The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 24, 1915, Page 1

# MARY PICKFORD|FRIDAY. 2 P. M., CENTRAL BUILDING! AYOR GILL will personally appear before the park board Friday ! OF LAST FRIDAY IN CROWDING YOU OUT OF YOUR JUST 2 IN THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT THE PARK BOARD afternoon to protest against the atrocious stupidity of the park SHARE I] board, by which all parks except Volunteer, on Capitol Hill, are to be OUGHT TO PROVIDE. . : . . 4 A year ago the park board allowed $4,000 for band music, and it [ The Most Popular Girl in the Whole World deprived of professional band music this summer. [: Oe.) eee ee P band mwsle John E. Price, president of the Playgrounds association, and mem é “ bers of other improvement, civic, and commercial clubs, will be there I I want the ee to play in the parks, eaves Gill = ae also to join in the protest in his campaign speeches, and he struck a mighty popular chor | THE PARK BOARD'S OFFICES IN THE CENTRAL BUILD- This year the board—Mayor Gill’s park board—appropriates only ING ARE NOT VERY LARGE, BUT YOU, TOO, MR. COMMON | __ $3,600, AND DONATES IT ALL TO VOLUNTEER PARK CITIZEN, SHOULD BE THERE IF YOU CAN. YOU MAY BE It will be worth your while to hear what Mayor Hi thinks about CROWDED OUT INTO THE HALLWAY, BUT THAT'S A it. It will be worth the time and inconvenience to make your protest SMALL MA’ ER COMPARED WITH THE BOARD'S ACTION ' and your demand for more liberal treatment as emphatic as possible. The Seattle S lar jy) The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News VUAINS AND Ws STANDS, Be | VOLUME 18 NO. 24, SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1915 ONE SECRET DRUG PLANT FOUND NEAR CITY | CLEAN UP, SEATTLE! | | | ! ‘ ae German Aeroplane Pursues Steamer at Sea; Attacks With Bomb and Bullets ONDON, March 24.—A fight with a German Taube off the L coast of Holland was reported by the Gritish cargo steam ship Teal, which arrived here today. The Taube pursved the Teal for several miles, flying high in the air, Four bombs were dropped, one of which exploded in midair and showered the Teal with steel darts. Descending lower, the airmen turned upon the steamer a smali machine gun. “We xigzagged about until the German had evidently ex- hausted his supply of bombs,” said Capt. Hove, of the Teal machine gun bullets pattered on our deck but did no damag finally the areopiane flew away.” | Let’s Get the Grease Spots Off Our Civic Vest for Exposition Visit- ors; The Star’s Going to Publish Pictures of Eye-Sores and Call Their Owners by Name. ['wo Men Arrest- ed; Police Say | They Charged a | Fiend $5a Snuff Seattie detectives have locat- ed a drug “plant.” an hour's ride from the city by trolley, | which, they declare, was es tablished just before March 1, when the federal drug law — By Fred L. Boalt Once, in the course of my wanderings, | came to a large city In the Middie W. As this was in the days of my bachelorhood, | first a of all looked about for board and lodging, suitable to my wants, which | Saeeeneeeen eer 7 went into effect. and which | ! were finicky, and to my purse, which was slim. a - Answering an advertisement in a newspaper, | went to a boarding =~ lies drugs to “fiends” at 9 e a newspaper, } eres: Oe ma | house, not far from downtown, and my ring at the door was answered , | an enormous p | by a man with grease spots on his vest. i ‘ f Detectiv Majewski and | | made an excuse and got away. 2 | Bianch! Tuesday arrested H. | { The rooms in that house may have been most comfortable. The | D. Matthews and Kenneth cuisine may have left nothing to be desired. But— - H | | Brown In the White House | THE MAN HAD GREASE SPOTS ON HIS VEST! pool room, Green building, and | Seattle has gre: spots on Its vest. found in their possession small First impressions last longest. | quantities of morphine and Thousands of visitors will come to Seattle this summer. | yenshee, a derivative of opium. EVERY ONE OF THESE VISITING BUSINESS MEN AND TOUR. | Later the detectives