The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 22, 1916, Page 1

shit, a Samere soto —NIGHT EDITIONS more definite peace terms, Sounds s is the way fine, And next week The Star will you'll feel at your 4 publish “Christmas Carol,” the Christmas dinner great Christmas story, by Charles if you have no Dickens, That sounds good, too, kiddie for the eh? Forecast: “Tonight and Satur QRPPPP APP POPP LDL LPP PPP PPP POPP PP OOEDS ARADRADADAL PRP PAPRRPPPR DPR PAPA D PD 7 day. On page 5 we pep ece hal byte { THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS { Ravew ‘one dar tAnnnannnnnnnnn n mannan PPP IPP IIA AAA wn , Santa Claus da VOLUME 19. SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1916. ONE CENT or aie ‘Suspended Cop Bags Bank Bandits + + & % ht ALLIES WON'T REJECT WILSON’S NOTE THIS IS THE WORD KILL IT OF ENTENTE IT’S ONLY A DIPLOMATS RATTLESNAKE! INU. S. reat Britain AF a rattlesnake showed == its head, you would not hesitate a minute. You’d kill it without com- punction to save yourself. Today---and tomorrow---you have a chance to kill a political rattlesnake. You have the opportunity to annihilate the party system that thrives on treachery, de- ception, buncombe, artificial is- sues, prejudice and CROOKED- NESS. Great Britain ig Ed Hagen, suspended patrolman, won reine | statement and became the hero of the police department Thursday for his single-handed apprehension of the gang , |of bank robbers who held up the Bothell state bank and operated around Seattle for 13 months, according to | the confession of one of the men arrested. | The five bandits were rounded up in less than 12 |hours after Hagen had worked night and day on the case since the Bothell robbery, December 6. | The men arrested were: talking,” said Hagen, “and for his F. J. Dusky, 36, shingleweaver wife and baby’s sake, he coughed working at Blackman mill, three up. He told us he had been drage miles north of Everett. ged into the gang by the old blacks Albert Wolf. 45, married real es- smith at Tenino, who said he was jtate man, living near Taylor's mill,| making a lot of money holding up in Rainier valley. banks.” Oscar Lowe, 27, logger, arrested According to the confession, two im Park hotel, Tacoma, who, the members of the gang, Rounds and police say, confessed to the opera. Dusky, held up the Renton bank tions of the gen October 19, 1915. Other confessions A. J. Rounds, 61, blacksmith, for. were that Rounds, Lowe and Wak merly of Seattle, arrested at his ter McDonald were the Bothell robe newly purchased shop in Auburn. | bers, and that the gang held up the Walter McDonald, 33, Igngshore-| butcher shop at 2119 E, Union et. did not proposals of the powers turn d made by his peace mes ages, was expressed belief o tente diplomats here today. | This opinion was voiced to a United Press correspondent in intimate and confidential ‘ ste at two of the most im- F portant entente embassies in} Washington | At these embassies two reasons | were given for the above opinion “To show officially and formal ly” any regret over the president's | peace suggestions by flatly refus ing his request for specific terms would be playing directly into Ger- | many's plans, since G: then | would have opportunity to reiter-| te oft-repeated protestations that ‘the entente allies are responsible | for prolonging the war. | Such @ flat turndown would tend to weaken what sympathy there | now is inthe U. 8. for the entente | allied cause. ‘These allied diplomats did not hesitate to admit “chagrin” over} November 22, attempted to hold up the King County State bank, in the —— force | University district, last spring, and ‘Soe Sm the McKinley Hill grocery, in Ta- SEATTLE OPENS'ITS asia ‘ Teas = WARE cet kiarigieni| Hagen. sided. by detectives ails | tip from a stool pigeon the day after|Patrolmen, rounded up the other HEART TO PETERSON | ag