The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 15, 1914, Page 1

HOP EARLY! Don’t read this and then forget it, but if you haven’t done your Christmas shopping, do it NOW! Help the clerks and the merchants have a day of rest. Make their Christmas season a season of pleasure, in- stead of a burden. It means little to you; it means everything to them. Shop early! ROWN PRINCE LETS WRITER SEE BATTLE FROM TRENCHES | GUARANTEED PAID CIRCULATION 90,000 COPIES DAILY ‘ARE YO — — — ——_— © The social affair of the midwinter season which ie attracting the Most attention among the hol-poilo! and bon-ton alike is the benefit dance which Santa Claus, Joe Schermer and The Star are giving at Dreamiand rink Friday night. Mr. Schermer, as master of ceremonies, may be counted upon to Perform the functions of his office with much eclat. The presence of Santa Claus should make the affair at once bizarre and recherche. The hosts propos night, and al! classes are invited—the upper crust, the nouv the bourgeoisie and even the canaiile. It Is the purpose to make the eveni BERNE, Switzeriand, Dec. 15.—That Austria had made tentative peace proposals to to Russia was asserted by Swiss newspapers today. it was stated, however, that when the czar named his terms the discussion ended without any progress in the direction of terminating the war. The Siav conditions were reported to have included the surrender of Galicia to a@ new kingdom to co of Russia and Herzogovina to land, established under Rus- sian sovereignty; the ces sion of the provinces of Russia and Herzogovinia to Servia. and Montenegro; withdraw: from the Aus troGerman alilance; the granting to Austria-Hungary of a new constitution divid- ing the empire Into federal states, and autonomy for Bohemia. SERVIANS OCCUPY BELGRADE AGAIN NISH, Servia, Dec. 15.—The Servians have re-entered Bel. grade in triumph, it was an- nounced today. The Austrians aid to have fled across recapture of Bel- grade, it was stated that Servi- an territory had been cleared of invaders except at two points. PRESIDENT WILL TALK TO GOVERNOR WASHINGTO: 15.—Presi dent Wilson today he would’ personally discuss the Col- orado coal mine strike with Gov Ammons later {n the week He sald federal troops would re main in Colorado until then December meeting of Councli of Social Agencies will be held Wed- » neaday night, at 8 o'clock, in Assem BAhiy hall of Chamber of Commerce. ddress by James A. Haight on ‘Observat Zz to wipe out all social distinctions for this one | astern Trip.” | dadien wu riche, 1g distinctly bijou. Having gotten off our chest all the high-toned words that society editors commonly use, we desire to} state, briefly and succinctly, that} the dance Friday will be SOME dance. ‘We further wish to {aform you that all the money taken in, over and above bare expenses, will go into the Christmas fund for “lttle- chimney kids.” No admission will be charged. | For fear that you do not at once grasp the deep significance of this| seemingly preposterous statement, | we repeat that NO ADMISSION | WILL BE CHARGED. You simply grab your best girl, or your wife, and bring her to| Dreamland. Then you buy six) dance tickets for a quarter at the| window, and go in. And then you| dance. | When you have danced alx times you buy another quarter's worth | and dance some more By special permission of Chief! Lang, we shall not close at 12:30.) To put it bluntly, you can dance tong you tike, EVEN UN THE PALE BLUSH OF DAWN. | We shall have some astounding) announcements to make concern ing the dance, tomorrow and Thursday Walt and watch! eee ‘The Star hastens to acknowledge the receipt of $10 from the city comptrolier’s office and $6 from the city treasurer's eee All set! Through the kindness of the Metropolitan Motor Car C we have been given the use of the empty store room at 1315 FIFTH AVE., BETWEEN UNION AND UNIVERSITY. We have placed a gentlemanly young man In charge. if you have— Dolls, Or toys, children’s books, anything else that a “little. chimney kid” would like to get for Christmas, OR MONEY WITH WHICH WE CAN BUY THEM, bring them to 1315 Fifth ave. and hear the young man say “Thank you!” politely. : . The Seattle Dade’ association to. day asked The Star to Inform Its readers that the association would like the names and addresses of children whose homes, tt 1s| VOLUME 16. on SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, DEC. 15, 1914. ONE CENT Shall a Girl Give Up Her Job Because Her Employer’s Wife Is Jealous? This Is the Question Facing Many Girls Who Work; Cynthia Grey’s Answer Is “No”; What Do You Girls Think About it? BY CYNTHIA GREY | Just why so many women are jealous of thelr husbands’ stenog raphers has always been a conundrum to me. Of course, there are some exceptions to the rule, | but from the many letters | have gotten from bust: | ness girls, you would