visited the bday 2 A POTENTIAL RESIDENT—A “PAYING GUEST.” WILL |rooms of the prisoners in a Pike! | j URN AWAY WHEN THEY SEE THE GREASE SPOTS ON OUR VEST? y | a | at. jodging house and found more t s and hypodermic needles, - chile the 28s in one of} Mise Lacy Case, secretary of the A conference of water front What, then, ought Seattle to do? Ask any woman. Clean the vest. ¢ rooms, it was entered by en ex-| Washingtor State Referendum| employers and representatives | Remove the spots. The born venti who was taken Into ous aay cn Secretary of of the striking union long-. in the mind of a woman whose orderly soul rebelled that so fair a city tody. A charge will be placed ahs . | shoremen Wednesday resulted | @% Seattle should wear a spotted ves! . against him later. | State Howell Thursday, referendum! in an amicable settlement of | The woman is Helen 0. Sheldon, a business woman, a much-trav- | The police believe that Matthews) petitions against five bills passed the strike which has been in eled woman, who spent months in contemplation of the tle’s vest before coming to The Star. “The Little Cinderella and Brown are agents of the| by the recent legislature progress here two wee! f et persian, Samat, a noe eae lees pat x pun) hundred and fifty men will go Len Much has been said and nothing has been done quent trips there to replenish therr a back to work Thursday morn- Spot on a municipal vest is ‘nobody's business.’ If The Star cannot . ” '° stock of drugs and Senate Bill 272, which make a) ing under former conditions. drive home in the hearts of the individuals responsible for these spots 6) e ovies l With the federal law in opera-| present of thousands of dollars to Roland 8. Mahany, United | the truth that it is somebody's business, and their particular duty to States commission of conciliae | remove the spots; if The Star cannot awaken among its readers a tion, and President T. V. community conscience so that they will want to make the city clean yunta; the port commission) O'Connor of the International | and beautiful where it is now spotted and ugly—if The Star cannot bill, which places a limitation on) Longshoremen, were the prin- accomplish this, then | must conclude there is something wrong with the development of the Seattle bar. cipal factors in bringing the | the hearts of the people and that a ‘community conscience’ is a myth tion, requiring that every grain of! bank be accounted for, it is impos sible for the “fiends” to secure drugs through the old channels, for needless interest on city Tell Her Own Won- | ! pas pec nag typ Tokay 9 only bor: the jitney bux bill and Senate) employers and men to a satis: | that idealists talk about.” i derful Sto i: : ; % na There is now no market price Bill 301, which fortifies private factory agreement. Bot ' roid j “ef @ @ a ry: cee @ for illicit drugs. The peddier will-| monopoly and kills municipal own-| rived in Seattle even A ea The Star is going to try. Se ing to take the risk can get any|¢rship by the “certificate of neces:| | The conferenc Raden ¢ pee thee THE STAR IS GOING TO DO ITS DARNEDEST TO MAKE SE- ‘ price up to the “fiend’s” last cent.| Sty" for public utilities CEe ot Capt. “Gibens. Be | ATTLE SPONGE THE SPOTS OFF ITS VEST. 3 In addition to these five meas-| Washington Stevedore company. | f We're going to use the club of publicity without mercy. pae cyere ew, old. "e patee:s agroomient reached 5 . e’re going to keep at it persistently until noticeable progress aa a tee ine ie atrlet, Attorney | ready been filed against the two yo an AR yr pe anepuver boy; | has been made. We're going to hammer away on this until the vest e e ° > | i it | it ‘" Read It in The Star Beginning Tomorrow | Ailen “issued. “complaints -nguinat| ble which attempt to Kill the in| ott maintained bere, The Dorset) ig at Yeast pasnably cleans 2 Matthews and Brown, whose bonds tne cargo brought to Seattle - Secretary of State Howell has an-|!"