yo [ren men nad in he oon | “A fellow, whose name I can't] between midnight and 6 a m. | Ed Hagen The opportunity is yours by signing Nonpartisanship Initiative Bill No. 28. Every political crook is agd@inst non- the president's sugsestion that | partisanship. Every “handpicker, ery } ie said, “told me had| McDonald, confronted by Hagen, lon war objectives ts 2 . a ) ve a Kk Jd jo e ban Detective Kent Lieut necessary. They said allied speak-) cheap, peanut politician and grafter 1s FAMILY; OFFERS AID | the Bothell fenk pets ae | jcame to the Sar ss 3a = a Tries “Shakedown” Ruse ‘| drawn gun ers have been specifying their ob- fighting it, because it substitutes MERIT for fectives for two and a half years —_— x i , : | oom : : — the falsitv of the PARTY LABEL All the treasures in Seattle |from ‘this firm. Last night Grun-| N Fes rsg vpn cg Ay rb gn y= ge lowe en Crecnywanet: ee WILSON CONFIDENT | oe 8 He 555 | couldn't fill the aching void in |baum sent a receipt in full for the ‘* held out. ‘I tried every scheme 1| McDonald was married Saturday Yet no question of importance has ever the hearts of Mr. and Mrs, |*mount could think of, |to Mrs. Etta Folsom on his share of A sack of flour, money contrib: Walter M. Peterson, who lost [tions amounting to two babies in the fire which t Alki Finally I said to him, ‘Give me|the Bothell bank loot. A tin cam the names and I ¢an shake down | ‘tll of nickels in Bothell wrapping the robbers and split with you.’ He | Paper was found in the kitchen. $80, 2 droom t a PEACE NOTES WILL been settled on a party basts. Even slavery was abolished by non- WEATHER STORMS | be ers b dad . en re agreed, and told me that old man| At the same time, Detectives | , rcome. > hake Pee ednesda The names of the do! 1 nlc tin WASHINGTON. Dec. 22||| Partisan indorsement of democrats as well While reallting that nothing Iwi) bo pabliahed tamocren, nn Rowids,; she-shef'. Joss .ponight. «| Ferner, Cochray,, 0s aa [ ’ 22. ° ° f pa f f ed to | placksmith shop near Aubu as |Sively had gone to Wolf’ me, | —Recovering slowly from the||] as republicans in the North. The republi- can replace iittie Nancy and | The West Seattia Taundry had prmcorieP gery a, Walvis submitted to. arrest. TRE Roce with vesterday’ . iber' ae, ¥ me “wet” wash of the Pete 7 » Hag fessions . : dizzy whirl of yesterday's his-|l] can party platform of 1860, upon which appear to be, determined to |and this will be finished up free Thi gave Hagen the lead he) fessions name him ss the man aay tory making developments. c Ss . bring some Christmas cheer to Hert Butterworth {s going to at nted, and he went to Auburn| Planned the work, hired the autos Poe Abraham Lincoln was elected, DID NOI ment however iittie’ Ht ‘ntay be 8 and worked. three days checking |@ud got a split on the loot. He @ae government officials and for yi it cholive “ Figg gba phchsceg by ; ipa all RG fr pie arrange {up on Rounds, who he learned had Dies any knowledge of the robe si i wa ol > re Hy ments of the babies d the it - 4 ane tae ge looked to the foreign offices The gre questions of today—war, peace, ly and trying to rebulid their | sone } ed ecember 13, and paid $110, | ee —_— toh Rented of the belligerent nations for : ‘ 6 little home for them Maybe, after all, even if Peteb j® year's rent, in advance agen, Kent and Lieut. Hedges Fin faeces f universal training, preparedness, high cost of liv- Money, food and clothing came | sc alte. Puléresh fina tc saad Thursday afternoon Hagen went | bY this time were on thelr way Be le next peace moves * 3 / ‘ . ‘ 7 : a Ss eres id it hare jinto the blacksmith shop. |Everett in an auto, after Dr 2 > , 2. 5? 