The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 17, 1917, Page 1

off the job because it was more imports ant th Va, WIRE SERVICR ASSOCIATIONS 190 FULL LEASED UNITED PRESS VOLUME Second Attempt Being Without Water Six Days; Tells Shepherd Story. BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD United Press Staff Correspondent STOCKHOLM, Oct. 17.—The first American from a German prison camp housing taken German raider Moewe, reached here today days concealed in the hold of a ship arriving from Kiel He was Willet Charles Smith of Norwalk, Conn “None of the American prisoners at Lubeck Smith declared, “but their lives were only saved sent from kind-hearted Britishers via Berne “Our guards at Lubeck weren't for the war this rich to escape prisoners by the after have died,” by packages The man’s y would war ip *To hell with the kaise is a | Germany; we want it ended Smith was the happiest man in the world when he med Stockholm and freedom, You can tell the folks back home,” he told the United! fess, “that Barney Boyle of Des Moineg, Bil! Fitzgerald of ew "York, Oscar Bord of Charleston, Va., and Walter ind Harry Mason, both of Baltimore, are still in Lubeck? ison—and all doing f fairly well, all things conside red | Fed up with all the good things fellow-Americana could offer bim tion days of his prison camp fare and six very, very meager days of Two hundred and twenty-nine dol Jars was added to the tobacco fund Spartan-like rations, without water, While he bid in the utter darkness of the vessel which brought him here, Smith blossomed out today tn to the world’s greatest exponent of ppin Laughed at Hardships He laughed away his tribu and hardships in the camp and in Tuesday night by The Star smoke te om os, wicket ecctan ee a fund carnival, at Bon Marche P@rk: | German prison? Well, we—that Is. far from the bunch I've just mentioned—all met in Baltimore last winter. We had a good m drinks one day and in wandering around we saw a sign, ‘Men Wanted to Ship to Li pocl on a British Steamer.” On the spur of thi nt. and the inspir ed bar spirit joined bringing the total thus this source to $636. The carnival, which continues for the balance of the week, had sev ‘eral new attractions last night & The army canteen dance was op moi era’ on a new plan, whereby aia "a . dhe Our outward trip was fine. But @ances cost only 19 cents each. The oy, etc ‘annibal tent and the Hula dancers by the die pened for the first tim sday | were her and hight. Other shows include the| taken to Kiel we were put Biamese twin bab two girls, 4)ashore with 5 attached by a Years old, who are many lighted flesh bond; the big Ferris wheel; Spidora, the lady with the body of a spider; the show of aninial curiosities, and the submarine show. Tells of Escape Later we were transferred to a side|prison camp.” Smith stopped to chuckle reminiscently “I spent 14 days in a dark cell for Among the many intere ne previous unsuccessful attempt prize-winning booths is one in/to escape,” he sald, And he which a mechanical horse race agein, louder than ever yun. “Cover the spot” is anothe' You know, our gane of fellows favorite game of chance an © joined up that winter day in Wednesday night, in add to |Paltimore often wished in camp that other music, the Seattle Pipe b timore had gone dry last Novem. the Scotch Kilties, will parade and/| ber. “Il was loading a German shit play fr the carnival There are three Spanish-Ameri-|With fertilizer when ean war Veterans ip this band. Of| came to escape,” he said he original number of 26, eight T hid in the smelly hold and here ll volunteered for service and|! am. I did not have any water for are now in Fran One will leave| Six daye—but I'm here.” for the overseas service tonight Many Civilians Die Admission to the grounds ts 10 nts in the evening. It ia free in In German Air Raias | 87 Detted Press tensed Wire the stternoon, PARIS, Oct. 17.-—-Numerous civil fans perished from a great num ber of bombs dropped over Nancy last night by German airmen, to. my chance Alma Gluck to Sing to 40,000 at Lewis Beare Correspondent CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Oct. 71.