The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 20, 1916, Page 1

di if t i} ot arias she shot herself. to be Oliver. of The President’s Corner “J VOLUME 19. IN SECOND AVE. BANK AT NOON An unidentified woman entered the Ca- , madian Bank of Commerce at 1:15 p. m.| Friday, shot Leo G. Pratt, a clerk, and then| the police arrived. Pratt lives at 1632 Tenth ave. W. The bank doors were barred and a large crowd collected. The woman’s name was said at the bank She was 24. Pratt was 19. Both were dead before! INSANE MAN TRIES | TO REACH WILSON the | He was station house the Richard Cullen. BY ROBERT J. BENDER (United Press Staff Correspondent) PITTSBURG, Oct. president’s ride about Pittsburg today, a fan carrying a black satchel made determ- ined efforts to jump on the running board ‘8 car. and hustled | kissius. off to a station house by policemen. man gave hi At the He is a Pittsbarger, 22 years old. ; deranged ‘When questioned he said he was dissatisfied with the presfdenth handling of European affairs but president's car. did not admit that he intended to/dent’s body guard twice threw Cul-| ment. attack bim. Chairman Joseph The president, Mrs. Wilson, State F. Guffey and two secret service men were in the While the prest-| 20.—During she! | Abeve, the Sekelesky chi idren, from whem their mother. to select see te give H cause she loved a Sein tee Se CHICAGO, “Mike,” age 2. The law brought Mrs. Sokolosky to court on a charge of abandon- She explained she lett her jlen from the running board, the) baby at a doorstep to be sure he In the satchel, police say, was! president remained very calm. Mra.| would get good treatment. found a long bladed knife and sev-| Wilson shared his apparent confi-| eral chisels, The fatchel was unfastened. Dr. Barclay, physician of the Cul- clasp of the|dence that the » would take care of the assailant The crowd seemed #low to grasp adopt the boy. len family, declared that Cullen is the situation. CANTON, O., Oct. 20.—With echoes of the great- est demonstrations ever tendered him still ringing in his fars, President Wilson is returning home today. He and ss lieutenants are happy as a result of the Chicago visit. unrestrained enthusiasm. “An ovation from start to finish. The women are thoroly aroused to the issue and they want the president returned to office,” was the message sent out to demo- cratic headquarters East and West. the Press club speech, he empha- Emphasizes His Plea Yesterday the idea stood out in a gressive forces to accomplish the purposes of American business, t further exposition of this theme. In In his second address, he urged co-operation of capital and labor to nied ethene helen eae H WOMAN HURT |serve the end which he sald must i |be served by the United States, 66 99) showing the world how to placo the cause of labor on a par with that of the employer and the rights of humanity “above the rights of sov- Two men are In the county Jall and one woman is In the city hospital as the result of a drunken auto ride which ended suddenly Friday morning, at 20, when the car bowled off Bothell boulevard, at 88th st., and overturned in the ditch. laude Adams, 26 E. Badger, 2: ‘ested by 4 with driving while intoxicated. “A woman, who officers her name ‘ the city hospital, bruises. She had been drinking. and so had the men, according to officers. BY MILTON BRONNER NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—“I'm for Woodrow Wilson because he is getting us ready for war and keeping us out of it.” This epigrammatic answer was made by the most popular and most widely read writer in America—irvin 8. Cobb, His reply came spontaneously. There was no chance for a rame-up of a lot of bright things he was to say, because he did not know he ws to be interviewed until he was caught on the fly in fraf* of the the chauffeur, and sawmill man, were ity sheriffs, charg- anaged to tell was Capitola Turner, of the Keystone hotel, was taken from the wreckage and to| suffering from) | i (Continued on page 8) Over on the Arabian desert are hundreds of thousands of sick, homeless, starving, Ar. menians belched into misery by the war. Many, many of them are chil- dren, There are nearly helpless women. Men are fewer among the ref. ugees, because they have been killed in greater proportions Armenians are Christian folk as many ater, where his latest play, “Un- der Sentence,” is being pro- duced. Is Easily Interviewed Interviewing Cobb is a Joy. ia the same Cobb, friendly, with the same inexhauat ible fund of stories that he when working as Louisville Ss Oct. 20—Forced to, as “ork after being deserted by her | husband, and finding it impossibie to care for her three children, Mrs. | Mary R. Sokolosky has chosen to give up the one she loves most— Mrs. Antone Kisellus, who found) ro child of her own, wants et service men the child at her toor, and who had But I loved him most to | i EATTLE, WASI child ehe mother, Meine “I loved Mike most of all,” said Mrs. Sol.closky im court. “He was so tiny and so sweet and so pretty. But he was too tiny to take care of himeeif, and | ha be away at work all day. “My other two children could stay with neighbors doring the day Mary is 5 and John {* 3, But my neighbors were hard-working peo- ple, too, and they couldn't be both ered with a tiny one like Mike. “I hated most to give him up. #0 I had to.” Mike is being cared for by Mrs. Kisellus, ‘SEC, WILSON BRINGS MESSAGE TO SEATTLE FOR PRES, WILSON “The greatest yet,” Secretary Tumulty said, with) sized the need of uniting the pro-| | | He profound t modest and *ald: ‘8 was a reporter in| tie country Secretary of Labor William Wilson will arrive in Seat- tle at 3:30 p. m. Friday. H: assured that his reception h will be In the nature of a civic as well as a political demon- stration. He to met at the depot by Ernest P. Marsh, president of the State Federation of Labor; bor, in recognition of his many years of active connection with the labor movement head of the Miners’ union, hi taken this oc casion to honor the first man who has held the position of secretary of labor. Secretary Wilson is also the first union man to hold a place in the cabinet Wilson will be the honor guest RIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1916 Mother Forced to Abandon One of Three Children, Gives Up Her Baby Whom She Loved Most! Could You? TRAINS Nr ONE CENT 8h 0 ee elict Men—Council Approves. under the “Help Wanted—Female” heading: | 2 to 5 p. m.” “WANTED—Girls for Forty-Nine show. Hotel ——.” “Forty-Nine” show. She called at the hotel named MEX ARMIES ARE IN BATTLE JUAREZ, Oct. 20--A battle ts raging, 25 miles south of Chibus hua City, betwee nVillista bandits and a heavy force of Mexican de facto troops, according to reports wired to Carranza military head quarters here, stortly after noon today. Nearly 4,000 men are engaged In the fighting, according to these re- ports, The Villistas are led by time as the agents switch their base of operation. asked for the “Forty-Nine” show manager. owned by none other than Pat Sullivan. was very nice to the girl reporter. was asked. “Oh, yes,” said George, very mod- 1 ae “Do you need any more “ladies to teach dancing’?” “Yes, ob, yes,” he assured her. Villa in person, With more than 2,000 men and 12 had) machine guns, Gen. Carios Osuna, from Villa, long bar that has been in the place for years. noldo’s saloon. All v1 Rough men of every nationality An lounged aimlersty in front of The bar. bouncers Young Girls There He wore “Do you need any more girls for your Forty-Nine show It used to be E. Ar jhis eyes. One LAST EDITION The Seattle Star | ny Bi we of VOTE “NO” ON ALI, TEN PROPOSITIONS AT THE Wr te think OVEMBER 7 ELECTION, AND GET RID OF x . the \ UNCH OF LAWS THAT WOULD ONLY PUT U8 t . fons, but of CK FOR YEARS TO COME, BESIDES CREATING way t eat the ~ A NRA aeons UNNECESSARY TURMOIL AND TROUBLE, VOTE Wieland “Wind of Ww - THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEW FOR FAIR WEATHER, GEORGE 18 DOING HIB é ; ’ j DAY “LADIES to teach dancing. Good salary. —— hotel, Apply It was Mr. Ecker—George Ecker, known to many men who have exchanged banter and coins over the old American cafe bar, George, who is a good natured, big hearted sort of a fellow, 2” he A green eye shade was far over of them was below Yesler way. His sleeves no coat. \WOMAN SLAYS BANKER TOUGH DANCES SNARE YOUNG WORK CHI NG GIRLS THEN KILLS SELF ’49 Dance Halls Below Yesler Way Lure Working Maids on Promise of $3 a Night for Dancing With Rough, Der- Underworld dance hall agents are luring young girls into the dangerous game below Yesler way thru advertisements. On the classified advertisement page of the morning paper for several days there appeared the following innocent-looking notice, In an evening paper a few nights ago, and published many inights prior to that, was another advertisement, which read: The Star sent a young woman reporter out to learn of the in the advertisements. The place is not mentioned here, because it is changed from time to “It’s Mr. Ecker you want to see,” the clerk told her, when she tt I ition, you a if his eyes squinted, and a naws, Thureday night had climbed} Then the music blared out again, WOUNDED, REPORT ROME, Oct. 20—Fieid Mar- smile radiated over his chops. ‘Dyou know what a Forty-nine show Is?” he asked, “The teachers | music and lights in the rear of the place. } hal Faikenhayn, former chief [and the 49 giris is for the same ¢ ” Girls, some looking young, fresh | of general stzff with the Ger. purpose. call” ieah ot pia The young lady “was not sure” that she knew. But she was actress enough to smile good-naturedly herself—and she had donned some flashy duds for her interview man army, has been wounded in the leg and compelled to re- linquish command of the Aue tro-German armies in Transyi- vania; said a Zurich dispatch to the Couriere D'italia today. seasoned to the game, stood at the | net. bar, man-fashioned, sipping vari- colored 15-cent soft their partners. The music stopped, and the con- glomerous mass of men and wom- of the place. 