The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 5, 1916, Page 1

DO NOT FORGET ~ RUMANIA GIVES ‘LITTLE GIRL LEARNS TO GROUND TO HER “WATER-WINGS ON HER “ BULGARIAN FOE BY WILBUR S. FORREST United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, Sept. 5.—The Ger mans are being pushed steadily eastward in a renewal of the | allies’ great offensive on the | Somme, but in the Balkans the | Rumanian armies have been compelled to give ground. In a driving rain, the British advanced 1,500 yards t of | Guitiemont last night, capturing | j 1 4 the whole system of intricate German defenses at Falfemont, : and obtaining a ; Leuze wood, Gen. ‘ ed today. Rad weather impeded the devel opment of the French offensive south of the Somme, but the French today reported the repulse of all, German counter attacks. | Admit Loss of Village The German war office admitted! the loss of the village of Chilly to the French in yesterday's fighting. Russian detachments have been dn action for the first time in the fense of the southeastern frontier Rumania The German and Bulgarian | forces, however, continue to sweep) on into Rumania and have captur. ea three towns in the Dobruja re-| gion, including Dobric. The flat piain of the Dobruja re- gion offering no natural obstacles to an enemy, advance has greatly / facilitated the German-Bulgarian invasion . Austrians Halt Rumanians Unofficial dispatches from Berlin| today declared that not only are the; German and Bulgar armies press ing their invasion, but that the Austrians have halted both wings of the Rumanian army that invaded ‘Transylvania | The Russians engaged in clear Ing AustroGermans from the wood ed heights north of the Hungarian frontier have captured more enemy! positions in the Carpathians, it was officially announced at Petrograd toda, besides taking 4,514 more! prisoners in Volhynia and Galicia HINDENBURG SEES | | FORCES DEFEATED PARIS, Sept. 5.—Field Mar- shal Von Hindenburg has ar- rived on the western front for the first time since the begin- ning of the war and is urging footing in Haig report. By Cornelia Glass |school. SWIM WITH STUMMICK” This morning, on my way to work, I found the Madison car| full to overflowing of very young men and very young women, | ot where Dilworth was shot was some of whom were complemented by a parent, and others of | whom were totally unattached, and all of whom scrambled from| the car at Seventh ave. and surged up the steps of the Centra! his commanders to s more | About 9:30 a. m. I entered the Central school myself. It had Somme, the Echo de Pars |that age-old school smell about the halls — you remember, you ! sathe Sia” man of Mazurian |STOWN up boys and girls, the mingling of new varnish and floor Lakes” witnessed the retreat joil with a dash of disinfectant. ; ; emashing British and French Just within the door there was a line of mothers. The dads blows in Sunday and Monday's fighting. it was the first great battie in which the Teutons have been engaged since Hin- denburg was appointed chief of the German general staff. The whole Somme battle front has suddenly burst into activity with furious infantry fighting and + tome of the most terrific shell blastings since the Anglo-French offensive began. The Germans are noticed in passing that they were tired look that comes from the vision dishes in the kitchen sink. No. 5, where! of A a very| with a glorl ur swept the teacher. boys!” oung woman came in into room nounced that Second to congregate. There been 60 in that room, all or leas orderli varnished little woman murm It was girls and letin an A were grader graders must have with Second Good-morning. said Continued | on page 5) ¢ nd r i All Shout “Good-Morning!” seats rom My COT) pon coment tai [ner in the rear of the room Went) .aq that said it direct PEACE SHIP OFF TO further to explain the tired moth-|) it was always sort of SETTLE MEX CASE ers er right out loud did? There they gleamed; and | seated, in th she | ness you you y to you, an to an you always hard Sixty Gleaming Faces but 60 faces that literal there were starched shirts and hair slick as to defy a hur hair bows abound on pink || Goordl-morning chorused back were NE Americ Ww YORK, With the flag flying at her mast and the Mexican flag f from her bowsprit, t yacht Mayflower New York Ar mission, all difficulties and the Sept an frocks 8 10 knows what my name {s went One ¢ on love aches neaked timid mast han that? in mock hea smooth prest- | ric steamed | the rbor today Mexican| The « to! hair, n the|are » facto government. | and they ew Lond Conn, | des-|too, that tina The first conference will] figure extensively be held tomorrow morning the boys first day dential out of the | bearing of school he