The Seattle star. [volume], January 12, 1916, Image 1

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SCHOOL BOARD officials resent The Star's interest in trying to safeguard the lives of Seattle school children,
yet get this the president of the board, in a public address yesterday, admitted NINE FRAME SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE SO FAR FROM CITY HY
DRANTS THAT NOTHING COULD SAVE THEM IF THEY SHOULD CATCH FIRE. The buildings are in danger, he says, but the children aren't. We don't
quite see how he figures it out, but that's what he said. Read about it, on page 10.
1918—'The Tear off
Prows©
Just read. in The Star today,
of the shipbuilding activity all up
and down the Pacific Coast, and
believe us when we suggest that
prosperity has reached us at last.
SENATE DISCUSSES MEX INTERVENTION
BEG SEATTLE SHIPYARD TO DOUBLE PAYROLL
American
Miners
Shotby
Villa
EL PASO. Tex. Jan.
12.—1n a helpless rage,
this city today awaited
arrival of a special train
bearing the bodies of 16
Americans and two Brit
ishers. bullet-riddled by
Mexicans in Chihuahua
Monday.
Apparently nothing has be*ti
by either Z*ck Cobb. t»i r»
aenUtm On atate department, nor
On. Garcia, <'arranitnta command
ft at Jnarnt. toward avenging the
ma«ncr» of thta party of mining
men of the I'alhulrtachlo mining
rompanr.
Bitter at Administration
On sverr hand there *u dentin
elation of the slaying and a spirit
of blt(ern<*a toward the Wilson ad
ministration which found exprea
ainn In aharp protect* to Waahlng
ton.
Official meaaage* todav told how
the It I'nited Htate* cltlxena and
two citizen* of Great Hritaln were
dragged from a Mexican North
weatern train Monday, robbed of
their 115,000 payroll, stripped of
thetr clothing, and abot In cold
blood
Direct order from Gen Villa to
hi* subordinate* to kill every
American or other foreigner caus
ed the slaughter
Report Villa in Command
Villa personally commanded the
firing squad which slew the unfor
tunate victim* one by one. It waa
reported In some quarter*.
When the Americana were cap
tured the Vllllataa began to ahoot
them one at a time.
Seeing death waa Inevitable. sev
era! attempted to make a run for
It, and were ahot down as they ran
The shrieks of the men a* they
were murdered w»»re heard by
Thomas Holmes. another American
l>a»scng«-r on the train, who e<w»p«..|
the vengeance of the Mexican* by
hiding In the toilet room of one of
the coaches.
Brings Newa of Maaaacra
he aucceeded In escaping
to Chihuahua, bringing the first
news of the tnaasacre.
The bodies are expactad to reach
here today.
The border Is aroused to fever
best.
The slown»** of Tarranzlsta of
ficials to take aympathetlc action
resulted In a mass meeting of mine
o»ner* and other* here la*t night,
at which the d'-lexate* denounced
the Washington administration*
policy.
Lured back to work by pasxport*
cranted by the Washington govern
ment and thru the t arranxa admin
istration's guarantee* of protection,
the miners who went to their death
were refused an escort of 100 Car
ranza soldiers.
15 Bandits Stop Train
Fifteen bandits stopped the train
at Hants Ysabel.
In the party on hoard were of
fl'lals and employe* of a mine com
pany of which Potter Palmer of
('hi'ago Is president.
They were going to reopen the
company's rich silver mines at
Cuidhulriachie.
The bandits attifed themselvea in
the Americans' clothing, then
marched their victim* to a ravine
close to the track and shot them.
List of th* Dead
The alaln men were: C. A.
Prlngle. Han Francisco: C. R. Wat
son, manager. K1 I'aao; Wm. J. WaJ
- -e. Kl I'aso; T M Kvans, of El
I'aso, a Canadian: M. ii. Ronxero,
HI I'aao, naturalized American;
Maurice Anderson. Kl I'aso; W I).
I'lerce, !,<>* Angeles; ft. T, Mcllat-
Kl Paso; .1 I'. Coy, represent
(U Union Iron Works, Han Fran
isci>, K I- Robinson. Kl Paso:
Otorge w. Newman, Kl I'aao; Jack
llase, Miami, Ariz.; J. W. Woorn,
Kl I'aso, It H. Hlmmons. address not
given. Avifry A Couch, Canadian.
