The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 24, 1916, Page 1

HE’S DEAD NOW e NIGHT EDITION ondary a wade tar _ Weatherman Salisbury is letting up a bit on us today, tho he’s not as cheerful again. Read Honor Fanni tory about aaaaeaaaie One es : enon soldoae fle THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS Fa caer ak says: “Tonight and VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1916 Oy Etats AX ONE CENT PY “a a oo ae ee ee ae ae ee ee eee % * i ae, | BOSSES CONTROL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ARR A Rn enn, | ! a ONLY ONE CHARGE IN HIS GUN—WHICH WILL HE SHOOT? — | EN FIGHT | LONDON, May 28 SENATORS LA nnnnnnnnmnnnnn pnannibibtrdtiitiedetddiidainiiaies Heir Prince Von Buelo ee (yerr n : h Dialing. | is to become ambassador ‘ | change Telegraph stated j good authority. | The report said the | | German diplomatic corps | would be rearranged. Terrific Slaughter in Hand-to- | + | i The statement made by the Ex-| Committee Votes Indorsemeng Hand Battling Thru . . N h change Telegraph was not corrob of Wilson Nominee | vignt orated from other sources, altho | to Bench \GE Z=RMANS MAKE GAIN; VOTE IS TEN TO EIGHR | j ] el ee alae | WASHINGTON, May | man’s hill eastward te the ruins | | | | | | 24.—The senate judiciary committee today recom- mended confirmation of Louis D. Brandeis as as- of Fort Douaumont the most vage battle in the world’s his tory le raging today. Eighty thousand Germans Sang May Nominate ane Hughes or any of Ten Others; If} were sent crashing into the sociate justice of the su- 4 bd | % Be 4 They Don’t Take Colonel They) the French postions on Dead | preme cour ] 4 briga rush atedly he vote was 10 to 8, on ¥ straight party lines. Shields, of Tennessee, voted with the other 4 democrats in favor of con- firmation Friends of Brandeis are jubtl: They forecasted that the floor vision would be similar to the cony mittee vote, and make Brandels @ during the night at the soldiers Can’t Win Without His Help, Says’ he i of the republic holding Douau- Gilson Gardner. Pets dite Deskomoct cane| eee Pag i . 2 y attained its greatest intensit ~ 7 Gardner ta |noon yesterday. | y : r . | —U Germans covered all French | WASHINGTON, May 24.—Numerous and uncer-| Semhthhan feet Tiaumost te Doan gin are the possibil m4 - be foreseen in the double headed | J mont with @ steady artillery fire. —— © republican-progressive presidential conven- : Germ. Attack Repeatedly b ~ : : 1 winner by an easy margin. tions to be held June 7 in Chicago | sane aernum sack SUE towns PRINCE VON BULOW rvs: Bog Here are the obvious ones ‘ the French wogks. mittee when the vote was 4 Both conventions MAY nominate Theo- ) , . 4 guns sprayed Fontan te A rpeall bet his ballot was counted “ dore Roosevelt. : MERTEINE Funks, but still the] “Assumthg the report to be true, | Drandels. . A protracted fight in the oun on Brandeis is expected. The metter of his appointment i@ waves of spiked helmets came on! 1 jg taken to mean that Germany and swarmed over the western and |expects a move for early peace. northwestern edges of Douaumont.| prince Von Buelow is connected | ))).; t } tg a bloody struggle began. | with peace moves, espectally as he Backers of’ the ceeeisteael | Man fought against man, cling-| was recently in Switzerland Trede: Commissioner tubs 1 ‘ |ing to steep parapets, climbing thru | A year ago he tried to prevent |i, ny the sen te, are mpekedll : narrow alleys, and slashing thru| italy from joining the entente allles. | scize shis opportunity to ores thank dense entanglements of barbed) swiss reports have sald that Von nis name aealn be auomiteed. tad wire. | Beulow, at the kaiser’s request, held | ‘ontirmation — Bayonets and hand grenades be aloof from governmental affairs in Resist jcame useless, so closely were the order that he might be free of en fighting troops wedged together. |tanglements in the peace negotia- GONWICT IRISH | HEAD Battie With Fists tions. He is considered the fore- | Shoved forward by the press of | most Buropean | diplomat. : ~ 5 0 eo m jer! inate Charles E. Hughes ‘ becgetrs 1p Silane one an ‘ier Neil, president of the Sinn Fein so The progressive convention MAY nominate Roosevelt