The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 1, 1916, Page 1

ee ep A REE GS ERR ARE te ETRE a em ae | gest dry city in the United States, } | i SEATTLE Here, You Growmups! If you want to get that grouch out of your system, climb onto a sled with one of the youngsters and whiz down one of Seattle's The Seattle Star AS" yy oR nad : THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS EDITION VOLUME 1a ‘LE, WASH., SATURDAY, JANUARY 1916. ONE CENT — AMERICANS ON TORPEDOED LINER \V@ 1 YC CETS ON WATER WAGON John Col Barley< rn, pioneer in these parts, is dead here today from an illness induced by the state-wide prohibition law that went into effect at midnight W. C. T. U. members and anti-saloon leaguers } pe oe” were gay at his wake. | “ s } 1 The hearse that bore him ee away was strangely fash- | ioned—like a waterwagon. | cat-tails are eT HE Some of the mourners The pretty cat-tails soe while boarding swimming hole which lt t 7 1e tio ro Thousands of grieving comrades recommendation, from H Were with the colonel when the You know, that site end came, at midnight. Today their ts e-Se grief partook of the nature of en- meee Want at sell rey larged head, an overwhelming thirat for ducks, — the agg dark-brown taste in But to return to the The colonel bequeathed to his tails disappeared? heirs about $1,900,000 In filled bots tes, stored in Seattle private cel! lars. The coroner's jury, all white rib: boners. said the colonel came to his death from natural causes, Takes It Like a Man There bave been dozens of live Her nights downtown than Friday | evening. Saloon men oe that patrons had been cutting down on their drinking for months, ever since the wetand-dry election, in fact. The appetites were lacking on _the final night The orgy, which had been pre. dicted when Seattle, today the big has frozen up. bade farewell to its saloons, did not materialize. Seattle took it like a man It might have been a wilder | Seod-night to booze and welcome to the dry year, had tt not been for the snow that blanketed Seattle New Year's eve The cafes were congested—but not more so than on former New Year's eves. Rut the barrooms were packed. They dispensed beer and whisky with speed and abandon. he man Signal of Passing who had th ve t ik fo Iuivad drink t's bar'was ignored, Of Spokane Saloon 5 ¢ too b t Or ude nak Ointans whet ed SPOKANE, Jan. 1.—The firing of Pat Sullivan, veteran Seattle | liquor dealer, reopened the American buffet, at Fourth ave. Boom of Cannon Is gone! SALOONS SELLING NEAR-BEER; LUNDIN : WILL INVESTIGATE: in driven a mob “duck pond” postoffice site has frozen up. the neighborhood have converted it into an ice-skating rink What cat-tails which grew cle Sam b umphrey’s fri th ave kind n at Si 2°. any of it’s not properly located for a cat-tails, which Ah! That's the question. And here's the’ answer. and F Pike st., 5 Year's day, at and ught, onds, and a price ~tentie. The picture shows how the boys in so abund D t are NOW. mn o'clock New is enjoying, with many other “dry” saloon men, a flourishing business in At midnight Friday, of fed to m and liquor stock © the street at the hooter called non. Sulliv: hoodiume, take possession of his bar by force. oint of a six Ico- ‘an had who The snow was strong competi. a cannor, followed by a chorus of More than a score of rowdies en tion whistles, signalized the coming of tered the b and their leader de About 2,500 medium dr 1916, and the edvent of the prohi manded of Sullivan that b : ferted the saloons as early Y =e , bartenders hand over all the bottled and equipped themselves law, It Is dec that Over goods and stand back while the bosrde ripped from packing cases, 00 has been spent here in pd themselves to the draught and went coasting on the Spring, three weeks for Itquor Feneca and other cross-town street} Sullivan Pulls Gun Hills, | TACOMA SUPPLY SHORT When Sullivan refused, a num Great crowds watched and ®P) TACOMA, Jan. 1—The supply of of men m a rush for the bar Plauded thera. liquor was not wufficient to satisfy |tenders, a1 eral melee was on The celebrators demonstrated (+h. demands of the anti-prohibition- the verge of breiking when Sullf new ways of skidding on the e@r.!is:, who were stocking up before van whipped out Mia gun eye, nose and neck lrhe dry law went {to effect Clos Tl shoot the first man over thin Playing in the snow, which {8 2) 44 Out" was the #ien hung on the bar'” he exclaimed Now, ge novelty in Seattle, was more exelte door of most of the wholesale dis- out! ment than tearing up the town on pensers before midnigi ' And they go’ the last night of the open saloon. When the place pened, a Abont 100 of the 315 saloons lock-| 919 gTUFF IN BELLINGHAM stragzling New Year's eve revelers ed their doors Friday afternoon) 5.1) 1 inGHAM, Jan. 1.