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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
7
Mrs. W. G. Logan of New York visiting the Palace hotel in San Francisco could not explain how 3500 worth of jewelry and 500 in cash vanished from her stocking kept for safekeeping before luncheon with Dr. H. C. Cohn aboard the liner Chiyo Maru.
The fiscal week closing last night reported the largest bank clearings in Seattle since April 1910, totaling 14,405,055.63 dollars, over three million more than the same week a year ago. Only three weeks have exceeded this amount, in April 1910 October 1909 and November 1909.
Edward F. Piercy Wirked free after paying a fine imposed by Justice F B Brown in Santa Cruz on October 20. Piercy a wealthy hay dealer faced battery charges. He refused jury trial saying he would rather plead guilty than have women on the jury.
Tacoma official cites arrest of ex mayor Geo P Wright and a city contract crime case to argue that city workers on the job need protection. Commissioner Woods says contractors threaten city workers and calls for carrying clubs or stronger measures. The article notes the state of enforcement and safety concerns in municipal projects.
In a bustling note from the era, Osgar is given a chance to sell lemonade in the grandstand while discussions of work loom. A reader appeal follows where burglary victims seek the return of rings and a locket tied to a lost child from the theatre fire. Cupid is credited with influencing newly assigned U S consuls as wedding announcements near by.
A total of 500000 dollars in gold arrived at the United States assay office in Seattle over Wednesday and yesterday. Wednesday yielded 370000 dollars, with the past month setting records for individual depositors. About 80000 dollars came from small deposits by returning Alaskans spending the winter in Seattle.
In Santa Cruz on October 26 Henri de Lorme was found not guilty of abducting Helen Whitson a young girl for white slave purposes. The girl was taken to a mountain resort and was the sole witness in the trial.
Coroner Snyder ruled after examining bodies that odorless carbon monoxide from a gas plate burning for hours in a closed apartment at 1824 24th Ave caused the deaths. The pair were found in their units last Wednesday, the incident prompting the verdict.
FP. W. Stevenson and Co. brokers Bailey Hidg. advise that stocks will sell higher, indicating a particularly strong rise for Valley shares. The note signals optimism in market demand and potential price gains for investors.
Lionel De Jersey Harvard, heir to the family that gave Harvard its name, has arrived in America to enroll as a student at Harvard. At 15 he faces mixed feelings about the distinction, having trained at St Olavia and St Xavier's in Southwark. He was met at quarantine by Louis A Holtman, a Harvard genealogist student, and by roommate elect Louis J Catharon of Needham.
Mina Lucy Pase Gaston joins the Chicago police force with authority to arrest all boys seen smoking cigarettes in public places as part of the Anu Cigarette league. In Bedford, Ind, a locomotive accident sent two men to the creek bottom but both escaped through the cab, swimming to shore. Dives Back into Locomotive Under Water to Rescue His $50. Governor T. J. Nestor touts a $3,000,000 yearly gold output from the Iditarod camp.
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