Werner Trial Opens Amid Courtroom Crowd and Pleas for Baby
Magdalena Werner pleads to state prosecutor for access to her baby during the second day of trial. The crowded Issaquah courtroom sees tense testimony as the bloody mattock is entered into evidence. Six men and six women serve on the jury while relatives interact with defense and state witnesses.
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Magdalena Werner
J. Edward Wright
W. H. Nelson
Werner Ranch
Issaquah
Werner
Poe
Mary Sutter
Rummens
Henry Werner
Sophie Hall
Hospital Brutality Accuses King County Doctor
An affidavit by William Meister alleges brutal treatment at King County Hospital under Dr. Waldo Richardson. The document describes neglect, inadequate food, forced work, and patient suffering including a tubercular patient tied to a bed. Richardson has not resigned despite press calls.
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Everal
David McKenzie
Waldo Richardson
King County Hospital
Lafe Hamilton
McKenzie
Star
Richardson
King County Medical Association
William
Meister
John T. Casey
Minneapolis
Seattle
Wooden
Thornton
Washington healthiest city and wealthiest state claim
Washington is named the healthiest state and Seattle the healthiest city in the union in the census bureau’s 1913 statistics. The report lists Washington state death rate at 5.0 per thousand and Seattle at 8.4, while North Carolina records 16.8 and the national rate is 14.1 per thousand. Other city rates include Los Angeles 15.0 San Francisco 15.9 Denver 13.7 Chicago 15.1 Boston 16.4 Spokane unknown Portland 9.5 New York 14.3 Philadelphia 15.5.
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Washington
Seattle
Census Bureau
North Carolina
Union
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Denver
Chicago
Boston
Spokane
Portland
Ore
New York
Philadelphia
Sets table for husband then ends her life
Mrs Huma Wlorone, 21, prepared a table with dishes and cutlery at 224 27th Ave yesterday afternoon, closed the kitchen doors, and turned on gas. She killed herself. her husband found her last night, and a note to him explained she could no longer bear their sorrow.
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Huma Wlorone
Viorone
Hilma
Chief Griffiths Calls For Officers’ Ideas To Improve Police
In a general order issued yesterday Chief Griffiths promised credit to officers who offer suggestions to improve the police system. He stated he would welcome any ideas from the men under his command.
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Griffiths
Sam Newcombe Held For Theft In Police Court
Sam H. Newcombe was arrested on a charge of stealing a case of tobacco this morning in police court. He told Judge John B. Gordon he felt invisible at the time. He was given 30 days to resume his earthly form.
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Sam H. Newcombe
John B. Gordon
Joe Kauffman Freed Then Reheld in Courtroom Jump
Joe Kauffman was freed for four minutes yesterday afternoon after being discharged on grand larceny charges. He had been jailed since last November as a witness in the Michaelson case. A deputy sheriff re-arrested him as he prepared to leave, sending him back to the county jail.
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Joe Kauffman
Joe
8. Michaelson
Kennedy
Sanotheme
Things You Ought to Know About Seattle
Seattie page highlights Seattle as a major national port with 60 steamship lines serving Puget Sound, Alaska, Coast cities and the Orient. It reports annual water commerce of 125 million dollars and notes Seattle handles more railway mail routes and Orient dispatches than any other port on the Pacific coast.
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Seattice
Puget Sound
Alaska
Coast
Orient
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Teddy's Return Home From Illness at Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay reports Colonel Roosevelt expected home for dinner today aboard the Booth liner Aidan with arrival in quarantine around 4 p m. A launch will transfer him to Sagamore Hill private pier. Despite fever and leg abscess symptoms, he has improved during the voyage and seeks minimal public display on arrival.
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Yster Bay
Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Aidan
Sagamore Hill
Para
Eldred Leads Alumni Clash Over May Issue
Andrew J. Eldred editor of the Alumnus denounces Wylie Hemphill and Landes for suppressing the May issue on campus. Eldred accuses a private political friend of shielding alleged improper university funds actions as the board of regents meets. Wired reports he will not resign.
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Andrew J. Eldred
The
Alumnus
Washington Alumni Association
Wylie Hemphill
Landes
Herbert T. Condon
Australia relocates parentless children to private foster care
Australia advances a program sending orphaned or abandoned children to private foster families who receive payment for care until the youths reach age fourteen. The plan aims to prevent orphaned wards from entering formal asylums by placing them in monitored private homes.
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Australia
Dancer Camila Casaleri Returns To Court In Kidnap Case
Brown dressed Camila Casaleri, vau deville dancer, testifies again in Judge Gilliam's court against taxi driver Stewart Steele. She recalls the night of the alleged attack when a prayer book slipped from her purse as she described being kidnapped to the city’s outskirts.
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Camila Casaleria
Gilliam
Stewart Steele
Steel
Camila
Miss Casaleri
The Star Want Page Read by Seattle Area Readers
The Best Read Page The Star Want page has become as interesting to The Star readers as the news of the day. They watch for opportunities appearing and are ready to grasp the ones that appeal. Want ads are read by two thirds of Seattle and vicinity readers.
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Star
Seattle
Vicinity
Man with artificial nose, 85, ends life in bay-front death
Despondent over illness, E. Hawkins of 4014 Chilberg Ave hanged himself to a real estate sign at the corner of West Andover and Hillcrest, then shot himself twice. Police found a bank book showing a May 12 deposit of 1,452.10 and $24 in his pockets. Relatives say he was once an ad solicitor and was known locally. The body was discovered by H. B. Ralston at Hillcrest Ave at about 7 AM.
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E. Hawkins
Chilberg
W. Andover
Hillcrest
Hawkins
National Bank of Commerce
H. 8
Ralston
Hillcrest Av
Glass paved Rue de la Republique in Lyons
A Lyons street, Rue de la Republique, is paved with eight inch square glass blocks that fit tightly enough to prevent water from passing between them.
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Lyons
Movies Cause Villain's Mexican Campaign Death Toll Claim
J M Woltz of Youngstown says General Villa staged his Torreon campaign to aid moving picture operators. He alleges Villa delayed the dawn assault to secure film rights, costing hundreds of lives as federals fought rebels for days, with about 1000 rebels killed.
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Youngstown
Villa
Torreon
J. M. Woltz
Mexico
Woltz
Los Angeles
Leper Early Fails to Stay Hidden in Canada Escape
The Tacoma case follows John R. Early, a leper, who escaped quarantine after his divorce from his wife who now fears him. Early’s former wife, now married to George N. Tausau, fears for her life as Early also endangers their children. Early fled toward Canada after a bypassed quarantine, with authorities unsure how he escaped.
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Tacoma
John R. Early
Early
George N. Tausau
Tausau
Philippines
Con
Los Angeles
John Westall
S View
John Early
Port Townsend
Earty
Canada
Victoria
Mellen Shifts Blame on Morgan at Inquiry
Charles S. Mellen former president of the New Haven system testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He said J Pierpont Morgan helped appoint him and claimed Westchester and Port Chester schemes aimed to pressure the New Haven. He recalled a 1907 prophecy that he would be the goat and described clashes with Morgan.
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Washington
New York, New Haven
Hartford R. R
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chas. S. Mellen
Corporation
Folk
Mellen
Northern Pacific R. R
J. Pierpont Morgan
New Haven
Westchester
Tammany
J. Pierpont
Morgan
Wm. Rockefeller
Acting President Landes May Attend Mackinac Conference
Acting University President Landes is expected to attend the Mackinac Conference, signaling ongoing university engagement in regional policy discussions. His attendance emphasizes the institution’s involvement in cross state academic and civic dialogues.
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Landes
University
Mackinac
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