The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 25, 1914, Page 1

<2 f numbers, na There were in he - Sat Country shpheds we a nigh Ana lo,t avoe) pulbe ang of if » Dos the nor: fe oti ia ngel & i pebslo s of Abr shall be teal For vyto aay in the its til he Dora. Will War Force Europe’s Women ‘WA a Into Polygamy? By Nixola Greeley-Smith. 6 NTO us a child is born; unto us a son is given.” Into the world comes this message on Christmas morn- ing, 1914 The message is universal To many the child is born of the flesh—to others, in the spirit. But, whether of the soul or of the body, on Christinas morning childhood tratls its clouds of glory over the earth In many homes Santa Claus will leave his rarest, most exquisite gift—the rosy wonder of life, the perfumed flower of love—a BABY. But in Europe, writhing under the red reign of war, there is a ghost at the baby’s feast—there are many ghosts,, in fact—the pitiful pale ghosts, t! wistful wraiths of all the NOT BE BORN next Christmas time. On Christmas day, 1915, there will be no baby crop in Europe. The man-at-arms has doomed the babe—in arms A million men in the trenches means a million empty cradies next year. That is why in Europe today, as Rama of old, is there “a voice heard, lamentation and weep. ing and great mourning—Rachel w her children, because they ARE not WILL NEVER BE! There we have the most terrible and last ing effect of the world-war—its influence on the already declining birth rate of Europe! yrThink of what it meazs, not only but to the quality of the raves of Burope, for the flower of its manhood to Dysive their energy and vitality to the DEATH ORCE instead of the LIFE-FORCE, There is woman's grievance in the world war. To realize how great it Is, European countries before war was declared, to the Natural Births. Deaths. Increase. 37.0 25.1 11.9 318 17.0 48 Scotland ... 26.4 15.8 W.1 England and Wales . . 26.8 14.6 11.2 Belgium sees EG reer rere eee eee ee vee 23.5 17.2 63 France 19.6 19.3 0.3 After studying this table we must realize that {t s not the baby crop of 1915 alone which will be blighted by the world-war, but the human harvest for years to come Because of the surplus women in England and on great many babies are condemned even in the piping tiMes of peace to| go unborn, to dwell forever in the Never-Never-Land of woman's soul ‘At the end of the war this surplus, already numbered tn millions will be enormously increased, What be the answer to tpe grent social problem presented by that fact? Will it be an accepted and resigned polygamy? Many students of social conditions believe so, For the problem the 6 continent, a will _gomen of Europe must solve at the end of the war t# this Must we go on forever without children because it is nu- the mericaily impossible to give them a father aplece? Mu race perish or morality be made over to the sharp the times? Shall we be perpetual vestals or plural wives? let us examine the birth statistics of| p fila. keeping watch over oe thers ee Lord Shove « pn) a aboot sien ava th Py weresore *&\) id unto hens, Fear | a Je ay A Y people. you vis herp his v aviour woh is ¢h int eg this iat plo vou, Ve shall fi an dabo wrap otal ai fe * i) This /; alsing G Wwa4%t EVERETT RATES ARE REDUCED BY ORDER OF STATE Placing the Everett Interurban line on a basis of 2 cents a mile, the prevailing rate on the Tacoma tn terurban and the Everett-Sno homish line, the state public ser vice commission has issued an ordet reducing the fares 23 per cent Thin means the present one-way fare between Seattle and Everett of cents will come down to 56 cents, and the pre: round-trip fare of $1.30 will be reduced to lesr than $1.00 Proportionate reductions will be made for the way stations. The Everett interurban rates hive here tofore been fixed on a 3-cents-a-mile basis. According to Chairman ©, A. Rey nolds of the commission the com ont peal to the courts SomeF eed! Covers were lald for 1,000 at the Hotel Liberty Christmas afternoon The big feed was served at 2 And it was some feed. ‘There was roast young pork and jelly, and cold slaw, potatoes. and tea, and oranges, The oranges were contributed by “Commission Row,” on Western ave. Christmas night r ices will be conducted Od, anasaying Ss . + ee in The hi pears go pany has been earning more than 