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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
1
The Star and Northwest Scripps papers launched a mothers pensions campaign less than six months ago. Progressives in the legislature pushed the bill past standpatter delays and a vote was secured. Governor Sister will sign, and in 90 days the law takes effect. The campaign achieved rapid, effective results.
Maud J Josceone of the leading witnesses at the Chicago vice inquiry testified about employment in stores Miss Eleanor Ben who told the commission conditions in a big Chicago store Miss Emily Houck a department store employer testified at the inquiry
Harold Tucker, a 15 year old Seattle boy with tuberculosis like symptoms, hopes for Friedmann's serum as Dr. Noble travels to New York to verify the claim. The Tuckers await possible Berlin treatment or a Seattle visit while doctors weigh the cure’s promise against skepticism. The outcome hinges on Noble’s findings and access to the serum.
The Oxford crew defeated Cambridge in the annual boat race by three-quarters of a boat length. The contest is described as one of the most spectacular in history with the outcome in doubt until the final 100 yards.
Olympia March 13 Senate bill 328 is today stripped of its poisonous fangs. A failed bid to force city owned public service plants to submit to private rate controls ends with Hastings securing an amendment protecting city plants like Seattle light from general rate complaints.
R G Cornell of 722 16th Ave N E drove past without horn and struck Miss Helen Nutt of 2303 Dexter St. He released on own recognizance. Nutt suffered head contusions and shoulder bruises and was hospitalized. The 7:40 AM incident occurred near First and Yesler Way.
Carl Hartnett 20 a former Queen Anne High School basketball player proposed to Misa Rowene Fitch a former Queen Anne student while riding a motorcycle Wednesday they were married by Reverend Tingling.
Fort Smith Arkansas March 13 after being convicted of burning his three motherless children to death Marion Capps a Methodist preacher received the death penalty in court today the verdict and sentence mark a grim outcome for the case heard in the local courthouse
The senatorial commission on the white slave question, now in Chicago, plans an Eastern tour starting March 30 with Albany, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. It will present findings to President Wilson and urge Congress to pass a federal minimum wage law to combat trafficking nationwide. The effort, begun in Illinois, is spreading to other states.
Letters to the senatorial vice investigation commission in Chicago blame men, not wages, for the downfall of women in the underworld. One signer KROL argues factors like low wages and exploitation contribute but deny personal responsibility. The youths note men’s coercion, urging male reform to uplift women. The probe travels to Washington seeking White House support.
Spokane Senator Dick Hutchinson, frustrated after the house killed two pet measures, begins a tangle on the last session day by reading every word of every bill in the senate. He aims to derail at least 100 house bills with his method, as Len Campbell brands the tactic childish.
Olympia March 13. Gov Lt Gov opposes spending 500000 for an interstate Columbia River bridge at Vancouver. Senate upholds veto of 30000 for land office inspection after earlier vote. Governor signs road bill imposing 1 percent tax mills in 1914 and 1 mill in 1916.
In police court Judge Gordon fined H Hastings ten dollars H C McCullough twenty dollars H Jones twenty dollars and A D Carmody fifteen dollars for auto speeding. A separate notice mourns the death of the Litts' only son killed by a car near 2739 Madison Street, underscoring the price of speeding with the loss of a human life.
In Ohio, William Welch, 25, took a few pounds of bacon to survive after hardship and unemployment. He pled guilty to breaking and entering an inhabited dwelling at night, receiving life imprisonment as the jury did not recommend mercy. The case highlights perceived harshness of the law and its impact on Welch’s mental health.
In sympathy with a strike against M. Vollman & Co. the I. W. W. succeeded in calling out 70 men from nine shops in the city. Non affiliated tailors in non I. W. W. shops were not affected.
Breaking all records a wireless communication link is established between Key West and Cairo Egypt spanning about 7000 miles. The event marks a historic long distance connection between the two cities.
Sea Breeze Florida March 13 The notion that John D Rockefeller cannot eat is challenged by his daily menu. For breakfast oatmeal lamb chops baked potato toast milk. Luncheon clam broth fish cold chicken toast rice pudding. Dinner oysters crab meat roast chicken rice spinach baked potato. Rockefeller says meat people eat too much and his rule is to rise from the table a little hungry. He is 73 and weighs 168 pounds.
Corporation Counsel Bradford says any challenge to Griffiths amendment on speed ordinance imprisonment will fail. Public safety committee recommends passage and the measure is expected to pass. Bradford notes the council has right to impose imprisonment as penalty, with repeal unlikely except on grounds of unreasonableness.
Judge R S Beak of the United States circuit court in Portland Oregon will come to Seattle to relieve the federal court business caused by Judge Howard's departure. Judge Begun travels to Seattle at the request of Chief Justice Gilbert of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to assist.
W E Bair a private detective and electrician is found dead in his bed at the Berkshire hotel. Police and coroner believe he took poison in a self inflicted death. A note in crayon asks to notify his brother D L Barr. A missing woman aged about 18 who lived with him is sought after leaving a light suit and undergarment. A separate item notes the Y M C A boys choir will sing Palm Sunday at Green Lake Congregational church.
United Press report from Nogales on March 13 describes a border battle between constitutional rebels and the Mexican federal garrison. Federal casualties include 17 killed and 11 wounded as villages on the Sonora side see cross border traffic and crowds on the American side watch the fighting.
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