The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 10, 1917, Page 1

WATCH FOR IT, FOLKS! They've swamped E, D. K. with limericks this week m the troubles of the auto owners and auto victims. ut he should worry, This jolly chap, who kids every n sight on page 4 of The Star every day, has a new atunt now up his sleeve, He promises to spring it Mon day The S C attle Ss tar fuse eal | “Put on a littie more fuel, folk, Winter is with us yet. “Tonight and By the way, there are THE ONLY ‘PAPE zR IN Ss ZATTLE THAT DAR= TO PRINT THE NEWS ‘ ty red-headed girls than an naw knew before , WASH., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917 ONE. CENT 23 y2"A'8S,, O80 NEWS KTANDS Be VOLUME 19, SEATTLE AISER ASKS U.S. FOR PEACE} * * & 8 * * i} MURDER STARTS TONC WAR HERE * Gunmen Flocking "Sek sis MAKE STRONG bip fox vorts Sends Note Thru Here for Battle - Swiss Envoy Here” § | WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Germany is ~ addressing a note to the United States thru the Swiss minister, Dr. Paul Ritter, suggest- |ing the two governments get together to javert possible hostilities, and perhaps © straighten out the break in relations. The communication proposes the United ; States suggest to the imperial German gov- 1ernment anything that might tend to bring jabout negotiations on the submarine con- — troversy. Be: Whether the note is in the form of a for- mal communication or whether it has actual- ly been received here, Dr. Ritter this after- noon refused to state. The Swiss legation is handling the entire matter with the utmost secrecy. It was not | denied, however, that such a communication had been received, or was expected. Secretary Lansing and two other |In this connection, however, it was | strongly intimated at the Swiss le- gation that such a note merely is = they Knew of any such note. on its way here. ¥ One Chinese had been murdered and gun battles are expected in the King st. China- town tonight, following the outbreak of the Pacific Coast tong war in Seattle at 3:30 a. m. Saturday. | Harry Wong, the first victim, was! riddled with bullets that tore thru his heart, | neck, head and arms on the sidewalk in j | front of the Milwaukee hotel, 668 King st known as “New Chinatown.” He was a member of the Hop Sing tong. | Jack Lee, who Police Detective Phillips and Patrolman Bower declare shot Wong,| captured by them after a chase thru alleys and across vacant lots. olice head a vacant tossed it dur ! ‘ Tong Men Hunt Cover 8 Chinese merc * and tong ¢ Satu while pollc patroled Registration books close at @ distriet searching for gunmen -. 9p. m. Saturday. It mbe: high state department officials de is feared that the war will Those who failed to vote at | ireak out fiercely Saturday night. | la the November elections. and [following rampow . that 2@-armes| ™ conflate ty 3 the eis 4 Sankey alts d : i haven't registered since, MUSE Fong men were hurrring here {rom | “The Baker:Fwins,” Whe Are Making @ & Strong Bid as the Most Popular ReaHaired Girts in * quality today in order to vote | portiand, ‘Tacoma and California) it Are the Baker (wins paputat? Do er : in the city primaries February olnts u swim? Does rubber stretch? ty “20 or the city election March 6. ae 4 wim? Does > ! "hin officials bere, a THE ENTRIES THUS FAR Any red-hatred girl may enter! 3 The registration books are in | wweaing to Chinatown reports pee iiomea’ ekakiak citewiist i the city comptroiler’s office. on | been marked for dea Luthean Fraser, 6126 Beacon | |tave to do ix to wend in your name } : y } 3 the first floor of the County- ave. entrance dia Feported Ga the Coast, one st at Boldt’s res Gathae 0le Wednesday __ PITTSBURG a Feb. 10. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10—The Portland Friday night and one at nd ave Viruher 37 wil gota o . s Nicholas Murray Butler, president | celebrated German prize crew that ‘oonage yr iletgren fbn : employed at the] jiueathe pacts, OAD ale the trim of Columbia university, declared in| succeeded « year ago tn bringiig Ha! Lawmakers ~ Pour tongs are es mo oh Interview today that the subma-| the British liner Appam into Hamp ir The ry Liberty then|.