| day's official statement said. The The 40,000 men of the canton-| city was the object of a violent at ment will hear Alma Gluck, the fa-|tack by the Teuton flyers, The mous grand opera soprano, Oct. 21,| French aviation corps retaliated by bombing German military establish Bhe wil! sing under the auspices of ments at half a dozen points behind | the Y. M. C. A., and will render a variety of songs, ranging from|the lines grand opera to the good old songs “Twenty-five enemy planes have of home been brought down in two days,”| the report sald PHONE STRIKE NEAR Seattle telephone operators will strike Friday night at 12 p. m. and the electrical workers at midnight Saturday, according to the strike program of the strike committee. This announcement was le The concert will be free, and un- Jess rain falls, will be held in the open air 2 ARE KILLED IN | PATROL EXPLOSION By United Press Lensed Wire WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Dennis Sheehan, Brooklyn, N. ¥., was kill-| following a telegram from F ed, and Vance |. Perkinson seriously | Delaney, business agent of the Se ided in an explosion on a United |attle Electrical Workers, In attend. fates seout patrol vessel, off an At-/ ance the conference with the Jantic port, last night, the navy de ds of Pacific Telephone & Tel partment announced today. The\egraph Co. in which he said the necident was due to the falling out}company had refused to meet of a return tube in the boiler, | strike demands THE KAISER Proves Success ands in Stockholm After six waterless od | a ‘get Panc ge vat he should The Gre: * *%* &% ‘SOLDIER LIFE IS | HARD ON COWBOY Eddie Warren, Expert Buck- aroo, Finds Camp Lewis Drills a Rough Dose 5-INCH WEARS HEELS we ‘ r e pean vind Seattle of executions |Tecovered, and, as the total deficit) wedge may split the Teuton corre miiitary punishments in- | Will probably be made up, no prose-| line and permit of a flanking flicted here by secret court contemplat¢ 1 The .eva-| move, instead of the unceasing 1 re made y chareing off rontal attacks which, up to re ao ra vusers* ore au oh 18 © plant depreciation when! cent date, have meant only sud ue they are” unfounded,” |filing retums under the 12% per| throwing men into the mael says the statement. “The die |cent yearly tax on munitions) strom of aaughter without real mand x- | profits | tactical advantage. Ce aeeie invoiving severe pun- |the munitions manufacturers, the |today in Secretary of Wat Baker's sieacre For the assurance |Kovernment was entitled to $26,200.-| weekly war summary of the public, the statement is 100. Close scrutiny heir books, The yhoon fi raged on the ween’ hat in our army there |by treasury field ts showed|German {s causing him real con made init tar chamber’ proc. | that the correct figure was $43,000,-/cern; In fact, such deep worry that area which would result In |000, a discrepancy of approximately |he has be en forced to “amend his ‘i 000,000. tactical dispersions in an effort to qty ne * er obtity ne | . The investigation resulted in dis-|meet the shock of shell rained up Private Eddie Warren, of Glacier Any man accused of a crime! closing greatly increased profits,|on his lines.” The front has been Park, Moat, one of the famous| OMe neve 8 Suir pegpicb inc Bay Priv! after the unduly large sums for|so extended, with the French aid buckaroos of the West, who a, eee ° we aa ial" and plant depreciation were reduced. ing, that the Flanders fighting Is | arleves because he has no horse to pte conditions ir bra ally Heke g iy | "ee whole command, no sentence vot as au? kaye toe pple seseieg tat Correspondent jeapital punishment w be an ever extending ige, progre CAMP LEWIS, Oct. 17,-Ed. [ecuted without the | ity “ot sively driven into the German die Warren, of Glacier Park, | President Wi lmie enit would be in| |lines | man in all of Uncle Sam's new [it would be known to the whole [Wainumsnain ‘of (the cont, Seannitiel | national army j command ‘ ; aw ad as it marks a departure from the | Eddie, back in the horse PRI og 504 Be te kok be sous N T out-and-out frontal attack which country, had a great reputation |{naividual with either a War ‘Vecy genie et do ee, rales sai asa rider, He is generally re ense of humor or a mania for sen 7, eT Oe tte cart Paull, aj With this wedge driven thru the lace fe ct, 17.