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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
MAYOR GILL KOTLY
DENIES OWNERSHIP
BY CITY IS failure

That municipal ownership OF
Seattle's lioht and water sys-
TENS has been thoroughly sue
cessfui. and that city owner
ship OF street RAILWAYS has not
yet been given a fair trial, is
Mayor Gills answer to false
stories BEING circulated In the
corporation press Of the East,
quoting Gill as saying public
ownership has been a failure.
Replying to an inquiry from
A. NJ. Todd Of Kalamazoo,
Mich. Gill sent the following
night lettsrorsm:
"City ownership and opera
ton OF the liaht and water
systems in Seattle have been
thoroughly successful in every
way. The operation OF street
car lines has been limited and
affected by litigation, prevent
ing so far a fair trial. SO Il
has not been financially sue
eessful. but there is reason to
say that. but for unforeseen
circumstances, city ownership
might have been successful"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29

TyLMER BARTA, az, . mechanic
n smp,oysd BY the asAtsIs TAT
- cab y rrsNsfer Co. wss In.
s;sntly killed on the cosheii road.
half q mile nortn OF Lake station,
al T:3o sunday night when the
automobile WHICH he was driving
ssidded or the road. Bsrth wac
hurled against . telephone pole and
his brains were dashed out.
Charles J. Nsrt. "a. employed by
the same company. lies between
life and death at the Swedish hos
psal, with smashed shoulder.
many cuts and bruises. and prob
ably Internal injvriss-
J.E. Carroll, q mechanic employ.
ed by the N. 8. Brigham Motor
Car Co, the third member of the
earty. escaped with sii3n, Injuries.
IN HE story was told To The Star
i by the driver OF another car
which was on the Bothell road at
the time
You know how II is. he said.
when you've got good car YOU
understand and fine. straight
road. and there's another car
ahead that seems to challenge YOU.
There were lot OF machines go.
ing both ways on the Bothell road.
and. for my part. ! couldn't resist
the temptation to step on her tail
and hit her up to pass the car
ahead.
"of course there's a risk. especial.
~ when the roads greasy. as u
was Yesterday. But q driver never
thinks the accident 10 going TO hap
pen 20 HIM.
so WE WENT HEll-BENT
AND ENJOYED THE PACE.
we saw Barth's car. We'd stop.
ped a, the side OF the road. and
earth's car went by. NY little boy
shouted and waved his hand. Some.
BODY In Barth's car waved In reply.
I'VE started on. a minute later.
and had gone a quarter OF n mic
when we came up to n dozen or so
of automobiles. all standing still,
and their occupants at the side OF
the road.
I'VE stopped and got OUT
to see what had happened. No
body talked. They just stood
and LOOKED DOWN AT
SOMETHING WHICH LAY
IN THE DITCH BESIDE
BARTH'S w r l. { X T. ID
ROADSTER.
"There were IN my party
my wife. our boy and myself
and a friend OF mine, his wife
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
8C0D0WN
WITH. Big
STEAMER

LONDON. MARCH 2s.-THE
FIRST BIG LINER TO BE SENT
TO THE BOTTOM BY A sUBMA-
RiNe FELL VICTIM TO THE
GERMAN BLOCKADE OF ENG
LAND TODAY WHEN THE FAL-
ABA. A BRITISH VESSEL, MAX
ING AFRICAN PORTS. WAS
SUNK IN THE ATLANTIC, OFF
THE WEST COAST OF WALES.
Eight persons. passengers and
members OF the crew. were drown
ed. The vessel had 14o passengers
on board.
They escaped BY taking TO the
boats. but declared the submarine
launched her torpedo at the liner
without giving time for all to
leave the vessel.
The admiralty made the an
nouncement OF the sinking OF the
ship. but Il was not until the sur
vlvors had landed at Cardiff that
the details of the attack were
learned.
Capt. loft said he sighted tho
periseope Of the vessel off Milford
Haven. The submarine appeared
on the surface almost Immediately
afterwsrd, and sianaled TO the
Falaba to lower her boats.
most Of the passengers were In
the dining ROOM" said one sur
vivor. "when the Fslsbs suddenly
stopped. We could hear orders be-
ing shouted on deck. Every one
hurried above, and orders were
given to lower the boats. There
was little time to gather up belong
ings, and. even before boats could
be lowered, the submarine launch
ed her torpedo. II struck the Fall
aba near the engine room and
there was terrific explosion.
Then came a wild scramble to
get boats over. A heavy sea was
running. which made this work
dangerous.
A message TO the admiralty later
the crew OF the Aquilla, sunk yes
today reported that % members OF
terday, we're missing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29

