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

PAY ONLY ¥ ONE CENT | PAIL PAST TOPS ) SEAM MBSE TOLD W BY VILL BEAL BAIS BY WM. G. SHEPHERD | BY 0, JACOBS United Prone Staff Correspondent NAMiQUIPA, Mens April ZB che . Mex, Aprit WMG HAGUE, April: 30, , —By Wireless to Columbus.— Positive assurances have reach. Villa sympathizers in towne ed Ambassador Gerard that along the Mexico & Northwer there will be no diplomatic rup- ig ag ‘ bow a ores ture between the United States * salippenordacg~ Pn. the American expedition, the and Germany in the present an crisis, it was learned reiiably San Antonio advanced base wireless reported today. This, In connection with the Par. | ral incident ond Maj. Howze’s re port that citizens at La Joya, Ro- jsario and Santa Cruz ambushed his colarman, showed the necessity for | shortening the lines of communica tion and having an understanding with the facto government be- fore marching farther south. San Antonio wirelessed that the two trainioads of Carranziatas had passed thru there en route to Cusihuirachic, Temachic and Santa Tomas to reinforce the garrisons and ostensibly to quell any Vill , outbursts Inspired by anti-Amert can feeling. Attaches of the American em- Bbasey at Berlin on Saturday began packing their baggage, but on Wedneéday assurances unreveated ‘The American colony in Berlin peereee yesterday that there is no at least? of an early is information was sent tn Messages to leading Dutch business men last night. The mesmges said the crisis had) passed, but if for some, Teason @ break should come, tt would not come before May 5. No reason was given for the fix- of that date. have been no demonstra-| PARIS, April 28-—Numerous air tions in Berlin, but since the prest-\raids on the Western front {n dent's last niate, Americans ap- which German planes, including a pearing in public have been made! Fokker, were downed, were report: to feel uncomfortable. led officially today. There were no Most of them recnain indoors as| other important activities excepting Much a8 possible, on advice of the !an intermittent bombardment north police. of Verdun. WOMAN ACQUITTED ON CHARGE OF GIVING POISON TO HER BABIES | | Mrs. Ida Sniffen Walters Rog ers, Who was soguitted in New| b= | ALUMNI ORGANIZED York of the charge that she pot Elizabeth Hauser, of Cleveland, O. DELAFIELD, Wis. April 21.—]the local sharpshooters won the|the big yearly classic of the as-}Mexico Military institute, w woned her two bables that they|have occurred, Rogers secured a! rsonal representative of Mrs.| Preparedness policies plus keen |overnment trophy tn the national | soclation, participants — inc luding | York Military Academy, Kemper might not grow up to know they divorce, married Mrs. Walters, and Alumni of Wheaton college organ-| Carry Chapman Catt, suffrage) oes pave qualified the St. John's shootlug championship for mil jyiiian, ‘collogiate ad and | Militar itute, St. Johns’s M had been born out of wedlock: one together with a child born since’ {zed an association and elected Rev. Icaer, Others who spoke were * bE ir eae tary schools under the auspices of |° ma, COURS SURG RIOE ane itary tnetitute, St. JOARGS ae of the babies, Lorida, § months of | th marriage, wae with bi wife! Frank Dyer of Tacoma, | ident, Mre. Ro F. Weeks, of the Legisia-| Military academy rifle team for|the National Rifle Association of | Scholastic organizations The ob-|lins, Tennessee Military institute, age, and Lorlys Elton Rogers, said during the trial Thureday night. Dr. Charles A.| tive Federation; Mrs, Harriet Dun. immediate recognition by the war|America, New York Military |Ject is the promotion of marks-| Northwestern Military and Naval ho be the father of the children The jury Wednesday held she| Blanchard, ssident of the institu:|lap, president of the Western | department should yolunteers be)academy was second with 8,781} manship and revival of Ot eats ligcadabes Morgan Park Military The woman was Mrs. Walters,was not gullty by reason of insan-|tion, was guest of honor at the or- Washington W, C. T. U, — Mrs,| rushed into Mexico, points, jamong the youth of the country school, all affiliated with the na- to ity, Flobr, on “Jail Reform"; Mrs. A. Scoring a total of 8,860 points,| The tournament, just closed, is| Among contestants were New| tional association, when the poisoning Is alleged jhelress to millions, | Breitung country EB |B. | Sanization banquet. 