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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
7
Fifteen prominent local men will host a farewell banquet for Kenneth C. Beaton known as Ye Towne Gossip. The event is set for Wednesday at the Washington Hotel with guests including Harry W. Treat J. E. Chilberg and Kenneth Z at the K. C. B. dance hosted by the Hippo venue.
A Tuesday night benefit for eight orphans assisted by R Beaton drew a large crowd and raised several hundred dollars. Beaton departs Saturday to assume a new position in San Francisco.
The Seattle Verein Arion will stage its annual spring concert Wednesday night in Sprotte's hall at Odd Fellows temple. The program features choral and instrumental pieces by local and visiting performers.
Lois Meredith stars as Wanda Kelly in William DeMille's The Woman at Liberty, with Lottie Pickford in The Diamond From the Sky at the Grand and Robert Warwick in The Man Who Found Himself at Clemmer. Seattle listings show multiple theaters featuring two to three installments, dramas and comedies headlining daily.
Cedar Falls residents face shared costs for a court fight to recover damages unless the city settles claims. The town sits three to four feet under water due to Rattlesnake Lake rising after the Cedar River dam, a rise Mayor Gill says predates the dam and reached six feet above current levels.
May 19 Raymond reports a grand jury in Judge BE Wrights court at South Bend will probe the North river district reign of terror era nights of riding gambling feuds and related acts. Assistant Attorney General Wilson leads the inquiry with nearly every local resident subpoenaed. The reign includes the burning of Mrs. Margaret Ross cabin and her and her two sons banishment.
May 19 report from Bucharest states the czarist chamberlain traveled via Bucharest to Rome with an autographed letter from Czar Nicholas to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy.
John C. Starbuck seeks 4000 dollars to equip 125 acres of placer ground at Cape Flattery, 12 hours by steamer from Seattle. With 15 years of placer mining and Alaska experience, he hopes to start mining this summer if capital is raised.
Rep Humphrey called for a Pacific coast navy on par with any nation in the Pacific at Grayport hotel. Senators Jones and Fordney spoke as Humphrey urged self defense to deter foreign aggression and warned Japan could move ships to Puget Sound or Gray's Harbor in two weeks.
Three thousand people were invited to join a song service at 7 30 p m Wednesday on the university campus near the steps of Meany Hall.
Three whaling steamers of the United States Whaling Company sign crews at the Bell at wharf in preparation for their summer cruise north.
President Wilson promotes a federal plan to educate immigrants for citizenship through a courtship of public schools and immigration officials The Labor Department seeks to train new citizens to participate in democratic life, challenging past attitudes that welcomed immigrants without preparing them for voting and civic duties.
Seattle students observed Peace Day with prayers in all schools. High schools held special assembly programs featuring respected speakers. Grade schools marked the day with patriotic songs and prayer.
Port Commissioner W. C. Hudson of New Orleans praised Seattle public port facilities after touring warehouses and docks. He praised the Bellet terminal and its fireproof warehouse ice plant and dock, noting Louisiana public ownership as the only satisfactory waterfront system.
Charles Schwab and a party of 26 alighted at King Street station at 5 o clock on a Tuesday. He viewed Seattle for about 60 minutes then re boarded a private car and remarked that he had seen the most boulevards.
The Spokane millionaire F. Lewis Clark, listed as missing, bequeaths his $700,000 estate to his widow under the terms of a filed will. The paper notes Clark’s mysterious disappearance and outlines probate steps and beneficiary details.
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