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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1913
Page
2
Washington representative Humphrey, famed anti conservationist, proposes a bill repealing a law that does not exist. He cites an old 1897 act allowing forest land exchanges, but that act was repealed in 1905.
The Paris newspaper Mid! editorially questions if France's condolences can be sincere after Germany's Zeppelin raid over Paris. The piece notes the dirigible was built by Germany and caused death and destruction to French men following the wartime declaration.
Thirty five street cars are stalled with electric heat for passengers. Supt. Kempster promises to have all long run cars equipped with heating devices soon. The company told the franchise committee Friday it would supply foot warmers for motormen.
Enry Miller, actor producer, opens Monday at the Metropolitan theatre in The Rainbow a drama about a estranged father and daughter. The Moore theatre revisits Chocolate Soldier at the end of the week and Beattie presents The Virginian with new vaudeville bills also on offer.
Phipps general secretary of the Oregon State Sunday School association will headline the King County Sunday School convention at Pilgrim Congregational church next Wednesday and Thursday. RK E Billington of the Christian Church for the Northwest will open. About 200 Seattle Sunday schools are expected to be represented. The opening program starts at 1 30 p m Wednesday.
Paris report says 85 year old Charles Tellier, famed for cold storage innovation, was discovered emaciated and starving in a garret above a Paris slum. Neighbors reported his destitution and neglect amid rising poverty.
Five veterans will appear in an instrumental singing and talking act. The Dunedin troupe of acro bata wire walkers tumblers and dancers headlines with three shapely women and a man. Twilight picture and the Empress orchestra also feature.
Henry Miller's The Rainbow opens at the Metropolitan with three love stories but the primary appeal lies in the father daughter bond. Ruth Chatterton and other stars headline a cast in a story about estrangement and reconciliation.
In Trinidad Colorado on October 18 tensions rose after a clash near Forbes yesterday in which one man was killed and two more likely to die. Guards say they were fired on from the strikers camp as three cars passed to Forbes where gunfire was claimed at the mine tipple. The strikers say guards used a machine gun and admit returning fire.
Bondholders of Seattle, Renton and Southern clash with Receiver Calhoun over a 1.2 million dollar line sale. They want 400000 cash. Calhoun demands 500000. Judge Frater to decide which offer the city may entertain amid ongoing receivership.
Mrs Hoover, injured when Clifford Turpin's aeroplane crashed into the Meadows grandstand on May 30 1912, died Friday after hospital treatment and an operation at Providence hospital. Funeral plans await arrival of her brother Frank Gilham from Iowa.
The port commission will launch a $150,000 dredger this afternoon at 4 o clock to dig at Smiths Cove. Built by Seattle Construction and Drydock Co, the vessel measures 148 feet long 40 feet wide and 12 feet deep and features a 1000 horsepower centrifugal pump.
Dr. Carter Helm Jones of the First Baptist Church spoke Friday night on "The Bright Side of a Dark Subject." He described the stage negro as a coarse caricature and asserted the real negro of the South is an irrepressible optimist, always cheerful and loyal. Jones noted his long residence in the region.
Mrs Lottie Dormer and Mrs Annie Herold will give a complimentary recital under Frederick William Zimmerman at Sprottehall on October 23 at 8 15 p m Assisting are Sophia Carlson Margaret Matheus Elizabeth Carlson and Lucy P Smith as accompanists located at 10th and Pine in the city.
Abe Hurwitz reports on Cotterill's possible re election and the impact on mayoral races. Judges Gordon Humes Ballinger Moore Miller and Ramsay are named as potential contenders, with Hesketh still eyeing the council. Senate and congressional ambitions loom for Cotterill Todd Bryan Murphine and others as party lines shape up.
After five years a man named Meyer Kapplan, wanted for smuggling and indicted at Tacoma in 1911, was arrested at Colman Dock as he left the steamer Iroquois. He had fled to Canada, served a sentence there, and was reportedly deported before being captured.
Harris C. Garland a 31 year old dairyman was killed when leaning from his wagon to pass a newspaper to E. C. Bates. Garland lived near Fauntleroy Park and 35th Ave SW and was struck when the rear wheel rolled over his head as he lost balance.
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