The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 16, 1917, Page 1

TheSeattleStar _ =i The Grectzst Daily Circulation of Any Paper in the Pacific Northwest ptiea naan toge VOLUME 19 UNitis™ AMSs™ARSOGINTONS SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, OCT. 16, 1917 PRICE ONE CENT !veryhere ESCORT OF SLAIN GIRL IS HELD ean lig eae RUTH DEMERIT 4 FOLLOWS ALLNIGHT DANCE a) ATBALLARD OFFICERS LEARN Was Ruth De Meritt murdered during the early hours of |\Sunday, September 2, after she had returned to her rooming house at 5112 17th ave. N. W., from adance that lasted until 4 a. m.? To clear up this point, Captain of Detectives Tennant and \Sheriff Stringer concentrated their investigation Tuesday of the mystery surrounding the crime, following discovery Sunday of the body in a lonely clump of bushes near the Country club. Two men have been arrested and are now in jail. They are Pat McGinn, 39, shingleweaver, who accompanied Ruth home from the dance, and Jasper W. Bailey, 914 W. 5ist st., who lived two blocks from her and attended the same party. No one has been found who remembers seeing the girl after she left the dance early that Sunday morning. Mrs. Jane Wright, in whose house the girl roomed, says now that the girl’s bed was evidently never disturbed early that Sun- day morning. Did Ruth enter her room after the dance? Was she carried away in an automobile? These are phases of the mystery yet unsolved. _ street inter on Petre This remarkable news picture, sent to The Star by Kenneth W. Payne, its ident, was taken at pus Nevsky Prospekt as crowds were fleeing from the fire of a machine gun, trained on them by extreme headed by Lenine Men and boys, armed with rifles and machine guns, had been told to start an insurrection, in the hope the Cronstadt regiment would join them. In!, The spot where the body w ? 1 found concealed by boughs Is 6 picture the insurrectionists are firing from a side street at the left of the picture, as shown by the swath of dead and wounded men and women lying piocks from the girl's home. So the Nevsky “ an effort is being made to learn ) Droskys were overturned and their horses dashed about madly in the crowd. Street car traffic had halted whether or not any auto driver Note the mother and child, in the center of the picture—the woman instinctively shielding her baby to save it from the deadly leaden hail was hired to take the girl out ard the count club. » When this insurrection was put down by Kerensky, Lenine's power dwindled, and he fled fre toward the ‘epantsy ots London corresp< t. of Detectives Tennant Strin, |posathte, obtain additional olen ba . That Halley will be released, on | WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 aus| ORLATOLLE | | E pee AS } * “ lle Every woman fearing attacks | formation leading to the arrest, and | months each in the workhouse, veel the theory that his story has cleared! 4, the gtugger will be advised [ronviction of the woman-slugger. High, "Wee wav Speen of Funeane to arm herself and take no | This is an addition to the reward heaviest sentence ever imposed on Dance Partner Arrested : 3 White House suffrage plekets, was McGinn, whe took the gil to the| Chances with suspicious charac- | already offered by Sheriff Stringer. ; Ment mt birthday nee at the, ‘ters who attempt to gain ad- | No slugger reports were received today imposed on four by Judge Sas Bars’ ot in Ballard,| Mittance into Seattle homes. Monday, but Mrs. F. Wright, 722 home nee b Fis Mullowny, in police court. Declar-| my United Press tenced Wire WASHINGTON, Oct. 16— pereniey night, September 1, was The pian was given the sanc- | 28th ave. S. reported that she | Ballard folks will soon be | sald the $12,000 would be needed ing the women’s party will not ree WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.