—Carl Panll, , ee ee eee | Prnere Tne been rumors current |native of Germany, and former em-| Whole west front, fighting would riders in the West leet fav on nad been shot, for| ploy of the Seattle Staats Zeitung take on a changed character, with As a private in the 348th heavy|feaauiting officers and for eapion-| now the German Press, was held by | % seep for eaiey sae a, of rtillery, Eddie has been ecine vee and there was even one rumor| federal authorities here for inves-| Sno 18 1m Nan. Ot Mean’ Fhe sca hada Gilkey ade ola en tinat nained credence from a num-| tigation of his alleged connection| (nd Celermmint Mere noir ; . 1, ber of people to the effect that with recent labor troubles here Se ein tke @ rival in Camp Lewis, three week®) Hington was alive and at th |which have materially reduced the |PAart along with the Hritish ago. For ymen, WhO) tonment | output of copper mines for war pur later will t have not yet! etesideileail | poses. MINERS HERE HOPE received their horses Paull is believed to have been | Yesterday Eddie went to his cap RUSSIA RESISTS aligned with four other men In a T0 GET RAISE SOON tain. Eddie talks with a delight plot to hinder copper production ful drawl, reminiscent of his boy-| He has posed as a real estate agent Representatives of the coal min hoot days in the South here for the past seven months, and/ers employed in District No. 10, | “Captain,” said Eddie, “Ah jes’ has spent considerable money,|comprising the state of Washing cain't walk no mo’. Mah feet's Jes’ |with which he seemed to be plenti-|ton, have been in conference with nachally gone, captain Ab’ll ride fully supplied, to keep striking min-|the operators for two days ana any blankety-blank thing with hair LONDON, Oct, 17.—Russia is/ers from returning to work feel a wage increase application | Jon it. captain, but Ah cain't walk.| making desperate resistance to the| Federal officials declared that) will be reached by Wednesday "Deed Ah cain't German naval encroachments in| Paul came to the United States) night | Eddie te vs The Star correspond: ¢ Baltic, and has already taken|from Canada, after officials there The only difference to be settled but that he fe so tired af night that/toll of at least six German naval|had become suspicious when he ap-/in the Washington situation, ac he can't sah D veasels, according to Petrograd dis-| plied for citizenship paper cording to M. J. Flyaik, district Ah nevah walked mo'n 50 feet! patches today - president of the United Mine Work at one time in mah life befo',” said A continuous batt! ‘ound the} ers, in the diversity of wages and the disgusted cowboy group of islands at the head of the DREADNAUGHT HITS diversity in methods of mining Part of Eddie's troubles are his Gulf of Riga was reported, with the | boots. The mostly Mexicas Germans slowly making progress. | SLAY MINE. REPORT WETS WIN IN IOWA tops and high h The heels are|They were reported today in con: | 7 | DES MOINES, Ia, Oct. 17.— five inches high. Together they trol of practically all of Oenel island | By United Press Leased Wire | Shifting oftener than a varsity cost $16, he says. And his beaver|and in complete command of Runo ROGRAD, Oct, 17-—-"A Ger football team's formation, vic- hat “stood him in’ $18 and Abro islands man dreadnaught struck one of the| tory In lowa’s prohibition elec. A tewhov." complained Kddie,| Petrograd reported the sinking|m!nes around the Island of Oc tion Monday, this afternoon ‘pays mo’ for his dudg and gets|of the Russian destroyer Grom in|Priday, and was apparently dam-! rested with the wets. At noon, eae vages than anybody on earth,”|a running fight Sunday between alagetl, an official statement an-) complete figures from 80 of the His captain has promised Eddie German dreadnaught and a convoy | nounced, [ts fate is unknown | 99 counties and precincts from that ae spon as the battery gets its|of destroyers and various Russian| “We have lost touch completely! the others gave the wets a tnatints, he can have