The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 11, 1915, Page 1

“SURVIVOR TELLS OF SLAUGHTER IN BOATS Describes Panic Aboard the Stricken Liner Ancona | ik i i United Press. submar 1 4 n His stor phelia “On @ighted the submarine coming UPERIORITY! That tells the story of the rapid. ly Increasing popularity of The Star among followers of sports. The Star is FIRST with the news in ALL sports, Every branch o athletic endeavor is hy THOROLY and RELIABLY by the mens sapable sport expert in Seattle and by the The QO wOLUME 18, CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS! N-SATURDAY, November 6, The Star charged that Congressman Humphrey urged the government pur- chase of the swampy postoffice site in Seattle for $169,500—a deal in w hich government officials now gy Unele Sam was “stung.” Then followed these events: Monday, November 8, one of the loval Humphrey or- gans denied that Humphrey had any partiin the purchase. Further, that newspaper quoted Humplirey as follows: “I never had anything to do with the purchase of the site. In fact, I always have refused to takeany part in nego- tiations having to do with the expenditare of government money for sites within my district, * * *”" “Tt is ridiculous to assert that I partictpated in the nego- tations.” “On my return from Washington city 1 found that nego- tiations had progre ssed to the point of acceptance, and that there was a serious row on between local redity men over the whole thing. I refused to take any part in this AND THERE IS NOT ONE THING TO SHOW THAT 1 INTERESTED MYSELF IN IT IN ANY WAY, NOR DID 1. (Note how emphatically our Honorable Congtessman makes this denial.) ” said: site.” On the same day, the same newspaper quoted Hum- phrey as follows: “J have nothing to do with the site, nether at present, nor have I ever had anything to do with it in the past. The whole thing (meaning the ¢ har ge about the post- office site swindle) has been manufactured.” * - * * - * BUT WE'VE GOT THE GOODS ON PHREY. He DID have something to do with the sale, by his friends to the government, of the swampy posoffice site. > * * * Here are some plain hacealdn proven by letter rs writ- ten by Humphrey, now on file in Washington, D. C. October 12, 1910, Humphrey WROTE A LETTE R to the treasury department concerning ugly rumors that were afloat about the postoffice site. He asked that the matter be held i in abeyance until he could see the officials personally. He had some things to say, he wrote, which he couldn’t write about. « * * * * * GOn July 19, 1911, Humphrey transmitted te the govern- ment a letter from Secretary Yandell, of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, reporting that the chamber had taken up pro- tests made by certain persons against the purchase of the post- office site, and wished to withdraw the objections. Remem- ber that on November 8, 1915, Humphrey said; “I refused to take any part in this (postoffice site deal) and there is not one thing to show that I interested myself in it in any way— nor did I.” : ope ee, WN, Sea Sea On Tuesday, November.9, the other Humphrey rgan : “Humphrey knew nothing of the deal for the ed deral HUM- Pe Re oe And here is the clincher: On August 21, 1911, Hum- phrey wrote the treasury department, urging that “the price desired by Hill was reasonable.” He wrote that “if the de- p2-* aent had doubts it could immediately begin condemna- uon proceedings.” HE WROTE FURTHER, THAT HE WANTED “TO SEE THE MATTER GO’ FORWARD WITHOUT DELAY, AS I TOLD YOU IN OUR CON. VERSATION. Thus again is our honorable congressman the goods. caught with somewher® ot Nov. 11 ic, the e horror, | the were imber of passengers & the ane nderstand blood hern conat witets nd Bizerta killed, 1 bloodshe fata marine ted passeng to get off | halted ! the passenger mander “Women and children, ing and crying, knelt in pra The next shot struck aft, whe a | p given a ch the liner was gaphoned a ct scream tengers and crew “Instantly there | Monday,” he said, “we B | admitte Several were Others ran itreaming Her « irt order to our captain to get off the pas was a rush rTLe, Ww ASH. THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1915 LEADING MEMBERS OF THEATRICAL COMPANY WHICH PLAYED BEFORE 700 CONVICTS AT WALLA WALLA PENITENTIARY OBE: aa | J. Morrill Morrison and Juliette uay in a Scene From “Twin Beds,” Given Wednesday Afternoon in the Walla Walla Penitentiary Be- All | | | “Twin can to tro yesterday fore an Audience THE’STAR WILL GIVE DOG NIGHT ON STAGE If You've Got a Smart ‘Dog, , Tell Us About Him; Prizes Will Be Given for Most Clever Animals in Contest at Empress Theatre Heginning tomorrow The Star will print) was a sericea of 10 articles, written eapect immensely interested when | *| The Star told him today what we proposed to de Tell you what I'll do. ye thelr dogs to“ let " o s Fie how $9 train, mut does ig | if you me in on thi with the letiers from box ich we ask for be~ he said rl de clare a dog night at the Empress any night you say! | A Week From Friday Night “You see,” he explained, “I want The Star wants to find out whose} to get in on contest. Tell in the sthartest dog in town! your boys and girla to bring their