The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 9, 1915, Page 1

COPIES DAILY PAID CIRCULATION GUARANTEED OVER 99,000 SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, FEB. 9, 1915. on ONE CENT The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News VOLUME 16. VHLAINS NEWS STANDS, Se any WEATHER FORECAST—Rain 1:09 10:10 # IGHT EDITION TIDES AT #EATTLE High ” 12.7 ft, 8:80 # 196 ft. 7:26 p Legislature Is Adjourned to Escape Plagu FOES IN TRENCH CALL EACH OTHER _ BY FIRST NAMES Correspondent Shepherd Tells How Mea Stand Knee Deep in Water Day After Day in the Fighting i in Northern France. By William G. Shepherd (United Press Staff Correspondent.) CALAIS, Jan. 16. (By trenches and you could simell t when he entered the compartment of the train Mail to New can rubber boots and his clothes were caked in the mt His Ameri of the horse, gasoline and gunpowder He was a York.) human whiff straight from the battle lines and he was so delighted with the prospect of his six-day leave of absence that, in spite of being an English major, and therefore one of the most silent men on earth, he wanted to talk He began about the weather, and, from that, shifted to the mud in the trenches | BRITISH SHIP IS REPORTED DESTROYED LONDON, N, Feb. 9°.—Ff- forts of Sir William Byles! fin the house of commons to clear up rumors that a} dreadnaught had been lost in a disaster off the north of Ireland, failed today. De- claring there were endless tumors of such a disaster, Byles interrupted the pro- ceedings to ask if they were) true. The speaker refused) to allow discussion of an| admiralty matter, however, swhile the army bill was be- fore the house. “These American rubber waders are the only thing keep out the water, (Waders is the E for rubber boots.) trouble with them is that some- times the water in the trenches is so deep that it overtops the waders, and you slosh around | with them full of mud ter. They ought to come up to your hips.” “How much water do you really have in the trenches? “My dear man, some of the; troops have spent five or six days jin mud and water above their knees. It was so deep they could not He down without drowning tn it. And what's worse, some nights it was so cold that a skim of ice formed over the water as the men stood in it. These men did not have waders, They were not pro- tected from the fey waters in any way “Don't they die of colds?” Open Air Helps Them | “No; {t's most extraordinary, but | men who have had stomach trouble and had to be careful of their eat- ing before they were sent into the, trenches, find, after a week or #0 that their stomachs become fine and strong. They can eat anything and as much as they want “They don’t get much exercise, but the open air life makes new | (Continued on Page ‘Twe.) EXTRA! EXTRA! MRS. JANSEN ppv youu BURNED TO CRISP IN OVEN Mrs. Israel Nelson wife of a Se- jattle lawyer, and Miss Gwendolyn, jGeary, a voicé teacher, last night ryiolently attacked Mrs. Romeyn B. Jansen, wife of the manager for the Seattle Taxicab Co. As the latter was peering into the door of an immense bake oven that had been erected on University ‘st. near Fifth ave., the other two women rushed jinexpectedly upon | her and shoved her bodily through the opening. She was burned to a/ crisp. of the tragedy. Earlier in th evening, Mme.) Hesse-Sprotte, another musician, had driven Mrs. Nelson and Miss Geary from her home with much brandishing of a broom Mr. Sprotte had come home way ing a bottle and evidently much un der the influence of its contents The two women driven forth bad) become lost in the woods, and lay down under a tree to sleep. After a series of strange events they made their way the next morning to an oddly constructed house, evi dently that of a baker, where the ate some of the “cakes with which walls were adorne’ A RINGIN’ — ‘spose /’D BETTAHK SEE WHo “Tis Mr. Jansen was a spectator | > fe tee turned ovt that the etidtnae| was Mrs. Jansen’s. She succeed. | led by stratagem in locking Mrs Nelson in a cage, with the inten tion, she said, of roasting her In the immense bake oven. Mrs. Nel son escaped, and, with the aid of Miss Geary, visited this gruesome fate instead on the tax! man’s wife. | Previous to her death, Mrs. Jan-| sen was hung up temporarily on a} picket fence when she attempted to| jump over. | All these events were a part | . of the fairy opera “Ha and | Gretel” produced for the first tine in Seattle by the Stand- ard Grand Opera Co. at.the Metropolitan. Mrs. Jansen and the others all did their parts so well the audience forgot they were Seat tieitee and came to believe they really were inhabitants of the uncanny realm. If the prices had been twice or three times what they were, the audience probably would have thought the folks on the stage were Caruso, Tetrazzini, Alda and others TONIGHT: “LOHENGRIN.” HELLO~ No~ NO- MISTAW DUFF IS AT DE OFFICE ~ WHAT f -oH- HO-HO-HWO-Ho — | Discontinuance of clase | gether DANCES HELD IN CITY SCHOOLS IMMORAL, MINISTER COMPLAINS TO BOARD MEMBERS “The ministers are strongly op. dancing in the high echools le Until & year ago it had been the | posed to dancing tn the schools ed by the Seattle Presby- custom to give these dances in pri | he said The Bible is barred from terian . Ministers’ sociation. | vate halls. It was then decided the| the schoolroom because it is con The ministers’ protest was read dances could be better regulated trary to the belief of some people. Monday night at a meeting of (and proper supervision fnsured by | Why, then, should dancing be tol the school board, Action was | holding them in the school build-|erated, when it is objectionable to deferred. ings | far more?” The ministers referred to According to Secretary Rey. W.