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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1912
Page
6
Private investigators announce they have located Dorothy Arnold in a Hudson River town as they pursue a solution to the long running disappearance mystery in New York.
San Francisco January 3. President Jas W Kline of the Blacksmiths International union proposes mass meetings of citizens in 14 Western states to compel settlement of the strike of shop employees. Similar meetings have been held in Chicago Centralia and New Orleans.
Oscar Hammerstein accepts an opera by the Duke of Argyll for spring production. Hammerstein sailed from London on the Lusitania to visit his ailing son in New York.
In Washington January 3 Progres sives forced President Taft to reopen the choice for associate justice of the Supreme Court He is now considering Justice Swayze of New Jersey for the vacancy after protests from progressives and threats to stall the Hook nomination.
China reports Sun Yat Sen's election as president signals end of Manchu rule. Dowager Empress and boy emperor flee Beijing as Mongolia may become Russian protectorate and revolution spreads to broader China. Delegates from the provisional government meet in Shanghai to discuss a stable government.
Sacramento, Cal, Jan 3 estimate from a new residents directory places the city population at 70 082 an increase of 10 000 over the previous year.
South Hadley January 3 Mt Holyoke College authorities ban mince pie and apple dumplings at lunchrooms saying the sweets make girls sleepy and hinder lessons. The move aimed at improving study habits and classroom performance.
Jan 3 report states a 56 foot square parcel sold for 100000 to Melville Ingalls, CC St L railroad board chairman. Ingalls owns a sixteen story concrete building on the lot, which had been leased to him, marking a notable real estate sale in Cincinnati.
A fierce blaze at the Chicago stock yards destroyed a Swift warehouse, cause of loss estimated at 500000 dollars. The fire threatened the entire plant but was extinguished by 3 o clock with no fatalities or serious injuries to firefighters.
A wildly unpredictable driver in a winded car evades motorcycle cops and bystanders for hours, weaving through streets until the Stoneay Bridge ditch stops the run. Police pull the man from the machine, who claims the car had just been repaired and lacked lights or a number. The chaotic journey follows a New Year’s haul of “wet goods” in the vehicle.
Senator Robert M. La Follette began the last day of his Michigan tour with stops in Kalamazoo and Chicago after Governor Osborn attacked La Follette in Lansing. La Follette’s supporters claim the speech was a trap by progressives to rally sympathy for their candidate.
Stockton clerk Charlie Powers travels to San Francisco in a swell check suit and red tie hoping for a New Year splash. The shipboard prank backfires as his fancy clothes vanish, leaving him mocked as a tramp. He ends up in the Market Street gutter before fleeing to the freight yards and then finds his suit waiting with a bum aboard a car.
An advertisement promises rapid relief from indigestion and related symptoms using Papee Diapepsin. It asserts meals won’t ferment or upset the stomach and that a single dose digests all food, with relief within minutes and no laxatives needed. It cites a 60 cent case and urges immediate purchase.
An ordinance to authorize the board of public works to perform local improvement work by day labor was introduced yesterday by Councilman Blaine. The measure was referred to the finance committee for consideration.
Wilbert Brown, proprietor of a Gresham meat market, was shot by rival butcher Robert Simme last night. Brown is expected to recover, physicians report. Simma remains in county jail awaiting grand jury action. An anonymous letter accusing him of thefts prompted the confrontation.
Council meeting heated when Blaine styled as defender of the city car line argued taxes would shrink bonded debt beyond a constitutional limit, threatening bond sale. Erickson’s amendment passed 6 to 3 and heads to voters in March.
Berkeley, Jan. 3. Frank Catton, son of a local contractor, was sentenced to two years in the reform school after violating probation by leaving town and failing to report. He had been kept with Violet Stitt Wilson, daughter of Mayor J Stitt Wilson, who pledged to wait for him.
Washington reports President plans to appoint United States Circuit Judge William C. Hook of the Eighth Circuit to the Supreme Court to fill Justice Harlan’s death. Hook, born in Pennsylvania, educated in St. Louis, practiced in Leavenworth, rose from district judge in 1899 to circuit judge in 1908. he is 53.
Thomas Hall defied a court restraining order in a debt case and was jailed for 30 days for contempt. Judge Tallman noted the order prohibited collection of $133 and offered a legal workaround by suing Ruth Hall for divorce and dividing community property, which Hall refused.
Alfred Tennyson Dickens son of the famed novelist died in New York from acute indigestion while on a lecture tour. He was a widower living in Melbourne Australia and his body rests at the Hotel Astor. Funeral plans await word from his children.
P. J. Sheppard, proprietor of a country store at Shattuck station outside Portland, is hospitalized after an encounter with two robbers who tied Mrs. Sheppard to a chair and beat him with a revolver. They escaped with a small amount of cash.
Governor Deneen considers removing Senator Lorimer and supporters from the Republican party by choosing anti Lorimer delegates for the county convention. He discussed methods with advisers to purge Lorimer members from the county central committee.
Los Angeles report says Dr. John Grant Lyman will be brought to Los Angeles to face a fraud charge after completing an 18 month term at McNeil's Island for conspiracy to escape a US officer. U S District Attorney McCormick confirms local charges would stand. Lyman was arrested amid lands in Panama sales.
Denver plans a six months musical carnival and explores free foothill excursions as part of a push to become a top tourist hub in 1915, second only to San Francisco in attracting visitors ahead of the Panama-Pacific world fair.
Chicago on January 3 reports Justice Catherine W. McCulloch refused to let beer be exhibited in the room used as her courtroom. She rode in a patrol wagon with six cases of beer to the police station to hear the case there after the prosecution insisted on an exhibit.
In North Vancouver on St George Avenue a collision between a bobsled and a dray wagon fatally injured 12 year old Donald Smith. He died from injuries sustained in the incident.
King George and Queen Mary joined by Viceroy Lord Hardinge attend the Calcutta race meeting. They traveled from government house in state for the event, with the chief race of the day being the king emporer's cup.
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