The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 22, 1915, Page 1

Do You Trade at the Markets? i o—— RSE RIED, HOT HOW ENGLAND VIEWS | EXECUTION OF WOMAN LONDON, Oct. 22.—The British papere today called Miss Edith Cavell’s exe tlon by Germans at Brus sels “Secret savagery. “Insatiable bestiality.” “Frightfuiness, = without mercy.” “Foul-minded brutality.” ? “Arrogant barbarism.” { Then, too, they said the | “German system is a deadly ) menace to civilization and that the mame of Cavell should become the British battle cry.” Asa. parting shot, they }, said, “The kaiser should be hanged.” { Sieh | LONDON, Oct. British rage and horror at the German execution of} Miss Edith Cavell for as- § sisting allied soldiers to flee} ‘from Belgium promised to-| day appreciably to affect i war sentiment, as a result of disclosures of American Minister Brand Whitlock’s} efforts to prevent the kill-| ing. Enlistments were brisker.| eace talk was silenced.| Newspapers admitted the English | woman committed the technical of- fense for which she was liable to death in aiding soldiers Nursed Wounded Germans The s denounced, however, execution, in view of} the fact that no act of espionage} ‘was established against her and the| t she had worked with self denial! for months in caring for / wounded Germans as readily her own countrymen Whitlock made pub munications with the ernor at Brussels. These indicate that the Germans had been guilty of bad faith in the case; that they had failed to agreement fo notify him of all steps, and In stead had followed a secretive course. which even his pleas late| at night to the German governor) fad failed to check | Pardons Other Women Word came today from Madrid that the kaiser has pardoned the © other women Involved in the Cavell b case, Countess De Belle i ville Thulier Some ed the emperor had made this move because the women were French Belgians, while ad refused cy to to the English woman, \nasmuch as Ger man hate of England {s keener than its feeling against any other nation ¢ his com erman gov eep their including and Mile belies As a result of his part in the af. fair, it is said Brand Whitlock’s position at Brussels will be diffi cult, if not impossible Faces Firing Squad Miss Cave as head of a train Bing; school Brussels. She ad E) mitted, when on trial, that she had S she thought they were to be shot by the Germans aced the Ger She is said to hav man firing squa She re ed to be blindfolded and pinned a small Union Jack to her breast GERMAN | CALLS IT AWFUL, Herman Staat of deplored YORK, Oct NEW der, pu } PeNung, the the German the execution of Mins Edith Cavell b. Germans in Belgium in terrible thing, ardent champion he said. “ht isa {|Join the Turks now attacking the Suez canal, for the purpo jsecret of the anticipated | THAT WILL DETE! as for} ,, AA A A CN A A ABI i lotetetaietn ate eataien The Star contest ends Tuesday. The Seattle Star PLPPOPLLA PLA LOM EPOE EL OOP DOE PLPDAAL REPORTER went around to oa yeelsed egatangragiie EDITION one stalls, He bing FS m 9 WEATHER FORECAST—Rain yout some of the Vargains a 4 TE al lige sor tty i in Seattle That Dares to Print the News : Ser ts ca H mnie ' nigh lew, oO mica Chgcnige VOLUME 18. SEATTLE, WASH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1915_ ONE CENT _iwi#'Bind ‘80s GT [GERMANS WILL INVADE EGYPT TO SEIZE NILE COTTON CROPS AUSTRIA - HUNGARY J @ vs ( @ VIENNA MEOITERRANEAN ALEXANDRIA can drive on thru Asiatic Turkey and ing the cotton crop of Egypt. Also, Ithiest colony, India; with the Suez trying to force the Dardanelles, Here's how the Germans, once they get to Constantinople, of once they get to Suez, they can march thru Persia to England's canal bottled and most of the Indian garrisons on Gailipol! peninaula, |Britain couldn't send any army quickly to head the Germans off. LONDON, The real allied forces at off the for an effectual blockade of German danelies Oct bay Dar-y tunity India drive to Suez ts out! Yot the kaiser, it Is sald, ts de Could Subdue India They