The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 22, 1916, Page 1

POINDEXTER TWO MERTINGS IN SEATTLE WILL BE TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1916 on ONE CENT The seattle Star GIRL FIRST PROT PROTECTS, [sorron-- | THENBETRAYS BANDITS} HAR “PUTS POLICE ON | UNFIT Senator W. J. Sutton, for all | that he is a mild sort of a person, || TRAIL OF BOYS | is even a bigger menace for the || - WITH $33, 000 peace and prosperity of the state | 4 ® than Representative Roland H. Hartley, the noisy opponent of the union label, who is also a can- didate for Governor. The two—Sutton and Hartley —were members of the last legis- lature. Their records are like two peas in a pod, and summed Didn't Know They Were Rob- bers When She Helped Hide Them SAID THEY DESERTED) DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 22.— Posing as militia deserters, and using an innocent girl of 18 as a shield, five bandits who held up the Burroughs pay auto for $2,000 August 4, lay hidden, _with their loot, in a Detroit 1 reoming house while police searched for them there, and later spread their dragnet over tes Girt Jewsie Weitle, 2 up in a nutshell, their records |) “Scotch Canadian ass from show them to be ENEMIES OF IMPROVED LABOR CONDI. TIONS. To Hartley’s credit be it said, he has been frank about it. He attacks union labor “agitators,” as he terms them. He boasts he wilt-have nothing to do with the union label. Chatham, has learned how she was psn gpd and put the police she says, thru Toledo. The five boy bandits have made getaway with the loot in two trunks; but on Jessie Noltie’s the police are hard after them. ee _len't here!” when the cops py > a Sci Sintth'duh the tawttady SUTTON IS “PUSSYFOOTING. Thought the boys were deserters ‘from the state militia, who had “saa Ife In the army too burden- altho the girl was puzzled by ee of the boy's immense roll of Jessie Noltie, the girl who innocently sheltered five boy bandits, Dills, which, she says, “Henry Ford| then put the police on their trail when she learned they were impli- Bimself wouldn't carry.” cated in one of the most daring da ylight robberies in the history of Sees Roll at Movie bedesvern | TO ROAD DIRECTORS Tecognized him as a youth she and BY ROBERT J. BENDER her sister had known in a previous doarding house. The lad took her| [United Press Staff Correspondent 2— But on every vote, Sutton in the senate showed just as unfriendly attitude against labor and social justice as Hart- ley did in the house. George E. Lee, Hartley and Sutton, were alike in their support of that in- famous Senate bill No. 300, the off- spring of S. B. 46, described as “the biggest attempted steal in any legisla- ture.” to a picture show, where she got a glimpse of his bushel of bills as he paid 20 cents for tickets. Two or three days later he took her again. He was depressed “What ails you” demanded te. who the g money is invested in it arteries of the na- believed him. The question of accept. < ce or hour day and time and a half | Next day she came home and CREW” LAW, A HUMANITARIAN day. They then wired their direct ors, and upon the reply largely rests the final result gold Then came the five | young men GALIZE PROFESSIONAL PRIZE f{, CUT ALLOWED, j | | da jt | TOTAL LOST IDS SHIP NIGHT EDITION " Te POTN De mtyey UNITED STATE ‘SENATOR “PAIR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY, CONTINUING 8S POINDEXTER—AT GREEN LAKE LIBRARY WARM THUS THE WEATHER MAN SPAKE TO- AT JUNCTION HALL. BALLARD The SENA DAY, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TOR HAS SOMETHING WORTH WHILE TO TELI Tk OA a SM YE Sle AME a TOU f si THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES T ) PRINT THE NEWS : | ) PRINT THE NEWS : | BUILDING AND REGISTER, IF YOU FAILED TO VOTE AT THE LAST CITY ELECTION CITY HAS REAL FRIEND BOOZE MEANT BY CORNELIA GLASS The judge of Seattle's police court believes that kindness does more | President Carried rried Stuff i in Bag- | good than punishment—that is, Judge Gordon and ween cases he talked to ma in nine cases out of ten listened while he dispensed justice—and kindness He has the reputation of al- his justice kindness, and of er kindness justic with a decision. All during my police career I have heard of “Judge Gordon,” his kindness, his wisdom and his great good fellow ship. I day. He has perfect ly round, laughing or met him laughing face, and his nose turns up just enough to give him a look of eternal friend liness. Perhaps his voice could be stern on occasion but T can't con ceive of those oc casions coming oft 1 sat John B. on the bench to- In be- beside He asks the prisoners his own questions—not based on court prece- dent or legal usage, Ops VICTIMS | IDENTIFY GANG: “The Gorilla "Threatens Get Even With Seattle to Victime of the professional pickpocket gang who nabbed pocketbooks right and left at the union milk wagon drivers’ picnic Sunday have identified four of the alleged “dips” rested by city de ar. ader of the gang rounded up here, continued Tuesday to de- clare that he “never went to ind no one seemed able to identify him. The police believe he might have stayed in the city while his four underlings cleaned up across Lake Washington. WASHINGTON, Aug. tion's trade Baccetnt rit celine pinta? "| The greatest induetrialctruggie | “Ae the situation stande_ th SUTTON, MOREOVER, VOTED J) itevors trom sioune “oninves in the history of the countr, fter th r * , Beneteaem, ‘M militia. “And she] age in the balance today.” | put their'demanse tor’an ergne, | FOR THE REPEAL OF THE “FULL | Twestas, aoa the total amount of| cash stolen’ from picnickers has eached $276.80. found a strange trunk in her room,| election of the proposals made overtime in the hands of the | Ss by President Wilson in an ef- ident The Goritia” te Sore age vy girl pow feet se adreracn atotico that hall Me has yet it up to the heads ot|f| MEASURE TO PROTECT THE PUB. “The Gorttia,” stagpahm F — = + t ers who have been attending m they had to have a place to bide 1t,| tie up the railroads of the coun- the great systems, and they, in RAINMEN raga Mawer nage Be a hndrmap BB gonge the try hae now passed to the men |iurn, have passed it on to the di LIC AS WELL AS 4 \ ge since ‘he was locked in the elty Jail Another trunk was moved in. The| acto i i eved ov i two of them were #0 heavy ft took __Atter an all-night seqsion, the And in 1913, despite his Sunday J vecved over this atest ‘tun of seres teen to move the smialier— bet 5 I by the tro mere mon apron’ I school attitude in the present campaign, “TN get even with this town,” he . a easie hought, w rifles b ere everal es T ne ee ee ed to reach any decision early to SENATOR SUTTON VOTED TO LE. Biiict'Gien ume eney '0 He grunted and protested every ime any of the picnic victims came IS $276.80) ily | Who have a rea! inte } He talks with them much as he might if he should meet them on | he street. He shoots little personal jquestions at them, sometimes he | calls them “my boy” or “young map.” He thinks it's the ones who jaren't defended who deserve all the help that he can give them, and all the friendly kindness he can make them feel. I looked at the line of men against the wall who were to come jup for drunkenness and disorder. |liness. Their faces looked almost brutish In many cases to me. Al- ways they seemed dull and stupid. I spoke about it to Judge Gordon. Some Are Fine Fellows He shook his head and laughed softly. No, indeed!” he said. “Some of | them are fine fellows. It's sort of hard to know what to do with a |}plain drunk. If he hasn't any fami ly, it's good for him to go to jail un- til he gets it out of his system They won't always admit a family, and I have to pump it out of them afterward, but if we find they have one, I just scold them thoroly and send them home.” 1 have often heard of the judge lending some “down and out” mon- ey on his own account, I asked him if he ever saw any of it again. “Well, sometimes I don't,” he ad- mitted. “But I usually do, and know mighty well that some good, any» way, and I care if I never see it again.” Kind to Women In other police courts women are dealt with in the open dock, as the men are. to Judge Gordon that if you want to send a woman don't then let her go out alone, with nothing to her name but the stigma of having been arrested A year or two ago he started |having the trials of women private but those st, and could help and not hinder her. His suc- ess {s a byword from coast to coast with no one present 1 have never before realized the meaning of the word “humanitari. an. It's a big word, and it takes a , but there is one in Seattle, because I met him to. from their, former rooming house to his cell to J apna i ° peer thru the bars to and sought refuge. The landlady Foxit tte meantime, the highsalaried FIGHTING. |nee if they could remember him Suarded thelr “militia” secret, and) Over the protest of Councilmen ein a Malis buco | “The O. K. Kid" and “The Louse Several times sent policemen “on lp he by PRO! ons e >. Phe: : srickson and Bolton, the board of | Counting the anlacten mrs een were not disgruntled, tho. They cele? Ss eierouahat robbins jequalization Tuesday passed a re80-| of inn various mllrwl hone gee Sutton and Hartley voted to throttle joked, and watched with quick shift ‘0 nm P| 1 reduction : ‘ ® ° . ing eyes every one who looked at Te a eey Chdaat” oaid Proclé chaste tation making general reduction union heads the negotiations are {| popular direct legislation, for the restor- §)!"