—The pase-| With a “hangover” hastened tn tc Most of them anticipated a stormy) oor ie oid year and the first day |find out what was doing Sersion end wanted to prevent | (9° 516 passed without any signs of “Lifestaff” on Sale jilarity. Saloons have been closed| “Got anything to drink?” was the Rentinves Labs Pase et here for four years, and no festivi universal questior * tles marked the advent of the dry| “Sure,” the bartender truthfully ‘City General Fund i,» onan “ioe ot it Will Get Fines From) ooi¢ some in 1vano! Titestate » stutt you ara Blind Pig Arrests) poisz, idaho, Jan. 1—Priven|here from 1 o'clock until midnight ; fom business by the prohibition law emterday oa ‘i ; i 1 Blind pig fines in police court will 160 saloons in Idaho closed their), Few bare ip Shee eee fnCUse pour into the general fund of the doors at midnight last night. Every ixioa ting llqady to Hiei demand jeity drop of Hquor on the saloons’ and Pricey nig sph esis “Ail eal: So the city officials figure that| wholesalers’ whelves was fold ain jarve quantity, and will cantinl there is a wee chance of a little rav-|week ago. The new law, tiie most (0 Ne toll Nilons itor 1 Q enve to apply on the $250,000 that drastic in effect In any state, Inds alcohol in Fannually rolled into the coffers|makes the possession of liquor a| — Lundin Orders Analysis ‘from liquor license revenues in felony | ‘The prosecutor has ordered ¢ Years gone by } |Bogardus, a chemist, to unalyze a Ordinances have been framed that bottle of “Lifestaff,”. to determine Hiw fines. and the man who violaies other bever : them in the city stands a chance to HAVE DOUBLED UP He has aleo asked the Hemrich jhe prowecuted by both state and Brewing Co. to fu him with 1 elite ‘ statement of t pr od tn The saloon license revenue drop-| BERLIN, Jan The Tageblatt, manufacturing the titute {ped to $215,000 during 1915, because todzy estimated that the ex that no beverage Many proprietors gave up business| powers have conquered territo nicatin val itte panes wcmnnnarnee tather t |most as big as Germany n take out new licenses Cong r a postottice Atlantic st., cause ostoffice. no more—why You can see it in the picture. A SKATING RINK skate on Uncle Sam, now that the town is dry. Come, around the Humphrey in and man ntly site Uncle Sam be gor nd which while it may ¢ have the cat- The duck pond boys, let’s have a ,/dancing in con Bi BE CAREFUL ON THE Ice Skaters! Beware the ice Weatherman — Salisbury sued a caution Saturday The thermometer stood then 31 degrees and was slowly at Feature Hereafter in Cafes of Hotels aturday, New tler cafe will ection with inouncement e Mitehell, | Danc feature at hotel cafes ywided to capa and dancing was nost impossible, tho many Reginning 8 nig F Year have its grill by Man the he according to 4 a A. Cheah ing also will b Rathskelier Th elty and i Butler was ¢ day night, alr F patrons tried it after mid couple, finding no ri where, got on top of their t to tan The table tipped over ' Naquor iptl stopped at midnight, the rale of and patrons in the afe were permitted to choose their own amusements Zome sang. Others tried to dance. Some gave college yells. The Butler management passed out paper hate anc a couple terprising young merchants sold a lot of toy balloons and serpentine At the Brea cafe, Manage om call fom extra to crowd fo om there was no r From 9% nm. Yelock on, the sidewalk and stepe leading to the Hreakera were jam ned with peop nside, the usual revelries went on, flavored some what by serpentine chrowing POLICE GIVE GILL NEW YEAR’S TOOT The police department band made ‘annual New Year's c Gill, Saturdu formed men 11:30 and ser ot New llon Mayor morning. The uni to his home at ded for 30 minutee Year's callers on the mayor were members of the board of public works and Health McBride went r Commissioner HENRY FORD BACK SUNDAY MORNING . NEW YORK, Jan. 1.—Henry Ford is not expected in port unttl tomor ow. He very [night vu BY JACK JUNGMEYER closer. Seattle wrung him out as) And they had their last andience. | bey like keeping up sre sao pe ‘ang in the new There are few things more lof {Illness a reasonable time after a ight ie seattion Ae ae | els EA Hdiculona than the ead plight of the|fellow gets his mother to send a Even the wettest of the wet FAKE DRUNKS THERE WERE liow who 1s trying to convince the|compulsory absence notice to the admit that toda HOWEVER, BY THE HUNDRED. disinterested passerby that he is|achool teacher—as we did when we Last night demonstrated that That was one of the curious bits carrying « terrific “load.” snd that|were kids Pea prohibition was no fluke in of paychology of the night - ready for the most devil sche etna bane an fourgaters just beginning to washington. Nt repre the ave Aid thelr best to alinuiate a And the trouble with the of| Ic than a grown-up boy trying to Real drunks were exce dingiy w nd got awa with it in poor ¢ jag seema to be that the Jag act drunk, it is the girl who om the mreets, Old Laechue mostly. Of couree, they had has to keep up appearances oinullates intexleation, ie ter the effort