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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
CHIEF APPOINTS
new VICE SQUAD

Going on the theory that new
broomH can sweep cleaner than
old ones. Chief Rockingham has an.
nounced he will completely rear
range the policing OF the district
below Yesler way.
Two new sergeants. r. J. Clark
and Gus liasselblad VIII be placed
in charge Of patrolmen. who will
he transferred and ordered 10 sup.
press gambling. disorderly houses
and bootlegging
The orders we're being prepared
Tuesday and viii so into effect
March J.
The new men we send down
there will have nothing TO do but
keep things cleaned up" says Chief
Rockingham III they can't do that
we'll keep changing.
OLYMPIA. Feb. 2T.--The new
National Guard code increasing the
annual appropriation for state mill.
tary work s300.o 900 passed the
house yesterday with only six dis.
senting votes.
The chief objection was that Ma
tional Guardsrlen had drawn the
bill and others knew little about IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
WILSON HOLDS | ACONIA SINKING
TOBE A "CLEAR CUT CASE"

be done and how ii shall be done
Is altogether in the hands of Pres.
ident Wilson.
Any decision. ii was flatly stated,
must come from him.
1t was Z, strongly intimated that
the president has no immediate in
tention of again going to congress.
The official Interpretation of the
Laconia incident as IA clear cut
act" did not bring in the word
overt" but the manner in which
II was described left the very
strong impression that overt" act
was in the mind of the official who
interpreted IL.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
LAcoNIA SCORE

LONDON. Feb. 27.-OficiaI
figures Of the Lseonia disaster
today showed:
Total passengers and crew.
2ea.
Survivors landed at Queens
town, 267. Survivors landed at
eantry, IL.
Drowned, five.
Died of exposure and buried
at sea, eight.
In hospitals. six.
The figures were furnished
by the American consul at
Queenstown and sent to Am
basssdor Page today.
Consul Frost reported that
the Laconia sank in one hour
after the torpedoins.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27

pers today was almost unanimous
in the belief that the Laconia was
a second Lusitania.
London editors professed their
belief that President Wilson's
overt act" had been accomplished
in this torpedoing.
'lf il Is ignored or eondoned. :
declared the Chronicle. what will
in effect be admitted by the Ameri-
can government is the claim that
Germany has a right to prohibit
American citizens under the penal
ty of death from travelling to Eng
land on English lines"
Cedric 7. lvatt. reported missing.
perished. according to latest reports.
lvatt was manager for the actress.
Mitzisikeosi. reported among the
survivors.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
Army Of Lawyers to
Wage Dramatic War.
in j. S. Booze Case

Battle lines for the Gill booze-graft trial
were being drawn in earnest Tuesday.
With only one week left for final prep
aration, attorneys who will be arrayed
against each other in the booze-conspiracy
case before Judge Neterer next Tuesday
were working hard.
Ii was predicted that the trial would be
the most dramatic in Seattle's history and
would last more than a month.
The problem facing government attor-
neys was to dove-tail and arrange the mass
Of documentary evidence that will be used
in the effort to prove that Mayor Gill, Chief
Rockingham, ex-Sheriff Hodge and four
city detectives were involved in a gigantic
conspiracy to permit the Billingsleys to sell
LIQUOR in Seattle.
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On the other hand. former Su.
pFeme Court Judge Frederick Bana'
man and wilmon Tucker. who " III
defend Mayor Gili. were scrutlnizing
the regular and special yenire called
by Judge Neteror.
Seek "tieh-minded" Jury
They will make an aggressive
fight in the courtrooms during tho
opening days OF the trial to obtain
a "high-mlnded jury"
Attorney Tucker told Judge Net
erer that the mayors interests
would be best served by jurors op.
posed 10 the Illicit liquor traffic.
Tho other defendants. he said.
will want just the opposite kind of
a jury"
Peares Takes Hold Again
Clarence L. Reamcs. who Will
head the force OF government aitor-
ncys in the trial. arrived from
Portland Tuesday. ready 10 stay
thru the trial.
Hiram House. special government
accountant and special agent. was In
charge OF filing and arranging the
mass Of evidence Tuesday.
His task is to have every bit Of
written matter TO be used by the
government filed and ready for at
torneys TO place their hands on n
when IL Is needed
Government Has Bis Force
sFhwx. -. v4i.u ~ r.apara and AAF.
uments. including a mass of cor.
respondence turned over by the BIZ
lingsIeys and the Jesse Moore Hunt
Company. San Francisco liquor
dealers, which viii be submitted. -'
Reames will have District Attor-
ney Clay Allen, Assistant u. $. Al,
torneys Noodle and Martin, and a
corps of government clerks and spc-
cial agents ready to assist him. -
Wilmon Tucker. associated In the
defense OF Mayor GIL. is president
OF both the State and Seattle Bar
associations. and his colleague in
the defense. Frederick Bausman,
has been n former state supreme
court Judge.
Judge William II. Bell and John
Dore will defend ex-Sheriff Hodge,
George Tennant. brother of Captain
OF Detectives Charles Tenant. will
defend Dan MeLennan, Meyer Pey.
ser, Jack Poolman and James Doom.
Attorney Walter Fulton has been
retained to defend Chief Becking-
ham. fs
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27

CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Mrs. Al
bert II. Hoy, wife OF Dr. Albert
II. Hoy. OF London. and daugh-
ter, Elizabeth. who are report
ed TO have been drowned when
the Cunarder Laconia was tor
pedoed, we're prominent In Chi
cago society. They first moved
to Chicago from Racine. Wis.
about ~ years ago. They liVed
here II years before moving TO
London. They still maintained
their social connections here
and visited friends and rela-
kfyes frequently.
= Dr. Hoy and bis son Austin
are In London. and Mrs, Hoy
and her daughter were on their
way to rejoin them, after spend
ing several months here. They
we're guests at the Congress ho-
tel and were entertained at
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
farm Market BILL
PASSED IN SENATE

OLYMPIA. Wash. Feb 27.--Sen.
ate bin 223, by Senator Metcalf.
creating director of farm marketing
to promote economical system of
distribution between producer and
consumers passed Senate. 80 TO O..
The purpose Is to reduce waste
and expense of marketing by or
ganizing cooperative societies OF
sellers and buyers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
REMEMBER, THERE'S
$40 FOR THE BEST
EDITORIAL IN STAR

Friday. at 2 o'clock. will be
the ime limit for submitting edi.
torials to The Star.
For the best one The Star will
pay $40. The editorial must be
not more than $50 words long,
must be written on one side of
the sheet, and must be signed.
Tomorrow The Star will pub
lish some of those already of.
fered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
JURY FINDS DUSKY
GUILTY OF ROBBERY

After two hours and % minutes of
deliberation. Jury In Superior
Judge Ronald's department Monday
night found 4, r. Dusly guilty of
robbing the Citizens bank of Rem
ton OF 81 i.400 on October 10, 1915.
Prosecutor Ellis and Attorney p.
w. Willett, for the defendant, waiy-
d closing arguments.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
DIVER KILLS
j. S. W0ME
10 DEAD
INTRAIN
WRECK

ALTOONA, Pa. Feb. az
Every passenger, ~ in all. in
the Pullman sleeper Beiiwood.
was killed this morning when
the Mercantile Express. on the
Pennsylvania railroad, which
had stopped at Mount Union
for minor repairs TO the brakes,
was run Into by a fast freight
train.
At 8 o'clock this morning
nine bodies were recovered, all
unidentified
The engineer Of the freight. 4. I.
Cass OF Harrisburg. and q Pullman
porter on another car received
minor hurts They we're the only
persons reported injured.
Chester A. Minds. coal operator
and former fullback on the football
team OF the University OF Pennsyi-
vania. Is believed 20 have been one
of those killed. II is also believed
his whule family was siiicti. ineiud.
ing his young wife. baby. two re'a.
ilyes and n nurse. They we're on
their way to Utica 10 attend the
funeral OF Mrs. Minds father.
In the Minds party were nine.
They were all killed.
This Is the second wreck. one day
after another. on the Pennsylvania
line. tho until yesterday this road
didn't have a wreck for many years,
carrying millions in safety.
The following is the official list
ot dead In the wreck at Mount
Union this morning:
y. J. KELLY. Brooklyn.
II. A. LOEFLER. plattsyille. Wis.
G. A. MINDS. wife and one child.
Raney. Pa.
MRS. MORT OWEN. sister of
Minds.
RICHARD OWEN. 7. Raney,
nephew OF Minds.
D0TTIE OWEN. 6, GENE OWEN.
4. nicces OF Minds.
VI. A. cALF1SCH. 20. brother OF
Mrs. Minds. Raney.
MRS. SEGUR DELLTNG. Cleve-
land. with Minds party.
--.-- BRIGHT. porter on Pullman.
New York.
ROTOR IIYMES. 474 W. l7sth st,
New York.
CHARLES LEVINE. New York.
PHILIP POLAND. New York.
T. X. MANNING, Piattsville. Wis.
Manning's bride. who had n Bible
In her suitcase marked Miss Ella
Palmer. Hoyt, Denver"
G. MEDSkET. New York
Two unidentified bodies, believed
to be women.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
BY ROBERT ]. BENDER

