The Seattle star. [volume], April 29, 1914, Page 2, Image 2

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MISSION
THEATRE
OPENS TONIGHT
7:30 O'CLOCK
PROGRAM
Pictures: "Dolores D'Arado," a .stirring
two-reel "101" Ranch drama, featuring
Cleo Madison and Wilfred I.ucas; Wallace
Reid, in "Women and Roses," a beautiful
story wonderfully pictured; Augustus Car
ney in "Universal Ike and the School Bell."
Soloist: Miss Ethel Peterson.
Music: White's orchestra.
I am the happiest man in
the city of Seattle today, for
tonight comes the opening of
the Mission Theatre.
This is a big night for you
and me, for tonight we turn
over to you the prettiest thea
tre in the Northwest.
The program of pictures is
a good one, and I certainly am
tickled to announce Miss
Ethel Peterson, known to all
of you, as soloist.
From now on the Mission is
your theatre The sole aim
will be to please you
I want to see all of my
friends at the Mission tonight.
Every one in Seattle is my
friend.
I will be expecting you to
night.
FOURTH AVENUE
Between Pike and Union Street*
FOUR KILLED IN
PORTLAND FIRE
PORTLAND. April 29. —Four
bodies. so badly burned that Iden
tification haa not yet been made,
were taken thla morning from the
ruini) of several frame buildings
destroyed In the block bounded by
But Ninth, Fast Tenth, Washing
ton and Htark streets shortly bo
fore midnight.
The debris 1s being explored for
farther victims.
The fire was discovered In a
McCarron's WJf
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and spread with groat rapidity.
The buildings burned were sup
ported by piling and the flamea
were swept under them by a
heavy under draught
It Is estimated that 2G persons
were sleeping In the row of burned
dwellings, but all were believed to
have escaped until the first body
found after the fire was extin
guished.
LINGERS WITH
HIS LOVE AND
GETS NABBED
Captain Griffiths Arrested in
Oakland on Eve of De
parture for Antipodes.
DELAYED FOR WOMAN
Postpones Leaving While
Saying Farewell to Object
of Infatuation.
SAN KUANCIsrO. April S# —
('apt. Jo*. Crlffltha. of the quarter
masters' rorpa of the l'tilted Suite*
army, waa a prisoner at the I're
alillo hern today. charged with em
besillng IH.OOO of government
money while acting aa disbursing
officer for l'uget aoiind army posts
and for the Seattle depot.
Orlfflth*' arreat occurred axon
nfter midnight, at the residence of
Win. L. King of Oakland, whore ha
had been boarding under the name
of J, G Graham
Booked for Australia
ft wn« made by IJeni. Col. Arthur
W. Y&te*. of the qiiarti>nii»*ters'
corps, following n search of all
the hotel* In San Prnnclaco and the
tran»bay cities.
The prlaoner waa hooked to nail
for the antlpode* on the ft. 8 Ta
hati, leaving today. He could have
gotten away before, but It waa anld
he delayed on account of a woman,
with whom he waa believed to be
Infatuated He had Imt In Ban
Kranclsoo and Oakland for 10 days.
Find Him Aaleep
The captain waa asleep In bed
when Col. Yntea called for him
He admitted his Identity but pro
tested that he had done nothing
wrong and a«k. d to b* allowed to
stay «her* he waa. at least until
morning.
This privilege waa denied him.
and he waa romp«lle<i to dres* and
wait under guard until he could b«
transferred to the I'resldlo.
The military authorities obtained
their first clew to Griffiths' where
about* through his signature as "J.
G Graham" on the register of the
Hotel Waahtngton In San Krsnclsco.
April 17.
Meats a Woman
Though the name »as not his
own. he hsd aeemfngly made no at
tempt to disguise his handwriting,
which waa readily recognised.
He remained at the hotel until
April 11. when he went to Oakland
While at the Waahlngton. It waa
said he had several meetings with
the woman for whom It la believe*!
he lingered In this vicinity. Her
name waa not revealed
Griffiths was suspended from
duty In Seattle and ordered to con
fine himself to his quarter*.
March 17.
Tryln# to »wlng D«a!
