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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
FARMERS IND0RSE
PORT BELT LINE BILL

SPOKANE. FEB. f7.-Farr-
ers. grain growers ard shlp-
pers assembled here In conven.
ton yesterday lndorsed the
Guile bill calling for publicly
owned belt line. grain elevators
and other port developments
In Seattle.
N the legislature kills the
ouie port development plan,
the farmers declared they
would ship their grain TO Port.
land.
They took the position that go
sttle could become the grain por
)f the Pacific II the publicly own
ID and maintained elevators. ware
houses and storage plants were con
lected by public belt line railway
The farm development bureau o
he Spokane Chamber OF Com
nerce also indoraed the publicly
,wned terminal plan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
BRIDGES
N AK Is
CHARGE

Charges tina. city reglstra'
tion clerk offered 10 "put over"
the public belt Iine proposition
At the March 6 election for
$500 were made In a speech by
Robert Bridges. president OF the
port commission, at a meeting
Of the King County Democratic
club. at the Good Eats eafeter-
Va. Saturday noon.
Bridges said the man called
on him three times. and lntimat
ed he was In position 20 issue
instructions to election officials
which would result In their
swinging votes to the proposl.
tion.
As a reference 10 his ability "a
put the thing over" Bridges said
he referred me TO Lawrence Col
man. who. he said. was familiar with
The method that was used TO lni1u
ence voters To adopt the present
site for the new eounty.city build
lng. Instead OF conforming to the
bogue plan site.
u think the public ought to know
how some propositions are put
over. Bridges explained. as hi,
motive for airing the incident
II shows what money can do
how strings have to be pulled some
lines TO get the proper results
He said his caller first made the
offer two weeks ago. and had cali
I'd twice aimee then.
Two hundred dollars was TO hs
paid oyer Immediately said
Bridges. "and the remaining 81 400
placed In n bank In escrow. TO be
delivered only II the proposition
was carried"
Bridges said the man also offer
I'd to open offices. hire a clerical
force and issue pamphlets.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
SEATTLEITES WATCH
DOUBLE LAUNCHING

Two new vessels. products OF Sc
attle's shipyards. slipped into the
waters Of Elliott bay AT practically
the same time Saturday.
The new West Seattle ferry, Rob
ert Bridges. and the Alaska Pacific
Navigation Co.'S motorshtp Oregon
were successfully launched at II
n. m.
Miss Marie Levendahl. 1863 42nd
at. a member OF tho West Seattle
high school. was sponsor for the
ferry. She was attended by a mum.
Der Of her schoolmates.
While the Robert Bridges was
slipping into the water. the Oregon
gllded down the WAYS from a plant
on the West waterway. A large del.
egation OF Portland business men
attended the launching.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
BERNSTORFF TO
Be HELD week
NEAR HALIFAX

HALIFAX. Feb. f7.-ho~
thoro will be Enoiand's inspee-
sion Of the liner Frederick VIII,
bearing Count Won eernstorH
back home, was Indicated to-
day In the sennl-offieisl an
nouneement that IL may be a
week or more before the liner
10 passed"
A huge staff Of nxval, Gus
toms and immigration officials.
with interpreters. women as
slstants and translators, swarm
ed aboard the Frederick VII.
today. beginning their work
shortly after daylight
Armed guards watch the Freder
lex VIII. and no one is permitted
aboard beyond officials engaged II
The inspection and those arme'
with passes from the naval authori
lies. These passes were ISSUED
1nly to government officials NJ
were permitted 10 leav'
today. nor will they be granted sucl
permission during the stay Of tn
liner.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17

