The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 4, 1916, Page 1

, : ~~ Do You like Puzzles? Try your hand at the one which is to appear daily, this week, in the moving picture col- —797 umn, You can win a cash prize rea aaamapcpananattanaate - we ~ anne , ww if you know your movie favor- | : THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS * eng ce pivennnannnnnne Ana AA VOLUME 18 SEATTLE, WAS TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1916. CALLS AUST WAITING! ay res ‘WHAT WALLST. SAYS OF SEATTLE OUTLOOK ARREST ONLY MERCURY DUE This is the O ke nown writers in New York pub- of prom the | best financial . | lishes his work under the ; name of Holland. His col- #4 umn appears in the Wall | , Street Journal i | | published, also, in many | i of the largest morning | be newspapers in the in ” i] try.. In his last letter, he Pi bd discusses the noon | the Pacific coast. Have o . Dry measures have curtailed po you a tendency to pessim- . lice sctivities and made Seattle a ism Are you inclined to saner, better city if the arrest reo | lose faith in your city? || Cold?SpeaktoKemp orda reflect the true spirit of the Listen n, to what Hol Seattle Rlectri ae ? ' ; eattle Electric company 5 eheagelagiogy been bookes| afd has to say officials declare all cars in for drunkenness during the 48| “Reliable information han just | [mcr neating ayeteme are hours preceding Tuesday noon. come to New York, which shows inte service during the cold The total number of arrests, for|that instead of the stagnation hours. bd all offenses, has shown a steady which has commonly followed an \ Gecline since Friday at midnight. |international exposition—and in FE amg tthe pictneng oe sali . There were only 19 arrests from some cases has been severe—Cali Anyway, it takes a pretty Monday noon until Tuesday noon, fornia, and, in fact, the whole Pa PP ue al ipa agy Me a and none of them were booked for cific coast, has not suffered in that warm spot in the street cars drunkenness. vat, instead, her industries these cold mornings. The last arrest for drunkenness and her commercial life have been Supt. A. L. Kempster can was made Monday morning at 4 stimulated get ALL care equipped with o clock “ f | “The especially gratifying fea- heaters if he wants to, He's (mp A mae 5 Aye ture of this commercial activity on the general manager. His the year, there was a total of 67 \tN@, Pacific coast is based upon the office phone ie Main 9000. “arrests. Thirty-six of them were |f@t that it refiects only indirectly His home phone is Capito! for drunkenness. During the next the prosperity occasioned in the 900, 24 hours the total number of ar. East by the vast amount of war or rests dropped to 29, with only five 4ers > AS « persons being booked drunk “APPARENTLY, THE PACIFIC It's going to be the coldest Then from noon Sunday to noon COAST IS TO HAVE, WITHIN A| night Puget sound has had this Tuesday—48 hours—the number of FEW YEARS, SEAPORT CITINS| year arrests had dropped to 19, with WHICH WILL HAVE A LARGER it's going to get as low as only one drunk POPULATION THAN AD 20, and possibly lower ] aS - THE CITIES ON THE Weather Observer Salisbury * TIC COAST, EXCEPTINC V| made the pessimistic predic : i Movie Actress to YORK PHILADELPHIA AND! tion Tuesday morning, when he } | BOSTON learned that the temperature f Be ° sate hays for | “At the present rate of popula had gone down to 14 degrees Col i tion increase in Los Angeles, there| below zero in British Colum iseum pening |, uld be a population in that city} bia, west of the mountains eee |within ten years surpassing that That means colder weather Steg "aba Pappu mefon lof Boston. there,” he said, “The ~ ye ke has vet: aertye. 36 ‘One of the bankers of the East "0! sone lower thar 1. degrees eee ae so as to who took part in the meeting of | *? so far, but I expect it to er laeeeene of the couk at the American Bankers’ associa. &° gape as nad 4 i lls ad “get e Coliseum tion in Seattle, in mid-autumn of "!s theatre, at Fifth and Pike, hi he fh He said there was little posal Wednesday. thio year, wie has just returned iitity of further snow for day from the Pacific coast, reports that)’ i Mins King is the special repre h masa. whan thoritat no. Monda snowfall pi ip sentative of the Paramount Pic. (¢ wae amare en authoritative | nine inches on the level spots, and tures corporation and the Jesse 1, information was given to him of joie all records for more than Lasky Feature Play Coo The Col. the business activities of Seattle, en ara fseum will show Paramount and Portland and Loe Angeles. Accidents Averted Lasky Feature Play Co, The Col, “RELATIVELY || SPHAKING, | van, accidents wer be the little miss who will dedicate THESE CITIES SEEM TO BE aarrowly averted Monday. Onl this magnificent playhouse GROWING MORE RAPIDLY THAN | e¢torta of police to personally wart MANY OF THE LARGE TOWNS | the crowds at every bill prevented — IN THE BAST 1 disastrous list ad a eben It {9 spoken of as not the least) x | died Monday night from TIDES AT SKATTLE of the triumphs of the Pacific|peart failure, sald to have beew Dh sae FOP OS md oan, § comet expositions of the past 8UmM-| caused by shoveling snow Dmiseft, JOttp.mo—rare fer and fall that no depression be Girl Struck by Auto g1n after the doors of these expo-| isn Dorothy Shiminshe, who 3 roi eat Lo gplgtn id sitions were closed, but instead of | tive: at the Kasota hotel, was W : Aico } that, increased business activity of| struck down by an automobile that HM kinds made a futile effort to stop on the amen Perecast js i. couue stator, i lanes ee etr.! ire P Generally fair tonight and) believed here, are to play an im-\ave was struck down, and day. {portant part in cur business ad-| bruised about the heed and bod } swhile the maghine went on, ) | | IG| .