be Of either
there In need and
lie freely frankly
He would 20 TO the
@ mlionairex. and vice
anybody who needed help
the deeper things OF life.
o neglect would lie
make II had - hours notice.
WOULD CHANGE DATEs1 WOULD you TEAR UP
LETTERS YoU 60 AND APOLOGIZE FOR ANY
THING WOULD YOU PAY SOME DEBT fou
SETTLE FOR YEARS. WOULD YOU DEED
nAckaFpRorERTY THAT you HAVE swlNDLED SOME POOH
II:I.ynw oUT or YOU co TO TIRE BANK And DRAW
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
WHEN YOU'RE ON next SUNDAYS
j O Y r / d T.
Mr.. AUTO OWNER, keep THIS IN MIND

and their baby. We worked
into the cFawd. asking wha,
had happened. but nobody an.
swered.
I'VE looked down. and we
saw Barth--it was Bartll
who a minute before had wav-
ed back to my little boy-iy-
ing in the ditch with his head
crushed in. 1t didn't need a
second look TO see he was
dead.
~Bhth's body was lying across
Hart We thought Hart was dead
too. until We lifted the corpse off
him and saw his breast heaving
We washed the blood away the best
we could. One shoulder seemed
smashed all TO pieces.
I'VE worked over hir,--the crowd
had come out OF its stupor by no~
and FINALLY he OPENED HIS
EYES AND BEGAN TO SCREAM
A woman gave queer kind OF
gasp. and the last VIC saw Of her
she was running xiexae down the
road
"HART WioolED ONE HAND
THE OTHER LAY liMP-AND
KEPT ON SCREAMING.
Carroll. though bloody. wasn't
much hurt. lie was dazed. though.
and wandered aimlessly In and out
OF the crowd.
when Hart and the body OF
Barth were on their way TO the city
We all got back into our cars and
started for home.
Il think II occurred 10 all of us
then that We had been taking
chances that men have no right &c
take. Suppose the accident had
happened to my Ger, II might
have been my little boy, instead Of
Barth. Ever since !
have been trying to get rid Of a
mental picture OF my son lying
there with his brains dashed outi"
1T was another kind OF a
procession that crept back to
Seattle along the Bothell road.
1t seemed we couldn't 20 slow
enough or drive carefully
enough.
But what's the use: That
wasn't the first accideu, and
it won't he the last, We chud-
der now. BUT WE
WILL BE BURNING UP
BOTHELL ROAD AGAIN
NEXT SUNDAY"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
SAYS Doc
MAS.SACED
HER BACK

Chiropractic treatment OF pretty
young woman detective. whosc only
aiimsnt was hnsky voice. may
cost the liberty OF Howari l.. Stan
ford. who went on trial Monday IN
Judge RonaId's court accused OF
pspctit ing medicine wi'hou, a =.
cense.
Mrs. Mary B Fox. a sprightiy
widow. Is the states compla lning
witness. Acting In the capacity OF
private detective for attorney Max
Wardail. attorney for the state ui,,i.
ical board. she went To stsnfor Z
office last November II and obtain
O. treatment TO clarity her voice.
she testified
lie had me remove my clothing
To my waist and put on a kinono
which opened In the back" she t-s.
titled. Then he massagcd my
spine He said had verteorae in
my back"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
No Chance Now for
10 Entombed Men

Portions OF submarines super.
structure we're brought 10 the sur
face.
The last hope that Lieut.. Eide and
his men on board the "a might he
found alive vanished with the dis
covery yesterday that the dredger
California had been tugging at an
old anchor.
All work has been hampered. ow.
ing to a lack OF diving facilities.
and a diving bell Is now being con
structed.
A huge floating crane has reach
ed here from Pearl Harbor.
AS the diving and dragging oper.
ations have proven to be extreme
ly slow. an attempt 10 raise the
"a by a direct lift with the crane
will be made when II is certain the
vessel has been located
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29

HONOLULU. March 2s.-
After three days Of dragging
and searching for the subna-
rine "a. submerued two miles
OF the hsrbor here with her
crew, naval authorities were
not absolutely sure early today
that they were any nearer re-
covering the vessel than they
were on Friday.
With first hopes blasted by
the discovery that the object
70 which the cables had caught
Saturday was only an old
anchor, work was resumed to-
day.
Lieut.. Smith. commander OF tn
Iubmsrine division. was sure tods.
he "a had really been located a.
ne result OF dragging during th'
tight
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
S|I.L. WILL
GET w''SIC
FORPARKS
Mayer Gin 10 stripped for

