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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1908

Page

2

Intercollegiate and Local Sports Sketched in Brief

Yale defeats Toronto in intercollegiate hockey contention while Victoria and Seattle hockey teams meet on campus. Acquilla and Gwe dolyn race around Protection Island area, and Packy Mcharland defeats Fred die Welch in Milwaukee bout. Vancouver hosts first horse show with prizes March 10, 21. Stanford likely skips intercollegiate rowing due to funding.

Yale University of Toronto Acquilla Gwe Dolyn Packy Mcharland Chicago Freddie Welch England Badger Athletic Club Milwaukee Victoria Seattle Vancouver Northwest Stanford Rasmussen

Affinity Scam Unmasked by Mail in Elgin Court Case

Marian Grey runs an affinity finding service in Elgin attracting suitors from across the nation. Postal inspectors charged her as profits rose to about $1,500 monthly before indictments and a trial led by Kenesaw Mountain Landis.

Seattle Star Chicago Marian Grey North Dakota Texas Kansas King Cotton Kentucky Marian Claudie-boy Claudieboy Hiim Maid Martian Elgin Kenesaw Mountain Landis Simon Maid Marian Amsterdam

Holdups Captured Near Napevine by Japanese Workers

United Press reports four Japanese cooks at Northern Pacific construction site in Capualis held up a car last night. They entered during occupants absence, broke a trunk, and took two watches and two razors. They fled when confronted by Japanese workers, then were pursued and forced to surrender to Sheriff Deggeller and deputies.

United Press Capualis All Japanes Cook Northern Pacific Construction Napevine Deggeller Midotabt

Cane and wand exercises provide easy fitness for women

Margaret Madison promotes cane broom handle or curtain pole exercises as a gentler alternative to Indian clubs. She urges performing wand moves near an open window to improve lung capacity, posture, and relaxation, with varied positions to exercise all muscles.

Will Reinstate High School Professionals

The Washington high school athletes deemed professional by a recent Amateur Athletic Union ruling are expected to be reinstated soon. Officials say lax administration allowed many to compete as amateurs, prompting records to be wiped and a stricter amateur policy to be enforced thereafter.

Washington High School Amateur Athletic Union

Big Horse Show Planned in Vancouver BC

Vancouver hosts its first major horse show on March 19 20 and 21 with $5000 in prizes and many entries already filled. A spacious drill ball is secured and entrants from Seattle Portland and Tacoma will attend. John W Considine donates a silver trophy as top stock displays and the event aims for social and financial success in the Canadian west.

Vancouver British Columbia Percy F. Godenrath Seattle Portland Tacoma John W. Considine Canadian West

Churchill and Wood win S A C bowling doubles title

Churchill and Wood captured the doubles crown at the S A C bowling tourney with 1091 pins. Mengle and Degman came in second with 1029, while Young and Brown placed third with 675 as scores list a sequence of frame totals.

Mengle Degman Young and Brown Churchill Wood

Double Header Basketball At Lincoln Gym Tonight

A double header features Mt Vernon and Lincoln high schools with a preliminary girls game at Lincoln. Ly man Maass may join the junior and senior squads as Casey Lowman and Sparger hold center and guard posts amid expectations of a hard main event. In Topeka Kansas the Rock Island and Santa Fe railways will hire more telegraphers to meet the nine hour federal rule.

Lincoln Gym Mt. Vernon Lincoln Lyman Maass Casey Lowman Sparger Topeka Kas Rock Island and Santa Fe Railways

Meteors Defeat S A C In Rough Seattle League Match

The Meteors beat a team from the 8 A C 29 to 19 in the Seattle Basketball League Section A game. The contest featured rough play, with Meteors Clementson Moxley and Hoar stars while Meagher and Matthews also contributed from former teams.

Meteors A. C Eclub Clementson Moxley Hoar Meagher Matthews Herkeley

Actor George W. Wessels Dies in Paralyzing Illness

United Press reports veteran actor George W. Wessels lasting 34 years in leading parts with Ed Wynn and other stage stars died in the city of paralysis attributed to exposure suffered while performing with Blanche Bates in Darling of the Gods three years earlier.

United Press Deny George W. Wessels Edwin Blanche Bates

Mount Vernon Debaters Triumph in Chehalis Contest

CHEHALIS Feb 23 Mount Vernons debating team Robin Wells and Laura Hard defeated Chehalis debaters Claude Harmon and Agnes Iippinger in the third interscholastic contest of the series. Reverend F W Keator Olympia bishop addresses Sunday club at the M C A tomorrow at 7 16 pm. William's Jubilee Singers to perform in the lobby.

F. W. Keator Olympia William’s Jubilee Singers Mt. Vernon Chehalis Mount Vernon Robin Wells Laura Hard Claude Harmon Agnes Iippinger

Ten Giria and No Man staged by Seattle Liederkranz chorus

Von Suppe's comic operetta Ten Giria and No Man will be presented by the mixed chorus of the Seattle Liederkranz at Turner hall 1819 Highbay tomorrow evening at 8 15. A good musical program precedes the opera and a ball will follow the entertainment.

Modern Probleme Rally At First Presbyterian Church

A rally for Christian Endeavor Epworth League Rh Y P U and other young associations will be held at the First Presbyterian church Monday evening. A good program has been arranged.

Rally of All Christian Endeavor Epworth League First Presbyterian Church

Japanese prisoners released under Natal Act ruling

Chief Justice Hunter ordering immediate discharge of two Japanese detainees held in New Westminster jail for violating a provincial act. He declares the Natal act inoperative, directing their release today in Vancouver.

