The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 4, 1914, Page 1

HE STAR has made a truly wonderful gain in circulation in the past few months. And there’s a reason. + Imow how this newspaper beat all others in Seattle on photographs of the fuss in Mexico. MORE THAN 45,000 PAIN COPIES DAILY WEATHER FORECAST — Fair tonight and Tuesday; light frost to : night; light variable breeze. VOLUME 16. NO. 59. SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, MAY 4, 1914. MAY ARREST JOHN D. RO The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News The Seattle Star ONE CENT Military Board Puts Blame on Militiamen DENVER, May 4.—The finding of the military board which investi- gated the Ludlow tragedy, blames the Greeks among the strikers colony for starting the battle, but, for the militia’s conduct subsequently, it RECOMMENDS THE COURT MARTIALING OF EVERY OFFICER AND ENLISTED MAN WHO TOOK PART IN THE FIGHT. It found that, after the first tent took fire, the militiamen and guards deliberately spread the conflagration by pouring oil on the flames and upon other tents. It was charged that the state’s forces also looted the tents. The board declared that, at the opening of the battle, THE MILI- TIAMEN TRAINED A MACHINE GUN AMONG THE TENTS, poured a volley upon them, and the first tent was set on fire by this cannonade. HUERTA ORDERS ATTACK? | G en. Maas Believed to Be Preparing to Assault Vera Cruz DICTATOR BEHIND IT Huerta Thinking Only of | “Getaway” Now, Corre- | spondent Says | VERA CRUZ, May 4—Gen, Maas in believed to be preparing to at |tack Vera Cruz feo City to protect himself. Opposition to Huerta has reached @ point among the people of his cap- ital where be is personally in se ninety lw DECLARE MONDAY A DAY OF MOURNING WASHINGTON, May 4— | | | | president of the United States that there is “nothing to arbitrate” in which the president realizes that his position is hopeless. Tt was said that the best he is fig-| at of | Colorado. When Indian ages tortured and murdered white men who had fallen’ into their power, there “was nothing to arbitrate.” | When a drunken degenerate meets a defenseless woman away from | civilization, there is “nothing to arbitrate.” | Joh D. Rockefeller, jr., haw stated that he is prepared to spend the Hast Rockefeller dollar to defeat the demand of the Colorado miners for uring on now is to get aafely Mexico, and that he can see no way of doing it but by making it impos sible for the Americans to avoid} capturing him. | To Force Engagement | } | plant Is generally attributed here to From Vera Cruz he had counted NEW YORK, May 4.—A pian to force John D. Rockefeliler, jr, ton en Chief Griffiths Is Going to, Gantz was arrested Saturday on # warrant lesued by Justice Murphy, |™#tter® have reached a pass at Going. to| ble Tarrytown estate. ipCemarytie sie rines and bluejackets at Vera | campaign to develop the com- Behind the closed doors of the building these women picketed, John | | Uline Monday Ross are working out a plan to various sorts are usually com- light system gradually spread to all aie eas ———____— Hin men’s activity Saturday in the ’ vicinity of the city’s water works | THEY RE ARRESTING President Huerta’s determination | to draw the Americans toward Mex I HET OOR rious danger HN D ' RUELTIES ver rat ha a on the Americans to march prompt | ly on Mexico City, and this, he felt sure, would unite all factions x sae appear personally at the hearing of Marie Gantz here today was we | Ry lingering at Vera Cruz the nounced by the woman's attorneys. A recent ruling by the appellate enemy upset his plans. Flood Dark Streets court held that objects of threats must be the actual complainants. Miss| According to reliable information, With Light —— which charged her with threatening Rockefeller. WILL AID OFFICERS! = The picketing of the Standard ‘Ol! offices continued today. 1] — also were stationed In front of the millionaire’s residence, ae well as at) | et Crime Except | HE women arrested for picketing {hm New York, among them Mrs. 44 to Brooklyn next Monday to | in the Dark? 