9» tretaceeteeeneenameeenraeneeen eae tinn cere The Seattle Star VOLUME 19 SEATTLE, WASH, HRISH REBELLION SPREADS! BRI TISH BATTLESHIP IS DESTROYED LONDON, April 28. —Maj. Gen. Sir John Maxwell has arrived i in Ireland and assumed ommand of British troops rushed to quell he Sinn-Fein rebellion there, it was learned | today. The point at which he landed is kept secret. All news from Ireland is closely cen- sored. Both press and public admit the Irish rebellion which confronts England is the gravest crisis since the war began. (Note—The fact that the censor passed the _ phrase is indicative of its serious- ness, It was reported that the counties of) Meath, Louth and North Dublin,-besides the Western counties are centers of Sinn Fein activities Divorce May End Secret Marriage Limited passenger service todre- land has been restored. There are wild rumors in circulation regard ing more street fighting in Dublin but nothing definite js known, In England the public ts demand ecution, strutting about In bis cell in the Tower of London, boasting of bis Casement has partly confessed, the government declares, but has refused to name his fellow conspira- tors. He said that firet on hara a series of air and sea raids during Holy Week, ~ While these were on, it was plan- ned to land Casement with a picked of Germ: the Irish const, = agen veorete ot march on Dub- in. APPEAL TO WILSON TO SAVE CASEMENT NEW YORK, April 28.—Mra Agnes Newman. ter of Sir Roger a attempting to land Germans and arms In Ireland, Will appeal to President Wilson to save her brother's life, she declared today. She fears that he will be executes fn the Tower of London as a traitor. Michael Doyle, Mra. Newman's attorney, said the plan to appeal would be based on humanitarian grounds, citing as precedent the activities of Brand Whitlock, for. mer American minister to Belgium, to save the life of Miss Edith | avell, British nurse executed by Germans, Irish organizations of New York have declared their sympathy with the Irish rebellion Col, Patrick Wallace, commander JULIET AREITUNG— Juliet Brettung-Kletst, beauty and will begin di vorce action soon in New York against Max F. Kleist, the coach-| of the Connemara brigade of Irish man whom she secretly married| volunteers, stated that there were three years ago. Kleist was work ype lg Ireland ready ing on the estate adjoining the| "Ty, volunteers, asserted Wallace uwwme, m Michi} gan, when the romance began U. OF W. ACTRESSES WILL GET A CHANCE in could get control - WOMEN OPPOSE PARTY LABELS University student actors and actresses will cavort on the Metro |politan theatre boards with the! Wilkes stock players when they produce “The Taming of the Conference of Chief Clubs of Shrew,” next week | City Indorse Non- It is part of the city-wide recor partisanship. nition of the Shakespeare i mia tenary celebration program | DISCUSS LEGISLATION Nonpartisanship was indors- ed enthusiastically and unani mously at the pre-legisiative conference of the chief wom- en’s organizations in the city, THREATEN RUMPUS | The Harper precinct republicans, | in Kitsap county, have split | Nig. Thheraaay at the: Washtan: And the majority promises to| ton Hote! Annex. The confer raise a rumpus at the county con] ghee to discuss coming legisla: ventic nat Preerton Saturday | tive matt was called by the The whole trouble developed inst) Wermenes Goed’ Government Saturday night when 19 repub league. Heans of the precinct met at the| MAME the postoffice for a caucu! value of nonpartisanship as offer. A majority of 11, who attended | jig an opportunity to get measures | the meeting, have signed a opie |treated according to merit instead ment, charging that Chairman A.| of hy the, narrow-minded, presi "handpicked" 1. M Reynolds, as del Rainwater , It would also Garnett and R. T diced party machine. egates to the county conventionto, their own merit and not by after Frank Prooks and F. R. Bea) Vi.4 polities han had been chosen hy a vote of 11 to 8 Mothers’ Pensions Frank Plerce, former bull moose,| Mrs, Nellie Burnside, president vaya Chairman Rainwater “didn't|of the Legislative leration, want him sround” and threatened | spoke of the need of amending the to throw him ont | mothers’ pension bill, which a par The whole procedure has been|ty machine crippled in the 1915 |chronicled by the 11 members of | session of the legislature the defeated majority and they in-| Mrs, Donna Snook of the King |tend to carry the issue to the Kit-|County Parent-Teachers’ associa sap county convention tion criticised the course of study at the Chehalis Training school for boys. The conference listened to Miss FRIDAY, APRIL 28, ing Sir Roger Casement's early ex: | Newspapers reported that he is) in starting the Dublin re-| to} would declare Ireland a republic if} bring about the election of officials | FIRST EDITION Maybe Shakespeare wasn't Shakespeare. Maybe he was Bacon, [et Norman Hackett | of the Met. worry about that. What ws ! FOR THE STAR THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS pact Rocce Gaitiens says: a tonight and Saturd ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS, Se 1916. ONE CENT pn Better Late Than Never NG UNG it he UMBRELLA IT LOOKS LIKE LONDON, April 28. —One hundred = and twenty-four officers and men are missing today as the result of the destruce tion of the British battle- ship Russell, 14,000 tons, sunk in the Mediterranean after striking a mine. ‘ It is believed the men perished. Admiral Freemantle, Capt. W. BL Smith, 22 officers and 676 men were saved, the admiralty said. | The Russell was constructed ia | 1900 at a cost of $5,000,000, | BRITISH STEAMER TORPEDOED | LONDON, April 28.