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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
2
A mass meeting will be held at the Y M C A auditorium Sunday. Rev C George King pastor of the Anne Methodist church will deliver The Spirit of Adventure or the Audacities of Faith.
The author argues there is a universal reason behind all events and social conditions. He claims this reason explains politics, religion, economics, and history, urging readers to accept a guiding purpose behind change and to follow his forthcoming writings on "The Reason." EPWIN J BROWN DD PD &. presents contact details for Beatties Leading Dential in Union Block.
Constantinople May 1 A statement issued today claims heavy damage to allied ships at the Dardanelles bombardment. French cruiser Jeanne d Arc retired in flames while British battleships Majestic Triumph and Vengeance are said damaged. an English destroyer and other smaller vessels were sunk. The report adds no enemy operations at the Narrows for two days and no enemy forces remain on the Asiatic side.
Reports from Gallipoli say thousands of Turks killed and wounded as the British landing force advances along the Bulak line toward Constantinople. Allied losses are heavy but no landing operation has failed, with stubborn Turkish resistance reported.
London dispatch reports the British landing force on the Gallipoli peninsula forced the Turkish defenders inland after desperate night attacks. The expeditionary force began forming new lines as a general battle appeared inevitable.
The Seattle Ministerial federation invites church-goers to hear talks on The Church and Missions at the First Methodist Episcopal church Monday at 10 a.m. Committee on missions chaired by Rev Norman B. Harrison will preside. Speakers include Dr. Carter Helm Jones The Bible and Missions Rev Hugh G. Rosas Personal Observations and Missions in Africa and Rev A. E. Thompson recently returned from the Holy Land with Missionary Work in Jerusalem.
Local insurance man W. Dwight Mead spoke to the salesmanship club of the Y M C A Friday night. An ad notes a Ue Club Dinner at Hollywood Lunch is priced at 35 cents. 212 Pike.
A local effort highlights persuading one individual to become a money saver as a benefit to both the person and the wider community, framing financial prudence as public good.
A man named James Mitecerald known as the human ostrich, 69, ingested over a hundred metal and glass fragments including nails and knife blades. He weighed more than 200 pounds and, after hospital X rays and surgery, vows to stop junk-eating and eat regular food now.
A major Pacific gale off the California coast disrupts shipping for 50 hours. The liner Pennsylvania bound for San Francisco battles the storm, while the Hillier Northern Pacific and other vessels suffer damage and crews seek aid from tugs Defiance and E H Vance near Point Arena and Pigeon Point.
The Queen, carrying 165 passengers and a cargo of freight, was caught in a gale off California and Oregon and is expected to reach Seattle at 5 pm Saturday, twenty hours late. Wind tops 52 mph near Cape Flattery, but danger now passes and all aboard are reported safe.
Federal Judge Jennings orders a census of voters in the Juneau and Douglas saloon district. A majority of voters must affirmatively approve saloons or they will be shut down, counting nonvoters as against the saloons. The dry camp claims Alaska’s capital will remove saloons in the May 24 election.
The case of John R. Lawson district board member of the United Mine Workers charged with murder in connection with the miners' strike will go to the jury this afternoon after continued arguments when the court opened today in Trinidad Colorado.
Syracuse May 1 Strategy boards met as plans for defense and attack were discussed by counsel for Col Roosevelt and Wm Barnes Jr in preparation for the third week of the $50 000 libel suit Roosevelt and Barnes remained here despite a recess and the colonel spent long with his lawyers suggesting new assaults on the Republican boss.
An old style advertisement touts TIZ as a cure for sore tired and aching feet. It claims immediate relief from corns callouses and swelling with a bath that draws out toxins and prevents foot odor. A two cent box is advertised at drug or department stores.
Critics praised Seattle Grand Opera's season finale with Martha and Rigoletto staged by the Standard Grand Opera Company at the Metropolitan Theatre. Star lineup includes Theo Earl Johnston Neal Begley Gwendolyn Geary and Leah Miller among others. The 60 member chorus and 20 member augmented orchestra directed by Lagourge promise high artistry. Martha and Rigoletto perform on set weekday slots with Saturday matinee and popular pricing.
Hearing on the jitney bus bond law test case is set for May 3 after Judge Frater grants a postponement at the request of Prosecutor Lundin. No arrests will be made in the interim. Attorneys Todd Moore and Prightman represent the jitney men on a constitutional challenge to the law.
John Cort presents English actress Marie Tempest for three nights and a matinee at Moore theatre. She performs The Marriage of Kitty and Nearly Married with a strong company directing Seattle’s season. Empress offers The Suffragette sketch with Ardell Wardell Maude Tiffany and others. Orpheum features Carter De Haven and a chimpanzee act with Byrons Bordstrom and more. Richard the Great headlines vaudeville with additional acts including Winona Winters and Conscience.
A major blaze in Colon destroyed half the city on May 1. Ten people perished and 12,000 were left homeless as flames leveled all wooden structures within Seventh Street to Front and Bolivar. Loss estimated at $2 million. Many looting arrests noted as the fire was contained by dynamiting adjacent buildings near Cristobal.
Advices from Washington indicate L. R. Wilson in charge of the Seattle office of the Alaska engineering commission will lead the Washington office next. He will be succeeded by C. E. B. Dole, purchasing agent. Chairman Edes has left for California and will proceed to Seward to establish headquarters there.
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