Alexander H. Hall, iJouglas, Ariz.;
I Continued on Pag* 2j
U. 5. WILL HOLD CARRANZA RESPONSIBLE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.—
Armed Intervention In Mealco.
eetabl lihmtnt of • repreeenta
tiva government, and Immediate
American evacuation after thle
hae been accompllehed. waa da
mandad today in a aenate reeo
lutlon Introduced by Sherman, of
Mlinole.
Thle reaolutlon, actuated by
the Mealcan maeaacre of Ameri
cana Monday, had more or leaa
of a counterpart In the houee
Busy Scenes in Mammoth Seattle Shipyard
Above, a Water Line View—Where Seattle I* answering the cry for ships. and prosperity it being forged under a tremendous impetus to
vetael conatruction; below, general view of Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co.'a ellpe and ways, where work la at the higheat pitch ever
attained.
CITY PIPE LINE IS
LEAKING AGAIN
Leaks In Seattle'* wooden
ppe line have developed at
Molaaaea creek, three mllea
southeast of Renton, again
threatening Seattle'* water
supply.
Superintendent Yourgs, who
was confined to hi* bed Mon
day, aftar hla *tr*nuoua efforta
for several days to patch the
broken pipe, waa called for a
conaultatlon early Wednesday.
Twenty repair men were at
Molasses creek by the middle of the
morning, with tool* and aupplle*
They were working against time In
an effort to have the line In shape
by afternoon.
The flrat word was telephoned to
headquarter* early Wednesday
morning. The pipe bad been buck
ling, and springing alight ie&ka, but
no collapse had taken place
Department Alarmed
"Only 18,000,000 gallons remain In
the Hett'-on If 111 reaervolr," aald
f'blef Accountant lAinh Wednesday.
"If the bualneaa district *11 pro
tented by an ample atjpply of ator*l
up water, there would be no cause
for alarm.
"No ordera have yet been loaned
to abut the water out of the pipe
line. The Volunteer park reaervolr
I* nearly full. Twenty feet of water
reentered In It Wediiendny morn
ing. and Ita total depth la 23 feet.
"The pipe line la »> flexible a*
rubber hose, so the buckling up
doea not. necessarily mean an Im
mediate collapse."
Mayor (Jill called in Lamb for a
The Seattle Star
: THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS :
VOLUME IS
whan nap Dyer of Miaaourl In.
troduced a reaolutlon aekmg the
preeldent to advlae congreaa If
"watchful waiting" ought not to
be ended.
Both Sherman and Dyer are
republicana
While theee attache were on In
congreaa. Secretary Lanalng
wired Ctrrania about tha affair,
but the atate department eaid
thia meaeage waa not a demand
on him.
The department especta him to
do all he can, and there will be
consultation as sooti a* he learned
of the situation, lie said there was
no Immediate cause for alarm.
Hupt Youngs wiui In too [K>or
physical condition from the ordeal
experienced In repairing the first
bri'aka to ico to the scene.
Further break* »r« feared. a* a
result of the air pressure leakage
caused by emptying tb<» pipes and
then again filling them.
Itreaks were barely prevented
Tuesday, whm frotm air valve*
In the plp« line were discovered
between .Swan lake and Maple Val
ley
Kmergency worker* ruahed thru
with the ia»k of fixing the iilr
valve* before another collapae had
resulted
Rainier Valley Stilt Dry
After the water had been turn
ed on In the repaired pipe Tues
(Jay. It would not flow thni some
of the Knlnler valley connecting
pipe*, because of a general freeze
Up
Water department officials aald
the water would probably work Ita
way Into the pipe In a day or ao.
In the meantime, these districts
are nfill without water.
EXPLOSION KILLS 70
HDRIdK, -lan. 12. Seventy per
sona worn killed and T.O badly In
jured In an explosion In the am
munition plant at llle yesterday.
SEATTLE. WASH. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 12. 191 ft.
Vounys la Laid Up
I no neceeelty for a demand for
action until the flrat chief hae
ahown ha la unwilling to aaek
redreee for the maaaacrea.
In fact, Lanamg laaued a atate
mini Indicating that ha doee not
hold Carrania greatly to blame,
but Inatead blamea Americana
for remaining In Mealco in the
face of warnlnga to leave.
