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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1912
Page
9
Mexican mutineers at the Juarez garrison have agreed to surrender to the government. Gov. Gonzales via Col. Estrada reports an accord in El Paso. Terms include payment of all money due for past services and free transport home for discharged soldiers.
Chas D Hilles, secretary to President Taft, predicts the President will be renominated and re elected with little opposition at the national convention. He says Republicans will rally to Tafts stand and renomination is as certain as anything.
Sen Rayner of Maryland introduces a bill to reappoint Captain Peter J. Hains Jr to the army and restore his rank as captain of artillery after his resignation following the killing of William E. Annis in New York.
United Press dispatch from Odessa reports that authorities in Orenborg sell children to the Kirghese for mine labor amid worsening famine in southeastern Rusela. Saratoff reports a typhus epidemic with hundreds of child victims, some villages seeing up to seventy percent affected.
Theodore Roosevelt endorses woman suffrage in the Outlook, stating it should be secondary to the home. He argues suffrage is important but not the highest right, praising a brave mother and noting women's votes helped Seattle’s reform effort. He expects ultimate success yet prioritizes broader improvements for both genders.
Mrs. T. H. Judson of Vallejo Cal says her Stanford husband left for a lumber deal and returned with only 76 cents. Stranded with a two month old baby she deposited jewels at the Duquesne hotel for her bill and found them missing as police hold her for word from California.
Washington February 2 A House resolution from Representative James L Slayden Texas declares the House is opposed to any attempt to elect Theodore Roosevelt to a third term It states that third terms for presidents are unwise unpatriotic and contrary to republican government principles.
A hearing before the Washington Supreme Court questions why Judge Thomas Nell's writ halting the imprisonment of banker H J Welty should not dissolve. Welty, sentenced to four years for insolvent deposits, previously had his appeal denied and was temporarily freed by habeas relief. Sheriff L A Thomas had planned to return Welty to prison when Judge Netti issued the writ. Prosecutor Frank W Bixby requested the order restraining lower court action pending cause showing.
In Vancouver on February 2 John Tallemach staged a bold street hold up on Georgia Street. He flagged a taxi and demanded the driver drive until a policeman was found. Constable Walker spotted a suspect matching a fierce moustache description. Tallemach pulled at the moustache, which came off, revealing Clement Thurston as the wanted West End bandit and Thurston was charged.
Los Angeles Feb 2 Attorney Valentine Peyton named guardian for Mrs. Margaret Armstrong Howell of Spokane. Judge Rives said she is not insane but her nervous condition warrants relief from business cares after returning here with George Howell from their honeymoon.
Mrs J K Moradian, wife of a Fresno physician, testified that on their wedding night she learned her husband valued her at 30000 and that he pulled hair from her head one by one, even finding two ante in their bed. The divorce was granted.
Six jurors sit in Justice of the Peace Crighton court to decide if a $10 corset was misrepresented by D C Burdell and H C Burdell and must return Marian Penn's money. A large crowd attends the proceedings as the verdict ends the case.
In Rome on February 2 it was announced that Monsignor Bonzanno will be consecrated titular archbishop of Mitylene before boarding for America to succeed Diomede Falconio as apostolic delegate in Washington.
A Seattle reader writes to Mr. C. M. C. Stewart praising Sulphurro for reducing a goitre and neck discomfort. She plans to continue using it and recommends the preparation to friends, wishing a happy New Year.
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