29 Sep 1910
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1910
Page
1
A fragment from a Seattle Star page shows an editor addressing the paper’s readers with a formal statement to the decent, self-respecting people. The passage begins mid-sentence and lacks full context or names, indicating a political or community notice. The tone suggests editorial outreach or public appeal.
MAX WARDALL, acting mayor, defends actions against uptown vice districts after accusations from The Star. He pledges to close dives and fights corruption despite threats from alleged vice factions. A separate accident leaves carpenter Albert Franson severely burned after contacting a 13 000 volt live wire. arms amputated with bleak recovery prospects. Franson, 30, lived at the Pioneer hotel in Seattle.
The wife Igeborg Lundquist says Charlies L Lundquist drank occasionally and when reproached on a September morning he struck her in zigzag steps and threatened to kill her if she spoke of liquor again. She then began divorce proceedings.
Acting Mayor War Ge vows to drive criminals from Seattle and curb vice in the restricted district. He urges the arrest of men earning by coercion, threatens 63 days on the chain gang, and directs police to act immediately in the Pike Place district.
United Press reports Judge Marshall dismissed the town lot fraud charges against former Oklahoma official Haskell after hearing evidence deemed insufficient. Attorneys for the defense claimed the case failed to prove guilt as witnesses from several states testified for the government.
Vera Prosser tells police she no longer worries about her husband after stating she knows his whereabouts at all times. She plans to marry a Manila millionaire soon and complains of publicity as she exits with Miss Minnie Lyons after a grand larceny dispute over a gown and debt.
Peter Jackson accused Jamen Layden of calling him a Swede prompting a street fight last night. A patrolman separated the quarrel. Judge Gordon fined each man 20 dollars.
Magnus Schmah swears that Hillman and a Seattle land scheme sold a Boston Harbor tract with claims of railroad growth. He paid $220 in cash, received no promised abstract, fears the sale was a ripoff to fuel speculative profits, and seeks redress as a notary confirms the affidavit on September 6, 1910.
A New Rochelle man Frank Sturino fired a double barrel shotgun at a rat coming from a stable behind 50 Second Street peppering a boarding house. He was later arrested on a complaint by Mrs John Michaelson for shooting off firearms. Her pies cooled on the porch were peppered with rock salt and boarders threatened to quit.
A collection of historical curiosities mentions Norman Wardall as secretary of the county board, Max Wardall brother to a Seattle boy, Thomas F. Kane linked to UW Latin teaching, and a $139,000 library budget for Seattle in 1910. It notes Joan Murphy as a Republican prosecutor candidate, Charlie Spooner son of a Wisconsin senator, the Northern hotel as an Alaskan hub, George F. Russell a former court clerk, Colbett as UW graduate, abstractors keeping long real estate hours, and Tacoma's aging status relative to Beattie.
A sharp manifesto from The Star targets grafters and crooks including named foes in a defiant pledge to fight corruption. It denounces anonymous boycotters and threats while vowing the paper will continue its crusade in court and public opinion.
Acting Mayor Wardall says he will discharge Chief Wappenstein if he does not return to the city by tomorrow morning. Wardall suspects Wappy is avoiding the city to save his scalp and plans to act regardless of Mayor Gill’s return. Reports place Wappenstein in Portland and Tascoma as of this afternoon.
Glenn A. Pike, linked to Dr. Robert Thompson and Eva Swan’s disappearance, arrived back from Weed California and is held as a witness. He repeats the account given by Ben Gordon and recalls hearing the death and burial details from Willie Snack, Thompson’s assistant present at the alleged operation. Pike was detained while working at a sash factory in Weed.
The fire and water committee of the city council last night recommended buying the Rainier fire department hall at Georgetown for 7000 dollars, with a 40 dollar monthly rental starting April 12 when annexation took effect.
A reader is swept through the Alhambra theatre as Nellie Dorsey plays a country girl pursued by a villain and a curly haired artist in the stock company’s Deserted at the Altar. The plot features elopement, kidnapping, and a final rescue ending in Nell’s mountain home.
The forecast calls for showers tonight and Friday with west to southwesterly winds. Local temperatures and exact timing are not provided in the fragment.
Col Theodore Roosevelt will open the Missouri Republican campaign with an address at Clayton on October 11. The event marks the start of Roosevelt's push in the state, drawing attention from party supporters and national observers alike.
A man at Sixth avenue and Pike street was interrupted by a patrolman while undressing. City Attorney Pierce questioned his sobriety and a judge set a five dollar fine. Separately Judge Frater took under advisement a widow Eliza W. P. Gaye’s petition for a reasonable monthly allowance from the estate of Francis M. Gaye.
The special committee investigating Acting Mayor Wardall's graft charges refused to reveal conclusions saying that sensational developments are due in the next few days. Committee members admit charges against Chief Wappenstein and other police department officers are filed and under rigid investigation.
Exhausted by primaries and illness Senator Robt M La Follette must travel to Rochester Minnesota in a few days for an operation to remove gall stones the report says the procedure is imperative due to his debilitation and continued illness.
In Trenton New Jersey on September 29 Ella Jones punished Daniel Dennis for delivering a message late. Dennis tripped and fell onto a new hat she had just received. Mrs Jones boxed his ears and handed him to police. He received thirty days in the workhouse.
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