The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 16, 1915, Page 1

Ile’s celebrating Tobacco Day ake Steilacoom. See page 8 ONGRESS declares for a bigger army and navy in the poll taken for The Star C Che president announces himself in favor of defens preparedness. So we are to have a bigger army and navy All right! But before congress appropriates another cent the people of the United States should DEMAND AN At COUNTING on the m mation’s military establishment ney already appropriated for the In the last 30 years the population of the United States has increased approximately 85 per cent The wealth of the nation has increased 185 per cent. BU’ EXPENDITURES FOR THE GOVERNMENT HAVI INCREASED 400 per cent Appropriations for the army and navy combined 15 FOR ARMY | SEE HARRY TREAT | ASFARMER’S WIFE L AT SOCIETY SHOW By Fred L. Boalt T IS difficult to be serious about the Society Circus at the “Hippodrome next week. Three hundred and fifty members of Seattle society, men and youths, maids and dowagers, will deck themselves out ridiculously and make amusing fools of themselves And we, who may not enter society's drawing rooms are invited to pay two bits to see them do it Well, I hope they make a lot of money, for the proceed U. S. WILL SELL BONDS ! SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1915. ONE CENI years ago amounted to only about $50,000,000 annually Yet, altho we were spending a larger per cent F ww the current year the combined appropriations are than any of those nations, we are woefully un- $240,000,000, 4 ‘ P yrepared. Nearly 68 per cent of the entire revenue of the prepared overnment for prepa n for rin payment WHY IS IT WE GET LESS. FOR OUR gove e roes for preparatio yr or in payments ; atl Gia tealegaair hihi ec bon MONEY THAN ANYBODY ELSE? on account of war, Bice vot the difterende 1 ; fais hie’ tan While we spend 68 per cent of our revenues that Gek-aien are battee fed. better clothed: etter housed on war purposes, Germany, before the outbreak of and better treated, but t ulk of difference lies in th the present war, was spending only 55 per cent of inefficiency our method of handling fund her revenues for this purpose, and YET SHE HAD Useless navy yards Boia ioe ee purpose 2 ! Ip > ; use Ss army posts, us for political por ry congress AN l NC )RMOUSLY . SUPERIOR MILITARY men who seck appropriations for their home districts; the FORCE AT HER DISPOSAL. scattering of the army all over the country instead of all these cause waste cent of her cent, and Japan was spending only evenues; Great Britain only rance only 35 per cent 45 per 37 per concentrating it in a few places And on top of all this is the private profit I amounting to between 20 and 60 per cent on every MRS. SARAH BIGELOW, holding her home against deputy sheriffs who seek to oust her, péses for The Star photographer with her rifle in her hands. AND NAVY Administration Decides on Steps to Provide Money Im-, mediately for Defense. | WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.— The administration has prac- tically decided to sell $250,000, 000 worth of government bonds ade the issue of the coming na mal campaign. Regarding the iff, Wileon will stand for making concessions “deemed necessary” in| a readjustment of the tariff to provide money for national Opposition to the measures i« pean expected from former Secretery | nase” Panama at” jipanoet Die adherent, — gw pe + he a nye: Plate of Secretary Garrison call bonds, authorized by congress, but still unused. They will be used solely toward partial pay ment of the $400,000,000 ex penditure planned in army and navy extension. President Wilson for an increase of 000.000 in the | annual appropriations for hiv de partment | Pian Great Reserve Army j He proposes a regular army of | enlisted for six years, | hopes to are to go to charity. The fun is to be elaborately and lavish cure tha differches from oth training two months a year ly staged. It ought to be worth any man’s two bits, for in-| er revenues. © years, after which they t 