— Sweden's economic mission | arrested by Deputy Sheriffs Julius, ton of Mayor Gill, who confer- | peeatened phe a bir ibd oe fiding into Seattle on 4-cent Travers suddenly balked. He sald oenize any law in the making of Mearings in the La Follette may be withdrawn from Wash. | Von Gerste and Stewart Campbelt| "4 with a delegation of ten = tg window, wit hreats to | teksts over the municipal car = he wouldn't build the extension If Qi, women d a Aileen probe were ended today by the | ington, Swed officials de | Monday afternoon women who went to his office | 8! re s f ‘ there was going to be any trouble|/""°" Women do not participa Wisconsin senator's refusal to clared today, because their dip. He was found working on the, &"d asked for protective meas- | meeting has been called by the One hundred city employ abont collecting the coin ithe suffragettes announced that a prove his alleged disloyal | tomatic pouches are detained (ranch of Fremont Barto, on the Ufes Monday afternoon. This | Ross Improvement club, Tuesday “working under Street Superin- | Mayor Gill and Councilman Erick- monster demonstration would be statements at St. Paul until | at the British embassy Pilchuck river, in Snohomish, - action followed a hasty chara a ening, at the muni cipal car barns, ident C. BR. Cace with big | son thought this looked funny hela n front of the White House on| they w hown to be false by | Unofficial hints are that the mail county . ferteation by the mayor ot the Ne pa and cin aye. Ww s See £ i ‘ be just another ob-| November 10 his accusers. may contain secrets rivaling the McGinn freely admitted taking "Ports of slugger attacks being purpose of organizing police ick orders from Mayor Gi It appeared to just anoth -e." Sheriff “bunk and fake—at least 99 per —_ tection have been on the job since Fri- stacle placed in the way of the city * . Chairman Pomerene an- | Luxburg affair, The Swedish rep the girl to the dan esday, “but ay building the road bed. car line—anotter attempt to keep it GREENE WANTS MEN nounced that no more hearings | resentatives claim the pouches con: | stringer explained ° will be held by the special |tain principally food statistics.'gaid he left her at her home be This means that Division A, ending nowhere.” t of the city-owned system, is to “So Travers was called before the TO 6d To CHURCH committee, They will obteih The janlay further ‘enation tween 2:30 and 4 o'clock t i basis by of * works,” explained information from other sources, ecause they are denied the privi-|day morning. He said he cent of them.” They had n mass meeting of Tt pointed at 237 women, wno met at Good Eats cafeteria to dis | be put on a payin: board public ~ . daily Tunning into the heart of Bal- Mayor Gill today It had been ar My United Press Leased Wire including the state department, lege of cabling their foreign office met her three times befor Every —— situation earlier in the aft | Nard ranges to tell Mr. Contractor that !f| CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Oct. 16 concerning La Follette’s state. in code body came home from the dance | ‘ks at, And instead of josing about he wanted to be released it would be “Take a soldier to church” is the re ments, and will report to the While no offi al stand has b on a truck — belonging - Font » Another Meeting Wednesday ae a! & month, Mayor Gill predicts all right. And he was.” west of Maj. Gen. H. A. Greene. December sion of congress. taken, the Swed have been in- Henge, and McGinn and the De Another meeting will be hela | pm that Division A will begin earning City Builds Own Line ommanding Camp Lewis. Gen. Keeps Probers Waiting formed that they can have no se-| Meritt girl got off at 20th and) Wednesday afternoon at 2, when the | cans, ‘that moch—or more e Aang 4 Mayor Greene made the request at a La Follette staged a surprise for! tious objection to opening their! Leary aves report of the delegation will be made. Follows Tom Joh: P agen goers meal noth A¥0°! church meeting in Tacoma the committee. He kept them watt-| mail in presence of British officials Bailey Also at Dance Members of the committee who ‘om Johnson Plan Gill held another conference 7 : ute: ' our he if the contents are “harmless Jasper Bailey, the other man held | The story of how the mayor and event the I may be old-fashioned, but I be-| ng ten minutes after the hour h = a 4 Li called on the mayor a r soup MUMS Strickson, with the co There was nothing to — rn Heve religion good for any man, sol-| ¥as8 due to appear. The committee This is an indignity,” one she for investigation, was one of the; pr annie K ' 911 Union| By United Frees Leased Wire city from spending the $20,000 dier or civilian,” said he. had nothing to do but wait. Mem- ish official said today, “to which) party on the truck, and got off @/ st: L. Mae Bradley, 4210 10th ave WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.