13 per cent on $1,150,000 The new rates will reduce the earnings to 8% per cent. The order will not be effective for 30 days. | The company probably will ap | ee re nyay- ae Le of mye hee ta ie shag) amfn. WARMER, SAL SAYS weather bureau at Washing ton, D. C., today predicts a big snowstorm, possibly a biisard, for the East before tomorrow Weatherman Salisbury says pos sibly a few sprinkles will hit Seat tle Saturday, but that they will not continue long, and if the weather continues to get warmer we will be able to hock our overcoats soon and kick the coal man out of the back yard. WILSON PLAYS SANTA FOR HIS GRAND NIECE WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.— Anne Cothran, President Wil son's favorite grand niece, was the center of attraction at the White House today. Gifts from a huge Christmas tree were distributed by the president. The on, ea YA S07 C1 Hye “Tek Oprlnk rogette Together VOLUME 16. SE SOLDIERS TAKE DAY OFF FROM | KILLING AND SWAP CHRISTMAS GIFTS |German Soldiers in France Trade Beer Rations to French for Champagne Dealt Out by Govern- | ment—Men Smoke To- gether and Drink Each Other’s Health—Belgian Soldiers Box of Cigars. | am | THE HAGUE, Dec, 25.—Sol | diers who, in @ few hours, may be firing deadly missiles at each other, today are enjoying | a tacit truce in the war zone in Northern France. in many in- | other, the sold! even hob- | mobbing and exchanging gifts. | no formal agreement |was made, there was a general |cessation of hostilities alang the | 100-mile battle line today tn North ern France, soldiers from both | sides receiving presents from loved jones at home of cigars, wines, Although At various pofnts where the trenches are close the French and \Germans fraternize, exchanging clgare ‘and drinking together. German soldiers were lextra rations of, beer. This they exchanged with the French, many lof whom had received champagne The French government sent ev- ery man on the firing line a quar- ter bottle of champagne. Clothing | and tobacco were freely distributed. | Paris reports that last night was a quiet one and that all cafes |closed at 19 @'clock, ax usual, To- day President and Mme. Poincare distributed hundreds of presents to children made fatherless by the war An attempt was made to main. | Belgian King in England }tain the old-time Christmas spirit The party at the White House was composed of Francis B. Sayre and Mrs. Sayre, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Mrs. Mo Adoo and Miss Marg Wilson. The capital this Christmas was) not as gay as usual, the shadow of | ct of “Merrie England,” and it suc ceeded fairly well The royal family spent the day at Sandringham, after seeing to It that every wounded man in Lon don hospitals received a Christmas | remembrance of some kind, and that the thousands of Belgian ref- ugees in the city wére well fed King Albert of Belgium arrived in Folkstone, incognito, yesterday and today Lady Curzon and her children have been living since Belgium has war. with whom his queen Sends Cigars to Soldiers Before leaving Belgium, K bert sent a box of 25 ciga ery Belgian soldier In the tr Russian soldiers in the vicinity of Mlawa today are enjoying stolen sweets.” A Russian bat talion raided a transport and cap. of Christ distributed tured a great quantity man gifts which they among the soldiers, According to reports, the Rus: sian troops are the only ones push- | ing hostilities today. They report the repulse of Turkish outposts along the entire front with heavy Weather—Occasional rain Europe's war being plainly appar-| oTIDRS AT SBATTLE atmosphere about the] High ye hassles was particularly | rose am 184 ft. 4:17 am, OO ft gloomy 719 pom, 4a tt Tom, 1M TIREO OF | SEEING YoU WEAR THAT OLD HAT, SO STOPPED IN e \ AND BOUGHT You | A New owe = YesTeRDAY J IwLsimMas Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS King Gives Each of His, The) permitted | {and other wines. Good-natured |badinage marked the day in the trenches. is a guest of Lord and) been torn by | é 1222 Fifth ave, The whole stock Sop! re recia e »- Sophie got a special leave of ab-| of Santa Claus togs was rum: : sence from Loew's Empress the F 4 maged through before a suit or atre, where she is headlining this d | | he Litdies White's dimensions was procured | Week, just to sing for the kiddies. At that it was a wee bit tight She sald she never saw anything a. 8 | 4 like it before A : | es 4 The firemen's band, and the| .,0Jovous shout went up when the) CHICAGO, Dec. 25.