The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 29, 1916, Page 1

a NEXT TUESDAY! There'll be a number of girl “newsies downtown on Tuesday. They'll sell the ffrage edition of The Star. The paper will be gotten out by the suffrage leaders of the nation. Let’s all chip in and help. ” beer ~ RAR ene THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE | NEWS VOLUME 19 a A ld MRS. CYRUS MEAD Of Vandalia, O., state chairman of the Ohio branch of the Congres- sional union, has spent considerable time at the national capital, and ELLA RIEGEL Philadelphia is the busine of the Congressiona’ of manager form a Woman Voters’ party, She addressed the senate committee on|is an indefatigable worker in the in the woman suffrage last December cause. yea: Seattle society matrons have girls and club women to receive n tranchised Lastern states, who arrive here M KUT-EL-AMARA Mrs. Harry Whitney Treat has been tear her twin-six for the same purpose that kept Miss of the waitresses’ union, up after midnight for weeks Gen. Townshend Surrenders, “Wee | After Four Months’ A together on the same thing?’ asks Siege. {Miss Margaret Fay Whittemore, of | | the Congressional Union, who came 9,000 MEN PRISONERS /ct to the ¢ of Washington to athe prepare for the coming of the East LONDON, April 29—The |erners : 7 garrison of 2,970 Eng- It has already been done,” she Veh and 6,000 Indian troops, | declares Club women, society been besieged In Kut. | Women, laboring women, university waleh hee women, and women politicians el-Amara by the Turks for more than 140 days, has surrendered, it was announced today by the war office. This is the first Instance of the present war, and one of the few oc easions {n more than a century, in which a besieged British garrison has surrendered. have all forgotten the little bar- riers. that separated them, and have gone to work.” Because 4,000,000 women in 12 Western states already vote, a trainioad of Eastern women have come West to see that these votes be used to strike the shackles from }the women in the disfranchised The Kutel-Amara garrison bas) states Deen believed in serious danger for! They are aboard the “Suffrage several days, because of lack Of) special.” food. Officials made no attempt to) They will ask the Western wom minimize the gravity of Gen./en to deliberately throw their solid Townshend's position. vote to the party that comes out Offictal jopenly for nation-wide suffrage of an unsuccessful effort to run a food ship on the Tigris river thru the Turkish lines. This indicated that the predicament of the British was desperate the national conventions at Chicago. Mayor Gill Will Speak ” A big, open welcome meeting will be held at the King Street station party Floods blocked relief corps forces! wonday at 9:30 a. m now 23 miles east of the city Mayor Gill and Mrs. Frances C Turks trapped Gen. Townshend/ axtell will speak, and members of in Kut-el-Amera early in December, | after the Bagdad campaign had col- lapsed. Townshend destroyed all the gar- rison’s guns and munitions before surrendering. Sir John Nixon occupied Kut-el- | ae the will reply This will be followed by an au tomobile parade thru the streets Monday night an open masa meeting will be held in the Moore theatre. Among suffragist visiting party mara Sept. 19, 1915, and advanc to within 10 miles of Bagdad, speakers will be Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch and Miss Lucy Burns, both of New York, and both widely known puffragists Will Sell The Star Tuesday they will edit The Star Women workers will sell copies on the street, and the proceeds will go into the suffragist fighting funds. Tuesday night, open street meet Ings will be held thruout the bust ness district | Calls will be issued for the con ference of the Congressional Un fon for woman suffrage to be held in Salt Lake City, May 11 and 12. It will be the climax of the West- ern tour of the “Suffrage Special.” Finish With Chicago Meeting where, on Nov. 26, he was defeat- ed and, retreating, suffered anoth- er defeat when his Arabia volun- deserted teers and joined the Turks. Nixon left Townshend with a force estimated by the Turks a: 10,000 and also left large quanti ties of supplies, believing a relief expedition would would later reach him. LANSING, Kan., April 29.