| The board advised the ministers dances given annually by the | 0. Talbot of the Ministers’ asnocia-|to form a committee for the pur junior and senior cla tion, who appeared personally be-| pose of going: more deeply into the These functions are usually | fore the board, numerous parents | isaue, he’ the school gymnasium. [have complained to t ‘inisters| When the committee completes ministers want them held [that the dances are improper and |its work, its.report will be heard here, or abolished alto- iimmoral by the board A FOOLISH BUNNY AND THE MAN WHO DIDN’T REGISTER ler. THE STORY OF THE UNWARY RABBIT: ' In a roomy clearing daily Scampered little bunny gayly, Finding paths that he could follow, Building when he could not burrow; Hopping, nibbling, always at it, Careless, carefree, happy rabbit ih In a farmhouse near, the eager Fido waited for his le: wh Up and down the path he scented, Till the schoolboy's merry voice Made his heavy heart rejoice. wt Fido had some greedy habite— Liked to feed on pretty rabbite Bill encourag all hie cravings, Cheered with p! Watched the For a persecuted bunny IV. Tired out, rabbit puffed and trembied In a brush pile, while assembied For a siege were both the vandals. Seidom has the world such scandals een in gory war, With fire The foe attacked the humble lair. : v. Foolish, simple, silly ! Couldn't you think any All around you brush p lay To invite your flight that day; Yet you crouched the flames in-under— that schools were ne’er invented; PERISHED BY YOUR OWN SAD BLUNDER POLYGAMY JUST | , SPLENDID, SAYS’ GIRL PREACHER NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Miss Edna Crowther, Mormon girl -| missionary who has been work. | ing here for the last two weeks, dec! today she had won 66 converts to the Mormon be llefs. To an interviewer, Miss ‘Crowther has confided her views of polygamy, which, she | “splendid.” ae REGISTRATION BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED AT 12 o'clock midnight, Tuesday, for the coming city election. They are at the Prefontaine building, Third and Yes- REGISTER AND VOTE for a better and greater city. THE STORY OF THE UNWARY VOTER vi, In a busy city gayly Simple Simon wandered daily Seeking living for the morrow, Earning what he could not borrow; Talking politics and giving Cures for higher cost of living. vu. in a spacious office, wary, Billy Bows did daily tarry; Cursing curious, common cusses, Plotting ruin fog jitney busses; Paying patronage with peif, Buying backers for himeelf. vin Billy Boss, the greedy sot! Wanted Simon's house and lot; Yearned to see poor Simple pray For his light and fuel, and pay At the throne of Bill, Ah, th Peif-paid patrons sald, “Ame 1x Simple Simon moaned and trembied, Hugged his vote while foes assembied; Siumbered while they shrewdly plotted, Waited out the time allotted; Hid until the poll books tlosed, Took what Biily Boss impo x. simple, silly sleeper! nk any deeper? There you had a vote, to kil! All the fond dreams of Big Bill Had you but registered! No wonder! PAUPERIZED BY YOUR OWN BLUNDER VILLA'S FORGES NOW IN RETREAT FROM CAPITAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 Villista troops in Mexico have a series of disastrous de! cording to dispate? the constitutionaliat These ¢ The met ac by ts, received ney here. lare Carranzista forces have forced the Villa supporters to abandon Queretaro and that the capture of Monterey is expected Villista forces which recently ad vanced against Mexico City are now gamy has not been prac declared to be in retreat tieed since 1899, because polyga ty VNDER WOOU Carranza’s representatives here mous or plural mariners ben the Edna C Colo be en say the “First Chief’ now controls te pg Be os ae tae on oO! all the territory south of Aguas c 1 contemplated becoming | they would prefer a plural mat eae naan “el ae He i onary 1 hesitated about St, | riag howd ng r poo et acelin dg on i As ae Teste tn see “No man can take on an addition. | Still wrestling with the problem pre am al wife without the consent of his ented by Villa's announcement that Hut after a talk with my mother| first wives, so that the wives are |be had assumed the presidency I became convinced that polygamy |agreeable to the arrangement Villa insists, however, that the is lendid tr I have two aunts, who married |assumption is only temporary and/ nrwoo ha alinost | the same man that he was compelled to take ac. tare Any| “One of them has seven children, |tion because tt was tmposstble for ae ts anal sown whol the other twelve, and still a third |“the sovereign convention to com in polygamy say if wife has twelve more children, and |municate freely with the northern the re all ideally happy states hoice over again MissiS DUFF ‘S Gone OUT — 1S DIS YO” MISTAK ure & l a | MISTAR DUFF, a YAS, THIS 1S PANSY ~ OH SAN TRIED To CLEAN |} DAT spoT ovr oF YouH TROUSERS, | } eh IT WONT COME OFF - ) Did You | TRY __ AMMONIA ; Hines Page. ‘BREAK IT” ADVISES LILIAN BELL Famous Authoress of 20 Popular Girls’ Books In Tomorrow’s Star LUSITANIA FLEW U. S. FLAG, AMBASSADOR PAGE REPORTS, WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. American to Great Britain, today cabled ‘con. f published r had used the precautionary ambassador firmation ports that the 8. 