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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
3
The Senate approved a $312,000,000 army appropriation bill with no record vote, calling for a large peacetime military budget. It includes funds for observers in Europe, a national defense council, and $13,281,660 for airships, amid expected House battles.
Regal Dental Offices list Dr J K Clark manager at Third Ave North West Corner and Usiea as the associated location. This brief notice catalogs practice sites and managerial designation for the dental service in the local business directory.
The new program at Palace Hip opens with Mosher Hayes and Mosher in a splendid comedy bicycle act. Frank Burton and company perform Paid in Full. Lolita sings violin numbers and Lona Heggi performs clay humor. Other acts include Ling and Lang in Peg and the Limit Maude Still the aeroplane girl. The Waters of Lethe is the feature photoplay. The Grand theatre showcases Al Bergs Merry Maidens with bathing costumes and comedy. The Gordon Mossman Vance trio and Ede Mase perform. Mantells Mirionettes delight children. Theda Bara appears in The Two Orphans.
President nominates five men to the Farm Loan Board including Judge Charles E. Lobdell of Great Bend Kansas George W Norris of Philadelphia Captain W S A Smith of Sioux City Herbert Quick of Berkeley Springs West Virginia and C J Kegley former State Grade master of Washington who contested for the post and was in Washington D C for a time.
A special musical program will be rendered at the Scandinavian Salvation Army hall Sevanth avenue between Pike and Union Saturday evening. The Svea Male Choir and others will furnish selections. England's 16th century war with Spain introduced words such as embargo and contraband into the language.
A Saturday Progressive convention at 10 in the Labor temple invites all to shape the agenda. The South District league backs Herman Nelson for county commissioner, with P Cottrell as chair, D A Morris as secretary, and Austin Cowan as treasurer. Nelson, a farmer, enters the race urged by Otto A Case. Claude C Ramsay may enter the same race. George F Lee, a governor candidate, spoke at a Fraser-Paterson event.
A shivering man, claiming to see snow, rushed into Kansas City police headquarters in 87 degree heat. He demanded snow removal and questioned the city's ability to clear ice and snow as trucks struggled. He was held in a cell while still shivering.
Clinton Chester has logged nearly 1,000,000 miles aboard Dayton Ohio street railway lines across 25 years. This long time rider remains a fixture in the transit era, charting a personal journey through the city’s routes.
On Wednesday the Women’s King County Hughes club elected Mrs. T. A. Parish as chairman. H. P. Rude filed for the legislature from the 41st district. James Y. C. Kellogg, Republican congress candidate, will visit Kitsap County for two days and address several meetings. Captain Frank E. B. Green, Republican prosecuting attorney candidate, received a warm welcome home from Mooseheart, Illinois, with about 100 members and a drum corps at the station and a reception and dance at Moose Hall.
Clarence Gerald, recently wrecked by the dry squad and hospital bound for nervous prostration, again failed to appear in Justice Brinkers court on charges of unlawful liquor possession. The case was continued to August 2. Judge Brinker also fined Louis Pflug of North Bend $175 for bootlegging.
President Wilson signed the rivers and harbors bill appropriating about 42 million dollars for continuing existing projects and a few new ones.
At the University of Washington inquiry into Prof J K Hart's dismissal under Prof Torrey of Reed College, attendees hear nothing. The chairman uses ear muffs and mouth pads, hearing none while Hart's supporters claim political motivations. The hearing may end Friday.
Utilities committee will present to the city council on Monday a plan costing about 8 million dollars over ten years to improve water works. The proposal includes a second Volunteer Park reservoir with 60 to 80 million gallon capacity and steps to acquire park rights. It also urges securing Swan Lake watershed land and West Seattle property for reservoirs, plus a 60 million gallon daily steel pipeline into Volunteer Park. A bond issue will be required to fund the project.
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