—Re- venge, according to a confession made late last night by Fred Bis- sell, a baker of Topeka, was the mo-| Envoys from the “free” states tive for his murdering Edna Dins-| will be named there to accompany more, aged 10, in Topeka, last Tues-|the Eastern suffragists back to Washington. Then the women will make their final pre-election play in Chicago June 5, 6 and 7 The republican and progressive national con’ conventions | will be in ses. day. Bissell lured the child to a vacant house, tied her in the cellar, went out for some tobacco and a news. paper, and, returning, fired the house. said women couldn't get} | Of Baitim SEATTLE GIRLS WILL | SELL STAR TO HELP MEETS OBREGON TODAY /|CHECK HIS ACCOUNTS BUY IT MANY PLACES | CAUSE OF SUFFRAGE ore is oa MRS. TOWNSEND SCOTT chal 1|Maryland branch of the Congr union's expedition to the West to/sional union and is prominent soci ly In Baltimore, She has béen active| sional SEATTLE, WASH., i MRS. A. R. COLVIN Of St the congre: rman of the nal union. Inent In anti-tuberculoosis work TO INSIST UPON with working m dis nday morning ing around in Alice Lord e last few Gen. Scott “Will Refuse Withdraw Troops From Mexico. BY E. T T. CONKLE United Presse ftaff Correspondent EL PASO, April 29.—Ref OZENS of Seattle girls to withdraw the American ex- will sett The Star pedition from Mexico until next Tuesday. Francisco Villa is taken, and ‘ It’s to be a woman suf- rage edition, Har rot Stanton’ Biaten of New York and other members of the “Suffrage Special” ty. There won't be any law against giving these girls a nickel, or a dime, or a qu ter, or a dollar, or whatever Indications are that President you wish to give them, for Wilson would even welcome a ten your Star on Tuesday. The porary peaceful protectorate over proceeds will go into the Mexico until the band re ex coffers of the Congression- terminated and the border raid! al Union for Woman 8uf- menace forever removed frage. This would tnvolve the policing if you want your paper at the regular rate, buy It from the regular newsboys. The girls will not accost you if you already copy of The Star. A whirlwind campaign for youthf: ul and beautiful has been carried on demands that use of railroads and ether facilities granted the United States forces, are expected to be among the pro posals of Gen. Hugh Scott, chief of staff, when he meets Gen, Alvaro Obregon, Mexican war minister, in their firat for- mal conference today of northern Mexico by Americans, to which Obregon ts opposed ences, both the American and Mex ave a ican military mobilized to make| demonstrations of strength Actual intervention or a break | with Mexico is not considered administration officials here girl by President Wilson Is Man Who Can Stop Wholesale Thievery Any Time He Wants to ath THE mas nm social of bin articles, one of a series day by dny—Vditor. Bg Basil M. Manly Noted American Economic Investigator FENAT | i WASHIN , D. C,, April 29,—Now t it is established that the Unite’ States income tax 18 A FAILURE—and a COLOSSAL | FAILURE—we muat decover WHY it is a failure To accomplish this, it is necessary to begin with an alysis of the income tax LAW itself—to examine it in order that we may determine whether or not it is intrinsically an adequate instrument, If PROP ERLY ENFORCE The weaknesses of the present law are many, some affecting great principles, which are rthy of dis cussion, while others nich affect onl tails, need The first great weakness in the law is the provision that only persons having NET : BM MANLY incomes over $3,000 are required to file returns, The effect of this is to throw the ENTIRE BURDEN (Continued on page 8) SATURDAY, APRIL 29, Paul is chairman of one of Of New York, districts of the} man of the Congressional union, Minnesota branch of the Congres-|the official head of the She is a graduate! of cuffragists, suffrage cause for many|nuree and besides suffrage is prom-|active worker, While preparing for the confer-|his employer's name, Reinforcements have been sent! notwithstar 1916 ONE CENT x | MISS LUCY BURNS national vice chair is edition She is a capable, of great tact and! MRS. JOHN ROGERS | force. | of the Congressional union. ‘CHARGE CLERK VANCOUVER MEN CATCHING VILLA STOLE BIG SUM BUY BOOZE HERE ro | Comnpigtee ‘Lodged Against Canadian City Sends Emis-| | Bookkeeper for F. S. saries to Test Prohibition | Lang Co. Law. | 's brand of prohibition ful to Vancouver, B. C., hotel men who have been gathering data with which to fight the drys in British Co. lumbla. on the trail Is alleged to have absconded with a large sum of money be- longing to the 8. Lang Man- ufacturing Co, where he has aon employed ae bookkeeper. Mre. F. 8. Leng store to a piaint drawn Saterday by Der ina ‘The hotel men, who now eon- Prosecutor Palmer, charging tro! the liquor business across len with forgery of a $20 cheeitgen | the line, are fighting to keep the prohibitionists from taking November 13, 1915. An peat their hides. in checking over his books Abeles peared on April 15,] telling his wife he was going to According to the Canadian | Tee ma to audit some accomnts Investigators, they had no trou- je has not been seen since, al i ‘ and tho he had. promised, it is aaid, to] * |" buying booze here, t delivered to them by haberdashers the | ko over his own books with hinem.