The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 21, 1916, Page 1

STON ASKS MORE TROOPS *. *+ * © @ *_ ¢ * © @ *_* © @ © ._* ¢ & © STONE-WEBSTER! WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE! | 3 ROCKEFELLER LAST EDITION j Spring, bee-a-ootiful spring! It’s the first official day of it, y’know. And look APRA PARAR RRA = PR ita ht Si what Salisbury’s gone and done. More THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS : rain tonight and Wednesday, was the cheerful word today. VOLUME 18 SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1916. ONE CENT wn weaune, oo TRACTIONTRUST STONE & WEBSTER te soc: or Tacx rower THE SOURCE OF THEIR POWER ~In a single year, the 70 or more companies managed by the Stone & Webster Management association earned ons) $26,688,521 their 6 hey paid an interest charge and had a balance for re NEWS PTANDS, be ‘WHERE UNCLE SAM MAY BUILD HIS NEW BATTLESHIPS serves and depreciation of $2,010,863 —Their street railways owned 1.299 miles of ingle trackage and carried 341,255,000 in a single year. ~The electrical properties developed a commercial power load of approximately 179,880 horsepower ani an e-ectric lighting load equal to 2.414.820 I6candie power lamps ~The total gas qutput was 1,754,158,300 cubic feet The various companies employ about 20, —~A few of the most profitable Stone & Webster concerns are: Pu get Sound Traction, Light and Power company, controlling power % Stations, traction, gas and electric light companies in the Puget sound district, with a capitalization of $40,000,000 and grom earn- ; ings of nearly $9,000,000 a year; the Dallas Electric corporation, Galveston-Houston Electric company, Mississipp! River Power company (Keokuk, Ia.) and Northern Texas Electric company. ! _ a I Secacrany DANIELS WILL APPEAR BEFORE CLA YBURG STORY | COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF BREMERTON BILL fra SENDS Sound navy yard for battleship construction, } The committee has been urged to pass a special bill for the ! Puget Sound yard, rather than tack the appropriation on a general / navy yard measure Senator Poindexter and Congressman Humphrey both spoke / | et ie before the house committee yesterday, and submitted data to con- On appitcation of Attorney John F “Murphy, Judge Ronald Tuesday || trovert the testimony of Admiral Benson, who favored navy yard | morning iasued an order against the publicath in The Star of the life|] development In San Francisco rather than on Puget found ap story of Mra. Isabel Clayburg, under arrest at Los Angeles, charged) vith complicity in the blackmailing plot in Seattle | ird's-eye view of | 0 employment of more The Star advertined Monday! that the first chapter of Mre, Clay.) focation In rela” | je 2,000 of the highest type of skilled mechanics for a min- burg’s story would appear today, but ALtoPhey Murphy secured his or- tion to Bremerton shows | der from the court on the grounds that the publication of this article, New the development of Puget imum of three years. naval re Alrea repair work has been | would be prajedicial to bia. clients, who are Dottie Coote, Lillian Peter.) SOWné ee ® great navel oe Aon Bigg “d struction. re nd supply assigned to the yard to keep SAN ANTONIO, March 21 (Bulletin).— | son and Mra. Claybure base would give the government 1,400 mechani besides an A hearing on the question will be held Priday, when it will be de pe srg yp te HR ppne stn Bt hon Barr fer mare Gen. Funston today announced he had co bas 5 beau ruc a '. . on whether or rot the court has a legal right to ixsue uch an OO than two years. the war department to give him additional he ® Nature has fortified the vi | The yard is 18 miles by boat fh | Im the opinion of The Star, the articles in dispute are eminently| einlty of Bremerton. The con- | from Seat! troops, so he could adequately protect Gen. | préuad: fer publication tinuous 404oot channel permits | Figure 1 shows the Keyport’ | Perghing’s “dangerously thin” lines of com- ‘: vessels of the deepest draft to | torpedo already in | ne 4 | The Star does not admit the right of Judge Ronald, or any other Oot tn. arg. ite narrowness | possession of the government. |munication. ? CHARLES A. STONE EDWIN 8. WEBSTER | court, to decide what shall or shall not go into its news columns. makes It a simple problem to | This spot will be the torpedo However, in