The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 25, 1915, Page 1

HANG 1 GOT WITH Sim LIAMS UP me = FRONT vy hat’s a Disciplinarian? Jeff Knows! See Page 7 Are you following the adventures of Mutt and Jeff in the war zone? They’re now with the Britiah army, and they're having 4!! sorts of ‘exciting tim On The Star's sport page every day. THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRIN’ * VOLUME 18 2ATTLE, WASH. THURSDAY NOV, 25, 1915. mae Tn ee THE NEWS AND be “The Seattle Slar PEOPLE EAT CATS IN WAR ZONE not be carried out?”" “Gobble!” said Mr. Tur- key, crossly. By Fred Boalt TURKEY GOBBLER was pacing the narrow confines which is a large packing case in our back yard. “Have you,” I asked, | not be carried out?” | “Gobble!” said Mr. Turkey, “Tut, tut,” I chided. “It’s tough, | know. \t at me. SEATTLE CUT OFF BY GALE; WIRES DOWN The Pacific coast is in the grip of a severe windstorm Thursday [| It# proportions and the damage it may be doing can only be estt-| ‘mated at Seattle, for, early Thurs day, Con-| here. | Tatoosh Island, at Cape Flattery also has been isolated by the gal The Pacific ocean has been lash word ed into fury Fears are expressed jfor the safety of craft plying up {and down the coast On Puget sound small craft which are off shore Thursday are on their beam ends, The gale at noon was 46 Seattle, 10 miles higher than is gen erally considered a moderate gale The last report the weather bureau had from Oregon, the velocity the wind at North Head, off the of the death cell, } MINERS’ HEAD} CRITICISES STATE LAWS Jobn P. White, pr president International Mine Workers America, looks like Senator La Follette. But he talks, thinks! Shan’t bother. and acts like nobody i ; but John P. White When he saw how imperturbable I was before his anger, Mr. White, who is making his firet| trolled himself by an effort, and said, more calmly: yisit to the Northwest, returned wi ee x ee Wednesday night from Plack Dia-| ! would not have you think that my vocabulary is limited to the mond, where he addressed the min-| ‘gobble.’ When | ‘gobble’ | meant ‘gobble.’ Gobble, gobble, gobble “Oh, come!” | protested. “It isn’t as bad as that.” ers, and Ravensdale, where he in spected the mine, the scene of the recent explosicn, in which 31 men| ‘i were killed | itie You're going to chop my head off, and you and your wife and that “The cause of the explosion has yours are going to eat me—STUFFED!” not id detinitely determined,” he “With gravy and sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce,” Teday ut The Sta we aot oy age a Or Hag pga la But when | saw the poor fellow wince, | apologized. sion would bh: been less likely to “That's what | was thinking of,” said Mr. Gobbler, “when | said ‘gobble. occur if the mine had been equip | You will gobble twice as much food—yes, three times you do on ordinary occasions. nouth of the Columbia, was 60 Pont ape ng Aiea “And what,” asked Mr. Gobbler, “is this occasion? ‘Thanksgiving’ day, if you please! ‘Selfish’ day, | miles rin Ms aakune n'niine Enough ich. it Should be called. You eat and stuff and gobble until you can’t wiggle. And you suffer from indigestion Vt is not the dust in the cangway for a week afterward. You humans make me sick. If you'd listen to me, I'd tell you how to celebrate | a Thankagiving day.” that explodes. It is the dust on the ; beams and in out-of-the-w wish you would,” said |, politely ners that becomes dry and fl “lam,” said Mr. Gobbler, “a great admirer of the Chinese. ! the air, ready to ‘ Chin are looked down upon as a backward and decadent people naked light, a windy osophy and custome much that Is sensible and praiseworthy er agent.” “Take, for example, the Chinese manner of celebrating the New Year season. Do they overeat? They The head do not. They fast. And they forgive their enemies, renew friendships, pay their debts and start the was astoniehed to learn that in| year with a clean slate. It seems to me the Occident should observe Thankagiving day in somewhat tre Washington the state inspector is same manner.” not given police powers, and that he “My dear Mr. Gobbler,” said |, “kindly bear in mind that the American practice of eating turkey on cannot enter mir without the per-| Thanksgiving day has persisted for many years. Neither you nor | can abolish the practice For my| mission of the operator 1 wouldn't want to. | do not wish to hurt your feelings, but, personally, there is nothing | enjoy than a alice of breast, and, perhaps, a second joint, of turkey, with a trifle of sweet potato and) Squash and celery on the side.” | “Oh,” exclaimed Mr. Gobbler, “i am not blaming you. * * * | “Moreover,” said |, sternly, “ would remind you that all life is a etruggie. You eat worms and | eat! you. | ask you, Mr. Gobbler, have you ever turned a merciful ear to the pleadings of a worm which hes) anything to say as to why the sentence of death snaaacl crossly, But it'll be over so quickly you'l! hurt at all.” } Gobbler, tardly know what happened. It'll scarcely Gobble, gobble, ed