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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
1
Fragmentary notes show bidders at an auction featuring items described as Rosier Value and Wily with references to Silk and First Plow along Diagonal and Reading Road. No clear dates or full item listings are provided.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Tan and body location with unclear context. Reads like a damaged public notice or obituary fragment with scattered names and places.
William Jennings Bryan reflects on Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration and the peaceful transfer of power. He notes a unified nation rallying behind Wilson, praising the era’s progressive aims and the president’s call for dedication beyond party lines.
Isabel Taylor sues Kus Tewkesbury Noyes of Seattle claiming a 25 year non marriage and that he cast her out after she served as his wife in Montana and Seattle. She alleges a 1886 marriage contract when she was 14 and that they lived as a couple until 1911. She aided his barber shop venture from 1900.
San Francisco reader Marie Dorothy Johnson dismissed love at first sight yet aboard a liner to Honolulu she met A. T. Anderson, a wealthy Englishman. One hour later he proposed, they wed the next day, and she advised girls not to be too skeptical about Cupid’s aim.
Dr Franz Friedmann gained New York health board approval to test his tuberculosis cure on animals after presenting a live culture to officials. He will not treat patients until Dr Lederle reviews his cultures. Friends accuse officials of obstacles while influential doctors offer support as Friedmann faces hotel room protests and barred visitors.
Clarence Darrow delivered a powerful courtroom appeal to the jury amid tears from listeners. He warned of powerful enemies and expressed belief in his vindication, while noting assistants would continue closing for the prosecution later that day.
Olympia March 6 Rep Thomas F Murphine progressive floor reader by skillful filibuster saved house bill 309 This measure would give people the right to initiate constitutional amendments and had been opposed by Speaker Taylor Murphine saved it by adjournment motion The bill rests noon today in the committee on logged off lands chaired by Murphine while searches continue for Hays of Thurston and Roland of Renton to secure votes The progressives plan to win over members by raising the 10 percent threshold required to initiate an amendment
Proposition A the shipyard partner agreement between the city and the Sestiic Renton and Southern appears adopted by a 162 vote margin in a 46000 vote total. Backers seek a possible recount to challenge the result. Comptroller Carrroll conducts an official check for the council canvass. Rose Marshall received a sentence of two to fifteen years for grand larceny in Walla Walla County Court.
Danville South March 6. For a consideration of $100 000 former Congressman Joseph Cannon has disposed of his 400 acre farm at Vithian near here. The farm was bought by Cannon in 1888 for 60 dollars an acre.
GOLYNDON Minn March 6 Miss Anna Skeim a school teacher was shot by Ben Tintun an admirer in front of her students and later Tintun killed himself Washington March 6 President Wilson orders Major General Wood to remain chief of staff of the US Army Evening program by the Ladies Missionary Society of the Lake Union Presbyterian Church at 42nd N and Evanston Friday night
A chaotic jail scene reports John Maddens looming release blocked by quarantine as George Sammis is treated for smallpox and Jails inmates fear exposure. Sammis was arrested February 20 by federal authorities for smuggling and fined $50 by Judge Howard. The county jail precinct remains locked until quarantine ends next week.
United Press Leased Wire reports E. Clark of Iowa was chosen as chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission to replace Franklin K. Lane who has become the secretary of the interior.
Illinois state senate officials prepare for testimony on the white slave and starvation wages inquiry. Senators Juul and O’Hara press employers about wages and book disclosures while Julius Rosenwald of Sears Roebuck is expected as the first witness. Investigators will recount findings from 30 girls.
Superior Judge Zook dismissed the case against Mrs. J. K. Fields of Ross Valley after ruling unwritten law cannot be pleaded. Fields had been charged with sending threatening letters to Rev. Hubert Cowley Carroll of St. John’s Episcopal Church. She says the pastor spurned her and that he treated her in a compromising manner. A battery charge remains tied to an altercation in the church chancel in which Fields says Carroll blocked her eye.
Fire at the Hanger Thompson department estore on the first floor leveled the four story building in Walla Walla. Mrs. W. C. Hanger and C. J. Munroe were rescued from a rooming house above after ropes were used to lower them to safety. The blaze threatened the entire business district for a time.
President Wilson reached his office at nine oclock and immediately began urgent business. His private secretary Jos Tumulty arrived an hour earlier, before any door keepers appeared. It is noted that no secretary has arrived so early in years.
A brisk flourish of print prompts a reference to Seattle as a seaport of success, invoking imagery of bright horizons and forward momentum. The line foregrounds urban vitality and maritime industry as symbols of achievement.
Luisa Tetrazzini Mary Garden and Caroline White will lead a large company for four performances in Seattle the first week of April. The tour is backed by a $44,000 guarantee from Seattle music lovers for the production, with seats priced from $2 to $7 per performance.
In New Haven Mass on March 6 doctors say the infant son of Mr and Mrs Raffaele Degennaro born via Caesarean 20 minutes after the mother's death from gunshot wounds inflicted by the father will live The mother died and the baby was delivered at St Raphael Hospital after the father shot the wife and wounded the mother-in-law Angelina Gavona before fleeing
Rose Marshall, who admitted taking 720 dollars from a man who was to marry her and living in the same house, is sent to the Walla Walla penitentiary to serve two to 11 years for grand larceny. She claimed the money was in her custody for John Wist, who denied the claim and helped prosecute. An indefinite sentence was imposed by Judge Ronald.
Work on the new Bryant school will start at once after the contractor W Johnson secured Wednesday approval of his bond. local officials indicate the project proceeds on schedule with state and district support.
Wholesale dealers report rock bottom egg price at 20 cents with storage underway. Mild weather aids operations while strong demand from Spokane and Vancouver helps clear surplus stock.
It isn’t the amount you earn but what you save that counts. Your independence grows from savings, and the best way is to make earnings stretch. Read The Seattle Star ads daily to find money-saving opportunities on essentials from top Seattle stores advertising regularly at tempting prices. Start today and be astonished at the savings.
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