The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 2, 1916, Page 1

THER FORECAST: 8 Days More to Register Time is getting short. Unless you register by February 10, you will lose your vote in both the pri- mary and the final elections. Do H it now. NO CARS TO RUN TON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO SLEEP DOWN TOWN | ¥ ws © Sate y es Ie the Way Thousands of People Got te Their Work Wednesday A Taxicab be of Commission at Secona Ave. and Marion St. The Chauffeur ts Worriediy Casting About for Some Means of Get- THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE {_: THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THI VOLUME 18 SEATTLE, WASH., W s ial an TOLEAD FIGHT “JOSHUA GREEN, capitalist i oo Revi the — ‘owners in the three states affected un avigation 0, Work along this line will be com owner of the Joshua Green menced at once, with the hope of block. winning the fight In the interstate commerce commission in time to se matter of interesting other hotel ; eee PERRY POLSON, president of the Polson Implement Co. TA. C. MITCHELL, manager - of. the Butler hotel of next summer's tourist waved. WILSON POINTS and the Northwest for an adjustment of tourist rates to place this locality on an equality with Califor authorized at a mia. Bice was ise meeting of citizens held a week ago at the American theatre to appoint a committee for the pur- pose of stimulating other cities thruout the states of Washington, Héaho and Oregon to take up the} campaign. | Will Line Up Northwest | The duties of the committee will) be to send to all commercial or-| g&nizations in such cities literature) bearing on the $17.50 differential in| railroad rates from Chicago to San) Francisco and return, which makes| it powsible for tourists to travel via! Southern points cheaper than by Way of the Northwest It will be thoroly explained that the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and OW. R. & N. control this 1360 cheaper rate, to the great of the three Northwestern | states, and every city will be urged | to take an active hand is, ibe fight! to eliminate the differential Green to Return Soon $ ent Tells Topeka Audience U. S. May Have to Use Force ADDRESSES BIG CROWD TOPEKA, Feb. 2.—Halied by Gov. Capper the «man who sat undismayed-upon the hottest lid since Lincoin’s esident Wilson spoke this afternoon to 5,000 crammed Into the auditorium. The crowd that had braved zero weather to hear about preparedness, voiced approval of the governor’s—"Kansas ad- mires that kind of grit”—by a mighty roar of applaus Other thousands outside bat- tied to gain admission to the hall, already jammed, even in the aisies, but upon being promised an overfiow meet- ing at the high school, retired there. “You will realize,” said Wilson at the outset, “that it is because I 'feit it my imperative duty to as | sist in clarifying judgment, and to In choosing this committee,”|sweep away things {rrelevant and s@id Rockwell, “} endeavored to get| untrue that I came here. I want men who aye most influential, and|you to understand that every day who, at the same time, have a keen! {s critical while the great conflict Personal interest in winning this *cross the water endures fight against the railroads.” Easy to Start Fire Joshua Green, at present in Chi-' “Everywhere thruout cago, will return in less than two|there are combustibles Weekes easy to start a fire when already has taken a band in yoy 4 sneeys the fight, and is interested, with ev- |“ My piprdnabord ery cuber steamboat owner on Pu-|#Parks do not touch the magazines “The loudest volees opposed to d-| Bet sound, from & Personal #t80%-| Getengy have been the trresponsl Poet ists, if encouraged to come| De ones, It fs easy to talk and to ote opto se * ow things ought to be dona to Seattle fair railroad raten,|*8¥ ho ioe ons would his steamers in making} side trips America and it ts the air I have notehad soldiers enough to even patrol the Mexican bor. Under present conditions, the) der ner enough to do. the prest orthwest gets but 2% per cent Of | aoney duty under certain condi tourists who annually visit the Pu cific coast Suggested by Reynolds Perry Polson’s name was suggest “ Chairman C. A, Reynolds, of public servi onimission, to e efforts the prpsent magni hde of the campaign f in a great Measure due A. C, Mitchell, as m | tons. CABLE LINE HALTED vice on the was maintained part of the morn the snow at 11 Street car ser cable line, which / during the early nager of the|ing, was balted by Butler hotel, one of tipe 0 hotels | o'clock jn this tate that wipffer from the; Snow piling up ahead of the cars present rates, has Igeen interested | made it impossible for the cables campaign frm the outset,ito move them on the steep hills nd will look after the important! cure for the Northwest a fair share) These three men comprise the! mittee named Wednesday by T.