—The British S. S. Industry has been sunk by @ | submarine in the Atlantic, it was | officially announced » The crew was left in open boats, a steamer Finland rescued The Industry was en route o. United States, It was and was’ of 4,440 tons, SUBMARINE DESTROYED LONDON, April 28.—-A submarine was sunk off the coast of England yesterday, it announced officially toda. The crew of 18 men surrendered. Amsterdam reported that a Brite | | R. Denn “Mothers’ Pensions’; oky German bmarine Shetland Islands and REPUBLICANS = cite teas i MANE A TRUCE == re mander was examining the truce has been et-| Miss Kutne of the College club; Dr. Mary GEN. OBREGON Etta March Armstrong, of the ctv fen committee of the Seattle Fed eration of Women's clubs; Mrs.} Edith Levi and Mra. Nora Swen-/| | #on, representing the anti-picketing | | and label bill; Mra. BE. C. Mooers, | representative for the Public Own: Sv E. T. CONKLE of one of thé Dutch vessels. A temporary ership league, on the question of | Staff Correspondent fected by warring republicans in} high taxation and the public own. EL PASO, April 28-~Gen. | King: county, and the threatened| When an automobile driven By erably of public utilities; Dr Sara) ajvaro Obregon, Mexican war fight at the county convention over| Attorney E. H. Kohlhase endall, representing the national) ister, and) Gen. Trevino” | the chairmanship has been averted, | James Waters, a laborer, aged council of women voters, calling at- tention to a more stringent censor- ship of the moving picture films; Mra, W. 8, Griswold, representing the Anti-tubercnlosis league of King county, and Mrs, Trumbull, of |the Women’s Washington federa tion, on Railroad ave., Thursday noon, he sustained injuries caused his death at the city eight hours later. The. police have been unable to learn where the victim lived or whether or not he has relatives here. Kohihase was booked at police headquarters, a are due at Juarez today on a | The convention will be held special train for the border the Arena Saturday. conference with Gen. Hugh | rhursday a meeting was held be Scott. | | ” While Gen. Obregon has an. (tween the alleged “handpickers who are responsible for the Lee-| nounced that he would attempt to obtain a prompt withdrawal Whitney alignment, and the faction | of American troops from Mex- of republicans which is opposed to leo, Carranzistas privately favor “handpicking” methods. A com- the expedition’s continued pres- promise was effected, and W. A.j® Peters will be temporary chairman owing to the of the convention and Judge Hiram internal lacing the de- facto Government. E, Hadley will be permanent chair-} man. ' PREPARE FOR SURVEY nad eattled on High Cle for | Ail permanent chairman, and the op-| | The state will be divided into ponents of the Lee-Whitney ring had intended to fight Caldwell by districts for the preparedness sur- vey of industrial resources, accord putting up Judge Claypool as their ing to a plan outlined by the Wash |BEAT COURT ORDER IN DUMPING BOOZE Lawyers specializing on booze} problems have to hop lively to keep the police from spilling seized wet goods into the nutter before a re- straining order is served Three thousand bottles of rare jold stock went trickling down the rainways about two minutes after it had been brought from Gray's REMEMBER PALMER COX'S BROWNIES? CRANBY, Quebec, April 28. —This is the 76th birthday of Paimer Cox, king of Brownle- and, the man who created the many a wire ter’s night by the fireside a ver itable adventure for hundreds of thousands of American “kide” who are not “kids” any more. Cox Is not at Brownle | candidate. ' 0 ve. > |2erattorson Seventh ave. Thure-|iieton committee Thursday, They | castle, the | promt, ramblings are gathering statistical material RUSSI. N OOPS | | mysteriou je Pa blared ye oy sks fs the government. The national AN TR || back to this village and built 300 Jackson st. rushed preathies*| movement is headed by Thomas | after he won d fortune LANDED IN FRANCE ly to the city hall Thursday with orders from the court house to save en the booze seized by he police | o Ps mt “. Wednesday. During the last year, Navajo In-| MARSEILLES, April 28. It had been destroyed two hours dian blanket industry reached convoy of Russian troops before. $760,000, here today. with his sauce beige elfs. New York residence, and hale and hearty as ever, he says. | Edison. | A third landed ACADEMY CHAMPIONSHIP RIFLI AM--TOP ROW, RUT. GILBERT, SERGT, STREH LOW, SERGT, F. JOUN'S ris ITARY LEFT TO RIGHT: CAPT. YOUNGS, SERGT, DISGEN, co) ST. LEISGEN. BOTTOM ROW—LEFT TO RIGHT; HOWARD, LIEU LIB BROWN, LIEUT. McKENZIE, LIEUT. AGAN, CAPT SMYTHR, SERGT, AN SPACH SERGT, CRAIC