The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 1, 1912, Page 6

atene “? & POSES E EEE OE ED A STREET CAR HITS AUTOMOBILE (my Press wi SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 1—Seven wen and women were thrown Int the street and at least two of them | were sertously Injured when « street car here struck the automo bile in which they were riding early today. Miss Grace Seister, one of the party, received lacerations about the head, and a possibly fractured skull. R. D. Scott, a guest at the | Manx hotel, had several ribs frac | tured, while his wife sustained con: tusions and was badly bruised. THISLEGTO HAVE FUNERAL MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 1.—To be chief mourner at the funeral of part | of himself is to be the unusual ex. perience of John Moes of this city, who was run over by « street car and injured so severely that the at putation of his right leg below the knee was found necessary AS soon as Moes recovered con. sciousness he asked for the missing limb, and to his surprise was told that it would be disposed of, Moes objected to any form of dls posal by others and the physician im charge returned the leg. By Moes’ direction the limb was placed im a casket, taken to a vault at a Jocal cemetery, aud when be has recovered it will be interred with full buria: rites. WRK RHR RARER * FOR YoU ——— 1 AM GOING ENTIRELY. SRR ER ERE EEE AT THE THEATRES Metropolitan — Montgomery and Stone. Moore—Dark. Seattle—Ida St “Polly of the Cireus.” Alhambra — Myrtle Vane company in “Nel! Gwynne. Vaudeville, Pi —Vandeville. Emprese—Vaudeville. Grand-—Vaudeville and mo- ton pictures. w®.WOMEN GET VOTE CHEAP ® LOS ANGELES, Jan, 1~--It % cost the women of California ® 15,3 cents a vote to win their ‘® fight for equal suffrage at the ® recent state election, accord- ‘® ing to reports given out at the % headquarters of the Southern California Political Equality Leon in sees eeeetee * i = g Seeeeee eee eet politicians admit $2.30 fs cheap for campaigns. | * BEER ERERESR SE 2 22 dtd dedededatediadadatadal * Raeekwaeeinane . AT THE METROPOLITAN sees [RRR eeeeeee Sunny, spry, supple Fred stone spilled about the biggest bunch of bubbling, breezy, frivolous fun staff that any individual has pulled off at any local playhouse for the -|past many moons. And David ‘and when midnight | Montgomery, his side kicker in “In the pandemontum must have Old Town” at the Metropolitan hems dient eorcse theatre this week, runs him a close across the bay.‘ yecond. Stone Is one live wire in Reeekkee tea ke eee the show business—ne's blessed PRACTICE REARING BABIES & | With that thing called versatility, r YORK, Jan. 1.—One * and can never give an audience irl students in the #/enough. Even in bowing his appre- high schoo! here, # ciation to the hand he receives be taking a course in # | only invokes a demand that he give a ® | that chuckle-laden bow again and ®iagain. He sings, he isa real bang jup artist when it comes to shak- ling bis feet; he's an acrobat; be qe | with the best of ‘em; he comediates all over and is good In character takeoffs, That's Fred Stone, Mont- gomery !s all of that excepting that HAPPY New Year, ADoLP! BY DER VAY, 1 HAF Goor N@ws SVEAR OFF ABOOSING You, 1 NAP BEEN TOO OFER BEARING lwatks a wire; he throws the lariat | * To At the Theatres Stone haw just a little the edge on him. All of which hardly begins to tell about “In Old Town.” Besides Flossie Hope, a crackerjack danver and actress, James G, Reaney, a singer with some pipes, and Clara inguage artist, ther dozen in, number, And also, the words are written by George Ad the slang manufacturer, Gu Luders Is responsible for the music. eee eeeeeeeenke * * * AT THE SEATTLE * * * Ree eeeeeeeanee Alded by support which couldo't have been better, Ida St. Leon in “Polly of the Cireus” scored a big hit at both performances at the Se attle theatre yesterday, The vast audience which packed the theatre was continuous in its appreciation, and Miss St. Leon's latest triumph even surpassed her last appearance in Seattle, Dramatic, mirthful and gymnastic ability fits “Polly” Hke @ tailormade suit Joneph Harris, in the part of the Reverend, proved himself well adapted to the leading male role. The wonderful circ scene, which is seldom worked out so realistically on the stage, kept the audience up to a high pitch, and proved that “Polly of the Cirous” can always play to, good houses In Seattle. RARER AKREE * * AT THE ALHAMBRA * * * ke eeeatnkeene Myrtle Vane does herself proud YESS, 1 MEAN ID, To PROOF ID J GO RIGHT AVAY BY A NOTARY UND SVAAR TO '!D VvoT 13% To Raise my — UND NO MATTER DER PROVOCATION I PLEeD@e MYSOCF NEFEF MANT AGAINST MY GooT TRENT ADOLF! in the way she handies the charae- ter of Nell Gwynne, the pertty little actreas who won a firm place in |the court of King Charles IT of England, despite the intrigues of some of the court ladies and court- ters, It is a difficult role to play, that of the impetuous, reckless «tri, who is, nevertheless, the respons ble head for the life and love af fairs of Sir Roger Fairfax, charged with betng a traitor, Myrtle V assumes the frivolous and serious complexity of Nell Gwynne with artistic finish. eR * * AT THE GRAND * * * Wee eee een ee ae Vola, Velaro and Campbell fur nish a thrilling bieyele act for the headliner at the Grand theatre this week, Rach & Drew, musical cony edy artints, have one of the neatest singing acts seen at the town show house, Danna in a cello player with clase, The photopl " ATE