Mayer Gin 10 stripped for
oetiou.
.xcu can SAY for me-" the
mayor satd Monday. that
Waansr's band 10 going 70
piay IN other parks besides
Volunteer this summer. This
10 positive"
Just how the nsyor 10 going
10 bring the park board 10 res-
son. he does not say. But
there 10 determination written
In his eye.
'ycu can say. Also" he said.
ssthat there will be more band
music this year than Seattle
has had for several seasons"
Instead OF a 40pfece band ex
for Volunteer park. II Is
believed the MAYOR will persuade
The. park board TO secure two rs
piece bands under the direction OF
Dad Wagner. Ia addition. there
wfli be the two semi-professional
bands 70 be organized by Phi
Adams. who organized the Uni
Fersity Cadet band
The park board has not signed
10 any contracts yet" the mayor
.aid. ~apd, before any definite con
lracts are made feel safe To say
hat the band music situation VIII
urn out satisfactorily.
Personally" he said. \ do
believe there should be any bar
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
Can You Be Converted? By Billy Sunday

vTTHEN tn Standard OIL Company trying 10 refine
wv troeun, there substance couldn't dis
- Of n DARK BLACK, STICKY substance.
couldn't couldn't because
STENCIL; they couldn't river. because KILLED
the hsh. offered any who would
solve problem.
problem office OF John D.
Rockefeller chemist PURE WHITE substance
which psrsffne.
YOU ~ substance, Christ
make YOU WHITE AS SNOW. Though sins be as
scarlet shalt e . white snow"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29

music. because OF the bathing
beach froIlcs. unless you're close To
che band stand. But a. to the 9th
parks - Woodland. Ballard.
I sehi. South Park. etc. they're go
to get their proper share of
md music this summer. AND I
IAN ASSURE you KNOW
WHAT ! AM TALKING ABOUT"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29

Many types OF men challenge our
interest. but II is the apostle OF re.
llgion and the herald Of Christianity
that has the superlatiye influence.
For Jesus actually lives the moral
law and serves Ills generation. for.
getting Himself In the immortality
and ve turn 10 Him for spiritual
authority as naturally as a flower
turns toward the sun or a lily lifts
iis Immaculate lips TO be kissed by
the sunshine and the dew.
Beauty may please Ms. truth may
strengthen us. but goodness com.
mands Us. A genius charms Us, a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29

'espsrsh 1914 BY tho Ne" .papr ha'rp''" ss."s'ai""'
The announcement OF the coming OF any historic
character to Seattle would arouse deep interest II |
could announce that Shakespeare under the alchemy
Of whose brain all classes and and all institutions
gave up their secrets to speak in this tabernacle
could announce that George Washington, the father
Of his count>y honor this city with his presence
-excursions would run from every section, and no
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
TAG DAY PLANNED
FOR MOTHER RYTHER

Mayor Gin has issued permit
to the Seattle Women's Card and
Label league to conduct tag day"
Apri. n. as benefit for the Ryther
Child home.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
COUNTY FAIR ON CAMPUS

Several thousand students were
entertained Saturday night in the
Il. of w. campus gymnasium.
where a county fair was held. The
proceeds will be added to the loan
fund for assisting needy goods.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29

. which "nin," sun
nxrut In warts
thressh the ciamn- ~ re~ star ner
test altered an pass
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29
building has been erected by the hands of man tha.
would hold the crowds

bu need that the coming OF
Seattle would awaken Of
beyond that OF other character Of history
We nntnctcy feel the
true because His nseparah
al has been said religion s the the
base line OF character.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29

Billy Sunday breaches His First Sermon of
Holy Week Revival; "What Would the
Savior Find If He Should Visit This
City," Great Evangelist Discusses Ques-
ton in The Star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-29

WIN the
ruoa In "IO>ITNE
n IL
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-22
BIRDS NATURAL BOIL
WEEV|L ENEMIES

