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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
"Cat and Canary" Makes
Thrills Chase Up Spine
But You'd Better Stay Away If You Suffer
From Weak Heart

II you want thrills TO chase up and
down your spine. II you want to sit
on the edge OF your seat and watch
mysterious hands reach out OF the
darkness. IL you want mystery and
horror and rollicking good fun, sec
The Cat and the Canary" Mt the
Metropolitan this week.
This mystery play is OF the same
genre rs The Bat" and THE Last
Warning" After long and sue.
cessful run In New York. II Is now
ON tour with an excellent cast.
The play opens In haunted
house and the action all takes place
in the space OF few hours. A for.
tune IS LEFT to one OF six heirs by an
eccentric old millionaire. who died
n this self.same house Just 20 years
before the night on which the action
opens.
A beautiful young girl receives the
bulk OF the fortune. but there is n
provision that II must be proved that
she Is not Of unsound mind-a fam.
lly faint that has appeared In various
generations. What happens during
the course OF the evening Is suffi.
cient to send anyone insane. but Il
provides thrills galore for the spec.
.ator.
The play moves with such tremen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
LABOR SELECTS
ITS DELEGATES
Name Representatives for
Everett Convention

AZ the conference OF the farmer.
labor party OF King county held al
tho Labor Temple on Sunday. the
following 20 delegates were elected
TO represent that organization al
tho state convention OF the party
10 be held In Everett. November
1885, J. u. Phillips, John Lawrie,
Alexander Mnckol. Joel Shoemaker,
Mrs, Jane Carrot. James Stephens,
Mrs. Emily Peters a. c. Ballard,
Mrs, Fannie H. Perry. Mrs. Lois
Levine, II. J. ProbS,feld. a. II. Wal.
ter. Chester Tarr. r. A. Ferguson.
Mira Annabcle Kennedy, u. N,
Hnmstad. $, c. Douglas. IL C. Ritz
man, James A. Duncan. John Nc.
Gucrn. Phil J. Pearl. Martin Flyzik.
o. r. Bracket. Mrs, Mary Nelson
and Ralph Despair.
Aliernatoa elected arc M follows:
Geo. N. HenHen. Mrs. Alma Carl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
Orchestra
Is " inner
Stoddard's Gang
Wins at Orpheum

Mean music" is the speciality OF
Harry Stoddard's orchestra.
Stoddard and a big company OF
musicians syncopa,ed themselves
into favor with the vaudeville pa
irons at the OTpheum theater Sun
day, headlining the weeks new bill
Several speciality numbers adapt
ed to famous streets OF New York.
are the bright spots in the Offering.
The players were called back time
and time again Sunday night.
Oracle DeagoE and Jack Mack
have a real nifty comedy act in
which Miss DEACON scores heavily.
Both players have plenty of smart
lines and they ranked next 10 the
orchestra for favor Sunday.
Douglas Leavitt and Ruth Mary
Lockwood, another comedy team.
also went over big with Leavitt
winning a lot OF laughs with his
nonsense. Brother Ray" assists
In the comedy and at the piano.
la Petite" Marguerite and John
Giuran have a well-staged dance
review. Giuran does some excellent
solo numbers. Frank Haggerty is
at the piano.
"The Clown Seal" one Of the best
trained animals ever seen here.
opens the show with one Of the best
acts Of IFS kind seen here in a long
time. The seal uses the telephone.
smokes a pipe and plays the bells
among his stunts. He was trained
BY Ray G. Huling.
Ray Hall, Edith Ermlne and
Louise Brice in "A Night on Broad.
way" present a melange OF comedy
and classical music. a novel cur.
tain depicting a night scene on
Broadway. Is one Of the features OF
the act.
Carter and Cornish. a. faststep.
ping team Of colored dancers. com.
plete the bill.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
AGED MAN is
STRUCK DOWN

