The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 7, 1917, Page 1

ete It comes up in March for a vote of the people. Write The Star your opinion about it. WORKS ATTACKS | re > WARLIKE MOVE bextiremy _ WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Division of the! senate developed today during debate on) Sen. Stone’s resolution to indorse President | Wilson’s action in severing diplomatic rela.| tions with Germany. } Sen. Lodge led former opponents of the! gery in supporting his action, while much of the opposition developed by Sen. Works’ bitter attack came from democratic members. Following the severe erisiciem | constants before severing relation» | by Senator Works, republican,! with Germany, Stone said California, of the president's action The president was acting solely in severing diplomatic relations | within bis rights.” with Germany, Senator Stone| Senator Lodge, who has persist.) called wo his resolution, asking | ently opposed the president in his | senate indorsement of the break. efforts to establish a “world peace tridun: followed Stove Not American “Subjects’ Totis Suppectn) Wriven Before speaking on the resolu-) a1) severing relations with Ger ton, Stone read a cablegram from jiany.” said Lodge, “the president London, appearing in a local paper. | aig what was demanded by the gelling of the demonstration fa that ponor the safety and the future se by “American subjects” on| (Orit) of the United States a Eee of See breee «| “When my country ts in contro Americans are not subjects. | yore, with a foreign country,” he id Stone. “They are citizens and said, “party lines, as far as | am| prefer to be referred to as such.” | concerned, are removed Lodge Stone expressed the hope that | Goheld tho president in refusing to the people would “not be tint ga ott place an embargo on arms and am their feet by pregeay nda put forth | inition. to carry us into the w . “We should look at our own Dry wor eee to the presi course in our own way,” he said. “Lat ua show the people of ‘the meeelgsers age attend to/1 sand the world that we are rt own vestanes. without division. To show division Wilson Acts Within Rights shows weakness. “Personal feeling, political be anide. pn 2 cs Hitting at those who hold the/dent bas the people of the U. 8. president should hare consulted'and the congress back of him.” CRISIS PASSING AS NO OVERT ACT IS COMMITTED BY DIVERS: BY ROBERT J. BENDER | U-boat atrocity, the better are the Copyright. 1917, By the United Preas|Chances for escaping an armed WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—The jae between the United States United States is now well with- jand Germaay: ine cte cee A RADE CHIPS No indication is forthcoming that the imperial government in- | tends modifying the submarine NK Y | program which brought the / break. In view of Foreign Sec- retary Zimmerman’s utterances, — officials here believe Germany LONDON, Feb. 7.—Two per will go thru to the end with her sons aboard the British steam U-boat campaign. er Saxon Briton wer The general situation was deserib- when that vessel was sunk by ed today a« being the same as last; @ Submarine today. The cap- | Saturday, when the president went tain and 14 members of his to congress and notified the world) crew were ely landed. of the break Twelve were survivors of the Hopeful still that no “overt act’| British steamer Azul, also re | will ogme, necessitating more vigor-| Ported sunk. | The British steamers Vestra & ous action, those immediately asso- ciated with the president feel it is merely a matter of time before some U-boat commander will accomplish by over-zealousness, the fatal move They ‘are fearful lest that country he unguly lutted into a sense of «| ~©DUTCH STAND PAT curity | Each day that passes without @) rip pag E. ae, t—Peeiart dangerous incident, however, bring’) van Der Linden told the second relief. The attitude of offictall chamber today that, altho the sit Washington is that of one holding| yation in Holland, thru the Ger-| his ears in anticipation of an explo-| nan submarine policy was serio: sion. It has now been 48 hours! «there was no reason for extra since the day established by Ger-|qinary uneasiness.” many for sinking everything In| tHe promised full information of ight developments 4a® soon as possible. | So far (he Kavestone atteck looks he most serious, but no decision) Never dust electric globes while if as been reached. It is admitted|unlighted. The static electricity the more days that pass without a! generated will break the filaments and Crown Point were also re- ported sunk today. These sinkings followed a | toll of 14 vessels yesterday. | NOTE—Connciiman ©, Allen Dale, » candidate for re-election, has evaded the real issues of the campaign to attack Councitman Oliver Erickson hecause