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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1913
Page
1
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Dr Clarence S Noble in New York reports on the Friedmann tuberculosis treatment. He describes the culture injection method, the role of non-toxany bacilli, and a proposed demonstration at Mount Sinai Hospital with Dr Friedmann and his associates.
A garbled OCR item mentions a show with names like Jeff and Loren. Details are unreadable. No clear event, date, or organization can be confirmed from the fragment.
The Star led with a Wilson family arrival photo for the inaugural week. A rival paper published the same image two days later and generated buzz over printing the first pictures.
Ward a machinist at 5361 Rainier av, struck his wife with a claw hammer and tried to kill himself amid insomnia fears. Mrs Ward died at city hospital while Ward lay seriously injured, both treated by Dr B C Lanter. Son’s account recalls the sudden violence and pleas to guard him. Police report no settlement yet in a separate fraud case aired in Chicago.
More than 100 young women teachers, many newly married, press the Brooklyn Erasmus Hall case for a full year leave of absence for Mrs Katherine Campbell Edgell to become a mother. The city board opposes the plan though the high school committee supports it. Edgell, on sick leave for two months, plans to leave regardless to cover the child's early life.
London reports militant actions as three railway stations Saunder ton Buckinghamshire Croxley Green London Wat ford were set ablaze or damaged. Banners reading Votes for women appeared amid the fires. Police found militant suffragists and four women hurled papers at the royal coach as King George opened Parliament.
In Tacoma the radical faction of the socialist party won a clear victory over conservatives after a lengthy fight that extended into a night session in Wagles hall. Personal clashes and sharp charges marked the confrontation as delegates argued their futures.
Thousands of strikers go back to work in Akron as the rubber free strike nears its end. Pickets remain but the ranks are thinned and activity settles after weeks of disruption.
Quenting Gai.Sen sentenced to hang Friday asks for black coffee, a good cigar, and a Neapolitan and Athenian ballad sung by a willing woman before execution. Warden would grant the wish if a singer can be found to perform in the condemned man’s final hours.
Rev. Jack Dunstan of Adelaide will assume the West Seattle Congregational pulpit after the death of his father H Tremayne Dun n. The cablegram from the son to the eldest brother notes Dunstan began preaching at 18 and is 26 finishing theological studies.
Lieutenant Governor Barrett O Hara asked President Wilson to meet with investigators probing wage issues after women testified about starvation wages. He plans to push a federal minimum wage for women, noting Chicago merchants may support it and neighboring states consider similar probes. James Simpson of Marshall Field & Co. questioned on profits denied. he says a living wage for women might be $8 to $9 weekly and could raise costs borne by the public.
Sergeant Boggess introduces a Seattle city council bill aimed at restricting minors 17 and younger from roaming streets at night and limiting hotel access for under 18s. If enacted, the measure would also prohibit hiring minors as hotel bell staff and restrict unsupervised automobile trips after curfews in winter and summer.
In Ruston two burglars were killed by a sheriff s posse after they attempted to rob P Popevich s residence for his weekly payroll. Officers concealed in the parlor ordered the robbers to surrender. they fired first and were killed by return fire.
Superior Judge Geo H Buck faces a puzzled outlook as five women sit on the venire with several cases likely to require lengthy deliberation. The law bar separation of juries and jurors have been locked together for days, complicating proceedings in his calendar.
Five women jurors told Deputy Prosecutor Edgar Wright they are not prejudiced against capital punishment. They form the jury trying Olney W. Gault, who shot his father Albert P. Gault at Hobart on January 16. Gaulttestifies self defense claiming the quarrel started when his father threatened his mother. Jurors named are Charlotte Gillen Millie Beach Florence Coblentz Minnie Haire and Alfreta Hoffstater.
Testimony of girl employees in stores and laundries will be heard tonight by the Los Angeles municipal commission investigating women's wages. The session will be held behind closed doors to protect workers who fear to testify openly.
Ayreshire Scotland March 10 Eighteen men are reported killed and many injured when an explosion wrecked Nobels dynamite works. The blast caused extensive damage and disruption across the town.
Three consumptive patients treated at People's hospital by Dr Frederick Friedmann are reported to be improving. Dr Landesman says chest pains and night sweats have disappeared and overall condition shows marked progress. Dr Noble arrives to assess Friedmann claims with cautious optimism amid autopsy findings in Seattle.
New York dispatch reports Johna McNamara alias Australian Mack surrendered to Canadian authorities for the Bank of Montreal robbery in New Westminster British Columbia. He will be taken there at once. William Shaw, general secretary of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, spoke to a large crowd at First Baptist church Sunday afternoon.
The English Woolen Mills advertise made to order suits for 15 dollars and promote their new spring fabrics in today's Star page 2. The Star urges readers to note daily merchant ads and consider Seattle’s leading stores for money saving buys and reliable merchandise.
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