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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1914
Page
2
The Mallory Line steamship Tampasas was aground for several hours today off Key West while the San Jacinto, another Mallory vessel, was at Key West. The Tampasas or her cargo were later transshipped to another ship bound for New York via Key West.
Mrs. B Hoffman wife of a wealthy retired miller of Enterprise Kansas spent the night in jail with her husband and several others after a meeting by women protesting police regulation curbs on free speech. The group formed after police broke up an I W W gathering and arrested nearly 1600 men.
An unconfirmed report claims General Pascual Orozco of the Mexican federal army was killed at Cairo Clengas, Mexico. The report was transmitted to the War Department today by General Bliss of the American army border patrol, via General Parker of the cavalry brigade.
Mrs Grace D Stevens of Snohomish County serves as assistant probation officer and is the sole woman member of the Washington State Sheriffs Association, an honor announced by the convention before it adjourns tonight in Everett.
Anna Pavlova and Imperial Russian Dancers perform at Moore Theatre this afternoon and tonight with Novikoff. Theodore Stier's orchestra provides music as Robert B. Mantell opens a Moore engagement with King John, followed by Richelieu and a Shakespearean lineup through the week including The Merchant of Venice Macbeth King Lear Hamlet and more. Mantell previously stage King John only in New York and Chicago.
The article previews a new week long engagement of Quo Vadis at the Metropolitan, praising the film version for its spectacular on screen Rome arena and live lions. It notes previous stage attempts failed to match movie scale and cites Belasco as a comparison to stage limits.
Bailey and Mitchell present at the Seattle theatre a dramatic Sherlock Holmes tale by Dr. A Conan Doyle. The production features Moriarty underground quarters and the famed gas chamber escape, touted as the most exciting scene.
Keating and Floods Seattle company returns from Portland and Tacoma to open a week long engagement Monday in College Days. The program features Princess Indentas with native Hawaiian dances and the Royal Hawaiian Quartet, plus Romig twins, soloist Frank Snyder, and new member Gene Hathaway joining veteran Myrtle Deloy.
President Wilson is fine but Huerta says he does not understand Mexican Indians. Huerta spoke with American chargé d'affaires Nelson O'Shaughnessy in his car at Gen Joaquin Maas funeral. He complains of some generals disloyalty and asserts no role in Madero and Suarez deaths. Mercado faces death sentence after fleeing to the border.
In Chicago a hospital patient known only as J C R reveals moments of memory claiming past ties to Col. Roosevelt and Admiral Dewey. He says he carried a message to San Francisco and was with Dewey at Manila, asserting Dewey knows him and requesting a return to Washington.
President Wilson nominates Col W C Gorgas to succeed the late Brig Gen Torney as surgeon in chief of the army. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer of the Panama Canal Zone, is an Alabamian. CHEHALIS WASHINGTON Jan 17 Mrs C P Twiss 73 died suddenly of heart disease at the Methodist church during the funeral of Mrs Emma Robinson wife of Col P Twiss a Lewis county political figure.
The Commercial Appeal notes that despite a harsh climate the call to extradite Thaw remains for criminal conspiracy. The column suggests the argument is intensely personal and unnamed, tinged with a Jeremish tone.
In Sardinia on January 17, Miss Eileen Gilles of Philadelphia was found shot in her cottage. Mina Gilles held bank notes in her hand as police drop death by suicide theory and pursue a young Sardinian nobleman who courted her but was rejected. The suspect is missing from his home.
In Brockton Mass on January 17 a three story brick building at Main and Rowsiter streets burned severely. Three men and one woman died on the second floor from suffocation as firefighters faced repeated entry failures. Officer Groh rescued a woman found unconscious on the second floor.
Captain Wharton of the Oriole reports rescuing the crew of a five masted schooner about 100 miles off Thatcher's Island. The rescue ship’s name and the schooner’s name were not learned.
A German scientist studying unusual atmospheric conditions near Yuma Aziz reports most U S tornadoes form at or near that locality. The work notes specific weather patterns linked to the region as a source of tornadic activity.
An ad notes a new edition of Dr. Humphreys' Manual marking sixty years of success. It highlights clear disease descriptions and Humphreys' Remedies for both humans and animals with a Noahs Ark themed cover by a renowned artist. Free copies offered by Humphreys Homeopathic Medical Co. at 156 William St New York.
The speaker recalls returning with Cuthbert and urges a quick wedding while expressing doubts about married life. She laments loss of freedom, anxiety before the ceremony, and the tension between social expectations and personal desire as the minister arrives. The piece ends with a dramatic wish to pause time.
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