The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 4, 1915, Page 1

AST EDITION he Seattle Star [The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News SEATTLE, WASH., Weather For TIDES AT SHATTLE —Probably rain VOLUME 16. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1915. ONE CENT = 2 fittws ann NEWS STAND! STAR MAN SPLASHES ABOUT WITH EMBRYO ANNETTE KELLERMANS | AT “SPLASH” PARTY IN BIG SEATTLE ATHLETIC CLUB’S ROOMY TANK We had a “ladies’ splash” at the Seattle Athletic club last lery of pompous gentlemen and plump ladies, to splash well would like, for examp! to leap lightly into th One clothes, It would be nicer to repair to the ballroom in bathing sults. Then one could dance the hi then splash; then tango; then splash; then Boston; then splash; then lame duck; then splash sh, of course? No? Well How very odd! naturally. an arrow. who are too fat or too thin, or bow-legged, or splay-footed, We have achie in private practice. We —and 80 on. D splash if they wanted to, but they couldn't be expected to her fancy ourseive: But one ie likely, at a formal What could be pleasanter than an evening thus spent? Imag WANT to, could they? No! splash, to come a cropper. trad it lp a bizarre sort of entertainment—spiashing. You put on your dicky clothes and you go to the S$. A.C. After exchanged the amenities with your hosts, you retire to the room and changy to a bathing suit. The posing is quite simple. But in the takeoff, technique is required. We have a distinct impression that there must have been something ami in the technique of our ta’ ff last night. That to + while our position on the diving board was sufficiently You have just danced with a charming young lady in a brief but nifty bathing suit of green edged with purple. Your manly form and swelling chest are not concealed by the suit you are wear- le latitude Is permitted at splashes in the matter of tuesque, we doubt if we the water like an arrow. We 'ng—red. schemes for bathing suits. But brevity of material and sim. ARE NOT SURE, BUT WE ECT WE CAME WHAT, IN OUR “Shall we sit this next one out?” you ask. “Or shall we ry of design id characterize the sult of the successful lady YOUTHFUL DAYS, WE INELEGANTLY TERMED A “BELLY. splash?” FLOPPER.” We know for a positive fact that the impact knocked the wind out of us, and that we swallowed gallons of water, a pint of which went down the wrong We noted, as we darted hither and thither jn the limpid poo, using our best Australian crawl, that tne ladies seemed more pro- last ficient than the men in the exercises aquatic “By all means, let us splash!” is the reply. pool-ward. You follow with that springy, je which marks you for the strong and experi- enced splasher that you are. You assist the lady to the diving board. You take your place beside her, Faintly there come to your ears the strains of orches- tral music, the murmur of airy talk, the tinkle of light laughter, splasher. iiee ettosted the change of appare! you repair to the swim. pool, where you splash. is to say, you ome yard the poet with a eplash. nis licult for pompous ahaa and plump ladies to their dignity and poise at spi Indeed, we observed that the pompous gentlemen and the plump tadies did not One charming lady in particular executed several fancy dives You po atuesquely. lqplash at all, preferring to look on from the gallery, while others, in perfect form—back flips, the sit-down-and-fall-off dive, and ot You might murmur that childhood rigmarote: “ONE FOR r fees dignity and better shapes, splashed. sorts. The gallery appl. ed. THE MONEY, TWO FOR THE SHOW, THREE TO MAKE Quite a number of young ladies splashed with us last night, Anothe! ly swung off from the ry in the trapeze and READY, AND FOUR TO GO# aad we are not exaggerating when we say that Miss Venus of Milo dove from the bar, hitting the water clean as a whistle. pething on them, while, on the other hand, they had very ee ee more on than Mise Venus. Later we redonned our dicky clothes and danced. . eecee We would not care to splash often. Changing clothes is a bore. One naturally desires, af) splashing In the presence of a gal- We would suggest that, instead of changing back into dicky But personally we prefer: “ONE, TWO, THREE; THE BUM- BLEBEE; THE ROOSTER CROWS, AND AWAY SHE GOES!" This is a mere matter of taste. Having sald one or the other, you both leap lightly into the air and cleave the water like