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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
6
The Sunset Telephone Company trains workers in a “School of Courtesy.” Operators, foremen, and managers attend sessions to learn polite, patient conduct with subscribers and colleagues. The program emphasizes calm, respectful tones and professional handling of difficult callers.
A Detroit trio, Carl Billings alias Carl Hawkins 20 Robert McCormick 18 and Harry Harrington 19, were captured after a raid on a Ypsilanti railroad station. One bag master Henry Minor was killed and telegraph operator Emmett Morgan mortally wounded in the gunfight as storekeepers and police fought off the attackers. Emmett died later but held on until help arrived.
At Sawtelle California seven hearses carried eight members of the Fernandez Valdez Keyes and Preciado families to Santa Monica for funeral services after a family banquet illness from canned peaches. One more death brought the total to twelve with Virginia Garcia aged 20 months dying last night.
Laula R. Glavis former chief of the field division of the general land office was reached by telephone from Portland Oregon where he is on a hunting trip. He said let the people decide who to fight and that they are better qualified to act as a jury in his case than anyone else after hearing Wickersham's denunciation of him.
August Roehl, city marshal of Auburn, was shot while attempting to arrest Howard Williams for disorderly conduct. Doctors say Roehl’s chance of survival improves but two weeks remain uncertain. Williams confessed the shooting was deliberate and premeditated, and will face murder charges if Roehl dies. otherwise he will be prosecuted for murderous assault. Hildreth, present at the scene, will be held as a witness.
Juvenile Judge Frater directs John Gianattasio to send his daughter Lena and son Willie to school to learn English, after the father admits using his barber shop and pool room to teach them. He had claimed the kids spoke only Italian and needed schooling.
Francis Duval 40 a French civil engineer died from heart failure brought on by smoking. Deputy Coroner William Borthwick found him dead in his room with cigarette papers and tobacco everywhere. A post mortem will be held, but the coroner suspects nicotine poisoning amid a likely solitary origin.
Jackson day is marked by Seattle Democrats with a banquet at the Seattle Commercial club. More than 160 attendees are expected as toastmasters and speakers from Maurice in Tacoma to John Z White address topics on democracy and campaign vigor.
City Comptroller Harry Carroll keeps a drawer full of old assessment rebate warrants worth thousands of dollars owed to Seattle property owners. The Star editor notes many rebates were never claimed or misdirected. A 1908 warrant for 45.02 dollars waited in the comptroller’s office until a caller learned of the unused funds.
The Henry Irvings, Richard Manefields and Lillian Fusselin of the senior class helped organize a dramatic club at Broadway High School last night. Six officers were elected: President Alice Maton, Vice President Clara Strong, Secretary Harry Hosenburg, Treasurer Frank Leobold.
In a sensational plea, Alita Blits accuses her husband Harry L. Blits known as the Pay Streak’s monkey man of mind and behavior regression. She cites eight hours of monkey imitations and grotesque antics that she says degraded him to beastly brutality. divorce, child custody, and $22.50 alimony are awarded.
A sensational performer known for raw ferocity left the exposition crowd after its close and later drew crowds at a secondary theater in Portland. He faced divorce proceedings represented by an attorney, with rumors of wealth and a gaudy stage persona tied to his performances.
In Portland on a rainy morning Harry L. Bilis known as the monkey man in jungle attire hopped about a theater area and told reporters he denies his costume has made him brute. A Seattle judge granted his wife divorce and alimony citing his masquerade as a monkey influenced their marriage.
Henry Allen, Twana Indian known as Neaka num, travels from Union City on Hood Canal to join EB Curtis in prospective ethnographic study among Pacific Northwest tribes. He is described as an ideal interpreter and ethnologist, with deep knowledge of local languages and tribal customs.
Sonny Smith a full blooded Indian and his two sons are jailed on murder charges in Tulsa Oklahoma. Smith had earlier arrested the sons who fled to swamps and were later found with their families. He sought permission from Sheriff Newblock to pursue fugitives and kept his word returning with them to face trial.
London January 7 The United States Ambassador law Reid allegedly authorized a letter to Sir Walpole a parliament protectionist. Zionists use it as material for inquiry. If proven public under authorization he may be charged with interfering in English affairs and recalled. Reid is en route to the United States to join his father the late Mills.
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