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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
7
Rome dispatch reports two Italian engineer officers discovering a ruined city amid Libyan wilderness beyond Zavia in Tripoli. The site is identified as Sabatta a flourtaking colony from imperial Rome era discovered during dirigible reconnaissance.
Justice Seabury today sentenced Jos. Robin, New York financier, to one year on the penitentiary at Hinck Wells Island for stealing $27,000 from the Washington Savings bank here, of which he was president. Robin pleaded guilty. He aided in the conviction of officials responsible for the wrecking of the Carnegie Trust Co, and for this reason, the judge imposed a light sentence.
A Canadian Pacific era incident reports a 16-car coal train from Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. ran away on the Morrisey Fernie and Michael railway. David Paten of Fernie died in the collision with a stationary engine at the Fernie yards. Engineer Walter Bergman sustained injuries.
A quoted exchange mentions a boy who cried for an hour and a reply questioning why the paper did not give him what he wanted. The fragment suggests a playful or argumentative note regarding newspaper coverage.
In Folsom California on January 10 a life term inmate known as a Zea vis faces a possible death sentence after he attacked fellow convict Albert Lopes with a knife. Lopes is seriously wounded but expected to recover.
In Los Angeles on January 10, Mrs Florence Harris aged 20 and her mother Mrs Mary J Brevins aged 46 were fatally burned when gasoline used to clean lace curtains ignited. They fled the room in flames and, despite hospital care, both died.
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