its sense of fair play, The Star does admit that these | base of the Pacific coast, and is Who are Stone & Webster? Tho the Stone gi detendants nave a right to a fair and impartial trial, and it is not being fitted for that | By E. T: Conkle ry veloped as Secretary Oaniels | now. United Presse Staff Correspondent & W ebster corporation has been a dominating the intention of The Star, and never has been, to In any way Prell| hag recommended and 0 Sen: Figure 2 shows the United EL PA dice the case against them tor Poindexter’s bill provides, States navy supply depot, where isi H Pi factor in the Puget Sound district for @ score No matter what the court rules at the hearing next Friday, The Star is eoheted. to almast lemme: vast stores of munitions are irel d vw a ae 21. nyo hes: of years, little information concerning the heads) win not be untair to these defendants, who are battling for their rights, -dlately double in population, | Kept bee one is headquarters at Columbus to- : of the powerful company has been given the) \» a criminal court rere Port Orchard and | hae been surveyed by the gov. Gay that Carranzistas yesterday severely de- — | public. The Star sent a man East to look them| Seattion et more than 10,000, Saining school ‘The ieve tana feated the Villistas in a pitched battle. Villa up. He has gone into Wall st., New York, and MEETINGS AT NIGHT? ad would eventually, It f pre- | ereund Port Oreherd la \deal fer (retreated into the Santa Clara mountains. Seed that behind Stone & Webster is John D., Incorporated into one city of | yard are trying to pre | Col. Dodd’s swiftly moving cavalry is re- eller and his millions. He has gone to) ‘Council | Committee Discusses Plan| Battleship construction at the ington to locate the school at | ported today on a for march tow on cd y Puget sound yard means im. © this point. F Boston, Mass., and has picked up some other| ry ya ced ard | bi |Namiquipa to reinforce Gen. Cano’s Car- interesting information. Today The Star prints) | CHIEF : FIRES cop | aoe Te us: saan ate VOTE ARMY IN CRE ASE lranza troops which fought Villa and his fol- this New York | AFTER HOT WORDS th 12 Propier tackies by tHe lowers. - judiciary and department effi | In order to trap Villa if he es-| taff Special } rec ae ciency committee Tuesday aft. i leaped the central American column, | f WEW YORK, March 21—The |” Fottowing anvalvercation between, giener committee Tuesdyy att Mouse Favors Adding 60,000 Meni <1) conrat American coum | HFERQ TROOPS EAGER cat is out of — a stan. [Chit of Police Lang and a cra and Haas are said to favor the —_— + \cavairy toward Babricoma and Car ] ee ccallgs. the full signif: | man C. J. Mullen in the chief's of | change, The minority mem- | WASHINGTON, March 21— ,against Tillman's measure this|men, on either side of Namiquipa. TO GET HOLD OF VILLA | icance of Stone & Webster's as [fice Monday, Mullen was fired! berg are opposed to it afternoon. lo of them should be within sociations has been kept | | puesday All committee meetings will be| The house today amended Rep- Gasdunt: and; otha. ebvecaten ot etrikine distance of. Villa, today or BY H. C. BOEHME i under cove During the clash, Lang said (scheduled for the daytime. The resentative Hay’s army bill and | dnees plan to amend Hay's phen ’ U. P. Staff Correspondent waggle gy Ay rae Sof gpl to Mullen: “I'll get you yet,” | councilmen who want the regular|, empowered the presid jarmy bill, doubling {ts light and| Several lanes accompany DOUGLAS, Ariz. March tion of the $80,000,000 Amer | and Mullen replied: Ml have council session “postponed from| eal! out regular reservae In | Keay artittery provisions Ing the expedition spent the night |] 21—"God pity Villa if the iT corporation for “deve . 