Obviously, the orders come from
the captain on the bridge-the com
prehensive non-commital rule OF the
sea.
There is no mention OF raiders or
submarines.
Gray. murky and fogbound sea
shrouding the graves of the Arabic
and the Lusitania. Gaudily painted
ships shrleking their nationality
from waterline TO topmast. The
Philadelphia. limping into port with
smashed screw. Two slim. black
torpedo boat destroyers sneaking to
sea thru the deepening gloom. That
is the picture the harbor presents.
Then zone of broken water. n
course inside the fastnet TO avoid
vast mine fields. glimpse of the
guardian ring of trawler patrols
indefatigable, unhonored and un-
sung. fishers and fighters. too.
Here. II anywhere. pirate subma-
rines lie waiting. II we get thru,
other American ships can follow in
safety.
Tie Children In Life Belts
Women glance AT each other in
silence; mems faces grow grim;
children are tied into life belts.
No one montions either the Ger
mans or the English. War-weary
and war.protesting, we are Ameri-
cans going home.
Then. OF sudden. the ships long.
lean hun lunges thru hills of water.
The blockade breaker is conveyed
thru the first danger zone by the
God OF storms.
4 wild night On deck. the tire.
less tramp of double watch, thru
the dark: from the sea-swept bow,
the lookout's "Alrs WE'LL" lonely as
a curfew call.
From the silent chamber whore
whispering wireless drips the
worlds news, a messenger speeds to
the captain He rises, tired d-eyed.
but confident.
News of Diplomatic Break
"Fellow-citizens, the United States
has severed diplomatic relations
with Germany"
The flag under which we sail
! ed Is no longer a protection.
An elderly lady slips to the
piano. Her cameo face, flush
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
We Got This in
the Mail Today

Be n enacted
That any one saying "cuss
words" stronger than Darn" be
fined. etc.
That any female under the age
of 20 years wearing corsets be
fined. etc
That any female wearing heels
on her shoes over one inch high
be fined. etc.
That any female wearing more
than two colors in her clothing
be fined. etc
That any person smoking a
pipe. cigar or cigarette be fined.
etc.
That any female using talcum
powder. cream. etc. on her face
be fiued. etc.
That any perHon-Oh. what's
the use7 SUBSCRIBER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17

American citizens are safe" on the last boat
home.
No parting cheer to the towering ship, no
final greeting to the empty dock, as the first
blockade runner slipped into the stream Such
are my last impressions of Liverpool
Passengers are carefully cabined near the
gangway stairs and life belts are laid open be-
side every berth
take my orders for the trip from calm
eyed stewardness from the lost Titanic.
Madam will dress warmly with fur coat
and sea rugs laid ready" she tells me- There
is a handbag for money and Jewels the state
room will be hooked open and YOU will have
one nights sleep fully dressed lying upon the
couch" she added.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17

OLYMPIA. Feb. i7.-Representa-
tive Adams OF Spokane yesterday
!. introduced bill approprtaung
Stp00 from the general fund 10 pay
Yor the services OF Attorney
Charles A. Reynolds in the fight to
preserve the Northwest's victory
IN the $3.50 passenger fare differ
ential rate case.
The bill has been given the fuil
recommendation. not only OF these
commercial bodies. but OF Attorney
General Tanner and the public serv-
fee commission.
While the name OF the special
counsel to handle the case before
the interstate commerce commis-
sion is not mentioned In the bill.
the attorney general. the commls-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17

PASS THIS BILL

bill introduced by Rep. Adams, is before the
legislature appropriate $4,000 pay for the services
of Attorney Reynolds in the Northwest tourist case
1t should pass
People of Seattle, Portland. Tacoma, and other
places have had dig into their pockets 70 make up
that fund The Star urged them do rather than
depend the legislature
1t a of safety first The Northwest was in
danger of losing ground already gained in the rate
fight give this section the chance for tourist
trade as Southern California has.
But it is really a matter. The whole of Wash
ington is affected A few private individuals should
not have to bear this The money is for public
service The legislature should pass the Adams bill
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
MAYOR INDICTED IN
CHEKALIS PROBE

