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A Star reader in Sumner. W;»sh.,

phones in to say he got $10 more

for a shipment of poultry Saturday

through watching the market quota

tions in The Star, than he would

have received had he depended on

the Seattle paper which he formerly

relied upon. The Star's quotations

are corrected right up to the last

minute. Every day on page J,

Woman Coirespondent Tells First Uncensored

Story of Bombardment of English Coast Towns

PEOPLE GET VOTE ON AUTOBUS LOOP PLAN

POLICE

FIGHT

FLOODS

An DP*a (In block* (quirt

wai . completely Inundated,

k the foundation* of acoraa of

■ houte* loo**nqo. and hundred*

f ' af famlilee badly frightened at

Pr • o'clock Monday morning.

P when pater began ruaJHog ovar

tha aevan-foot dlks holding tha

Duwamleh rlvar at Oxbow. near

Georgetown. Aa the aheet of

water swept down the etreeta,

there waa a general ecurrymg

t* point* o# eafety.

Aa the watqg s«*p»*t over the

dike. tt gradually ro*e tn 'the street*

to « dopth of two or throe feet.

A "toother whoa* nam* waa not

tee rood. picked up har »-ye*r«>ld

child Irr the front yard after ts*

wtv>r bad risen nearly to Ita shoul

dor*. The infant waa helpleaa In

IU terror

Squad* from tha poH<-o, ft» and

« %it*r department* war# ru*hed to

th* dike. and after two hour* the

overflow waa stopped

The floOd waa caused by tha high

9 tide. Them have bean similar oc

mrrenren In pmvto* year* To

day * damage will not be hn«*T. tt

. *» thought

P Ftsleee the water* tweede. many

returning to thntr home* to

night will have to oen boat*. M»an*

•f navigation are being prepared.

JAPANESE WIFE

ASKS A DIVORCE

civilisation Is afreet

lag the Orient

Witness the Short* complaint

filed Monday In tha King county

superior court by Fuji Kamlya

ggitnit her Knotaro

In Japan such things are not done

4fcwoman never appllea tor divorce

But Fuji lives In Seattle. and

Knotaro. like aome American hus

bands. has become addicted to

diink. and doea not aupport her. ahe

claims.

VISITING SHIP TO

SAIL TO FRISCO

0 —.—

Seattle Norwegians are #1 in

nlftg to send the Seattle-built

Viking ship Msad In the Seattle

dkpt. an# now owned by Oer

hard Erlckson of Botnell, to the

Frisco A volunteer

crew will tske It down with oars

and aalls.

RESUME CLASSES

AT UNIVERSITY

Studies were rea<i¥rie4 at the unl

wmlty Monday The feature of the

Is the short session of the

college of ml«rs under the super

VlKon of Dean Mllnor Roberts. This

| course Is for the busy man, who has

t mot the time to take up the whole

HE WON BOSS'

DAUGHTER; BIFF!

fIfTCAOO, Jan 4 Because I'rof

George Prater wooed and won his

dau(jttf-r, Helen. President lar'"

of the T.'nlverslt» of Illinois

has compelled tn» resignation

of his future son-in-law.

Do Innocent Men Ever Mount the Gallows ?

Boalt Saw 4 "Bumped Off' at Hanging Party;

Now He Tells How Guiltless Man Nearly Died

"BIG GUNS" SUMMONED TO GIVE

TESTIMONY TO U. S. COMMISSION;

QUESTIONS THEY MUST ANSWER

The fi>llo»lrtK men and women of national reputation are among

the lint of morn thau SO wttnemie* wimiKinMt to apt>eAr before the

t". S rommU.iton 011 Industrial relatione, tn s>w York, beginning

January 5:

LOUIS O BRAN DEIS

SAMUEL UNTERMYER

CHARLES M. CABOT

john Mitchell

JANE ADOAMS

JACOB H HOLLANDER

HENRY C FOHD

•AOOLPH LEWISOHN

AUGUST BELMONT

JACOB H. SCHIFF

J. P. MOROAN

JUUUS ROSENWALD

OEORGE W. PEftKINS

DANIEL GUGGENHEIM

Hare ere the *1* fundamontal Question* which the comm I**lol,

will aa* all wltneaaaa:

(1) To what extent are stockholder* and director* of a corpora

tlon r**pon*lM» for labor condition* whloh exist In It and for aoclal

condltlona which ar* produced?

(2) How generally and In what manner era *ueh re*pon*lbirttl**

aaaumed by directors and atockhoideraf

(Ji In actual practice, how and upon what general baalt are th*

labor pollcte* of large corporation* determined'

(4» To what extent are Indtiatrlal warfare, unemployment. pov

arty and delinquency t*e reaulta of the defecta and maladjustment*

of American InduatryT

(8) Do existing private and public agenda* deal adequately with

theee problem*?

