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

today sent a complete account of the fight of Seattle business mien adainsé the So "hog equal and just passenger rates to the Newspaper Enterprise association, with ted. Thru the association, this article will be relay of whom, ra butiit’s true. It a Da y be bar fr Jou tn evs night. Tae Bell Telepho: company ha phone service between Seattle and stration was in celebration of the achievement. WALKS IN HIS SLEEP IN HOTE N. Thompson, 40, who arrived here from Oregon two days ago, walked in his sleep Monday night at the New Cecil hotel. He walked, according to re- ports, from his room on the fourth floor, thru the halls, down four flights of stairs, in- to the office, where Clerk J. Greshan was on duty. It was 2:30 a. m. Thompson does not wear pa mas, and was clad lightly in an egon night shirt, designed with ‘slits up each side. Clerk Greshan was abashed and) was about to wake the cue up, when Thompson turned and walked} back to his room He did not awaken reached his bed. He remembers nothing of occurrence. The clerk tells story. NAVY RIFLES until he the the LOST IN SOUND Wash from the 8. caused four heavy eight-inch nav rifles to break their lashings to the barge that was carrying them to Seattle from the Puget sound navy yard at Bremerton, and they were lost in 50 feet of water off Manette point Tuesday morning. They are valued 000 and were on thelr way to be rebuilt. One weighed pounds. recovered THIS COP eooD SHOT CHICKASAW, Okla. Feb. 1 Patrolman J. Lee Tuck was in an automobile chasing a mad dog Steering with one hand, he drew hia revolver, took careful aim and fired, The bullet penetrated his own leg $ to Washington 4,000 at cer for Governor Lister will attend of laying cornerstone hoo! for blind Thursda aver, Waste nnn! 8. Kennedy! It is believed they can be in theatre last night and Yes, sir and ma’am, | New York people! with us, we could grows, the | more skepticn he becomes. That's liow what I'm telliug you about last s inaugurated a commercial tele- ew York, and last night's demon- There were a couple of receivers attached to each seat First off, George W. Peck, who ny charge of the installation of system, gave an interesting lise with just enough statistics [to amaze us. I's Helper Is There | There are in the United States} }9,000,000 telephones, and 21,000,000 jmiles of wire, and 4%, [telephone conversations were held) }last year. There are 80,000 hello girls Then Watson, who helped Alex-| jander Graham Hell invent the tele| phone, appeared on a moving picture screen—a fine, white-haired old |Mman in a dress suit—and read from & manuscript, and Watson's voice |issued from an unseen phonograph. | He told us Bell and he worked and worked to perfect the telephone. Show Moving Pictures | It was uncanny We saw the ol4 man's lips move. We heard his voice. | When Watson paused, ograph paused We saw moving pictures of the! fleet runners of ancient days, bear ing medsages; of aborigines send-| ing smoke signals; of tha “pony! express”; of stage coaches and sail ing ships | Then we saw movies of a busy Seattle business man at | the telephone. He wanted to talk with a busy New York bus!- m man. We saw the connec- tion mad We saw the New York man take down the re- ceiver, We saw more than 3,000 miles annihilated. Seat- tle and New York were face to face, talking business! Then the people in the audience} were told to place the receivers to} their ears. A young man in New | York greeted us genially | Tells Us About Weather | “Perhaps,” said he, “you |Itke to know what people in }York are talking about | weather He discussed | weather He picked up an afternoon nows-| paper and reat! European war news,| | would New| The the (Turn to page 5, column 5.) LOOK FOR H. C. SEGUR: ‘AND G. C. BANCROFT) Where are Howard ( c Segur and Geo. Bancroft? The is loo! some tained ite offic will prove Bancro’ ft, who | mill in Sea in or RE Charit ng by Organization soc them to bring them | a Inform: atic m ob which bw Central building. to Segur believed, r 08 € sable it § i 000,000 | ¢, | Tuesday the phon-|and that the snow id | | I and |» to. more than 100 other newspapers published thruout the United States. The article is come or return by ‘way of Seattle if the rates were not $17.50 higher via the Northwest. a AARON ac tn NAAR AAW AAD NRNR RAAT ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE’. THAT DARES TO PRINT SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1916. cmncy alia Geinen J Wordeen Tiare Proere ig ae : 1—QERMANY May 7—Lusitania was sunk, with the tose ‘of over 1,000 lives, more than 100 American. 