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a ee | WOMAN TELLS STORY OF HER FIGHT TO RESIST ATTACK OF U.S. SENATOR \ 5 \ \ \ ) “FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF LABOR AND NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT! NOW I'LL TRY OTHER SIDE” SAN PEDRO, Cal., Feb. 12.—“Forty-four years of labor and nothing to show for it but a maimed body and eyesight nearly gone. paper by Patrick Fitzgerald, a note closing with this pitiful surrender was found today beside his unconscious body. Fitzgerald was taken to the county hospital at Los Angeles, a bullet hole in his head. His pockets were empty. Nothing in sight here, so I’ll try the other side.” Penned on a scrap of | | RAIN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. he SeattleStar THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS SEATTLE, IUUveAvnvneereette ence cnn ws More Than | | 43,000 | r SUANT ANNONA AE TaacAna AAA ge ea eet ae | Paid Copies Daily | PUM THANE EATS | -EDITION= MMI RT 2UyHNUUUUUULULAUAAEAAY VOLUME 1S. WASH,, 12, 1914. On TmAL NO. 300. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY A LESSON IN THE LIFE OF LINCOLN ONE CENT IME is a wonderful reviser of human jadgments Once \tesander ; vantages? The poorest among you is PRINCE in chances compared with hel world’s imaginat as the gre the great. What ts) him. He raised himself almost incredibly by will power and soul power he now An almost forgotten name in musty school books; an egotist —what are YOU doing with your more abounding opportunities? who: fed, his’ vanity on bumsn bl ~ : a ; There was no vanity, no bombast, no shrinking in his make-up. From Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon in their tip 4 Med area pe hing pe he task to task he made his way quietly, patiently, growing all the while— interest in them ts only curious Pine wens 1 , su x eatieee a he EVERY DAY A NEW EDUCATION he st of conquest managed so long o hypnotize he =millions hey a ap He ; g ; ope ed 3 x As . It is hard to understand the enrichment of a human soul. The mind butchered or oppressec oes no 4 s co ' t e J y As the fame of these selfish warriors fades, new luster adds to the » does not easily grasp this communion with the infinite, But one quality in Lincoln all can see STRAIGHT The great thing about him is that he was of the 95 per cent, had their point of view, fought for them, suffered for them and is now en- shrined in their hearts for all time—America’s most convincing proof that SERVICE, SACRIFICE, NOT SELFISHNESS, PAYS BEST. That is the le he THOUGHT HARD he THOUGHT memory of that commander-in-chief, who battled in earth's greatest war, and to subjugate nents, but to MAKE MEN. FREE | So many inspi come out his career that we are embarrassed in making a choice for use on this, another anniversary of his natal day But in what Lincoln means to the boys of America we may, perhaps, best find our theme : : Young men, do you realize how far ahead of Lincoln you are in ad-' no Opt son, young men, which we want to leave with you A MAIDEN AND HER GIRLWILLCO SEN. GORE AND HIS INTO WOODS | SOUL WEIGHED IN lpfiee WIFE ARE INCOUR He MUST BE HONEST OKLAHOMA CIT 2 Sworn fetails of the assault {she alleges she suffered at the handa of Thomas P. Gore, Oklahoma's ' | blind senator, were given from the witness stand here today by Mrs ENT TOLERANT Minale E. Bond, Senator Gore and his wife Hetened intently as Mrs ABLE EFFICI : pine | She Will Live for a Month ond testified , Mrs. Bond {fs suing Senator Gore for $50,000, alleging defamation of | character, She declared Gore attacked her on March 24 last, in a room | in the Winston hotel, at Washington, rented by Former Democratic Com | mitteeman James Jacobs. MEETS HIM IN HOTEL The witness said she saw Senator Gore first in his office regarding | a federal appointment for her husband, Most of you who go to church and hear the story of Mary Magda. lene seldom come in contact with life In the raw; where there is sin and shame and sorrow—chiefly sorrow. | In a vague, pitying sort of a way you know that some women are bad, and you are shocked. You know, of course, that a lot of weet iTS ALL FOR HER SEX men are responsible for their downfall. And that’s about all you do know as you sit each evening in the ‘a ne pid Fa and Clothe Herself With Mer Own Hands. BROAD-MINDED, EXPERIENCED, AND NON-PARTISAN. THE : jour hom prec ent never have troubled yourself to try to find out