The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 30, 1915, Page 1

Young Man Tells. How He Made a Million in Four Years The Seattle Star a AST EDITION in Seattle That Dares to Print the News Unsettied; probably showers NEWs STANDS. Be ht Battle BRITISH BEATEN AT Loos BERLIN, Sept. 30.—German troops defeated both wings of the British army in a great battle last night in the region from Loos to Ypres, today’s official statement announced. At the same time French gains at the Vimy heights and temporary French successes in the Cham- pagne were admitted. “North of Loos our counter attacks against the Brit- ish proceed slowly,” said the statement. “Severe fighting is progressing there. Southeast of Souchez the French penetrated two small sections of our lines.” Berlin papers today warned the public not to min- imize the importance of the Anglo-French offensive and admitted the final decision is still in doubt. GERMANS TO ATTACK HILL 40 PARIS, Sept. 30.—The Germans have heavily bom- barded the ground gained by the French east of Souchez and southwest of Lens, says the official communique today. This is believed to be preliminary to strong counter attacks at Hill 140. U.S. SHIP MINED; DESTROYED WASHINGTON, Sept. 30—American Ambassador Marye at Petrograd reported to the state department to- day the American vessel Vincent was mined and destroyed Monday off Cape Orloff. The crew was saved. Three injured members were treated at Archangles. It is be- lieved the incident will not provoke trouble between Russia and the United States, but probably will be the subject of indemnity claims. GREECE AUTHORIZES WAR LOAN ATHENS, Sept. 30.-—Without debate the house-of depu- | ties has passed the bill declaring Macedonia in a state of e | Siege, and authorizing a $30,000,000 loan for mobilization pur- poses. Another bill authorized the government ap relieve sol- | diers’ families in case of war Greeted with an outburst of cheers, Premier Venizelos j explained these precautions were necessary because of” Bul- garia’s mobilization. The deputies’ session continued from yesterday until past midnight this morning. Members and gal'eries joined in an enthusiastic demonstration when Former Premier Gounaris, | heretofore a violent advocate of neutrality, spoke in support of the “war premier.” ‘ |;RUMANIA URGED TO MOFILIZE BUCHAREST, Sept. 30.—Led by Take Jonesco, former | minister of interior, 60 statesmen today demanded that. the Rumanian premier take steps immediately for general mobili- zation to meet Bulgaria's. They likewise demanded that the | Austro-German propaganda be stopped, and declared it is dis- | honoring and imperiling Rumania STEP UP, FOLKS, 0ZOO IN AMERICA? RE you reading this series? y's a new It appears on the torial page of The Star. Yester- the subject was C. Allen Dale y it \. Cheshire Mitchell, oll be next? Watch it one. is TIDES AT sHATTLE Migh. Low. 11:82 a, m., 410 « m 418 pom, ao tt O65 tt itn ft VOLUME 18. NO. 185, SEATTLE, WASH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1915. ONE CENT CASE TO OPPOSE 40-YEAR LIMIT Street Superintendent Cate, the man whose letter to the civil service commission, point- Ing out that there should be LONDON, Sept. 30.— Con | Puy scription draws nearer with each fresh charge along the western battie line. The new allies’ successes increase rath- er than diminish the possibility of such a step on the part of the British government. Some- thing Is necessary to fill the gape made in the lines by sol- diers killed and wounded In thie battle of the war. Lord Kitchener put the situ- ation frankly before the labor ina, an officer in the British! Mavy, got possession of a floating | Junk pile and made it earn him mil. | lions of doliars, is the theme of one of the strangest stories ever writ: of fiction. He is Capt. D. H. Smith, and the junk heap is the convict ship Suc-) mission voting on a ruling which proposed to bar all men more than 40 years old from the employ of the city as labor. A few years ago | visited my home town in Ohio, after an absence of years. One of tha firet things | did was to go down the hill, past the brewery, across Barton's cow pasture, which brought me to Gardner's farm; then | crossed the creek where | used to fish for “shiners,” thus coming to the hickory grove where | used to gather nute. | found a familiar lane which led me to Gardner's wood. And the fair grounds lie just beyond. And there wae a path thru the silent wood—the same old | path. And it took me windingly to the very hole in the fair | grounds fence thru which, years ago, | uted to sneak, when the constable wasn't looking. 