The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 30, 1916, Page 1

The President’s Corner BY PRESIDENT WitsoNn ¥f I permitted myself to be a partisa Struggle I would be unworthy tot Permitted myself to forget the peop . would be unworthy to saving that Lam worthy tor 8 degree of worthiness, that © Amerie Wit and Wisdom of right, Dout VOLUME 19. ON PRES. WILSON _ ATS1,000 T0 $600 NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—At the opening today of 4 sizzling home stretch of the political campaign, both] Sides claimed victory November 7. Today found Hughes paying his second visit to sthe Ohio battleground while President Wilson prepared | ‘to leave tomorrow for Buffalo and then swit ig into the} metropolis Thursday. The most important ZL ROOT DEFENDS over-Sunday dev elopments were Hughes’ issuance of “My conception of the presi- LET TER T0 STAR dency” and ex-Assistant Secretary of War Brecken- ridge’e denial of Sen. Lodge’s claim that Wilson adiied| | a tame postscript to the Lusitania note but withdrew it}, Pditer The Star: Will you Kind.) under threat of cabinet resignations. ya fow |things in my own behalf? Hughes’ statement promised a nds courte American | dent of the Seattle Bar assoc tion nation’s ablest men. an executive | bad appointed a confer for leas) attorneys to During the week before last, four foreign policy that » Jattorneys, one of them the pres ously but firm! | Prosperity Mre, Margaret Martin, 1501 | Nerth 85th st. stopped her housework long enough Monday ~ Morning to answer the front belt Standing on the threshold was a Japanese, and he held a big, black revolver pointed to- ward her face. “T want = money,” she wurst} he said to ber. She stepped “pack and he stepped | toward her. Then she reached quickly toward | the heavy door and slammed it quickly in his face. The lock held, while she hurriedly called the po- Mee by phone. When they reached the place, the Japanese had disappeared Mrs. Martin told the officers she believed the man w demented judging from bis facial expression, | Double Life of Boy Bandit Shown When Pal Kills Him CHICAGO, Oct. 30.—-Leading an industrious and model life by day and playing « desperate holdup game at night was the double life led by Elmer Carson, dead to. day from a bullet fired by his pal, Suchardo, 18, in a holdup| rson was accidentally shot by Paw partner, who fired at their vic ertim when he attempted to resist Suchardo says. His story was con firmed by Herman Strutz, who said he was held up by the two boys Carson was on parole, and was be- lieved to have reformed completely. | With the arrest of Suchardo, string of neatly executed “jobs” were solved | aration | tary. responsible to the whole nation; «| flag protecting Americanism: prep for post-war conditions; creation of a protection for Amer {ean workers in the matter of trade competition; a domestic policy tending toward sound, permanent and industrial peace; and a government supervision of | business eliminating abuses.” The Breckenridge denial of quo | tations, credited to him, as to a Lusitania postscript called any one thus quoting him a “scoundre! A flood of betting money was of. fered to commissioners today while an uptown hotel reported that one Wager of $1,000 to $600 on Wilson had beea made here—-the first time that odds have been given on Wilson. The commissioners thought the first betting this week, however, would be at even or ten to nine on Hughes. PLAN BIG WILSON’ DAY HERE NOV, 4 “Woodrow Wilson day” will ve| withdraw my candidacy | for superior court Judge, for which position I was nominated at the recent primaries by 23 voters | The substance of what occurred at the interview ts set forth in a let ter, which I sent to the committee, and which reads as follows “Referring to your recent vinit| |to me, and your suggestions that I cease to be « candidate for su perfor court judge, | have to say Ex Parte Hearing said our objection was {based sol upon my supreme court record, and that you aud those for whom you. W acting did not think | had done anything dishonest, corrupt or criminal, and that no objection was made as to my ability; that my record since leaving the beoch was, both as a man and «#8 an attorney, highly commendable that the unfor- tunate act on my part was the per mitting of a railway attorney to write the opinion on a rehearing n the case of Harris against the jGrea Northern Railway company (48 Wash altho you said that ithe law laid down therein was cor | rect 1 told you that he did not write the opinion and that the report of eye ed ee et tier yg |the committee to that effect was e « * fect being issued Monday by the|urere T haa no.cance to face ot | | | ask that I You Woodrow Wilson nonpartisan cam-| crogs.examine the witnesses, nor paign committee. The committee, any of them . of which Edgar C. Snyder is chair. 