think that in the minds of most | women whose husbands keep a private secretary of| the feminine gender, a woman stenographer Is « TAK tng lion, going about seeking what poor, unsuapect ing man she may devour | My experience with stenographe: had a good deal, has t girls do NOT have the greatest admiration and re spect for mere men. | No woman sees more of @ man's weaknesses than! jenographer. Talk about a man not being # hero! t, | would Hike to know just what a man is ly think of your! bows, like, once irresistible to the woman who does his typewriting at rent | ——$—$—$— | STEALS TO-AID FAMILY; GETS 6 MONTHS IN PEN, EVERETT, Wash., Dec. 15-— The prayers of the two young children of John Ashford that their daddy return home for Christmas, will go unanewere Ashford, a railroad man, bh been convicted in Spokane on @ burglary charge. He will spend the next six months at Walla Waila. | Mies Grey Also I'd Ike to sow broadcast the idea (which I know to bea fact) FEW _STENOGRAPHERS WOULD MARRY THEIR EM- PLOYERS IF THEY WER® THE ONLY MEN ON EARTH! Tt 1 were a girl in a man's office and I knew that his wife was jeal ous of me without cause, I think I'd go on my way without paying any attention to it What do you girls do under these! ctroumstanc One girl has written me on this} subject Dear Miss Grey: | ask you what y knew your employer's wife was in-| wanely jealous of you. My boss ie| rather a flirty individual and he Is pt to say thinge that sound rather! slily, but | really don't think he means anything. He always speake of hie wife in the highest term 1 am writing to) id do If you Ashford wanted to take his fam: lly to Spokane so they could all spend Christmas together. He was out of work and broke. He turned robber to get the money; but later, repenting, started to return the stolen articles A policeman caught Ashford as he was taking the stoff i and If you could see her you woul know that he was ‘going some She is a regular cat and calls him up two or three times a day, and when he Is not in she always seems) to think | am lying about It. | know) he doesn't like this, and the other day | found this on my des! “Who is it that my gentle wife) NO WOMAN SEES MORE OF A MANS WEAKNESSES THAN HIS STENOGRAPHER. doth hate? Who Is It she oftimes doth be: Because my correspondence keeps me tate? Mra, Ashford, with her three children, the youngest less than a year old, is destitute. She tried to raise enough money to visit her| husband during bis {mprisonment My atenographer.’ in Spokane, but was unable to do| | think from this that my boss #0. | says ‘busine when he wants to A fraternal order, one of the big:| stay out, and she jumps at the con gest im the world, of which Ash-| ciysion that it le | that keeps him. ford was a member, heard of the) «gne has been so nasty lately family's plight, and will provide| nae | am afraid I'll have to quit. for the mother and babes until! ggvige me what to do. Asbford’s release | “MARY J.” I advise: HOLD THE FORT. If 800 CAUGHT IN MINE you have a good job, don’t throw ft) up because some other woman, who| TOKIO, Dec. 15.—Eight hundred men were reported here today to has nothing to do but to raise} a crop of suspicion, happens to let! be imprisoned as the result of an explosion in a coal mine at Fu her foolish brain conjure you up as! | kuoka, 65 miles north of Nagasaki across Danube and Save. AUSTRIA—Peace overtures to Ru cause of Slave’ severe term: Galicia rumored, unsuccessful Austrians progressing against Ru: denburg dividing force: Carpathians. ce eee Just go on your way, and if you| GERMANY—Kaiser eulogizes German si happen to have a sweetheart talk! porting war's sacrifice labout him both to Boss and Mrs. o ses Boss | This js known to be quite effec-| aijie tive In cases like yours lal JOE IS EARLY RISER VIENNA, Dec. 16,—-Emperor a spoller of her happiness likely, Santa Claus will be too busy to visit The dads promise such children Christmas a day to make for of TURKEY—Sultan declares allies forced war on Turks; Sultan Jawus Selim bombards Sevastopol and Batum. . ee Star will be glad to receive the names and addresses of Seattle dadiess kids and turn them over to| Francis Joseph of Austria, at the lerbert Schoenfeld, president of|age of $4, rises at 4 a. m. @nd| Arenas; rumored Chilean neutrality threatened. Seattle Dads’ association. works until 5 p. m | T RATHER LiKe THE BACK ON THIS WAIT NOTH ING ov prague \ DIDN'T WANT WRAT Do You Im THE FIRST be- lane In a constant spitting, sputtering, pop- FRANCE AND BELGIUM—Renewed fighting in Northern France; overhead shrapnel! and shell push advance in Ypres region; French offensive developing in| shrieking on their way. CHILE—British cruisers watch German cruiser Dresden at Punta The SeattleStar The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News TRAINS NEWS WTANDS, Be A DECL Karl Von Wiegand Tells How French and Germans Mix Kidding With Their Killing. By. Ka. ven iy THE ARGONNE FOREST, Nov. 21.