a job breaking|naval forces, ‘The German fleet} with our garrison on Oesel island,”| majority of more than 2,000 and training them later retired ihe statement concluded | votes. Is the Villa of the world, one is cruel, be * DPD ADL APPL PPP i hy Help Sammy Get Smokes, Remember This Is Carnival Week at Bon If Pancho Villa is blood-thirsty, Pancho Wilhel the other is infinitely more cruel. indits. Both are murderers. We sent “Black | ho Wilhelm. You folks have got to kick in if‘ ck” ‘Black Jack” is to kick I The Seattle Star ¢t Daily Circulation of Any Paper in the Pacific Northwest SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, OC 17, 191 IND BULLET THAT SLEW GIR * * * * * * 4 + AMERICAN ESCAPES FROM GERMAN PRISON ut Out “Mystery,” Mr. Blaine The gas rate hearing is being rushed because of “patriotic reasons.” So Chairman Blaine of the state public service commis- sion intimated at the hearing here Monday. The increases will be allowed even before the city has time to protest decently. The consumer will have to pay the bill. All on account of “patriotism.” “We are close to the state and national councils of de- fense,”’ said Blaine. “The commission will perform its pa- triotic duty.” Maybe it is highly patriotic to have the gas rate case “cut and dried. « Maybe it is serving a lofty purpose to boost the price of gas in this city. But merely veiled mysterious statements to that effect 1 not suffice. The people are entitled to a more satisfactory explana- tion of the case. PUT YOUR CARDS ON THE TABLE, MR. BLAINE AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMISSION. IF IT 1S REALLY A PATRIOTIC DUTY TO RAISE THE RATES, THE.PEOPLE WILL HAVE NO COMPLAINT, _ w GREENE DENIES MUNITION KINGS “TYPHOON FIRE” ANYONE SHOT — TRIED TO DODGE OF HAIG DRIVES — ATCAMPLEWIS 17 MILLION TAX WEDGE IN LINE BY CARL D. GOART By United Leased Wire fy Mtaft Correspondent ane Oe WASHINGTON Oct. 17-—Alleged| Unites Prone tate Corre ion ae Ae a, Oct | attempts to evade $17,000,000 taxes} WASHINGTON, Oct Megay lesued 2 statement which | by munition manufacturers have| With a veritable typhoon of is, In effect, a blanket denial n disclosed, it wax learned at| fire, the allies are driving a : treasury department today, Of wedge into the German line in of the wild rumors that have been circulated here and in Ta Sooner or tater this th » all but $7,000,000 haa been Flanders. If one is dangerous, the other is infinitely more dangerous. Pershing into Mexico to “get” -ancho Wilhelm out! So buy a Liberty Bond! Park, Fourth and Pine, and Today's “Candy Day” at the If the Both are But we pulled him m is infinitely more blood-thirsty. 2ancho Villa. LAST EDITION Rita Agta my ¥ AST: and ) 3 iT Byer $ PRICE ONE CENT yeaa a 2 a A ee Autopsy S Shows Slayer’s| sMethot nd Missile andAutoTracksNea oa] Scene of Crime Are Ney Clues Found by Sleuths. Al-caliber Ruth DeMeritt was killed by a bullet from a gur very was made at a searching inves C 1 girl’s body the county morgue W 9 struck | The lead was mushroomed, and had evidently bone, but just where it entered the body could not bed nitely established f Deputy Coroner Frank Koepfli, who assisted Dr. Chi C. Tiffin, county coroner, in the examination, discovered soft nosed bullet, when it fell from a bit of cloth on the mains ; This is considered the most important clue obtaing the body was found hidden at a desolate spot north the city, near the Country club, Sunday. Detectives, Sheriff Stringer and} the city jail. ~ investigators from the coroner's New Arrest Made office been baffled, until Wed-| new arrest was nesday’s ¢ wery, as to how the! jate whe C murderer had taken his victim's | fort, t, was taken life custody Find Auto Tracks Comfort has been active in Another important discovery was made late Tuesday when investi gators found the tracks of a small automobile, which probably con: veyed the girl's bedy to the spot where it was hidden The auto had gone to a point within 100 yards of the body's final resting place, and had around there. It is now believed that te victim tempting to establish an alibi McGinn omfort says he induced McG to take Ruth to the dance. “McGinn