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

3107 ARCADE! THAT’S THE ADDRESS OF NONPARTISAN ARTERS—S10T ARCADE BULLDING THE TELE TONE NUMBER IS ELLIOTT 4 IP YOU WANT HELP FREE THE ATE AND COUNTY FROM PETTY PARTISAN ITICS, GO TO HBADQUAR GET A PETITION, AND CIRCULATE It FOR TERS SIGNATURES SATURDAY NONPARTISAN DAY ' The Seattle Star “""™ THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS VOLUME 19, ONE CENT ON sew " ANY SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, NOV 1916 VASHON ISLAND HOME BLASTED SoupIES CHER MOTHER OF pl MAN WHO DIED IN CAR CRASH ON THANKSGIVING A hero was given a hero’s burial Tuesday. Slow and clear the bugle notes of ‘‘taps” broke the silence at Mount View cemetery, overlooking Auburn. Until the last note faded over the hills, 16 tall men stood at at- Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day— But that’s getting ahead of the story. Mrs. Mary Lyles is 74 years old. She lives with two sons, 48 and 46 years tention, heels together, eyes straight ahead. They wore the blue and red of the United States coast artillery old, respectively, in a little shack at 3507 |Hudson st., which is in Columbia City. service and had come from Fort Ward. The rent on the shack is $7 a month, Then ; seenailay Won oleae |The sons have paid $3 on the November -— ra - the tolae' te deme comuberter si \ lrent. They still owe $4. Se ee Tuesday night George C. Wheeler, the ~ They are at a loss to exp’ a | motorman who stood are at a loss to explain a VHNTNS A DYNAMITE HURTS d PROBE 0 A two-story residence occu pled by the family of Louls Lofgren, at Burton, Vashon island, wae mysteriously dyna mited at 12:30 a. m. today, seriously injuring the father and two children, The family of eight, includ Ing six children, were ep when a great explosion shook the home, and it came crashing down on them, burying them beneath Tacoma police, ploston was f of the sons of the that th MRS. MARY LYLES A wisp of a woman, gray haired, sobbed silently. Strong arms of her sons supported her. the BLAME THE MOTORMAN (Aéaptea From Lite) A lurch that flings the rushing train, A roaring shock that rips and rends, The groan of death, the shriek of pain And—Holy, Holy Dividends. The Motorman? Poor chap, he's killed. ‘Twas thus the explanation ran, to whom the ex reported by one family, are cer caval- mot for the deed, however, declared the family had collection agent, called on the little group, A trusted servant, tried and skilled, We'll blame it on the Motorman. (Motorman H. L. Brannan, who gave his life Saturday night in a heroic effort to save Madison car passengers—the traction company’s passengers—was blamed by the company for failure to properly handle brakes.) at his post Saturday night and met death, rather than give up a fighting chance to save his passengers from a collision, had been buried. He had given five years to his country in the coast artillery service. of others. Then he had given his life in an effort to save the lives The 16 men voluntarily journeyed from Fort Ward to honor .. the heroism of an ex-comrade, who stayed at his post when the p test came. aa. Thirty street car conductors and motormen went from Seattle, po, and by their presence reflected the inspiration of Brannan’ | example of duty done. The little mother today is back on the ranch, seven miles Enumclaw. from! Her boy has gone—her youngest boy, who never forgot her in his wanderings—but forgot himself to protect others. The mother of a hero smiled faintly as she told a Star reporter what kind of a son he had been. “He never forgot to write,”’ she said, “altho he went out to Honolulu and stayed there with the coast artillery.” And the mother’s letters to him, the Northern Pacific at kept thru the years, among his belongings, tied together. Serves Country Honorably H. L. Brannan was born near Auburn. He grew up on the ranch | > lands that cover the hills to gs east. When he went away it was ~ join the army, and serve two enlist-| ments honorably. He was a mem- of the 68th and 150th regi the Chicago, Milwaukee & St at Mibvecburg. | The Hero’ 8 Mother * ts | 2f-Last spring he left the service,| ind ultimately became motorman| on the E. Madison ast. electric car that raced down hill and crashed into the car ahead Saturday be- cause the brakes failed to work. They Were Comrades The little mother used to come to Seattle and see her+boy here. When he could get a day off he! would go up to the little ranch near Enumclaw. They were com rades, She Is 