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Sx, We Can Win the Petes pode ay Not Eventually, But Now, Says Bob La Follette tan his own for can't build m his magazine, hea campal, i the moi power are makir eme court is with them s that will heir legal governa cap on these Wegal value currency aystem, will s the architect of tunes—and yet he a bungalow so the hinges won't squeak. This is “Fort under the far are six “apecia Mack,” end, with the Stars and Stripes fluttering above deputies” armed with 10-bore shotguns. IS PLANNING TO COME TO SEATTLE ager for Senator La Fol; stated to go to Washing BY E. 0. SAWY PENDLETON. Or in Pendleton and declaring sick save in t enemies who Wied to wreck my campaign,” Robert M. La Follette to- ansounced that he was ready the hardest that, after completing hi campaign o make a four campaign providing the progres: of Washington will arrangements. Change in Pi change in the on by be given Bim speak House ct an teeter eee ee eee Rev. M.A fries enti Ma Gentleman the woodpile int Every one cordia eee rt ees ean ae ee ey tS * WSPECTED OF A DESIRE TO KILL TAFT BF tressed New York Apr te enator's plans the pd other Washingtc m d “The # wrmon for Sunca> | paign lette, now day that he ton as soon as for the tr An tmm Senator La an open air rnoon, from hall. Cowboys. and farmers Pendleton, and it ER, JR was April 12.—Ar in splendid he had never he minds of deserted me n Pendleton. would sible meet fight of hi f Oregon, he days’ speech. throughout La Fo! Nebraska, on spoke at ev minute 30 last day making and he says he ans. has in Oregon demands of pokane, Seat Vancouver that to her pleasure at the cittes, her enterta! tunity Follette will speak ational cam Cry of the People” on Sunday will discuss the subject, will try to expose the curly b politics, labor and the domestic 4 King Are onnty affairs toda de hall ah hotel the democr are © thi the purposes of ‘the Roosevelt follow machine precin ratic with men part aring th the have proxies of In the deme Ha and en their final stand ‘J Th wih fix thelr that perpetuate their | which guards the entrance to Siade’s mill. § ug, uty” audience will greet ‘ollette when he speaks her the steps homesteaders today are Tlocking into ix believed fully 6,000 persons will hear the senator the way o ery where the train stopped for even a specehen to utilize every available minute be Mrs. La Follette today expressed | contrit plans made by the women of Portland for sment while there arrangements can be made in Portland behalf of woman suffrage. will preach the second sermon in the night The Mytert eoads in 4, West 4 The | contro! of people's deposits and savings Let the people not be minted. Let which, under the pretense ple, will really no mit of putting control in the away from them the of am opposed to anything like federal ix license, the Aldrich currency scheme towards clinching the illegal power th a few hands. | demand a physical out the water. | demand that business th inder the Shern “t demand protection of wage earners and farmers in their right to organize and to defend themselves by means of unions. All other are subordir thin of the ting con corporation, federal that looks ated in on that will gradually sque ly and restraints where ‘it be made hand, ever ge time pec Wha J take chance power? or any echer at , & clear definitto not a ation; | 80 ts noOpoly tands prices aw under he Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, APRIL Mrs. Minnie Randa, 1021 Marion st. Aberdeen, who protested when slugged a small boy, knocking him off a bridge to the tide fiats below. For this three “deputies” attacked Mre, Randa and one of them planted his knee in the emali of her back and bent her backward so violently that her back was wrenched. She left a sick bed to be pho ame tographed for The Star. HELP BRING BOB LA FOLLETTE HERE oes Seattle want to hear Seattle and hear the lette ne real ins speak ie voters of coun fund f the is a poor man. aft has a “slush ange | Ca" try ally et the) car practi no organ Sut whe has g . nation les _ every ro alight with his carne of The afford] La Follette Star that he w the extra expense of La Follette look to rich a tour of Washington. His look to the common people checks are not coming ol He must he sa with tions of Mr. Av And The Star believes that to hear b Therefore will of any yunt «is large enough dress letters to the wants t be the annot speak } " ald ete at from trip, the