20—-The Arabic was sunk, with the loss of 59 lives, three American, October 6—Berlin disavowed the sinking of the Arabic and pledged that no liners would be eunk witheut warning and that lives on board would be safeguarded. H—AUSTRIA November 7—The liner Ancona was sunk, with the loss of 200 lives, 27 American. November 10—-Vienna admitted that an Austrian submarine had sunk the Ancona. December 29-—Vienna disavowed the Ancona sinking and pledged the safety of lives at sea. t—TURKEYV December 30—The Persia was sunk without warning, and more than 200 persons, among them an American consul, lost ee 10—-Germany, which had gi' her pledge not to PE se c ven her pi sink shipe without warning, denied that her submarines were operating Im the Mediterranean, where the Persia was sunk. ry 21—Austria, which had given her pledge, denied that ne eats guemarines were concerned in the sinking. ry 24—Turkey, it is now reported, will assume the re- a cg for sinking the Persia. eee STALLS? The sdministration today expect ed to know by Friday or Saturday whether Germany has seen fit to ree in full to the American de mands the Lusitania case, or whether her forthcoming reply will seek new delay BRIBE MAN TO GET HIM TO LEAVE JAIL ORRISTOWN, Pa. Feb. 1—A dinner of stew. ed lamb was the bribe that finally induced Glu seppe Zepra of Ambiér to leave the county jail here and go home, after he had already been freed. The day atter Zepra was turned out a free man Warden Roberts found him sobbing on the steps of the jal He said he'd been treated so kindly and the her was so bad he pre ferred to stay in jail. ‘DRY LAW GRIME LESS TACOMA, Feb. 1.—Strict enforce ment of the state prohibition law for the first month of {ts operation has resulted in reduction of crime to th tent of one-third in this county During January 29 arrests for dr Snowslides in the Cascades to day stalled all transcontinental trains to and from Seattle, and {tf} will be several hours at least be-| fore they will be moving again A westbound Great Northern train is delayed at Leavenworth while Northern Pacific trains are being held at Easton | The Milwaukee trains are also blocked, but no serious delays are ehended. | Snow has been falling h in the mountains for the hours continuously ore than eight tinuous snow-fall at the weather office by noon Weather Dopester Salis bury eaid that there were no indi cations of a drop in temperature | bably and past 36 inches of con had been noted day record of 31 now on the ground, novelty of seeing the edges Lake Washington frozen up peared today In the Lake Forest district, at northern end of the lake, the ne ers sufficient ground for some skating, tho skaters are warned to keep off for the present SUES FOR DIVORCE Asking a share of $2 of property in Vancou and elsewhere, Mra. ( Knight sts action divorce Solomon B She alleges crue WEAKENS IN COURT. fall al} With of continuous the | ce there were onl unkeness, In 1915 there were 160 in Januar (PHELPS TO SPEAK Anditor By an address on “Count ent” at the regular meet ing of the naturalization classes at the ¥. M. C, A. at 8 o'clock Wednes day evening Judge Mackintosh was clerk to call a jury} JUAR Garssch first de. | Ornelas, former commandant at this Garaach | Place, was taken from a Mexicar to | Central passenger train at Laguna north of Chihuahua a force Villa soldiers and shot | | | 000 Seth | r, B.C. rude | Tuesday McKnight County will give Governi ron Phelps Just inst Feb, 1.