want THE COTTON CROP termined to drive down through the one German force holding OF EGYPT Balkans, Constantinople, Turkey in the vez canal and blocking as AND AFTER EGYPT—INDIA! Asia and so on across the Suez ce from England, another For Germany, effectually blockad. canal and into Egypt, even if it t German army massed on In ed by England, faces a cotton takes him all winter—-FOR GER-/dla’s northern border could bo! famine. Without cotton the Teu- MANY MUST HAVE COTTON helpless, or invade and subdue, The growink unrest in Persia t#| Britain's richest por sion significant. German agents and, Once the kalser haa managed to manufac AND IT SHELLS. NE WHO IN TH tons cannot continue to ture high explosive shell IS THE SUPPLY ary and Turkey through Serbia the difficulties of the country to revolt and the sporadic outbre: to date can only indicate and Bulgaria, one thing—That when the time is allies in the Mediterranean will be ripe—WHEN GERMAN HORDES enormously increased. HAVE SWEPT NORTHERN Not only will they practically EGYPT—Persia, too, will turn on be forced to give up their at the Engtish. tempt to force the Dardaneties, the supervision of nan his will enable a second and| but they will face the gigantic {pen experts, the Turks are not great- easy German drive through Persia problem of rushing an army to ly in need of assistance to hold the which will give the Teutons oppor) Egypt. RANGERS TACOMA PASTOR | JUSTICE SHOT BY HUNTER Is TO BE VICTOR GREAT WAR! Turks Don’t Need Help With factories hastily erected on the Gallipoll peninsula turning out thousands of big shell . under money hare stirred, establish a free route between Inn.) rand |i ESCAPED SUSPECT CAUGHT After an all-night still hunt that ended in an exciting ch for half a mile along the rail. road tracks north of Bell at., C. F. Knox, former Port Or chard postoffice employe, wi recaptured early Friday by Sheriff Shattuck, of Kiteap county, and returned to jal! Knox is wanted at Port Or chard to answer several charges in connection with the murder there last August of W. E. Singleton, a wealth junk dealer, whose body wi found In the bay, strong evi. dence pointing to strangulation Singleton's neck was tichtly } in a rope noose, to which was tied & 20-pound pig of lead Shortly after his arrested letter Knox been death, bad 4 found naming him executor of Sin gleton’s estate When Knox made his accounting of the estate, a discre pancy of was found by the cou He ts charged with acceny. “ A charge of jal ing may lodged against him. On September 20, he sawed thru seven fron bars of his cell and made his escape Sheriff Shattuck received word that Knox was in Seattle ond Thursday night lay waiting for him to return from the city to a place he was presumed to be stay D the north water front He appeared early Friday morn ing, walking slong the ratlroad tracks. Shattuck gave ch and finally captured him He was taken to Port Orchard WOMAN HEAD OF STREET CAR’ BANDIT WHO WENT TO WALLA FRED STARR WALLA YESTERDAY FOR 20 YEARS, TELLS THE STORY OF HIS MISSPENT LIFE TO THE STAR. THE BANDAGE IN THE PICTURE COVERS A WOUND WHERE A_ POLICEMAN’S BULLET “CREASED” HIM WHEN HE WAS CAPTURED AFTER HE HAD HELD UP A STREET CAR ON QUEEN ANNE HILL. Fred Starr, the bandit, who has been taken to Walla Walla to serve a 20-year sentence for holding up a North Queen Anne street car. TACOMA, Oct, 22.—Rev i | James S. West, pastor of the iF: D STARR, the bandit, has gone to the penitentiary for | First Baptist church, is dying 20 years | today at the Tacoma General hospital from a rifie shot in- when he was a mere bit of a tad ning his parents filcted by Rett Adair, a com- | ne had yas laid away, washed its hands, sighed “Amen!” and panion on a hunting trip in the | CHICAGO, Oct. 22.