you help us, fellows—and) dogs here on the night you decide jon, and we'll have them perform tricks can your dog) their stunts on the stage, hands/the audience pick the winners! lor torn a somersauit, or “speak” “Fine!” we agreed. “How'll Frt | when you tall him to? “Course.” | day night, Noy. 19, sult you? | Most any old dog’ll do that You're on,” said Manager Bron | Very well, then—what else can/aon. And so it was arranged. Mr he do? | Bronson also volunteered to put up Maybe he’s Juat as emart aa Hee-| prizes, as follows tor, the dog marvel at the Empress For the amartest dog, A SEA theatre this week, whom you read| SON TICKET to the Empress. about In yesterday's Star For the second smartest dog, The Star believes there are alot, A TICKET GOOD FOR SIX ot Seattle dogs just as smart as| MONTHS to the Empress. Hector, But we have no way of For the third emartest dog, proving It. And that's why we are| A TICKET FOR ONE MONTH appealing to you to help us out | to the Empress. Tell Us About Your Dog For the fourth, A BOX FOR The only way for us to find out) ONE NIGHT at the Empress. lis to have our boy and girl readers! The Star will judge from the let | write us letters, telling us how|ters which dogs are the smartest, | |amart their dogs are, and explain-/and will notify their owners to ap ling just what they can do. | pear with them at the Empresas on | We want letters from every boy/ the night named. Then, one by one, }and girl who owns a dog. Write us|they will be asked to show the |today. The best letters will be| folks what their dogs can do | printed Announcement of the entries to Manager Bronson of the Empr the contest will be made in The theatre, where ©. J. T Star. nowing off’ Hector this week, is} That's all there is to tt jal f both dogs and kids, He) and write us all about your How many do? Will he Jomp thra you Hurry your dog. HILL ADMITS HE ENGINEERED. "DEAL FOR POSTOFFICE SITE realty dealer, with of-jcity in Northlake aye, condemna Hoge bullding and/|tion proceedings. His testimony »3 Malden Lane,| 48 that the property was worth oe’ much more than the city was will od in Superior Judge Tall |ing to pay for It Thursday that he en » the man who helped gineered the deal by which the nan Humphrey get the lgovernment acquired recently a postoffice site here, | submerged postoffice site in Seat. tle for $16#,500. aren't ‘asked Deputy Corpora |tlon Counsel Hanson tontifying against the! . Yes, ” Aamitted Hill, ean been S MUNICIPAL “huned | LINE MAKES PROFIT, over first, but screaming and pushed | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 11.—The San Francisco munieipal railroads into the others. “The fourth boat over capstged, continue to be operated at a profit Supt, Cashin of the lines shows something seemed to go that during October $209,198 s, and boats began sliding the side, striking on the . marine began ciraling (taken in and $108,971.3 Fi and she ing the Ancona afd the leaving a profit of $101,027.40, lifeboats, A charge of shrapnel After the depreciatiog and sink hoemed to bit one of them square- |ing funds have been Apporttoned ly. Women and children were | their shfre of this amount the city shrieking in the boats; others in per! have approximately $75,000 net the water. profit, R. W. Hill, fices In the whose home tx at man's court “T am,” Hill was men, cursipg, Then and let ONE CENT r 700 oS 00 OORT 8 ie ey RIVAL TEAMS OF BURGLARS - WORKINGOUT bis bald and bulky kno When @ sneak thief stops a punch upon h popated jaw ry forger who for vidual whe was jow-browed party whe Jail for lite, jeative eid there'll be for the does. Jumps pen chirps the Jatibird, “it's e rest from breaking rocks.” Jailer Wayne veteran star gridiron warrior and asvistant coach of the Untve' Washington football champiotis, has taken charge of one of the county Jail elevens who will do battle, prob- ably at Dugdale’s park, on Thanks. giving day Sutton put his squad of husky highwaymen sure, signal practice in the jail corrido irsday morning team, composed of burglars, de, robbers ar other men of orth tank, includes Sarafin Vil- sentenced to life imprison mnent for murder | Villafier, who will be seen in the| position of right halfback fu the Thanksgiving day lineup, is a Fill pino possessed of much snap and vigor. He is one of the fastest men on the team | James L. Bruce, another star foot ball man, who is one of the turn keys at the county jail, has charge of the east tank team. avier and apparently somewhat sier than the north tank squad. iff Hodge has forbidden any |gambling on the game among his | deputies Scrimmage practice will be b Jin the courtyard daily {gang of trusties finishes moving a| Assistant which |heap of coal to make room for the|esthete. — re. (OFFICER GOULEY 1 Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News ON TRAINS AND KEWA STANDS, bo IGHT EDITION — WEATHER FORECAST—Rain TIDES aT “AKATTLS Lo i‘tn m, —O1 ft 140 pm, 08 ft, jo, AB ft, 531 p m., 181 ft p tetera garb they wea j and bars that hold then Sutton, | ed thru PLACED ON TRIAL | Alex Goulay, a merchants’ po: liceman, went on trial Thursday be. fore a jury in Judge Mackintosh’s superior court, charged with the |murder of Carl Frisell, 18, last Sep- tember. Frieell was shot from the rear seat of a motorcycle, and Gouley, it is alleged, and a city patrolman, G. N. Norton, believed the lad a mem ber of a gang of strongarm thiev jthey h n chasing, Sev shots were fired. ah furnished ag alibt, WASHINGTON, Novy. 1l.