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RAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY; EASTERLY WINDS. | | »” i ! ; ie i | stater ents he firat page? The districts WH That ® just wh at you're doing i you aren't th y |} do | | whether it is strong or weak In that partic ]| In Review" column, you aren't enjoying life, : iar dlutict” “And we're proving, we think, GLa ii THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS. eT is, vitten by the man who knows every sett eee i NO. 199, SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1913. ONE CENT. ox antains Ae hb ation \WORSHIPERS OF GREED AND GOLDEN CALF! The other day more than a hundred men, women and congress requiring more efficiency from seamen. It was a the folks at home expected them to line up with a captain counts himself lucky if he can muster two able children, passengers on the liner Volturno, went shrieking bill which would shut out untrained men because it would Jon seamen to a lifeboat. The rest of the six to twelve men to their death in the middle of the Atlantic. There was require an examination by the department of commerce for ss) ‘ee ae needed on a lifeboat are waiters, etc., who often don’t no escape The sea, hundreds of fathoms deep, on the all seamen, and providing larger crews, and better wages. Th terd, k ‘ Sorat f th know how to lower a boat, and seldom are skillful enough it} one side. The sweeping, roaring fire on the other, It was a bill backed by the seamen themselves. True, jt cA sagen ht teh a lta cladinel Miachimmene labicthae je seA- to handle an oar men's bill, It is one of the reform measures which con- gress has not yet passed Andrew Furuseth, representing the seamen’s union, : gave out a statement in which he declared the great loss = increased expense,” spoke one gentleman, would of |ife in the burning of the liner Volturno was due to the H peters, ruin the transportation companies.” inefficiency of the crew The Wilson bill, now pending in congress, aims to im- prove the se ¢ by requiring every sailor to pass an ex- amination by the department of commerce, or prove three years’ actual experience at sea It is not difficult to see that in proportion, as you get . Pia ie a better class of sailors, there will be fewer Volturno So they voted that they would fight the bill’s 7 fe tragedies, resulting from ineffective or demoralized crews. passage. Senator Jones was known to be opposed Ocean liners, Pacific as well as Atlantic, are manned There are stories told by the survivors of panic stricken might safeguard travel by sea, but there really werewt sailors who didn’t know what to do. Lifeboats were very many vessels lost at sea nowadays. There never r lowered, inadequately manned, and were chopped to would be another Titanic disaster. So ran the argument. i pieces, with their occupants, by the liner’s whirling pro: “The 1 At about the same time, the urbane gentlemen of the af transportation bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce : to a large extent by the rif-raff of the sea . : were holding a meeting, jovially considering the country's % "t of course. The Chamber sent long telegrams i But, in the clash between humanity and the dol- needs. Here, now, it was pointed out by one, was a bill before ton’s members of the house, notif : * Liners do not carry enough sailors. Crews are com- * to Senator Poindexter, and the state of Washing- posed of a few real eekoie: supplemented by waiters, lar, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce has again ing them that flunkies, machinists, firemen, etc. On the ordinary liner, lined up with the dollar. 