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ro’ The Seattle Star we to rain on Memorial day. Here’s the fore- tellin, bout for the last five days. “ ot eangatg oes ; omy Stell one Pl imal THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS : a5 and Tuesday, _ partly VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, MAY 29, 1916. aa SD 6UCONE CENT NDS, be James J. Hill, Empire Builder, Dies x! ! Justice “ee wos WHY “JIM” HILL WANTED TO HELP CANNOT RALLY Put Into we REBUIL D BEL GIUM! SEATTLE EK MEN the Race —— TELL ABOUT RAIL ROAD WIZARD AFTER SHOCK OPEN HEADQUARTERS b on g hie Ii 5 N ' h ith in lgiar other man BY . L. RENNICK : th te : ther maz, U. P. Staff Correspondent ; i as done: CHICAGO, May 29.—Justice : 4 . b cits Hugh cresidential boom was put under way in earnest to day when Frank Hitchcock, postmaster general in Taft's cabinet, arrived here “1 am not he to open Hughes headquarte but | will keep my ear to the ground,” declared Hitchcock, 1 who is one of the supreme 4 n 1893 Hi rope court justice's most aggressive ' bundles the Gre - Supporte: ; . Seattle are r 4t Lam confident Hughes will ac-| } P is clan ept if nominated by the repud | $ “ a Mean party.” asserted Hitehcoe , a8 He has not told me but that 3 : anociars is the way | fe ave not seer ‘ tno Hughes for a m« onllttt toa He is the m like lidate ‘ b would be hard to beat \\ N ; hoard of d sen, but Hughes is the man to do, 3 N =e gs Hae : fbi it statement, when th eo synte Hughes’ name will be placed be fore the convention first, accord ing to arrangements, Alabama, yielding to Whitman of New York Hughes will have 50 New York Ofes, on the first ballot The first candidate, Coleman DuPont, arrived in Chicago today | and took personal charge of his/{ headquarters. He said: “Delaware, | my state, has indorsed me. I ex-} seaneteetoeartsd pect other support. But what I/ t ; - HIM went New York again mmigrants to take up the nd he + dream most want Is for the best man to} JUPHCR Ei HUGHES to London, té o to Hol and of the great Weat whes ne ited Port Angeles hoard of director He was the greatest m olution to kill the \e have ever knowr ays Judge Hill hastened k to St Burke. “He is the one man Paul, and there, it t» related ommer life that I can he recalled the directors, ahut say was a genius the door of the meeting room It was Hill's idea to develop and said Now, gentlemen the country thru which his we will stay here until you re railroad ran, He studied agr His dreams, as they were verse your action uiture and was a master of called at first, did not stop at Someveacissién. evidently was _ ita problems the coast ‘They crossed the made He personally campalgned for Pacific, to China and. Japan future Was assur Roosevelt supporters are prepar-| y : ihe wrdioet Men witho 1 : pre t PAUL, Minn., May 20.—James J. Hill, one of the ed ta meet the colonel’s train at} : ite wit F n ‘ ‘ yut men PAs 1 i Pipe AF J one webs “4 ee when he passes thru Chi Features of Seattle's Memorial Day Observance a. no “ \ an empire builders, died at his home here ¢ago en route to Kansas City for a 30 a. m.—Monster parade downto : Og Sane : conte ore 3 1 lay, following an operation for the removal He will be here four hours, but Doubte-he ie t wame; Seattle n rn i re in a r “ ting ; On account of his age, 78 years, he was unable to resist he will not i Stone he. makes ua nae 5 r ‘ a > he . aioe the shock of the operation Piet ce wa conser onth bell|| 3 « De a idtes soepiat tater > aeons mother ; ‘ey t : “The end came quietly,” said the official bulletin. “Mr, moose leaders here ceméte t . you @ lette r 1 would In J ir, and enco ill became unconscious a few hours before. There were n@ sat Fe tremendously in value aging the imy n of eath agonies “ ” oe . les . Drage , The pal ndor * sch tena’ aa the One of associate Hill's children, who had been arriving for two days og, : ; parle nteriote dBheg.sor7 2 ailr ‘ 1 havin 1 pe ains, were with his wife at his bedside when the ss necontt > . human catapult i 5 e GOES UPTOWN z a) RELIC. 