Sheriff Promises Loyalty and Dismissals at King County Court
Sheriff Sher Robert T. Hodge vows loyalty from deputies, warning of immediate dismissal for political fault. Deputy Jack gifts a diamond studded badge. New lineup includes John Stringer as chief deputy, J W Roberts jail supervisor, Anne Stark jail matron, James Tait Mason as jail physician, Maj Otto Case as auditor, and changes ripple through the courthouse.
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Robert T. Hodge
Court House
King County
Jack
Sheriff's Department
John Stringer
J. W. Roberts
Misa Anne Stark
James Tait Mason
Court Officials Begin Tenure In County Office
Wilson RK Gay the sole Superior court judge elected took the bench this morning and received floral tributes as he began his tenure. J C Snyder also assumed duties, succeeding Dr T M Car. A B Parish, son of Assessor A Parish, was named chief deputy to replace Chester Aagunee Parish and will reclaim his former office by later claim.
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Beattie Mother Seeks Help For Family In Need
A wife and mother in Beattie appeals to the public for clothing and aid as the husband cannot find work in the cold weather. She describes lacking shoes, underwear, and other garments for herself and her two children, requesting old clothes and any worn apparel to be sent to The Star office for forwarding.
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Beattie
Star Office
Murderous minister ends life during arrest attempt
Rev. John Carmichael, suspected in Gideon Browning’s dismemberment, slit his throat as officers closed in. He had fled from Chicago authorities to Keokuk where his self-inflicted injury occurred at Mrs. Miranda Hughes’s boarding house. A note to Port Huron officials accompanied the body.
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Keokuk
Sta. Jan
U. P
John Carmichael
Ita
Gideon Browning
Carmichael
Rev. Carmichael
Chicago
Io Chicago
Miranda Hughes
Carthage
Hughes
Aircriff
Port Huron
John Carmichaec
Watch for the Announcement Wednesday
A brief notice urging readers to await a forthcoming announcement on Wednesday while encouraging readers to read in the meantime.
Ben Hur Teases Secret Reveal Next Wednesday
A cryptic message from Ben Hur promises a forthcoming secret disclosure. The note urges readers not to telephone the office and hints the Wednesday reveal will be worthwhile.
Miss Anna M Allen Dies at Walla Walla School
Miss Anna M Allen a school musical director in Beattie died suddenly at the Walla Walla school shortly before 10 this morning death due to heart failure A post mortem will be held at Bonney Watson Co Undertaking The 15 year old came from Peoria Illinois last September and was musical director for 11 years there She lived at 1721 17th Ave Seattle Superintendent F B Cooper notified Peoria relatives no response yet
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Anna M. Allen
Beattie
Walla Walla
Bonney- Watson Co
Miss Allen
Peoria
Mian Allen
Mine Allen
Pardon for Craemer Claimed After Long Battle
Gov Mead granted Henry Craemer a pardon after a years long case in which Craemer, convicted in 1964 for the murder of Mueller and her child, had been repeatedly reprieved and ultimately sentenced to life imprisonment. The pardon follows questions about his guilt and the circumstantial evidence.
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Star
Olympia
Cosgrove Delays Olympia Trip in Weather Crisis
Governor elect Samuel Cosgrove delays departure to Olympia Washington after a telegram from his son urges him to stay in Paso Robles California due to severe cold. The plan remains to travel later this week in a special car with arrangements already in place.
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Paso Robles
Cal
VU. P
Olympia
Wash
Samuel Cosgrove
Capitol
Churches declare war on theatres in Seattle
The Seattle churches unite to press Sunday closing laws. A petition campaign plans widespread signatures to urge Mayor Miller to enforce the ban on Sunday amusements, targeting vaudeville venues. Rev. W. H. B. Rees and Rev. T. KE. Elliot coordinate the effort for the Methodist federation.
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Seattle
Miller
W. H. B. Rees
T. KE. Elliot
Methodist Episcopal Ministerial Federation
A. F. Bourns
Federation
Councilman to Introduce Assistant Boiler Inspector
Councilman Gill to introduce an ordinance appointing an assistant to Boiler Inspector Murray with a fixed $100 monthly salary. The two inspectors will share rising boiler inspection duties. Steamer Falcon from San Francisco arrived after a cold, windy coast voyage.