1 euppose the naughty email boys of my home town are stil! using that path and that hole n the fence to defraud the fair association. 1 almost criea when | saw the nole in the f . 1 mentioned this to Alph and Hi. Hi said he used to sneak In without paying, too. And Alph sighed and said probably this fair wouldn't be like the fairs he could remember. oeoeee comps 4 peste: » , . ; , PTR ” . . 7 f ‘ yesterday followed the old prison ship Success to Tacoma, and there interviewed Capt. D. H. Smith, its owner, on the methods he s that made him grasp the key to success. He advertised. When Smith started out, he staked his last nickel in a one-day’s advertising | 1 ENGLAND Mayor Sneaks Off ayor on |} Gill Makes Unofficial Visit in Secretary Jimmy's Ford . Five councilmen interviewed by The Star Thursday were Conscription Draws Nearer Shooting Gallery. And Now Capt. Smith, Owner failure to pay its share of paving and bridge construc-} os sas | | The Honorable Hiram C. Gill is scheduled to pay his official visit.) FINDS KEY TO FORTUNE to consider the equita- explained the Hon, Hiram ©. Gill yesterday, “I shall be too) TACOMA, Sept. 30-—How an en-| of the city. | Puyallup fair today and again tomorrow, But today, it must be under- were in conference, ; | thingamajis. ‘e were: Hi, Alph, Jimmy and me. statement on Saturday. | The only right way to go to the Puyallup fair t* to go in a thinga- the company's share of | great barnes and dairies, the truck gardens, the berry fields, the pros- eigjiee.city {he qoonell Such a journey, not too long, and certainly not too short, prepares ence Tuesday. mG meeting of the Central Labor | problem is to supply trained men to? “Ompare with Puyallup's. | George P. Listmad, member of situation be met by volunteer en-| would stave off} The discussion, which raged hot Kitchener said he did not want om. HIS ts a little talk directed at the merchant who is not keenly alive to the value of newspaper advertising. A reporter for The Star employed - oot the anctent hulk earn him TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN EIGHT YEARS. There is a lesson for you, Mr. lerchant, in what Capt. Smith said. Capt. Smith was just a simple sailor. But in the makeup of Capt. Smith was an inherent shrewd- ‘splurge. It yielded big results, The next day he advertised bigger still. "The returns were correspondingly larger. AND SO CAPT. MITH LEARNED THE SECRET OF FORTUN E, AND STARTED ON HIS WAY TO MILLIONS. e to Puyallup Fair; and Has Great Time; Buys Waffles and Ham- | burger for Lunch, and Searches for — in favor of Mayor Gill's suggestion that the traction) With Each Battle, Kitch- of Prison Ship Success Is 's franchise be revoked, if it gives further indication} pee Says” By Fred L. Bo It Twice a Millionaire , | Officially we were not there at all costs, and a percentage of its gross earnings. MEN NEEDED FOR GAPS) i Dale said he desired; | jas mayor f hang city of Seattle, to the Western Washington fair, at) —— the thing. Counctimen } ‘ mi Erickson and Fitzgerald | busy aking hands and exchanging the amenit to see anything. }and as | haven't seen a real county fair for 29 yea I whall go to the Kempster and Leonard, of the traction stood, | #hall be incog.” os aaseie Thin being understood by all, wea went in Jimmy's five-passenger to take. Leonard) Key to the above: “Hi,” Hiram ©. Gill; “Aliph,” Alpheus F. Haas, councilman; “Jimmy,” James Crehan, secretary to the mayor, may continue Inthe event they de majig. Then you see the marvelously rich and