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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1911
Page
3
A fragment from The Star on March 11 1911 presents a satirical piece by Condo about Everett True and a mock battle with headlines and jumbled verse. It mentions Oscar and Adolf with unclear context and includes garbled lines about military disdain and a romance with a young apothecary.
Dr Hall reports American strength leading among 300 college students, with Chinese second, Japanese third, Hindu last. He cites average strength gaps of 14.8 percent over Chinese, 11 percent over Japanese, and 2.2 percent over Hindu, attributing American superiority to physical culture and brawn.
Here is Will H. Morris the big criminal attorney who lost the case yesterday for his client C. D. Hillman. Morris is understood to have received $25,000 for his work. He must defend another man indicted for crime Charles W. Wappenstein late chief of police accused by the grand jury of taking a bribe from Clarence Gerald and Gideon Tup for letting the Northern Gaming club operate.
Attorney W. P. Bell will fill the Snohomish county judgeship as announced by friends of Gov. Hay. W. V. Tanner becomes Bell’s successor, with George Lee assisting Tanner after leading the impeachment of Insurance Commissioner Shively. Senator Falconer opposed Bell’s choice and wanted his own candidate.
Beattie Commercial club reports about $30 000 raised to aid starving Chinese with aims to reach $50 000. Daphne Pollard Stock Co at the Lote theatre offered a benefit. Washington theatre moving picture house at Firetay and Columbia announced next Wednesday receipts would go to the cause. State university students plan a large rally next week to raise funds.
Mrs Bensle J Savage wife of attorney George M Savage a leading advocate for equal suffrage collapsed and died of heart trouble during a Women's Century Club meeting at the Federation club house Harvard av N and E Thomas st Dr Francie McLaughlin said she suffered concealed heart trouble Read about them on page 6 and think over for you later
Mary Tiedemann expressed gratitude to The Star readers for their help amid hardship. The funds and supplies totaling about 200 dollars included cash gifts and items for her family, plus additional support for an elderly couple and a Pacific block tenants list, with contributions from individuals and Welch Crotty attorneys.
Bellefontaine native Eugene Wood writes about his hometown in two stories Back Home and Folks Back Home highlighting old home people. His Bellefontaine theme attracts advertising and ties to the city’s commercial club era. In San Francisco, Edward H. Tuck, 30, dies after a fall from Hotel Tallac and skylight crash.
Current markets list meat feed, poultry, and produce prices across Eastern Washington. Includes butter, eggs, ducks, pigeons, and wholesale grain costs, with regional variances by farm and storage. Prices cover beef, lamb, veal, live poultry, vegetables, fruit, and staples like potatoes and onions for local buyers and markets.
A letter from attorneys to Chief Bannock prompts a cascade of family notices. The Thelma Rush of Spokane seeks A M Rush. Nellie Falstrom Collins, missing since last August with a baby, worries Mrs J S West of Everett. Other families in Spokane, Sleepy Eye, West Salem and Olympia search for Tobin, Hischel, Deviin, and more.
A Missouri Kansas & Texas merchandise train was robbed near Lorian station when Brakeman T. J. Cahill was found slain with a crushing blow. The robbers boarded at the guard and pried open a box car to take packages, marking the third such robbery in six months.
Leonia W. Brown, attorney, states she has no ambition to serve as a superior court judge. She says she would not accept the post if offered, and that rumors of Olympia pursuit are false. A petition was jokingly circulated by some senators at session’s end.
According to John Larson Jack Adame and Tom McLean formerly mining on Dome creek a rich streak has been struck on Snow gulch yielding 4 dollars per square foot of bed rock. One acre south of the city in well watered locality with good soil price 1060 dollars A B Newell 120 Spring Mt.
Fred Schwarz a wealthy rancher in Healdsburg California killed his sisters Launie and Lena with a double barreled shotgun. He broke down in Santa Rosa jail after the killings and wept as details emerged that he claimed temporary insanity.
In response to urgent telegraphic orders from the war department Adjutant General Fred Llewellyn of the national guard wired a list of 30 officers he recommends for active field service with federal troops mobilizing on the Mexican border. He would not admit Washington orders instructed him to place the guard on an actual fighting basis but acknowledged the force is being equipped for actual service as fast as possible.
Whalen was re-arrested in Portland by Police Chief Bannick at Burns Detective Agency request after a grand jury indicted him for taking stolen goods into Oregon. He will be transported to Portland immediately for further proceedings.
Special orders from the navy department go to all recruiting officers along the Pacific coast urging a substantial increase in enlistments for service in the United States Navy.
The notice advertises $25 to $50 weekly in automobile work with thousands of positions nationwide. It cites about 200,000 cars to be manufactured this year and invites men to sell repair drive and demonstrate autos and trucks. It promotes Rochester Automobile School at 1505 Church St for rapid training with $10 weekly while learning.
Joseph T. Greenleaf cashier of the bank attests the financial statement for the Beattie Washington bank as of March 1911. The document lists cash in vault and at bank, deposits, discounted and secured notes, bonds and securities, real estate owned, and total assets and liabilities. The statement is sworn to be true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
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