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Gill
Murray
Falcon
San Francisco
Craemer's Pardon Effort Driven by Otto Wemener
Otto Wemener, a civil engineer from this city, has long campaigned for the liberty of Vermean Craemer. Wemener traveled to Walla Walla to press his case, spending years and resources to secure a pardon after Craemer's conviction.
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Creemer
Otto FL Wegener
Walla Walla
Craemer
Wemener
Hin
Through Trains Delayed by Storm Across Northwestern Routes
A fierce storm halted through passenger trains from Seattle to the east via the American lines, with bilizarda storms causing delays in the Dakotas Nebraska and Montana. Northern Pacific and Northern lines slowed but were rerouted by madeup service, Seattle area trains delayed only a few hours. Canadian Pacific and coast lines kept normal service, while Middle West blizzards are reported as the worst since 1887.
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Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
East
Bilizarda
Dakotas
Nebraska
Middle West
Washington Legislature Opens Eleventh Biennial Session
Washington's eleventh biennial legislature opened in Olympia with L O Meigs elected speaker in the House and Loren D Grinstead named chief clerk. In the Senate Ruth named president pro tem as Smith and Laube served as secretary, with bills on legislative expenses and a new King County judge advancing.
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Olympia
Wash
State of Washington
L. O. Meigs
Loren D. Grinstead
Joseph Wilson
Senate
Jan. U
Ruth
Wm. T. Laube
Arma
Knickerbocker
Booth
King County
Minckler
Senators Plan Defeat of Moral Legislation
In Olympia Washington on January 11 a senate caucus aimed to block moral laws including local option and the race track bill. The group showed limited strength with only about 25 members represented and proxies for two more, casting doubt on a decisive outcome.
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T. J. Dillon
Olympia
Wash
Tillman Replies to Roosevelt Over Oregon Land Grab Charge
Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina rebukes President Roosevelt on the floor of the Senate accusing him of false statements and using secret service agents improperly in a dispute over Oregon land deals. He admits some charges, denies others, and attacks the president for backing Harriman in a two million acre public domain hold while Tillman sought fourteen hundred acres.
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U. P
Ben Tillman
Senate
Roosevelt
Oregon
Secret Service
South Carolina
West
Tillman
President Roosevelt
Harriman
Nep
Fereni
Oregon Legislature Faces Unusual Senate Fight
Salem January 11 With the eyes of the nation on Oregon the legislature convened for a forty day session to decide the United States senate race. The Republican body faces choosing Democrat George E Chamberlain the governor over pledged Republicans, a move that would defy voters and elect Chamberlain to the Senate.
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Salem
Ore
U. P
Oregon
United States Senate
George E. Chamberlain
United States
Chamberlain
Congress
Petition Signatures Sought Against Race Track Gambling
Readers request publication of petition locations to oppose race track gambling. The note mentions Ole Hanson at 609 New York block as a signatory office and references a local “brace game” at The Meadows. Also reports the death of Henry Peterson's stepmother in Island Gottland.
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the Meadows
Ole Hanson
New York Block
Peterson
United States Shipping
Henry Peterson
Island Gottland
Battle Ocean Loss Near Rup ture of Blood Vessel
A man in the Battic ocean lost his life when a ruptured blood vessel in the brain caused death. His mother had died just over a year earlier and his father had recently remarried.
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Battic Ocean
Will Probe Roosevelt Action On Steel Trust Absorption
Senators Clark Dillingham Kittridge Culberson and Overman were named to a Judiciary sub committee to examine if President Roosevelt could authorize U S Steel to absorb the Tennessee Coal and Iron company. The article notes about 73000 men in the U S army.
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Washington
U. P
Clark
Wyoming
Dillingham
Vermont
Kittridge
South Dakota
Culberson
Texas
Overman
North Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal Andron Company
Mystery deaths linked to headache wafers shock lodging house
Miss Amanda Fuzzell died after taking a Stern's Paragon Headache Wafer at a lodging house where Mrs. Anna Young died recently from strychnine poisoning. James H. Young claims innocence while Coroner Carroll probes stomach contents for poison and reviews possible manipulation of wafers.
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Anna Young
James A. Young
Olive At
James H. Young
Miss Fuzzell
F. M. Carroll
G. A. Spike
Young
Fuzzell
Stern
Misa Fuzzell
Shaw
Mrs. Young
Miss Fuzzeill
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Miss
Carroll
Spike
Miss Furrell
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