CHEHALIS. Feb. i7-Dr J T.
Coleman. mayor OF Chehalis. indict-
ed by the Lewis county grand fury
on a charge of issuing a prescrip-
tion for liquor IN a case where the
man was not sick. is at liberty on
5000 cash bail
The indictment charges that Or.
Coleman wrote an Illegal prescrip-
ton for Fred Nehring on Decem-
her 13. Or. Coleman claims Nehring
needed the liquor.
The gslnd jury voted another in
dictment. which Is being kept Sc
cret.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
BREAK IS NEAR
WITH AUSTRIA,
SAYS BENDER
az ROBERT J. BENDER

WASHINGTON, Feb. W
After two weeks OF broken re-
I..lon, with Germany. Pres'-
den. Wilson today finds the IN
.ernatIoral situation inereas
irely difficult
A break with Austria seems
81 impending. In view Of persist
to nj reports that all nesot's-
jons tending 10 dissusde Aus
N--la from, following the O-ooat
Seourse OF Germany have faieo'
"A Officials are convinced the
re.uItant economic situation IN
the United States makes some
action designed TO open the
way for American shipping I'M
perative.
Absence OF word from America
agents in central powe
Is taken to indicate Una
Germany plans no relaxation IN nc
course OF reference with Amerl
can privileges and American rishts
IN spite OF these developments 0
the tast two weeks. however. Their
"a no belllgerent step immediatei!
in sight. according 10 those close U
the president.
Shipping Is Tied Up
Tho most distressing problem !
.hat of American shipping. now a
a standstill in American naroors-
Continued on page 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
Shovel Attack Is
Cause of Arrest

Information charging first degree
assault was filed Saturday by Dep
uty Prosecutor Barto against voin
Noinvich. laborer in the employ of
the Builders Brick Co, plant at
Ninth and Charleston.
The assault, according to the in
formation, occurred on February 12.
when Voinvich. after an argument
over n question OF work. approached
Ben Atkinson. superintendent. and
beat him over the head with a shov-
el handle. Atkinson was confined
for several days in a hospital. Voin.
vich's bond was set at $500.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
DON'T have TO OBEY
Law UNTIL READY

OLYMPIA, Feb. 17.-Public serv-
ice companies don't have to obey
the law until they get ready.
The house decided this yester-
day when II passed House Bill 70.
extending the time for the electric
companies to comply with the law
passed in 1913, compelling the con.
struction OF electric lines and the
regulating OF wiring on standard
that would insure the safety OF
lincmen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
Evidently He Kept
Had Long Enough

NEW YORK. Feb. f7.-when
one OF his three customers" hit
him over the head with a club and
grabbed for the amethyst tray.
jewelers. Clerk Marks remained
conscious only long enough TO
shove the gems I'm the safe and
lock It.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
SHOOTS MAN TRYING
TO STEAL HIS wife

ed that his victim had tried to
break up his home by persuading
Mrs. Reppert to elope with him
today Mrs. Reppert confirmed
this statement.
The tragedy occurred In front of
the Reppert home
Suspecting Herniman. Reppart
remained at home today. instead
OF going TO work. as usual He was
waiting when lIernlman arrived.
Reppert drew n revolver and fir
ed one shot The bullet entered
the back OF Herniman-s head and
passed entirely thru It. Herniman
fell dead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
Air Mail Route
Is Being Planned

ST. PAUL. MINI. Feb. 17.-Aero-
planes win soon be carrying mail
from Minneapolis 10 St Paul and
Chicago, making one round.trip
flight each day. and delivering In
the Twin Cities each day mail writ
ten In Chicago the same day. The
time now consumed by rail is II
hours for the a50 miles. postmast.
or A. T.. Purdy of Minneapolis and
Postmaster Otto y. Raths OF st.
Paul are working together on the
plnn
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
SHIPWRIGHTS At
PORTLAND STRIKE

PORTLAND. Feb 17.-Thirty
union caulkers and shIpwrights at
the Columbia Engineering company
were discharged by President $. NJ.
Mears today. and Immediately i02
fellow employees dropped their tools
and walked out Eight hundred at
the Peninsula shlpbuilding plant
may strike before night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
GREW TO Vienna