arrows —splash! RUINS OF AVEZANNO, ITALIAN CITY DESTROYED BY EARTH- QUAKE. PICTURE SHOWS SOLDIERS GUARDING REMAINS OF HOMES AND STORES, WHERE THOUSANDS OF BODIES WERE BURIED. Lectures in| Texas Town Provoke At- ' tack and Bloodshed. MAN IS DYING! on ‘of Lecturer Is d With Murder; | ly Guarded in Jail. | of a bitter lecture the Catholic church, Wm. Black of Bellaire, Ohio, @ expriest, and John Rogers, S prominent Catholic of Mar- are dead today, and John cashier of the First bank of Marshali, also a Catholic, is fatally @ shot in a room at the The churchmen Previously asked him not Geliver a second scheduled inst Catholicism CP. ‘Hal ot st Paul, Minn., of Black; Geo. Ryun of Who accompanied the Mime, and Black's dangl nter, Only witnesses to the Girl of 18 Detained fe Wan held in jail today 5 Miss Sallie Black, 18, said to be cd daughter of Black and Iso was detained In atthe hotel. Ryan was at mer? On $10,000 bond ek was shot through the twice in the right side, in and in the he @ leading contractor and Of the Knights of Colum Was shot twice through the 48d died shortly after his re to his home. d was shot through the mand in the arm. He is (oda the leading Mar. Me'corone: intimated the + APE MCA PRESS atin “Thursday morning de 7 ” me appointed by Chief Lang as super. l UG FOR MRS. MASON TO BE [istesient of the women's’ aivision [BLAME FIREB f the poll i! rtment Mrs. M DEPARTMENT HEAD 00 22 been tn tie tice ere ~ origin ea | stroyed th room at 181 $9,000 ARMY BLAZE 2x2" °* Ninth ave. 3 ld clothing yom for # y ” was former wagons were destroyed. The ¢ St revolvers” when the Mrs. Blanche R. Mason has been 4 r commissioner ire, believed to be of incendiary age te estimated at about $9,000, y Siests of the Capitol, attract ji a ft. HE. - “tonne Hh a om. 8 Mh the shots, ente: pbirding to a statome nt by Miss Who is hysterical, the Cath-| CHICAGO, Feb. 4.—The 846ton 4 Met her foster. a y | y ay and followed Vie Tai | steamship Towa, af the Goodrich ow She could not state who line, sank in Lake Michigan at 10:30 _ ler foster- | a . om ¢ e mc re—1-e~E 1 a ——= . : . : me Arereted or tie Her fost Fa. m., three miles off the mouth of Fivad idoe Padbal ain, | wi VES, 1m re a (avess We ARE THE Hage aere A ane she said oF the Chicago river. 75 CAN Yov TELL MB IN | MR. DUFF, We | FORTUNATE | must Wat aie THN Be arena ne { Fires No Shots The lowa carried a crew of 75 , a ARE WOKING TO HAPPEN) \ t N ] Ste Tee Mee stirred men, All made their way to land WHICH HOUSE MRS DUFF | |A86 WOOMNG _ KY \ To HAPPEN) a, THERE ARE JUST w Sroner's inquest was| over the ice floes LIVES ? SHE ADVERTISED] | come WITH ME You THIS | THE TWO OF US. liter _ zs FOR A MAID wrt al ne ly © revolver, in evidence,| News of the vessel's sinking was iron hg { AND THE WOR no shot had been fired by received from the Iowa's wireless. | _DUFF_ vy oT 1 by inn Were being Cant with murde 4, in a dys & statement H, W. Thorp of the Goodrich Ine | said he had received only meager details from Capt. Sturrlebean. repared to oeareed Hall with engaging| The message apparently wan| Fevolwer battle. Gec rge sent just before the vessel went) hong faces a murder charge, | down : of Hall were t t It was believed the sides of the ice floes 8 ee ake liner were stove in b @ in delivering ant A lecture CHICAGO, Feb, 4-—Wh vened Toma ight led to the visit | at $1.60 for May options and $1.38% the hooting ‘atholic churchmen | for July. | During the first 15 minutes ail here al ‘8 held is un.‘and July wheat jumped to, $1,624 and $1.40%, respectively. .S. ANGERS GERMANY .. | foundation.” alvation Army storage |Cooper at once made A larg adkidion As ked to Prove Neutrality by Insisting | Upon Right to Ship Food- stuffs to German Ports. | WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—Germany has placed before the United States a concrete case that she be- lieves will test American neutrality, it was learned to- day. In a further note transmitted to the state depart- ment by Ambassador Von Bernstorff regarding the con- signment of food aboard the S. S. Wilhelmina, assur- ances were given by the Berlin foreign office that Amer- ican consuls in Germany can supervise the distribution of such food and see that it does not reach Germany’s armed forces. Germany holds, it was learned, that if the United States insists as strongly that Americans have the right to ship food to German non-combatants as it does that |arms and ammunition can be shipped to the allies, her |neutrality will be Proven. | But if the decision is against Germany, she will feel |that the United States is not impartial. Berlin believes, it was stated, that if Great Britain seizes the cargo of food on the Wilhelmina, it will be (Continued on Page 2.) |ASK PROTEST OF NEW RULING WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.