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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-11
PAYING OIL STRUCK

The report that oil has been
struck in paying quantities in the
Forks well. owned by the Washing.
ton OIL Co. has been confirmed.
Pumping machinery viii be here
In two weeks from Los Angeles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-11
DIVORCED after
THIRTY.SIx YEARS

RoXBURG, Wis. Feb. ff.-After
36 years of married life. during
which they have reared nine chill.
dren. Mr., and Mrs. John NJ. pulver-
macher may discontinue married re-
lations II an action for divorce, filed
by Mrs. Mary Pulvermacher. is sue.
cessfully prosecuted. She alleges
cruel treatment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-11
WATER sHur.oFr NOTICE

Water viii be shut off on w.
Spokane st. from Alki ave. to 35th
5. w, on 55th S. w, from w Spo-
kane 10 Manning st. and In the dis
trict between Manning st. and w.
Charleston St. from 35th s. w. to
10th S. W. on Saturday. February
~. from midnight TO 6 p. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-11
CA MPUS
0O0GER
IS SAFE
But II You're Not Quick at
II. You're Out OF Luck
at wv.
BUILDINGS ToTTERING

Note.--Thia 10 another OF the
inside observations on tho state
universlsy campus. OF which
The Star 10 printing a series.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-11
100 MEN BUNCoED

CHICAGO. Feb. 1l.--ODe hundred
construction engineers paid w. ID.
Middaugh, part passage money
s45" for a Job IN. Australia. Mid.
daugh has disappeared.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-11
BRINGS BACK FoRGER

Deputy Sheriff Madden returned
Friday from Ogden. Utah, with
George l., Cole. alleged forger,
prisoner. Cole Is said to have
broken parole from Monroe 70
formatory.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17

could be- the more effectively
watched. As a matter Of simple
common sense, IL would appear that
ho should be encouraged to stay
where he could be most conveniently
nabbed If he gets obstreperous.
America is made to look foolish
by such performances. It claims to
be the refuge and asylum for seekers
after liberty. Treaties with other
nations insist that political offenses
are not to be urged against persons
seeking residence here. II is non
sense to apply a different rule to
Castro, because he happens to have
been worrisome to this country, than
we would enforce against a Russian
refugee who had given trouble to the
Cars government.
England has borne the execration
Of a disgusted world for a century
now because Of its treatment Of Ma
poleon after Waterloo. Our persist
ent attitude toward Castro 10 too
much like that Of Napoleon's enemies
toward the Corsican.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17

triotic duty in this business Of filing
up the military organizations ranks.
II individual leadership Of the pull
ing kind can supplement the inef-
ifective instrumentalities Of the Ma
tional Government, 1t certainly ought
not to be discouraged.
Right here in Washington there Is
an illustration Of the unfortunate
condition that confronts the whole
country. The District guard will not
be sent to the border today as was
planned, because it is necessary to
strengthen the companies. They
must be recruited up to sixty-five
men per company before they can be
forwarded; and recruiting is now
going very slowly. Certainly sixty
five looks like a very modest per-
sonnel per company, in view Of the
fact that f50 is the required number
for full war strength.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

To the program Of the Marine
Band concert today at the Marine
Barracks. is appended this notice:
The entire audience is required to
hats removed. while the National
Anthem is being played.
That is fitting and proper, but It
ought not to have been necessary to
call it to the attention Of Americans.
especially those residing in the Ma
tional Capital.
Anyone who has attended the
bands concerts must have felt
chagrin at the lack Of difference
when the band plays "The Star
Spangled Banner" at the close Of
each program. Some walk away, to
escape what they seem to regard as
. necessary evil, others chat, yet
others remain seated in seeming OBJ
nvion.
The informal character Of the con-
certs probably adds to this disregard,
for in Washington theaters the air Is
always properly recognized. All that
should be needed to insure like re-
spect on the part Of other audiences
10 to call attention to the matter.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
ANOTHER CASTRO FARCE

The immigration authorities have
once more solemnly ruled that Cipri-
ano Castro is an undesirable alien,
with "moral turpitude" in his record.
So he is excluded from this country,
pending appeal to the courts.
Three years ago he came to these
shores, was ordered excluded on the
same grounds, appealed, and was or
dered admitted. It is unlikely that
there will be change in the decision
this time.
Castro, if he is an undesirable citi-
zen bent on starting new trouble in
Venezuela, would be prime idiot to
seek asylum in American territory,
from which TO engineer his schemes.
He announces that he wants to 20
to Porto Rico, and would have gone
there directly, rather than by way
of New York, if it had been possible
to get transportation. If there Is
reason to believe that he meditates
further plots against the comfort OF
the Americas, then the Washington
Government would be wise to let him
reside within our territory. where he
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
CROWDS
WITH MIRACLES
Rev. DR.. Martin Declares Christ
Believed in Publicity.