air Oh dis What hurt, no more sacre perch upon from black to t they vital to the first day of achool, must be pink! I noted blue whité stripes hirts of} 1 from a hair the ade of| I'm may More hands sneaked That's bette Miss McHugh! little, sleek directly across from me. a blue bow on her curls a because she 1 had a and original mother Wrote Her Name on the Board agenta ap What is it?” and in the er faint voice brown-haired She prob: firm tion ina Today on Page 4 | Haven't you ever talked right out loud what you thinking about and then been startled at the on page Western novel, filled with those ound of your own voice? And thr k dge until | the concluding chap then, maybe, didn’t. your fellow i Ps Secondgraders giggle and didn't , . you blush it en ord of the Three Bar Teacher told her kindly that she Lang € ranch owner was right, and wrote her name on The t Mary Villiston who i the daughter the board to prove it of in poor health, who comes W to How many remember how to sit : - (ae Aye houplete He lee n position?’ ! mak r himself and daughter Is also a | Sixty pairs of hands are folded attle raiser ipon the e&act center of the edge d then, too, there is Louise Dale, a pretty stenog- [of 6 desks, 60 pairs of shoulders 7 4 jerked them@elves erect, and 60 fapher. pairs of eyes glued themselves up on the front ®lackboard, seemed not to have waited around, but the mothers had. tired-looking mothers — the : | lovel unwashed breakfast Yes They'll Work Hard had that they can work many have such a summer hard now hands shot violently and virtuous! Just here ward little who had been lost a girl roamed in She was weep: ing frankly and without reserve. 1 expected a roar of mirth, but there was not one gle snicker-just a long an tic silence while Misa M ed her tears After amosphere warm: one began telling little urging, how ent his or her dr that the led a bit, F after a he or she cation My neighbor with announced — definitel could swim teache had sf the blue that bow she Tecan swim ‘vith water wings on my stummick and without them ony my back she claborated Learns and Forgets “Pie | can speak a piece about a lit tle bo who ran away contributed at id white striped boy. “But I forget it he ended, dismally After that they all spoke a piece about a pair of robins who sang a song in a tree and the burden of} thelr song seemed to be “Weel Wee a re ark | had always con sidered peculiar to pigs but T have probabl what I learned in the Second grade. Then dismis«al bell sounded and they all filed out with many prom ines teacher to her at 1 o'clock for the afternoon session Some thirty-odd thousand other children and teachers get ting acquainted in Seattle's schools at the same time And | imagine their parents were thinking of thelr school days was. were 1) DRY GOODS MAN. NEAR DEATH AT CITY HOSPITAL William F manager for the W Wilkes, ed skull and internal Injuries that may prove fatal Tuesday morning, when he was caught | in the wreckage of his over turned auté on California ave A deep cut over the right eye 2nd brulses from head to foot, are among bis injuries The car overturned when the tire caught against the car track as an attempt was made to swing out of the way of a street car Wilkes, who ts about 35 years of age, lives with his wife and baby at 3545 Fern st He was rushed to the pital Immediately aft the acct ent, and physicians t e had not termined at noon, whether or pot ) Operation would be necessary city hos _ KILL ATTORNEY, With Girl | TWO MEN HOLD HIM uP| NEW YORK, Sept |that Dwight P, Dilworth lawyer. Montclair, N. J., was killed tn Lane” in Courtland park here Sunday night y would-be blackmatiers, the lice today are search for two men who shot him to death Miss Mary MeNiff, who was with Dilworth when the two men |suddenly appeared from the brush 4 ordered him to throw up hfs |hands, was permitted Ko to Long Beach today The pian to have her re-enact [the incident connected with the killing of her companion on the Satiafied welbto-do of Lovers’ a mans od The police base thelr conclusion I that D1 worth was killed by black mat! on the description of the the shooting hol given by Jous « reve 1p men, and of Miss MeNiff. ylaints that ha that the park ently been infested with blackmatl ers of the type that attacked Dil worth King Gives Cross to Man Who Shot Down Big Zeppelin LONDON, Sept. 5.