The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 23, 1915, Page 1

OUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE LANG OLLIE LL R PLDI PRP PPP PDD RA PAPRAAARAAAAS eT ee ~ Prana eSeattle Star) RAR AAA AAR AAA Annan JUST A GAME OF HIDE-AND-SEEK WHAT DO You THINK OF THE Tut! TuT! DON'T BOTHER fig PLAYING De-TEC-A- TLFF JUST A BOOZING CAFE ROYSTERER! ; IVE us the kind of a man who stands up on his own AND HIS FREE AUTOMOBILE RIDES. And it seems likely two legs in a fight! Caught with the goods, Chief of that the mayor's well-known tendency to stick by his ap- Police Lang brazenly lies, fixes up fantastic excuses and goes pointees, even tho they be false friends, may prevent Gill around pleading with his friends to intercede for him and 0 firing him. + ‘ie ‘ ; ‘ his is not the first scrape Chief Lang has been in. And we his job. Always, sinc e was ap ed chie as . we 7 : . ee } . ce he was appointed chief, he has if we know human nature, the chances are there will be more P been getting into hot water. And always he has been after his of them. friends to help him out. The Star supported Gill for mayor and would be pleased Lang wants his job. He has no further vision of useful- to see his administration a successful one. ness. He wants the job for the money there is in it, and the It cannot be a success, however, if the head opportunity it affords him to ride around in the tonneau of Of the police department, whose duty it is to main- 8 big city-owned automobile, all swelled up with his own im- tain decency, revels in public cafes and visits with | portance, and a police officer as his chauffeur. cabaret girls in the early hours of the morning. It is generally considered bad taste for public officials It is particularly an insult to the decent wom- to use city automobiles for their own personal enjoyment. But @phood and boys and girls of Seattle, that the /that has never made any difference to the chief. It is doubt- man to whom they must look for protection ful if it ever even occurred to him that it might not be right. hould b b : f t A square man, if he found he was embarrassing, by tact- a sot - 8 eee See eer “Jess and indiscreet’ behavior, the man who had appointed him, Purge your administration! would resign. BUT LOUIE WON'T; HE WANTS HIS JOB FIRE HIM, MR. MAYOR! Nab Gamblers! { OPERATE HIEF LANG Monday sent a letter to The Star, asking the name of the Investigator who told |) in Saturda: h coe bling In “The Green Room. “While at the cafe, | was advised that | wi ihadowed. That meant that some of the few in chief | the department who are not in sympathy with trying to get some club to hold over my head. | anxious “to co-ope ! This information came to me soon after we had reached the cafe. Everything | did during the night, Th tar” and to “ from the moment | got the advice, was done with the knowledge that | was being watched by members °." j of the police department. ‘ . | ir investigater’s evi- “While at the cafe, | arranged with the manager to have one of the entertainers apparently meet me dence, he'll swear out war. Dat: | on the street. AFTER THAT WE PLAYED HIDE-AND-SEEK WITH MY SHADOWERS FOR SOME rants and “m: the nec: SHIEF LANG, in his statement in reply to A resolution, ing an_ investigation the | ME—Prem_Shiet_ Lange: statement: - } } i Fal. “Ffem cht cas nat _the charges of The Star, grew almost melo~ | wane ta: Se ins ts inradaoad of Cosscman Landy in oe eect 9 CAVALRYMEN. PREACHERS SAY BALKAN NATIONS ’ latic in his assurances that he wasn’t going | Uinain than to you. ‘The Star va charter amendment doped atthe vine] DIE IN BATTLE THERE'S DEVIL | NOW EXPECTED believes Lundin is honestly try- ing to do his best, in spite of the handicaps of certain police and deputy sheriffs. This eleventh-hour anxiety on your part, chief, to “clean up gamblitg.” doesn't fool The Star. YOU KNEW ABOUT GAMBLING IN “THE GREEN ROOM” BEFORE THE STAR PUBLASHED THE ACCOUNT OF IT. YOUR DETECTIVES pstand for any more gambling in the city of uttle. He says he’s going to protect the wives id mothers of men who are weak enough to, into the hands of these gamblers.. The Star ys, and Lang knows, that he has been aware te situation FOR ALMOST A YEAR. Why in't he protected these wives and mothers be- saotacel Sistas“ ™""*! WITH MEXICANS. HERE, ALL RIGHT TO TAKE SIDES l 9 as : — | | Ang, said Lundy Monday. “If they are true, he is a PATAGONIA, Ariz, Aug. | jt {s considered practically a) LONDON, Aug. 23.