nCehiKlEagy altprtree ETAoIN 1890. Z.
Christ performed miracles. among
other reasons. to attract the crowd. He
believed In publicity"
This was the statement OF the Rev.
DR.. d. H. Martin. pastor of -umbarton
Avenue NJ. E. Church. in a sermon last
evening on Miracles" He continued:
His message was all important and
he did spectacular things to get the at
tention of the people. Conventional peo-
pie undoubtedly called him sensational
Today II Christ was preaching on earth
he would use the newspapers to reach
the multitudes. He would speak to
thousands, but the newspapers would
get Him an audience OF millions. To-
day the press would secure Him a more
extensive hearing than did even His
miracles when He was on earth.
'If the Apostle Paul were here today
he would use printers ink freely. John
Wesley today would depend on the
newspapers for publicity as much as
Bryan. Roosevelt. and Billy Sunday do
The press is the greatest educator OF
the masses Of the people we have. and
the man with a message for the public
must depend on the cooperation OF the
press"
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
Mascots of Camp Form
Quite a Varied Menagerie

II any one wants to start a small
menagerie and lacks the nucleus of one,
he should go to the District militia
camp near Fort Myer to obtain ideas
fro mthe Guardsmen.
II this same person were to start at
one end of the camp and walk toward
the other. stopping for a while at each
company street and asking one OF the
men to allow him to see the mascot. ami
mails and fowls of all sorts. sizes and
patterns would be brought forth from a
tent and presented for his inspection
and approval. The visitor to the camp
should be sure to give his hearty ap-
probation to the particular mascot of
each organization. for If this is not
done, the visitor Is In danger.
Among the animals and fowls boasted
Of by the different organizations are a
Dig, an eagle, n chicken hawk, dogs OF
every type, turtles, a terrapin, and one
or two rabbits captured around the
nm
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
1000 VOICES TO SING
AT DRYS' CONVENTION
Prohibitionists From Every State
Meet in St. Paul Tomorrow.

ST. PAUL. Mimi. July IA chorus
Of 1000 voices. not one OF which ever
raised Its clarion tone to the strains
OF Hail. Hail. the Gangs All Here"
will lead the prohibitionists national
convention in song when 1t opens here
tomorrow.
More than 5000 songs books Of the
convention have been scattered through
out the country and prohibitionists from
every State have learned the list Hun
dreds OF auto parties are on their yay ys
Into the city today from so far as 5000
miles distant. holding impromptu pro-
hibition song services along the route:
The chorus will be led by Roilin M.
Pease, Of st. Paul. who. though now .
professional singer, has been law clerk,
miner. tramp, rancher. machinist and
builder. He wrote many OF the con-
vention songs.
Among the songs are such as these:
"Our Nations Going Dry" Sing Out
Wild Bells" Katie Is Cashing My
check !" Down In the Licensed Saloon
and several dozen more like that.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
COLONEL ROosEvRLT'S ARMY

A Connecticut correspondent takes
the New York World to task for
poking fun at the proposal Of Colonel
Roosevelt to raise an army division
and offer its services to the Govern
ment in case of need. The time Of
imminent need having apparently
passed, and there being no use for
such a force, the proposal is not
pressed, and folks who enjoy that
sort of amusement are free to make
fun of patriotism. The World has
indulged some of this; and its nut
meg correspondent rebukes it thus:
Inasmuch as the raising of armies
In our country continues to depend
on individual initiative and leader
ship. such efforts as those of Colonel
Roosevelt should not be laughed at.
lest the fear of ridicule deter other
enterprising spirits and natural lead
ers from coming forward at another
time Of seeming urgent need.
Making sport Of one man who un-
questionably possesses the leader
ship, magnetism, and organising
ability to enable him to raise an
army division faster than any Gov.
ernment agency could do it, is GER
tainly illtimed just now. The record
of recruiting for the national guard
organizations in the last few weeks
ought to be an admonition of most
serious import, concerning the state
of national defense. 1t ought to be
a reminder that citizens with initia.
tive and capacity deserve every sup.
port and appreciation.
The whole recruiting power Of tn,
Government has raised fewer troops
than the Roosevelt project woult
have produced in less time. Doel
anybody doubt that? Does the Worlt
doubt it? The country has igno
miniously failed to come to th'
scratch and show realization Of pa
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
FIGHTING THE PARALYSIS
SCOUROR

