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

t CONGRESS TO HEAR APPEAL FOR WORKERS ECOND section of the report of Industrial Commissioner Manley is published on page 8 today. It con- tains some surprising statements, It is worth your attention. VOLUME 18. MOT ROBRIND TH BAPE OUT ik THe N PACKING N aR ine te tse @NUC THE GOODS OR . THE LATEST THING Id ALIBIS ief Lang should not be lightly ried by the fathers and mothers of Se- attle. Do you want him, fathers and mothers, _ preside over the moral destinies of this city? Former Chief of Police Griffiths is correct in saying that, after all, public opinion shapes the administration of city affairs. VER HEAR OF THESE JOINTS, MISTER CHIEF? By Fred L. Boalt “There is less gambling in Seattle than there has been.” —Chief of Police Lang. : “The gambling evil is growing, and the po-| ice department and the sheriff's office have jailed to co-operate with me to stop it.” "_Prose-| ting Attorney Lundin. 1 ere } Either Chief Lang is not telling the truth about gambling) Seattle or else he is so ignorant of conditions that he is fit for office. One day last week Lundin lost a Chinese gambling case Justice Brinker’s court thru the failure of deputy sheriffs! ip remember what they saw when they raided the joint | On the day of the trial the mysterious word went round! close up, for a while at least. “The joints below the line to d. But the very next day they opened again. I was all right. gs had failed to convict. The excitement would ae ‘On that day I met an acquaintance, James R.: Little, a spe-| investigator and formerly United States deputy marshal intrusted with the suppression of the liquor traffic among | ska Indians. _ L told Little what the police hadj me—that the police, made by the gambling case in ‘s court, had ordered the lid d on, and that nothing short @ search warrant and a squad with axes could find a game here in town. ttle laughed. ‘Twenty Places Run Wide Open "I can take you,” he said, “to 20 running wide open right now. Tean take you to a place exactly flar to the one which the deputy couldn't remember about tn iker’s court. You don't need to Bea sleuth to find a game.” gether we went to 219 Occi- tal ave. There was the usual fn front, with a Chinese be- the counter. There was the hallway. No one stopped us, or questioned ‘Me. We walked in. Four Games Going H We found ourselves in a large About 100 men were grouped the tables or playing. They) all white men, There were no s or Chinese playing. The Chinese there were dealing, JEFF Overlooked the Fact That He Had Five in His Hip Pocket Fisher) MUTT, TVE TUst CREATED PUA GREAT war iwenrion > MAYSE LE. THEE ARE Magne ie Disks THAT witt AYreacr 2 A STEEL SHELL FRom iris OORSE. THE SOLDIER simPLY PLACES A Disk AWAY om Hita AND Ir , % THE SHELL AWAY. SEE? | retary should it }eral reserve system. There were four games in full! blast—one chuck-a-luck, two craps and a lottery. Little and I played chuck-a-luck—) and lost; played craps—and lost: bought lott@ry tickets for the “Hung Fuk” drawing at 11 p, m.—and may have won a fortune, for all I know. I didn't go back at 11 to find out.) | (Continued on _Page 7) AID SOUTH IN CRISIS: WASHINGTON, McAdoo Avg. 24 —8ec-| announced that, become necessary, he would deposit $30,000,000 or more in gold in the re e banks at At-| lanta, Richmond and Dallas to en able the banks to rediscount cot- ton loans made by national and state banks belonging to the fed. LONDON—A captain of the Cold. stream guards was saved from a bullet in Northern France by his pocket bible, on the fly leaf of which was written, “Thou, Lord, art} my refuge.” i (wits + WORK! 1 YOO Le PLANT 4 Disk Here \AND THEN GO AND FIRE a CANNON AND YOU WATCH THIS HE Witt, THEY wor ? ig MLL SHOW You, Disk Draw SHELL RIGHT and NO. 156. SEATTLE, WASH., The case of a married chief of police who wines in a public cafe and visits a cabaret girl in her room in the wee hours of the morning may, at first, draw only a smile from you. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE HAD YOUR SMILE, PRAY EARN- ESTLY THAT YOU MAY NEVER NEED TO ASK THIS CHIEF OF POLICE TO SAFEGUARD YOUR C HIL DREN FROM EVIL COMP. ANIONS, _ ma ONE OF THE GAMBLING PLACES = _ VISITED BY A STAR REPORTER »1| Ambassador Asks U. S. to De- Home of the “Loyal Order of Lions,” 1616 Third a most istent gambling “joints” TI arrow point windows behind which the play contin thr yon Note the sign indicating the Central Baptist church. MAROONED BY FLOOD CAUGHT WITH CHINKS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Aug. 24.