3 were : ree h re builder's condition |afflicted with an intestinal carbume P si Neve t ' was 3 ; * ro! harp turn for the worse Cle. AN TS ISSUED Berar 2. oe hin : a rifll rail assed for his | ce nose wandly , Special trains began bringing Did you get The Star's “busy WARR tylea ing n r 1 He wa ) eppro: Pring? Vier Mametda, friends and relatives to the bed- } 7 fais “ afterward the waiting, at ¢ pm. Sunday Hill's pulse cores of Seattle folks have al- i naré of @ t 4 1 i - i fed 2 psp hews rr we startled by was reported improved ready had it—and circulated tt " ' . x spe i x p ice of Rev. Thomas J But at 9:30. hours before his Maybe it will be your turn next eS , eee : ae Gibbons, pastor of the St. Paul ca- death was to come, Drs. Biggs and If you get it, be sure to call — ~ 7 Se ae ee ous pe 4 if t star whe ate iral ‘ Ifillan winced that “the out- he Star, as we would like 4 Pitieen avtasiaal sanraintee 4 é ; ! : \ “ t He bad son e dineony an Abe look was extremely serious.” the arrest of as many Seattle co. oo oo ‘ “eager page Mocca» : " fire . far meen, a> to Hill Te Conference on Death Bed during the week. druggists were issued here | 12 ‘ th ge i 1 n writer " sig Fee : pert were Hill's activity continued right up If you got it Sunday t Monday at the instance of Sec ° oe Belaies ormer ¢ a j ill a ~ o sick roou, and. the [tothe last aos SP, Yeo. Teare Were 6,1 retary D. B. Garrison, of the . nd \ nh ‘ . y arily feared He held a conference on his who had it Sunday of whom The tate board of pharmacy, who gts ay Mie cba lalaee oe ant any failures, e > 1 : Wan reported Hill |death bed tes stare py a ae || has just closed a twoweeks’ t As : ring rena toutiae ogy ¢ ‘ rum iy bat apeeallaing that his illness probe oe thn aawutewia: deetiol a vestigation of illegal liquor traf- the ng of Belgium to visit : ‘ : * ; j t continued would prove fatal, the aged ' ° a a fic in this city DW, Salltvan, 52 hin y il 1 e t Train Brings Sedative inancier on Sunday called several when Mr. Brattrud of the) 4toit 99 more 3 sg | Wiest ave 1 P f , specie) train was ordered railroad officials to his side and ieaee. Set aioe, 2 oy " ight 3: V. rerivan ose is _ made a record-breaking n, and he ‘ t to t ) comment « “night on the Chicago, Bur-| instructed them regarding the dil yought 45 cents’ worth of ice cream '*ued by r risol JN. Turivas, 920 Vine st blic stat ay age P a e the i1 aid, and at t 1 Charges of fa to expose cer ray oO t tent } rate n & Quir to bring a spe | position he wished made of several at the Minor pharmacy, 1100 Broad. *#!¢ — . a | tie a ‘ 8 n b \ " 1 fa r e reporter s 1 bin sedative n Chicago. pending matters way a E - aa a id card | tere 3 bar s e " r 1 mmed up the — he had tir 1 jor run, 4 iles, was made in| He also conferred with two bank 5 aay chews : aces t e king , ‘ 1 » minutes, | officials yusy dollar ent to the Madisor B we 4 abe ‘in, Vhat T f est . g the ‘ record be James J. Hill's childre theatre, at Broadway aud Madison. | A® ; t elope [Fi : country ed has » to tal . the two - N. Hill, Mrs. A. M. Bard and Mrs, vet é , = When sdative arrived, the | Michael Gavin, of New York; Mra, >, t . Lith Joctors 4 to use it after orge de Mrs. Em oeck= aiteruoon, in Press club, held me “ < v. Lister say eee ws the National City Bank of New — cloc Jiate all mann, Miss Clara Hill ‘ane ‘ ‘is morial exercises for depar com b ae ae eee eee . : York, closely allied = with this connection, a con Just fo king th ) The home ris W. Hill, next | W. Hill of St. Paul: Wa rie des. Th ‘ollowing persons are | Second ave P “ppg j ' : : “aie Sct SUL al rad ‘ ‘G ase eececaehd Rockefeller, will exert a tracto in eattle once de question e thund Joor to the ag financier’s was Hallock, Minn. and Mrs, Sai 1 complaints ‘drawn by) Garrison's co-operating wi mighty influence on the Great — scribed Hi a man who ex won't talk to you at mtg yw oper the doctors and| Hill, Maryhill, Wash Bae Mon. | authorities in an effort to ma Northern R. R., now that Ja ng to be done Within 48 hours, th ‘ “— d thelr assistants. The St. Pi : ~ he|Hquor business in drug stor 2 ons an ir aussi St. Paul is preparing to honor the ‘tat t pa é J. Hill i@ dead, local financial esterd the new president iT front of the J. J. Hill home since! Hill's memory men declare Before Hill expanded into a announced Saturday had been the scene of a Every division point of the of ownership a cation of dru egistered druggists and prosec : ; ' : ; : s se pring of newspaper men, | Northwest is ready to pay tribute and moving picture in memorial ceremonies tores ing ed folator inde Wo Ht, Bott rietor of the Bolton + criminal law 1 @ Dring Co ; © offenses charged In each of The funeral will be held at 2 Children at Bedside p.m. Wednesday from the Hill res. oa “nteramations ied Montes oe TTF You Caa’t Go to Chicago Yourself, the Next Best Thing [s ong at the Bedalde of the! ral | dence on Busniilal Aye PARADE FACTIONS onde of fie would be “vat | to Follow the Big Conventions Thru the Reports in The Star ten vi eldest 302 GAMUEL HILL LEAVES terson said young gon and wife Mrs Samuel Hill, son-in-law of J. J, There are r 00 drug # Hill of Marysville sh. | Hill, well known here as Washing- T ; Samuel Hill of Marysville, Wash ashing. RM n this state outside of the city Hi rAR w : ! ress. The vill be The United Press theory is that gaughter, and Mr, and Mrs, J, N.