The Appropriations Committee,
which meets today to consider the
estimate Of Secretary McAdpo for
funds for the Public Health Service
to fight the spread Of infantile
paralysis, would do we'll to allow the
full amount asked for.
The estimate was for $135, 900 and
there is a disposition to cut this by
$4,000, because that covers the
needs to engage additional assistant
surgeons. 1t is argued that these
additional employees were asked for
before and were refused.
The wisdom in asking for them
the first time is shown in the need
for them now. While the infantile
paralysis epidemic is an emergency,
such an emergency is likely to occur
at any time. To meet it this time
men have had to. be removed from
other important work. It is not
proper that such work should suffer
. every time an occasion like this one
arises.
No Government bureau, it is safe
to assert, uses its appropriations
more wisely and to greater benefit
than the Public Health Service. Elk,
perts from that bureau have been in.
strumental in stamping out epi.
denies like the bubonic plague ir
New Orleans and infantile paralysis
itself four years ago in severa
Eastern cities.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
TIME TO LOSE cARRANzA

It Is devoutly to be hoped that the
serious minded, responsible, reason
able. and measurably conservative
leaders in Mexico may actually have
reached the decision that it IL time
to be rid Of Carranza.
Doubt there may be, whether with
Carranza out Of the way any combi-
nation could be got and held together
that would put Mexico on the way
to permanent peace.
But there is no longer uncertainty
about Carranza. He is a common
nuisance. He was bad guess. Lord
Salisbury got out Of horrible po-
litical blunder by cheerily opining
that England bet on the wrong
horse" that time. The Wilson Ad-
ministration might well drop Car
rama, and try to convince the Ameri-
can people that it had picked the
wrong stock in a pretty badly agi.
tated market. Maybe the stock
market figure would make as ef.
fective an appeal to Americans al
the race track one did to the Britons
II Washington doesn't realize its
mistake and let 60 Of Carranza ir
time, it will find itself supporting
him against the sentiment Of prac.
tically all Mexico. There might have
been excuse for supporting Diaz, Of
even Huerta, against the preponder'
ating opinion Of Mexico. There car
be none at all for sticking by Car
rama after he is down and out with
his own people. He never wal
equipped for the task in hand, anc
he had completely demonstrated hi
disqualifications before the Unitec
States managed to make thu
egregious mistake Of hitching Il
him.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
When Osborne Came
Back to old Sing Sing
Forty-one Ex- Convicts Return to Welcome Warden
and 1900 Unguarded In mates Confer Degree of
doctor of Humanity" on "Tom Brown"

In silence the gray companies who hsi
been compelled to await his arrival in
the prison yard made up for the lack
OF outside noise.
HandciappipR ratified like musketry
and a moment later a tall. slight prison.
er stepped TO the front Of the stand and
motloned the crowd to silence adthorita.
lively. His name II George Sehan and
after few preliminary words, expert
enced the old system mat brutalized q
man and left him nothing to which M
then the way we men feel today toward
our friend, Tom Brown
Conferring the Degree.
''Fellow-ininates." was the way Dear
Kirchwey began his lengthy speech
which followed. The retiring warder
then took up seriously the degree ol
Doc Maier. r:gsed In cap and gown, had
conferred" on behalf OF the prisor
college upcr. him and Mr.. Osborne.
And then cheers which must have
resshsd r,ss the far side Of the Hudson ex
The warden dweit chiefly upon IN,
thought that no official or group Of mer
or the best system in the world coulo
reform .prisoners.that II they were tc
come back IN the sense OF going Out
into the world and doing useful wort
the transformation lay wholly In them
I do not coddle you men. as they sa,
want any coddling here. and will mo-
nave any. and for one do not want Z,
hear any mush about the dear prison
ers.' l want prisoners only to get q
square deal and be treated as men.
CApplause.)
Osborne's Speech.
Mr.. Osborne then asked the ex-con
victs to step forward so that prisoner
and visitors might see what ''clean-cut
good looking men they are The for
mer convicts came forward sheepishi,
and blushed while the crowd applaudet
them. lhen Mr.. osborne told or nj
visit yesterday to "a Long Island fac
tory. presumably the Ford plant II
Long Island city. and OF the gratifyinl
report he had received there from fore
men about the ex-convicts now employ
ed In the plant.
"One OF them is rated on the book
as the best man we have" said tn
warden. and don't want to max
him blush right now by mentioning hi
name. He's out here in front Of thi
platform now. Good workman yer
man. thoroughly reiiabie'-these an
, many similar notations Mr.. Osborn
read from the factory report which tn
| superintendent had permitted him I
take with him.
Out Of twenty-eight ex-prisoners en-
pioyed In the plant. concluded the wal
den. twenty-one had had more tina
made good" Only one Of the seve
backsliders had gone crooked" how
ever. said the warden. One other wa
suspected Of wrongdoing and the re
naming five had failed because O
drunkenness-and.s said Mr.. Osborne. tn
success OF twenty-one out Of twenty
eight. or rs per cent. compared favor
ably with the success among workme
who never had been prisoners.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
A KANsAN RsMAKINo RUssIAi