lcnk Werves a clety and professor at the Irish against Hughes; or against any of the Burton, Weeks, J. J. KELLEY Is FINED Wii Gi: adineneh anbeelt: wan; 40 'T0 OPEN SECTION university, was court-martialed tos McCall class of candidates feated by the French and {te sur day ‘and convicted of participatiog Roosevelt MAY refuse to take a nomir - - on from the J, J. Kelley, former saloon man vivors ejected from the works, an “satisfactory” candidate. He only can say what fidate | was wrecked t ’ i nt ae tedly : : Heard of Him? . s The republican convention MAY nom- inate Charles EF. Hughes The republican convention MAY nom inate any of the following: Burton, Weeks, Fairbanks, Root, Sherman, Me( The republican convention inate Borah, Cummins or Lak The republican convention inate Brig. Gen. Leonard horse.” The progressive convention MIGHT (not DUBLIN, May 24—John Maw would be “satisfactory There was no change when nigh came One entire section of govern- THEN esday of mainta The progressive convention MAY | nuisance ani was f nominate Hiram on, Victor) Judge Ronald 1 i of $50 eact furdock, William Allen White, Hen Recruiting of a regiment nt of A. members of the Ameri ” | spite of this terrific hammer ment land near Kenasket, King Seattle lawyers to march in ican League Against Militarism|ing, French troops retained most] county, will be thrown open for solid phalanx for adequate na- |charged the city council judictary |of the positions taken on Monday.) entry and appropriation either e oll ave f The loss at this point in the first| as homestead or coal land by 6 in lobby formation Tues- | upon R. G tional defense in the prepared ry Allen or Gifford Pinchot Blatt ; k a rae br pen int Walnecde Hlornoon ahd captured enough {t®O days of the desperate fighting| the United States land office “dy ‘ bie ‘a “ D, ( r 2 These are a few of the obvious| Thompson, his Attorney Ben L, Moore shout. |™ombers to sidetrack the Dale res-|{8 estimated at 10,000 killed here at 2 p. ma June 7. Harold MacGrath io possibilities. The uncertainties of| cist. was given one rs ey er Mution for city participation in the | —— ¢ land is described as all o| the situation hang on two ques na ua the tacriaaein Se cant preparedness parade. | GERMANS MAKE GAIN | section 34, township 22 N., known all over the coun- They argued that the council haa | PARIS, May 24.—German troops; range 7 E., W. M. It is land | A) tions yi a ee ee ee 1. What will the reactionary SPANKED: HE QUITS make up a distinct division in |i, sieht to pass on a matter of na-|have penetrated the village of] that has been restored to the try. He started as a news Arthur Warren Waite told 9 the demonstration tional political policy | republican bosses decide to do ius dita “eas tekinabiiialy abder Paty, ete: | Cus ee, PS oy ger Reged carpe government by cancellation of paperman. At the age of Percy Peck, his brother-in-law, with their hand-picked conven- he plan was immedia' adopt: | ployes j Verdun, after a ser of te patents recently 28, he got out his first Das iin died et daa. {tent | NEW YORK, May 24.—Wm ed when word reached here that| Plan Pe Meeting onslaughts against the French book, “Arms ani? uae rior ; Pp giments of e 1 ded ‘ oO! * p Meus id id | 2. What will Roosevelt finale | Lemp, son of a millionaire St. ree regiment lawy ded! Chairman Moore and Councilman | front west of the Meuse, the war is Peck, that the latter was grief. | | 2, What will | Louie brewer, left the Newman bY 20 supreme court Justices In| poiton agreed with them, and will [office admitted today | WEDDIN Woman.” It was one of stricken over the death of his | fue REPUNLICAN ROSSES| school, at Hackensack, N. J,, to and of Judge Alton B. Parker, | reeor a that the Dale resol » Germans also succeeded in a the “best sellers’—and : wife and that he might not live [WILL CONTROL THE REPUB day because his dignity suffer rade up a Sespeseaiv part tion be killed ~ ‘ on inter tontinlas ne fe ses NEW YORK, May 24.—The pres MacGrath's novels have : d NTION n he >, I the recent New Yo: epared e| ¢ man a hire 1em- | and Ba Do nd aw se “pi } > rt long, according to Percy Peck's ae AN CONVENTIO: ABSO.