reai, underlying reason for hundreds of stories such as the one ' pastayay, afternoon in the “woman's session” at police caurt. if you & er did happen to wonder how # young girl could ever become willing to sell her sou! for money, you were startied by the mag nitude of the question, “Why?” it You mentally ran your head into the stone wall of modern cond! tions, laws and Sastorns. You were ieft unsatisfied, uncomfortable and loomy. . The cops, bound by rules and laws, are on the alert for women who “don't look just right.” ey arrest them; some crying, helpless, others hardened and cursing. The judge, bound by similar lawe and rules, places a fine or a sentence when evidence warrants. And in the meantime the burglars continue their burgies, and the thugs make at their thuggin ive a darn funny world. So Things have to be. the told | let’s laugh and not be too serious. Yesterday Judge Gordon heard the story of a girl and her soul. it was just an ordinary case. Yeh, the officer had been watchin’ the girl for several nights Finally saw her taikin’ to two men on the street and decided she needed arresting. ‘This girl, of course, is a mother's daughter. She also has a baby herself. She said she is now living at home with her mother. There/ had been one mistake. After that she thought she was to have a ebance. I did talk a minute with one man whom I know she sald. “An other fellow tried to talk to me, and I hurried away. 1 had left my coat in a hotel and was on my way after it. I went inside and the officer came in and arrested me. This officer has been watching me and hounding me. He seems to think I have no right to walk down the street 1 got there a little too soon,” explained the officer 1 can bring; in a lot of officers who have seen her hangin Jround the Dostoffice | steps, and down on Third, and all around. She's’one of the worst we aye iy Yes, I guess you could get a dozen witnesses who would swear) to anything you wanted them to,” said the girl's attorney Don’t hand me nothin’ like that! You'd do the same trick your snapped the policeman “Oh, bull!” said the lawyer Don't you call me no bull with me. I Shut up!” ordered the court The case went over until Friday And the girl and her soul are still on the scales. HARRY BROWN HAD THE BLUES It’s been a hard winter, and Har-;two young women and Insulting a Ty Brown's wife is sick. He went|third.” down town after medicine the other “T have a wife. You can't slip anything like that across a mother and a She'll Prove That a Woman Can, Too. ina Douglass BOSTON, Feb. 12-—-Miss Bana Douglass is going back to Nature clear back, to the days of Eve. She proposes to spend a month alone in the Maine woods, That is merely the geography of the trip, for she announces that she will enter the woods Without clothes, Without food, night, and brood he general |sister, I hope I didn’t say anything Without weapons. cussedness of he walked. rude. I drunk. I'm sorry. Aw at's ead Of the mouth ae It's doggone tough luck, all the ful. For God's rake, judge, please! 0008 ty emerge with more of way round,” he reasoned change that 10 days toa fine. I'll heath than ever before, a. ward beer, two beers, thr lose my job and my wite lrobe of skins from wild animals Harry ‘was 1 at headquar entence suspended OA | oe didiie. Witke har tance WsahiGa, trie te arged © Tr » grab! Judge Gordon med with bh finery as woven ® #6208 grasses and leaves of planta may add to the primeval wardrobe STEALS TREE; THOUGHT IT BUSH)" wan'oict Wns Not she \ Buxus Semper Virans, meaning) wood. Th a a tee screen to ua a a Boston artist, did it boxwood tree, is what George | be juggled ‘ound by drunks. Eiranes swiped ‘trom’ tha’ tives ee thate abot right’ saié| 4nd she is Inapired by the ambi. green nursery, Third and Pine. The| Lawrence. “Only I thought it was| tion to kbd pds Feed trees cost $7.50 at a tender age. | just a bush jas capable of fighting against na Bee dak thake @ elon tat sé coche open and tonte” |ture single handed, and to add the O'BRIEN DIDN'T LIKE THE MUSIC My friends at the Victor bar;man.O’Brien didn't, and told me to wanted me to sing,” apologized|cut It out. I did. But later I got ea ie . arrested, anyway James Lang, a dockman, charged| “Wane ‘pledge or the stockade,” | with idling « salo They | was the inexora announcement seew to like olce, but Patrol-| of the court i BOUNCING BRICKS COSTLY SPORT They was sowie trouble in the(he passed where | was hidin’, So,| cigah sioah, and htin, he inter. |Jedge, Ah bounced two bricks offen| feahs. His hand wuf in his po ket | Min bens. ters the tru rron-| and Ab ran. Ah heard him teglin'| go admitted Frank Lero | the boys a ma me run as| He pald $2.50 a brick REPUBLICANS GAMBLING? NO, SIR! Five me of Vashington dence, A agate license and charter | State Republica ° At-, was shown. The case was dismise torney C. Snyder, set up a good de-\ed, Being good fellows, the club fense ag a f z charge.