BY ROBERT J. BENDER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.--
The sinking OF the Laconla, &C
cordina to highest official In
depreciation, is "a clear cut
case"
No Investigation Is neces-
sary.
This became known as the
administration attitude, follow
ing a conference at the White
House between Secretary Ian
sing and President Wilson at
10 a. m. today.
Evidence now in hand. presum
ably contained in cable dispatches
from American representatives
abroad, IL was stated eliminated
any necessity for further investiga.
ton.
The Iaconia incident--what shnll
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
Leave 1t to George;
He'll Watch for W

Have you seen tho new 81 bills?
Just before leaving, ! want TO
give you piece Of advice said Ole
Larson. VINO is going TO manage a
bank in Tacoma, to George Allen.
the bond man. Look for the W on
the s. bills. The new dollar ones
look like thcm without the W"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
u. S. Bans Anthem
as Band Medley

PORTLAND. Feb. 21.-Col. Sam
uel X. Jones. United States quarter.
master here, was advised by the war
department today that The Star
Spangled Banner" Is the official
national anthem. Army musicians
are forbidden 10 plav IL Ak a medley
Bit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
Mother and Daughter
Are Victims Of Sub
Attack on LaC0nia

LONDON, Feb. 27-Two American
women were among the Is killed in Ger
man submarines unwarned torpedoing of
the liner Laconia.
They were Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss
Elizabeth Hoy.-,4.-- - .s-,,ra ~ '~~ra
American Consul Frost at Queenstown
made this report to the American embassy
here today, adding that the four other Amer
leans aboard the ship were saved.
They were Floyd P. Gibbons, Mrs. F. E.
Harris, A. T. Kirby and Rev. Father Ware
ing.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
DR.. Hoy Stricken
With Grief Over
Loss of Loved Ones

LONDON, Feb. 27.-Dr. Albert
Harris Hoy, who lost his wife
and daughter in the Lsconia
sinking. was stricken down with
grief over his loss as he talked
over the telephone to the United
Press office today. He was re-
moved TO his room and put under
physicians care.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
CHICAGO WAS OLD HOME OF WOMEN SUB VICTIMS
Mr.. How and Daughter We're Knoun Socially Windy City

informed friends that they In
tended 10 sail on an American
liner. and much surprise was
evidenced when It was learned
they had been on the ll.fated
liner Iaconia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27
CONGRESS TO give
WILSON AUTHORITY
by CARL D. CROAT

United Press staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.--
The house foreign affairs COM
mittee, split on President VIII
sons request for authority In
the international situation, fail.
ed today to report out the
Flood bill, giving the president
that power.
Instead several committee.
men sought to inject amend
ments.
The upshot was that the commit
Continued on page -
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27

Harry Rogers. First ave. clothing
merchant. surprised his friends
Tuesday by passing around a box
OF cigars, leaving the lid open.
TITS a boy." he said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-27

Christmas time at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Bios
som, Of Hubbard Woods.
When they left Chicago, they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29
SCIENCE NOTES.

c. D. Geidel, chemist and bacteriolo-
gist in the state food laboratory, Madi-
son. Wis. has accepted a position in
the bureau of chemistry here.
The following assistants in the Amer
lean Museum of Natural History have
enlisted in the army: Carlos d. Empie
and Harold E. Anthony, mammalogf:
Charles Camp, vertebrate paleontology;
Leo f. Miller and James P. Chopin, or
anthology. Howard S. Boyle. ornitholo-
gy. is now in the service of the navy.
There is a strong movement under
way in the United States to develop a
survey of the air over North America
and adjoining waters. The objects are
to observe and chart the Irregularities
of air currents, to establish theological
stations for observers, not only on the
earth's surface, but also aloft to 10000
feet or more, and thus safeguard air
craft and the lives of aviators. The
national advisory committee of aero
nautics is fostering the movement and
has the support Of the Aero Club of
America. The hope is expressed, it is
said. that this survey may. in time. be
graphic survey, the coast and geodetio
survey and the geological survey.
DR.. Augustus Trowbridge. professor
of physics in Princeton University, has
been made director and commissioned
a major in the Signal Corps of the
is now staff of twenty-five men work
ing in the Palmer physical laboratory.
DR.. Frank NJ. Chapman, curator of or
anthology in the American Museum of
Natural History. is now in Washing
ton. where he is director of the Red
Cross bureau of publication. He is the
editor of the newly established Red
Cross bulletin, which is designed to
keep the public informed as to the ac-
tlyitieS of the organization.
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HOTEL APARTMENTS.
.sAWMILL AT FIT. WASHINGTON
Timber There May Be Utilized for
Training Camp Material.

