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pFIREMEN FIND SEATTLE SCHOOLS UNSAFE

" 'ittie Cutie"

DO you talk "baby talk" to your young

»t»r? Wrong. iay. Mrt. Sackvlll*

Ston.r. who tell*. In Friday'* Star, how

*h* brought up har ranarkably clavar daugh

ter on a diet of parfact grammar. Evary par

ant ahould raad Mra. Ston.r'* article., of

which thla la tha flrat.

WHO'S GETTING THE SWAG?

MMHEN Chief of Police Lang was found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer, the council, by whom he was tried, set aside certain evi

" dence as more fitting to be considered by a grand jury. This evidence was to have shown that gambling had flourished, and does flourish,

in Seattle, and that the police have closed gambling joints and permitted them to open whenever those at headquarters willed.

It was ascertained that joints which were closed temporarily by the police following the induction into office of Sheriff Hodge and

Prosecutor Lundin were now running wide open. Then, on Tuesday of this week, the prosecutor testified in court that an alleged law

breaker, in a letter found in his possession, admitted he had been paying money to the police for protection.

Maybe there isn't any graft money being passed between the gamblers and the Seattle police. There ARE lots of honest policemen.

Vbt if gambling runs wide open, with police knowledge, it's a good bet that some officers are getting paid to keep their eyes shut. And

gambling IS running wide open. That is known. The county grand jury to which Gill and the city council passed the buck in the gambling

matter, will meet in a few days. Prosecutor Lundin will submit this situation to the jurors, among other things.

THE GRAND JURY SHOULD GO TO THE BOTTOM OF IT AND SEE WHO'S GETTING THE SWAG!

; Look Behind the Flag', Boys .*

SEAMEN'S LAW IN EFFECT TODAY—AND

SHIPS SAIL OUT OF BAY JUST AS USUAL;

WHAT'S A LANDLUBBER TO THINK?

By Fred L. Boalt

THE SEAMEN'S ACT goes into effect today.

If I can believe such enemies of the act as the other Seattle newspapers,

the American merchant marine is as good as done for. When I read the able and

almost convincing arguments of these opponents, 1 weep that the Starry Banner

must be swept from the seas.

But when I read The Star, or talk with friends of the administration, the tears cease

to flow, and in my mind's eye I see Ameiican ships, flying the American flag, manned

by American sailors, enjoying good pay and comfortable forecastles, plowing every ocean.

r The other day a news item caught my eye. It said that for the week ending October

23, Seattle, with imports worth $3,853,015, ranked second among the seaport* of the country.

New York »a< first.

What Is a Landlubber Going to Think?

At about the same time I made a swift survey of the water front Not only were the

public docks chockful, but the privately owned docks were crammed with merchandise of

lAltuy sort.

Dear, dear! Thi* Seamen's Act is very important But what i» a landlubber to think?

Many years ago I stood on a rotting wharf in Portsmouth, N II , once a thriving port,

in the days of sailing ships. Boston and New • »rk took the business away from Ports

mouth, and left it as dead as a mackerel.

That, was the very wharf on which the poet had when he received the inspiration

to write —

"I remember the black wharvet and the allpa,

And the tea tide* toaalng free;

And the Spanish aallora with bearded llpt,

And the beauty and mystery of the ships,

And th« magic of the »ea."

I would not like to see Seattle as (lead .is Portsmouth. I hope the ship-owners and

their newspapers are mistaken about the Seamen's Act.

Coolie Crews Aren't Finicky on Pay or Grub

If a landlubber may express an opipion, J cannot, f<>r the life 'of me, -~rr what all the

bother is about. The ship-owners have been employing coolie crews Naturally they

would like to continue employing coolie crew- < oolies are cheap, if not very efficient, and

they are not finicky about grub and forecastle conditions.

Still, it will not break the ship owners to employ Americans. I lie Pftci/lc Mail, which

was owned by the Southern Pacific railroad, ;.nd which expired recently, uttering with its

last gasp that the SeatnenV Act had murdered it, made a lot of mon^y.

It operated its two largest steamers at a profit of $135,000 per voyage. The operating

■ expenses of vessels would lie increase Iby the Seamen's Act /K) each per voyage.

a landluhher fun iin<l»>r

why 'he Pacific Mall w«-n»

out of business: The Panama

i anal act denlpii to railroad* own

ing competitive steamship linos the

rl*ht to operate them thru the

caual.