1 won't go » eve f r or threatene i ol t Man Frozen in | in Arctic 1 ing Amorion tauaienents one pac on you. w 9 om gin den a oo Sree S| parte: heyday twill permit | There will also be a debate on/|near A cion, within a few hours pa arity figal ie bee get Employer for $30,000 } commerce abroad,” the secret According to Mullen, the trouble | to attend to private matters during |" 9n incre: of the army by |mttitia tinder federal supervision. det the: Lalerte soe tag hs eee “thie “expres jon of the Damages | is out. arose when he asked Lang to let/ the day 60,000 men without awaiting Villa | general idea here was voiced today by an officer It is now common knowledge On| him work at nights instead of day Minority cotneilmen will fight) congressional action. | ; ; ) LL There is no sign of friction be- | Wall st, as it is in every invest-|time He had secured this permis-|the plan on the ground that all| Passage before adjournment of LUNDIN wi TRY TO tween the de facto government|{ in the American camp. When Douglas was in dan- LOST FOUR FINGERS (iit ‘house in the country, that sion from the Heutenant in charge. | members are expected to give their) the Hay and Tillman military athapesine | . tele! troops and Americans. _|behind the Stone-Webster electric! i+ Lang insisted he should work entire time to city affairs bills in the house and senate, | ABATE DRUG STORE v or during the. battla ae Frozen nearly to death while trav iterests is none other than John | qaytime, Mullen explained that his, Councilman Dale's flag ceremony | was the hope of leaders today. | ts Prits... the ‘ ersing the bitter wastes above the 1), Rockefeller. | brother, who ts paralyzed, needed resolution, and Councilman Bol A final vote on the armor tin |ADDITIONAL MOTOR as Selena oe Arctic circle in the interests of) ioe A anert or sad oe lsome of his attention during the ton'’s amendment to have patriotic pe ene this afternoon I, After So. pglscpnagirg atteuante border while Villista bullets . poration Is Rockefe' » day singing along with it, were also| 's © . 0 conviet the owners of the Stew TRUCKS ARE SENT rained on American soil. s n| | Erik O. Lindblom, Seattle and Sa Charles A, Stone, of Stone & Web: reece —— scheduled to come before the ju Disposition of Representative! art Street pharmacy, 109 Stewart A number of soldiers fell Francisto muilti-millionaire, Olof A. aier has just been made presi BRYAN IS FOR WILSON | diclary committee Hay’s army increase bill is rather | st., of illegally selling liquor, Pros. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 21 Victims to the bandit snip- Clasell, of 2224 Eighth ave., is su-|dent of it LINCOLN, March 21.—Wm. J.| | more doubtful, There is a chance|ecutor Lundin ts happy Tuesday |—Fifty-four additional motor trucks rs. During the fight and ing his former employer in the| woe Powerful Bryan is on record today as favor MRS.*BOOZER ON TRIAL that work on it may be completed |over the conviction in justice court /are en route to Columbus, attended || ever since, troopers of the United States circuit court here,| | Pluto je Hi ing the renomination of Prodident] Accused of enatching a porket today, but, it ie considered (more) of Sherman Billingsley, one of the /by factory experts who will operate Tenth, a negro organization, nite: y »f| book, Mrs. George Boozer, sald to| probable the vote w' »» taken | propriet P | utocracy in History Wilson. In a speech in behalf of| bool r « . |p. proprietors. |them in the field, It is expected || frequently have expressed a Tnesday, for $30,000 | wthe’ most powerful plutocracy |the Nebraska probibition amend-|have once been the wife of James | Thursday, as it will not be consid:| Lundin says he will make an at-/they will relieve the transportation|| desire hn get after “that The sult is to recover damages ra Fereaten. branch.|ment he said he believed there| Mariano, alleged murderer, is on |ered tomorrow tempt to abate the place, unless |troubles between Columbus and tne Villa man.” + contract, (the World has ever seen, branch-| would be no other candidate than|trial for grand larceny in superior Senators Penrose and Oliver were | the tenants are ordered to leave at |tleldtorcen | for an alleged breach o' ‘act-ling out into a WORLL t °{ Wilson at the St Lonis convention.| court Tuesday expected to make their final stand! once. cute ae Clasell alleges Lindblom sent him! money trust that is likely to in-) von tavernas eRe hint ne BEG PROBLEMS AHEAD FOR COUNCIL GARRANZA ASKS FOR PROTOCOL circle, in 1993, to take charge of faced tha - « st. observer today characterized the j soe Sing od jeremy os yeigie tremendous expansion of the Rock HREE big probleme confront the city. The council, newly organ: | Erickson tried to get a loop around the depots and common user BY ROBERT J. BENDER | meeting today, and was assent 4 i e says Lin . rl efel interests. ‘ ized Monday, must lose no time in taking them up. on Fourtf ave., to bring Division A downtown, Again he was pre- | WASHINGTON, March 21.