3 rom response tc appeal to ¢ > ‘ | nith v auto, after Dusky, ‘ As outlined in early reports, ||} ‘"8—are they party questions? GOD F¢ RBID p htm dvb ip: CRetmnse. may: Bot be Rounds Shows Alarm alleged to have furnishea, game strong exception was at fi Is there any party issue in this state? Is it : hut bid, @yearcld Bdward Vaving | “I had fixed it up with the stool the Bethel gang, and to have works a f, ‘ “2 arc vigeo ho gave me the first tip | ed wit 0 p 4 taken to President Wilson’s|[] the mothers’ pension, prohibition, the first aid, Otto ¢ If you have anything to donate ST UG he Ger ee tern en overtures in both English and educational institutions? Is it our road construc- , ” t to ~ ye tor ; ~r a }said. “He came in and whispered| Dusky was arrested in bis shack Canadian p TI out yt oe age ag otic ates : - had t ae - ggg e into Rounds’ ear, ‘The police are | near the Blackman mill. He denied ae Pus be a tion program There is 1 single party ques- Pe 1 rr or Capt, Tyler will, take ihelitaer tor rou! any knotiddew ot the Kohnen sige he tion in this state or count ‘ | “Rounds got excited and said,| By 7 a m. the gang had beem today has been eattl 1 n caus. nd many othe Go to my room and bring me aj founded up i the move now . Seattle, acoma, pokane, and mé ther black satchel that’s there, with my| Hagen, tired but grinning, faced merely “inopportu cities in this state and in the nation have abolished gun in Then Hagen stepped | his lieutenant titude of allied displomat partisanship in city elections. We have also abol- : ' St tile avon er ac os thal ; haven't: slept for $7) } core ‘ V HINGTON 2 —Preai re Bre ew r 8 door chet rs ee NCR age here also shows a trend in the I] ished it in the election of our judge Why not “Aa eh cd cineabaat he [fananloane be goto Na jane | jit did the old fellow A few minutes later Chief Becke same directi Le . rindinis 6 ; rtieancht ey : \. Aig ei es t hinpthk board’ ae Hagen’s original informer left |ingbam came to headquarters, The administration believes, how extend this principle of nonpartisanship te county personnel of the U. 8. shipping |, shipping and. sate F the place in a bur Hagen will be reinstated Gala ever, this feeling Is not sufficient ff and state elections? Initiative Bill No. 28 pro- }]| board to ‘nclude the following: powers of inves réartation After going to Rounds’ room and | 4 he said. “He's done @ to cast any real gloom over the sit 16 ’ William Denman, San Francisco, and rate fixing I srine getting the hand bag, which cc e of police work that makes up othe pose that. : denver te war D vane eid ate pabapdean ae ds: tal a money belt and $70 jfor any mistake he may have Wilson Confident To make the campaign successful, 40,000 Rernard N. Baker, Baltimore, ane bonds not to exceed $50,000 : yg Bragg: —s It appears the same surprise ond J} signatures are needed. Only 25,000 have been Jf democrat Pe pee eran hae piv iepaae + police headquarters at 7 ma. lyugitiet wilt be potied oo re wonderment was cocasioned | in cured so far. There are only two days left. A mn bg A Be ett aero , Woe for Young Wife |mediately. He will not be removed a »y the president's overtures , ; pate ’ pera a he a ! of the co | had learned, too, that young] unless he is convicted of as were manifest here when his {| whirlwind finish is necessary. John I ty, poration which will endure for a Detar Lobe was Gun ah the Betial jury Charaeet a, became ow Th fir : 1 : Mo. rep three riod to exceed five years after q a sige _ bq : ris = FIVE HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS ARI » tha’ we ‘ gang nd _ at the Park hotel, in Will Get Rewards wonderme: president A ¢ ears Tacoma,” zen said n ge D ask t jieves the warriors will feel far|{] NEEDED! Get a petition at Nonpartisan head- = | itaged “Gna” Detattive .Codticanl thé chateen”: the. Cher Stam more inclined at least, seriously ceva yi 3107 Arcade building, sign it, and circu- | od to Tacoma and-atrested Lowe| Just. how. much fail My ana ca to consider “his ee Pie Meus rahi od ist dike alte vie SOUTH AMERICANS P| VICTIMS OF | at the Park