Theatres Stage Canned Drama Bill This Week
The Moore theatre features Florence Roberts in a movie adaptation of Daudet's Sapho. The Metropolitan presents Quo Vadis as a grand production. The Seattle theatre offers Kina ling with Margaret Islington. Vaudeville houses promise unusually good bills.
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Moore Theatre
Florence Roberts
Seattle
Alphonse Daudet
Sapho
Metropolitan
Kinaling
Margaret Islington
Quo Vadis
Moore Florence Roberts
Bailey & Mitchell Stock
Pantages
Metro politan to Show Quo Vadis Photo Drama Weeklong
The Metropolitan theatre opens the eight part Quo Vadis photo drama about Nero’s era with a 35 member cast. The film, praised as the era’s finest moving picture, runs over two hours and tickets promise daily matinees. Florence Roberts headlines Seattle screenings as Sapho comes to Moore theatre for a six part, 6000 foot production across a week with matinees starting tomorrow.
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Nero
Metropolitan Theatre
Sienkiewicz
America
Moving Picture Producers
Florence Roberts
Seattle
Moore Theatre
Sapho
Florence Roberta
Kindling at Seattle Theater promps next week
Margaret Illington stars in Kindling a tenement life drama set on the East Side with Heine and his wife facing crowding disease and a looming birth. A strike costs Heine his job and the wife faces the temptation to steal as their union nears fruition.
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Kindling
Margaret Illington
Seattle
Chas
Kenyon Maggette Schultz
Heine
Pantages to Stage Matrimonial Contest at Week Start
Flo Morrison's A Matrimonial Contest will headline the Pantages bill starting Monday matinee. A real wedding on stage follows the final Sunday performance. Alisky's Greater Hawaiians perform A Night in Hawaii with Dorothy Vaughan and Carter and Waters also featured.
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Flo Morrison
Pantages Theatre
Pantages
Alisky
Hawaii
Dorothy Vaughan
Carter
Waters
Sailor Earl Minckler Found Dead Near Port Madison
The body of Earl Minckler second class electrician on the U S S New Orleans was found afloat in Rolling Bay near Port Madison with throat and body bruises indicating murder. He disappeared September 5 and was identified by clothing marks. his mother Mrs J F Minckler resides in Helena Montana.
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Bremerton
Earl
Minckler
U. S
New Orleans
Rolling Bay
Port Madison
Helena, Mont
J. F. Minckler
Vaudeville Act Featuring Three American Trumpeters
A brief notice describes a vaudeville program including the Three American Trumpeters in a musical offering. The item highlights performing acts and the shared stage with other entertainment pieces.
The Washerwoman Duchess Stars at Empress Theatre Bill
Next week Kathryn Kidder and company present The Washerwoman Duchess adapted from Madame Sansa Gene at the Empress theatre. Acts include James J. Morton’s monologue with twists, a quartet of Chinese boys, Della Rosa and Marcello in operatic duets, The Village Blacksmith by the Ellisons, comedy by Rice Sully and Scott, and Court by Girls from Gilbert and Sullivan with ten women. The program features The Kangaroo Court at UW campus in motion pictures and The Bathroom Mystery by Lester Trio along with Louise and Clara Campbell in song and piano, plus Maglin Eddy Roy trio, Andry Lewis Helen Norton and Cullen Brothers dancing.
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Kathryn Kidder
Madame Sansa Gene
James J. Morton
Della Rosa
Marcello
Ellisons
Rice
Sully and
Scott
University of Washington
Empress Theatre
Lester
Louise
Clara Campbell
Maglin
Eddy
Roy
Sothern and Marlowe to Perform in Seattle Next February
E H Sothern and Julia Marlowe will bring their Shakespearean company to Seattle next February. Their last local appearance was in June 1911. Two plays, The Lure and The Girl From Mumme, are billed for Moore Theatre soon. The Lure is praised as daring and thrilling, while The Girl From Mumme is described as a Parisian musical cocktail in three courses. A Northern Pacific booklet offers 60 apple recipes.
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E. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Seattle
This City
Moore Theatre
Laure
What's the Matter with Seattle Tax Reform Debate
The article reports a State Tax Reform league meeting at the Commercial Club where speakers including T. D. Rockwell and John C. Rathbun urged constitutional amendment or new framework for fair taxation. It critiques 42 mills, timber land held by Northern Pacific and Weyerhaeuser, and UW lands, arguing current rules under the constitution gate taxes. Rockwell advocates county home rule for taxation with intercounty property taxed by the state. The piece frames constitutional limits as a barrier, proposing alternatives like a single tax or rewriting the system.
