The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 26, 1916, Page 1

—Starting “The Red Emerald,” John Reed Scott's great novel of love and adventure and diplomacy, It begins in The Star on Mon- 9 day and will end Saturday. It is the second in the series of book-length, popular fiction being published in this paper. The first, “The Rose Garden Husband,” concludes in today's issue, These are regular, sure-fire hits—the kind of books you pay $1.50 for if you buy them anywhere else—AND NO FAMILY IN SEATTLE CAN AFFORD TO MISS THE CHANCE to take ee of WARNING! Don't overlook your Monday Star For in t will begin a new book-length novel, “The Red Emerald,” which is an even better story, eee een r — we think, than “The Rose Garden Husband,” ; : DRIN aes which ends today. Start the new week right : THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS HIS BARGAIN VOLUME 18 SEATTLE ; TURDAY, FEBRUARY E CENT On TRAINA Ann ILL CALLS RIVAL A COWARD The Seattle Star _|Answer These Questions in Your Speech, Hi Gill!} MAKES BITTER | Gill, believing you when you said you would not ask the office a second OU are starting out today, Hi Gill, | time Now ‘you seek to force yourself upon the city again as mayor, on a speaking campaign. You are AND YOU'VE GOT TO STAND UP AND FACE THE MUSIC going to tell the people of Seattle why you think you ought to be re-elected mayor. There are a few questions that you will have to answer to the sat- (2) Why have you allowed a new vice district to spring up which, because of its lack regulation, is worse than it used to be in the old days (3) Why have you allowed gamblers to open up their joints and operate WITH POLICE KNOWLEDGI (4) Why have you retained Louie Lang as chief of police, knowing that Lang stands for these things? It might be very convenient for you to forget Lang just at this time, Hi Gill, but Seattle is not going to let you forget him. A vote for Gill is a vote for Lang! Let us hear your defense of this fellow (5) Why is it, Hi Gill, that after Austin E. Griffiths resigned as chief of ATTACK UPON | A. E. GRIFFITHS What Gill Said at Liberty ‘Theatre police, there cropped out that disgusting series of police scandals? Why er . isfaction of the voters. y : is it that there began, almost immediately, the old, old practice’ of graft- Q “Griffiths is dragging his wife to the petty “level of the (1) Why are you breaking your pledge, voluntarily given two Qears ago, pf . i { ; treet walker to gain his ambition.” that you would not run for mayor again if elected? You said then that you’ ing off women. of the underworld? @ “The ‘cow (Griffiths) quit as chief the first time any wanted vindication. The Star helped you get your chance because you | then were the lesser of two evils. But what is your excuse now? Tell Answer these questions in your Geer fit} ve ried his wife because she was a millionaire.” the voters your reasons, if you have any, why they should prefer YOU speeches, Hi Gill. It’s a job that ae pM tee col The Star Sroka Rote kre and the rotten conditions that prevail with YOU as mayor, to Austin f @ “Why did 1 appoint Griffiths chief? Because a lot of pea Griffiths, who has made good in public and private life, who knows Se- , " 4 : ple wanted nd hought it would pac hings a ; aap som Broly should keep you reasonably busy be- }/ is". naire ad wopide’t beh eal attle and her needs, ar id is a student of civic problems, who will bring C - aaa oa ey . COL Raper . . [Griffiths showed the white feather I brand him as aa peace and progress in the community instead of the wrangles and quarrels d ] = h ere, © ant een oe ee eee which you are forever stirring up. Seattle has been charitable to you, Hi tween now and election day, Mare es Pee. Common lee ee Hurling epithet after epithet pleted when I took charge. He | upon the head of Austin E. |dumped the money there when he | Griffiths, candidate for mayor, |was in the council. But I took calling him a “coward,” charg- hold—Dr. McBride took hold—and | Feeling Agen the U. S. Is Growing More Bitter Daily i in . Germany 282i cae: (Sat ie a } 140, H — street walker” in this cam- _ It's a fine institution now.” ¥ ing that Griffiths put the vice district so Ir i \ 1) ] ram C. Gill at noon Saturday (know, judging by her p be she There may The Ghost 1 hat Can't pe ee j count- jhere. I don't know, : s sions of abuse to (them. There's 9 Mrs. heap upon Griffiths, Mayer Hi- /|eays they are rere. She at the Liberty theatre deliver. |what thes talking about. | band’s campaign. United Press Staff Correspondent) \is a disorderly district, and sam: © al Gill claimed the city was clean, | bling, why didn’t they? y : G i } ed his first speech since the (there has been a grand jury, and BE ones, ‘ H i primaries. jwe have < capable prosecuting at : i ; s Mrs. Griffiths bas been one of/torney, and they didn’t do anys : itt = tisst fo 2 BY CARL W. ACKERMAN jthe acfive workers in her hus-/thing about it, did they? If th € ul Mothers appealed