The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 19, 1914, Page 8

= E BOY SHOT TO DEATH BY NEIGHBOR WHILE BURGLARIZING HOME An unidentified boy, no older than 16, lies at the city morgue today, shot to death while at tempting to burglarize the house of C. M. Ballard, motorcycle policeman, 524 Second av. W., Friday afternoon. Capt. E. W. Smith, former | master of the Kirkland ferry, who caught him prowling around the Ballard home, but could not tell whether he was a boy or a man, fired the shot. “I intended to shoot over his head,” the captain told the police. | “In the excitement I shot too low I merely intended to frighten him He was on higher ground than I,} and J hit him accidentally.” | The bullet struck the boy tn the Dack of the head. He died on the} Way to the city hospital Description of Victim The boy had a dark complexion He was dressed in a blue suit, had| & green cap, with large, red squares | in it, and wore a blue necktie which bore the firm name, “Ellingboe Bros., Northfield, Minn.” His coat bore the firm label, “Brodeck-Field Clothing Co,, Everett.” | Ballard goes on duty at 4 o'clock. | Mrs. Ballard is @ cashier at the Bon Marche Both were away from home when Capt. Smith, who lives at 115% Mercer st., immediately east of the | Ballard home, saw some one cut a/ hole in the screen of the rear door, | break the glass with his fist, and) make his entrance | Shouted to Boy With Mrs, Smith behind him, the captain attempted to enter , the house, but the doors were locked. He called to the intruder to come} out, but received no answer. Mrs. Smith then telephoned to the polic @nd Motorcycle Patrolman Yorts} Was sent out. | Before Yoris reached the place the prowler suddenly unlocked the | ‘Tear door and rushed into the yard, Diding behind a rose bush. Capt.! Smith leveled his gun and advised | him to halt } The boy failed to heed the advice, | ‘and rushed for the alley. As he Was opening the gate in the yard|signments from Germany to rest-|—the garden variety Capt. Smith fired. ; man apparently recognizes ‘ether, Hargreave hurries to his magnifi- cent Riverdale home and lass plans for making his escape from the country, He ‘a letter to the girls’ schoot in New where 18 years before he had mys- paper Mm) | im of the Orient | a his visits the ie tate plan proves | geod Iuek and, I into the hands of the! ‘After failing in their first attempt, the | Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask | her for money, but she escapes, again foll- them, jorten and the countess call on Fier. | gree the next day. once more safe a . The visitors having gome, Jones re- | moves section of flooring, and from «| a box, Pursued by members| of the Biack Hand, who have been wateb- | ing his movements, he rushes to the er front. A thrilling race in motor ‘te ensues. Jones drops the box into sea and with his automatic sets fire the pursuing boat. Braine conceives the iden of giving « party to which Florence ts in-| |. Jones and Norton both go along, | are fortunately on hand to save Flor from being imprisoned in the ry house to which she is lured. Florence goes horseback riding. captured by one of Braine’s men 9 rondaide Norton reseues her. They are | | fast approaching ma- | in the reporter's arm: in the doorway Just ned moment, and as a rewalt gives | wk his’ ring. on of Braine sneceed in kk nee while she is shopping her off to sea. She leaps into | seu and is picked up in @ dazed con dition a party of fishermen. The Black red locate her, and Braine, disguised am her fathe eds in faking her back to sea with | Florence sets m fire to the boat and is rescued by » ship on which Norton has been shangholed. Norton and Florence, safely ashore and with no longer any misunderstanding be. tween them, take the train for home ‘The train is wrogked, and waiting mem. hers of the Blac Mundred earry the in Jured Florence to « deserted hut, Norton, who tries to resene her, is tied to the rail roud tracks, Florence saves him ones comes to th ndred ruse Norton and Jones regain it The Secret Agent From Russia CHAPTER XIII, The Black Hundred, not as indi viduals, but as an organization, be gan to worry. Powerful, and often reckless and daring because it was powerful, it began to look about for some basic cause for all these failures against Hargreave’s daugh ter and Hargreave’s ghost. They had tried to put the Inquisitive re-| porter out of the way; they had laid every trap they could think of} to catch the mysterious visitor at the Hargreave home; they had thrown out a bundred lures to bring Hargreave out of his lair, and fall ed; and they bad lost a dozen valu _ able men and several thousand dol Jars. This must end somewhere, and quickly The one ray of