06 May 1912
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1912
Page
1
E B Andersen, injured eye from a hatpin in crowded street car, fears loss of sight. He backs an anti hatpin ordinance, urging limits on hatpin length and protrusion beyond hats, noting similar laws in eastern cities and Europe.
Miss Maud Mitten known as Paula Dana sues Col. Edward Harrison Power of Chicago for breach of promise after two years of 1 400 letters. The letters describe affection and mockingly praise her plump figure while she asserts she is not fat just nice and plump.
At Elum Washington May 6 a passenger train No 17 ran into an open switch colliding head on with a locomotive leaving the yard. The engine and two express cars overturned. Jordan the fireman was pinned and killed while the engineer was severely injured.
An Atlantic City magistrate ruled against a man who kicked a six month old dog from the sidewalk into the street. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail for the act, with the court deeming the action unlawful despite the dog being described as a nuisance.
Pair tonight and Tuesday forecast shows fair skies and rising temperatures. Noon readings expected warmer with light westerly winds.
A sensational New York story recounts how a surgeon swapped brains between a Polish Jew named Warschawski and his own son in London. The son, now a celebrated novelist and dramatist, has works staged in Dow and a London manager secured a contract with him.
Italian vegetable peddler Frank Napoli shot during a dispute with his wife over a revolver at 1121 17th Ave. 8 W. The 23 day old baby died at 1 AM after a struggle for the weapon. Napoli, his wife, and two children were detained. an inquest is planned.
United Press dispatch from Baltimore reports Maryland’s first presidential primary underway amid uneven early results. Roosevelt supporters claim gains while Taft factions also show strength as final results are not expected until tomorrow.
Mrs Ellen Spencer Museey is nominated to succeed Judge Delacy on the District of Columbia juvenile court bench. If appointed she would be the first woman to hold a federal judgeship, with backing from Attorney General Wickersham and 15 Washington women lawyers.
May 6 report from New York states Anton Besinger, an ashman, fell asleep in an unused furnace of a large garage and awoke amid burning gasoline soaked waste. He sued and secured $6,000 in damages for injuries.
A Confederate veterans special train leaving New Orleans crashed near East Abuchie this morning, killing eight veterans. Rescue crews reported several injuries as the wreck disrupted a Civil War veterans event in New Orleans.
Israel Sahn files for divorce in Trenton alleging Yetta Meiter fled after learning of his seven children with his first wife. The suit centers on the unusual family tale and Sahn’s threat to sue any party linking him to a stolen brain rumored in New York and London.
A Seattle waterfront boy nicknamed Moocher is placed at the Parental School on Mercer Island after a run from the streets. He resists discipline, learns to work and study, and finally wants to stay when told his island time may end.
New York May 6 Peter W. Collins resigns as international secretary of the Electrical Workers' Brotherhood asserting socialism is a menace to the nation and to unionism and pledging to combat it.
Rome reports that on May 6 Minister of War Spingardi announced Italian troops have occupied the island of Rhodes amid ongoing Mediterranean actions. The development marks a significant expansion of Italian military activity in the region.
Pierce County with 53 delegates exerts influence as the Democratic State Convention opens in Walla Walla. The contest pits Champ Clark against Woodrow Wilson with Wilson favored to seat King County, while Pierce votes remain uninstructed. Delegations from several counties are split or doubtful as plan for primaries unfolds.
Thirty people drowned in a levee break in Coupee parish as Mississippi River floodwaters surge through Louisiana and Mississippi. Authorities report 12 bodies recovered with the death toll likely rising to about fifty as hundreds flee inundated towns and thousands face food and shelter shortages.
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