The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 18, 1914, Page 1

era Seg » known ) aetets do not co-ordinate, he is nevertheless poor By Mary Boyle O'Reilly BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (By Mail). NURSE MARIE FELICITE, of the French Red Cross, met me at the hospital door. I had seen her for a moment at midnight with white arms crimsoned to the elbow with the cross, step con- fident, manner serene. Now her face was white. “There is no milk in Brussels,” said Nurse Marie Felicite. I made to laugh: There are many things want- ing in the captured capital. “And the babies—?” prodded the Red Cross sister. Then I sensed the horror. “Therefore, we have arranged to go to the commander of the city,” she continued, “determined to appeal—four of us—women of different coun- tries. Will you come? Will you be an American delegate?” In half an hour the quartet stood in the Hotel de Ville, explaining our mission to a representative of the German army governor. Nearer the potentate we could not approach. By agreement we tacitly waived nationality to state the case of the little ones. " The English woman spoke in German, the French woman in Flemish, the Belgian in English, the American in French. Our plea was plain and pointed. “THE OUT- POSTS PREVENT DAIRY CARTS ENTERING THE CITY. THEREFORE BABIES STARVE.” The Prussian officer’s silver-strapped shoul- The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle ders moved ever so slightly. “We trust, Herr Lieutenant (the English wom- <AO TS an’s voice was toneless with neutrality), we beg that milk farmers may be allowed to come to the gate as neutrals.” The officer's upstanding mustache twitched with amusement. “Then we insist,” urged the American, “that we women, on our honor, be permitted to pass the barrier—merely to return with a peasant’s milk cart.” Again that arrogant smile. “NOW we demand!” climaxed Nurse Marie Felicite, and the Red Cross on her sleeve was not brighter than the color on her cheeks. “We DE- MAND that we women, or your soldiers (who are willing), be allowed to secure milk for the babies of Brussels.” Followed an instant’s silence. French woman and German officer eyed each other, Her manner was calm, confident, the spirit of new France. His military, feudal’to the verge of insolence. He spoke with finality that denied contradiction. “You ask the absurd—the impos- sible. We Prussians recognize no dis- tinction of persons. Men, women, chil- dren, ALL are enemies of the Father- land when Germany makes war!” Today a hundred babies lie dead in Brussels. Mary Boyle That Dares to Print the News VOLUME 16. NO. 176. SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, ON TRAINS AND ori NEWS STANDS, Bo 1914. ONE CENT ancis Jock Once ‘FRANCIS JOCK was rich. ' Not rich in money, but rich in youth, and health, and strength Some day, he told himself, he would be rich in money, too. Why | S Francis Jock’s assets, perfectly negotiable tm the labor market, were two good legs, two good arms, a stout back, strong hands, a modicum f brains, and courage. | No boy in the little Canadian village where he was born could beat | im in a foot race. No boy could put him on his back in @ wrestling Match. When he was 16 years old he could fell a tree as neatly and as @ickly as any full-grown man. Francis Jock’s assets co-ordinated perfectly. That {s, legs, arms, back, hands, brains and courage all worked together to make him valu ble in the labor market 5 When Jock was 18, he and his father and mother moved from Can 4a to Northern Michigan. His father died. Jock worked asa logger fa the woods and on neighboring farms. ‘He was a good son to his _ Widowed mother. By and by there came to Jock a letter from a boy he had once The boy was a young man now. He was in the Northwest Why didn't Jock come to the Northwest? He could get a good Job Courage being among his assets, Jock came to the Northwest to find a good Job. He found it with the Columbia & Puget Sound railw ae ee WwW’ HAVE said that Jock was rich. He is now poor You see, though a man be rich in health and strength, A man may have a Strong back, but if he is blind he is worthless in the labor market. Jock’s eyes are as good as they ever were. But he has lost one of his good legs. oe eee HE foreman set Jock to work unloading a car of lumber. There was another workman, long in the raflroad’s employ, named Wiliams. i Jock was green 1a the work. ow to unload the lumber Sia ths side poate car from which the lumber was to be unloaded there were three stakes. Those at the ends were removed. The center Stake stuck. Willlams told Jock to chop it off with an ax. Williams took one of the removed stakes,and set it under the middle of the car. 88a prop, so that the car would not topple over. Jock set his assets—legs, back, arms and modicum o' Work chopping the stake. Somebody removed the prop while Jock