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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1916
Page
2
Dr L R Clare emphasizes teeth care as essential to health and efficiency. The practice touts certified graduates, state board credentials, and painless methods with a satisfaction guarantee, urging patients to visit promptly and avoid delaying dental work.
Small power boats pass through the Lake Washington canal while passenger service runs from Madison Street to Ballard city pier via the May B. II since streetcar service is blocked. The tug Mary Frances towed a raft of logs through the canal on Saturday.
In St Louis on February 7 the committee in charge of arranging the Democratic convention meets tomorrow. Senator Stone is being aimed as temporary chairman.
A Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound tonic offers a ready to use solution to darken gray hair naturally and evenly. Priced around 50 cents a bottle, it promises to remove dandruff reduce itching and prevent hair loss with regular use.
In a fiery session the House passed a $600,000 appropriation to boost battleship yard facilities at Mare Island and New York Navy Yards. Speaker Clark abandoned his chair amid the debate. Cannon and Fitzgerald clashed over urgency and funding for preparedness.
Washington sources report a White House meeting between President Wilson and Secretary Lansing to decide whether the U S should compromise with Germany over the Lusitania dispute. Officials note a possible deadlock in talks despite informal negotiations continuing as undersecretary Zimmerman denies U S escalation.
The battle ship Oregon sailed for San Francisco where Lieut. H. H. Jones faces court martial over the disappearance of the naval code book from the destroyer Hull. Commander Reeves will be judge advocate. On February 15 the Oregon will be handed to the California naval militia. Since December nearly 10 000 visitors have boarded her.
At 3 30 Tuesday afternoon the Mothers' Training school will present a free lecture at the Bon Marche. All mothers are invited. Doctor Seagrave will speak while nurses demonstrate infant care including bed and clothing.
Joseph Rodriguez was knocked down by a frightened elephant in San Jose on February 7. The animal, upset by being fed grass, struck him and he remained unconscious for a while before regaining consciousness on a pile of lumber nearby.
George Friend, a near millionaire figure in Alaska, recounts a fall while descending a snow slope. A native woman and a white man used improvised brakes, causing Friend to speed past and collide, ripping his pants and leaving them scattered along a natural snow chute.
Lawmaking stalls in both houses with committees failing to start hearings on taxation and funding while speaker influence and administration absence hinder action. The Ferris land lease bill passed, child labor gains momentum, and lobby fighting looms as the Senate debates Philippine independence and the Brandeis Supreme Court nomination amid private pensions and pork discussions.
A Washington state Supreme Court ruling states that Yakima and other Indians must follow white legal limits when fishing outside their reservations. Tensions rose as officials and tribal members debated treaty rights. authorities paused conflicts and turned to court rulings to resolve the dispute.
Senator W. H. Pauthamus of Sumner heads a Lincoln day gathering at Masonic hall Fremont on Friday evening. North End candidates in the city election will be invited to speak briefly about their platforms.
Fireman J W Stokes, who nearly died fighting the Grand Trunk Pacific fire, was endorsed by County Commissioners chairman Hamilton for the information clerk job in the new county building amid the Saturday proceedings. Charles Terry, brother of City Treasurer Ed L Terry, withdrew his application.
A speculative note suggests that if all the gold assayed in Seattle since the 1898 opening of the government office were gathered in one pile, its weight would reach 476 tons.
W. E. Boeing of the Highlands has been personally assessed for $24,250, the highest personal assessment in the county.
John Edward Teiper was arraigned in Buffalo on a matricide charge for the murder of his mother and remanded without bail for a preliminary hearing. The district attorney did not address the earlier injuries to his brother Fred or sister Grace in the filing.
In Portland at St. Francis Cathedral Father Black condemned clubwomen for promoting birth control, calling them despicable and likening them to the worst demons. The sermon sparked debate among parishioners and observers.
Hazel Schoen Felt, 20, was found dead in the river after being discharged from a nurses' training school. Authorities say she had given a patient the wrong medicine, and the death is being reviewed as a possible suicide.
Feb 7 dispatches report Durazzo Albania threatened by early Austrian occupation. Austrian cavalry has reached the Arzeni river four miles from the city.
Milwaukee police hunted men believed to be Black Hand plotters after an unsuccessful bomb plot aimed at Armino Conte, the Italian consular agent, was uncovered. The discovery set off a manhunt as authorities pursued suspects connected to the alleged assassination bid.
Ye Olde Towne Male Quartette presents quartets solos readings and sketches at the Y M C A auditorium at 8 o clock Tuesday night.
