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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1913
Page
2
Dr Katharine B Davis superintendent of the Bedford reformatory for girls will be appointed by Mayor elect John Purroy Mitchel as commissioner of corrections. She will earn 7500 dollars per year and becomes the first woman to head a major city department.
Eight year old Sidney Blumer was struck by a car driven by Charles Wilson of the American hotel on 24th avenue south near Washington street. The boy sustained a deep cut over the right eye and possibly a fractured skull during roller skating.
A special Hanukah event will be held tomorrow at Bikur Cholum synagogue 17th Ave at 7 pm. The festival commemorates the Maccabean victory over Jewish enemies around 1400 B.C. and ends on the 20th of the month.
The Seattle Star offers a free set of parcel post maps to subscribers renewing for six months or longer. The package includes a large State of Washington map with population and shipping rates, plus maps of the United States and the world.
Four alleged members of a daring robber gang are jailed as police pursue the gang leader who looted a river tug and a barge carrying ten loaded freight cars. The barge was found adrift and looted, while the tug Jan Pradley washed up with its sea cocks open.
Rudolph Spreckels' name was mentioned today as a possibility for one of the places on the federal reserve board. President Wilson had not, however, taken up the matter of selections for the board, though it was believed the Pacific coast would get at least one appointment and the South another. The president received a letter from Secretary McAdoo expressing surprise at the rush of banks for membership in the reserve institutions under the new law.
Assistant Cashier Ada Carr faced an armed bandit inside the Eagle Rock bank counting room. She grabbed a broom and chased him into the street, where a posse captured the man an hour later in Sycamore canyon, suburbs of Los Angeles.
In a Friday address to about 100 Rainier Valley residents at Social Lat Hall Hillman City, Councilman Erickson discussed the municipal car line issue and expressed hope for a settlement favorable to valley residents soon.
Forty five years ago in Sweden Svan Peterson called his bride Christiana Haraldson the prettiest baby he ever saw. He later came to America, began paying her attention, and they married at her bride’s home in Minneapolis.
Thirty nine passengers in a single train car from Pittsburg were quarantined in Philadelphia until vaccination by city physicians. The car door was locked after a passenger who left at Huntington showed smallpox symptoms.
Five Cornelius brothers and their father, living above Sturgis road, rode in a police patrol on Christmas day after a strenuous family reunion. They each paid a 10 fine in court for fighting as a Christmas boxing match ended in a free for all.
The Trinity Parish church presents a Christmas miracle play this Friday night in the church chancel. This marks the fourth performance by the local parish group amid holiday church events.
A thief raided the rooms of Mrs. B. W. McGinnis at the Herald Hotel 926 Terry Ave Friday night and fled with valuable jewelry. The loot included an enameled diamond watch, several rings, a pearl pendant with pearls and two small diamonds.
J M Eagle son 19 son of Dr J B Eagleson 902 Boren av arrested Friday at Mberty on own recognizance for failure to report an automobile collision. He allegedly drove a car that struck Miss Anna Adams a cook in the home of T J Gorman 1724 17th av pending a hearing.
J H Young resigns as president of the North Bank road and will assume a key executive post with the Southern Pacific based in San Francisco. In Chicago a 13 year old boy asked for a seat and received a warm meal. he left with $200 worth of jewelry.
Alice Lloyd and Frank Fogarty will headline a New Year program at the Moore with a matinee on January 1, 1914. The Dublin Minstrel leads a company of 76 and Seattle dates run four days, featuring two orchestras, many dancers, and the revue Dance Mad with Popsy Wopsy sung by Lloyd.
The Stanford Men’s Glee Club travels from Palo Alto to Vancouver for a Moore engagement next Wednesday night. The program features college life scenes from Stanford, popular airs, and an Alvin dance exhibition. Gaby Delya appears in The Little Parisienne, with a large company, at the Moore. The Batley Mitchell players present The Girl of the Golden West next week with elaborate sets, centering on Minnie in a mining camp and a dramatic card game with Sheriff Jack Rance and Johnson the outlaw. Minnie’s daring saves Johnson from lynchers.
A Chicago minister urges all to see the stage production Little Lost Sister at the Metropolitan Sunday night and through the week. Adapted by E. E. Rose from Vir ginia Brooks book about a girl drawn into a sham city life and her return home, contrasted with a contented sister.
Frank Keenan and his company will be seen next week at the Orpheum. Fred Lindsay the Australian whip expert Albert Von Tilzer and Dorothy Nord are among other attractions. Big Jim the wrestling and dancing bear headlines Empress week. Huckins Run comedy with other acts and motion pictures tops the bill.
Vaudeville patrons will see The Pollard Juveniles as a special year end attraction next week. A Millionaire for a Day a musical comedy will be offered by 17 performers. Gertrude Dean Forbes, noted actress and playwright, appears in A Wild Rose. Ed Kreako and Eva Fox perform A Lesson in Aviation, Jack Roche and Ed Crawford perform Catching the Dinkas, and the De Forresta present eccentric dancing.
Fire Chief Frank L. Stetson and City Electrician Howard Joslyn will wait until 1915 for a definite answer to their salary increase requests in the electrical division of the police and fire departments. The council finance committee voted yesterday to defer action.
A new company presents The Suffragettes next week at Keating & Flood show house with twelve chorus girls and a tango contest as features. The show opens with a matinee Monday. The Tivoli company ends the week with A Stubborn Cinderella then travels to Portland and Seattle engagements follow.
Chicago December 27 William Kroste a 65 year old street car motorman missed his regular run for the first time in 20 years yesterday. A substitute filled his route and with no extra work he lost a day's pay.
The Star omits earlier gratitude for a donation from the Costume Shop at 1822 Fifth Ave for the Dreamland Hall Christmas celebration. The shop supplied Santa Claus garb worn by Crawford EF White.
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