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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
8
48 United Press reports William E. Smith, a Kentucky State College student, bound and gagged by hazers and left in a freight car, vanished. police suspect exposure caused his death. The incident occurred near Lexington with the boxcar scene noted.
State Department reports Japan seeks to halt Japanese emigration to the United States to block a new exclusion act. Officials say the mikado aims to stop immigration by prohibiting movement to Hawaii and beyond.
City Council debates a proposed 1.6 million bond while Councilman Eugene Way pitches a 1 million expansion of sewer lines to Southeast Seattle suburbs from Beattle to Georgetown and Youngstown. He aims to submit at a special election early next year amid ongoing discussion on the Sawyer bond issue.
Cortland New York October 6 Senator Benjamin Wilcox renomination candidate for the fortieth district who voted against the anti race track bill has been defeated. The convention was deadlocked for a week.
Court ruling reported by United Press from Los Gel dated October 6 shows Judge Weliborn deciding a notable federal case. The brief item notes procedural outcomes and immediate implications, with emphasis on the judge and court action.
Almon Woodworth, a retired capitalist, died from injuries after a fall on basement steps at his Tacoma residence. Born in Pennsylvania, he served in the Union Army during the Civil War and moved to Tacoma in 1887 where he became prominent in financial circles.
In Syracuse on October 6 De Wolf Hopper performed in What Happened Then when the hook on his belt slipped and he fell ten feet to the floor. The curtain dropped and Hopper was rushed to his dressing room with the audience stunned by the accident.
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