'T Upton Sinclair, wife of the ge — Mis Bilsabetd Fresman,| do honor personally to the m rous heroine of many suffrage hikes, merely gave expression to the Seer * 2a | feelings that ANIMATE ALL MOTHERS, WIVES AND DAUGHTERS Crus He t also known to entry, considering a proclamation de- plete protection of | the city Cegndeent the country claring Monday a day of greaj | irom criminals, . | D. Rockefeller, jr, who seems to have borrowed his father’s mantle of | } ree Gonins ot eon | smug sanctity to cover an equally ruthless disregard for human rights i flood darkened alleyways with (and human lives, issued statements telling why he sent word to the ° the rays from big arc lamps during the hours when crimes of mitted. The district south of Yesler wa: will be lighted first and the alley parts of the city. It seems singular to “nage gy feccmnition of their union city Mghted so prodigally With this end in view it was ey A He says be is battling for individual liberty, a man's right to work | | syth a 3 streets has no adequate system for/ -.. whomever he pleases, on what terms he desires thought by beat judges that he will alleyways, where crimes most a force an engagement as soon as ually happen,” sald the chief. “Of- beded of dadecmtive olein etting down to hard facte— possible / ficer Lee recently stepped on a| sever Perc eran The news leaked out from Mexico what does this mean? , That he is prepared to spend the last Rockefeller dollar to es tablish a man's “right” to starve and enslave himself and his fam- ily—NOT THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO LIFE which the trade union guarante: BUT THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO DIE slow. ly under the constant torture of want, of inadequate nourishment; the siow suicide of a human being that knowe that it Is OWNED, BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY RAPACIOUS WEALTH, and that unless it walks warily and speaks softly and drawe its breath only as its owner directs, it will be cast out to starve and die. drunk man fn a pitch dark alley.) Suppose a wagon had gone through the place! Officers in pursuit of/ criminals find it difficult to pre- vent escape in dark alleys and are often wounded in combats in the} dark.” | The “wink light” system of flash ing city street lights to call police- men to any certaln district ts be. ing worked out by Superintendent Ross, and officials belle it wilt bring good results, as patrolmen can “be on the job” from 10 to 16 minutes earlier by such a method. needed for Co | City that Foreign Minister Rojas re signed Friday night because Arch bishop Mora, who had undertaken to persuade Huerta to retire, had fall ed in his mission j It was snid Huerta was exceed ingly angry at Rojas The latter's friends fear for his safety _PIER IS BURNED IN MANZANILLO: EXPECT ATTACK SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 4.—The| following wireless from Chas. H Raymond, United Press correspond ent with the Pacific fleet in 3 jean waters, was sent here today by | the cruiser California “The pier at Manzanillo has Mourning pickets are all very well. But more than mourning jorado! STAR SCORES ANOTHER GAIN burned. Refugees are leaving that] port by hundreds, Local papers} a state Admiral Howard will give 48 hours’ notice before opening fire. | “The South Dakota fs at A ile | co, the Maryland at Manzanillo and| the California here at Mazatlan.” | April Shows Big Increase in Both Advertising and Circulation PLAN MEMORIAL. DAY SERVICES | The Star leads all Seattle papers in percentage of advertising gain made during month just past, compared with the corresponding / month of last year. Percentage of GAIN Made by Star - - 11.7% Memorial day services on Sunday, | May 30, will be held at the First| Baptist church, The invitation of| Rev. Carter Helm Jones was accept gates of patriotic socleties ed by ¢ Percentage of GAIN Made by Times - - 4.4% |" Percentage of LOSS Made by P.I. - - 7.9% ||| GIRL MURDERED ABERDEEN, May 4.