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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1916
Page
2
An old home recipe for darkening hair uses Sage and Sulphur to restore color and luster. The Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound, sold in drug stores, is described as natural looking and undetectable, turning gray hair dark with a few applications.
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe substitute for calomel. It claims they cleanse the blood bowels and liver, reduce pimples bad breath and dull feeling, and improve appearance. One or two nightly for a week allegedly proves the benefit. 10 and 20 cents per box.
Four men with German connections are jailed in New York on neutrality violation charges for bomb plotting against the Allies. Capt. Charles Von Kieler, 67, and Capt. Otto Wolpert, 44, linked to Hoboken piers. Ernest Becker, 32, an electrician aboard the interned liner Kaiser Friedrich Der Grosse. Enno Bode, 49, Hoboken Hamburg American piers superintendent. Police say Von Kieler confessed. the Kaiser Friedrich Der Grosse allegedly served as a fire bomb factory and the others aided in manufacturing or distributing bombs.
An ad promises free trial mailings of Pyramid Pile Treatment with plain wrap and a coupon offer. It claims relief from a single trial box and that often one box cures.
Engineering Open House at the university features chemical, mining, forestry, and electrical exhibits. Visitors tour the Mines building to view a mine and mill in operation with a simulated explosion and rescue demo, plus demonstrations of electricity, engines, and modern mechanical tech.
Washington April 13. The resignation of Henry Morganthau American ambassador to Turkey is expected to be submitted to President Wilson today. Friends urge him to resign to assist the campaign for Wilson Abram Elkus of New York is mentioned as a possible successor.
No inquest will be held into the double tragedy in which David W Carrette shot and killed his nephew Joseph KR Ogris and himself at 3000 Yesler Way. Carrette a longtime gripman on the Yesler Way cable line appeared to be temporarily out of his mind.
Mrs Rebecca Warren of Seattle visiting Redlands was struck and killed by an automobile driven by nurse Misa Nina Thiele yesterday in Redlands California.
A 1915 testimonial from Rk H Robb of Victor Pharmacy San Jose California claims Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root cures catarrh bladder inflammation and rheumatism with high customer satisfaction. It invites readers to send ten cents for a sample plus literature and notes bottles available for fifty cent and one dollar at drug stores.
Seattle waterfront men forming United Dock Workers asked the port commission on Wednesday to call on their union first for dock hand service. They say the group is largely married men and deserve preferential employment over itinerant laborers. Traffic Manager Higday will try prioritizing the union before the free employment bureau.
An appraisement filed Wednesday values the estate of the late Charles H. Burnett at 181589.95 dollars. Under the will the property is left to his wife and two children.
Caine and Odom head the new Hippodrome bill with original jokes. Miss Southern delivers a suffrage speech to curtain calls. Gillard and company present The Jewels, a play about creed and race prejudice. Turner siblings perform on the xylophone. Young Hackenschmidt, brother of the former world champ, claims the wrestling crown and will face James.
At the request of Capt Tennant and Deputy Prosecutor Ellis the coroner s inquest into the deaths of Miss Kate Swift and Mrs Corinne Wheeler found murdered at 405 West Lake Ave N was postponed for more time to work on the case.
At a meeting of 150 Bon Marche employees in the store assembly room Wednesday night the Bon Marche Men's Club was formed. Fred Marlow was elected president.
Tobacconists face a dilemma over selling tobacco with trading stamp coupons. The state law requires a $6,000 annual license for firms dealing in trading stamps. Removing coupons violates federal revenue stamp laws, while customers fear they are being cheated.
U S Grant Jr and his wife are in town en route to San Diego after a tour of the Antipodes and the Orient. He predicts a Republican victory at the polls next November.
Dozens report relief from rheumatism and joint stiffness after using Musterole, a white mustard oil ointment that soothes with a gentle glow and cooling comfort. It claims to treat bronchitis croup asthma pleurisy lumbago neuralgia sprains and more, with sizes 25c 50c and 2.50 offered by The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
Thores faces Hackenschmidt Thursday at 7 30 PM with a 15 minute challenge. James J Corbett appears in The Burglar a five reel film showing in town.
George E. Anderson United States consul general in China said prior to leaving Hongkong that the splitting of China into two nations was widely discussed. He noted dispatches from Shanghai about a province secession. Anderson departed for San Francisco en route to Washington.
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