The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 30, 1915, Page 1

REPORT ENGLISH CRUISER TORPEDOED, SUNK, IN FIGHT The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News GUARANTEED OV 99,00 COPIES DAILY SENATOR 11-HOUR AUDIENCE DOZES WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—F! hip purchase pill now pending | teday continu: their filibuster PAID CIRCULATION ER 0 Register today! VOLUME 16. SEATTI If you want to save E, WASH., SATURDAY, the city light plant from the ruin with which enemies of municipal ownership are threatening it by outrageous defamation and treacherous as- saults, you must register and you must vote. If you want councilmen nominated and elected who shall serve the public in- stead of a handful of corporation bosses, then register and vote. If you don’t want your water ‘rates raised; raised; if you want government for the many instead of the few, then it’s up to you to register and vote. if you don’t want your light rates JANUARY 30, Register today. The registration books have been moved into the various pre- You can register near your own home until 9:30 tonight. If you don’t regis- ter today, you will have to go to the Prefontaine building, Third and Yesler, to cincts. 1915. ONE CENT ON rt NEWS 81 ANS ANY TANDS, Se Sih am. Register Today! Help Save Municipal Light Plant From Its Enemies | ll register, and you will have to do it before February 9. Enemies of municipal ownership want your light plant destroyed. THEY are registering. Are you going to stand by while the enemy gets ready? | AND VOTE. SPEECH, ting hard to defeat the government | n the senate, republican members ainst the measure. At 2:30 p. m. the senate had been in continuove session since | @arly Friday, with no sign of adj journment. At that hour three re- publican senators had been able to hold the floor continuously <a Just before 10 o'clock last night. They were Sefators Smoct and Sutherland of Utah and Sen. | Lodge of Massachusetts. Smoot c hours of the night until Seeriene relieved him at 9:25. MUSHERBABE *.: FINDS CITY A HARD PLACE ‘The first man, Constable Mull!- gan encountered when he arrived, fresh from Ireland, in Seattle, 20 years ago, was Babe the Musher. Babe the Musher—so called be cause he stood six feet in bis stock- ings and was a musher—showed | the raw immigrant the sights of the town, Among other things he) showed Mulligan the courthouse and old Judge Humes on the bench. | Mulligan was so green he wanted | to know why Judge Humes wasn't wearing his wig. Judges wear wigs in the old country. Babe the Musher, whose real to Alaska. Mulligan went into poll- tics. They didn’t see each other for 20 years After 20 years Babe the Musher returned to Seattle, only the other day. He had a pocketful of money when he got here. But he didn’t have it long. Everybody trimmed him. And all the old familiar land. marks were gone. And the town ‘was so noisy it got on his nerves. And he was homesick for the North. And— | Jnst by accident he ran into Mul- lgan. They remembered the meet ing 20 years before. The Babe was busted. He did a weak and wicked thing. He persuaded Mul- gan to cash a forged check. He knew it was wrong, but he was busted, and homesick, and he knew name is Charles Livingston, ra | ff he could get to Vancouver. Wash. he could get plenty of money from an old sourdough friend—if he could find him— | So the Babe did the wicked thing. | Mulligan swore out a warrant Deputy Sheriff Scott Malone went to Vancouver and brought the Babe back to Seattle. And now he occupies a cell in the basement of the courthouse which he visited with Mulligan 20 years ago lcome so hastily that he arried the burden during the weary During his long session on the Smoot talked constantly ot the general subject of shipping. Talks for 11 Hours He did not use the time-killing | methods ordinarily adopted and) did not read from the Bible or newspapers, as is the custom, to furnish sufficient language to re-) tain the floor. His performance was one of the} most remarkable in the history | of the senate in this regard. When relieved, Smoot had occu- pled the floor uninterruptedly for 11 hours and 25 minutes. At 8:45 « m., Smoot asked for a glass of milk and this constituted bis breakfast. The republicans declared early last night their intention of filibus- tering all night. Amendments to the measure| were tabled early In the evening after the usual parliamentary tac ties of delay had been resorted to. | The republicans repeatedly de-| manded roll calle and insisted on the presence of all members of the senate. The sergeants at arma | were kept busy visiting the clubs | and cafes, rounding up absentees. In one of their “raids,” they brought in Sen. Lippitt, clad in im maculate evening clothes, He had did not | [have time to change, and still wore the dress suit this morning. DEMOCRATS LAUNCH | CAMPAIGN FOR 1916, WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—After a conference with President Wilson, William G. McCombs, chairnian of | the democratic national committee, | announced that the 1916 polftical| campaign !s now on. His statement implied President Wilson canil- dacy for renomination was included MILWAUKEE TRAIN TAKES THE DITCH MILWAUKE Jan. 20.