hope for the con-| | see F jen bouts, and nearly always by Between me and the t lattive fence and a rose Smith said. 1 ce him to distinguish him. tell whether he was a boy or & man T had no idea he was only a boy and I never intended to shoot to in jure him, whether he wae @ man or a boy were a Capt today Capt. Smith Distracted Capt. Smith ts distracted by the fatal result In the boy's pockets were found a gold watch and two rings, Ident! fled by Detective Landes as articles stolen from the home of Mrs. E. Lieley, 3437 Woodland Park ay September 5 Capt. Smith was booked at head. quarters on an open charge and al lowed to go on his personal recog He immediately went to ‘osecutor Murphy. The latter ofear will not file any charge against Smith, ZIGZAG TRENCH USED IN EUROPE Are you tmagining correctly the appearance of the trenches which the alli are trying to hold against German onslaught? hey aren't nice, straight open ditches, They aren't the kind of trench our forefathers held on Bunker Hill The modern entrenchment is A great furrow that twists and sig-zags across the hillside with confusing irregularity, Every available bush or hollow or turn is taken advantage of for con cealment. Often the trench is jeally a tunnel, where ex- shelter has overhead been constructed for protection from shrapnel TO CONFISCATE GERMAN GOODS OTTAWA, Can Sept 19. The Canadian government has an nounced that it will confiscate all shipments from Canada intended for the German marketgor all con dents of Canada spirators lay In the fact that Plor- ence had never seen het father and knew not in the least what he look ed like. They determined to try again tn this direction. dive it all up,” sald the coun tess to Braine. tell you, what ever Is back of ali this Is stronger than we are. He knows the organ! zation, and for all we kuow he may be a ghost.” “I never go back,” smiled Braine “There's something more than the million. There's the sport of the thing. We've been bested in a doz a fluke. They have the breaks, a: they say out at the Polo grounds. “But the time and expense, when we might be getting resulta else where! I tell you, Leo, I'm afraid. It's like always hearing some one behind you and never finding any body when you turn. I have told you my doubts. I have also asked | you to trap that butler, but you've! always laughed.” “You are seeing ghosts, Olga. new man from holy Russia, ging, “is coming tonight ly the head over there thinks our contributions of late have not been up to the mark, and they are going to stir us up. I am willing to wager my soul, however, that that box is simply a hoax to befuddle us. Either that, or it holds the key. But the rest of them insist that the box must be recovered. When I leave this room tonight I am going over to Riverdale and stalk all by myself. I'm going to get a glimpse of that mysterious stranger. He carries a scar of mine somewhere, for I hit him that night.” The door opened, and the execu- tive chamber became silent “Count Paroff,” boomed the voice ot Vroon. “He will present his cre. dentials.” This formality was executed as prescribed by the rules; and Count Paroff was given his chair. He spoke for a while, rather pompously “The head organization is not sat- isfied with its offapring in this Har. greave affair,” he said in conclu sion. “You are slow.” “Then you have come with some suggestions for the betterment of our business?” asked Braine tronic- ally “Sir, this is not the hour for flip pancy,” said the agent coldly Braine made a sign with his hand, a sign not observed by eve: one. Instantly Paroff bent lowly He recognized that the speaker was the actual, not the ndminal head of the American branch “What are your suggestions?” A nrug, quired the nominal head from his; chair, anxious to avoid a clash be ween the newcomer and the true ulent master of them all. I have greave's daughter has her father, not even a of him,” said Paroff, mor We are absolutely this is the cas head, who was known as the presi dent. “But we tried one play in never seen notograph th, ertain that direction, and it fatled miser-| ably I have the story,” replied Paroff “It was clumsily done, The ruse | was an old one.” Braine was fragk enough to ad mit the truth of thls statement, how. ever much ,he disliked the admis, sion, He nodded “I have authority to take a hand in this affair. We cannot waste all summer, Those government plans of the fortifications of the Panama are waiting. There's your millions But the fact remains that it is the law of the Black Hundred never to step down till absolutely defeated. The hidden million is but half; we must find and break this renegad I could not} Svident-| been informed that Har-| amiably.