1 Dance Hall Work »/en, girls and boys drifted off the TWO LOSE LIVES «= wer. anybody who nad, much |Gtice floor, and to the bar. | manager experience,” said George, “KDOWS! “There was a brief intermission | IN SHIPWREGK | wi: = Fore sine stow te. Ts of not more than a minute. dance hall work—down below Yes-| Barker Urges 'Em On NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—All |ler way.” “Come, boys! Come, girls!” | Occidental, members of the crew of the He looked very closely at the| cated the announcer and floor Cunard liner Alaunia, which | girl. manager, in a nasal tone. “Next's | Dearborn; sank yesterday in the English Forty-nine girls are supposed to!” twosiep. TWO-STEP. Part-jave. S Chann er striking a mine, Jemulate the “days of 49," When) pers Dance, boys. Take a girl—| every California bar room WA! have some fun lore are filled with gayly dressed giris who) ii, was an artist—this fellow, | kept the men buying drinks, aod | 45 gia the sing-eong barking. danced with them between times. || : GAN YOU RUN were saved with the exception of two, the New York Cunard office announced today. WHEAT JUMPS HIGH CHICAGO, Oct 20, — Wheat jumped over the $1.70 mark today halis in coi rooms. being played below Yesler way in six places that were once saloons. It Pays to Dance Often | was stopped tion of the high level tn the Leiter] girl gets a commission of 10 o onto a table and were peering over |The man piano pl the heads of the men toward the/his silk shirt wai the collar, and a cigaret wagged up and down on his lower lip. A trombone sneezed in perfect — others looking | time, as did traps, violin and com ‘Two doors below the | Dick Fleming's, 516 Fifth av Other places are the Ca All of these yer was hi The crowd surged back and forth drinks, with/on and off the dance floors, the girls urging the laggards to dance, Pat Sullivan is the alleged owner Ecker works fi A fellow named Louis Arnold is the near Washington st; the Coeur d'Alene, at Sixth S. and the Casino, on King st. places run nnection censes to all the places, tucked fn a P or him. rk is s. on Sixth between King and Weller the Dreamland, at Sixth dance with the bar One of them was ready to open a gambling hall upstairs, but | Some are said to be violating the liquor law, others are said to be “shooting straight” om and reached the highest figure! Men pay 25 cents to dance, and |the dry proposition. since the civil war with the excep) are entitled to two drinks. The The city council has issued Ik ents corner in 1898. An hour after on|on each two-bits. | he said. the daytime, {t won't interfere with your making more money R. L. Proctor, president of the (of organized labor at the Hird's m) °. wi Central Labor Council, and cafeteria at 6 p.m. Two hundred a eee Beyer Siok cap | Ja Duncan, secretary of the and fifty seats have been re. - jabor council, as well as by served | WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE members of the democratic President Proctor of the labor Water will be shut off in the dis committ: council will preside at the mass trict supplied by the Gazelle st While the cabinet member comes meeting at the Metropolitan, Doora|tank, east of Sist ave. S., to 60th to Nor-|' primarily to speak for the re will open 7 p. m. Secretary Wil ave, 8. from Rainier ave day,” George explained it to the girt. “We guarantee you $3 a night, “If you are working tn) nights Then he said that he would need bunch of new girls about Mon and that there were taps | election of President Wilson at the son will speak on “Why Labor Is|folk st, on Saturday, October 21, places he supplied. AFAR? John Upton quit as in- structor in English in an Eastern college to take over a run-down, worn- out bit of acreage. Did he make it go? Some of the managers don't per- mit their girls to leave the halls until closing time, and they say the others are spoiling the game by “not being responsible.” | The girls, lured by the advertise- |ments, must dance with any man who asks her company—and most of those who seek girls down below Yesler way are derelict and have always been linked to America thru missionaries, who established American schools jolitan tonight, organized |a-| for Woodrow Wilson,” ! Cross has turned from succor- ing the afflicted and collected the funds, too ifrom 9 a. m. to 5 p,m. ASKED TO HELP SAVE STARVING BABI nm _______| One of them was the Park, 404! | Firth ave, 8. and the other was the /Coeur d'Alene, at Sixth ave. 8. and Syncopated Music “Come see me again tomorrow, | A dollar will keep an Arme- nian a month! Ecker said, as the girl thanked Unless the Red Cross work- Bert Temple and Mike Finn could tell you if you met up with them, but you are not likely to meet |him, and left. Her part in the investigation end | Why? ed there. OWNERS SAY as BREMEN LOST, AMSTERDAM, Oct. 20.