The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-09-13
SHORT NEWS

ShfpBulLpERS OF Chriatiania
have constructed a vessel with a
concrete hull. which they assert
will resist damage better than a
wooden or steel construction.
FOLLOWING a nationwide
search, Arthur waitoncn. an Iron.
wood. Mich. barber. has been mr.
rested IN connection with the muir
der of Mrs Elizabeth Nichols. a
wealthy New York widow. who
was strangled TO death and rob
bed OF SIS. 600.
OR. @. X. HERMAN, former
president Of the Amateur Athletic
union. died Tuesday night ~ hin
home here OF heart disease.
MEMBERS or the Metropolitan
Lgmbermcn'A club held a smoker
Tuesday night In the Press club
theatre In connection with their
membership campaign.
e. o. STEVENS. secretary TO
President surxallo. has left for
Reno. New. where he wlll assist I'm
making an educational survey OF
Nevada FOR the state university
there.
osIs WILKINS. brakeman. was
taken TO Vancouver. Wash. ycster.
day from Chehalia. Wash. TO an.
swer SECOND degree assault charges
filed by Downey. editor OF the
Yacol, Bulletin.
MoMo's LADY LOU. owned by
l.. A. Mcintyre, OF Seattle. won acc.
ond place for an allaround dog
Tuesday at tho Washington Field
Trials club annual meeting at
Yelm. wash.
MitiTiAaEN AT the American
lake cncampmcut were given fur.
loaghs Tuesday by Col iuglia to
vote with the provision that they
be In camp at II o'clock the same
night.
POLICE JUDGE HAWKINS, OF
Long Beach. Cal. sentenced sir
children 20 memorixe IN. 5000. word
city traffic ordinance for violating
regulations
CHARLES w. FAIRBANKS, re.
publican candidate for vice prrsi.
dent, was forced to leave the plat.
form while addressing an audience
Ia Oklahoma City. OKLA. Tuesday
night because of n severe attack
OF indigestion.
e. w. mELsE. chief clerk in the
city comptroller office. fooled his
friends by slipping away from Sc.
attic Monday with Mrs. Clara u.
Harris. 1926 Mayfair ave. to olym-
pla. where they we're married.
THE FouR-mAsTED schooner
Robert r. Hind has begun loading
coal az the Pacific Coast Coal Co.'S
bunkers for the Hawaiian islands.
e. w. Drummer. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. w II Drummer. lls 18th ave
died Sept, . in a Brooklyn. y. Y.
hotel. and the body IL en- route 10
Seattle.
ADELINE AND Augusta Van
Buren,. sisters. arrived Tuesday in
San Diego after completing a 1000.
mile trip from New York on a mo.
torcycle.
o. c. BRicHoux. chauffeur. was
arrested at Boise. Idaho. Tuesday
night. charged with the murder Of
Il G. Goodwin. wealthy sheepman.
whose body was found in the
Snake river anchored with auto
chains
WALTER ELDRlDoE, animal
trainer. Tuesday was pounded to
death on the ground by an ele-
plant at kingsport. Tenn. before
the eyes of several thousand circus
spectators.
CORPORATION COUNSEL Cald.
well IL OF the opinion that city EN-.
ployes. under civil service. can oh.
tain compensation for injuries
from private persons causing the
injury and from the city as well.
@. q. SAVER, OF Shanghai.
China. who is visitor In Seattle.
says that the inability of America
to furnish China with tonnage has
seriously affected railroad develop
ments.
FIRE LOSSES for July in Seat
tie totaled s64,fsl.60. according to
Fire Marshal Brlnghurst.
CITIZEN SOLDIERS at Fort
l.awton Will be required to make a
pontoon bridge shortly. Capt. Park.
of the L. S. A. engineering corps.
announced today.
JUSTICE GORDON fined four
fishermen Tuesday for catching
fish under the legal length and for
without licenses.
QUEEN CITY lodge. X. of r..
banqueted the brothers who are
Seattle at tho business
mems encampment at Fort Lawton
Tuesday night.