You never can tell about Kansas.
Who would think Of Nicholas Tchay-
kovsky as another John Brown, only
succeeding instead Of failing In his
emancipation Of a race!
Tchaykovsky is the head Of the
central cooperative committee Of
Russia, which Is organizing the
workers Of the empire at the govern
ment's back in the present war. He
left Russia. branded as a revolution
ist, many years ago, and lived in
Kansas, where he developed the
"idea" already acquired In his native
country. Later he lived in various
parts Of the United States, always
engaged in radical works; and ten
years ago he returned to Russia and
was promptly locked up. He got
out, and made himself so useful that
he is now one Of the most important
men in the empire. His support OF
the government in this exigency il.
lustrates the manner in which its old
enemies have turned to the task OF
saving it from destruction.
Tchaykovsky, interviewed by Will
liam Philip Simms, discusses tht
prohibition experience Of his countr,
since the war began. He insists thai
it is giving Russia sober instead o.
a drunken peasantry. Doubtless Rus
| sia has more to gain by such a rig
orous program than almost any othel
country; certainly, for Russia, tn
suppression Of the most vicious drinl
that civilized man affects, ha
changed the face of the nation.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
Sell Flowers to Help
Afflicted i'm Palestine

Young women sold flowers from mouse
to house yesterday afternoon FOR rund
to alleviate the sufrerinss OF tho arnict-
ed In Palestine. They turned over
sl3.30 to the FUND.
The committee met yesterday at
headquarters Of the Ahavas Zion So
ciety, 1aO6 sixth street northwest, ana
started from there for the flower sale
at 2 O'Clock.
collected in other cities through the
Jewish Relief FUND, and will be Tor
warded without delay to headquarters
OF the relief work in Palestine.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
Expedition Seeks $1,000, 900
Cargo In. Sunken Hulk Of
Ward Liner Merida.
BACKED By WALL STREET
Efforts May Be Made Later to
Salvage Ships Sent Down by
Submarines.

