The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 18, 1911, Page 8

~ 4 NU Pearl Abbott, Pantages Pauline Eberhard, Seattle ee ee AT THE THEATRES Moore—Lawrance D'Orsay “The Earl of Pawtucket.” Metropolitan Dark.” Seattie — “When Knighthood Was in Flower.” Leis—“The Cow Puncher.” Orpheum— Vaudeville. Empress—Vaude ville Pantages—Vandeville Grand—Vaudeville and motion pictures kkk k hth in Se ee ee eed CORONATION FILMS SECSS SESE ESE E SEED Ramee Were it not for the lack sounds that accompany so grea ageant imagination could ea port one back a few cross the ocean to London erely viewing the rful ycture of the coronation of King George and Queen Mary, a8 given | by the Kinemacolor process {il which are to shown at th Moore theatre, beginning with t morrow matinee and continuin four days. Mr. Walter Dunn, London, England the events as th Note—Matin o'clock; evenings eReeeet eee EEE EEE EES wond on formerly will are displayed day & Rath hhthhhhhhh * * *% ATTHE METROPOLITAN * * * Kak hhh ht hhh One of the best comedies of year, “The Country Boy,” will be Presented by Henry 6. Harris at the Metropolitan theatre for week's engagement, beginning Sun day. This comedy, which is typle ally American, belongs to the same class of plays as “The Fortu Hunter,” “The Man From Home and “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford.” That its success has been nothing ghort of sen al fg proven by the fact that it crowded the Liber ty theatre, New York, for five months and Powers’ theatre, Chi eago, for two months, and will be presented here with the same at tention to detail! which marked {ts metropolitan engay This will be its first production in Seat tle, a EAARKARA AERA ES * * AT THE SEATTLE * * * Tce eee ee eee eee ‘The play “Checkers,” the attrac tion at the Seattle theatre next week, opening with the matinee is decidedly well worth It 1s brimful of human na Its lines are really cleve: ‘and ite humor of the spontaneous order, which comes from we situa YAR MAZEL i [* 44 ee ee ee ee & H man With Ine flexible voice. E lot ily months | THE SATURDAY--THE KIDS’ WU STAINS COME SEAT ON KIDS DIMES Gor a RaT ; B. H. Warner, Moore Ray Baile: Bille Dixon, Empress Nellie Filimore, Metropolitan. tions. The story of “Checkers” Is) the largest similar act which has a plain tale of life today, It is|ever appeared in a vaudeville the clean and wholesome, but vigorous|atre in the West. Besides this and thoroughly American in its headline act the bill contains some viewpoint |big vaudeville names, such James Smith and company, in the see ee eee ee ey ® famouK Junie McCree sketch, “The * *|/Man From Denver ; Lanib’s Mant * “THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH” ® | kins, 7 Wilson and * comedians, and Cumby, co! Dave Nowlin, Next Friday and Saturday nights and he eked heehee \* AT THE ORPHEUM jaturday matin Ca iil p T at the Moore, Jonian society of this city nt a complete production | he Bonnie Brier Bush,” the which brought bis greatest|#¥*¥¥¥ HN eR Me Ee ® me to the late James H. Stoddart.| “The Little Sunbea: will be —— |presented at the Orpheum during tk RR ke te te the coming week, with Mra. Gard *&\ner Crane, the authoresm, in t & | title role, This offering will » * | to as the headlin kt Rt KK tw for the week, follow |Four Entertainers,” kicked up quite a disturbance as entertainers all along the line. Dave G » and Ray Bailey fur a, neucta Be, |Dieh. almost everything known to was dramatized from Augusta Ev-|vaudevilie, “The Clown and the ans Wilson's novel of the same| $ Pay rors yh cot odove ny Eia ia | Human Doll” is the offering of aid to be vastly more interesting |J8¢* Horton and Mile, Latriska than even the book. Augusta En |c’mingham and Mario, acrobatic Wilson has been responsible | Clowns, will be seen in “An Acro |batic Talkfest.” Mollie and Nellie ny of the world’s best sell including “St. Elmo,” which prolate be seen in songs and uch a great impression when | | dramatized, some two seasons back. | * AT THE Lo!s ve attractfon 1 by “Those who have » Mercy of Tiberius” will traction at the Lois the for the week beginning with Sunday matinee. The play! an for m jer made ee ee ee ed League Opposes Bureau Scheme That the Municipal league 1s op * * * ee ee ee * * * AT THE EMPRESS * First road show of the se 1911-12 over the Sullivan & Const dine circult will be presented at} the Empress the coming week with a tabloid version of Lew | Fields’ tunefully * “The Girl] Behind the Counter,” carrying al cast of 15 performers, with a |brother, Nat Fields, as the come dian. those who will con-| lerit the of the| | bill Harry Thompson, known from coast to coast as “His Honor, |#ccomplish no good, and will. only Mayor"; Anna Buckley, who|#4d to the work of city officials in will, with the aid of a d | Preparing reports, and prove costly telligent canines, premat to the taxpayers, called “A Day in Dogvill “Many league members believe the dogs as the leading chara |that the bureau as now constituted Guy Rawson and Frances Clare re-|!