ha potot th © ¢ of | He sand fray them. the men to de t musts doNary i appeal is not to the epared Ten « pport jette's way for « the ampaign. p | poses dollar and-hali-dellar bey Average People of Seattle i Mra. La in and see The Star no matter it will litor of want contributions sum realized Ad- receive how small, and if the be—La Follette will The Star. Loca! progressives this morning eagerly welcomed the oppor tunity to aid in bringing “Bob” La Follette to the state of Washing ton. Thomas F. Murphine, president of the state and county pro- Gressive league, progbably will call a meeting if possible to formu: } late a definite campaign for raising the necessary money. a and come + . al * The orld | ha 1 demand direct pr govern ship and ope free of the F internal waterways production and and celnmer the priviler democracy, but he initia rete ship a and of “For twenty years | have pursued an uncompromising course, whose goal was liberty and equality; an even chance for every man, woman and child; the right to buy, the right to sel! our labor and the products of our Sabor in a free, open American market. For twenty years | have fought for real representative government, fought to make the wil! of the people the igw of the land une ar anal ariff based « of the ballot n the end industrial servitude means politica “The repubfican party is facing a crisis in its history. Two courses Re he 5 aries are open before it. The rank and file of the party, organized to restore ( © pe human rights and preserve free institutions, will tolerate mo further y itemporizing with existing conditions. lample of servitude will follow the sple not eventually, but now e ple are an¢ « common we x re of other 5 Scientists say the hedgehog is immune to the toxins of diph- theria and tetanus. But whe on earth wants to be a hedgehog? sax. HOME EDITION 13, 1912. W. A. Thorn (on the left) leaders. He has been clubbed and arrested for speech-making several Here are Mrs. Kaakinen, Miss Kaarinen and Mrs. Sipela, neigh- bors, the plucky women who foiled the gun-men and held the picket line. is one of the most active of the strike times since the strike began. His companion is Chartes Stach of the The Star man found them discussing the situation in the yard of the first named, 116 Cushing st., Aberdeen strike committee WOMEN BEAR BRUNT OF MILL STRIKE; CLIMAX IS RESULT OF LOW WAGE SCALE; EFFORT STARTS RECALL OF HOQUIAM MAYOR THE LINE HELO! ine halted at the sight of them. A ragged cheet {kers in background. The line halted, re on And a great shout rent the air, as The superintendent quit cold, HOQUIAM, April 13.—A petition to recall Mayor Harry Ferguson put in circulation today. Ferguson is a sympathizer of the striking mill men. A copy of the petition passed through the offices of the city The mayor has been opposed throughout the strike by practically all of his official family The police of Aberdeen today closed the soup house of the strikers. Two hundred and fifty wives of strikers paraded the streets here today, in defiance of the orders of the police, and flying the American flag The went forn par from and surged le en uy od The And the ide ba he en gave at line held! newsy rbitrarily arrested, without { of Police Templeton has on is frank in his hatred been and Chi Temy per men have ng laid against them take photographs he said to volt a reporter, “nothing but a bunch of ists who are trying to keep ‘white’ men from ed this fight, and I'm going to end it. I'l) bust the the strikers’ beads He adde The less you people say about us the better it will be you. You are forbidden to take pictures anywhere The American flag has been put to a new and strange use in Aber. deen. It flutters from the mills and the tops of lumber piles. The gunmen shelter themselves beneath its folds, and each wears a tiny flag pinned to the lapel of his coat. The infer ¢ is that the strikers ar “foreigners” and “anarchists,” re enemies of the country : Meanwhile, the mills are running. Not night and day, as before. Some of them have difficulty in making a pretense ef activity. About 50 Hindus have been brought in. Other strikebreakers have come in from Seattle, Portiand and other cities. But about as fast as they come, they are listening to the pleadings of the women in the picket lines and quitting. The mills are running, not at full capacity, or half—but rum ning GIRL SUES FOR $15,000 anarchists and r working. They st strike rm bus (Special to The Star.) ABERDEEN, April 13.