The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 17, 1916, Page 2

STAR—THURSD., GERMANS CHECK |BABY WHALE IS |WANT TO BUY ‘ALLIES’ ADVANCE SEEN IN BAY! OFFICE BLOCK? | | Official Claims Differ as) Fishermen battled for five Owners of Downtown Prop- Fighting Grows More | houre In Elilott bay Thureday erty Offer to Sell at Desperate morning with a 40foot baby Tax Value | whale only to lose It after SOMME BATTLE RAGES | they had enmeshed it In their IDRY LAW IS BLAMED nets and anchored It to buoy No. 1, off Harbor Island. Capt. Paysse, harbor master, said the fishermen telephoned | frantically from West Seattle that they had captured a large shark and wanted him to send | the patrol boat. ‘Capt. Gunderson was in charge ot the Patrol,” he sald, “and made |a hurried trip to the buoy Just tn time to see the whale tear away| the anchored nets and swim up the | Sound, leaving @ trail of blood The fishermen believed they Always Top-Notch VAUDEVILLE and Photoplay THE ONE THEATRE WHERE YOU MAY BE ASSURED OF THE BIGGEST- BEST SHOW ON EARTH FOR Frequent offers to sell down. town business property and of- fice bulidings outright at thelr sed valuation, or one-half their supposed actual value, were made by owners before the county board of equaliza- tion Thureday Following the combined pro- | test of some 30 First, Second, Third and Fourth ave, property owners, all of whom declared their assesaments far in exo of the legal 50 per cent valua- LONDON, Aug. 17.—Strong | Austro-German counter attacks Italian offensives temporarily, tho the great battle of the | Somme continues to progress — favorably for the allies. | For the firat time in more | than a fortnight, the official statement from the Russian war office today recorded no further gaine. Petrograd dispatches carried the dmission that enemy counter at tecks have checked Gen, Brusiloffs)..4 4° shark and asked that the| tlon, the board took thelr com veers var office reported |Patrol crew bring along all the) plaints under advisement. not onl F the repels ; Pali Réwlen | igh-powered rifles and sawedoff| In case their petitions for reduc y pulse of # t Ishotguns aboard, Gunderson sald tion are rejected, it was threatened, attacks, but the capture of a dom-| sult would be brought to force the % the fishermen had caught the ant manne, balan’ me the Carpethions oul in their nets and after a battle Assessments down ‘The arrival of Austrian reinfores- ; 12 Harold Prestc f Weekda: listing from 2 a. m. until 7:20 had arold Preston, one of the pro: 5c Pn y ments and the Receenity Of | dragged it into the bay testants, declared he believed First Matinees straightening out the Italian front)" )"’oo) certain that there are no ave, property had decreased in par naee Ss core march] jwarks in this vicinity. Even a/Yalue in the last year more than | agai . ~ ii ... |whale is a strange sight In the amy other property in Seattle Evenings Offictal dlapatches from the Ger) oiiing, | “The greatest cause of this de Sundays ee, FER enh Eee war of) preciation,” he sgid, “ts the dry | fices regarding the outcome of se-| law. vere fighting on the Somme front | RMY PREPARED Preston asked a reduction on @ yesterday and last night contained toven-story building and property sharp contradictions. ] FOR RAIL STRIKE « First ave. and Seneca st., as Similar contradictions are con-| aiaes at $68,260 tained in offictal reports regard. | Bight years ago it was bought for tng recent operations in the Bal) gan ANTONIO, Aug. 17.—The $190,000, he said, and the net In Kens. A delayed Bulgarian official | united States army on the Mexi-/come was at that time 6 per cent | hg “g toes ghee oye ~ Te loan border has no fear of the con. The income today is reduced to 3% Lagi wbeoed inch attacks @x-| cuences of @ railroad strike, Of. Per cent, Preston said, on $100,000, TODAY LOMBARD- PARKER Co. Acrobatic Stunts, Magic, Novelty |tending along a wide front, while ficera of the Southern department Yet the building ts full of renters F Et the French war office announced R. K. Dykes, reprosentt: th: eatures, Etc. successes in a number of local|{nformed the United Press that), 7 Sy ote ti ritiiding Co, - e hand ‘ © With Other Acts operations, jthere are enough supplies on hand) os ‘inet the assessment on Rr a mm Rae neg mmm | to last at least 60 days, at the pres i —and — : ey the 42story Smith building, com- Can you tell me when a woman|ent rate of consumption, which) 0 cone reduction for one year's ‘ER GREAT lis like « duck?