The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 6, 1915, Page 1

T= annual report of the port warden, com- pleted Wednesday, shows Seattle’s imports and exports for the year ending December 31 ex- ceeded the total for 1913 by over $30,000,000, the greatest gain on local record. Imports for 1914 $25,058,993 over 1913. show a clear gain of Exports of 1914 gained $5,410,100. The grand total of both imports and exports represents an increase of $30,469,093. The total number of passengers arriving and departing during the year 1914 was 7,151,279, a of the reliability of Press telegraphic dead panic. in the New York out extras to this effect. | THOUSANDS TRAPPED IN P eo Today furnishes another example the service Associated Press, its rival, carried early reports that hundreds were Many Pacife Coast papers, clients of the Associated Press, got United The subway sengers handled in 1913. Approximately 2,000 vessels touched at this port, discharged cargoes, loaded again, and sailed American vessels alone, numbered 1,405. Flour was far ahead of other commodities valuation of $3,021,677. The Orient was Nearly 500,000 barrels: were transported to the Far East, for which American away. exported, reaching a This represents 964,041 barrels. the greatest buyer. millers received $1,867,876. More lumber than was ever before handled in VOLUME 16. SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1915. Read This, Mr. Croaker; Things May Not Be as Bad as You Think gain of 3,667,378. The number gained in itself represents more than the total number of pas- one year was taken from Elliott bay. Lumber shipments totaled 40,209,482 feet. The timber cargoes for the year had a valuation of $1,025,321. Steamers in the Northern trade deposited $3,132,893 in gold here during the year. One of the largest items among Seattle's ex- ports was the shipment of 649,032 cases of salmon to New York. Seattle also sent New York 1,416,- 510 feet of lumber, 13,876 barrels of flour, 14,- 329,503 bundles of shingles and general merchan- dise approximating $373,283. Also, Seattle ship- ped enough arsenic to the Atlantic metropolis to blot out half its population. The Seattle Star _——<$ SS — $$ _ | The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News ONE CEN? NEWS STANDS, PROGRESS OF THE WATER WAGON | —__— “96 and poverty, or whether it is the question confront am Brown of Ballard. Brown has ay ers for the answer Brown is a carpenter by trade. He is a man of good habits. Four months ago a t ed him to lose siness slack caus 8 job. He has searched in vain for work since The advent of the stork in the Brown home is imminent There fs barely serap of food in the pantry. The mother-to-be getting proper nourishment Brown has no money for car fare. is not led to Star read-| NOFOOD, NO JOB; BABY COMES Whether a baby shall be born in{ Daily he tramps to town and b: }in his desperate effort to get some ne into a comfortable, hap-| sort of work He walk lard to The Star office ask us for help. i Brown will take any kind of a jot He will not accept charity. If you from Ba} Tuesday to can give Brown something to 4 telephone the city editor of ‘I Star BREMERTC Jan. 6—D. P. Harrigan, a al prisoner, prob- ably will be pardoned and restored to the rank of petty officer, for hay ing prevented the escape of prison ers left unguarded by a sentry. }had planned strongly offensive ¢ | erations | was improved and Indications were Hamilton, | for fresh fighting on a large scale ing at Dunkirk Most of them were British. yards of the kaiser's trenches were| 1), @ynamited and half of them captur-| ed by the Gallic troops trenches in the Argonnes. |the German guns had been silenced | jby the Northwest of Rhelms the invaders had been driven back 100 yards, eee 'WEDGE THREATENS RUSSIANS’ CENTER) stoux city. te. tan. s elty hall and other public b iiidings | here -were heavily as a result of threats of trouble by, * | ome G | That the capture by the German | ooo. ree i nlens forces in | Borjimow offers them an tunity R Sia line of defenses or to meet a flank attack, was the opinion of military experts today inforeing the Poland was deemed favorable from the German standpoint supplies ERLIN, Jan. 6. no harm to the Teutonic troops. The capture of several trenches, with two Officers and 200 men, was claimed in the Argonnes, near Souain. The French, it was said, did actually make some progress on the ite, in Alsace, but were later repulsed by a bayonet Sennheim h charge. Pneumonia Richardson Epidemic in to Lose Out | Allied Anny) at Hospital Dr. ‘J. Wald@ Richardson, super intendent of the county hospital, will not be reappointed when the Rew board of county ctnnietioe fs takes office next Monday . While no official dispositions left! tha: effect PARIS, Jan. 