The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 9, 1916, Page 1

In Letters to McAdoo, C. abit Location in Which Congressman Humphrey Was “Not Interested” EDITOR'S NOTEThis paper printed yesterday « series of letters F, Humphrey of Seattle, which indigated the extreme interest t poste Jie tm the marsh land of SAattle and expeciatly interesting, not only because of the ational agtta “preparedness,” but also beeaase of Humphrey's deciarstion in published interview to the effect that he was abso- lutely “uninterested” in this matter, The Important letter printed herewith shows what Postmaster Hurleson thinks of this particular plece of pork: being waged now agatnet “pork” Office of the Postmacter General Hon. William G. McAdoo, WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29, 1915, Secretary of the Treasury, Sir: OMPLAINTS have been received from different sources that the site secured for the new postoffice building at Seattle, Wash., is undesirable, and an inspector was detailed to make an investigation of the matter. From the inspector's report, a copy of which is in- closed, it appears that six lots in block 283 of May- nard’s addition have already been purchased at a cost of $169,500 and that the United States attorney at Se- attle has been instructed to institute condemnation proceedings for the purpose of acquiring two additional lots in the block in question adjoining the plot already secured, in order to provide access from Sixth ave. S, and Vermont st. The inspector states that the site consists of part of what is known as the tide flats, at present COV- ERED WITH STAGNANT WATER and is from 20 to 25 feet lower than the adjoining streets; that the location is OUTSIDE THE BUSINESS CEN- TER; and that between the location and the busi- ness center lies the area of the LOWEST CLASS OF SALOONS, lodging houses, etc. Substantially al! the stations of the Seattle office are located north of the site selected and as practically all of the stations are supplied by screen wagon service, any change tending to the removal of the postoffice south of the present site will increase the cost of the service. If the office is moved to the location selected, it will increase the expense of cee transportation $19,000 a year, besides greatly retarding the prompt handling of maul. In view of the foregoing, it would seem that a serious mistake was made in pur- chasing this site, which is CLEARLY UNSUITED FOR THE POSTAL N >S, and that a location should be secured in the immediaté vicinity of the two railroad Stations, which are less than a block apart, and near the business section of the city which would permit of the discontinuance of Station K and the Terminal R. P. ©. with a consequent saving of $20,500 a year in the cost of rent, light and fuel. . It is be gles ke aes a joint investigation be made by representatives of the treasury an stoffice de ‘ments tor the ase of determini ord ewe og — part purpo determining what further I shall appreciate an expression of your views of this point. Respectfully, A. S. BURLESON, Postmaster General. PROPOSAL BRANDED (5 WHYNOTLE OF PEAGE | ACCUSED OF SEATTLE | LONDON, Feb. 9.—Belgium has " Tejected overtures for a separate} charge Brandeis with being gull- LOS ANGELES, ty of a breach of faith.” “Peace with Germany, according to Fa Rome dispatch today. Cardinal] | This accusation was hurled | Mercier, it was reported, conveyed ps real Bay ene nl e sagged pthis report to the pope. preme court, Louis D. ) ‘Terms on which Germany want- ) ed Belgium to conclude the sep- Pe Grate peace were said to be: ie An agreement for complete restoration of Belgium, with certain privileges for the Ger- mans at channel ports. Germany to pay a large sum for rebuilding destroyed struc- tures in Belgium, and for main- tenance of Beigian neutrality during the remainder of the every year, it ber of Commerce, Part of ¢ money In a hearing as to Brandeis’ fitness for the post. Thorne ciaimed, too, that the Bostonian had betrayed his trust “in one of the gravest and most impor- ry r tried in this —the 65 per cent rail- road matter. Thorne’s sensational