—The end of the strike of the mill men in the Gre Harbor country is not in sight. It may drag on for months. The situation is pregnant with danger. There is bitterness on both tides. No longer do the hopeful of Aberdeen and Hoquiam talk of an amicable getting together of masters and men to discuss grievances and a possible ba of compromise The strike is not an |. W. W Nequiam began it two years ago then beret 0 flame Working men against intolerabl Harbor country are men support their families in decent comfort on $1.80 a day It is true that, when the strike was well under way lesders came and helped to fan the Name of discontent made wild, foolish speeches. None regrets those speech the strikers themscives. This is a fair statement of the sit CENTERED AT ABERDEEN The hotbed of discontent is Aberdeen. For it is here that the mill owners have been most uncompromising. It is here that the authorities have shown most openly that they are with the mili owners, and not with the striker It is inevitable, In a town like Abe or fo weavers of months, and who protest of he Gray's live and agitation’ The shingle The fire smouldered for ik @ spont % expression of the conditions. The strikers in hav found that they cannot ne who w. W of them than the I Some more ation <= deen, where the indw ac 2 * * a . 1a mak selection thi La ers. buy y.t art lined county the of ntion Folletse charg ing wil he and ap IT’S DANGEROUS larried men respectfull filed a Glen RK Resides t * photos of hould not carry e pictures of women Th ubm in prop. itted to Louise apter he habit of also charged uch ting w good. flame get Rebels’ Bad Move WASHINTGON Mexic ch gnition of b the United April ances of ever States as ution of Thos American officer on Villa, is declared tc department here. 1 igerent righ a re the day That ed from ult of puntaln, taft of at the Chicago, April 13.—Forty waiters of the Ili ike when Ti menu ¢ nth in As they saw Allowed rds. wag N the wy i a they Athletic club wer the on words vy make ay. $60 0 “To Be or Not. Boy to Be,’”’ That’s Question ather forec | “The Progressive league, many months ago, has gone on record as favoring La Follette nomination,” county should succeed in getting primari Murphine said, “and if King La Follette’s presence here would clinch the result of the local fight for delegates.” eax Runawa ys Found Here | With Cash | A 3030 & single-barrel shotgun. Over $250 in cash, One set of a “three-card monte” game These were arti found on P Anodea, aged Dugo, aged t from ¢ rifle he persons ¢ and youthful traveler when they Forbes at ing hony the The ky play Uni mor been ft Juv he nile Of n the hunting started on t that the mountain at they with fu ige of their that bably escaped from vigilance, they ord from Ch eR the on a had way t trip. and jou the ng the are ‘Shi todas reducing he northern and as rapidly as por ncrease the again later ip to ur between cer however the burden Yuan is southern le, He military es and ulti versal serv ain| the of hment ately to work for all Chinese At present cannot b a fighting Mail Carrier Missing | CHICAGO, April 13.—The for Harry J. Mason carrier of Nome making a tri with his dog in straitenéd ¥ tan¢ ars her hu eumstan) nd ia the vietim of foul play Must Be Vaccinated | VANCOUVER BARRACKS, April McGunnegle com canan| yf the Firat | State infantr at this post d order every enlisted man, child aud servant going to Sian islands with the regi-| st be vaccinated, i Hee he nt ma 13.—-Ce toda. officer woman, the Haw ment Dr. Hazzard to Go Into the Country For the first time since she b ” her fast 18 days ago, Or. Linda Bur- field Hazzard will visit tomorrow the Hazzard sanitarium at Olaila She will be accompanied by two guards. The party will leave early tomorrow morning for Olalia, and will return tomorrow night 1 am anxious to go out count Di ard This Hai OFFICER FALLS TO HIS DEATH BAR DE LUC, France, April 1% -Lieut. Boncourt of the French army met instant death here today | when his monoplane fell from an altitude of 200 feet dea al estate hould b the r the lumb The his tty are all in the hands of a few men, that t of snobbery. The nts, the lawy and men—all the mer town's “middle class barons for gu! editor local police ened Ume of cr doctors nok t The loca refuddied and fi go to them for $0 GUN-MEN CAME be protect he profess Prope rs, “must So an tt Ever devine wo 2 folence Yet, so far as the strikers are concerned, there