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4 ERMANS WILL | 7 INVADE GREECE | Allies Prepare to to Make Stand 20 Miles From Sa- lonika AIDED BY THE GREEKS | 4 | ATHENS, ‘Dee 18.—Germans Will sweep Into Greece before the end of next weck and assault the allies according to reports today from persons clove to the German embassy, The alites’ first determined stand iw being pushed to completion, | expected to check and probably | the invaders, / erful aid to the alltes. They | ve arranged more frequent com- munteation with Salonika and the troops near the border. While these preparations are go-| img forward, Montenoegrins, Alba-| nians and Serbs are offering a val-| fant resistance to the enemy BRITISH PLANS OVERRULED BERLIN, Dec. 18.—England told) her allies, December 3, that she in-| tended to withdraw from Greece} and send British forees to Egypt to! meet a possible Turk-German tnva-| sion, ft ts reported here today, This| wabject was discussed by the Paris) war council of all the allies for/ three days. The majority overruled | Wngland, but finally, on December/ % ) wee agreed to contin the! Balkan campaign The above corroborstes Press exclusive dispatches Parte. United | from sere CAPITAL AT ROME OME, Dec. 18.—-The Serbian pital, it was announced today will be established temporarily in| Italy, probably at Rome, If his} health permits, King Peter will ad-| dress the opening of the Serbian parliament, when the deputies who escaped death and capture reas- semble in Italy | Queen Anne high schoo! defeated | Broadway, Lincoln defeated Frank Mn. West Seattle beat Burton and Kent got the better of Sumner tn join debates Friday night on the Question, “Resolved, That the Mon. foe Doctrine Should Be Discon- tinued.” The first two winners up held the affirmative, while West Seattle and Kent won the negative) argument. | | Money Spent Is gone forever. And no! matter how much pleasure | you had spending it, there) will come a time when you| regret it. Money saved is always with you. Interest 4% UNION SAVINGS &‘ TRUST CO. OF SEATTLE Capital and Surplus $800,000 JAMES D. HOGE, President NM. B. SOLNER, Vice President and Trust Officer HOGE BUILDING in the Heart of the Financial Oletrict Our Breakfast Specials Waffles, with Coffee ...10¢ Hot Cakes, with Coffee .10¢ Served with Maple Syrup Fresh Creamery Batter From 6:20 to 10:20 ». m. Only. Homelike Mersanine Dining and Read Rest Rooms for Your Convenience at All He 1421-23 4th Ave. Adjoining Joshua Green Bidg NEAR PIKE, ON FOURTH | varied and at that Thad extricated —— CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 CAR FALLS FAR INTO RIVER; SEVEN DEAD the brink while its coupants shrieked in terror as they rushed to safety The accident occurred in dork of early morning, when hun dreds of people were hurrying to their work. The cars were crowd od. Every person on the death Was reported to have been hurled Into the river, It was several min ules before rescuers were at work, but during that time at least a dozen men struggled to the banks, suspended on Meantime, the Greeks are giving) where they were pulled from the| the! 'U.S.MAY OPEN UP MINES IN ALASKA Secretary Lane Hints at De tails of Goverriment Plans TALKS OF RAILROAD | BY FREDERICK M, KERBY WASHINGTON, Deo, Secretary of interior Lane \s | going to finish the new govern- mentbullt and owned Alaska railroad in thre He Ia —as far as the gr coal fieide—next season, | the whole road, from Seward to Fairbanks, in two more year That is, if congress will let water by spectators. him, sf The bridge spans the Spokane} “Yes,” sald the secretary today river, a quarter of a mile above the|“1 am recommending that congress Upper cataract and about a half-/appropriate $9,500,000 for next year, mile above the main falls, The wa-/and the plan is to ask for the same ter at this point is probably 40 feet in depth and ts a turmoil! of whirl | pools. Rowboats requisitioned by the jpolice were rushed to the apot where the car had piled up, a mass of debris showing above the water Four persons who were strug sling in the water were pulled into the boats, was suffering from a terrible scalp wound and was hardly consctous. Within a few minutes thousands of people had gathered. Crowd Hampere Rescue The police had much trouble tn holding the excited crowds in check, As the bodies of the victims or the Injured were recovered they were hurried ashore, pounding their way thru the crowds to automobile ambulances. It was statediat the Emergency | hospital that one or two of the in jured might not recover. Esti mates of the number of injured hour no cu rate statemect could be made. Persons on the second car sald the car that went thru the bridge wan crowded and that !t was pos sible that 59 persons were hurled Into the water Say' 30 Were Aboard Street car men, however, said that a majority of the passengers were standing near the