declarations and the defeat of Senator Clark's ef. fort to send the hearing to the full \fudiciary committee, which is un |friendly to Brandets, instead of hav eondd ing it before a sub-committee, con- Belgian sources recently dented | s+ i+uted the features in the opening any overtures bad been made, but fight on Brandeis The Hague reported that negotia-|"'® , tions were actually under way and Explains Alleged Breach roceeding satisfactorily from the| rman standpoint. F WOMEN FIGHT OVER | MAN; BOTH KILLED Hed Southern pretty successfully prevented | Secretary Wiggins of the ch }100,000 tourists return jal the Southern California royte, m have been permitted nate against the Northwest Altho |way of Seattle, which ts the sh: 4 resented the Seaboard shippers in| Orleans 1910, while Thorne represented the Western shippers and the public. Two questions were then at stake Were the railroads entitled to more revenue, and, if so, where from. public In 1913 the interstate commerce that jof Seattle, service commission commission retained Brandeis as take the Southern California ret KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. 9.— |g rectal counsel in the 5 per cent rate|route, and the Northwest gets d (Mrs. Mary A. Wilcox and her |Cage per cent 7 daughter, Mrs. Maggie Jones. are) horne read the letter in which iT y | dead, and William Doyles injured. |e commission engaged Brandeis. an the result, it is said, of a quarrel |" srnjs instructed Brandels not to at F on the Jones ranch, near Langell 's..,5¢ to prove any particular side. | = % Valley postoffice. Both women unevertheless,” waid Thorne, “hel WAR ON GERMANY F Tiga pe oak ya'y anetantly: | committed himself to the propos! a Pt Dr Z J ott {7% per ce ath > a says trouble started between the| 0D that « return of 7% per cent! LONDON, Feb. 9—Italy is ex was inadequate and niggardly | pected. to declare wat on Gerk ACONDEMNS “DUCK POND” SITE DEAL Officer Wane Cutting Things About Feb. 9— | Tourists drop from $30,000,000 | to $50,000,000 in Los Angeles | was estimated | for The Star correspondent to- | day by the Los Angeles Cham- hey would like to spend in Seattle and the Northwest, but the al- railroads have jDer estimates that from 60,000 to East annu from San Francisco by way of of them cheated by the lower rates | out of a®visit to the Northwest. | The allied Southern raflway lines! to discrimt jer route, they go thru Southern Cal ‘Thorne declared Brandeis had rep {fornia and home by way of New |slow yesterday. | Léllian D. Wald, of New ork, chair-| trance, It costs tourists from $17.50 to|man of the anti-preparedness com-|ed to climb the back stairway, the mittee, asked that past army and| noise would $21 more to go back East by way } navy expenditures be Investigated|the lights go out. per cent of all tourists ITALY MAY DECLARE VOLUME 18: TA fight. avenge Craddock.’ the three prizes.” Seagrave, mentioned above, Roon badly knocked about. Thir- ty-two officers, 719 men taken in probably the captsin who was with was destroyed by the some time ago. IR ATTAG ENGLAND LONDON, F. roplanes 3:30 o'clock this |Kent, 67 miles from London. two miles from Ramagate. That the it. am, believed likely any WASHINGTON, Feb. ort house military committees urn 2% WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.— over the fate of his any| —Two Ger. bombarded and Broadstairs at afternoon, The admiralty announced they aeroplanes were the new Fokker type, which England |has feared would raid her coast, ASK INVESTIGATION OF EXPENDITURES 9.