The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 9, 1916, Page 1

{ we oN SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1916, 4g OLUME 109. ONE CENT , { 9 SHIPS [FRAT BOYS PLAYING DAD TO LAD |We Call This a Pretty F ine College Stunt RESIDENT IS TOLD NO LAW IS VIOLATED ASBURY PARK, N. J., Oct. 9—The German sub- | Marine activity in the steamship lane off Nantucket com- Pg all rules of international law before acting. Daniels informed President Wilson in a pre- liminary report today. The president will make no statement until complete evidence regarding the submarines is in his hands. Daniels reported early advices re | definite word has yet been received detved show no loss of life as the |from the crew of the Kingston, result submarine attacks |which was sunk 20 miles off Nan- _and that the submarines gave full} tucket, ne reports sald - notice their intentions before| Several! S. destroyers are in sinking ‘any of the vessels. No that vicinity BY ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Staff Correspondent) LONG BRANCH, N. J., Oct, 9.—The German ernment will be held to the complete fulfillment ot pees to the United States,” President Wilson) rend todapebs- a, statement to. the-Ameri¢an people upon man Sibiiafine attacks off Néw England. The siltement follows: so far as they are concerned, and the country may rest assured that the German government will be held to the omplete fulfillmen of its promises to the government of the United States. a “| have no right to question their willingness to _ fulfill them. It started with Clarence Eck- berg, 5, adopted by the Sigma Nu “frat” in a buret of big brotherly sentiment. They found Clarence in a chifl- dren's home, took him to the Sig ma Nu chapter bonse, washed him, fitted him up with new clothes, gave him the squarest meal on rec. | ord and made him about the hap | (Signed.) “WOODROW WILSON “The government will, of course, first inform itself] "St fa NN seery contented | as to all the facts that there may be no mistake or doubt] youngster smiled at his 25 “fathers | When he saw Ambassador Bern-jnite word from Bernstorff amé) - ye in one” and informed | | storft, President Wilson planned |from official government reports, | jem that he was used to going to bed at # > take up in full the latest devei- ae were ventured by! “‘Anost 14 helped’ him’ Into his ts in the submarine issue be-| ‘Ambassador Von Bernstortt saw|Mshtle and tucked him into his| the two governments. jthe president about 1 p. m., an hour | On bed in a cormer of the large, | In official circles the situation earlier than he was expected, and|*'TY room | ded as fraught with om!-|succeeded in eluding newspaper| A® the lghts were turned out, a possibilities, but pending defi- TROOPSHIP WITH 2,000 ABOARD Sve te eS IS TORPEDOEDD 1362 RESCUED And big “Si Noble, four years a/and a member of Sigma Nu, said “football roughneck” and noisiest/of the adoption, “It is one of the Jin the frat, looked thoughtful for | finest things I ever heard of. 1 be PARIG, Oct. 9.—The trans , pert Gallia, carrying 2,000 French and Serbian troops, has | the first time in his life {lieve this act really means a big} Pledges were made that “Son” | step toward new and vital service been torpedoed. The torpedo esoae the transport’s cargo would be given a proper bringing in the lives of collegians.” up. And the spirit of these pledges,| When “Son” sings “Bow Down) Clarence Eckberg, |ma Nu, and some of his “d Playing daddy to homeless waifs is the newest stunt of University of Washington fra- ternitie “Son” of Sig- carried out rigidly and tenderly,|to Washington,” the U. of W |has wrought a revolution in fra-|campus song, the smoke of their ternity chapter house life pipes Is very apt to get in the eyes Professor Edmond 8 of his 25 “daddies.” 25 rane | of mu munitios Up to the present 1,362 sold- lers have been rescued. The survivors were landed at Sar- dinia. Meany SURVIVORS BRING STORIES OF HOW NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—The Scan-| dinavian-American liner Frederick | VIIL, bearing American Ambassa-| dor Gerard of Beritn, will dock hore at 8 & m. tomorrow, aceording tc a Wireless frum her captain today WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE Water will be shut off on N. 4ist st., from Densmore ave. to Corliss ave, Tuesday, from 9 a. m, to 5 p, m. NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—The whole tiantic seaboard was stirred to- as a result of German subma- raids off New England. With y ships due in today and tomor- hers due to sail have put in 4 ports along the coast, lest 7 meet the fate dealt out by the By F. W. Getty NEWPORT, R. 1, Oct. 9.