| members reed to split “fifty A pile of chipmeand very wet look-| fifty” with the officers, and will] ing liquor in bottles were in evi-\close the place, | evidence of her success to the the that In the battle through sav agery to civilization the female of the species had her fun share and part A group of women friends will accompany her to the entrance to the Maine tn The party will Gring back her tailored gown, silk stockings, hat and shoes and turn her loose in the garb of Mother Eve Comes From Hardy Race She will rely on berries, roota and such animals as she can cap ture by her agility and wit for food Mise Douglass comes from f trappers and woodsmen a 5 undfather, now 80 years old, is still a guide in the Maine woods. Her father is known as a anous hunter and has the world’s championship in fly casting. From babyhood she has been taught the « of wooderaft and i« at home in forest and mountains aT PETERSBURG Feb. Premier Kokovesoff has sesigned. She Says. The next interview, she sald. after she | | had declined to visit Senator Gore’ | At the suggestion of Jacobs, Mra he took Senator Gore | to Jacobs’ room, 8 “dive yaid during hel? Unt4rtlew Gore iaotrds remaMEine her atze: TELLS “During our talk,” said Mra. Bond, “Gore sat in a rocking chair. I sat on the bed. The telephone rang and I answered it. When I returned 1 found Goro had moved near the bed, “As I sat dows he attempted to.fondie my hands. | “1 told him that | was not the kind of woman he had been accustom: | ed to associate with, and that if he had no respect for me he ought to respect his wife and children ‘ | REFUSES APPOINTMENT “Gore then begged my pardon and said he could not have my hus bend appr iated to any federal position. “Ar 1 started by the senator, he tried to pull me into his lap. remonstrated and threatened to call the police. “Then he rose to a half-stooping position and pushed me back on the bed. He put one of his hands over my mouth and nose, HER GLASSES ARE BROKEN “During the struggle I tried to hold my skirts down with one hand and push him off with the other. “My glasses were broken in the struggle. tered the room. 1 was crying and screaming. Robertson told me to go to the bath. room. Gore followed me there and tried to get me to make a statement that nothing Jad happened GORE SHOWS NO EMOTION Gore showed no emotion throughout the woman's testimony Mrs. Bond was cross-examined by Norman Pruitt. He attempted to| | discredit the woman's statement that she could not escape Gore when he seized her The Robertson mentioned In the case Is Thaddeus Robertson, a local attorney, one of the men the defense alleres plotted to destroy Gore, 20 BELOW ZERO at the Winston hotel, SALARY 1S #7500. PER YEAR AND | | 1 Then Mr. Robertson en 3 J. D. Trenholme, Special Interest candidate for mayor, says he knows of jonly $200 spent for his campaign. | How about the seven or eight rooms occupied by the Trenholme headquar- PEA.GREEN HAIR PARIS, Feb. 12.—Hore's the atest Parisian fad, introduced | IN EAST TODAY: by the Duchess d'Uzes. She | |ters in the Alaska building, Mr. Trenholme? They cost more than $200. § | bal towear Whnen Sin ee How about the army of employes who have been flooding the city with your | duchesses and princesses be- | |Kterature, Mr. Trenholme? They ‘cost twice $200 a day. decked themselves with laven der, royal blue, turquoise, pink, | | How about the big billboard posters with your picture, Mr. Trenholme? pea green ant! violet hair. || They cost, we shall say, about $2,000. . ° How about the office help, the telephones, the printing bills, the postage LL GO TO PRISON bills, the hall rent, the theatre rent? How about all these things, Mr. Trenholme? TACOMA, Feb, 12 | Only $200 his appeal, Samuel D. Come again! mer clerk of the ~ eat eogs ~—ADIE OF COLD NEW YORK, Feb, 12 The cold. jest weather of the winter prevails |HIE” along the coast today From North California to Maine | the mercury war from a few de grees above to 20 below zero. | Withdrawing Bridges, for deral court clabocy Here the temperature touched has 1 1 | ‘ surrendered himself, and will serve aoe" mene a Tegan asses LD MAN BROODS; WE SET HEAVER TWO) BANQUETS Mrs. Barbara Walsh of Paterson, | !