The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 8, 1918, Page 1

President Wilson bas again, this dey, louneched « great diplomatic waive that Wil hasten the day Altho he spoke his words to peoples of war-torn Kurope And he ha: While other States has sy diplomats sat ken to Russia and ¢ of world peace ongtess, they were addressed to the perhaps saved Russia for the Allies! silent the President of the or ® message of hope. United ven Russia ean be saved. Russia may be saved—by the timely words of our preaisont FREEDOM FOR ALL * VOLUME 19 UNITED PEACE FORE BOHEN ADMITS crry HE SOLICITED, DOOR TO DOOR te jold of the method of ob- members for the corporation examined by Attorney Tefuse to join because Mr. Gill was @onmnected with the firm?” Tanner “Can you give the names?” “I don’t remember. You see, we Worked from store to store, and I @ouldn’t remember any particular one.” “You worked like a bookagent,” Tanner suggested. “Well, you might call it that.” “And you asked them to turp their law business in to Gill, Hoyt & Frye?" “No. I asked them to join the Merchants’ Protective Corporation.” Identify Hotels | Asked whether membership was ‘any other purpose than to obtain Protection thru the firm, mn said the corporation would the members advice and as @istance, if they should ask for it. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney was called to the stand to Mentify some of the hotels on the ‘membership list of the corporation ax those against which action had been taken on charges of being dis orderly houses. Gill Wasn't There Attorneys for the defense object- @4 several times to the introduction Of the evidence. “This investigation board takes a wider range than a technical law suit,” said Arthur W. Davies, who! was presiding. “Evidence that} throws more light on the case will! be heard.” ‘The spectators who expected to hear Mayor Gill on the stand during the morning were disappointed Mayor Gill knew nothing of the/| fontract made in June by the law) m of Gill, Hoyt & Frye with the nts’ Protective Corporation til November, Heber Hoyt testi-| Monday afternoon. | In November one of the corpora "s wubserthers called upon Gill and showed the mayor one of the; corporation's cards, according to Hoyt’s testimony. In this way, he said, Mayor Gill first became ac- quainted with the existence of the In Office Twice ‘The only money received by Gill om the firm since becoming mayor as in a personal injury case appeal to supreme court, not decided itl stor GM took office, and an estate, Hoyt declared on cross examination. He said Gill had been in the office only twice, once in re-| gard to the Ferguson estate, and) to look for a misplaced note. nawering a question by Attorney General Tanner, Hoyt said he had Investignted what a lawyer may| do, and was of the opinion that it! ae legal for him to solicit business: Hoyt said that if the firm was rong, what they did was from a| taken idea of their duty, He de Om that he, Frye or Kaley had an mabmcribet. YZ FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE PRESS ASSOCIATIONS PRESIDENT STATES TERMS OF 'S CHIEF WITNESS IN | GAS RATE INCREASE C | OE a taal a sa Tlore are some of his powerfa! hey (Russin) coll on as to» anything, our purpose and ofthe the people United States w Wh that son be op people of Russia to at peace.” their lieve way 1 whereby THE GREATEST DA | profectiea: whot Ht ls we destre: And 1 betiew with otter ay tn what, ff it differ from theirs wld wish me to resp it or not flay It ts our heartfelt 4 be privileged to in thelr utmost hepe ef Uberty and orderod ILY CIRCU WASH., 1 “re f seer nis entered coven What we demand in this war It In that the rly that it be made anfe n, wishes to live assured of Justice for and fair world be n its own life, day of conquest and agerandizement ts cone by; #0 te ale inte In the interest of partieular therefore lo f is nothing pecaliar to nd live tn, and loving nation, which, its own Inatitu- tne other pevpjes ef dealing ti i, as against force and selfish aggrcesion. The Seattle Star LATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST omong the os We with her (Germany) to accept np f th the n which ce of eqnality hon rid world w tive ' of peo mod aay, ame te her any alteration or But It Is necessary, with ber our part, tt vould know r spokesmen for when they speak t hether for t r t wity or fox the military party and men whose rood Is imperial domination.” suggest to we must