***«*«

That's one reason.

Hhlpplrig rateM on tli« Atlantic

were never hlKlier than now, on

account of the war, which made It

poialble for the Hoilthcrn Pacific to

sell Its shlpa at more than their

uortnal value.

: The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News :

VOLUME 18.

Neither can I *<-<• that the act la

Kotn* to work hardship on either

ahlp own?ra or sailor*.

Thla morning I saw acorea of sea

faring mon In tho office of Capt.

(Turn to Page 6, Col. 7.)

SEATTLE. WASH., THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4. 1915. ONE CENI

HUMPHREY IS

BLAMED FOR

'SWINDLE' BY

U.S. OFFICIAL

Con*r»«»man WUI E. Humphrey

of Seattle iMterday Imifd a atat*

ment to the effect lhat th« loU

which he imnnMsinl for a i>o«t

offlc* alia and which the govwrß

ment bought for |1S».&60 ar«i not

under water," and that the city ran

fill them and bring them up to tb«

level of adjoining oU,

Tk»w «•* tht IftUmUJ** im.

neattle !h»t TwrT''V'rnm*nt may

hgve been "Jobbed "

Humphrey, by tita own Interview,

"apllled (be lx»an»

It appear* that theee auhraerged

lota *er» aold to the government

thrti R W. 11111. * particular friend

of Mumphre)' * and now the alte

la found unavailable

When Humphrey let "the cat n it

of the ha*. The Star «ent a wire to

Ita Waahlrigtnn correspondent, till

aon Gardner, for an lntervl>-<» with

treaaury offlclala concerning thla

matter The Interview follow*:

BY GILSON GARDNER

WASHINGTON, O. C.. Nov.

4,—Congreeeman Will E. Hum-

phrey of Seattle la held re

eponeible by treaaury officials,

particularly Aaalatant Secre

tary Newton, for the swindle

perpetrated on the government

—"swindle" la the word used

by th«m —In the eale of aub

merged land on the tide flata

for Seattle's new poatoffice.

"The sale of several lotse on

Sixth ave S. and Seattle boule

vard." aald Newton today, "waa

made In Hit. Humphrey waa

congreesman representing the

district when the eaie waa

made, and It I* proper to as

eume that he was Informed aa

to all the fact* and waa taking

a patriotic Intereat In seeing

that hie government waa not

ewlndled.

"The only preeent result la

that Seattle gets no postofflce,

for thie eite la rejected

"The >300,000 appropriated for

that purpoae will be kept In

hand until a dry land alte in a

proper locality la acquired."

DRESS FIRED BY

GAS; WILL DIE

Her hair and clothing com

pletely burned off her body, and

numerous other burn® Inflicted

when her dress caught fire from

a gas plate, where ahe was cook

Ing breakfast at a o'clock

Thursday morning, Mrs. C J.

Jarlg, 35, Is at the city hoapltal,

where doctors have little hope

for her lecovery.

Mrs .l.irlic. with a man n i Tied

fill* Johnson, lived at 240fi Western

ave., a rooming house, for the p.'Kt

month aa man and wife.

The police say the couple quarrel

ed this morning. and when thn wom

an waw wrftpped In flames the man

left

SHIP FIRED AT DOCK

NEW YORK. Nov. • Slow fuses

placed aboard by spies are believed

responsible for an Incendiary fire

which destroyed $26,000 worth of

sugar and damaged the 2,000 lon

British H S Euterpe at South

Mrooklyn dock* laht nUht

KIDNAP REORUITER?

JFNEAIT, Nov 4 —William Chris

tie. an amalgamator at the Tread

well mills, Is missing. Authorities

believe he has been kidnaped In

revenge for raising a volunteer

army for the allies last summer.

FIRE ESCAPE

FROM EVERY

ROOM NEEDED

FIREMEN SAY

f ire Marshal Bring

hurst, who is making

an inspection of Seat

tle schools following

the fire last week at

Masfc, said

ered six buildings thus

far, most of them in

the West Seattle dis

trict.

I find moat of tliem," )>• aald.

"In bettor condition than two <ears

•in. when I laat In»|»cted them "•

Haitallon fire Cbi'f» are also

making an Inspection It la not

known aa vet whether llielr report

will recommend outside fire es

capes, aa advocated h; The Star.

Mad'ina School Uneafe

A Klar rep-i-ter. after coiiipHlnta

from nianv uar-nta In t:io district.

