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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
1
A satirical riff weighs which animals should appear on coins from buffalo to elephant and donkey. The piece jokes about replacing Liberty with a buffalo on nickels and hints at new coin designs such as a 20 cent piece and extinct animals.
Nathan Swartz, 13, is named in a shocking confession surrounding Julia Connors’s murder. Swartz’s father Jared swore the son murdered Julia, and the boy died by gas in a tenement, leaving a handwritten letter and a penciled linen collar confession.
United Press dispatches reveal that a veteran White House reporter hazed a green correspondent by spreading a false tale of an infernal machine sent to President Taft. The hoax circulated widely, causing alarm and telegrams to the White House before the prank was admitted. Assistant Secretary Sherman Allen showed no injuries.
Freddie writes of heat and a sweltering noon with the thermometer at 75 today compared to 80 yesterday. The weatherman predicts a higher temperature later, citing a potential rise above 80 as Anasstasia is urged for an ice cream soda.
Chicago judges crack down on slang and nicknames in public with 30 day jail or stiff fines for phrases like oh you kid oh you shful doll. A man was fined and whipped by a woman's husband after addressing her as baby in a separate case.
Fair conditions prevail with light northerly winds. Temperature at noon reaches 75 degrees and remains steady through Friday.
Festivities include a parade along Fourth Avenue from Blanchard to Bell, a band concert, and a reception at the Armory. Also listed are aeroplane flights, a soldiers and sailors athletic mixer, an Army and Navy day program, and a grand ball for officers under searchlights.
The fourth of Potlatch begins with tired but happy crowds. A illuminated fraternal parade tonight leads to a reception and ball at the Armory. A waterfront hydro flight and various races occur from Lincoln Park to Lake Washington with events scheduled through the afternoon and evening.
Philadelphia July 18 report from University of Pennsylvania pathologists states three female guinea pigs were impregnated with a secret solution and bore healthy normal offspring. The announcement stirred scientists as the claim of artificial life production was presented.
The Countess Montignose formerly Crown Princess of Saxony is at the Fiesole hospital preparing for an appendicitis operation. Toselli her estranged husband visits daily with their child and observers think reconciliation may occur.
New York July 18. Princess Patricia of Connaught is reported to visit Newport next month as the guest of Commodore and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Newport society is abuzz over the second U S visit by the princess, more stirring than any recent events here.
The state convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles opened this morning at Seventh and Pine. Over three hundred delegates attend the three day gathering after a welcome address from the local lodge president and committee appointments. The fraternal parade followed at 2 PM this afternoon.
New York July 18. District Attorney Whitman expects full confessions from William Shapiro and Louis Libby held on homicide charges in the Rosenthal murder at the Hotel Metro. Attorney Aaron Levy says Shapiro drove the killers at gunpoint. Libby and Shapiro accuse Jack Rose of hiring the car linked to Police Lieutenant Becker amid gambling scandal rumors.
A two mile chase by Motorcycle Policeman Fuqua led to the capture of F. J. Carr yesterday afternoon on suspicion of involvement in several robberies. Carr matched a description from the Meady home at 425 30th Ave and was captured at 29th and Arthur Place with several jewelry items identified by the Meady family.
Eight persons are believed killed in a cloudburst along the Youghiogheny River near West Newton late last night. Enormous property damage resulted.
Fred L. Boalt recalls a riotous downtown Seattle night as about 75 000 people surged from Hotel Washington to Yesler Way and back. Citizens traded ticklers and pranks, with some fights and hangovers, while crowds cheered the wild spree and vowed never again.
Government investigators scrutinize James 8. Goldsmith of Schwabacher Co for allegedly pressuring Seattle Merchants and Credit Men to drop evidence before a congressional receivership inquiry. Witnesses claim Goldsmith disparaged Judge Hanford and urged noncooperation with investigators, while other testimonies reference Hanford land deals and past fines.
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