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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
2
Paris reports the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, has been recovered after a Louvre theft. The piece’s current location and discovery site were not disclosed by La Presse in its extra edition.
Victor Cornell who raced from Seattle to San Francisco in under ten days in a stolen car was ordered by Governor Johnson to be sent back for Washington state charges. He will return in custody of Detective Wm. B. Kent who delivered the requisition papers in Sacramento.
A series of archival questions links 1909 tax collection costs in King County to 1911 figures, notes on G A R leaders and Seattle council members, mentions Aberdeen progressive chair George H Walker, Tacoma prosecuting attorney, and past Seattle high school champions. It also touches on candidates Clark Underwood natives, Taft and Judson Hicman Ohio origins, and a claim about Mrs Milton F Davis and Blanche Bates being the same person born in Portland Oregon.
The Ayers Terminal Co. was allowed until June 12 to present its delayed proposition to the port commission. The concession followed claims by Eastern men backing the company that they could not be ready by the May 27 original deadline.
Emma Goldman and her manager Dr. Ben Reitman slipped out of Sacramento on the Portland express after midnight. An audience of 100 heard her discuss San Diego experiences and attack the institution of marriage in a free Sacramento lecture.
Lewia Baron 18th and First was convicted in Judge Gordon's court after Tuesday arrest on playground interference charges. He received 100 days in jail and a $30 fine and gave notice of appeal. He had been lingering near the Collins playground and was accused of harassing boys at play.
In Judge Main's court a dispute pits autoist against motorcyclist over who caused a crash on the Seattle Tacoma road. The autoist claims eight miles per hour versus thirty five, while the motorcyclist contends forty miles per hour as speed. Tennie M. White seeks 2500 from Robertridges who drove the car.
Miss Agnes L. Saye aged 28 is selected as the first female drummer to travel to South America. She speaks Spanish and French along with English and has sold goods across the United States.
A jewelry maker petitions the superior court seeking a name change from Olsen to Olen Botthen. The applicant currently uses the Botthen surname and requests legal recognition of the new name.
Washington May 31 chairman Hay of the house military committee and chairman Sulzer of the foreign affairs committee voiced strong opposition to intervention in Cuba and declared they believe no such action by the United States will be necessary.
William Dowley the steeple jack who fell from a seven foot chimney at Beatte Rendering Co remains alive and probably will recover. He sustained a slight fracture of the head and a fracture of the third cervical vertebra. He will be taken home to the East when strength returns.
North Yakima May 41 Hellingham will host the state convention of the United National Association of Post Office Clerks next year. F Pursell of North Yakima was elected delegate to the national convention and P A Osborn of Ritzville was chosen president.
Mayor Cotterill will make the commencement day address at Wenatchee High School today. He left town late last night and is due back on city duties tomorrow morning.
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