Sen Borah called Preeldent
Wileon'a Mexican policy a com
promleing, aldeeteppmg. pro
craetinating and un-American
policy which haa failed to pro-
REPORT PRINCE
IS TO BE REGENT
ROME. Jan. 12.—Unconfirm
ed Swiss reports today declar
Ed the German crown prince
had bean recalled to Berlin,
probably to assume the re
gency on account of the Illneee
of hie father, Kaleer Wilhelm.
The meeeage laid the report
came direct from Berlin.
WILSON TO OPPOSE
COMPOLSORY PUN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—
Preeident Wlleon le oppoeed to
compuleory military eervlce.
Chairman Hay of the Houae
military committee declared In
that body.
CAN'T TELL HOW
SHIP WAS SUNK
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.—
Austria hae notified the state
department, It was said today,
that after a full Investigation
that governmtnt has been un
able to determine how the liner
Persia was sunk.
Weather Forecast
Tonight mid Thursday, snow.
tact American Uvea and honor
Ha demanded Intervention un
laaa Carrania glvea aaaurance of
hla power to protect American
Intereeta in Mexico.
Tha Brltleh embaaay Inquired
Informally concerning tha Brit
lah aubjecta Involved. It le e>
pected England will make a aap
arate protect to Carrania
The atate department enpecta
Carrania will promptly diapatch
troops to eeek tha murderere
and protect other Americana In
tha Chihuahua mlnee.
GEORGE MISSES
ONE; HE DIDN'T
ORDERTHIS
SNOW
Oli alnf it all together
An (MIO In you kima .
ll* ••!•! 'twill be fair wMihw
'Mftl. ud «• ■«»««
George Salisbury pushed the
wrong button or turned tli» wrong
wheel, or something
George, you know, 1* the fellow
who ina|>* out the weal her for us
111 Seattle.
A* a rule George la there with
holla. When lie save we're going
to have rain, down It pours.
When h« anva he'll give us 1 cold
snap. H a not to lie snapped at. and
It'a a wise thing to net ear muffs.
But something weni wrong Tuos
day.
A northeast wind sneaked up on
George when hla hark was turned,
and altho Omirge aald he'd give us
fair weather Wednesday, what have
we with us?
A new blanket of snow
There la a regular picnic again
for Ice skaters Hundreds of peo
ple went out on the municipal l.ake
Murlen Hue to l.ake llurlen Tuesday
There probably will lie several thou
»and Wednesday
The lake In frozen, and the city is
putting up rluater llithts aiound the
shores to make possible skating al
night.
About fiOO skaters were on Green
lake Tuesday night.
The park board has ordered a
number of guards lo be on dcc.k to
see thai no accidents occur.
ONE CENT x";«.. T VrVV,.. 4 r
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Plants Humming
With Business; Seattle Drydock & Con
struction Co. Officials Declare Unprec
edented Demand Should Last 5 Years
This ii the year of promise.
The Seattle Construction and Drydock company will, during 1916, put into
circulation here DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY it ha» heretofore annually
•pent.
The company's payroll, now about 1,800, will BE GREATLY INCREASED
during 1916.
The plant will be enlarged by the addition of at least two slips, possibly mora.
These are positive assurances made by officials of the concern today, and in
dicate the reflection of prosperity upon the shipbuilding industry of Puget Sound.
Construction activity has reached a mark away beyond former records, keeping
pace with other big shipbuilding yards of the East.
Work, it has been announced, will begin at once on the yards of the new
Skinner & Eddy corporation, a heavily capitalized concern, with two big freighters
aa their initial output.
In the other 23 shipbuilding concerns in and adjacent to Seattle, the fresh
impetus brought about by the universal cry for vessels is also being materially felt.
Craft which the bigger concerns are now too rushed to bid on, are being built
or contracted for by the lesser concerns. Business is more widely scattered, aridN
the prospect is that this will increase during the year.
"We have never before had such an amount of business,' said Assistant
General Manager H. W. Kent, of the Seattle Construction and Drydock Co., to a
Star man today. "We are running to full capacity, and are forced to turn away
tonnage for which there is a clamoring demand.