— Moeration of the board of public ready appropriated to build a 1} vee ; bers put on a dignified appearance We Will not submit. It is essqntial block or so further down the x ‘p> Mrs. L. K. Meek, 2903 Wood Works and Superintendent Case. yor itself, if the chief city executive Path ave: re Phoste Gesoot | War labor problems constantly 3 and tried to look unconcerned to the success of our negotiations (Continued on page 5) “ tolled up og sleeves aoe 6°t was willing to put city men on it NO TRANSFER FROM A large crowd of women who! With the American war trade boaru ak ti ¥ @rokmors ave Mrs. C. E| inereasing «are — crystallizing Dery reads like « chapter of Cleve or Gill was willing had come to attend the aring, that we communicate confidentially e @ Flusher, 820 W. Lee st.; Mrs. George sentiment among high govern- land history during the days when r h t w ” C e e Very quietly, but very quickly, the LEWIS. SAYS BLISS er parece \tting neediew and With the Swedish foreign office. 1 slg Gorn iE tanta "i Mayor Tom Johnson bucked pri-| yan was worked out 9 took out their kaitting needles and) ™" > cosy ot secrecy has been|| Girl Victim of Teme Mth st, and Mrs.| ment officials for a war service Wate interests and built car lines - yegan work ast La e hitney labor board today. t Friday—a holiday—saw| Camp Lewis will continue to be, ie ‘av dikes da thrown around the diplomatic | | ae ee a ogg miling, entered the room. It thy. Seer caaheee Myste rious Slayer |) ‘The Women's Gooa Replacing men with women, ad- sun-down and sun-up. 100 laborers mak-|the quarters of all the forces now , f a veloped his sole mission was to 4 @ | eague had planned the first meeting ec; per Since 1911 the private interests fie the dirt fly from the Ballard side jn training there until the men are s his own messenger boy, He © ana ——— |for Wednesday afternoor. By mis-| ition of women, exemption of Ge tems fishting municipal opers; of the 16th ave. bridge j dy for service, according to In-\ tossed the letter on the table with several |take, the date was published for skilled workmen from the draft 10¢. Beart cars, and time an Thev have been making dirt f formation recelv in by! a ittle flourish, accompanied by| Weeks as Sitefay. \Bo chasy- waren reenost: (nad Gkkse ciecsiotie de bee ettae ene, | over since. the Seattle Chamber < 'rc® bows and smiles to members, re: ed that the women went ahead and aa Owned tracks from “starting any Buy Rails Cheap and Commercial Club yesterday DON’ and suiles to KERENSKY IS SICK Ganoihtall s gaeeaiioae with shortage, are among the sub- ‘Where’ “end ere.” a ake Sins, chiet of | bear « y ‘ by c jects with which such ab Division ype eer || The roadbed is completed, The from Gen, Tasker H. Bliss, chief of ‘and Walks Out Again Many Suggestions Made ati oard A cars, which start at ii have been purchased—at about |staff of the war department. No vem {t proper to say to | By United Press Leased Wire Proposals by some women that! “94 Verne ing bed Pine st. have ended 9) oe cent under the prevailing|part of the forces will be trans ttee is contained in this PETROGRAD, Oct. 18. Premier National Guard troops be kept here gait ig? tore ‘ihe counell aria charge Bee ah ave. and Nickerson st—| °°) ferred from Camp Lewis to Palo jeter and I now present it to the | Kerensky x confined to his bed at for protection against. lawlessness | (#!!, !8 before the council of na- ode side of Ballard to serve) © bias tor ties were opened Tuesday | Alto, Cal committee and say good morning.” | Grand headquarters with an attack |were voted down on the patriotic, Wonal defense today ‘es Waa’ ple out there : { influenza, according to dispatches | ; dvocates of the plan declare la- afterno nd with another bdv ch of Influenza, a theory that they were trained to . . pud- With the construction of the Bal-| #fternoon hike pattsadeh And with another: bes, Witch |e csived today. He had Veen eee ee ee ined to bor shortage in some munition lard As soon ax the bridge is comp spectators thought a trifle over fight the nation's enemy P bridge, everything looked rosy 1, we'll begin carrying passengers,” gracious, he stepped out of the, Ported as ailing for several days, Chain locks, which will hold thePl@nts has already reached