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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1916
Page
4
The report notes a 36 degree temperature holding for two hours. A storm warning is issued for Monday afternoon as a strong southwesterly gale is expected before nightfall with showers likely Monday night and clearing Tuesday.
Otto A Case, a council candidate, advocates removing the police chief from political control and under civil service. He argues the chief’s office should be non-political and not at the mayor’s whim. He also supports early sealing of Cedar River dam and abolishing the 60 year age limit for laborers.
An unemployed husband with a sick wife asks for assistance via The Star. A gasoline engineer by trade he will take any job to provide for his wife. his address is available through The Star.
Committee Clerk L. C. Shrader argues the preferential voting plan would cut election expenses in half and reflect the will of the majority. Prof. J. Allen Smith scheduled to speak on The Boycott and Injunction next Sunday night as the charter amendment for the preferential system appears before voters March 7.
Seattle churchmen will hold services across the city on March 12 to urge greater active interest in church work. The effort aims to boost participation and reinforce community efforts through a coordinated day of church activity.
Mina Burke, praised as a great stage actress, appears in Pegay at the Liberty with her vitality and health noted. A six part socio logical drama Race Death by Own Action opens at the American theatre, attacking state and community problems from prehistoric times to modern life.
In Jacksonville and Panama Canal zone scenes, William Farnum stars in The Broken Law with a sensational on set moment. The Ne'er Do-Well shows prison drama with Rex Beach script. The Catapan and Island of Surprise headline at Strand and Coliseum with vaudeville acts at Alhambra and Empress. Metropolitan stock opens Kick In with Hackett and Hunt while It Pays to Advertise fills the Metropolitan bill.
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