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

- terurban Realty, of MA! " Taking Principal J. © WHO WILL WIN? THE RACE 18 GETTING HC MEAN THE PRESIDENTIAL BESIDE THE GREAT NATION.WIDE INTEREST IN RETWEEN THE STRUGGLE RROOKLYN POR FIRST LEAGUE JLT THE DOPE ON THE SPORT PAGE. “ORL CHARGES BANKER LYEN HIDES RICHES Girl Wife of Everett Man's Son Sues to Get $15,000 WANTS HEART BALM EVERETT, Sept. 29.—J. L. +> ad bank cashier, accused in a guit filed by his ilchierio-tow, Esther Al- deen Lyen, of hiding $100,000 assets in order to defraud her ef a $15,000 judgment, which she obtained last May as com- nga for alleged aliena- of her husband's affec- seal As codefendants of Lyen, Several banks and some of his relatives are named. They are with conspiring with him in transferring his bank holdings and reai estate in or- der to consummate the alleged of his wealth. The Citizens’ Bank & Trust Co., of Everett, of which Lyen le cashier, is named as the prin- elpal offender. Other banks ac- gg of “helping” him to hide ty are the Scandi- ieice merican of Seattle, the teving National bank of New York, the National Bank of Commerce of Tulsa, Okla. Other defendants are: The In- Everett; the Land Co., of Everett; the Land Co., of Everett; N. L. Phompson, Frank 1. Cooper and D. Stevenson, officers of the iu bank; Mattie Prescott, of the banker, of New Berry- Mass; Mrs. 8S. A. Lyen, of Kan.. mother of the bank- A. J. Madden. of Richmond , Wis, and Cora G. Irvine, te Giri Got $15,000 Verdict Esther Aldeen Lyen, 18, on May last, obtained a fury verdict against the banker and his wife $15,000, The trial had lasted “several days, and aroused city- _ Wide interest. The young woman accused her ~ eetoaend of objecting to her to young Cecil Lewis Tyes. ft 21, because they considered her social status below their The young couple had met at a and become attracted to each other at once. the evidence showed Cecil Lyen visited her frequently, “and took her out to various parties © Banker Opposed Wedding When she learned she was to be} come a mother, immediate marriage “Was proposed. At the trial Esther) ‘Lyen and some of her relatives jest! to conversations with the Banker. It was charged by them ‘that be advised an operation, and that he had gone to Seattle to ar- “Fange it. When she refused, a marriage was iy consented to. The / young bride insisted thruout that her husband at all times was wil! ing to marry her except for his} its’ dominating influence over) Husband in Denver Immediately after the marriage young Lyen was sent to Denver. and he has not returned to the state. He was not present at the Attorney Fred C. Brown of Se attle, one of Mrs. Lyen's attorneys {Mm the first suit, also filed the case _ $TYUSH CLOTHES TABOO IN SCHOOL ARYSVILLE, Cal, Sept Ray at his word when he protested against stylish clothes and powder, depts of Marysville high school ap gem for study this morning clad overalls, “hickory” shirts and cheap bungalow aprons. PLACE XT, NO, NO RACE WE DON'T THAT'S TAME PHILADELPHIA AND IN THE NATIONAL IN THE WORLD SERIES. VOLUME 19. SEA Man icows Leg to Save Girl From Drowning in River | MARYSVILLE, Cal., Sept. 29. Even a cork leg is a blessing rather than a handicap at times. Miss Mary De Friest of Los Ang is alive today be- cause Howard C. Creighton, a Civil War veteran who was fishing on the bank of the Sac- ramento river when the gir! d, ped his artificial leg and threw it to ing the girl afloat un- VILLISTAS TAKE | MINING CAMP AFTER BATTLE EL PASO, Sept. 29.—In one of the bloodiest batties since the Mexican revolution began, a large force of Villista band engaged Carranza troope Wed- nesday at Cusihuirachic, 50 miles west of Chihuahua City. Meager details of the battle be- gan to seep across the border today. Carranza officials at Juarez admit that losses on both sides ran into the hun- dreds | That Pancho Vill ministered a severe BRIDE IS HELD AS SHOPLIFTER AFTER ar “Vera and | have gone to get married.” if Misha Machinski hadn't written that message with chalk across the floor of his tailor shop at Auburn, his good-looking bride might not be under arrest, and facing a charge of shoplifting For the scrawled sentence was the clue that resulted in it Tacoma by C. M. department store de tective, and Constable Jim Shannon a few days ago We found bronze statuary beads, gloves and cuffs at 50th st. which had been «tolen| from department