The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 2, 1916, Page 1

‘es Six vears controlled ago every standpat, boss- newspaper in the state, every politician, every political crook, worked and fought ayd lied against Sen. Poindexter, and the people elected Poin- dexter overwhelmingly, machine a Poindexter has been brave enough not to make peace with the political jackals. ASK CHILBERG Therefore, he finds against him this time the same enemies that had years ago and for six years he has known that these same enemies: would be against to keep them have the people with he SIX never him, and he was willing against him and him. Why should the state of Washington trade a senator of Poindexter’s caliber, a man whose record is clean, dabbled frame-ups, with mileage fluence and respect in Washington? There tous trade, and the people of this state will make no such a trade. Poindexter in a man who was, hever graft, is entitled a man who crooked — pork-barrel] tainted a man who has in- is no reason for such a calami- to every vote The Seattle Star HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF - this time that he received six years ago and his record in Washington entitles him to thousands of new supporters. If the peo- ple could not be bunked and deceived by the lies and slanders printed against Poin- dexter six years ago they cannot be de- ceived now. Poindexter will be elected—and elect- ed overwhelmingly as he was before. History will repeat itself. NIGHT EDITION A READER INQUIRES HOW IT HAPPENS THAT ). FE CHILBERG, THE BANKER, FORMER PRESL TONIGHT AND SUNDAY, UNSETTLED WEATH DENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IS FOR ER; PROBABLY SHOWERS THAT VHAT POINDEXTER AND AGAINST HUMPHI®Y. MEBBE iEORGE, THE WEATHER DISPENSER, DECLARED I'S BECAUSE SEATTLE GOT STUNG ON THE TODAY, GEORGE IS A CHEERFUL PERS! EH, POSTOFFICE DEAL, BETTER ASK CHILBERG, THO THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT ‘DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS : } E NEWS : | WHAT? AND THE RAILROAD STRIKE IS PRAC- ‘ scigrenetaiaiain TICALLY AVERTED, TOO VOLUME 19. SATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1916 Oy SEMAINS | AND ‘ HUMPHREY FAILS TO MAKE GOOD HIS PROBE BLUFF Up to noon Saturday, Congressman Will E. Humphrey has failed to make good on his| 9wn proposition. At Bremerton Wednesday night he said. he would furnish photographic copies of the record to prove he did not influence the pur-| chase of the “duck pond” postoffice site. He said he would give $1,000 to any charity The Star might name if The Star) could prove its charges. He also said that he would withdraw from the race when such charges were) proved. Thursday night at Everett, Humphrey| named as the investigating committee the following: Federal Judge Cushman, Su- perior Court Judges Frater and Ronald. He said he wanted the investigation wide open on all the charges. The Star has accepted every cones made by Humphrey. IT HAS PACCEPTED EVEN THE JUDGES NAMED BY HUMPHREY, and * Uni HERMANNSTAOT LOCAL RAIL MEN SURE 1,170 TEACHERS IS EVACUATED =STRIKE IS AVERTED TOLD 10 ROUND office. PUT UP THAT MONEY YOU BRAGGED ABOUT, MR. HUM. PHREY! Put up the photographic copies of the record which you said would prove you innocent. Put up that written agreement to withdraw, which you voluntarily sug- gested. Get OR, BLUFFING? YOUR OWN JUDGES to- gether, invite the public, and let the hearing proceed. The Star is ready. Don’t welch, Humphrey. accepted all of your own conditions and even your own judges. WERE YOU MERELY Come Thru, Humphrey! The Star BY AUSTRIANS insisted only that the investigation be con- |, ere wade Saturday. ime Firemen or ducted in public. The Star offered to let’ mil run to Portiand and Spokane, the ‘manay Humphrey name also the time and place|_ ‘Ge sete sins bare called. Mota t of the hearing. @ arrival of 30 allied warsbips| gen wi sade in Forests But up to noon Saturday, Congressman) * 0. 