(ft) Do the large reeource* of endowed foundation* conatltut* a

po**lbl* menace? If to, what regulation or eup*rvl*ion i* d**irabl*?

Rockefeller and

Andy Carnegie to

Face Federal Quiz

NEW YORK, N. V., Jan.

4.—John D. Rockefeller,

jr., J. P. Morgan and' An

drew Carnegie head a li.st of

more than 50 witnesses

from whom, beginning

Tuesday, the United States

commission on industrial

relations will seek to learn

why the industrial govern

ment, with headquarters in

Wall st., is stronger in the

pinches than the political

government, with head

quarters in Washington.

Chairman Frank P. Walsh ia

here and so are a number of

government agenta who have

worked for montha on the ques

tions which will be asked of

the nation's leading money

kings, social workers and Indus

trial experts.

The same lln«* of Investigation

will be followed at the local hear

Ihk »' r!i;«t cm sued In tho Colorado

coal strike probp In Itenver laxt

month when testimony and lohn It

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News

vol UME 16.

AMOS PINCHOT

SAMUEL GOMPERS

WILLIAM H. ALLEN

JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER. JR.

JEROME D GREENE

FREOERICK H. OOFF

IV.V L. LEE

ANDREW CARNEGIE

" CHARL EB W. ELIOT

ROBERT W OE FOREST

JOHN HAYS HAMMOND

SETH LOW

CHARLES P NEILL

W. L. McKKNZIK KINO

Rockefeller. Jr 'a. correspondence

showed ho* the Rockefeller owned

Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. had

dominated 'he political government

rtf Hi.- »(«'<• throughout the atrlka.

GOVERNMENT BROKEN

DOWN BY GREAT WEALTH

Karta nbout the Colorado atrlke,

a* developed before the com

mission, convinced ua that condl

tlon* altnllar io those prevailing out

there prevailed elsewhere and

showed how tfte state government

had broken down before the pres

sure of citfhblned Industrial w«|Jth,"

•aid Chairman Walah today.

"The correspondence from John

I) Rockefeller. Jr., and bla Kaatern

agenta to hla Colorado amenta In

dicated that the pro|rt>nnd Investi

gation of the causes of Industrial

'infest by the $100,000,000 ltu< k*

feller foundation lIAH NOT HKFN

UNDBRTAKBN I!» GOOD FAITH

AN EFFORT TO

PERPETUATE FORTUNES

"Our cornnil«slon thinks th«> pufe

lie ha* a rl«ht to know the motives

h<llnd that foundation ami -other

foundation*, surh as the Carnefcle

an<l Hagf foundation

"tt thin It* the pertpl* should know

whether those foundations are de

*lKi)«*'l to benefit the public or per

petuata the fortune which they

represent.

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

SHATTI.H, WASH., MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 191 S. ONE CEM

By Fred L. Boalt

SAI.hM, Ore.. Jan. 4.— 1

I John Arthur Pender, sen

tenced to hang Oct. 2#, and

reprieved by (iov. West, is

serving a life term in the

jpenitentiary here tor a dou

ble murder he didn't com

mit. —

John fi. H. Sierks, 2S. an

• inmate of the state ins me

4*>ylum, confessed last night

hat it was he wnii murdered

Mrs. Daisy Wchrman and

her little sop in their lonely

i, cabin near Scappoose. on

the night of Sept. 4, t°>i t.

. Pender will be released

by executive order in a tew

da vs.

• • •

A nut* more than • year

igo. In thle i>m( penitentiary.

I SAW rOUR MEN ' lUMPIO

OFF"

I m* theee men. full of

youth and vigor and lova of

Ufa. turned Into corpaee with

broken neck«, all Ineide of half

an hour.

There wai doubt aa to the

guilt of two of theae men.

A »hort tln>« twsforo tb» tlar net

for thn etecnUon of thnun mm th»

•orrrnlKn of th* atat* of

Orfson hail )»•><>» a*k««l to vot«- on

»hnlh»r rapltal punlnhmnnt ahoul4

|»i». al>o||ah«i(l <in* Wnat bitterly

[oppoeod thn druffc ponaltv

It w» thw will of The pfopln

(Continued on Pa go 2.)

ALYS BRYANT

WEDS AGAIN

Alys H Hrytn*. the aviatrlce fea

tured In the last I'otlatch In Seattle

took a flyer In matrlmonv at 12:16

a. m. Monday She la now Mr*

Je»» W. Callow, wife of the rhief

engineer of the Sound at earner

Delhi.