8. American measure. Lusitania flag as a Walter! The confirmation, he said in his report to the state departm came from the British foreign o| fice, although it had not been offi cially communicated to bim Page also quoted from a London paper, which defended the right of the ship to fly the American flag. Here’s Your Chance to Buy Cheap Fish! By formal action of the council, Port Warden Paysse was instructed Monday to accommodate water front fishermen on the Madison st. and other slips, so that they might sell fish direct to the consumer. Paysse, in the absence of any council- manic expression, prohibited the fishermen from tying up their boats to the slips and making impromptu markets there. Consumers will be able to buy their fish from the fish- ermen nearly 4 cents a pound cheaper than at the markets. HARRY WAS A WHALE Feb. %.—Wher as buried, it coffin. WASHINGTON, Harry Coleman took 12 men to carry bi weighed 720 pounds. DID 1 TRY “EM ON Me f LARD SAKES | MISTAH DUFF IS | TALKING SCANDALOUS: MPEACHMENT OF U. S. JUDGE DAYTON TO BE ATTEMPTED WASHINGTON, chment pre District Judge Alston of West Virginia were authoribed today by the house. The investi tion will be conducted by a special house committee. TILDEN WILL FILED CHICAGO, Feb. 9. the late Edward lionaire packer tat stimated 000,000 9. Im inst 1 Dayton The will Tilden, to be of multi-mil. of an es worth $15, of Smallpox 7 LERKTS EIZED TDESK PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 9. —The city health officer shortly before noon today ordered the Arizona legis- lature to adjourn on ac- count of smallpox cases de- veloping in the lower house. In addition to Rep. Sam P. Briscoe of Cochise county, who has been taken to the pest house, Reading \Clerk Lanier was with the disease this after- noon at his desk. There are several sus- pccts in both houses. Near- ily all members have been | vaccinated. Nearly all had called on , stages of his illness. ASKS FOR RECORD PHOENIX, Ariz, Feb, 9.—Mrs. Rachel Berry, the only woman im the lower house of the Arizona leg- islature, is preparing today a bill making it a misdemeanor to employ any woman for less than $12 @ week This ineludes domestic servants. Any less amount, seys Mrs. Ber ry, is Inadequate to meet the neces- sary cost of living and to maintain jhealth and morality. | It is expected that Mrs. Berry's | measure will pass, establishing | what is believed to be the highest | minimum wage for women in the jv nited States |BANDITS RUN WILD SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.—The police were combing San Francisco today for three unmasked automo- bile bandits who held up two estab lishments in the downtown district last night and escaped in a taxicab with money and jewelry In excess of $1,300. | | | i | | NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Oscar Ham. merstein sued Emma Trentini, the opera star, for $7,226, alleging breach of contract. ‘10 MEN SENTENCED ST. LOUIS, Feb, 9—Ten men in- volved in the million-dollar bank: ruptey swindle of the Great Western Jobbing House, today stand sen- tenced to the penitentiry. . Feb. 9.—The wife of lie Saufley of the United |States navy was the first woman to pilot an aeroplane over New York. stand until guijt is proved The state board of medical examiners found Dr, BREAK DOCTORS’ TRUST T 1S a first principle of law that the sumption of Innocence must J. Eugene | Jordan guilty of “unprofessional conduct,” and revoked his license to | | practice, The advertising doctor appealed yesterday to the superior court, and hopefully anticipates reinstatement. The law of this that you are guilty. The Star holds no brief for Dr. | in the world—or the worst. The Star is interested vitally tate, unlike the law of most other sta’ the first principle mentioned, and says to Dr, Jordan: Now prove your innocence!” But in the meantime—what? » ignores “It Is assumed Jordan, He may be the best doctor in upholding that first principle of | law which holds a man innocent until proved guilty. It would be impossible for an “ethical” an “unethical” doctor a fair trial. | tela . The pickpocket, the forger and board of examiners to give The board didn’t give Jordan a fair the counterfeiter get a squarer deal | from the pollce court than the doctor gets from the board of medical examiners, For they are punished, not BEFORE, but AFTER the ulti- | mate tribunal has found them gulity, Lawyers say the law, as it affects doctors who have come under the | displeasure of the board, ie .unconstitution Certainly it is bureaucratic and un-American. The animus which inspires the board and the “ethical” societies to prosecute “unethical” doctors lies not in what they advertise, but In the fact that they advertise at all. THE STAR BELIEVES THAT THE LAW SHOULD BE CHANG. ED, GIVING EVERY DOCTOR WHOSE LICENSE THE BOARD HAS REVOKED THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PRACTICE PENDING AP. PEAL. Briscoe during the early