to mothers in an earnest plea for a cleaner Se-| ttle at the open meeting for Austin E. Griffiths, at the Hippodrome) theatre, Saturday noon. ‘The speakers asked for help tn electing Griffiths, because, they said, “We have got to keep the city clean.” The crowd started filling the theatre at 11 o'clock. All arrangements had been made by women. All the speakers were women. And the audience was largely com of women. The chief speakers were Mrs. Remington Charter and Mra, Annat § 8. Walker. Both women bad taken it upon themselves to investigate moral conditions under the Gill-Lang administration. “We had to hide ourselves with umbrellas to keep policemen from) recognizing the deputy sheriff and sending the word down the line Both brought to their hearers the same message “I went with a deputy sheriff,” Mrs. Walker told the crowd, “be- | ase I wanted to know, from the standpoint of a mother, what evils threaten the budding manhood and womanhood of a city the size of Se-_ attle under a questionable police administration. “Things are worse today than ever before. We have vice without) sretense of regulation. We must either minimize vice or protect it bat’s certain” Other women made two-minute appeals for virile action in the cam paign on the part of the women. CHARGES GRAFT IN GARBAGE Charging existence of aah "brought to a head at the time, but In the garbage collection de (it'* oink, eene Oe Bh: Rrown Scores the 50-Year Rule counci! candidate, caused a sen Brown Gino scored the 86-year sation at the Public Ownership rule for clvit service employes, h meeting Friday night | tHe challeng {Ima fs he Sosaaaid himself ae rs aid. who was prone nt to is Pamtin B. Oreine for mayer. in Ballard, in Rainier valley and My own slection to the coun ithe Labor Temple, on the subject of taxation. he said. “I never voted He also urged the election of Otto it's going to come to an issue be: BERLIN, Feb. 26.—Germany counts upon congress to force President Wilson to back down from his position in the Ger- man-American situation, the ‘United Press learned today. While officials would not comment upon it, the general feeling is that if the matter of the German armed merchant- man decree is referred to con resolution will be pase warning Americans from traveling on armed ships. Dispatches suggesting the pos. sibility that President Wilson! would ask the recall of Ambassa dor Von Bernstorff caused great surprise here. For the past 24 hours the United Press office has been besieged by telephone calls from officials in quiring as to the truth of the re port. American Ambassador Gerard and Foreign Secretary Von Jagow Jdeclared no such intimations had | come to them. Tho the report that congress may fore President Wilson to yleid to Germany roused hope for a eful settlement, th ing against America !s daily intense. Not only the public, but officials are frankly bitter in their criticism of the president for refusing to warn Americans to keep off armed ships, CONGRESS WILL NOT »| I'll tell you, The same way he does |that Lang was « better chief than Now we—Lang has—abated _ Griffiths was, that the Felix Crane | brea « and other grafting on unfortunate |tome divorderly house. Griffit {women of the streets originated in| never did. That's the kind of a)” |Griffiths’ administration, and that | fine chief Griffiths was. he had kept his promises, 1 said 1 wouldn't run again two | years ago,” he said, “but I entered the race again because I thought | the eity was in danger of falling into the hands of theorists. 1| election with Erickson, not with | Griffiths, That's why I ran again. “The first day I was in office | cut down expenses, reducing costs) Three notables will be in our \ | {$12,000 a month : 2,000 9 1 ate + the| midst Sunday. © bastily reviewed some of the M French, | revenue and taxation questions,/ fr. and Mrs, Amos Tuck claiming the city had a defic |Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, $290,000 when he went into ottice | divorced wite ofthe New Yor He then digressed Into a religious | C@pitalist who lost his life on the tirade. Lusitania, and Lawrence Perking He said he never interfered with | 4Te Scheduled to a cae Satur- aaa ° cairn oil day night in Perkins’ private caron any policy of Griffiths during his | try eee in eet Limited over the Northern Pacific incumbency as chief. Why did the coward quit? He's ar jonaire; he owns the Wes t lake tel, and it was raided, too. The Westlake hotel was raided jduring Griffiths’ own administra- tion, and by Griffiths’ own orders. iS EVACUATED in his private capacity He has kept a lot of men on his 1 across Griffiths says he's going to save the city a million dollars. How? the lake, paying them 50 cents a ROME, Feb. 26.