The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 9, 1914, Page 1

Ha sh die geEhd i will 6 il dure end® r 15, will nous rder, 1 ew Unit eve athe- pro dur give | the ‘ lock, d at orn 5:30 com- nsist i by eek. y at erve lice king w to and re A was Bev- , ot idgo ) a i eee - — Not the average. like? JOSH WISE SAYS “Old Judge Skoover is a law yer of th’ dignified old sort, and doesn't carry a reticule. He keeps his briefs in his tall hat.” particularly H OW do you like The Star? today—though we think it is a pretty good paper today—not yes- terday, nor the day before. But right along. On Is there any department you don’t Sometimes—we hope often—the readers Th But only a few, often us about it. they see something tha even then there are times we don’t hear about it. So we want you to write us a short letter and tell us what you think of The Star. Tell us Don’t be bashful. don’t like The Star at all, tell us so and tell us in plain words. see something that particularly pleases them. Other times—we hope seldom— e Only Paper in VOLUME 16, NO. 221. none, come up and tell t di And ispleases them. IF YOU why. If you don’t like a certain feature, like Everett True, or Diana Dillpickles, or Cynthia Grey, tell us so, and tell us why. Be plain and frank in your criticisms. Also, if you DO like particularly some certain feature, tell us why. And possibly you can suggest some crackerjack new stunts for the paper. We want to hold a big pow-wow with our readers through the medium of The Star on the The Seattle Star Seattle That Dares to Print the News SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 39, 1914. on ONE CENT TRAINS NEWH RTAN' subject. PLAINLY. night AND EGYPT ROME, Nov. 9—*“With the help of Allah,” as the Turkish official expressed it, “the sul- tan’s troops invaded Egypt Sunday,” tt was stated today In 8 dispatch from Constantinople. It was not belleved, however, | that the Invaders’ force was very large. BY ED L. KEEN | LONDON, Nov. 9—The British | government's handling of the war, Situation promised today to In} for severe criticiem when the law-| kere reconvene Wednesday. Members find fault in particular with the censors, declaring the dearth of news from the front had fendered the public indifferent to the struggle on the continent and | prevented enlistment. } Many asserted that conscription must be resorted to or the recruit- Ing system be radically altered. They favored the publication of plenty of news of fighting, the pub- | lic display of troops, martial | music and a resort to every other conceivable means of stirring up| patriotism. Considering the supertority of the British over the German navy U. S. Troops Sent | toFight Miners in Arkansas; Why? FT. SMITH, Ark., Nov.! 9—Why is the United! States government sending regular army soldiers into| the coal-mining fields of Ar-| kansas? | On the morning of last} March 25, when the miners! employed by the Bache- Denman interests in Prairie Creek Mine No. 4 went to work, there was a contract between their union and the} employers. This contract had four months to run. It! did not expire until daly Sf. Before the day, March was) over, the company broke the con-| tract—declared It void. This ac tlon was formally taken by Frank-| lin Bache, head of the mining con-| | who had « cern, and he also lesued this notice to the union miners “CLEAN UP AND TAKE OUT YOUR TOOLS.” The union miners did so. Thetr contract had been broken and they did not go back to work They Knew {t was no use, for Franklin Bache had already de- termined to run “open shop” mines. HE HAD ALREADY EN GAGED NON-UNION MEN to man the “open shop.” He brought no charge against the union men as & reason for taking this action. Ultimatum Given Miners by Employes On April 3, nine days after the breaking of the contract, the mines were opened with non-anion men. The union men—that !s, the men signed contract—-who had thetr homes, their families, thetr household goods, around the mouths of these Hartford valley (Continued on PUTS ONE OVER | ON MACLAREN C. A. Macteren, a city em- ploye, who has just moved from 500 North 43rd et. has the unhappy distinction of having been supremely bunk- | ed in the matter of the $5 de- | was declared the German North sea posit fee demanded by the taids and the destruction of Admir-| telephone company from its e —@| subscribers. | ! | The company has put {t over TAX CITY $10,000,000 pretty severely on its other sub-/| AMSTERDAM, Nov. 9.