The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 19, 1913, Page 1

bl | tent, black » ; rock and sank, ‘north of Ketchikan. The Star’s newsboys were crying their missing, and telling the real extent of the di newspaper was on the streets with the “story.” gw iivtrtnnraeenrceneeterieaetenarinamnn ty Preacher on the Bum! Tacoma sky pilot, disguised as a man out of a job, is in Seattle to find out why workingmen won't go to church. Page 6. UVUunnangeuvausnvanacevnaacatcveaeann PUAONNANTAAAAANAAY i\ TT * NO. 148, —_—____. AN OPEN LETTER TO M. M. GODMAN ARTHUR E. LEWIS FRANK R. SPINNING Members of the State Public Service Commission. Seattle is in immediate and imperative need of de- cisive action in this critical battle between a city of 300,000 and a greedy, dividend-grabbing street car monopoly. The duty to act, and act at once, devolves upon you. This is not the time to insist upon a lot of dilatory red tape. Seattle expects you to waive meaningless and unnecessary formulas, formal declarations, state- ments, petitions, etc. All these take up time, and serve merely to bring OFFICIAL notice to you that Seattle wants you to give it relief. But there is no absolute necessity to wait for formal notice. You have ACTUAL notice of the situation here with reference to the curtailment of the privilege to purchase tickets on street cars. We will not insult your intelligence to intimate for one moment that you are not acquainted with that fact. You do not need formal notice. You do not have to wait for the Seattle city council to pass a resolution. You do not have to wait for the mayor. You do not have to wait for the corporation counsel to prepare the petition to bring formal notice to you. You have at this time—today, at this hour—actual notice of the situation. And Seattle expects you to act, without delay. Seattle asks you to restore the privilege of purchas- ro years thal. priv “ ears backed up unanimous. The courts now tell us that we, the people of Seattle, the residents, the taxpayers, the voters, the citizens, the whole of our 300,000 ion, are absolutely help- less before the will of Jacob Furth and the Puget Sound Traction company. It matters little how reasonable the tions we seek to impose. We, as a city, have no right to impose them. Js ag the public service commissioners, have that You can, with absolute legal authority, act in very matter. The courts have so declared. The courts have stripped us, the city of Seattle, of every and any power to regulate the Furth concern and other public utility corporations. But they have not declared that we made unreasonable demands. To ask that tickets be sold on street cars is not un- reasonable, Seattle emphatically asserts. The com- pany’s franchise compels the sale of tickets at four cents each, A 3 Shall it be Jacob Furth and his traction associates who shall dictate to the people of Seattle when, where, how and under what circumstances these tickets may be bought? : Or shall it be the state public service commission, now that the city is shorn of all regulative powers? Shall the traction octopus arbitrarily rule that we must buy tickets in blocks of 25 at $1 per block, or not at all? : ‘We are no longer concerned with the discussion as to whether the city or the public service commission ought to be clothed with the regulative powers. That is led. *AND IT IS NOW SQUARELY UP TO YOU, GENTLEMEN OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COM- MISSION. ‘ This is your opportunity you sidetrack, or will you Which will it be? And SAYS GIRLS INSISTED ON TAKING RENO TRIP for real public service. Will ve it a proper hearing? jow soon? SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19— Would Hurt Family With the defendant on the stand| “I told her (Marsha) what it and his wife ready to testify that| meant to me—the scandal—that It would hurt my wife and my family I told her at that time that I was going to Los Angel * said Diggs. The defendant then related inet dents prior to and leading up to the flight from Sacramento to Reno. she frightened him to leave Sacra- mento by threats of exposure of his relations with Marsha Warring- ton, through juvenile court action, what probably will prove to be the | y