64 He was 28, and unmarried ‘I know that he died honorably,” she said He was always that way—thoughtful of others. And I am grateful and thankful for the kind things people have said. But they can't bring back my boy— She struggled to suppress sobs. the Proud of His Courage She was proud of the way he had offered up his life. It was easy to see that. But behind all the pride was the deep grief of losing him. “Nothing will stop the heart os gg amperage My ildered little note of panic in her e 7 fo vo other sons are railway work }: They, too, almost daily risk their lives for others Lynn Brannan is a switchman for William McLeod Raine BY THE EDITOR One of the |appiest quarter. hours of my week | have just passed thru. ‘it is the period 1 devote to the perusal of the Who lived in Kirkland, Yacolt, Wash., News, Washington, 1 always do this after the * whirl of the day, when the pa per goes to press. It is so rest ful to lounge back in my office chair and imbibe second-hand a little of the easy-flowing life of Yacolt. Today | note, for example, that “Miles Allen killed a two year-old beef Monday for his own use.” The h. c, of |, should worry Miles. In the Chelatchie items | see that “Mr, Guila, of near Tum Tum, has purchased a two-year old colt from Mr. Russel! Go ing to use him for a carriage Is the author of The wide-awake Western story, “MIEN IN TIE IRAW" Which starts next Monday In The Star. | | | }ance in | that evening on advice |homish count i |& Von He | itor, Auburn. !— were found| Earl Brannan is a bridge builder for Paul KAISER WON'T _ BE AT FUNERAL : AMSTERDAM vere cold. Nov. 29.—A_ ne from which the kaiser { suffering, will prevent his attend Vienna tomorrow at the funeral of An official today anno kalser’s re turn to the German capital. He rived in Vienna yesterday, but Emperor Franz Josef from Berlir ar left of his med leal attendant, who feared the damp Weather and cold. The dispatch said viewed the remat rule wreath and a tim the new VON HERBERG WINS CASE FOR DAMAGES Von the kaiser of the dead bler ng fo’ with ns on hi pray conferre placed a ined sile Later emper he and empress John J Herberg, of Jensen berg, owners of the Lib erty and other theatres, need pay Henry J on, a fo dam, « for an the and his case who not er jan lleged on sued was thrown Rell of Sno an punch on nose, N for $1,000, out of court b presided in Nelson is the costs of the Judge Tallman’s also taxed up with suit The quarrel arose a dispute no doubt. “Manly Moore animal, Going further: is hauling spuds for Thomas Burke, Esq.” Let your mind dwell on that, Mrs, Seattleite! Hauling, actually hauling spuds, potatoes, precious potatoes, Playing in a jewelry store is the only amusement | can think of to compare with spud hauling at present. “G. W. Cromwell drove thru Rock Creek last Saturday.” Need more be said? “H.R. Spexarth has started to erect the J, Brooks barn.” Mod ern improvement goes on apace Then there is commerce. ' find advertised, “Mandy Lee 100-egg incubator for pig, chickens, or what have you?” Also: “Mr, Cresup, of the |elared himself no mies and that th had been no dynamite there before the explorion T xplonion was reported later to Sheriff Hodge. who sent Deputy H. € Stone of Burton to kate. He also » Deputies Ma lone and Campbell from here. mother and fared to have The house tum 7 p them like a pack ard wax completely de molished The Lofgren family on a small dairy farm, Hurton, for the explosion run high on the inland According to the townsfolk Lofgrens lieve had no trouble any kind that would cause any one to seek vengeance in such a maw ner, nd has resided about a mile many years, and has caused feeling to the PORT BELT LINE BONDS SHOULD PASS,SAYS GILL Mayor H.C. Gill Wednesday de a favor of the beit line bonds. He believes that the solution of the problem lies in giv ng the port commission the right to build « belt line, for then the dif ferent would forced to on @ reasonable and if they fat! commission will Iine which will con nal properties railroads have been promis be come ymmon-user ba do so the port f build a nect all tern The , {ie from year to year to get to] her said the solving tatior done every on a mayor. the water problem, but nothing. In shipper has commerce of the tarde I believe the that is to vote f common-w for th t basis,” pnt far ever | the meanwhile suffered, and the port has been re bent in favor of the trans of the funds now in the bands of the commission for the purpose of enabling them Yo bulld a belt