—The Balkan disgrace to the city and totally unfit to be at the head) 237-4 force of U.S cavalry | vcinch” thet there is a devil in § and American cowboys fought —aitie, despite the opinion to the |stage. of the police department. The council should investi-) » four-hour battle with Mex! [Contrary of Tir, Aked, of San Fran.|~ Italy having declared war on Tur- -|situation has entered an acute Why didn't he protect the wife and child ABOUT OTHER PLACES XXb } gate and either acquit him or fire him without unneces-| Santa cruz county. Hesniel in’ | clato. expressed, fn 4,,feeeat mln-| key, earty action Jo now expected erry Dunaway? Lang's detectives have} "Xo, cia, vs ave to cxt:| °™ Monday’ morning Landy took the matter up with] Srswrett tie Sek [A sinshorn, pn oe 2 fe tie e him posted, on the operations of | the'} i"ita'wwn" acini iw tein | Corporation Counsel Bradford for the purpose of Graw-| sry; esicane ma faen is |E)"S tietsrng cut ac tet ations have ben sas for 5s. BUT THE GAMBLERS HAVE: You hed “yous chante to do it}! i the résolution. the taht. ‘ ‘ watking about seeking whom he!" Serbia is expected to let it be PERMITTED TO STAY IN BUSI-|\ ven Fine, and you tatted. Thisavthoe cousall ghtatihl sit tin ihe ‘tnathée deben ci“ <eldlety ere camped oh tortion, || PET ere sass se) ERRwS Bomaihty, Deberes Suae eee monn. 0) The Bar, tell sn the fol- Sco |e eettealycatisteniany: % Ge. conver, che "Thare they threnton to | tiny afar tems traottes anon (iat Macedontn to, Bulgari, i re ~ have sold out to him. Satan has) > v IS STILL GOING FULL) that the) ii omen were hurried here f Premier Venizelos will be sworn es WHIC ) Neo : a purchased their silence. ST. wt) | The board of equalization closed responsibility for removing the chief should really belong| {em the valley by automobile |", ‘Svdney Strong, pastor of the |” “uring the day as the head of A z f oat f Queen Anne Congregational church, | “ |the assessment of the Hyde Coal to the council. Quecn Anne Congreg tional church |pelieved a statement may come into the gambling this night were perfunctory. Sunday's Christ |Sovernment will pursue, Serbian |kept the door unlocked. No one| The Japanese steamer Panama| oe eee ae Set | Sunday's Christ |i iomats shave. characietived’ Bab i - ; | ii ai H | cross and sack the San Rafael . yhy? ing article about one of the Chinese lottery BOARD FINISHES JOB ,. h {yess first sued _- by » and} .<roee and sack the San Rafael /ihe devil. Why? Because they lon the side of the allies, ite session for this year by cutting Jast night. the new Greek cabinet sand it fs | $ dailies pice from him as to the policy of his i to fin, . Th lar the devi, stated positively that} By Fred L. Boalt. gerd pti —_ i room, Hf ay yt an tng in LINER is ASHORE AT there are “false Christs.” He said |S°ermemt, tom | ¢ ” , | Billy Sunday's Christ was false, | . ~ evening last week | | The duties of the “lookor £7 bean damaged THREE THREE POINT |’ enat'be ‘Aked was Tieht when | Serbia as to the course King Peter's at 412 Main et. | didn’t hich No. 412 is typical | does not exist. ; was scrutinized. A schoolboy) Which * od ypical. |Maru, which went aground tn the pears. «Ai tS Ak |garia’s demands as exorbitant. (8 guide. | followed the could have got in. j Reyer ade © ge Rho Dh rk mud off Three-Tree point in the | —_ ” RS OS I have been told by the police ** *° - fog and smoke early Monday morn | MOTHER JONES TO ‘ABE RUEF LEAVES policema |that it Is wise policy to Int the| Datronize No. 412 ing, was still beached Monday aft in front. | Chinese gamble among themaelves,| When I got inside the room was ‘ Ey “aes | ernoon | Chinaman was in the = just as it is wise policy to let theni| filled. 