-| prclbadloy boas say ts wy er a _— . f oe a wesig Bh e. iy h tions of trenches east of Fort| ident and Mrs, Wilson arrived here been favorites ever since, TEI stude or ini c ¢ e committee, said he y for the wee °o “arey testimony today in Wai pit . sia te ited cls tt 1S foe MEO RM 9 Seattle professional men will fol-| would file a minority report urg imont Kee Pare Prpstcess f Dr. Hoa You probably remember trial on a charge of murdering (other candidate esse. low the example of Thomas Ed-|ing the adoption of the resolution see land close friend, and Miss Allie | 20® Puppet Creu Mr, and Mrs. John H. Peck. Se of them are known to be-| inon who marched oa foot in rng The peacers were represented by DEAAIN. hes Shomelitng 1g | Gartrana Gatton vat Rigg © ce] rhe Man on the Ban . m ae pvc aiocecceeag Desde yay m4 New ork preparedness parade, | Robert Pretlow, Anna Loutse ORLIN, ay 2 6 “ thc ‘il oo ena The witness also swore that|lieve that any candi¢ with MAYOR COMMENDED and be in line June 10 with the| strong, Rose Barrett Aschermant, {the face of a savage French of Hearts and Masks,” “The Waite asked him if Mrs. Peck’s sia- ublican party Jabel can 20,000 advocates of national de-| James Duncan, Rev Sydney |fensive, German troops have cap: iT0 HONOR VICTORIA Goose Girl.” MacGrath ter could not have her share of the |Ye*", and to favor nominating a) (4, h Yakima |fense Strong, Edgar C, Snyder, C, E.|tured the village of Cumieres, with | wrote these—and others. ellow dog. lith Levi, Mrs./308 prisoners, and regained lost In cate this coun 5 {ith Townsend. |ground at Fort Douaumont, taking} Gov, Lister “and M. B Young, | He's also the author of income from the estate ‘ore the will was probated Thomas Burke, and his} Woodward, Mrs pendent | Etta Tripp, Mra h urner Rey. W. F. Ju t Christian! wife, are the first ind prevails This testimony was introduced —— church there, comme Mayor|marchers to offer themselves for! They will open mass |500 captives there, it was officially | minister of education of British} «pjagin Te > by the state in an effort to prove (Continued on page 3) Gill by letter’ Wednesday for his|the Seattle preparedness parade, | meeting in Dreamland rink Sun-|announced today Columbia, are named speakers at Pidgin Island,” the novel- that Waite was not insane in his fight on blind plggers They saw the silent pageant in|day at 3 p. m. and present ten lo | |Empire day celebration, commem. a-week which begins in alleged murders, and that they! N YORK, } 24 \ Your efforts are helping law en-|New York, and returned to Seattle |cal speakers to argue that the| QUEEN VICTORIA of Swedenjorating the birth of Queen Vic-} The Star next Monday were prompted by a cold desire to stocks opened h ron the market|forcement here. the preacher! Tuesday night deeply moved by|present preparedness program isloperated on Tuesday for inflamma-|toria, at Lescht Park Wednesday! and ends Saturday. get money ltoday; others | lar | wrote the temper of she occasion a strong drift toward miligarism.” tion of the middle ear night | : A Man-Reporter Finds Home (“Scientifically”) for a Tiny, Wrinkled, Helpless Girl Baby AVE for the tiny wraps whict ned and wart | ticipated tn those “givin but never before had this reports | is an accident, and it isn't given to children to choose their par She wanted to give her nway—the father was pasAaie S there was no apparent difference tween those two ba | “You know her story,” sald the editor, “now it’s up to you to | ents, here w to be an exception this case, too. The mother, ed was at work no distinguishing marks between them find her a good home Get busy.” Science is going to determine the chposing of these parer The baby Was at a nurse's home. { They were like the millions of other babies that bless the The reporter | he decided But this siving the little one no chance for the future,” | earth. They had exactly the right number of fingers and eyes He saw the mother again, and together they took the baby to ‘es eS the mother cried, “She has neither home nor the attention she | Their features were in exactly the right places be photographed | The reporter is no scientist *| should receive from her mother, It just breaks my heart Their litt ra were as perfect ‘one petals, What a time the