the for the extension into the heart of *@ *® ngtids: } gg , but news that his illness was suffi b re shes, put Stage where war department of: m se- at 15th and 1 fe ss fiys Councilman Erickson By United Press Lensed Wire room at k * \ doors against sudten rushes, but foils are considering taking: ball ° onder ih And the city will not levitate A PACIFIC PORT, Oct. 16 The committee sat discussing the | Clently serious to make him take to) = ¢ permit them to be opened enough talions from the cantonments to factories. The card index now be- ing made of every drafted man’s industrial ability is a preliminary, Army engineers need a battalion for a certain task Thomson Blocks It sell 4cent tickets,” says Mayor Gill-| japanese schooner Koko Maru tter a few moments {n a low tone his bed had not been expected | ‘ Sy Remena ae ort To Make Line Pay safe in port today after having and then, having nothing to do, o 4 The women first ed that all ine. contract was " rt with de. went into executive session hall constitute an honorable preces . peddlers and unresponsible house aw 4 pes avers| “I we ‘or this thing because |spent yesterday flirting , wen 1 shall constitute an honorable p | <a 2 ligatana it spite tat : eng ¥ - the only way to struction and possible death for to Aid Probers dent wh to-house agents be interned, or their age he Duxbury reef, where I permits be revoked. They wanted for conversation, were urged never #0 grave a matter everything possl- shall com before the senate eflmen Hanna ‘nd that's what every the steamer Hanelie was wrecked ble,” said La Follette’s letter, “to. La Follette*protested against any conductors and mail men made spe the proposal. They got an|ing money, in 1914 aid in making this a complete and one-sided investigation not afford. ee clal police, and wanted more citi inion from Corporation Counsel|man who hag the honest good of 5 j : le special off orpora U 7 A tug pulled the Koko out of the! thoro investigation, I am both ing him a right “to meet face to 3 j |zens made special officers. NEED APPLE Pl KE Caldwell, stating that $1 000 could |the city at heart ts «Rig ° \ { Women Convinced Gill Iailard people ride on the |breakers and chaperoned her Into!anxious and desirous that {t shall|face and question any witnesses Bitbe borrowed from the light fund| Will Ballard people ride on The mayor heard resolutions out-! One hundred women are needed 1 | port do justice to all participants and!that may be called.” for this work. And the contractor | (Continued on page 10) Li ning the demands, and then de- in the canneries at Puyallup and nounced the lug } pr reports aS Sumner, Wash., while apple pick- bunk and fake—at least 99 per cent ers, packers, sorters and warehouse of them men are wanted in the Yakima and The ind the mayor then o the line pay—to stop it los |her crew on nd Thomson : : | » women Wenatchee valley, Those interest- 1.50 | went {nto a conference behind clos-'ed apply at the Harvesters’ Many moke Fund Fest at Bon Marche Park; More Shows Tonight went fn apply at the Harvesters’ league, ron Hundreds Enjoy Themselves at Star i ; a asi ny “ ; Nf 8 Jed doors A : Seattle Chamber of Commerce, . ance is a beneficiary of the car-) For four years they have gone) Kaiser Pi specially when there;to the extent of $407.35. | “The mayor told of cases where Arctic building with » Echo June Zahl eae ie thru life together—side by side—| was a reward of candy or-eigars of-| That means that the carnival has . investigation had proved that the ndles. There was a breath of “some- Long before the striped curtain| absolutely attached to each other fered for the straight shot s far furnished enough money to jattacks were not true,” said Mrs, 1. thing else” in the fall atmos wwiing back in reception, Monday |—literally and figuratively A Jolly Affair 1,613 packages of tobacco. |K. Meek, a member of the commit PET BEAR KILLED Phere Jase night. ne tae crowd surged out In| One may feel like weeping when Not all of the shows were quite| Each package, costing 26 cents . tee, “but so many women recited) 0 . The email boy got it first. In front the other thinks life @ song, and | ready Monday night, nor all of the|contains tobacco costing 15 cents cases of attacks that they personal ae RCOMA. Gee 16 Bear steake he got it several days ago, wded éne may want