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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
1
A critical look at a publicity law affecting saloon visibility and public tolerance. The piece argues the law exposes vice while shifting responsibility to saloon owners amid post prohibition debates, noting public weariness and evolving enforcement as the city weighs open doors versus private consumption.
The government secured a verdict in favor of the wagear corporation today for 134,116 dollars. The decision by the court, with potential appeal preparations, awards the full amount to the government, and a motion for a new trial was filed.
In San Francisco P Gidney I Danby confessed to Detec Anderson his role with J O Loane in planning to kill Nevada miner James Goodwin to obtain an estimated sixty thousand dollars. Danby said they planned to keep the old man drunk to end his life. In Baton Rouge seven convicted men were executed for murder and related crimes after convictions.
Homeseekers flood Spokane with hundreds arriving daily for inland migration this spring. Within a week 460 working properties suitable for settlement have reached the city and more settlers plan to locate across the Inland Empire. Trains bring new families and plans to settle in nearby towns.
Nashville reports closing arguments loom as the state restages its case after rebuttal testimony from two witnesses. Col. Duncan Cooper Robin Cooper and John D. Sharpe face murder charges in the Carmack case with deliberation set to begin next Monday morning.
The Washington Senate approved $1.2 million in appropriations this morning including $66,000 for Pierce and King counties drift barrier work near the White River, $50,000 for the Columbia River improvements near Bridgeport and Kettle Falls, and $620,000 for state roads. State Road No. 7 funding for the Snoqualmie Pass rose to $120,000.
City officials warned the Sunset Telephone company for breaking pavement to extend underground conduits. The utility department says the work is unfinished and requires breaking pavement again, tamping the earth, and repaving before completion can be declared.
Charies R Case was elected president of the State Federation of Labor on March 1 and was yesterday inducted into office. He previously served two terms as president. George W Cotterill was the immediate retiring head of the federation.
Mrs Bauer pleads that others drive her mad as humane society officers seek to remove her child. The case, heard by Judge Frater, details years of distress tied to the Humane Society efforts and a threatened custody transfer. Her husband testified while she clung to love for her partner, and their child, Lillian, watched with childlike cheer as the drama unfolded. The mother faces asylum, with temporary custody of Lillian to a sister in Green Lake.
Baltimore Sun editor Oakley Hains dies in one of the fiercest storms to strike the city. Two deaths reported with more expected as wire service notes ongoing damage and stranded vessels around the Chesapeake Bay. Damage statewide pegged at roughly $2,600, with the gale affecting the Baltimore area.
In Olympia on March 6 the Senate concurred with House amendments to the local option bill ending a drawn out fight. The governor will sign once shaped. Debate centered on reading of amendments as anti saloon forces clashed with supporters. vote 34 to 2 absent.
Fred Warner Carpenter of Minnesota and California, a lawyer by training, becomes the new private secretary to President Taft. Born in Sauk Center Minnesota and raised in California, Carpenter trained at the University of Minnesota and San Francisco law, later serving Taft from his early days as commissioner through governorship and war secretary. He has logged about 60 000 miles with Taft and is described as patient and efficient.
The Seattle Electric Company faced a permit dispute with the Board of Public Works over a spur track crossing at 19th Avenue and B&B. The board revoked the permit after complaints of concrete sidewalk obstruction and nuisance, deeming no permit would be issued until the electric company reapplies.
William Seymour alias C Moore was arrested for stealing a violin valued at $100 from a furniture store at Tid Pike 1. Seymour, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, claimed he needed a cornet and broke into the store to steal the instrument to trade for a cornet, saying no cornet was available.
In Y Cerry Michigan March 6 Roy A P Thomas O Connor heir to 20000 Timothy O Connors will fled today pursued by local attorneys. Thomas O Connor is son of the decedent and believed to be on the Pacific coast. B W Porter of the city handles the estate.
In an initial meeting the National Waterways Commission elected Senator Burton as president. The body appointed five senators and six representatives to subcommittees, with procedural notes indicating no dissent.
Sheriff Robert T. Hodge and deputies sweep the area after an assault on Mrs. Roseberg of Duwamish. They arrest a man identified as Jack Shea, linked to a prior shooting, and a Tacoma theft suspect named Mrs. Jane Smith.
Fearful that voters may elect unsuitable justices, Washington legislators pass a direct primary amendment shifting supreme court nominations to conventions. Critics call it an eleventh hour move to repeal direct primary and seize control from the people. The bill raises questions about who will select delegates and the fate of the old convention system.
Arnold Faulkner, 11 days old, now in Washington Children’s Home society in Seattle through The Star’s efforts, draws interest from over a hundred Beattie families. Superintendent Covington handles inquiries at the Renton and Star offices, while the boy’s mother resists publicity and seeks no further coverage.
The old firm Ballinger Renald Battle Nant reorganized dropping Hallinger and Renald. John W. Robert and Robert A. Hulbert join. now Roberts Battle Hulbert Nant. They occupy the old firm's offices on the ninth floor of the Ameka building. Ballinger becomes secretary of the Interior in President Hayes cabinet. Renald to become judge of the superior bench after appointment by Gov. Hay.
Tabernacle Baptist Church observes Church Home Sunday with Pastor John M. Dean delivering the morning sermon Shoulder to Shoulder With a Million Others and an evening sermon titled What Will Occur in Seattle at the Second Coming of Christ.
Mrs. P L Hoisington of Nor walk Los Angeles County Califor nia seeks help in locating her uncle Daniel Roberts missing for 17 years. Last heard from Roberts was leaving Mureka Cal for Alaska to become a miner. He is 50 to 60, slender with brown eyes and hair.
San Quentin Cal March 6 A U P report says authorities will allow L J Froman a prisoner who died from injuries while fighting a warehouse fire at the prison to be buried at San Rafael rather than in the prison cemetery, as a tribute to his bravery.
Washington dispatch reports Captain W. H. Mathews was shot and killed at his desk in the police station. The gunman, Patrolman Collier, had been reprimanded by the captain and opened fire in a fit of anger, then was jailed immediately.
A Columbus Indiana report notes women circulate a petition urging Mrs Taft to oppose wine at White House dinners. Meanwhile in San Francisco Herbert Eggert, a Seattle man who attempted suicide by shooting himself recently, made a second attempt to jump into the bay and was rescued.
Six hours after a brutal assault near Duwamish, Sheriff Hodge and a posse with McDermott’s blood hounds arrested George Eliot on suspicion of attacking Mrs. Otto Roseberg who was returning from a grocery run. Eliot awaits identification by the injured woman.
Mike Baker was arrested after attempting to break into a house. He claimed residence there but residents did not recognize him. Baker was jailed pending investigation. Patrolman Nelson noted he did not seem intoxicated.
K P Mackensie was struck on the head by a falling brick at the plant and died several hours later. Coroner Andrew Hildebrand will investigate the accident.
The readable fragment notes an inspection department citing nonconformity and references an authority in a supervisory context. Details are unclear due to damaged wording and missing context.
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