* °’** °' oked a her friend fiom . . costing between $25,000 and $30,000 >, sae | Wat and Gardner, t punge Yes, but don't you think those | tee Ot and ing eo ere. of |* Any: It is estimated ation of the boss system of political con- J), W's" 104 Gardner, (wo younger ; Ca eet nace ot Srealt? the board had previously presented existe among the rail “ewes fl ventions in place of a free direct pri- [fj 1: Matthews on the plenic phi ‘Hidden Wattle a resolution to make the reduction| Against one faction, which favors % P ‘s ees ee See tate i : ‘ of tand,|/ J ¢ 0 ch nvincing protest of indig é weitoniteeraay aid Tease, and fen Sorry sonend Heit ering iynith the resident in ac. | MATY, absented themselves on the 8-hour [eres 2 convincing orosent of indie: Ing man to fl 2 riend bandit said no more | cepting the eight-hourday princ A ‘ 7 hatcher ffered the s m Al of the gang are held on open y Frequent police visits caused | Assessor Thatcher affered the sie, is another group opposed to any | PUblic works law, and generally failed jor s pen | day step that would weaken thelr stand demanding arbitration A short session attended by all of the two score railway preaidents was the landlady to pack the five men in the attic, where they remained for days. She carried food to them when meal time ling that he already had allowed a reduction of 6 per cent on the valu ation of improvements for natural to keep in step with the progress and humanitarian views of the day. depreciation bat autina thee wae oe i Last Saturday they paid their bin|,. THe, 5,per cent Ogre sh fourned at noon uftil 6 p.t. In the LIKE GEORGE E. LEE’S, THEIR ‘ - $160,441,200 worth of land, making a a dx and took thelr tunke'aod thelr dB 40 os, “amenity |meantine. "van anzoinee’ Oe RECORDS ARE THE BEST ARGU- |) 1 uittee compose preg alin ; a $4,400,000 w hed by. Thatcher : te of eigt , S Them came more, questions to] $Uil0 veare amennnent gos | een, an ieaaine stoma’ and MENTS FOR THEIR DEFEAT. aktor tenih the Jandlady—and the making up the rolin for this year, foads, Will cotttinge-in session thro | Now the girt and the rooming. }thus making a total reduction on all out the fay | property paying taxes to King coun-| *lty of about $13,000,000 Spokane and Pierce counties al-| ready have allowed approximately | an $8. 000,000 cut on land values will in a measure satisfy | the Tasolve rs who have appeared | house keeper are helping the polic: run down the boy bandits’ trail TO BE BURIED HERE STRENUOUS CAMPAIGNING! re-introduced He "army pit passes BEAUTY PHONES WASHINGTON, Aug The souse today adopted without a roll all the army appropriation bill, as by Chairman Hay In Russia there are about °6 pub- holidays in . POINDEXTER USES STRENGTH OF AN ATHLETE IN STAR MAN THINKS SHE'S KIDNAPED, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 22.— A search is being made today for Miss Angela Barnes, an ac- tress noted for her beauty from coast to coast, who was an im- portant witness in the Thaw trials, following telephone calls from her to different friends, stating she is being detained, and asking for help. Mrs. c A Mago buson of Port'|with protests before the board Some of these calls were not com Ia 4, brought here for burial Tues-| saiq Thatcher, “and at the same 9 H DO BIE ADMIRE HIM MUCH pleted, the young woman apparent Gay the body of her sister, Miss | time be, fair to the property own: | ly hanging up the receiver when Olive Augusta May Erickson, 24, 6r4 who have not protested,’ | seen by her alleged captors, but in daughter of Mrs. Augusta Erickson, By Abe Hurwitz ; sore, Senator Poindexter, fresh )p. m. he addressed an open-air aud jabout him which invites confidence. |4 cal to her physician she stated bil Melrose ave. N., who was LSON’LL VETO IT y as a trained athlete, beaming lence at Kent, At 8 p.m. he spoke/There is nothing austere or aloof she was being detained at Eddy killed in an auto accident Sunday wi Coach Gilmore Dobie of the good naturedly as ever, and at Auburn, and at 11 p. m. he was|about him aud ituana ath 15 miles east of Portland. Her aca | University of | Washington stepping as tho on springs, at8 | back in Seattle just in time to re-| He invites a cordial and warm|" ‘ppg far, searches in that vicin , sister, Agnes Erickson, is recover-| . icaron, Aug Presi-| Championship foot ball team is a. m, today. boarded the boat ceive three cheers from the letter| friendship, and little Margaret only |ity have been unavailing. Recent ing from injuries ent Wilson let it be known to| &9 admirer of Senator Miles for Port Townsend. He is carriers, who were celebrating at|displayed the same inclination |1y the girl left a hospital, where she WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE callers today that he will veto the Poindexter, | am told scheduled to remain there until ee Whatge te hotel a toward ne i aah a City many had been treated for a nervous Water will be shut off on 13th|immigration bill again If it comes Aside from the political rea- | 4 p, m., then to return to Se- | Count. them Six p ty PROC fi resi apd Nic and his breakdown, and the plight’ she ave, between E. Alder at. and E.