beautiful Duwamish eee eal te valley—the prairies over which ten of thousands of cattle graze, the es Mayor Gill approves | perous-looking homes, and the farmers of the district riding about in | high-powered automobiles. union offic during a confer. you somewhat for the fair. Even tho prepared, you are surprised. I ers, Wednesday night at the ies hoot chet ri fafasdr claim to be an authority on faire, Severin my life have I seen « fairy Council, spoke against the 40 | replace the wastage in France and | year age limit. | the Dardanelles, He preferred the! y would be far) the civil servi {ssion, also | | . but warned them, injunction proceed-| Siox5 in opposition to It, |things are, recrultiag tm inadequate | and heavy for an hour and a half, to press conscription except as a wes startéd by City Councilman | iast resort. | ITE HAS DAY AT FRISCO FAR “FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.-~ j of Washington will come ‘Tetognition at the exposition |, Which will be known as i day, with promi- Mt citizens of Walla Walla, Se band Tacoma taking part. t Lister, State Printer Frank Governor's Secretary I and other prominent Bob Hesketh, who sald Case never| Personally, he’ said, he planned had been tn favor of an age limit,|to divide the country into districts} that he had asked for some means | and ask each to furnish a specified | lof obtaining greater efficiency, and | number of men the age limit proposal had resulted.| If these were not forthcoming The age limit question was re-| voluntarily, the government then | ferred to the municipal affairs) would draft among the eligibles as committe |the United States did during the ee! civil war | MEXICANS CUT OFF U, S. SOLDIER’S EARS the labor men and the result was the announcement of a vigorous campaign to recruit the workers. | If conscription becomes neces} leary it ls probable the government! | will start {ts drafts with unmarried | men between certain ages. FRISCO COMPANY This statement deeply impressed We were, as I have indicated, pleasantly surprised. It was just such a fair as in our youth we had known, only bigger and better, and a few—a very few changes For instance, there were thousands of automobiles parked within the race track circle. There used to be carryalis and wagons, with farm horses tethered to the wheels and munching straw on the ground But the cows, pigs, horses and sheep were just as sleek and fat ae Se Capt. D. H. Smith WASHINGTON, Sept, 30— An American private was taken across the Rio Grande Friday night, shot, and his eare cut off, Gen. Funston reported to the } BULGARS FAVOR ALLIES ROME, Sept. 30.—Rumania ts hastily preparing for war, accord jing to the Tribuna today. Mean- cose, the old ship in the world, | which last Sunday ended a month's stay in the Seattle harbor. He staked his gavings on her ina ins took a prominent Hin Walla Walla day today. was guest at a lunch- today in his honor by/ t Francisco Commeresal | } Daring “All Washington day” to- 1, Gov. Lister will be made of the Blackfeet Tribe of | teal will be known here- “ tl title of Chief Eagle | Feathers. es 4 Ceremonies, which will be in front of the Washington | building, will be elaborate rrival a part; ington peo. b visiting Seattle Fireme: and, him at the Ferry building | ‘Mcorted him to his hotel. the governor's train were) Seattle and Tacoma peo-| y y} PMT AND JEFF—YES, AN AVIATOR IN THE WAR BU. GONNA Ar racy You Two 6uvs Td ™ tp MERTON CORPS. OF COURSE SPIES. You MAY BE FILLED YOU RSCAPE THAT, TD DEATH ANTWAY, dors PROBALY Pace SOME BODY HAS to | Four were slightly GETS U. S. CONTRACT | a | | WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.~The| Union Iron Works of San Francisco today was the lowest bidder on) contracts for 16 new coast defense submarines. The company pro pose to complete five or more of! the vessels within 12 months. Their price was $510,000 each | Other bidders required from 20 to 25 months. CANAL IS BLOCKED WASHINGTON, Sept. 30.—A! small slide in the Panama canal) was reported to the war departmen:| today, Passage will be impossible ibefore October 5. TACOMA, Sept. 30.—Striking a horse, an outbound Puyallup inter- urban car was hurled off the track into a ditch six feet below grade. injured. The car skidded 60 feet after leaving the track, tearing a telegraph pole down before stopping. HILL OFFERS $50,000 PORTLAND, Sept. 30.—J. J. Hill today offered the Bible university, at Eugene, $50,000, provided Chris- tlan churches of the Coast raise $200,000 for the institution | | | | (Copyriah ever, The pumpkins, turnips, potatoes and sq Just as large The apples were just as rosy ‘The ears of corn were longer and finer than any I have ever seen T am only a Westerner by recent adoption, but, honestly, I wish some of those Eastern smart Aiecks I used to know could see the prod ucts of this sonderful country. Yes, and b’gosh, | found in the exhibits of housewifely ekiil a gen: ulne crazy quilt such as my grandmother used to make out of bits of silk and other odds and ends. She always won first prize with her crazy quilts. eee Hi and Aliph had the time of their lives. Nobody recog. nized ‘em. Both look like farmers, anyway, and Hi smoked hie concob. When noon came we had waff! coffee. Having eaten, Hi sald: “I Lead me to a shooting gallery. shot when | wae young.” 1 would prefer to write none but kind words of the Puy- allup fair. It Is an all but perfect fair. But it has one damning ee nd hamburger steak and el the return of an ancient | used to be a dead- (Continued on Page 4.) SINESS GETS IT ANY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT. t. 1918, by ILC. Fisher, Trade Mark Ree 0. # Pat. Off) | gamble with chance and a “hunch” as she jay In the Thames, at Lon-| don, eight years ago, a white ele- phant on the hands of her owners. | He has converted her into a per. | time, Bulgaria is trying to “back | out of a perilous position.” | The paper claimed that Rumania is mobilizing, despite Austro-Ger- man threats against her, GET DEER STEAK |petual gold mine, and now, at 42, |he is worrying because he can't let go of her. The resignation of two ministers from the Bulgarian cabinet was !n- terpreted as meaning that Czar | Ferdinand has changed front. M Let us now temporarily forget all| Malinoff, who is reported to about Capt, Smith and consider | been asked to form a new minist England's penal system early in the) is understood to be an open sympa- 19th century. When men committed offenses then they were often ordered de- ported to Australfa in Britain's no- torious prison hulks. There were five of these prison | jhulks, and Capt. Price was their commander. He was a veritable fiend; his subordinates were de- GARRANZA IS STRICT GALVESTON, Sept. 380—Gen. Carranza has issued orders against |violation of neutrality at the bor. Jder and has provided punishtnent |for violation’, a cablegram to Con- sul Burns said today. (Continued on Page 7.) (om, USe® oF US BOTH KiCceD W. UVe Gor ims very 9 “XK " MaeceD on OT. DRAW OAR AND T OF PAPER HERE. ON& HAS AN we) AY, JePR, THERE'S NO BEING Two Preces Sorey, TET, BUT AS You CAm SEE ROR. YOURSELF, You WE'LL BACH He Guy WHO "ag P| DREW THE “% freer J f x Si x ; pete . ‘eid Good rpea! od (Commerahi. 1918 wy HEE Piader) BY BUD FISHER The ship Elihu Thompson, owned by the Pacific Coast Cold Storage company of Nome, Alaska, arrived in Elliott bay at noon Thursday with a cargo of reindeer carcasses and tied up at the Stacy st. dock. The shipment is the first of any quantity in a new tndustry which the Nome men believe will ulti- | mately have the effect of pounding |down the price of beef and other table meats fn this country, The men in the company declare reindeer steaks can be sold in Se- attle and the rest of the country cheaper than beef. There were 90 ‘carcasses in the Elihu's cargo. She will discharge them in Tacoma. “Red Pep” on Page 7 Today This is the trade mark of the Dundee Woolen Mills and will be used regular- | ly in their advertis- ing in The Star. This firm will have a spe- cial announcement in Friday’s Star which will be of in- terest to prospective suit purchasers, Watch for it. EEE i 3