| ateaisiediok. at. teles Suh: .t rine Deutschland had been captur-|ton Roads after running the gaunt Exhaust Funds pi res : Re ke ciecaierepné tar ob ed by the Pritis let of the entire British fleet, is im- elves will be give 1 e nave positive knowledge,” he|terned at the League Island navy WwW n Jose, are sa 1 eK Holly | ety d Monda have posi _ d But Not ords Susy Sing pi Fa et 2 dienee be Awapan Uttar Wel eddeaadl « ‘protliioa tnd. the crowning aut said that the Deutschland is one| yard today, with 700 other German ° 6 Bow M Jeanie Vi 005% | ithe st i | be worth 100, Saturday, to the Ladies of the |of the republi 4 German submerines in one | sailors : OLYMPIA, Feb. 10.—Repre . ited beh G, A. R, by Councitman Oliver 9) To bear the American flag, British port. I know that the Brit-| Lieut. Berg was with th ; - of sentative Farnsworth, dean of * nd dg! T: Erickaon, in which he strong san be to own one is a sacred | !# ve cuptured not fewer than | man sailors as they were aril he democratic side of the house that ‘ A ly indorsed their patriotic stand | trust 0 rman submarines : |from Broad Street staion under po- Ps figured it out thats cost nd, was said to be a This coupon is good for with reference to the American Erickson’s letter follow Relative to the Deutschlan¢ lice guard. They are now confined the lower house at least $100 Red-haired twir FIVE VOTES flag There has been mailed to me| ler added that the Deutschland|to “Tipperary” bi hour te hes and Ss ane lying at Bremen is another|navy yard i hour to make spec ug warfare a tart ¢ In the “Red-Halred Girl” Pop Calling attention to the rules (Continued on page 8) dabiuctiis with thal anind paseted | Rae te 4 0,000 appropriation for i a ee ularity Contest. Please credit laid down by these patriotic on it to support the German story | a ‘highs Wag tor Saverusing sucveses, WRAPPING PAPER 2c’ tanec ’ To eee tees Erickson denounces the flag | nothing to An additiona Attorney John J. Su ' nd t in the Pie th | . | Seat econ pe went deg pl si 1 DM) Address | | ducted by Counciiman ©. Allen mA? § " Meanwhile, the volume of ho pat pe ; Hetty Baker. |b | Dale, and adds : S P FOR WAR USE NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Ambassa- » air increases. The other day i sim, according to the Chine pe ebats ipnalalguicweniapiiie -— ee 1 do not refuse to salute the The hig of y ping paper e Te dor Von Bernstorff, suite and lea senate spent the whole morning J retained me. The flag. 1 do refuse to salute any = "** & : ape n nd other | i - the Germna consuls from various © arguing the question whether im 9) gings | am told. He evid political advertising, however pa Aaya pa Parone po y — SAN } RAN¢ ISsco, 10.- The parts’ of the country who will re- = | mates of state hospitals should |) wren the bullet r and shall continue to do so.” gee tops ae for. a nobipphsroe be. facilities of the South Pa- turn to Germany with him, will f be allowed to do knitting for the |) around his hea } The G. A. R. Rules é ee ker stores have | cific company a att disposal | sail from New York at 2 p. m. Wed- tituted lightweight ay r for of the Un andinavian-Ameri- r made can line this afternoon announced com. this sailing date and hour for the ed States army in event nesday. The S ade of of war was the off the to Maj, Gen, J, Franklin F ing a che sue and hav f Red Cross. Saw Lee Shoot The rules of the G. A. R I Police Officers Phillips and Bower are pr fi 1a card under t HOW Date tae uct powder warns. ¢ risa ng up of boxes. | mander of tho W rn department liner Frederik VIIL, on which Ger 7] the victim show he was shot from iy ett ange alone it was said|of the army slegram from|many’s diplomatic representatives re said to have stepped from the 2 7 nd fam Four bodies jing the G. A Tt 99 | POPE IS ASKED TO An effort will be mad ar| shadows on each side of the street |Purned to arly today at ‘aken from the ruins,} “"(1) ‘The LEAVE CALEXICO 4 Sead Of ftumerous small rose} Taxicabs raced thru] destroyed a dwelling occu-|the ruins oro r CALEXICO, Feb. 10.