worked Walked away. Anyway, the prop was not under the car One of Jock’s good legs was crushed A doctor cut it off close to the hip. f brains—to Or else the prop when it toppled. if SEINE ea Qué Mav QORINTOV Mme Lpectulor— | who has just entered the university, came A young cousin of mine, on his face, and with a home in a new suit with a smile of satisfaction Proud, healthy stride in his walk. Ps He was dresesd in a cadet uniform, Under the terms of the appro- Priation granted to the university, freshmen and sophomore students Must be given military training. It always used to appeal to me as a sort of joke before—to see these boys in uniform, shouldering guns and playing soldier. The thought of War really never was associated with theirjmilitary training. It appealed to me as a sort of pastime—as a sort of physical culture exercise which they were performing ut somehow or other, | can't feel that way now. The war in Eu ad makes everything military rather obnoxious 1 don’t like the mili- milli th 1 ee ae cevinin thie abou to lend encouragement to war. Should the cadets be abolished at the university? | would have said Mo afew months ago. Today I’m not so certaing He Is Crippled—and Poor; Francis — Has Taste of Supreme Court’s Justice if his | The foreman told Williams to show | Fall Show. Don't like to hear war songs. | WEATHER FORECAST — Rain tonight and Saturday; cooler Satur- to southwest. HEPHERD DODGES ZEPPELIN BOMB No Milk for Babies in Brussels; They Die Because They “Are Enemies When Fatherland Is at War” HE TELLS HOW ‘DEATH FALLS OM CLOUDS By William G. Shepherd ANTWERP, Sept. 3. (By Mail to New York Until the present conflict began, military experts were in the habit of saying that killing appliances had reached such a degree of perfection that war was becoming impossible. Last night I watched a German Zeppelin dropping bombs into Antwerp, and while it was true that the perfection of the method made war a very refinement of barbarism, THERE WAS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE ABOUT IT. As I saw that Zeppelin depart it seemed t> me that the best argument against war was that it turned men into such merciless demons as the murderers it took with it. The wildest flights of imagination could not ap- proach what happened in Antwerp 12 hours ago. Early in the evening a Belgian captain took me the rounds of his company, stationed in the center of the city. His men were divided into small squads in a dozen streets. They were sitting on the sidewalks with their backs against the walls of buildings, drinking hot coffee, which had been brought to them by auto- mobiles. It seemed to me they were pretty well spread out to resist an at- tack, byt the captain said there were 30,000 soldiers scattered avout the city in the same way. Later the reason became apparent Hears Whirring High in Air; Sees Zeppelin Hurling Bombs on City Not until 1 a. m, did the big, red moon sink. It left the streets In pitch darwknet The city was so tranquil and still that the crackle of the dry autumn leaves which had fallen in the equare sounded loud. It (Continued on Page 2.) O'Reilly AST EDITION | strong southeast gale shifting Was Rich; Now — (Clerk Foils cee ee You will find the case in 53 Washington, | page 437 A jury in Judge Albertson's court found that, inasmuch as Williams was the more experienced workman and had been directed by the foreman to instruct Jock in the matter of unloading the car, Will-) fams was a “superior servant,” Jock an “inferior servant,” and that they Were not “fellow servants.” Therefore the company was Hable The jury found that Jock’s leg was worth $13,000. Jock was pleased. “When,” he asked, “do I get the money?” OCK sued the company. A bold attempt | by a lone high Wayman, who carried a gun and tle’s biggest jewelry stores in day- light, was frustrated by one of the Clerks, who ducked behind a coun ter and slipped out through a back |door of the American Jewelry His lawyer explained that the attorneys for the defendant company | store, 803 Second av., shortly after had filed notice of appeal. 8 oclock this morning. Jock didn't know what that meant, He only knew he would have) The clerk, C. Larsen, summoned \ the police, before their arrival “Throw Up Your Hands” Entering the store, the robber, who was fairly well dressed, drew a white handkerchief over his fea tures and commanded the two clerks, Larsen and Sam Weisfield, to wait a little longer. good leg he had lost. The members of the supreme court were standpatters, They had the tenderest regard for the RIGHTS OF PROPERTY. But a work. ingman’s feg is not property. It is only flesh and blood and bone. Thirteen thousand dollars for a common laborer’s leg! Ts supreme court of the state considered the case of Jock and the bh Pp vin t m The leg of such a one isn’t worth anything at a eta dy rn gpl Now the facts of the case, as