—Speak- ing against hasty appropriations for army and navy development, a com-|and more than once he heard bois- many tourists would rather | mittee, representing pacifists in the|terous laughter emanating from lreturn East from San Francisco by |ranks of farmers, laborers and wom-| within en voter®, warned the senate and} Admiral Craddock, whose squadron Germans | $ i is The figures compiled by the state|and an inquiry made {nto profits of show |the munitions manufacturers. WILSON WORRIED BY ARMY PLAN FAILURE Vorried continenta! | \army plan, President Wilson today | began a series of conferences with house leaders, from which he hopes to devise some plan for its passage. Lost: Danforth, 18 men. Ramegate is a seaport town ofla year protec |by_a burglar alarm system, | Broadstairs is a watering place} cere ir RO RR ree THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1916. YS, Inciud- registra- ‘the approach. general elec- tion wilt total now slightly 1018. mark,. od under ‘the 1914 In 1914, there was a BURGLAR ALARM AND KISSES mayoraity election, while in 1915 only three counciimen were elected. The total of registration up to midnight Tuesday was 64,- 7 In 1914 It was 73,919, Every accommodation possi- ble Is being made for those who hi not yet registered. DON’T 1s TOO YOUR If you reg- DELAY UNTIH Iv LATE AND MIS RIGHT TO VOTE. p ister now, you will not IT NOW. © TOLD OF IN ABATEMENT CASE Jennie Greenwald's house, at 318 Columbia st., stood for more than d against police raid This was testimony offered Wed neaday by Policeman Collins dur- ing abatement proceedings brought before Judge Gilliam by Deputy | Prosecutor Summers. James Campbell, owner of the | premises, and Mrs. Greenwald are defendants. Collins said he had noticed the house particularly during the time he walked that beat in December, 1914, and January and February, 1915, Men and women went fn and out at all hours of the night, he said, “Several times,” he said, “I tried) to goto get near enough to hear the con | versation. But every time I attempt: | I used the back en suddenly cease and “Later, when a squad surround ed the place and raided it, we found the burglar alarm system When a foot was placed on the third step of the rear stairs, the alarm was given.” A. A. Wilkins, special investi- gator for the prosecuting attor- ney’s office, testified he had visit ed the house and noticed women kissing men as the latter departed. “But how do you know those men weren't thelr husbands?” ho ‘SPY GOES TO EUROPE: LONDON, Feb, 9.—Ignatius Lin- coln, alleged German apy, who es- caped from New York, {s en route to Europe, according to a report today, was asked. He didn't know. “Did they kiss you?” put in Sum- mers. “Yea” replied the witress. THRIFT Is one of the biggest words in the diction- ary, tho it contains but six letters. Properly applied, it spells suc- Without it, fail- is almost certain. cess. ure A number of Seat- tle’s leading banks |] have a message for ||} you today on page 7 on this most import- ant subject. This mes- sage is an inspiration. ||| Turn to it now and \}) read it carefully. i PPLPILIPL LAL LL LLL PPP LPL LPL OPP PE on ONE CENT | | at 1570 Alki ave. homes were nearly all small. The four-room house belonging to |E. M. Davis, 1570 Alki ave. was totally destroyed. It was crushed to splinters. | A three-room house, at 1569 Alki jave., occtpied and owned by Mr. and | Mrs. E. Carl, was ally destroyed. M. M. Dee lost three houses at 1524, 1526 and 1628 Alki ave. They |were badly damaged. | The home of W. W. Eyers, 1502 | Alki ave, was partly destroyed. Police officers from the Alki sta- tion, under the direction of Lieut. Dolphin, were at the scene of the avalanche almost immediately aft- er hearing the crash, After 30 minutes’ search, they | were satisfied that no one had been | killed. Eleven women and children climb- ed out of the wreckage after the ac cident. The cliff along Alki ave. at this point is 150 feet bigh, and drops straight down to the beach. The melting snow and rains had percolated into the soft soll and cut off a slice about 200 feet wide and 50 feet deep. Many people abandoned their jhomes along Alki ave. Tuesday, for \fear of slides. More than a mile and a half of bluff is threatening to crash down at any minute. Firemen, after sluicing six hours, uncovered the body of Edward Gur- ney from the wreckage of the Mag- nolia bluff avalanche at 3:30 Tues- day afternoon, He, with his wife, the bluff at West Seattle Sta TRAINS NEWS RTANIM Be GERMAN CRUISER EN IN BATTLE | NEAR BERMUDAS NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—The Globe today said a Bermuda message reported that the British battleship Drake, after a three hours’ fight 200 miles northeast