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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1912
Page
7
Campaign staff and supporters gather at the Adlendale cafeteria tonight for a final official briefing on Cotterill's campaign. The banquet starts at 6 50 with 50 cents per person, limited to 2 dollars for eligible attendees, and Mayor Cotterill will speak.
Mystery over Charles Friendship, an elderly English recluse who died Feb 2 1911 in Los Angeles, left England property valued at 1 million to Mrs. Milton Cullison. The will was traced to Sir Charities Clements, uncle of the Earl of Leitrim, now in San Francisco to review his uncle's death. Carlson, once neighbor, aided the recluse and is to meet the Earl in San Francisco.
Raymond Higgins, a cafe entertainer, faced charges for allegedly betraying Violet Le Vere, 19, a cripple, and pawning her jewelry to keep the money. Police say Higgins has contributed to the moral delinquency of at least five local girls. he is held on $10,000 bond pending further investigation.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr leaves San Francisco for New York to join a Wall Street bond house as a salon. At a formal banquet, he smiles and speaks of California loyalty, while speakers pledge strong support for his father and hint at a future presidential bid.
Charles Meuser filed a $36,000 damages suit against John B. Agen for injuries from an elevator incident at the Agen store. He alleges his head was caught between the elevator and a door causing a fractured skull, eye hemorrhages, and paralysis in his right arm and shoulder while unloading freight on the fourth floor.
In Wellesley March 22 the Wellesley College News reports girls retreat after bad marks. A senior asks a sophomore about her plan to go drown sorrow in tea at the South Natick inn, a playful remark on academic woes.
Washington March 22 a widow lost a suit against four great railroads in the supreme court over the fellow servant law as applied to railroad employes. The court held the railroads need not answer in damages for the death of her husband a car repairer killed by negligent trainmen. The case involved John Petia a Grand Trunk Railway car repairer in Chicago. Federal judges could not decide if employment put in operation the fellow servant rule to exempt the railroad from liability for the trainmen’s negligence. The highest court says the trainmen were fellow servants.
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