—Durazzo, day ND AD GILL kiK. .o That's how he saves, He dump Albanian seaport, has been evacuated, said an official an- }ed $250,000 into the Firland hos. al_and it was only half com-{ _nouncement today, for any one but a socialist be- *, © the council as the best fare for mayer. - But 1 onelt anys eatire fold. vote ‘for Griffiths this time. While | do not agree fully with im, | believe he will conserve our public utilities, and not do Councilman Marble also ed to issue & statement INTERFERE; A CRISIS What Gill Said of to himself, a EY Case opened headquarters at sated WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.— e e eo Austin E. Griffiths Oe wae eects, and their names and as mayor, had piled up taxa | ees sae itgtiae voters ona atfc t ‘ ‘ ae seri ' threat. i} c . It ts believed Ger an Ambassado: g 8 + 5 TRAIN ROBBERS *, vy immediately planked down! Uagable 1 serleunly reat: | Washington ship canal at Se- |It is believed Herman Amoasator H Chief Griffiths’ handiing of the so- itzgerald Answers attle was recommended to con Yr aid rn € r wa Brandenburg troops—among ent it to the state department promised to remove the tin sol s rrade building Saturday. With the German submarine (Upon Griffiths’ Resignation as Chief, Nov. 7, 1914.) nd in the city direc- ton } the crack men of Germ gress today in a report of army =| Monday calle po ice ques ion. dier chief of police. Enlarging on his charges agains: | Avwllt arte i ce ve ela in relation € “t feel that whatever success undin| He said he did not regard the ere © two countries, however, is . ber m principle of municipal ownership tr , 1 ted three| LONDON, Feb, 26.—Verdun, WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.— Imminent, has attended this administra- he ear rule fe ie « naive arlene were taal ‘ Pit hered th ° That the answer will be unsatt : . : ‘ cee BF the and a ard ave Stone to the fagtifications of | priation for a 30-foot channel conclusion. Moreover, despite ru = zs Backes : : t f r | Verdun from the northeast and | low canal lock and rev mors of a postponement of the war the appointment of Chief Griffiths warfare on armed merchant: the gart lection depart n < PURITY $ VAD ‘VERDUN FORTS $657, 000 ASKED men scheduled to start in four Bri W eifically charged Ma days, it appears unlikely today under the ‘Gill edministration, 1 seepanaiht tar tae inant that congress will interfere ef. danger in Seattle, 5 ) r harged with solleit-| France's mightiest fortress, Aprropriation of $657,000 for | sat ie faly, toe American ti h been largely due to No candidate dare go befc sling aig is ‘ sa ‘ ‘ e Germe : . ‘ jooked them at the police considered uncon- | federal work on the Lake is expected mom ton has e gely t b ng ‘the ut only four miies distant, while | bar between Salmon bay a fare decree, officials do not be After combin © outl: 6 officera who brought them in| the kaiser himself looked on, |Lake Union, and between the two! }ieve Germany plans any delay en Seattle and Tacome FALL FROM TRUCK «D.Kinsey ani.c. 1 today's official Berlin state: | lakes vient tava oe discord, conf] SUCCeSSOF, and shall endeavor to Brown said oye its present sit fectively before then in the rm opposed t t heretofore project ntarily North Coast Limit Austin B. Griffitne, candidate for ting Attorne nd jury investigation the garbage graft scandal It wasn't Fotmenes to Benttio Seater The oth-lerown prince's army, and the shell-| Bulkheads will be built between | armed ships t t i sudder once. *Gill’s estimate of Lang, the successor, in testimony before the ra tag oie ; pi ay § ae oy the locks of the » Wash-| pass, over President Wilson's ot oy eeveangtll ‘ tag" oowid P- ; Pe igge sd page t about $100,000,000, eight-mile front before the city, and, faced with cc if congress ap-| Americans to keep off armed mei “| told Lang he had made a —— fool of himself.” " ‘ - on, ¥ were attached to \ ment di ed. They recommended that the gov! gress prepared today to relax its . e il f h ee eee anaes teeta MAY PROVE FATAL (2)... (eee ment declared. omaining|erament ae the mork without aekel agitation fore warning to Amer. |] find a civilian of as near his type ts take ’ iar ofr nip © Hoff ing of Verdun itself, is expected at| Lake Washington and Li Union;| Some “flarenps” were still ex loss frow ” a om A . and Mad American manufacturers of musi-- The French have been thrown | low city council, which probed the chief's wine party at Tate's cate: de le " tal i 100 worth annual.jeceording to Berlin, the Teutons are! propriates the $657,000 recommend-| chant ships, had been temporarily Een meg tor ; ¥ twa i 4 cial co-operatio; rf refrain f sling en gave thelr forts before Verdun by the German! ing local financial co-operation leans to refrain from traveling on ib! : { th i as as possibie’ tor the piace. n Spokane, | Firestor », fell from an extensive dredging will be done be-| pected, but serious attempts t announced he tot tr t t t nts, with an annual back nearly four miles along the ington canal, ¢ » be will be} jections, any measure warning aha Me a to a cabaret girl's coom at the hour of 2.8. ma ‘abandoned, ainounts of money ia the mails, ‘4 serious condition, diy to foreign countries, [eull progressing. ed, abandoned.