| even had ployer on the following Monday over hour yesterday ford his bookkeeper had been {s-| 804 bring it back with you,” was the blackened ruins of the Sinn Fein strongholds in the wing checks to himself, signing |the order given two Vancouver|of Dublin ¢ Lang says re Bg here to study con As they fled, fire from Maxim guns and the troops’ rifles roAithe the exact amount of the al “"Aecording to affidavits present-|mowed them down. It was estimated that more than 100 ascertained. Lang. admitted Satur, /04 to the authorities at Vancouver,| persons were killed or missing as a result of the four da day that he believed it large, but oe ee rp Ae Woiee was] street fighting The military is apparently in control, inated a statement that {hejcom | Soule geting prescriptions the disorders are not comp’ letely quelled. A ring-of steel has — The Seattle Star Oe aR eS eR EPICS. Of New York is a member of the| board of directors of the Women's|Of New York, who will be editor of Of Newcastle, Dei, chairman ef Political union of New York, and a membeP of the advisory council In the records are the names of NIGHT EDITION It’s sizzling in Ireland, but there'll be a light frost in Seattle tonight, according to Forecaster Salisbury. He ups and says: “Fair tonight and Sunday; light frost to- night and warmer Sunday.” ON TRAINS AND RWS KTANDS Leaders of Eastern Suffragists Who Will Invade Seattle on Monday Le le § . MRS. FLORENCE BAYARD HILLES | MRS. HARRIOT STANTON ) BLATCH | |The Star Tuesday, is the daughter the Delaware branch of the Com of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, presi-|gressional union, is a daughter of dent of the Women’s Political the late Senator Bayard, member union of New York. of President Cleveland's cabinet 100 ARE KILLED; CITY INFLAMES LONDON, April 29 (Bulletin). —Heavy fighting berwenm mesial tr id rebels continues around the Jacobs factory in lin today, to the Exchange is the last BIE remain The in rebel possession. of the rebelliof was in sight. By Wilbur 5. Forest ‘) United Press Staff Correspondent DUBLIN, Ireland, April 29.—Amid roaring flames which threatened to sweep the city, British troops and Irish rebels engaged in a furious hand-to-hand struggle until an early at the univ and thr & out. club cirel uf ais }to Brig. Gen. Pershing continuously Mire, Abe and her child tet |*sht well-known Seattle physt-| failure to arouse a general uprising in Ireland. They were to meet at the |) turing the past 24 hours | the city several days after her hus |clns Who gave them prescriptions | Reyolutionists Start Many Fires as Troops Linesin hotel with Stes There are now more than 16,000/band vanished and went to Port. | 84 directed trem where to get the . . * t Whittemore for Instructions soldiers in Mexico or strung closely |tand, the authorities say Uquor. | Begin Closing in Upon Them Saturday afternoon, at. 2 | Detween Columbia and San Antonto, | All these names are published in Late Thursday, as troops began closing in, the revolu - Mexico. | the Vancouver Daily Province, o'clock. ° tionists sts s fires in the heart of the city. They — | ‘The Carranza army garrisoning | PREPAREDNESS NOTE Pike @treet drug stores charged tionists started numerous fires in the hea 7s Ls | Chihvahua and Sonora is about 40, After five years’ rest. the | | little leas for filling Mquor pre-jevidently planned a great conflagration, hoping to escape — sion there at that time, So will the | 900 strong | | state law requiring flag ritual | {scriptions than the Second ave./in the resulting confusion new Women's Party Gen. Scott, accompanied by Maj.| | and an oath of allegiance to | tOFes.” stys the report. | British troops rushed toward the fires, being ordered to Until then, the popular place for|Gen. Funston, formally called on| | the flag wan revived at Lin One hardware establishment, ac-| 1 } f politicians’ ears will be close to the | Obregon last night coln High school ‘Friday, |" [cording to the report, maintains | kill ail rebels who attempted to prevent them from extinguisliy: | ground. They croesed the International The instructors proudly led very efficient liquor department ing the flames . The women demana vieduee of | bride over the Rio Grande at]! in the singing of “The Star. : rps bape BB _ to he The troops had scarcely begun battling the blaze whem. |support from the national parties |* D. m Spangled Banner” and spoke | | 404 were ser by Courteous POF! + citlades burst. foi fro: ‘oofs of adj i ‘ |for the Susan B. Anthony amend.