—The state department has been inun with protests against acceptance by this nation of Great Britain’ = nounced policy of confiscation of foodstuffs in alien ships consigned to Germany, Austria or Turkey. It Ie the announced intention of the British government to s | the steamer Wilhelmina, which sailed from New York for Bremen with food which, it is claimed by the shippers, is for German civilians, Be- caute the Wilhelmine cleared before the English policy was outlined, the latter country has declared it will take her cargo, but will pay for it at market prices. Hereafter ail food-laden ships sailing from the United States for German ports, or for neutral ports from which their cargoes may uilti- mately reach Germany, are to be selzed outright. It Is against this rul- Ing that the United States government must protest, if it wishes to isfy Germ that It really le neutral. The ot department has as yet taken no position on the British announcement. STATE TO MURDER A WOMAN In her shame and despair at the = realization that the father of the ‘% woman who page two children, Lorlys Elton Rogers, husband of another woman, would not be able to give them his name, he promised, Mrs. ida “Rogers” 0 Cirestoy-! Amith, one of The attempted to take her own life, as correspondents, for well as the lives of her children. Dhase of the cuse. Her For days she has hovered between s sia life and death in Lebanon hospital, H H but she is now on the road to re- |By Nixola Greeley-Smith oo) .f)"snait the district attorney NEW YORK, N. Y., Feb. 4.—The of Bronx county is to have his way state of New York is going to place —t0 the electric chair, ida Walters “Rogers” on trial for Reason and humanity forbid that the killing of her two babies, John this unfortunate and distracted and Lorida, by feeding them bichlor- ide of mercury. i Yesterday The Star printed I a letter / from « reader, Mrs. Annie M. Protenting eqalnet svading 40 Rogers, (Continued on Page Seven) STERILIZATION BILL IS KILLED OLYMPIA, Feb. 4.——The more} en, and that the persons to whom stringent of two sterilization bills| it was intended to apply be burned \ before the house, No. 23, was killed | *t the stake, instead of being treat- ae ed as provided in the draft of the | this noon by a vote of 52 to 40 nembars The ballot came after the most) Pearsall of Chehalis county said obscene debate to, which legislative! he preferred mob action to the discussions have sunk in many! course laid down in the bill. years. The measure applies to those Women occupying seats in the | convicted of certain crimes against gallery when the question came up) sex, and differs from another bill were requested to leave, which they |on the same subject in the classes did hurriedly of crimes it covers and the charac. Representative Adams moved as|ter of the operation to be per a substitute that the bill be strick. formed WIDOW DEMANDS AUTOPSY Whitewash for the Steilacoom |] Prosecutor Lundin to make an in- insane asylum authorities was ap-| vestigation that he would perform plied by F. J. Stewart, Plerce An autopsy. Perhaps I erred in not coroner, in the case of Edward C. formaily asking him to do so, I did Cooper, Seattle dual personality not think it necessary. However, man in order that the facts may be as- Stewart, according to a message certained, 1 am doing it now.” from oma Thursday, held that) Stewart tock the ground that im- the widow's fears that her hus- prints on Cooper’s neck were made band’s death had been brought on in shaving the dead body, and not jby rough treatment are “without by finger nails prior to the man's death, and that there was nothing word, Mrs./suspicious in Cooper's _ badly written re blacked eye. quest on Stewart for an autops — — of course,” said she, Mr. and Mrs, Michael Daly of he came to Seattle| Wenatchee rewed in Los Angeles Tuesday evening at the request of after two years divorced | On receiving this “TOM, THIS 1S PANSY,ouR | SURE |S PLEASED NEW SERVANT ‘To MEET NUH MISTAH DUFF nee OY a NPR NT NGAP RRS