never was an indus trial war in which violence has played a smaller part The gun-men ha 4 mer children were could The impar howing sidewa streets with or in holsters. The arrests on the fMimaies And their bullying brutalities have failed utterly of their obvious | purpose. The “anarchists” and “revolutionaries” stubbornly persist in conducting the strike in an orderly manner It a The backbone of the strike are the Finns—a patient people. Throughout the struggle the Finns have counseled patience, caution, moderation When the anique strike about ial clubt They had brought with them from their native land the Finnish ideal of the equality of the sexes, the ideal that Finland, home of the op pressed, alone of the nations has realized, for in Finland the women sit as equais with the men in the senate. There the women are equal part | ners with the men in the home. Pe ee ee WEATHER FORECAST *} Fair tonight and Sunday, * light frost toni; * erly winds. * noon, 44 . RRR In T. light west Tew t eee RED ay if he smok thing? lady, father you that vile Why he'd say ‘Gimme | made. | Sipeta of strike iM vanced upon the men at the nozzie— ONLY WOMEN ON THE PICKET LINE men on the in Aberdeen, but only women Finns women! Tow-headed, stolid as oxen and t ions. And they are patient htop {f of which these women are Kaakinen K nd Mrs, Sophy in the Fi sbands on picke An ave a the Miss Fannie nnish omy The lines and most they ar One them are meh as strong story ve M Anna are neighbor eno inen ec Their b are strike The on has ever a tne he is the picket line ybody who al effect of psychol to break it. Eve why. The m ItJs part of the or of the mill owners 1 kn Jou or of pug strike en is tremer HERE'S THE STORY of Donov bu pushed they i sted th and at he would br led the line mill boi nd b round and old w r ground the coup The An's line lime of wome blows we djed and ma Then the fire howe round on their bodies and in th The imported bullies roared with laughter at the excellent joke: And the line wavered. Back 1 back they fell knocked down by the force of it up and down the ling, The line t But one woman—Mrs. jos: en W man-h he The had planned, A truck th: rinter and t tream mud wi mt and str The half drowned i an Many wer Kaakinen—did not retreat Instead she ad. advanced until the inch stream was hitting her full in the breast. She staggered under the force of it, And she laughed in the faces of the bullies—laughed dily, good-naturedly, and called upon the quaking “scabs” to quit work and join the strike. Then came Mf Li stur. aarinen and Mrs, Sipela and stood by her side one and they, too, laughed and water | FOR BREACH OF PROMISE Alleging that she agreed to go to Tacoma, Olympia, Moclips, Spo- kane, Butte and Minneapolis, as the wife of Christ R. Duin, on his prom: ise to marry her, Thora Hansen, 23, this morning began a suit for breach of promise against him and is asking for $15,000 damages. her In her aint, Miss Hansen to Duin in June, son of wealthy parents in Southern California, and that he personally was worth $30,000. On October 13, 1911, Miss Hansen Duin took her to Tacoma, sa ing t they were to get married there He, however, failed to get license, she alleges, but induced to present herself as his wife mutual friends. On similar omises of immediate marriage, the plaint alleges, he took her cities, and finally at Mine she alleges, she learned didn’t intend to keep his says, comy ed w m agreed to He she other eapolis that he promise. Hansen for int throughout their respective in the ) victory he state was Pennsylvania o'clock this Election Today :°:° {2.02 2ocsi sae seis Wishlie Diesiik tictaiehlt eoraik ry of Pennsylvania. The HILADELPHIA, At With | R boomers claimed their beth thie mpaign managers for |candidate would elect at least six Taft and Roosey ft delegates from Philadel- today's primary ¢ a. Sixty-four delegates will be wheln hosen throughout the BLIND MAN’S BUFF Most newspapers lacking circulation— the REAL value rater—attempt to blindfold “Quality” argument. Are you “it”? Two out of every three per- candi- voting at fever afternoon, President tion wil 1 n over advertisers with the sons in Seattle read The Star. Bear in mind the other third is divided, and The Star’s position is clear. Down-to-the-minute news and clean advertising columns are the only quality arguments we put forth. We do claim circulation quantity—over 40,000 paid copies daily. Tear the Handkerchief From Your Eyes