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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
2
In San Francisco on December 27 Evira Labbatti aged 24 was found dead in a bath filled with warm water after leaving an electric heater in the tub. Her employer's mother, Mrs. E F Judson, heard moans and ordered a Chinese servant to break in when the door could not be opened.
In Berlin on December 27 American residents joined a meeting called by Consul General A. M. Thackara to form the American Benevolent Association of Berlin. Ambassador Leishman offered the U S embassy facilities for the gathering as a constitution was read and adopted empowering the directorate to aid Americans stranded abroad.
London December 27 The Bank of England with royal charter rights could open a public house and sell beer without a license. It could run a saloon bar in its parlour and deliver beer to licensed houses with the chief cashier's signature on each cask or bottle.
Subscribers are urged to report late deliveries by ringing Main 400 to ensure prompt service. The Beattie Star management promises courteous handling of complaints and aims to secure best delivery for all. The paper has been sold to Mike Gottstein for 60,000.
A collage of light hearted and grim items from the city: Rev Dr Kitchin’s will in Durham, a native India purchase of a perpetual calendar, two men near Fourteenth and King in a shooting horror, Seattle Christmas dances and dinners, William Devitt’s fall and hospital recovery, three Christmas day robberies, Clan MacKenzie festivities, and a mayoral address with property deals and social events in Seattle.
Washington December 27 The government begins a probe into Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Co alleging price fixing under the Sherman act. If proven the case could determine legality of manufacturers who dictate retail prices and trigger similar actions against other producers.
In New York on December 27, Sergeant at Arms Riddell and two deputies arrived to serve a subpoena on William G Rockefeller to appear before the House Money Trust investigation. They searched Standard Oil offices Rockefeller town house and the John D Rockefeller estate at Tarrytown without success.
A meeting of the railroad commission today will push broad reforms for all public utilities in Oregon. The plan calls for uniform rates, service regulation, and wide changes affecting every town and hamlet, including a sweeping overhaul of prevailing tariffs.
In a Los Angeles case Deputy U S Marshal Durlin and Post Office Inspector Wilson tried to arrest Herman Keystone a Burbank rancher on embezzlement charges involving 405 dollars in post office funds. Keystone said he would have fought had his wife not needed death benefits from insurance. Also Dublin magistrates divided on a laborer’s caste suit, awarding costs to the defendant.
A melodrama scene features a distressed heroine crying she is defenseless while the villain smiles, having removed her hat pin as a precaution.
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