The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 28, 1916, Page 1

BREAK edoed the Sussex It is apparent that ind the White House nd something more if it is shown that responsible. _ _ Itis not believed a ' will be too drastic. ‘interrogate Germany ah = presented his | FILM CONCERNS JOIN IN $40,000,000 MERGER Ww YORK, March 28— Confirmation of the reported $40,000,000 motion picture merger was obtained today. Most of the large producing corporations will join fo to elimina unnecessary expense. Formal announcement of the move is expected soon. Companies to be inciuded Im this step are the Para- mount, Mutual, Universal, Vitagraph, Lubin, Selig, Es sanay and Metro. Mary Pickford and Charles Chaplin will be the principal stare. Mary Pickford already has signed a three-year contract which, it is estimated, will bring her $600,000 annually. Chaplin’s contract calls for $670,000 a year. HALF MILLION | FOR U.S. FLYERS. WASHINGTON, Mareh 28.—Vot ing 273 to 1, the house today ‘ sed the army deficiency bill ap ver the propriating $8,600,000 to © [ cost of the American expedition into Mexico, and to enable the war tment to recruit the army to full strength and equipment. | Representative Meyer London socialist, of New York, was the pon member casting a negative en, "The bill provides for elght aero planes ‘and, if necessary, for 24, and appropriates $500,000 for them. “There are only eight aeroplanes | in Mexico.” said Representative | } Mann tod “There ought to be #09 there.” . According to Rep. Fitzgerald, the invested In aero- army has not planes because of the trou ble of getting good engines GERMANY IS CONSIDERED By Robert J. Bender United Press Stat © WASHINGTON, March 28.—The state tment today cabled to Berlin an asking whether a German submarine The cabinet decided to T HEY took his finger prints and his Bertillon measurements. whole routine of prison life for three days. They gave hin the regulation prison bath, Then the warden at Walla Walla penitentiary discovered that he wasn’t the high-class forger he pretended to be. He was a reporter of The Tacoma Times who was looking for “local color” to write of prison life. The reporter, E. A. Peters, was admitted into the penitentiary last Friday. He had no commitment papers. REPORTER-CONVICT WRITES OF WALLA WALLA ‘PEN the medical examination, and the He told the officials that his name was Peter Wilson, that he had pleaded guilty to forgery in Tacoma, and that he had been allowed to go to the penitentiary without any guards. He was questioned at length by Warden Drum, who said he never admitted a man to prison before without Peters assured him the papers would come before long. When they didn’t show up by Sunday night, Drum called the young man into his office, and again cross-examined him. a prison cell for three days, and he concluded he was ready to reveal his true identity. Today he is back at his old job. Being an observing young man, Peters has gathered a lot of interesting things to write about. The first will be published Wednesday. prison life at Walla Walla will appear in only one Seattle paper WITH ‘orreapondent in-| and Englishman. the state department are disposed to de-| than a mere disavow a German submarine) severance of relations| after Secretary Lan- official reports of the Instead of being @ drag on the administration's polley—as in the armed liner case-—Congress appar ently is urging President Wilson on If he determines to sever rela tions, it is believed he will send congress a note announcing bis in: j tention and explaining the incidents which, {n bis opinion, minke such a| Werk, the jobs offered bythe ted-| step necessary eral and city employment bureaus | He will not seek authority to] @Pparently fall short make the move, and possibly will] Both office » thronged with | only send congress a memorandum | 4pplicants M afternoon and after the severing, as he did when} ut some trouble was ex Carranza was recognized | Derienced in finding Seattle men While {t is thought certain Ger-| *ho would take out-of-town jobs of the na ttered vow both the Sussex many will dt and the Englishman cases, if re sponsible, the nature of the disay In spite of the Statements at the owal must differ from other Teuton | federal and city employment of uttterances before diplomatic con-|fices, there are 3,000 to 4,000 men} nections can continue. out of employment in the city at| this time, according to the spokes: | It is believed the responsible sub- marine commander must be named|™an of a ployed that and adequate punish ished to Amer to the world. ment must be fca's satisfactic ‘AMERICAN MAY DIE LONDON, March 28.