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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1908
Page
8
Feb 13 at Fernandez Island Robinson Crusoe reports a distant horizon darkened by smoke as a fleet of oddly built ships approached from N by N W. The vessels fired rapid detonations from munitions stores and steamed off leaving no clear fate. Friday confirms the account amid thirst and caution.
The tenth Seattle Symphony concert happens tomorrow at Moore theatre with soloist Miss Julia Brewer performing a program including the Martha overture Bizet suite and Lohengrin. Red Feather, now a standard light opera, plays next week at Grand Opera House with Charlies Klein and Cheridah Simpson in leading roles and an acclaimed supporting cast.
The Moore theatre offers Forty Five Minutes From Broadway Thursday to Sunday with Friday and Saturday matinees. A Cohen style show features Frances Gordon as Plain Mary and Scott Welch in a key role alongside a swinging musical act and light comedy.
Effie Shannon and Herbert Kel ley star in Alfred Sutro’s The Walls of Jericho at the Moore Theatre the week of February 23. The drama has drawn strong praise in London New York The Hague and Berlin for its compelling themes and performances.
Frawley will appear in the Jones centered production with full support from the regular stock company. The current bill closes at the Coliseum tomorrow night featuring Hendrie Mills and company. New acts include The Marshal, Golden and Hughes minstrels, the Grace Tempest trio of singers, Gidday and Fox Hebrew comedians, with a Monday afternoon opening.
Bimm, Bomm and Burr advertised as the feature act of the bill at Pantages next show. A novelty musical act is promised. Donat Bedini and his dogs Allen, Demain and Allen join other new acts going on Monday.
Hettie Green, the world’s wealthiest woman, warns hard times have begun and Roosevelt will be renominated. She recalls guiding loans to William K. Vanderbilt and a rejected offer from the Vanderbilt jewelry security, and says a guardian would suit her rather than a husband.
Washington Feb 15 Attorney General Honaparte will refer to government attorneys Kellogg and Severance the question whether the government should act to prevent the recently declared dividends by the Southern Pacific railway on stock held by the Union Pacific road. A special federal court order would be required at Buffalo Lake where the government has suit to dissolve the merger.
Miss Lilly Noah a Seventh Day Adventist who won first place in arm position for the oratorical contest sponsored by the Sons of the American Revolution withdraws after learning the event on February 21 falls on a Friday evening. Her Sabbath observance from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown prohibits participation on that day.
The Lyric announces A Sculptor's Dilemma as next week's burlesque offering by Harry Montague described as livelier and funnier than past Lyric shows. New living pictures promised. The Star Theatre closes tomorrow with Gilroy Hayes Montgomery, The Good Ship Nancy Lee act by the Four Brown Brothers and Doc Kealey, Lola Herman violinist and other headliners.
After allowing alleged offenders to go on recognizance the socialists charged in Judge Gordon’s court were told cases would not be called for 30 days. J A McCorkle, socialist mayoral candidate, attended after spending a night in jail. Mrs M Gale, charged with throwing sticks at Sergeant Hedeen, will not be prosecuted.
Lee Willard and his company present The Country Squire at the Seattle theatre tonight for the last time. Tomorrow afternoon Russell & Drew offer Bernard Daly in The Kerry Gow, starring Irish comedian Daly as part of a touring wave following William J. Scanlan. A dramatic Parsifal adaptation arrives at the Grand the week of February 23 with elaborate staging.
The Family theatre will feature The College Girls on next week’s bill with The Senorita offered for the last time tomorrow. New and catchy songs are promised for The College Girls.
The Five Cent Star theatre reveals new attractions coming next week with changes planned on Monday and Thursday. John L. Sullivan's championship belt is highlighted this week as a feature.
Brief items note smallpox concerns in Rathdrum Idaho after a Spokane case involving a 1 year old girl. a 35 year old man named Howard faced legal defense of sanity. Snohomish Canning lands a site for a large new plant. Representative Humphrey from Washington to speak on the ship subsidy bill before Detroit Board of Trade tonight.
The Horace K. Turner pictures arrive for a Washington High School exhibit from Wednesday February 18 to Friday February 21. The collection will be displayed in the library with admission tickets sold at a nominal price. Proceeds will fund adding to the high school collection and new works will be hung throughout the building.
The Burnaide sails north to repair the out of order United States cable in Prince William Sound. The Minnesota after fumigation at Diamond Point reaches port. Three smallpox suspects in quarantine. Steamer Saratoga sails tomorrow for Boward and Valdes with many laborers and passengers for Alaska. Steamer Jefferson due tomorrow night from Skagway. Rosalie on Seattle Victoria route at 56 cents fare. Clock Beattie freight rate inquiry. Walla Walla farmers seek reduced grain bag freight rates. Main 1714.
Washington February 15 2200 tons of supplies are en route to Cavite in the Philippines to be held for Rear Admiral Evans Atlantic fleet on its world voyage Supplies are also building up in San Francisco to stock the fleet for its voyage to the islands
The Lois theatre will stage the farce What Happened to Jones all next week with matinee showings beginning tomorrow for the initial performance.
Several Seattle houses paid for bogus gas fixture repairs after a man claimed to be a former gas office plumber. He checks fittings, then damages pipes with a hammer to justify a $1 to $1.50 bill. Police warned to stop the scam as more residents may be targeted.
Vineapro Calderone, once a Maspeth fireworks manufacturer, is jailed in New York on suspicion of involvement in the bombings attributed to Black Hand members. The arrest centers on his alleged role in supplying devices used in attacks.
Local plumbing ad from G. H. Brown Plumbing Co. promotes modern baths lavatories or sinks at factory prices and invites readers to call at 221 Pine St. for service or installation.
A short item notes that tea quality matters and that grocers refund customers who dislike Schilling's Best tea. The fragment mentions paying the grocer if customers are unhappy and that refunds are provided.
In Salem Oregon on February 15 state labor organizers from the Federated Trades Fitzgerald of the Cigarmakers and Frank Gary of the Electrical Workers addressed a large audience of organized and unorganized labor. The group formed several new trades unions and plan to go to Albany this evening.
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