1 reminded you that the court man, and George E. Ryan ts secre | was divided in the decision of that urges Wilson boosters on Sat-| case—three voting in favor of the| urday to “talk for Wilson, write for | rajiway company, and four, includ Wilson, and distribute Wilson liter- jing myself, against the company ature In the various precincts.” ~—sithat if the attorney or company “Let the women hold neighbor:|had power over me sufficient to hood meetings,” the proclamation . opinion me, they | continues. “They will not need had T enough to trained orators, for no tongue can their own favor be more eloquent than that of the gh te for e in power enor have | mother, thankful that war has not|fnetead of against the « broken her family circle.” 1 told you that I thought t In the evening, there will be | \Gadinegs th record itself showed the charge to| parade thru the main streets, end (Continued on Page 9.) ing at the Metropolitan theatre, where a Wilson rally will be held | TRIO ROB VISITOR | Three men, each dangerous looking “sap,” stopped | Robert Spears, of Cedar Falls, and relieved him of $1.50 cash and two $50 travelers’ checks Sunday night Guess I'll tak knife the fellow who was doing the at Del rehing commented. He did | HE CALLS PROFESSOR A “WRETCH” SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.— Dr. Chas. H. Bailley: fterating his denial of statements to Crafton Cushing attributed to him that President is a jumble of false statements Wilson had tried to add a post- and you are an unconscionable script to his “striet accountability” | wretch for uttering it.” to Germany, Henry Brecker Breckinridge, who is ridge, former assistant secretary of Monte, Cal., attending a confer-| Spears is at the N. P. hotel wait-| war, bas wired a local newspaper ence of hardware officials, declin-| ing to see if the police or sheriff's | as follows ed today to discuss the matter fur-| deputies will recover his worldly “I have just sent ther goods | carrying Re-;telegram to Your letter our jack note the following Forsscseestessseseted A Novel Bride’s Hero” Week By f | MRS. A. M. WILLIAMSON “PEREERRaSrceiacaesss «| Tereeeseeaesececseesaestesessessessesse? road so bad, that in spite of CHAPTER 1 deserted, appeared a hamlet of a alfdozen small houses. The one The Fugitive half-dozen smail ho T my desire to move swiftly, dare not spur my horse. Many a closest to the road was larger, with ing sign in front. Beyond doubt, and not long since, had discarded musket and saddle lit tered the path. That the troops marching this route had been been an inn. Now, not @ ure moved about the place, nor a light, Forced by hunger, I rummaged Austrians—Konigskegg’s devils—I knew well, and I had no wish to gleamed from the windows My/|the pantry, finding a black loaf and horse stood with drooping head|ja bit of cold roast, on which I fall into their hands. The uni. form of the Royal Irlandais would terror. 1 while I explore the building and) made a hearty meal, taking stock De no passport to thelr favor. I tried the doors, finding them the hovel near by. Apparently the|as I did #0 of my surroundings, near approach of the armies had|now more plainly revealed as the And it was plain to see the mood |locked, but finally located a win in which they marched, for not a|/dow shutter with a broken clasp, \caused the inhabitants to flee in|day dawned What had driven my host away, Mving thing had been left behind. which assured entrance, I led my Yet it was not those who the shack There was 20 suddenly, and depopulated the village, 1 could only surmise. Little already passed I feared, but ot light enough for me to uncover an to follow--Austrian, Hanoverian, armful of fodder with which to doubt, however, but «eo threaten ng inroad of Austrians had caused a panic during the night Well, | must hide and sleep. 