| said the nominal THE SEATTLE STAR Famous Black Fighters Charging Under French Termonde - Destroyed by Cannon | LONDON, Sept. 19.—The raz MARY PICKFORD, IN “SWEET- art Days,” is the headliner at the New Ctreutt, starting Sunday, for a three days’ run. With it is a two- jpart Eclair drama, “Hoy,” featur. ling Alec Francia. It ts a story of }how a little boy saves his father from himself. A Sterling comedy land another drama complete the | bill, ee “WHEN ROME RULED," A five-part drama, starts at the Mel- | bourne —_—a for a three-day it jstay. It ts w Bistorical romance, Ing of the town of Termonde, 16 | With arena scenes laid in the miles from Ghent, by German | period of Christian persecution o- OWEN WISTER’S “THE VIR | ginian, starring Dustin Farnum commences at the Mixsion Sunday Jand will mun all week | shells, has been completed, ac | nf cording to an Antwerp dispatch to Reuter's Agency. } The churches and veral other public buildings, though ah wool | damaged, are standing, and the af | hospital was partially spared, an a PROGRAM, THE All _sther | teeldenese: end. | ur Jehason and, Lottie Briscoe te bulidings were destroyed. }the romantic Lubin short story en-| a titled “The Beloved Adventurer.” SOAKED 'EM This consists of a number of short HACKENSACK, N. J., Sept. 18 mplete stories and will be shown A bathing suit lawn party—favor-| during the fore part of each week ite Hackensack social pastime these at thie theatre. days—w broken up when a for) The first one mally arrayed guest turned the hose|Cect! Intervenes storie on the girljare from the pen of Emmet Camp i Hall, On the sam oeram “Lord Hargreave.” |_ Paroff went on: “I shall, then, “If he lives,” eald Braine go frankly to the Hargreave house “Who can say one way or the|and claim my own. Meantime | other?” brusquely asked Paroff,|!eave to you the business of luring “The fact that all your plans and|the butler away. Half an hour ts schemes have come to naught ll I need to bring that child here, should prove to you that you are|to break the wall that stands be not fighting a ghost. There is but|tWeen ue and what we seek ne way to bring out the truth.” Is that so? murmured Rralme. And that is to make a captive! “Ola, | want you to play a trick of bis daughte supplemented | on this handsome delegate at large. Braine. “And we have worked to-|\I'm not very enthusiastic over his ward that nd ceaselessly, We)|talk, I want bim humiliated. Al! are quite ready to listen to your) YoU have to do, he says, is to walk suggestions, count.’ into the Hargreave house and walk And so am 1.” thought the man| out again. Well, let's you and I see that he does that and nothing else. I'll have no one meddling with my own game.” Some one sneezed, and every body looked at his neighbor, The |aneeze wan repeated, but myffled as if some one wan desperately anxious to avoid sneexing It came from above! ed Olga. “Don't look up! Braine was cool, He walked |idly across the room to where | Vroon sat. “Very well, Paroff; we | give you free rein.” To Vroon he sald “Some one is watching us from | the room overhead, I thought that |room bb ito us. many cooks.’" | “It does,” said Vroon back the count,| “Then how ts it that some | wateffing from up there No cltement. I'm going to Investig: When I leave you will quietly send with his ear to little hole tn the pelling above. “And some day, my eaergetic friend, I'm going to pay you back for that bullet.” Count Paroff cleared hia voice and lafd bis plans befor@ bis audi. jence | “To act frankly and in the open, | to go boldly to the Hargreave home and proclaim myself Hargreave T can disguise myself in a manner {that will at least temporarily fool the butler “Who has been with for 14 years, knows |habit, gesture. 1 posed Braine proceed. You old adage “Ab,” the whisper his master every move, n.” In d, count remember the will Too flashed |“but a new cook? Olga touched Braine’s arm warn ingly, “You mean, then, that there has| men to all the exits to the building. stolidly one is ex been talk in St. Petersburg of dis-/1 want the man who snee posing of some one? 1 want bim badly "A good deal of talk, sfr,"| Olga departed haughtily, forgetting that he had|she immediately sought the bent humbly enough but a few mo-|that brought her and was driven | ments gone jhome, It was always understood | Very well; go on.” lthat whe ny serious exploit was Thought the man at the peephole| under way bereabouts she was to Md, and with Firaine, only tax! |above: “There's another adage.