of Bermuda, had captured the German cruiser Roon. The Roon was one of the vessels named as the possible captor of the Appam. Two merchantmen, one of them armed, were said to have witnessed the battle. The Globe said it was unable to make public the source of its message, which was as follows: “Drake here today towing Roon. Took her 200 knots east, northeast of Bermuda, three hours’ running Her losses about third. Struck as we came abeam. with her, one armed. Took both. Brought here. Seagrave on sighting Roon, said: ‘Please God, More Days | WO tion, at 10:45 a. m. Wednesday. : One person, Mrs. E. M. Davis, is known to have been injured when the roaring mass swept down the bluff. e was severely cut about the hands while climbing to out of a pile of broken timbers, the wreckage of her home LAST =) | EDITION ann Two merchantmen The damages totaled more than $5,000, it is believed. The their home in the slide, Monday night. People living in danger of slid along Alki ave., on Magnolia bit and at the foot of Bell st., feared | further slides after the first dis aster, and many moved their be — longings and took temporary resi- — dence in other parts of the city. A section of Bell st. broke loose Tuesday and destroyed the founda- tion of a vacant house at 2235 First ave., was reported late Tuesday night, but no damage to life or — property was reported. LOUIS FELT LIKE A FIGHT—FOR A MINUTE ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 9.— “When I get this blindfold off, Tll show you a few points,” said Louis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, equipped with a pair of boxing gloves while being initiated into the Elks. Some fellow In front of him had tapped him several times with a gloved hand. Just then the blindfold was snatched off. Mike . Gibbons, probably world’s middleweight cham- pion, stood in front of Hill. Hill bought. Feb. BREMERTON, 9.—Four was killed when a great section of| eight-inch guns lost overboard from 7 Garfield and|a scow last week have been recovs ~ Joliet_sts. broke away and buried|ered by Diver Benjamin here today. 8 u jealousy over Doyle “ggpenable sic = Beal ou ogy ems ' |and ‘announce her partictpation in| BOY SHOT HUNTING) ¥ as tT the Balkan campaign as a resuit| ss m OUR MR. LOUIE LANG ‘HUGHES WON'T RUN of Premier Briand’s trip to Rome,| BELLINGHAM, Feb. 9.—Harry {i VISITS STANWOOD) Wa | Paris reports said today. Briand is|Lane, 14, son of August Lane, ts \ SITS STAI | Stacie NBR Pada FP ris for the Itallan capital'dead, He was shot by his brother, ‘ - if. Sepeere spent on See te Alfred, while hunting ducks. Justice, Hughes at t The following interesting social| ‘ting Washing ftem appeared in the anwood ee i be eee wiugecdas” bad ; , dite | Word received he dnesday Tidings, of Stanwood, Wash, edited) rr or the interview he told news-| by Geo. B. Astel Chief of Police Lang of Se- attle, was in town last week. | After seeing the chief, one does not wonder why The Star tied into him, but how he managed paper men nothing had occurred to lead him to believe Hughes will be a candidate for republican nomina tion for president | Hughes s the was Chilberg’s guest | W H | . Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex-| to yard out that flashy walthnes tire can European ware “chicken,” Is mot quite clear |* Fo eta for Tt ar and its sister papers, to the average layman. | k api | is Ineky he re i rs | 11 GERMAN PRINCES The next fellow who tries } TAR what he did probably will be | ae PASS APPROPRIATION; ARE KILLED IN W AR} cited ino , a | LONDON, Feb. 9.—Newspa- | _ Durborough went to Europe | WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Phe sen-| por rda in London show .