--Presi- conferences with republican lead White House sald today, "iliac satis | Jof state-wide ‘HOLD CONFERENCES DUKE GALLS IN-A ZEP ON PREPAREDNESS FR | hopeless FOR CONVICTS ence the before “Twin Beds. pity of} It ence that counts you tasteful or garish, luxu ren of comforts, thing! kind m teur actors ferent t w | soctety d hind 1 have helped the outcasts to forget their de w Pc the theatre w | di eld | lifer as soon a8 ajmade a mistake a bl ha be aC CHURCHES PLAN gantic jwhich every the state will pa he dent Wilson will hold a series of |r pe ar | WOMEN MANGLED BY SHRAPNEL Survivors of Ancona Declare Submarine Shelled Victims in the Lifeboats CITIZENS OF U.S. AMON ROME, Nov. 11.—Whether helpless passengers of the lin- er Ancona were slaughtered by shells while an Austrian sub- marine pursued her, or wheth- er they were killed in cold blood after the diving boat had overtaken her, was a point still | undetermined here today. | Reports on this point—vital jin determining the position of | neutral America in the torpe- | doing incident—conflicted. A 1 c ing the vessel halted as she was commanded to do’ 50. On the other hand, a survivor id of shells killing some in pur- t followed by a hail of shrapnel over the flee panic-stricken pas- sengers in the lifeboats after the vessel had been halted Guns Take Bloody Toll agreed that the | si is el took a bloody | to of dead In the. doing Were stifi oy. d, ranging from 150 to 300. The reliable placed the number erenad 176. The Societa Italia Americans “TWIN BEDS’ IS: Stated that were ard, Cecile Greil as the naturalized Italian-Americans. Other estimates placed the Amer. ° ican victims at a score. The American embassy here indicated he were aboard. | It is. regarded as certain that |some American citizens are among the dead. The Sta WALLA, Nov. 11 certainly tied atin) one of Panic Aboard me © penitentiary |. Forty-five survivors, landed at at the penitentiary | sraita, described scenes of distress: noon, jing panic preceding the sinking. easiest-to-laugh audi-| Disregarding the rule of the seas rmers had appeared|—Wwomen and children first—men | fo the blood-spattered es in the lifeboats. Rudely they pushed women aside jin their mad scramble for safety, Terror-stricken women leaped into the sea, some clasping babies to |their breasts. Many of the more badly wounded, torn by shells ftom the submarine, sank with the An- cona The Austrian submarine stands accused of inhumanely firing on the lifeboats after she had accomplish- ed her purpose of halting and crip- pling the liner itself. Circling around the listing liner, ed their|the submarine shot its shrapnel, Ama-|frightfully wounding women and indif-| children, survivors charge. and| Some survivors admitted the against) shelling of the lifeboats may have are paying for it be-| been intended only to frighten pas- mn walls, Moving pictures | sengers, but insisted shrapnel hit the boats instead. rate case for a little . _ hile. Professional actors have one to them who cannot pat to CUNARD LINER SUNK LONDON, Nov, 11--The Cunard liner Caria, 3,000 tons, bas been sunk by a submarine, in a locality not announced Her crew was aved "WALLA Beds It was th sinc Seven hundred cc short-termers to lifers, they left Rroadway viets, from |“ orgot the the walls , and laugh that funniest of farce An old lesson ts here re-taught. | isn't the character of the audi It isn’t the price theatre may be| or bar. play's the pay The The v2.8 The occasion was unique of its Lecturers have carri convicts often have done their st to amuse the men who have offended essages to omen But never before ay production in its m costume had a Broad tirety, b scenery | ae RELATIVES SEEK NEWS NEW YORK, Noy. 11,—Anxious relatives of suy 1 victims of the liner Ancona crowded the Hiner’s of- fice today, and many telegrams of inquiry poured in, A Clothing beside a lifer beside a boy p aat sat And who had; The for has the face of an The yegg has the face of beast. The dip has beady fox-| es. The lifer looks like—a lifer, ljoodless of cheek dead-eved, but filled with an icy ate. The boy is like any other oy who has made a mistake and ot himself into trouble The forger pitted his wits « Message of vinst (Continued on Page 6) Interest DEMONSTRATION | PORTLAND, | "32 A Will be found in the ad the Rochester Up- stairs Clothes Shop, on page 2 today. While this is among Seattle’s newest business institu- tions, it is making a strong bid for public tavor. This store makes a. specialty of suits and : si-|f of religious demonstration, in| Protestant church in| ripate, will be | nid New Year's eye jn cele bration | prohibition RERLIN, Nov, 11.—(By Wireless Sayville)—-A dispatell from ato the Over News Agency orts the visit of a German Hap: pli, to Sofia, with duke of Mi ers regarding their stand on his|lenpurg aboard. King Ferdinand military preparedness program, the‘ vis! the airship directly after its