|make her departure at onc When #hieves fall out, then honest| Vroon stationed his men at the | men get their dues, Yes, yes; pro-| several exits and Braine went up. |eeed, proceed!" stairs. The man who had sneezed |How to Win HIS in the 12th chapter of the great nove! MacGrath, wi T man, woman ft the mystery, t two reels of motion picture drama will be made and the tere of the atory written by Harold MacGrath, Solutions may be sent to the Thanh: at Chicago or New York, any They must bear postoftice This allows four weeks « and three weeks |] this paper, in whieh to subi! A hoard of three judges w tons received tn the moat nee din the deck | 1 MacGrath, Lioyd Lone M. nee of Chie which will give the be mystery, will be p thentres throughout the country tical to produce them, to these motion pletures w and other newnpapers w vs corporation, midntaht, December 14, jer than that date, tf appenrance of the Inst t chapter ts publixhed tn rmine which of the many soln Nothing of @ iterary nature hich will run this fei | er directly | ir Mystery” will be eo 10,000 | (PHOTO PLAYs| is a two-part Edison, featuring Mary Fuller in “The Viking Queen;" A. M. Anderson in “Bron bo Billy Butts In,” and the Selig |farce comedy, “The House That | Went Crazy.” WITH BUNDAY’S SHOW, THE |Grand will present Eugene Levy's road show, No, 1. The pictures feature a two-part drama, by the Reliance company called “In the Nick of Time.” With It fs the Mu jtual Weekly, showing news pic | tures and a comedy eee “STEVE O'GRADY’S CHANCE,” lwith Edith Storey and Ned Finley jin the leading roles will be seen at the Clemmer on Sunday's change of program, This is a strong jdrama, with the scenes laid in the South. |comedy offering "The | Kidd,” in which the young heir of 4 millionaire shows how much fan he can have spending his father's money, The latest news is shown |in the combined Pictorials, Pathe's Daily News and the Hearst-Selig | News. | see [Colonial Sunday Until Tuesday | Night "The Viking Q —$ x THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY & thowever, had vanished as com- | pletely as if he had worn that tn | ¥isible cloak one reads about tn | the Persian tales. As a matter of | faet, after the second gneere he | had gone up to the roof, got out by the trap, and Jumped—rather risky business, too—to the next roof and bad clambered down the fire es cape of the second building, He was swearing tnaudibly, After all these days of care and planning, jafter all his cleverness in locating the rendezvous of the Black Hun dred, and now to lose his ad- vantage because of an uncontrol- lable sneeze! He would never dare go back, and just when he was be- ginning to pick up fine bits of tn | formation! 80 Florence Har. ereave was going to have a new father {na day or so? There were some clever ro among this |band of thetrs; their clever. | ness was well number of fools Yes, there were some clever rogues, and to prove this assertion Braine secured a taxicab and drove but offset by an equal furiously away, his destination the jhome of bis ancient enemy. He dropped the cab a block or two | away |away left and presently stowed himself in the summer house at the of the lawn would have It been # capital idea—that Is, if the other man had not thought of and anticipated this very thing. So he used a public pay station tele phone; and Braine waited in vain, waited till the lights in the Har greave house went out one by one and it became wrapped in dark ness within and moonshine with out Rraine was a philosopher returned to his waiting drove home, paid the bill grimly, and went to bed. It was going to be a wonderful game of j blind man’s buff, and it was going to be sport to watch this fool Par. off blunder into a pit The next afternoon Florence and Norton sat in the summer house talking of the future, Lovers are prone to talk of that. As if any thing else in the world ever equals the present! They talked of nice little apartments and vacations in the summer and how much they would save out of his salary, and a ‘thousand and one other things which would, not interest you at jall if I recounted them in detail But they did love each other and they were going to be married; you may ertain of that. They did He amiling not care a snap of a finger what|was not the least touch of the ad-| Jones thought, They were going! venturessn her makeup, Florence to be married, and that was all| had just received some mail and jthere was to it. Of course, Flor-|she had dropped the letters on the ence couldn't touch a penny of her] itbrary table to greet the countess, father's money. If he, Norton,| She had opened them, but had not couldn't take care of her without |help, why he wouldn't be worth the powder to blow him up with “But, my dear, you must be very careful,” he sald, “Jones and I will always be about somewhere. If they really get hold of you once, Jod alone knows what will happen | It 1a not you, it is your poor father |they