|to him for signature ; sons, | can readily understand, attle for another big night corte saw you, vr a year. perpetua aes pce ty rhage speaks of may be imaginary Jefferson st., on 15th ave., between| A short time later, the senate| today, Dobie’s reported admira meeting. old Margaret Merritt, daughter of ney Paul fopeer, showed earlier in B. Spruce st. and E. Jefferson, and| voted, 32 to 22, to consider at once| tlon for him. For | took a Monday morning the senator vis-|Dr, Merritt of Auburn, "I knew |the day hile they apparently! — DAIRYMEN ORGANIZE on E. Jefferson. between 12th ave.|the revenue bill, This is believed| “little” jaunt about the county |ited in Ballard, At noon he spoke|you'd be tall and strong carcely speak to cach other, they| Seattle dairymen will organize a it Jednesday, from|to mean the immigration bill will| with the senator Monday, and |at the Seattle Commercial Club She was talking, chummily, to the|are both strong boosters for Poin-|an association Tuesday night a and lfth ave., on Wednesday, from| to At 5! senator Polndeates has a way| (Continued on page 8) the Chamber of Commerce. Samwoipm go over until December, while | am limp and a bit foot- |3 p. m. be was in Renton, It never appealed | He has a theory | ways tempering | with | never letting eith-| run away | brown eyes set in| a perfectly round | : lthe hotels for trace of the liquor i Gordon | 1} it’s ‘done | | | | to-} OF HUMANITY; NAME’S FOR HOTELS IS GORDON, POLICEJUDGE| TAKEN AWAY, a New Dodge STILL HUNTING MORE Boarding the steamer Presi- dent, when she arrived at Pier D from San Francisco, early Tuesday, the police “dry squad” made a wholesale raid on trunks and suit ca which they opened on the spot and- found contained liquor consign- ed to various Seattle hotels. While engaged in the search- ing process, a truck from the Seattle Transfer Co. whisked off with about 30 cat suppos- ed to have contained liquor, it is said, making a clean get away. The police at noon were combing gage, that vanished Seize Baggage Four suit cases and one trunk containing liquor were seized, beer: with nine barrels of whisky label with permits that are said to have | expired, and a cask of beer, Following up a “tip” that the President, one of the first-class senger vessels in the coastwise service, was laden with whisky and other liquor that was being Lipped as baggage from Sam Francisco, Patrolmen Harvey, Boge gess and Ford hastened up her gang plank when she came to dock at 5 a. m. Escape With 30 Cases They made a hasty search, but — ‘were not fast enough to prevent the hurried removal of 30 cases which were piled into a truck and driven off while the officers were engaged at another point. Fifty-two cases of liquor are re ported to have been on the, Prest- dent when she docked. No arrests time the vessel was being searche ed, altho several are anticipated in a determined effort to break up this new system of bootlegging. ADD DRY DUMA TO LIFT BAN UPON JEWS Leader of Russian Par! to Introduce Bill Giving Equal Rights GOOD CHANCE TO PASS BY WM. PHILIP SIMMS U. P. Staff Correspondent PETROGRAD, Aug. 22—A bill to abolish the Pale, and give to Jews the same rights as other Russian citizens, will be introduced in the Duma in November. Prof. Paul Miliukov, leader of the cadets, so inform- ed the United Press today, fol- just | | i lowing his return from a visit to England, France, and Italy, with other members of the Russian house. “This bill has the support of the” s a : | progressive party in the Duma, Should tre hen thven oven court. tet] therefore of the majority,” sald any one who will pay her bail, and| Mililukov. “It will contain three c-sential parts. The first has for its object the removal of The Pale (within which the Jews in Russta, with a few exceptions, have had to make their homes), thus en- abling them to live wherever they choose. Can Choose Any Trade “The second will remove some of the educational limitations placed on the Jew, and the third will make it possible for him to choose any profession or trade he cares to. “While abroad, I had long talks with the Rothschilds, both in Eng- land and France, with Prof. Levy of the Sorbonne at Paris, and oth- cr representative Jews. At the coming session, I shall acquaint all the members with what I was told, We realize that Russia's dealings nd indeed the allies’ dealing: lave been affected by Russia's policy in the Jewish question.” Some Opposition The bill to remove the limita. tions placed upon Jews will not pass, however, without consider. able opposition Particularly do Russian leaders resent outside interference in set. ting the Jewish problem, |ALL RECORDS BROKEN Reinforcements were sent to the eld of clerks working in the liquor permit room at the courthouse ‘Tuesday, following a record-break- ing rsh of thirsty applicants for hooze Monday, Monday's permits numbered 1,048, or nearly double the number that were issued during the entire month of January Sixty per cent of the liquor or dered Monday was beer, The day's lusiness overreached the 1,000 nark for the first time, the pre vious record being 996 were made at the — a