gobble!” cri furiously, rushing and pecking of the | ot a “Oh, very we going be unreasonable about it, I!’ said I. “If you're Gobble as much as you like. to Rob in the world Gobbler one d You can’t foo! me! boy of said |. You will eat and eat and eat Weather Forecast Occasional tonight and Friday. RECT. ME a Only 24 5 SO pple we itnitil- ; HRASTMAS Les Gtr pusy cuwe! OMLY “TWENTY Four YS LEFT! WoT DWE SAY? cor rain in the Western world the they have in their phil- know that vate in grag Nevertheless, a any oth hot oj of the mine workers ) days inspector | said, “It is inspe whe he courts “In my state, lowa, the ctor were about to devour?” bas police powers the operator, not the pinst appeal to Mining Laws Archaic In thia state, if the inay wishes to enter a mine.and ts for Mr. Gobbler hung his head . pidden to do so by the company Hy Sats pe must appeal to the court for a ; I merely want you to vitally concerned,” he said. “! am not afraid vould happen. It was the fate of my father thru with it, | wish you'd do it quickly. And please, ! promised | would exercise care. Obediently, Mr. Gobbler laid his he ad ati the block. “You'd better close your eyes,” I sail, “I can’t do it while you're looking | ie he writ of view of one who is most directly and| to dic. | knew all along that this and mother. Ah, well, I must go please don’t make a mess of i get the point wishes saicty de fn a mine, be mugt get a cougt or de "From what White, arehatc White will address a mg at the Dr day, for the benefit of the bereaved by the Ravensdale disas ter, | 1 our m have gathered,” ning laws are mass TIDES AT SEATTLE Low 12:27 a. m,, 1:28 p.m ef mandamus, If the inapector 4 - 1a ft at me. ak * » 128 tt, He closed his eyes, Chop! all wires went down south of} miles at| of} ‘Whale Steaks Eggs Other Nov certainty « Switzerland, settled down to the In America inspired corres one peace movement after of them In Europe, In Europe, eople know the war tured millions are Swit come p accepting zerland is an oasis attering groups « ut the war, }in long distance diplomacy For their benefit, the come and correspondents find esting war news than a dozen int land Isome to 1 some som ne FOOD PRICES ARE HIGH The most striking fact, as winter starts, ts the food condition, not to Germany, but in England, well.” The English newspapers’ outside of London are full of arth, lcles urging household economy and giving housewives practical advice In Germany, the food shortage takes the form of high prices | Germany undoubtedly has enough food for her population, but there can't be excessive high prices any |place on earth where there is plen ty | | . ARTIFICIAL OMELETS The Hague newspapers tell of a |new Berlin ordinance, forbidding lartists to paint with olls, because janimal and vegetable ols used for .|paints are needed for the manufac hae of chemical foods. Go thru copies of German newr papers, and ads will be found otter ling for sale artificial cial butter and chemical j marmalade, EAT WHALE STEAKS Following the recent order to the people to refrain from meat on certain days, with the result | ant riots, comes the appearance of ade in the German newspa- | pers, telifng what a fine substi. | tute for beet whale meat is. elets. honey ore too, that the the direct It is curious to note. strain in Germany is cause of hardships in every-day life in France The is that France » far has not been able to replace the loss of thousands of |“made-in-Germany” necessities son | CATS ON HUNGARIAN TABLES | | The Rheinish - Westfaelisch oints out that in East Pru ter, In two weeks, has risen from ‘ marks 50 pfennig per pound, to 3 marks 50 pfennig, and even 4 marks,| $1 American money ay Frankfurter Zeitung prints the following from it* Buda-Pest correspondent The official organ of the | Hungarian Butchers’ associa tion announces that in the dis | trict of Biharkenzteser, In Hun | gary, an enormous consumption of cats takes place daily, The prices have arisen and amount to huge sums. The local au thorities have now fixed a max imum price for cat meat at 3 cronen per kilo—or about 28 cents a pound in American mon: ey. | WATCH OVER WAR ORPHANS In France the number of war o} |phans is causing a distressing situ ation. | A national association to care }war orphans has been formed has establiehed seven colonies The association tries to secure for the phans such an upbringing} and education as their soldter fa-| \ther would have tried to give him self, WIFE TRIES TO DIE Mrs. Bessie Fern Herzman R. BH, Herzman, chauffeur Ninth ave. N,, quarreled with husband Wednesday night. The quarrel ended when Mrs, Herazman seized a bottle of carbolic and swallowed part of the conte City hospital: Condition not ous. and wife 407 her serl You could put all the United States except Alaska in Brazil and) have 200,000 square miles left. Popular; Correspondent Tells “Inside News” body believes there is any possit another has beec daily America—undercurrent news which the ordinary reporter of} war moves never sees, and if seen, | mission hie but and Artificial Foods Now SCANDAL All Europe has f another winter of war. i of peace pondents at Washington start| with no foundation to any grimly No- far fact ace is away of life as a matter center of To f all the combatant nations talk politics, some to as spies me a and the tor ‘| torture of fact Switzer- al ¢ AP Thousands of persons who plan- spapers of all countries also|ned attending the county jail pris- these journals more inter-|oners’ Thanksgiving day football correspondents could cable to} game, at Dugdale park, were disap- pointed Thursday, the game hay- jing been called off thru an order of | superior court. | Nearly 500 persons who did not |know of the summary action of the jcourt went out to the field at 10 |o’clock, from Special dejegations deen, Chehalis, Everett, and other outside towns arrived here early to attend the game. Express indignation For several hours disappointed fans, and others, including promi- nent club women and charity work- ers, kept the county jail phone busy When informed of the cause of the trouble, they were free in ex- pressing their indignation. Superior Judge Everett Smith, the man who stopped smoking on (street cars, put the official damper . ‘on the game late Wednesday after- | noon Eight other superior judges, after considerable discussion, backed him up. At the eleventh hour, Judge Smith Wednesday afternoon asked that a menting of judges be called, privately, in Judge Gilliam'’s cham- bers. Summons was sent to each mem- Iber of the bench and to Sheriff Hodge. and the conclave gathered, it seen to me fails were built to keep prisoners in,” said Judge Smith, “Aside from that fact, I am opposed to the Thanksgiving game because I believe nobody but mor- bid curiosity seekers will attend.” Hob Hodge bristled. “There is a prison ship called the Success,” he declared. “The people of that day thought it was a good place to keep prisoners in. A few weeks ago it was exhibited as a torture hole in Seattle harbor. Some people living today should have lived in the time of the Sue+ cess.” Hodge declared he did not be- lieve those who attended the game |would be curiosity seekers.” “You must admit,” put in a judge, “that it will not be a game.” ‘You are dead wrong,” said Hodge “The men on the two teams ave been practicing every day for weeks. They're in earnest. Ther want to show that, in spite of their plight, they are yet men.” » stubborn,” somebody the censor obliterates Tight Shoes Cause Death of This Man|' CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—Tight San Francisco shoes were blamed today by a coroner's jury for the death of Sedg- wick W. Vogan of San Fran- cisco. Vogan came here after buying the shoes in San Francisco. A_ blister soon developed. Gangrene set in. He died. TO CHECK FUNDS TO DETERMINE GRAFT'S EXTENT OLY sis Nov State Aud itor ¢ Clausen has announced that a teat check of the industrial insurance department will be be- gun &s soon as the insurance com: has completed its investi- gation of shortages {n the depart ment aggregating more than Police Chief taken erday from the jail cell where he has been held since Sat- irday and for two hours was clos eted with Gov, Lister, the indus. trial insurance commissioners, and Assistant Attorne¢ General Wilson, when they went thoroly into his al tions that a huge opium smug g ring exists in connection with insurance department looting ICE BOMBARDED; BATTALION OF TROOPS DROWN ** COPENHAGEN, Nov, 25,-— Bombarding the ice on which the Austrians were trying to cross the Styr river, the Rus- sians recently drowned a bat- talion, according to unofficial advices received here today. After the Turkey will be Be sure time to look over ads in today’s ‘thoroly. The are offering mighty fine bargains tor tomorrow. You'll find the best offerings of Seattle’s best stores in The Star daily. Hall was de- is not stubbornness that promith me to take this stand,” the sheriff said. “Inside of every man, | prisoner ox there is a spark of something is real virtue, If that spark can be nursed and |brought to the surface, the man may yet become a power for good, That is my belief.” But think of the scandal this game would bring upon the supe- rior bench of King county!” expos- tu d Judge Tallman, “Think of the scandal! It would be known all over the country that we judges had condened such a thing! We would be held responsible! It was voted snanimous) judges to advise the sheriff to the game off. Il take the matter under advise- ment,” said Hodge, Some hours later Sheriff Hodge sent the judges this communica tion “Regarding your request that | advisedly call off the football game scheduled to take place between county jaf prisoners on Thanksgiving day, | have decided that the game will be called promptly at 10 o'clock a.m, Thursday morning, aa per schedule, Respectfully, “ROBERT HODGE, Sheriff,” Whereupon the judges i dan lorder forbidding the game and coni- jmanding the sheriff to keep his pra» oners locked up. not that by the 1 You fine. feeling to take the Star stores some