—The | | gcribers, but they rubbed {t in on Germans have assessed s $10. || Maclaren. He is so angry he ts 000,000 war tax against Ant- | | going to fight It, legally | werp, according to the Echo/|| The company agreed, when he| de Belge today. | paid his five, that if he kept the phone a year, the $5 would be re-| ~ | funded; otherwise he was to for- al Craddock’s squadron tn the Pa cific were humiliating It wi strongly urged that the fleet take the offensive {mmediately The German claim that Yarmouth was bombarded is denied at the ad miralty, but {t was admitted Ger- sers had approached close » English coast In general, there was a strong de- mand that there be an extensive elimination of official red tape. NAVAL FIGHT IS NEAR LONDON, Nov. 9—(Builletin.) —The Turkish fleet was reported here today to have left the Bos- phorus, bent on the destruction of Russian Black ports and ship- ping. On the strength of this news, felt it, unless he got another mgn/ to take over his contract. | The man who moved in when Maclaren moved out DID take Mac's contract, and the phone company promised to pay back the deposit fee to Mac. | But when he called at the phone) office to collect they told him he/ was too late, that the other man ad changed his contract from a two-party to four-party. Meantime they had not forgot- ten to collect $5 from the new man. So now they have $10 out of the deal | “[ don't mind the loss of the| $5," says Maclaren. “It’s the idea) of being robbed that galls me. I'd be willing to spend $50 to get it back.” TELEPHONE CO. {DEVILED MEAT FATAL TO CAT; PACKER FINED Ben Shay, » grocer of North Yakima, fed a can of Armour's “Veribest™ deviled meat to a cat. It killed the cat. When this fact developed at the trial of Armour & Co. In a case worked up by WII! H. Adams, @ food Inesector, and prosecuted by Crawford White, In dudge Fred C. Brown's court Monday, Ar- mour & Co figuratively threw up Its hands, The packing concern pleaded guilty to selling Ben Shay 96 cans of deviled meat, Novem- ber 25, 1913, that was decom. posed and unfit for human con- sumption. It was also unfit for feline consumption. Judge Brown and coste. O’LEARY BEATEN PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Nov. 9 ry of Seattle, who wight championship seed a fine of $200 the Russian squadron put out from of Canada, lost the title to “Rough Sevastopol to give battle to the sul- THEY GOT THE GOAT House” Charley Burns, a San Fran Parag Rae Seca | cisco boxer, in a 15-round contest In fie LONDON, Nov. 9.—The Royal| this city last night. The fight was Welsh regiment 1s mourning the| one of the best ever staged in this News of the war situs- lon of {ts mascot, a goat that/city, and Burns gained a hairline tion today In Belgium, marched at the head of the troops, | decision. : 5 France and Eastern Prussia led by two drummer boys, It was} O'Leary won the Canadian title tamuggied into France and died on|about a year ago, defeating Frenchie wil ——— be found on page 2 | KWow A PRETTY 600d JOKE ON SOME BODY the firing line. ACERTAW PARTY } Vaise, of Renton, Wash WELL WAAT KNow CAN'T Coomr VERY Goop ————~ WHEN A MAN’S MARRIED—By Allman. PHONE TRUST Rigid investigation of “red- light” law violations, and of men living off the earnings of | fallen women, and thorough | probe of public service corpor- | ations, particularly an inquiry Into the telephone charges to | the county, were the specific | recommendations made to the jonday by Judge rand jury Tallman. The court made no mention of the rumors of filega! voting ‘Tuesday, but Prosecuting Attéi | Murphy probably will bring the aub- ject up at once before the probers. Attorney FE. C. Snyder, who fs handling the proposed contests of election In behalf of David McKen fie and Dr. Walter « Christensen, who were nosed out by a scant 300 