stores,” Gibbons) explained, “and we wanted to |charge Vera Wosolkie with the thefts.” Sought Quick Wedding | Vera learned, however, that of-| ficers were after her, they say, so | she went to her lover, Machinsk! the tailor, and proposed that they| get married in a burry | Machinski didn’t hesitate | He put on his coat and hat and/ after joyfully writing the wedding} maouncement on the floor of the shop, they took an tnterurban for Tacoma Gibbons, the detective, and Con stable Shannon, reached the tailor shop a lithe while ister | They saw the writing on the | floor and heeded it A few minutes later they in an auto speeding Tacoma. | were one of the United States gov- ernment departments early to- day. Mining men here todhy received a message indicating that Villa had the town, after fierce fighting, in which part of the garrt- son revolted and Went over to Villa. It is reported Villa led his army to the attack From Carranza authorities Juarez few details are availabie at It the only news received was a mes sage to Chihuahua City from Gen. Ramos, commanding the de facto troops engaged in the battle, ask ing that a hospital train and sur. geons be rushed to his assistance. Ramos himself was slightly wounded. To this request Ramos added the |information that in the battle with the bandits 100 Villistas were killed, their leader, Gen. Uribe, cap. tured, and that the de facto forces uffered heavily. WIFE, TIED UP, IS BURNED ALIVE MOUNTAIN VIEW, N. H |29.—-Fred L. Small, formerly | Boston, was arrested today led with murdering his setiing their summer lhere on fire The house, which was situated on the shores of Ossipee lake, was totally destroyed by fire at o'clock last night The body of Mrs. Small was found with a rope tied around the tneck. It is believed she was stran gled and burned alive with the! house. Mate Not Talkative; She Asks Divorce cITy Sept of harg and residence wife SIOUX Mra. Erne objects to a instituted lowa 4 Jobn of Sioux silent husband for divorce against Ernest John, a traveling man. She says he has not spoken a word to 1er during the last four years, altho they have lived together in the same house. They have been mar ried ears Sept She | was stated that up to the present! |where they traced the newlyweds from the court house, and arrested the young bride. | When the case came jJadge Gordon Friday, Deputy] Prosecutor Patterson declared the} young busband had adjusted all/ josses with the department stores “I understand the defendant has just recently been married.” he |said, “I move the case be dis missed.” Then he reconsidered, and it was) | decided that the case, instead of| being dropped, be continued 30 | days. | “Went | see how the honeymoon foes, commented Patterson. TEEL WILLIAMS IS | TO HEAD BIG CLUB | Teel Williams was nominated | Thursday as a candidate for pres dent of the Transportation club at the club rooms in the Railway Ex change building W. P. Reilly was nominated for ore vice president, Harry Brandt second, and R. A. Nichols for | orbano | Williams was nominated because lof his active work during National | |Canned Salmon day and other ac | tivities in the organization during the last two years, He is contract ing freight sgent for the Western | Pacific railroad TACOMA LAWYERS NOW JOIN “UNION | TACOMA, Sept lof Tacoma have joined the unton. |They are not planning to go on} strike, but they are out to preserve |the Hving wage and to swat “scab lawyers and cut-throat lawyers be |tween the eyebrows | The Tacoma Bar meeting last night adopted the fee pill fees setting minimum probate 2 The lawyers association unanimously r schedule of fe for all egal papers, cases and law uit WATER SHUT OFF NOTICE Water will be shut of In the dis-| trict south of Graham st. to Austin st., between 37th ave. S. and Siat Is. also on Orchard Place and Garden st., tomorrow, from 9 a. m 5 p.m to “NUDE” LEWIS LIKES LIMELIGHT, | BUT nie DELIVERS THE GOODS * “Dude” Lewis. Seattle gave that sobriquet to Senator James Hamilton Lewis many years ago. Friday night “Dude” Lewis will speak at the Arena to ad- vocate the re-election of Presi- dent Wilson. He will also ad- dress an overfiow meeting at the Metropolitan. Thursday evening he honor guest at a dinner Washington hotel, given by his old time acquaintances, and there were as many republicans a6 democrats there For nearly 15 Lewis has been av But “Dude” Lewis been spick and span tr he bas been polished