The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 14, 1914, Page 1

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The fleet is now at Hampton Roads, Va. from a United States ship and paraded them through the streets, he has been instructed by the Huerta government at Mexico City to persist in his refusal. SEE THE RICH BEGGAR! ISN’T IT SAD? talk inion rhe hibition law be Let's all it over in about hoes 1 TELL You He's A FAKE!! Star will HE'S GOT ALL KINDS OF money!!! — he prosecuting At the trial « oh person m: fiscation of all liquors and fixt ents of liquor, and the sale of any other fintures, the money to #2 LAWFUL FOR ANY TO ORDER OR ARING INTO NOT MORE THAN ¢ i THAN HERR, AND 7 ONE TIME, BUT a PERMIT * nba 4AME MUST DE OBTAINED PROM THE COUNTY AUDITOR CENTS. Leas THAN 20 INDIVIDUAL company shall be perm thie state anless euch permit is attached to Dermnits must be canceled. Of Violating the prohibition inw- ‘The law, if passed, No permite to be imeued by ed to de the package and ie to take effect Januar: PASSENGER IS FATALLY SHOT BY HOLDUPS ON TACOMA CAR William Sears, 20, locked up in the county jail following an un- gnecessful attempt to hold up the Tacoma interurban last night at Riverton, is the man who took part in two previous attempts on the interurban during the last two months, according to county offi cers. Two Dying Today As a result of the wild fight last night, Charles F. Swartz, 33, a Sno- homish citizen, is dying today in the Riverton Sanitarium, and Clar ence Trew, 28, the second bandit, is near death in the Providence hospital. Weak from the effects of the beating he received and his head swathed in bandages, Sears made & complete confession to officers this morning. Says Shot Was Accident He said he had been living with Clarence Trew, the other bandit, at 1015 Beacon av., and that they could not make enough money at 04d jobs and gardening. “Someone grabbed me and my Tevolver went off in the struggle, said Sears. “I saw a man fall and then the crowd jumped on me This is the first mixup we have ever been in.” Physicians trepanned Trew's skull this afternoon in an attempt to save his life. Bandits Knocked Down Sears, with his face covered with @ bandanna handkerchief, stepped Into the smoking compartment and, drawing his revolver, commanded {the men to line up and “shell out.” A commotion was heard in the rear of the car, where passengers were struggling with Trew, and Sears turned for a minute to look He was knocked down by men,| who rushed him, and his revolver} was discharged in the struggle. | Overcome by Trainmen | The man who gave his name as Trew was attacked by two train men, J. Rose and A. D. Smith, and was overcome after the men and era had given him a beat which will probably prove GOTTA CRACKED LIP! Light & commission Traction, Power Co, is an obvious old faker the The Puget Sound When the public will go before that body, and cringe and whine that it is losing money in the Duwamish valley, and will the commission please let it the service meets at Chamber of Commerce tomorrow, it raise interurban rates | But, don’t waste your tears Smith struck T hy | ? ? mA ™ ‘ with 4 sand drfll‘and inter clubbed | Three years ago the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. announced a raise in rates, him with a 45-caliber revolver,| ; i i i d, which he wrested from the robber for two years in the courts. But, though the people licked the traction hog in every roun Swartz, who took no part in the| high rate—thanks to an accommodating injunction. fight, was struck by a flying bullet ' during the fight with Sears in the| AND IT PRETTY NEARLY DEPOPULATED DUWAMISH VALLEY! Workingmen Seattle smoking compartment gt phe sa agit lle ruined. Now this old counterfeit pauper again asks permission to raise the rates honest elf who cheats itself.” The ball tore a gaping hole just left lung. athe above the heart and through the ‘Trew, the wounded bandit, with In the out-at-the-elbow, Puget Sound Co. his pal, Sears, was taken to the , " " Providence hospital. He became! would scarcely recognize the prosperous financier who offers to sell to the investing public Puget Sound Co Sncouscious during the night. His George H. Tilden & Co., Hoge building, have just issued a pamphlet calling attention to Stone & Webster securities, head was badly hurt and he sus ; : . , tained internal injuries. which, as agents, they are offering for sale. The paragraph devated to Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power is rosy Sears ge ther pend Proyt. and cheerful reading. It is “six per cent cumulative preferred stock.” Dividends are paid quarterly. The company has, dence hospital and at 1 o'clock this|“through ownership or control,” “substantially all” the electric street and interurban railway and the greater part of the commercial lighting and power business in the Puget Sound district, including the cities of Seattle, Tacoma, Belling- ham and Everett. “Population served about 425,000." IN 1914 THE COMPANY MADE: GROSS EARNINGS, $8,- |665,995; NET Boaricrnabiccbavis AFTER PEDUCTING ALL CHARGES, $1,589,778. The people fought it continued to charge the Many the rate it, who work in and had established homes in the valley could not pay were To hear it express is “an “ee @ down-at-the-heel asking favors of the public service commission, you stock in the jail Name lesley temporary Henhouse building morning was taken to the county at DON’T MAKE US LAUGH; WE this afternoon ordered Admiral