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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
3
May 11. Roosevelt backers predict a landslide in California with Senator J W Stetson saying an overwhelming victory is certain. Taft supporters foresee a Taft majority on the 14th, claiming San Francisco will go two to one for Taft.
President Taft grants another ninety day reprieve to Mattie Lomax a prisoner in Washington awaiting execution by hanging on May 20 for the murder of her husband the clemency decision comes after hundreds of petitions for mercy are received Lomax is described as a dying woman in her cell and the delay extends her stay of execution in federal custody
Lee McKenzie of the Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau urges establishment of an independent high pressure mains system in Seattle business districts. He notes inadequate mains on Second Ave and warns a blaze could be far more dangerous than needed if fire boats cannot pump.
Port Scott Kansas May 11 The case against Fred Warren editor of the Appeal to Reason a claim publication charged with sending obscene matter through the mails has been postponed by agreement No trial date is set.
President Taft sends a special message to Congress urging the appointment of a commission to study patent laws and propose amendments to remove the patent monopoly created by a recent United States Supreme Court decision.
The New York appellate division reversed a habeas corpus ruling for Foulke & Brandt, ex valet to Mortimer Schiff, who faced a 20 year term on theft charges believed to be perjured. He will likely be rearrested and sent to Dannemora or serve the term, currently living on bond at White Stone, Long Island.
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