—Battery A, | stea of of n . nl ae drawn. " tena ie we nae we ymbol of the whole nation It field artillery, and Troop A, caval- shows, such as have been held ir a Se eat Practicall inese merchant | Ithem ia played. A fine of $50 ts |#hould receive from each one of US! rhe jogsibility of the passine or TY of the Oregon National Guard,| ROME, Feb. 10.—Neutral ambas- 7g OS ols nee [MATIONAL ANTHEM [2% °%"staai"Re “ftetuelever'ind reyes tnd Son "| PH, mits of ne susie of hg Capea, "Slat cote nator Rane wor reared ed in the holding of a flower festi Sneers at Victim the flag ordinance, and $100 tor | (2) It must always be ca ip-| ed “per er ~ jand Troop B, cavalry, Washington {day to be urging Pope Benaaims Sal, including roses, during the| The outhreak of the tong fight-| AMID) FLAG MAY BE victating ‘the national song ordt-| right wee ave Te haut 2.000 pep.| National Guard, are entraining at formally to state his condemnation | ’ Tune this year, are invited|ing here had been predicted for 48] sahoe satty ao Per Camp Beacon today for their of Germany's submarine warfare, _ Month of | une i year, Exchange, | hours. Word. reached Seattle | N THEATRES 3) It must not touch the ground, mits dail now aid Deputy Audi-|homes, A train of 42 care will — —— - B meet at the Woman's Exchange, | fons. Wert aay night that| BANNED | (4) It must not be used as a ta-|tor Hart Saturda __|feave at 6 o'clock this evening in| SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10—Wiliam B Union st. Monday. it of the|the gun men were on their wa 4 NAVY BOMBS HIT 0. K,|% covering. wntn or wat ‘The women's department has trees section liam ‘Thompson was the only aie A. Reynolds, president iy, has|here to begin hostiliti Using the flag for the sole pur (5) No hand must touch it rough. become so popular, a fourth clerk| ‘Tye men have been on the border |@™Ployed man out of 300 today Pacific Northwest Rose society, h ron Grol ot one ane ot rt ot. ly, no hand shall touch {t irreverent. ¥88 added this weet here sinus Jil | who would take a job offered thra called the meeting Lee's address was not learned by | D08® of gaining plau wi LONDON, Feb, 10.—Naval aero- |, Mrs. EK. N. Wynegar is the new the California state employment bi- ‘ ay 4 forbidden In Seattle theatres and) janes dropped bombs on the a (6) It Ha saieed at euntise | O1% THE STEAMSHIP Baltic, of the|reau as ship's carpenter on a ves- & : puma ‘iattan “@. ne ir of hite ine, has arri safely sel leaving for Liverpool. All thy train has reached per vetosed to talk, on edvice| places of amusement, if a bill’ pro-| dromesat Chiatell number Aigterinas Whit line, has arrived sa ; ec a perenne Yt, rain He refused r p adigte {ANd lowered Ay nuneRt ut Liverpool, according to a cable| others said they were afraid to tal fter a ten-day tle-| from his attorney. Detectives took 1 by Councilman Hanna and | the bom! oring hits, the ray Ted ctdar ekerad "Ea ecablats A Ni 1 a cs r whit 5 ; posed ¥ riipaes : Ity announced toda 4) spp Sear tat Ne ne eceived at the aw York office chance with Germany's su i Pa immit. ing, wh Vong I of the company [tine warfare. 4 a Se cme gs cietie passe than that of patriotic intent, and it bee ae —_— baleen His lip curled sli when he ; - not. aply to ‘ " pee ra aha thew OF towerie fin | politicians, Tt 9 ul hows rtorbid BAR BOYS HIT TRAIL? . eA sulci ltnghedy [ANA Ss EARL Re h B rr ) politician will, however, forbid tisements or for any business pur road earnings fell off more than it | for Hotel Clerk he Star-Spangie’ | | ADVERTISING oe Close Call for Hotel Clerk | |ihe playing of “The StarGpangied | ap, 10,—The [Dose whatever $2,000,000 in December, according Torpe yedoes | 1 rain ELiaaladd ie —_— aid : usie and exit’ marches. gacramento Bartenders’ union will| “(8) It has floated since June 14,/to partial summary of the 144 lar His shoes were covered wit mud gathered when he ran from the police oficer 4 Been at We tan HIST! MYSTERY WORKERS AID DALE! |__._by Chicago Inventay windows ond walls of the Mi PITTSBURG eb 10.