in la in attentions, wan years J He from Seattle has n h’s attire only extremel and courteous but he had mor the | in the} Jasting qualities, so that bis absence | did not mean forgetting him He was noted for his bigness of “Dude” Lewis, who speaks at the Arena tonight. for h f heart is ki his gen hin eager to help bis fellow man, however lowl And 80 “Dude 8, over whone| sartorial triumphs and pink beard Seattle had many a hearty laugh, | 1s the one man In the democratic party outside of President Wilson who will draw tremendous a crowd as will greet him tonight at the A and at the Metropolitan theatr #0 ood Advertiser Lewis is a wonderful ad But he also has real abil ity, He produces results His pink whiskers with gray, aided him advert! p added to this natural adver tisement his fashion-plate clothes walking stick, gloves for all occa sions Jim Ham Lewis does not publicity, He ts no shy lily (Continued on page 12) “Dude” vertiser. tinged to get now vast! shuo He | | Chips of salt TITLE, WASH., FRIDAY, SEPT 19 191¢ The Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS WANs nEWwe #T. ONE CENT N EWSPAPER READERS SAVE WILLIE ZIMMER FROM GALLOWS Witt [tA u g Whe Willie Zimme: BY F. £) HMALIN * NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 29.— Willie Zimmer, 12-year-old slayer of his mother, will not be tried for! murder, and he will likely be sent to the Louisiana state reforma-| tory at Monroe | Thousands of petitions from) mothers, fathers and others all over t tion, many from Seattle! Star readers, asking that the boy/ be given a chance instead of being | sent to the gallows, are being heard by District Attorney C. C. Luzenberg, who has agreed to con-| fer with Juvenile Judge Andrew H Wilson and Judge Joshua Baker of “It Is plain to be seen that the Swezea marriage has ar- rived at a farcical termination, and that the two are being held together in the name only “it arriage in fiction only and there Is no love, so | can see where no good would re- sult for society or for either of the parties connected. The bonds of matrimony are sep: OLITICIAN, SHOT BY GIRL, DIES 'NURSE SAVES TWINS |SEN. J JONES TO HELP MISSOULA, Mont. Sept. 29. —E. C. Thomas, chairman of the Sanders County Republican central committee died today from wounds inflicted by Miss Edith Colby, a newapaper wom an, of Thompson Falls. A bullet in th abdon death. Thomas was shot at Thomp. son Falla yesterday He was rush ed here for medical attendance, but expired before be was able to make a statement Mias Colby is under arrest has been refused Ed Donlan, one of the big repub. lican politicians of Montana, said | today that Miss Colby bad a heat od argument with Thomas on Wed: | nesday Several threats were | made, he said The shooting street front of Witn } dee lared mas, t Rail occurred in the Thomas’ office not a word was walked up to shots rang out, and ed Assisted friend he d into his office. Altho mortally burt, he was able to walk from the building some time later and started for Missoula Thomas has been prominent in Sanders county politics for 15 years, Miss Colby ‘acoagted the ed: | jtorial chair of the Independent En terprise about two months ago. She was formerly prominent In Spokane polities: | The shooting was the result, it is believed, of newspaper fight whieh t been raging for three months 1M last in Colby Th ree Puemse by a wal a Manier held night, has of the paper been released Inland people of old esteemed saline springs as gifts of the gods. were anciently used as money, and the mineral stood, as many passages in the Bible tes. tify, for high religious symbolism. pene | their in prison, writing to The Star readete who signed petitions ed that he be saved before from the gallows and given a chance to become a man, and @ facsimile of his crimifist “dietrict tourt its Ab)” alice the fate of Willie. { “The public may depend on myself and the courts to act within th: w, from a humane standpoint and for the best in- terests of society,” he said. Judge Wilson knows Willie Zim mer better than any other official He has sent the boy to the Waifs home several times, the first when he was 7 years old Luzenberg apparentiy re. sents the bombardment of peti- tion: but rthe is f 1d to heed the At the rate of 500 every mail, the pe- titions have been coming in SWEZEA MARRIAGE FARCE ENDS In those words, Superior Judge Mackintosh ate Thured | brought the Swezea divorce trial to an abrupt close by granting divorce decrees to Mrs. Swezea and Bert Swezea. Judge Mackintosh refused to al attorneys for elther party to make a final argument, asserting that it was unnecessary Property settlement cided later The - court low will be de wearled of the testi NIGHT EDITION JIM HAM LEWIS 18 FINDING MANY CHANGES IN SEATTLE, Ar TER AN ABSENCE OF 14 YEARS, HIS OLD-TIME FRIENDSHIPS, HOWEVER, AND THE WEATHER Af JUST THE SAME AS OF YORE AND THEY'RE Tie RIGHT BRAND. SAYS THE WEATHERMAN TODAY: “FAIR TONIGHT AND SAT URDAY | KNOWS ENGLAND KS TO CRUSH ISER’S POWER By Carl W. Ackerman United Press Steff Correspondent BERLIN, Sept. 29.