® purely @ political affair,” said turn to the Empress, presenting |O¢ member. “Unless a bureau can “Yesterday,” a skit of youthful ex-|be composed of men who are un uberance, love and comedy; New-| biased politically, it will not serve ell and Niblo in @ musical act, and |!t# announ purpose of securing Belle Dixon, a fascinating little | efficiency in government.” lyric soprano. amass posed to the bures ficiency, at least tuted, was shown mittee to which the ferred, reported adversely to en dorsing the bureau at the noon meeting in the Rathskeller today | The committee, composed of B. A Lewis, ©. J. France and ©. G. Mor rison, believes t the bureau can of public ef as now consti when the com, matter was re suceer ok tk tt tk * ik [xR ee | D'Urbano’s Italian band of 26 |pleces 4# the feature act of the Pantages program for ine week be- sinning Monday aliernoon. It is CHICAGO.—Mre. Mangus Flaws got the whole of Chicago's potier |force usy hunting her kidnaped son, Roy, After two hours of fran |tle searching, Mrs. Mangus thought of looking in Roy's room. He had been there all the time, asleep AT THE PANTAGES * wKhhhee FOR NEW, modorn, 4t low prices, call at Virginia street, Turnisned rooms ‘The Virginus, #08 hear Westlake avenua CORNERED Fire which started when the toy moving picture machine that Ber tram and Leon Greenbaum were operating in thelr home, #18 Pith ay,, exploded, did damages amount ing to $300 to the Greenbaum rest dence. | Moore & Scott of San Francisco were awarded the contract to make the necessary repairs on the steam: er M. FP. Plant, which was disable | while en route to Princo recently, E. E. James, of the firm of Jam | & Bushnell, photographers, was run |down by an auto driven by Russell | Mooney, a chauffeur, and was slight lly bruised. He wan removed to his |home in the machine. | Louis Levy, pawnbroker at 908) | First av. was arrested by Conata-| ble Jas. B. Shannon on the com | plaint fled with the prosecuting at |torney by Katherine Garvin. 1. ©. ©. F. club, an organization composed of the a J of the Hal: | lard high school, presented their} annual play, entitied “Captain | Brackett,” jast night at Junetion | [hall, A large audience was present. | | Creseent eth, an organization connected with the ¥. W. C. &./ gave a necktie and apron party last | [night at their headquarters Ned & meeting of portation | lelub of Seattle for Monday evening | at the Olympus Cafe to discuss | plans of the executive committee | | for providing permanent quarters. » | Counciiman Erickson wil! talk of the present telephone situation be fore the regular luncheon of the King County Democratic at Wolfs Cafeteria this noon. é Raid on House. | A raid on a house in the rear of} 7 17th ay. early thin morning re- | sulted in the arrests of three women and one map. They gave their names to the police as Grace Brown, Grace Welch, Alice Brown | and Ed Quinn. One man who was in the house at the time of the raid managed to escape. Another was | released by the raiders i | Noy. 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis | was elected president of the con | federate states of | America for six) comfortable and =the would have been fine if the confed- erate money bad not shaded off in purchasing pow but before “ nix years was | | p there confederacy to be president even the imaginary money ceased to come. While working around a car that) was “off center,” M. J. Dempsey P. freight brakeman, was killed this morning near Woodin:| Dempsey, who was 30 and lived in tle. |. early | ville. | single, Dies After Fall in Water. An hour after Nels Stava, 40, had | been resuscitated after being pulled out of the bay at the Colman dock he died at the city hospital. Stava |who is a logger, had gone to the dock to see a friend off, He was jostling about the wharf with friends when he lost his balance and fell into the water. He was lifted out by some fishermen with a boat hook, and Patrolmen Crandall, Lar | son and Porter rolled him overoa |b and revived him. When he | ed to be on