becomes dow tanding at the cor. fouldn’t stage a real Jamboree, such onstrate what hardened rep- even after the effort pw down: | saw one standing . was expected, even a6 ® curtuin jrovatew and still drinkers (hey were.,1 ight work. ner of Second and Marion last | the | log! | LONDON, Jan. BRITISH STEAMER IS SUNK; TWO HUNDRED MAY HAVE PERISHED —Between 75 and 200 persons, many of them helpless women and children, are believed to have perished when a submarine sank the Peninsular & Oriental liner Persia, south of Crete, Thursday. Aboard her were at least two Amer- icans, U. S. Consul R. N. McNeely, en route to his new post at Aden, and Charles Grant. Only four boat loads of survivors were reported to have cleared the sunken vessel. These landed at Alexandria today. The 7,974 ton steamer, third largest English vessel to fall victim to submarine war- thought to have quit the ship at Gibraltar. With news that only four boats cleared the ship, fears of grave casualties grew apace. Advices received here said that the Persia was sunk southeast of Crete. |fare, carried 231 passengers, including 86 women and 25 children, and a crew of lover 100. A third American, Edward Rose of Denver, booked as a passenger, is First re- ports left doubt as to whether the ship was given warning, or whether she attempted to escape. The Peninsular offices stated they had had no word concerning the Tuesday, except for a brief dispatch that she had been sunk, probably with — SEATTLE GETS REAL TOUCH OF WINTER (U.S. CONSUL ABOARD LOST LINER; FACE NEW CONTROVERSY: With two inche know everywhere, the Happy New Year babe virtually skidded into Seattle on its little ear ght, slippery Copper W. D. Riley and Copper Ed Peterson were standing near the police station entrance early Saturday morning exchanging the eason's felicitations Suddenly, in a most unac countable manner, Riley's No. 11 trilbys flew from their moorings and took a Ine of flight skyward. Two Patrolmen Hurt That is to say, In Riley his nose the juxtaposed gouged the pavement contact, hin sealp was cut ar antics so sur. that he uttered a rson rtled exclamation and was him the asphalt, f precipitated to breaking his arm Three other patrolmen, returning to the station to report off duty, saw the occurrence, and, in endeav oring to get up speed on the slip pery aldewalk, fell flat on their faces. The whole equilibrinm of Seattle was turned topey-turvy during Fri day evening's celebration, and he who did not get a fall during the night or this morning was a rare veing Sleigh on Streets And Seattle's first “white” New Year's celebration in years and years and years was set a-going to: | day Snowballing. a , and SI MeDantel, tl Beacon ave. akating coasting }HIN e cigar man. and—(never A jot fois | mind who) were out In thelr cut: | ter this morning ! The Persia was en route from}tons, 499 feet London to Bombay. She was one|>eam. She was ‘eenock. sletgh | Gray horse, green cutter, bells, horn—everything. Drove all over town It's better out on the hills,” said MeDaniels Plenty of snow} there. | Weatherman Salisbury predicts more snow, probably, Saturday, un less the temperature changes sud denly Hob-sledding is the thing, and stummik flops,” on the hill sides Kids found keen sport in the snow all day, and large coasting parties of “old folks” turned out to enjoy the novelt attle urday Mu h 19 fell. The is enjoying more snow than she has seen since 1915, when three Inches weather bureau reported ning m night. Every one near her, ex- cept the distracted boy she was with, knew she was faking. She was trying to hurt him by acting In a way she considered “tough.” He pleaded with her and tried to get her away from the crowd vhe was flirting outrageously with other lads roving thru the jam. Occasionally she stag gered and giggled Finally she broke away from to-ba measurement of 1.8 inches Satur-| | | | i of the Peninsular & Oriental Meet 8. Bradshaw. ~igined between England and the |recently torpedoed, she was - ane a WASHINGTON, Jan. 1— |tacking craft, as America was face to face to. | Persia was given day with a new and most seri- areas aig vorbed ous submarine controversy, by reason of the sinking of the English liner Persia by an un- dersea boat. Coming hot on the done under the ru’ al law and human long, Her commander was “| She was the largest British beget sunk by @ submarine thus far, wit! vanaees smaller than the Ancons,|the exception of the Lusitania tek If the attacking vessel was Aus- Persia since arge ‘DRIVES A DOG TEAM THRU STREETS Nine of the fastesi + }the world mushed streets Saturday the kennels of | with 58-foot} built tn 1900 at} acing dogs in over Seattle They came from S. Commissioner E. Coke Hill, at Ruby, Alaska, to Seattle for a six-week’ stay » will never race aia of th ain, “eThey were not quite fast enough to whether the in the Inet Alaska sweepstakes. warning, and her| They didn't w so Commissioner portunity to reach