09 Oct 1911
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1911
Page
1
In San Francisco on October 9 union shop workers report 110 clubs supplied to strike breakers housed in Southern Pacific shops. Police commissioners warn armed men outside railroad property will be arrested. Report says money was given to the workers and pickets prepared to clash beyond the yard fence.
Annie Crawford, charged with murdering her sister Hisie, is viewed by criminologists as a morphine devotee whose cultish use of the drug led to the family deaths. The district attorney probes a possible motive tied to life insurance policies naming Annie as beneficiary. Gertrude Crawford, 20, recently fell ill with unexplained episodes, heightening suspicion.
Los Angeles October 9 defense in the McNamara brothers murder case wins a point by seeking separate trials. District Attorney Fredericks to choose which brother faces trial first, likely James B. McNamara. Grand jury questioned defense attorney John R Harrington over alleged witness influence. Widespread interest brings reporters from major cities, with court security tightened for the proceedings.
Sixty strikebreakers smuggled into Albina shops under pickets were put to work. Recruited in Beattie and Washington towns, they arrived by a special train and detrained at the shops. Strikers stood by without demonstrations.
Detectives on the Bank of Montreal case probe a clue tying the $268000 New Westminster theft to loot hidden in a house midway toward the robbery site. City police anticipate arrests soon after tracing a stolen bill found on a skid road near Giladstone.
Crazed with jealousy John Thomaschesky killed his wife Mary and an unidentified man in Chicago today. He wounded his 2 year old baby before being arrested.
The article notes Seattle's upcoming hosting of the U.S. President tonight and tomorrow. It emphasizes hospitality and courtesy as duties of citizens and reflects on the presidency as the highest national office with vast potential for good. It contrasts good presidents with indifferent ones and those dignified by the office.
A historic Bellingham visit as President William Howard Taft arrives after a morning breakfast and drive. Thousands of students greet him with flowers flags and fir sprigs while college and normal school students cheer. Taft tours the city before delivering an open air speech and departing by train to Burlington and Mount Vernon.
The City of Panama, after a 16 hour hurricane off Port Costa Lower California, docked at Pacific Mail in San Francisco. Captain Allman reports no injuries and says storm damage was extensive while officers note winds of 60 to 80 mph as waves washed over the vessel. All 32 passengers and crew were moved to the upper saloon during the fury.
Regna Abramson, a prose cutting witness against ex policeman Charles Pryor, finally testified after prodding by the prosecutor. Pryor faces a second charge in a King county courtroom following a prior conviction on an earlier information. The scene described was among the court’s most revolting, with Abramson recounting alleged cruelties.
In Waycross Georgia J L O Neal of Wayne county killed 15 rattlesnakes while hauling wood for Jerxup people and was presented with a bouncing baby boy later that forenoon. He remarked that the events were going some as the snakes were found in the load.
university squads will greet the president with a loud cheer along the auto parade route. The crowd is urged to join in the chant as they pass notable corners and bands.
A terse Washington Herald item notes an aviator engaged by the paper proved to be a birdlike figure, as insiders joked about his “displayed bill.” The line hints at a hoax or misidentification in a wartime or promotional context.
An advertises 6 acres waterfront with 450 feet frontage at 450 dollars price and 20 dollar cash and seven fifty monthly terms. Also markets 60 acres for 1300 dollars suitable for dairy range and fruit farm with 100 cash then five year balance. Additionally 10 acres for 700 dollars with 20 cash and ten dollar monthly near Auburn by Stone Webster Power Plant.
Tonight the visitor arrives in Seattle at 7 p.m. and will speak at the armory at 6 p.m. He will meet the Press Club after the speech, retire at the Washington hotel, and have breakfast with Congressman Humphrey. An auto parade is planned at 11 a.m. and a speech at city hall park followed by a luncheon with R. A. Ballin. He departs from Colman dock for Tacoma at 2:40.
President Taft arrives in Seattle at 7 00 pm for an Armory program and speech at 12 16 pm the next day after a ceremonial parade through downtown with a naval and military escort including the Twenty fifth Infantry and sailors from the cruiser Pennsylvania A reception committee led by Mayor Dilling will meet him on arrival and guide him to the Armory in a grand procession from Second Street to Fourth Avenue and Jefferson Street. The president departs tomorrow afternoon aboard the steamer Kennedy for the navy yard and Tacoma.
Suzano Garcia, 18, told police in San Diego that phrase as he admitted stabbing Angelo Ramirez, his former friend, after a night of carousing. Ramirez died from a heart wound after a fight over money to buy wine. police found him on the floor in a pool of blood.
Arthur Nickoloff, a San Francisco restaurateur, lost $500 in the box swindle after being persuaded by a pair of strangers. He was told they had $500 to invest and stored the money in a tin box at home with a key, only to find scraps of paper and iron washers inside.
The blue list from personal tax assessments places Andrew Carnegie and Mrs. Russell Sage atop the wealth chart at 10 million dollars each. J P Morgan is assessed at 800000, below Joseph Pulitzer by 200000, while the Vanderbilts total over 2 million and John D Rockefeller faces an assessment based on 5 million.
The grand jury reopens in Prefontaine building with Judge Main presiding at 9:30 to review charges against Harry Rief former game warden. An earlier embezzlement indictment was challenged by prosecutors due to alleged witness compromises. The judge ordered either a new indictment or a no true bill.
Wm. A. Cockrell of Cripple Creek vows to raffle himself off to a female candidate for his hand in marriage at ten dollars a chance. If the chosen woman is unhappy after meeting him, she gets her ten dollars back and a second drawing will be held.
Mrs Cleanor Martin, San Francisco fashion leader, approves of the hoop skirt recently introduced at Paris. Local society awaits the innovation with excitement as the new design features a hoop at knee level with no steel construction.
William Allen White observes Taft as a popular man but not a popular president. He notes sparse crowds and little enthusiasm in Denver and Kansas, calling Taft a capable public servant whose reception reflects a tense master servant dynamic. White uses a hired man analogy to illustrate discontent with distant leadership.
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