Tokyo fire destroys Kabuki theatre auditorium
A Tokyo fire gutted the auditorium of the Kabuki theatre causing about 1.5 million dollars in damage. Fire crews battled the blaze overnight, with investigations focusing on a possible accidental cause.
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1921
Page
7
A Tokyo fire gutted the auditorium of the Kabuki theatre causing about 1.5 million dollars in damage. Fire crews battled the blaze overnight, with investigations focusing on a possible accidental cause.
Al fred Denbigh, Vladivostok Fisherman's guild member and U.S. conference delegate, charges Japan is planning to control Kamchatka and Siberian coasts. He warns that under past Russia Japan rights expire as Russian power wanes, threatening Siberian fishermen.
Barton T. Dan of Mitsui Co. leads 24 Japanese businessmen to Vancouver to discuss commerce and establish trade relationships in the United States and Canada, dismissing talking of war as a waste of time.
Miss Norma Dennis of Washington, daughter of Mrs. D. D. Dennis of 2410 11th Ave West, is featured in a circus contest at the Arena. She attended local schools, earned a Toronto Conservatory of Music scholarship, and is noted as the only American to win such a distinction. her family is active in Masonic circles and her father a Shriner.
The Mar invites readers to aid in finding missing relatives or friends. Mrs Willard Peterson formerly Miss Mary Tilly is mentioned, with message from her brother. Alec McDonald is named as a man a relative advertised about, living at 507 N 49th Ave according to bureau information.
Denver reported Mrs. William F. Cody widow of Buffalo Bill was laid to rest beside her husband on Lookout Mountain near Golden.
Dorothy Fay Gould reports on the Frederick Nelson photographic exposition with 800 entries from 44 states. 19 prizes and 15 honorable mentions awarded, Seattle garnering eight prizes but none above five dollars. Prizes dominated by New Yorkers and Californians, with Seattle notables including Miss Bila McBride and F Y Ogasawara recognized among honorable mentions.
Peter Witt Cleveland traction expert will speak to the Beattie Meal Matate association at Lt. Smith Building Thursday noon. He follows a Tuesday speech to the Municipal league noting the city manager form of government solves many vexing municipal problems in America.
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