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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1912
Page
8
An American collector has offered 126000 for a carved ivory Leonardo da Vinci crucifix found at a Rag Fair in Revo. Ten years ago it sold cheaply at a rag fair. The offer is under consideration amid other interested buyers.
Three mayoral candidates and two socialists who filed for the post will be guests of the Quiz Congress at the YMCA auditorium Thursday night. If all attend the congress will likely hold a straw vote after the quizeing.
Three candidates for Seattle mayor will attend an open meeting of the Beetle Women's council at Dr. De Voe's residence 421 18th Ave N. Tonight each candidate will speak and answer questions from women voters.
A poetic piece celebrates People from every walk of life from tenements to steeples, praising the varied scenes of urban life. It marvels at the ocean of humanity, noting both virtue and vice, joy and struggle, in a broad, reflective tone.
The listings highlight The Passing of the Third Floor Back at Theatres Moore Forbes Robertson and Metropolitan Robt Hilllard performing A Fool There Was. Acts include Seattie The Barrier and vaudeville at Pantages Empress Orpheum Grand Motion Pictures. Luba Meroff performs mandolin and xylophone with dance and song in Russian. a breezy baseball quartet, singers and comedians. and Harry Von Fosse, a blackface artist, also on stage.
Forbes Robertson held his Moore audience in thrall as the Passer-by in a boardinghouse drama. The performance mixed satire and sentiment, revealing cheats and shaming vices into self respect, with Robertson recalled repeatedly for encores and thanks.
The Abrew family six Cubana headline a thrilling acrobatic act at Pan tages theatre this week. O'Rilla Barbee and company present A Strenuous Daisy with slang and pepper. Violinist Leo Filhier impresses as he brings the house down. International Grand Opera quartet offers popular classics. Kircher sings sweetly while Pewitt displays expressive facial stage craft. Flynn and McLaughlin deliver ragtime singing and dancing.
Captain Kleinschmidt’s wonderful Alaska images shown at the Lyceum attract large crowds for a second week. Ticket price reductions made the show more popular.
The Romany Opera company directed by Alexander Bevan leads the Orpheum bill while Karl plays a cigar box violin. The Paroffs perform as comedy gymnasts and the Paul Azard trio balances the program with hand balancing. Juliet 7 teases audience. Mullin and Coogan provide patter with song and dance. Donlan and Lenhart offer burlesque second sight reading.
The Empress presents seven Mezzetti brothers as headliners this week with Cadieux on the tight wire. Kittie Ross performs coon songs and melodic numbers, and a royal number rounds out the program.
The article notes Sherman's march contrasted with Napoleon's, saying Napoleon’s troops climbed a hill and were led back, while Sherman’s men were moved by river steamboats to prevent fatigue. A letter to W. T. Patten orders immediate report to Letterman General Hospital for several weeks of treatment.
G A Lee and J Jones public service commissioners with O C Calderhead arrive in Everett to inspect sites and investigate reported violations. Funeral services for Rev John C Baker pioneer Baptist of the West held at Fi Baptist church Seattle clergy in attendance. A committee including A Dyers BE Smith and F B Rander formed at Yealerway district meeting to study regrade of courthouse bill. next meeting scheduled near Monday.
Chinese residents in Seattle prepared to mark the republic movement on the traditional date but a telegram canceled current festivities. They will observe February 17 as the last celebration on the same date as in China.
Judge H. M. Trimble chief of the Grand Army of the Republic delivered the keynote speech at the armory yesterday afternoon. Col. Charles R. Koch and Mrs. Cora M. Davis also spoke as part of the G. A. R. tour, with the party departing for Spokane afterward.
A rare fineness gold bar valued at 9000 dollars was received yesterday from the Validez quartz mines at the local assay office.
Voters in the Port District of King County will decide on March 5 whether to approve a harbor improvement plan and bond issue to fund immediate portions of the project.
The Pacific Coast Steel Co will buy 30 ton furnaces after absorbing Youngstown iron mills. The purchase plus new machinery totals $260,000. The Seattle plant will specialize in reinforcing bars for concrete and other machinery. About 100 more employees will be hired, says director William Pigott.
Members of the Madrona Heights Improvement club will hear both sides of the Bogue plans at a meeting tomorrow night. Senator Josiah Collins will speak against the plan while Geo. B. Little field will uphold them.
Governor Hooper imprisoned as a civic lesson drew little public mourning in Tennessee. New York banned turkey trot and other dances in halls. Autographs fetched modest sums in Boston and a Sullivan relic sold similarly. Y M C A members re-elected six directors at a meeting. W G MacLaren spoke at Woodland Park Baptist Church. Miss Lovett of Lebanon Rescue Home gave an address in Seattle.
John and Jerry Keating have served side by side in the 27th U. S. Infantry for a decade and learned they are brothers when Jerry mentioned their mother's name.
The Androscoggin and Gresham have been ordered to help thirty American vessels trapped by ice off the Newfoundland coast. The ships carry cargoes valued at about 600000 dollars and are said to be in danger of destruction.
Disturbances in Ecuador lead the collier Prometheus now in San Francisco Bay to be ordered to proceed to the Galapagos to aid in protecting American interests. U S civil service announces a stenographer and typewriter exam in Seattle on Jan 28 1912 and notes vacancies in Seattle area across immigration service railway mail service and U S marshal's office with varying annual salaries.
In Minneapolis, R. W. Ricketson, born in Alaska, wore a straw hat to endure 25 to 30 below zero and won a 26 cent bet. In Pittsburgh, Dr. Herman W. Hechelman secured a court injunction as Mrs. Charles Kindt’s dog faces contempt for barking except during burglaries or fires.
Sandusky Ohio January 16 Captain John H Broach sought in Cleveland for unpaid board bill obtained an 80 day furlough from Adjutant J D Wheeler at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors home claiming to see Governor Harmon and escaped service from a constable authorities report the incident highlighting a pretense of audience with the governor and an escape on furlough day
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