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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1915
Page
5
The writer recounts an interview setup with Fatima, the Orpheum dancer, who initially blocks entry and communicates in a mix of Turko French. After a tense exchange, Fatima remains evasive denying any details about her past or childhood, insisting she has nothing to say.
France objects as England leans toward withdrawing Balkan expeditionary forces. Joffre and others oppose leaving Serbs to Teutons. British monitor and four ships captured by Turks near Kut-Khamara. Montenegro seeks separate peace as exhaustion grows. Officials in Amsterdam and Berlin report divergent Allied positions.
A 33 year old taxi driver A Russell is hospitalized with a bullet wound after a street shooting during a pursuit by three men. Robert L Harris reported taking a woman from Main Street to Washington Street when assailants appeared and exchanged gunfire with him. Russell claims he was an innocent bystander.
The Commercial Club will not consider consolidating with the Chamber of Commerce in its annual officer election on December 27, secretary Otto Cane announces. Nominated for reelection as president is Robert Hoyns, with Ernest Carstens as vp, William Eckert as second vp, Otto Case as secretary, and Earl Jenner as treasurer. Eight trustees will be chosen. further nominations by five members are invited by December 20.
Washington announces President Wilson will be renominated June 14 1916 in St. Louis Mo. The city won the contest for the Democratic National Committee decision while suffragists pleas for endorsement received no action.
All Seattle high schools will send teams to the second state high school debate on the night of December 27. The resolution asks whether the Monroe Doctrine should be discontinued. The event features student competitors from multiple Seattle schools.
James P. Perkins, a wealthy Berkeley mining man and gold exhibit winner, was struck down on Marionet near the water front at 10 o clock last night. He was robbed of 54 dollars and a gold watch, then found wandering and jailed after failing to recall the events. A longshoreman, A L Richels, found him and alerted the police.
Chicago report says Mrs Frances Little heiress to Richard Crane’s fortune turned socialist today. She denounces society church and government over garment workers strike conditions and vows her life and fortune to workers. She was arrested after objecting to police detaining a striker beaten by a hired enforcer.
County commissioners will decide the ferry route for Vashon Island next week after an injunction threat from island residents over alleged illegal voting. The vote favored the Des Moines terminal.
W C Summers of Kansas City testifies Swamp Root cured his kidney trouble after a 15 year struggle. He reports that three dollar bottles ended his sickness for fifteen years and endorses Dr Kilmer Swamp Root with local druggist support from Grand View Drug Co. Wyandotte County Kansas. Notary public Charles Wilson confirms the affidavit date August 11 1909.
An advertisement claims Swamp-Root helps kidneys and bladder and offers a sample bottle for ten cents from Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton NY. It promises a booklet of information and notes regular bottles cost fifty cents to one dollar at drug stores.
A robber threatened proprietor 113 Weat Bain St on Tuesday night and fired a shot. Magari, the restaurant owner, whistled with his fingers to imitate police, scaring the thug away.
William Overton known as Dr. Overton a psychic was ordered to leave Washington state within 24 hours or serve 30 days in jail and fined 200 dollars by Justice Brinker. He faced charges of exploiting women promising divorce evidence and soul mates while two women detectives testified. His assistant R Archer was arrested and will be tried for vagrancy.
Elections were held across Washington with independent candidates and nonpartisan tickets scoring notable victories. The results indicate a shift toward nonpartisan local governance and broader candidate diversity among town and city races.
In Olympia on December 8 Mayor Geo A Mottman won a fourth term despite a Republican bid with C H Mann. Republicans also elected the treasurer and two councilmen as independents swept Bremerton and Charleston elected M M Bowman as mayor with most officials retained.
In Auburn on December 7 the nonpartisan ticket ran strongly and ousted many incumbents. Dr. M. J. Lacey was elected mayor as part of the sweeping result in the city election.
In Kent Kent on December 8 1100 votes were cast out of 1200. W J Shinn was elected mayor in an uncontested race. E L Merrifield M R Hardy and A Olson won waterway commissioner seats.
In Renton the election drew little interest and E. J. Hughes was chosen mayor without opposition. Paul Bassen J. B. Marlowe and George Arthur were elected waterway commissioners.
Federal Judge Charles Bunnell of Fairbanks is stopping at the Frye hotel during a tour of a territory stretching 1000 miles west and south with its northern boundary at the North Pole.
Two saleswomen were injured when they leaped from the second floor of the Boston store to a shed below during a fire that destroyed the establishment causing an estimated 200000 dollars in loss.
There is no red tape to open a savings account. The system emphasizes easy setup and secure savings, encouraging customers to save as readily as they spend.
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