4TH & PIKE OPENED T0 SPEAKERS Judge Humphries Writes Final Chapter in Famous Street + Speeking Cases. INTERIOR VIEW SHOWS & OF /7 BALL OOS SUPPORTING ALR SHIP SNEED ALOT PARTI OM EXPLODES HIGH IN AIR Gigantic Gas Bag Streams Fire as It Falls 3,000 Feet to Earth in Germany. ew” conreno ‘“aTriee Paarl wOmn 3 ORDER IS DISMISSED pomee nanan raewaal moar came aerfroe geen ie abn ONLY ONE SURVIVOR LONG MIM MOGINE ave caBire lr LANE One Man Left Alive Out of 29 Passengers and Crew Terribly Injured. Expects the Mayor to eee Peace ‘oa Corner, He Says ieee wees Sulzer, Ousted From Office, Will Take Rest, after a conference with Ole Hanson and Attorneys P. V. Davis and aya G hi ivwasweerce| ‘Then Become Candidate for the Governorship me EE PL NM tc Se eee des er ~By John Edwin Nevin KNOCKOUT FOR THE STAR! |222 =" liam Sulzer was removed from the | | governorship of New York today. | Lieut. Gov. Martin H. Glynn euc- There are one hundred homes in the Ballard district shown by this dia-| ceeded him. gram. The newspaper census-taker found that three of these homes were vacant, and at eight homes the occupants were not in when he called. Of the eighty-nine homes canvassed, eighty-three take regularly one or more daily SECRET BRIDE LOSES HUBBY BERLIN, Oct. 17.—Zeppelin diri : AND SUES HIS FATHER-IN-LAW ible ‘L2” ‘exploded and burned tw im midair, 3,000 feet above Johannis- thal field today. Of the 29 persons on board, 28 |were killed. The one survivor was a naval ofe ficer who was so frightfully ; and mangled that he cannot recot jer. The charred body of the offi cer who was acting as pilot was” found in his cabin, still at the wheel. ° The Zeppelin was a new craft, built for the German army. It) was considered the last word in aerial construction of its kind. The trip was its first test. On board, besides the crew, were the members of a board of admir- alty Commissioners, headed by Ad- miral Behnisch, who was among the killed Thousands See Accident | The flight was being watched ty by thousands of people. Suddenly ‘ |a heavy detonation was heard. The jhuge, cigar-shaped gasbag was |swept by flame from end to end. Then the vessel dropped toward the earth like a plummet, stream: & fnjuaction against ‘at Fourth ay. and W This is the concluding chapter in the orgy of injunctions and con- tempt proceedings which have) aroused the state against Judge! “any go Judge Humphries re-| lease 39 men and women whom he/ had jailed for contempt Titus Also Freed The order signed this morning 1s/ go comprehensive that it also dis- | miss-s the case of Dr. Hermon F. | Titus, who deliberately defied the {injunction by speaking at the pro hibited corner and inviting arrest He pad been given the maximum sente.ce of six months in jail and $300 fine, and his case was pending on appeal | Says It's Up to Mayor | While the judge made no public comments this morning, he inserted a sentence in the order as prepared by Attorney Hoover, to the effect Secretary of State May swore Glynn into office a few minute: before 1 p. m Sulver was taciturn. He told one of his lawyers, Samuel Thomas, that he had only just begun t fight Later, he added to a few personal | friends that under the cire=n-| stances he welcomed the verdict of removal, since the filing of ar-| teles of Impeachment against him | had ruined his usefulness as gov ernor | Plans to Run Again But he issued no formal state ment. He might do so later, it was said. He gave the impress plainly, however, that he will be « candidate for governor at the next | The Star has not had a solicitor in this district during the past six months. The following statistics were compiled from statements made by the occupants of thtse eighty- three homes, and the same are on file in the office of The Seattle Star: NUMBER OF HOMES, 83 > ees g | | 5 Pe the twisted aluminum framework remained when the burned airship’s remains struck J that bis course is prompted tthe Number of Star Subscribers........ ..57, or 69 per cent | election—as the democratic cand. the ground. This was eo hot that | Bp meror a ae. a tue corner in | Number of Times Subscribers.........20, or 24 per cent date, It the party i have him; | jit was gome time before any one A r onditic 1 s ndependently will not could approach it. Troops were question. |] Number of P.-I. Subscribers............15, or 19 per cent | | Sulzer has suffered under the |hurried to the scene to control the The conference between Hanson. | Number of Sun Subscribers.... 