Madero Yields As Interim President Amid Battle
Mexico City reports Francisco Madero agrees to appoint an interim president to govern until his conflict with Gen Felix Diaz ends. Diaz forces advance on Mexico City as U.S. Marines prepare to land at Guantanamo to back intervention against threats to Americans. Refugees pour into Vera Cruz as tensions rise.
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Madero
Mexico City
Lascurian
Francisco
Washington
U. S
Mexico
Guantanamo
Cuba
Meade
McClellan
Norfolk
State Department
Vera Cruz
Crowd hears trial of Florence Moore in immigration case
A crowded courtroom listened to testimony in the Florence Hazel Moore case as Mina Barrett testified on the second day of trial. Prosecutors seek deportation and a hard fight for liberty, while defense claims government officials manipulated key witnesses.
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Florence Hazel Moore
Mina Barrett
Vancouver
Seattle
Moore
Sam
Mina Jarrett
Edwin Beady
Department of Justice
Barrett
Hazel Moore
Nurses Back On Hour Day At King County Hospital
County hospital nurses vote to revert to an eight hour day, ending on call 12 hour shifts. The plan, supported by the Central Labor Council and Women's Union Card 6, would allow time off and a return to standard hours as soon as arrangements are made.
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King County Hospital
Central Labor Counil
Richardson
PROM winds and oldest record at Etna site
Promoters report a 1 percent drop in temperatures as winds shift at the Etna wind farm site. Officials say the event marks a historic record, noting the oldest wind turbine remains in operation despite the cold spell.
Potlatch Preparations Marked by Gunfire in Seattle
Seattle groups the Tilikums and Ad club issued the call for the upcoming Potlatch with a downtown spectacle. A large dinner at the Rathskeller featured Joseph Blethen and others. six aerial bombs and revolver shots followed, as crowds watched Tilikumsa in cowboy and Indian costumes amid cannonading heard from a distance.
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Seattle Tilikums
Ad Club
Rathakeller
Joseph Blethen
Tilikumsa
Kissing Case Costs Postmaster $200 in Alberta Court
Patrick Alary aged 63 postmaster and store keeper at Villeneuve near Edmonton must pay Mrs. Jean Boulanger 200 in costs after she sued for 1 and damages for a single kiss. The event occurred in a district store where she was browsing game goods behind a counter.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Patrick Alary
Villeneuve
Here
Jean Boulanger
Rich girl kills self for actress in Philadelphia
February report details Helen Newby, 19, daughter of ironmaster John Newby, who spent money and sacrificed her life for actress Mary Garden. She burst into Garden’s dressing room at the Metropolitan opera house, swooned, then returned home to kill herself after Garden left town.
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Philadelphia
Mary Garden
Helen Newby
John Newby
Newby
Hector Mills
Bryn Mawr
Metropolitan Opera House
Miss Garden
Turnow Seen in Lowlands Amid Search Near Olalla Colby
Reports reach Seattle that outlaw John Turnow a four murder slayer and famed Northwest desperado is hiding in the lowlands near Olalla Colby He allegedly breakfasted at the Thomas ranch near Olalla stole clothing from a nearby cabin and later asked for food at another ranch He was recognized in Colby from a newspaper description.
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John Turnaow
Harry Tracy
Olalla
Colby
Seattle
Turnow
Thomas Ranch
Thomas Place
Rubber strike paralyzes Akron industry with 15,000 walkout
Akron O h feb 18 the rubber industry is paralyzed by a walkout of 15 000 employes. No violence has been reported so far. Company officials are preparing to import strikebreakers.
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Akron
New York
Theodore A. Bingham
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Cal
Seattle
Wash
Nome
Alaska
Denver
SANE ANSWERS TO FOOLISH QUESTIONS
Question and answer jokes mix with stray anecdotes about gifts veterinarians and meeting a talkative young lady. The snippets reference a police officer husband, nut crackers, clotheshorse, and egg shell technique. The text reads as a humorous column of quick, unrelated Q and A.
Defense rests as Curtis trial hears wife back his story
Mrs Lauretta Taylor defended Fred Curtis claiming innocence after he shot her on Christmas day. Deputy Prosecutor Kennedy urged jurors to consider James Patterson's absence in Canada as evidence against Curtis. Mrs Curtis testified she forgave him, describing their troubled night and his intoxication while denying intent to harm.
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Lauretta Taylor
Fred Curtis
Kennedy
Motor Apartments
Fred
Marjorie
Curtis
Renton
Seattle
Primary election voters turnout for city seats
Fair weather drew a large crowd to the primary as six candidates compete for three city seats. The six advancing will appear on the March ballot, with polls open until 8 PM at designated polling places.
