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

| HE’LL CARRY FIGHT FOR PEACE Woman Poses as Man; Girls Kill Selves in Hopeless Love for Her PRP PPP PPP PPG PPP PPP DDD VOLUME 18. NO, 90. SEAT WASH We would have printed the story of the bad man's exploit if much bigger news had not crowded it off the __ They nodded, smiled, waved the Bryan wire. As it turned out, the bad man had his trouble for oe eee his pains. Washington again ent Wi left the White \ ' ' ere it happene t ow omar Hou short before Ile was accompanied by innoce tander wii hat — ecret service operati went for a drive \ part - tourists 1 red. He bowed ile the ba The te pte cll to th va 1 Trivial tramped on ar tter ) P wes i 7 a Clackety-clack outed the wire. Came, then, new i i tn Che ati of graver import, tho lacking official confirmation If the kaiser’s reply to President Wilson's note should be a blunt refusal to abandon ibmarine war he rae MODY tae showed a sheet of flimey fae on the merchant marine, what will Daniels do? Pe ie FOG eg uted to the managing Daniels, secretary of the navy? pg St eee tion. Like B he is a pacificist. It is said “in wel galvanized into furi actior We got « an extra bed paid ol We beat towr : Berlin Car Ackerman ni Press " This morning [agus believe the duly ‘imkaion ‘the earns that our government has warned American busi staff who has curiosity to what became of the ness men in Berlin to all buying and) conser their funds until the ce m of the negotiations be bad man who tried to. she &@ neighborhood some where or other tween Berlin and Wash ore ee This has an ugly look The nation’s premier has What « it Clamorous Washington once more: \\ilson stands mean? War? firm He emphasizes the doctrine of protection for Between editions we are discussir the prospect Americans wherever they go. Ever since the commencement of the war in Europe, Then London shouldered Washington out of the way we have argued the theory of war. How about the London: ‘The newspapers interpret the resignation actuality of war? of Bryan as meaning that Wilson's note is so firm that en CM Mii M war. may result The telegraph soune itkeeping up a constant Berlin: Ambassador Gerard has sent™to Foreign clatter The operator, fast as he is with his typewriter, Minister on Jagow a scrapbook containing clippings tan scarce keep up with it from American newspapers showing tl sentiment of GOD BLESS YOU,’ SAYS BRYAN TO WILSON: TO PUBLIC The Seattle Star (Nie The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News Unsettied; probably showers Divi AL measeb High WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1915 ONE CENT Us resins Any 12S eee tes Ws STANDS, Se 441 pom, 129 ft #:mO p Our Telegraph Is Clacking News of War! Forget This Note Stuff! War! What Is It--the Real Thing? By Fred L. Boalt Washington as at at 10 tl the American peopl th relation to the ‘torpedoiss BAD MAN, made worse by whisky, was running morning en ed his office he hande hat e Lusitan amuck, shooting up a neighborhood somewhere— to I die Savoy, the doorkeeper The doorkeeper hadn't What the sent r reflected we don’t know where ee eee ee ee ee a <3 Ag. He 1is. of : dent!" who Perhaps the befuddled fool thought, if he killed Over it, The premier was “haggard and pale” da wid will be protected enough people, he would break into the newspapers and He stayed but few minute \s he was $0 acquire a fleeting near-fame Counselor Lansing temporary uccessor os It was an embarrassing moment for city hall reporter, “I ad- sacrifice office for prin- ou can't arbitrate ken y a ck with a nation, either.” If we g " said the cub reporter, “I'm going »€ t I der ar is like to a man who is i.” e all wondered oe eee Cynthia Grey had entered the big room from her hole-in-the-wall, and was listening. She has a copy, open, of Collier's. She shows us a reproduction of a photograph under the caption, “Glimpses of War-Mad Europe.” The picture shows a battle scene near Grodno, north had been fighting hand- ted shell burst among them, killing frieng& s a fine picture, and full of detail You know by looking at it just how those soldiers died. You can see their open,’ staring eyes. You can see their twisted, broken bodies. You can see their torn flesh The corpses are all crumpled up. They lie as they 1, in grotesque positions. There are ‘dark spots on the earth. They are blood pools In the lower right-hand corner you can see a hand and forearm. You can see the wrist band of a sweater. It isn’t a regulation garment. It's a fine, warm sweater, such as a wife ora mother might knit for a husbaad or son who was going to war “I. THINK,” SAID CYNTHIA GREY, “THAT WAR MUST BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.” | DENY MERCY ‘DOESN'T WANT BRYAN’S LAST’ wien = aay at gi sree” om oe TQ LEQ FRANK WOMEN JURY DAY IN OFFICE WILSON city to the county jail, one day last week, and turned “him"| | | over to the matron of the women’s department, the matron ATLANTA, June §—The Georgia| OLYMPIA, June §.—A. L. Miller.