—Fragment lof bronze metal which British navai|® family cou farm which pays less than a dollar it was|® day officers picked up aboard the Sus ex are pieces of a torpedo, | authoritatively stated today | George Crocker, American, is In may die. | Other wounded Americans are re covering. WASHINGTON, March 28,—The state department today telegraphed Consul Rogers at Queretera, the} temporary Mexican capital, ask ig | him tentatively to arrange for| \transportation of army supplies by |rail from the border to the Ameri can expedition | | | | WASHINGTON, March 28.— POSTPONE SUFFRAGE | JOBLESS Declare Employment Bureaus) HUNDREDS SEEK WORK } the city, to by th sald Besides, even farm hands |must have some experience, and leity men haven't got that This a critical condition at Dover and|Shuts out single men The house Judiciary committee linked the suffrage and prohi bition amendments and post poned action on each of them | indefinitely Geological evidence is to the ef fect that Great Britain was at one time 1,700 feet below the sea’s sur face OU read an editorial the editor yesterday's 8 VOLUME 18 MEN ASK | FOR HELP Exaggerate Labor Situation. Following publication in The Star Monday of an interview with Lawrence Wood, in charge loyment bureau of the U. 8. department of com- merce here, an unusual rush of applicants for jobs appeared both at the fe and city employment offices in the statements of the fed eral and city officials, a short age of labor was announced Ti it appears today, ap- plies only to certain kinds of labor, such as farm hands and loggers. For married men with families in who have been out of} i ! | | De! ition Visite The Star large delegation of unem visited The Star Tues-| day morning The 50 or so odd jobs referred employment agents, would be but bucket even {f they were real jobs./ As a inatter of fact, no man with 14 think of a job on the |WOMEN ON BORDER CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES FLIGHT OF \Soldiers Teach Them to Handle Firearms; Carry Automatics in Handbags F.C. Hecox, U. 8. A. Lucy Smith, Lieut. Hecox, Miss Doris Biake, captain of the Brazos gu ards; Mrs. D, Ezell. SEATTLE, WASH., & Se <5 a! Women living in the Brazos apartments, a drop in the! bandits or others. The picture shows members of the guard being taught to shoot at Camp Cotton, where United States soldiers are stationed, by Lieut. He was detailed by Col. T. W. Moore to teach the women, Positions for 40 Men Married men with families fin “CHARGE COSTS It unprofitable to take farm jobs.” jenid J. H. Shields, of the city em-| nt agency | side said he had positions for it 40 men on his books when the office opened Tuesday morn The expenses of bringing Dottie ing. and that he expected several| Coots and Lillian Peterson, accus more orders before noon ed of blackmail conspiracy, from Inspector Lawrence Wood, at the|580__ Francisco, where they were federal employment agency, First | ®tTested, will have to be borne by ave. and Union at., said he received | Sheriff Hodge personally, accord ing to the county commissioners several orders for men for outof. town employment Tuesday morn. ing, including a gang of 12 for road following a session Tuesday It 1s clamied by the commission. ers that Prosecutor Lundin did not 4 hoi and another road gang Of) biieve he had a good case against | the girls and did not ask Hodge to eae"? orders were all filled) yring them here; that no extradi Neos M r tion was demanded or obtained; | 8 ogee gllgy abe winged and that, therefore, the state! Shields said he found it hard to} would contribute nothing to extra-| place men tn farm positions, even | dition expenses, and the whole ex-| t $30, which is a higher wage than! jense would have to be borne |has been paid for three years leither by the county or Hodge per Indications pointed, he sald, to a| sonally | greater shortage of men in the lum Hodge, informed of the commis ber camps stoners’ action, said Tuesday “Wages in certain lines of ium-|“{'ye got a photograph of myself | ber work have advanced from 10| paying it.” per cent from Befingham to 8 Harbor,” he asserted Seventy-odd domestics found em ployment at the city agency Mon day after The Star announced a shortage of help. Tuesday morning eight or 10 similar positions were | of The Star. Its title was “Preparedr Giiligd Webces ish iaan The situation terday was bad. The situa lay In 6 of these demands for) 4 worse. The need of additional tr 3 ont border veir — he Ge ators’ union reports “ urged upon congress even : fide Of the) Th a general shortage of | eight aeroplanes which Gen. Per ith im into | emplo ment in this line, as well as hea now are out of Commissior THERE AREN'T oy otis lines of skilled labor in the | } cl ANY MORE AVAILABLE TROOPS, EXCEPT THI HALF-TRAINED MILITIA, OR A} MORE AERO PLANES IN ARMY SERVICE, TO SEND REIN HE DIES IN HIS BATH i FORCEMENT REALIZE THA1 Charles Mulligan, a logger ving | ¥ - Py, e way among newspaper the North-|at the Seaview hotel, 2031 Firat ® The Star blazed the wa wh Ae p ave., was stricken with Beart trou ' west in the fight for prepareane fue ; A Nl hie Monday, and died in bis bath. | 