year old telephone operator in Newark shot herself in the left breast at noon today. She was found in a pool of blood after going to her room as despondency over a love affair was given as the motive. Doctors say she will die.
Fifty children will be fed and entertained at the university where Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha Xi Delta members host the event.
George Loudin former Elk River postmaster Idaho is jailed on charges of embezzling $5 000 in post office funds. Arrested in Los Angeles by federal postal inspectors who traced him via a decoy telegram and brought him back to Idaho.
President Taft sent a special message detailing the treasury's financial condition for the year ending June 30, 1911 with ordinary receipts of 701 million and disbursements of 654 million. He urges prompt action on monetary reform, postal savings banks, rural parcels post, and an employers liability law.
New York society learns Mrs William J D Leeds widow of a tin plate magnate will move to England with her son William Jr to raise him with English influence aboard the Lusitania. She says American atmosphere corrupts conversation and wants her son to grow up amid music art and literature abroad. Leeds notes she ordered $50 worth of American Beauty roses for an elderly lady before sailing.
In Copenhagen on December 21 reports describe Sven Hergelund’s invention fixing sound waves on film for talking pictures. The sound is recorded on film then transmitted via a metal wire to an air current and reconstructed as heard, with sound synchronized to moving images at cinema showings.
Boston December 21 Reverend C. J. Richeson the Baptist minister who mutilated himself in his prison cell is resting comfortably in the jail hospital. Medical examiner Leary says Richeson is too ill to stand trial on January 15 as District Attorney Pelletier had planned.
English evangelist Gip sy Smith, touring the Northwest, halted in Portland on his way to San Francisco where he will start a new revival. He urged locals to pray for San Francisco, calling the city “virgin soil” and saying its people are not gospel hardened.
A short dialogue depicts Mrs Meyser asking for a bit of money and Mr Meyser replying with a small sum that reflects the value of life in a concise domestic exchange.
William F Bemis elected vice president and director of Standard Oil of New York in a career notable in the oil world. Born 1864 in Cleveland he joined Standard in 1882 and led the statistical department later engaging in foreign trade relations. He resides in Larchmont New York and is an avid sportsman with a world wide trophy collection.
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