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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1914
Page
2
An all day House debate on repealing the Panama canal tolls act exemption continued with pro repeal supporters confident of victory and opponents bitterly opposing. Speaker Clark slated final speech as 50 to 60 vote range predicted. 16 hours left to speak as 200 members sought time.
Mayor H C Gill told the arbitration commission that after April 1 the emergency squad of 45 policemen will not be held. He urged against burdening taxpayers and warned of a potential city-wide strike linked to a state campaign by the Employers Protective association. Police Chief Griffith noted other cities settled similar disputes via arbitration.
Two men named Frank Williams are in Monroe Reformatory serving one to fifteen years for the same offense. Prosecutors uncovered the mix up after Judge Kenneth Mackintosh set aside one sentence. One Williams was charged with petit larceny but pleaded guilty to grand larceny amid the confusion. The petit larceny Williams will face a separate sentence later.
Representatives from commercial bodies arrive in Olympia to discuss the immigration problem in a meeting called by Secretary of State Howell.
The California Jubilee Quartet will perform Dixieland songs, impersonations, dialect readings and a varied program at the Sun day club session at the Y M C A tomorrow afternoon. R S Stewart dubbed Black Paderewaki will be at the piano and John C Payne will sing.
Mrs Frank A Jacobs 132 West List street will entertain the Round Table Study club Tuesday. Wm McClellan North Bend boarding house proprietor was fined for overworking waitresses.
Ellensburg Washington on March 28 anticipates record church turnout as Tomorrow Go-to-Church Sunday draws everyone to services. Local congregations urge participation and expect high attendance across multiple churches.
The Washington Supreme Court ruled the full deal to promote the recall of former Mayor Dilling and council members was against public policy and dismissed the suit against Blethen. Mrs. Stirton sought 1500 dollars alleging Blethen promised payment and failed to deliver.
Margaret Bell aged 17 killed the largest cougar ever brought to the auditor’s office for bounty. She encountered the cougar on a rocky pass near her Spokane area home in Spangle and dispatched it with a rock.
Bank of Ellensburg in Washington has filed to convert from a state bank to a national bank. Capital stock increases to 50000 dollars as part of the change, reflecting expansion since its 1901 founding.
The Moore presents Maeterlinck’s The Blue Bird next week with 100 adult and juvenile players. There will be matinees on Wednesday and Saturday. The prose poem follows Tylyl and Mytyl in a dream voyage questing for happiness aided by comic characters Bread and others, shown across 11 lavish scenes.
Southern seas singers Alisky's Great Hawaiians headline at Pantages in a matinee Monday. Creo the mystery novelty presents The Creation of Woman starting with a rag a bone and a hank of hair. Other acts include Danny Simmons the funny military hobo De Alberts pantomime artists Comer and Sloan and Togo and Geneva wire walkers.
Edith Ellis Parker's Mary Jane's Pa plays a week at the Seattle theatre starting Monday. Portia Perkins runs a small Indiana town newspaper after a failed marriage. her husband Hiram returns, aids her work, and the couple’s union and family fortune appear restored amid village gossip.
The Tivoli Theatre begins matinee Monday with the original Tivoli Musical Comedy company in a farce titled The Mustard Kings. Set in Paris the plot features two immensely wealthy men and their comic exploits as a publicity stunt unfolds.
The buyer of produce or merchandise can verify purchases by weight and measure standards. Advertisers use circulation as value, but definitions vary. The Seattle Star reports guaranteed paid circulation now exceeding 44,000 copies daily and notes faster growth in advertising and circulation than any Seattle paper.
The tattooed escaped killer Charles Hopkins, linked to the Everett shooting that wounded a policeman and two citizens, was traced through Oregon and Washington. He robbed a Blackman mill night watchman, forced youth Paul Putnam to travel with him, and boasted he would kill.
German figures Jack Westerman and Max Steinie navigate a comic sequence of love, a market confrontation, and police pursuit in Paris after leaving a city. The piece foregrounds a satirical adventure with rapid misadventures and running gags.
The five reel social expose titled The Inside of the White Slave Traffic begins tomorrow at 1 pm with additional showings daily at 2 30 4 5 30 7 and 8 30 pm. It has toured New York San Francisco and Portland. Social service workers plan to attend. Under Board of Censors rules no one under 18 will be admitted.
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