1 ‘astened the window by which I Duteb straining for the same make him content in his new quar. had gained entrance and clint tp ae. he laveriment of Tourney, | (ers thatched roof admitted plenty of They would come this way; and) The Min it would be dawn, served to open the shutter, and 1 Light was visible in the east, ¢lambered thru the window. The when the road skirted the edge of few dim objecta near at hand told worn, but of good cut, and I took # wood and turned sharply to the,me I was in the taproom, him to have been an upper servant Ei weet. Just at the turn, seemingly| Jt was an apartment of size. con-|to some house of quality. 1 turned Next Week tables and a A huge fire- taining home-made number of benches place occupied one end. Beyond, a door stood aja ding into the kitchen, while a ladder led upward thru a trap to the floor above night was so dark and the it f had horse to leverage of a billet of wood air and light, and | saw the body of a man lying outstretched be neath the eaves, His clothes were | she “SHEA sc: IRISH BRIGADE” | |with events jthe staff—meant . TheSeattle Star E ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES T (CHE GRY Paree WY Sear Haat DA SEATTLE, WASH,, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1916. SAVE ’EM! verybody Save These Pictures Read The Star Tomorrow and FIND OUT WHY! ‘SEATTLE POLICE ASKED TO HELP IDENTIFY GIRL WHOSE PAL IS CHARGED WITH FORGING CHECKS PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 20. lee of asked to co-« | land departme ing the identi taken into custo ney, alleged veteran army, on a charge of checks. he girl Tacoma there and tioned by police Po.) tures with Villa followed the band and later to have indulged in the art of gun running. He ts also known as Williams and Durea, and lives in Boston RAILROAD | IS SOLD CLEVELAND, Wheeling & Li to Wm. R resenting said Kubo for the n-| three-year notes of the road claiming to have cite’ and Tacnrhé. ware chief two years, erate with the Port today in ascertain of a pretty girl, with W. P. Whit of Villa's passing bad who said her home was declared she met Whit t town with him Whitney a woman was his teclared told them fo another in ney Quer serte Detect w O., Oct. 30. » Erle railway today for $12 Begg, of New Yor} Kuhn, Loeb & Co, F Loeb & Co f of The wa the wife, sol tion 000,000 us marrie re The where a leged to passed worthless paper. Whitne told a thrilling tale of his adv are acting holders $8,000,000 jn atsgasastaassasssassssarezsessrsesse) eesseseseesesress: By ; A Novel Randall Parri ok eon Copyright, 1914 © McClurg & © Spits MME LERL ILL stilisciiistisssstitisssttiiiay fend, Lord Clare. Hed him! he lay there Kelly, O'Rriex between, as some ize me, and won me to the door. Dazed I knew what must be done. Whose horas I took, Heaven knows, but there were loaded weapons in the for holsters, and the steed bore busy | well Twice they stopped me All that had occurred to place;the word me in this predicament passed be fore me in review. Up to this mo ment I bad had no time for thought except to escape, But now memory returned and I saw again the moas-tent table strewn with eards, the faces of the n crowding about me; I heard the oath and felt the blow; I looked once more into the hated features of d'Enville, and feit the thrill as our sword blades touched, Ay! it was a good fight, and a fair one. but to kill d’Enville—a captain of; death. There mercy from his] him o a knife Five me finding what I expected thruet in the back ft vice had left careless of death, I had slept m battlefields strewn with corp: forgetful of all but my own need Now I was In little better stress, #0, I drew a quilt over him, crossed to the other side, and lay down on a pile of clean straw Yet, weary as I some time awake, And I had urs oO on the floor flung them started to free pass. as T was os, wa 1 my lay me mind but I had "Twas what O'Brien had whispered in my ear, and, thinking me an aide to . I fond free passage. However ‘ould never for the Ai fierce the come thus trians were uid rest til night ‘ide on, trusting the It was quiet outside and I fell asleep. chase, field, it the i and then in the dawn CHAPTER It A Squadron of Guards I must ha slept for hon would be no (Continued