The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 22, 1914, Page 1

Debate Today in Congress Indicates Nation-Wide PROHIBITION MEASURE DOOMED PARRA nnn ALL READY FOR LITTLE CHIMNEY KIDS Sketched from a ecene in “ The Eyes of Genius,” which wil: be shown at the Washington theatre, First a near Columbia Bt, Wednesday. Money taken in between the hours of 10:30 a. ™. and 1:30 p. m. goes to the “littie-chimney kide’” fund ET them come! At last we're ready. the ‘‘little-chimney kids’’ come. The trees are up in Dreamland. In their snow- laden branches twinkle a thousand lights. We have gathered together enough toys and sweets to delight the hearts of all the “‘little-chim- ney kids.” Santa Claus is well pleased with our work. It has been a strenuous three weeks. Doubts and fears have assailed us. Times are hard, and the demands upon the charitable are many. But we need have had no fears. The public heart is always right. Yesterday a rich man gave us his check for We have not had many checks from rich He asked us not to print his name. We were glad to get this money. He is a good fellow, and no doubt enjoyed giving it. He will have a happier Christmas for having acted on a generous impulse. But we want to make this clear, and we know the rich man will understand: Glad as we are to get rich men’s checks, we are gladder to get the pennies of children, the nickels of newsboys, the quarters of working girls, the half-dollars and dollars of working men—for these give at a genu- ine sacrifice. Let all 50. en. Consider! At Madrona school it has been the custom of the children to give each other and the teacher presents on the day before Christmas. It is a good custom. But this year the children in room 12 gave the money which they would otherwise have spent on presents for each other to The Star for the “little chimney kids.” The total came to three dol- lars and odd cents. The teacher, Miss Eva B. Dysslyn, made up the difference to $4. And consider, too, the Georgetown police station. H. J. Huhn and Motorcycle night shift at the Night Patrol Driver Cop C. Ballard (Continued on Page 3.) The Star's Christmas show for “littlechimney kids,” Dreamiand, Christmas, will begin at 1:30 p. m Only children accompanied by grown-ups will be admitted. The reason for this is two-fold: We figure that “little-chim- ney” mothers and fathers, or elder brothers and sisters, will en: Joy the show quite as much as the children. Also, the kids will be better behaved if their elders are with them. Last year, we regret to recall, there were a few big “little chimney” boys who jostled little “little-chimney” boys and girls, and grabbed more than their share. The show will end at 3 o'clock. at | WOLFF, SECOND AV. MERCHANT, tnow VOLUME 16. SEATTLE, Here are the “printable por tions of an affidavit made by a girl Augueta Holliday, firet being duly eworn, deposes and “My name is Augusta Holliday. About four years ago Benjamin told me, with the rest of the girls at the colony, that each of us would be obliged to go through @ certain marriage with young men in the colony, in order to save the colony and the faith, and he wanted me to marry a certain man he had picked out, but | would not con- Dead tn the county morgue, with out © known relative or friend, lies an aged man, past 60, who wrote these lines. He died at the city hospital He knew he couldn't get well. And he told the nurses, just day before he breathed his last, that he hoped he would go before Christmas. Christmas brought back unpleab | ant memories of the past, he sald. | | Hin wish was fulfilled. After death, the verses were found on a crumpled pi | per, among the old man | Refused to Give Na Efforts to learn his name have been unavailing. He refused to give it at the hospital, where he was taken after he had been stricken | | with f{liness at the Hotel Liberty Beginning with hia arrival at the hotel, he was known only as a pber. At the county morgue, he 0 a number, And at the coun ty’s crematory, his ashes will car ry a numb The ashe shelf, The box will be Once Had Friends To his busy nurse, No. 236 had sald something of his youth, Once he had a host of friends, held a good job—and his wife, she was the best woman fn the world Why, I'm just an old no-ace there's nobody who about me any more,” he answered, when they asked for his name OPPONENTS SAY BILL WON'T PUT STOP TO MANUFACTURE n ts fll be put away on a y inscription on the H i ae WASHINGTON, Dec. 22— The defeat of the Hobson pro- hibition resolution in the house seemed certain today. The debate was opened by Rep. Henry, chairman of the rules committee who announc ed his intention of voting against the resolution. Party lines were ignored during the debate. Several speakers pointed out| that the resolution would not pre vent the manufacturer of Mquor for personal uses, but would mere ly prevent its sale, Rep. Hobson spoke in defense of his bill Let no member imagine,” he sald, temporary wave owns 5,000,000 salves $2,500,0000,000 yearly Hobson asserted the Mquor trust gripped the government's throat through control of political parties and politicians Many aged women were in the gallery. They brought lunches, ev ‘dently intending to remain until the vote was counted Speaker Clark was |warn the galleries repeatedly breaking into applause. Hobson indicated that if the amendment fails to carry it will be foreed to for campaign of 1916. Miss Anna Gordon, national pres! dent of the W. C. T. U,, and Mrs. Margaret Ellis, in charge of the unton’s legislative work, occupied seats in the gallery of this house “that this is a The iquor trust and collects | ‘feally tl tn Alfred Henry Lewis, author, crit: New York HELEN, 1S ‘THIS THE NECKTIE You TOINVEST HIS MONEY IN TACOMA of the H. Wolff & Co, wholesale firm at Portland, Ore. a concern worth a quarter of a million, Wolff came to Seattle to locate perma nently and establish a going bust ness involving a $50,000 invest ment But Second ave. rents were entirely too prohibitive and the Wolff capital is now turned to Ta coma, Tacoma will gain in at Jeant « one case what Seattle loses by the y methods of Second ave. indlords. 