4 . ' jon he would be on furlor mate Stance, to see Harry Whitney Treat, disguised a He w “ continuation wey @ . Fe n furlougu and ultimately | 5 vf “1 ” sugar tax, thus bringing in 0, constitu 4 wife, driving an ancient “buggy” drawn by a le i anaieen ene te as ma (the nation could draw mare, into the Hippodrome, bringing “her” three hopes to get ased returns from |nes fa (prominent members of the Rainier club) to see the circu me tax stoms and interns In connection with J cee re more liberal treatment | F I am reminded of an interview 1 q Secretary of the Nav 4 once had with G. K. Chesteron, the f “ram calls for a five-year 4 English writer. He discussed mill- gram wiil be met as they art fing $500,000,000 in pr a ionaire jokes Make Them Party Measures = 'DK » new dreadnaughts, g A South African millionaire had means of obtaining the *uper-battle cruisers, more than . given a bizarre dinner at the Sa and securing united support *tbmarines, 50 destroyers and many ‘ voy in these vast undertakings will be Suxiliary ships ¥ An American millionaire, who! discussed in a “war” conference of| The first yen recommenda had made his money Alaska, de leaders. before con! ti it In believed, will call for : gave a dinner at the same ho en ! jreadnaughts, two battle eruts | which was designed to put ration will make. the undersea craft, 12 destroy: NEW YORK, Oct. 16—The south African’s dinner in the shade. qe arty measure and three scout ships, ink was barely more than dry Thi# latter dinner cost $50,000. |the prime business bef the com _ today on the contract for the (The dining room was decorated ing session American $500,000,000 loan to /*ith lcebergs studded with The house rules committ monds Polar bears, reinde pected to rush thelr consid the allies than Lord Reading | foxes, penguin and seal (dead, of|and all the inf of the admin announced they will soon ask course) we grouped among the istration will be turned toward get another huge credit. bergs in the more natural attitudes. ting them thru as expeditiously and While Reading refused to The waiters were Sekines The smoothly as possible. state terms or amount, he ad- | Suests received rubles and pearis as Issue of Next Campaign i eomvenirs It is stated that President Wilson i mitted the second loan will “*-. rate bey r gpl copper. iW petsibiy be asked within a Chesterton said this North pole |timenl defense wrogram. it will te . month or two dinner was a frost. Contemplation at f lereecemennne ¢ it him cold. It was ele 2 DEAD WHEN N P ia ace ne to Ch ert i WASHINGTON Oct 16. The known to have been illed, others the people n former ee ee eee ee’ WILL HAVE TO DIE ©: yin” declared were injured today, when a oes wor heery Lr eng rensy cag 3 Pacific motor car tra - 1 16 administration's prepared ; iva! a fleod-wea 4 brides SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 16—Joe ness progran unas vse sient Oe Fancy er tundoilph, Kan.| Hillstrom, I. W. W. organize : Wo not © to discuss the pre | ee act, Meee ont ago tous don en, Santon, however, wath Se) WPL By IS de nee for murder at the pres Bryan continued He said in : to the raging creek pardons board today and believed the country Is convinced ‘ ~ fronted by a long erimin that we should be very adequately BA T TLE ae HOOD RIVER, Ore., Oct. 16.—Be he board, it 1s bolleve Pier cause bears k in the hills in| g@ e him to death t what : ie NOGALES Oct, 16.—Gen Alas this vicinity are heavily furred and|siate firing squad OGALES, Ariz } rolling in fat, pioneer we rok Villa is hurling practically all his | predict an early, long| Star Want Ads will find a renter L uvatiable forces against the strong q | liege cae aS — —— Adjoining wtates, despite the U. 8.! Bm T FREED OF MURDER ..200 ecetian os & 7 firat chi according to reports ._JAP PORTER DIDN FEE Oe OER i an be i i v. Campbe or, stands (Tetugees who are fleeing by horse KNOW HIS BOSS; FINE. ich'stiuc eh tn Moti tt ee OT lrangza region, where @ battle im * earold Ethel MeDon. |" * “ « her poison risacl pends dence ‘ a The mines and