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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1916
Page
3
Leo Schwalacher was elected President of a Seattle branch of the Hebrew Shelter and Immigra l Aid society organized to assist Jewish immigrants in becoming citizens.
Councilman Erickson delays his decision on running for mayor awaiting a ruling from the Municipal Ownership League and considering resigning his council seat if he enters the race.
Miss Mary F. Rausch, a residence instructor in home economics at the University of Washington, announced Monday that the second annual housekeepers short course will be held in Menney Hall from March 14 to 18. Thirty-two lectures will be given for $2.
Judge Frater criticizes the current divorce law as flawed noting 1595 divorce suits filed in 1915 vs 1581 in 1914 while marriages declined and wedding licenses dropped from 3743 in 1914 to 3434 in 1915.
At the Carlton on New Year’s Eve in London, a glittering crowd of aristocrats and munition magnates feasts as war profiteers celebrate. Man in attendance contrasts with millions homeless abroad while headlines mock compulsory thrift and a wary world watches. Sir Edward Grey sits apart, a silent witness to a city in paradox.
One death and a dozen injuries mark a night windstorm in San Francisco. Henry Chileon a retired Los Angeles druggist died when a signboard buried him and his wife. A large electric sign toppled on Market Street injuring a woman and narrowly missing others. The storm whipped the sea into white foam, delayed steamers and hurled lumber off ships. Whitesboro reported the wildest sea captain had seen in 27 years.
The advisory committee urges consolidation of Seattle's commercial groups to revive the city spirit. A trust fund for aiding industries would be funded by three annual installments from a 3000 member base and overseen by seven trustees from diverse sectors. The plan envisions income exceeding 60 000 dollars and operation on membership revenue. Committee includes A J Rhodes M A Gottstein J W Maxwell Clifford Wiley and Robert S Boyna. The matter to be discussed at a club meeting Tuesday night.
A sharp earthquake rattled Seattle and the Northwest around 6 56 p m with reports of two distinct shocks. Seismograph data suggested origin in Central or South America as furniture moved and dishes rattled in many homes.
Ole Hanson with son Ole Jr forms a real estate firm to focus on water front property and subdivisions. Ole Jr will head the subdivisions sales department, and the firm plans an annual advertising budget of $10,000 as overhead.
The South Seas drama Cros Currents stars Helen Ware and Courtenay Foote at the Liberty with D W Griffith directing. Also shown are Camille at the American with Clara Kimball Young and Work starring Charlie Chaplin at the Hippodrome alongside vaudeville features.
An advertising copy touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for sour stomach heartburn indigestion and related discomfort. It claims relief in five minutes from stomach misery with a fifty cent case sufficient for the whole family and urges readers to obtain it at their drug store.
Charles F.E. Peabody and Seattle capitalists plan a transpacific shipping corporation. Peabody works in New York arranging finances, with a report that four large steamships will be built.
The Three Girls bakery plans a new plant at Seventh Ave and Republican St within three weeks and will produce 60,000 loaves daily. The Coliseum Theatre, claimed as the world’s largest photoplay house, will open on Wednesday January 1.
The piece accuses the Socialist Party organization of the state of corruption and dishonesty, alleging ranks sold to the highest bidder in Pierce County during 1911 and 1914. It argues the state executive committee tolerated this while denying actual delivery of votes, condemning those who sell or fuse Socialist votes as treason and worse than thieves.
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