—H. J. C Jeould be greatly curtailed in case) hor cent rm When her hair ls down, lof emergency. | I had considerable trouble get- PRICE |ting the actual coat of your bulld Save the JITNEY Metro Feature —With— Mabel The Seattle Electric Company !s waging 9 war of extermina- tion against the Jitney. Its methods are those of the piratical bands who have long infested and fliched the world. It uses the Taliaferro I believe ft ts ot overassessed as “If 1 had that much money I lusive and hypocritical guise of regulation, It resorts to lies, false representations and other disreputable methods to secure signers to its petitions. Vacations for its employes are contin gent on the number of signers they get. Many signers are ebil dren of immature years. The people have tried to get car exten sions for ten years; and yet, the company bas the unmitigated gall to make false and vague promises of such extensions; but when, where and how nobody knows. It seeks to destroy whole some competition and enjoy monopoly. Based on the same carrying capacity, the money invested in minutes WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Men| Springs who have fought and found the way] Sched to defeat cholers, fever and scour ges of many kinds, gathered today |from all parts of the United States to consider a national fight on the infantile paralysis epidemic now _ THEATRE Srd Ave. and Cherry “EUGENE LEvy, MGR. Springs. INFANT DISEASE °\3'%0° «::, ed sch sled not even at Three or four pointe-were | Hughes again made a prov to hear the candidate) Ment on the t for a bare three or four minutes, administration's attitude. but no formal speeches arranged, COLISEUM —MARY PICKFORD From soutan- NOW wm SATURDAY cian a ae seer”! MU GHES NOW ON WAY BILLINGSLEYS GET [BOMB CASE DELAYED over the building personally, and CES ISCO, it stands today.” TO SAN FRAN ciSCO | a — Do you want to buy ft at your figures?” asked Dykes wouldn't speak to anybody in King county,” sald Thatcher By Perry Arnold ad be with | Philippines,” of more than a few | them in the pre Sbasta| know, without my describing it.” Portland last night Hughes deliv- Jered another broadside at the dem ocratic policies, concentrating his fire on the Philippine situation. ——_ art of the three-card monte shark and the bludgeon of the mid- Other kicks were {n the same United Press Staff Correspondent night marauder, It is trying to kill the Jitney off, under the de- vein. ROSEBURG, Or, Aug. 17.— ® Charles E, Hughes today took the OPEN ATTACK ON biggest Jump in his trans-continen. “We ought not to consider the tal trip. He was en route from) suggestion of scuttling out of the to San Francisco said, “to leave icament which you ince f and attacked the | Hughes’ train was scheduled for Shasta! brief stops at Grants Pass, Med | ford and Ashland during the day, In his spech at the ice rink in’ in addition to the stop here street car transportation is about four times more than In the @itaking the Ives of American ba- dies When the first session opened, n the United States public health Jitney, and the people pay profits and dividends on this differ- ence. The Jitney affords an honest living to many men. The | Mary Had Lamb, But Cop | Had Gander —~-i KER 1S KILLED OTT WA, nh, A Aug. fas employed for strike duty ‘the German-American Portland company plant at La §alle held in the county jail here cans an inquiry into the/| of Stanley Wisien, 26, a) . Wisien was found dead on | ns th track. He was shot thru and beaten to death. | mouey paid them stays here, but that pafd the electric octopus goes East to pay dividends on watered stock and to fatten the purses of bloated bondholders, The Jitney ts safe, quick, cheap and convenient. If you do not want the electric company to an nihilate the Jitney, then inform the City Councii by phone or letter. Save the JITNEY vice bullding, there were repre- itatives from 38 states sr neluded men who had helped con- quer bubonic plague outbreaks, cholera, yellow fever, typhold, spot- |ted fever, and many other malig. pant onemles. They declare them- lealves hopeful of success against jthe present plague. SUBMARINE TAKEN NEW YORK, Ang. 17.