—King | George today awarded the Vic toria cross to Lieut. Robinson, who brought down the Zeppelin in Sunday morning’ raid on London, the war office announc- ed today. The official announcement made known for the first time that the Zeppelin was destroyed in a thrilling air fight by an English aviator, and not by shells from anti-aircraft guns. Before bringing down the Zeppelin over Cuffley, Robin. son attacked another airship. ENGINEER FISHES; MAN LOSES $2,000 NEW ORLEANS, Sept Admitting that fishing luring but contending business is business, Edgar Wright, lumber dealer, today filed suit for $2,000 against an engineer on the Baton Rouge, Hammond & Eastern railroad In his petition, Wright alleges he lost a lumber contract worth $2,000 because the en | gineer halted his train two hours to try his luck at fish ing in a pond near the line. a] | | ti is al that | WHEAT PRICE UP CHICAGO, Sept 5. bullish cables and estimates by lo. palers of a world wheat short » boosted wheat from 1% cents to 2% cents over Saturday's close at the opening of the grain market | today doors. Van) The seattle Star NIGHT THAINS AN ANDA, w. F. WILKES CRUSHED UNDER AUTO | ALLIES RENEW DRIVE, HURLING BACK GERMANS Humphrey Smoked Ou tern Dry | Goods Co., sustained a fractur | BLACKMAILERS Humphrey today, by hs own words, prove that he did have something do with the pt chase of the infamous duck-pond site. His state- ment, printed in his standpat organ today as a de- fense, proves that he lied in his statement to that same organ last November, when he said, “I nev nad anything to do with the purchase of the site. refused to take any part in negotiations having to do with the spending of government money for sites within my district I refused to take any part in this and there is not one thing to show that I interested myself in it in any way, nor did 1.” To that extent, In fact, | always have Humphrey, the bluffer, has been smoked out. Nine months ago he publicly declared, “I refused to take any t in this, and there is not one thing to show that I interested my- self in it in any way, nor did 1.” Today, caught in a tangle of false statements, he himself brands this particular one as a plain lie. Humphrey should go on now and make a clean breast of the whole thing. He should admit that he wrote another let- | ter to the treasury department, marked, “confi- dential,” in October, 1910, 10 months before he wrote the letter which he publicly admits having written today. Humphrey tries to cover up his tracks in this | mess today by bluffing again about his $1,000 for- | feit. He says he has turned the $1,000 forfeit check over to his campaign manager. Wonder if he thinks this will fool anybody in Seattle? Hum- | phrey is dodging a public investigation of _ his record and he is still holding on to that $1,000 for- feit check Ww Ww Turning the knob even a trifle|plac as I|rings a bell in a new lock for home| part Nor has Humphrey agreed to al thru his campaign manager, ADMITS HE WROTE | ‘DUCK-POND LETTER,’ lon the BUT DODGES PROBE ONE OF HUMPHREY’S LETTERS ONE OF HUMPHREY'S LETTERS House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Aug. 12, 1911. Hon. R. O. Bailey, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, 0. C My Dear Mr. Bailey Since talking with you | have received several communica tions from people living in Se- with reference to the pur. e of a site for a public post- office station in Seattle. | am satisfied that the price asked by the owners of the property that has been recommended for pur. chase 18 A REASONABLE ONE, but should you still think to the contrary, | wish that you would commence condemnation pro: asked by the owners of this property. | 1AM IN RECEIPT OF ALET- || TER AGAIN THIS MORNING [| FROM ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY, AND HE || 18 VERY FRANK IN HIS STATEMENT THAT HE DOES || NOT INTEND TO SELL TO |} THE GOVERNMENT ON THE [| BASIS OF A FORCED SALE. || HE SAYS THAT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY ARE [| MEN WELL TO DO, AND || THAT THEY DO NOT INTEND TO MAKE TOO GREAT A SAC. RIFICE FOR THE GOVERN. MENT. | | am anxious that you make a |) decision either one way or the |! other, and pay the amount rec- ommended, or commence con- || ceedings at once. | want here demnation proceedings. | also to reiterate what | said to | know how these matters |) you the other day, that the let. drag along, and unless you act ter which you have, giving the at once, you will not have the opinion of certain bankers as to title to this site in time to get the value of this property, itself 49 appropriation for a building, shows that the price asked 1§ Should we have a public build A REASONABLE ONE | be. ings bill next session. lieve that any jury would return Sincerely yours, a verdict on the statement made (Signed) W. E. HUMPHREY, In that letter for the amount M. Cc. ; | After denying for a year that he had anything to} Judge Hiram E. Hadley— the deal went thru. It was close friend of Humphrey’s| as written months betore ritten to Bob Bailey, a jand was marked “confidential.” | | Afraid