—Dripping with brine, which stood out like sweat on their steel sides from the prodigious efforts of rescuing 216 passengers of six of the nine torpedoed merchant ships, four United States) destroyers arrived here before dawn today, bringing the| first stories of the European war | doorstep. | While searchlights flashed and whistles sounded, the destroyer Ericsson—the first to arrive—nosed her | way back from the scene of operations of Germany’s | U-boats. funniest characters in the world of fiction—and his Of the 81 persons picked up from small boats by |the Ericsson, not one was injured. Practically all, how-| funniest character of all is | ever, had lost every personal belonging. They had only “ 99 Mr. Pratt |the clothes they wore. Who gives the title to the next novel-a-week in The Fourtesh ‘beblal ware tit the ear. Ericsson found bobbing | boats the This story of Cape Cod folks and their summer which had become on the water, the grave of the steamer Stephano, “boarders ‘fs “brimful of humor and ridiculous situa- tions. Diamonds are increasing in price) This will reduce the supply in again, the reason alleged being the/the district between N, 41st at. and © ack of workmen in South Africa|N, 42nd st., from Wallingford ave on account of the war. to Corliss ave. Joseph Lincoln holds the reputation for creating the Celebrates 75 Years as Priest ST. BONIFACE, Man., Oct, 9. —Rev. Father Demase Dandur- and today celebrated the 75th anniversary of his ordination as bound from St.Johna to New York Many Were Asleep | Many were sleeping peacefully in the arms of their mothers or nurses as the lifeboats rolled and rocked with the gentle sway of the | The Next Novel-a-week in The Star. IT’S A BIG LAUGH FROM START TO The Seattle Star ... THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS TRAINS 8ST AND \‘Sub’ War Brought _ TOLAND SOON’) <SyB’ SANK SHIPS carried to America’s| ATLAN orr BATTLE THE AND THE ON THE ATMOSPE SALISBURY, AT SE JOVIAL, STRAIN, FAIR TONIGHT AN AND be ‘RED SOX WIN RECORD GAME EDITION RUMBLE OF BROKE MAN SAME SLY: | THE SHELLS TIC COAST SHOWER OF ERK, BUT WEATHER ATTY, KEPT UP THE PROGNOBTICATING THU D TUBSDAY to U. S. ‘TORPEDOED AND WILSON _ SAYS KAISER MUST KEEP PLEDGES MUNITION SHIPS TO FEEL TEUTON WRATH | NEWPORT, R. |., Oct. 9.—The entire torpedo flotilla went to sea | early this morning to search for the missing crew of the K.:gston, one of the U-boat victims. According to latest reports, the peared. ‘There wae a wild rumor that 53 has Pp three allied warships stationed off Nantucket lightship had been torpedoed, but the commandant at the training station says no wireless has been received. Training station says no wire! regarding this or the capture ef th: es has given him any information U-53. BY FRED 8. FERGUSON United Press Staff Correspondent BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 9—The flowed a st: today. Six unarmed merchantmen are south of Nantucket, torpedoed by German submarines, and late reports are that two, and perhaps three, more have been sunk. The vessels positively known destination not known: the Bloome to Rotterdam; the Christian Knudsen, 2,538 tons, Norwegian, destina- tion unknown, The passengers and crew of ali the vessels are known to hi been rescued, with the exception of those of the Kingston. of the men on thie ship is as yet unknown. Allied warships are now closing in upon Germany's new submarine sone, The crackling wireless of the three British cruisers is mingling with that of American de- stroyers out upon the sea on mis sions of mercy and rescue Reports to Nantucket, Newport and Boston indicate there isn cer tainly more th one submarine striking terror along the great in. ternational waterway. Officials of the steamer Kansan today, after be ing held up by a submarine yes: terday, indicated their belief that two of Germany's super U-boats were operating at America’s por- tala, A dispatch from the United | Press staff correspondent at New port declares Miss Margaret Wil) son, who lives in Mass., but is not related to Presi dent Wilson, stated Dositively that she saw the name “U-61" painted on a life preserver of the subma jrine which sank the 8. 