Jewish Broslin, 40, OF $40 10th ave-.
owner OF u jewelry store ut I'll See.
ond ave, s., was possibly fatally hurt
shortly before noon Monday when he
was knocked down at Second ave,
and leslor way by an automobile
driven by Geo. camor, 695p Duwam.
ish ave.
Rreslln was crossing the street
when cramor's auto. travelling az n
allow rate OF speed struck him. throw.
ing him 10 tho pavement. The aged
man received severe bruises on the
head and internal injuries. His left
arm was cut, He was taken 10 tho
city hospital,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
Postoffice Robbed
Twice by Bandits

VENTURA Cal. Nov. 10. Twice
within an hour three wcll.dressed
bandits robbed tho Triumfo postofrice
near here today and secured several
thousand dollars worth OF loot.
Tho robbers We're driven away dur.
ms their second attempt by NJ. bern.
haf. poStotrice employc, Binding
and gagglng tho postmtstrcas and her
assistant. the bandits secured over
$1,000 tho first time. How much
they got on the second raid has not
been determined.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
DAILY BUSINESS OF HARBOR
APPROXIMATELY 100000
Tonnage Gain This Month Over 1922
Is $500 Tons; Foreign Imports
Only Item to Show Decrease

Substantial gains In the value and
tonnage OF Seattle's marine import
and export trade OF tho past month
over October. 1899, are shown in
figures given out by the Seattle
harbor department thru Maj, Paul
Edwards. port warden. The total
import and export tonnage for oc-
toher OF this year mounted to co.,.
sSy tons. n gain OF sS,sso over the
figures OF Sis.osT for the same
months In 1879. Tho value OF the
PES months imports and exports
estimated ut s6o.a7S.otT. an in.
rease OF sis, se4.sss over the 1882
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
GAS GUSHER :
IN COLORADO

DENVER, Colo. Nov. iD.-North
Colorado towns and cities we're de.
serted yesterday while $4,000 per.
sons motored 20 the 100 million
cubic feet gas gusher near Fort
Collins. The pasture in which tho
huge gusber welcomed slgbtseers.
rcsembled football stadium on
Thanksgiving day.
An influx OF oil and gas men.
promoters and spectators, has al.
rendy been registered near tho
Union Oil company well Gaping
operations are in progress and in
the near future the gas VIII DO
rushing thru pipes TO Denver and
towns OF northern Colorado 10 servo
half million population and nu.
mcrous large Industries.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
Sanitary Still Is
Seized by Sheriff

A model stlll with all the latest
sanitary devices OF the moonshiner'n
art, was seized by Sheriff Matt
starwleh and deputies Frank Brew
or and A. 70, DcKrnAy, Monday. at
nth ave. N. E. and East 18th 1t.
The ntill. OF 1oO.galion capacity. to.
gethor with coiling system. fcrmen.
tation plant and bottling depart.
ment, were models OF cleanliness,
according 10 Sheriff Starwlch. Tween.
ty.onc gallons OF the finished prod.
uct and 900 gallons OF mash were
destroyed
A. A. Welch. owner OF tho distill.
cry, was arrested on n charge OF
manufacturing liquor and posted
$3.50 bond He aided the officers in
dismantling his plant and insisted
that everything ba done in n clean
and efficient manner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19

mark OF siT,sss.ssl. This makes
the daily business total approx
mately $4,000, 900.
Tho only department In which
the figures show loss for October
1898. is the foreign imports ton
maze. where the 1889 figure OF i7.9sS
shank TO 29,oSS this year-a dc,
crease OF 1928.
This loss Is compensated. how,
ever, In tho gain in value tho later
foreign imports figures show. In
October, 1899. this estimate was
placed Mt sie,ss7.o07. and Increased
In 1883 to So. l95. SIS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
Seattle Port Trade Shows Enormous Gain October Over Last Year
Three Mediums Are
Seized in Los Angeles

