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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1912
Page
3
Mothers should avoid overfeeding during hot months and serve light easily digested foods. Keep milk cool and fruit ripe to prevent stomach disturbances such as constipation indigestion and summer diarrhoea. A mild bedtime laxative helps but avoid harsh purgatives. Dr Caldwell's Pepain is popular and available from druggists.
In Portland on July 23 Mrs Helen Goodeve of San Francisco sues R H Thompson Jr for breach of promise. Judge McGinnis hears from Judge Arnold and witnesses including 11 San Francisco depositions amid attacks on Goodeve’s character by defense counsel.
Medill McCormick of Chicago led a progressive committee to Springfield announcing plans to nominate a full state ticket despite Governor Deneen and regular Republicans pledging support for Taft. The progressives said their bid would resist the governors opposition and represent the people’s will.
The market report lists average prices paid by commission merchants to farmers and retail prices paid by retailers, with notes on buying and selling prices. Values vary by freshness and quality, and are shown for first grades on several items including apples, oranges, and pork products.
Report from San Mateo outlines a lavish wedding for Miss Jennie Crocker and Malcolm Whitman, contrasting wealthy invited guests with uninvited wives of tellers. It notes the scene around St Matthews church, the stark class divide, and questions what the wealth could have provided for the poor.
Philadelphia appoints Harry Hoenig as city mosquito slayer at 3.85 dollars per day to battle mosquitoes, with the quirky title diptologist. Norfolk fights files and rats as part of urban pests, paying five cents per rat and tallying large contest numbers.
Newport report denies the engagement of Margaret Andrews aged 17 to Vincent Astor of New York. Mrs Paul Andrews rejects the rumor and notes Herman Oelrichs is another reported suitor for Miss Andrews.
July 23 in Washington Senator Warren of Wyoming told the senate that they talk too much and legislate too little, predicting the session would drag on all summer. Senator Fall, moved by Warren's lecture, canceled his own planned speech for today.
Bert Gartin of Ellensburg was struck near Redmond while riding a motorcycle. He was thrown into a ditch and rendered unconscious, but no serious injuries occurred. Gartin noted the driver did not slow down. Seattle Recreation Playground League seeks city hall park transfer to park board jurisdiction and integration into the Seattle Park System.
Centralia reports a member of the Second Regiment Washington National Guard was fined $30 after a court martial found him with a belt full of ball cartridges. The regiment was lined up and searched. only blank cartridges were found in their possession. How the cartridges came into his possession was not determined.
CO CITY July 23 An attack on a Mexican Cuernavaca bound train killed numerous travelers and soldiers. Estimates place civilian deaths at eighty four with sixty two wounded. fifty soldiers formed the escort with forty three killed. Seventy six passengers reportedly rode the train. a second relief train reached Tre Marias with survivors.
In the commons Churchill unveiled supplementary naval estimates stating England will raise shipbuilding to 21 Dreadnoughts over five years with five this year and four each subsequent year. Fifteen hundred sailors will be added this year as 33 Dreadnoughts are planned in commission for 1914 versus Germany's 29.
Washington July 23 leaders who have made four canvasses of the senate predict the democratic excise bill will pass. The measure now goes to a senate vote on Friday after already passing the house. It would extend corporation tax provisions to all individuals and partnerships with annual business over 5000 dollars.
Chicago labor czar Martin B. Madden known as Skinny Madden died today at Lake Villa Illinois. Madden long led the associated building trades of Chicago and shaped local labor policy for years.
Three bank messengers vanish with sums totaling 500000 across Berlin financial houses. Haase of American Express pockets 25000, Zabell of a private bank takes 20000, Branning of Dresdener Bank absconds with 45000 after returning 250000 from the Imperial Bank. No arrests reported.
Dr Joseph Jastrow of the University of Wisconsin argued telepathy is a fallacy in a lecture at the University summer school on The Appraisal of Human Qualities He claimed real originality is rare and that people imitate conduct while noting Boston is a state of mind.
Emilio Vasquez Gomez, a short time provisional president of Mexico, was arrested in San Antonio on July 23 for violating American neutrality laws. He and five others faced a U S commissioner hearing for attempting to start a revolution against a friendly nation.
The Fifth district democratic nominating convention in Williamson W. V. endorsed William Jennings Bryan for the 1916 presidential nomination. The event occurred on July 23 and involved local party leaders and delegates.
Carmi A. Thompson is appointed secretary to the president succeeding Charles D. Hilles. He also serves as elevant secretary of the interior department.
Mrs Marion Bruguiere seeks a second divorce from Peter S Bruguiere claiming a U S Supreme Court ruling invalidates the 1904 Reno decree. She has since married and divorced Stewart Benning. The Bruguiere family is noted in San Francisco and New York society and is very wealthy.
From Pendleton Oregon reports tell of a cloudburst Saturday night in Butter Creek valley southern Umatilla county. A wall of water swept across the isolated district destroying farms and barns and washing away structures. Farmers warned residents in time preventing heavy loss of life.
San Francisco reports Geo Wingfield the Nevada banker and mining man will accept the presidency of the four banks once led by the late Senator George Nixon. Wingfield had recently declined Nixon's senate appointment from Gov. Oddie.
M H Robbina Jr, president of San Francisco chamber of commerce, wires President Taft and California lawmakers protesting Seattle shipbuilders allegedly blocking Mare Island navy yard gunboat Monocacy. He claims Vallejo plant contract already awarded but delayed due to Seattle interests.
Fred Lambert and Jack Rines, residents near the Rubber Inn, performed a bold corse and diving rescue on Lake Washington after Fred Austin, a clerk at a Madison Street grocery, capsized in a frail canoe. The pair located and pulled Austin from the water after multiple dives.
United Press Leased Wire reports Gov Hiram Johnson resumes duties in Sacramento after a San Francisco trip to attend a Roosevelt supporters banquet. Johnson says Taft outsiders are corrupt and fear a public square fight, claiming they will be defeated.
In El Paso on July 23 more than 500 American and British Pearson employees confronted a rebel command led by General Campo at Madero. Rebels paraded the streets and threatened a massacre as tensions escalated.
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