Wire briefs from across the nation and Alaska notes
A fire destroyed the elevator at Standard Tilton Milling in Alton Illinois causing a theater panic with injuries. In Ketchikan Alaska, Canadian shipping plans noted. San Francisco reports the Pacific Coast S.S. Co will add a new vessel like Congress. Chicago firemen rescued 27 Hotel Svea guests from upper floors as flames partially burned the building. Tacoma reports two men fatally burned during a chemical mixing accident at Carbon Chemical Co. Olympia notes the death of Dr. Hugh Summer Wyman in Washington. Berkeley reports Secretary Lane’s improved health after a car ride and a canceled swing. Port Townsend says Capt. Chiswell of the revenue cutter Tahoma ordered east to command Onondaga. San Francisco deportation for 50 Hindus from the Philippines ordered. Portland reports transit deaths. Worthington and Thomas arrested for manslaughter. Raymond hosts franchise bids for gas plant by Urquhard and Faqua with South Bend also seeking franchise.
Theatres Set Bold Openers for Next Week
Seattle Bailey Mitchell players return as The Traffic opens Monday at the Seattle theatre. Metropolitan stays dark a week then debuts Officer 666 by Augustin MacHugh. Moore presents The Enchantress starring Kitty Gordon starting September 21, with Sea Miserables at the Moore for one more week.
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Seattle
Bailey & Mitchell
California
Metropolitan
Augustin MacHugh
Moore
Kitty Gordon
Lannon
Victor Hugo
the Moore
Enchantreas
Harry Hereaford
Lord Decies
Vivien Gould
Miss Gordon
Officer 666
Metropolitan Theatre
Beattle
Metropolitan—Dark, Seattie—Bailey & Mitchell Stock Co
Traffic play returns to Seattle stage with Miss Marshall work
Seattle audiences greet The Traffic a drama by Rachael Marshall based on a real Collier's article. The play centers on two sisters fighting a white slave ring and had long runs in San Francisco and Los Angeles before returning to Seattle with the Bailey & Mitchell stock company using last season prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachael Marshall
University of Washington
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Bailey & Mitchell Stock Company
Collier's Magazine
Orpheum Week to Feature Ten Acts and Local Events
The Orpheum announces eight vaudeville numbers and an Orpheum Weekly listing upcoming week events beginning Monday. Headliners include Charlotte Parry and company in character posing, Maude Lambert the prima donna, and Ed Wynn with The King's Jester. Loraine and Burke from The Kiss Waltz company also appear, plus Robbie Gordone, Joonayman Family, Belleclaire and Herman. The program notes local events such as the county fair and the opening of the new ball park.
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Orpheum
Charlotte Parry
Loraine
Burke
Seattle
Kiss Waltz
Moore
Robbie Gordone
Joonayman
Belleclaire
Herman
Ball Park
Pantages offers varied vaudeville week lineup
The Pantages theatre showcases Ameen Abou Hamid and his Arabian whirling acrobats, Allison and Trucco with tango novelty dances, Josa Malono and company in The Indian Rustler, Anderson and Goines fast fun, Pony Moore with Davy and Fifi bits of vaudeville, and the De Vole Trio acrobats.
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Pantages
Ameen Abou Hamid
Allison and
Trucco
Josa Malono
Anderson
Goines
Empress to Feature Graham Moffat Show Next Week
Empress theater will screen The Concealed Bed by Graham Moffat next week. Also on the bill are musical comedy stars Fletcher Norton and Maude Earl and juggler Francia Gerald performing cannon balls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Moffat
Mrs Westman Acquitted. Moves with Six Children to West Seattle
Ava Pond Westman is acquitted of her husband’s murder. She and her six children relocate to a small West Seattle house furnished by attorney George Olson. She has no clear plans for the future and worries how she will care for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ava Pond Westman
Seattle
George Olson
Ahie
Will Form Church By Seattle Presbytery Vote
The Lake Union Presbyterian church and Wallingford mission disband to form a new church. A service is set for 2 30 Sunday at Ashworth and N 42nd with Rev Robt Asa Smith as pastor.
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Lake Union
Forest system area growth from 1905 to 1912
The total area of the National Forests reached 185 million acres as of June 30 1912, an increase from under 66 million acres in 1905. This reflects significant expansion under early conservation measures and reallocation of lands to federal protection.
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National
President Wilson Sees Eleanor in Naturalist Protest Drama
In a pine grove near Meriden New Hampshire President Wilson watched his daughter Eleanor star as Ornta the bird spirit in Percy Mackaye masque Sanctuary. The piece condemned plume hunting tied to the Underwood tariff while offering a hopeful finale with fauns druids and naturalists influencing the hunter to love birds.
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Meriden
N. H
Wilson
Eleanor
Percy Mackaye
Naturalista
Miss Wilson
Ornta
Ornis
Eleanor Wilson
Adwin
Ernest Harold Baynes
Shy
Markets Report Notes Shortages and Price Pressures
Butter prices rise amid cream shrinkage from weather and rain. Apples and tomatoes remain scarce with farm suppliers unable to meet demand. A peach shortage looms as Alberta supplies near depletion. Butter and poultry prices listed by Perry Bros reflect ongoing market tightness. A counterfeit $5 note circulates widely in Washington. Dorothy Vine of New Jersey undergoes an appendix pin—surgeons announce the procedure.