his way to re lcovery they sent him to the eity hospital. An hour after he got there he died. Sabin Must Stay Off Force. Former Policeman Vinceat: N. Sabin must stay off the forees ac cording to @ decision of the supreme court reversing Judge Gilliam. Sabin was fired by ex-Chiet Wap. penstein, when charges were lodged against him before the civil servi | commission The commission: ac- quitted Sabin of the offense charged but found him guilty of other mix conduct. ITHACA, N. Y., Nov. 18—It is announced here that a parish house for the church in the American colony in Berlin, Germany, is being erected in honor of Dr, Andrew D, White, first president of Cornell unt versity and former ambassador to Germany. The church was built while he was the head of the em bassy in Berlin, BOSTON Now 18.—Gov. Foss ex- pended $16,828 in his campaign for governor, according to a return filed by him, The return, however, was sent back to the governor for correc. tion, becauwhe he falled to itemize all expenses, a8 the law requires, TLE STAR AY OFF 5 een ernment: r YOU’LL FIND IT HERE NEWS OF THE DAY CONDENSED FOR BUBY For obvious reasons ful birthday party will future a date else we'd have to pass up Miss Margaret Mayo, one of the prettiest of our actresses and a LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18.—Wom- en of Low Angeles are today recely ing instructions on how to vote, thus preparing themselves for the election of Dee, 5, for NEW YORK, Nov. 18—The Japa ese consul general in New York ity, Kokiehi Midguno, has been or dered to proceed at once to Peking, China, to become adviser to the Jap- | anese ambassador to China ry a playwright May Edgar off is all of 29 and of the MUNICH, Bavaria Nov. 18.—The! diet was dissolved as a result of a conflict between the center and/ radical parties on one band and the | i, SHORTY MADE JUMIAIES MOCE OLERD ANO KES GOING To PUNCH WS PACE AND TELL MS MOTHER ON HIM Pontius Couple, Married Less Than a Year, Can’t Get Divorce Pontius wa 4 tw time Pontias have | soctet testified ped t Because they have not been ma ried for as by the King county su pertor court, Judge Dykeman yes terday refused to grant a divorce to either Mrs. Anua J. Pontius, pls tiff, Dr. Nevin D. Pontius, fendant. The couple were August 3 last, and arated days after that. According to Mrs Pontius’ testimony, Dr. Pontius be gan ® weries of cruel acts toward her while they were on their hon moon in Victoria, Mrs. Pon was formerly Mins James, daughter of a Port Townsemd capitalist carn ago who @ ed but with him. Both Dr, been promi one year rules of the required ort and Mr nent in | Pontius nd threa and was «. On Sorrento, he threatened t the sald, and she fied Dr, Pontius denied the charges, 4 said he was merely joking whem id he would blacken her eyes, said Mre, Pontius had tried t effect a reconciliation with him, bu® not agree. 3 kill her, minister of railways on the other, | in which the regent supported the ministry, ANTRIM, N. H., Nov. H. Goodell, years old, former gov ernor of w Hampshire, is on a honeymoon trip to Atlantle City with his thful bride, who was Miss Emma McCoy, a bookkeeper —David in bound! ve many! STRAIGHT FROM COPENHAGEN congratulations} the great | y people wh her ing Syenbjorn Svenbjornson You don't have to be able to pro- nounce his name to appreciate the quality of his muste, say those who know, The professor, who ts both a j musician and a composer, will be the “big noise” at the Swedish club |hall, Eighth ay. and Olive Mon = =a | NEW YORK—Rivairy between | Mrs. Clarence Mackay and Mrs. O.- |H. P. Belmont caused Mrs. Mackay to ignore Mrs. Belmont’s suffrage efforts in her annual report of the Equal Franchise society. NEW YORK.—To show their |system bearing the deceased rai} Thought Ammonia Was Whisky | C. B. Pierce, who drank son monia in the home of his vorced wife, Mra. Fred Winters, 5 Ninth] av., yesterday afternoon, this morn. ing denies that to com it suicide. The police are now rying to fathom the myst which pearly resu! in Pierce's losing his life. The ammonia was tn a bottle la beled whisky Plerce says p asked for another drink fro an whom be knew as “Dick” at residence, and was giv OTTAWA, Ont. Nov. 18—Three | wnich wan colored like whisk rapids in the St. Lawrence river, ¢0- | pierce dropped to the floor writhing tirely on. Canadian territory, the) i. pain, and "Dick ecuiaaae ao Codare, Cascades and Coleav, are 0 | sistance and the police ambulance be developed for power purpose wae. called. Pierce was living at an English ayndicate. The pro the home of his former wife ers will capitalize the enterprise at | in $100,000,000, with a charter from the} Dominion government Saath dete iio tad eh in Mr. Goodeil’s factory NEW LONDON, Conn., Nov. 18.