8. Wolff, of the Greater Seattle »-fflonk & Suit Co., 1418 Second ave. has practically completed negotia tions for a location in Tacoma. He will move there January 1. Wolff fp 8 son of H, Wolff, who was head WASH., made a big issue in the presidential | |e 22, TUESDAY, DEC. sent to marry him, but consent- ed to marry another man, named Allan Holliday, my name being Augusta Fortney. “The reason he wanted whole- sale marriage was that he had had relations with about all of the girls of the colony over the of 12 years. “He would take all the girls into hig room and tell us that he was our husband, and that the other marriage was just @ sham, and he would quote scrip- ture, and told us that the flam- ing sword spoken of In the scriptures, held by the angel as Members of the Flying Rollers’ cult staging a “Prince of Peace” | play on the lawn of their Inner tem- ple. Arrow points to Benjamin, head of the Benton Harbor colony Below is inset another picture of | tne Benjamin, who claims to be the sev. enth angel of the elect GOOD OonKiInG Tie FoR FIFTY CeTS 1914. | three ONE CEN? TOOK GIRLS INTO THE INNER TEMPLE barring Adam and Eve from the garde been taken away so far as he himself was concerned, and he was puri- fie oH eaerse je would take the girls out of the room Into his private room, one at a time, and bring th back. njamin keeps most of the girls at Shiloh, his headquar- ters. He has all kinds of in- toxicating liquor there, which he gives the girls. { left the colony because -§ could not stand the conditions there. “AUGUSTA HOLLIDAY.” Girls and Women Denounce ‘Seventh Angel’ Who Talks | Celibacy to Men Followers BY IDAH M'GLONE GIBSON BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Dec. 22.—A queer angle in hu- man nature—one that will show the difference between feminine and masculine human nature — will probably brought out with the federal investigation of Benjamin, the “seventh angel of ct," and his alleged Im- moral practices with t en inmates of his “ House of David,” or Roller colony.” The arrest of Benjamin is immi nent. Both the state and federal authorities want him. I have just had an interview with Mrs. Edith Clarke, one of the women whose affidavits ac- cuse Benjamin of immoral prac: tices. She came here with her husband and five children from Australia some years ago. aelite lying “How did you come to hear of |! 1 line; | Belgian coast; over | of Ostend reported. this religious (7) movement?” asked Benjamin himself and my husband was and 1 had “(Continued on Page 7.) DONT TAKE (T OFF, | WANT To LEAVE. The SeattleStar The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News — t ALS NEWS RTANDA, Be A Merchant’s Failure Means Nothing to the Blood-Sucker Landlords of Second Avenue LD MAN AST EDITION Unsettied, probably rain TIDER AT SEATTLE ener = 2:04 wn, m., 2.5 tt 507 pom, 75 tt 4a tt ® ft. FIRM IS RUINED BY HIGH RENTAL \"THERE are no seasons with the greedy landlord. To | and Cammack, the principal | had dropped a fortune in ti | Collins estate, rents started to climb at a terrific rate. him, there is always one rule of action. It is grab, | grab, grab! Like a viper sucking the blood of its victim until |the last drop is gone, then seeking a new victim, the Second ave. landlords have caused the ruin of one busi- ness firm after another, by boosting rents in good times and in hard times alike. When a merchant prospers, the landlord doesn’t seem able to sleep until he has boosted the rent.. When times get hard, does the landlord come |down on his rent? "NOT SO YOU CAN NOTICE IT. Up, up, the rent climbs right along, until Second ave. has become a Street of Sighs for merchants who have tried to beat the landlords’ game and have failed. The Velth-Cammack Go., at Second ave, and James i] deel business. See And out of Seattle's commercial history will pass an investment or approximately $100,000, and one of the largest clothing, haberdashery end men's furnishing stores. The Veith-Cammack Co. was reorganized a few months ago. Veith kholders, stepped down and out. They nterprise and quit. Under the reorgani- oon as possible. nth, AND THE LANDLORD ALWAYS istory connected with this corner of Second here that the E. C. Cheasty opened his He pr ed Into the hands of a corporation, tne Cheasty finally clothing store, many years But when the property p: moved farther uptown. Milner & Dege moved into the Second ave. and James st. corner. Dege had been exceedingly successful in the clothing business in Ta- coma, but the overhead expense at the Seattle store soon compelled him to withdraw. The store was left to Milner alone. But the rents kept climbing, and soon Milner went out of business, “broke,” and practically pen- niless, TODAY MILNER IS EARNING A LIVELIHOOD AS A TAILOR, Then Veith & Gammack took over the corner. And still the rents | climbed, until the top-notch figure of $1,200 a month was reached. Now Veith & Cammack are out. Soon the store will be given up. BUT THE COLLINS ESTATE WILL FIND ANOTHER SUCKER. The Second ave. landlords are not despairing. A merchant's failure High rents are killing the commercial prospects of Seattle. When you hear Ray Hodgdon, manager of the |Collins estate, make another speech on improvements |Seattle ought to have, tell him something about the |worst enemies the town has—the vipers, who, in the |guise of landlords, are draining the life-blood of the \city’s commerce. | 900-ton submarines in progress. TELL HIM SOMETHING ABOUT THE COR- |NER OF SECOND | AVE. AND JAMES ST. FRANCE AND BELGIUM—Al-| AUSTRIA — Progress claimed claim gains along 200-mile |against Russians in Carpathians; British warship bombarded kee oe on Donajes. riven, German cuacuation,, RUSSIA—Slavs hurl counter a ; Germans GERMANY—Construction of 40 reported along Bzura river. repulsed YES | Do, I'M Goins To pur AONE INFRONT OF It AND MAKE ITA