The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 18, 1916, Page 1

NIGHT EDITION . TheSeattleSta WITH HUGHES AILMEADY HAVING A TOUGH MME TO GET LABOR VOTES, ALONG COME THE REPUBIACAN COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF THE ame te me, REFERENDUM BILL, TO TAKE AWAY THE LABOR work bears UNION RIGHT OF PEACEFUL PICKETING. HOT XG, the lace he theee in eine THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS SEMEEAEA “LSGKT FRONT TOG Ane ee TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.” on NKwe SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1916. VOLUME 19. ONE CENT \ | | HIGH WIND KILLS 7 IN MOBILE | COST OF LIVING TAKES ADDITIONAL JUMP HERE ee {“HEY! t q Houses Blown - Down and Ships Scattered on Gulf DIE, UNSOLVED Butter, Boats aril Booze Party in Shack Ends in Death of Woman oii Vegetables Go Up’ LOOK WHAT I’VE FOUND!”} THREATS REPORTED) City detectives Wednesday | MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 18.—Seven persons were} Munitions manufacturers have nothing on the food- = ti . aS dnl i a ‘ee vainly sweated James Roe, a eh : led Mr a house Ww as blow n down at Mobile, at 40 putener, in an effort to clear up | Stufls brokers these days. a : » 4, m. today. The wind’s velocity has increased to 98 the fire mystery in his shack at The latter are making “war baby” profits on every miles an hour. Tenth ave. 8. and Walker st, | pound of goods they sell. 4 { An unidentified schooner is floating on its side in Tuesday night, in which Mrs. And the coal dealers should not be slighted when © Mobile bay. Great damage at Biloxi and Mississippi Gertrude Swanson, 34, and listing the high cost of living commanders. ¢ James Kusky, 65, were burned City is reported. Dispatches reaching railroad officers Say a gulf storm is raging along the coast from Mobile! to Pensacola, Fla. Reports of great damage along the coast are being | “It's bad enough for the restaurant man who buy$: at wholesale, to say nothing of the untrained consumer who is held up in broad daylight,” said R. Lyons, of the Lyons cafe Wednesday. “It'll soon be cheaper for to death, following a drinking party which had lasted since early afternoon. Their charred bodies were found by firemen who respond. c received. rotbed the | call. Roe sdmittes [me to go out and buy meals from the other fellow than © The gale is sweeping all along |down all along the coast, and com- flames broke out, but was found | eat my own stuff, considering the price | have to pay.” the Florida and Alabama coasts, | munication bond bg Papp is sitting caimly in a shack a Beans Are Costly , cut ving rain is accom- Small vessels are hurrying to shel: |Our OO it are block distant by the polis a7 | 5.5 instance, navy beans used tolcents a pound for beans! They ter, Telephone aad telegraph Poles | Pensacola reported a tide nearly er, with her |e the old standby dish for the | used to be 6 cents. We're going to have been snapped off or blown three feet higher than normal Bak folks who Vt geo pena ow ee chew gum this winter.” nS jail as a witness and Tope lectin heen be dag ease od Spuds to Cost $40 a Ton x n meats and groceries >, waged is cnnoee, told the pellee (eed. |. “My dig family used to'get by on|,,,Potsioes, Ssturday, could be Maa ing Roe end the victions, which | kone «oars ped Sige ngs Nard ve a ton.’ There were plenty of Pe | had spent the afternoon drink- situa ie other Gey | paid 15 | tatoes in the valley. a ing. | Tuesday they jumped suddenly, About 6 p. m., Roe told her he and without warning, to $35. was going to “burn the whole o cont it was even difficult to buy | I crowd out,” she says, ac them at that. 4 5 cording to the police. “We'll be gettin’ $40 before the Roe told the police the fire start TELL OF RUIN end of the week,” brokers sald. e ed tn a bedroom, and it he drag- iy?" was asked. : ged the woman and then the old “Because, despite the fact ATHENS, Oct. 18 18.—Venizelos man to the door of the living room, there are plenty of spuds, every | leaders today decided to call otis eae help themselves: LEFT BY ZEPS peel gears ae advance, Me Q upen the allies to formally rec- Vix chatr ts Poin Be Grab While Grabbing’s Gooc - ment of ognize the new provisions! “1 thouglit they could get out the —— And while the well-known Em i has not othe waaay sew ack set up pat oe rest of the way themselves,” he} BERLIN, via Wireless to Say-| pean war is charged with most ad- . a ck, rokers who w’ adm! s Polk This decision was reached went 100 feet from the house, sat|P°W* agency today issued the re| 041 spirit of “grabbing while the: after two days of serious dis down on a log for a few minutes | Ports of “eye-witnesses” on the re-| grabbing ‘s good” that has wa