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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1915
Page
4
Coliseum to debut next week offering a 27,500 seat venue with mosaic Oriental architecture. It features a children’s play room, elevators, separate smoking rooms, and costumed ushers. Opening selections may include Geraldine Farrar in Temptation or Mary Pickford in The Founding.
Malcolm McGregor lumberman and founder ofmillia, Washington, died Monday afternoon at a Carmelite convent from acute stomach trouble. Born in Ontario in 1842 he moved west in 188? and built a diverse career in mining banking and farming. He told Judge Wilson R. Gay he had fresh projects for 1916 and would never retire.
Three dog teams pulled a half million dollars in gold bullion from Iditarod placer mines to Seward over 24 days. The load will be sent to Seattle for the U S assay office. No guard accompanied the drivers.
J F Douglas of Metropolitan Building Co claims UW regents will reverse a Monday vote and keep the Arena building as a permanent structure. He argues legally the regents could be held to acceptance and notes at worst they might spend a few thousand dollars on improvements in ten years.
Two men ignored a $190 reward posted by B. L. Gates, Jeweler, and attempted to sell the bracelet to a Japanese second hand dealer for zero cents Monday. They were nabbed at the Astoria house, police booked them as John Bishop and Daniel Wilcox, and the jewelry was recovered.
The Young Men Hebrew Association booked fifty three new members at a smoker Monday night as part of a push to reach two hundred fifty members by January 1.
Syd Chaplin a noted film performer with prior sea experience stars in A Submarine Pirate at the Liberty theatre this week. The feature produced with United States navy cooperation under a permit from Secretary Daniels blends humor with submarine operation education.
The Coliseum at Fifth avenue and Pike Street, the Wests largest theatre, will open soon under Jensen and Von Herberg. They secured the Russian orchestra led by Mischa Gutters on for the new house. The eight member group includes prominent soloists and two organists. The orchestra is reportedly under a year contract at fifty thousand dollars.
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