hote He had been] will collect fa ae ei Pie | \ suggestion ‘ late it for more si natures. “ E KEEPING MUM | there three days, and left a call to] out Police officers understand ‘4 After struggling with attempts Partisanship is the rattlesnake in our AR leave at 6 a m, Friday, With him]|that there are $400 rewards out for (Continued on page 5) ‘ was | oung wife, who will be a]conviction of each of the robbers ache “ body politics, sucking at its life blood. It BY CHAS. P. STEWART =| ir a few ot nm tol my ae, gat oe rowel | 1e Way back we got him to] from the on bank U. P. Staff Correspondent serves no useful purpose. It supports spoils, and graft, and crookedness. Kill it without mercy. ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK Secretary Lansing caused offi dom here t close up clam-like WICHITA, Kan., Dee, 22.—At 1 p "LAST CALL Bi seen potting, aed noe ee ola evidently considered t ituation |had been taken from the charred 00 delicate to discus uins of t 0,000 Kansas Mason-| se: Neither the Wilson note nor the /fe home, burned here this morning, | Lansing statements have matertal- |The bodies all were found in the American |basement. Firemen are searching Poor Tiny Tim! | “Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame Ile sat very close to his father’s side upon his little tool. Bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he 4 ufected South masement. Firemen ara. s04 ved the child and wished to keep him by his side, and market 4 turn dreaded that he might be taken from him with an interest he had never felt before, ‘tell me if Tiny Tim will live.’ Poor Tiny ‘Tim! Tens of thousands have caught at their throats as they read these lines about Tiny Tim, No one could invoke such tremendous human interest in Spirit.’ said Scr OVER WILSON NOT NO AGTION ON NOTE osxvow oyeLAs An. oouen of Verdun, was reported in today's official P BY ED L. KEENE The afternoon presse wae a | WASHINGTON, Dec 22.—-Co' atem Elsewhere long the his characters as Charles Dickens, the famous English U. P. Staff Correspondent unit In its resentfulness. This | gress will let the president have | western front it was quiet dois rit . do ; a nt cnglis } LONOON, Deo, | 8-—~The bitterness was particularly {free hand in his attempt to find| ‘The statement also detailed an| nove ty Tim is one of the characters in Dicker i ie pee manifested against Wilson's |a common ground on which Kuro-jartillery duel yesterday north of Christmas Carol,” the greatest Christmas story in Eng- more Engian ‘ge assertion that the objects for |pean belligerents can meet to! Monastir, which i# still continuing \ lish literature. for a lasting peace. |today, Patrol engagements on the | y refused to in-| Struma front were also 4 ted action on the presi a hee dent Wilson's note the more which belligerents were atriv. | formulate bitter it feels, That was the ing were virtually the same Both hous = conclusion to be drawn from It is singular indeed,” the Even-|dorae or take You may have read the story before, but you will enjoy it as much as ever—perhaps with a better under- ng than ever before afternoon papers whieh went ling Standard declared, ‘that aldent’s action dispatching his | STORM WARNING J stan MORE Mites PU a CORIeS even farther than those of [statesman of Wilson's perapicac historic notes to Burope’s warriors | <gmalt-eratt warnings are ontered Base ‘aa i ' the morning editions in denun- jean labor under the delusion tha The senate for the second time displayed today by the United A. J, Rounds It will be published in The Star next week as its : ciation of the American exec- ‘any move of his toward peace|today refused to act on a resolu States weather bureau office at Se-| Walter McDonald novel-a-week. Begin it Christmas day, Monday. It will utive’s move. (Continued on page 5) tion of approval. atle | Albert Wolf end Saturday. 5 % ¥