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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
1
A Weeping woman mourns King Leopold as Europe trembles over the baroness Vaughan and her royal claim. The former barmaid and Janitor’s daughter is legally Leopold’s wife, raising questions about succession and Belgium’s future amid rising tension.
A poignant plea from The Star urges bachelors and married men to donate toys and money to help Santa fill stockings for needy children in Seattle. The piece describes a sad scene of disappointed kids and asks readers to act today to prevent similar hardship this Christmas.
King county commissioners unanimously reduce Deputy Sheriff Starwich's pay to 1.00 a month after he refused to perjure himself before the grand jury and defame Sheriff Hodge. The action follows Starwich’s testimony that he did not arrest saloon slot machines in Ravensdale under orders from Hodge. He had warned against coercion and insisted on truth under oath.
Local report recounts a dispute over a $25 loan from F A New People’s Bank building linked to a $32.50 three month repayment plan. J A Murphy foreman of a rt Pacific switching crew, says the loan caused wage deductions and led to his dismissal. He plans damages against Newton company claiming unfair practices and calls for action to aid workers against similar “leeches.” The case continues with further details on May 22 and May 24 events.
Fifteen autos lent by New York society leaders carried thirty poorly dressed shirtwaist workers up Fifth Avenue in a double show of support for a shirtwaist strike and woman suffrage. Miss Anne Morgan Mrs O H P Belmont and Mrs Samuel Untermeyer among the organizers.
M. Robert Guggenheim is due in Justice Court this afternoon to answer a charge of speeding in an automobile. Arresting officers say the vehicle exceeded the speed limit.
Portipilio, wounded while fleeing Patrolmen Walsh and McGraw, lies dying in City hospital. Italian consul prepares to report the incident to his government as Italian residents threaten a wider response. Police deny firing and suggest Portipilio was shot by a friend. witnesses recall no gunfire.
Patrick Lowery a White Star stevedore on the Hudson for 28 years challenged J P Morgan Jr for smoking under a bold No Smoking sign. Morgan, with a London banker nearby, lit a cigar, then dropped the cigarette into the water after the warning.
A Caltech Press item from Rutland Vermont details a mail route between Bebee Plain Vermont and Beebe Plain Quebec, a 294 mile journey within a single exchange of offices. Reports list families in need and donors sending money and gifts as relief expands beyond holiday cheer.
In Newark on December 22 United Press reports the grand jury indicted for murder Ocey Snead’s mother Caroline B. Martin Mary W. Snead and Virginia Wardlaw aunts in connection with the death of Ocey Snead found in a bath tub in an East Orange house.
Chicago children may live with parents in any flat or apartment and stay as long as rent is paid, after Municipal Judge Himes upheld the state law as constitutional. The ruling denies landlords’ objections and closes a decade of legal challenges.
James R. Garfield, Roosevelt era interior secretary, breaks his silence to demand that the Ballinger administration protect water and coal rights for the people. He endorses a public appeal and signals forthcoming commentary in The Star to influence the Ballinger controversy and pending investigations.
A Ballard taxpayer denounces graft and police corruption in Seattle, blasting Mayor Miller and the police chief over a red light district, urging honest men to run for city council, read Ben Lindsey, and demand recall and reform for a purer administration.
In Wooster Ohio eleven Beta Theta Pi members at Wooster University kissed fellow student Paul Harvey who is ill with diphtheria. The prank aimed to force Health Officer Lehr to quarantine the fraternity. The act revealed Harvey’s illness and all members faced quarantine and exemption from recitations.
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