want to bring out into the open. If they knew where he was | they would not bother you tn the least.” “Have I really a father? Some- times IT doubt. Why couldn't he steal into the hou and see me just once?” 4 “Perhaps he dares not This | | house is always watched, night and | |day, though you'll look ‘tn vain to| | discover any one. Your father | | knows best what he is doing, my | dear girl, You see, 1 met him years ago in China, and when he started out to do a certain thing he gen- Another attraction {# the | Gilded | taxicab, | Saito drama; “The Beloved Ad jYenturer,” an Arthur Johnson drama; “Broncho Billy Butts In. wnay Western; “The House That Went Crazy,” Selig comedy ee Grand Sunday Until Tuesday Night In the Nick of Time,” two-part Reliance drama; “Mutual Weekly, world’s news, and a comedy oe. Circuit Sunday Until Tuesday “Sweetheart Days,” Mary Pick ford drama; “Boy,” two-part Eclair |drama; “Lost in a Closet,” Ster ling comedy; “The Danger Line,” Nestor drama. } se Mission Sunday and All Week ‘The Virginian,” with Dustin | “The Embezzie two-part Kay- |bee; “The Alarm,” two-part Key. stone; “A Telephone Strategy,” rincess comedy oe Melbourne Sunday Until Tuesday Night “When Rome Ruled,” five parts. Alhambra Until Sunday Night “Helping Mother, drama; “For the Hand of Jane,” Joker comedy, “The Valley of Ver. * seenic; “Her Bount drama. Alaskan All Week Odyssey of the North, any of his plans, So we all must walt. Only I'm going to marry you all the same, whether he likes It or not, pose upon you again; but do not pay any attention to notes or per- sonals in the papers. You've been through enough. And it was a lucky thing that I * on that freighter that picked you up at sea. 1 shall always wonder bow that yacht took fire. “So shall I,” replied Florence, her brows drawing together in puzzle- ment. “Sometimes I think I must have done it. You know people out of their heads do strange things. 1 neem to see myself as in a dream And this man Braine is a scoun drel! “Yes, and more than that, he is the dearest friend of the countess. But understand, you must never let her dream or suspect that you know. By lulling her into overconfidence |some day she will naturally grow jail. I think I understand what your father's idea is; not to have them arrested for blackmail, but prac- tieally to exterminate them, put |them in prison for sich terms of | years that they'll die there. When you see a snake, a poisonous one, don't let it get awty, Kill it. Well, I must be off to work.” And you be careful, too, You are in more danger than I am. But I'm a man and can dodge quick,” he laughed, picking up his hat : | “What a horrible thing money fs! lif 1 hadn't any money, nobody would} | “ther me.” 1 I would ed to kiss Jones might he smiled. Ho» want her, but the eternal be watching from the windows, and so he patted her hand instead and walked down the grav-| eled path to the street It was difficult work for Flor-| ence to play at friendship, She was like her father, she did not bestow it on every one, She had given her friendship to the Russian, the first real big friendship in her lif and she had been roughly disil lusioned, But if the countess could act, 80 could she, and of the two her acting was the most consum mate, She could smile and laugh and jest, all the while her heart was burning with wrath One day, a week or so after her meeting with Norton in the sum mer house, Olga arrived, beautiful ly gowned, handsome as ever, There looked at their contents. ‘hey were chatting pleasantly} about inconsequent things when the maid came in and asked Florence to come to Miss Susan's room for a moment. Florence excused her- self, wondering what Susan could want, She forgot the mail As soon as she was gone the countess, certain that Jones was not lurking about, picked up the let ters and calmly examined their con tents, and among them she found this remarkable document: “Dear daughter I have never seen: must turn the treasure over to you Meet me at 8 in the summer house. Tell no one as my life is in danger Your loving father,” The countess could have laughed aloud, She saw this man Paroff's hand, and here was the chance to} befool and humiliate him and send him off packing to his cold and mis- erable country. She had made up | careless, and then we'll have them | three-reel Rex spondent of the Temps. He says Harold acGrath | The rogues will try to im-|had read the letter or not. } } father, if he j oft, | tired of the game of hide and s | fice downtown, | there at once. | will pack up and leave for Europe. [be pinioned and jogged; and for ; what unnecessary 1| Straight to the executive chamber kind, Senegalese AreProudto FaceCannon PARIS, Sept -Thousands of Mohammed's