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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1913
Page
1
Fragmentary notes show trimmed match calls and assorted hosiery prices. The garbled text lists stockings and sizing faults with odd price references and quantities, suggesting a catalog or sale entry with uncertain details.
Irma Bowman testifies Dr. Philip Waughop did not know his bride's name before the wedding two weeks away, addressing the court as the "red nurse" Nellie Kloss. The doctor, praised by his wife Hilda Waughop, faced drug influence claims and a dramatic courtroom scene with attorney Meade during the February 4 marriage.
The state accuses 9. B. Wooley, former cashier of Renton Union Savings Bank, of grand larceny totaling 45242.66. Lawyers include Walter Fulton and ex-Judge Griffin. deputies Butler and Wright present the case. Wooley contends the bank bears the loss, alleging a setup amid loans to Orilla Lumber Co. Cornelia Glass, a Broadway high school figure, will lead Seattle’s delegation to the Spokane Pow Wow.
The Star outlines the final hours of the Beacon Hill line where Detective Jones and fellow officers confronted the boy bandit Abe Turner. Photographs show Detective Jones held up, Detective Humphrey wounded, and Turner mortally wounded at City Hospital. diagram depicts the street car hold up scene.
Seven young girls aged from 2 to 10 were brought before Judge Smith on habeas corpus after their Vancouver, B C father W B Mathews accused their mother Marie of kidnapping them to prevent a divorce. He said he could care for the children and sought to stop her trip to San Francisco aboard the Queen. Marie Mathews arrived June 7, found the children at the Perry hotel and then at the House of the Good Shepherd under deputy sheriff guard.
London reports the assassination of Mahmud Shefket Pasha grand vizier of Turkey as he traveled to the Sublime Porte. His companion Ibrahim Bey also died, with two servants in attendance. bullets struck their motor in a sudden fusillade.
Long Beach report states Cage submarine built by John M. Cage stayed submerged 27 hours at 8 a.m. breaking 24 hour U.S. Navy record set by Octopus at Narragansett Pier in 1907. Boat's crew said all in good shape and expected to remain underwater until 5 p.m. for a total of 86 hours.
Bothell mayor 8. F. Woody writes in defense of Bothell’s prospects. He recounts a farmer reporting ten foot crowbars sprouting from the ground after shingling a barn, using the anecdote to argue Bothell’s vitality and rural promise.
Unidentified woman dies and seven others are shot or hurt by missiles outside Ipswich Hosiery Mills during a strike riot. Seven leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World are arrested. Five wounded taken to Salem Hospital. identities not yet released.
The Columbia and Willamette rivers, swollen for a week, began to recede on June 11. Authorities believe all danger from freshets has passed. In Portland harbor the Montgomery dock collapsed, dumping 200 tons of wheat into the river.
In early morning fire at Hent Creek near Johnstown Pennsylvania the mining town was destroyed with losses estimated at two hundred thousand dollars. No further details on causes or casualties were provided in the report.
Port Angeles, Wash. June 11. Royal M. La Flower a mill shingle edger and Miss May Matteson wed after he wrote I want a wife before 1915 on a shingle sent from Port Angeles. The note reached Dunmore, Pa., triggering 28 letters and a courtship that led to their honeymoon and home arrival.
A brief note observes that pajamas will no longer be seen in good society due to style changes and concerns about modesty, signaling a shift in social norms and attire expectations.
In Judge Albertson's court Mrs Agnes Moon testified against Clara Gross at the divorce suit brought by Charles Gross for incompatibility. Arthur Sands also testified. Mrs George Sands and Mrs Mabel Bennett defended Clara. The couple married in 1906 and have two girls aged five and two, with custody sought by both parents. A reception for Rev Walter H Henricks and wife, new Rainier Beach Presbyterian pastor, followed Tuesday night.
City detective Giles Humphrey and Officer Ralph Jones pursued a teenage bandit Abe Turner alias Jim McCoy on the Mt Baker and Beacon Hill car lines. Turner, an 18 year old convict from Monroe reformatory, fired on officers and was wounded in a running gunfight. Turner, taken to hospital, gave evasive answers about his origins while detectives praised the trap and described the night’s dramatic confrontation. Turner’s identity remains partly undisclosed as investigators press for more details.
Governor Hall received a letter from Gibson Louisiana seeking a barrel of free sugar for a very poor writer who signs as a true friend. The governor did not reveal the writer's name and notes that the public expects true free trade has been misunderstood in Terrebonne parish.
On her maiden Atlantic crossing the Hamburg American liner Im perator departed with a full passenger load. Every cabin and deck was occupied as the vessel left Hamburg on its historic voyage across the ocean.
Readers are invited to get a complete shaving outfit valued at $2.50 free with a yearly Star subscription priced at $3.25. The kit includes a knurled handle with seven blades, a nickel brush, shaving soap in a nickeled case, all in a leatherette case. Subscriptions are mailed immediately and start the next day.
In Rossiter Pennsylvania on June 11 two town teams Upper Rossiter and Lower Rossiter battled 16 innings for the title. Lower Rossiter won as the final 16th inning produced a 112 to 98 victory after a furious rally. The total line read 42 home runs 72 doubles 63 triples and 74 errors with 57 players and eight umpires noted three from the war era.
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