The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 1, 1916, Page 1

F-OUR GAS RATES wry? AN BX IT WILT HAPPEN THE COST OF GAS IS HIGH IN SEATTLE RECAUSE THE GAS COMPANY HERE HAS CLUSIVE FRANCHISE AND PERPETUAL NEVER EXPIRE HOW DORS THAT READ ABOUT IT ON PAGE The Seattle Star (i: THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS (ime 19. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916. SEATTL WASH., REVOLUTION IN GREECE MEANS AID TO ALLIES King's Flight Is Followed by Elevation of Son to | Monday, Novem said: “I never vith the pur FACT,23 Al WAYS HAVE REFUSED TAKE ANY PAR? IN NEGOTIATIONS HAVING TO DO WITH THE EXPENDITURI OF GOVERNMENT MONEY FOR SITES WITHIN MY DISTRIC1 * * * T refused to take any part in this and there thing to show that I interested any way, vs TO is not in it in one myself SOMEBODY LIED Because the records show P16, and Gh August 21, 1971 ters to the treasury departm office site, in one letter saying, “The reasonable.” October 12, this Humphrey On the post e asked was regardin na debate in yhrey s I wrote s Because the treasury nearl site on October time he said he wrote his October 12, 1910, was marked ‘ Seattle 1915 In another Tuesday, November 9 “T have n seither paper Because he ac mn June August 12, 19 that he wrote a letter on her letter the year before the + c ging its ble. ment asking into the duck-f the date of 1910. said Poindex the me PUZZLE: WHO'S THE LIAR? ———— ee SSS | vestigation board. MURDERER ANGE ‘BOYS’ SCHOOL WILL |3 KILLED BY FUMES WILSON SIGNS THE CHILD aoe | BILL | eorsom prisox, car, se romphold, 21, R GTO today mm ned WASHI resident death on the fold at 10:05 toda « the Ity for the small | Joh labor bill 1 am glad to have had m part in it,” he sald, as he affixed | ville, his signature. place him “It wii mean much to the health | bery and vigor of the country.” |ago. n Sperbeck under Folsom murder of an officer In Marys when Sperbeck attempted to|C. A arrest for rob. The murder occurred a year Throne | TROOPS JOIN REVOLT BY WILBUR 8. FOREST (U, P. Staff Correspondent) LONDON, Sept 1.—A ner. fous revolution has broken out in northern Greece, and, ac- cording to Salonika reports, King Constantine has abdicated his throne. Official dispatches from Sa SS ASNT HE MEAN crown gore thing yhrey's id p bah or in Bremer nobody gone lookout material into the bay laration of P. boxes, | nd follow Three men were Hi The Madison School for Boys, an! monia fume officially of the old YM. C,A will open and in a jured today in explosion it# in the pr term of school in the Y. M.\at building Sept. 11, Jones Clark, B. Ed., head master, will give three scholarships for the coming year. organizatior a terrifi conducted Hoys' school, which ivate refrigerating plant) of Fairbanks first ? contro! of one district in Mace- ) ] donia. The government forces in the edonian town of Vodena have joined the revo- lutioniet The, Greek troops in Salonika| were disarmed and interned by the! Anglo-French forces after a crowd " . a lof revolutioniats id siege to Federal Judge Cushman and Superior na non and fighting had ‘re Judges Ronald and Frater are to hear the, Atness «9; " comm charges against Will E. Humphrey. world Fd lonth ” > These judges named by Humphrey last tiswe ebiichtipa buee- secre’ tiem night are acceptable to The Star and since | {)*, “cry anita). but it ls knows ‘there is no need of more than three members|" ¢allles wns secretly active to hold the investigation, The Star with-|acorte according to Salonika re-| draws the names of its proposed judges, and | Jor'*, hens’ Po resin foto | is willing to rest the case with the three se-|idoi of ihe Greck people and’ pro | y in sympathy, he Is understood i lected by Humphrey. |to have tae backing of ex-Premier| acon, Gar eept. 1—Doll . 7 . Vv los, lead ” the , war ~e Humphrey in his speech last night also j.:; me iiss ss dle raat gnndol declared that he wanted all of the charges) ,77°,057"", (pey'0n, hin ten paper picture of the militia of r she h ki that have been made against him laid before |teen received of King Conntan ee ne mean looking?” ad , t,t But he looks this committee. [tion officials aaid they dc sotto |' She Comartiad, faethe 9 HEARINGS MUST BE OPEN | “The general -mobiltzation of the| _ That was her epitaph for! the . We Greek y ha ordered It ; ly pes The Star accepts this challenge willing-| is believed here that Greece, influ. |D* Twlned her life a year ago! ly. The Star accepts all of the terms and |0°%°°* >», Dulsa‘ia’s declaration of| and tight blue eyes that look ll of th diti laid d b H OF OR: EARS -LOCRy i | at you trustingly from under all of the conditions lai lown by Hum- (Continued on page 9) her low.done blonde hair, y ; . ae Ad. 4 phrey. The only thing that The Star insists. |: dns-the’ atnar oto lore wom upon is that the hearing be held in public, dren, and soon to be the moth . . * er oO ‘our! ou wou ake that the testimony in full be given to the pub- har to be Oh: but ahe ache ana lic and that Humphrey put up his $1,000 Bert Sagar J. Spratienioras net forfeit in advance. victim, shot down in his tent short ly after Mrs. Adams alighted from All Humphrey needs to do now to oot | ne Atlanta train and tripped out to the mobilization camp. the investigation under way is to name the| | ‘The girl-woman gave herself up time and the place at which it is to be held. to militia authorities , after the If Humphrey wants to go back into the old ng, prominent Atlanta mileage-graft charges, The Star will be to his. office tor treat ready. cectne © Ea see sak The Star’s case against Humphrey will } H.C. Adams, AU . . . . mat said the same be very brief, and it will be entirely of a doc-| Atlanta umentary nature. The Star will introduce the congressional records showing that) SLIDE BLOCKS Humphrey voted for the mileage graft by| which he was to draw $1,200 for making a) trip which he never made. The letters that Humphrey wrote to the!| WallGreh: tied ic, treasury department in connection with the ||) ,)\) ae Star | Taare Sana! seramalehish ° ° ° ° : nepeethe’ “ s ' day receiv postoffice site, particularly the one in which ‘ c directly | Maj. Gen. Goethals, reporting Py ead sé 1 of the lide at Cucuracha, just he urged that the deal be put thru without '"''°"""" Rein Hie ae OR ay quid Tatil CR ate delay and the one in which he said that the dare in ton| NS vacgales Weve uinene: cee price asked was reasonable, will be prac- sary ae: Oe AN since Wednesday. * ’ . * 1¢ Star promptly called it - tically all of The Star’s evidence in the) (joe emphasis, ‘The Star DON’T DIRTY UP duck-pond case. |repeated the fact that Hum Since The Star has accepted all of Hum-! phe) aid apna : at P BAY, SAYS CHIEF phrey’s judges and is willing to accept his |"); ° <4;1; hes ne amie’ terms and is willing to let him name the 'to jai! Chiat ot Folivad, Hed time and the place for the investigation, it wet a is now Humphrey’s move. The one condi- FAIRBANKS SAYS a waste 3 . . . . other re tion which The Star insists upon is that the hearing be held in public, that Humphrey put up his $1, 000 forfeit and that he posi- The orders will take effect Sat \tively agree to withdraw from the race! oo... ,poris. ind, sept. 1 urday morning and the police wii |when the charges are proven before the in-|charies W. Fairbanks.” republican | Pr ee eae ee tho candidate for vice presidert, amaz Capt. Paysno said, ed his audience, when, in his ad m. dress here in formal acceptance of Pee aaa setts nave vos | FRENCH GUNS BOOM ognized Huerta in Mexico. OPEN SEPTEMBER {l He was a powerful soldier “ey PARIS, Sept. 1.—French tape NS . G ey e e na above oO prs cleaned German trench on the tablisbing orde said F yank and the Alsne last nighs The notification ceremo were prisoners, it wa yesterday on the lawn | announced today home. On the Somme front, French ar Neur Bros. Meat market The jtillery was very active in the re Frank | five men were in the basement en A special program and dancing| gions of Estrees and Soyecourt gine room High pressure caused | afternoon and evening will be the The cannonade in the Balkans is the explosion, which wrecked the trae, ot oe LA Marti af SaEtin tines bid no new iad en. plant, picnic Labor day in Fortuna par! sagemen| have occurre: ’ ‘LOOKING?’ ASKS | WOMAN SLAYER “pisces PANAMA CANAL t Warden yase that dock-sweepers and oth- | ln were making the bay look like Oa cesspool | Umit, | NIGHT EDITION LOCAL MANUFACTURER SCARE US YESTERDAY, AFTER THE OF WEATHER TRIED TO HK HAS KEFORMED CONSIDERABLY TODAY, FOR HE BOLILOQUIZES THUSLY TONIGHT AND SAT URDAY, GENERALLY FAIR; GENTLE WESTERLY WIND: WAY THE AND ONE CENT = Sis" Siikne | CONGRESS IS RUSHING THRU WILSON’S BILL TO PREVENT RAIL STRIKE HUMPHREY TO BE TRIED BY JUDGES | PRESIDENT MAY SIGN NEW LAW SATURDAY NIGHT; Hopes to Get Chance to Sign It During Notification Ceremony | G, O. P. MEMBERS HELP BY J. Pp, YODER United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, |—President Wilson may re- |ceive notification that Mone jday’s scheduled national rail- rn strike has been ordered lealled off simultaneously tomorrow at Shadow Laws of his renomination for the presidency. The senate plans to rush