00); tive miles aay. delay. sa employes wnol serene Athens dispatch r rted that * = Humphrey has failed to put up his promised | eas Athens 4 $1,000. He has failed to put up his written agree-|‘"",."""" a ment to withdraw from the race when the, charges against him are proved. martial law has deen declared He has failed to produce ANY photo-|iii) "pon the. arrival of allied graphic copies of the record or anything) (it (ih Seriously il fome yet’ gisoarsonth contracts, were be called in to rental tat at else also reported the revolution injgwitched into the $2 class by the Neutenants shifted to their places . North ece spreading thru compe whey as was planned a few weeks ago by He has failed to notify HIS OWN COM. |i: apirus, with the move ploy -sarvive hinsion's [Chief Beckingham men aratio of war by rul gw p 1 » effec ne och me “ scheduled MITTEE OF JUDGES when and where to|Gii.c Tapas gniaing strength. | erga rte ee ete ec. crews (Gaturday, bat the plan was. later In ever theatre of war excep » out all unrestricted serv Capt annic meet. outh of the Somme, the allied war/ice phones in gpartment house § in charge of Bal lard In his speech at Burlington last night, trices reported victories today. | (en arty lines, two parts iineas and “Denamore precincts, will phone: and start charging 3.50 main there altho Capt. Searing Is which drew a smaller crowd than United ERTS IN tah eae be nen iy baa (edd AE lr a Rise a aly le States Sen. Poindexter had there two weeks THREE CONC Ss Business houses, that former Willard, “out of central | station ago, Humphrey attempted to dodge out of a| GITY PARKS SUNDAY :::.. and $7.0 for regular nervic, | Lleuts. Hedges and, Mason, who . ‘i ‘ es other precincts, and Lieut. Dolphin, public investigation. : ---- ee concerts are scheduled for| month rat Pi vatepin in chara Oe tse ees inday-—two are set for the after precinct patrols con and one in the evening Lieut, Mason's patrol ow on LOS ANGELES RECORD WINS FIGHT wetctat gtoee concer eh oe | EAL TH OPPIGER ac sntte's tare ect| po Woodland parks, begin-| Hedges from noon until 8 p. m., and 4 d continuing until 5. Dolphin from § p. m, until and will entertain at BY FORCING MAYOR TO RESIGN t Was cause he ar carried nothing lst PHONE CHANGE ss [S$ EFFECTIVE cal circle earance ort th dicated throne Rome a trom GIVES WARNING ° Railroads Saturday were ac- ;belon to the brotherhoods, oper cepting perishable freight, fol ators say, Will not strike. Many of lowing a modification of the them have only # short time to embargo orders issued early in | work before they will be pensioned BY WILBUR 8. FORREST the waite pending the brother. and h signed up to “stick ted Press Staff Correspondent 1, cogg: strike Monday, and hope t ou LONDON, Sept. 2—Without of rail peace was general in The companies have made per Serious opposition by the Aus Seattle sonal canvasses of their employes trians, Rumanian troops rolled Hazen J. Titus, dining car to see just how many will walk out steadily westward toward the superintendent for the North. | Many of the younger men refrained heart of Transylvania today, ern Pacific, received orders from making promises one way or while the war clouds dropped from St. Paul that all dining the other lower ever Greece. car service would be suspended Brothert members Saturday The capture of six Transy! If the strike went into effect the arrival of Albert vanian towns, 1,800 pri While railroad men in Seattle i president of the and large amounts of boo generally belleve that the strike|Protherhood of Locomotive Engi announced in an official state has been at least postponed, prep neers and E from Peorta ment from the Rumanian war sd fight toll, beadquat POLICE SHAKEUP IS CALLED OFF and Wagner's at the lat tem of having captains in , command of precincts nstead of code Wagner's band will also play in lieutenants, is in operation in prac ne ae t. 2-Follow-| It read as follows the evening at Volunteer park, from| That the Cedar pr watershed tically every city In the countr L GELES, Sept. 2— Follow Members of tie city. council eg stands in danger o rous con Ing charges mad Owin to m continued ill —— ltamination if the cou constructs DOESN'T LIKE SIGNS gels Record, See at acon the: avon Ot 1 the proposed Selleck-Green River or . oe Ln hoeaie clans, | hereby respectful _BILLINOSLEYS SUED Hot Springs road was the warning esigned as mayor of Los Ang si PS my resignation as mayor of Jsent the city council by Health! J. A. Ballargeon brought action d his resignation was accepted |tASGSr My te Angeles to take ef-| Commissioner MeBride Saturday. | Saturday to restrain M. Prager, @ the elty council today in radi Mager yoe A. B. Stewart, of the Stewart & I simply wish to forewarn you,"{tenant in his building om Second eession : srewident Martin