With a lighter in tow, carrying a
sawmill and equipment, the tug Car
ter of the Taylor fleet is at Fort Wash
ington AT Fort Washington, it ii
stated, there is a quantity of timber
which it Is proposed to saw up into lum-
Der, and the mill taken there yesterday
is to be used in the work. 1t is possible
that some of this lumber will be used in
buildings at training camps in process
Of erection at Admiral, Nd, and else
where.
Several years ago a large quantity of
the standing timber at Fort Washing
ton was cut down and converted into
cord wood. Several hundred cords of
the material were obtained Several
vessels have loaded it at Fort Wash
ington and delivered it to the quarter
master at Fort Monroe. There is still
a quantity of the wood remaining to be
sent to Fort Monroe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29
Attempt to Verify Legends of
Migrafons of the HOpi Clan
Smithsonian Institution Publication Recounts Some Archie
illogical Scouting by Dr.. J. Walter Fewkes
in Ne.u Mexico and Utah.

Archaeological scouting" IN New
Mexico and Utah during the summer
of 1916 by DR.. ]. Walter Fewkes of
the bureau of American ethnoloEy has
resulted in the discovery of interesting
prehistoric human habitations.
In New Mexico the work undertaken,
states a recent publication Of the
Smithsonian Institution, was an at
tempt to verify existing legends of the
migrations of a Hopi clan that once
lived in ruined pueblo called Six
yatki.
The legends say that the clan orig
mated in the mountains around Jemez,
n. NJ. and gradually migrated west
ward until they reached Sikyatki. in
Arizona. which was eventually de-
stroyed and its inhabitants absorbed by
the conquerors. whose descendants now
live in Walpi.
Visits Ruins in Arizona.
While the time was too short for Dr.
Fewkes to trace the migration trail
throughout it's entire length, he studied
Fire House, AriZ.. one of the stopping
places on the westward migration men
toned in the Hopi legends, and made
a reconnaissance Of number Of here
tofore undescribed ruins between Fire
House and the ancestral home OF the
Hopi near JemeZ
Fire House, or Tebungki in the Hopi
language. is a circular structure about
ninety-four by seventy-nine feet in
greater and lesser diameter, with the
outside wall still ten feet in height at
some places and averaging three feet
in thickness. There are evidences Of
an external Dassageway through the
outer wall, indicating a central court,
while within the Enclosure there are
many indications of rooms, some of
which appear to be circular. but the in
terror is so filled with fallen walls that
an accurate ground plan could not be
drawn without extensive excavation.
The stones forming the walls are, as
a rule, cubical blocks. well dressed and
accurately fitted. showing good mason
ry. AT the base of the cliff below
Fire House is fine spring. used by the
former inhabitants for drinking water.
the trail from here to a gateway in the
outer wall being well marked.
One of the Hating Places.
AS one climbs from the spring to the
top of the plateau the way passes be-
tween the cliff and a fiat stone set on
edge and pierced with a hole about five
feet above the pathway. This stone
was evidently a means of defense: be-
hind it the warriors may have stood
peering down upon their enemies
through this orifice. Although the
form of Fire House is circular and that
of Sikyatki. the last home of this
Hopi clan. is rectangular. nevertheless
DR.. FewkeS established to his own sat
isfaction, from his study of the archi
lecture. masonry and other character
istics. that Fire House is in reality one
of the hating places of the clan on its
westward migration.
A reconnaissance was made of a num-
Der Of ruins to the eastward of Fire
House, among the most interesting OF
which were two ruins near Crown Point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29