—Mre. Ella ie ilen ants dey Ck Goce | mountains 30 miles from Enum. | Flagg Young, superintendent of = * m § < : | claw. schools, has quit. She resigned Starr never had a chance | He was carried out on a | last night, assigning as her rea- | = He hungered for books and kindness. Society handed | stretcher thru miles of forest oho Wercice Sheu anes — |him a mask and a gun, told him it was noble to steal, prais- | weiting field eer ling him when he brought home the spoils, and kicking him | FORMER AUDITOR The trustees displayed no | when he didn’t sentiment at her leaving. | So he pilfered and robbed, and was petted and made BROWNSVILLE, Tex. Oct. 22 PLACED ON TRIAL OLYMPIA, Oct Jade Her BILLIE BURKE Is | Tota oH bec ause he ie a go d thief and never “equealed One hundred citizens today an man D. Crow, of the supreme | oday he iB pay ig the debt - : nounced that at the next instance NORTH YAKIMA, Oct. 22.— | court of the state, died early this ROBBED In FRISCO reporter for The Star. sat and talked with Starr all f banditry along the border here. On a charge of grand larceny, | morning at St. Peter's hospital the sine n of the day before he went away, and all that intend to crows into Mexico| W. B. Newcomb, former coun- Vrrre he had been confined for, SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.—With| evening, listening to his story take it out on the greasers ty auditor, was placed on trial fhe’ Ons tow weeks, He had been | only one slight clew, which they re : be Bee The situation Is extremely tense.| before @ jury here yesterday. ating with cancer for two yenrs.| fuse to the police today! 4, : t > , , Military and clvil officers resliz There are two indictments Wik ‘wits: aan Dentan, nm | worked on one of the most myateri-| _, Fred Starr was born at Mt Pis-inights when he was done work will be hard to restrain these! against him, the second charfg- (4, hin bedside when the end came ous robberies occurring here in &°% anuary 4, 1881, His par and we would sit around the table and r citizens and they fear| ing misfeasance in office. Si.aee Crow became a member of Years mere Robert and Matilda |togethe nen he died. If he had nternational complications Neweomb is charged with ap- | the supreme court in 1906, and| Gems valued at $10,000 were! where thes raloed vegetables and (now. 1e8s I woul be here A secret meeting was held this! propriating $1,820. He admit was chief justice at one time. stolen from several suites.in a lo chickena. bi, chai Rana ssi a are afternoon to plan re prinals for the ted civil tiability and repaid He was born in Delaware, Ohio, cal hotel Wednesday night without The tether Rai taAaAUOn: sante Pr weoe ned pe ge i ap re sh pirate rig yc Raydo 2 Bae as a April 15, 1851 a single guest having been awak-| with honor, in the United States | brown eyes, almost like a woman's, ralds in which six Americans were | He was graduated from Ohio! ened avy # |Now they searched the anoraee i te ngewe | WHRELESS PHONE, ws otiery'n"ith ily “Stia nue torn, airy. don stare wan 6 ale mote ac pp Mame Ag ns he yer compe | ex-Vice-President Fairbanks and clared jewelry valued at $5,000 was! died, His father died three years! “Are you on the square?” he Seeer | toe a rete DLE WORLD? :2°%.2%,.0o taken from her, and other guests later. i sh as the banaue to awelh the TO GIR In 1873 he {mitted to the were also robbed | “He grieved, I remember,” said (Turn to Page 11, Col. 1.) tunity to cross tl e bar and for 11 years practiced Jaw - Starr, looking out into the jail pnt attack on an WASHINGTO Oct Fo}. | at Urbana, O. WASHINGTON SHOCKED yard and speaking slowly, as if try og the edecess achiaved fn tall He then practiced four years in AT SHOOTING ing to see the events as they trans HUMPHREY SPEA Ss sictnhtcne te:f6' ts Sruless te Wanowle ane jeld, Kan., and moved to Spo. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Official| pired back in the d “T be: | Meee Thou. | ese tne Artington wireless sta-|kane in 1890. In 1898 he was circles were shocked today at the|lleve he must have died of a broken : —~ f soldiers, officials, rangers |tion has a# {ts next ambition con.