—Several persons were reported injured to. day in the wreck of a Chicago-Mil waukee & St. Paul passenger train miles south of here. A smoker nd day coach overturned and the ngine and a baggage car le ft the ok Berlin Has More News : of SeaBattle BERLIN, Jed 30.—The official press bureau to- day says the captajn of a Dutch cargo boat brought word to Amsterdam that the British battle cruiser Tiger was torpedoed and sunk in last Sunday's en- gagement in the North sea. The bureau says Am- sterdam papers report the London Morning Post published a poster with the report of the sinking of the cruiser, but the British censor suppressed the edition. THIEVES GET ALARGE HAUL BY DAYLIGHT NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Four automobile bandits today en- tered the pawn shop of Adolph Stein, at the corner of Third ave. and 85th st, bound and Gagged three clerks, and es caped with jewelry valued at $50,000. One of the clerks freed himself | as the bandits fled, and telephoned | the Fifty rushed to the scene in automobiles and searched the neighborhood, but no trace of the bandits was found. The robbers entered the store as police several clerks were placing jewelry} in show windows. The clerks were covered with re. | volvers, bound and gagged, and car- ried to the rear of the store. The contents of several drawers and trays were emptied into three vallses by the robbers. The loot included thousands of dollars’ worth of diamonds. As they left the store the rob- bers passed several customers, but | the latter were not molested Jan. 20.—If the os the legisla bly will be one HELENA, Mont., prohibition bill pas ture Montana pro! driest states in the tollet articles and extracts also would come under the union avoring of the Drugs. | ban { WE'RE GOING OVER AND } | Bowl OFF THAT RUBBER we ON, GET Your ) GEE | DONT KNow- | | PRomiseo THE (WIFE ('D BE home | 1v— 1 | EARWY <3 % COME On, come on } | SAY HELEN, BRAD BURK, | one oF THE BOYS IN THE OFFICE IS LAID UP IM THE HOSPITAL AND | | THOUGHT [D STOP IN | AND SEE HIM ON MN WAY HOME detectives were | |PRESIDENT TO VISIT SEATTLE WASHINGTON will have an opport Seattle nity to enter t he Koes to the San Francisco fair, ac It ts pro-} bim make the over.) by a Northern route) tain Presic Wilson before ing to present plana dd to have jana trip Wes and back by a Southern. | Vn Win HOUSEWIVES, | ‘HERE'S BIDTO STAR’S PARTY Here's your chance to hand old H. C. of L, the sleep punch The Star is going to give you the opportunity to learn how to make la nickel go further than you ever knew it could go. Next Wednesday morning, at the Empress theatre, at 10:30 o'clock, The Star will give an after. breakfast “matinee.” Lew Shank, former mayor of In dianapolls, who gave the food trust in his city the knockout wallop, and who reduced the high cost of living by starting municipal markets, where food products were bought in large quantities apd sold at cost, will speak at The Star's | party Seattle housewlves are particu: | larly urged to be present | It isn’t theory with Shank lhas demonstrated he knows to eut the cost af living, and he anxious to spread the joyful news Shank is on the new week's bill the Empress, opening Monday consented ‘enthusiastically to | tar's plans for the “after kfaat matinee. at He The JON $26 PRIZE Keep Turks So Busy They Can’t Escape! peer, Mall The Turkish fondle the Caucasus placed 80 many thou oners in the hands of the Russians that it was hard am ZE, WITH WIFE AND DAUCHTER | Mr. and Mre. Frank May and Daug hter Flossie on Steps of Their Home at 740 Blewett Street, Fremont FREMONT MAN WINS $25 AS ESSAY PRIZE Jan, 8.— to New nds of pris- to handle them successful- ly But an officer devised a simple pia The Ru their penders, the Turks to escape. All their ‘HURT BY A JITNEY Lawrence Pisce, 8, st., Was run over by an automobile as he was crossing Rainier Friday, ave, badly Injured prisoners of all sus. belts and trouser buttons before starting the long march north. guarded by but a few men, had little chance attention was centered on preventing the loss of the most indispensa- ble part of their attire. . at Atlantic st He | whieh failed to stop did it Frank May, a lumber tally man, living at 740 Blewett won the $25 for the best 8 depri t Does a Wife Earn His letter vigorously answers the question In the affirmative, and explains that he simply hands over to his wife every pay day his whole check. Most of the hundreds of writers who competed for the prize took the viewpoint that the wife, being partner, emphatically did not earn wages The prize was offered by Man