ATLANTA, Ca, Sept 22.-That
birds are the only natural enemy of
the Mexican cotton boil weevil and
through their activities alone can the
eradication of this costly pest be &C
complished, is the opinion of James
Henry Rice, of Ritter, S. c., one of the
best known ornithologists in the coun :
try and field agent of the United
States biological survey.
Mr.. Rice, who was in Atlanta con-
ferring with State Game and Fish
Commissioner Charles S. Arrow, is al.
so of the opinion that if something is
not done to protect the birds all green
things will gradually disappear. He
says that with the destruction of the
birds everything green will disappear
off the face of the earth
Mr.. Rice is touring the south and
lecturing in an effort to educate the
people to the Importance of bird jro.
lection. He and State Entomologist
E. Lee Worsham are collaborating in
the compilation of a book which will
show the important relation of birds
to the successful growing of fruits
vegetables and all kinds of plants ami
trees.
According to Mr.. Rice every member
of the swallow tribe of birds, includ-
ing chimney sweeps, martins, and
bullbats, destroy boil weevils, and
dozens of other varieties of species o.
birds feed upon the insects.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-22
Dixie Highway Tour
By Officials Starts
From Chicago on 9th

dianapolis, founder of the Dixie High
way and the Lincoln Highway move
ments, assisted by w. S. Gilbreath, Of
Chattanooga, field secretary for the
association.
The exact routing of the tour has not
been definitely determined The tent
alive plans provide for visit to L.
dianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Chat
tanooga, Macon, Jacksonville togMi-
ami, with a probable tour over the
recently designated western division
of the highway in Florida. Owingg to
the fact that the construction of the
highway between Knoxville and Gin
cinnati has not progressed far enough
to permit of the party to tour over
this section of the highway, and in
spection of the eastern division be-
tween the points mentioned will be de
| time the workers in the interest OF
| this division assure the association
that their highway will be open to traf
| fic. If time permits, detours to Cir
cinnati and other Ohio points, to Lex
ington, KY, and Knoxville, Tennessee
may be made.
| The responses which have been re
ceived from the various directors ana
i other prominent workers in the inter
, est of the highway, indicate a spler-
| did representation of those who have
been most active in the work at al
points along the highway, in the tour
/ Towns along the route of the tour ar
preparing to send every car possible
cut to meet the tourists and escor
them for a hundred miles or more
through their localities. In this man
ner it is estimated that there will b.
from forty to fifty cars to enter a
each town along the highway Meet
ings and conferences will be held ant
the officials of the association, al
we'll as other active workers, will per
sonally acquaint themselves with tn
actual present conditions of the high
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-22

way
Among those who have signified
their intention of making greater
part of the tour, in addition to Messrs
Fisher and Gilbreath, are President M
M. Allison, First Vice President c. w
Huston, Vice President Thos. Taggart.
French Lick, Ind; Vice President H.
l.. Gordon, of Cincinnati, O.; Vice
President w. T. Anderson, of Macon.
Ca; Vice President G. A. Saxon, of
Tallahassee, Fla; Directors Clark
Howell, of Atlanta, Ga; 81. A. Bel
cher, of Miami, Fla; Chief Engineer
T. B. Grafton, of Rome, Ca, and L.
NJ Colemand, Chattanooga, General
Counsel King Hubbard, of Indianapo
lis, famous for his Abe Martin car
icons, and 'Bill'' Herschell, of the ed
itorial staff of the Indianapolis News,
famous through Indiana and the north
ern states for his pleasing rhymes,
will make the tour through from Chi
cago. On the tour will also be well
known staff correspondents of the
big dailies in the cities through which
the highway passes. The leading au-
tomobile manufacturers will also be
represented by prominent executives.
The leading cities which may reas.
onably expect to be the night controls
Of the tour, have set in motion the
machinery to prepare for enthusiastic
| receptions of the Dixie Highway Off
Gals and party.
In connection with the tour, a
meeting of the board of directors of
the association has been planned to
canvass the situation and formally
admit the state of Michigan, officially
confirm the designation of the western
division of the highway in Florida and
attend to number of other important
matters which will come up before tbs
board. This meeting WILL in all prob.
ability, be held at French Lick Springs
I Indiana, the directors accepting thu
invitation extended to them by Col
Thomas Taggart, vice president of tn,
Dixie Highway association, to be hi
guests on that occasion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-22

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 81
With an escort of over hundred cars
from the Chicago Motor club and al
lied organizations, the first tour OF
the officials of the Dixie Highway as
sociation over a part of the Dixie
Highway, will start from Chicago Sat
urday, October 8. The Chicago cars
will accompany the officials for a
hundred miles or more, while many
of them will go through to Indianapo-
lis. The tour will be under the per-
sonal direction of Carl F. Fisher, of IN
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-22
ENGLISH SOLDIERS
WILL FIND CHANGE.