| @nd traveled with the German ate today passed the bill appropri war mort mong German - | forees in the eastern theatre of 3 ating $500,000 for increasing the| princes is axsuming alarming war, getting pictures that have | Mare Island navy yard equipment,| proportions. Prince Maximilan | appeared fn The Star. While | and $100,000 for the New York navy| of Hesse, the Kulsec's nephew, there he took a moving picture | yard. The bill had already passed| jg, the eleventl latest. | of the kaiser on one of his own the house member of German royal fam- | battlefields, without the consent | pinay eens ore ria ah ilies to be killed of anyone, while thousands of | ve PPL, —_ —— “goosesteppers” stood by in awe Weather Forecast—Rain to ; CAWAL FEELS UAKE and waited for the worst ) night and Thursday. Strong Q Durborough is an American ) southerly winds. { r photographer. | “te tang Merete SX} PANAMA, Feb. 9—Tho canal This goes without saying. | i op Seach go zone experienced three distinct A foreigner would have died | Fos: a7 seers Jearthquake shocks between 11 and| before trying to do what Dur- | Heh st, 9:19 wna ft. )|11:14 o'clock Tuesday. The whole| borough did. Also, he probably | 4:44 p. m., 8.6 tt. doity was shaken, but no damage to| would have died afterward, the canal was reported, ‘ DURBOROUGH who photographed the Mext- in charge of two German staff W. H, Durborough officers, a party of 15 corre- spondents, Including Durborough, went east to Poland to see the big Austrian howitzers pound the fortress of Nowo Georglevsk to | pieces. Durborough took with him a motion picture camera as. well as his trusty “graflex.” They accidentally bumped tnto the most majestic of military ceremonies—a royal review. Nobody knew the correspond- ents were around. Their Ger man officer guide blundered, somehow, onto the scene, Another member of the party, Harry Carr, tells in the current issue of the “Photoplay” maga- zine what happened “The troops which had taken part in the battle were assem- bling on the battle field when we got there. “The fortress against the sky. “Down one road filed a long procession of Russian prisoners, was on fire marching to the rear. Down an- other road trundled the big guns that had driven the czar out of Poland, | “They had finished one job and | were on the way to the next battle. “In the middle of a great hol- low square of troops stood the war lord leaning on a little cane addressing his soldiers. Behind him were his field marshals, Von Hindenburg, Von Baseler, Von Falkenhyn and his sons, Prince Ritel Fritz and Prince Joachim, “Durborough begged our officer to let him slip in between the files and shoot a picture, “The worthy captain looked as tho he was going to faint at the suggestion. “Aw, just for a minute,’ pleaded Durborough pathetically, but the captain bad turned from him to a correspondent who had it a cigar, “One does mot smoke at a kaiser review,’ he said in a thun- derous stage whisper. “Which shows what kind of a thing a kaiser review fs. “Finally the ceremony came to a close, “‘*Adieu, comrades!’ erfed the kaiser. ““‘Adieu, majesty!’ they shout- ed back. “The ranks fell back; the square opened. The kaiser strode back to his auto and climbed in, “Spying Dr. Sven Hedin, the famous Swedish explorer, in the crowd, the emperor beckoned him to the car. “This was more than Durbor- ough could stand. He suddenly broke away and ran full tilt across the cleared place that the awe of the soldiers had left around his majesty, “Our captain was too much overcome to follow, The captain Just stood waiting for an offend- ed heaven to strike dead the im- pious wretch, ! WHEN DURBOROUGH, SCRIPPS’ PHOTOGRAPHER, TOOK MOVIES OF THE KAISER! § Magazine Writer Tells How Nervy Young American Correspondent Nearly Knocked the German Army Dead With Amazement i “To the frozen horror of the whole German army, Durborough set up his machine about S80 feet away from the k rs car and began grinding away for dear life. “The kaiser looked up and took in the whole situation with his quick, comprehending eyes. He laughed and lit a cigaret, talking a little while longer, probably to give the plucky Yankee boy a chance. “Finally the emperor and Dr, Hedin shook hands; the chauf- feur threw in the hop, and the imperial car started with a leap, “As it went by him, Durbor- ough took off his hat and said with honest sociability, ‘Much obliged!’ “The kaiser straightened up and one gauntleted hand rose to the visor of his helmet in salute to the American boy who had bad the nerve to snap an em- peror asking permission,” She — Ee