warriors, the black Senegalese, from the west coast of Afric have marched ‘ gaily to the front in France to add the fury of their charge to the allies’ cau | Senegal is a French colony in | | 19 West Africa extending from Cape Bianco to Portuguese Guinea. There has been a French colony there since the 16th century. Today the popu lation is about 8,000,000, partly Moors, but largely negroes. Most of the black tribes have always been fierce fighters, glorying in warfare From the Moors they adopt ed the religion of Mohammed, and by its fatalism and promise of heaven to him who dies in battle their fighting spirit was made even fiercer Today, proud to be called to Europe to fight for the white man, anxious to distinguish themselves in his eyes, spurred on by religion and ‘nature, the Senegalese charge the Ger- man trenches with an almost invincible valor. Jack London picture story. oe. ¢ -« “RESIDENCE THEATRES * At the Home Until Sunday ‘ “The Law, of the Lumberjack,” two-part drama; “Animated Week ly,” No. 130, topical; “Universal Ike, Jr., Nearly Gets Married,” comedy .ee At the Pleasant Hour Until Sunday “The Love Victorious,” three-part drama; “Almost a White Hope,” comedy. GERMAN PLANES OUT OF GASOLINE BORDEAUX, Sept 19.—Ger. many’s fleet of aeroplanes has been rendered useless from lack of| gasoline, writes the Troyes corr ' the French airmen, well supplied! with petrol, are doing much damage to the German troops, while the latter are unable to respond in! fe want of fuel e easily do so again. The only thing that troubled her was the fact that ihe did not know whether Florence Thus she did not dare destroy ft. She first thought of changing the clock; then she concluded to drop the let- ter exactly where she had found it and trust to luck When Florence returned she ex plained that her absence had been due to some trifling household af. | fair. | Said the Russian: “I come pri-| marily to ask you to tea tomorrow, 6 they dance. If you like, you may ask Mr. Norton to go along. I begin to observe that you two are rather fond of one another.” “Oh, Mr. Norton is just a valuable friend,” returned Florence with a} smile that quite decelved the other | woman 1 shall be glad to go to the tea, But I shall not promise| to dance.” Not with Mr. Norton?” arehly “Reporters never dance them-| selves, they make others dance in-| stead.” } “I shall have to tell that,” de-| clared the countess, and she laughed quite honestly | “Then 1 have witty?” Indeed you have, and it is not} only witty, but truthful. I'm afraid} you're deeper than the rest of us| have any idea of.” “Perhaps I am,” thought Florence, “at least deeper than you believ When the countess fltttereu aow to her limousine—Florence hat ™ the sight of it— and drove away, Florence remembered her letters And when she came to one purport-| ing to be from her father she read | said something it carefully, bent her head in} thought and finally destroyed it, | absolutely confident that it was} only a trap, and not very well con-| ¥ ceived at toat. Norton had given her plenty of reasons for believing all such letters to be forgeries, Her pally wished to see | her, would enter the house; he| would not write. Ah, when would! she see that father of hers, so mys- terious, always hovering near, al ways unseen? It must have been an amusing adventure for the countess, To steal into the summer house and/ wait there, not knowing if Florence had advised Jones or the reporter. | If caughtrsne had her excus Par the confident, how ap peared shortly after. “My child)” whispered the man. | And Olga ®tifled a laugh, but to him it sounded like a sob. ‘Lam worn out,” he said 8. ver, ‘Lam |} ‘You will not have to pl e| game long,” thought Olga “The money is hidden in my And we must go When we return we of- I've longed to see you so!” “You poor fool! And they sent you to supersede Leo!" she mused She played out the farce to the very end, She permitted herself to roughness she suffered at the hands of Paroff he would presently pay. He took her of the Black Hundred and pushed her into the room, exclaiming tri umphantly: “Here is Hargreave’s daughter!” | “Indeed!” said Olga, throwing} back he: in her mask “Olga!” erfed Braine, laughing. And that was the inglorious end of the secret agent from Russia erally did it, He never botched once as Florence, and she could (To Be Continued.) cipal part of w of this world govern In the interast of exploitation, and capitalism af Europe has gotten bhydrophobla about the question of dividing BD among — themselve the surplus wealth stolen f abor, Aga say if ne ne was exploited there could be no war, and exploitation is the cause Workers of the we unite and ate mu | may and from a Caar l working