The largest OF these named Kfn-a-a, 10
a compact. rectangular structure with
embedded kivas, or ceremonial cham
hers. and measures approximately $50
feet long by 100 feet wide, the north
walls rising in places to so feet. show
ing evidences of five stories, one above
the other.
Large Ceremonial Room.
The large kIva, or ceremonial room.
fifteen feet in diameter. represented tho
underworld. out of which. according to
legends. the early races OF man emerged
through an opening In the roof. Among
the Hopi this kiva is never covered by
another room, and this is carried SO far
that it is forbidden to walk on the roof
of kiva, especially at times when
rites are being performed.
At certain times in Hopi ceremonies
a thin layer of sand is sprinkled over
the kiva roof, and on this sand are
drawn in meal four rain-cloud figures.
around which are performed certain Sc
cret rites. In this respect, however,
kin-a-a is exceptional. as there are
evidences of four rooms superposed on
the kiva. A possible explanation of this
is that there were four kivas. one above
the other, to represent the under
worlds in which the ancestors Of the
human race lived in succession before
emerging into that in which we now
, dwell.
Dr. Fewkes next visited the region
south of Ouray, Utah, which Is n land
practically unknown to the archeolo-
gist- 1t is a rugged region composed OF
eroded cliffs and deep canyons and is SO
difficult of access that until recently
few white men have ventured into il
The ten or twelve ruins visited were in
the vicinity of Taylor's lower ranch. in
Hill canyon, and are of an unusual and
remarkable character The ruins are
of two types. the true mushroom rock
ruins which, as their name implies, are
dwellings perched on the tops of iso-
, lated rock pinnacles, of which the base
has been eroded away, and the ruins
built on crown spurs Of the mesa over
looking the canyon.
1t was not possible to examine the
ground plan Of many of the mushroom
rock ruins as the tops were inacces-
sible from the ground. The former in
habitants of these strange dwellings
! must have reached the top by means of
ladders, ropes or footholes cut in the
rock. If the latter were used they have
since been eroded away. One of the
most interesting of these ruins was
one built on the top of a leaning pillar
of rock. which was at such a perceptible
angle that one side of the ruin barely
falls within the line of stable equilib-
rum. The dwelling on the top of this
pinnacle was entirely inaccessible, as 1t
rose so feet from the base, which stood
on a narrow ridge over 200 feet above
the plain.
DIR. Fewkes was unable. on account of
cavations or extended study, but he has
outlined and laid the foundations for
an interesting and profitable line OF
archaeological study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29

Brown. J. H. P. Modern Swimming. W.
BS15m.
Corsan. c. h. At Home in the Water. 1914.
EF-CS1Ga.
Sheffield. T. W. Swimming Culture. 1915.
EF-Sh35s.
Music and the Theater.
Avail. X. E. The Superior Collection Of Steel
Guitar Solos, VZG-Awl.
Baldwin. r. L. Progressive Songs. vZB19sp.
Eaton. W. P. Plays and Players. VUS3-Eas6.
Calico. Paoo. comp. The Most Popular Songs
From the Most Popular Comic Operas. 1911.
yZv-G135m.
KrehbieI. II. e. A Second Book Of Operas.
vNlo- KS74ba.
Parks. J. A., ed Humorous ouartets and En-
cores. 1915. vZv-P23sh
Towse. J. R. Sixty Years Of tho Theater.
VUs3-T667s.
Wier. A. E.. ed. Dance Music the Whole
World Plays. VYD-W633
Winn. E. L. How to Study Gavinies. VIVA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29
Demonstrating It.

From the Boston Globe.
Mrs. Binx-I was just reading about
a man seventy years old who has been
sent to the penitentiary for the fifth
time for burglary.
Mr., Binx-Yes. old age steals on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29
FUTURE DAYS.

FUTURE DAYS.
EXECUTORS SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
estate, at public auction. on WEDNESDAY.
AUGUST EIGHTH, 1917 TWO O'CLOCK PM.
on the premises at Mount Jackson Virginia.
consisting Of @ acres. situated on the river. on
which is the handsome brick residence Of DR..
G. A. r. Moore! deceased containing eleven
IN rooms also toilet and ba throoms, two store
rooms and washroom; also basement containing
rooms used as a cellar. There is an observa-
tory top of the dwelling from which you have
the finest view of this lovely valley. The ma
tional highway through Virginia passes through
Mount Jackson. Terms. Il cash. residue in
three equal annual payments, with interest from
day Of sale.
p NJ 8. BIRD, Jr.,
l.. TRIPLETT, Jr..
ivo0St Executors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29

Miss Mollie Denny, forty-five years
old. of Royal Oak, Md, was killed in
| an automobile accident mile north
of Perryville. when a machine. driven
| by Harry F. Reed sixty years old.
| turned over in a ditch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-29
FARMS.
FOR SALE,

FOR SALE OR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FARM
highly cultivated: bearing fruit trees: Groom
modern house: 24OfOot poultry house: two-story
barn; concrete floors: running water in build
ings: 10 acres and potatoes: ~ miles east
of Berwyn, Branchville road; miles from
WIIKIkS0N