presented to the supreme court, were /tnoir hands. The man carried a| ¢ as when they were presentd to the jury in the supe! exactly the same exactly the rior court. The supreme court applied to those fac! laws that the superior court and jury had applied The jury found the company owed Jock $13,000. them both” if they made an outery, The supreme court found the company owed Jock NOT @NE RED the robber disappeared through : CENT. . door leading to an office in the “hited | of the store T° ARRIVE at this.eonclusion, the supreme court had to reverse is Says He Got Nothing | r sack, in which hesevidently planned to carry off his loot self. This was not hard. Always before the supreme court had held that when one| Larsen ducked and made for workman “directed” another workman, he was the “superior servant.” | back door. —Weisfield concealed \In this case the supreme court found that when one workman “directs! himself under the counter. |and assists” another workman, they are “fellow servants.” When Larsen returned with a And therefore the company was not Hable. squad of policemen, the robber had ° are) gone, As near as can be found, he OCK is tliving on charity in Wenatch He hobbles about on got nothing. J crutches. The old mother back in the Michigan woods, who used Before the police, led by Capt. j to get money from Jock, is living on charity, too. ring, arrived on the scene, a customer entered the store. The cops thought he was the the | service commission.” The council today ts discussing| "uN". ne ie, men,” cried the the final draft of the proposed! captain, and Into the store bee pn The resolution offer went the cops, pell mell. jing ne i Y ae the porkcha a The “robber” was overpow- | its subtnission on reterendum | ered without a struggle. | vote is to come up for passage Mon Then he explained who he day. as ‘ We ina, Water will be shut of in West i Seattle, south of W. Alaska st., also | on Alki ay., and in the Alki point | | district, Saturday, September 19, from 9'a. m. to 5 p.m. The high & Southern for the purchase of that line for $1,600,000. As a result, it is possible that the entire matter may be dropped Pierce cal tion to the fact a rer at rains olphe et eat district supplied by small tanks sel Ranier ipres teday eropped | | will have water part of the day 4 bomb into the council negoti- | | Sut nave water park ote te | ations with the Seattle, Renton | F Fl H | ed att hig aiataee Sha he had PARIS, Sept. 18.—Descriptions lice commission for an Increase in| French | tn pre pe AP jither- | DISPOSITION OF GERMANY'S | rates posing Mines extended from north-| military strength today Indicated | “This petition based |eastern France all @long the border that diplomacy and strategy were | Plerce, “on the ground that a into nee ye | compacenitiy to protect ring Father- lreturn on the investment of the 5 convanie land from the ravages o' ¢ peace |contention in that case Is that the| designations of centers, lefts. and|W@ company is recelving a fair return,| rights, to regard the conflict in| At. the outbreak of hostilities jbased on the value of the com-| northeastern France as a separate| the German general ff plann | pany's line, which our experts fig-| engagement an offensive movement in France ‘ure is abort $800,000. On this theory, the lines would! and defensive operations. against Now, if the council passes any) extend from Complegne, along a re-, the Russians. resolution to offer the Renton line| yerse curve, following the course of} This seems to have been re- | $1,600,000, it knocks out our con-| the Aisne river through Craonne| versed, at once, and the higher| and Rethel, down past Montfaucon| The ease with which the G tention ieee will be allowed by the public' and Varennes, to the Verdun region,! mans win victories in East Prussia wore a mask, to rob one of Seat-| but the man got away) Telling the clerks he would “get! As-soon as ho was out of sight,! - Galicia and the failure of the Ger. Aisne Fight (Germany Asks TsBloodiest’ Wilson to Get Othe War Allies’ Terms PARIS, Sept, 18.—After 1 “a r days’ furious’ fighting. twi- WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—President Wilson was “ex- Hae bean te rive by a4 sree |tremely hopeful” today that real progress toward European peace may come from Germany's informal suggestion that the United States undertake to elicit from Great Britain, France | evening, with no material ad- | vantage gained by eithe: Au } i statem ii ry PPP memeyile A jane heuer a Y ent of the terms under which the allies thus far. It was said it far ‘ould make peace. | surpassed the battle of the Marne, and was, therefore, en- | titled to the mow somewhat stereotyped description of the st battle in the world’s The suggestion was voiced by the imperial chancellor, ~ Bethmann-Hollweg, to American Ambassador Gerard at jerlin, It is learned from a reliable source