smelters at Cana-| v D) VAT eiroutt tom pt being |ne® will close next week Five} —_—_——_—_—— made t Campbell w thousand will be thrown out of} it rerpo ondition of the| Wor Railroad communication! Gen, Villa and Gen. Rodolfo |ix stated messages he sent last i Here's a t er ple es a ed it wa hey oni) vs ‘etel h © have become| With Cananea ts cut | Fierro, his chief of staff, were | night came this forenoon. Get acqu our em.) th 200 of narcotics anc 7 in 4 sarc ( Ville is reported at Naco-| reported dead In personal re- ann ‘ 1 1 mother ion, Ville P ployes: cash t been stores vari with a flying column of 8,000] ports here today from Casas RRO ES py SO url ith Myine aia g’ more] Rraraee reais ee wo eee | BRUOATOR QUITS q past da at the Swift | night locked the safe ahead of time CRUSHED BY LOGS Villistas are advancing via San| fiemation of either report. The pharr econd ave. and Pf e at.,| the cle who closed at 1 o'clock bh phe story concerning Villa was that | gana Ban't know who bis hors {s, 80) bid the money | wer contain Gor “Obregon has rushed 5,000| after trouble with his troops | CHICAGO, Oct, 16.—Mrs meen He Ghw & mss At € C Clock HAE | ne : Ar, OVI) EVERETT, Oct. 16.—Carl Henry|Carranzietas to Gen, Hill, In So-} he was fatally shot Flagg Young intimate@ today she a « er ae ip lot of 4 é drugs ny dara - Castaon worke on thelnora, with which to cheek. the reb DENIED will not seek re-election as superin 4 Opium, morphine and cocaine, and ed on th also, The porte in’ , REPORT |S 7 ” elping elf to some ca he who | t on duty in the | Brown's Ff Logging Co. railroad, |¢ ad vane IGTON, » Oct 6.—The |tendent of schools here I have q deoumed it was the be He of-| morning, couldn't see anything |!# dead today, a carload of logs hav MOR HE'S DEAD Be igtait Tare teniak teparta|dohe my duty, and I need a rest,” Raltiod tia ‘isd ing fallen on him while he wa . t " euter @ eo bias ce re aaa sines | tha aoe anal Pet thee working ops altoh at a. eee pene. PASO, Oct. 16—Both that Gen, Villa haa been killed, It she commented, urely walked out. When other|the store ahead of him, orking on a a shary | ® ° | \ A Bigger Army and Navy, But Not a Cent for Graft! dollar's worth of munition out to greedy contractors Congress must face naval mant every pedo, and ev requires in gov erything else rnment pli private plants at an enormous profit. We BUT WE’MUST NOT TRAFFICKERS IN GETTING AN ADEQUATE ARMY AND NAVY! That is the problem December. JUDGE TO GIVE piece of armor plate, every shell, every tor- ust have an adequate army and navy, WOMAN WINS FIGHT FOR HOME STANDS OFF DEPUTIES WITH SHOTGUN AND RIFLE | APPAR AAA ARAL AAA AAAI RAAAAAAAA ALAA LN MSAP RPP REMEMBER HIM? 1IN MILLS DAY, the man who - ; topped smoking on Seattle street IGHT EDITION | Tonight fair; Sunday showers : The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News : Sate AF seer and supplies that is paid and .trusts. the question of building ifacturing ery gun, that the army and navy ants at cost instead of in FATTEN THE WAR congress must face in HER A CHANCE © \iter arming herself with deputy sheriffs from ejecting | & foreclosure proceedings, \ Saturday n won her fight She will not be dispossess 24, 1916, at least She was granted this ext of $2,000 by Judge Gilliam previous order { 1 rifle and shotgun to prevent ier from her home under morte irs. Sarah Bigelow, 47, a widow, ed of her home—not until May ta time to redeem a mortgage Saturday, who rescinded the r her dispossession. Friday afternoon she warned two deputies she would she he judge issued the new Fred H is holding the mortgag home, having bought it at a The Eggert Shoe Co., Pet grant Mr sig with which ing t w the ance to redeem the mortgage If I have to shoot I have I shall shoot! never gone out of my wa seeking but I have been hounded to desperation. 