| WASHINGTON, June %—Seo: | : said: | state prison commission today re baa peopel er mee bal os — retary Bryan said his official | J | eg is president of the Union Lum “I guess you've come to the wrong place.” fused to recomm: ms a a her Co. hia employer, on May. 2,| farewell at the White House at nm ’ ” ” , » ) erno rt ao 3 ranks hi row i n i. : 'e aH But he hadn't. “Harry” dresses in men’s clothes; “he | *?°r apr: i 4 Sie taaiae when be found Chatten witb 12:30 today. There was no rea “ looks and acts like a man. But “he” is omat wihdes ee fo in the Millers’ hom: nio son, he said, why he might not / “His” : 4 Py y a woman nevertheless.| os inent. The commission's jurie-| Mills, went on trial for hin life) o9y dade ta Keamans| aacnty. : pe name is Nell Pickerell. Nell has been in jail a lot here today diction In the case ends with this The retiring 7 eretary walked The court room was crowded | y STANDS PAT of times, and in a lot of jails for that matter, but she and f . “ih }decision, and it Is now up to the Prec | from the department to the matron had never happened to meet before aka ‘The commission dad] pmsee are sare, ailier,| the White House, where Pres! By John Edwin Nevin A few minutes later the matron, blus ‘Os cl ‘ ci v ,| dent Wilson and Secretary ON cd. “aly crodnese, Nott, Tknams how to seatch mn omen | ems Pare” f,sAeommants ih gor] aaa "tgg"tnntb and | Tamale hn WASHINGTON, June 9.—Facing the greatest crisis in recent American hiss : My goo s, } 3 t o oO searc Os omen,!ernor has sole authority bi “4 y From the White House Bryan 4 H but I don’t know how to search you!" clemency plilior. who sat between his at] ene to a photagraphe where |t0FY, President Wilson was today standing firm upon the policy that there shall be — % aes ee Gov. John M. Slaton must orneys, smiled and waved a Ae ee es oes Dip he ‘ } child fo when they en picture, and then |no surrender of American rights. \ f e A ‘i “ now say whether Frank shall hildren and wi naleh ale hank ' Nell is 34. The police say she is “bad.” She has worn M tered the court room | returned to his ho Ys i i. ts ts o hang the murderer of mm ot “ 7 . | ry Recei Report the red hasi doctrine men’s clothes practically all her life. She has been arrested] Phagan of shall spend the rest Court adjourned at noon, with 10] core eee the White House No matter what cost may be, he is prey to emphasize the oF | times without number, often for stealing Ek they gad aula Fy gore de fn me JU" | Bryan said good-bye to the officiais| Protection for Americans wherever they may go. vee ee Ov . e an ] at Milley igevi e. os 7 renee ig “he oe nd # ployes of he p | . + 7 *. . . a She ine been a op 3 bartender and Pasay x8 in her Now Up to Governor ond venire had been exhausted and emplores ot tas departosat| President Wilson’s rejoinder to Germany was signed by Robert Lansing, as ime. She is a “pool slicker” of merit. She takes her; Frank has lost a point by the| Both sides have also exhausted a lighted b: he bade the liquor ‘man-fashion and swears like a man. \Vhen the police| commission's decision, for it is cus thelr challenges. nse for the fee nena essen ‘hice met acting secretary of state, at 12:50 today. i 'y or » or » xercised its bt of ch i pick her up there is always a short, brisk fight. A welter-|tomary. altho not obligatory. tor teige on five women after ques.|Yolce Was subdued, his face gray | Lansing said the note would be forwarded to Berlin at 2 p. m. weight, she has a punch in either hand i commends. tioning them closely and deeply lined, and he war She is a cigaret smoker, but en- trying to understand her daughter. weThe adverse recommendation| Miller's attorneys have given no drensed almont in funeral arb. The resignation of Secretary Bryan, accepted by the president late yesterday, foys a cigar {She is as puzzled as a hen that has| Was immediately forwarded to the| intimation of what defenne they nave no ewe oe watt. wi) &) has solidified the administration. Wilson now has the support of his official 4 ‘ } Rainey | intend to make, but it presumably half smile. “I will talk about any Na Several years ago Nell was ew-| hatched out a duckling pagoda occ po plligns. | will be the unwritten law thing this afternoon,” he continued. |family in his controversy with Germany. i _* * d 01 m1 | nm u W ployed as bouncer in « combination jeu Davidson voted against gran | plactng hie arths about nearby news y. saloon and dance hall in Spokane. Nell {s in jail for “vagraney.” The|'ng the appeal. Commissioner Pat bootlegging on the Spokane Indian petticoats. She isn't. masquera the sentence. cggeeanrgeo ry Sentenced to Die June 22 Should the governor refuse to in: | me his office $a man, She doesn't wear petti Heart-crushing is one of Neil's accomplishments. . Two girls have committed (tell anybody she is a man, She coats part of the time and trousers reservation. with his legs swung ov The also refuse to respite the prisoner, one corner until the succeeding — governor| etary pause t t cexeinutth per men tn friendly fashion, and The name of Robert Lansing, as acting secretary of state, is affixed to the : ‘ ‘Another time she was indicted for|iaw cannot compel her to put on| tef#on voted in favor of commuting | ‘HOW LANE WOULD alked with them from the corridor|mew note, and the resignation of Bryan will become effective the moment the docu- Compares Himself to a Hen {ment starts on its way to the German foreign office. e the rest of the time ‘She decane terfere with the Jury’s verdict and | REPLACE SALOON There he leaned against his desk Bryan declared today he will endeavor to enlist public support of his stand for © and sighed {arbitration of the difficulties with Germany, as against the president’s answer, ; Icide for love of her. Gertie | wears trousers “because she wants ‘ bn June 26, Frank will] EVERETT, June 9—The estab.