jthe eight-hour bill thru ber fore it adjourns tonight. | Sen. Newlands introduced |the senate bill at 2 p. m. Actual legislation intended |to prevent the railroad strike was put under way shortly after noon today, when the |house adopted a special rule under which, at 4:30 this aft- the Adamson cig! -hour bill Ail arrangements Yor | session were completed afternoon. Senate le they would remain in session even after midnight to get a They said the bill which the senate will put thru will be the same as the Adamson j (house) bill. te “The bill will go thru the sens STATE TROOPS | ix Stents settee | LEAVE TONIGHT State commerce committee in charge of it. : The si ment of senate re- publican leaders this ‘noon that they will not seek to ob- struct the legislation increased HEADQUARTERS, NATION- confidence of the administra AL GUARD, CALEXICO, Cal. Sept. 1—A_ military train in two sections is being loaded with all its equipment this morning, and the First bat- | talion, Second Washington in- tion in the belief that ti strike crisis is as good as | fantry, was expected to leave | here early this evening for ended. The rule was not adopted with. out objection, but the democrat mae jority held the debate to one hour, | ne house debate on the Adam- son bill began almost simultans mobilization grounds in the |C0usly with introduction into the | Werth senate of the similar senate intere | Other battalions will follow | as soon as rolling stock can be concentrated here. Oregon troops are not ex pected to move until some time tomorrow Mrs. H. C, Adams and one of her three children, and Capt. Edgar J. | Spratiing, Georgia militia officer, she ehot. state commerce commission bill for an eight-hour law. | This had been perfected during a recess granted to permit a Pe publican conference. Cheer G. O. P. Members Republican Representatives Lane root and Cooper, Wis., announced the ould vote not only for the special rule, but for the Adamson bill SHOT T0 DEATH ‘I dislike the attitude of haste,” said Cooper, “but I object to the charge by Representative Bennett, New York, that the railroad men are forcing the legislation ‘with @ TACOMA len 1 gun against the head of congress.” Rethel The railroad employes did not bring jongahorem this case to congress. They are not early today trying to hold up congress. Brotherhoods Law Abiding The president brought this case here. T is no more law abiding t the Mi.|/body of men in the world than members of the four great brother+ Tillman nonunion to death of four uniden feved by the police water front em colored, 87, a was shot by one to work when d He pursued from the street to a near by office building. Bethel had |! he | Pn ae Jreached the second floor of the ee | bu {Iding when his pursuers opened fire, one bullet passing thru his {heart and another penetrating the | abdomen The no arrests was oined Cooper in declar- “responsible The president “R01d te Tuesday this crisis had been threatening the nation’s life for a year. Why | did not he, and why did not you | democrats do something before this |if he and you knew of the impend- ling calamity? No one believes this is really an eight-hour law. It is merely legislating the employes an increase in pay.” “Shotgun Procedure” n procedure” is what Rep . t called the ac tion o brotherhood leaders in ly an eight-hour law can saying ¢ | prevent the strike Monday Republican Senate Leader linger said “Phere will be no obstructive tactics, The bill probably will be passed by tomorrow night.” ilants were pursued, but were made. ' SAN FRANCISCO, be dead, two dying and several seri Jously burned was the toll taken |by a fire which swept the three story Romeo apartments and | stores underneath them early to- day Scores of lodgers fled in scanty attire. Firemen and policemen ef. |fected many thrilling rescues. ‘The | damaged Is placed at $30,000, Paul randy ts dead and his wife and Mrs, Clara Van e ceived such serious burns that it is f ‘ed they may die Sept. 1.—One | ATTACK ON FATHER ‘CAUSES GIRL'S DEATH LIMA, O0., § abe 4 Sheriff Sher man Eley, W was manhandled nd sev jured by a mob of enraged when be sought to protect Charles Daniels, ane The winter Naturalization classes |gro, accused of assaulting Mra, start at the Y. M. C. A, September|John Allen, wife of @ prominent 19, Dr. S. J. Holmes has been| farmer, learned upon his return |reelected president and A, L,/here that his little daughter had | Tertsagian, secretary, of the com-|died from the shock caused by the mittee, assault upon the jail, with the formal notification — ernoon, it is proposed to pass re