—As the last ‘ “into line to|of the Christmas shoppers were -|wives of the players were there. | oor ter the: diatribe! ; PP recente or stribution of /jeaving the Julius Oppenheimer de- | = PAINS AND VS STANDS, Se 35, ONE CEN? ATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, DEC 1914, oN NE WITH THEIR ENEMIES |OFFICER SHOT BY CITIZEN At the Providence hospital, Patrolman A. R. Ruckart of Ballard station, lies in a seri- ous condition, with a bullet wound in hie side, suffering from oss of biood. At the city hospital, Wilfred Bag: Be ley, 38, manager of the log depart- j ¢ = Bi ide eae of the Seattle Cedar Lumber bullet secant fie ite sane Rue and Bagley shot each other early Thursday evening, when Bagley mistook Ruckart for a prowler. Ruckart had been detailed to ‘est 63rd st., to look for prowlers, When he got near the Bagley residence, 2039 West 63rd st, Bag- ley was standing in the front yard, with a shotgun in his hands. According to Ruckart, Bagley opened fire at once, though there was plenty of light, the officer says, to distinguish his uniform. Ba ley asserts he had been on the look- , out for prowlers for some time. Bagley fired twice, one shot tak- ing effect Ruckart, wounded, then | fire on Bagley, | Theshots attracted Patrolman R. J. Persho, and he cisermed Bagley. Persho also claims that there was | plenty of light for Bagley to see j that Ruckart was a uniformed of- ficer. Towering far above the mass of! at the hospital, it is stated Rick- bobbing heads of children, who art js not in any immediate danger, crowded around him and squeezed | is him something frightfal, was Santa | Ue,jvounes however, #-extremiasy SOPHIE TUCKER, EMPRESS HEADLINER, SINGS RAGTIME SONGS FOR “LITTLE- CHIMNEY’ KIDS AT DREAMLAND RINK Sophie Tucker, headliner at the ® Empress theatre, who “cut” one of her app it the theatre to day to nt Dreamland © rink and sing ragtime to the little chimney kids. opened At 1:20 sharp the firemen got into action They played all sorts of popular tunes to the delight of the youthful audience. Hours before the scheduled time! |for the opening of Dreamland rink |where the little-chimney” kids hold forth Christmas afternoon, \crowds of little children, in tow of parents and grown-up brothers and |aisters, waited eagerly for admit- tance Many grown-ups came witbout 1 painful. children to see the show Claus, successfully impersonated a ae i Crawford E. White, the mam: moth deputy prosecuting attorney. Sophie Tucker, known the world her ragtime singing, was first arrivals. Crawford got his garb through over for . the courtesy of the Costume Shop, one of the DEPARTMENT |partment store early today a boiler explosion occurred in the basement, setting fire to the building. The structure was destroyed. Several firemen were hurt by falling walls. Two apartment houses also caught fire and 10 families were Little eyes popped way out when | the big sacks were opened and the contents disclosed. Every sack had something different Three thousand sacks were given away OLD SANTA REAL SWEET TO LARRY Santa Claus dropped Into po- |] lice headquarters == Friday The six big Christmas trees were| rendered homeless |] morning. He was Invited by | decked out in a thousand incandes- — |] the officers to pay hie compll- | cent lamps and other decorations ments to eweet Larry Willis- ton, the charming society bud The Star wants to thank those of its readers who helped by pot 8 HURT IN WRECK who hae been Introducing folks J) mutions of money and toys or cand: |] to chiefs of police for several tito make today’s Christmas tree! | years. He Is the chief's or fo ossinie. We wish to acknowledge) RENO, Nev, Dec. 25.—Kight per- derly. a check today from the Goodyear sons were injured, none seriously, Larry i Md hy ed b Piraied Raincoat Co,, Second ave. at Madi at Imlay, Nev,, when the second | eatetes puff and a pair of dre son st, for and $6.50 sent us section of Soutbern Pacific train | z yesterday by the boys at No. 19 No. 19 crashed into the first sec ngine house. tion aur it ar ans — ial sce \ \ THERES NO NEED OF HURTING A WOMAN'S FEELINGS: