The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 8, 1915, Page 11

STAR—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915, PAGE 1}, REVOLUTION - -- - - Remarkable Growth Made by The Seattle Star Has Revolutionized the Newspaper Situation in Seattle in Less While The Star made this great progress— while its circulation climbed from 43,689 to 48,763, then to 54,693, then again to 57,- 651—this is what the other Seattle papers were showing: One slumped from 54,570 to 42,162, recording the greatest loss ever suffered by a newspaper on the Pacific Coast. [Note: The Star gain.] Its loss of approximately 12,000 almost equaled Another paper lost about 1,000 daily average circulation. y The remaining paper that was in the field at the beginning of the period covered by these figures failed entirely. -ATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULA- , TION, jETe- REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912. ) Of the Seattle Star, published daily except Sunday, at Seattle, Wash ington, for October 1, 1915. Name of— Faitor, L. J. Ritehie Publisher, Star Publishing Company vwners— E F. Chase B. H. Canfield. E. B. Scripps Est. J. P. Scripps... H. B. Clark . E. W. Scripps.. 3. Scripps. ’ Known bondholders, mortgagees ing 1 per cent or more of total amount Postoffice Address Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington New Ye je, Washir La Jolla, Cleveland, Chula Vista, West Chester, Miramar, Cal Ohio Cal Ohio Cal rity holders, rrtgages: F securities— Mrs. E. B. Augur J. G. Scripps, Trumee L. R. Scholl M. W. Vandercook F. B. Clark Average number of cc each buted, through the mails or otherwise, to , e six months preceding A. M dD. ¢ N. H Mra Mrs. of this Hopkins unningham . Trustee DeMuth Atwood M. H Kate Extrx s of issue ublication « { subscriber e date shown Sworn to and subscribed before this 6th (Seal.) F. Wotary Public in and for the State of W ashi vgton (My commission expires March me ot October, 1915 GARDNER, residing at Seattle. 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Commerce Aboard EXPLAIN NEW RIGHTS | By Gilson Gardner WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—To put Into effect the provisions | of the La Follette seaman’s | law, which becomes operative November 4, as regards Ameri- and March 4, 1915, the de can ships, as to foreign vessels, partment of commerce has is sued a series of circulars for distribution by and other officials, to ship masters | for posting In the forecastie, and elsewhere. These give notice to both gov- ernment officials and seamen that the seamen have certain customs new legal rights. Jeamen serving on foreign ships g American ports have, un a right to draw a proportion of their pay and leave the vessel if they wish, Formerty they would have been arrested and jailed if they left the out completing the voyage. Can Leave Ships H This is regarded most important provisions of the eaman'# act For sailors, finding that they leave the ships in American will, if badly treated, do so. In this case the ship master will be compelied to employ American sea fill their places, which would tend to ratse the standard of wages and working conditions for all seamen Another circular by the depart- ment calls attention to the lan- test, as applied to five new law, gn ent of the vessel 4s to understand | establishing the officers | did not provide machinery of enforce 6 act no new in spectors, nor did it increase the ap- propriation available to the steam |boat inspection service, | Departments Give Ald |. The secretary of commerce has had to call on the treasury and navy departments for help. The law provides for “certificated life. boat men,” but provides no means for certificnted boatmen or suppl ing the boat test, therefore the de partment hae had to k the coast guard service and the navy depart ment if they will furnish competent ards or officials to conduct exam linattons and {issue certificates to boatmen, adds as one of the} vessel with-| per cent of the crew| GROWTH April 1, 1914, Star’s Government Statement of Circulation ..... October 1, 1914, Star’s Government Statement of Circulation ..... an Two Years 43,689 48,763 GROWTH April 1, 1915, Star’s Government Statement of Circulation ..... 94,693 GROWTH October 1, 1915,Star’s Government Statement of Circulation ree "01,651 Total Gain for The Star, 13,962 = el llife should | Charle \evar John J. Carty, chief engineer for the Bell telephone system, who is responsible for the succe gratulations over the wireless phone at co, from Theodore N. Vall, president of t (Special SAN FRA Col “Hello, Washington! Crews, | lula talking This cent! mess over t ence in the w The hun 4,500 miles ns of the wireless another h lished, age he YCISCO, Cal., pondence) Oct. 8.— This ts Hon-| was flashed re. wireles telephone, another triumph of & vid of mechanics air as te grea was with nothing carried put the vi onduetor. my estab: ymmeretal | industry 1s opened up which may grow to the same gigantic wireless telegraph tiona that the business has assumed As soon as the war subsides in Burope wireless telephone connec rope The phone Is experiment the |engineers of | tween towers at Montauk Point, L. L, and Wilmington, apart The most s of the the Hel D recent propor \tlons between this country and Eu will be established wireless tele result of a begun last test spring 1 system series of by be 250 miles was ‘bo-| of Wireless Telephony, receiving con- fe Island, near San Francis- system, In New York city. tween Arlington, Va, and Pearl Harbor, Hawail, 4,500 miles, While wireless telephony forms an important adjunct to the pres: | ent telephone system, in that it] will establish communication be tween points where it would be im practical to place wires, yet it will never displace the present tem. The wireless is subject to inter ference from atmospheric condi tions and any with apparatus listen in in ¢ h a conversation. ~ BULL BROS. Just oeremren | sors THR «a AIN 1043 | The World Millinery 1316 Second Ave. Offers unusual Reductions in every department for tomorrow, Saturday. EDUCATION IS CURSE, HE SAYS) OAKLAND, 8.—The of modern childhood is over-educa-| tion. | This Luther California plant wizard, | Oct curse Burbank, today told] delegates to the convention of the| Social Workers’ Conference for the} Pacific Slope | “The first is what ten years of a child’s| in preparing He should not * Bure} | be spent him for education go to school before that time declared | 1 would no with a dis eased plant, it only spreads disease among healthy and accom- plishes noching, so, why encourage sick children?” he asked The time spent out of school, bullding the body, Burbank said will be made up for by the child| in perfect health | EXPERIENCE WILL HELP, HE OPINES | PATERSON, N. J., Oct On condition that he takes home to Scotland an American _ bride W. Chalmers, 45, an geli will inherit an estate of 19,000 acres at North Aberdeen with an annual income of $4,200, While on a visit here today he |told of his fortune. He became a | widower for the third time two and a half months ago. “I don't expect to have a fourth,” he bank 8 any trou said PULMOTOR SAVES | NEW-BORN BABE | Oct. 8&.—The fire de. nartment at Barberton performed a new feat in lite saving, when if made a record dash to the home of Mrs, Alex Eckosi with a pul motor and prevented a new-born boy from smothering to death Use of the pulmotor by the fire: men, with the afd of a doctor, started normal respiration, and the | child was soon out of danger. 'NO SUCH LUCK AT U. OF W., SAY STUDENTS 8 setting AKRON, COLUMBUS, Oet Courses in German at Ohio State university here may Le erippled next year by failure of German books to arrive. Unifersity library authorities |here said today that shipments of German texts and references have been paralyzed by the “blockade.” i New Tipperary Hat ESTIMATE COST OF LESCHI BORE | There seemed likelihood: | Friday that the Leschi ridge tun-) nel proposed by Gen. H, M. Chitten- den, retiring member of the port commission, would be built by the city until some distant date. City Engineer Dimock said he would not think of advising the city council to appropriate a sum neceseary to make the improvement at this time He, with County Engineer Den- ton and the Municipal league, have spent some time investigating the cost and feasibility of the project Approximately, the tunnel will cost between $500,000 and $600,000, It would save produce farmers of Bellevue and Ravena, who bring their truck across Lake Washing- ton via the port commission's ferry, jan impossible climb up a 12 per Beatrice Harrison cent grade to the top of Leschi hill, The “Tipperary hat” has made|by reducing the grade to about 4 its first bow to the American wom-| per cent an of fashion. And Miss Beatrice| As proposed, the tunnel would Harrison, a 20-year-old cellist, who}cut into the hill at the ferry land. played at N. Y. 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