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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1917
Page
3
Rabbi Isidore M. Davidson of Youngstown visits Seattle to revive interest in orthodox Jewish ideals. Davidson is a graduate of the American Rabbinical College.
Liberty shows Leoniee Gilcom in The Idolaters at Coliseum with Dorethy Phillips. Rex screens Jeck Gaeniner in The Hange Hong. Mission presents Gladys Halette in Pots and Pans Peery. Clemmner features Alice Jayce and Morey in Within the Law at Colonial. Idle Wives at Strand with Owen in Maem He Peep. Class A showcases Weltere Bapper.
A jumble of program lines lists various groups and performers with odd spellings. Entries include COLISEUM Pirate Verguen Nearbery Sheep and DERETHY Dattan The Ten of Diamonds, plus other mismatched names and titles across deranged captions.
Louise Olivereau 4496 Recond Ave NE, a self proclaimed anarchist, is bound over for preliminary hearing on espionage charges for using the mails to advocate resistance to government authority. She admitted mailing 2000 anti draft circulars and said she was happy to pay the price. She faces federal court on September 14 while detained in Pierce County Jail.
United Press dispatch reports Hoover ordered the closure of some 600 distilleries to halt grain use. Fermentations must cease by 11 p m. resulting in about 600 distilleries and 000 workers nationwide facing unemployment.
Kaiser Wilhelm visited Riga to celebrate the seizure of the Russian Baltic sea port. He reviewed victorious troops, distributed decorations, and announced Gen. Von Alten as Riga governor.
The piece argues Cleopatra’s life mirrors modern working class women and uses Mary in the East Side as a paradox to explore morality. It previews upcoming film roles for Dorothy Dalton Elsie Ferguson Molli King Emily Stevens Edna Goodrich and stars like Chaplin, highlighting new movies and star turns this week.
Manager Smythe of Strang Theatre has secured Goldwyn Pictures to present Mae Marsh in Polly of the Circus marking the opening of the Goldwyn series. Other featured stars include Maxine Elliott Mary Garden Marie Dressler Mabel Normand Jane Cowl and Mick Kennedy with Tom Moore among others. Mae Marsh arrives September 22 at the Strand.
Jewel Carmen arrives in New York after a California visit and begins work in Les Miserables with star William Farnum. The production marks a comeback for the actress in a major stage role.
The article notes Pearl White’s athletic training and boxing in The Petal Ring, Marion Onavian switching from Broadway to film after Oh Toy, and Runaway Romany with Joseph Kilgour and others. It mentions Fifth Avenue recruiting scenes preserved for posterity, Billie Burke on a noon bus, and Marguerite Skirvin joining the Southern California colony. It reports Sennett studios gossip, and a Los Angeles hotel dispute involving a woman claiming not to be a motion picture actress and an awkward arrest incident.
Secretary Tremeuver of United Mine Workers explains organized labor’s role in mobilizing industrial resources for the war. He cites collective bargaining as stabilizing industry, ensuring continuous mills, mines, and factories. Labor supports production of war material and upholds democratic ideals.
TACOMA Sept. 8 Tarl Alexander Rosa wants to go to war. His mother Mrs. Margaret Ross claims exemption for him as her sole support. Ross says the exemption was a sham and asks denial. District appeals board hears the case. Mrs. Rosas was the witness in the night rider case in Pacific county.
Entomologist C Joseph De Vise of Yakima notes good fruit prices this year as he predicts a large crop in the eastern state. He cites favorable conditions and a likely abundant harvest this fall in the region around Seattle.
Paula recalls Paris as home yet haunted by her mother’s absence. She walks through Boulevards des Italiens Capucines and de la Madeleine, visiting Monceau park and Chopin monument, translating Maupassant to ease her loneliness. A fragment ends with a cliffhanger as she hears a quick step.
Seattle teachers vote Saturday to elect three trustees who will join EB Shorrock and Judge Richard Winsor on the school board to administer the teachers pension fund.
A joint association of all county officials was planned at a meeting of county commissioners and county engineers in Spokane. The convention was held Friday to discuss formation and objectives.
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