| A fanfare by Mexican buglers an-| | the oath while more than {.0b0 | | tet Says the report fu ila Jes burst forth from the r of adjacent buildi ment, which provides national|"Ounced their arrival. Mexican| | voices responded | The comparative record of po-| The battle which followed eclipsed anything on @ womans suffrage troops lined the streets from the Just as the instructors were ie convictions for drunkenness in| uropean fronts for picturesqueness | bridee to the custom hours ready to admit that the rusty i= report, War} se Blasts of smoke and flame hid the buildings’ in rebel NE Scott, Funston and Obregon con services had been impressively ||, 1916 Vancouver. Seattle. Rantinees on hades 2) 1 | versed for nearly an hour carried out, the students start. | | J&0uary 86 * * | Fullest honors were accorded Ob od singing “I Didn't Raise My February S4 11T sre 1D, Horny, chtroan ore when hw rotaraed the vin] Boy" My Ng a Boider” ang || March St JOHN REDMOND BLAMES IRISH-AMERICANS the Belgian Flag Tag day commit-! be wouldn't stop until the s aaa ss : ie tes, bald Aprit 8, comitel. Satar| ane and Funston are contem emergency gongs were rung | | 265 505 LONDON, April 29—John E. Redmond, famous Irish leader im |day, $1,000.41 as a result A celece, “ee of Inspection to the) | and the assembly dismissed parliament, = is - em *| ‘ - j | tion taken by the Be ee) | lati ee ene | Oi ieas GAs SPOT BRANDEIS REPORT oe to Florida. Henry Ford did not , an chsh miei e cording to a state- visit him, so Edison did not get] SHIRTS IN TRENCHES a Se tat A | chance to convert him to prepared : WASHINGTON, April 29.—Two [ment made ' - ———-o' ness, SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.—|members of the senate judiciary He ‘pronounces Cheer up, Archibald! The sport|committee predicted today the re-|ine move aa shirt is vindicated. port on the nomination of Louls D.| owicked and in- It has made {ts appearance on the|Brandets for the supreme court! ane,” and de European firing line, according to| would be unfavorable, This follow-| Mares that it will Dantel Isancson, a Rus#lan just ar oe a stormy discussion in the sen-| jut meet with rived ate — eterweneere ; merited failure - a5 Ra “ “| The men re of proof upon the government at the most critical polnt—that apotaible: sieatt of DISCOVERING WHO should be taxpayers. ° ting safely in If the government suspects that John Doe should make a return, GG 99 America and urg session tangible evidence that John Doe has a NET income greater headed —country- a|than $3,000, Now to prove NET income the government must. know men in Ireland ts| practically every fact regarding, not only John Doe's INCOME, but Jon, he said ALSO HIS EXPENSES! If the government can prove that John Doe | A pe of th has a grogs Income of $10,000 and tries to force him to make a return, OU'LL like her. lentibtart vega te be | John Doe need only may, “That is all very well, but can you prove that She's a lovable girl ing the situation my allowable expenses and deductions are not greater than $7,000?| i in America fol I will not make a sworn return until you do | \ rh se : 1 | lows Any court will sustain his position, and reprimand or she's the heroine of Anne Warner tory, by the | “vpnis movement punish any officer who tries to compel him. As the tax which | ame name ych is to be published in The Star begin- | has heen put in would be due from John Doe would probably be jess than $25, w eee da {motion by this the treasury is very apt not to waste any time in an effort to oe Sea |same class of get the necessary proof. Y t men at the very THE LAW SHOULD BE AMENDED TO REQUIRE ou can brighten your own life, perhaps, and the | moment when EVERY ONE WITH A GROSS INCOME OVER $3,000 TO lives of others, by getting aboard the sunshine wagon America is de. FILE A SWORN RETURN, WITH AN ADEQUATE PENALTY when you get Monday's Star manding repara FOR FAILURE. FURTHERMORE, THE TREASURY DE- ‘ Ros tion for the blood s PARTMENT SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO REQUIRE ANY Wihd ‘Geter wate Monday a a Aentlans : of innocent Amer: TARIVIOUAL TO MAKE A RETURN UPON PROPER be. I t a nday and end aturday. It is {can men, women MAND. complete in six installments. It is the latest in The Star's | and children, shed second—The “Dividend Joker," however, probably results in novel-a-week series, in which you get a book-length, | 5% Germany, and st ao many failures to make returns and in the loss of an ¢ ‘ rf ‘i ‘ ’ pn a halal j thus they are reater amount of tax regular $1.50 popular novel, together with the rest of the guilty of double The “Dividend Joker” was inserted in the act very cleverly by an] news and features ordinarily contained in The S 0 yes “oi . ; amendment to one of the most complex sections, It provides “that ? ¢ Star, for |to the generous John Redmond six cents. land that received them, as well as to the Jand whichgave them birth.” The report said the end. | been thrown around the rebels, who seem disheartened at theif — eae ce a ee lies. A ar eset Bb ne PRE ny