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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1915
Page
2
Miss Ella Baker testified that ex policeman HM H Haslett coerced her with threats of arrest into paying gold for protection. Anna Nelson corroborated with a similar tale of a room visitation, a demand for five dollars, and a bid to silence her, as the jury heard in Judge Frater's court.
Police Chief Lang pleads for assistance in winter security urging residents to help the needy residents, report suspicious people, beggars, and unknown callers. Citizens should keep homes secure, avoid anonymous notes, and support only actual locals to prevent crime.
Sawing through steel with a homemade tool, inmate Joe Norton escaped Montesano jail Sunday evening. Sheriff 8 Matthews alerted Seattle police Norton was headed toward the area.
Reporter Fred L. Boalt narrates Dress-Up Week observations across Seattle. Mayors, bankers, and judges appear in polished outfits as crowds react. Grant Myers stands out as the best dressed, while others show mixed effort and quirky details.
The university schedules a morning observance program and a banquet at night in the Commercial Club to mark Columbus Day.
The Seattle Union Card and Labor league hosts its fourth annual ball at the Labor temple hall 201 on Tuesday evening inviting all organized labor members to attend.
London reports the British vessel Thorpwood of 3,184 tons was sunk by a submarine today. The crew were saved in the incident announced this day.
L G Wyder of Moberly was killed Friday after slipping on a dangerous ledge while returning from a goat hunting expedition on Moberly peak. He climbed Thursday to secure a kill, killed two goats, then tumbled 4400 feet into the canyon.
A bacteriologist reports finding at least 13 different disease germs under the fingernails of men women and children, highlighting overlooked sources of infection and the need for hygiene.
Professor Leslie R Mutch described two kinds of power psychic magnetic will and human grit. He linked head shapes to national traits citing the Scotch Irish English German and American profiles with traits like logic eloquence diplomacy perseverance and practicality. The Washington Annex talk noon Monday covered personality judgments by skull formations.
Mayor Gill plans to quit his job on Tuesday morning and become a Hoquiam citizen for two days. He will address the Hoquiam Knights of Columbus at a banquet Tuesday evening and speak to the Hoquiam Commercial Club Wednesday noon. City offices will close Tuesday for the holiday.
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