—The | Ocean company, owners of the and colleges there. 7 : i ers are given material aid, a Another reporter learned what | Because they are char- German commerce submarines, Tomorrow, all over the na- | ‘omorrow Red Cross work- noble, sorrowful little nation |her duties would have been had) acters in “The Idyll of | consider the submarine Bremen tion, Americans will co-operate ers will sell Armenian Relief will die because the world was | she been employed 1 » Fires,” the new lost, according to advices from with the Red Cross in obtain- | tags downtown too busy to hear its ery of af | After night, down at the Park Pai ‘i CW | Bremen. Thee is much grief ing funds to keep more Arme- If there ever was a time fliction the observer from the sidewalk | novel-a-week by Walter among families of members of nians from starving and freez- when Seattle folks should think The funds will be handied |sees a cheap, red curtain, strung} Pritchard Eaton, which the crew, most of whom live in ing, and dying from sickness solemnly, and realize the oppor here thru J. W, Spangler of the |on a wire hanging across the door. | begins Monday in The Bremen. The Ceutschland’s re- during the winter tunity of service in behalf of Seattle National bank and for Thru it comes the sound of syn rs turn trip to the United States It is one of the few times in a ravaged people, it is tomor warded to the Red Cross head copated music—rare music, too. star. has been indefinitely postponed, history that the American Red | row quarters, Just beyond the curtains ts the| | the advices stated. Jwrong on more subjects than any|unless we were prepared to repel! “After that I went on a lecture! “I admire Wilson because he has) ceived, he fell into a common fault.)tucked away in mothballs, Every man of his time, but after I saw | attack ’ tour and whenever I talked about! the inclination to get us ready for] “The real progressives of this|four years we take it out and dust the hell that is war in Burope I} “So I came back home rampant! preparing our country, I got the! serious eventualities and the splen-| country made some mistakes, too,/it off and yell about it, I don’t came back home convinced of the| for preparedness. kind of applause George Cohan got r The most colossal one was believ- belleve the country is facing any “Remember when we were kids| army, back in Kentucky, working for 12) roth of one thing Teddy! “LT think I ralsed my feeble pipe when he discovered the American “If there is one thing worse than| ing that Roosevelt was acting|such crisis as it did in the days Speak softly and carry ajfor it before it became a propa-| flag was a grand old rag, not getting ready for war, it is get- politically on the level with them "| when Abe Lincoln was at the helm, Saw Belgian Tragedy aganda. | began to preach big army, As to the Big Stick jting us into one. “But how about this crisis that “In fact, | think it highly proba. “L was in Belgium when that lit | big navy, military training in col “Now, as to this big stick busi-; “Wilson may not be a 100 per) Hughes and Teddy say is Scorer ee that the republic may survive was invaded by the|!eses and schools, ness: The trouble with Teddy and| cent candidate, like Hughes, but the ing the country?” |thra the fall and winter If the re |magnificently prepared German A Pioneer in It Charles Evasion Hughes is that if|Plain people realize that he is a 100 Cobb laughed | publicans win, but {t will be in safer “I think I was about the first to they had control of the stick they! Per cent president 'Tis an Old Alarm hands if Wilson is kept in com. ‘T saw towns in flames, women,|take the present war as a text for) would want to hit someone with it His Mistakes In every presidential campaign | mand, bones a week, and no eight-hour) children and old men fleeing, game! preparedness either?” he questioned. er mind ancient Why are you for Wilson?” “Well — Roosevelt has day history. | | to see whether it would really break) “They say he has made mistakes, since Washington's day the orators Cobb's Scoop “No matter which party wins, T the crt. little Belgian soldiers dying. “I sprung this on a cold, austere, @ skull |Maybe he has. He is only human. have declared the country was on} All at once it occurred to melcrowd of wealthy New Yorkers,,) “Judging by their speeches, they/and very human. Maybe he did the verge of the greatest crisis since) want to give you a seoop: that our American dream that nojand when THEY rose to it, I knew) would — ant to try it on Germany| mistakenly trust some of those Mex-| the republic was founded | sis will be put back in the camphor been| one would ever attack us was false| people with warmer blood would, jand Mexico, either or both, jicans, like Villa. If he was de| “You know that old crisis is (Continued on page 8)