08 Jan 1912
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1912
Page
1
Report describes intense voir dire as government seeks jurors open to enforcing Sherman Act penalties. Farmers dominate initial pool but are weeded out for business-minded replacements. Questions probe prejudice against business regulation and ties to packing interests, with references to Bryan and Taft shaping potential jurors.
Desperate tactics by the two misfit scions are plain as Rothwell vows a council ordinance to cover expenses. Petitions still under review show Blaine’s with about 2,500 names short of the 16,750 required. Recall supporters urge newly registered voters to sign, while unregistered voters cannot sign the recall petitions.
In New Orleans 1910 two aviators Miss Harriet Quimby and Miss Manche Scott clash over air show duties. Miss Moissant and Miss Quimby insist Scott be barred from spectacular fights and kept to regular competitions. Officials will decide by wire tonight.
Thirty three people were killed and many injured when a collision occurred during a severe storm on the Canadian Pacific railway at Terre Bonne Quebec this afternoon.
Grave fears are entertained for 83 officers and men aboard the torpedo boat destroyer Terry, believed to have foundered 75 miles southeast of Sandy Hook near Cape Hatteras as a dozen vessels answered wireless calls for help. Special Attorney General Lawler conferred with President Taft on the dynamiting probe but details were not released.
Councilman Erickson urges freeing city funds from banks to back a municipal car line. He proposes a five member commission to draft a charter creating a city trust and banking system to manage surplus funds, buy bonds, and conduct finance without bank domination.
The Star highlights Jakey Furth paying for a series of ads to promote Bee Furth and the Boston Milk Street aggregation without Seattle Electric costs. The article previews parallel future ads as free display to introduce the brand to the public.
Jakey Furth writes on the Stone & Webster car combine in the Northwest. He denounces stock watering, lobbying, and rotten service fueling a $150,000,000 fortune built on public hardship and the push toward municipal ownership.
Patrolman William McDowell risked his life entering a burning house three times to rescue Aileen 2, Catherine 3, and Arthur 6 Gregorys. The fire destroyed the family home in San Francisco.
Federal troops dislodged a band of Zapatistas at Heatzingo after a battle that left 11 rebels dead, including one rural resident and two town residents. The pursuing forces forced the retreat toward Hueyapam.
In San Francisco on January 8 Spiros Petrou polos was charged with annoying a young woman. Judge Sullivan, after a brief glances, declared guilty following the witness statement, drawing a stern verdict for the case.
George Fietcher Cotterill, 46, English born engineer and longtime Seattle civic figure, announces bid for mayor. A former assistant to City Engineer Thomson, he supported public ownership of utilities and has campaigned since 1895. married, resident of the University district, with extensive travel and a reputation as an eloquent, hard working campaigner.
Grace Hemmenway, sister of baseball star Merton Hemmenway, is the first unmarried woman juror drawn in King County. A stenographer living at 102 Hays Street, she sits on a $30,000 damages claim by an injured coal miner before Judge Gay, as courts resume their 1912 term.
C. E. Rockwell petitions the superior court for a divorce from his wife who filed first. He also requests custody of their children, arguing the juvenile court removed them from the mother’s care and that he should be granted the decree and custody instead.
Got the habit Columbus Kan Jan 8 Reverend J B Hansman married many couples. three times his bride exclaimed it’s sudden and he was fined $600 for bigamy. Dr A E Winship of the Boston Journal of Education will lecture at the Y M C A auditorium tonight on Rescuing Ras cals.
Paris dispatch reports French financiers propose splitting China into a northern monarchy and a southern republic with a wartime settlement as a temporary basis. An international bankers commission may draw up the plan to secure capital through a stable government amid ongoing chaos.
The forecast calls for rain or snow tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions. Noon temperature is reported at 29 degrees.
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