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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1914
Page
2
Washington dated dispatch says Congress will handle several contests including a request by First New York district representative Lathrop Brown a Democrat for a recount. Republican F C Hicks claims a 15 vote majority.
Cambridge Mass November 14 A great student describes Henry H Buskirk a 325 pound 6 foot 4 inch graduate business student at Harvard claiming to be the biggest man in any college in the country His name is listed in Indianapolis for verification.
Pan Hellenic groups will hire a young, good looking Seattle lawyer to run a clearing house for bids from freshmen women seeking sorority membership. The lawyer must be freckle-free with even features, gentle manners, and a soft tongue, replacing Dean Isa bella Austin who previously held the job.
Scouts from all city troops in St Paul form a weekly first aid class led by Scout master G R G Fisher a former English army surgeon with Sudan campaign service The class meets every Monday night and is proving very popular.
Photoplay notes report Harry Lauder’s LA engagement and entry into production mysteries. The Universal studio complex expands its city menagerie with cubs for a lioness. Major film offerings include Grace Cunard, Francis Ford leads in The Mysterious Hand, Norma Talmadge in Good-Bye, Summer, and a slate of shorts and dramas across multiple theaters and circuits with stars like Mary Fuller, Mary Pickford, and Francis Bushman featured in varied programs.
The Illinois state board of livestock commissioners lifts the embargo on livestock shipments to Chicago and allows railroads to deliver stock to Union stockyards from Sunday midnight. Shippers must file affidavits declaring stock free from foot and mouth disease and not exposed to the malady. critics say the federal order is too lenient.
The Central and Washington city championship game is postponed after B F Day protests claiming Central player William Batley aged 17 played illegally last week. Central contends Bailey is 15. Athletic committee will review next Tuesday as two weeks of preliminaries remain. Ballot of Saturday junior league games listed.
Thirty seven drawings entered the Friday contest with many praised for blue ink. George Olliver of Kent won the dollar prize. the list also names numerous contestants and honorable mentions across Kent, Milwaukie, Sultan, Coupeville and Bellevue areas.
A contestant who used blue writing ink in a drawing was denied first prize and the dollar prize was given to another participant. The notice warns that writing ink cannot reproduce in newspapers and requires India ink for all future contests.
Uncle Jack invites Circle youths to write a Thanksgiving themed short story not exceeding 200 words. Submit neatly on one side of paper with age and address on the back. Send entries to Uncle Jack care of the Star Circle. Prize is one dollar.
The Boy Scouts of Chicago plan to donate many Christmas gifts for children in war countries. The Chicago Herald has chartered a ship to carry the presents to youngsters unlikely to receive Santa without aid from American children.
At the Haller building scouts gather in the Good Eats cafeteria to elect officers and committees for the coming year during a Wednesday night meeting. The King County Council of Boy Scouts held a confab Thursday to set plans for reenlistment and activity scheduling.
A Pair of Sixes arrives at the Moore theatre in Seattle for a week starting Sunday November 22, offering natural farce and witty dialogue. Milestones opens at the Metropolitan the same week, a three act comedy tracing the Rhead family's foibles across 1860 1885 and 1912 with satirical sympathy.
Marcus Loew's Empress theatre to present Sidelights by Henry P. Toomer in his New York breakthrough, described as a potpourri of vaudeville with behind the scenes glimpses. Fred Pisano and Kitty Bingham return, plus Cabaret Trio, Snoozer, Alvin and Penny, and Amoros with Mulvey in A Night in Paris. also first-class photoplays.
Lottie Mayer headlines the new Pantages bill opening Monday matinee with her celebrated California swim and nereids. Laurie Ordway returns for the added feature of the week, followed by Violet Nietz, Jack Phipps & Co. and acts including A Strenuous Daisy and A Dancing Lesson. Officer 666 comes to Seattle theatre next week.
Two auto bandits raided Seattle Friday night stealing a machine from J. G. Campion of the San Marco apartments on Spring Street and Minor Avenue. They fled across the city deploying the machine to threaten pedestrians before escaping in their auto. Police pursued on Lake Washington Boulevard but the suspect’s car escaped. A man cranking a similar machine identified as Neal Clark claimed relation to lawyer B. H. Kohlhasse, leading to a later confirmation.
Ross asserts the Seattle city light plant reduces city costs by three million yearly and criticizes the Northwest league and Bouillon for alleged inaccuracies. He argues depreciation, waste, and dividend practices differ from private firms and defends the plant’s rate position and quality of service.
Ross rebutts Bouillon on city budget limits and power pricing. Bouillon cites past reductions as proof of efficiency while Ross notes rising costs for materials and labor. He points to 6 cents per kWh inside city, 10 cents outside, and asserts city plant cuts lead in Seattle.
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