Hamrich of the Colonial the . Where the film serial “Run June” is being shown, This re drama revolves about the question er Though Saturday | pictures of Jacobs motion 721 Norman took and his wife at morning the winner home in Fremont and at The Star wutlding, where they called to re. ve the prize, These films will ~_(Contfhued on Page 2) Both legs were says a “fitney oeT AWAY THAT DRINK! You HEAR % You orvereD |Wetwiey \T MISTAK DUFF j LOOK § we thetr | Weather Forecast—Probably rain 2:42 p.m AST EDITION TIDES AT SEATTLE b 128 ft. 10:43 p.m. REGISTER BRANDED A DESPERADO BY LAW, BOY CRIES IN MOTHER'S ARMS | Against His By Fred “Put up your hands!” “Quit that!" said the sheriff to The sheriff was un | quickly. And in that i | cover. about The | man was the sheriff of Chehalis county. " gaid the boy, and reached for his hip pocket. The: other boy had risen and now circled about the sheriff to ot H] | behind him. ‘A Bad Kid,’ Admiringly Re- | marked theSheriff; ‘Would Not Give Up With a Gun Stomach.’ L. Boalt was cooking over the Jungle fire, Two boys crouched te, for the night was cold. Suddenly a man stepped into the cirélé of light. He | his hip a sawed-off shotgun. He shoved the muzzie of the shotgun into. | the stomach of one of the boys and said, briskly: the boy whom he had covered. “No!” said the boy again, tugging at something in his hip pocket. He turned his head — int the boy whom he had covered jumped for the other boy. (Continued The shotgun roared. @uckshot tore through the bughes through Fy on Page 2.) SEAS SMASH PIERS AT ee VENICE, Cal., Jan. 30.—The high- jest seas in the history of Venice |were sweeping the waterfront here today. Debris littered the strand from Playa del Rey to North Beach. ern California for the last 48 hours Great waves were sweeping over the beach walks, and back as far as |the speedway. The portion of the municipal pier | which was restored after storms | last year at a cost of $80,000 was| |emet away by high seas, ough barometers have regts- came rise the! a slight today, {weather bureau predicted be heavy showers for today night. The storm that has swept showed little signs of abatement in outlying districts. The rainfall at Los Angeles for the storm, up to midnight, was 4.47 inches. | Crops, thus far, apparently are not | damaged. Long Beach has suffered property damage to the extent of $50,000. Refusing to regard the red light, jabatement law as a “dead letter,’ | Prosecuting Attorney Lundin is go-| | ing after disorderly houses in King county and promises to close them up as fast as the evidence against them can be collected The first prosecution has already been begun, It is the first tim the red-light law has been invoked voluntarily by a prosecuting attor |ney in King county. Friday Lundin obtained a re- | straining order to prevent the re- j|moval of any of the furniture in 'the house at 711 Weller st., and Judge Tallman set February 4 as the date when the defendants are! WILL ENFORCE RED-LIGHT LAW. to appear to show cause why a perry }manent injunction shall not be fie \ sued. | The defendants are Jesse J, Hum- — phrey and Kristina Humphrey, owners of the house; I. Yoshimura and Jane Doe Yoshimura, tenants, |and Evelyn Reed, who pleaded guil- ty recently to running a disorderly | resort at this address. It was un- der Lundin’s orders that deputy sheriffs arrested the Reed woman and two other inmates, Should a conviction be obtained, the red-light abatement law pro- vides that the house must be closed up for six months, the furniture confiscated, and a tax of $300 bo placed against the property. tle'’s wealthiest retired citizens, died Saturday, at 9 | ily residence, 903 Summit ave. He had been illless than a week Frauenthal came to Seattle 46 PIONEER MERCHANT IS DEAD Samuel Frauenthal, one of Seat-| years ago. Entering the general merchandise business, he prosper+ 30 a, m., at the fam-| ed, and 20 years later retired. Later he acted as director of the First National bank of Snohomish and of the old Puget Sound Nations al bank ‘AIM BLOW. AT A new attack has been directed, against the light and water depart ments by a move on the part of! described it Saturday as “partak jing of the old ward and log-rolling j methods of politics.’ A communication has been ad dressed by the park board to the and water @epartinents that s for water and light for the |comfort stations will not be paid This ultimatum was in the future. the park board. Councilman Cooley) delivered in spite of the fact that! lumbia river @t Lyle, Wash CITY UTILITIES the “coune!l had made special allow. ance for she paymént of such bills in the 1915 budget, If the park board is successful in its stand, the light and water de- partments will have to stand cost of the light and water for comfort stations, while the Hy: board will be spending the taxpay> ers’ money allotted for that pure pose in other ways. Fo@rmile ice jam forms, in Co.