class to m Do you not is compelied to for olalism ? veil and standing revealed | Socialists in the war hunts her house at home. reads WANT AD page. What Caused the Hy EDWIN 4 Tit Wiens HOWS, D. Avenue t CNP LOVER TION h is more CAPITALe CAPITALISM GONE MAD, or trivial ou neve or the he Soctal- this mone aid you? gone mad, control of u will find ' ned. HITATION IN EUROPE HAS ONE MAD. 1 do p ke the w “robbery” to t eye a scene of © and disregard for I dislike to use the word because it confuses many who are yet unable to compres hend {t as a factor necessary in the of our wealth produc- organization wealth producers rians) As a matter of as need for all 1 fnatitutions whieh developed he material needs of the race In its experience in acquire ing the necessities of life EXPLOITATION CAUSED THE WAR. Have you read Harper's Weekly for September Sth, the World's Work War Manual, the Weekly People, the New York Call or the National So- clalist for September 12th, published by the National Socialist Party? Well, if you have not you wi hardiy know what caused the Austria had declared war on Servia on July 28th, and Russia ane noun tit not allow Aus. tria t ade Servian territory, a Germa eclared that Austria Servia 6 t not be interfered with, General European mobilization bee gan to take place. England and France made every honorable effort to prevent a general European war, “capitaliam ine of pre Soctety Institution the and the a's | Servia had practically yielded to the demands of Austria, and Russia pre- tended to show a disposition to bring herself under restraint In complianc with the efforts of France ani eg- land, and on July 30th ered stop all military preparations tria, recognizing that hy contitet with Servia had assumed an inter- netional character, would declare herself ready to eliminate from her ultimatum points which violated the principle Of the sovereignty of Ser- via. Russia's consent, however, pears to have been made to Rogiees, but was denied to Austria and Ger- many : On July 24th Sir Edward Grey, for England, urged on Germany many, Itely, France and England work together at St ersburg and Vienna in favor of mediation, Aus- trian appeared ready to indorse this four-power plan and Russia ex- pressed herself to England as will- ing, but Ignored Austria and Ger- many, and continued to mobilize. On July 20th the German govern- ment notified Austria that to re- fuse to exchange views with Russia would be a «reat ake, and Aus- tria endeavored communteate with Russia, but was ignored, and Germany's peace proposal accom plished nothin On August Ist Mr. Grey informed many as follows: “The Russian rnment has communicated to me the readiness of ustria to discuss with Russia and the readiness of Austria to aceept a basis of media- tion which Is not open to the ob- ctions raised in regard to the fore mula which Russia originally sug> gee’ Things ought not to be hopeless as long as Austria and Rus- ® ready to converse, and I hope th rman government may be able to make use of the Russian com- munteation referred to above in ore r to avoid tension.” Tt appears that Austria wanted reat with Russia for pence, at ermany, but Russia wanted war, but was desirous of placing the Te= gponsibility for it on Austria and Germany All I have said 4 Kov with Incidents and actors In this monstrous trage= dy and erlme against civilization, but has very little to do with the caus fo: e war. REAL CAUSH, 1 that markets are warring nations want. The ar party of Germany represents the Krupp Gun Works and other large exploiters, as do the war howl- ers and advocates in every other nas tion, All a what th many has the most perfect ins dustrial organization in the world, under and with its advanced machin= of wealth production one Ger- 1 produces as much wealth ina as six Russians, as three Preneh- glishmen, and as the rmines wages, W worker get ates than any er. Therefore gets me than ¢ and rman capitals plus value from lat Buropean capita he abor must find Germany The governments of Europe, If nment of the United Stat the gove are representative (necessarily) the (commercial) capitalist oF @&= plotting class. Germany hax been forming: into t rkets with what | she has taken from lat a crowd- ing the other nations into the baek- ground In other words, the governments » the exploit your own perpetuate their deg you the s from making yee class so that @ your Jesradallen racy by. exploitim Product of your ta you not three using lad one a Kat cand one a Kine sending on the field of, baie te ler eneh otht worker Wi labor power live has Ro that of Bo- spout the see that a sell his order to flag but wages in ountry and np do. Next week I shall tell The Wise House H STAR “FOR R