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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1916
Page
3
A reader asks which age to use for naturalization after a ticket age error and is advised to confirm at the immigration bureau. Other letters discuss young dating limits for a 16 year old, a 20 year old attending visits with a suitor, obtaining a marriage license in a small town, with explanations about addresses and procedures. Also guidance on handling gum on fabric using chilling and scraping techniques.
Waukegan Ill May 22 Marian Lambert’s close friend Miss Josephine Davis testified the dead girl had no thought of suicide when meeting William H Orpet urging prosecutors to prove he forced Marian to drink poison to free him to wed Celeste Yonker. The Orpet murder trial enters its second week as his parents vow a fight to prove innocence and plan appeals if guilty.
Mrs. Metilda Hines, 4749 Title Ave NE, stepped from a street car on the Stone Way bridge Saturday night and was struck by an auto driven by L. Held, 2110 Waverly Place. She was taken to Seattle General Hospital with a fractured hip and internal injuries. Her condition is serious.
Proposals to consolidate the Arctic Club and Seattle Athletic Club into a single organization housed in a new building to be erected by Claude Ramsay at Fourth Ave and Cherry St. The move aims to unify facilities under one roof as part of a merger discussion.
Rev. Madison Slaughter is numbered 29 645 at San Quentin on May 22. He has had his head shaved and wears the prison salt as he works in the jute mill.
The Strand presents Battle of Hearts with sea drama and a genuine shipwreck amid wartime ship procurement secrecy. William Hart and William Farnum headline a diverse bill including Gloria's Romance and The Moment Before with Pauline Frederick.
Samuel Weiss a London wholesaler now based in Seattle says wage increases for English laborers will solve the labor problem in the British Isles for a long time. Weiss, Austrian by birth and naturalized British citizen, has four sons serving in the British army.
Five Canadian hotel men from Edmonton and Calgary travel by car to Seattle to study how to run hotels under prohibition. The party includes Robert McDonald, Robert Moore, H. L. Stephens, W. J. Stokes, and James Nimmo as they anticipate the challenge of making hotels profitable without bars.
Rome dispatches report Austrians suffered about 20,000 casualties killed wounded or missing in the Tyrol during the first three days of their offensive according to Herne dispatches dated today.
Efforts are under way to station Dr Adna Wright Leonard, elected bishop at the Saratoga Springs conference, in this district. If he returns by June 16 a reception will be held, and he will preac h here Sunday June 18. He would supervise Methodist work in Alaska Oregon Idaho and Washington from Portland.
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