Pvt igrriped a fai ogre om watched the blaze, according |sults of the last Zeppelin attacks /the general. and heartless ; . to John Sloby. om | It's not a shortage in most prod- ened to attack allied marines. H 4 te 'y Firemen do not believe the fire we hay reen Sot -Bentent on | nets. i fonal government took — nswers started in the bedroom, but in the n the raid of Beptember =.) “Butter, they say, is being shipped today, Issuing | esti ions living room, where the broken |over 100 buildings were heavily jig London, ‘and ‘so followed many reiterated her contention that|a proclamation calling up recruits stove was found. damaged or partly destroyed,” the! steady advance beyond the 4i the torpedoing of the Lusitania was|of the class of 1916 on the Island oat reaches how would Roe denied to detectives that hel statement said, “with an estimated | mark. and expressed regret and promised|cupied the municipal yf | 5 Mrs, Swanson, the woman vic-|4 British crulsor with four stacks, from the restaurant and grocery) financial reparation. abandoned the building and en-|) A! believe In a high pro- tim, was the wife of Capt. Gus|St Snchor, was bit and 60 men itt om ie “The note has not been accept-|camped in the Zeappaleon gardens, |{ tective tariff. Swanson, of the fishing schoonr |i "4. vaced . Flour at $10 a Barret 24,” said Polk, “and it will not be! near the royal palace. G—-How would 0 protective Dora. He is now in the Arctic ‘Regent. st, London's main ar-|. Flour steodily climbed from $5 made public. Stories that it has| Greek troops are still patrolling | That four members of the vestigation is then held, and the| Roe was employed by Barton &|. 0.5 of commerce, was mostly laid} t $7.80 and then to $10 a b } — yo edad Ag ” Shep gael ecepive cena os “g protect Ameri. {; police’ department are under | man either reinstated or the| Co PEASE? in ruins. In a southern London ay ey to bbe meg All iF taki a Sy Sales te watek, ndonst |} can interests in Mexico. | suspicion for booze grafts was 7 emmy wer — ae eS Ser Se eee cacdteg fume took oe Th al | Q.—How would you have han-}) the statement of Chief Beck- je referred to the record, which | was blown up. ie Liverpool - k WELL GUARD SUBS out cat’ pecrecn tneshiea “i | sad th Mezlan atuntion?™” || hn Weanentay leer eee Sach or sx OSV WOLRS UP IRL i vn we ot nn al it meri. < jen re oe FROM KNOWLEDGE (°°: crowds. Several thousand Doe, mee ere ee “If Thad my way, I'd fire |ment heads are sustained | WITH WATER PISTOL |: will be imposrible to use them | be purchased for less than $3.60. * Inear the “square ourrounding the Q.—What will you doifelected )| one member of the depart. | te eet eye gr ind . bio 1 t0f, 6 ong fica.’ owner “ic taneehiow oe WASHINGTON, Oct. 18—It any theatre, watched the transfer of | President? ment,” ‘he sald; Sand prevaety) eere axe to aay anything Annes] Miss Sophie West 414 not heai-| Halfbut, for tnstance—tint | more German submarines put into|th® French marines, but the A—The republican party hae {| three others. But Pa tty what. would be dome if the chief | tte to hand over $20 to the young that working men enjoyed, espe/ ‘American harbors, this government |"° demonstration except is ow history of achieve: |) pe seogen lek atone 8 [made recommendations. The mem.| Pandit, Wearing a white mask, who ly—used to be high at 5 cent will guard against tranamission of (Continued on page 8) Fie discharge, and I'd be up against [bers of the board don’t all think|!Msisted on robbing the drug store pound. | where she worked, at 14th ave. N.| Now it's up to the unpreceden! price of 12 cents wholesale! Meats Advance, Too This is because it’s all landed unneutral information to them. This was indicated today from the activities of neutrality experts! at Newport probing the talks of | it in proving charges before alike.” lp and 60th st, Tuesday night WURT BY AUTO! the commission.” | Chief Beckingham said he was) “tye pointed a funny-looking re PAIR | R. C. Erskine, chairman of the| personally working, along with of- | volver right in my face,” she told | ivil je MAN IN COURT service board, Wednesday |ficers in his department, to “get! the police officers. Prince Ru 5 Tel } 7 i pert instead of in Seat —— ips a the 0-48, PRAISES WILSON E. L. Underwood, chauffeur for|said he “did not want to be drawn|the goods” on “crooked officers.” Later they arrested Harold! ©1C4GO, Oct. 18—Holding her | tle, fish men say. ., y * |M. Guterson, Russian orchestra |into any controversy concerning| | “As soon as I get any real evi-| Sproule, 17, who they say is the/naby in one arm, Mrs. Katherin| Some cuts of fresh meat have INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 18. |leader, was jailed for reckless driv-/how the board would probably act/denee, I'll act.” he said. “But 1) «handit.” Marek rose in Judge Foley’s court- not aeroplened yet “y Can Never Tel]! —isdorsine in ihe most emphatic|ing late Tuesday, after he had |on recommendations from the chief | [haven't got it yet. There have) “tHe had used a 50-cent water pis-| Marek rose in JuOgO Pee e eya.