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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1913
Page
1
A public appeal urges city council members to approve a 500000 general bond and 1500000 mortgage tied to a municipal telephone system. Voters and a mayoral report demand the measure, stressing the mandate from 38000 citizens and warning council members to obey the people.
San Francisco January 27 Judge W F Lawlor set February 24 for the trial of Dr Otto Steused charged with wronging under promise of marriage a former Seattle beauty Williams The first trial failed to reach a verdict and the case is carried over for 1 year 48 days Prosecutor Cunha urged delay citing jury division last trial while defense attorney Nat Coglan supported postponement but the court insisted on the February date
City Council debates whether to give City Hall park to the park board for a new city hall site and courthouse expansion. A county legal issue blocked action while supporters push a voter submission, with Recreation and Playgrounds and Municipal leagues backing the proposal. In Chicago, frost bitten fruit prompts health department seizure of first California orange load.
Mayor Cotterill returned the veto to the council on Griffiths ordinance granting police authority to issue summons without arrest. He warns the measure would restore discretionary arrest power and risk abuse, likening it to a Russian ticket of leave system and urging caution before ratification.
In Tacoma a jury in Judge M L Clifford's court convicted Peter Miller of burglarizing F W Fisher's Seattle home. Miller's attorney plans a new trial. eleven jurors found him guilty, one held out for acquittal after an all night battle over the evidence. Capt Tennant's third degree methods are criticized amid Miller's ongoing legal fight. Miller faces 12 perjury charges in the upcoming hearing before Judge Clifford.
A young wife in a Tacoma residence takes her life, writing a farewell to her mother and husband. Letters reveal marital strain, alleged infidelity, and a request for care for her mother and children as neighbors describe her illness and despair. Doctor Swingley, a local veterinarian, discovers the scene and notes the evidence of tuberculosis.
Charlies P. Battelle, a Seattle real estate man, was sentenced to six months in county jail by Judge Harris in Oakland after a jury convicted him of failing to provide for his young wife. The judge said a man who reads a French menu over the phone to his wife while depriving her of food does not deserve leniency. Battelle is 50, his wife 20.
A reader asks how to break a habit of nutmeg use and how to make chickens lie down to sleep. Poultry experts explain feathers tickle the wing and a chicken lacks sense to nap, offering no practical remedy. Another inquiry asks for the analent way to exit a street car. the reply is to have the conductor stop the car and step off once halted.
In Bellingham the Furth conspiracy trial heard an hour of legal argument as the state accused opponents of fraying a frerching expedition and the defense claimed suppression of key testimony. Witness Schricker testified while noting an intimate friendship with Jacob Furth since 1885 amid questions of Schricker’s insolvent bank deposits.
Washington January 27 The United States Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Charles H Heike former secretary of the American Sugar Refining Company for alleged complicity in the sugar weighing frauds in 1907 Heike was sentenced to a year and a half in prison and fined five thousand dollars The court’s decree included a strict interpretation of the immunity statute covering government trust busting and interstate commerce cases
Minot North Dakota January 27 three persons died instantly and eight were injured when a Soo Spokane flyer struck a wagon near Martin Jacob Helm and two sons were killed three Helm children not expected to live in the crash near Martin today the accident left three others injured three likely fatally injured.
Judge Everett Smith issued an injunction against Marie Paul, 20, and her step-uncle Mitchell Mallen, to prevent their marriage. He warned the issue could go to Judge Ronald in criminal court. State law bars marriage between parties closely related beyond second cousins, carrying up to one year imprisonment for violations. Mallen is Marie’s mother’s step-brother, sharing the same father.
A taxi collided with a standing freight train at Hamilton Street crossing in Spokane. Five men were severely injured, including civil engineers M. M. Belmont and F. S. Brown from Cranbrook, B C.
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