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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1916

Page

3

A Gamble In Souls Leads Liberty Bill Desmond Drama

William Desmond stars in A Gamble In Souls at the Liberty in a tale of a minister turned man of the world who seeks to save a shipwrecked dance hall girl amid San Francisco coast sinners with a Keystone comedy to follow.

William Desmond Liberty Jaffery Clemmer Dustin Farnum Winifred Kingston Erin D'Artagnan Mission Liberty William Desmond Los Angeles Bill Billie Burke Desmond San Francisco Barbary Coast Dorothy Dalton Deamond Wm. Desmond South Sea

Bremerton to Spend 2 Million on Naval Construction

Bremerton leaders report a telegram from J E Barns stating Secretary Daniels approves large scale naval work. About $2,990,000 will be spent next year at the Puget Sound yard, and one battleship will be started.

Bremerton Bremerton Commercial Club J E. Barns Washington, D. C Daniels Puget Sound

National Allied Bazaar Opens in Mechanic Building

Five hundred thousand dollars is the goal for relief of starv ing and dying non-belligerents in warring Europe as the National Allied Bazaar opens in Mechanic Building Boston. Last year the event was at Grand Central Palace New York. prizes donated by major firms and patrons include Lady Aberdeen Winthrop Ames Robert Bacon August Belmont and Lady Colebrooke. The bazaar runs through December 20.

Boston Europe Mechanica Uilding Hare Ciren Grand Central Palace New York Lady Aberdeen Winthrop Ames Robert Bacon August Belmont Lady Colebrooke

Wives Urged to Wear Fine Clothes to Hold Husbands by Parson

Rev A E Green, at Holland hotel in Seattle, proposes ten heres to keep a husband after 2000 marriages. His rules include dressing well after marriage, dieting, being a good comrade, motherhood readiness, avoiding nagging, budgeting, avoiding jealousy, and diplomacy. He cites a record of only 13 divorces in three years.

A. E. Green Holland Hotel Seattle John H Pierce Oakland Green

Confessions of a Wife Paula Loves Another at Sherrys

Paula recounts a dinner at Sherry’s in New York with Jeff Perrygreen overhearing a dramatic tale of fame and hunger. The scene unfolds with rich society ambiance, a pair of emaciated dancers, and Jeff revealing his growing pity and jealousy as Paula fears public fate.

Charlie Chaplin Charlie Edna Purviance Miss Jackie the Navy Margarita Fischer Harry Pollard Pollard Picture Plays Co Jeff Sherry Paula New York Marnest Fifth Ave Margie Earnest Jeff Perrygreen

I Love You Forever and a Quiet Confession

A grocery boy confesses a deep love to Paula, claiming a lifelong devotion from childhood toward a future when they may never be together. He asks if there is anyone else, and she silently nods, indicating a hidden truth.

Paula Sam Jeff

Greek forces mobilize as royalists tighten grip in Athens

The British and French blockade of Greece goes into effect while King Constantine’s royalist troops consolidate near Athens. Reports from Athens describe persecution of Venizelos allies and deadly clashes as Teutonic negotiations with the monarch emerge. Mobilization and mass departures of allied subjects heighten the crisis.

London Constantine Athens Venizelos Salonika Athena Greece

Attorney to sue city over Cecil Bar wreck

Attorney George Vanderveer vows to file suit for twenty thousand or thirty thousand dollars against Mayor Gill Chief Beckingham and Seret claiming damages from the wreck of the New Cecil bar Thursday night in Willingaley.

George Vanderveer Willingaleys Gill Chief Beckingham Seret. Putnam Cecil

Cleaning Remedy Ad Declares Quick Liver Bowel Cleansing

An advertising blurb touts a laxative product as a quick solution to bilious feelings. It claims benefits for men women and children and promises waking up with no headache sickness or sour stomach.

Cascarets Promise Gentle Liver and Bowels Cleansing

An ad touts Cascarets as a safe mild laxative to relieve biliousness headaches and constipation. It claims the product becomes a pleasant cleansing sensation, with no harsh gripes like harsher salts or calomel, and suggests giving Cascarets to children to help feverish or sick moods.

O W Line Not Part of S P Says Officials

Editor The Star reports officials of the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company assert the supreme court ruling in United States vs Union Pacific ended the merger. They say the O W & N no longer owns Southern Pacific stock and SP has no interest in O W N, challenging liability for SP actions.

the Star Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company Supreme Court of the United States United States Union Pacific Railway Company Southern Pacific Railway Company Collin P. Huntington Oregon-Washington Railway & Navigation Company Southern Pacific Oregon Washington Railroad & Navigation Company Union Pacific Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company United States Supreme Court Oregon, Washington Railroad & Navigation Company Oregon- Washington Railroad & Navigation Company C. A. Reynolds Oregon- Washington Company Northwest O.W. Line

Delay Rail Probe To Aid Congress In Session Start

Washington today moved to sidetrack the Newlands railroad and utilities hearings. The committee plans to urge Congress to postpone its report from January 8 until after March 4 to clear the track for the administration’s railroad legislative agenda.

Washington Newlands Joint Committee Newlands Congress

Wilson and the Adamson Law by W S Carter

W S Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, states the president did not push for the Adamson law. He says the group accepted a commission to study railroad wages and will abide by its findings, avoiding injunctions if the outcome harms their interests.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers

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