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Jonathans
J. W. Godwin & Co
White River
Ee Prey Sey
Perry Bros
Dorothy Vine
New Jersey
Giant dinosaur skeleton remains unearthed in Africa
German geologists recently disinterred the nearly complete Gigantosaurus Africanus from German East Africa. The colossal creature is about 160 feet long and 13 feet tall, with the upper arm bone cast now at the British Museum measuring 7 feet 1 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Resinol Heals Blistering Itch on Hands Says Letter
A 1913 testimonial from Charles Weber of St Louis describes severe hand blisters and itching that cleared after using Resinol Soap and Ointment. He reports complete cure after about a week and urges others to try the products, noting free trials from Resinol in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Charles Weber
Branklin Ave
Dept. Jor
Resinol
Baltimore
Puget Sound Electric faces charge over fare fraud claim
The Puget Sound Electric railway seeks state approval to raise suburban rates and will present ticket office data to the Public Service Commission. Officials argue tickets to Tukwila show high sales but most are not fully traveled, revealing a scheme to boost revenue with misrepresented mileage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coma Interurban
State Public Service Commission
Seattle
Tacoma
Tukwila
Riverton
Puget Sound Electrics Co
Grand Jury Indicts Nine as Slavers
A federal grand jury indicted nine individuals on Mann white slave act violations. Indicted are A. R. Watson B. Aurand J. W. Walsh A. J. Glanett H. E. Fortier James Brennan Bert Martin Joe Zydman and Frank E. Booth. Bail was fixed at 5000 in each case. The panel reported 24 indictments, four secret, and adjourned until October. Also named were Ray Fuhrman for concealing 500 as sets of her husband recently sentenced on a similar charge Charlie Loule and James Ralston on a second smuggling charge.
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Federal Grand Jury
A. R. Watson
B. Aurand
J. W. Walsh
A. J. Glanett
H. E. Fortier
James Brennan
Bert Martin
Joe Zydman
Frank E. Booth
Fiail
Neterer
Ray Fuhrman
Charlie Loule
James Ralston
Laborer Awarded $30,000 in Multnomah County Suit
Willis D. Hoag a $2.50 a day laborer receives a $30,000 verdict in Portland from a Multnomah county jury in a personal injury case. Hoag was shocked while serving as lineman for the Washington Oregon Corporation. His suit claimed the foreman erred in assigning him to such work due to inexperience.
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Oy United Presse
Portland
Willis D. Hoag
Multnomah County
Hoag
Washington- Oregon Corporation
Manning Discharged After False Rescue Tale
Walter B. Manning a Portland city fireman is discharged after admitting the story he gave two papers claiming a 75 foot leap from the Broadway bridge to rescue a man from the Willamette River was false. The confession ends Manning's service amid public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Broadway
Willamette River
Walter B. Manning
Estate of Benson Leaves $18 000 to Hospital
Theodore Benson, a former locomotive engineer who died two years ago, left an estate valued at about $18,009 to the Children's Orthopedic Hospital. Two beds will be established in memory of Benson and his wife, Mrs. Caroline Greenlief Benson, funded by the estate's income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Benson
Children’s Orthopedic Hospital
Caroline Greenlief Benson
City Mourns Mayor Gaynor as Body Boarded Lusitania
The remains of New York Mayor William J. Gaynor were placed aboard the Lusitania in Liverpool after lying in state at the town hall. A mounted police escort accompanied the body to a funeral mortuary chapel aboard the ship. The liner was scheduled to sail at 5 p m and is due in New York on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
William J. Gaynor
New York
Honor system for convicts backed by Gov Lister and club
The North End Improvement club unanimously endorses Gov Lister’s convict honor system at a Friday night meeting.
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Lister
North End Improvement Club
Suffragettes Burn Kenton Station in London Dawn Act
Militant suffragettes set fire to the railroad station at Kenton in London early today. They left placards reading Votes for Women and literature at the scene.
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London
Kenton
Progress in Panama Culebra cut to finish by Sept 15
Washington dispatches report from Col. Goethals chief engineer of the Panama canal that Culebra cut will be finished September 15 and water will be admitted to the basin by October 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Washington
War Department
Col. Goethals
Panama Canal
Culebra
Seattle Theatre Opens Season With New Plays
Seattle Theatre announces the season opening Monday night September 15 with The Traffic by Seattle author Miss Rachael Marshall. The company promises high class drama at popular prices and emphasizes non trust controlled, merit proven productions followed by a cordial invitation to patrons.
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Seattle
Trust
Rachael Marshall
Union Theatre Screens Trust Weekly Program Change
The Union Theatre between Pike and Union on Third Ave presents first run title Trust with a weekly schedule of three complete program changes this week and a six cent admission.
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Seattle
Trust
Filme Weekly
Union Theatre
Bet
Pike
Union
Ava
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Tahoma
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