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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1916
Page
4
Thousand miles of telephone conversations between New York and Kerk are featured at the Metropolitan theatre. Pepie snow falls Tuesday demonstrations of cross continental conversations were given with five hundred receiver pairs for audience listening. Admission is not fully shown.
Thruont United States begins today a national sight month celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Young Women's Christian Association founded in Boston in 1866. The organization reports 342,948 members in America.
In Olympia a superior court case accuses J C Slater of Crescent Oil of selling stock without accounting placing a mortgage on company property and abandoning a potentially productive well. Assistant driller George C Gardner testifies there is oil in the well.
In St Paul on Feb 2, dealers showcased a cigar shield to keep wind from snuffing the light and a holder to shield a baby from auto jars as the latest car accessories.
Berlin reports the foreign office has sent Ambassador Von Bernstorff new instructions that give reasonable hope for a positive understanding in the Lusitania case, according to semi official statements.
Bert Cramer killed by Mexicans in the Guerrero district was a cousin of Seattle Sergeant A. Ryan. Three nephews a brother in law and a sister in law of the officer are believed to remain in the district and a telegraphic search is under way to locate them.
County commissioners and city officials will not act on the joint prison farm plan advocated by Mayor Gill until the state supreme court hands down a decision in the county farm case. Action was taken to enjoin the purchase of the Kirkland tract. Gill and Councilman Fitzgerrald met with Commissioners Hamilton and Carrigan on Tuesday.
Duluth marked Prosperity Day by order of Mayor Prince. The celebration featured an ice carnival signaling the return of good times to the city.
Grace Cunard, after seven years in film, advances from extra to director at Universal City. She writes most of her own scripts and handles prop and scenario adjustments, drawing praise from directors and prompting her to helm hundreds of productions. The piece also notes Cleo Madison and Blanche Sweet in current showings and previews.
Norfolk officials indicate the British liner Appam will not be allowed to depart, with an interlocutory decree to hold her pending final decision. The prize crew and 450 British prisoners remain aboard as Washington weighs whether the ship is a German privateer or a prize with possible internment or release.
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