on page 4) O PRINT THE NEWS NIGHT EDITION IT AY® DON'T POL! GOING TO RAIN THE WEATHER OVERLOOF ON ELECTION PROPOSITIONS BY VOTI ORGET THE POLITIC YOUR TICKET TRAIGHT MEN ON ALL TICKET IGHT A OTE FOR THE BE HAIN AN ONE CENT LAFE AND KRIS PLANNED TO PACK \ PRECINCT BOARDS WOMAN FINED IN FIGHT OVER BIRTH CONTROL NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—New York's law against the preach ment of birth contro! will be fought to the United States su. preme court, if necessary, it was announced today, follow count ing conviction of Miss Jessie (iy divided be! Ashley, head of the woman’ one Plans to pack at least 51 precincts with none but reé- {publican judges on the election boards were called off Monday noon by County Commissioners Lafe Hamil ton and Kris Knudsen when they learned that The Star planned to expose the matter While County Commissioner Carrigan, also a ré- publican, contended for fair play, the other two come missioners took advantage of the law, which is silent on the subject, to appoint their personal friends in many precincts to the exclusion of either democratic or sociale 79 MAY HAVE Saturd mocrat that in ntire Their lists, made up over the prot of Chairman Custer, sho i one board fair » republican, socla democrat law department of New York university, on a charge of dis- tributing birth control pam- phiets. A divided court A $50 fine or ten | She paid the fi jentered an a 1 Dissenting from |hin colleagues, Ju special sessions, straight-out 30-day sentence tacked the woman for violat jlaw fn order that she mig | constitutionality “This defendant knew law berately violated -1t,” he ‘no T think ehe should be pim- ished.) These people know that thin court has repeatedly passed og thin law, and If they want to change it, why don’t they go change it? I don't see why clemency should be given.” | Mins Ashley, a thin, gray-haired| {woman of fighting Massachusetts abolitionist stock, sat calmly during the proceedings, listening thru an ear trumpet In the id guilty o mamphiets, and li ise j lley case, Judge Freschi declared |preachment of birth control as a | propaganda co ites a worse of. fense than th f such information ing p roponitic n |U. S. NAVY REMOVES _ WIRELESS CENSORS WASHINGTON, Oct ral Benson, acting secretary navy, toda ment's request |the removal Lieut. Char censors at Siasc The action ort office, Admiral Be refused to expla The appointment of Lieut. J. C Clarke to be censor of Siasconset sentenced her to days in city jail under protest and the opinion of McInerney, in advocated 4 and at ® the test its two cases of young * birth men control the Ash 30.—Adm! of the said no fore and Clark wireless nset and Sayville nated in his own son said, but he | economic | DIED AS SUB SANK STEAMER WASHINGTON, Oct. They Get Cold Feet And that was an accidental mis they told me,” said Custer Monday In all other preci at least two rep precincts, Hamilton named republicans places At noon commissh learning Star was king a thoro investt. gation, 1 a resolution rescind ing their former action and prom ising to put elther one democrat or} ove socialist in every precinct along with two republicans | | s ric and for all there are} In 51} Knudsen | three | 20.— Monday, the county that The rine Saturday, was sent to the bottom without warning, Con- sul Frost, at Queenstown, ca- bied the state department to- day Frost said the crew was re- Ported to include Americana’) Only 34 out of 104 have e4 far been accounted for, Frost said, The Marina was sunk about 3 p, m. Saturday, 100 miles west of | Cape Clear, Frost said. Thirty-four | of the crew of 104 had been landed at Brookhaven, he said, while life- boats No. 1 and No. 3 were miss- ing. | In fixing the blame for the | destruction of the vessel it will be necessary to determine the charac ter of its charter. Some of the horse ships which have been piying™ between the United States and Eng- land have been under direct or ii direct charter by the British and French governments. In such cases they assume the | character, for the time being, of ad- |miralty vessels and are subject to |attack without warning. These questions must be settled before it can be determined | whether the sinking of the Marina will again raise the submarine Issue between this country and Ger- many. ‘WHAT DID HE SAY? 30.