| pene to represent the cit!- It has been our| to see that these | when you do not have to do them. | WDWNEER, WARN OF cles | Fear that the two feet of snow on the roofs of many | poorly constructed buildings will Cause some disastrous col lapses, Health Officer McBride ordered all staff physicians of the city hospital to be ready for emergency calle Wednes- y- D. EB. Hooker, assistant superin | tendent of butldings, issued a warn | ing, urging building owners to get the snow off of their roofs as quickly as possible. “Some roofs are ready to cave in any minute,” he sald. “The pres sure, with 19 Inches of snow, was | as high as 34 pounds to the square | There ts more snow than that now, and 40 pounds {a the | safety limit on the best buildings in town.” Police were ordered to rope off the space around the Tivoli theatre building at First ave. and Madison st., during the middle of the morn- ing for fear of a slide from the steep roof. committee, made hurried arrange ments for the city treasuret to pay $1,000 in wages for cleaning off the streets, due to the é@mergency sit uation The ordinance appropriating money will be passed later Health Commissioner McBride announced that garbai collections would be practically impossible un | der present conditions the next few da WOMAN JUROR Mra. George A. Radford, of 6841 19th ave. N. E., walked in eight miles thru the snow from Ravenna Wednesday morning to the court house, where she is serving on the jury this month, only to find that two men on the same jury who live closer to the city had failed to and that she might as } well have remained at home. | Judge Mackintosh struck the case lon trial from his calendar, to be re- set at a later date. It is that of Mary Nelson the city for 2,950 damages to her property Oth ave. 8. anc inet due to a aiide at Judkinas st Mra. Radford, after her long ney into town, however, was not permitted to leave the court house but was immediately drawn an a |juror in another case in Judge Tall man’s court, where Fred Chandler {s on trial, charged with robbery Mabel Woillard, anotheg juror, of Councilman Haas, of the finance | He urged that every one burn as) much garbage as possible for the| jour: | HELENA, Ark, Feb. 2—Ten Axilion dollars’ property dam- age and a death toll of eight je the eetimated result of floode sweeping four Arkansas | counties and eleven parishes | In Northern Louisiana. | These territories are buried be-| | neath six to 15 feet of water, while freezing weather inflicts terrible | suffering on many homeless per-| sons, and swift currents and winds mpertl rescuers. The crest of the flood is near| Little Rock Levees flooding vi jages. Three hundred workers are |striving to save Laconia, but the| levee there is threatening to go out at any moment. | Still another break is imminent | at Carruthersville, while there are a number of weak spots in the | levees at Vicksburg. PRESIDENT’S CAR GOES INTO CROWD have burst, Li, In, Beb, 2.—Six| were dragged from be neath the wheels of President Wilson's special bere when it) backed into a crowd of 30,000 per-| |sons. No warning was given, This | occurred while Wilson was speak ing from the rear platform Tues iday afternoon. WALKS 8 MILES GRIN children ‘Finds Fellow Citizens Stayed Home 40th ave. 8. W., walked most lof the way from her home | Ada B, Munsell, of 1428 Ewing st Fremont, walked in all the way, as| did 8. G. Arnold, 8017 Second ave. N. B., Green Lake, and Thomas W. Proctor 360 67th ave. 8. All are} serving on the Chandler jury Because of the absence of one | woman from Judge Ronald's court, the county condemnation case| against Woodinville residents, was continued until 1:30 p,m | Most of the other courts’ ma chinery was thrown out of gear by \the snow storm LOOK OUT! HYDRANTS Hundreds of fire hydrants have been thonghtlessly covered by peo-| ple cleaning snow off the walks and orders were tesved to police officers Wednesday to warn prop erty owners and occupants, to un-| cover them, | NESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, ting Hie Machine Out of the Drifts. | he . Snow Today and Thursda\_ The Seattle Star IGH EDITION CHT 1916. ONE CENT xy — = Seattle, Renton & Southern Interurban Cars, Stalled on Fourth Ave. The Crew is Shown at the Side of the Car, Working With Shovels. A Snow will have to be cleaned off walks. The city ordinance regulating public places, No. 16081, section 92, says: “It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any accumulation of snow or ice lanked or paved sidewalk in front of any premises owned or occupied by him.” Pedros See: The penalty is a fine not to exceed $100, or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both. Chief Lang ordered police officers Wednesday to use their influence to get the city cleaned