°. THIS IS THE YEAR OF PROMISE .°. RRA AAPL AL ALLA ALP The Seattle Star RIA SITUATION GRAVE. PRESIDENT GIVES OUT. STATEMENT: INDIGNANT WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—While Washington was! tense today and conditions much like those preceding the Spanish-American war, President Wilson, back be- fore schedule time from his honeymoon, took prompt energetic steps in the new, grave crisis in America’s international situation With hour h tened return, he had issued a statemer rd administration considers the torpedoing Persia has brought about an extremely grave situation “The pre and. secretary of state aid the state ment, given out by Secretary Tumulty, “are taking every means possible to obtain facts in this grave matter and will act as soon as information is obtained.” The president conferred with congressional leaders, in cluding Chairman Stone of the senate foreign committee and Flood of the house foreign commiteee, and he-called a meet-| es #'e © # @ STORMY TIME EXPECTED AS CONGRESS IS REASSEMBLED WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—A | The waves washed more than a cloud—the foreign situation— | © 4 passengers from the deck hen the giant ship dipped sharp- Ll ny ung today over the reassem ly, sending shrieking wor and bling of congress after its holi- ‘children slipping into the water Before the eyes of survivors, she rolled over and went down, while a still clung to the decks day recess. With vital nation al problems ahead, the gravity of members over the interna- - he admiralty today abandoned tional situation was pro. that American Consul McNee nounced. had been saved, altho 11 per Committee consideration and ons, including Lord Montague, speeches on international prob ta Prem . oe advices to lems impended Officlals still estimate that from It was understood there would be | 250 to 300 persons perished no effort to curb oratory, hence Sarr ntacks on reson sso TQ MODIFY POSITION rine warfare and on the allies’ com. mercial interference were Numerous vital subjects were be fore the senate foreign committ including the Smith and Lodge res lutions to investigate the British orders in counell, submarine fare and antlally bomb plots Preparedness and revenue plans were all askew, Opposition to both is growing Chairman Padgett's ON ARMED STEAMERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 4,—Secre tory of State Lansing today inform ed German Ambassador Von Rern storff informally that the state de (partment {fs considering modifying |its position concerning guns on merchantmen The gun issue arose with the tor pedoing of the Lusitania house naval Germanys committee will begin preparedness |*t first contended she was an hearings tomorrow with minor of-|"tmed ship, tho it was understood ficilals from the yards and docks |that she later withdrew this con bureau of the navy department tes. | tention tifying. When the German fleet had not | deen swept from the seas, America the position that small guns might be mounted on merchantmen as a defensive measure. \Vashon Will Vote on Ferry, Jan. 24 Army preparedness hearings will start Thursday when Chairman Hay will call Secretary rrison as the first witness The rural credita program was launched by joint introduction of a bill for farm land banks under farm loan board } too The senate adjourned out of def. tesa islace alicia aaa future rather than immediate action | ties in Seattle, erence to the dead Assistant Asso: | | a again on ‘a é f res I : ‘chalet Probably you wouldn't have ~ tlate Justice Lamar, No business |‘erry ‘erminala on January 24, in The main faet of no warning remains t is improbable! | sown about Gin Wena's nail was done except to swear in Sen, \Stead of today was announced) (that a submarine could see guns on the Persia, and whether 9 a 4a “ { South Carolina Monday . 3 : ‘ : hold articles, if it hadn't been Smith of South Carolin | these were for defensive or offensive action is a question “ —— ) for H. M. Porter, a diminutive for future discussion ) GERMANY REGRETS SINKING OF PERSIA BY CARL W. ACKERMAN Cheasty’s BERLIN, wan. 4.—Regret ts al | P most ontversally expressed here re- over the sinking of the P. & O efforts are in Teuton-Ameri Persia to r progress can relations Inventory repair No information concerning the nationality of the attacking subiae Sale rine is obtainable and officia »- | fuse to comment upon the Incident , nrooress and intil a report has been received Is now in progress and from the commander offers you a chance to The newspapers today carry Eng i lish reports of the sinking, with save 25 per cent on English reports of the effect the ‘ p P ie incident has produced on Amertea fine clothing. You will The German papers, however, re find full particulars in their big ad on page 7. frained from comment of their ABANDON HOPE FOR This is just a sample AMERICAN CONSUL of the good things in the advertising col LONDON, Jan. 4 Scenes of hor ror preceded the piunee of the umns these days, Persia, St capsized while Hfe getting awa from her ee — | his life in the