—! Bight persons are reported to have lost their lives by the overflowing of the waters of the White river the little town of Newport, Ark., is completely cut off from communication with surrounding cities. Residents of the town have taken refuge in the upper storles| with smuggling the Chinese of the hotels and court houses, | the county via Vancouver, B. C. EVERETT, Aug. arrest here today, road The the county lest night (Copyright, 1918, by HM. TUESDAY, one of Seattie’s to one of the I hours of the night and 24.—Two white men and four Chinese are under charged with | violation of the immigration laws. They were caught as the result of | thelr automobile breaking down on near Marysville} white men gave | the names of Frank Walker and| Pierre Penny. They will be charged into The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News : TRAINS AUGUST ONE CENT ‘%}. TWASAT DPLEORG OFFICER, TH 43 A LAWN owen. 1M Jus FROM CAFE ROUNDERS, FROM GAMBL ING HELLS, FROM DISREPUTABLE 3S. A police chief who winks at moral ‘wiliecre- tions is a potential source of harm. What Louis M. Lang, private citizen, does, be overlooked. What Lang, chief of police, is altogether different. It is not difficult now may does, to see why Chief of of One of Aint. Lost With Arabic JGERMANY WANTS TO BE HEARD ) i lay Action on Arabic Until Berlin Can Explain PRESIDENT IS WILLING Wilson Anxious to Get Out of Crisis Without Breaking With Kaiser BY CHAS. P. STEWART | WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Germany desires to be heard in the Arabic case. Ambassador Von Bern- storff today asked that the United States take no action as a result of the sinking of the liner with Americans aboard until an official report is received from Berlin. The German-American situa- tion was brightened with the arrival of the request at the state department. it was made by Von Bernstorff, on instruc- jovernment. Th department did not | definitely announce the receipt of the request, but it was tacitly admitted that the German en- voy has asked permission to make the message public, and it was understood this was given him. As matters now stand, the word from Ambassador Von Bernstorff ie interpreted as admitting Germany will either deny having attacked the Ar, * or will explain in such a way to at least open the way toward possible settlement of the in- cident. There is ro disposition to be captious with the kaiser, but if he |e conciliatory, it is not planned to make such a posl- tion difficult for him. When the Arabic was torpedoed |by a German submarine Dr. E. Janesville, Wi: was among those drowned. He was returning home after service in hospitals of the allie’ ‘LEAPS OFF ROOF OF APARTMENT | AND IS KILLED tions fi hii | Leaping from the roof of the five} story Regent apartments, and Denny way, at 10 a. tm. | diay, Mra, Freda M k, 32,) 112 Queen Anne ave., wife of Joseph | le Kirk, was instantly killed, Her} head struck the pavement. She left home early in the fore- noon, telling her husband, a cook} in Chauncey Wrights restaurant |on Occidental ave., that she was go-; |ing for a walk. Apparently she went |directly to the apartments, aud |leaped to her death | Mrs. C. FP. Mast, residing on the fourth floor of the apartment house, saw the woman's body flash past |her windows. A fraction of a sec ond later, H. M. Bremerton saw her, It now 1# practically up to Bertin | @* did Thelma Charies, 12, and |to give the United States a basis for Mrs. J. H. Kindberg, maintaining friendly relations with|, They notified the police at once | Germany. |The body was removed to the But- President Wilson is satisfied the | \terworth undertaking parlors country desires no steps which will| Kirk can assign no cause for his involve the risk of war, With this | wife's suicide, He says their do- in mind, he intends to do all that|mestic relations had been perfect can consiatently be done to avoid Mrs. Kirk left no note explaining such a situation. her action, | By oo) Pd WHAT ARE YOU L DOWT need GONNA DO WI™ se oTH¥e pie Lu eur "EM IN DAY POCKET AND Go FIRE THE CANNON You WAIT OTHER oF \\ THE u Five ~—~_’em ? HERE Wo MATTER. WHERE ZT AIM AND ms, * cil can, at First)“ “BUD” THE STAR’S LETTERS TO LANG: PAGE 5— sdsE€Ees WOMAN JUMPS 5 FLOORS T0 DEATH Nene PPAR AAA AAR AAR The Seattle Star AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST—Fair TIDES AT SEATTLE High. Low. 1:09 wom. 19.0 1. 