*!#"¢ for embezzlement | 5 | N. J. collapsed from the cold on PORTLAND, Feb. 12.—Joe |the street there, She died betore, USHER SAVES LIVES | Berger, leading pitcher in the | doctors arrived Western Tri-state league last | a Syracuge Was one of the coldest; PORTLAND, Feb. 12.—To B. K season with Pendleton, has ' In mometer touched 20 below | spot the country. ‘The ther r signed to pitch for Seattle. 2,500 AT SHOW an usher, is today given the {t for preventing a panic in the | Majestic theatre, a “movie” house when fire, causing $5,000 damage, broke out yesterday afternoon WITH A BULLET separaton from Kast, Michael H OF ABE LINCOLN | Ole THREE DIE OF COLD MINNEAPOLIS, Fel, 12. | }his family in th Three | Despondent over Hanson, progressive candi- deaths directly due to the intense The automobile show in the Ar-/date for the United St past el ps He punters DRAMATIC SUICIDE | sunivan, . Hving with a sister at mory attracted 2,500 people last sure ce Sake ptegy senate, . the Lowman apartments, 1115 14th pieht, An attendance record is ex-|- ’ do Coe, national 22-callber bullet 11 o'clock to TACOMA, Feb, 12.—Telling the officer who was called to his house fired committeeman from Oregon, will be the chief speakers at the Lincola av, A pected during the week ALL UP IN THE AIR through his brain at H died instantly after a quarrel with his fi | day. ° ght 1 my Local revenue officers have wired | wait. minute, Henry bein Pg the shot in the bath WON'T EXHIBIT jday banquet tonight In the Epler Washington for instructions, Seat- father of seven children, shot and Nivan'’s apayment, Fred cafeteria tle corporations have not sent in a/killed himself last night. | Nicholson, janitor, rushed {n+ and — Edgar C. Snyder ‘will preside. return of money withheld at the ‘found the aged man lifeless on the LONDON, Feb, 12.—Premier As he other speakers will be. L. B. source, as required by the income| FINISHING TOUCHES for. The police and coroner | quith reiterated today England's re-| Steadman, Mrs. Helen D. Stevens, tax law. A penalty is provided a Es | were notifie fusal to participate in the Panama- Robin Weilts, Prof. Walter G. Beach Y. M. C. A. students of the school} Offic Legate repotted at bead Pacific exposition in 1916. pratieain Py anices C, Axtell, member LINCOLN, Neb. Feb, 12.—The lof salesmanship will hear an ad-|atarters that Sullivan was di fire of the legislature... |state-wide conference of progres-|dress by A. G. Douthitt, physical di-@4 from bis wi and had »' COP WORKS RECALL At the republican Lincoln day sles definitely went on record jrector of the Y. M. C. A,, tomorrow | WOrty!ne for me time o do ea banquet in the Hotel Washington inst amalgamation with any oth-|evening on “How to Keep Your, mestic and financial troubles T am called upon to die, annex the each mitt be oie party Health on the Road.” cried N. A. Kees, 29, Alberta Saenby SON, eon) — ——<—<—<— = —s —| SUSPEND. SENTENCE Canada, as he rushed into a KE. L. Skeel and ard street car at First av. and Yes. | Juda NEW PENNANT COUPON VANCOUVER, B, C., Feb, 12 ler way | - , Justice Morrison yesterday sus Lieut. Mason rescued him and = | @ aie BILLIE BURKE POSES pended the sentences of the 14| took him to the city hospital | t = miners tried and convicted before WARDALL GETS DIVORCE him in connection with the riots at Nanaimo recently Councilman Max Wardall was granted a divorce and the cus- SKATER HIT BY AUTO One coupon and 15 cents for each Pennant at Star office and 1320 Second Ave. Twenty cents by mail and Lieut. Robert B. Parker, Fort) Roller skating at Minor av. and|” poet Ae Be i at branches. William H. Seward, charged with ir Union st., John Newby, schoolboy Marte Wardall, his ‘wite deweutt Bathing Girl, Co-Ed, Flower Girl, Stage «Beauty |) estlarities in his accounts, will be-| was hit by the car of (A. F. Shaw | | ed him, he said, She is in New Oe sh canes HRN. Cyricat ain a eae |gin his defense Friday before the | yesterday afternoon. He was slight-| | York city Matinee Girl, ice Girl an ebutante, court-martial, The proseculio@ end-,ly hurt, and taken to his home at) # ed its case last night. ‘yo27 B.’Cherry st. iPS are * a

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