17, or 20 per cent who acted as arbitrator bet we strain of the trial, His nerves were shattered today, and he com |erowd and care for the charred corpses of the vict |. aa >} S q q rs began at once to vote upon the re-| maining four. hen Immediately following came | Jefore the wreck struck the ground the air bag had been con. i seuee Some of the victims fell Poclaiints and Judge Humphries. the NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS, 327 AL f [| nieted” plans to xo to the Adiron Sica Pall TReuanle a for naif peed to minutes || Number of Star Readers 236, or 70 per cent | ace behest Brg icgeh Mg gree “It was frightful,” said Manager or half an hot nutes nsiaeeaeer , a short res ‘ ve in Ne Sale ook Judge Humphries || Number of Times Readers. ... 75, or 23 per cent | | York, however, by the firet of the = Syd, t A ie corpe to issue the original restraining or |] Number of P.-I. Readers i 74, or 23 per cent iF > following wee. troyed. t was at work Mm - ‘al || Number of Sun Readers... 72, or 22 per cent x Vote on Articles jctonation startled me. Rum — AS When the court met i# morn ning from the shop I saw the dirig- q 6 5 EXCLUSIVE CIRCULATION (where only one . ing It had already disposed of four |tble failing, It was all in flames, ‘ of of the articles of Impeachment and he sight fascinated me. daily paper is taken). Homes taking Star and no other......43, or 52 per cent meena in the neighborhood of untleroy park are somewhat re-| j er.....10, or 12 per cent the formal vote which removed the free from the frame in the air, ed today, having learned. that | Homes taking Times and no oth; is governor from office, but did not] Mey Seeralan ns Hi evare Others clung to the metal aaa the body of a “wild man” who has|{ Homes taking P.-I. and no other....... 7, or 8 per cent disqualify him from holding office | PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.—Following aesertions that Charlemagne |and were buried in the debris.” . 7 é in the future owe son of the forme ibassador cc Germany and multi-million K Orders t . frighte: ny in the neighbor. ther 6 or 7 per cent | Tower, jr., son of the former am r aiser Orders Inquiry hood was found on the be |] Homes taking Sun and no o F On each of the eight articles of| aire, while a student at Yale. more than two years ago, had been secret Besides Admiral Behnisch, the ; mile from the park, T Readers of Star and no other 175, or 53 per cent linpeachawns } ey sree impeach-| jy married, and denials by the young man’s father of the truth of the/admiralty commission consisted of te clad in ov .... 30, or 9 per cent ment court voted guilty or not gull-| statement, comes the filing of a suit against Charlemagne Tower, sr.,| Lieut. Commander Freyer and En+ ; Readers of Times and no other ty, as Indicated here, in which Mrs, Georgianna Tower, as the wife of Charlemagne |gineer Busch of the navy, and two coroner's office Is endeavor-|| Readers of P.-I. and no other.....:.-. 30, or 9 per cent uM t Ge led power, jr, charges the former diplomat with alienation from her|naval architects, Herr Neumann ing to identify the body by the .. 21, or 6 per cent pte a of his son's affections and asks dan and Herr Pietzker. ng . Readers of Sun and no other pr . pees st ac cntasrsaleestisnstt r in command of the m eixn. GUILTY si Z ) Article 2—That he committed’ perjury aiser ordered a full investt- statement to the ssaretary ¢ gation to determine, if possible, 3 the cause of the disaster. Article 2—That he bribed witnesses te n the dirigtble was finished, testimony from the legislative FAMILY PAPERS (the paper all the members of the family read and like best) Out of the eighty-three homes, The Star is the eral persons, running through the woods | his secant attire, always barefooted and without a hat | An examination of the body dis depose and say as | . —sogg Wik bac tea ibe oes family paper in 55, the Times in 14, the P.-I. in 8, j Committee “which investignted hie se! Lawrence Duke, son of the tobac- Ist, and Arthur Neville, accountant ah Fi srg feta bes he may have been mur-| : GUILTY co king, will be prosecuted for man- of Donds were furnished by jantic and then from New York te and the Sun in 6. Article 4That he muppremed evidence | glaughter, according to a state- Ere iyey es notary na San Francisco Sunday papers—Times 33, P.-I. 27. 4 frome tastitsing Hotere the tegisigtice it |ment made today by Prosecutingler and H. A.C hadwick. passed ea ak bereleapieit- redress ‘ HOPE ABANDONED ene (ecu 5 artice “That ‘to cvenied ant u.