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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1920
Page
9
Liberty Weekly presents a varied program featuring Ethel Clayton in The Thirteenth Commandment and Dorothy Dalton in The Flame of the Yukon. Striking animated shorts Matt and Jeff and The Cinema Murder headline a Strand Weekly night alongside other listed features and serials.
Mary Pickford stars in Pollyanna at the Coliseum with the glad game amid a tale of loss and resilience. Liberty presents The Thirteenth Commandment with Ethel Clayton. Strands feature Nazimova in Stronger Than Death and Marion Davies in The Cinema Murder. Colonial screens The False Code with Frank Keenen. Colonial’s cast includes Kate Corbaley and Joseph Dowling.
In San Francisco a mob raided the Sun movie theatre injuring the operating room and stealing 2000 feet of film depicting poverty in Ireland. The riot began when pigs in a home scene appeared. priests reportedly censored scenes before approval.
Wire briefs report Ernest Stage of Seattle found guilty by a jury of fish piracy. Other items note British Marines land at Panderma, Spokane Republicans plan meetings, and several regional incidents.
A young man solicits a $20 silver trade, places a bill in an envelope to his mother, but leaves short. He exits to fetch funds. two victims Claire a milliner at 1527 Third Ave and Mise Bessie Harrison at 603 Third Ave find empty envelopes when opening them. Police advised if such a suspect appears to restrain him and call authorities.
A nominating committee led by Lieut. D B White will meet at the Seattle hotel Tuesday noon to choose a successor to Teel Williams as president of the Aero club of the Northwest and a new secretary treasurer to replace Eugene Van Houten. Williams and Van Houten depart for Boston to enter Harvard two year graduate program in finance and commerce. both are ex service aviators.
Washington reports two American relief workers killed in a Turkish bandit attack on a convoy near Aintar Syria. The victims are James Perry and Frank Johnson, Y M C A representatives. Assistant Secretary of State Long announced the deaths and noted no details on their histories.
Seattle soldier Ritzmann en route home from Fresno was found in Oakland railroad yards in a badly beaten condition after robbers stole $1,000 from his belt. He remembers little except leaving Fresno and boarding the train. police presume he was robbed and thrown from the train.
Fire fighters and harbor patrol prevented a total loss of an Oriental cargo stored at Pier 1 foot of Yesterway Sunday. The cargo valued at 2 000 000 likely sparked by spontaneous combustion says Fine Marshal Bringhorst. Damage reported as 100. George Brown aged 85 employed by Central Coal Co was found dead in his room at 1229 Jackson St due to a hemorrhage.
Harry Hunt a Chicago publisher and brother of Seattle newspaperman Charles E. Hunt died Sunday in the East according to telegrams received yesterday.
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