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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1916
Page
2
The text notes a possible abandonment of Columbus base camp if intervention occurs and anticipates a general invasion of Mexico leading to a rapid move to seize Mexican railroads.
Special agent Russell Anderson accuses Lieut. Ernest Austin of the Royal Navy of violating neutrality laws. Austin allegedly offered Anderson five dollars a day to recruit men for bandsmen for the Canadian army.
United States District Judge Hand sustains government suit against the Corn Products company and the glucose and starch trust. The order dissolves the combine which was alleged to control 60 percent of the starch and glucose business.
The senate naval committee agreed to authorize the construction of eight capital ships next year and recommended increasing the navy’s enlisted strength by 20 700.
Washington June 24 The attempt to pay National Guardsmen on the Mexican frontier $30 monthly failed after a bitter senate debate. Senator Gore charged favoritism and warned it would create mercenaries while Senator Reed condemned the notion as insulting to patriotic service. Senator Thomas argued against appropriations citing pension sprawl.
Washington June 24 The military committee reports the Hay resolution without family support for National Guardsmen on the Mexican border and replaces it with an exemption for married men and dependents. The amended draft plan allows the president to call National Guardsmen into Mexican service and is expected to pass when the Senate considers it on Monday.
David Starr Jordan will leave for El Paso tonight to help arrange a proposed arbitration conference between W. J. Bryan Frank P. Walsh and himself and three prominent Mexican citizens.
The Red Cross of Seattle will meet today to discuss fundraising to support 100 needy families left behind by National Guardsmen headed to the front.
About 650 American refugees are there in Vera Cruz awaiting transportation to the United States.
A Woodland Park Rose Show near Green Lake offered relief from wartime tensions. Thirty five autos decked with roses toured downtown and North End to advertise the event. Judges include Prof J W Goodner Harvey M Lindley and Dr J F Mille. Wagner's band plays Sunday afternoon in Woodland Park as part of the program. Mayor Gill and Mrs Gill are patrons. entries closed at 10 o'clock with some flowers still welcome for exhibition.
Metropolitan Tire repair shop assists National Guard recruits by repairing blown tires at 1208 Fourth Ave Austin. Notables include BE Griffiths Jr a former high school star and freshman at university, Nick Brace heir to a lumber mill, and Phil Henderson a UW science lecturer. Maj. Gen. Hell heads border troop inspections as Washington guardsmen await orders. Recruitment drives continue at Hippodrome Bremerton and Armory with volunteers and medical staff joining.
In a lighthearted protest, a group of county workers known as the lazy husbands sang from a green sight-seeing auto. A banner read We don t have to work thanks to the P I. County commissioners ordered the men from Willows farm to jail due to their labor dispute, with Sheriff Hodge blaming the P I for the move.
Two large milk cans holding whisky and an automobile were seized by police at 5 a m Saturday at Pitt ave and Pike. Chauffeurs Hert Scribner W W Wheeler and Stewart Steele were arrested. It marks the third time officers on Lieut Hedges shift stopped early deliveries of alcohol.
Hinton, traffic manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific system and Western traffic manager of the Canadian government railway, Winnipeg, arrived in Seattle yesterday to give the town the once over.
Charles E B Hughes met with Elihu Root and Charles W Fairbanks for two hours yesterday while H R Clark, a motorcycle patrolman suspended on June 13 for liquor theft from City Hall, was reinstated due to lack of evidence.
Seattle theater owner Clemmer plans to showcase entrants from The Star baby contest in movie screenings starting the week of July 2. Mothers entering a baby gain free admission to see Where Are My Children, with 60 dollars in cash prizes for the four prettiest babies among 136 entrants.
J. W. Andrews a cabinet maker of 217 First Ave shot himself through the brain while standing on the curb at Warren Street seat Denny Way late Friday night. He died instantly after a period of unemployment.
Washington reports that Wisconsin Kansas and Missouri militias have reached sufficient strength and are expected to move today or tomorrow. The War Department received morning reports confirming recruitment progress in these armed groups.
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