1 1 or two years that the rst t the m Dr. FE. H mith and Motorcycle ‘ at Washing va 1 ha pula but falled to ANC? , an adequate defense f , F fhe congressional delegation from this state at Washing ton should be standing, shoulder to shoulder, a unit for pre MINERS ENTOMBED paredness They should be for a preparedness THAT WILL BE ADEQUATE BLUEFIELD, W. Va., March 28 ‘ u believe the United State se men, badly burned, were And it is YOUR duty, “ yvOUR sbnator and’ YOUR coved today from the The water | should be prepared, to see that sena -. da) at Vivian, following an ex-| k for the thing that YOU want. in vote and wor NRITE TO THEM. Many were reported on-| TWO FLEETS ARE NEEDED FOR U. S, WASHINGTON, March 28,—Dia louasing the subject with evident reluctance, Rear Admiral Hradi A. Fiske told the house naval com-| mittee sterday the fighting strength of Germany's navy waa practically twice as strong as that of the United States. According to Admiral Fiske one fleet cannot protect both coast lines of this country, Two are needed. In answer to the question asked by Representative Stephens of Call-| fornia, if the navy was as efficient as it should be, Admiral Fiske ¢ that it was not CAN YOU HELP BOY? help him? If #0, call up Mrs, Book Capitol 3707, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, The Star. 1916. in El Paso, Tex. BY LEON STARMONT Special Correspondent on Mex- lean Border for The Star EL PASO, h 28.— The women Paso are armed for the fray, with [little toy pistols that slip into hand bags, with .38 and .45 automat nd with small-bore repeat- ing rifles. Every kitchen is an arsenal In this border city, and most of the housewives keep their gats as handy as thelr pane and spiders. They can shoot, too, for many of them have lived long years on remote ranches, where abil ity to use a pistol or rifle Is a woman’s only safeguard. Business women stenogra- phers, clerks, waitresses—carry little automatics in their hand bags when they go to and from their homes by day or night Even debutantes carry little shootsticks in thelr vanity bags when they go to parties at the Toltec club Mothers instruct their ters in the use of firearms The local suffrage organiza tion took up the question of or ganized home guards,” and daugh THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS : | TRAINS NEWA @TANDA, be ox ONE CENT > have or ganized themselves into the Brazos guards and are being taught by Uncle he| Sam to use firearms, so they will be able to defend themselves and their homes in case of an attack from the Mexican side of the border by The photo shows, left ; Miss Lila Blot, M planned to have militia officers drill the members at regular meeting places at set dates. Capt. Walt Jenkins, Co. K, N. G., was to serve as drill master. But Sheriff put the kibo because he fea the Mexi comprises town He advised the substitute plan of having each woman drilled separately in the use of arms by men or women skilled in the art This plan was adopted Peyton Edwards this scheme its effect wiation, which than half the b h on on more El Paso, by the way, fears trouble caused by wild-eyed Texans from the outlying ranches more than by Mexicans, whose activities are confined to desultory petty thieving and oc casional tequila-crazed insults to gringoes” in the Mexican sec tions of town But every tin-star deputy down Rio now and then some sheriff from Grande “starts in a Mexican store or “cantina” (saloon) which re sults in several men of both per suasions being filled with lead, th something” URGES BIGGER NAVY Poindexter SendsPreparednessPlea SPOKANE, March 28.—In a read to the Northwest confer e on “Preparedness and Roads by the chairman today, Senator Miles Poindexter urged that there be a recommendation for an In crease in the navy “A practical sition, how ever,” said the “is the most we can obtain at this session “This probably will be the adop. tion of the five-year building pro. gram recomm ied by President Wilson and Secretary of the Navy Daniels. It Is to be hoped that by some | ‘HAS TEUTONIC NAME: Who gave the French grain ship Sugene Snyder her Teutonic name That's what her captain crew want to know, says Port War den Paysse. She has a French cap with grain from Houser's elevator in West Seattle, Tuesday, and He's 16 years old, and he's chief} tain and a French crew and they |mainstay for a mother and four|all try to pronounce thetr ship's other children. He has no # jy|name with a German accent. She employment at present. Can you cleared for the United Kingdom pa-} international agreement, which mus » proposed and conducted by executive bran of govern ment, we can come to some agree ment with foreign nations for lim itation of nav armaments on some basis that would leave the United States In a relatively good position Without such an agreement, is the height of folly for the Unit ed States to proceed alone and without