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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
7
The Public Ownership League will hold its annual election Friday night at the Assembly Hall. Organizers will also lay plans for the upcoming municipal initiatives during the session.
A national appeal for calm over the German crisis is launched in New York with 26 signers including Amos Pinchot Paul Kellogg Geo Kirby and Oswald Villard. The message asks Wilson to seek deliberate mediation and asks all supporters to telegraph the president.
Olympia February 2 Senate and house unanimously approved higher education measures aligning the rival state colleges and normal schools heads with the governor after conference. A capital punishment bill was introduced by nine senators following the murder of Commissioner Olson.
Lieut. Col. HM. B. Bishop, rescued from the Sonora desert after his aeroplane broke down, is hospitalized at Letterman General Hospital in the Presidio. He recalls the moment his companion Robertson left to seek help and the odd feeling of relief upon survival.
David Starr Jordan, peace advocate and former Stanford chancellor, warned from San Francisco that Germany's new policy signals either central power desperation or a revival by Chancellor foes. He said it foreshadows collapse in any case.
Berlin reports a broad expectation that the United States will not declare war, uniting Germans behind the submarine blockade to force England into peace. The survey cites Hindenburg and Tirpitz as believing the measure quickens the end of the war and will rally all forces.
Paul Wallace, a Seattle automobile driver, seeks a divorce from Elizabeth, claiming he was hoodwinked into marriage. The Superior Court trial began Friday with Wallace testifying he met her last April at a skating rink and faced threats from two men. He said he lived with her briefly, then moved to his mother's home. A baby was reportedly born in the city hospital, with the mother and her attorney present.
In Olympia on Feb 2 the Washington House voted 59 to 22 to memorialize the national geographic board to lift the curse from Mount Rainier. King county rep Paul Houser led the moment, arguing the name change matters to Tacoma and state residents, while an attempt to indefinitely postpone failed. Pierce county backed the measure, with Fuller Knapp and Renick joining Houser.
The Palace Hip opened Friday with an exceptional gymnastic number by The Rivalaisen Troupe drawing strong applause. Clarke and La Vere perform The Girl and the Cop as the net act. The program includes four other acts and the photoplay feature The Purple Mask sixth episode.
A strong offshore wind kept the full rigged Star of Lapland from hitting rocks near Cape Plattery after the vessel became lost in a snow storm early this week.
A Seattle dental ad promotes painless dentistry claiming bad teeth cause many diseases including rheumatism and stomach trouble. It touts Novo Cain anaesthetic, a high quality staff, modern appliances, and an ironclad guarantee signed by the operator and owner manager L. R. Clark D. D. S. It invites viewers for a complimentary examination with no obligation.
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