6—Torrential rains were preventing the i mans from resuming the of- fenesive today at oe extreme north of the fighting line in the western war zone. troops’ by the allies that the: Tuesday the weather | tentions. j The downpour began once more | Geelsion over. Pneumonia victims were arriv- In the Courtechause district, 500) j00" cons) They also took 300 murderous French BERLIN, via The Hague, Jan. 6 Poland of the town of oppor. to drive a wedge Into the na’ center, compelling the to retire to their secondary work First. line German troops were re Austrians at Cracow the situation in On the whole WITH WANTON DESTRUCTION OF TOWNS WITH BIG GUNS —Fresh charges were made today by the war systematically wrecked by heavy bombardments, which do has been fsaned, the {commissioners have made no secret in an unofficial way, about their in All three commissioners, Knudsen and probably will reach a unanimous over night, and today’s conditions | so oe bet night, | c om r Sy van trinihe- etee ieianed Ms successor before the week is e Dr. F. B. Whiting of the Cobb by the trainioad. | butiding and Dr. J. H. Lyons of th Lumber Exchange building are be red for the position. Richardson's lof the county junder almost yards Of most recent attack being made by two state examiners, who prepared| > ‘G 3 Between Rheims and the Aisne! a report charging acts f; po care p> mr 6 on the part of attendants towards! greater part of the last six months fire.| patients, and general effictency UNEMPLOYED MEN THREATEN TROUBLE hospital constant The threats were made direct to| from Galveston, after threading tus] the clty council, INVESTIGATE GRAFT CHARGE A special grand jury prob- [the charges of police graft are ably will be called to investi- ON PUAINS AND Foreign imports had a margin of gin in the neighborhood of $14,000,000 over the imports for the preceding year. “The port of Seattle,” Port Warden Paysse de- clares, “offers to the commerce of the world a clear fairway, free from hidden reefs and bars, and a free port, with no compulsory harbor dues, or compulsory pilotage, and is so situated as to be the natural gateway to Alaska and the Orient. Our port has an abundance of wharves and piers to meet all demands, and with unsurpassed railway facilities, Seattle bids feir to become the principal city of the Pacific Coast.” IGHT EDITION WEATHER FQRECAST—Rain TIDES AT SEATTLE h Low m., 144 ft. 1180 a. any 23 Ts pom. 110 ft, 3:09 p.m, 70 ft. Se NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—From her bed in a Mrs. Ida Sniffen Walters told Assistant District gave poison to her two children and swallowed husband, was about to return to his legal wife. will recover. “The eyes of affection are keen,” “when one has been long in love. him. going with her. “| believed Rogers and his legal wife had f Mrs. different from other children or why. “| decided we must die. “Lorida was lying on the bed. with his toys. tegave it to Lorida to. drink. She did-not-tike her to swallow it. statement to he liked the tablets and called for another. took three tablets myself. Carrigan Dr. Richard. ‘tummy hurted awful.’ t a doctor.” administration ca r: 4 “ire, ne MILLS WILL REOPEN Jan. 6A thou sand men who have been idle the will go back to work Monday, with |the opening of several big mills in this city and other parts of the county ,, TAKES BIG CHANCE! A vote of the council will be taken next Monday on the autobus plan, suggested by ty from the 8. tangle. BREMEN, Jan. 6 Piloted by EB. Pinchin, an American skipper, were given| the liner Elmonte has arrived her {with a ¥aluable cotton shipment guarded today The Star, to re lieve the R. & 8. railway they Hesketh introduced way through dangerous mine fields fernoun tiporyor The measure was carefully draft Corporation Counsel Brad autobus system from the municipal raliway bond issue. ' MOTHER, SAVED, TELLS How !ONEDEAD SHE POISONED HER CHILDREN she feared Lorly Elton Rogers, father of her c Both of the woman's children died, but Mrs. Walters probably Walters I began to feel that I was losing He hinted that his wife was going to Chicago and that he was he was leaving me with the children, who did not know they were Jack was on the floor playing “I ground up some mercury tablets and dissolved them in water. “| gave Jack a tablet to chew up and he swallowed it. ! went into the kitchen and “When I returned the children were in agony. “I could not bear to see him suffer, and asked the landlady to call COUNCIL TO VOTE MONDAY ON SUBMISSION TO PEOPLE OF MOTORBUS LOOP PLAN hospital here today, Attorney Martin she some herself because hildren, but not her told Martin, NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—One woman lost her life, 13 persons are in a serious condition, 700 are suffering from shock, and the