| elected to the state senate and execution of the English woman,/heart. It is so long ago, and I was The sword is the arbiter of na 1 civilians ave securing the| versation girdiing the globe served in three sessions. He was a| Mise Edith Cavell, by German au-/so small | don't remember him | tions declared Representative rush hereabouta for bandits Instruments are being “tuned” | regent of the Washington State thorities at Brussels, The admin very aspen babe ed he bry Humphrey addressing Seattle for talking to Tokio without a Hon-| college for four years istration is ready to forward any|@ good old dad, for Hae oe me vie lchapter, American Institute of olulu rela In 1877 he married Miss Martha representations England may desire) ‘Son. you can be either one of two) © ihitr, TONMNAN AN MUN PROHIBITION CASE Before attempting this, b | Florence Mendenhall, of his birth-|to make through this country things, a man or a mouse. anking, ursday nig nly the station will try to tal ¢. Delaware, 0, Their son, Den-| The efforts of Minister Rrand| Says Father Taught Him prepared shall we be invulnerable 8 practic! w Callfornia, Whitlo we approved My father taught me thing His subject wa iy aredness, DELAYED BY DEATH, OLYMPIA, Oct Out of spect tot ory of Judge Hee man D, ¢ the supreme court, who d en 1 merning, the “. acc supr t « adjourned ¢ a sears ea state aaa da ohibition argument BY FRED L. BOALT dime will go for cheap whisky the mportant Htigation to MHAUNCEY WRIGHT, the Or perhaps the man ts a pro come ring the October term C restaurateur, has come to fesslonal beggar wa tpone il Monda It The Star with what looks OUTLINES HIS PLAN was scheduled fe ret ment toda to us like a great, big idea This doubt ® our minds spoils — « to be unem- the pleasure we would otherwise tle this winter,” find in such small charities, Am T t last 1 right? winter and the winter before We aasured the restaurant Men with mon in thelr man he was exaétly right, as all pockets are going t@ be approach: good fellows know, and asked ed by m without money, in the him to ngfold his seheme d be asked for ghe Supp ” sa Wright, “the pte © of a meal man to whom you have given a vends an't gets The lly hungry, He for food. But he de dime’s worth, He nickel’s worth the restaurant man's The hungry man, having ie still hungry and under dime is re th dime get a about reat profit eaten nourished, It thing tf® men with Money are going to hand dimes and q such ‘And we in our pockets yut our nick ters so that hungry men ma After we given a Ren a dime, because he says he t* hun, ary, we begin to wonder If he told us the truth Perhavs the too awful that Had her kaiser e been pardoned me n commanders the heat of war own people do ase st happe ela a is wo There ma in not are ti have do things In which ¢ upi en their ort them" an, I now come to my scheme, which I will carry thru if The Star and the public will back me up WILL OPEN SOUP HOUSE I will open a soup house somewhere below Yesler way, have found several places 1 can get at cheap rental, I will em ploy a cook and a crew of walt ers, I will sell a big bowl of stew or clam chowder, a big stack of bread and butter, and a big cup of coffee for a dime. ©@1 figure I can do this and pretty nearly pull even, If I find I am making a profit 1 will in crease the size of the meal. I al ready have two restaurants, and 1 am opening a third, | buy in large tities... Otherwise this plan would _€ ex: , ou pensive dime's worth of nourishing food That is just balf the scheme 1 promise the biggest dime's The other half is where the pub: worth ever sold anywhere Hie comes in Of course, if a man comes to I will have tickets printed the soup house with real money, dach ticket will be good for a 10 he will be fed cent meal. IT believe the cigar 1 have tm mind also a lodging stores would be glad to sell thes house above the soup house. It tickets: is poor charity that fills a man’s BUY 'EM TO GIVE AWAY stomach and then turns him out Now, then, the man who has in the rain’ and» cold for the been In the habit of giving bis night small change, without investiga | have investigated some of tion, to men who said they were — the cheap