Wednesday visited the Madron*

school. at 'h • corner a* 33rd »v«*

and Kast Spring Hi

Thla arho.il I* unrrfe.

However. »t I* just as aafe n *

moat of tlip old wooden school

buildings r-ected In Seattle sev

eral \f«r« aro. Perhaps li I* safe ,

for It has an outside fire escape,

which 3? of the woo'len htillilli.ru

lark.

Take All Precautions

The utmost precautions aro

taken to guard sgilnst file hv the

principal. Miss Henrietta K Mills,

and the Janitor. James II Rolierts

The children hsv« lieen drilled

until they res|>ond to the fire slg

nal almost automatically. Janitor

Roberts keeps all Inflammable ma

terlal carefully removed from dan

gerotis places Me nnd Miss Mills

are nlwaya on guard, prepared for

emergency.

Captain R \V Norrls. of Kite

Station No 12. a block from the

srtiool, and Acting flattnllon Chief

I R. Kinney, Inspected the Ml

drom school Wednesdav, on one of

their periodical tours After the.'

hail completed the Inspection, Cant

Norrls made this comment:

What Firemen Say

"We found the Madrona school

In good condition THAT IS. GOOD.

AS COMPARED WITH OTHER

BCHOOUS OP THIS TYPE Yo i

never can tell anvthlng about these

buildings If a fire started In the

basement, the old building might

burn slowly, OR IT MIGHT GO IN

A FLASH

The inspectors found a cell

ing of plaster and lath, with

the plaster fallen from the tin

der-dry lath, directly over the

furnace door, and with the air

fan creating a gale of wind

only a few feet away.

The building Is of two

stories, yet It has only one

main exit, gained by wooden

stairways which In a wooden

building would be considered

far too narrow.

A second exit Is gained from the

wooden outside fire escape at the

renr. Hut the man who designed

this escape blundered, by having

the stairway come to the ground di

rectly outside the door lending to

the furnace room

Itotli Norrls and Kinney agreed

Wednesday that if a fire ever

should originate in the furnace

room the flames, sweeping out

thru the door, would lo all proba

bility cut off the escflpe of chil

dren coming both from the first

and second stories.

Kindergarteners arc given In

structlon on the first floor of this

building

( APT NORRIS THINKS THAT

DBCAtTBB OP TMis PACT \LONB

THERE SHOI'IA) UK OI'TSIHE

FIRE ESCAPES I.MAKING 111

RECTt.Y TO THE GROUND

FROM EVERY ROOM.

Oh, What Will Rene

Do if She Loses Her

K nicker bockers ?

Rene Davies.

Rone Itavli, the striking New

York city Rlrl singing at the Or

pheum this week, wishes now that

she had stuck to petticoats when

the fashions chanced.

Hut. belnß a stickler for up-to

the-minute stuff In her wir'lrobe,

Mlsa I>av|e» had to have knicker

bockers

She Rot a pair at Fiances, Inc.,

atore In New York, before coming

out over the theatre circuit.

Thuradav a anlt was filed against

Miss Havles In auperlor court ask-

InR a judgment against h<-r.for the

price of the Knickerbockers, also

other things

It la alleged she dl-!n't pay for

several hata. feathers, nor even for

thla very picture of herself The

photographer has assigned his claim

to the Frances Co.

The amount sought I* 1273.98. re

duced from $274.

WONTCLOSE CLANCY

Jtidse Prater refused Thursday to

grunt a temporary Injunction clos

ing the Meadows roadhouse, oper

nt"d by Johnny Clancy and the Pa

cific Social club.

Prosecutor l.undin. alleging that

Johnny was still selling liquor of a

befuddling nature, sought to close

the place while Johnny's ippeal to

the supreme court la pending.

Friday Is

Bargain Day

At many of Seattle's

leading stores and,

needless to say, you

will always find full

details of these sales in

The Star. Today is no

exception. You will

find some Friday bar

gains in the ads today

that will merit your

careful attention.

GREECE TO

AID ALLIES;

IS REPORT

PARIS, Nov. 4.—That Greece will plunge Into the war agalnet Bul

garia waa regarded today aa aimoat certain, following the overthrow

of the Zalmla cabinet.

Eleutherloue Venitaloa, who probably will stop bach Into the poal

tlon of premier ha held before Zaimle replaced him, la a war advocate

and favara the alll*».