"We now have under construction two 5,000-ton (deadweight) steel freighters
for the Ward line in the East, three submarines and one torpedo boat destroyer
EVERETT GIRL SUES RICH FATHER-IN-LAW
WHO TOOK SON AWAY DAY AFTER WEDDING
EVERETT. Waah . Tan 12 —
Igly thorn*, and brambles, fringed
the path of life for 16 year-old Es
ther Aldeen l.yen
Wealth and social position of the
boy who married her. and who was
the father of her child, made a
chasm that the boy's parent* would
not see bridged
So the boy and hi* father and
mother fsced a InO.OOO damage
case, filed here toda* Those dol
lar* sre to help lessen the pain,
and the sorrow and the anguish of
a grim satire on romance
James I. I.yen I* 1 ashier of the
Citizens' Hank *r Trust t'o. In Kv
erett lie 1* h stockholder in the
InMltutlon, and. with his wife Mar
garet. fits snnglv into the social
niche of that town
Met Pretty Country Girl
Their 18-year-old son, Cecil l,ew|«
I,yen. drove father's car.
A little way out of Everett, near
the village called I'lnehurst. the
girl lived She was young and
pretty —and 16
Karly tn the attmmar of I#l4. the
young eon of the hanker met the
girl at Plnehurat. It wan spring
time for the girl and for the boy.
During the month* that followed
they were often together and lie
came engaged
.lime. In the year after their meet
ing, ia« their wedding.
His Parent* Object
A \ ear of courtship had passed
since the> took their flrat ride In
Hanker l.yen's automobile
Hut did Mr. and Mr* Hanker like
the idea of a marriage between
(><•11 I,ewl* and the girl he had
choaen *
They did not.
80 the little bride never aaw her
husband after the day he pressed
her hand and apoke the word* that
were meant to rivet their lives to
gether
The falh' i s powera of persunalon
won the hoy away, she say* The
boy left for u consultation with the
man. The girl waited Hut her
husband never returned
Denied Word From Him
She pleaded with hi* father and
with his mother for some word
from him.
"He baa left the stnte," the bank
er told her, »he says. "I don't
know where he I* "
In September the baby girl rame.
I.lttle I/>lk I'aullne I ..yen haft never
seen her father, nor her father*
father, nor her father* mother
The day* and mimtliH quickened
the bent of the Kill's angry heart.
So, this morning. Attorneys Fled
(' H row 11 and John It Hart of Se
attle I lied the complaint again*!
the banker, his wife and his son
And « Jury will lie asked to say
that $60,000 takes the place of a
husband, in a little home where the
mother wan courted a year and
bore a daiiKhter that the father has
novcr seen.
\TIGHT
31 EDITION 1
(Continued on ptg« 6.)
Esther Aldeen Lyen. who sues her husband's rich family In E«>
erett for $50,000 damage*.
WINNERS PICKED IN STAR'S
MOVING PICTURE CONTEST
Arthur llogle. 152' i :ilst ave. S.,
was the first to submit the cor
rect answer to the motion picture
puzzle which appeared In The ir'tar
during the past week.
The photos of acUirs and act
resses playing under the direction
of William Fox were cut up and
the parts mixed up The puzzle
was to rearrange them in the orig
inal pictures, and to give the
najnes of the player*
The photos were those of Robert |
Mantell, Genevieve Hamper, Theda
Hara, Dorothy Green, Dorothy Her
nartl and William Farnum
Some of the winners missed Dor
othy llernard. The prizes are
awarded as follows.
First prize, $3—Arthur Hoyle.
Second prize. $2 —George thorn.
The next eight prizes. $1 each,
go to the following: Rose Good
man, 2652 15th ave. N.; Mr*. Far-
Inger, 1515 Boren ave.; Mrs. J. C.
Stalience, 6901 Colton ave.; Lulu
Murray, 1920 Fifth ave.; Irene G.
Booth, 202 17th ave.; Jennie Ander
»on, Port Blakeley; Edith Swan
ten, 7345 21st ave. N. W.; Henry
F. Ptromn, Bo* 43, Marysville.
The next five prize*, tickets to
the Clemmer theatre for a month,
go to the following:
Hattie B Minear. 730 N. 75th;
Mrs. F. J. Fore, 3648 Dayton ave.;
Mrs. F M. Stokes, 2002 Tenth ave.
N.; Robert Sherry, 2224 Eighth
ave.; Clara Barston, 1524 Tenth
ave.
WEARS HAT A DAY EACH
YEAR IN CELEBRATION
CHICAGO. Jan. 12.—
Frank Green, manufacturer,
has just had his annual cel
ebration. He's baldheaded
and hates hats, but wears
one once a year. That was
the occasion of the celebra
tion.