—Gen. Tomas wante Garasch to he admitted need IS FREED verdict of court WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE Water will be shut off on W Spokane st., from Alki ave. to 35th §. W.; on 35th 8, W., from W. Spokane st. to Manning st., and in the district between Manning st. and W. Charleston at, from 37th 8, W. to 40th S. W., on Thursday, February 3, from midnight to 6 p. m, Madison to the ai MITCHELL guilt in J in the case o 1 of selling an the f Frank oplum da ell, aceu fist the lobster ughter, Chico, minister, charged by 1 girl with being her t nies charge, saying este are behind it Also deny const ermen obster Maine have discovered that nters the trap thru ight and thru smelling Fer and are now baiting the J with fresh fish sealed in glans Jars Cal year-old ayer, de liquor inter Girl's parents ‘ er the traps g jare. not U8. PORT NORFOLK, Feb. Feb. 1—Manned bye prize crew, which captured hec off the Canaries, beyond the West African coast, the African liner Appam pokeo | Der nose thru a light fog into | Hampton Roads today. Given wp for lost. either thru foundering or torpedoing, en route from Africa to Liverpool, the bt brought {n nearly 300 and crew, in addition to 300 Dritish route . Customs Collector found the rmans had armed the Appam as a commerce raider. Among the passengers were re NORFOLK, Feb. 1—A mes sage thrown from a porthole of the liner Appam this afternoon to a United Press staff corre spondent revealed that the name of her German captor was the Moewe. The message sald the Moewe started her remark able raiding career from the Kiel canal, passing thru the British blockade In addition to capture of the Appam. ven victims were bag ged by the vessel after she crept out onto the ocean Meriw ported to be Sir E er, governor of I Leone, and his wife The civilians th ably will be permitte but the vessel probat terned as a man of Attacked Near Canaries hile the prize crew sed to tell the name or the nature of the armed vessel that captured the Ap pam, passens sald it was an armed merchantman They the merchantman at tacked the off Canary The attac after putting charge Lieut M art will be in war re said A nds. ng a am Jan ship disappeared prize crew he direction in under of Oscar Berg Both Ap ng ship lowered Ii lot the Appam crew sought cape, while the stranger | prize crew aboard Bloody Fighting on Deck The Appam's boat was crushed between the two vessels, Presum ably {t was this wr which gave rise to the Liverpool report that the ship had been abandoned and ink at sea Bloody fighting resulted decks of the Appam, crew scrambled aboard Several persons were injured and two died later. Others are expected to die Commander Harrison urren. dered to the Teutons, who at once took charge of the and head ed her for America | Put Prisoners Aboard Berg explained that he and | picked prize crew of 22 headed into Norfolk because they were “sure of | decent treatment here.” BRITISH WILL ASK | RELEASE OF LINER WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—The Brfitish embassy is expected to re quest release of the African lMner Appam, brought into Hampton Roads by German prize crew, while the German embassy pro! te anne ily will seak to have her held the boats to es sent a on the vessel Hamilton as the prize} his! _ONE_ CENT Bi ATANDA, WIFE'S SCORN FOR HIS OLD ‘OWN THE REAL REASON * NELSON SEEKS DIVORCE, er ye Getting Nelson and married, in Hegewisch, til. ing Nelson, America’s wealthiest|@nd wife went on a special train, And Fay King, of Denver, took one Jook at Hegewisch, said “In thin town contagious?” and beat it back to the shadow of the Rockies 7 King, photwgraphed the by they were down from Chicago ON TRAIN® ANID | OF DEAT AGHOS! BRITAN LONDON, Feb. killed 54 persons and 67 Im attacks against thire, Lincolnshire and tershire. Official announcement ’ ¢ thie tell today indie “We're pal, Bat, but husband! the. ; Se Oe <6 take his wife Denver and 18th since the war eiaitene The next greatest attack 1 | Oct, 13, 1915, against 0 | when 50 persons were killed and m 115 Injured. “Not a chance in the world! Wherefore the suft In it Bat alleges that Fay King once tried to hit him with a port- able fire escape, and another time went after him with a pair of * NORTHWEST PER CENT 0. 0. Calderhead, pert for the public service commission at Olympia, dis. closed facts Tuesday that bid fair to redouble the earnest of the campaign be | waged by Seattle busine | men against the Southern and Union Pacifle railroads and the O.W. R. & N,, for just tourist rates it the rate ex- announced that round-trip earlie uthern = raflroads Chieago to San that permit terminals | was the cause Northwest of tourist travel was ciaec ted betwe by of a per the Pacific Calderh j that the cent the ¢ the Coast J stigation gets but travel bec rate’ Is Authentic data, estimate, railroad Tuesday shows per of North west of tourist rimin Data The commission's which he makes his taken most la at San