fr ifle as dealing peak NIGHT EDITION Weather Forecast: Tonight and Wednesday, rain; colder; moderate northerly winds. DAY, JANUARY 8, 1918. ASE ——® Dr. E. W. Bemis, famous public utility expert, here from Washing ton, D. C., to try to show the state public service commission why the Seattle Lighting Company should not place an additional yearly tax of $252,000 on Seattle gas consumers. MAN WITH MACHINE GUN BRAIN READY TO FIGHT GAS CASE FOR SEATTLE Almost every afternoon a gray haired, kindly faced man nearly 60 years of age, and a young, fair-haired chap, aged 25, leave the Frye hotel and walk down to the water front for fresh air. ‘They are getting in trim for a battle of brains. ‘The elder man is a veteran, whose sbility to master figures has kept him on the fighting line from coast to coast. His brain has beer trained to operate like a machine gun against Big Business. Wednesday this man, E. W. Bemis of Chicago, will go before the state public service commissioners at the Chamber of Commerce rooms, as expert witness fot the city, to point out why the Seattle Lighting Com pany should not collect an additonal tax of $252,000 a year from 50,000 consumers here. {is ammunition has been collected by a corps of half a dozen experts headed by his ‘son, Walter 8. Bemis, brought here from Chicago to dig up facts and figures. Busy Over Figures A Star reporter found Dr. Bemis, his son and their assistants at work on the 10th floor of the Frye hotel. ‘They were busy over a maze of figures and reports For the last 10 years American cities have been calling upon Dr Bemis to come to the rescue in rate and vice fights against public utility corporations Corporations Go Prepared These cities have discovered that big utility corporations are out to win, and care little about how much money it takes to gain certain ends. Corporations hire the best talent they can obtain to fight their battles. Cities have learned that they must match expert brains against the hired xperts of the corporations, And Dr. Bemis has proven to be one of the few experts who is out fighting for the public and not the private interesta, } When the city learned that the gas company contemplated taxing every jconsumer a “service charge” of jcents a month, and increasing the |eas rate 15 cents per 1,000 cubic | feet, Corporation Counsel Caldwell | asked the public service commission to give the city a chance to fight the increase, Disregarded City | ‘The comminsion’s answer was to suddenly rule in favor of the in which was put into effect mber 1 You've been paying this added tax for your gas lately | Because cities have the fundamen- |tal right to be heard before paying tribute In Increased rates, the gaa ruling resulted in demands upon t governor to oust his public service commissioners for their action. The city was informed by the commission it could go ahead and prepare to fight the increase, and be heard January 9 City Hires Bemis | If able to convince the commis sioners that the increased gas charges were unnecessary, the com: nission stipulated that the charge would be returned to consum ors. ‘The city council was angry by this time, and decided to bring the best expert it could find to fight the case. Dr. Bemis, who was busy working |for Uncle ‘Sam as a member of the advisory board for the appraisal of railroad and telegraph ptoperties, | was asked to come to Seattle and | prepare evidence against the gas company, and he accepted. Suggested Rates For 18 years he has been advising public bodies on utility matters. For 10 years before that he was a college professor. Nine years were spent by him building up Cleveland's water department, and he later was one of |New York city’s deputy water com missioners, ‘Telephone rates in New York and | chicago, and gas rates in Minneapo- dis, Bt Paul and Chicago, were based crease, over: | GET “DRY” JOB Sergeant J. L. Zimmerman. | Sergeant P. H. Jennings. | Altho Chief of *Police Warren | refuses to commit himself, one of the two above named police officers is likely to be appointed permanent head of the dry squad | within the next few days. | Roth officers are at present work Ing on speck detall, which haa to do with the squad's work in cheek ing up the store of confiscated | Mquor now held | Zimmerman joined force in| 1902, and was appointed to al jeergeancy in 1911 j Jennings officer in| 1905 and was sergeant in| 1911 Roth men have made for them selves good records in the depart