10013 wom. 5:10 po m., 18.9 ft. BAe p.m, TA tt OF THIS MAN? Police Lang failed to close up such a grossly im- moral spectacle as “The Oriental Beauties” on Washington st. It is no wonder that with such a police chief in command gamblers run their games right under the noses of the police without molestation. How can the chief reprimand his men when his men have “something on him, ” too? GILL WILL FIRE CHIEF LANG IF | HE’S CONVICTED While legal experts are wrestling with the question | of whether the city council has the power to remove a chief of police, Mayor Gill Tuesday announced that he will ask for Chief Lang’s resignation if the council, after an investigation, should find him guilty of the charges | against him. | At the same time, Councilman Ira D. Lundy de- { clared he will go right ahead with his resolution de- |manding an_ investigation | cabaret-girl “‘hide-and-seek”’ conduct, whether the coun- or cannot, remove the chief. | “The public is entitled to know] Without my making any charges. the facts in the case,” said Lun- Explains Amendment dy, “and there is no doubt that the| | “A charter amendment, drawn counct! has the right to make an/ by ex-Mayor Cotterill during May- investigation at least. The depart-)0r Dilling’s administration, pro- ment efficiency committee has the | Vides that the counci) may remove right to subpoena and swear wit the chief. It also provided the nesses. An invest tion should |mayor might be removed by the be courted by Chief Lang. He/ council. If an investigation could should have the opportunity to vin-| 20t be started without the mayor dicate himself, If, on the other|first making charges, the mayor hand, the charges are true, be removed. It re into Lang’s wine-party- Lang | Would never should be removed if he does not | duces itself to an absurdity. resign.” | “If the council finds in its opin- Says Council Has Power | fon that Chief Lang is unfit to hold Mayor Gill is positive the coun- | office, I shall request him to re cil has the right to remove the | sign. I want the charges proved chief of police if it so desires. | by people under oath. Tho the mayor can remove Lang Asks Only Fair Chance himself, without the council, he re-| “I want the man given a fair fuses to do so, claiming that the chance. If an elector comes before responsibility for such action” |the council and files charges—ift should belong to the council, in| we can get the inside information view of a charter amendment /and prove everything—then he'll passed in 1911. quit whether he wants to or not. This charter “I want to get at the bottom of vides that “the the thing. Nobody feels worse than amendment pro- council may re- | move a chief of police in the samej|I do about it.” manner as other city officials. | Corporation Counsel Bradford, Council Clerk Schrader, however,|on the request of Councilman points out that the method for re-| Lundy, fs looking into the various moving “other city officials” re-|legal angles brought up by the quires the mayor to file charges| Lang case. He is also drawing up first with the council the resolution, asking for a coun- Schrader Disagrees ell investigation, which Lundy will As Mayor Gill will file no | introduce, either at a special meet- charges, saying that while the ing this week or at the regular chief has been “indiscreet,” there | session | Monday. are no grounds for his removal,| sal be prevented from removing | WO ONE BLAMED FOR the chief. LEO FRANK’S DEATH The mayor, however, dispels any such doubts by saying he wie) accept the council's verdict MARIETTA, Aug. Oa-Lee Wi Frank came to his death “at the hands of unknown persons” was Despite the contentions of com- mittee clerks and various others | the verdict returned by the cor- oner’s jury here today. who seem to know all about it,” gays the ‘mayor, “the councll is! The Mastrola Is Selling empowered to remove the chief FISHER Rapidly Some time ago Eilers Talking Machine Company announced that they would make an exceptional offer on a limited number of Mastrola talking machines to readers of The Star. The machines have been selling rapidly and the company states that it will be only a comparatively short time till the allotted number wili If you have be exhausted. not a talking machine in your home, this offer should appeal to you. On page $ today you will find a large ad, containing full details of the offer, also a picture of the machine, which will show you just what tt is, And if you contemplate taking advantage of thrs special opportunity it would be well to arrange to do so at once.