Senate Try To Silence Star Reporter Gilson Gardner
The Star’s Washington correspondent Gilson Gardner faces a Senate bid to censor his dispatches. Senators Fletcher Townsend Burton Nelson Overman, labeled standpatters, pressed for exclusion after Gardner’s reports on the Southern Commercial Congress junket, Mulhall lobby testimony, seamen’s bill, and anti trust matters. The attack, led by Overman, sought to bar Gardner from the press gallery as a guest, provoking a tense standoff over press freedom.
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Gilson Gardner
United States Senate
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National Capitol
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Florida
Elihu Root
New York
Charles E. Townsend
Michigan
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
Lee S. Overman
North Carolina
Fletcher
Southern Commercial Congress
Townsend
Mulhall
National Manufacturers’ Association
Burton
Nelson
Rules Committee
Overman
John W. Kern
James A. O’gorman
John Sharp Williams
Augustus O. Bacon
Francis E. Warren
Jacob H. Gallinger
B. H. Canfield
Chicago
Canfield
Scripps
County Hospital Inmates Die Where They Light
The Star urges county commissioners to quicken a farm colony plan in King county to aid poverty victims. A hospital visit reveals crowded wards and a dying elderly mother cared for by two Seattle women, while others lament the lack of private rooms to die in peace. The piece calls scrutiny of hospital conditions alongside pig sales and bond quotes.
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King County
W. J. Richardson
Seattle
Lees
Mrs
Carrie
Hilly” Forman
Billy
L. B. Thorpe
Thorpe
New Pennant Coupon Billie Burke Poses
A brief pennant coupon feature lists Billie Burke posing with a pennant and states one coupon plus 15 cents per pennant at Star office 1320 Second Ave. It also notes 20 cents by mail and at branches and mentions several illustrated roles such as Bathing Girl Co ed Flower Girl Stage Beauty Matinee Girl Office Girl and Debutante.
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Second Ave
Unlucky Friday Night Burglars Hit City Homes
A spate of break-ins plagues Seattle as the Hes keth, Copeland, Galvin, and Crosby households report thefts ranging from $27 to a $2,000 stash. Fire damages sink the Urania steamer. nine frosts in the East spark dire conditions. Thomas O’Brien faces 100 days for concealed weapons amid Willie's birthday jitters.
Eleven Die in Cold Wave Toward End of February
New York reports eleven deaths from cold by noon as a northeasterly blizzard looms. Railroads fear snow will paralyze traffic across Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Parent Teachers Association schedules a meeting at Madrona school for February 17 at 2 30 PM.
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Nozzies
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Ohio
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Madrona School
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Sydney Strong
San Bernar
Mother Jones Gets Supreme Court Habeas Request
Horace Hawkins, attorney for the miners union, asks Colorado supreme court to assume original jurisdiction and issue a writ to free Mother Jones. The petition accuses Adjutant General John Chase of violating the constitution by detaining her in the Colorado strike zone. In Denver a separate shooting case unfolds at American Bar saloon where Joseph Ward, 22, Marine fireman, is wounded. suspect Chet McGinhis, 22, arrested. Ward’s father Frank H. Ward, 58, is later located after a fall on the sidewalk near the hospital.
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Colorado
Chet McGinhis
Clarke
Joseph Ward
Pike St
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Fifth Ay
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City Hospital
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw to Lead Vaudeville Run in Seattle
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw wife of Harry Thaw and defendant in New Hampshire court cases will headline a big vaudeville company in Seattle. Manager Ben Ketcham of the Moore Theatre announces she appears for April 28 and 29. The note also mentions a local bookkeeping and shorthand school, Hyatt Powell.
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Harry Thaw
New Hampshire
Seattle
Ben Ketcham
Moore Theatre
Camera Clicks as Woman Parachuted from Bridge
New York dated February 13 report details 19 year old Con stance Bennett performing a parachute jump from the Williams burg bridge as she imitates Steve Brodie. Bennett, a moving picture actress, is portrayed as the first woman to attempt such a bridge jump with Rodman Law acting opposite.
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Constance Bennett
Williamsburg Bridge
Miss Bennett
Steve Brodie
Rodman Law
Drunken taxi driver injures man after collision
Charles Halbert, a taxi driver of 2529 Eighth Ave, was injured when his auto struck a line repair car at Fifth Ave and Prie St yesterday. A suitcase and three beer bottles were taken by police. Halbert, admitted to Pacific Hospital, did not know his two fare identities or destinations and will be charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Pacific Hospital
Fifth Av
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Trenholme Campaign Faces Secret Money Probe
A joint committee investigated charges that J D Trenholme seeks the mayoralty while avoiding disclosure of campaign expenditures and sources. Trenholme and McLean refused to reveal funds and donors, with Pigott asserting large undisclosed sums and ties to local business leaders.
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Billy Grambs
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co
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Smallpox Crisis Looms Over Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls health officials threaten town isolation unless smallpox epidemic is stamped out. In another note, a Kansas school teacher resigns after a pupil recall vote.
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Biggs
Kansas
Shoes Far Below Regular Value in Boston Sample Shoe Shop Ad
Boston Sample Shoe Shop offers men’s and women’s shoes at tremendous savings. The upstairs shop in the Itel Building at Second and Pike has served five years, building a large, loyal customer base through constant newspaper advertising and weekly offers.
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Boston
Itel
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