% @ny cargo broug We're going to go about it this way: fixed at $1,000 each yanc ver, Nor will any i pumaitet: tar Vielation tthe} from euaabaed to Vahoonter be Do you own a vacant lot? Is it filled with rubbish and overgrown __ One “fiend” has told the police he} The agreement reached will have ures, referendum petitions have al nounced he will refuse to accept = freight Saat new federal law is five years’ tn-| the petitions against the jitney bus) O20 here by union longsbore-| With burdock? “a Pee Ce : —————" | prisonment, or @ fine of $10,000, or| Dill and the Renick bill, which have) 70, We're going to print a photograph of your lot. We're going to OVERNOR WILL _, “a a anrpgpelins ue emergency clauses attached to) Pie seattle local declared its THE NEIGHBORS Thin Abou ron Cae eee tion, —s ees them | strike shortly after the Vancouver UT YOUR LOT. ; Men instrumental in Meyer | | ‘This wilt bring the two measures] irik ah on “walked out. ‘They Does an alley adjoin your property? Do you dump refuse in the jcamp's arrest and conviction in- | immediately into the courts, had demanded that the employers | alley? WE'S GOING TO PRINT A PICTURE OF THAT ALLEY. sisted Wednesday there is every c n Physical |) ‘Te supreme court has already] {ccept a plan to employ men in or Do you own a tumble-down, dilapidated, unpainted shack? Would CONSIDER CASE reason to believe him guilt CONVICTED ON Vance be y' held in the McArdie land board bill| ter the vet to, be procured from | am inexpensive coat of paint improve its appearance? WE'RE GOING | Culture in The Star }) that onty real emergencies can pre lthe local headquarters. This the| TO PUBLISH A PICTURE OF YOUR SHACK, | ° . . vent the use of the referendum by| employers used to do, A lock nai eb ns 0. } Pink This Evening the people. It 1s contended by the] out followe | Seattle has grown fa’ It natural that there should b: out follo : OF MEYERCAMP PROTEST BOMB | GRAFT CHARGE Are you interested in good Washington State Referendum] ‘The question of employing men| vacant spaces. Modern buildings of steel and cement have sprung al | | health and perfect physical league that neither the jitney bus|in order will be reopened at a beside crazy, falling structures of wood. be: development? bill nor the Renick measure is allater date, when both factions have But the vacant spaces can be made sightly. The shacks, to which + Carrying a petition, asking for Prosecutor Lundin has secured his rE aegis Real peal emoreancy ‘need eS eee ey ere Leotn tae ration ite aa yoy Trak trom iota aa a the pardon of C. W. Meyercamp, second conviction of viee graft, and rans Naty ceenaget rom lots and alleys, or dealing with the signed by nearly 1,000 people, as former Patrolman Paul R. Schuman well as numerous personal letters is guilty today of taking money from stions, eee at to- fn his behalf, a delegation of Seat- women of the street for police pro day's Issue o' je Pink. | IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SEE YOUR NAME AND A PICTURE : OF YOUR PROPERTY IN THE STAR, GET BUSY! 4 | THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS ON HIS WAY! see ee We are going to show, too, what a little extra effort can accom. plish in the way of making the city beautiful. | Have you beautified a once rubbish-littered lot? Tell us about it, | Tell us how you removed one spot from Seattle's vest. tle women, including Meyercamp’s tection. A wjry deliberated Something new and orig- wife and four young children, wait- ~ hours last night, and Schuman was|} !na! for young id alike. ed upon Gov. Lister at Olympia} WASHINGTON, March 24.