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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1911
Page
8
A busy Seattle week features Rip Van Winkle with Johnny Pringle at the Seattle Theatre, plus The Cadets de Gascogne and Corcoran and Dixon. Grand opens with six first run photos and three vaudeville acts led by Klindt Brothers.
An old-time minstrel act headlines at the Empress next week. Russell & Smith present favorites including George T. Martin once tenor soloist with Cohan Harris, promising a nostalgic program of classic minstrelsy.
At the Orpheum the gifted French actress Besson will lead the bill at the New Orpheum. The program promises an evening of notable performance and continued fame for the prominent stage star.
Rev. Luther Little, the new pastor of Tabernacle Baptist church, will occupy the pulpit tomorrow. He previously served as pastor in Fort Worth, Texas before accepting the call. Pacific College President Levi Pennington is expected to attend the Puget Sound quarterly Friends' church meeting opening a three day session at the meeting house on Ay and E Spruce. George McLaren dies from ptomaine poisoning Thursday night at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. his remains will be crepe. Now they say Taft was dragged into the Alaska scandal.
A 50 member band from a Lutheran college at Decorah Iowa will play Tuesday night in Arcade hall. Mayor Dilling will welcome the group. A recital will be given at the Lutheran church where Rev A Stub, once a band member in 1900, will attend.
The eighth annual six week session closed yesterday with 285 students, 135 more than last year. Women outnumbered men by more than two to one. Morgan will not be called to the witness stand as investigators say he seems active in Europe, but the bluff is noted as successful.
The barge Big Bonanza of the Alaska company is reported in distress at Oyster Bay north of Cape Mudge after likely striking rocks in Seymour Narrows where the Spokane previously foundered. No lives are at risk.
The dying request of Mrs Bernice Ratcliffe was carried out by Dr Matthews who preached the funeral sermon over her body at the Notice undertaking parlors yesterday afternoon. She left a letter asking that Dr Matthews officiate at her funeral.
The item notes Thomas A. Edison will take his first vacation in two decades and speculates on his activities after the rest. It mentions the funeral of Concentra Giebel at Butterworth's with a Seattle residency and other civic notes. Judge H A P Meyers to start duties August 19 replacing the late Judge Prigmore. Rainier Heights Improvement Club supports the proposed courthouse bond vote on September 5. YMCA Orcas Island outing departs with 68 boys aboard the Doncellla launch. Rose Croix No 1 to conduct a funeral set tomorrow afternoon.
Andrews left 150000 dollars value with no will. He was brother of George R. Andrews killed in an automobile crash near Golf and Country club on July 12. Heirs include two brothers and a sister. Undertakers' union plans to fight for full pay and set up a fund to hire counsel in battles for full charges on funeral bills. Delegates travel on the Umatilla to review business in Sound cities.
Admiral Farragut sails past Forts Gaines and Morgan at the Mobile Bay mouth aboard the Hartford. The Tecumseh sinks after a collision with a torpedo, while the Brooklyn hesitates then signals torpedoes. The admiral reportedly declares Damn the torpedoes Go ahead as the danger proves a false alarm.
The steam shovel at the Fifth Avenue regrade forced council committees to adjourn yesterday to nearby rooms where they could hear themselves speak, delaying proceedings.
The park board approved complete plans submitted yesterday. The Queen Anne scenic drive project will cost 298000 for grading paving retaining walls and bridges. A 20 foot board walk at Aiki beach is planned with a cost of 4421.
A state convention of coal miners opens next Monday at the Labor Temple with about 5,000 miners expected to attend. Constitutional changes will occupy the majority of the deliberations.
Delegates and visitors to the Typo graphical union convention will be royally entertained by local printers in this city next week as they travel to the convention city.
To devise a plan for advancing the port project, the finance and campaign committees met at noon today in the Commercial Club.
An article discusses Mayor Gaynor's New York address on public schools as melting pots. He argues schools will shape a uniform mind and face as children from diverse nationalities share teachers, books, and songs. Some readers disagree on the outcome.
In Bolton Hall's message about a little land and a good living city dwellers are urged to rethink happiness and return to farming. The preacher, age 57, notes many men have tried the soil with success, inspired by talks titled A Little Land and Three Acres and Liberty.
Water will be shut off in the district north of Be Mer cer Street from 46th Avenue North to Lake Washington on Monday August 7 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The outage affects residents and businesses in the specified blocks during the stated hours.
Police reserves guard two lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company as workers strike for higher pay. City officials report little warning given to the company and the action disrupts service across Brooklyn.
The council debated overtime work for police and employees beyond eight hours. The finance committee declined to recommend extra pay citing charter limits. Hesketth’s bill on overtime for Potlatch workers was postponed due to conflicts with salary and eight hour rules. Steiner supported the indefinite postponement pending charter guidance.
William H. White born May 28 1842 in Virginia rose from Ohio Civil War sergeant to USA attorney and Washington Supreme Court justice. He served in the Army of the Cumberland, practiced law, and held posts in Beattie Seattle and the state judiciary.
A St Paul report notes the Northwest spring wheat region has suffered greatly from dry weather, especially in North Dakota Minnesota Montana and South Dakota. Local showers have provided relief in parts of Wisconsin Minnesota and South Dakota.
A Seattle Civil War veteran, W. EB. Coulton, now 65, boasts an apple orchard of 1000 trees on 12 acres in Okanogan county. He plans to spend the soon to come $1500 yearly from apple harvests with his wife for a life of leisure.
The city health department charges Pacific Power and Light Co. with dumping polluted water into mains. An outbreak of typhoid fever in May is tied to the alleged misconduct. In Olympia Wilders White of New York will oversee the capitol and temple of justice building project. In Aberdeen O H B Wiley, longtime resident since 1880, dies at 82 leaving a wife and four children. In Hoquiam George A Lee chair of the Industrial Commission spoke on the employers liability law. former pastor John L Wilson also urged opposition to progressive measures.
Police rounded up eleven Tacoma saloon men accused of no-treating but all were discharged when detectives could not identify the bar involved. The case centers on enforcement of a local temperance ordinance.
In San Francisco on August 6 the preliminary hearing of Mrs Annie Gaffney Langley on a murder charge against her husband James Langley was postponed due to an incomplete grand jury investigation. The girl fainted outside the courtroom and was revived before the adjournment was granted by Police Judge Deasy after Assistant District Attorney Roche urged the delay.
Olympia reports the Washington Supreme Court has the Bryan sought writ of mandate against Judge Yakey to compel a venue change in the Nelson divorce case. The venue mandate law, introduced by Senator Bryan, is being tested as part of the proceedings.
A Gibraltar based naval officer asks the registrar for an easiest method to be married by cable. He requests the registrar to officiate at the Gibraltar terminus with the bride and minister present.
Reports from Constantinople say Sultan Mehmed is seriously ill with arterial hardening. He refuses a specialist and observers expect he may not survive. A second item notes the Presbyterian church in Fort Collins placing 75 Bibles in rooms at the Northern hotel as part of a plan for one Bible per room. A Glencoe postmaster describes a burglar proof bookkeeping system using nails as balances, claiming awareness of losses if robbed.
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