ssI61 1tu0 OtItfEB " In
LONDON, Sept. 22.-Englishmen dis
cuss perhaps more frequently than
any other war subject the question:
What influence will the experience of
our soldiers in foreign countries have
on social conditions in our insular is
land" These soldiers, constituting
big proportion of the male popula-
ton of the nation, will return after
having sampled life in Belgium,
France, Egypt, India, the Dardanellec
and elsewhere In most cases, their
daily intercourse with the foreign peo-
Piles is very intimate. and a large pro-
portion of the soldiers who return will
come back with fairly easy command
of new language, with new thoughts,
and new requirements.
A contributor to a small English
trade paper, writing from the front
says:
Il am under the impression that
when Tommy comes marching home
again he will expect lots of things he
had not been used to before he began
to travel on the continent And not
only in the way of food; with regard
to drink he will have got so out of
the habit of standing up for his re-
freshment that he will insist on and
only patronize those public houses that
give him little tables to sit round and
chairs to sit on.
81 notice him through the open
windows and doors of the places in
which he takes his ease. and it is ex
traordinary how quickly he has picked
UP the foreign fashion of discussing
his liquors, and has got out of the
habit of boiling them, wiping his
mouth and coming out all in five min
utes. Which is a capital thing, and
hope that in the peaceful years to
come our English publicans will see
to it that temperance is served and
pleasant company secured by adopting
the cafe system our Tommies have
dropped into so naturally"
Touching On the same subject, the
Daily Telegraph says:
Yesterday these soldiers were jus.
ordinary civilians, perhaps a trife
marrow in their outlook; tomorrow
they will be men who have seen grim
things, acquired strange knowledge,
and learned in the school of knowledge
just what is wrong with things as we
do them. They will probably retain
throughout their lives a suggestion of
the newly gained discipline of mind
and body, respect for order in their
daily surroundings. Their criticisms
will not reveal themselves at once,
for at first everything homelike will
be welcomed, but in course of time
they may be expected to review their
experiences and bring their freshly
acquired knowledge to bear on the
old conditions in their native land
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-22
IRRIGATION CAN De
FURTHERED WITH
BETTER FINANCING

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.-Myror,
T. Herrick, former Ambassador to
France, presented to the International
Irrigation Congress today his views
from the standpoint of a banker as to
how the gerat irrigation projects
could be furthered by better finance.
He began by quoting the Secretary of
the Interior as saying, of the private
enterprises: Few If any of the in
yestments have ever returned to the
eastern or European shareholder or
bondholder the amount of the original
! Expenditure and, speaking of the
government project: 1T must be ad
mitted that the slowness of develop
ments and the use of the reclaimed
land has been source of d;sappoint-
ment."
| Mr.. Herrick sketched the vast ex-
| tent of the twenty-six Irritation pro-
| jects undertaken by the United States
reclamation service. One of the com
parsons he drew to visualize the ex
tent Of the projects was that the SER
vice had constructed or was main
tanning and operating $500 miles of
canals which in a straight line would
run from Palm Beach, Florida, to
Fairbanks, Alaska, and back again
The estimated area of the projects was
| 2,91S600 acres of which 1,343193 acres,
or 7,115 farms, could now be watered
The investment in capital and labor Of
| the owners of these farms when fully
developed will be about $4,000, 900.
he said, and the value was constantly
incerasink. Splendid as the develop
ment was, it was being reached
through trials and tribulations largely
arising, in Mr.. Herrick's opinion, from
faulty methods of finance.
He said in part:
| The 1902 Act provides that al
moneys Except the five per cent set
aside for educational purposes) re-
ceived from the sale and disposal of
public lands in most of the western
States shall be used in irrigation pro-
jects in those states. The receipt fron.
the sale of public lands amount to
| $S1,S13,772.71 which have now, OF
course, all disappeared.
Consequently, as the Secretary Of
| tne interior declares: The resources
of the reclamation fund are now over
burdened and the projects now under
way cannot be completed within a
reasonable length of time, unless
there shall be large accessions of the
fund This is a timely warning.
"The Reclamation service employs
a force of 1898 persons; it has invest
ed enormous funds In power plants
machinery, implements, and in equip
ment and improvements for carrying
on it's work. It's expenses run on,
whether this lies idle or is kept busy
while if it should do it's work by piece
meal the operations of the service
organized as it is for large undertak
ings, will become so costly that the
investments of the government will
end in a loss"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-09-22
Left Eve for Mleroeceps.

In microscopic work use the left eye
rather than the right, says the Ameri-
can Machinist. Asttgmatism and other
eye troubles occur more frequently In
the right eye.