rear end of the car and that the front ¢ was practically clear. They Heved that not more than 30 were j aboard Workmen had been engaged for some time repairing the bridge. which has been partially closed to traffic The Moor was being paved The cause of the collapse of the! bridge could not be determined } It was stated that a thoro investi } gation will be made The bridge apparently dropped beneath the welght of the car which slid nbiselessiy thru a great hole Into the river As the car, which w the Astor-Division line, fell into the river, a heavy steel beam fell on ft, ripping the top of the car, crushing some of the passengers, and holding them pinned under the water, Because of the weight of the beam, the bodies of the victims, tho fn plain sight of the rescuers, could not be removed. The beam pinned the passengers on one side of the car. Those on the other side escaped with minor injurtes Believe Girls Were Saved The bridge went into the river po ~~ entirety, destroying water | pipes supplying the north pee ‘saation of the city A majority of the passengers were laborers on thelr way to work Several working iris were aboard the car, but it was belleved all of these were saved As the car shot thru the hole, it turned in the air, striking the wa ter at right angles to the bridge. The motorman of the second car. on the Hillyard street line, was warned by the sudden extinguish in-bound on ing of the lights of the first car | and set bis brakes. His car groaned its way to the very brink of the gaping hole in the bridge, tottered on the edge and finally caught fast by its trucks, tho tilting at a perilous angle Crew Rescued First Firemen, with long ladders, were able to reach the Astor car, and a plece of the flooring of the wrecked bridge. On the top of the car perched the motorman and con ductor and eight passengers, who themselves Only the top of the car was above the water and the firemen were unable to save any of the pas sengers who failed to climb thru the windows. One of the first of the injured to get out of the water was Walter Cleveland Hears Passengers’ Cries “The lights flashed out erything went dark,” he said first thing that | knew we were fr the river and I could feel the wa ter coming up about my head Some way I got out and onto a fece of floor of the bridg It seemed years until some one cffne All the time I could hear groans and ertes from the other pass gers inside.” GOODS WERE ‘MIXED’ with “deceiving and de ny false adver includ Roger lace Clothing explained to the brands of Charged frauding the public tiving concerning clothing, ing underwear, Solomon proprietor of the F Co., 1022 First a’ Judge Gordon that underwear had become “mixed up The judge relished the explanation so much that ne fined Rogers $25 and costs. 207 University %t. ‘Teeth extracted absote ment Filling, 28 Neth but the best m Amaigam Fillings. 600 to Gold Alloy Fillings. .€1 to 61- Kxaminations Free. SAVE YOUR TEETH OHIO CUT RATE DENTISTS Opposite Fraser-Paterson rom 5:30 to © p.m. daily. / Geld Crewes, 6 o6—guerenteed for 15 years One of these, a youth | the police | be: | and et} The | amount the two succeeding years, “This will enable us to complete the read from Seward thru to Fair banks within three years.” 38 Miles of Track Laid The secretary explained that the work has so far resulted tn a com: |plete survey of the road and the laying of 38 miles of track “We expect to have the road com | pleted ae far as the Matanuska coal fields by the end of next season continued retary Lane. |will make possible the opening of |the coal fields and the shipment of coal to the coast, provided lessees can be found to thke up coal leases under the Alaska leasing law.” May Develop Mines The cretary indicated that the government itself might go {nto] the coal mining business in the Matanuska {f private Interests do/ jnot see fit to begin the mining of coal. “Under the law as {t stands we have authority to mine coal for the use of the railroad,” explained Mr Lane, “but we cannot mine coal for jthe navy, or for-sale, without an act |appropriations, and we would not want to do that unless private in |terests fal! to take up leases.” Mr. Lane said that he had not consulted with Secretary piele on ithe question of securing coal from |the Matanuska fields for the navy jnext year, but that b }lessees to furnish all th required for naval use fo Ume. Inquiries for Leases “We have a number of inquiries on file now,” sald the eretary, “tn |dicating that leases will be taken Jup as soon as the regulations are which will be some time thi ready n the present trunk line from |Seward to Fairbanks is complet the department may then undertake the construction of additional mile |Ke, provided money is atill avail ble under the $25,000,000 authoriza. lies which congress has given the department. ‘ PRINCESS QUON TAI | for a princess to ve her she ntry and