ment, and are regarded by officials as reliable and efficient officers. Ex-Sergeant George Comatock has not yet called for the liquor taken from his home, at the office of the U. 8. marwhal, where it is now be ing held. He called at the police station and wns referred to the sheriff, but county nuthorities say he did not call on them One Volunteer to Give Skin Following a story in The Star of Monday, telling how Harry Weigher, Portland youth, could not join the service until he had undergone an Operation for the drafting of flesh on a wound received when he waa burned by electricity, Paul A. ‘Thompson, 23, 4529 Thackeray place, has come to the front with an offer ‘Thompson failed to pass the eye tests, but wants to help any other lad get into the army if he can. Thompson is a former employe of the National Bank of Commerce, and several years ago was The Star otfice boy. AUSTRALIAN CABINET | OUT OVER DRAFT VOTE) MELBOURNE, Jan, &-—The en tire cabinet resigned today, the re |wult of the recent vote against con: | |ueription. Hon. F, G. Tudor, for merly miniater of trade, was asked | to form a new ministry j BRITONS TAKE 114,544 PRISONERS DURING 1917 LONDON, Jan. &—The war office | today announced the total captures | Jon all fronts for 1917 of 114.544) | prisoners and 781 guns. The losses | the became made a guns AND HE PROBABLY DOES Ever offersa cop a fat Havana? ver have him refuse it? Well, that's what Police Inspector Rannick would do, He has never} | smn) kod, 1 MAIL QUESTIONNAIRES Questionnaires for men whose or. | \der numbers run up to 4745, in-| cluaive, were mailed today by the local board for Division No. 6. on his suggestions. | He recently completed an apprais al of all public utilities operated in Washington, D. C., for the govern ment In his hands rests the fight of all the cities of Central New York, who are resisting 6-cent car fares. Wanted in Chicago He's a busy man—this Dr. Bemis. He must get back to Chicago} shortly and make an appraisal of the | Chicago gas properties for the city. | Dozens of other states and cities | are waiting for him to come and/ | fight some technical battles. “What does this Seattle gas fight hinge on?” Dr. Bemis was asked. Affects Pocketbooks “On two questions,” he promptly replied, “Ia there a need of increas. ed rates? Should an increase be ob- | tained in the way the company has outlined? The case hinges on these two points. “The presumption is that this | hearing will honestly determine what | the public interest requires. It is to | be presumed, also that the private in- | terests will be very well represent: | ed.” rhe price of gas ix a matter that | comes right home to nearly every pocketbook in Seattle. The prece: dents set in tomorrow's ‘case will af- fect futuro cases in the state, ’ -}on the eve of a possible German of: | cific »| . |* ; ZIMMERMAN OR * ourLINES PROGRAM 10 GET JENNINGS WILL | | ‘FREEDOM FOR WHAT WILSON * | ALL, FOREVER’ DEMANDS TO GUARANTEE LASTING PEACE THRUOUT WORLD 1—Open diplomacy; no secret treaties. 2—Freedom of the seas in peace and war, except as closed by international action tional covenants, for enforcement of interna- 8—Trade equality among nations consenting to the peace. 4—Reduction of armaments. 5—Adjustment of colonial voice of the inhabitants. claims with regard for the 6—Evacuation of all Russian territory and assurances of her unhampered opportunity for political and economic de- velopment. 7—Evacuation and restoration of Belgium. 8.—Evacuation of French wrong done France by Prussia 9—Readjustment of Italian frontier along the lines 0: nationality. territory and righting the in 1871 as to Alsace-Lorraine. f 10—Autonomous development for Austria. eee eee een 11—Evacuation and restoration of Rumania, Se: h ee eens ee Montenegro, with access to the sea for Serbia and relations| lof the Balkan states to be determined by friendly counsel. ouse rostrum. rbia and PRICE ONE CENT 2'S2iitte® BY ROBERT J. BENDER United Press Correspondent ae WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—America’ aims in a world at war were outlin today by President Wilson. “ To clarify before the fighting pow ers this country’s objectives in continu- ing the bloody strife, the i : asked a joint session of congress for — 12:30 and delivered his message im © person. The decision of the president to fol- low Lloyd George in setting forth terms of peace took Washington com= ~ pletely by surprise. es The president played his usual 18 holes of golf this morning. Immediately on returning from the links he called upon Secretary Tumule ity to make the single announcement © ithat he wanted to address congress |“on our international relations.” | Shortly before 12:30 he arrived at” ithe capitol and, for the second time 'within a week, was escorted to the This time, however; 18—Sovereignty for Turkish portions of the Ottoman|an alr of tense expectancy tingled in e NOT DRINK--NOT NOW Turkey and permanent freedom of the Dardanelles. 