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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1912
Page
1
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Thomas R. Horner, a prominent Seattle attorney with Southern roots, campaigns for corporation counsel. A former editor and 1910 Democratic candidate for prosecuting attorney, Horner appeals as a public speaker favoring popular control of city affairs and reform. He settled in Seattle after visiting the Coast and built a large practice.
Edmond Gunaux, 29, a crippled Ravensdale coal miner of Northwestern Improvement Co., won 18000 in a two day trial before Judge Gay after a fall left him paralyzed. Lawyers George Vanderveer and Wilbur Cummings represented Gunaux as company defense faltered.
Estimates place the value of securities and assets tied to the ruined Equitable Life building at staggering totals. Kuhn Loeb & Co and William Read Co each bound for about 100 million, with Equitable Trust Co at 9 million and Kountze Bros at 16 million. Additional value is claimed in assets of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines, with no reliable overall figure yet available.
Fire from a dozen Manhattan stations disrupts the Equitable Building where $2 billion in securities and valuables are locked in vaults. Fire Chief William Waldo and several others are believed buried. Seven deaths reported with possible more. Monetary loss estimated from 5 to 26 million. Fire may endanger the surrounding subway and street.
Los Angeles January 16 Attorney Le Compte Davis announced he and Job Harriman will defend E B Clancy a San Francisco labor leader recently indicted by a federal grand jury Clancy to be brought to trial in the near future
Telegraph reports from Scottville mill town near Rochester say William Pyemann, a negro, killed his father and Deputy Sheriff Birmingham and wounded three others before fleeing with pursuing posses. The Times Democrat notes remarks about Shuster and export to Persia. Prouty named chairman of Interstate Commerce Commission for the year in Washington.
City mourns as Anheuser Busch brewery shuts down production until water supply improves. Authorities warn the shortage is acute and affecting major local industry.
Seattle council approved iman Erickson's resolution to create a city bank and trust department. A five member commission will draft a charter amendment to establish a city trust and banking department, handle deposits, manage bonds, and finance utilities, with six months to report. Bleine Wardall and Kelleog voiced objections but joined in the vote.
In a bower of roses at Don t Miss This Ban Francisco the 62 year old Mrs Frederika Park G mith grandmother of her bridemaid aged 16 was married today to 22 year old Geo Becker an idol of local high school athletes.
A maiden seeks true beauty from a witch offering tiers of transformations. For six dollars she would attract glances, for ten she would have her prices copyrighted by a photographer, and for fifteen with a single conjoined offer she would sever all female friendship. The maiden pursues the ultimate, declaring that would indeed be beauty.
London cables reported Russia may actively assist the Chinese republic rebels from Tientsin. Semi official sources say the aid would hinge on Mongolia gaining independence, a rumor stirring unease in the foreign office amid wartime diplomacy.
The text advertises Imperial hats priced at 3.00 and 3.50 in stiff and soft styles, special offers at 2.65, Young’s 3.00 hats, No Name hats at 3.00, and a clearance of Fall and Winter merchandise across both stores with gigantic reductions.
Los Angeles dispatch says Pinkertons expect a third man named Albert Anderson to be arrested soon in connection with the New Westminster bank robbery. He is believed to be in or near San Diego or Calexico with most of the stolen money. Anderson is linked to Grace Reynolds of Portland known as Mrs. Charles Hoffman, who may be with him. Two young girls are said to have been seen near the Hoffman bungalow before the arrest.
The jury in the manslaughter case of Detective Joseph Bianchi, charged in the death of Frank Harris, accompanied by Judge Ronald and prosecutors, toured the Washington Street alley where the shooting reportedly occurred after the state's case ended. The defense began its evidence, calling witnesses including H Cobn and Dr. E B Ristine.
Officer B. C. Hamblen halted a runaway at First and Pike this morning and was struck by a horse. He sustained a badly shaken condition and a trampling injury to his left leg, then taken to the city hospital for treatment. The report closes with a jab about wool wearing voters and a remark on Wall Democrats in rem.
Benedict Smith, a musician, sues for divorce in San Francisco claiming his wife attacked him with a butcher knife during a Reno romance. He asserts she is not aesthetic and vows to take her away.
Funeral services over the remains of Louis J. R. Leyba, proprietor of the Virginia hotel, will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
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