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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1913
Page
1
John Considine and Sid Grauman were arrested in San Francisco and held on bail in cash or bond on charges of persuading four women at a Barbary Coast resort to engage in lewd acts. A performer from the Sullivan circuit accompanied them. an underage girl is suspected, triggering possible indictment.
A private detective Nordskog was convicted of tapping telephone lines while employed by A. Sentenced by Judge Humphries to a fine and costs after a noon ruling. The judge noted Nordskog's confession and warned that such theft endangers all secret communications, urging law enforcement to stop the practice.
Judge Mitchell of King County Superior Court declares Marcia T. Thompson a legal widow of Orrin T. Thompson after a deathbed admission by Thompson that his prior desertion-based divorce was based on perjured testimony. Thompson had sought to recover left property from W. J. Green, administrator, but the ruling confirms Marcia Thompson as rightful widow and heir.
In Cairo on February 27 doctors report J Pierpont Morgan showing new symptoms as his cheeks hollow and he grows thinner though there is no immediate danger to his life.
Two I W W pickets, including girls, were arrested at noon near the Diamond Ladies Tailoring on Union for blocking the sidewalk. Twenty five I W W members jailed on similar charges were released on suspended sentences awaiting Superior Court action on an injunction case. Judge Everett Smith deferred ruling on affidavits from the tailoring company’s attorney as the injunction violation case goes to trial Friday.
Mere Marsellina Elisalda Leon married Pleas Antino Leon at age 105 in Los Angeles. The ceremony occurred Friday night, four days before her death at age 105 on Tuesday midnight. She left an estate of 100000.
Roy Smith, found in a drugged state days earlier, escaped from a city jail Monday night by crawling an air shaft to the street. The escape was found out after his trial call in police court. Jailers had earlier uncovered a bat sawed through a cell wall with soap in the room, with Roy Keene suspected as the plot’s mover. Tacoma police report Smith wanted for burglary. no trace found.
Daniel Stopnowsky, 54, attempted to hasten supper by pouring from a gasoline can onto the fire. An accident occurred with bystanders misplacing the can. The city surgeon said recovery is possible from burns to his head and other areas.
A mysterious prisoner, wearing a $2,000 sabre set, gave an assumed name at the county jail for weeks. Jury testimony identified her as Mrs. H. A. Thompson wife of a millionaire oil operator and former partner of T. S. Barnsdall. Nine charges include false pretense forgery and larceny as managers claim she passed checks for large sums that were later dishonored.
W H Jarrett manager of the Ideal Duplicate Order Book Co spent the night in jail while trying to keep his wife from an insanity charge. Deputies found Mrs Jarrett this morning at the Georgian hotel after a note from her suggested her location. Neighbors had complained of loud quarrels and crockery breaking prompting a warrant issued by Judge Ralph Kaufman for her arrest.
Gen John D McIntyre a Seattle realty dealer and former U S Army officer is arrested in Tacoma on a fraud charge for allegedly obtaining 860 from Ag nes Swanber by falsely claiming ownership of land in Thurston County. McIntyre, 62, vows to clear title within 30 days and denies wrongdoing.
Terror struck a Prauhaus Bros clothing factory in New York as a bomb partially wrecked the building and shattered windows for blocks. An hour later a bomb with a fuse was found in a nearby bakery tenement, prompting evacuations and hurried searches before detonation.
A baby’s casket weighing slightly under eleven pounds was delivered by parcel post to C. C. Donnelly, local undertaker, in Pittston Pennsylvania on February 27.
Ten thousand telegrams from New Mexico flood Dr. F Franz Friedmann, the Berlin scientist claiming a tuberculosis cure. Government health officials coordinate tests, and Friedmann plans a New York dispensary. He says six weeks to train physicians and may work through licensed doctors if blocked by state law.
Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma urged Congress to place Dr. Friedmann's tuberculosis remedy within reach of every consumptive in the United States. He said the government should determine the treatment's efficacy and then act to make it available to all sufferers nationwide.
Daily ads in The Seattle Star offer money saving prices on meats and groceries at Puget Market Company locations across the city. Read thoroughly to find bargains and reduce monthly household expenses.
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