sleep when the Oth: concessions. These, however, will, at ordinary retail pr he spe ly knew about, that he finally said @re to be had here today, follow he = stood saateiad: And Geox we og re started to-ler doesn’t feel the urge of enndi. he ready tonight. The telal rate for the soldiers is possible Y/ that a ‘bad state of affairs’ existed, M8 Ane exciting big game hunt in I) Waiching the gay-striped tents | warn the box office, the amall boy| Tut last night they were perfect whow will be amor thr arrangements made by the ‘ and that he was doing he, the downtown streets late yester Ew and pieces of wood shape the t out to the “bigger folks,” who| companions band last night played plenty of “Our Hoys in France | Tobacco (_ i # could ‘safely do to remedy men, broke toe aheta Guia cae 7 Marche park corner, at fun up dignified on a night| Just like two little girls out on a “Jazz” rustic, but above it all rose| Fund.” with leading tobacco manu: Xu. Women to Go Armed himtoustiva:in ities which held Fourth ave. and Pine st., into a ee tht holiday, with huge pink bows on’ the shouts of the splelers, the bally-| facturers , | “He said it would be perfectly him captive in Firemen’s park and Wonderland of mystery. rete way “humming.” At! their hair, they skipped, arm in hoo men, and the joyous laughter A package of tobacco is estimated or women to go armed, but Started out on a sightseeing trip, “something else the eee ators’ dance. hall the|arm, around the inclosure that held and merry-making of the crowd to last a soldier a week, Therefore that he couldn't legally give permits optratval Spirit " right in the heart jazz” music seeped out to “vamp"|them off from the mob. More than 2,000 people thronged| the carnival has thus far supplied |to carry guns to everybody COUNCIL NOT To ACT 15 ot the business turmoil—the “Carnl- passersby, The spider. lady “Kill the Kaiser” the grounds of the carnival Monday | 1,613 Sammies with tobacco for one! uth De Meritt, 17, of Kirkiand,| “fe said it would be dangerous to Yal Spirit,” ‘ “elgg? ; The Ferrig wheel—of a hundred night, and the fun will run full blast! week. But there are iots more than 3 make everybody who applied a spe-| By United Press Leased Wi which is being directed secure in her place, where nt, @ run full ble at Gmere f dered near the Coun-| , Se en ke cop: into channels befitting war time powunig aon ite utaae part of lighta—carried the thrills! all weet 1,61 ummies, and they need to hat Ml Mt after last being) “ial officer, but that the precinet| COLUMBUS, 0., Oct. 16.—The ckel- Por every + {1 Merson succumbs! but not too much The evening. Perched high in, The Star amoke fund's percent-| bacco for more than one week. So- Td eR M AR ‘alunight dance in| Police captains would make recom-/councit of the Congregational nless M the old ture of the carnival, and gnakes writhed with its old air, looking out over a city, young age of the receipts Monday night| Join the merry-makers at the car-| Seen leaing an & ho mendations, which would result in| Church of America here will not z Passes wt) aii stasabgaro Pa jpeype erie shad-|and old united in oh» and hs was $242.35, and an additional $165/nival grounds. The shows are open| >" Titi : making many responsible citizens! take any action in connection with aight Within the gates, there is « ery, and the gas jet cast eerie shad ‘ ru BMMier of Uncle Sam fighting some owe on the man with many bodies. Kill the | alser and get a coe-| wal received from the rental of afternoons and ovenlogs Wnjoy @| officers ‘ i * the opumons ot the individual mem- ; @ Scross the wea who will get, The bige “ttraction, aside| gar-ar Persons were eager concessions. At the end of the first|yourself—and help the Sammies Have you something to eward Increase: pers in the defense of the I. W. W, (B. PB Mmfort tro, eful.” from the hot@og stands, was the| enough to pay a dime for a chance day of the carnival, therefore, The! along H swap? Use Star Want Ads. i The county commissioners have or criticisms of the national admin. 5 Star smoke fund for the boys Siamese twins. to slam @ baseball thru a picture of Star smoke fund has been enriched! The admission is only 10 cents. e | voted to pay a reward of $500 for in-,istration for its entry into the war, . un or the boys. Siames: . 4; U ° on " tere nescemrere