travel unchaperoned in a foreign land where people spea a different tongue. Princess Jue Quon Tai didn’t fear the exper ence, however, and tho she's only 19, she left China alone six month ago to escape mar 5 a wealth Mandarin chosen her father She is now occupying a suite at the Hotel Astor in New York and during her stay here she has dy spent $10,000, The princess speaks English and posed in her Oriental garb especially for the pic ture above le e LATEST IN WEDDING CAKES The Wilson-Galt wedding cake in a wondrous heart shaped affair, with Icing that ange bios the valley ide forms ore holding tug ¢ made by Mra n Fisher of St. Paul, was accepted thru’ Rep. Van Dy f Minnesota EWCA Dec. 18 Under avy fog, & freight train, a pilot ne and a usnenger train were col f t Jarrow, Killing 16 1 ng over 50, Sev “Thin)} fof congress making the necessary! STAR—SATURDAY, DEC. 18, 1915, PAGE 5. en ARREST THREE IN CANAL PLOT: | Germans Charged With At.) 3 | tempt to Destroy Welland Canal WOULD BLOCK GRAIN} NEW YORK, Deo. 18—In their campaign to rid the nation of antially bomb plotters, fed eral agents today had ready for preliminary hearing Paul Koenig, Richard E. Leyendeck er and Fred Metzler, alias Reimer, believed to be Koenig's | stenographer. All were arrested last night upon a police tip from George Fuchs, a former Koenig em ploye, on charges of planning within the United States bor- PRESENTS ILLIAM ARNUM rk ARNU SOLDIER'S OATH" THE FIRST FARNUM PICTURE PRODUCED IN MONTHS LOVE— VENGEANCE—THRILLS IN A POWERFUL PICTURE if * dere a military expedition against a foreign nation Actually, however, the charg |plotting to blast the Welland ship Jeanal, connecting Lakes Erie and Ontario, thru which pass great |erain shipments for the allies | Koenig was formerly head of the! Hamburg-American line secret ner vice. Later tt is belleved he became! head of the German secret service! within this untry Leyendecker has been engaged ostensibly in sell ing antique In the possession of the men, ft is charged, were mapa of the canal. | The alleged plot was hatched tn| Buffal the government charges,! with the, Intent. of “destroying. |mutilating and damaging” the jeanal The DOCH eT EPEAT OPE ERENCES men admit having been tn! ithe vicinity; they have not, how ever, admitted having plot the destruction of the canal. Accord ing to the government they hired | aples to go along the canal, and ar ranged for blowing !t up with nitro |klyegrine. | Moreover, It # hinted that Koents was engaged tn other alleged viola- Se Saree pit ean eae ae ee held, ax the government did not de-| See MM] J. RUFUS WALLINGFORD IN “THE MASTER TOUCH” | Papers setzed from Koenig are al leged to have contained names of 100 men tn leading eftien of the country, Including San Francis me of them are sald to be sum! 1 CLEMMER Mitciedc cule CLEMMER misstoner Houghton today fixed his| Seattle's Bent PAR EXCELLENCE ball At $50,000, while in the case of| attle’s Best Photopicy Houre his alleged accomplice, Richard| Pheteplay House Letdendecker, ball was placed at! $30,000. The third alleged ploter Fred Metzler, was still in the juris diction of New Jersey The government today took Into! stody Frederick Schietndt, a Ger ma r the National City t the largest bank, n the country, on a charge participating nh ant ally conspiractes It was claimed he furnished the} katser’s secret service with {nforma tion concerning the finances of the} |National City and other banks fn connection with menttfon purchases and other allied transactions He confersed that he recetved $25 a week thas '9 INDICTMENTS "ARE REPORTED | BY GRAND JURY, Recommending that BROYAL GUATEMALAN MARIMBA BAND Will Appear as an Added Attraction at Every Performance in Addition to the Regular Prograni SPECIAL CONCERT EVERY DAY FROM 12:30 UNTIL 1 O’CLOCK Change of Musical Program Twice a Week Sunday—Monday—Tuesday ‘Wednesday — Thursday—Friday—Saturday —-CONCERT PROGRAM— —CONCERT PROGRAM— “Herrerin,” by Pineda (Spanish Air). “Stars and Stripes Forever,” by Sousa ((March). the county} ah th establish an industrial farm for “Semiramide,” by Rossini (Overture). “Miserere,” From “I! Trovatore,” by Verdi. women prisoners, similar to the . by Hurtado Brothers (Waltz). “Blue Wa by M, Valverde (Waltz) stockade for men, and advising the| “To PLP “Sicillana,” From “Cavalleria Rusticana,” by Mascagni. 