—-A | similar to it players must star dience when ‘iw! Programs ‘at All as well a ee yall Monday night at which |1777, over a country of benevo-/est railroads issued today by the d B ry Gi t S 7 { waukee hotel, just missing a night | www wad g hy ap Aaeag ed aia MELTS 3 geneehty Prices was vate garern i patees rea z torpedo oil | ; i ahiien nivetal ayor;the mayor in any way; Hiram is nottfrom these mysterious sorie.tes iy ©: a brain,” he said, | cler) Hist! Mystery Who fs I More inyst fayor;the mayor in any wa TA a et tp WCE Ante eie gut acaneuls oraa ears and a brain,” he said | L , tne [Gill doesn't know him. His name ‘to blame) admits i the Walker buildihg. Once, it is de The ears work on the same f | It hangs in big gobs In the | appear in the directory ‘This organization # to elect clared, the Walker building boosters | ase itself, and at a speed of principle as human ears, They | ; | POSTAL SAVING | dark hall leading to 315 Walker |i) tine to tiria his name has ap-|C. Allen Dale and William M, Cal- for Dale and Calhoun (old a woian| 40 miles an hour, rush to at detect an-enemy ship ut @ dig 4 | building—and inside room 315? | peared public vit always un houn to the council,” he says \nd they represented the Won Ved ack it, is one of the “surprises' tance of 10 miles, and at 1 Yan's SHOW BIG Well, you rap on the door. |imore or leas mystery, claim some of it's an organtzation buit ot of pure erated clubs, This the Federated} which is in the hands af the a distance of one and a half a a . He 1 Tt he wise ones around town love and friendship no paid we club offielals deny | government today, according to miles they slip from their ; Rex... e rc iasbis. tha| ele ee tae ite eee Hut who ard the others in the/ers, oh, not The Women's Good Government! Montraville Wood, — Chicago anchors and rush to attack 4 } c rae hig gb Spiga of Seattle} shadow Is seen moving beyond Well well, well! If ft isn't) There are only two stenographers league also denies that the Walker! geientist and inventor The brain,” he said, “T cane t he aturaiy” Bea Inn jpostal savings deposits ‘17s in| the opaque door giase of the old-timors, the well-/—so far building erowd represents it in any Wood declared in a lecture not tell you so much about, 11916 The gross, savings recelpts The door is opened, You are known political hangers-on, the; The name of the organization? —— way that he has turned over to the That is my Httle secret.” ‘ ren SE ess0S.64. invited inside, You seem to crowd of ward heelers who can't for-) Sometin it calls Itself “Good) Well, whom does EK. C Gill repre-| government such a defeusive Wood, who invented the de s = |f Jon January 1 were $ 3S bade andeudet, | THe wenvail et the palmy days of oli Government league.” Sometinios it sent? And who pays the bill weapon, together with another tectaphone, also toll of a wires The postoffice did a business o Py | swede : Y Ae i , # the ed Societie Mystery! De sk Superintend-| {nvention which wi " ess controlled ae ne be MORE THAN 60,000 COPIES 1729.25 in money orders during| tion becomes muffled Ah, then, room 315 aust be a po-/is the “United Soc Hitterent Len ee eo (atk, Superintend-| invention which «will immuntxe 1 jontrotied aeroplane being DAILY | “present year, as compared t int, ff you Insist, You sbon learn litieal headquarters At any rate, voters in different|ent Kempster of the traction com-! ships of the home fleets to at. | tried by the xovernment, It present year, as compared to 1 , ale ol F n have received yun » Wouldn't tell ir be kne ck bv his torpedo y g carries no aviator } 41,637.85 for the previous year t one K. C. Gill is in. charge . C. Gill (don't connect him with! parts of town hav ceived calls! pany. He 1 he knew. tack bv his torpedo or anything arries no avia