8 | Stephano, Miss Wilson, who Was a passen | ger on the Stephano, said she look ed at the submarine thru glasses }and declared she could not be mis taken in the letter and figures she saw. As the fighting submarine, which put in at Newport, was the U-55, this would definitely account for two spbmarines At Nantucket, a report has been picked up that two or three subma |rines are in action and that the number of ships sunk is now eight or nine. Plane Carefully Laid | The survivors brought storiex searcely equaled in the lore of the sea wince the sinking of the Titanic or the Lusitanta, There is no doubt circles here that Germany plans | for intercepting munitions-carry- | ing ships were carefully laid. Elud- | ing the allied patrol, the submerst bles have established themselves squarely in the path of practically jall transatlantic ships. The regular lane, recognized by in shipping | all navigators, is off Nantucket | light It is there that the mon- sters of the kalser's submarine jforce are lurking. They are in a | position to strike any type of ship | | they desire, Mystery in Kansan's Escape For instance, the big American liner S. 8, Philadelphia, with pas sengers and freight from New | York for Liverpool, was in the wa- ters from which the reports of Ger- man submarines have come today. The Scandinavian-American liner Frederick VIM. is somewhere off that part of the coast bound from Copenhagen to New York, with Am. bassador Gerard aboard. Qve of the mysteries of the new | undersea campaign is the escape of the steamer Kansan, chartered by the French government and carry ing an enormous cargo of muni-! tions. A witness in the supreme court at Bangor, Me. was asked by a lawyer what he had at a certain FINISH rd Pewee § night long, wad eriegs ih 3 big Catholic | boats had d ee shureh, ec is past years and STARTS TODAY, ENDS SATURDAY Only the dim light of a lantern |) the oldest priest on the North American continent. eee in the life saving craft and the soft | (Continued on page 6) nee i iat on his farm in the way of per. sonal property. “Well, | had a cow, | a calf and my wife,” was the reply.' 2 ae a y stream of munitions and supplies for the allied powers from American shores is in the grip of submarines of the kalser’s way) Williamstown, | transatlantic lane over which has known to lie on the ocean bottom, to have been destroyed are: The St. Johns, N. F., to New redijk, 3,201 tons, Dutch, New York | The fate NO WORD FROM KINGSTON CREW | WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. —\ The! navy department was advised by | Admiral Knight by telegraph today |that U. 8. destroyers have been un ble to locate the crew of the Brit- freighter Kingston, sunk by a jerman submarine off Nantucket If the crew has been saved, Knight |reported, it was by a merchant ship | which has failed to report, The bow of the steamer Bloom erdijk, Knight reported, is sticking feet out of the wa The navy s sent a warning to vessels to) watch for it | Seventeen navy destroyers are, head hing for rs a a poesia | BRITISH CRUISERS ARRIVE ON SCENE, NANTUCKET, R. 1, Oct, 9.—Al Med cruisers are cruising off Nan |tucket shoals in search of German submarines, Wireless messages picked up early today, indicate that three British cruisers have arrived only a few miles off Nantucket. The British vessels are apparently listening in on all wireless in the hope of getting some report as to the whereabouts of the raiders, 216 RESCUED BY U.S, DESTROYERS NEWPORT, 1, Oct. 9.— The crew of the steamer King- ston, sunk by a German subma- rine yesterday, was still miss- Ing early today. Whether the men on this vessel have per- ished is not known. Naval of- ficers believe they should hear from the Kingston crew soon, however, Four American destroye: with 216 passengers and m: b of the crews of torpedoed els have now reached New- port. The Erics#on, “Jensen, Drayton and Benham, all with survivors aboard, teached port at dawn. The four dastroyers submarine victim® p. as follows: ricapon 8, Dra: ton 68, Benham 36,and.Jensen 31, NEW YORK, Oct ickerbocker’s season of grand vera by the Metropolitan songbirds starts tonight at the Metropolitan opera house, Irwo