tourists must ing the return trip tickets O. K.d Until Calderhead cow investigation, exact figures number of tourists to the vast fo the past year will not be available Commission Has Authority Chairman ¢ A. Reynolds, of the ymmission, said Tuesda he has found that in 1910 the interstate commerce act was amended, giv ing the interstate commerc com mission power to estab] routes from Chicago to the and return “They never have established route from Chicago to San elsco and return,” he said will ask them to establish route, via the Northwest to San Francisco and return, in one of the intervention suits now being pre pared When the from ter on the coast We a thro tourist comes West he wants to see the coast doesn't want to 6 part of it, all of it That's the point going to make May Divide Receipts ‘The interstate commerce mission also has power to fix division of money derived |the tourist, and allot it He but | we're com the from as it, Fran- | | | a Fran- | | “artae KS a | 1 | SALONIKA> OF TOURISTS sss | Sayville), Feb, 1—“A German airship attacked allied ships | and supply depots at Salonika | with excellent success,” said today's official statement. WILSON DIDN'T SEE IT CHICAGO, Feb, 1.—Edward John~ son, prominent Chicago insurance man, leaped or fell to his death from the tenth story of the hotel in which President Wilson was stopping and crashed thru the glass | canopy over the entrance an hour ater the president had passed un- | der it jS8eems just to the different rail-| jroads participating in carrying | him between points | The Southern Pacific and its allied Ines have refused to divide with the other railroads, which ac- jcounts for the differential now | existing. In another of our complaints, we will mission designate the division of money when the tourist elects to travel via the Northwest.” intervention ask the com to was said | he ‘REGISTER co. GUILTY CINCINNATI the 0. the company Feb. 1 consent of Registe triet court will pay you to look up the big ad en page 2, which tells all about it. isters. 1.-—Signed “Yoirs $$ ____—_______. nnn enrnnnnnnnnnn { TIDES AT SEATTLE High Low 1:89 p.m, 12.9 ft, 9:14 p. m., 0.8 ft, 4:13 am, 13.8 1. 9:10 am.) 10.8 tt, Believed to have been temporar- | ® 9 \fly insane, Frank Swanson, a roomer at the Puget Sound hotel, | leaped off Pier 7 into Puget sound | Tuesday noon | -} » A Dieffenbach 1403 Seventh | ave. W., and W. J. Mattock, Hotel ; Rarker, rescued him in a row boat.! When Dr. BE. H. Smith and po} lice officers arrived, they had him over a barrel and the water Was running out of his lungs. At the city hospital, it a c Weald eaobvad Offers an unusual op- portunity to save money on Men's Clothing, Furnishings, With | a ¥ National Gash|| Hats, etc. In some in- the federal dis-|{ stances the reductions tod entered a decree ara © a . finding the company and its officers are : as much as one- | violated anti-trust act by com half. | bining to re rain and trying to mo. | nopolize interstate trade and com It merce in cash | TACOMA, Feb, for the Kaiser,” a letter has been | received here threatening to blow up a local hotel unless it ejected | T. H, Clendenning of Vancouver, B. |C,, according to the latter. | NEW YORK, es 1 Because! the boys did not get enough study points to be eligible to the athletic board, studious Jamaica high school Sirls now control that organization. Rain tonight and Wednesday; not so cold. RAR PAID WORKERS ‘RS TO ‘REGISTER SILK STOCKINGS! HOW ABOUT BALLARD? There are paid workers bus ler than bugs in a rug trying to Get out the silk stocking voters to register, But there are no paid workers urging the mil! employes in Ballard, for in stance, to go out and register. if voter is to cast a ballot at the There are no automobiles sent the free, for Green Lake and Rainier valley voters to come to the Prefontaine building to regis ter independent polls at the coming city elec tion, he must make his own ef. fort to get to the Prefontaine building, and he has but little time to do it in. Only nine more days are left. The regis tration from Ballard is just half what it should be, Wake up, citizens; get busy. Don't let mere money get an advan tage in the election which it is not entitled to have. The registration office will remain open this week every night until 7 o'clock, and Wed- nesday and Saturday until 9, DO IT NOW,