PARIS, Feb. I7.---Joseph c.
Grew. secretary TO the American
embassy at Berlin, and recently in
charge during Ambassador Gerard s
absence in the United States was
today ordered to Vienna TO assist
Ambassador Ienfleld. Amhassa.
dor Gerard gave the instructions to
~
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17

KENNEL. Cal, Feb. "
William Hernlman. aged As,
was shot and killed by Clad
Reppert, aged 43, today, when
the former appeared at Rep
pert's home to call on Mrs.
Reppert.
The slayer notified the police au
.horitles OF the tragedy and assert
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
Tacoma Is 24 Hours
SloDer Than DaUid

David Sullivan. lightning tele-
graph operator for the Tacoma
.fxsres. failed for the first time In
his life 10 be on the Job at Z a. m.
Saturday.
If didn't get up" he told his en-
pIoyers, because | thought u was
Sunday"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
SECOND TRAIN OF
CONSULS TUESDAY

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA sec
ond special train carrying AmerI-
can consuls from various parts Of
Germany will leave Berlin for
Berne Tuesday. This announce
ment was made by the state de
partment today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
Had Novel Way to
Announce Secret

MARYSVILLE. Cal. Feb. IA
A brand new plan for announcing
an engagement was reported here
when Miss Florence Shepherd had
the news ~ her betrothal TO Harry
Lewis flashed on movie screen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
Judge Says Each Lie
Told Him Worth S25

CHICAGO. Feb. IT, Federal
Judge Lands estimated Levy Zim.
beroff. bankrupt told him 700 lies.
He ordered Zlmberoff held under
$4,000 bond, "or s25 for each lie
you have told me-"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
q \ q q

She worked in a settlement
house. And years before
she had been a street wall
herself, later a cheap little
actress "a moth whose
wings were singed by the
flame.
It's The Story of Julia
Page" who turned out a
wonderful woman. 1t viii
appear in The Star. Begin
it Monday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17

2 Are KILLED WHEN
snip STRIKES MINE

LONDON. Feb. 1.-Two men
we're killed. nine are missing and
five injured were rescued when the
British s. s. Lady Ann struck Il
mine. It was announced today. The
injured have been removed TO hos
pitfalls.
The Lady Ann was an iron screw
steamer of l.016 tons registered at
Sunderland. and the property of the
Iambton a Hetton Galleries, Ltd.
Julia Page grew up on the pave.
mcnts of san Francisco.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
ALL n. G. TROOPS
ORDERED HOME

WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.--All ma.
tionaI guard troops remaining on
the border have been ordered home
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17

otlIpSo oll tilI oldNo vi
checkerboard flags on
the mastheads, | have
just passed thru the sub
marine zone of fright
fulness on the Ameri-
can liner New York,
THE LAST SHIP
FOR HOME.
A vast landing shed
held by soldiers; one
table at which British
ers sit to be questioned,
another at which Yam
KEGS stand for the same
ordeal. A final inter
rogation, a grudging
stamping of departure
cards, a swift passage
along the last gauntlet,
and | and 200 other
safe" ON the last boar
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
PUBLIC SERVICE
The ISSUE.

The issue in the coming primaries Tuesday
and the final election in March, at which three
councilmen to be chosen, is plain.
Ii is Public service"
Councilman Dale. in a public meeting the
other night, indicated that his first interest is the
Puget Sound Traction Light and Power Co.
His record in the council more than indicates
il.
Plainly, he i, not PUBLIC servant, tho
the public pays him his salary of $4,000 year.
Two men, already in the council, have
proved their PUBLIC service, and should be
elected. They Councilman Oliver 7. Erick-
son and Robert B. Hesketh
No truer type Of democrat with little "d''
than Erickson be found. He gave up sue
cessful business career for public service, and
he is SERVING the people, not bunlng them
Hesketh a member of organized labor, has
also aimed to give service to the majority of the
people, and not to select few
Vote for Erickson and Hesketh. Do not
vote for Dale.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
Mary Boyle O'Reilly Makes Thrill
ing Trip on New York From
Liverpool; battle Hymn of
Republic" StirS PASSENGERS.

