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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1913
Page
1
American resident captured dramatic images during the seven day battle in Mexico City that led to President Madero's resignation and arrest. The photos portray distressing street scenes and mark the first printed images in Seattle showing the crisis under the United States shelter.
Bertha Rosella Upton, a young girl from Gonnellville Pennsylvania, died after consuming half a doser meal at a Dunbar Township school. Authorities report acute indigestion as the cause following several days of illness.
Judge Gilliam rules city may condemn the Renton line within Seattle for municipal railway use. Condemnation valuation hearing set for March 19. Attorneys for Se Renton & Southern argue private utility ownership blocks condemnation. city contends confiscation damages apply.
A federal grand jury begins an investigation into Bell Telephone Co and subsidiaries on the Pacific coast for possible Sherman anti trust violations. Marshals serve subpoenas in Portland to Samuel Hill J B Middleton and J C Potter of Home Telephone Co Jay Bowerman and H J Reke also subpoenaed as witnesses in the case where Bell and its units may face indictments. Bowerman is a key witness in the foreclosure case connected to Northwestern Long Distance Tele Co. representante.
United Press reports in Salem that a senator accused colleagues of blocking Senate business by a liquor influence. The senator claimed liquor was present in Capitol hallways and committee rooms, hindering progress and fueling the alleged farce.
The schooner Wilin A Holden of Seattle, under the Givin Navigation nine, sailed 114 days from Graye r fveque and is believed to be becalled seine tsre off the Cau coast.
Luigi Tancredi a state's witness in a police graft probe fears losing his tongue if he continues to squeal. He told District Attorney Whitman that two unknown men warned him, pointing to a newspaper account of an ear severing as a template for the threat.
The mast of the new Smith building derrick broke loose from near the tower base and plummeted through reinforced concrete to the second floor shortly before 1 PM. The momentum tore through floors like paper, narrowly missing the crowded secondary dining area.
James C. Bishop denies intimate acquaintance with Mrs James Temple Gwathmey named as the other woman in Mrs Bishop suit for divorce. Mrs Bishop seeks $50,000 alimony and custody of five daughters. Mrs Gwathmey living with husband at the Hotel Gotthem denies being the other woman.
Fred Curtis was found guilty of third degree assault for shooting his wife on Christmas Day. The jury deliberated five and a half hours, reducing the charge from first degree to third degree, carrying a maximum sentence of one year in jail or a $1,000 fine, or both.
Rev Tremayne Dunstan longtime pastor of the West Seattle Congregational church died after angina pectoris at his home Tuesday. Born in Cornwall he began preaching at 16 and led major Sydney congregations before accepting the Seattle post in 1908. He was 62 or 63.
Astoria, Feb 19. Barney Chamberlain lay shot on a blood stained bed at Mrs. Jack Adams home. Jack Adams, husband of the woman, was arrested on a charge of murder and, per police, gave a partial confession. Chamberlain's companion status was uncovered by George Smith, a Portland man paying attention to Adams' daughter.
Griffiths led the council primary with 9 660 votes to Charles Marble 8 022 as the field narrows to six for three seats on March 4. Parish Blaine Measter Abrams Krams and others trailed, while the count set a record for timing and precision in the final tally.
Mrs. Florence Hazel Moore testifies she signed a confession by United States Immigration Officer Thomas A. Fisher without reading it due to a yearlong intimate relationship. She claims Fisher was found in compromising positions, alleges framing by adjutant general's people, and says government officers hounded her.
The remains of Joaquin Miller the Poet of the Sierras were cremated in Oakland California. Simple services were held at his Oakland Heights home before the procession to the crematory. A eulogy was delivered by Col. John P. Trish and officiating pastor Rev. Wm Day Simonds of the First Unitarian Church.
Mrs Mary E Skogland and her husband Andrew E Skogland are jailed on arson charges after a fire at their home last Thursday caused about 900 dollars in damage. Fire Marshal Harry Bringhurst found oil soaked excelsior and multiple hot spots, with interior rooms burned before firefighters arrived. Earlier, December events included the adopted daughter Mary Skogland reporting cruelty, leading to the child’s custody transfer to the Washington Children's Home society.
Mrs Housewife urged to read The Star advertisements daily to spot money saving offers across department stores drug stores clothiers shoe stores and other businesses. The message frames ad reading as a civic duty to curb rising living costs.
The Mexican senate formally accepts Francisco I. Madero s resignation and considers a provisional leader. Gustavo Madero is reported executed near the arsenal under fugitive law. Gen Diaz, who led the revolt, is expected to be named provisional president as Huerta rules in title of military dictator.
Calvin Bobb suffered a severed hand while working alone at a shingle mill near Rerndon, Pa. He walked a mile to a doctor, applied part of his overshirt as a tourniquet, and then reported the accident. The report notes his improvised treatment and the location of the injury.
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