1. £.," by Hurtado Brothers (March). —AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRAM— Sextet From “Lucia,” by Donizetti “Clelo Andaluz,” by Gascon (Spanish Air). OLLOW matntenance of separate detention | quarters for men and women wit- nesses held in criminal ses, the! King county grand jury, in session since November 15, adjourned Fri day afternoon | Ni Alc nts were retu Two of these are against th pon club Japanese organt of alleged gamblers, with quart at Sixth 8. and King et } | Altho the grand Jury conducted as thoro a probe as was possible into gambling conditions, their in vestigation unsatisfactory Witnesses who were subpoenaed, it was found, had fled the state One of the officers of the Nippon club, according to Prosecutor Lun —AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRAM— Intermezzo From “Cavalleria Rusticana,” by Mascagni. “Get Out and Get Under” (Ragtime). CLEMMER| am Seattle’s Best Photoplay House proved din, has gone to California. He ts cited to appear in superior court or fail at his next week In| answer to a uinal charge of hav-! ATION MEN ing gambling devices in his pos-| t session | Patrolman F. J. Margett, indicted! for alleged extortion, refused to tes tify before the grand jury after th indictment in fear of exposing his nse. He probably will be perior court next mon indictments against Mra, Jer leged landlady Columbia at., chargin were returne Greenwald, al-! at 318 her with a ile The third annual meeting of the Washington Irrigation institute will a house cepting the earnings of unfortunate | be held at North Yakima Jan. 19, women | 11 and 12, 1916. The program will include eminent speakers of ni tional experience and reputation, * REDFIELD REPORTS and a range of subjects that will be of vital interest to every man in ON NEW FISH BANKS Ape further development — | Irrigation securities will be dis- WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—New cussed from the standpoint of the halibut fishing banks off the Ore-| banker, the lawyer and the engl- gon and Washington coast, experi neer. nented on for a test as to thelr Oscar P, Dix, of the Union Sey- consistent yield, have proven re ings & Trust Co., of Seattle, will Hable, and will, {n all probability,| This photograph was made In the freight yards of the Pennsylvania railroad, in New York. It shows | ho the leading speaker on this sub: be developed as a new source of!a condition that exists in every railroad yard in New York, into whicn loaded cars are being pulled faster | joo |supply, according to a report just than they can be handled, despite the thousands of extra méh hired to dispose of the heavy war shipments Each of the large proposed irrl- liasued by Secretary of Commerce from all parts of the country. gation projects of the state will be |Redfield. The effort to find new | | represented by an engineer, or some | CIDER IN A CISTERN | °°" person fully qualified to set forth their merits from the .engi- halibut banks was made because of |the manner in which halibut is pass. FAMILY LOSES 3 (HE DIDN’T RELISH ing over the, Grand Hes ito DAYS | L 7 | neering, agricultural and economic ihe merican business. WITHIN NINE J PRINCETON, Ind., Dec, 18.—Al-| Viewpoints. Peiiy ymacohuces 18s harrel cta.|,, The, Jones Dill, which proposes ne ougan has a 185-barrel cis-) that the United States government _ MOORETHEATRE .. Three deaths in one family with-/ Mrs. Martha J. Harrison tern brimming full of good apple | that the United States government nine days is the record pos ted at |promiseto“meke Wfe» hell” for her| cider on his farm four miles south area nabs th health office Sat husband, J. M. Mar caused west of Princete Handicapped | creation. disenats they have Commencing Xmas Matt ff mevieve Potter died| him Frida second of tareele anl the te lee fully stud and O. Ka ba tesa é fies ' : EK) OF RETO ORS St \by proper departmental officers, umonia December 8, to be| divorce in rt qaananiar on itp dnnia. eee. canients , appl 40 | wil be presented by Attorney J four days later by her| Har : t moe A wig Ng gg Rey Ae RR will be prosented by ‘At orney Johm mother, Mrs, Margaret Gurrell, 2631 | yateed once before, but remar which the cider was placed { nd Seattle, lWirst ave, N, B,, who succumbed to] in, 1911 for the sake of the , The bill was the outgrowth of @ shock. Friday night Mrs. Ralph} dren. Four weeks Inter, he says discussion at the last session of the ikinia Mrs, Potter's sister, died. | Mrs, Harrison left him and went NEGRO Is ARRESTED Washington Irrigation institute, her to. live. wi c alleges NEED LOWER RATES [PLAY AT BROADWAY ‘ih lune th™ _yate nig » wo 2 Caused her to utte " 1 rest Saturday charged with 8 ex voney from| T, Koba, lumberman, of Akit Broadway high school sentor AMSTERDAM, D nese merchants, I i alleged |Japan, is In Seattle Saturday look? sduirably presented “Purple and|Vou Stockhansten | { Hamilton demanded $600 from ing over the lumber industry, Rey Fine Linen,” a dra t the school |{n action, accordir ur .w 4 Maynard ave.,|duced, freight rates are necessary Friday night, Miss Margaret Gu en , ' eate fo disclose information| he says, before Washington cam | It and Edward Flynn were in| nobles had killed 4 t atter Was operating a/expect to sell a great amount of } wart, leading roles. up to Oc tober. Pave « joint. ‘umber in his country, : A CALL TO AMMS AGAINST

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