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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1917

Page

8

May Day in Russia Sees Mixed Rioting and Peaceful Celebrations

On May Day peaceable demonstrations marked celebrations in Moscow Kiev Odessa and Vladivostok after a day of rioting in Petrograd. Bombs were thrown arrests made and Maj Gen Kashtalinsky shot in an assassination attempt. President Wilson widely cheered in Petrograd speeches.

London Russia Petrograd Kashtalinsk Russa Moscow Kieff Odessa Vladivostok Wilson

New Membership Plan Gains Steam in Seattle

Fifty business leaders met at the Butler hotel to discuss expanding the Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club. A follow up meeting was set for today at the New Washington hotel as interest grows among Seattle merchants and early replies flood in for a citizens dinner at the old Commercial Club rooms next Monday. President Rhodes leads the consolidation effort with vigorous support from Seattle business men.

Butler Hotel Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club New Washington Hotel Seattle Commercial Club Rhodes Consolidated Organization

Favor Elimination of 60 Year Age Rule

The judiciary and finance committees urged council to rescind the civil service age limit of 50 years. They also reviewed a city employee classification finished by a mayoral commission from 1915. The hearing included objections from Jacob Kline and H. W. Powell over grading and sanitary engineers, with a special hearing scheduled.

Judiciary and Finance Committee Hanna Jacob Kline Treasury Department H. W. Powell

Plan H S Reunion Brings Broadway High Alumni Together

Thirty two classes from old Seattle High School gather Thursday at Broadway High School auditorium. Attendees range from the current Broadway school to class of 1917 and reach back to 1856. Program includes speeches and music.

Old Seattle High School Broadway High School Broadway School

Womanhood and adventure dominate local film week

A collage of trailers highlights Womanhood the Glory of the Nation with Norma Talmadge in Fifty Fifty and a strong cast including Marie Dressler and Marie Osborne. Doug Fairbanks stars in In Again Out Again while Tillie Wakes Up plays at Class A. Teddy at the Throttle and The Pinch Hitter entertain, Babette offers romance with Peggy Hyland, and Blanche Sweet features among Hawaiians in the crowd.

Liberty Charice May Witter Sin” Strand-Mey Miles Mintet Marie Osborne Tillie Marie Dressler Tillle Doug Fairbanks B. A Artcraft Doug Babette Memmer Peggy Hyland

Washington Daily staff honors at campus banquet

Sixty five University of Washington Daily staff members attended the annual Daily banquet at the New Washington hotel. Toasters following dinner awarded jobs and rewards for service on the publication to Thomas Dobbs Margaret Crahan Felix Embree Bert Brinthall Dorothy Constantine Anthony Corbierre Paul Neill Wilson Shiffer Gundrun Anderson and Roy Rosenthal.

University of Washington Dally New Washington Thomas Dobbs Margaret Crahan Felix Embree Bert Brinthall Dorothy Constantine Anthony Corbierre Paul Neill Wilson Shiffer Gundrun Anderson Roy Rosenthal

Extraordinary Hats for Thursday Sale New Trimmed Styles

A special purchase brings three hundred new trimmed hats for a Thursday sale. Styles are correct and materials excellent with vast variety so every woman can select from dozens. Hats are all new and shown for the event.

Confessions of a Wife Fever Brings Out a Distressed Spirit

In a fever dream Dick pleads to tell Margie as he lies in Mrs Selwin's room. Margie reassures him yet he questions faith and love asking if a man can die for another. He urges to summon Margie to hear his confession before restlessness returns.

Tick Margie Maisie Maree

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