ad in the photographer's office. He only determined to weigh the applicants on an unemotiona’ Would Cynthia ey help her find a home for the baby? Their bodies were beautiful, their skins without a blemish The baby was aslec | scale No, she didn't nt Cynthia to give her away. She just want- J Two roly-poly girls they were The little mother gently shook her, talked to her—but still They must not necessarily be rich, but they must be fully ed to get the names of some people who might want to adopt the They came to The Star office within a few days of e she slept } capable of takim® care of the baby | baby They came in the arms of their mother Their fath The reporter then offered his services They must not necessarily be good-looking parents, but, if all She would investigate them herself, gone. It Was something new to the orter to hold a six-week-old all things else © equal, the baby was to have a good-looking She wanted to see the mother and the father who were to get ; Would The Star help them obtain good homes? a | baby | mother and a handsome, well-built father her child , eiatrad ee He liked the feel of it. He had never before known how tn- | He would have the applicants write first, giving an account of She wanted to be satisfied thru her mother’s intuition that all firet came wrapped in a tin and € 1 terestir abic oul | their ability to take care of “his” little girl | would be well mother, timid, itating—as th 1 undecided—ing And re wonderful than all, the baby see@Med to pay atten Then he would see them and talk to them ee Ee hr 6 editor. He was busy—would @ do? tion to his effort a8 * | And so the two babies were adopted . e girl—she was that, just a girl her story to a report he wly opened her « great, big, blue eyer | It was a revelation to him to discover how many people in The man reporter did it on what he calls a “scientific basi er. The baby's father had gone to the fight with the allie The reporter marveled at the ize, Her mother crooned and Seattle wanted children. | The mother found new parents for her baby without science, He had never seen the tot—or, perhap’ e never would e miled, in spite of the sadness of her heart Wanted them? but with the trust and confidence of “the mother's intuition.” b gone The baby made an effort to er it quickly changed her mind Why, there is np other hunger half so terrible as the child When it came to the parting of the mothers and their babies, She must find work | and, in apparent wonderment at her new surroundings, gazed and hunger the scenes were the same. j She was unable to give the baby the home it should have gazed—and smiled | “We want her," they said, “We don't care who, or what, or The methods of finding new parents for their offspring made no { and the education The photographer caught that smile-—and her picture appear whose she is, We will be kind to her. We just want her.” difference She was a brave girl reporter could ¢ ed in The Star Healthy, vigorous men and barren women stretched out empty They cuddled their babies close, They kissed them, And they \ Her voice quavered as she spoke of parting mt it + #7) 8 8, 8 | hands. | wept whe had fully determined to do #0 and kept her resolve The reporter lay awake most of that night. He could not for The reporter was hard moved at times by the tears of some of | By PRS TE Oe : She left her address and went get the feel of thove tiny fingers that had grasped his so tightly those women whom God had kept childless—but he kept firm in his | The adoption papers were completed yesterday in both cases, 78 8 that afternoot resolve to welgh the applicants “scientifically.” And now It was a new wrinkle in the reporter's experiences “She is entitled to a good home,” he said to himself, “AND | ndtka Pond tak id | Has the man reporter's scientific discrimination given “his” The Star had given bables away before SHE'S GOING TO GET IT." It was then that the second baby came, The little mother | baby as good a chance as the mother’s intuition gave hers? Zhe editor, and Cynthia Grey, and one or two others, had par- | There, in the stillness of the night, he determined that tho life came to Cynthia Grey this time, lt is an interesting problem, t ] : (ER