scientific treasure trove expedition
backed by wealthy Wall Street men. un-
der command Of a United States naval
expert and advised by Government sub
marine authorities. Is off the Virginia
coast today. The first objective point Of
the expedition b the deep seagrave of
the Ward liner Merida. which was ram
Steamship Admiral Farrsgut and went
down fifty-five miles off the Cape
Charles light. carrying to the bottom
cargo OF silver bars and other treasure
valued at more than 100000.
The expedition includes the steamships
Titiana, Fearless, and F. II. Beckwith.
a wrecking vessel. a yacht and tug,
and is under command OF George d.
Stillson. for many years in charge OF
Government diving work and the man
who raised the submarine F-4 in Homo
from New York by the Interocean Sub
marine Engineering Company. a corpor-
alton with offices in the Equitable build
Gai,S nS NeT York York;. Of which Bear .;,dsa Admiral
president.
Financed BY New Workers..
The company was financed by Percy
Rockefeller. Charles II. Sabin. presi-
dent OF the Guaranty Trust Company
Of New York. and other banking rep
resentatives. The fleet sailed from
New York on Friday afternoon and
will touch at Norfolk tomorrow.
George D. stillson. the Commander
Navy Department experts here as the
greatest authority on deep sea ap.
paratus in the United States. He left
TO superintend the submarine opera
tions of a private flm project to
photograph under the sea production
Sand sr uns.p 9ry he He ThSs Ss:
! with him on the treasure hunt the
Government divers and submarine ex-
perts who aided him in the Aim pro.
at Honolulu. These divers are equip
does not require life lines or air hose
connections. and which makes possible
long hours Of work at great depths.
Bullion Worth 100000.
The FIRST work Of the treasure seekers
will be to recover the silver bullion
from the Merida. This part Of the
$4,000. The purser's safe. containing
: money and valuables intrusted to him
BY the passengers. will be hauled to
the surface as soon as practicable.
! out as rapidly and successfully as its
promoters believe possible. the treasure
seeking expedition will turn its atten-
isntie " coast % which are Known @ e to cSn- On
| tain treasure The scope of tie work
win be extended to the salvage Of ships
sunk by submarines during the Euro
pean war. Government experts hero
estimate that more than 80 per cent Of
the ships sunk at sea are in water 900
feet or less in depth. Navy Department
authorities say that the Stillson expe-
diuon Is equipped with apparatus that
makes salvage at 80 feet entirely pos
sible.
Percy Rockefeller was one of the
nrima rnovers In the QrpaniZatiOn of the
company formed by a group of Wall
Street men to hunt treasure In the hulks
Of vessels at the bottom of the ocean
The company was incorporated last
April, and among the investors wer<
George F. Baker. jr.. Albert II. Wig
gins, and G. NJ. p. Murphy.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
Postmaster Works for
Better Office Efficiency

with view to promoting economy
and efficiency In his office. Postmaster
NJ O. Chance has called upon all Of his
employees for suggestions to that end.
Mr.. Chance likewise hopes that such q
course will establish closer cooperation
between the officials and the employees
OF the postofftce.
The request for suggestions 10 en-
braced In a notice In the Postal Infor-
nation, e publication OF the local post.
direct to the postmaster through special
bOxes.
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
Socialists Plan to Hold
Open-Air Meeting Tonight

At an open-air meeting to be held
tonight at s:l5 under auspices CT the
Socialist party at Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. and Eighth street northwest.
Jeanette Gershanick Glassberg, OF
New York, vii ldiscuss the economic
position Of women after the Euro
pean war.
the New York city public schools, also
will lecture
The Washington times., 1916-07-17
THE FLOODS IN THE SOUTH

Estimates Of losses, whether in
life or in property, by the great
floods in certain parts Of the South,
are necessarily uncertain. It is very
sure, however, that a great calamity
has befallen that section, as result
Of the great storm that swept in
from the Atlantic, bringing moisture
that was precipitated at the noun
tain barrier Of the lofty southern Al
leghanies.
Except an area on the Pacific
coast where conditions are curiously
similar, this south Appalachian ter
ritory shows, year by year, the
greatest rainfall in the country. The
rough topography makes a sudden
downpour the more disastrous be-
cause the runoff must be confined to
narrow channels.
It is at least significant that for
many years forest experts have been
urging reforestation in denuded
regions, and particularly in the
south Appalachians, as a preventive
Of the worse evils resulting from
great rainfall. The Weeks forest
reserve law aims to expend millions
Of dollars in buying and reforesting
lands in that particular section. In
q recent report the commission in
charge Of this work stated that II
was hoped ultimately to buy about
100000 acres in the southern noun.
tains and 100000 in the White
mountain areas. About one-half OF
this has already been acquired, and
Congress q few days ago, in the ag'
ricultural appropriation bill, provid'
ed for $4,000, 900 more to continue
the buying. This sum was part Of
the 81, 900 900 made available wher
the law first passed. About $4,000.
900 was spent, but the rest lapset
into the treasury because the appro
priation expired before It could b.
advantageously used. =
Proper and persistent expansion o.
the reforested areas is the mest ef
fective known method Of minimizing
the damage from floods; but It woult
doubtless one day be supplemented
by the creation Of mountain reser
voirs to hold back the excessive
waters and let them drain ava!
gradually. Engineering opinion diff
fers as to the practicability Of sucl
vast works; but the experiment Il
certainly worth trying, and on BIZ
scale in some particular section. 4
flood like the present one tears ou
roads, railways, bridges, houses, ant
other improvements; worse than all
it washes away the soil that make
the lands worth anything for cult
vation. Since the great Britisl
works at Assouan demonstrated tn
possibility of conserving and feeding
out flood waters, it would seem tina
the nation which was able to bull
the Panama canal ought not fear a
least to try the experiment of foo
checking.