—A cap |tured German submarine, lashed to lthe side of a British cruiser, was brought into the h port of Deal, while the Cunard liner Alau nia was being detained there, the Alaunia’s passengers reported on her arrival here today A British destroyer with a heavy |list, and evidently badly battered You Can Play Any of These Favorites the First Day You Ever Play the Piano brought Into port at the same time. Jane | Matron Hard to believe it possible, yet it is true! So true that we can ab- solutely prove to your entire satisfaction in a few moments, that with Doe, 3, with large, eyes and a wealth of curly hatr, her around, keep him company on his beat. “There like a duck” while the for her mother. departm by shell fire from the U-boat, was ST. LOUIS, Mo. Aug. office 17.—Hary had a litte lamb that followed but Policeman Joseph D, Horn has a little gander that “Joo” as the gander is called, is as Horn travels the streets, Horn won the gander at a street carnival. He has a large col- lection of pets. BABY LOST; HAS GOOD |. 5.05 Sine ari rherstny| TIME AT THE STATION perney at Railroad ave. and biack| Her face was dirty, but she was in| happy. St the station Matron having the time of her life in Police | Berry washed her face and Berry's Thursday, equipped her with a large sandwich, ting| which disappeared rapidly as she | sat playing on the floor, the help of jHere Are More Words of} | Praise for Regal Pain- less Dentistry Ivised me to tr theo And I ertainiy want t you can play in a day “Annie Laurie,” “Dixie Land,” “Flower Song,” |ittvout Hurting me abi stiracted] Ww 1, BLANNING, 1110 Walt 8 Waah When you “1 Love You Truly,” “Juanita,” “Stars of the Summer Night” and se- lections from Grand Opera. highest ‘ol dental ‘work done without hurting you a bit, why you take chances by’ going iu. 8. Barrack Shoes | NAVY HAMMOCKS ainves upper and instep. Prive N thing | pair W. 8. 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Fred and Logan ‘Billingsley were | tined $100 each and sentenced to 30 days in jail Thursday morning by Police Judge Gordon after they had pleaded not guilty to a charge of violating the dry law on July Sergeant Putnam on this date raided their warehouse at 2128 Westlake ave., confiscating a bar-| rel of alcoho! and paraphernalia for the manufacture of cheap whis key | George Vanderveer, the Billings-| lley lawyer, appealed the case Imm | diately. There are two other charges lof dry law violations against the | | pair, but they were contipued pen- | ding further police investigation. | Adventure and Dip Intrigue Pathe W: BOUND FOR the Kuskokwim | river, the power schooner Ruby | sailed Wednesday with a cergo of machinery and groceries | Showing a Wrestling Match Between Joe Stech- er and “Strangle?” Lewis Just Printers 1013 THIRD MAIN 1043 M. Guterson’s Famous Russian Orchestra PACIFIC OUTFITTING CO |} ibsemeeartencsncs COR THIRC & UNIVERSITY bs y Boldt DRESSES MEN WOMEN) | jae y Waber (|| CLEMMER Seattle's Bes Photeplay House Big Night at the Natatorium Special Program of Aquatic Feats in Honor of Visiting Merchants, Starting at 8:30 P. M PROGRAM Girls’ swimming race, 40 | 7—Crawl stroke. ards | Ray Da | * awimming race, 1 A snvbaie Leslie Crane 8—Front drive, back Jack J. Buckingham dive, Jack Sutth | 4 ppdtoy, O'Nelt 3—8wimmt nt n¢ mse A: Wituntae —_ Cliff Dunston 10—Front dive, back jack @tve, exile Crane. sitting dive, 2——Prof. Ernest Hemen * J. W. Hil. swimming Instructor r yrs sR 11—Swan dive, one anf one- 4—Aqua tricks and poses Ted Preble. plastic, Note—The diving platform George Dowsing. Is 40 feet from the water line, b—Plunge for distance 12—Nickel diving contest. W. W. Robinson Free for all. 6—Back stroke Finders keepers—get all wesite Crane. you can, General Admission, 10¢; Bathing Privileges, 26e; Children Under Cleanest in America Seattle’s $200,000 CRYSTAL POOL challenges comparison as the cleanest Natatorium in all : America " No other bathing establishment approaches the Seattle Natatorium in cleanliness. As the salt sea water comes up from the depths of Puget Sound it is purified by the latest chemical process before it ; reaches the Natatorium; once there, it is put through 4 a $40,000 filtration process, and through another sterilization treatment that renders it as pure as cer. tified milk All day long the water circles through the filtra and sterilizing processes, and each night. the pools are emptied, scrubbed down, and refilled with new water especially cleansed and treated. This emptying and refilling is an interesting process; come and see it after 10:30—it’s free.