|but broke the tension by saying is an ultimatum ME) Bamuels shot herself in the |to,” and she callx herself “Harry taken office on ine 26, Frank will ishment of a number of bulldings| "Did any of you ever see a O aere lode . hat I llize th ti t of th be ; femple when “Harry” failed to | Allen” for the same reason pesghould. the governor respite|Where transient and homeless men at night trying to cover up her| will do what I can to crystallize the sentiment of the country hind the ( pi hoe liege sigh 9) biponey Visitors to the jail are |prank, he would probably allow|may congregate when the saloons chicks? Did she seem fusay and] suggestions I originally made to President Wilson,” said Bryan. “As I explained 4 ‘alters left a note, “I love you, shocked to a tone him 30 days, which would ploce the |close In this state next January, was |{rritable? h ident did not feel he Id chi hi itio! That ‘a ‘Harry,’ tho you are a living among the women prisoners, (date of execution on the 22nd of |discussed by Representative W. D L have felt like that hen at times {Upon resigning, the president did not fee cou ange his position. t is lie,” and hurled herself off a strutting about with “his” | july Lane of Seattle, in an address Wed |1 have tried to keep a number of/the right way for him to look upon the matter, as he is entirely honest in his be cliff at Madrona park when she hands in “his” pante’ pockets, Some time between June the /nesday at the charities conference international secrets covered, and made the discovery that or hooking “his” thumbs In |day Gov.elect Nat C, Harris takes |here. He proposed the installing of {sometimes have been cross and {r.|But as a private citizen, I can tell the people, of the United States why I belie ; “Harry” was a woman, or adjusting |the oath of office, and July 22, an|smoking rooms, pool and billiard ritable. But you don't question the! my plan is better and the one that must be adopted if the nation is to keep out § When Nell was arrested this a nice taste appeal to the new governor for|tables, libraries, lunch rooma and|hen'’s good Intentions, and I hope i) fast time, the police found her lcommutation would be made auditoriums in these buildings you will not question mine.’ of this war. so oes anes é A hs In a saloon in company with a ‘# a — ve rn it REG SN — ee ae a na 8 what ope to a man and two girls, drinking. | (~ Gl a PHN ag ADR ga acme ——-~j/complish. If I can convince the Neither the man nor the girls A MARRIED MAN’ s TROUBLES people that my plan will ald in suspected that Nell was nota [ preserving peace, they can let the ener ARES ===5~ fact be known and then the presié ; “ee at % omer aap PE ar lV cior 5 ANDA EVERY ONE dent can adopt new methods. 14 WHEE HERE f va OTHES Lu,| | “TO THEIR OWN, Nell started wearing trousers’ | lai piace wien senipan? || WELL MRS, WHY pip she Have | | WHY -You see - _ [IN A BATHTUB “MEP sTurew | | How DREADFUL! "| | OPINION — BUT) SHOULD fou see, my position was mbeby when she was a little girl. The | |4oy PROMISED ‘To TeLL me. || BLACKMORE CALLED)! | Wig ARRESTED? | |WE THREW HER FULL OF waver? | | VER mente JAM. |S Too Good | | SAY THAT THE FELLOW ba chabert Winey Ad bicycle craze was new. Nell hada | AND | WANT ‘YO KNOW [We POLICE AND Don KEEP Me. IN IN THE BATHTUB a FOR. THE BRUTE: WAS D > MODEST enlaliata ney mare ¥ voles to. bicycle. For ease in riding she put UY HAD SOME FELLOW THIS SUSPENSE ¢ FULL OF WATER. CLOTHES Oo} — ABOUT IT — OH HUM approve t he. note ut had toy on a apir of boy's short pants, No- Maneata> : J sign it. I could not do this when’ body was shocked C ron tall) 2 I belleved its proposals were not ’ She has worn trousers ever the methods I believed should: ha since Probably she Is in revolt against that law of society which says women must confine their legs in clinging, hamperng petticoats, tho the reason she gives for wearing men’s clothes is the typical wom an's renson—" Because | want tc Somewhere in the background ts @ husband of whom nothing ts known. Nell has a son 18 years od. He te In Alaska Nell's mother lives in Seattle She is « woman of refinement, a thorcly womanly woman, and Nell’s eccentricities “and waywardness grieve ber. She long ago gave up’ Those closest to him declare, however, that he will appeal to the, people to line up their congressmen: to defeat any movement for war. President Wilson and the retirs ing secretary conversed in the most friendly fashion for ten min- ites in the blue room of the White House today r: When Bryan, extending his hand, arose to go, ect exclaimed in the. re breath, “God bless you, Bryan's volee was husky and hig eyes were wet as he bade farewell to the 150 officlals and employes (Continued on Page &)