ine, connecting all the port properties between Salmon bay and Duwamish waterway, If this ix dane, it will then be up to the ther, and port commission way to solve railroads or the for them I not commit the details of may come capacity when the franchise ade. 1 believe, however, that the result-of a vote in favor of the transfer of the bonds to build a belt line will result in the railroads getting together on a which will be to get tos it quic Ido g myself to as that me in my official application for the project before th common-user basis satisfactory to ever The and dance Freedom bern le t regular monthly card party of the Friends of Irish will be given in Hi Ninth ave, and Yes nefit of the Irish Re day night, December | BLEST BE YACOLT! Cresup Ferry, was a Yacolt call er Monday, after feed.” —And education Bunch, Dole, school last week.” But also, even in there is some suffering. Wit ness: “Mary Hauffman came to Yacolt Monday and Tuesday to have a tooth treated which has been giving her quite a bit of trouble.” However, pain and unpleas- antness play a small part in the complete, rounced whole of hap- py Yacolt life. “J, P. Wine- berg has recently discovered and put on the market a ginger mash, It is said to be one of the finest drinks ever discov ered.” On, Happy Yacolt! “Roy of started to Yacolt, investi. | | Eckstein and Strong e and the Phe Star Eckstein Because they have had the most experien best training for service on the school board, the election Saturday of Strong recommend Nathan and Anna Louise Eckstein, vice president of the Schwabacher Co., has betn a° member of the board three years and president It to he enjoys a broader ore viewpoint he did when first No greater tribute could be the indorsement of his hard Wir iluable now is only fair liberal the office say than he respect n Judge or experience, of educa- in the n phase i epert vernment Id welfare bureau at W The other car Ge Dan Co., has special children lifications “Hofius Steel schools His } president the interest e schools a dan tructor is ing Downi le Co., is a e children in affair busi schools the public Downie specialize Mary Herman ousewife tudent Entwistl Rensing a at the university y |and left a formal paper. “Notice to Pay Rent or Vacate,’ headed. ’ it was The trio was given three days in which to plank down the money or leave. Neither of the two sons has employ- ment. liam Lyles is 46. He lost a lung doin’ heavy in’ for the Northern Pacific,” the old lady, bewildered over this lat est turn of events, told The Star Wednesday. She bad come all the way in from Columbia station iv an effort to untangle her affairs | William Not Much Help She said William wasn't much of a help to the family, and that, [besides having but one long, he! ‘had been knocked off a wagon and crushed a shoulder four years ago.) He could do work if it didn't take liftin’,” she said The other son, John Lyles, 48, was a union longshoreman. He has been unable, the mother said, to obtain any steady employment since the strike panied him from time to time on quests for work Wednesday he got a day's work at the Columbia lumber yard MAN TELLS HOW | lift-1 i days, She has accom: | | 74, Neither of them is married. It'll only last a day, tho,” the old woman said, “and he'll only” Ket $2.00, b She said her boys will pay the $4 due for rent as soon as they can get jt—and they must have work without delay. If they throw us out in three and it's rainin’,” she “my asthma will get me. I'll die, 3 It’s bad enough out in the house, | The root leak ak Collector Wheeler said he doeg” not think either son is disabled, “I sent the notice in an effort to prod the sons,” he said. As we started to say, tomorrow is Thanksgiving day. Maybe old, wrinkled Mary Lyles, will have something to thankful for— Or will she be both without food land shelter? | ‘CLUB MAN IS WOMAN WRITER ARRESTED ON SHOT POLITICIAN BOOZE CHARGE THOMPSON FALLS, Mont., Nov. 29.—Postmaster Wm. Mo- ser, of Thompson Malis, on the 5 CENTS A POUND FOR TURKEYS IS BOYCOTT RESULT ythe er f house price dowr PITTSBURG, Nov. 29.