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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
9
Walter Johnson, a longshoreman, was severely wounded by a gunshot to the stomach Tuesday night. He is in city hospital with the bullet unrecovered, following a dispute at the Ivy hotel where he tried to enter a room occupied by Ross, the alleged shooter, who is held at the city jail without bail.
The listing highlights Moore-Dark and Seattie-Dark shows along with Metropolitan Blanche Bates in Nobody's Widow at the Orpheum Vaudeville. Empress Pantages and Grand Vaudeville present varied vaudeville and motion picture programs with Clemmer Melbourne photoplays and vaudeville.
Franklin testified in the Darrow trial that he urged Darrow to secure 4000 dollars for juror Lockwood on November 27. Darrow said he would try to obtain the funds by noon. An arrangement with bank safety and Captain White to hold the money was discussed, with White initially skeptical about Lockwood.
Anton Weber in county jail on a forgery charge claims a remittance of 150 dollars per month from his wealthy Berlin physician father is far too small to live on. He asserts he cannot exist on that sum.
The article traces in brief the four occasions when the president and vice president were from opposing parties. It covers 1789 Washington Adams, 1796 Adams Jefferson, 1824 Adams Calhoun, 1840 Harrison Tyler, and 1865 Lincoln Johnson, noting constitutional changes and political shifts.
Harry M. Byers, a ticket clerk in the Canadian Pacific general offices in Seattle, departs for Portland to assume the position of city ticket agent there.
An advertisement promotes a new freckle treatment from Martell Drug Co offering a money back guarantee. It claims the product removes freckles and acne to yield a smoother complexion and invites readers to try the remedy at limited cost.
Everett area dispatch notes that Probation Officer W. E Randall seeks Mrs Edith Brown of Edmonds after the court relinquished three daughters aged 10 12 and 15 to the probation officer. The officer will arrest Mrs Brown if located for abducting one of her children.
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