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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1912
Page
1
The piece argues that evidence about sobriety and conduct will matter more than public resolutions by prominent citizens in Hanford’s impeachment trial. It criticizes resolutors as self serving and unlikely to mislead anyone other than themselves.
A House inquiry into United States Judge H. Hanford of Seattle is set for next Tuesday. Victor L. Berge Norris and Leonard Olsson filed a petition seeking impeachment or a new trial, arguing the court erred and that citizenship and allegiance definitions used in the ruling were flawed. The petition focuses on constitutional interpretation and alleged political motives tied to the judge's actions.
In Bay, New York, Yohe, once Lady of a May Sttress, has been missing since last month. Police have issued alarms as inquiries intensify while a maid named Baththhhtene is linked to the investigation. Roosevelt and Bryan referenced in unrelated remarks amid the confusion.
Betty Faulkner, also known as Mrs. Betty Chapman Pierce, has wed Frank Clarence Henderson of New York and Nowata, Oklahoma, her third marriage to an oil man. Previously she married T Irwin Chapman of Boston and Roy E. Pierce of New York whose Waters-Pierce ties ended in an annulment last October. Between marriages she pursued a stage career alongside Richard Mandeville.
In Seattle a mass meeting of German citizens endorsed impeachment of Judge Hanford and supported Congressman Berger. Karl Legien spoke before the crowd which passed resolutions praising Berger and denouncing Hanford as unfit for the bench. Four Native Sons of Washington members endorsed Hanford indirectly, while William H. Gorman of the Seattle Bar Association condemned the impeachment as libel and criticized recall ideas.
Mrs Sid ney C Bernheimer, wife of a wealthy New York merchant, was bound and gagged by two women bandits who beat her with a potato masher and hid under a bed while they looted her apartment. They took jewelry valued at around $3,550 and left with $10,000 in loot.
Kurt Legien of the Reichstag lectures in Seattle on Germany's labor movement and the socialist party. He says trade unions form 44 percent of Reichstag strength, asserts no war will occur, and urges U S readers to recognize the working class’s influence while noting German workers have yet to fully awaken to opportunities.
A 1888 erected St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber mill on the tide flats destroyed by a morning fire at 4 45. Four lumber sheds storing millions of feet of lumber burned, with an estimated loss of 500000. The blaze started yesterday afternoon nearby and reignited, engulfing about 30 acres before the city fire force contained it. The firm, started in 1888 by Everett Griggs and Henry Hewitt, employs about 1200 men.
Final session of the Northwest Development league convened this morning with C B Coffman of the Southwest Washington Letter's Agency delivering a talk on Our Logged Off Lands. Secretary Campbell outlined efforts to boost the exposition and attract visitors to the fair. An excursion to Bremerton naval yard Alki bathing house and Moran shipyards was arranged for this afternoon.
French submarine Vendemaire collided with battleship Saint Louis during naval maneuvers near Cherbourg and sank in 180 feet of water. Twenty four aboard, likely perished. rescue divers cannot reach the bottom. The minister of marine and officials said the crew is presumed dead.
The Star prints a portrait of Little Mary in new clothes as she earns a home. Many families offered to adopt her and provide care and love, with a hopeful tone about the future and the desire for more Star babies to find homes.
Adelbert B. Clark was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the Centralia bank killing of Lawrence Bar. The judge cited Clark’s confession amid a plea concession, noting Bar’s widow and son had expressed a wish for mercy.
Fair tonight and Sunday with moderate westerly winds. Noon temperature listed at 56 degrees.
The Puget Sound naval yard in Bremerton spent over 100000 dollars on Seattle supplies last year. There are about 160 shingle and saw mills in the Seattle area. Investments in Seattle industrial enterprises total around 50000000 dollars. Seattle’s manufacturing output shows no net gain over five years.
Bert H. Franklin former McNamara detective again faced a merciless cross examination as a star witness for the state in Clarence Darrow's jury bribery trial. No new evidence emerged and attorney squabbles interrupted proceedings. The district attorney team briefly left the room during objections.
James Marble a laborer employed by the park board suffered heat prostration yesterday afternoon at Leschi park and was removed to the city hospital. It was the first known case in two years and the second in a decade.
News from Chicago reports Roosevelt backers organizing to win individual delegates for the Republican National Convention. A meeting at the Congress hotel elected officers and pledged to rally delegates against the national committee tempo rary roll call. Taft leaders faced pressure as Florida and Arkansas rulings favored Taft, while La Follette looms as balance of power.
The editor urges timely news when it concerns new goods, methods or prices. Housewife and business reader seek both world news and tomorrow's commerce in The Star.
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