—‘“Heavy and violent is the fighting on the Somme and the end is not in sight. Further sacrifices dre necessary. This or that village ;may be lost. But they will not push thru our fine. | This is assured by our commanders and by the incom- parable ‘bravery of troops from all parts of Germany. This declaration of his faith in the success of Ger- ;man arms made by the chancellor in his address before |the reichstag yesterday won the most liberal applause of any statement of his whole speech. The chancellor reviewed briefly the economic situ- ation and declared that the English blockade had failed. | He paid tribute to the heroism with which the German | nation bears the burdens of war, and especially to the ‘heroism “with which our sons and brothers on the front withstand the furious attacks of an enemy far su- perior in numbers and projectiles.” } The chancellor made no offers of peace, and he indicated | that, in view of the utterances of allied statesmen, it would be | folly to expect an early.ending of the wai His speech lacked the hopeful tone of his former addresses. “The desire for territorial conquest by our enemies is responsible | paring the boy |guments and the divorce was grant- for the daily piling up of mountains “The British leave nc doubht as to what they wish to do to Ger many. They wish to crush out our) asa nation, A Dermen iy crushed economically, defensele: part mydelagt wens lfrom the military standpoint, boy Volunteer attorneys this week |cotted by the world, and condemn- will try to get the boy out of the ed to eternal feebleness—that 1s Parish prison to the Waifs’ home. te Germany England wishes to see The boy is still in the prison, in a|#t her feet ss ‘ dormitory with marderers and) “Then, when peniens. 58 p10 thieves. Murderers are bis “play- fears German competition, when m France has been bled to death, | mates,” thieves his “companion BS | Father Heffernan, the Catholic) When all her allies are slaves o! “told of of corpses,” said the chancellor. England, when European neutrals must submit to every British order, the dream of British world-suprem- acy is to become a reaiity. " “This ts the aim for Which land is fighting with forces a means unperalleled in her history, adding one breach of international laws to another. Therefore, Eng- jand is our most egotistic, our most bitter, our most tenaciou: “From the very beginnia; war has been for Germany nothing (Continued on page 6) priest who interested himself in the boy following the visit of Fa- ther Wynhoven, proprietor of oy hobo hotel,” continues 2 ¢ three or four times a week, pre for his feat com. munion - LLOYD-GE BY EDL. KEENE | 1 U. P. Staff Correspondent LONDON, Eng., Sept —Lioyd George's declaration that the war mony during the latter part of the)Mmust go on to a knockout,” and day and said that he supposed the/his warning to neutrals to make no opposing sides could continue the|peace overtures at present, con jcase until he dropped asleep. tained in an interview giyen the When both sides waived final ar-| United Press, won the unanimous support of the English press today The Lloyd-Georg statement, de scribed by the Express as a “his toric manifesto.” was printed in ev ery morning newspaper in Great Britain and telegraphed by all the great news agencies thruout neu-! ed to both sides, Mrs. Swezea left with a number of friends. She was smiling Her ex-husband wore the same tired expression that he has carried thra the long trial. He left with BRITISH PRESS 0.K.’S ORGE DEFI The ed. tral ‘and allied countries. newspapers printed lengthy itorial comment “This really historic manifesto,” said the Express, “puts in direct and unequivocal words what every man and woman in the British empire feels “American poTticians eager for the