—Alleged to have killed Mrs. 26, whose body was found In the Joon district, B, J. Moore of F land is being sought by the police. Moore 1s said to have been infatu ated with the woman, who recently cast him off. Vivian Lacrosse, a Percentage of LOSS Made by Sun - - 25.5% THE STAR’S net paid daily average circula- 42,008 Copies tion for April, 1913, was. THE STAR’S yy id net age eae irculati for April, 1914, after lucting . Silextre editions was sss... §,, 46,872 Copies 4,864 Copies Plans for an extensive campaign net the encroachments of the anese in the grocery field will be arted tonight in the me ng of the Seattle Retail Gr re @ yelation Average daily circulation gain over corre- sponding month last year 1 Pine, haw a rep: high-claas school in the | | ‘ elty fn unquestionably the | Ravertisement, \of letters, thanking this pay | Saturday aft It’s because The Star tries to produce a newspaper that the people LIKE to read—a newspaper which, above all things, must be INTERESTING. One of the things the reading public likes in newspapers is QUICK ACTION, by picture and story, on BIG NEWS EVENTS. You, who read The Star, The Star printed the first pictures of fighting in Vera Cruz, in its mornng edition Saturday. One other Seattle paper same out five hours later with pictures that were much inferior. The Star is publishing other pictures today, on its inside pages, taken by this paper's staff photographer, W. H. Durborough, in Vera Cruz. assens taxes ON THAIN NEWS BTA CK. Star’s Photographer A Letter From Photographer Durborough Editor The Star: The photo Inclosed w. taken on the fug train which left Mexico City On that morning | was in the camp of the Mexicans, who had retreated 40 miles from Vera Cruz, for two hours. charge d'affaires at Mexico Cit They thought | was an English newspaper man. prison, if not my life—as the life of a spy—to the British flag ang to T. 8. Hohier, | owe y- my freedom from a Mexican British charge For four hours the Mexicans held a refugee train on which the British were carrying Americans to safety, demanding that | be turned over to them. The American lines we: CT lean officers p. to them an American photographer who had taken photographs of the back. Hohier stood pat. sed my seat a score of tim only three miles away. nding that Hohler turn over jexican troops one station He told them It was not an American who had taken photos, but a Mexican. After four hours of parley the Mexican officials finally gave up and permitted the train to depart. “BOOZE BLU Washington their at- “Wet” or Thousands of voters have focused tention on The Star's “Dry” contest. The people of this state are to be confronted In November with the most important prob- lem in the history of Washing- ton, when the liquor question will be settled by popular bal- lot. The Star is in receipt of dozens r for opening its columns for the expres: | sion of the voters upon such a vital subject. Last week's contest terminated ernoon and the judges tackled a stack of 1,178 lette: order to determine the wir 8. The best “wet” contribution came from David Le Bow, ho resides at 124 16th av, © Palmer, a dentist, the Green building, took the “dry” prize, A check for $5 has been matied to each The winning letters follow: A with offices in DRINKING BOOZE M ‘8 in| NTS FIN AKES ° ° DRY I | le + | “The function of law is to re-| | strain wrong and to enforce right; | |thus prohibitions of various kinds, | | making the personal liberty of the individual subservient to the gen eral good. “The use of intoxicants as a bev- erage degrades and destroys, blunts the finer sibilities, and gives nothing in return. “Prohibition is in keeping with law and the constitution. No es- tablishment of justice, or purusit| of happiness, or Insurance of do mestic tranquillity can be maintain- Jed with King Alcohol in power. | “Just and effective law must seek | | to remove an evil instead of foster- ing it by regulation, | “Prohibition, where tried, prov superior to regulation, Its defects are being fast removed by further legislation, “Revenues cannot be justified by blood money, or extortion of the poor through the medium of the \ saloon, ‘ “C, A. PALMER, D. D. ER SEN YOU HEALTHY” a re Last Amer. lean refugees | out of Mexico City boarding | | train for Vera | | Cruz. At this | point 40 miles | | from Vera! | Cruz, their | British pro | tectors left | them and re- turned to Mexico City. The British charge d’af- faires, T. S. Hohler (wear- ing white suit), two)! British jack- les, one