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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
6
Dr. Armgaard Carl Graves, once a confidential agent for Germany and later Britain, says he was released from Edinburgh prison after 18 months and offered release to join British secret service. He asserts Germany backs Japan’s Far East aims and that he left the Putihah service after unkept promises.
The Olympian theatre at 14th Ave and Madison St publishes a weekly paper on theatre and film. Listings include The Comedian's Mask two reel Imp drama with King Baggot at the Alhambra, and multiple film programs at Olympian Dream Grand Circuit Melbourne Class A Clemmer and Alhambra venues with several titles through Sunday.
Frank Gordon whose correct name is Walter Barnes was arrested as he left Leavenworth after a three year sentence and will be taken to Chicago to face trial for the murder of his wife and her sister after they refused to give him money. Barnes had been a vaudeville figure and was captured in Oklahoma following the murders, later sent to Leavenworth for forgery before evidence of the killings surfaced.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo denied reports that market conditions pushed him to tell national banks he would issue 500 million dollars in emergency currency. He said inquiries prompted his public answer but that the timing was coincidental to the market mood.
In Pittsburg on June 13 professor H C Long of the Carnegie Institute of Technology argued that profanity can convey genuine feeling and is not condemned when it serves artistic ends. He cited George Washington as an example of profane expression arising from provocation.
In Cincinnati June 18 Mrs Zella Cunningham accuses William Cunningham of cruelty in a divorce case. She says he gives eggs from their chickens to his mother who also lives with them and once left the hennery key with her husband away on a trip. Barrie alerts press agents not to overplay his knighthood news.
Local market listings show smoked meats priced at 75 per unit for ox tongue and dried beef at 18. Poultry under local buying terms lists spring chicken at 108, with Turkish items and other meat products noted under general market prices.
A 20 year old West 57th street mechanic, tall and sturdy, declares he will eat five sets of eggs every morning starting tomorrow, claiming he has eaten 50 eggs three times and can finish in under 80 minutes if money allows. He works nights at a garage and lives on West 26th street.
Six state jobs filled in Washington. J. H. Perkins of Ritzville becomes state commissioner of agriculture with E. Ey. Flood of Rosalia and Dr. Granville of Souther North Yakima as advisory members. L. H. Darwin named state fish commissioner and chief game warden for Western Washington, R. B. Wales as chief deputy game warden for Eastern Washington. CBE Claypool of Olympia named judge of Thurston County.
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