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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
6
The Olympian of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway pulled out of Seattle in two sections. It claims to be the first time a transcontinental train has needed a second section from this city due to summer excursion tickets sold for visitors to the East, with return trips by fall.
At headquarters patrolman Eph Brafford hid behind lockers after two women teased him during a September Morn gag. They tried to pursuade subscription but fled as Brafford was finally confronted and compelled to step into uniform.
Wojciech Wlodarcyk sought to rename himself Peter Porg. The judge struggled through mispronunciations before granting the petition. Peter Porg left the courtroom.
In Jamestown North Dakota Claudia Ripley 16 Bernice Ripley 16 twins and Mabel Matchie 17 died in the year’s first drowning accident. The trio were swimming when Claudia slipped into a deep hole near the shore. Bernice and Mabel leaped to rescue but all three sank together unable to be saved.
San Francisco May 28 Bertillon experts declare the midnight arrest for the Matthew Sparkman robbery identifies the suspect as Bernard Whitelaw who recently served a sentence in the Washington state reformatory for burglary. The prisoner denied identification but experts say it is certain and allege he was sentenced from Seattle in 1910.
Under a $12,000,000 syndicate led by Adolphus Busch, a string of new hotels will rise in Pacific coast cities. Plans call for magnificent hotels at Portland, Los Angeles, and two at Santa Monica. The St. Francis in San Francisco and the Hotel Washington in Seattle have been invited to join.
Gladya Elwyn McQuinn, 14, from Pittsburg Kan, yearns to dance and kept wealth in jitneys a week after leaving home with $110. Police arrested her following a search by her stepfather C. E. Woodbury who had her description posted in stations. Miss Louise 4H. Stone, daughter of G. H. Stone, and F. T. Hickcox, Fraser-Paterson advertising manager, were married Tuesday night.
Hamburg, May 28. Karl Hagenbeck, famed animal collector, died April 14 from a venomous snake bite suffered seven years earlier. The attending physician links the long term venom to liver damage as the cause of death.
The Greenbank Company promotes Western Washington agricultural land on Whidby Island. It acquired 6 200 acres, set aside 1 200 for a model farm, cleared 200, and a large crew farms more land. About 4 000 acres remain for sale in five and forty acre tracts through Calvin Phillips & Co. Some parcels already sold.
An advertisement touts Croxone as a cure for rheumatism and kidney troubles, claiming it removes the root cause by neutralizing uric acid and toxins. It asserts rapid relief from initial doses, guarantees money back, and notes a tri-daily regimen for a few days to conquer backache and urinary disorders.
Washington May 28 Rep Cordell Hull author of the new income tax law says the measure is double riveted airtight and safe from assaults. He asserts the bill is impervious to court challenges and has been drafted to resist flaws that could imperil enforcement. Hull and the Ways and Means committee deny plans to test the law in court.
Freight train Coneo reaching Menominee reports one car missing after a split near Talbot. Trainmen backtracked to recover the runaway, which jumped the track on ice in darkness and was recoupled to rejoin the consist. No siding setout occurred and crew continued to Menominee.
The Boosters Club of Rainier Beach has organized to develop Rainier Beach, aiming to cooperate with similar groups while remaining independent. The Ladies' Musical Club met and reelected Mitchell Gilliam as president with new officers elected. The Washington chapter of the American Guild of Organists will present a fourth public service concert at First Presbyterian Church tonight.
Santa Barbara May 28 Stewart Edward White an author and big game hunter plans an extended African hunt. He will be joined by R J Cunningham a veteran African big game hunter. The pair travel alone into regions southwest of Lake Nyanza and largely unexplored by whites.
Miss Lucy A Balmer daughter of Mrs Catherine L Balmer owner of a Coney Island bathing establishment eloped with Edward Noonan a year ago The mother Mrs Balmer died leaving an estate of 750000 A codicil after the elopement revokes one third bequest to Mrs Noonan Also in Olympia Washington the supreme court fixes damages at 1000 in a mill case requiring a 500 reduction for a new trial
Through the efforts of the W C T U the release of Mrs. Ellen Ellis from the Steilacoom asylum has been secured. It was found that nervous ness was Mrs. Ellis' only ailment.
Memorial services will be held in all Long Beach churches Sunday for the victims of last Saturday's collapse at the Auditorium. Two score persons died in the disaster. The coroner's jury probing the case was expected to continue today.
An unidentified man was run over by a switch engine in Portland yards early today, with both legs severed above the knees. Hope for recovery is reported. A meeting of the End Progressive Club is planned at Good Eats Cafeteria Friday.
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