—Live ates piled up whil turkey went down to 5 cents a the boycott's hammered from 30 to pound under scree ag gl sapped hammer at Monongahela wharf wouldn't buy today This morning the One big dealer who bought their stocks to the thousands of birds announced Three cents he would sell out at whatever ents wi price he could get. With re- ports that another boatload was coming, housewives flock ed to the wharf Pani ed the lator that had ousands prices from and Kentucky f WAR ON FOOD buyers mercy ders. Then 4 wa caused a asked rice > cents buyers who de Mp them — back they'd sell at such a loss price at 18 cents a ided to hold out They pt on ver quik would croup of bought bird West armers ny '¢ ‘GHICAGO TURKEY spec many or higt for ont we busin choice birds doing no ed up on turkeys expecting to blac Nov. 29,—TI WASHINGTON department of turkey day appetite are vere toda Wholesale have dropped from 32 to and the price ull further a8 to in agriculture, merce, postoffice and many men Retail price and the high cost bers of congres nan effort to check bad bras of living Their sult appeal whose tills st are the direct frovil ae tapped by some on record foot dictator yvernmen effort re of public Noy, 29 we are of Kan Hazelton Stat jfour masked } They blew the with more mobile. bound two young men oy cost early and ‘al boycotts food embargo, price control—all these and more nmended in 4 overwhelm ing mass of messages to President Wilson, cabinet members and con-|the local telephone office, gressmen | them with them. While the appeals will not affect Thanksgiving price lNet—with tur-| key heading it at 30 to 45 cente per pound—officials hope at least a dent hereafter jereasing crop yields safe Bremerton citizens took of gas to make that city by in-| franchise ‘Seattle. from turning to EB. L hundreds the cents | and | threw of bid rush Buyin and red they before put their and de that price ex = GO — Thanksgiving mail the a pante turkey 27 cents | ected to slump drop: | ) cents robbe He ° today. | of escaped than $12,000 in an auto The yeggmen gagged and rators in taking step Tuesday to prevent the city council|the floundering Blaipe witness stand today vividly de- scribed the fatal shooting of A. C, Thomas, republican chair- man, by Edith Colby, newspaper woman, who is on trial charged with murder: He declared that the girl ac- costed Thomas on the morning of September 28, and demanded an apology for an alleged insult on the previous day. Thomas, said Moser, made no reply, but continued walking down the street. Miss Colby then fired twice. I tried to stop her,” testified Mo. ser, “but she aimed the revolver at me and | stood aside. fired twice more at Thoma Defense attorneys tried to prove }that Miss Colby pointed her re volver at the sidewalk and that it t/ kicked up when discharged Mrs. Jane F. Coolidge, of Worces: ter, Mass, mother of the accused, frequently made suggestions to her lawyers. Miss Colby appeared ex tremely nervous, To friends, she sald she did not know how long she could stand the ordeal Mrs. F. A. Notware and Dr. riet Lacaye, prominent club women of Spokane, are here as friends of Miss Colby. Dr. BE. Le Spokane will testify as an allenist for the state. During the United States District Attorney Wheeler, of Butte, wo is conducting |the prosecution, defense lawyers took exception to his assertion that Miss Colby killed Thomas as a re jsult of a newspaper fight CORONADO IS VeGas GET $12,000 SAVED BY TUG the was In tow steam brought after hav ASTORIA, Or, Nov the tug Oneonta schooner Coronado into Astoria harbor today ing lost her propeller Tillamook Head The was en route from San Francisco to Gray's Harbor in ballast. When her tail shaft broke a call for help was sent out. The Oneonta took vessel in tow but could not bar on account Coronado the night bring it across the of heavy seas, f of |day in the city | | | Then she| were issued in every Har: | Kimball of | opening statement of} in a gale off! Nat Paschall, well known young broker and club man, had to spend a portion of of heroes Wednes- il. He made the fatal mistake of re+ jceipting for a trunk full of rare old |Scotch whisky. And as soon as his jname was attached, Dry Squad Of- ficers Harvey and Peterson conduct- ed him to headquarters. S. O. S. calls were answered, and a banker friend arrived in time to ber out Paschall by depositing STORM WARNING In anticipation of an approach- ing storm, small craft warnings Washington Wednesday, ac- . weather bureau, LONDON, Nov. 29.—In commons today, First Lord of the Admiralty Balfour announced selection of Sir John Jellicoe as first sea lord of 50 a.m port at 5: cording to the U.S |the admiralty and Admiral Beatty as commander of the grand fleet. ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK Ladies If you don't feel like cook. ing a Thanksgiving dinner, may we direct your attention to page 5? 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