— The United States revenue cutter Acushnet is at the local yard for| the purpose of being equipped with & breeches buoy lifesaving appar atus, It will be tue first revenue cutter to be thus equipped, | PORTLAND, Or, Nov. 18—Two firemen were burt while fighting « fire in a rooming house on Ransell st. here last night. The occupants All excaped. Lows, $18,000 am \* NEW YORK—“Why, | could do a skirt dance in the moonlight now if | wanted to entertain you,” ash» serted Hetty Green when she said he was just as young and lively as|w ever. le * Lovett Here for a Day. \* Robert 8, Lovett, who succeeded | ® Harriman as the head of the big|* ° ‘The Star is anxious to give ite subscribers perfect ser vice. To do this we must ask your help. If your paper falls to come by 6 o'clock, kindly phone the circulation ‘department, The Star, Main 9400 or Ind. 441, and ‘a paper will be sent you at once. Seeeeeeeee ete oe eo road wizard’s name, visited in Se. | attle yesterday with J. D, Farrell, president of the OW. line, several other officials SEATTLE MEAtRe ED. L. DREW, Manager. Both Phones 43 WEEK COMMENCING TOMORROW (SUNDAY) MATINEE ‘The One Best Bet of the Season. Menry Blossom's Masterpiece CHECKERS EVERYWHERE FIRST UNDER THE WIRE Tt Goes With « Racer's Triumphant Bush. and You Say It Is the Greatest of All Racing Plays Role of DAVE BRAHAM in His Original “PUSH” MILLER POFULAR PRICES Tonight—"WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER"—Last Time impress EMPRESS CORNER” SULLIVAN ¢ CONSIDINE “om CIRCUIT - “THE HOUSE OF EXITS” Hav and lern Col Main 616! AMUSEMENTS: ur DINs cotlected. Weat- tion Co., 433 N. ¥, Block. Season 1911-12 SULLIVAN & CONSIDINE “THE GIRL BEHIND THE COUNTER” 15—PEOPLE—15 AMERICA "race" Pantages Theatre Beginning Matinee Monday——Vaudeville’s Greatest Achievement ————-BIGGEST BILL EVER OFFERED AT ANY PRICE. “Unequaled Vaudeville” aLL ror 10c amp 20c nvzry AFTERNOON Twice Mightly LUGI D’'URBANO And Mis Italian Band—26 Piec WILSON & CUMBY—Comedy Skit. MORRIS & SHERWOOD—Singing and Talking. PANTAGESCOPE James A. Smith and Company In Junie McCree’s Siang Classic “THE MAN FROM DENVER” el bane innrn steers day preciation for her activity in ting the equal pay bill passed, women school teachers have start ed a $200,000 fund, the income from, which will go to Miss Grace Strachen AMUSEMENTS MOORE Limited Engagement of Four Wights, Beginning Tomorrow With Matinee J o'Clock Afternoons, 3 P. M. Evenings, 8:30 P. M. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday November 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd KING GEORGE FIFTH Coronation Festivities $20,000 Pageant ‘The Most Magnificent in fo History. Reproduced IN NATURAL COLORS With the MONARCHS OF THE WORLD AS ACTORS PRICES—Entire Lower Floor, 50¢. Dress Circle, first five rows, 5O¢. Balance of Balcony, 2is¢, Matinees every day, 25¢, night He ln all the way from Copenhagen—Dr, Cook can tell you where that {e—and he's been able to maintain his claims all right with the Danes, THEATRE SO/IN CORT MANAGE Seattte's leading Theatre Two Nights, November 24 and 25, and Saturday Matinee The Scottish Idyl By lan MeLarea THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH Under the Auspites of the Seattle Caledonian Society With Wm. S. Colvin as Posty and W. A. Watson as Lachlan Campbell. Prices 50c to $1.50, Thanksgiving Week Beginning Sunday Night, November 26 MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY Special Holiday Matinee Thanksgiving Day The Most Signal Dramatic Success Ever Known on the Pacific Coast H. B. WARNER And the Original Wallack Theatre, New York, Gast and Production in Paul Armstrong's Dramatization of O. Henry's Famous Short Story Masterpiece Alias Jimmy Valentine Two years In New York; eighteen months in Chicago, two mee ord-breaking weeks in San Francisco, Seats on Sale~Thurs@eyy Mail orders now Prices 50¢, 75¢, $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00, Metropolitan Theatre ALL WEEK, BEGINNING TOMORROW NIGHT MATINEES WED. AND SAT. Henry B. Harris PRESENTS A PLAY or Won from the start" | HE OITy LirE a. ae BOY | Two Monthe Powers, Ghicago. ‘Three Months Walnut, Phila. A COMEDY BY EDGAR SELWYN “ONE t Post Five Months Liberty Theatre, ¥. ¥. THE GREATEST SUCCESSES OF THE YRAR.” Saturday Evening Post, Phil ' { 4