The couple arrived In town about

midnight. and took a taxi to the re*

MflBM of Justice Otis Wltflnker

They were supplied «lth a marriage

license from Kttaap oounty

Callow waa divorced exactly alx

month* ago The reatrlcyon ngnlß't

remarriage. under th« 1» H nf Wash

Ington. expired exactly at midnight

Callow didn't lose any time

Mm Callow wax the widow of

Johnny Hrvant. killed In a fllrH at

Victoria two year* ago

ANOTHER FAILS

Another Second avs. mer

chant couldn't stsnd the high

ren#s snd hsd to Mirrsnder to

the landlords' attack.

Martin's glove store. 1012

Second eve.. closed up Satur

dsy and assignment to cred

itors hss been effected.

Notices to thst effect were

postsd on the windows. Ths

store Is s small one. but the

rents were approximately $500

a month.

GIRL SURPRISES NATIVES BY HER

SKILL AT RIDING BIG SEA COMBERS

HONOUMT, lan 4 — Mis*

l.oul*e McOnvem of Palo Alto. Cal..

a graduate of Iceland Stanford unl

versify, ha* surprised the native*

l»re by beating many of them at

their <>w» game, the difficult *i>«rt

of surf riding

In "her own home town." Mia*

McUovnrn |« j, member of several

aororltle* ami an athlete of notable

accomplish mints

When she . aire to Honolulu *he

Immediately became Interested In

watching native- ride the grent

breaker* coming In from the open

*e», skillfully balancing themwhe*

on a narrow plank

"I can do that," announced Mian

to a crowd on the hotel

steps

A friendly wager was made and

the girl athlete, graceful In her



netto Kellerman costume, swam

A SUBSTITUTE

FOR THE SALOON?

The public welfare comnltw-e of

the Municipal league Is making a

strenuous effort to find a suitable

*übatltute for the saloon A coffee

houae. worklngmen's Y M C. A .

and the Kdlnhurgh, Scotland. clul>-

room plan ure among the suggns

tlona dlacuaßed

THEY'RE WILLING

fc<>M E. Jan. < —King (teorgo and

the k»lnor have replied favorably t"

the i>op«'(i propomil that prisoner

of. war mifferlns permanent dlsahll

Ity shall he exchanged

Miaa Loulae McGovern

out, towing her plank She mount

ed the plank and waa swept In to

ward the surf, where a great

comber tipped her Intp the sea

N'othlng daunted, ahe tried again.

She kept at It until she suc

cessfully navigated the' breakers

"without half trying.'' as ahe her

self expressed It

THE WAR TODAY

FRANCE AND BELGIUM—FIoodi

tie up military operations In North;

French aviators destroy German

dirigible sheds and kill several at

Etterbeek.

GERMANY—French claim alow

but steady gains, attended by des

perate fighting, in Alsace.

RUSSlA—German* launch new

flanking movement from northwest

against Warsaw: Turkish aucceaaea

claimed In Transcaucasia.

AUSTRIA—Ruaalan Invasion of

Hungary through Carpathian* tem

porarlly atopped.

TURKEY—Attempted landing of

Ruaslan marines at Jaffa repulsed

TO INVESTIGATE

UNEMPLOYMENT

A committee of promlnnnt men

and women to Inquire Into the

rauses and remedies of unemploy

ment In Seattle will hold meeting*

In the Y M ('. A. Weitnraday,

Thursday and FVlday of this week.

ON 111 UNI AND

N8%% •» %T.% Mm. Ar

COUNCIL TO PUT

PROPOSAL UP AT

MARCH ELECTION

The motorbus plan, suggested by The Star, to con

nect Divisions A and C, of the municipal railway, and

thus remove the need of litigation with the Seattle, Ren

ton & Southern, will be put up to the people's vote on

March 2.

Councilman "Bob" Hesketh, Monday prepared a

resolution to that effect Councilmen Marble, Lundy,

Erickson and Cooley approved the Hesketh measure.

Qouncilmen Haas and Fitzgerald may also Vote for tlw

resolution, which will be introduced Tuesday.

"The people should have a chance to say whethar

they prefer the motorbus plan to the Seattle, Rents*

&. Southern proposition," declared Hesketh. And the

other councilmen apparently agree with Kim.

Both propositions, therefore, will appear on tike

ballot.