Betkouski of |Holmes Drug Co. has filed sult|/he wrote, “that the entire force of ave. from using “gaudy and sensa The fight co the mets fac dhe ae council automatically be-|against Logan and Fred Billingsley |the health department could not! tional signs,” and ed the court Record was MD it other forma came acting mayor when Sebas-|for recov of $1 iid to be! prevent contamination,” if the road,/to order the removal of signs a threats, Iibe Hite and other recor |tian's resignation was accepted. |dve for merchandise and drug! which para the river, 8 con-|ready on the windows of intimidatio ‘allure tore fixtures purchased for the | structed tention to withdraw his ave nae already being made e editor of the Record After 50 of married life, | Third # P t t Pens tn Sein i) health as| Mr. and Mr “purett 0. Pratt, 44 He ae eh tiie chemmeenicak play ignation. He celebrated their) W. F. BARNUM of Pacific Coast| already purchased the wa dimine th championship of the oe ae an teva ace ‘ding Friday n hen |Co., coal, railroad and steamship|and | ding a large amount of| Northwest, open to all comers, is signed & Di Pernese men headed by |60 friends and four ‘generations of |company n Seattle on annual in-| money patroting it. He had been/to be held soon at the Seattle nat: | Pred I dikee ot ate ‘their family assembled for the oc-!xpection trip. asked for ne report on the matter. “atorium UE i, 10. the time nrollmente entered upon will be me lined economi believes creased attendance in every of the etty Chicago, supervise in the grammar eral numbers UP 31,000 KIDS Details of a gigantic plot on the part of 1,170 school teach- ers to get 31,000 kids confined in Seattle's 70 schools at 9 a Tuesday, were worked out in pitiless detail Saturday by Supt. Frank B. Cooper and the teachers at Broadway high school Friday afternoon he tatked to the principals. And Saturday afternoon the teachers will go to their re- spective schools and scheme with their respective princi- pals m. cloth 7 efforts wil eep the youngsters in yaical trim, were among things discussed by the edu In fact the whole idea of phys welfare of school children ts being worked out very seriously by en is year, say school officials The ol board till consider some of the details, as to how g. and how, th hall receive exercise, and receive ysical examination downtown school offices ructive At the Saturda authorities pre icted th ld probably an ine , nts en: rolled this year. The number last ar, roundly, was 31,000 the school census shows an in Crease of at least 250. There are 1,170 schcol teachers Iread red, and one more for each tudents, or approximately will robabl be € i from eserve list after the increased roliment is known | The cost of running the schools next year will be approximately All of the 64 grammar schools and four high schools will open on epairs will not delay any That the school year about to be t successful in the history of t public schools, was th made by Supt. Cooper to chers. Briefly Cooper out conditions which he favorably to in district point Miss Laura Virginia Breyfogle of who has just arrived to the department of muste schools, sang sev NO MAIL MONDAY +» Registry, stamp and general delivery windows at the post office will be open from 8 a. m until 10 a, m, Labor day, Mon day, and the parce! post win. dow from 8 a. m. until noon, but no carriers will make de- liveries. the fullest and | CITES RECORD OF DEMS AS SENATEA RUSHES NEW LAW WI BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Press Staff Correspondent — LONG BRANCH, N. J., Sept. 2.—President Wilson @poke for WASHINGTON, Sept. Zw 7. BY Just as soon as the house eight-hour bill — unamended— “becomes a law, the railroad brotherhoods will cancel their tional strike order,” A. B. itson, spokesman for the unions, “announced this after. noon. an immense over the beautiful grounds of Shadow Lawn, the president accepted his renomination at — the hands of the democratic » party, outlined the fe ments of his administration, publicans as party of masterly inactiv- standing pat to resist BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Press Staff Correspondent LONG BRANCH, N. J., Sept. 2.