|. But neighbor cuts have made up am ou r ie language President Wilson's for-driven broadside into the auto of|that men under suspicion be dis |been several cases reported to me.|toi to scare her with,” the police | coh Klaus, dangerously wounding for it : Jeign policy, and applauding his\Mr. and Mra, W. H. Blecker, 4320 | charged 1 Ware aerate cuere. benarent aati, {nim eae to : “| Hams, that used to sell as low as Where an Orderly |irac0% jisottliitew sion eves ate mch rate |e noted ox nonever hat tye eles, | eens iim tat wed eae ow ak ers’ National congress of the Unit-|speed. the chief may put a man on proba. eve Bean! Ispondent in a divorce suit ‘against Pound. Bacon that's good is hard . |that men whose descriptions don't! the end of| tally with any detectives in the de partment, evidently are wearing! | detective badges and stealing booze| instead of confiscating it.” to get for less than 32 SKIPPER TELLS OF ire Stare by her husband cents & | Klaus is a brother of Alderman pound. BATTLE WITH GREW rant sisus ofthe "ron ward” ven the cabbage and onions Mrs. Marek was arrested by the grown in vast quantities in Seat- tle's neighboring valleys, have been ed States, in {ts 36th annual ses-| They were knocked out of the/tion for 90 days. At sion, yesterday telegraphed hearty machine and injured painfully from/that time the officer may appeal Thi 5” |congratulations to the president, | bruises, to the civil service board. An in-| ing: lexpressing the “profound gratitude ‘iN jand appreciation” of the body for) Beak bailiff and she became hys-! y a Rootleggers, he said, had evident- SAN FRANC Isc 0, Oct. 18 , ¥ : Leastwise, that’s what the successful efforts of the presi- S Ase ly had the badges manufactured,| eneiting RAN CISCO, Oct: ISA |terical, Later she said she had de-| “bitten by the frost,” dealers say, Prof. Upton tells Mrs. (dent in “keeping the nation honor: 1t1eS O e ews end wore valng them to get liquo ©! termined to kill Klaus or herself, |and must bring their weight in | in “ ably at peace during one of the f , Ket iquor/ fight not only fire, but a panic-\""Sas' Marek, the husband, charges | gold 3 Temple in "The Idyll Of [rose trying periods of ite history.” vOut eektdlecn of this,” ne/Sttickem, mutinous creyr was told! ner with being too friendly with| Many people are used to eating | Twin Fires. The organization also expresses| HILLSBOROUGH, Cal.—Be- Halley, confessed operator of a [anid “I have no doubt that there) amy Py Cabt, Osawa, of the Japa-| Kaus | irregularly. é, That's the name of The Star’s new novel-a-week, the first installment of which begins Monday. Walter Pritchard Eaton is the author. it costs you 6c. appreciation of the administration legislation enacted | for the benefit of the farmers of for constructive America. FRESHMEN AT the University | lof Washington will wear little jgreen caps about the campus until | WILSON BEGINS TRIP TO WEST about ity, 4 cal he feared he wa to become an object of Jacob Schmidtz committe cide by blowing himself alm to pieces with a stick of dyna- mite. SAN MATEO, Cal. — Milk thru a straw is preferable association left it to the kids thru a straw is much preferable of jJeweiry and $200, CHICAGO.—Miss May Mills, petite dancer in a State st. show, “walked the dog” Judge Samuel A. Trude, a jury and a cro courtroom in a “morality” case. busine ccording to cision here today by Judg |are crooked officers, and that some! jof them have been selling booze.) | Something will break for them one lof these Gays.” Pi | AUTO INJURES MAN | street in front of an auto near his |nese Inaho Maru from Nip. pon, The fire occurred three days out from Kobe, and only by turn ing the hose on the crew was the master able to prevent thelr leap ing overboard The fire was extinguished after a day's fight. NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—Cotton LOGAN BILLINGSLEY ‘IS WANTED AGAI Logan Billingsley, of bootlegging }fame, is in for it again. | with keeping intoxicating liquor in But they want to keep warm in winter. Coal Prices Soar That's going to bea task, tho, diffieult Many brands of coal advanced 50 cents a ton a month ago, and the fathers groaned Then came the strike discussions ed by the miners in this state. coal has gone i | Thanksgiving, when they will be| to a piano, the pupils of the | } i |discarded until St. Patrick's day. Lawrence school have decided CINCINNATI. — Selling of | Kk. 9, Taylor, 61, 720 Queen Anne COTTON PRICE PASSES 19¢ =| Prosecutor Lundin filed an infor-|and the operators agreed to mal 7 A $1.50 book novel, and by vote, The Parent-Teachers’ tips on races is a legitimate ave, got excited while crossing the) mation Wednesday, charging him/a portion of the advances demands LONG BRANCH, Oct. 18.