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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1917

Page

3

Pacific Telephone workers Back Daylight Saving Petition

Thirty nine employees in the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company accounting department led a petition supporting The Star's daylight saving proposal. Forty one in the department. all but two signed the voluntary statement. The list names numerous staff members including Kelchner, Krenmeyer, Berry, Mead, Burke, Macdonald, Nelson, Reeves, Sullivan, Nordstrom, MacKay, Mulcahy, Costner, Gehltree, Colline, Allian, Finn, Ruby, and several others.

Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company Van Kelchner M. E. Krenmeyer Pohener M J. Berry A. W. Mead Leland MW. Burke I. Macdonald J. Neliman Reeves U Rigzag Bayles Pot Sullivan Jotn Mo McCormick Minower Nordstrom Wallace MacKay Frneat Alvideen Bran Ko Derrioeth Ynelll M. Mulcahy Mr Collina Dalla

Battleships Near Eva Rainey’s Seattle Area Farm

Eva Rainey a Seattle resident appeared in Police Judge Fitzpatrick's court for disturbing the peace. She described battleships and soldiers passing by her farm which prompted her to leave the city. The judge dismissed the case after remarking about wanting to see the farm. Lincoln High School will stage The Bachelor's Romance at 7 p.m. Saturday in the school auditorium.

San Francisco Seattle Eva Rainey Eva Fitzpatrick Lincoln High School Pres Meeten

Chamber to Form Citizens' Advisory Council

A citizens advisory committee to work with the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club is nearly complete. H C Henry of Metropolitan Bank will chair a 50-member panel drawn from diverse city interests. A subscription dinner for May 7 at 6 20 pm in Arcade building quarters, 2 dollars per plate.

Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club Rainier Club H.C. Henry Metropolitan Bank Rhodes Commercial Club

A Woman’s Reflections On Love And Freedom

Paula recalls turning down a wealthy, reliable suitor Jefferson Perry Green and explains her lifelong feminist awakening. She argues love is flawed and that youth misuses romance while mature experience reveals deeper truths about passion, play, and living love. The piece ends with a personal assertion from Paula and Margie Waverly.

Margie Paula Jefferson Terrygreen Jefferson Perry Green Jeff Vinton Alma Altho Earnest Lawton Margie Waverly

Stars On Sunday Movie Bill At Local Theaters

The Sunday program features Charles Ray and Doug Fairbanks with Alice Joyce Harry Morey Mae Marsh and others. Cinema listings include In Again Out Again Womanhood the Glory of the Nation Fifty Fifty Her Condoned Sin Babette Mrs Balfame Joy and the Dragon Patria The Carpet From Bagdad and Luke Wing Fair Lady with multiple studios presenting star-studded lineups.

Bill Charles Ray Doug Fairbanks Alice Joyce Harry Morey Mae Marsh Coliseum Charles Ray Liberty Moore Norma Talmadge Mission Blanche Sweet Rex Peggy Hyland Babette Clemmer Colonialaby Marie Osborne Little Mary Sunshine Filmdom Mrs Vernon Castle Baby Marie Joy and the Dragon Sunshine Griffith Robert Harron Dorothy Lillian Gish Henry Walthall Judith

Desert Man to Be Featured as Current Theater Lineup

The program lists Williams and Mert, Margery Willem in The Desert Man, Her Nature Dance and more at the Coliseum and Colonial. Doug Fairbanks in In Again-Out Again headlines next week, with a New Jersey setting and a pacifist father subplot. Charles Ray appears in The Pinch Hitter, Teddy at the Throttle, and Bambi is on the way.

Pinparty Williams & Mert Margery Willem Spmmertrorge Cohan Heoedwayr Jones Hen Mary Pickford Meliand Strand —Howerd Hickman Paid Marker Nance O'Neil Tn “Creed She Lewst Ileaee Peters Gail Kane Velvet Paw Theronees DeWite Beckingham Fairbanks Doug Fairbanks Old Doe New Jersey Objecta Charles Ray Ray Teddy

Silent Sunday at Moore Clemmer and Mission bills

Local theaters present a mixed slate with Kathrye Williams in Womanhood at the Moore and Patria at Clemmer. Norma Talmadge stars in Fifty Fifty at the Mission, while Griffiths classic Her Condoned Sin screens at the Rex.

Linemtv Barter May Teddy Clemmerm Peegy Mytand Marc McDermeott Tabette Coliselm Nen Manche Sweet Robert Marron Ma Meret Naence Ong Clonital Marte Osborne Norma Talmadge Greenwich Village New York Miss Talmadge Naomi Hubby

Portland Carmen to Get Big Raise

Portland workers at the Portland Railway Light and Power Co receive a raise of 3 cents an hour after amicable negotiations with the Brotherhood of Electric Railway Employers. The raise adds more than $90,000 to the annual payroll for 1200 employees.

Portland Ore Portland Railway, Light & Power Co Brotherhood of Electric Railway

Alaska Pacific to lay keels for two 3500-ton ships

The Alaska Pacific Navigation Co. will lay the keels of two 3,500-ton wooden hull ships, following its recent construction of the motorship Oregon. Each vessel will measure 260 feet in length and 45 feet in beam.

Alaska Pacific Navigation Co Oregon

Dry Law Referendum Sparks New Action Across State

A renewed push by workers opposing the dry law seeks to influence the upcoming referendum. Attorney General Gregory requests copies of ten laws from the U S Attorney as to whether the Reed amendment affects liquor importation and the state’s bone dry status. If 20 000 signatures are not gathered by June 10 the state may remain without a dry designation.

Seattle Wins Reserve Bank Branch Fight

Seattle wins a push for the first branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Daniel Kelleher, rector of Seattle National Bank, reported the favorable interest from the Federal Reserve Board in Washington. Spokane also seeks a branch as part of the same effort.

Seattle San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Daniel Kelleher Seattle National Bank Federal Reserve Board Washington, D.C Spokane Kelleher San Francisco Federal Bank Federal Board Bank Washington

Fight for Child Renewed in Court

Judge Neterer took under advisement Rudolph Gerber of San Francisco petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus to gain possession of his seven year old daughter Anael from Holy Names Academy. Hearing occurred Friday as Gerber argues his divorce from Dorothy Alden grants custody while he alleges the mother fled with the child.

Neterer Rudolph Gerber San Francisco Anael Gerber Holy Names Academy Gerber Dorothy Alden

Prisoner Escapes After Pretending to be Mrs Ethel Sutherland

A woman arrested for shoplifting posed as Mrs Ethel Sutherland and was taken to city hospital where she escaped. She fled from a Second Ave department store with stolen goods and was recaptured to be jailed for illness.

Ethel Sutherland Ave. Departana

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