14—An independent Poland with access to the sea. 15—A league of nations to enforce specific covenants. BAKER WARNS OF HUN ATTACK WASHINGTON, Jan. & gantic German thrust on the west front—possibly their greatest assault during the war—is impending, Sec retary of War Baker declared in hin weekly military review today In the great battle, the Germans, Raker said, “may be counted upon to strain every fiber of their Strength to make their plans sue: 1" ‘The delay in the German assault has been due to the time necessary for concentration of large bodies of troops, massing of military equip: ment and ample reserves of muni tions, Baker sald. Rumored Six Weeks He counsels the American people, to recall that the allies, in ave always come out vie fensive. the past, torious, RAILROADS RESUME FORMER SCHEDULES Three railroads with terminals in Seattle are now running on schedule. ‘The Great Northern, Northern Pa- | e ston are giving i r rervir en Port land and tle. d hern trains between here and Vancouver are also following the former sched- ule. | REVOLT LOOMS AGAIN IN SPAIN PARIS, Jan, 8.—Spain ts passing thru another economic crisis, which | is resulting in a distinct ary movement, according to dis tches printed by the Matin today. Establishment of martial law thru out the monarchy is being consid ered, CARLOAD OF WHISKEY DISCOVERED IN YARDS An attempt to smuggle into Seat tle a carload of whisky concealed as household goods was blocked Tues day noon when Sheriff Stringer was “tipped off and sent Deputies Brewer and Starwich to the N, yards, where they seized it. The shipment had come from Maryland. “We don’t know yet who the con signee is,” Stringer said “TRAFFIC DAY” IN COURT BRINGS FINES Tuesday was “traffic day" in Gordon's municipal court and eventy-one breakers of the traf. fic rules were haled into court and fined from $2 to $5 for minor of- fenses and $15' to $20.for speeding, \ % revolution: | mpire with autonomy for other nationalities now aad | ithe chamber as the members took their seats. The president addressed the entire |world in delivering his speech before congress. The address was transmit- ted by cable by the government to every civilized country in the world., has been invited for the purpose of ‘The president said ascertaining whether it may be possi- “Once more, as repeatedly before. to extend these parleys into @ the spokesmen of the central em rence with regard to pires have indicated their desire to terms of p © and settlement, discuss the objects of the war and| “The Russian representatives pie ‘the possible basis of a gen sented not only a perfectly definite |Parleys have been in pre statement of the principles upon Brest-Litovsk between representa: which they would be willing to con- | tives of the central powers, to which | clude peace, but also an equally def |the attention of all the belligerents! (Continued on page 7 NOW LISTEN TO VON LIEB---HE WANTS WORLD ALL FENCED UP Von Lieb said. Belgium and he continued, od is upon the possessions ble e+} ride us no lon; "We must Northern France, “The curse of French, Portugu must disappear “France must pay until it is bled white. “You may call me jingo, Chauye inist or anything you like, but we must have a strong peace.” 8.—"We principle must must re that know n, the one right and neither sentiment nor consideration of humanity or compassion, said Gen. Von Liab in a speech before the congress of conservatives, in which he declared Germany must have Courland, Belgium and North- ern France. ‘The speech, according to the dis- patches received here today, was delivered before the congress meet- ing at Halle, Prussia “We will incorporate Courland, bringing ih sixty million Russians, | and the Slav nightmare will then ZURICH, ognize only might is An auto thief cut out the glass ~ windows at the garage of the Archer Blower Pipe Co, Monday night and stole a Ford roadster, It was later located by the police at First and Main, VER