—Chester af fgnere Democrats ” 2 Both the republican and the} democratic central committees pre- pared lists of party workers to be named as election officials. While| the republican List was accepted in its entirety, two officials being re ommended for each precinct, the democratic list, which only request ed one official for each precinct was cut down. In 89 precincts, the democratic recommendations were ignored In 28 Knudsen lists their own pre: ndded incts, Hamilton and to the republican personal friends republicans, In 26 precincts, put in democrats recommend republican precinct commit In precincts, they ap pointed socialists. In 23 cinets they made republican appoint |ments suggested by various} friends.” | also they ed by teemen 12 Pastor Quits Place to Don Overalls so He Can | Study Folks DENVER Oct 0 b mums 2.—The Rev | BUTTE, Mont., lan A. Turner. prominent Den-| arimans talked in his sleep. Hie Fst Congrega-|iistened. Their divorce case is to tional church and People's Taber-| ).rene today. nacle, to don overalls and study |°O™® P_ and social problems at} close range in the industrial cen- Oct PoSSSsc Stet ssitsrri rg | PUTS OFF FLIGHT —Victor Carl to start on his flight from Chicago to ters of the East The church,” declared the min- jister, “either must get back on a jhuman plane, or get out of bust- jness. It must cease teaching tech-| and Lieut. D. H. Steuart at Say ville, to succeed the deposed offi cers, Was announced today The change was CHIC strom, aeroplane AGO, Oct. who was rch and PARIS captured Oct, 30.—french troops German trenches north- west of Sailly in a renewal of the north of the Somme, last jnight, reaching the outskirts of the stron fortified church held by es Teutons, it was officially an- nounced today was the without | attack ood of the service,” Assistant Sec-| nical Christianity and teach the! New today, postponed thet T d partes ent has not bi b aate-lot all retg Ministers studyjer, he said, The start may be ss fied with the manner in which the! God too m human beings| made tomorrow. aera | JONES AND LANDON “ FIREMEN SAVE WEDNESDAY IS DAY SPEAK AT FREMONT “I feel confident that the people|Jones and State Senator Dan Lan- | of the United States will be moved |don will be the principal speakers W YORK, Oct. 20—Firemen | famine and disease.” to be held at Masonic hall, Fremont. battered down doors and led sev The foregoing is an _ extract|Other speakers will be Prosecutor fire in a theatrical boarding] tion, setting Nov, 1 as the date for | ee house at 9 West 34th st. Includ.| people of this country to help the! |Mrs. Ellen MeDonald, whom re about 4,000,000 who have been firemen found unconscious |driven from their homes Contributions should be sent the American Red Cross, Washington of the Navy Roosevelt said. |taw of love—the fundament idea|trip because of unfavorable weath- jobs had been handled, he said too little MANY ACTORS, United States Senator Wesley L, |to aid a people stricken by war,|Monday night at a republican rally eral actors to safety early today in| from President Wilson's proclama.| Lundin and county candidates. Jed in the 20 persons trapped Lithuanians, of which it is said there | | warning D.C. New Heaters Warm City’s Car Riders New atyle heaters in many of the| long-run street cars were turned on| during early hours Monday Manager Kempster, of the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co., said they were being installed at| the rate of one car a day, and that ‘RANDALL PARRISH WROTE IT | There are few writers in America today whose ee ee Late Bae ‘paplic} romances have a wider circle of readers than those oe Dex “y a ee of Randall Parrish. His delightful civil war stories nelosures on the are known by everyone conversant with good fiction, teady been installed on and any book of his is in great demand by publishers and readers alike. service ted by The cars xis 100 cars The new of the cars | seats | | ple heaters run lengthwise instead of under the et 0 i chee His latest historical romance, “Shea of the Irish Brigade,” starts today in The Star. It will run com- NORFOLK, Va.—Because the| plete in six consecutive issues. Don't fail to read it, state goes dry today, W. H. Suter, local Hquor dealer, locked up his place and killed himself, STARTS TODAY, ENDS SATURDAY,