1 counted 14 negroes and PORTLAND, Aug. 23.—Tho for in detail the conditions which led) "Orcas of the Osaka Shosen ‘WORK IN NORTHWEST past which patrons |smoke opium: but that they (the| 18 white men. I learned, from mation of a league between nn-|to the organization of the United) Kaisha, owners of the Maru Iners,| “Mother” Mary Jones, noted or- SAN QUENTIN PEN place must go to reach | police) do not permit the Chinese talking with pee men, that the tions to settle questions of a judi sat thé stnnis ahee Hanon said they hoped to float the big |ganizer of mine workers, now 84. 4. QueNTING Aug. 29:—Abra- eee inthe reer, po. |'2,,eamble with Americans or to|nesroes ory er tne white mmen| cial nature arising between Dang controversies which arise ‘be-|*tsamer at high tide at 6 o'clock./has, informed J. GQ: Brown. presi], Ruef, former political boss of are unfriendly to gamb! ing, ben ee, fe a Aare of the laboring and clerk class, tions, and thus do away with prac-|tween states to those which arise o¢ the beach at that point, they say | Timberworkers, that she will be in |San Francisco, left San Quentin at man in the “lookout” can |LOTTERY DRAWINGS The place lottery joint tleally all of the necessity for) between independent nations, with) they believe the hull was not in-| Seattle about October 1 to turn her 6:40 a. m. today, a free man, s0 out suspicio: looking | I got to 412 in time for the armed combat, was advocated here) this difference in their settlement: | sured. attention to organizing shingle far as a parole and an exile of who wright be cee. | HELD HOURLY eng Yuen,” or 8:30 p. m., draw- this afternoon by former President| The states in adopting the tedernl|? aan — { mill, sawmill and lumber camp la-|three months in Mendocino county | 1 cannot square this version of} ing. W. H. Taft, in an address before! constitution, gave up the right to| Mrs. Ida Ball Quarren and af-|porers. She will speak in lumber- | permit Ing to un- es “yp aie oats pes | the police policy with what I have| I should explain that there are the Joint meeting of the Oregon) make independent agreement be-|finity, 8, P. Christy, face death in| ing towns of this state, Oregon, Cal-| Ruef arose early and was ready and Washington Bar association. tween themselves, or to declare/electric chair in North Carolina/{fornia and perhaps British Co-|to step outside the prison gates 3.) | The former president reviewed| war on one another. next month. | lumbia when they opened at 6 o'clock. Big Bargains for Tuesday Are told of in The Star door, in the rear of the seen at No. 412 Main st., and « ®, opens into a short hall which number of other similar places of (Continued on Pa TT Shows Inventive Genius and JEFF Shows Generalship By “BUD” FISHER 1916. by LC. Fisher) m Ive gust = oy Fg FAIR ENOUGH! Now you PUT (T ON» pexcanagire gags tel WALK OFF ABOUT TEN PACES WHICH WILL SIs AND TLL SHOOT AT IT, IF THE STRONGEST Ir DOT WORK You'Lt GO DOWN {6 HISTORY AS A MARTYR LIKE . LET THE DOG DO - NATHAN HALE THE WATHAN HALE A i, ( ' 4 AND BE THE roerrev! ; AND Tim SUPPOSED}, To weeRIT wie EMTION THAT W/L CUR NAMES ALONGSIDE NATIONAL PATRIOTS WASHINGTON, LINCOLN - ads today. One store is : arltigtyiate having a big silk sale Another store is closing out its stock, ete, ete, It will pay “you to scrutinize the ads with es: care today, as Seattle's best stoMs have some most interesting things to tell you. Remember, you can save a lot of money on things that you actually have to buy, And it's what you save, more than anything else, that leads to financtal Independence. (Capra (PUK ir MLC Peberd