lodging houses {n Se. attle, and I'd rather pass a night on a park bench or inva oor way than in one of prov house, too, “A 10-cent for a meal or & og | hungry, can keep a few of these tickets in a vest pocket When he is approached by a hungry man, beg da hima. ticket instead a dime, If the man fs really hy » he'll prefer the ticket because with the th a Pig, fo Theda Bara is hungry! That’s what gne fellow writes. He says she’s hungry for love. Another fellow says Theda wouldn’t understand what love really is, even if she tried. Their letters will be found on page 9, together, with a lot of other mighty interesting ones in reference to the question: ‘“‘Would you marry Theda Bara?” Read the letter from a woman who says Theda would make a dandy companion. Write your answers in 100 words and send them in right away. IGHT OLD OFFICER AS JITNEY KILLER ENGLAND ENRAGED AT EXECUTION OF WOMAN | DRIVES DEATH J. T. Egan, 24, a policeman employed in the auto registra tion division of the department, is under arrest Friday on an open charge, while the detect- ive department is investigating a jitney bus accident at Fourth and Jackson st. at 6:50 a. m, resulting in the death of An drew Johnson, 60, of 1215 Tem- ple place, a track greaser. After several conflicting stories told by him, the police deciare Egan has confessed he drove the machine. The regular driver of the car, | Archie H. Jones, 32, was arrested at the Broadway hotel, at 11:30 a.m | Fae 0 first notice of the acciden: ved by the police was. m the ¢lity hosp:ca’ a | man Egan, asking for a property box to put Johnson's valuables and papers away Johnson died a few minutes after he had been brought to the hos- pital Find Jitney Owner Gone When Fred Mills, telephone op erator at headquarters, came up to the city hospital in response to Egan's call, Jones, who runs the jitney, had gone. Jones says Egan had told him he could go and that he didn’t have to report unless he told him. Egan remained at the hospital, tho po- lice rules require an immediate re- port to be made out in case of ac- cidents. “Who struck agan Mills says that —— if I know Did you see the accident?” Egan is alleged to have replied: “Yes, I saw the accident, and help- ed the driver take him to the hos pital Says He Doesn't Know Him him?” Mills asked Egan replied: “Where is the driver?” “He has gone,” Do you know who he is or where he lives?” “No.” ° Jones told the police that Egan came to his stand at Second ave, and Yesler way, and asked to drive home. He had done so the week before, too, and since Egan had a police badge, he offered no objec, tion. Jones says he was sleeping in the car when Egan woke him. The car was in front of Gross’ cigar stand Says He'd Been Drinking Egan then drove on Fourth ave. N. to Pike st., then east to 16th ave., then south a couple of blocks, then back Pike st. them to Third ave. then to Yesler wi then to Railroad ave Here Egan entered Jones says, stayed about utes, returned to the machine, drove to First ave., down First to Jackson, and up Jackson st. to Tenth ave. Here at the King inner tube was rer drove downtown At Fifth ave. curred Egan was “slightly fluence of liquor to a__ hotel, 15 min- st ed gain, the garage, an and Egan says Jones, ident oc ac under the in- Jones déclares, At the hospital, Egan told him, he says, to beat it and keep mum,” and to change the license ‘I tag ‘CHAUNCEY WRIGHT HAS AN IDEA; HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? It will not be a fancy it will be clean as hotel, a whistle, but and every lodger will have a room to himself I will install baths, and no lodger will be permitted to go to bed until he has bathed If l can get any assurance that the public would approve of this plan, I will start at once, 8o that both soup house and lods- ing house can be in operations; the time cold weather sets inj’ dev Wright is a bigshearted man, known i# char- “peer turned a 2¥ from his rvs- plen seems practical Neverthele: The ry would like the views of ite readers concerning it, a call.