of Public Hearing public investigation At the same time that Judge Had Judges Turn Him Down lley admitted, in behalf of Hum The judges whom he named to} phrey, that the congressman DID|conduct the investigation will not | | write the above letter (but made no’ serve. | Strong, |mention of other letters), he also) Federal Judge Cushman is in Los |‘ declared he had received a check Angel | for $1,000 from Humphrey, the) Judge Ronald refused point | amount Humphrey said he would|blank, to get into the case jforfeit if the charges were proved Judge Frater is still to be heard} jagainst him from The money has not yet, so far) These were the three judges | as The Star is informed, been|whom Humphrey himself selected lin the hands of any outside |The Star accepted his selection | Is He Killing Time? Humphrey has not yet named any detec jthe forged signature on @ | leged EDITION sro MUST ASK FOR A REPUBLICAN TICKET IN GKORE ALISBUE y UP HOGE agg BAA VOTE AT THE PRIMARY ELECTION AUILDI + PEEKED Ot TOF THI bie pated FOR SENATOR MILES POINDEXTER, GOV, M PIN THE DISTANCE, HE COULD SEE THA they 4, Abie AN BRYAN, J. Y. C. KELLOGG, Lee the har THE °DDe Onn On} JALLAINE, ETC. THE PRIMARIES WI SR lll ig le 9 a he ®8E HELD A WEEK FROM TODAY ? ime PO ‘ e Bl pe yp dD TONIGHT AND FORGED CHECK LEADS TO FEAR OF BIG LOSSES of alleged Investigation padding of payrolis for county road construction in one of the South dis- tricts, which may uncover extensive operations ex- tending over a period of years, and reveal large pec- ulations, was begun Tues- day under orders from Prosecutor Lundin to Dep- uty Carmody. Discover y of what seems to be evidence of forged names of road workers on the payrolls came to light last week, iwhen the National Bank of directed Burns to investigate Commerce tives county warrant for $36, cashed there July 27, and made out to John Johnson employed on road cone [struction in the Third dise trict. Johnson was the victim lof the forgery and doesn't figure in any other way im the investigation. Burns detectiv district pay rolls auditor's office, they have told in the county Carmody was a arked ilarity between a num- ber of signatures, indicating that | fictitious names had been entered payrolls. “J's” Prove Clue A similar twist in many capitol J's” in signatures on pay warrant receipts Was apparent, they pointed it o discovered what — in going over — Names of some of the men, be | lieved to be dummies, were taken, and an effort made to locate them, An exhaustive investigation Was made in the vicinity of Kent and O'Brien, but the alleged road work ers could not be found I have turned the investigation over to Deputy Prosecutor Care mody,” Prosecutor Lundin said lesday The auditor's office is co-operat and has promised to turn over all the payrolls and re turned warrants. Not in a Hurry Carmody 1 up in court to ay, and it © several days be- fore we into this matter.” It is known that the payrolls, bes lHeved to » been padded, carry as many ¢ es some months, and that warrants were mailed to all who were supposed to have been work Some of the same names appear month after month, and in many cases the signature of the same al- “worker” is radically differs ent Lundin Questions “Boss” It has not been definitely deter mined who forged the name on the John Johnson warrant at the bank, altho a bank clerk watched it done Lundin said a road boss has been brought before him, questioned, d samples of his handwriting |taken The bank clerk refuses to sign kick at not receiving his warrant that started the investigation, It possible, according to em+ ployes at the auditor's office, that the alleged forgeries may hay been “slipped over” for a period of more than three years. other Nor has he submitted a written agreement to withdraw from the as he had promised. "itvany more time is killed, Hum: phrey will probably accomplish hig evident purpose not to permit the {matter to come to a public hearing, re , the complaint positivel 3 do with the purchase of the postoffice “duck-pond’'|this man as the fellow who Signal : site for the “reasonable” price of $169,500, Congress-|the Johnson warrant,” says Lune 44 | din man Will E. Humphrey has at last been partially | As there was a “John” Johnson “smoked” out and he admits today that he wrote the|*"4 & “James” Johnson on the igo |pay rol it is belleved that the above letter. | warra were mixed by mistake, Thi attar__ tHe, n 1 vay |A “John Johnson actually worked his letter-—now fully admitted by Humphrey Jon the road’ gang, and it Sean judges to take their places — Herbert M. Smith, superintend- ent of an insulating plant at Great Barr on, Mass, while trout fish ing ently, caught a maliat duck while casting a fly for trot \ a