—President Wilson was in- formed in telegrams from demo- cratic senators today that the eight-hour law for railway work- | The democratic party, the presle | ers will pass the jdent said, holds to very definite overw! | ideals : | might, averting the threatened The day of “little Americanism, railway strike. |with its narrow horizon, when | methods of ‘protection’ and indus- | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2.— | trial nursing were the chief studies | The Southern Pacific railroad |Of our provincial statesmen,” are today announced the raising of |Past and de +, he said. the embargo placed a few da The pecyie, he said, would net ree ago on shipments of perishable | ject “those who have actually arv- freight and live stock. ed them” for those who are m. ing doubtful and conjectural prot ses } BY J. P. YODER Jof service. United Press Staff Correspondent | eoittizing | the: easier rf of his party, the president said hé WASHINGTON, Sept. 2— |democrats have virtually crea.sd) The United States senate spent today arguing with itself pre- Paratory to casting the votes that will say whether there Is to be a nation-wide strike. While the senators argued, however, they were practically agreed that their votes would be against such «@ strike. They were prepared to put their O. K. on the preventive legislation proposed by the president and | indorsed by the house. By nightfall a new federal eight-hour-day statute is ex- pected to be part of the law of the land, so far as the senate can make it. The Adamson bill, which was passed in the house by a vote of 239 to 56, with minor amend- commercial credit for the farmer, jhad “given a veritable emancipa- tion” to the workingman, had re leased the children of the country from “hurtful labor" and in addi- tion to many other things had put thru national defense leg ition greater (han any ever “seriously proposed upon the responsibility of an entire political ty. He said We have come very near to carrying out the platform of the progressive party, as well as (Continued on page 8) | commerce committee, would fix the effective date January 1, Instead of December 1, 1916, and exempt railroads less than 100 miles long and electric ments, is the same measure street and interurban lines. which the brotherhood leaders By midnight it is expected to be officially declared Thursday |complete, bearing the president's would constitute a “ tory | signature. settlement” and prevent the Six o'clock is the hour set for the strike. The amendments, add- | vote, and a special messenger is ed to conform to a draft fram. |ready to rush the measure to the ed by the senate Interstate [president down in Jersey. NOISY DEMS GATHER T0 TELL WILSON HE’S THEIR CANDIDATE BY ROBERT J, BENDER U. P. Staff Correspondent LAWN, Long Branch, Jvresident stopped at last night. In the Station was a big Asbury Park crowd at the | SHADOW German, who . Sept. 2.—Overhanging clouds, | boosted his son to the platform, an occasional spatter of rain | saying seted President Wilson today Son, this is Mr. Wilson, our when he arose, prepared to take /next president up the party cudgel and begin his fight for re-election. A land breeze from the Southwest indicated the day would be warm, A low mist hung over the ocean More than 200 men had been as signed to the task of guarding the president Automobiles and vehicles of all kinds, laden with joyful democrats, mto arrive early amid increas- iM it the weatherman had The boy shied a little at this an- nouncement Don't let that alarm you, my boy,” said the president, laughing as he shook hands with the lad, On the platform from which the president spoke were Mrs. Wilson, Senator Ollie James, Chairman Vance McCormick, of the democrat- ie national committee, and members of the president's family, Owing to the threatening weath- bega plotted to dampen the ardor of the/er a huge umbrella which would occasion, he was sadly folled.|cover the platform was ready for |Horns, cowbells and various other use in case of emergency, Light contributed a rau general pande before the noon hoarse from spatters of rain continued at inter. vals up to the hour of the ceremony, TO TALK ON ALASKA Raine will show pictures Jracket devi lcous chorus to the monium, and long | hour, were jel heering. Sleeps in Home State President Wilson slept last night voices | Edgar C in New Jersey for the first time of Alaska and will deliver a lecture since he left the state for the) Tuesday night at the Seattle Com- | White Hovse. imercial Club, The public is in- En*route to Shadow Lawn, the vited,