A massive explosion at the Dupont Powder works gelatine plant near Tacoma killed three men—John Bell Gues Wolff and Peter Jean—andinjured others. The blast shattered windows miles away and wrecked homes within a mile as officials investigate whether the blast was accidental or tied to wartime plots. About 1000 pounds of dynamite detonated with damage estimated at $10,000.
New York notes W Irving Twombley millionaire automobile maker and ex president of the New York Aeronautic club is named defendant in a $50000 alienation of affection suit by Francis W Reese of Los Angeles. Reese says after his July 29 1915 marriage to Ethel Helen Long she grew attached to Twombley and followed him to New York where she lived with him and sometimes called herself Mrs Twombley.
Complaints to police headquarters allege property owners have failed to clear snow from sidewalks. Violations carry a fine up to 100 dollars, or up to 40 days in jail, or both, per city ordinance.
A heavy chisel, darkly stained, is held by police as evidence in the murder of Mrs. J. R. Hinkle on Friday night. It was found in an upstairs closet, suggesting a key clue in the investigation.
Druggists offer refunds if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. First application provides relief. 60.
Small craft warnings were ordered and displayed today due to a brisk to high southerly wind along the coast.
Japanese druggist Tatano Takano faced manslaughter charges in Judge Frater's court for the January 8 death of laborer Tom Shannon from wood alcohol. Prosecutors say Takano sold an unlabeled bottle of wood alcohol a day after prohibition took effect. Nearly a dozen others died from the poison in early January.
The Orpheum features Dorothy Jardon headlining a varied bill with Mirano brothers, Piying torpedo thrillers, ventriloquist acts, song and dance numbers, and a dramatic piece Conscience by Rodney Ranous and Marie Nelson. The Moore theatre opens Monday with The Typhoon starring Whiteside, with six nights and two matinees, marking his return to Beattie after three years.
Eugene Levy the Hippodrome manager kept Sunday crowd despite snow delaying his star act the 10 Cherokee Indians. He replaced them with Gene Miller in a piano record set and a sketch by Athon and company titled Retribution. Theresa Hurnblad presented The Swedish Nightingale. Anita Stewart starred in a Vitagraph thriller No 413.
Wives and daughters of members of the house of representatives hosted their annual reception at Congress Hall this afternoon. During the event wives of cabinet members presided at the tea table for the guests of officialdom in the city.
May Blake filed a suit in superior court to recover 1039 dollars from W. H. Merritt manager of the Merritt Realty Co alleging she was defrauded in buying logged off land in Snohomish county.
Detroit manufacturers estimate 1916 demand at over one million cars with output planned for at least 550,000 units. Detroit’s 1915 production reached about 425,000 cars valued around $400 million and employment exceeds 75,000. Prices are not expected to fall, with some predicting slight increases. The 1915 average price was $672, compared with $2,123 eight years earlier.
Thomas F. Murphine seeks corporate counsel office on a strictly nonpartisan basis drawing support from progressives democrats progressive republicans and independents. The executive committee includes Ole Hanson Hugh Todd Edward Judd J. D. Trenholme Dan Landon and many others.
In Eugene the body of Scott Inman is believed lost in the Willamette River flood after he and a brother viewed the rising waters from the High Street Bridge. Efforts to recover him have failed. he had recently been out of work.
New York February 7 Geraldine Farrar the grand opera star was overwhelmed by congratulations after confirming her wedding to Lou Tellegen movie star to be held tomorrow.
Patrolman Borsheim of the Seattle police won first place in a ski jumping contest held Sunday afternoon at Fourth Ave W and Nickerson St. He jumped 40 feet and stayed balanced as over 200 spectators watched. The snow was soft and hindered the jumpers. Brooklyn contributes $75,000 for relief of Jews in Europe.
Memorial service for Jean Seman ez, socialist leader of France and wounded on the battlefield, held in Paris. Other brief items note Italian steamer Stampalis arriving in New York, Alaska railroad staying open through heavy snow, and Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski raising funds in Chicago.
Wm F Richardson, city registration clerk, seeks revocation of Frances H Richardson's will in Judge Albertson's court. Frances died December 7 leaving about $30 000 in personal property. The probate will named A A Booth as executor. Richardson claims a later will exists.
Councilman Bolton explains a proposed milk delivery bill aimed at deliveries after 6 a m. He says the measure, asked by milk dealers and workers, would give milkmen four more hours of sleep by delaying morning delivery.
Registration for the second semester collected 37500 dollars from state university students. 112 freshmen and 96 former students were added, with about 500 more expected in two weeks. The year’s total enrollment should surpass 3000.
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