This action waa taken by MaJ
Hugh J Gallagher In charge of the
quartermaster # office, following an
examination of the accused officer'*
accounts.
He waa to hsve been tried at ft
tAwton. April 10. but on April f>
he disappeared
Inveailgators of his case «ay he
waa trying to •win* a #;o.soo dm.
ber deal at the time of hla arreat.
and If he had succeeded, would
have been able to replace the money
he waa accuaed of taking from the
government
BIG-HEARTED LEO
KOHN RETURNS
TO FORMER HOME
Reattle said goodbye to !«o
Knhn. the man with a big heart, last
night, when he aalled for Vienna,
Austria, where he may remain a
year or the real of his life. Ite Is
recovering from sn lllneas snd
srlabea to visit with his two broth
ers and a sister.
His klttdneaa of heart for the un
fortunate became household knowl
edge. and no sufferer waa ever turn
ed sway from hla door.
He came to America St years ago
from Bohemia.
TANGO FOR HINDU
A coastwlae grin Is spread today
over the fac.ea of the agenta of the
Blue Funnel ateamshlp line, fol
lowing the receipt of a bundle of
correapondcnce from a New York
school of society dancing.
An offer Is made the lllue funnel
to tesch It* passenger* the tango,
rnaxlxe, "fish walk," horse trot,"
etc.
The Blue runnel line operatea
between Seattle and Kurope via
the Orient, and moat of Ita passen
ger* are Chines'-, Japanese and
Hindus,
IDENTIFIES HIMI
ABERDEKN, April 29—Arsyn
nak Hodoff. charged with being
one of the five men who robbed
the Rank of Klma March 2ft, wan
to answer to the superior court at
his preliminary hearing here yes
terday. A. H. Fleming, bookkeeper
of the bank. Identified him.
FIGHT RECALL
KVKRKTT. April 29.—An Injunc
Hon Is sought In the superior court
here against City Clerk C. C. Oil
man, Reeking to prevent him from
naming a date for a apeclal elec
tion for the attempted recall of
Mayor Chrlstlanson and Commis
sioner Thompson from office.
FLYINQ TEETH HURT.
RAt.TIMORK, Md.. April 29.—Dr
J. P. Amrnenhetiser, a dentist, waa
seriously Injured by the explosion
of s rnlcanlier In which he was pro
paring a set of false teeth. The
flying teeth knocked out his own
front teeth.
HUG CRACKS HIS RIB.
HOPKINHVIIXK, Ky., April 29.—
Circuit f:i«rrk W. A. Hadford Is
nursing a fractured rib sustained
when a friend mme up behind him
and cave him a playful bug. The
pressure wbh too much and the rib
cracked.
THE STAR—WEDNESDAY. APRIL 29. 1914
IT'S ENOUGH TO MAKE ANY PRINCE OF PEACE MAD
Poor Bill Bryan preaches peace, beg* for peace, act* peace all his life, and
the first time he gets a national office, war busts forth right under his feet
CLEMMER
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A NIGHT AT THE CLUB
See What Happened in Prehistoric Days
THE SCHOOLING OF
MARY ANN
An Interesting Romance of a Country Girl
TWO | OUTWITTING DAD
two I THE RUBE'S DUCK
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% ( We ipec.lallie in fitting accurately peopl« who
are hard to please.
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f Klngerplece Mountings, Spherical Lenses. Special price for
a few days, 12.60.
All fitting done by graduate optometrist.
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NEW GOVERNOR
OF VERA CRUZ IS
A U.S. ATTORNEY
By Bernard Rucker
VERA CKLZ. April I»—Vera
Cros' now civil government got
down to business today.
It was set up br Admiral Fletcher
yesterday, with It J. Kerr, a Chi'
cago and Mexico City lawyer, aa
governor; Commander Btlckney aa
nspector <>f the port and customs
collector. Wrn Ruckle, another law
rer. at administrator of Justice, and
Chat. H. Stewart as treaatirer.
Troops Still on Ships
For some reason, which the au
thority did not explain, the Fifth
brigade'* landing from the trans
ports Is still delayed, and It Is said
the aoldlers may not come aahore
today.