Votes in the race for county com- missioner, will not appear before| the «rand jury unless compelled to} do #0. Want Lundin on Job | There seema to be a general dis position on the part of the con testants to let the matter receive the attention of Prosecuting Attor ney-elect Lundin, rather than Prose: cutor Murphy | H. E. Turner, a Western av wholesale produce man, was se lected by Judge Tallman to be fore man of the grand jury, which con sists of 17 members, four of whom are women. The original venire contained 75 names, Several fatled to appear and a few were excused. From the re mainder, the court chose the fol lowing 17 Mra, Mary N. Place, housewife. 1008% East Harrison st.; Mrs Emily Lamoreaux, housewife, 221f | Third av. W.; H. E. Turner, produce man, 1902 Second ay. W.; Lauretta | | A. Van Doran, seamstress, 325 17th | av.; Melvin Startzman, picture showman, 1800 Yesler; John Hayes, clerk, Redmon4; John G. Poland, plumber, 724 16th av.; George T Hood, theatrical man, Washington Apts.; Mrs. Carrie L. Grant, house. wife, 4011 Wallingford av A. O. Parks, veterinary surgeon, 2248 Ed munds ay.; Wilson Davidson, re tired farmer, 9205 Sist av.; F. 8 Bedford, farmer, Lisabula; W. T. Huitt, grocer, 1482 W. 60th at.; A K. Barlow, salesman, 2403 W. 65th st.; J. G. Wetnberg, grocer, 9355 B4th ay. S&.; M. J, Colhorn, employe Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co, 211,Hayes st.; L, B, Welpton, | painter, 4646 Orcas ay After White Slavers “I am glad to be able to con gratulate the people of King county} upon the fact that the open and pub-| Ne brothels are things of the past, said Judge Tallman, in his tnstruc-| tions to the jury But the state-} ments frequently seen in the news. papers would seem to indicate that the laws touching such crimes are not enforced with that thorough-| | ing up to franchise agreements, MLt BET You COULD Never oe See toe | ertticisms of public service corpor You HAD BETTER. QUIT THIS NONGENSE | AD Go To THE sw an int et. But “t when he arri en lost his nerve, earing he was usually on erested and non-resistant he béss” was already gone ved, and “she,” speaking low and steadying herself by a chair, ordered’ the table cleared. Berthe Knatvold Meliett, and in Background Title Page of H Photo by Jacobs’ Photo Shop thes er Latest Magazine Story see | srentey aeaueee in hie Gate LO CAL H 0 U S EW | FE country demand. In this connec tion I direct your attention to the} ‘red-light’ law ‘If your investigations should dis clone the existence of any of those parasites in human form who feed and fatten upon tainted money of lewd women, or of any of that other clans of degenerates commonly known as procurers, or white slave dealers, ferret them out and pursue The Red Book Magazine In them with all the vigor and vig-/ October announced a discovery. {lance that you would a bubonic The discovery was Berthe plague-infected rat.” | Knatvold Mellett, author of “The Woman From Three The court then called attention to! above,”a story of Alaska In the days when men were close to the primitive, when women were fought for, with many of the cave men's methods, and when bullets, gold, passio hate and fate all acted as des- tinles at the work of shaping grotesque ends. ations, and asked that a fair report be made as to whether they are liv Judge Tallman pointed out that King county pays nearly $7,009 a| year for telephones | Still, the company maintains a jephone in the public use, notwith fact that which go to pay the Book stories did his work well ee,” he said, in effect nickel-in-the-slot t¢ corridor for standing the Look LOOK, HELEN — THE GUY THAT |_DRAWS US. PUT S\X FINGERS ON MY RIGHT WAND , TODAY "HAILED AS SECOND LONDON BY EDITORS who's here—a woman who paints soul-stirrtng word pictures of the un: tamed North with the bold and | magnificent stroke: |don or a Rex Beac What Do YOU Want in YOUR Paper? The best of the letters we'll publish, so you may all get a line on the new idea. AND TO ADD ZEST TO THE SCHEME, WE’LL AWARD A PRIZE OF $25 FOR WHAT, IN OUR OPINION, IS THE BEST LETTER. AND, REMEMBER THIS, A LETTER OF CRITI- CISM STANDS JUST AS MUCH CHANCE AS A LETTER OF PRAISE. IT’S YOUR OPINION WE WANT. WEATHER winds, mostly westerly | JUST SPEAK OUT AST EDITION FORECAST and Tuesday, falr; i light SHOW By Gilson Gardner WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 9.