of testimon in ea peat (ae white bb trial| “He said: ‘You are rapidly losing : | your standing and friends.’” testi begun here today. was veeigge Takes Stand | Hed Diggs in reply to’ a question as When Diggs took the witness |to a warning given him by M. P. Diepenbrock stand at 10 a, m. the court room , was jammed to the last seat, and “You are not going away and number of women|leave me,” was the statement patest in ares session of the case cribed by Diggs to Miss Warring. erly Metened for the details Gey too, when plans were being made the attack Diggs was expected to|to leave, He also declared that make on the character of the girl| Miss Warrington had persuaded who accompanied him-in his flight | Lola Norris to accompany the par. to Reno. ty when she demurred. The wife of Diggs, apparently ex Afraid of Police tremely nervoys, also was in court.| “At about this time I thought the It was reported she would be the| police were after me, and | went ext witness, jinto hidin, the Columbia hotel On the stigd, Diggs was voluble | Digne decla , after recounting ef and elabordted freely on answers | forts of his father to prevent his The gist | visiting of and running aloons to questions propounded salo ot hi fimony from the begin-|around with girls. ning waa that he attempted to that, WASHINGTON.—Secretary Bry- olng |an yesterday announced that during permitted him for a vaca leave Saeramento al but Miss Warrington insisted on & alOngy He told about his anxiety | the time to gold the growing scandal and |tion, he would | OY carly pians to leave Sacramento. may require. VOLUME 15, “extras” | | AVE you noticed, whenever there is BIG NEWS, that The Star invariably i First news of the disaster reached this city at 1 ne on the downtown streets. edition, and at 2 p. m. a third, carrying the report, just received by ¢ aster, FAIR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY; he Seattle Sta THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS. mn ONE CENT. ~ SEATTLE, WASH., TUE “Take good care of them, cap- tain, ‘You may be eure of tha A few minutes before the steam ship State of California left pier B Wednesday night, Edward C, Ward, Assistant manager of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. entrusted to the care of Captain Cann his wife, Mra. Nelli B. Ward, and daughter, Miss Lilly B. Ward His injunction was laughingly given and laughingly answered. | Mra. Ward and her daughter were among those lost Sunday when the State of California struck and un- charted rock in Gambler Bay, Ad-| miralty Island. Mra. Ward Swept Overboard Mra. Ward was engulfed, accord- ing to reports from Juneau, by the great wave which swept pver the} ship when she struck the rock. Mrs. Ward had left her stateroom—Miss Ward, it is believed, had already dressed and gone to breakfast—and was caught by the incoming flood as she was struggling to reach the upper deck Miss Ward was struck by a fall ing mast and died a few hours later on board the Jefferson. Ward arrived at the office of the Pacific Const Steamship Co. pune tually on the hour this morning and the word * passed around to the office force to “act as if nothing bad happened. Though haggard and worn from and jonas of sleep, Wer. Aaa dl row In answering the frantic queries | 9 able, that eight passengers had perished. had , The first three of these editions were circulated throughout the downtown district without competition. | had awakened to the fact that one of the biggest shipwrecks in years had occurred. It was nearly two hours after The Star had first told the news of the w reck before any other Seattle SDAY, AUGUST 19, 1913. Twenty-two p: kan, Petersburg and Wrangel, mak sumably were on the 5 Forty-three pa to Juneau, leaving 33 designated were lost. Seven of the crew of 75 men ai were rescued. among the dead, though it le poss! hore. reach that figure. 