Preaumably, aa premier, he will force Oraace into the war vary

qulcfcly.

King Conatantlne forced Venlzeloe' reelgnatlon eome montha ago,

and a general election returned him and hie party to power. Conatan

tlne, however, etill avoided hoetllltlea. and when the matter came to a

eecond ahowdown, Venlzeloe again reelgned.

Zaimia waa named premlar, Inataad of having another election.

That the king will continue to realet the war party and Its leader.

In view of the lateet developments. Is deemed unlikely here.

Greece can send Into the field 400.000 fully equipped troops.

Her plunge probably would determine Rumania, too, to throw her

lot with the allies.

DISCREDITED CADINET QUITS

ATHENS. Nov 4 —Following th«

Greek parliament's vote of lark of

confidence In the cabinet today,

the latter body resigned.

The question of a vote of confi

dence was raised Wednesday In

connection with Uie debate over

military proposals.

Former I'romler Venlielos sug

gested the vote Cnst today, it re

sulted 147 against and lit for the

ministry.

Denies Greece's Responsibility

It was known from the moment

of Zalmls' appointment at premier

that Venlielos could overthrow

him as soon as the legislative body

grew sufficiently dissatisfied with

the Zalnils policies

Zaimls is not a "peace at any

price" man. but he takes the view

that Greece should not enter the

war at present.

lie also denies the Serbian treaty

requires Greece to come to Serbia's

aid against the Bulgura

Greece May Join Allies

An opposite interpretation is

placed on the treaty by the Serbs

and the allies.

The specific net on which King

Constantlne is said to have sought

Venlielos' resignation was the per

mission Venlielos was understood

to have given the allies to land at

Greek ports and to cross lireek

territory to Serbia

The parliament's course probably

foreshadows tircece's joining the

allies In the Italkan campaign.

SCOTLAND YARD MEN

OVERRUN U.S.jSEARCH

OUT GERMAN PLOTS

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rln horn Ir ■ ? lit rill of nlrntlllnß nml

• |iilnt« n« thr rolloulni nut lient l«-

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ORRjIT It it I I \i N RRIT KNOWN

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question. I'lrn*** rente m her (hut tliU

nrtlolf, written In ntt I'.nßlUlimnu,

• Urn unit thr l-'.nullnh nl4r.—K«lllor

Itr Hinr.

By a Member of the English

Secret Service in America

Cop* right. IMft. b\ Knt«o pi !»•*

A vmii |H 1 lon

I lie Now York bomb

plot, just discovered '.y

I'ncle Sain and alleged by

liis agents to be the work

of the Cierman secret scr-

Night

EDITION

Ws»thsr Forecast —Occasional rain

litis* A t ma.A 1 I I.ft

■ Is* Lm

■J,A* m. SR., 11.1 ft. 7i4T a. m., so tt.

I i.MI p. m.. ISJI ft. p. m.. 5.4 ft.

CABINET UPHEAVALS RE

SULTING FROM WAR

The French cabinet, under

Vlvlanl. resigned and was re

placed by a new c*binct under

Briand.

The Greek cabinet under

Venlielos wan for ed '>ut and

7-almls' cabinet replared them.

Today the /.almle cabinet quit.

Sir Edward Carson quit the

English cabinet Other mem

ber* previously shitted about

or went out

Secretary of State Rryan, I'.

8., resigned.

Chief of Staff Von Moltke,

Opt many, resigned.

BRAND WHITLOCK

ON HIS WAY HOME

WASHINGTON. Not. 4 The of

ficial explanation lhat Brand Whit

lock, minister to Belgium, is return

ing home on leave of absence he

cause of ill health, is generally ac

cepted today.

Rumor* persist, however, thai the

request for a vacation was the re

sult of German disfavor In which

he found himself as a result of h's

activities In behalf of Miss Kdtth

Cavell. Kuul'sh woman executed at

Rt ussel*.

vice, was not uncovered

by the American secret

service at all. as the peo

ple <>f the United States

believe.

This nation-wide in

trigue was uncovered by

F.ngland's great detective

agency — Scotland Yard

itself!

The United States ia today

literally honeycombed by the

moat brilliant sleuths of the

English secret service.

I know whereof 1 speak. I am

one of the (englishmen who was. to

some extent. "In on ihe capture" of

the man styling himself l.ieut. Rob

ert Fay, of the Herman army, when

he and Robert Scholz Were arrested

on the heights of New Jersey, whl.e

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