Erickeon failed to vote for Dale's resolution, adopted in council several months that members must go thra = ceremony of saluting the fing at for re-election. He stoutly affirms < time off from work every day to go thru the fiag ritual, . ent into office on = municipal ownership-b usiness efficiency platform, hae failed misefably to make good, and now is bidding for votes » la George M. Cohan SCENE I. (The curtain, rising, discloses Messrs, Stone and Webster, flanked by employes and supporters.) TONE AND WEBSTER We come to sing the praises Of a wondrous business man Who's known from sunny Mexico Clear north to Ketchikan ‘The East may have itis Rockefeller, Morgan, Char Ne Schwab, And all other birds with scads of kale The financier that we prefer for this particular Js our old pal, “Short Order” Allen Dale Altie Leonard, Kempster, Conductors, Motormen and Merry Villag ers THE CITY MARKET onan oe Just as we thought spring was What do you think ef the proposition to establish a \ really here, with all that sunshine $600,000 market, which would put the city in the direct } we had the last few days, and just sale of foodstuffs, making it your grocer, butcher, baker, A aa we were getting our fishing line i VOLUME 19. BOOZE INDICTMENT [IS UPHELD SENATORS DEBATE SUPPORTING WILSON IN CRISIS MRS.E.W.OLSON| Who Is Seattle’s Most] FRANZ BOPP TO CILL’S TRI AL IS BY EDGAR C. WHEELER OLYMPIA, Feb. 7. — The death penalty |» not too severe it is too easy a punishment for the man who will murder another in cold blood! This is not the opinion of the #tate legislature, it is the feel fog expressed by the one wom- an in the state who is entitled to be heard on the question whether capital punishment should be restored. It ie the opinion expressed today by the widow of E. W. Olson, former chairman of the industrial in- surance commission. who w aaninated as he sat at his desk in the state house last The cold-blooded = murder, committed almost within their wight, bas carried members of the legisiature away on « tide of indignation. They are still demanding the presage of the bill to restore capital punish- ment to the statute books. **#e To learn at first hand the views of the woman who, of all society. was struck most deep ly by the murderer, | visited the Olson home, a small white frame dwelling a short dis- tance from the capitol Olson's sister, still white aod trembling from the shock of her brother's death, opened the door of the home. Mra. Olson was prostrated and could not see me, the said, but she would be glad to convey my question to hea She closed the door, and, few moments, brought betes SOY | HOPE THE LEGISLA- TURE WILL, NOT PASS TH BILL RESTORING TH DEATH PENALTY! “DEATH {8 TOO GOOD FOR THE MAN WHO KILLED MY "SBAND' HE SHOULD RE MADE TO SUFFER AS I HAVE SUF FERED.” cee These are the words of Mra Olson, and this is just the way she feels about ft,” said the sister, “The only trouble ts she added, unconsciously ex ing her own feelings, that it is so easy for a man. if life imprisonment is the only penalty, to regain his freedom after 15 or 20 years But"—she checked herself I don't care to express my own opinion on the subject Her lips trembled and ber eyes filled “He was my brother—he was always opposed to the death penalty. Not long before his death, | remember hearing him teil a friend of his, an attor. ney, how glad he was that cap ital punishment had been abol ished, AND HOW HE HOPED THAT CAPITAL PUNISH. MENT WOULD NEVER COME BACK IN THIS STATE!” 200, MOSTLY WOMEN, DIE IN EXPLOSION AMSTERDAM, Feb, 7.--Two bun | Ire persons, mostly women, w killed in an explosion Saturday the Nobel munitions factory, at Selhaus,, according to a report! reaching here today Sounds travel thru dry air 60 feet a second; thru water 240 feet, and in steel wire 17,120 feet THE INTRIGUE OF C(AFETERIA) ALLEN - - - - - Amn Operetta The tintinnabulation Of the serve selfs old cash Has been his education. A mind astute In antics cute, Not talkative, but, rather, mute; Please vote for him, for he At maladministration Hail, oh, hail! C(afetria) / Allen Dale Stone to Webster (aside): ‘ e sci hie ance’ ‘ Z Sithe s frig re: or he rus: Yes, eed; Al's the dad of the grand old rag, (B * " all American flag) Kither this poor mutt is frightfully green, or h horu es, indeed \ rs Repten: Dah 0 TRAE HIE! FENN gene pw in eee Wants an earful Proprietor of the American flag You, I confess I'm a howling success In spite of the atuff that you read in the press. Will write your name large on the politic scenery | always vote no When the others vote yes, To make the folks think | know my bue-l-ness Me with all that patter And as long as I'm getting all this off my chest However, no matter! 