United Press Vancouver B.C Hunter New Westminster

Veteran Editor Crosby S. Noyes Dies in Pasadena

Crosby S. Noyes longtime editor of the Washington Evening Star died after 6:20 p m at Hotel Raymond Pasadena surrounded by family. He had been in Pasadena for some time and retained his faculties to the end.

Angeuis Los Eles

Prize Winners in Washington High School Oratorical Contest

Mary Barrell of the junior class won $20 for first place in the Washington high school oratorical contest held last night by the Sons of the American Revolution. Melville Monheimer and Reinhold Loewe, both seniors, earned $10 and $5 for second and third prizes as the event celebrates Washington's birthday with annual statewide contests to encourage civic knowledge and public speaking.

Mary Barrell Wasington Home Washington High School Melville Monheimer Reinhold Loewe State Society of the Bons Washington City

Baseball Goods Sale for Boys and Men

Special on baseball bats and balls for boys and men. Call to see selections and get prices. Hall storefront, Tillstave line.

Hall

Money order thief robs Spokane merchants with forged orders

A man signing as J. P. Mason fleeced several local merchants with forged postal money orders. Victims include Leon Dornbvers and J. Dornberg each losing $45, Chicago Clothing $46 paid for a $25 overcoat, and Behach & Rilorden jewels worth $35. The forger, once in Portland Tacoma and Seattle, used stolen order blanks. Police and postal authorities expect more cases. methods described as crude.

United Press J. P. Mason Seattle Leon Dornbvers J. Dornberg Chicago Behach & Rilorden Niverside Washington Spokane Portland Ore Tacoma

Murder charge in brutal killing of toddler in Chicago

Michael Davala 41, an employee at the Rice Co mill in South Chicago, is charged with murdering three year old Joseph Devenick Jr. The landlord's son died after Davala allegedly scorched and burned him with boiling water following a dispute over the mother. The accused fled after the crime.

Chicago Michael Davala Giant Ltineia Rice Co Mille Joseph Devenick Davala

Five railroad workers blown to pieces in dynamite blast

Reports say five men working on the new Weeters Pacific railroad tunnel near Heckwith were killed when a dynamite charge exploded. Two men were placing the charge while three others stood nearby. pieces of their bodies were hurled to great distances.

United Press Reno Weeters Pacific Railroad Heckwith

Revolution Threat Grows in Lisbon Amid Panic

A special dispatch from Lisbon reports rising revolutionary activity and anarchists spreading in various directions. The city faces great unease with business at a standstill as troops surround the palace and the garrison is held in readiness. Soldiers have been issued extra cartridges and ordered to fire directly at revolutionaries if mobilized.

Paria Lisbon

Clubs Must Close In Greater Pittsburg After Midnight

Police order all clubs closed at midnight in Greater Pittsburg. Hotels may allow guests to enter and leave, but liquor sales are forbidden after hours. The move follows numerous complaints from parents and wives.

Pittsburg Fed Greater Pitteberg

Steam launches race on the bay near San Francisco

The battleship Nebraska and cruisers Washington and Tennessee raced on San Francisco Bay in a spirited water display. A drown was reported during the event.

San Francisco Nebraska Washington Tennessee

Cheap Colonist Rates Westbound Through Oregon Railroad

Travel deals announced for March and April by Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. From Chicago to destinations including St. Paul Omaha Kansas City and Missouri River points priced at 90 dollars and St Louis at 96.50. Tickets and deposits available at Union Ticket Office 608 First Ave E EB Eilts General Agent.

Oregon Raiiroad & Navigation Co Chicago St. Paul Omaha Kansas City Missouri River St. Louis Union Ticket Office First Ave

Goats and drowning tragedy near Tennessee steamer

A Chinese seaman, part of the Gymette crew, drowned after a man in the water slipped from a bluejacket’s grasp as Tennessee’s launch neared. The incident occurred while Gymette lay anchored nearby.

Tennessee

Acquittal in Murder Trial of Hazelle Cornell

The jury acquitted Hazelle Cornell, charged with murdering George T. Bennett, a contractor in the city, with deliberations under three hours after a nearly six week trial. The report also notes T Jefferson Coolidge of Boston once serving as minister to the United States.

Angeles Hazelle Cornell George T. Bennett Boston T. Jefferson Coolidge Page Ae Nee Fan Leagve

Bailey accused again in hold-up and shooting

For the second time William Wright identified Charles BK Bailey as the man who held him up and shot him near Seventh Avenue and Battery Street. Bailey faced a formal charge of assault with intent to commit robbery and was sent to the county jail.

William Wright Charles BK. Bailey Seventh Av Battery St

Fly On The Piger Seattle Tacoma Route Schedule

Round trip fare 600. Four daily round trips depart Seattle at 6:46 10:25 A M 2:05 and 6:46 P M and Tacoma at 8:38 A M 12:15 3:36 and 7:30 P M. U Seeley Jr Agent Gentile Tel Main 176 Tacoma Tel 212.

Seattle-Tacoma Seattle Tacoma U. Seeley, Jr Genttle Tecome

Mrs Gladstone to Give an Evening Reading Event

Mrs Gladstone, a known reader, will present a day evening reading event. Local crowd expected as she shares selections and insights, inviting the public to attend and enjoy her literary program.

Vivating Cattle Meeting Tomorrow at Plymouth Chores

A brief note indicates the Vivating Cattle will meet tomorrow in Plymouth for chores. The fragment references sublet rother Strangers, but details are unclear.

Plymouth Rother

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