|ton’s most pronounced advocate of of ttle 1 Garrison ipo hoine + vandat Q i its own staff correspondents are j4\)) of New York good roads, left for St. Paul Sat. ane and Tacoma are so unim treet with best equipped to meet the demands = Airs, Samuel Hill of Washington | Urday night portant in the tllieit liquor business that the nationa ¢ r on elop of convention reporting. atate, Hill's daughter rived on '& Envoys from the prepared. nday noon, | c le that the pharmacy board is ignor publics id progressive gibi ies At Chicago the United Press will special train and rushed to the| From Dock Clerk to ness camp, and their oppon i on 0 t ing those cities. Seattle 1s the hot ranvestion vhich open 4 : jie depend entirely upon a specially! qeath chamber just in time to grasp ents, representing the Ameri 6 parade bed of the mushroom drug store fren A nd chown staff of its best men. ‘These her father’s hand before lite tick, @ Multimillionaire ‘ / nt Ptere £ sland the & ae edie f ’ ) ‘ " under the general charge of ered ont ‘3 <i can Union Against Militarism, De the wiart far MBS EHAE| ie clerks be esidetahad|. Wed vill by r ; oy Wi Howatd,. pre af tile |” Sry Bard of New .| That Was Hill’s Life ere Senetiied te aterm the | the #6 close then for discovered during his two wee 1B tar Leip i : i eee Fred 8. who son a Special limiter The history of Hill's life is council chambers Monday after aca ey, are getting salaries as high ie ty P paper |° y ' rRusor , c r. | wa ‘ t the bed! the history ‘of development Ii neon. b y an $ 4 month he: ; hi babs : S nelude Pe side wher nd can The peacers intended to op. In r r er P The -ordinar alary of such 1 y any ¢ v the delegations of Washington, Ore Lowe ! ied M 9 ‘ “4 pose Dale's resolution callin citt 0 rextat t bp: 4 0 enth rin "| fon and Idaho to the convention ckel iroat ' ¢ Fifty years ago he was a t] i the rs oman r s clone to a mont or he ‘ The w rt for representation of each city of thei ' ill b The ha going to | He will tell you some of the inter Parke, re lapsed and an extremely | dock clerk in St. Paul and government department in the | ried to Seattle aboard H. HB. Ke ACTI | A ICA | esting things that happen en route. Robert Bender and Ren: | nervous condition cticall 1 preparedness parade June 10. nedy's boat VE N FR give you ALL the news, |NEXT TO GOING YOURSELF, nick OT a uearadl eeain LOubbUneié practically penniless, ording to word re ‘he delegation represe the | Gatvad Grom ‘him. Monge and is going to give it to |THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO Mellett and Eldred were, until re! ‘The final collapse came with He dled: ai multtnlt onaiies Northwest Business Forty uniformed Spanish war vet LONDON, May 29.—Gen, Northey you in the same crisp, in 18 TO FOLLOW THE DOINGS AT cently {tle newspapermen startling suddenness, It was late Hill's parents were plalng paredness leagu planned t¢ erans, and Or not in form s marched his Briti#h colonial Lr aatine rele that j THIS HISTORIC GATHERING Special wires will run direct from jast week before a word of his hard-working Scottish and resolution wt v » tin r H Fortson 1 ) miles into German East J , tS vandilan THRU THE COLUMNS OF THIS the United Press seats, next to the ous condition was allowed to K North of Ireland stock. ploye “ ; a ale Aida. LAGATAIEA to Glapatenen Fa ristic of handling PAPER speakers’ platform in the Chicago out Hilt pat le lay news in The United Press, in its arrange- convention halls, into The Star of. ‘Ther ments for “covering” the conven. fice ai atior t ria ‘ he Beattie Le sin” thé Whale dront Uelweait Lal <i pics tlor Wop » the same course William F ‘ ipaniniend ; read rare: when he was 15 years old sesa and Tangany! Mie | has followe the war in t of t h the ere brough ' Loch blosted that hope. t« main Brith i 1 » ZA rope and prit ther ex. P . il general charge i r « 1 When he ‘entered the fuel ana Oe of ' aordinar v " rra i her oped 1 (Continued on pege 8) START HAROLD MacGRATH’S STORY, “PIDGIN ISLAND,” ON PAGE 4 OF TODAY’S PAPER. IT WILL BE PUBLISHED COMPLETE THIS WEEK, lete record of was asked SEATTLE MAIL carriers Sunday will re a for a per \ . It seems certain today that g t be " N guave mai o o ity Prosecutor Patterson ith failing file wit board r declaration | Pr TODAY'S TIDES AT SEATTLE the Northwest wanted to be a great rived toda surgeon. His ‘father's deata mare r h t t Srighton P: The Britieh are surging forward