LOB ANGELES. Nov, lo.-Three
asserted fortune tcllers and spiritual.
lstio mediums who induced the ma.
tcrinlizations Of departed relatives
for gullible clients were free on bail
today. following raid by police.
who interrupted ghostly show ms
one OF the trio was about TO pose an
an octoplasm.
Rev. .Willlam Estep. medium cx'
trnordlnnry. is charged with fortune
telling and Miss Moore and Wilfred
Helzel with resisting arrest.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19

dous rapidlty that II seems to be
much shorter than IL really is. Tho
audience is hardly given a breathing
space as one mysterious incident
after another occurs.
The Cat and tho Canary" In
short. Is excellent entertainment
but don't 20 II you have weak
heart. IL j. s.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
BANK LAW UPHELD

WASHINGTON. Nov. l9.--The gti'
premo court today declared cous,i,u'
tional the California state law dc
erecting that bank deposits In state
banks which have not been Increased
or decreased for 20 years while The
dcposltors residence remains un,
known after notice shall be cschea,,
cd TO the state.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
Navy Seeking Sites
for Radio Stations

LOS ANGELES. Nov. l9.-Tbe
salvage tug Widgeon wns today pre-.
pairing TO skirt the Pacific coast,
seeking new locations for additional
naval radio stations following orders
TO this effect from Washington.
Tho additional stations. authorized
MS n result OF the Point Honda de.
stroyer disaster Will enable ships SO
get position by simultaneous cross
bearings from two points. without
depending on series OF bearings
from one station.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
Gov. Pierce Hits
Drinking Judges

RoSEBURG. Ore. Nov. 10
Governor Walter NJ. Pierce does not
believe that any judge who in.
dulges in drinking liquor in pr.
vate is qualified to sit in prohibi.
ton violation cases.
All Roseburg churches dismissed
their congregations Sunday evening
that they might Join in the union
meeting held in the armory and
addressed by Governor Pierce.
During his address the governor
accused many state officials OF pr.
yate drinking and said that such
officials, with wet sympathes, were
the greatest obstacle to law en-.
forcement in Oregon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19

son. Mira. Charlotte Orr. Tom Egnn.
Gordon Vivian, Mrs Alice Hubert.
Mrs. Florence Hansen. Mrs James
Stephens. Wiley Scott, II. seeley.
John Fleming. Mrs Carrie Andrews
sen. Mrs Ada Schulz, o. y. Birch
and Floyd Gels.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
THE LIMIT

After all. the very worst thing
that can happen TO one in the the.
alter il 20 have the usher. In the mid.
die OF the frs, act. ask. "May sec
your scat.chccks. pleaaef'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
ALAS. HOW TRUE

The chief trouble with increased
earnings is that they nearly always
bring Increased yearnings.-Little
Rock tArk.) Gazette. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
Vaudeville Program
Is Given by Eagles

A program Of vaudeville. music
and speeches was given by members
Of the Seattle Aerie OF Eagles at
their hall at Seventh ave. and Union
st., Sunday evening.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19

A MEETING OF prominent nj
bers OF the democratic party was -
be held at the Butler hotel cafe at
noon Monday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-19
[& S:[li1I!yE5azIi3

No matter how dark the night, how hard the
battle. there is always a way out. If you are not
saving money, make your way into the Bargain
Basement and it will be your way out.
, 1923-04-15
IOWA PHYSICIAN Makes
STARTLING OFFER TO
CATARRH SUFFERERS
Found Treatment Which Healed His
Own Catarrh and Now Offers to
Send 1t Free to Sufferers
Anywhere.

