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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1910
Page
1
A garbled report alleges WOWULON lost his position after a dispute over public utilities and a pledge to fight for people. The text implies a meeting about breaking up a gang and warnings about betraying allies, with unclear details.
Republican mayoral candidate Bouillon addressed about 260 voters at the Methodist church hall on Brooklya Ave. A turbulent reception followed as supporters urged him to explain his plans while critics accused him of avoiding accountability.
Clipped OCR describes a disturbance where three prisoners were involved in an attack on a guard. The report notes two prisoners captured, with one prisoner still at large, and mentions a pony and linen carrying during the incident.
Fragmentary report shows a custody hearing where a judge ruled on the fate of a child amid a dispute between the parents. The outcome and exact details are unclear due to damaged OCR text.
Boston January 18 Officials of the National Shoe Wholesalers Association announce another price increase for popular priced shoes. After a prior rise from 3.60 to 4.06 dollars the latest move would push the same line to about 4.50 dollars due to higher leather and material costs.
At the State Building Trades Council annual convention in Monterey a resolution urges labor to seek no wage increases and focus on curbing rising living costs. It calls for blocking market cornering on foodstuffs and authorizes the general executive board to veto local union wage actions.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John H. Perry filed information charging Patrolman Thomas Walsh with manslaughter in the death of 17 year old Antonio Portopillo, shot December 20 while fleeing officers Walsh and McGrath who sought to question him about Florence Davis, a cashier in a Japanese theatre.
Chronology details a kidnapping of 11 year old Mariela Morocca in Chicago’s Little Italy. Three men forced her into a closed carriage near Widow Benedetto Clent’s home, then fled as police arrived. Authorities suspect Black Hand links and are searching the area. The kidnapped girl was famed as a local beauty.
London reports dress and performance controversy as Lady Constance Richardson appears nightly at a music hall in minimal gauze costume. Police debate the term barefoot yet refrain action due to her titled status.
Driver Arthur Rose of taxicab No 3481 struck a cable car at the corner of East Madison Street and Broad at 12 30 this morning. Kane was thrown to the street and cut by flying glass. his cab front window was shattered. A lone passenger fled the scene uninjured.
Frankfort Germany January 18 The discredited Arctic explorer Dr Frederick A Cook is said to have been sent to a sanitarium near Cdieberg for nervous breakdown and melancholia. He is reported to be unable to publicly reveal his retreat as his health deteriorates.
Indictments announced from yesterday include six against saloonkeepers outside the city for screen ordinance violations. Jailer John W. Roberts faces six counts for accepting money from prisoners to grant privileges and early release. Bonds set. other indictments involve slot machine possession and saloon licenses. Tacoma obituary notes Lactan F. Cook, 61, inventor of a new airship type.
A Newark youth, 21, forged a $10 check to buy his mother's Christmas gift. Superior Judge Ronald suspended six months in county jail and took him into partnership with the judge and Deputy Prosecutor Murphy. Harvey promised to repay costs and work at a logging camp.
The piece compares two similar cases against pawn brokers Levy and Lachman in Justice Carroll's court. Levy’s case was dismissed after Kenneth Mackintosh challenged the State’s theory that “ask or receive” makes both acts offenses, arguing that Levy had only asked for more than 3 percent. Lachman’s earlier case fined $100 for the same offense, highlighting the court’s inconsistent handling. The article centers on Mackintosh’s influence on Carroll’s rulings and the legal interpretation of the statute.
A derelict named Hugh Anderson 02 years old was arrested on suspicion of stealing a case of checks. He died this morning in City Hospital from acute Brights disease, having faced imminent death with cries heard through the hospital ward. He reportedly said I’m glad you arrested me.
In Oxford Mississippi January 18 Reverend James Owens a Scotch Baptist minister in a frenzy over his crusade failure shot and killed his wife and her sister Sarah McAuley seriously wounded Will Vaughan and then killed himself Vaughan was in critical condition with slim prospects for recovery according to doctors.
Chicago January 14 a two million dollar home will be built and kept in the city for friendless children. the charity comes from the late Henry Curtles Elliot mine owner who perished in a snowslide near cordova alaska on january 3 and his will was probated today in walla walla f n mclaughlin aged seventy who marched with sherman to the sea is dead
John Coon a 21 year old Rubber Manufacturing & Distributing bookkeeper has vanished for a week. Detectives pursue him as a possible forger after discovering payroll checks hundreds of dollars above actual amounts and forged signatures by the assistant cashier. Authorities allege Coon may have diverted payroll funds before his disappearance.
Leonard Bliss known as Baby Bliss, famed for bicycle records and weighing 675 pounds, suddenly attacked his family with a club in Bloomington. He was overpowered and disarmed before seriously injuring anyone.
Courtlandt Field Bishop of the Aero Club of America announced the Los Angeles aviation meet would close Thursday afternoon after the day’s aeroplane flights.
Ole Hanson, anti race track advocate and real estate figure, endorses the A V Bouillon organization. He withdraws support for Hiram Gill, citing a need for cleaner city government and lower taxes, praising Bouillon as uncorruptible and businesslike.
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