—The | declared guilty. | Write | Mr. Pink's physical adviser for || Tuesday afternoon. United States sent an emphatic Lundin'’s other graft conviction m1 Meyercamp {s {n the county Jail 7 wan in the case of Felix Crane, aif the city of Seattle, and ask |note today to Germany through his advice. He will give inder sentence of from five years exro. to lit « + {Minister Van Dyke at The Hague, |"°™ : it freely and cheerfully. He BERLIN, March 24—That |" tlon of Przemysi. stn Eat BNedeen nick: 3 to life in the state penitentiary | Schuman, it fs understood, will 4 blood. The correspondent of the Lokal) MRS. MARTIN MAKES A GOOD SUGGESTION tipon conviction of having attacked | protesting against bomb-dropping |appeal. Other alleged graft cases has helped thousands; he one of the greatest and blood. | | The correspondent of tne an 3. a ; se L S : @ young girl some months ago. near relief steamships bound for| will be tried soon. |] may help you. He is one of lest battles of the whole Austro LemeMaNt Ud GF tha wand aanerete| To ald in the “clean-up” campaign in Seattle, Mrs. Jessie E. Martin 4 © ece, : | . d's foremost author- jas sent a le y € ord ce to compel land- Gov. Lister had received letters ‘ the world’s f h G nh campalen in the Bact sagem ‘a has sent a letter to the council, suggesting an ordinance t pel land from former Sheriff Cudihee, as Pelsium | }] itles on physical develop jorma' palg 3 ‘A character and that large bodies of] lords to keep vacant property free from weeds and refuse, 4 7 7 e dco 4 | in the Carpathians | men on both sides are engage | se well as Sheriff Hodge, asking for| The protest followed confirma-| ENGINEERS HEAR LECTURE ment | Is raging ; ag | clemency. Other letters showing|tion from Minister Van Dyke of an| The Pacific Northwest Society of He will write exclusively }} was indicated by reports bg FE aah rad dP aniergy peer ages CENTRALIA HAS A CLEAN.UP DAY é F he was convicted on circumstantial | aeroplane attack on the S$, 8. kif.| Engineers Tuesday night at the| for The Pink and his arti- | pie er A hs Ne tee rciiieary hg tog fay et Ay ra eS ' mad Beehla cape repsperk ae Wagan is spc day s Centra evidence were forwarded to. the ex Chamber of Commerce heard a lec cles will start today. Get U en ell wv OC hurled! and by proclamation of ayor hompson today is a half-hol ecutive. . land, laden with food from the| ture by Howard See. a metallurgist || The Pink and learn the || experts to be only the begin. into the struggle for po ssion of] School children were excused at noon today to aid in the work which is The governor promised the wom | United States for Amsterdam, | of the American Rolling Mill com-| secret of good health. ning of the sanguinary strug the ¢ ‘arpathian passes being conducted by the civic committee of the Commercial Club, Cen- en he would take the case under | while flying the flag of the Ameri-| pany, on the manufacture and use| gie, which It was predicted This situation today overshadows} tralia expects to be the cleanest city in the Northwest by tomorrow, advisement and cause a thorough|can-Belgian relief commlaston lof pure fron | would follow the Slav occupa- | everything else in the war | t a KELSO WILL PUT IN THREE DAYS AT IT q KELSO, March 24.—April 8 9 and 10 have been designated as clean-up” days here by Mayor Talbert, On the last day the city will furnish wagons to haul away the rubbish. No holidays will be declared, | but every one is urged to pitch in and work, MAYOR GILL AND DR, MATTHEWS CLASP HANDS; SWAP GOOD WORD | | | Pledging each other friend- pastor of your church, and T can | | | | “SAY-A- ARE You TOTALLY | BUND? — cAN’r Nou § —~ | 5 NO SIR [| CAN NOT ‘32. \ TELL DAY FROM I'D THROW THIS DOGGONE PARROT js THE RWER IF | THOUGHT ” NO ONE WOULD SEE ME | ship and help, Mayor Hiram C. [say to him, as he to me, wa Gill and Dr. M. A. Matthews of | are friends.” the First Presbyterian church | “Not only are we friends,” ree drew a storm of applause when | sponded Mr. Matthews, “but 1 will they clasped hands at the |help him to the limit’ of my abik Men's club of the First Pres- | ity.” byterian church Tuesday night. | Mayor Gill addressed the club on To those who knew the im- |the work of the administration and | portance of Dr. Matthews’ role in securing the Gill recall in again repeated he will not run for mayor again 1911, the tableau at the church | = nee was not vithout its dramatic | * . : thrill | Use Star Wants Ads for Re- It is very gratifying to me. jsaid the mayor, “to sit beside the | Sults.