Davenport, Iowa--Dr. w. o. Cot.
fee. Suite 1883. st. James Hotel Bldg,
this city. one of the most widely
known physicians and geo in
the central west, that he
found n treatment which completely
healed him OF catarrh in the head
and nose, deafness and head noises
after many years of suffering. He
then gave the treatment to a mum,
Der OF other sufferers and they state
that they also were completely healed.
The Doctor is so proud OF his achieve
ment n so confident that his treat
ment will bring other sufferers the
same freedom 1t gave him, that he Is
Offering to send a 10 days supply
absolutely free to any reader of this
paper who writes him. DR.. Coffee
has specialized on eye, ear. nose and
throat diseases for more than thirty
five years and is honored INT respect
ed by countless thousands. If you
suffer from nose, head or throat
catarrh, catarrhal deafness or head
noises. sem him YOU name and ad.
dress Northumberland.
, 1923-04-15
KENW00D WILL
have CHURCH,
IS DECISION
Two Events of Importance to
Presbyterians Occur in
Laramie Meeting.

Two events OF Importance to Cas-
per Presbyterians took place at Lara
mic this week during a meeting Of
the Presbytery of Cheyenne when a
petition asking for the organization
Of the Kenwood Presbyterian church
Of Casper received favorable action
and when the Rev. Charles A. Wilson
and L. A. Reed were elected delegates
to the Presbyterian general assembly
which VIII be held next month in
Indianapolis.
The organizing OF the Kenwood
church is to be perfected May 6.
The opening session OF the meet
Ing was held Tuesday evening with
a sermon by the Rev. Wilson,. An adj
dess by Miss Rumsey of the Woman's
Board Of Foreign Missions in Chicago
followed this. The Rev. II. E. BIchs-
Ter of Lingie. Wyo., was elected mod
orator.
Action was taken assigning the
first church of Cheyenne ana the
churches of Hillsdaie and Burns to
the Presbytery of Laramie and the
changing OF the name OF the Chey-
enne Presbytery to that OF he Cas-
per Presbytery.
The delegates took a recess Tues
day to visit the ruins of old Fort Lara
mic where they saw many things of
interest connected with pioneer days
, 1923-04-15
REvUEs BILL
PROVES GOOD
AT COLUMBIA
who's Who" Well Received
by Big House; Change of
Program Today.

Another overflow house greeted
the Revues company last night when
they presented the musical mixture
entitled WHO'S Who as every mem
Der of the cast was used to present
this clever comedy It really kept one
guessing from start to finish as the
complications and varied comedy stu.
ations came SO fast 1t kept the big
crowd in a continuous round of laugh.
ter. For good old.fashioned fun you
can't beat 1t.
The vaudeville features were well
selected for this week end offering.
Vance Valare and Clara Hodge each
having a snappy number that was
well received by the crowd. Buck Eel
lows and Genevieve Glare put over
a double dancing number hat was a
knockout, a real sIlr plexus. 1t
took the bunch by storm. And the
quartette, well, you know how they
sing, and last night they seemed bet
ter than evr. Bobby Vail of course
ctrried the comedy throughout and II
he missed anything the audience was
90 busy laughing TO catch it. He
was ably assisted by that lanky fell
low, Red Davenport.
Eugene O'Brien in CLAY Dollars"
was the p%hotoplay and makes an ex-
cellent start to a bang up entertain
ment. An entire new program will
be presented today.
, 1923-04-15

shortly after noon today. the physI-
Clans said there was slight hope that
the bishop would live until Sunday
morning. Hourly his breathing be.
anne heavier and apparently moro
difficult.
Huge crowds of friends and ad
mirers, gathering at the bishops
home during the afternoon were re
quested TO leave. None but his i'm
mediate family was allowed in the
house.
Bishop futile. for more than fifty
years a recognized leader, not alone
Of the Episcopal church. but of all
protestant faiths. became I'll with n
serious attack OF the grippe nearly
two months ago.. His condition has
, 1923-04-15
Bishop futile
Rallies, Crisis
Is Passed Again

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, April 14.-Bishop
Daniel S. futile. dangerously near
death this afternoon. rallied tonight
and passed successfully through the
crisis. his physicians announced.
Attended by two physicians. includ-
ing DR.. George NJ. futile. his son,
the Sc year old prelate was making
a grim fight to live.
Following a sharp sinking spell
, 1923-04-15