—(By Courier via Namur, Aix Le Chapelle and Mail to New York, United Press).—Slowly, but apparently fr. resistibly the German crown prince dvancing his lines here in the now famous Argonne forest—the scene of some of the war's most desperate fighting. Literally, yard by yard, the Germans are trenching and mining their way forward. By spectal permission of the Ger: man crown prince I am visiting bis lines in the Argonne. This afternoon I reached the fore- most trench southward of Granpre which is as near as I may give the location. Frenteh trench. Picture to yourself a like wodds of fishpoles ranging in size from half an ine to saplings of itwo and three inches thick, and so dense that you can hardly see 40 yards even now, when the leaves have fallen Among these is a scattering of big trees, the trunks of which are veritable mines of bullets Irregular lines of deep yellow clay | trenches zigzag for mnfles. Other trenches run back from these to what look like a huge Kan. | “prairie dog town”—human thousands of sol living under. sas burrows, where diers are literally SERVIA—Servians reoccupy Belgrade; Austrians fleeing in disorder ground SHELLS GO SHRIEKING BY OVERHEAD From the lines of trenches run-| ning parallel to one another comes ping of rifles, making the woods re. | sound like a Chinese New Year tn RUSSIA—Germans declared routed In Northern Poland; Von Hin-) San Francisco or an old-time Fourth to protect East Prussia and help Austria In the) of and the July, field guns |grenades furnishing cracker effect hand cannon In; urges union in aup-|_ ‘Through the woods the high noted “zing-zing” of bullets sounds like a swarm of angry bees, while high gO Here and there you may see | spades full of earth being thrown cruiser | up as if by Invisible hands, marking of the German In their sub the onward work | gopherlike pioneers |terranean warfare. | That is the Argonne forest. As the trench I am in was in the handa of the French three days ago. jand as the crown prince ts ad | vancing steadily, the trenches are “(Continued on Page 6.) Poses as Boy Police; Voice Gives Her Away LOS ANGELES, Gal, Dec. 1 For two weeks Minnie Tate, 23, managed to masquerade suecessfal- ly as-a boy here, her hair clipped close and her disguise 0 perfect that she managed to avoid suspt clon, even of the wisest ‘cops. She was arrested and the clothes in which she had “had such loads of fun” taken from her. Her identity was revealed by at- tendants at a garage from which she had telephoned to friends. When questioned she admitted Unsettied; About 160 feet ahead of me is the! canebrake | IGHT EDITION probably SAT SEATTLE rain or snow 10 low 580 a my 940 p.m an fe 123 ft ARE on ft O4 ft TRUCE TO MILK COW | | KARL VON WIEGAND. DOSE OF LEAD FOR MEX ARMY WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.— Only decisive measures will end the shooting into Ameri- can territory from Naco So- { ‘nora. This, in effect, was the sub- ce of a report the war de- j iment - received today. from Gen. Bliss, at Naco, Ariz. Garrison turned 8’ report to Sec- | y Bryan, but so far no or | have been issued to the | American artillery to shell the | Mexicans. Secretary Bryan was still en- | deavoring tod to force Provis- |fonal President Gutierrez to order Qen, Maytorena to withdraw his forces from Naco, Sonora. As the Carranzistas are fighting with thelr backs to the border, gov- ernment officials say it is almost a ertainty that Villistas have fired most of the. bullets recently wound- |ing and killing Americans, | Gen. Bliss believes an American volley across the border would end the trouble, but it will not be fired until Secretary Bryan gives the vord President Wilson and most of his advisers think that a volley fired under the prevailing cireum- | stance would constitute an act of war or reprisal ! Secretary Bryan first, then wavered, investigating GOEBEN BOMBARDS CITY OF SEVASTOPOL BERLIN, by_ wireless via Say- ville, Dec. 15.—Bombardment of Sevastopol by the Turkish cruiser Sultan Jawus Selim, formerly the German cruiser Goeben, was an- nounced today from — Constan- tinople. FRENCH NAVY INTACT LONDON, Dec, 15.—France calls attentfon to the fact that, after four months’ war, her fleét is absolutely intact, and “spilin’ for a fight.” Under Eyes of so believed at and is now that she was a. woman. During her two weeks of “man life,” Miss Tate attended a prize fight, carrying a brier pipe tn her hand, and associated with men of all classes ‘tr -many parts of the city “} would be free yet,” she said, | ff | had managed to talk like a man. But I couldn't make my voice | eruff, “L first donned boy's clothes as a lark, and then when I found how easy it was to carry out the mas querade, 1 just continued to wear ‘em, It was great fun.’ ~ am)