—-Ac-| to decide whether to buy the home Wednesday morning, and was|crossed 19 cents at noon today,| his possession for illegal sale at his| Now the result Starts Monda companied by Mra. Wilson and Sec-| piano or to use the money to CLEVELAND.—When a man | painfully injured when the machine| when a rush of buying sent July op-| Westlake ave. warehouse, where | up, this week, another 50 cents & — ly jretary Tumulty, President Wilson buy milk for the children. car conductor | skidded into himoxHis back may be |tions up 74 points, to 19.17 cents a| Patrolman Weedin was shot. | ton. a lleft Shadow Lawn at 11:30 a. m., CHICAGO. — “We're only ngers looked | broken, physicians at the city hos-|pound. Prices of ali futures have| Billingsiey’s bond was fixed at] Tous the people not only absorb | Ends Saturday bound for Chicago, where he will] deliver three speeches tomorrow getting some of our stuff back,” masked victims told F ik H. . A. Kay scolded nt _until he fled. pital said. K. Densmore was driv- ing the auto dvanced nearly a cent a pound, or4 3500 cash lice had faile At a late hour the po: 1 to locate him the advanced cost in operation, but an increased profit beyond that, Dear Cynthia Grey: Having | fessional bootlegger. In this | 10 do her part in life than I hope they never will, They the BREWERIES ARE THE vise anyone near to me to be | but it will slowly but surely get | 18. Vote against both of themt 3 been a temporary resident of | country we should be called was. Anyway, our wits were | have been raised to work and INCUBATOR AND KINDER- & bootlegger, I would vote for | better. Every day will win and you will hold the good you : this city since it’ has been | “between the trousers,” be- | thoroly tested. Our five girls | be useful, Soon IT will return GARTEN OF THE LIQUOR initiative measure 24 But IF you advocates of temperance have, and in a few years will a “dry,” away from my family, I | cause there are very few boots, | came in 10 years. Eight years | to them, and feel that I can | TRAFFIC, 1 HAD A VOTE I WOULD | and law enforcement. The not have the worry about the got to reading your column. | and our goods are carried in | of that time I was bootlegging | make an honorable living for | Thousands of men and wom- su GAINST IT | young, if kept away from the blind pliggers or the “between There I have seen so much | strong pockets on the inside of in the state of Maine, I have the rest of my days. | en, mothers and fathers, are IN BECAUSE I | evils of such measures as Nos. trousers.” The poor wrecks genuine good that [ felt like large overalls, or outside since made three moves with One of your brewery press } ignorant of the fact that the KNOW TH? WILL PUT | 18 and 24, will develop clear, who now support them will lacknowledging it, and I wish to | trousers. | my family, and one to this state agents wrote you that no boot. beer brought into their homes YOUR STATE A STEP BACK. | bright, progressive thought, have passed away, and a more * gay a few things about the 1 was not taught to do any alone leggers would vote for initia- and first given in little sips WARD IN THE PROGRESS then they will see the right sensible, wholesome people “wet” and “dry kind of useful labor. My fivery move has been to my tive measure 24, He either ts is the starting point in the OF CIVILIZATION Mark my words, every “wet” will have filled the ranks va+ I have seen several letters | parents were good, but ignorant financial betterment. I’m not | ignorant or else he les. Every wrecks to whom bootleggers | You, thru the Inefficient | in this state will vote for Nos. cated by them. fn your column from evident | of how wrong that was, When | proud of how I have made a | successful bootlegger or blind | supply strong drink | state, county and city officers, | 18 and 24, Their strenuous ad With a lasting regard for 3 ress agents of the breweries. | 201 married a lovely, good girl, living, nor is my good wife, pigger does some thinking, and | If I expected to continue a | will have your trials in en | vertising of No. 24 is the hope you, Miss Grey, Iam most re J Well, to start with,! amapro | who was much better prepared My children don’t know, and I every one of them knows that bootlegger, or expected to ad- forcing the present dry law, that “drys” will overlook No, spectfully, JO. C, JAYNES, k