declares he was Comfort most of the Sunday, aft the dance,” says Sheriff St “MeGinn’s alibi is that he went turned his room in the Louisa house 20th st. after taking Ruth home, — Spent Day With Comfort was murdered and then taken by aute bile out to the open coun “He says he slept‘until 8:30 try north of the city day morning, took breakfast at and met G They went Queen restaurant, Body Concealed With Care fort shortly after. A dese 1 road was followed aft- McGinn's room, he says, and er turn fr highway, and) noon boarded a car for downtot the body evidently carried 15 feet) where, they say, they attended from a path leading from the road. tion picture shows, returning | There the body was apparently} Ballard at 11:30 p. m. |dragged and hidden, and boughs} “On Labor day—the next broken down to conceal the re-|/ing—McGinn says he took part 8 the parade Discovery, ct tus, ‘Keksmebiiel ek eee and returned Sa tracks rewarded a careful survey of| Jasper Bailey, who. attended thea the spot where the murdered girl) dance, and was arrested Mond was found. Capt. Tennant, Sheriff) has been released by Capt. Stringer, Koepfli, detectives and| nant. deputy sheriffs spent most of their time Tuesday combing the lonely Alibi Is Complete prairie land for clues. “He established a eo McGinn Visits Spot alibi,” says Capt. Tennant, “and. confirmed by er.” Efforts to locate the woman pro-— Later in the Pat McGinn, the ar-old shingleweaver, was tak en to the spot | his mother and He stuck tenaciously to the story| prietor of McGinn's rooming vu that he had delivered Ruth to the|at the time of the disappearanee ‘ot porch of her rooming house early | Ruth, have failed. Sunday morning, September 2, after) She has sold the place and gone an night dance in Ballard, and|to British Columbia, and no one that she opened the door and went} seems to know her address. in On the theory that some one “phen [ walked away,” says Mc-| knows what automobile was used Ginn in the trip from Ballard to the place” No one has been found who ever |saw her after that | So MeGinn is still behind bars in where the body was found, a citys wide inquiry among chauffeurs has 99 been launched, WOMEN ARE ROUSED Call Meeting to Guard Against Slugger | Seattle women were sched- | Commercial Club, acting upon a let” uled to devise further means of [ter from the Green Lake Business — protecting themselves against Men's association, has addressed @ slugger attacks at amass meet- letter to Mayor Gill, pledging ¢o- ing Wednesday afternoon, at the | operation in steps to help control Good Eats cafeteria, at 2.p.m. /the situation. He declared the Mrs, Helen Stevens, of the task, while strictly police business, Women's Good Government | Was evidently beyond control of the league, will be in charge. Narain pe. ; earance of brush from yaeant The delegation that confer. | i415 will be urged by the Women! | red with Mayor Gill Monday will report, and urge that all women | arm themselves, and bolt doors Civic club, which met at the Frye hotel Tuesday A committee, made up of R, Dy melee suspicious-looking men rs Cc. W. Slack, C. W. Milligan, 1. callers Fay and |. F. Flatow, was ap Mayor Gill has issued a procla poet at a meeting of the Ross | mation offering $1,000 reward for arrest and conviction of the Improvement club Tuesday night, | the to take charge of citizen patrol slug: in compliance with the or! pang |dinance pledging that amount.) "Want Meter Readers Tagged = aie Resolutions were passed, | which was ps | by council July Total Reward Is $2,000 urging that citizens be made special police, and that meter readers wear a dex | This brings the total of rewards| ignated badge, prominently dig Jup to $2,000 | played Green Lake citizens will meet at} Men of patrol district No. # their branch library again Wednes-| Queen Anne hill, which includes ters) day night, to perfect their defense | ritory bounded by Fifth ave. W., Wy patrol system, and hear former Po-| Garfield st. and W. Highland érive, lice ret, Vietor Putnam speak | will meet at West Queen Anne President Albert J, Rhodes, of|school Wednesday night, to perfect — Chambe of Commerce andj their plans, he