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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1916
Page
8
6x9 matting rugs offered at 1.75 and 9x12 mats at 3.50 feature reversible patterns in floral and Oriental designs. 8x8 bamboo porch screens priced at 2.75, weather resistant in natural and brown finishes. Located on the third floor with various colors available.
A Greenville girl writes kneeling before Theda Bara as a Madonna figure and prays for her beauty. Theda Bara’s correspondence reaches thousands, with readers sending heartfelt notes and reflections on her screen persona.
Fire Chief A L Weeks Assistant Chief Wm Joyce and 50 firefighters were overcome by smoke and gas on the seventh floor of the Peyton building as a drug store photo graphic department fire spread yesterday. Five women narrowly escaped. Vans became ambulances and many workers returned after initial recovery. several were overcome a second time. Damage described as comparatively small.
The senate immigration committee approved an amendment removing mention of Japan from the bill. Immigration from Japan will be governed by the Root Takahira agreement, a change welcomed by the department of state.
The public service commission extended the hearing to May 26 to allow expert testimony for the protests against a proposed fare increase by Puget Sound Navigation Co from 50 to 60 cents for Seattle to Tacoma round trips. Company testimony was heard Tuesday.
Hippodrome presents five vaudeville acts and The Broken Law with William Farnum. Palace Hipp screens Kitty Gordon in Her Maternal Right with a varied vaudeville bill. Moore hosts the Cherniavsky brothers and the Russian recitalists in Seattle. Oak theatre features five new vaudeville acts and the film Plaything of the Gods with Allan Forrest.
In Saratoga Springs on May 17 the annual Methodist conference adopted an almost unanimous report proposing the merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church with the Methodist Protestant and the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The decision paves the way for a united denomination.
More than a million dollars has been spent by Great Britain and France since the war began for spruce wood from Washington and Oregon to be used in aeroplane manufacture. Robert B. Allen of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association told journalism students at the University of Washington that exportations of spruce to the two allies have amounted to 18,000,000 feet.
President Wilson reveals his personal views on emergencies and foreign affairs in a confidential Washington Press Club transcript. He discusses moral influence, the need to deter others, and the strain of European tensions while in office. He notes observers in Washington change with time, some growing and some swelling.
Advertises women's union suits in ribbed cotton with low neck and sleeveless knee length, available in sizes 34 36 38. Priced at 25 cents at Casement Salesroom.
Audiences are offered curtains in a Thursday sale featuring Net Curtains in Madras and Nottingham weaves. Scrim curtains with lace insertion come in white cream and ecru, 34 to 48 inches wide, 214 and 3 yards long, priced at 69 cents a pair. Basement Salerroom.
Linen handkerchiefs, neatly hemstitched and of firm quality, offered at five each in Marement salesroom.
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