— ed to. 4 i him $260 monthly and expenses if|@fe ler intinew tate of the $50,000 dyed vented, | A message probably will be There is no intention of signing | she mine paic, besides a handsome | iain i iican International corpor 4 , i ; | Erickson tried to get Division “A connected with the Lake Burien | sent to Gen. Carranza late to- |the protocol immediately, | Siaiaa bonus ation, of which Stone now is t (1) Division A car line, which at present line. This was prevented also. day informing him that Presi- time will be necessary to give both — F Arriving at the Kobuk properties.)) oi’ are some of the country’s 4 And now the new council hae substituted R. H. Thomeon dent Wilson and his cabinet (nations opportunity for considera: i he testified, he found there were | pead. Are Mole oe industry, the| “begins nowhere and ends nowhere.” So. chaleioun @f the UHiiton aamitnlasaa: AE. te awe 40 hereon have agreed to the Carranza tion of counter proposals 4 7 not enough provisions to Provide) Genpral Electric, United Staten (2)aThe sealing of the Cedar river dam leak. now. It Is up to the new utilities committee, It is up to the | suggestion that further opera A factor in the decision was Sai against famine Steel, Westinghouse Electric and pric Mie tt | tions against Villa be conduct- ization of Carranaga’s difficulty im A letter from Lindbiom Intercept) any other corporations being rep (3) The necessity for obtaining new power | ed und@rrhe terms of a written (making his position clear to the | ed bim, he declared, stating that| yoo iiag | ott | DIVISION A NEEDS, IMMEDIATE ATTENTION, protocol, or agreement. Mexican people, unless he had some | provisions were en route to him.|"°rp eis: steps will doubtless be| S#CS- ‘ | The clty expects the council to put it on a paying basis, The plan was presented by written document, or agreement, t@ He took charge of the shipment far- 14, promotion of engineering and | The council, now that it is settled down to work, should get busy. | to make the municipal line complete, as She vetere intended. Counsellor Polk, of the state show the Americans were acting im ther down the Kobuk’river, and In) anofacturing enterprises in us| Division A is losing money—every day, as Mayor Gill takes pleasure is Ne ee eee netie Bedde. Wor dere ene, | department, at the endings good faith returning to the Northern c@aMP sia and Argentina in informing the public upon every occasion. , waa ti lizard y > NG MONEY, BECAUSE IT “BEGINS NOWHERE | mies of municipal ownership have tried to make capital out of the id wethe thermometer dropned to 70| ‘The operktions of the new Rock AND ENDS NOWHERE ” leak in the dam, Mr. Thomscon and his colleagues cannot be too dill efeller, Btone & Webster corpora “ IT BEGIN SOMEWHERE | gent in patching up this leak « below zero. he sald THE NEW COUNCIL MUST MAKE sult against Lindblom for $59,000! ——— for personal injuries. attle Electric Co. influence prevented this, "i on « to be world-wide, and will f k ahead f the whol ounelt; the: ho Clasell ie minus three fingers of|tion are | , WHERE | There is plenty of work ahead for the whole c , those w his right Setak Ged one of his left as cover shipping, railroad _ bull ing ANE ee epee Tee: ide dotabe | co tar forget themselves as to neuen for the moment to peanut poll- BL. PASO, Murch {-—Lleut. Thomas’ ©. Seen ot tre Rane a resnit of his being frozen. His)and management, mili, ee Harping about te losses mic tine from Rainier valley to Ballard. | tice of backroom caucuses, as well ax those who were left on the “out: | expeditionary force has been seriously injured “somewhere in Mex: nose also was frozen, ax well as one |lureica) ae pubito #0r-) ney did not get It | side.” SiinGat wha i | ico,” it was announced today. His saroplane tal while he was scouts foot. part of which, he lost Oe ecarel ot . f the utilities comm®tee for the | WHATEVER PURPOSE THAT SECRET AS TO | ing. Bowen went from San Antonio to join the expedition "Cianell also has started another) The control of such foreign | pene ay jake va so OOGA A extended to Ballard, The Se | SERVE, IT HAS, BY THIS TIME, ALREADY SERVED, | "This is the first time on record that an American army aviator oR Dy rae %) | hb oor Bak 8 . NOW LET US ALL FORGET IT AND GET BUSY. has been injured in action. 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