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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1910
Page
1
A Seattle district case highlights a defendant seeking an honest living while facing legal scrutiny. The trial unfolds in the superior court with emphasis on juror reactions and questions of age, motive, and intent.
President Taft may send Congress a forceful special message within days if the legislative program laid out at the session start remains largely untouched. Senators Beveridge Carter and Borah were summoned to the White House for a conference on statehood and Taft measures.
The supreme court ruled the estate parole law unconstitutional. The decision may force Paul Stensland, a convicted banker who was recently paroled, back to the penitentiary. In Spokane, searchers found the bodies of Walter McKinney and Louis Wabid after a snowslide at Burke, Idaho.
An editorial urges Japanese Americans to seek American citizenship and warns against attacks in Hayes lot. It notes Asahi’s influence and cites congressional action on the Hayes bill, with indignation from Japanese papers. The piece appears in a Washington dispatch dated February 16.
W G Millard of 1664 Sixth Ave. appeals after a rent notice threatens eviction for his wife and two children. He has $3.90, paid $2.59 to Mr Geo Honney, and faces displacement if he cannot find temporary housing or a place for his family to stay by next Thursday.
A Seattle nursery story describes a child fathering a baby and the community effort to support nursery care. Mrs F K Palmerton chairs fundraising as volunteers seek help to establish an endowment to sustain care for mothers and children while they work for livings.
William H Moore, mayoral candidate, tells about enforcing laws and wiping out the underworld at a May hall rally in the Tenth ward. He vows to protect homes and children, claiming elites and public service interests menace society.
In Wheeling West Virginia on February 16 two hundred fifty female stogie workers at Pollack stegle factories walked off the job after wage demands were refused. The heiress Miss Gussie Pollack reportedly yielded to the strikers after a tense confrontation with leader Martha Majors. Meanwhile in Berlin February 16 socialist demonstrators faced troops, bayonets and sabres, leaving many wounded and hospitals strained as riots spread across Germany.
In Seattle a superior court judge spared Erickson from a 48 hour jail stay, praising mercy over punishment. The piece lauds the decision as humane and a victory for equity, noting Erickson had faced ten days imprisonment and arguing milky price concerns and moral culpability were minor.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth hosted a dinner in honor of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt when her pet monkey caused a scene. The creature escaped its cage, jumped onto the table, seized edibles, and perched in a chandelier before being recaptured, prompting social backlash.
Salt Lake City reports the death of Ab solom Woolf a Utah pioneer at Hyde Park. He left 153 descendants including 22 children and over 163 total. He wed two wives on the same day in Mormon rites and celebrated a double golden wedding in 1907.
Louis Knudson, 63, files in Superior Court alleging his wife, Claya Knudson, battered him repeatedly, pulled his hair, hurled coal, and forced him to sleep on floor and porch while taking his earnings. He seeks divorce and division of their shared property.
Mies Agnes Elkina, niece of Senator Hikine of West Virginia, shot herself in a Kansas City hotel room. Doctors say she has a chance to recover. She holds a $20,000 share in an estate where the senator is the executor, and his refusal to allow a stage career reportedly caused her distress.
In Judge Carroll's court this morning TH. Hurd paid a $75 fine for killing deer out of season C.
A Mothers' Meeting will be held Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. B. S. Wood at 1621 24th Ave.
Santa Rosa February 16 United Press reports attorney J W Oates pulled out as counsel for sanitarium owner Dr Willard P Burke charged with attempting to kill Luella Smith by dynamite. Oates cited civil practice only and declined further comment though noted as a leading Sonoma criminal lawyer.
La Porte Indiana February 16 Sheriff Anetias of La Porte County sent a telegram denying reports that the alleged murderess Belle Gunness was seen on the Pacific coast. The inquiry followed Norwegian papers publishing a matrimonial ad from a woman said to resemble Gunness prompting a Washington state visit to investigate.
Found pocketbook contained money and is awaiting owner. Call at The Star office or phone Main 9400 to describe the amount and recover possession. If the owner is needy, the paper may waive insertion charge. the finder hopes to locate the rightful owner and may donate to a worthy widow if unclaimed.
Eleven year old Edward Montgomery came to the Pierson residence to deliver a valentine to Constance Pierson when Mrs. Pierson, believing burglars were present, fired from a window. Edward was struck and died later. the valentine lay bloodied near the doorway.
San Francisco February 16 A barber E E Mitchell was shot in the breast and, after 24 hours, had the wound dressed by Dr John Hickey. Mitchell said a busy day at his shop and fatigue kept him from seeking care until after sleeping. He said the bullet entered above the left chest, deflected by bone, and exited the back.
Judge Ronald reprimanded Juror M. T. Maloney for arriving 30 minutes late to sit on the Thur na white slave case jury. A bench warrant was issued but Maloney arrived before sheriffs service. He claimed his watch was 20 minutes slow and the court warned against repetition.
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