In the meantime, the bluejacketa
and marines remained In occupa
tion Of the city. Admirals Hadger
and Fletcher and Oen. Funston
were still In conference on shore.
Think Danger Over
New* was reretifd from Metlco
City that 300 Americana were atlll
there.
They were free to leave If they
pteaaed, but evidently considered
they were In no danger.
Hnerta la said to be strengthen
ing his forces In the capital, and
Is negotiating with Zapata.
57 MEX SOLDIERS
DIG TUNNEL OUT
OF U.S. STOCKADE
RAN MEOO. Cal., April 29.—
Fifty-seven Mexican soldiers, held
prisoners at Ft. Kosecrana here, es
caped early today. Eleven wore re
captured.
There are about MO prisoners,
captured when they fled across the
border after one of the battlea. On
account of the strengthening of the
border patrol only 91 American
troopers were left on guard. .
The Mexicans took advantage of
the small guard and a rainstorm to
dig a tunnel 70 feet long from a
tent to the yard of the quarantine
station.
WORK OF LOCAL
OPERA ARTISTS
LAUDED BY CLUB
The Seattle Commercial flub
went on record last night with en
dorsement! of the Standard flrand
Opera Co.. which recently scored
success In the presentation of
"Faust" and "Carmen." Resolutions
were adopted assuring the promot
ers of the support or the club tn
making the feature a permanent In
stitution.
The* flnnnclal statement of the
club showod a surplus. In recog
nition of the faithful work of Otto
A. Case, secretary, the board voted
to Increase his Halary $75 a month
ARMY WIFE DIES
PORTLAND, April 29—Mrs.
fCllsaheth Van Winkle Anderson,
«B, mother of Mrs. W. T. Patton of
Seattle, and wife of Brig. Qen.
Thomns Mc.Arthur Audernon, ro
tlrcd, died here yesterday.
FUN IN THE
SHADOWS
At the
Grand Opera
House
TODAY
Paul & Azalla
European Shadowgraph Artists, in a
Comic Divertisement
"The Hunchback"
A Character Not Unlike Quasimoda, Victor
Hugo's Great Creation. This Is a
Wonderful Photodrama
Billy Strong
He's a Happy-Faced Comedian in Ebony Tints
"The Happy Coercion"
A New Kind of Photofarce. It Will Force a Laugh
Out of the Most Pessimistic.
Keiser & George
Charming and Accomplished Young Women in a
Singing and Pianologue Act
The Mutual Weekly
Always Our Wednesday Feature; Next Week It Goes
to Our High-Priced Competitor
| Amateurs Tomorrow Night |
BRING THE CHILDREN TO THE MATINEE
ALL SEATS 10 CENTS ALL THE TIME
AFTER TOURISTS
Plans for the arrangement of
the Washington state building at
th« Panama exposition at San
Eranclseo wer» discussed by Oov
ernor Lister and th« state commis
sion yesterday.
The governor Is strongly In fa
vor of the continued campaign to
Interest 1916 visitors in Seattle.
MEAT PRICES
CUT
TOMORROW, THURBDAV, AT
FRYE & CO.'S
MARKETS
AS FOLLOWS:
Choice Shoulder Pork 4 M _
Roast IQC
Choice Rib and Loin 4C_
Mutton Chops ISC
Choice T-Bon« Oft,
Steak £UG
Choice Shoulder 1 Cn
Pork Steak luC
Anchor Brand Bacon, Iftl.
per lb HzC
Choice Steer Shoulder 11.
Steak l*tC
Look for U. S. Purple Stamp
It signifies purity and quality
Shops open until 0:20 p. m.
BOY DROWNED
REPUBLIC, April 29. —Earl
Bt>rlggs, 6. was drowned In the
city reservoir yesterday, ifter
nearly being rescued by a woman.
As she drew him to the shore she
fainted. permitting the lad to sink
to his death.
"We found tha character of many
of the dances horrifying:," Mrs A. E.
Griffiths told university girls Tues
day, In discussing Seattle's dances.
Our service is swift.
Our work high class.
Our prices reasonable.
No fabric too delicate fbr out
process of cleaning. We removo
sblne or gloss when possible. Bend
uh something hsrd to clean. We
will demonstrate th« truth of our
claims.
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