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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1912
Page
1
The ceremony marked Seattle's transition as F Cotterill took office before about 2 500 attendees at the Grand Opera house. He pledged public service and credited reforms in lighting, health, utilities, and budgets, recalling Mayor Byron Phelps' term.
Police and Pinkertons say Diehm, tracked for months, is linked to the Montreal and New Westminster robberies. John McNamara, a San Francisco saloonman, is in New York under arrest and alleged gang leader. Diehm faces charges in Chicago for murder and Richmond Virginia for a post office robbery.
John ONeill of Aberdeen Washington begins a circumnavigation bid for $10000 offered by August D merchant of Londonderry Ireland. He must travel penniless without begging or borrowing and return to San Francisco on St Patrick's Day to claim the prize and pursue an Irish marriage proposal. His age is given as handsome and he is said to possess ample blarney.
A March 13 report tells of a man overboard during a gale near Bird Rock and his wife clinging to a post amid hunger and fire. Rescued by a seal or surfmen, she survives after a perilous night as others hear whistles and bell signals fading in the fog.
Paris dispatch notes Manuel II former king of Portugal travels to Tower Austria to woo Princess Elizabeth of Braganza after a Vienna meeting with dancer Gaby. Elizabeth turns 18 next November while Manuel nears 23 that month.
Photographs capture the transfer of city hall duties as Dilling hands the office to Cotterill. The scene includes formal remarks and a bond receipt being presented to the new mayor amid inauguration activities and ceremonial pageantry.
William, a tough but compassionate operative, partners with Dr Frank Heath to run The Open Door in Seattle. The duo serve down and outs with sermons and hands on help, William guiding actions while the doctor preaches. William handles meals, wages, clothing, and lodging, while enforcing discipline and job placement.
Don D. Dewey 32 manager of the Woolen Mills Co attempted death by taking poison at the Seattle Athletic Club in room 493 about 10 15 this morning He was treated by Dr Hurd and moved to City Hospital where he is recovering not seriously ill He declined to reveal the cause of his despondency.
At noon the new mayor stated there will be no immediate changes in city offices. Police Chief Bannick, Fire Chief Stetson, and Callett remain in their posts, with future efficiency tweaks possible. Bannick, the youngest Seattle police chief and a University of Michigan alumnus, has led since succeeding Wappenstein.
Forty detectives from Richmond plus deputy sheriffs and farmers closed in on the Allen gang in Devils Den, a Blue Ridge fortress eight miles from Hillaville. Three U S revenue agents led the posse as dawn smoke rose from the outlaw camp signaling breakfast preparat ions.
H S Tanner of Los Angeles known as the father of the fast cure is due in Seattle tomorrow at age 80. He previously undertook a 40 day fast and now challenges State and King County boards to debate the efficacy of fasting versus medicines in defense of Dr Hazzard theory. no reply has been received.
In San Antonio Texas March 18 fourteen people are known dead after a locomotive exploded in Southern Pacific yards. Parts of bodies were blown hundreds of feet. Officials admit 14 dead and estimates place the toll as high as twenty five to thirty.
Fair tonight with light frost and moderate southwest winds. Noon temperature listed as 44 degrees.
John Scott 55 was found hanged in a hunter's cabin near Peterson's lumber camp in Hollywood yesterday. The body dangled from a rope fixed to a beam. Wm Ferguson, who last spoke with him Saturday, found the scene. Scott quit his Peterson Co job last Tuesday and told Ferguson he planned to hike soon.
Lincoln Nebraska March 18 fugitive convicts Gray Morley and Dowd died in a barn gun battle near Gretna as posses hunted for Arden Delahunty Deputy Warden Charles Wagner and Usher A C Heilman killed at the penitentiary last Thursday. Morley fought on while Dowd killed himself and Gray was shot.
President Taft denounces the soap box or presidential primary as open to fraud and violence and vows to oppose judge recall. He argues the constitution bases government on representation and criticizes direct democracy, targeting Col. Theodore Roosevelt in his remarks to the Massachusetts Legislature.
Jack Binns begins a series on wireless construction with a page 6 feature teaching how to build a tuning coil. Lesson No 2 promised for tomorrow as readers are urged to form a Binns Wireless club in Seattle.
The port commission asserts momentum on Harbor Island terminals, stating ownership is prerequisite to any contract. Condemnation actions proceed while engineers prepare necessary work as officials pledge to build swiftly and by best, safest method.
The Star proclaims open circulation for inspection at any time and its unique press room access in Seattle. It asserts guaranteed daily paid circulation over 40,000 and credits advertising as the driver of reader trust. The paper claims wide readership and merchant patronage through its co operation policy.
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