5 p. m. Monday. At this time it was not known positively that any ,lives had been lost. Then at 3 p. m., an “extra” was issued giving the names of all dead and THINK 68 PERISHED Fifty-four passengers sailed Wednesday on the State of California from Seattle for Juneau and Skagway, and some for the round trip. engera were taken aboard at Prince Rupert, Ketcht- fornia when she struck. This leaves 35 members of the crew, who may be In all 68 persons are unaccountéd for, and the death roll may | Ing a total of 76, all of whom, pre- as “missing,” but who probably re known to have perished. Forty ible that some of the missing got \Geveiaae Sulzer Looks to ‘‘Ma’”’ for Advice in Fight for His Honor| A of relatives of those aboard the wrecked steamer. ar THE KNOWN DEAD. Mrs. Edward C. Ward, Seattle. Mies Lily B, Ward, Seatti Mrs. Claron Van de Lass, Loe Angeles. John Van de Lass, Los An- geles. The bodies of four unidentified women recovered. NGERS MISSING Hobre, San Francisco. Miss May Dixon, M >. E. Spith! Port Bolivar, Texas. Miss Lillian B. Norman, Port Bolivar, Texas. Nick Pittulas, Seattle. Ben A. Wade, Seattle. Miss Ann L. Cassidy, Seattle. W. A. Dyer, Milwaukee. Misa Minette E. Harlan, Mon- mouth, Or. Miss Blanche mouth, Or. Miss Alice Johnson, Vancouver, B.C. Miss Reardan, Seattle. J. H. Holman, Cornwall, Eng. Miss A. J. Wilson, Prince Ru- pert KNOWN DEAD IN CREW Charles Anderson, fourth offt- cer, 44 years old N. Lawson, able seaman, 50 years old. L, Mazzini, able seaman, years old. D. C, Perkins, first wireless op. erator, 24 years old, San Fran- claco. C, Smith, walter, 31 years old. James Clark, waiter, 30 yer Fridd, Mon- 31 . Madigan, waiter, 30 years THAW CAUGHT? COATICOOKE, Que, Aug. 19.— Arrested on a train here today on suspicion that he 1s Harry K. Thaw, a passenger strenuously denies that such is his identity He refuses to disclose who he Is, and will be held until his ante-| cedents are cleared up. . NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Mra. Wm. | |Thaw, before leaving today for Elmburst, her summer home, de |nied that she yet had any k edge of the whereabouts of her | jecture as his “needs | * Harry. Mrs, Thaw dec jhad no news from him except the letter received yesterday, in which | he promised to come to Elmhurst | when he had had a rest 1 she! KKK KKKKRKRK KH | * BAR STOCKINGLESS GIRLS *| * ATLANTIC Aug. 19. and those * CITY, Stockingless whose yowns can be classed under the X-ray brand because of diaphanous conditions engendered by a plunge into the surf, are bar red from Atlantic City’s beach by an official edict from the department of public safety. N. J, girls, Seeeeeeeee * a \* *| * ECCT CECCL TLS Te fl Mrs. Will |told me to fight to the jand that is what I am going to do. It was at a meeting of Gov, Sul- zer and some of bis closest sup porters. The word had gone forth that Tammany “had the goode” and was going to “crush the life” of New York's governor. There were those among the aup- porters of Sulzer who felt that per- haps Tammany would threat, and that it were better to bridge threatened trouble. But not so Gov. Sulzer. He Acts on “Ma's” Advice Inst ditch, and that is what I am |going to do.” | And every word came out with a |distinctness that left no doubt in |the minds of those present that the first woman of New York state was | the rnor’s first adviser T Mrs. Sulz lies In bed under the care of New York spe | clalists. Under the strain of the waging conflict, in which she had stepped out into the open and declared her-| self an embezzler to the extent! | that she had campalgn funds jam Sulzer [meet household expenses, her |nerves gave way and for a few! days there were times wheu recoy- \ery seemed improbable. She Takes the Blame | She took upon he: own shoulders “He about doesn't know these things,” she of household finances. It was Ij and doesn't even |n lis charged with having accounts, 1| campaign funds.” Was Wild Young Man Gov. Sulzer was a wild young, man before he met the woman who! was to be his wife. He frequently imbibed beyond a proper point. His hours were irregular, and what re- sponsibilities he had rested lightly on his shoulders. Then came the girl—"Clara,” he learned to call her In a little while, Ho married, and then he called her “ma,” If “BIN Sulzer is to be saved from ignominy, “ma” {8 going to} have a lot to do with it.” WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Con- flicting unofficial reports from Mex- Ico were responsible for more or less excitement last night and this morning in official circles here. About noon today, after the wheat