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State Tax Reform League
Star
Seattle
T. D. Rockwell
State Tax Commission
John C. Rathbun
Col. J. M. Hawthorne
Hugh C. Todd
Charlies G. Heifner
Oliver T. Erickson
J. W. Bryan
Otto A. Case
Northern Pacific
Brgan
University of Washington
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Rockwell
King
Pierce
Whatcom
Iide
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Louie Convicted in Opium Smuggling Case
Charlie Louie a Seattle born Chinese man was found guilty of aiding James A. Ralston to import opium. Ralston awaits sentence in Portland and testified for the government. Judge Neterer delivered the verdict in Cushman’s absence with a motion for a new trial noted. Both Louie and Ralston had been acquitted on a prior conspiracy charge.
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Charlie Louie
Seattle
James A. Ralston
Ralston
Portland
Neterer
Cushman
Louie
OUST SETTLERS ON N Pacific LAND GRANT DISALLOWED
The Interior Department disallowed claims of 11 settlers in King county on the original Northern Pacific land grant. The ruling upholds prior decisions under Secretary Fisher. Named settlers include Jacob Purton Andrew Myerstuen Frank D Orr Edwin O Gifford Frank L Parker Charles Dotson Fabian P Bray William Hayworth Willis F E Dwyer Otto H Mueller and Wilhelm A Mueller.
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Northern Pacific
King County
Department of the Interior
Fisher
Jacob Purton
Andrew Myerstuen
Frank D. Orr
Edwin O. Gifford
Frank L Parker
Charles Dotson
Fabian P. Bray
William Hayworth
Willis FE. Dwyer
Otto H. Mueller
Wilhelm A. Mueler
Western Washington Baptists Elect Officers in Session
The Western Washington Baptist convention elected F. W. Bateson of Olympia as president Joseph H. Beaven of Seattle as corresponding secretary David E. Lane of Port Townsend as first vice president P Peters of Seattle as second vice president Geo W Fowler of Tacoma as treasurer Mrs George Dearborn of Seattle as trustee J B Noftsinger of Seattle as B Y P U director and F W Wightman of Seattle as interdenominational committee member Olympia chosen as 1914 meeting place London report notes Wilson may seek repeal of Panama Canal tolls for American ships.
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Everett
Western Washington Baptist Convention
F. W. Bateson
Olympia
Joseph H. Beaven
Seattle
David E. Lane
Port Townsend
P. Peters
Geo. W. Fowler
Tacoma
George Dearborn
J. B. Noftsinger
Billiard Team Scrimmages Ahead of State Tourney
Billiards players at the state university practice for the annual winter tournament on campus. The event is set to be held in the Men’s building soon.
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the State University
Offer to build lines for Seattle Renton and Southern
A proposal from the receiver of the Seattle, Renton & Southern to construct branch lines on Genesee and other streets to the Lakewood district and along Renton avenue, with city takeover on payment of actual cost in city utility bonds. The offer was referred to the finance and utilities committees. The city would provide graded streets and the receivers would deposit 150000 dollars to guarantee construction.
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Seattle, Renton & Southern
Genesee
Lakewood
Renton Avenue
Finance and Utilities Committees
Ellis Named Olympia Assistant Attorney General
Everett Ellis of Seattle special prosecutor for King County named assistant attorney general to succeed J. T. S. Lyle in Tacoma while Attorney General Tanner is away. Scott Z. Henderson of Kennewick named deputy to fill post created by recent legislature. Real estate dealers in Washington hold second annual Everett convention endorsing alien land ownership. Samuel Collier of Seattle elected president with Ward Bowman of Everett as secretary.
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Olympia
Everett
State of Washington
Samuel Collier
Seattle
Bowman
Embarrassing Privacy in American Pullman Cars
Gottfried Furuholmen, head of the Norwegian estate railways, on a Washington stop with Harold Kuch, complains American Pullman cars are too public and American riders must wait half undressed in washrooms. He contrasts private compartments used in Norway during their seeing America tour.
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Gottfried Furuholmen
America
Harold Kuch
Washington Hotel
Gottfried
Sheep Dangers Rise As Snow Strands Flock Near Toll Gate
In Walla Walla Washington thousands of sheep face perishing as a week of snow storms near Toll Gate 20 miles away deep drifts four feet high trap herds. Herders struggle to move animals through the snow.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Toll Gate
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