1 intend to fight it out right here to a fin ish! Mrs Bigelow's } looked straight ir porter for Th trou ble en gray ito those of a re Star Saturday thru the glass door leading to the base ment of her barricaded home The reporter knew she meant business Can Handle a Rifle Mrs. Bigelow is small of stature. but she handles a Winchester with a familiarity that has put fear into the heart of a number of deputy sheriffs the last few days, and the reporter hastened to explain his mission Oh, you are from The smiled, opening the door ut if you're not, you'd better be careful. I am the bad woman, you remem ber.” Briefly, the situation The mortgage on the and lot» amounts to $2,000, and fell due last December On April 1 th under forec the F move eyes she is this house was sold property psure proceedings tc She refused to Shoe Co. out laimed » entitle ive in the house one year, th e riod allowed by law for redemption of mortgages. On application of t Co,, Judge Gilliam ee she w Eggert Shoe then ‘ issued a writ directed to the sheriff, order ing her ejection. The first attempt to serve his writ was Octobt 4 Deputies then came to the house on October 8, 11 and She refused to leave Find Her Armed When they again returned, & afternoon, the. found her fu armed ‘for war Mrs. Bigelow has married daughter, and thru her and friends she hoped to ufficient food brought to her to ke her while she protected her bony Deputy Sheriffs Brewer and Rog ers were sent out to oust her from the premises Friday afternoon. She met them with a rifle and shotgun If you try to put me out ne informed them, “I shall shoot. ‘This is my home, | think Iam right in stand, and I won't budge! Emphasizing her determination my she hurled a challenge at them, of fering to come out and fight any one of them single-handeg—with either rifle or shotgun—and settle the controversy that waly They went back to the court house, baffled Two Guns in Easy Reach She was el) holding the fort Sat urday, determinedly, with her two « Within easy resch of her hand sh new court order Mrs, B that the re ty, offered him a kitchen “1 am afraid to leave the house was advised of the low, when she found yrter Was a neutral par chair in her chill the first one who entered her home. Peterson, attorney order, following a consultation for the Eggert Shoe Co. claim against Mrs. Bigelow’s sheriff's sale erson told the judge, was will- extra time, and also agrees to | waive $155 in interest due should any one come to her assist- even to go for my wood,” she said. | Her breakfast consisted of three Pieces of toast and a cup of black cof petting desperate.” she said her toast ‘I have been hounded so for two yeara. It has been one thing on top of an- sther breakin Farm House Is Burned en I thought the park board bing to condenin my property for her a boulevard, 1 borrowed on it to improve my farm. Then the city decided it didn't want the place. I mortgaged the farm to help p2y interest on the town mort- gage Then a forest tire destroyed my farm howe, and I tried a dozen S to sell the town property, of fering it almost for nothing, but ev- y time I found a buyer something ypened to upset the deal. Some jone was always meddling They began honnding me about I told them if they shost of a show I matter in a fered to rent house from them, but they ed m She Won't Compromise | would giv could ref Now I have either to defy them or be threwn out 1 ty hard for me to get c when I still own the greater n in the place. 1 consider at I was doing nothing but what t when I took up the gun,” CARSON IS OUT IS NEW REPORT LONDON, Oct. 16.—That Sir Edward Carson, attorney gen- eral, has resigned, was reiter- ated today by the News, which explained that Premier Asquith | is urging reconsideration to avoid disclosing friction in the cabinet. PRESIDENT 10 WED CHRISTMAS WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.— The wedding of President Wil- son and Mrs. Galt will be a Christmas holiday event, it w reported today. The president, it was sald, feels he must r main in Washington until con. gress gets a headway, The date will be announced ingten days. e Turkish parents always beat their children @ the soles of their feet, | There are more ducks in China ithan in all the rest of the world, --