regard to international conditions to mit its own naval | armament on the theory that there is to be no further use of naval| power, “Under the cireumstances,” con Senator Poindexter, “un ss we have requisite naval Aeatats, we cannot maintain peace even by the surrender of our most priceless national privileges DESTROYER IS SUNK LONDON, March 28—In an encounter between German de- stroyers and British crulsers in the North Sea, a German de stroyer wae sunk, the admi ralty announced today. Velma Chenowet and | Parroy woods, I lly announced today | French ivivin J pons and submitted to capture. it the commitment papers. Peters had occupied His articles on AAR AAR AD APPA U.S. ASKS REPORT FROM BERLIN The Seattle Slar NIGHT EDITION Things are picking up a bit. Weatherman Salisbury chirped this message over the phone this morning: “Wednesday, fair and warmer; fair tonight, with light frost.” BANDIT IS HARASSED U. S. Troopers Close at His Heels, Carranzista Gen- eral Says. | RAID AMERICAN RANCH BY E. T. CONKLE | United Press Staff Correspondent | EL PASO, March 28.—News of another bandit raid Into American territory and publica- | tion of a message asserting | United States troops and con- | stitutionalists were close on Francisco Villa and arassing | him constantly” were the im- portant developments in the + Mexican man-hunt today. Gen. Gavira, at Juarez, made public the following dispatch | from Gen, Bertani, constitution- | alist commander at Madera: “Villa is at Ei Oso. | be! Col. Cano is the one of chiefs closest to him. troops.and the Americans harassing him constantly.” Ten cavalrymen are in pursuit today of Mexican outlaws who swooped across the border near Fabens and attacked the ranch of C. E. Kelly, former mayor of El Paso. The ranch superintendent was assaulted and severely beaten, He walked to the T. E. Wingo ranch, near by, and notified a de- tachment of the Eighth cavalry, troop E, which was encamped there, Ten fast riders were ordered after the outlaws. Latest dispatches from the Amer jean expedition say Villa is fleeing rapidly southward toward the |Slerra Madre foothills, with Amer- licans closely trailing him Mexicans who formerly hailed Villa as an idol are now aiding his pursuers. An aviator from the base 130 miles south of Dublan headquarters is scouting with the American van- guard, The problem of getting supplies to the advanced posts is becoming more serious hourly. It is thought certain that use of Mexican ra{lroads will be impera- tive if Villa is not run down soon, Aviator Who Was Lost Three Days in Deserts of Mexico Our Jane Knight, Miss Armine Mercer. to right, Mis FRENCH MAKE A DARING ATTACK’ PARIS, March 28 German “rench troops killed Rushing into an advanced position in all occupants who refused to sur. render withdrew, after blow ing up to the trench, it was official and the forest, the leaped upon the bloody struggle at The sur Creeping thru suddenly outposts. A quarters g Germans dropped their wea close followed The excitement in the trench at tracted other German outposts and UUM DROEL EE hy a brisk fire wns beginning when the French laid their dynamite charge and fled, taking the pris oners along FIGHTING AT ST. ELO! BERLIN, March 28.—Fighting }around St. Eloi, where the British attacked and destroyed German trenches, may develop into a strong enemy offensive, the war office an-| nounced today | WMIALLILILLAMLUALLULUMA ELA PALL PILED LULUELU NAb be YOOLLILLILLILLLLUALLELL DED URGES R. R. INQUIRY. Lieut. E.A.Gorrell Lieut. Gorrell of the United WASHINGTON, March 28.—Kar-| States air squadron, after being ly consideration by the house of/lost three days somewhere in the senate joint resolution provid-| Mexico, when his gasoline tank ing for an investigation of railway | sprung a leak, was rescued by an transportation conditions was|army supply party. Hew jurged today in a letter President |the aviators who accompanied the | Wilson wrote to Representative | expedition to chase Villa and his Kitchin {aeroplane became detached from “L know we all want to be abso. the others flying over the deserts lutely fair to the railroads,” the |{p°,ote! president wrote, “Tt seems to me|% Mexico the proposed investigation should | whe arepowed ioventgntion =o: OBBOSE THE CANTEEN of that desire.” GONAIVRS, Haiti, March 28.—At » held by members of the marine corps, on vote t a resolution that, to be given by nttle | “aside from the personal liberty ts 3 in the Moore theatre |sue involved, the abolishment of the jcanteen was a splendid thing, and we members of the United States of the merriest and best ever held| marine corps, on duty at Gonaive: by the Bills, it is promised, There/are solidly against any movem | will be about 100 people ia the cast. | looking to its restoration,” rehea for the an ul The final nual show Elks April was given Monday night This year's festival will be one voted for and —