after
In
Of Germans dwnt d
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
BY MARY BOYLE O'REILLY

NEW YORK, Feb. l7.-With the Stars
and Stripes at the taffral, but no barber pole
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
ADVERTISING MANAGERS
DAILY TALK

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and full details about them, CON
suft the ads in todaYs star
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-17
LAST EDITION

Don't be fooled by woman with
hair cut or a man without one,
Genius grows In the hoad, not on II.
Weather forecast today: "Unset-
tied; occasional rain"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02
Gives New Confidence T..
to Allied DIPLOMATS

Washington, Nov. 2.-While Pre-
mier Kerensky's remarkable state
ment of Russia's situation created
profound sensation among American
officials and all the allied diplomats
here they note with confidence his
emphasis that Russia is not out of
the conflict however, war-worn she
may be.
In entente allies diplomatic circles
in Washington, Premier Kerensky's s
statement is not regarded as dis
couraging, in fact it was stated that
the allies fully realized Russia's con-
dition as he sets it out and have
made their plans to meet those con-
ditions.
The great conference about to take
place in Europe will deal more spe-
cifically with the military situation
which has resulted from the aban-
donment of Russia's offensive cam
paign and it is hoped that during
the winter, with better opportuni-
ties to reorganiZe the Russian army
and with such supplies of munitions
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02
War Secretary Scores
Newspaper Which Prints
Erroneous Statement

Washington, Nov. 2.-Secretary
Lansing, deploring any Interpretation
of Kerensky's statement to the effect
that Russia wa sabout to quit the
war, assailed the Washington Post,
which printed over a brief and pre-
liminary account of KerenslSys
statement the headlines Russia
Quits War" He authorized this state
ment:
There has been absolutely nothing
in the dispatches received by the De-
partment of State from Russia, nor
in information derived from any
other source whatever to justify the
impression created by the Washing
ton Post to-day principally by the
sia is out of the conflict.
"A reading of the full interview
with Premier Kerensky of which the
paper published only an abbreviated
and preliminary account, itself shows
that the headline is entirely unwar-
ranted. Our own advices showed that
the provisional government in Petro-
grad is attacking with great energy
the problems confronting it. Reports
received from Petrograd by mail and
telegraph show that Premier Keren-
sky and his government far from
yielding to disbursement are still
animated by strong determination
to organize all Russias resources in
a whole-hearted resistance and carry
the war through to a victorious COM
pletion. At the same time this gov
ernment, like those of the allies, is
rendering all possible assistance"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-02

and military material as can be sent
into Russia from America and from
Japan by the trans-Siberian railway
the army will be in condition to un-
dertake again the offensive next
spring.
1t was said that it is clearly un-
derstood among the entente allies
that Russia's being exhausted by the
great efforts she already has made,
VIII not be expected for the present
to do more than hold on her present
lines. Even further inroads from
Germany, it was said would not seri-
ously impair Russia's military pow
er.
Some of the entente diplomatic
representatives declare it did not
need kerensky's assertion that Rus
sla would continue in the war to es-
taollsh that fact. From every re-
sponsible party in Russia, except the
extreme Bolsheviki element, has
come the most pronounced declara-
TO make separate peace and aban-
don her allies.
Last nights reports from Petro-
grad indicate the defeat of the Boil
shevfki at the polls and the practical
destruction of their influence upon
the Russian masses-an indication
OF the steady growth of Kerensky's S
position. The premier himself has
repeatedly repudiated the idea of
q separate peace. and the conclusion
by officials and diplomats here is
that one purpose of his statement
was to emphasize the need of ample
supplies OF money and material to
strengthen his hands.