Democrats Plan Big Doings March 4
Local Democrats prepare a large event on March 4 for Woodrow Wilson translation celebration. Gov. Roth, sister of Washington’s governor, and Gov. Oswald West of Oregon are expected to attend in Seattle for a festive banquet.
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Ocal
Woodrow Wilson
Roth
Washing
Oswald West
Ore
Seattle
Cheap cuts can taste like prime beef says chef
Monsieur Laperruque, a chef earning ten thousand dollars a year from a major hotel, will tell Star readers how to transform cheap beef cuts into tasty meals. His first article, tomorrow, promises recipes to elevate chuck loin and skirt by using cuts most butchers discard to lower the cost of living.
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Monsieur Charles Laperruque
Monsieur Laperruque
Hope Is Gone Asks Divorce
Malvina Natterstad of Milwaukee seeks a divorce after twenty years of marriage. She says the couple grew apart due to quarrels, drinking and abusive language, noting two afterborn children, now 18 and younger, and asks for $50 monthly alimony. Charles Natterstad works for Co operative Auto Paint Co located on Sixth Ave and Holgate St.
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Milwaukee
Malvina Natterstad
Charles Natterstad
Co-operative Auto Paint Company
Sixth Av
Holgate Ast
Investigation of county road waste ordered by Pomona Grange
Pomona Grange of King county demanded a thorough probe into road machinery and building costs. It cites claims that $100,000 worth of machines have been bought in the past two years and lie idle near Kent and Auburn. The county commissioners ordered the auditor to prepare the road items for public inspection.
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King County
Pomona Grange
Kent
Auburn
Courthouse to Have Seven Stories
A meeting to finalize the courthouse proposal will be held tomorrow at noon at the Arctic Club. County commissioners and the courthouse advisory committee will discuss the plan for a seven story building on half the Coliseum site, with nine superior court judges invited. It appears the seven story design may be rejected in favor of the $950,000 allocation approved last fall.
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Court House
Arctic Club
Superior Court
Gould
Coliseum
Nine Million and Half to Run State for Two Years
Olympia February 18. Appropriation committees seek more than $9.5 million to run the state for the next two years. The joint budget bills total $9,563,627.07 with major items for the University of Washington $1,400,701 and state institutions including Pullman college, Bellingham normal, Cheney normal, Elleneburg normal, the penitentiary, and the training school. The house is expected to approve, then sent to the governor. Potential funding decisions center on these figures.
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Olympia
House
Senate
University of Washington
Pullman College
Bellingham Normal
Cheney Normal School
Elleneburg Normal
State Penitentiary
Training School
Hillman Announces He Will Be Good Citizen
Clarence D. Hillman, Seattle real estate dealer, returns home to family amid friends’ congratulations and announces conversion to Catholic faith. He says he will not resume real estate operations, may help found an asylum for ex convicts, and plans to sell his estate holdings rather than engage in retail business. He cites lumbago and needs summer treatment for health.
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Clarence D. Hillman
Seattle
Hillman
California
Immigration Bill Passed Over Taft Veto in Senate
The Senate approved the Dillingham Burnett immigration bill by 72 to 18 after overriding President Taft. It requires literacy in the applicant’s native language for eligibility to enter the United States. Also notes W. A. Smith recovering after brain surgery with a dog brain replacement.
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Taft
Senate
Dillingham-Burnett
Catron
Clapp
Clarke
Arkansas
Curtis
Grann
Dupont
Guggenheim
McCumber
Martine
O'Gorman
Oliver
Paynter
Shively
Smith
Maryland
Michigan
Stephenson
Stone
Warren
U. S
Bullock Asks Pardon in Alaska Army Coal Case
President Taft weighs a pardon request from L. Bullock of Seattle who was convicted in Tacoma for defrauding the government in supplying coal to army posts in Alaska. He pleaded before sentencing, asking mercy for his wife and children.
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Washington
Taft
L. Bullock
Tacoma
Alaska
Bullock
Seattle
Cannon Accident Kills Three Sailors
Paris dispatch reports a cannon aboard the French battleship Canton exploded off Toulon causing the deaths of three sailors.
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Cannon
Paris
Canton
Toulon
Patrie
The Star Upgrades Presses On Route to Better Service
The Star announces new Sextuple Press installation will take about a week to ten days. Old presses must be moved and kept running while the new equipment is installed in limited space. Subscribers are asked to tolerate occasional late papers during this engineering transition.
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Star
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