1t is rot the size Of the brain, but
the texture that determines the quail
ity. We have the authority of emil
nent surgeons for the statement that
the majority OF large heads generally
contain n spongy. watery brain.
, 1923-04-15
Every Woman Needs a Tonic
at Some Period in Life


Read This
Omaha, Nebr.-"In my young
motherhood I had a Siege of illness
that affected me so that none OF the
digestive organs were functioning
properly. 1 also mad bearing pains.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry and Favorite Prescription are the
medicines I took and they cured me
of these ailments also strengthened
and built up my general health SO
that for years my physical condition
was perfect. I came through the
critical time OF life in good shape
with no trouble at all, and ! feel sure
that IL was because DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription and Golden Med
cal Discovery had strengthened me
during tho earlier stage OF inward
weakness. 1 gladly recommend these
excellent remedies of DR.. Pierce's to
all women who are in good health
Mrs. IDA orton. 26o5is sprague st.
Your druggist will sell o DR..
Pierce's medicines in tablets or
liquid. or send i0c for trial pkg. to
DIT. PIeree's Invalids' Hotel in Buf.
falo. y. Y. and write for free medi-
efI advice. -AdysrtisslisEt
, 1923-04-15

been critical ever since. The sinking
spell today. however, was the first
thai caused any immediate alarm,
, 1923-12-26

clad contract, and any sour-dougf
could leave his twenty years gather
ings and his six-months' grub-stake
and be gone for weeks with his cabir
door wide open.
Now, while "the better element
are hard at it trying to uplift and re-
form us, a rancher cannot leave his
irrigation shovel sticking in the bank
without losing it; and the trusting
sour-dough has had his hospitality
abused so often and has been left
clean as a white-fish so frequently by
those who are concerned about his
morals, that he puts a paddock on the
door when he goes to the creek for a
bucket of water.
Theye had their faults, those old
timers, but they were not mean ones.
They were the faults of men, not he
grannies. They drank, and fought,
and swore and spent their money reck-
lessly, but they had their standards
of conduct and lived up to them.
When there wer 10 saloons on the
south side of Sheridan avenue, any
woman could pass at any time of the
day or night without a disrespectful
word or look offered her. The title
t%attle, inuendoes and gossip of male
scandalmongers have become familiar
since the arrival of the "better ell
ement."
We sometimes wonder if on the day
of the big Roundup on the other side
of the River Jordan if the old timers,
with all their shortcomings, an any
more likely to be among the "cut-
backs" than the paragons of virtue
who take so much satisfaction in their
passing?
Omy! Omy! Whatever is going to
be done about this? Latest advices
from Malone, New York, state that
the thin dry line consisting of pro-
hibition enforcement agents, customs
inspectors and constabulary men
stretched along 500 miles of border
to keep holiday cheer from coming
e the Canadian line are just about
drowned in the flood that is coming
into the United States. In spite of
one agent for every three miles looping
back and forth as hard as he can go,
they are unable to stop the flow.
, 1923-12-26
MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE

Mrs. E. E. Dunn was among the
Christmas shoppers on Thursday.
/. H. Larom left for Texas Thurs
day morning.
Mrs. H. w. Thurston has been i'll
for several days.
l.. X. Johnston was in town on
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andy Martin were
among those present on Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. Evan Holman and Mrs. Jay
Blood were down from Ishawooa for
the Stampede ball.
Chris Pike bought a new Chevrolet
car this week and went out of town in
a cloud of dust.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Lowe rode in
from the Pat O'Hara country for the
Stampede ball.
The epidemic of girl babies contin-
ues. One more arrived for Mr.. and
Mrs. Monte Jones on Tuesday morn
ing.
Mrs. Mary A.. Say was one of the
horsebackers who made the 40 mile
ride from Bald Ridge to attend the
Stampede party.
Mr.. Caudill has the earmarks of be-
ing n real asset to the community il
he concludes to locate in this section
which is not an improbability.
Horace NJ. Albright, superintendent
Of Yellowstone park, has been called
to San Francisco by the illness of his
little boy.
Mrs. A. o. McAllister, who was Mrs
Mabel Pierce of Meeteetse, is now
living in Los Angeles. She writes
that Mr.. and Mrs. Kid Newell arrived
there a few days ago.
Dan Weller is among the old timers
Of the Greybul lcountry who are now
living in the land Of sunshine. Mr.
Weller is located at Pomona, Cal
ifornia.
Pontoon Johnny is not getting along
ms well ms his friends had hoped since
his return from the springs. He Is
still confined TO his bed at the Cen.
trail roomiirg house.
Mr.. II. b. Caudill arrived from Ok.
lahoma In time for the Stampede bal
where he was %chaperoned by Bill Dor
ron with whom he hunted three yenri
ago After n few days In town HI
will go to Bills camp on Sweetwater
, 1923-12-26
DEWEY j%0HNST0NSFATE IS
STILL MYSTERY, SEARCHING
PARTIES DISCOVER NO SIGN
Young Trapper Lost Since Thanksgiving Familiar
with Country Where He Disappeared-Fox
Found Frozen in his Trap

The party composed of 6 men that
has been searching the Boulder Basin
country for some trace of Dewey
Johnston, who disappeared shortly
after November 25th, has returned
and reports that no trace of the miss
ing man has been found.
Another party started out on Mon
day to continue the search and will
go over the country in which Mr..
Johnston had his trap line.
l.. X. Johnston, father of the miss
ing man., related to an Enterprise rep
resentative that his son had not been
home on Thanksgiving day, but had
left Cody on November 10 for his
camp and continued on his journey,
arriving in camp about the oath.
On the 25th Johnston left camp,
telling his partner, Glen Billings, that
he would go over the trap line, come
out at Valley and return to camp in a
few days.
After waiting for twenty days Bill
ling became uneasy and started out in
search of Johnston. He found where
he had visited the first trap, but on
going to the next trap he found a fox
, 1923-12-26
''M0PERY" WAS A new
ONE ON JOE JONES

1t has been a matter of considerable
speculation as to who would be the
first to appear before the newly APP
pointed police judge, r. |. V~olckmer,
in his official capacity.
As it happened Joe Jones had that
dubious honor when it became the
painful duty of Judge Volckmer to
sentence him to a fine of SIS and "a
hours in the calaboose unless he would
promise to remain strictly sober until
the Stampede ball was over. This
Joe declared he could not agree to do
and was accordingly locked out of the
way of temptation all of Wednesday,
Along toward evening a delegation
of his friends and neighbors from the
South Fork, headed by Hard Rock
Harry" visited him in his solitude and
urged him to consent to the judgSa
s~tipulations so he could attend the
function for which he had expressly
came to Cody.
What am charged with anyhow"
Joe demanded, cycling his friends bel
l~igerantly through the grating.
I'VE don't like to tell you, joe" was
the answer.
Did whip anybody"
mo"
"Tell me the worst, ! can stand it,"
"Well," said his friend Harry sol
EMMY, you're in for mopery."
whats that" Joe asked startled.
you'd better get a lawyer to ex-
plain il. II makes US feel bad to talk
about IT,"
"Go and get McElvain-tell him
I'm in for mopery and find out what
the limit Is" Joe begged excitedly.
"Will you promise TO stay sober il
we tell you what il is and try and get
you parolled out for the dancer"
ayes, I will" he promised faithfully.
"lt's n new word ! coined" explain
ed the friend OF his bosom, "and il
means hanging around the Irma
hotel"
you've framed up on me-" Joe said
Indignantly, "but III keep my promise
II you get me out of here"
II required the services of two at
torneys and enough influence to lib
crate a political prisoner, but Joe was
there in his red shirt and black hand
korchicf, carefrec and eNubcrnnt in
spite of the narrowing experience.