D0G MEAT JRy United Prove Leased Wire) VENICE, Cai., Jan. L—A, 8. Lee, proprietor of St. Mark's hotel, is suffering with something like mal de mer as the result of uncon sclously eating a mouthful of dox meat at a big pow-wow of the Sioux Indians, in winter quarters here. When told that he bad eaten dog steak Lee's (aoe wa study, firet white, then crimson. Then he “beat {t” for an emetic, and since has been confined to his bed. COFFEE POISONED (By United Press Leased Wire; LAKEVIEW, Or, Jan. 1—Joe Ambrose did not like the taste of his coffee. He gave it to his hogs, and two of them died from strych- polsoning. Ambrose f% look- Ing for the wo illo . La Follette Tells State Has (Ry United Prese Leased Wire) DETROIT, Jan. 1 Indaunted by ‘4 sore throat and a lame hand, the latter badly swollen from the grips ‘of Cincinnat! admirers, Senator Rob- ert M. La Follette started from here today for a three dayw’ tour of Mich igon, He was billed to spenk at Flint in the morning, at Saginaw this afternoon and at Bay City to | night. At Flint La Pollette sald: “Having brought the steam rafl- roads of Wisconsin under state con- trol, we proceeded to extend the control of the railroad commission over all the other public utilities in| the commonwealth, This was not accomplished until 1907, and it was not until 1909 that the commission waa able to establieh over its public utilities @ rellable system of ac counting. “Let ws see now whether thor ough-going reguistion of these pub- He utilities resulted in injury to the successful conduct of their Words by Schaefer’ Music by Conde‘ DERC, DOTY ORDEAL IBS OFER UND I Fecu Ab PEACE MIT DeR WORLT, ———— fi ANYDINGS 1 Do Now AMI Rien f His What Done With Roads business. For the year 1910, com |pared with 1909, notwithstanding reductions in rates and improve ment in services, the water util! ties increased thelr net earnings 10.5 pér cent; the telephone utili- ties, 5.8 per cent; the gas utilities, 7.7 per cent, and electric utilities, }27.5 per cent, These utilities have even © the railroads In the rate at which they have made cash fuvestments in new construction, “While the increase in railrond construction has averaged 2.5 per leent a year for six years, the wa- | ter utilities in 1910 inereased their new construction of property 2 per cont over 1909; the telephone util | itles, 4.9 per cent; the Kas utilities, |1.6 per cent, and electric utilities, 36.6 per cont, Wisconsin certain ly is not driving capital out of the state, when the electric utilities jthe single year of 1910, after two | years of regulation by the stato, este of | Short Join’ porn’? | made bona fide new investmen: 135 per cent greater than 1909. Keep on Organizing, Says Gompers WASHINGTON, Jan. 1L--Refer ring only by inference to the Me Namara cases, President Samyel Gompers of the American Fede tlon of Labor lssued today a general New Year's address to the workers of the country. BY SAMUEL GOMPERS President of the American Federa- tion of Labor. In our time the most potent influ- ence for common humanity is or- ganized labor, That such » mass movement will have viciasitudes must be expected, but it has done so country may not only be proud of lite achievements, but look to it with | the confident expectation that the cause of right, Justice and humanity | Will be protected and advanced jmore thoroughly than ever, that |they be persistent and insistent in| 7) jma{otaining their right, and that |they be patient, patriotic and’ hu (mane MILAN, Italy, similar in ite effects to that which \killed nearly 100 persons in 1 urge that labor men organise! Jan. 1—-Diseane | CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY. You STANT TOR | Eas siter'eg ofr aSat gee | tats “secording ef on. general unies: strictly first grades. Set And Butter—Selling yregon rane Nuthre Wasningvon but- Rawtern’ butter: Fore, steer ..: Round Ox tong | Laver | Heart M Ewen Lamb": Hrenkers ¢ | Dressed home iG aides Loins . Mere Lt lh iP Botled ham ue, each eat Ox ton Dried the Ee much to bring light and hope into/|last week in Berlin, has made its) Or the lives of the workers that in this, appearance here. Six deaths were the new year, the people of the reported today. Beets, sacl a ss Hot house tomat THE MARKETS": the local whoissal- meate and food excellence, but these prices, otherwise ‘indicsted. are for martern wisi * | Turnips, sack average FY Shee - = ee “ Washington meth y » Price, | Puget sound timothy.15 36 | Alfaite si nee Wheat hay Bran Bhorts Whole corn .. Cracked gorn .. adie 3 sez2eeees_ kesce & SSPSRSESS ee! } i Rosenbaum, general counsel for the Oregon & Southern railway” Lot Davis, formerly probate judge lat Ironton, O., and special tax attor La a hi | Joseph, Mo., |nership, und 5% baum, Davie & Michelson, with of ~ *\ tices at 214-222 Haight building, y | Second ave. and Pine se READ THE LATEST FICTION 10¢ LANE’S BOOK SHOP 308 Union St M. 6023. ‘The World-Famous Pianist aT _ THE MOORE THURSDA’ BVENING, JANUARY 4th Prices—62.00, $1.50, $1.00 Box Seate—62.50 INCREASE IN INTEREST RATE JANUARY 1, 1912 1% 2 THE BANK FOR SAVINGS Our experience shows us that we can safely pay a higher rate of interest and make more liberal terms to our depositors TIME CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT 3 MONTHS, 3 PER CENT—6 MONTHS, 4 PER Capital $400,000 CENT— 12 MONTHS, 414 PER CENT Pike Street and Third Avenue OFRICERS: O. H. P. La Farge, Secretary J: Malloy, Jr., Cashier XN Daniel Kelleher, President R. Auzias-Turenne, Vice-President’