had been well separated from the hat the situation in the southern republic it re lates to the United States, h: changed little In the last 48 hours. The first disquieting report, which was credited at Washington, al-| though coming from unoffictal sources, was that Acting Ambassa-| dor Nelson O'Shaughnessy had re cetved his passports, and been or dered to leave Mexico, HUERTA DENIES HE HAS | GIVEN ULTIMATUM 10 U.S. Later a dispatch to Secretary Bryan stated that O'Shaughnessy had received Nexico’s foreign = ister's repudiation of the entire story, Another unofficial message, also credited, was to the effec ‘hat President Huerta’a reply to John lind had contained, as the first es sential of negotiations, a demand for recognition of the Huerta admin istration by the United States. The only authentic information seems to be that Lind has reported || hia re ption by Mexican officials to be cordial, and that the adminis tration belleved the conferences now on would continue. bd: | indicated. charted rock lies at the seaward end of a foom, LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS. the first Seattle newspaper to print it? On Sunday the steamer State of California struck. an uncharted At 12:30 p. m. this news was brought to The Star. Fifteen minutes later At 1:30 p. m. The Star issued another No other Seattle newspaper HUVUOTVLAGAOCOUAUANAOOUUUNANOAOAOOO AAU RT Wig ly Come! See for Yourself The Star sells more than 40,000 papers every day, and is ready to prove it. Circulation books are always open. 7 SS STREET EDITION. oN NS AND NEWS STANDS, be DEATH LIST CLIMBS 68 MAY HAVE GONE DOWN WITH ALASKAN LINER | The wreck of the steamer State of California in Gambier bay, Admiralty islands, Sum may have been a far more awful catastrophe than the The death roll, when completed, may reach 68. The disaster was the more terrible in that it vi Gambier bay, The vessel struck at 8:30, when only a few passengers hi The major part were either sleeping peacefully in their ber anticipation of a lazy, happy day aboardship. |hurried to the rescue and picked up the 63 passengers ani ithem to Juneau. Baca The rest are set down as “missing” or dead, and 51 are “missing. " The officials of the Pacific Coast Steamship Co. hold out little hope to relatives lof Mrs. Nellie 8. Ward and Miss Lily B. Ward, wife and daughter of Co; John crew had been provided with accommodations to Seattle, and then pre- ‘ARE TRAPPED IN STATEROOMS were caught ~ | being Sunday | than usual gayety aboard | ALBANY, Aug. 19.—"“Ma has)in Wall street operations in an ef- 5; st ditch, fort to raise money with which to | ped out, flopped off the rock like aj for Seattle early this morning, WIRELESS MAN DIES A HERO out|the sertous {rregularities that had | Perkins, whose name appears in the |lived up to the traditions and code been charged against her husband. list of missing, is the son of wealthy anything parents who live in San Francisco. said. Love of adventure impelled him to|sent his “S. 0. 8.” over the face fulfill its! "He's a perfect child in the matter take up wireless. over with compromise the who speculated in Wall street, My, Walter Chamberlain, hy know the the rescued and now on his way to nes of the firms with which he | Seattle on the Northwestern. “Ma has told me to fight to the/opened the accounts and I used/of honor, the first wireless operator | must stay with the ship until all | but the captain have left. faring men as perhaps the most dan-| gerous of Alaskan waters to navi.|Sutveyed. When, however, the Ad- gate. miralty Trading Co, built a small — cannery on the bay, {t made a con- ew \tract with the Pacific Coast Steam- FURNISHED |ship Co, to handle i@ business. It was all over three minutes after the crash. The rock, like a hidden fang, caught the steamer forward, and ripped the bottom out, |A wall of water swept over the decks. Operator Perkins, high up in his little deck house, was “8. O. S.!" The boats were manned. They held 43 passengers and 40 At Juneau there are 10 bodies. of these were rescued when the steamer Jefferson, answering “missing” ones. Three minutes after the ship struck she with a rushing and roaring of waters, sank Aboard the Northwestern bound to Seattle from Jun: slid off the rock from sight beneath re the bodie Assistant General Manager E. C. Ward, of the Pacific Coast Steamship | in de Li 4 Mrs. Claron Van de Lass of Los Angeles, | ella Reardan of Se: id wome' pt. TF, Cann of the wrecked vessel of Judge Thomas attic, and was formerly master of the steamship City of Rc etek remained at Juneau untif or the “passengers a pared to return to the scene of the wreck. The following message was received from him by Pacific Coast Co. officials this morning: “Am sending balance of crew and passengers south on the North- western 19th. Return to wreck tomorrow and then return to Seattle. As lies in di water, ship is total loss. Might get mail and purser’s safe by diver at low tide. Investigation before inspectors completed.” giant fish, that a wall of water) swept over the decks, and three minutes later the State of Califor- nia lay in deep water on the ocean sengers of the i te floor, | in Wheir In those fateful three minutes the | when the vessel struck. boats were manned and 43 passen-| The hour was §;30) and, the day| gers and 40 members of the crew) most ot) the passen-| were taken off. First Officer Wm fasted later|Abernathy and three men of the! 14d been much | deck crew stood by the wreck. The | mer the night rest were picked up by the steam-| before—music, dantihg and cards. | ship Jefferson, of the Alaska Steam- The uncharted k hidden | ship Co., which had caught the “8.] at the seaward end/of the reef, and O. 8.” call and hurried to the res-} the ship encounthred it at good) cue. The rescued were landed at speed and at an hgur when rost of Juneau, together with the bodies the passengers wére either asleep of ten of the victims. in their berths or dressing. The survivors, passengers and| The rescued, on reaching Juneau, crew, were put aboard the North-| aid that the ship, her bottom rip- western, which sailed from Juneau Officials of the Pacific Coast mehip Co. intim: today their belief that many of thi » teroome gers, it In like! T The first wireless operator, D. C.|kins is among the dead, he at least of his hazardous calling. Three minutes! In that time he lof the sea, The instant he heard tant was/and felt the crash, his fingers 8 among |sought the key, and held it, while |the wires above him crackled and lcrashed, and his cry of distress was heard by the operator of the Jeffer- son, So 83 persons were saved. But Perkins is “missing.” With Perkins as a According to the mariners’ code | If Per- SEAMEN FEAR GAMBIER BAY , on the rocky floor] State of Californ is regarded by sea Indebted, large vessels never ven- tured there until last year, as it is said to have never been officially ROOM WANTED |. For the sake of additional freight | business, the Pacific Coast Co, sent peeeneas rege oy appeal to |/its passenger steamers to Gambier you does, then you must bay, and the State of Calif have one or more furnished ria ar © the additio rooms to rent, And if you have “quand as had to pay, some rooms to rent, why not To enter or leave the bay, a dan- én uuu NSS sited a stout ship sailing a smiling sea, feared by mariners and navigated always at a risk, was calm. The dangerous reef, which gives vessels very little ad gotten down ‘to breakfast, ths or dressing leisurely in Many were carried away. crying “S. O, S.!” “S. O. S.I” Seven of the crew are known to have perished. Before the disaster there were 161 souls aboard the ship—76 passengers and 75 crew. Eighty-three d crew in the small boats and took State of California from Seattle to bay is shown just at the left of cross, marking the resting place the big liner, 1 Ing for two days to arguments of the defense and prosecution in the case of Frank Falconi, who shot and killed Emilio Divincenat here first reports from Juneau sea of the crew. Perkins’ frantic “S. O. $.", of the that had impaled her and, the surface of the placid sea, STEAMER’S ROUTE UP COAST TO DOOM This may shows the course of the SAN FRANCISCO.—Afte: slandered pee liberate on the verdict. : hunt ‘up a tenant instead of || gerous reef must be skirted, and| because the latte waiting for tenant to hunt |/inrge vessels have very. little seal wife, the jury roti you? 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