Badger, commanding the Atlantic fleet, to proceed imme- Admiral Mayo’s orders to Gen. Gustavo Maas, federal commander at Tampico, to salute the United States flag, after federal soldiers had arrested marines is to be enforced. Gen. Maas has thus far refused to comply with the orders. He says Simultaneously with orders given for movement of the Atlantic fleet, which is the biggest and mosst powerful unit by far in the United States navy, the transport Hancock was directed to sail from New lor Tampico with 800 marines. e battleship South Carolin. mingo, was intercepted by wi Orders to sail to the same de bound northward from Santo Do- is and also orde: to Tampico. ination were also given to the cruiser Nashville, now at Santo Domingo, and the cruiser Tacoma, at Boston The entire torpedo fleet, now at Pensacola, was ordered to stand by for orders, preparatory to making the Tampico voyage. PRESIDENT WILSON TRYING TO AVOID U.S. INTERVENTION; HOPES HE CAN BLUFF HUERTA WASHINGTON, April 14.—Pre Jent Wilson and Secretary Bryan were still determined after today’s} cabinet meeting to avoid interven- tion In Mexico if it were possible | to avoid it honorably. The order to the fleet was unac- companied by an explanation. “I am making an important public an- nouncement,” said Secretary Dan- jels in giving out the news. “It is wi- | ad phia The battleships North Dakota, Washington, Ohio, Wyoming and | Louisiana, at New York. ‘ All Ready to Leave All are already coaled and were ready to leave tonight or tomor row. | ‘The voyage will be made under 4g , {full steam, and on the fleet's ar- self explanatory, and I must not, "Val in Mexican waters, it was be- be interrogated concerning it. statement will speak for itself. The only explanation placed on/ the development was that the Tam- pico federale must salute American flag. ficlals openly declared that so far . : 1s President Huerta is concerned battleships Utah, Connecticut and there would be no more temporiz ing. Lind Advised Demonstration He will be given a demonstra- Uon of force it was Jobn Lind, reliable authority who told Presi dent Wilson he thought the time for temporizing with Huerta was over, and bis counsel led to the order sending the fleet to Tampico. The ships which will make the voyage are: The battleships Ver- mont, Arkansas, New Jersey, New | Hampshire and the Delaware and | the destroyers Benham, Cummings, | Wright, Cassin and Parker, at | Hampton Roads. The battleships Kansa and Missouri Michi. Phil according to! e|iteved Admiral Fletcher would be given command. Admiral Hi jis in charge on the Pacific The United States at present has the 19 warships and 1,200 marines at Tampico and Vera Cruz. Administration of The vessels at Tampico are*the Minnesota, the cruisers Chester,” Des Moines and San Francisco, the gunboat Dolphin and the hospital ship Solace. Wilson Rrefuses Statement Navy officials sav it will take eight days for the craft at Hamp ton Roads and Philadelphia to reach Tampico under forced draught. President Wilson, when asked, through Secretary Tumulty, for a statement concerning the order to the fleet, sent back word that he had nothing to say at present. It was known, however, that the administration believes Huerta, seeing his bluff called, will yield jand salute the flag. Preparations ‘were completed to strike vigorous- ly, however. | gan, Minois | DUKE WILL PAY CHILD $3,500 FOR + KILLING FATHER Mabel Simmons, as eunr Alvin Simmons, the 80’ of A. BE. Simmons, who was killed in an automobile accident last fall, was given legal permission today by Judge Mackintosh to settle her | claim on behalf of the child against | Larry Duke for $3,500 While on the stand, she said} Duke and his attorneys had agreed to settle all damages for $8,000. Duke's machine crashed into Simmons, causing his death on a roadside, near the city Mrs. dian for MAIN 9400 today, for by to- morrow today will be yes- terday. DIANA DILLPICKLES IN | “NOT SUCH A TIMID BEAU” LA 4-Reel “Screecher"Film_ "WHAT MAKES ALL THAT SILENCE IN THE NEXT Room % I THOUGHT DIANA HAD COMPANY, "WHY, HELLO— AINT You THE FELLOW WHO SCABBED AT THE FOUNDRY LAST SPRING 2” "HO-HO-HUMS PAPA, SY You €o IN AND ENTGRTAIN 1) THAT YOUNG MAN. HE'S SO TIMID I NEARLY WENT To Steer’ "SHE HAS Got COMPANY — BuT HE’S AWFUL TimiD? cee Say WHAT DO You MEAN, Phone your WANT AD to) JUDGE GRANTS HARRY THAW'S PETITION FOR HIS FREEDOM CONCORD, | April 14.—Harty } demand N. Ey Thaw’s for release under | corpus proceeds | ings was upheld us in | te AL habeas lay a 30-page ‘ederal drich The court held that the state's right to extradite for crime does not apply in cases of alleged in- | sanity, No formal order was made dis charging Thaw, however, as it was desired to give the New York am thorities time to perfect their a peal to the United States supreme court, @, Though the decision did not give Thaw immediate freedom, only the appeal to the supreme bench now stands between him and liberty, Leaves Question of Bail Judge Aldrich took up the Pitts: | burger’s application for release on | ball | “This motion,” am disposed to | without prejudice.” This left the bail proposition also to the supreme court. TO OPPOSE BAIL NEW YORK, April 14.—“Judge Aldrich’s decision docs not make a bit of difference,” said Wm. Travers Jerome, when told of the ruling on Harry Thaw's case. “I'll take the case to the supreme court and fight it out there. And I'll object to bail as firmly as ever.” at Judge I Igar said the court, “I ve undetermined