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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
2
Five seamen from the Mariska face assault charges in Portland court after a mutiny over alcohol on the voyage from Halifax to Halifax France. The captain claimed the crew tried to hoist a red flag and he fired his revolver in self defense as trouble erupted aboard.
A prolonged strike in a steel mill town disrupts around the clock shifts, with beds in boarding houses occupied day and night. Workers seek nighttime rest as production once ran continuously and options for night life vanish after dark.
Kenzo Adachi, aide to Viscount Kato, tells Tokyo businessmen not to fear anti Japanese agitation in the United States. He says much is political theater and cites suspicions over Siberia mobilizations and Korea policy, noting Republicans use a Shantung issue.
The issue lists programs at Liberty and Strand venues with a mix of serials and comedies. Actresses Louise Pareada, Beate Marriscale, and Charlie Chaplin are noted alongside Pathe News and various film titles.
Liberty presents William Russell in Six Foot Four a restrained Western drama from Gregory Jackson opening with a hotel stick up and escalating suspense. Also on screen Nazimova in The Brat at Clemmer follows an orphan who shadows a novelist life with a happy ending.
Three principals headline D. W. Griffiths Broken Mlossoma at Clemmer. China shuns vampire pictures. Teeth Irvine stars opposite J. Warren Kerrigan in Love Sparks. Viola Dana shoots bobbed hair for Please Get Married. Mary Pickford buys a 45000 tract in Los Angeles for a winter home. Enid Bennett at Strand in Step ping Out. The Pagan God with H B Warner opens at Mission. Lola Wilton recovering from appendicitis. Constance Talmadge at Coliseum in The Temperamental Wife.
Ring W. Gardner, author of Dear Al, emerges as a top American humorist as Famous Players Lasky Educational Department begins a new film series So This Is America. Once a Boston baseball editor fired seven years ago, Gardner now commands high pay and wide demand from national magazines.
The National Traffic Officers association will hold its convention in Seattle October 20 to 22. Sessions will cover methods to prevent automobile theft and advocate stricter laws to punish car thieves.
J L McPherson, manager of the Alaska bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, detailed how argument and facts persuaded Congress to approve a 17 million dollar appropriation to complete the Alaska railroad at a Thursday luncheon in the Army and Navy Club. The remainder offers gardening tips for ferns.
Two pivotal 19th century innovations improve human welfare. In 1885 Newton developed a vacuum process to condense milk with cane sugar into a semi liquid form. In 1883 Horlick of Racine Wisconsin created Malted Milk by drying milk with malted grain extract without cane sugar. The product Horlick’s Malted Milk proved nutritious, digestible, easy to prepare, and climate-stable as an ideal food drink.
With three days left to raise 250000 for two Seattle Salvation Army institutions Beattie orders 606 volunteers to press the drive. Shipyard workers in Seattle show strong support as leaders plan further meetings to boost the campaign before Monday evening.
In Oakland on October 9 spectators watched a movie about a street car strike. The mayor drives a car as motorman to request troops as doughboys appear. The crowd cheered the mayor more than hissed. applause outweighed boos.
Mayor Fitzgerald announced a special meeting of the city council port commission board of public works property owners and railroad representatives to discuss proposed separation of streets and railways in the district south of Yesler Way Tuesday November 11 in the council chambers.
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