sinking of the liner Persia, and that the ves-|in seattle on his w home, Portal jsel was attacked without warning, came today in a report)met a genial fellow who glad-hand- to the state department by Consul General Skinner jed him in the hotel where Porter 916 re on sew ANY a ONE CENT THAINS N ng of the senate foreign committee for tomorrow Calls Foreign Committee Heads for Conference ae ! he HAS GAY TIM While he decided not te cabinet session today, wy summoned Stone and Flo scuss the situation with ae them in order that he might their co-operation in case as a result of the wholesale slaughter of non-combatants the Mediter death zone” recently After these conferences, it was stated that no action will be taken until further details of the Persia case are at hand However, the intensity and delicacy of the situation per- the White House, the state department, congress, | and diplomatic circles. On every hand, the talk showed that} authorities looked at the recent torpedoings, following so} closely on Austria’s Ancona note, as presenting an ominous situation. { A special train returned the president from Hot Springs| shortly before 8 o'clock i Congress reassembled at noon and promised to take a prominent part in the international denouement. A battery of speechmakers threatened to turn their verb: uns upon the international situation May Protest Wholesale Slaughter by “Subs” within afean GAMBLING meated From all quarters came tions that prompt, decisive salutary steps to p illegal submarine attacks are under wh ‘In addition to torp of the Persia last week with loss of at least one American life, the administration is con- fronted with diplomatic issues arising from the submarining of the Glengyle, the Yaska Maru, the Ciotat, Ancona and Lusitania. The principal point for immediate consideration was whether the administration should protest the recent wholesale slaughter in the Mediterranean without waiting or further information surrounding the sinking of the Persia It was intimated a formal inquiry will be made of the central powers, demanding an explanation of the recent at- tacks After his. « erence with the president, Sen. Stone declared that the administration at present lacks facts con- cerning the Persia, and that nothing will be done until these are obtained. He d the president concerning the plans of different members of the foreign committee to delve into} the international sifuation As the result of their conferences with the president, | Stone and Flood prepared to prevent discussion of interna- tional problems on the floors of congress. Adjournment of the senate eased this task, inasmuch as several there were primed for a verbal explosion The president and the chairmen discussed all eventuali- ties. The freest consultation and co-operation between con- gress and the White House was assured if breaking of relations becomes necessary. mysterious “ 219 Occidental ave., where the Goddess of Chance holds forth in an underground cavern, If you're looking for excite. | ment, go to Gin Wong's Evidence on Persia Is Not Conclusive Dry Goods Store,” 219 Occidental Officials do not regard evidence thus far at hand in the| : Persia case as conclusive of torpedoing. Navy authorities} #%*& 83 ay that possibly she struck a mine, and as support of this} Ory geeds, as a ru theory they pointed to the fact that the quick plunge she| #80¥t as humorous as a hearse, but Wong's commodities are took made the torpedoing theory somewhat doubtful quite the jokiest line of novel- The presence of guns aboard the Persia complicates | Chicago tailor. dence that American Consul McNeely lost! Further evidence tha mericar nsu ecly lost Stopping over a couple of nights was lodged Says He Lost $160 &. f. piloted Porter down to He said the admiralty’s lists of survivors did not include} MeNeely, tho it did include H. Grant of Boston, | Seven Hindu members of the crew, clinging to an over Chas The Wong's dry goods emporium and turned boat, were rescued by the steamer Hing Chow escorted him inside. Next he in= Survivors declared the attack was without warning, ‘reduced his small friend to the Goddess of Chance, The goddess Skinner said Hymn: Rise Above Screams of Victims The sound of hymns rose from those in the lifeboats, above the screams of women and children as survivors strug gled in the water alongside the Persia, Charles H. Grant of hangs out in Wong's basement, | Porter got mixed up in the grand shuffle of humanity courting favors of the goddess at a number of game bling tables, and when he departs 1 the place was shy $160, so he ia Boston said today at Alexandria, according to press dis-| He scurried with empty purse to patches. Walter Metzenbaum, an attorney, in Grant, like many others, was at luncheon, he said, when | ‘he White building, and related ‘hig adventure there came a sudden explosion, ‘In orderly manner the pas-|" He wanted his money back, sengers went on deck The starboard boats could not be Calls Wong's Attorneys Grant himself slid off the ship, entangling his foot in inemup—Gil, Host & Frye, in the 1 rope as he went, but jerking it loose olman building. He finally was picked up and then, after rowing around) Heber Hoyt answered the phone, ome time, was taken aboard by a British cruiser and taken| He told Metzenbaum he had done to Alexandria, He indicated that the vessel sank with great |*™e 'esal werk for Wong; tm fact, vapidity. (Continued on Page 5.)