hyphenated vote, undoubtedly would suggest mediation, asking the belligerents to kiss and forget their quarrels. To all would-be peacemakers, whether in America, Rome, Spain or other neutral coun- tries, the war secretary bluntly says, ‘Keep out of the ring.” hi 25. LO EMP ca | FROM APE’S ATTACK’ REDWOOD CITY, Cal Officers of Mateo county and residents of fashionable Wood side Sept. 29 San are today hunting the forests for a full grown ape of vicious ten dencies, fearful lest he again mo- lest women and children Late yesterday, the Simian, aft \er escaping from a cage at a coun try estate, started to attack the 2year-old twin daughters of A. L. Meyerstein, but was forestalled by nurse, Miss Edith Thomas. } The girl fought the animal for sev eral minutes, receiving scratches before flee to the rage numerous she caused it to woods, chattering int Light Brigade Hero, 94, Weds So His Boy, 78, Can Have Good Home COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 29+Charles A. Gordon, 94, one of the heroes of the Crimea, immortalized in Tenny- n's poem, still is the dashing soldier of the days when he rode in the ranks of the famous Light Brigade. At a time of life when other veteran would be waiting the bugle cal! for a literal “charge in the valley of death,” Veteran Gordon is start- Ing on his sixth honeymoon, Mr. Gordon, veteran of the Cri American civil wi the Boer war and Kitchener's BY ROBERT J. BENDER U. P. Staff Correspondent | ASBURY PARK, N. J., Sept. | 29.—Four issuee—peace, proe- | perity, business preparedness and the eight-hour law—will be enunciated by President Wil when he goes into the up his cam- it was IN STATE CAMPAIGN United States Senator W. 1 Jones, on a visit here with his son, | Friday said he would weeks to campaign an ticket in V devote two the re sington, and eks before the | election to campaigning for the na tional ticket in Montana, Utah, Ne. vada, Wyoming and Oregon | SPEAKER CANDIDATE J, W. Lindsay, republican candi date for the legislature, announced | Friday his candidacy for speaker of | |the house Other candidates are EF. of Seattle and Guy E. Kelly coma son country to wind paign for re-election, learned today. These issues he regards as the ones upon which the voters | will vindicate or denounce his for administration Wilson is feeling fit, appears a trifle heavier, and says he’s in great trim for the coming trips West. He is enthusiastic about going—as is Mrs. Wilson, who will accompany him every, where it will be M Wilson's first ste of a real campaign, and she is entering into it with zest The man on the street, the presi-| |dent believes, is thankful, first of jall that bis country is at peace. Finally the president will chal lenge his political critics to meet Says He Had to Sing at Revolver Point| FOND DU LAC, Wis,, Sept Alleging that her husband tied her to a chair and forced rich pastry }down her throat and made at the point of Mrs. Ruth Everhart, | favorite of Oshkosh, for divorce from George hart. Mrs, Everhart also charges her husband threatened to kill her if she did not smile when he came home at night, Ht of Guie Ta campaign in India, surviving husband of five wives, today was married to Mrs, Mary E. Dion, 78, the widow of four husbands. Between wars Gordon was married often, his first matri monial engagement beginning in London in 1837, on the day Victoria ascended the throne: Gordon says he has been lonesome for many years, with no one to look after his boy In their motheriess home, His boy is James E. Gordon, a youngster of 78 years, the same age as his step-mother. 29 sing DT NNT WILSON READY TO CHALLENGE N WESTERN TOUR squirely the eight-hour-day issue and state what they would have done in a situation similar to that confronting him recently when @& |areat railroad strike was threat. ened “Would you now, if in power, re- peal the Adamson law?” is a ques. tion which may be expected by ju ighes in the near future, “No. 13 Washington Square” ought to be mighty inter- esting to you. It's not a local address, however, but the name of a novel by LeRoy Scott. Parents will be inter- ested in the way some wealthy mothers fail to raise worth-while sons. Young men will be in- terested in Jack De Pey- ster’s efforts to make a man of himself, in spite of . his mother's plans. And young women will like the music student who wins Jack against wealthy competition. “NO, 13 WASHING- TON SQUARE” starts Monday.