The Seattle Rent«n A Southern

plan la to have the city buy the

portion of the railway which Ilea

*lthln the city limit* Kor this, the

city I* to pay $1.500.000'1n install

ments covering _'8 year* The pay

menta, outside of the initial one of

1200.000. which Is to come out of a

bond Issue, are to be made out

of 20 per cent of the grow receipts

of the rallwav

The Star's proposition ie to

Invest >25.000 to (30.00Q in

motorbusses. These bueses can

pick up a lot of business in the'

downtown district. betides

making the needed connection

between Division A of the mu

nicipal railway and the Lake

Burien line.

The motorbustet can alto op

erate on Whatcom ave.. where

the field it rioe for juet -thia

kind of transportation. In thla

manner, the municipal rallwaya

can be relieved of the deficit

Mary B. O'Reilly Sees

Shells of the Germans

Fall in Hartlepool

■Cdltor** %otr—Mary Hoyle O'ltell If, The HtarN rfprrwatstlve In K«f>

land >rntU tlir folio™ iag »lvlil ator y front Hurl Irpool. fbr ftrat deaerlp

ll«»n of the horror nrnughi hj th r (ierman ho tit hard mm I **hleh hna

rrarhrd Seattle by mall, anil hear a eaeaped nil rmaomhlp. Bj purr

rkancf Mint O'KHIIr vtnt In Yorh. o a her May north, on thr morning fhe

(irrmnn eralaera homharded Hrarbormigh. the Hartlepool* and W hlthy.

Cnvllah aen«*«>aat toaaa. fche haaten ed at on or to Hnrtlepool. a abort trip

by trala. and mailed at oaee thla ma% Ins arenant of what ahe aa«. *11K

WARTHK »M > CORRKHPOXDfiM' WHO

\\ \s i'HKHI-M IK HAKTIJfcPOOL on the day of the bombardment.)

HARTLEPOOL, Dec. 1«> (By Mail). —The maid in the

hotel at York who hade me "good morning" ventured a

friendly remark :

IMB, "It seems sfornt brewing, ma'am.

V There's a queer thunder at sea."

J I listened. Faint and far borne drifted

the unmistakable reverberation of naval

£ttns. It was the "thunder" which shook

Liege and echoed about Brussels.

"(iood Lord!" the maid exclaimed: "it's •

them! The Huns are here!"

HMHkiJmli A rush to the railway station, a short •

SHEMj train run to the coast and I arrived at tlie

RRTB city of falling debris—just too late to wit

tiess the shelling of the Hartlepools.

{T West Hartlepool feii old Hartlepool. twin eu«#

5J' ern porta, He crescent-wise along the low coast of

Yorkshlro. Just nonh of Tresmouth. Roth nre work

'V.

Shipbuilding and export of ooal. Iron anifrtlmber

;,vo ron fc r,, K ß "* < ' 80,000 peace-loving people on tna

• n practically unprotected boroughs.

How would "Inviolate'*' England act under attack? That was the

question I asked myself as I left the station.

A phlegmatic cabby reckoned he knew what brought me.

"Ay—we've been homharded. Maybe you'll hear some talk about.

It —Just at first. I don't call It no great achievement, super-dread

naughts vomiting red ruin on workingmen's homes and us helpless with

out a gun to strike back. Makes one kinder sympathize with thetu j

Belgians.

"iMst month the Hartlepools took In quite s Tew refugees. Quick

as the first shells screamed THEY KNEW. Every man of them rau

through the streets, shouting. 'Quick! Into your cellars! Quick:'

"Shrapnel was fallin' like rain. "Them Huns was bombarding poot

But them Belgians paid no heed folks" homes — steel thunderbolta

i'retty plucky I call that. It prob- against tenements. My house la

nbly saved qirite u few Only there gone with the rest. Eleven inch

wasn't many collars for ut to get A

Into. (Continued on Page 7.J

Last

EDITION

WEATHER FORECAST—Rain

Tillies AT SKATTI.K

IllCh.

7i!H m. m. I« « ft. Irtl p m.. «•« "

4tU p. m.. li t ft

they now mutt bear btciuN

they remain unconnected and

have no meant of operation in

downtown Seattle, where the

traffic la heaviest.

It will also relieve the necettlty

of the city buying the Seattle. Ren

ton Sr Southern line at an extor

tionate figure.

The city could, a* soon aa tha

l>eople vote for the motorbusses.

dismiss It* condemnation stilt

against the railway and its suit at

tacking the corajiany'a franchise. •

There would then be no further le

gal objection to Improving the

streets In Rainier valley, which th«

tenton company in now blocking,

pending the outcome of the litiga

tion mentioned

The two projK>sitlons will be sep

arate on the ballot. The voter*

will h%ve a chance to vote favor

ably for one or for the other,

against both, or In favor of Itoth.

It will leave plenty of opportuni

ty to get a full expression of opin

ion from the people.