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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1914
Page
5
Judge Albertson rules in favor of Coliseum Invest Co against Kings for the value of the courthouse site build. The court notes $15,000 was insured on the build and assigns value to the portion taken by the commissioners. The decision hinges on the insured amount and project value.
Seattle units plan a massive street celebration and parade on February 8 to honor the Alaska railroad bill. The Alaska Chamber of Commerce bureau organizes the event with city organizations, featuring the Tillkums of Elttaes booster parade and a downtown mass meeting. Seth Mann of San Francisco may attend. Chamber President Chilberg touts the bill as a new era for Seattle and the Northwest.
Victor Morley Bernice McCabe and an able company entertain last night in The Quaker Girl at the Metropolitan The tango scene added by manager McKenzie boosted interest though some guests felt the cold. Prudence and Tony charm audiences with pretty dances and lively wit.
Two wife murderers were electrocuted today at the state prison in Michigan City. John Chereka aged 40 and Harry Rasio aged 25 were put to death. Chereka's three children will be sent to relatives in Austria.
February 20 report from San Francisco says Stanley Smith, 20, once a valet for Leo De Sabla, admitted stealing $1,000 in jewelry from Eugene De Sabla's home to fund his marriage to a girl he admired.
Ex-Detective Martin Flanagan and exdetective Fred Turner were convicted of taking $3,000 from a woman of the underworld for protection in St Paul on February 20.
Florence Bell stars in Elinor Glyn story Three Weeks at the Seattle Theatre. She says the stage version is not immoral and disagrees with a critic who claimed otherwise, noting the production lacks objectionable content and praising its adaptation.
Washington February 20 One check for 67660 dollars and another for 1 cent appeared at the Department of Commerce. The larger check was to Secretary Redfield for the Alaska seal and fox skins sale held in St Louis. The one cent check went to George Johannes the department's disbursing officer who had previously served at the Census Bureau. The Treasury found he had shorted himself a cent and returned it via a check.
A Jewish women’s committee in Louis organized the Tribute Fund to stop spending money on funeral and festive flowers. Funds saved will be donated to welfare efforts at the Jewish Day Nursery, aiding children in care.
New York report describes 13 year old May Condon walking in a sleep to a friend's home last night and being put to bed without waking. The patient awakened later in the home, then returned to rest.
Omar Taft confesses he hid the Delage driven by Bert Dingley for Mrs. Leotia Northam in the Vanderbilt cup raid after being replaced as the pilot. Taft says the car is held in New York by his order and he refuses to reveal its location.
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