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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1913
Page
3
Pierce-Arrow Motor Car company introduces a two ton worm driven motor truck with design aligned to the successful five ton model. Deliveries begin in September after refinements over three years, with no radical changes in design or manufacture.
An Ohio man seeking sobriety by eating whenever craving hit stays at a hotel. A man in the adjacent room commits suicide in a messy fashion. The reformed drinker intervenes and rushes to the clerk calling for ham and eggs and doughnuts.
Stratton & Waller display the 1914 Imperial models highlighting improved mechanical construction and body design. Prices range from 1500 to 2500 dollars with electric starting and central control. Agneton Kelly trucks win a Detroit board test over sandy grades, while Buick/Hulck details praise factory scale and quality in Seattle.
A three reel Rob Roy at the Alhambra runs through Sunday. the tale follows a farmer who becomes a Scotch patriot leader. Also on the Clemmer bill a two part feature High Treason depicts a wireless operator’s bribery and a banker’s plot leading to war and eventual downfall.
Dalitz Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland and Seattle, led by Harry Dalitz, unveils a forthcoming invention touted as his best yet, following recent success with his Dalitz spark plug tester and terminal. Meanwhile A H McIntyre enters New England car sales, Rapid Transit Phoenix adds Kissel bus service, and local agencies expand sales and meter-car ventures in Seattle.
A Civil War era drama centers on jealousy between two Confederate soldiers a captain and a private. The private’s sweetheart seeks to free him after he’s condemned for striking the captain. The New York Edison company built a pole and wire setup for a key scene with Union soldiers tapping lines. The convincing realism justifies the production costs. The film screens Sunday at the Dreag.
Alhambra features Roy Roy three reel The Pearl of the Golden Wear comedy Stockholm scene Class A Sunday through Wednesday The Redemption of Railroad Jack Selig drama Sunny or the Cattle Tables Vitagraph drama Pr Turner Turns the Tables and The Harnessed Falls of the Northwest Edison split reel The Death of Scandies Kalem drama Clemmer Sunday through Wednesday High Treason two part Kleine Mrs Norton's Birthday Pathe drama Cornwall the British Riveria reel split The Comedian's Downfall Dream The Scarlet Letter three reel Kinemacolor feature Pathe's Weekly world news Island of Perversity Edison comedy Grand Sunday through Wednesday The Clown's Daughter two reel Reliance drama For His Loved One Majestic drama Nel He's First Cake Won by
The Minneapolis Motorcycle Agency at 1023 Pike street opened May 1 under Parr and Blair. The shop offers popular Minneapolis two speed motorcycles and fore cars with fast delivery. Blair has ten years in the business in California and employs Harry Cogburn noted for speed. An up to date lab and tools will manufacture parts and repairs. The shop opens 7 30 a m to 10 p m and Sunday mornings.
A bustling program listing at Yesler and local venues includes Vitagraph comedies If Dreams Came True and One Can't Always Tell, the two part Lubin Love and War in Mexico, Edison Jerusalem the Holy City, and dramas The Stolen Treaty and The Foster Brothers along with several scenic and comedy reels.
In Olympia, the Washington supreme court issued an alternative writ of mandate directing King county Superior Court Judge J T Ronald to sentence Peter Miller, convicted of second degree burglary last May, by October 17 or appear in Olympia to show cause. The writ comes at the request of Prosecuting Attorney Murphy who seeks Miller's sentence before his murder trial begins for Hugh McMahon.
A mother dismisses a parrot hung in the parlor as it keeps chirping Sit closer, please whenever Edwin visits, an embarrassing habit the daughter attributes to the bird having once belonged to a streetcar conductor.
Agnes Burton in Ninno Sacco's The Traffic is found not guilty of murder in a Seattle Theatre production. The four act drama exposes underworld crime, corruption and exploitation, drawing crowds with its tense courtroom and street life scenes.
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