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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
1
In a dramatic courtroom scene, George Waderer, facing murder charges in Brighton, railing against attorney Fred H. Peterson, claims injustice and accuses the lawyer of misappropriating land proceeds as he pleads for relief. Voices rise as the defendant demands his papers and questions past actions.
President Taft reaches LaSalle Street station amid an ovation after his birthday chocolates from Vice President Sherman. A 200000-strong student parade through Washington Park marks the greeting, with plans for a Hamilton club dinner and speeches at Orchestra Hall before overnight departure for Madison, Wisconsin.
Milan dispatch reports Cardinal Sato lli once papal legate in Washington is seriously ill.
A white Maine-born woman Dora Jacobson, now Mrs Tasutoro Oota, fled with a Japanese cannery foreman and wed in Seattle. Police found them at the Miyoka hotel and released them with no charges. The couple said they seek privacy and happiness, while a public debate over Ballinger and Glavis continues.
Rochester Minnesota September eighteenth Gov John A Johnson who had surgery for appendicitis and then for intestinal trouble shows partial improvement this afternoon his condition remains critical Dr Mc Nevin says he is resting fairly well but suffers gaseous pains danger not passed for several days
Civil service commission will meet this afternoon to consider appointing a city purchasing agent. Of many applicants, 16 names are on the eligible list, and any of the first three named could be appointed under the law. Commissioner Listman said the top three will not be known until the meeting this afternoon.
Workers at a hydraulic sluice along Sixth Avenue between Main and Jackson Streets uncovered skull and thigh bone believed to belong to a white man. City Detective Corning transported the grim find to police headquarters after it was buried eight feet deep and noticed rolling down the slake box. No weapon marks were observed and investigators ponder whether this reveals a long past tragedy.
A scientist notes Cook’s dates suggest he fell 316 miles short of the pole while moving toward the sun. The editor cites John Nelson Stockwell and his scholarly works on planetary motion and cosmogony as context for the discussion of celestial observations and the nebular hypothesis.
A disjointed fragment notes a canoe overturn on a lake near Washington, with a man’s hat recovered and police records indicating a missing person. The garbled text mentions Crager Landing and ongoing search efforts as authorities assess ownership and status.
The author applies scientific tests to Dr Cook and Peary claims of a pole discovery. Using Annatoak at 78 37 N, 11 23 from the pole, he notes the sun rose there on February 19 and outlines an analytic approach to evaluate the data.
City detectives Lee A Barbee and Henry F Keefe will safeguard President William Howard Taft when he reaches Seattle on the night of September 20. They join the regular Secret Service detail that always accompanies the president. Barbee was Tafts bodyguard and companion when he was secretary of war, a relationship Taft greatly appreciated.
Lewis R. Glavis told The Star he would not comment on the president’s letter and dismissal from the government service. The 20 year old field division chief had charged Ballinger and Interior officials in Alaska coal land cases and warned of exposure.
Ernest De Koven Leffingwell, noted Arctic explorer, has begun winter quarters on Plaxman island near the McKenzie river mouth. The update came from his father, Rev. C. W. Leffingwell of Pasadena, California.
In Seward Alaska a 14 year old native boy Klan Annie killed a native man at Kodiak on Sept 8. The youth gave two reasons flogging and to see him fall though officials suspect a different motive tied to a letter from a native prisoner at McNeil Island.
In Pittsburg on September 16 the Pressed Steel Car plant faced 6000 dissatisfied workers. As the 7 o'clock whistle sounded, strikers barred access to the mill and forced entry attempts by nonstriking workers were resisted. Several men were roughly handled during the clashes marking the strike’s renewed violence.
Clams in multiple preparations will be distributed to fair patrons who pay admission at the Chehalia building on Exhibit Day. An estimated 7,500 prizes will be awarded on the grounds next Saturday with exhibitors and concessionaires contributing 100 to 1,000 awards each.
Locarno Switzerland Sept 16 The famous simple life colony at Ascona has failed. German promoter Herr Redenkowan Hofmann announced that the sanitarium chalets and huts on Monte Varita will be offered for sale.
President Taft finally clears Secretary Ballinger of charges in the Interior Department affair. The disclosure mentions the Cunningham coal cases and Montana power sites while dismissing L R Glavis and noting Pinchot’s likely future stance. Ballinger’s stance on land restoration and the water trust is affirmed as within law.
The Star begins publishing Jules Verne’s Finding the North Pole, a tale that mirrors real polar rivalries between Peary and Cook. The adventure recounts harsh polar trials, a surgeon aide like Dr. Cook, and fierce competition for glory, matching present debates.
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