inhalation of smoke, and thousands were so badly un- nerved that they required med- | teal attention, as a result of a subway fire and tie-up here | today. A “blowout” put the entire sube — way system, from the upper Prong ~ allen in love and that \to Brooklyn, out of commise — | sion at 8 a. m. a An hour and 45 minutes later @ Pega out between 50th on j ai sicectt ly under the jst. north-bound express and a | Southbound local; which had been its-taste; but fl forced ‘ stalled there by the accident. | Fight to Escape Trains He said The cars were jammed with passengers. E Trapped in the darkness, they © fought to escape until they fell unm- ~ conscious from the smoke. Fire- — men tore up the gratings which give access to the subway at In- tervals, lowered ladders and lights, — | and plunged Into the depths to the | rescue. For two hours Fire Chief Kenlon and his men worked in relays. Few of those saved were con- scious when brought to the sur face. The sidewalks were covered with inanimate forms. Victims who could not be suf- ficiently revived to be sent home were cared for in private houses, — garages and the Circle theatre, in Jack said his the vicinity. Many in Serious Condition Of 65 at the Polyclinic hi six were in a serious condition. the Bellevue there were five wom- en and three men, two of them in The bill was referred to the city |" Then ae teeta cases out utilities and finance committees. | o¢ 25 at the Roosevelt. The West The same, committees also have | sige Y. : Y more the bill introduced by Erickson | Sicms. mrslartounsiesnec y Wednesday to appropriate $100,000) ]t was feared the subway would of the municipal railway bonds for! not be in running order again in the extension of Division A to Fre-| jess than.a week mont and Ballard to Market st. and! “It was a chamber of horrors Leary ave. |down there,” said Fire Chief The municipal railway, it is con-|lon, “I never before saw si templated, will cross into Ballard|scenes. There were 700 people in _ over the bridge across Lake Wash-|the stalled trains. Men and wom- ington that is to be built at Fre jen sat stark in their seats, wil mont their eyes glazed and their faces |backed by trustworthy evidence. gate alleged police corruption. The case against Felix Crane! SALEM, Or., Jan..6—John @. H.| ADVANCE OF. SLAVS jthe king of the underworld,” | sierks, an inmate of the state hos Alfred H. Lundin, prosecut ‘charged with obtaining money | nita for the insane, who Sunday ing attorney-elect, said today |from fallen women in return for]! i tesend that he atd not. lohn PETROGRAD, Jan. 6—The Ru®) he was considering the ai jpromised police protection, will | {°tnue Ponder, murdered Mrs. Dai advance through the Car! ability of asking for a special |con ap for preliminary. hearing |= woo. en aaa ner yvonne eon ans into Hungary was being| jnquisitorial body. jin Justice Brinker's court January |8¥ Wehrman and her young son » Aus! "Tt ie difficult,” said Landin, “to | 15. near Se none, several years ago, rians today. There four | get evid in cases of this char-| The prosecution expects to be| today repudiated th Jor natural difficulties, ho ¢ | acter, persons who would hes-/able to show, among other things Pender is now serving a life sen Invaders to overcome. The moun | {tate to in open court it is understood, that, while other | tence ein the state prison for the tain passed were deep in snow, and| would do the secrecy of a|women “below the line” were fre-| crime it was only with the greatest trouble | grand jury room quently arrested, those who paid| He was originally sentenced to that they were able to move thelr} Mayor Gill says ne, too, would for protection through Crane!be hanged, but this wa# commuted : ltavor a grand tury investigation if! were not molexted by t Hice. to Hfe imprisonment WHEN A MAN’S MARRIED TOM WILL YoU HAND ME THAT BOTTLE OF TOILET WATER ON MY | DRESSING TABLE? NEVER MIND NEVER MIND, Vii eer ity MYSELF IT’S THE TALL | BOTTLE WITH A RED LABEL ‘— | can*r TELL WHICH ONE You t 7 NO | upturned in unconsciousness, People Trampled in Rush “Others were crawling about the floors, Side th Many lost their senses ai The authorities have not_given| fell while trying to reach the Wie | up their investigation of Sterks'|"" Owing to the third rail the paki Sere | Sengers could not be permitted th JOBLESS BOY KILLS ts "the sunras naa orders to por nit nobody to quit the cars for thts HIMSELF WITH GAS "=": Harry Lewis, 2 Some forced their way out, how. mitted sul cide by taking gas in ever, and escaped ‘ room at| Rjremen who succeeded in get- the Hotel Yellowstone, 1212% First ave. ting into the subway at 59th st. by Wednesday’ morning. Lewis jamming a grating loose, reported had been out work and was/finding an entire trainload of pag despondent