that President Wilson history. has reason to hope that definite peace overtures may be pre- Eleven hundred thousand Ger- sented soon. mangiare estimated to be engaged The chancellor's remarks to Ambassador Gerard follow: | against 1,500,000 of the allies. | Thousands had been killed. | “Germany is appreciative of the, ask the allies to present counter | | More thousands had been |American government's interest] proposals, which may. brine the wbunied, |and offer of services in trying to| nations together on some plan for | Many of them had tain for |make peace. Germany did not/a preliminary. discussion ‘The | many hours in the rain and ex- |want war, but had it forced on | president is personally handling | posed to a chilling wind. her. the peace overtures, excluding Both the Franco-British allies ats France. and the Germans were still bring Ing up reinforcements. The allies remained on the offensive, The Germans continued to hold their| ground. The Germans made a dash against Rheims Thursday night and wad almost reached goal before they were repulsed and |driven back to thelr former posi tthe | Wants Lasting Peace he has left the country, the United | “The British were bearing the| “In view of that determination | States district attorney's office to- |brunt of the fighting with the Ger-on the part of Great Britain, the | ®Y filed a petition with the dis- }man right wing [U.S ought to get. proposals of | {Tict clerk for the cancellation of After repulsing three charger. the| peace from the ‘allier many |th® citizenship papers of Albert British troops under Gen, Pulteney | could accept only a lasting peace, | D@histrom, Heliga preacher, recent- |made a counter attack, fought the | one that would make her people se.|!¥ Sentenced for a Mann act viola- |Germans at the point of the bayo-| cure against future attacks. net and decimated an entire} “To accept mediation now would | brigade. be interpreted by the allies as a/ URGE TEDDY epi eiaoey geodata a ep TO COME HERE stood by the German people, who, Dr. Sydney Strong of the Queen she |even Secretary Bryan and the dip- must likewise vanquish both Great, lomatic representatives of the com- Britain and Russia, as all three; batants have made an agreement to not make peace except by common con- sent “Similarly, England has announe- ed throw Premier Asquith that she intends to fight to the limit of her endurance. DAHLSTROM GONE Although the authorities believe tion. Dahistrom appealed from his sentence and gave bond, after which he dropped from sight. STORE BURNS UP having made great sacrifices, have the right to demand guarantees of | Anne Congregational church will security.” j,,The Ideal pharmacy, 1401 B, |pronounce the Invocation at the Negotiations Secret ; Madison st., sustained a loss of opening of the progressive conven negotiations are in! $9,000 when fire, caused by the Whatever progre greatest ‘overturning of a gas stove, gutted the place and for a time threatened tion tomorrow. Progressive head | quarters today joined with those of Oregon and California in sending a {telegram to Col. Roosevelt, urging him to come to this Coast to assist allies in the campaign. e being made with the secrecy It is said President Wilson soon|to destroy a number of adjoining will make guarded inquiries of the them of the Ger-| stores in the same block. The store is owned by S. J. Stone. Damage o the building ld to $500. advising man position SPEND FIVE MINUTES HERE EVERY DAY AND YOU’LL KNOW ALL ABOUT THE WAR But it is unlikely that this will be the outcome. The German strength is now at its maximum, while that .. the al- lies is being increased by colonial |reinforcéments, by the annihilation proves there are more German|the deciding factors in bringing | troops In that area than would be about this change of strategy. needed for purely defensive pur- ot. * | pos | GERMANY NOW OCCUPIES On the other hand, it is obvious the best position it can hope for that the kaiser has not a sufficient|from which to dispatch armies. force in France for a persistent of:| The kaiser’s forces hold Belgium | of Austria's armies, and by the in- fense. Jand Northern France. Russia has| dustrial situation growing out of The transformation of the East|been driven from most of East| Great Britain's command of the Prussian defensive into an of. Prussia, The German troops are | S°8: . fensive and the change in France carrying the war into Russian| Germany, faced by the probabil- from offensive to defen ve tactics Poland ity of having to give way either in must have been intentional, . The If-the kaiser can maintain these the west or east seems to have de collapse of Austria’s first line in|conditions indefinitely, he need {cided to retire before the French fear nothing worse than the loss of and British rather than to be some colonies. driven back by the Rui man drive on Paris probably we: | H