—The demoraliza- tion of American com- merce caused by the Euro-— pean war is now a thing of the past! Facts and figures it... Your Uncle Sami again resumed his big jo of selling his surplus prod- ucts to other peoples—and that means more and more work for Americans; less }unemployment, and fewer idfe factories. | have just secured at the de partment of commerce first esti- mate of American exports and Imports for October. The fig- ures are surprisingly cheering, after ring so many pessim- istic prophecies of the “ruin of American commerce and indus try. Listen to these: A jump In October export figures of approximately $44,000,000, bring- ing the balance of trade in favor of American shippers up to $60,000,000, is the estimate issued by officials of the department of commerce. Big Jump in Exports In August the value of imports exceeded exports by $20,000,000, but since the resumption of trade rela- tions interrupted by the war the PENDULUM HAS BEEN RAPIDLY SWINGING BACK, 3 The growtn of October exports ts. shown by the weekly figures of ex- ports compiled for the ten principal ports of the country, on which the department's estimat re based. These are New York, Boston, Phfl- adelphia, Baltimore, Galveston, New Orleans, San Francisco, Detroit, Se attle and Buffalo. For the week of October 4 to 10, the exports from these ten ports were $34,890,000, Total Two Hundred Millions During the following week they decreased by $6,000,000, In the third week of October they f a Jack Lon-| jumped to more than $38,000,000, In the final week of the month It's a safe guess that 90 per cent | they totaled $45,900,000, |of Red Book readers took the bait | The department estimates @at nd read the story, and that they | the total exports for the month will | found It so acceptable they read the| amount to approximately $200,000,- Jone which followed, in November,|000, with imports amounting to at Man Who Was Afraid,” But the trap setter overlookedia | dig bet. He should have told them more | The clever man who baits traps| about the discovery. the public|for readers at the outposts of Red| He left the | pression that Berthe Knatvold Mel- lett was some sort of large, muscu. |lar, severe-looking person, clad in ]| sombrero, and cork shoes, and flan || nel shirts, and such, with a six | shooter at her side, living the life of Alaska’s untamed places Had he seasoned his bait with the information that the discovery is really a quiet, refined, dainty little woman, who laughs, but | doesn't look severe, and who writes stories only When she isn’t busy keeping house for her husband, Lowell Mellett, a Seattle newspaper man, he would—we think—have made a name for himself as a trap: | per of readers |, The paradox is enac |the Mellett home. | On an every-day | writer, at a windaw which opens jon a drowsy, peaceful tangle of leaves and swaying branches, with occasional rifts to allow glimpses | of @ peaceful lawn, and, beyond, | peaceful Lake Washington, the Red Book's dainty discovery writes her ed daily at 40th av, N sort of type: turbulence and wrong: stories ~ (Continued on Page Four.) readers with the im-| TRADE $140,000,000. IF THIS PROPORTION SHOULD BE MAINTAINED, THE) OCTOBER XPORT FIGURES WILL SHOW AN_ INCREASE OVER THOSE OF MAY, WHEN CONDITIONS WERE PRACTICALL NORMAL, OF MORE THAN $35,000,000! The detailed figures for all ex- port ports will not be available be fore the middie of the month. EXTEND STOCK QUARANTINE © WASHINGTON, Nov. 9%— The government cattle quaran- tine was extended today to Canada, Rhode island and Delaware, making 11 now under quarantine. Shipments of livestock from Canada to the United States will be prevented. The Canadian embargo was ordered as a precaution. It prevents the shipment of live stock except for immediate slaughter from Canada to the United States and virtually pre- vents all shipments from this country to Canada, AGAIN: Fe. Prove — Sve