|Attorney Murphy, who late Thurs-| “2 the passenger Zeppelin, Hane ts | COUNTY OF KING “ of October, 1018, 1, Lester J. Clarke, i eae Manger of The Seattle Htar * 1. day visited the scene of the auto | said the flight was ordered in the * accident which has resulted in the »© of counteracting the effect of The coroner's h ragedy on the public. death of two men CARDIF Hope was | being duly» a insa was heartily cheered n abandoned to¢ ft . one hin a F. dunker \ Inquest was to be held Friday aft.) Woaciingron, Oct. 17 Hope | neice g Wilhelm was at Bonn alive in the ec ne at Singenydd in the above din r »|ernoon at 1:30. of an early solutio: 2 when informed of the disaster We trying to reach | Keattie mur “hae mate aaa Thomas Simmons, one of the vic paigarly solution sof the: tangle)” “7¢ in God's will,’ he aia r the 5 9 who, from a blocked-| dally cir Mig T " lingered between life and|!2 Mexico was abandoned today by|many must strong and bear up up ¢ Ned that they |} | time # called: and toad tt Aistrtet vale. GF" palitioal mation in ponte ) throughout all of Thursday,| government officials. President | courageously.” wee pitas it was sup} a officers, NOT GUILTY and died at 12:15 Friday tp art Wilson is determined to no longer At first the kaiser was overcome poser ving man had been|{| - r A Article &—That, while governor, he « Al G. Farr had been Killed in-| 4 but later he and the e " . . A eal with the arts ‘ a e and the empress tele- taken from the mine besaihy Aber CharAe ruptly used hie authority or | to | stantameously, , h the Huerta administra-| eraphed their aympathy to the fami The hi ht | Affect the ourrent prices of a on ; . tion ir signa had long 4,\4) | ¢ the New York stock exchange, In some ot; Alfred G. Hoglund is improving, | | lies of the victims howev or, and was considered cer-|{| | S@enentibed ane ween 6 ‘before ma: thie 10 das which securities he waa at the time in-|aecording to Dr. Fleischer, but is A rift In the clouds came todry| It is feared the tragedy will par- tain that they too, had died. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day ot| | October, 1915. | Jitorestea. NOT GUILTY | not vet.out of dange when {it wes reported Gen, Cir-|alyze ( an aerial traffic, The | October, 1018. | ased Thursday aft-|ranza, the rebel leader, is negotiat-| nation is in mourning Duke was r AUTOS IN COLLISION Kianed BA in on $5,000 bail, His attor-/ing with Gen, Huerta to secure! The cause of the accident ts not Autos driven by T. H. Dante Wb. y | W. aon ney, Walter Fulton, contends the! peace {known and G. ¢ "of 904 Miller’ “ity aged accident was due to the breaking| z g Bumped together at Tenth av. and | ‘ Favorable reports of the discov-|of Duke's steering wheel. | |i —— ————______—__— ghiand drive, Thursd and ror the State of shington, re Bee ery of valuable bituminous coal de. The prosecution will contend that |} e a E sites ‘was shin tae aaa hin Ay So leanne Sati seattle 1) |] posits in the Coos county section of | Duke was guilty of criminal negli PENNANT. c ean Owned by H eons Neither Peper My comminsion expires January 32, 1016. zon have been received here by |gence, whether he was intoxicated | 95 iver was hurt Y ateone | ee rian ps oO 0 of the |or sober. f zi : Any four coupons clipped from The Star, consecutively num. Meieesotiar cerchon ce E ‘ ; j general land off! of the| ‘The coroner's jury “consists of | bered, when presented at The Star office with 15 centay will entitle Advertisers who are interested will be furnished with a complete list of | <overment’s fleld agents now in) William 8. Peachy, cashier of*the|| you to a 65.cent Pennant. Cornell Pennants are now out. that. locality Seattie National bank; Joshua|| Pennants will be sent by mail if 5 cents additional for each Pen. The agent reports that the new|Greon, capitalist; C. T. Smith, cap-|| nant is enclosed. Bring or mail to The coal tields cover two entire town-|italist; W. A. Hurleigh, real es Ave, near Union St. (Ships, tate man; J. H. McCombs, capital-Lo any © big arapher Young man, learn shorthand ae Hyatt: Powellm, 40% and Pine —Advt. |] the names and addresses of all the residents in this district and the names of the papers taken by each. ttle Star, 1307 Seventh

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