up as soon as possible, { Dangerous places will be ordered cleaned up on threat of prosecutions. ' Arrests will not be made without warrants. } Seattle and the entire Northwest as far south as the Cali fornia-Oregon border are snowbound Wednesday ‘Traffic, aded with little likelihood of turning a wheel for several hours after | the storm abates: both railroad and street car, is completely block Burlington train No, 14 jat 8:30 a. m on the fallen in Seattle) at Martin, at summit of = Cascades. a th. ) § | Wee neaday morning that all passengers were being cared for Hope of breaking the gtip of the snow storm was) and that enough food was in the diners to feed all on b 1 abandoned by the S. E. Co. Wednesday. It was announced) for two or three days ‘ bee at 1 p. m. that Seattle would have to walk until the weather| . ‘ changes. | Rotaries Try to Get to Stalled Trains Thousands of downtown store and office workers are “ making hotel reservations. A good share of th-m are not|, It is hard oS $ : going to try to get home ae said an official We can’t get to the trains to shovel Every street car line in the city was tied up early Wednes-| them out. All our rotaries and plows are in service and big day morning except Yesler and James cables. Later, tracks| “CM Ot men, armed with, shovels; "have been sent out from were cleared sufficiently for cars to run on some of the closer-| ©YTY Section point to I West Seattle, Green Lake Chree’ Naa er two at and other outlying districts are still practic The Mity Milwaukee from St. Northern Louis, due in Seattle Tuesday Pacific, is marooned of have the very Tuesday, Nearly two feet snow was to tell when we will be able to move our trains are and one at and Great Northern ayi train No. 17, due here at 8 *}marked up indefinitely late, It stalled at Cle Elum, ullard, Lester n lines, but lines Georgetown, paralyzed Thousands of residents “hike« to morning. All Seattle was late to work is and Montana and is now laid up in the Cascades, Not a wheel is moving the railroads. Every trans- One»Gréat. Notthern t 5 - Great. No: * ra s " t ra continental train has been securely locked in the grip of the| Comey traits ts.,tied ap as Ravensdaye am ) able to move a wheel blizzard ‘Tuesday evening ally 5 ; are also tied up. 30 a. m., has been Wednesd edne delayed in Dakota work was first on since a Others are stalled at Tonasket and at other points in the | Many Schools Closed; Snow Too Deep | MORBNDne | Arrangements are being Assistant Superintendent Leonard announced Wednesday | Northern Pacific, whereby noon that there would be no in any of the public|toured ovet the N. P. tra schools Thursday Whether the schools hold classes Wednesday the principals by Supt. Frank B “If the teachers and pupils are able to get to class rooms,” said, “the work will go on. If not, principals may dismiss | classes for the day. Many teachers live considerable tance from their schools and on account of no street cars may be unable to get to their work.” Less than one-third of the total enrollment of the public | schools get thru the sno w to attend classes At Lincoln high only 350 pupils of an enrollment of 1,500 were on hand, ‘Ten faculty members were unable to] at ] reach the building. Classes were disbanded Only about 500 students got to Broadway high, but were started It announced that they would students were not on hand the made Wednesday trains on other tracks with the roads may be de- as soon as they can be cleared. was left to| Taxis and Jitneys Do Big Business ( ooper rl classes e Seattle did a Taxicab daring jitney Wednesday, company and a few Tuesday night and lhe taxicab company had every machine busy | Jitney drivers and other autoists let the Seattle Electric's snowsweepers clean off the car tracks, then utilized the cleared space as a roadway for their cars. Several cars were reported abandoned in snowdrifts. They had gotten in beyond their depth and couldn't be budged. An East Union car left the tracks and slid into the curb ast Union and 27th ave., shortly before midnight. No was hurt Hotels rpved a heavy people ring » re ilies rather than take chances Velegraphic from | drivers big business 1 dis were able to lone enj Tuesday night, away from their in this morning. the Cascade foothills has be raging in. the business many wae fam- classe prefe iain’ downtown close down if by middle of the morning feachers walked miles thru the more on walking report greatest points in foot and a half of snow,| declare the cases, to get to work, Others had to charter autos. | lraction Co. has had several hundred men at work, Tuesday torm in years in many ‘The in detachments of 20 and 25, shoveling snow since evening in a vain effort to keep tracks clear Transcontinental trains are delayed 24 hours and more, (Continued on page 2) i OTHER STORM NEWS ON PAGE FIVE}