hold- ing British fiag, other holding Amer- ican baby, are shown In the | above picture. SIBILITIES”’ ¢ « | eee, A WET | “The entire prohibition movement | is founded on a misconception of the very ‘wrong” it professes to remedy. It alms to cure the drunk- ard by eliminating the source of his! inebriety, and it is at this that it fails so bly. | “For scientific research and past experiences have both proven that the mere eradication of the liquor supply does not quench a drunk- ard’s craving for same. And that where legitimate whisky was not to be had, substitutes more danger- ous and degrading were easily made and freely used, “Alcoholic beverages used in moderation harmless but greatly beneficial. The greatest authority on right and wrong—The BIBLE—defends its use in this manner. “The source of evil lies not in the use of this commodity, but in the abuse of same, and as prohibition cannot curb human desire, | am for the WETS. DAVID LE Bow. “124 16th Av." | nd liquors are not only THREAT TO ARREST Jawn D, for murder. EFELLER Mexicans Try to Shoot FACING | AST EDITION By the way, has that jor collected the $12,000,000 from the old man? ‘MURDER © CHARGE! Miners Retaliate When Oper- ators Threaten to Prose- cute Them. |WILL ASK WARRANT Special Session of Legislature May Impeach Colorado Governor | DENVER, May 4.—A ware rant charging murder in the’ first degree, and conspiracy, in |connection with the deaths at Ludlow, may be issued against John D. Rockefeller, jr. c Attorney Hawkins, for the — miners, threatened today to Swear out the warrant him- ~ |self, following threats of the — mine operators to prosecute ~ John White, president; Frank — jHayes, vice president: John jLawson, John McLennan and! other international and district” leaders of the mine workers on a charge of conspiracy to murder at Forbes and Walsen- © burg. May Impeach Governor With the convening of the legis: lature, at noon today, it ts practic ally certain that a resolution pro- viding for the impeachment of Gov, Ammons will be introduced. The legislature met to. co an appropriation providing funds to” cover the deficit caused by : taining militiamen in the strike zones. 5 | It will also consider a compul: \arbitration measure, a bill prot jing state constabulary, and for : |ulating the use of mine guards, The Ludlow horror was certain of horough overhauling by the ture, Maj. Holbrook, in command of the U, 8. regulars, has closed all : in Las Animas county, and o1 ee | the railroad and express companies: not to ship any weapons into Colo | rado except those for the regular Es | troops. aa HERE'S A JUDGE ' WHO DECLARES. ~-FOR THE RECALL Brushing aside the musty trae dition of divinity of judges, Judge King Dykeman strongly indorsed and advocated the re call of judges in a speech before the Phi Deita Phi legal frater- nity Saturday night, at the Washington hotel. Over 200 were present, among whom were four members of the su- Preme court, Including Chief Justice Herman D. Crow. “No ‘conscientious judge,” said Julge Dykeman, “should be alarmed at a sensible recall law.” He advocated the election of judges for long terms or during good behavior, with the right of removal by the people through the recall. “The old-fashioned system of iim peachment of judge: he said, “fg out of date, unwieldy and not pro ductive of necessary results.” “A thousand years ago,” the judge said, “the election of a judge would have been considered as vio+ lent a step as the recall of judges is considered by many today. The electorate is required to sek judges, and it should be com) to say when a judge shall be re tired.” MAY HEAD NEW RESERVE BOARD WASHINGTON, May 4.—Prest- dent Wilson is understood to be awaiting an answer from Richard Olney to his offer of the chairman- ship of the federal reserve bank board. soon as he hears from Olney, said, he will make public hig choice of selections, That the of- fer was made was known positive- ly, It was thought more than Iike- ly Olney will decline. He ts 7% years old Before Thursday the president must send to the senate the names cf the five men who, with the see retary of the treasury and the comptroller of the currency, will constitute the board,