st is goitg to give them to five as America insists must be) Seattle youngsters. les of internation: | ity “Money can't buy any of these | dogs,” said Ira Lee, musher for the commissioner. “But he will prob. trian, it is expected Austria will ex-! ably give five of them away, and it heele of virtual settlement of |cuse the tmeident on the ground | might pay Seattle kids to write to the Ancona case, ne’ of her |that her new orders for conduct of| him and ask for one.” destruction, with Consul R. N. | submarine warfare had not yet! Until the New Year's snow came, McNeely of Aden, Arabia, (reached the commander, inasmuch! Lee had to exercise the racers in aboard, renewed the tension in official circt A state department cablegram from Consul General Skinner, at London, reporting the sink Ing of the liner Persia, said “the ship was sunk by a submarine while approaching Alexandrii and R. N. McNeely, consul at Aden, was a passenger. as the efter the to American jat Viena. Amt Skinner's report sald: “Near. ly all aboard perished.” e ¢| te WILSON KEEPS IN TOUCH rs rah ee HOT SPRINGS, Va, Jan. 1. | |'hat the Seattle —President Wilson kept in | UT¥ Dock Co. has close touch with Secretary Lan. (contract for the sing today on the sinking of the Se Stes A a Persia, and received reports as rson, presiden atly he submitted bids they reached the department. He, withheld comment. Y however, Secretary Lansing said he would await fuller official ad- vices concerning the Persia be- incident occurred Ancona reply was handed SEATTLE GETS BIG CONTRACTS went to New York, where tion of the veasels, * News Dealers Cut Advertisements of the day | Seattle by hitching them to an au tomobile. The snow offered the opportunity for the kind of a wor out he wanted, so they covered miles of slippery pavement. The dogs are a cross Malamute, hound and hird | Weather Forecast | Tonight and Sunday, unsettied | ) weather, Probably occasional ) { snow; continued cold. i am Good New ‘| Year Resolution “T will read the ads in The Star carefully every day and take ad- passador Penfield bet ween dog the East assert Construction and been awarded the building of ten carriers 4. -¥, t of the company, for the construc fore taking any action, but in | Liquor in Magazines . the meantime would make spe- q i s' tage of the oppor- cial efforts to learn if McNeely There are few magazines on the tunities to save money perished. | news stands in Seattle today which thic F , ” The state department did not | contain liquor advertisements, The | ™ hich they present. disgul the fact that the news | prohibition law attaches a heavy yt a may have tremendous impor- /fine to the offense of having in If you will make tance, as bearing on submarine disputes with the central pow- ers, which had been thought to be practically settied, with re- ceipt of the Austrian Ancona note and with Germany's pledge not to make unwarned attacks on passenger ships. While officials were amazed at the torpedoing, in the wake of Aus: | tria's Ancona agreement, they were |one's possession Jeontsining an | liquor dealers busied ehears yesterday selling mutilated TIDES AT disposed not to discuss the case un. High til full details are received |) 2102 w. ma th TH Sa were eapectally interested |) (2102 p.m. 13.5 ft. now the nationality of the the horrified youth, Joining a party of friends who had hailed i sports” they are, phe ) r ‘et AND INSTANTLY SHE WAS Over Ket SOBER. didn't grab this one, Today her distracted admir- (bulk of the mild advertisement Fearing this section would be tn- terpreted against them, themselves Renner Jed upon to demonstrate what “good! another chance if they this resolution and ad- here to it, it will mean the saving of many a dollar during the com- ing year on things t you must buy. And a dollar saved is as good as a dollar earned—in fact a little better. any publication for many news with Today they are magazines. SEATTLE Low 6152 0. m, re ese se reas, lipeeae fare Serene’. 18? £0 60. jsemossutpeenetseemnecanenecisteeetenenecenemet ial leedeeaesoneie mgmmnensinnsionntorerooooeoeraeoaep iene ga aaa DOWNTOWN SCENES INDICATE THAT SALOONS HAVE GONE FOR GOOD Perhaps the snow had something |fo do with it. You can’t show much le and who might peed when you have ecld feet, made up the /crally “disorderiies. On the 2 o'clock “al’-night’ Bal er's telephone will ring, and a “wild climax”-to the passing lard car, whieh last year Was wreck there'll be a date for a “making-of the old order, New Year's eve led by belated roysterers going hone up” scene, As likely as not, (was a frost to roost, there were just three she'll explain that she wasn’t very eemed to be wolting|“drunks” last night, according to tipsy at all, And she'll be tell or every one clse to start some-|the astonished conductor ing the truth. thing devilish Ard the starters; Yep, Seattle and Washiugton are The boys and girls who ielt call, were ver) few, {DRY FOR GOOD,