1 may as well candidly tell you the rest 1 love it! * i I might as well mention But T haven't yet showed ®ou the card that’s my trump i be Ni ‘ i The hostile attention As a Vote-maker it gets ‘em right off the jump. Dale: Occasionally some impertinent cuss & I've paid to that Mephistophelian invention A fine paroxysm (Continued on page 8) i ready, along comes the weather PRINT THE NEWS | man and spoils it all. He says? THE ONLY |THE ONLY PAPER 0 IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS “Tonight and Thursday, occasional nan j rain.” SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1917. ONE CENT 2352 ito 2 PopularRed-HeadedGirl?} G0 TO JAIL AS baL Is RSE SET FOR MARCH 6. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.— U. & District Judge Hunt today | raised the ball of Franz Bopp. Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer refused | former German consul general, tnd atecclaten, convictee, of © quash the booze-graft conspiracy indict-_ lity v ¥ $10, ( $00 ta tet 0es nace, thw ac, ments Wednesday and set March 6 as the! tion was taken on motion of ‘date when the trial of Mayor Gill, Chi the district attorney, who said e P ‘ the severance of diplomatic re’ | Beckingham, ex-Sheriff Hodge, four city ' ween Germany an whe Mes P pegye, Caps my *"* tectives and the bootleggers indicted wi Theodore Roche, chief consul ° * for the defense, said they \them will begin. would be unable to raise the | He ruled that the demurrers entered ii and would have to go to jail, attorneys for Hodge and the detectives Ma In addition to Bopp, those affect h ea by the order are Kekhardt Von day were ill-founded. Schack, former vice consul; Lieut Raron Wilhelm Von Hrincken, for The requests of Gill and Beckingham mer attache; Charles ©. Crowley secret agent of the consulate, and| separate trials were denied. Mrs, Margaret Cornell, Crowley's) pl secretary | District Attorney Clay Allen in-| Attorney George Tennant alone, The court gave them until 5 p.| formed the judge that the trial|the array of legal talent ret }m. to raise the bail | would take at least three weeks. "8 in the court room. Both he and Allen objected then estimated that the Judge Neterer proposed the ti case would probably be in court for! set for February a month wanted a week People filled the court room to/ for the case hear the ruling on the demur: The federal grand jury is which cleared the way for the in- wled to resume its hearings tense legal battle sure to follow. (6 and probe further into the The defendants were not present. cases, As soon as the court's ruling was 1 The judge announced, Mra. Cornell leaped tol judg jher feet and exclaimed dramatical ly y longer to p 1 cannot get the money, 1 will! be ready to go to jail at 5 p,m. A cell will be @ positive reilef, any }way, | have been tratled by secret | service agents until I cannot sleep at night.” Some of the defendants have also been indicted in connection with the case of the steamer Sacramen- to, which provisioned German war. ships in the Pacific two years ago. Tho bail of these defendants in the * utmon ne : shisigemanmaiaia ttn J torridity! The climatic sstamnolh to the prettiest red- headed —_——-— of tomsortal splendor? n to attend its ball in the Who {# th New Masonic hall on the night RESCIND SUB ORDER, | Most popular red-headed miss in Seattle? of February 22 | Margot Kelly, the actress, is But, then, there may be some | Is FORD DEMAND sid’ th Mee ts tenet tee Sarees Mos of degree | | AMSTERDAM, Feb. 7.—Amer- | At any rate, officials dit not | ful red b in the world. May be there | ican Ambassador Gerard ex- | Heve there would be more than 4 | be she has. Then, again, So The Star is going to let | LONDON, Feb. “For God's| Peete to leave Berlin Sunday, [temporary check to Gerard’s | maybe some of Seattle's auburn em all in on this contest sake, rescind the submarine order,| 2ccerding to Berlin dispatches | coming. locks have hers cheated to Heginning tomorrow a cou. | State terms instead.” | “eodey- A message saying Gerard was ii | death. pon will appear in The Star, | Britieh wireless stations today me aN _ a Berne was received from An Margot Kelly says that in good for a vote for the pret. | declared they had picked up this| , WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—A state dor Willard in Madrid, but in these days of the high cost of | tlest red-headed damsel in this | message, signed Louis P. Lochner, department official message said of previous conflicting m | rything there's a great ad eit jeemerentl dispatched from New | Ambassador Gerard had gone to the department was not sure tage in having the carroty Who is she? Of course you |York to Rerlin. The message, it| Berne; another message said that ard’s information was accurate, locks, which she tossea in know a half dozen. Vote for | was said, was addressed to the Im-|%@ Would leave soon: previously a/ \ Willard has been asked to trot, the Prodigal They your favorite and send her pic |perial German foreign secretary, | messrege had come, indicating that! municate with Gerard in Berlin. are so red they singe them ture to The Star. A box party | Zimmerman | (he German government was detain- replied that he had received a selves, saving their owner 50 at one of the local theatres | ing his transportation until it knew | sage from Berne signed Gerard, | cents a week will be given in honor of the | Louis P. Lochner is Henry Ford's | that Von Bernstorff had been satis-;asked if he should forward the Any woman who has red winner of the contest, All that |secretary and the virtual head of | factorily passed, while another mes-| munication to the state dep | hair is bound to be successful is necessary for a contestant the Ford peace movement plan. ; Sage indicated there was no diffl-’Gerard may be in Berne, but it | says Miss Kelly The red to get into the swim Is for her culty and that all was arranged suggested at the department | hatred temperament combines to have red hair—and be | agreenbly some embassy attaches may hat | with a calm and assured out The contest closes at Sam. | they told the United phe Ss “that the sent the message to Madrid, signit leat om aa 1: ‘Webkendey, Sabcukes 21 | PORTLAND WATER | atest report indicated that matters Gerard’s name. The state de ae were adjusting themselves and that ment has cabled to the Americ Gerard would be quitting Germany| minister at Berne asking if G | PORTLAND, Feb. 7.—Armed | Yery soon iis there. | guards pre rushed today to the near Mount Hood and to the p | ed Mayor Albee’s receipt of an », ». 7 ble. ; | anonymous warning that dest PORTLAND, Feb. 7—Cable| LaRepo, Tex. Feb. 7—Bigl tion of the intake and plant by dy. Sms to Honolulu are aie strict Pelicitas were killed and 25 capt | namiite had. been plotted. censorship, according to announce led in a battle between 80 Fellcit ment made here today by the Pos-| ang 50 Carranzistas at Rodrigu PAGE MEETS SWISS MINISTER |tal Telegraph ¢ The messages miles west of the border, Mo LONDON Feb. 7 The Swiss ve eutral and conta > NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Rob- | — Madeline Smith, 20, 2 cab | minister conferred with Amerie eee eee icoenate ing |day afternoon, it was officially re ert. Barber, of the Barber aret singer, and Tiny Hamen, | Ambassador Walter Hines Page to.|C0° Unless & transia is ported here today. Ke Steamship company, was killed | 20, Winter Garden show girl, | day and formally took over repre- | #80. | a and two chorus girl compan. with whom Barber started on | sentation in London of German af fs ions probably fatally injured @ joyride from Churchill }fairs, heretofore handled by the HELP HE 7 SPY BILL FAVOR ep on Riverside drive early today taurant, are said to be dyin United States CAN You R | "" eaiies wg) sires Besale The chauffeurs of both cars WASHINGTON, Feb, 7.—A : | Abbot Story, opera singer. were held by the police Greenland ranch, in Death valley,, A woman, in need of immediate) eral espionage bill, introduced by. Mrs. Story was but slightly holds the record for registered |help, who lives at 604 10th ave../ Chairman Webb of the judiolany | | shaken, arber, whose father oe aera Rigs ad which | heat, according 4 es official ~ | wants work as a clerk. She has had| committee was agreed on by the” founded the Barber Steamship totale: 000,000 when the great:|nouncement. On July 10, 1913, the | Sole "OUN 8° ft tba + we | company, was thrown 20 feet grandfather of the present kaiser|thermometer at this ranch capped | xperien mmunicate — with | committee today and will be Te against an iron railing and died died, is now estimated at seven the climax in possibilities by climb-‘her at the above address if you] ported to the house late today Or” shortly afterward in a hospital. |times that figure ing to 134 degrees Fabrenheit have anything for her. ttomorrow. ¥ Complete im Ome Act, Two Scenes That bone of contention Of patriotism That source of dissension Has stalled for me many a bad cataclysm register That cause to my friends here of great apprehension | have never cared much for the battlefield gory; Municipal ownership! Transcendant nuisance! My skin is too precious for that, by cripes! I fight the blamed thing with all my impuissance. So I'm planning to tell the voters this story Just let ‘em begin it That ‘twas | who invented the Stars and Stripes. I'm ready each minute! The people's rights! Bah! 1 tell you I'm agin it! (Loud cries of “No, no!” from Betsy Ross, George M. Cohan and Clarance.) sa beaut owilpull Webster addressee Dale: That masterly genius you got in the beanery Of your well-k oF 's THE DAD OF ‘WE GRAND Ao RAG te ~ PRO-PRI-E- TOR OF THE AMERICAN FLAG $% Dale: | fear, sir, you flatter