Champions Clash in Second Game tig — Olson singled to left ler filed to Hooper, No runs, one bit, ao errors Roston-—Gardner out, ( aw to Daubert. Seott out, Mowrey to ‘s Daubert. Thomas Coubled to left and on Olson's Interference Uti- . pire Quigley gave Thomas order to continue to third He tripped Olson's foot and fell, Ruth fanned. No runs, one hit, no errors, fe SIXTH INNING f Prookiyn—Smith out, Seott to Hoblitvatl. Itwas ‘a beautlfal ORS p and throw. Johnson walked and was out stealing, Thomas to | Janvrin. Daubert ardner to Hoblitzell, No rans, no hits, no! 2am errors, ; & Roston—Hooper fited to Myers, Myers made a remarkable cateh id right at his shoestrings on a liner, turning over on his back after Bie tie et a. Be pity 2b oming up with the ball fn > hands. Jan- ¥ T Pes He firs’ hall piehed. MN on, Coteha® “2 NING Brooklyn-—Myers oblitzell, The crowd rosred ts test. He lo Janvrin to HoblitzelL Cutshaw flied to H b no errors : Boston—Hoblitzell walked. Lewis sac ed, Smith to Daw 9% bert. Gardner popped to Olson. Scott lined to Mowrey, who touched out Hoblitzell on the line. No runs, no hits, no errors. | 9.—Father |’ World Title; Myers Gets Homer Off Pitcher Ruth of Sox. H. ¢ VES FIELD, BOSTO faroous Red HAMILTON Oct, 9.—Cockily confident they will pennant factory, thé of the i second , caished t ' ‘ ‘ faster dark, f rain Fifteen fore game t ‘& to Garde terrifie Walker errors, to Myers, Rath ined to Lewis singled na) AUR s allowed. Gardner Lewis, Olson to Miller to Dawe most of the Sox off their ch when a balk w hot one Mowrey, who t out Gardner stopped at hit, no errors. THIRD INNING ¥ Brooklyn—Miller out, Scott to Hoblitzell. Smith doubled toe | right and was out at third. Hooper to Walker. Johnson singled t | 7] center. Daubert popped along left field line. Johnson out stealing, Thomas to Janvrin. No runs, two hits, no errors. me AreW Gardner shot a Cutshaw bert. No runs. one fire ut Boston—Socott tripled against the left field fence. The crowd went into spasms. Thomas out, Cutshaw to Daubert. Scott wae held at third. Ruth out, Cutshaw to Daubert. Scott scored, Hooper was safe on first on Cutshaw’s error. Janvrin forced Hooper, Olson to Cutshaw, One run, one hit, one error. é FOURTH INNING Brookiyn--Daubert walked. Myers hit Scott to Janvrin to Hobiitzell. Wheat out, runs, no hits, no errors. Boston—Walker out, Smith Lewis hit into double play, Mowrey runs, no hits, no errors into a double play, * Ruthto Hobliitzell, No 7 Daubert. Hoblitzell walked. 1% to Cutsbaw to Daubert. No to FIFTH INNING Brookiyn--© utshaw fanned. Mowrey out. Janvrin to Hobiitzell. EIGHTH INNING No runs in this inning. NINTH INNING No runs in this inning. TENTH INNING Walsh now playing center for Boston Mowrey out, Gardner to Scott Cutshaw out, to Hobittrell. Brooklyn Janvrin to Hoblitzell Olson w ed. Miller ed to Gardner, No rur no hits, no errors, ston—Scott singled to right. Thomas sacrificed tehaw to Daubert Ruth fanned. Ho t an infield hit an ott wae th 1 out, Mowre wo hits, no errors. to Ols B Smif t n ont Gardne Jobb Ins, no > errors, ston—Janvri Walsh to Danhert, ' walked >» Da © rns, nO TWH i INNING Mye fanned t awe its, no errors THIRTEENTH INNING Brooklyn—Mowrey safe at first on Gardner's error, Oleon sacri ficed, Ruth to Hoblitzell. Miller popped to Thomas. Smith filed to Lewis, who made a sensational catch. No runs, no hits, one error, Boston—Hooper out, Smith to Daubert. Janvrin fouled to Mow- Walsh fouled to Mowrey No rung, no hits, no errors, FOURTEETH INNING Brooklyn—Johnston out, Scott to Hoblitzell, Daubert flied to Walsh. Myera out, Scott to Hobiitzell. No runs, no bits, no errors, Boston scored one run this inning. rey FINAL SCORE—BOSTON 2, BROOKLYN 1 eeeeeceteeenenee BROOKLYN— ARB, re H. BB JObDStON, Th. oc. ccc ceseereceeees 5 1 e Daubert, 1b . 8 $ o 8 Myers, ef. 6.4.3 Wheat, If. 4 0 0 0 Cutshaw, 2b . 5 6 0 0 Mowrey, 3b ER chase Olson, ss. 2 0 1 0 I ¢ 1 ¢ TON A N KF. f 0 0 \ Pa ( 0 **McNall 9 Lewis, if 0 Gardner, 8b... : ‘ 9 0 ) 1 *Geiner « HK: x ‘ P50. ot) 2 BOO OB, ~ dings oc Bdvronncsep eo semescBnccs 3 1 2 @ ‘Thotnas, o, . ‘ 0 1 0 Ruth, p. oes : 0. Ce Totals .e.+-cegenayeserenseninenerees ?: 2.3 *Batted for Gardner in 14th, **Ran for Hoblitzell in 14th, ——— Certatn-fellas, prefer boulevards and parks, but the bowling Gentry are satisfied with alleys. allie sa oy Oat