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COUNCIL TO CURB DANCE HALLS

BANK TRAGEDY FOLLOWED WARMING

HANDS OFF

THE DRY LAW!

The present dry law should be left exactly as it stands.

Vote an emphatic "No" against both Initiative* No. 18

and No. 24.

Let not the sophistry of clever press agents or the incon

sistency of any newspaper spokesman for brewery interests

beguile you with the idea that ANY booze measure can in

crease temperance.

Two years ago the people wisely adopted the prohibition law They voted the

»alocns out of business.

Should cither Initiative No. IS or Initiative No. 24 pas*. the -aloon will return

in a disguised form. It will be the saloon of the hotel and rooming house and din

ing room and cafe

If graft exists now, it ill increase a hundred fold or more If it is difficult in

any degree to enforce the dry law now. it will be a thousand times more difficult

with either Initiative IH or 24 in force.

Both of the-e measure- are the brain products of liquor interest* I.et not any

honeyed words of theirs, their newspaper mouthpieces, or their subsidized advocates,

delude you with the idea that either measure -prang from a de-ire for TF.Ml'l'.R

ANCE.

The present prohibition law i- immeasurably better than any law now proposed

by the liquor interest*. It has proved a genuine blessing to countless households.

It has improved all legitimate business.

It has given food, and -hoes, and clothes to children of the poor whose dads

formerly fell easy prey to "the poor man's club'*—-the -aloon.

Tiiis is fact. Asli any busine-s house. Ask the credit managers of department

stores and other firms. Collections are steadier and better now

Seattle used to spend from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000 a year for liquor

Not all of the Billingslcys and Clancys and Margetts, not even the whole de

termined force behind the California Liquor Dealers' a*-<« iation, which is -eekmg to

discredit Washington'# dry law. can. under aoy _UJxuu»*lAaccs, unluad U««r

the amount this city used to consume. r i

The temptation of the saloon has been removed Initiative Rills Nos. IH and 24

will bring it back because they remove the difficulty of getting booze

Under the booze bills, booze will fairly be thrust upon the people without check.

Under the present dry law. our youngsters can grow up without even «eeing

booz£ signs or liquor advertisements. Under the booze bill-, booze literature will

again enjov general circtljation.

Shall the state of Wa-hington go backward? "I he dry law has been in exi-tence

onlv nine months. It is true that bootlegger- have dispo-ed <>f considerable l»ooze

here. It i- true there has been more or le.- grafting Hut they have ".Id their l»oo*e

to confirmed drinkers only. They have made no new rc. nnt- to King Mcohol's pa

thetic army. , . ,

It is only a question of time when the grafter* will be caught, the higher-ups

as well as the small fry. When the graft is cut out. the bootlegging will »ea-e.

It is no argument that we should legalize gambling because there are -ome gam

bling resorts, in spite of the law. It is the -ame with every law.

As far as the va«t majority of the people are concerned, the prohibition law.

as it -tands today, has been a perfect godsend Those who want a moderate

amount of liquor 'can get it legally. The necessity for importing it from the outside

afford- a check upon booze consumption which is healthful for the individual as well

as an aid to officials against bootleggers.

It would be a calamity to add new graft and renew old

miseries by the enactment of either Initiative No. 18 or 24.

The booze gang will vote for both of these measures, tho

their newspaper mouthpieces will seek to concentrate on one.

The safe thing to do is to vote "No" against both of them.

LAW BODY ALMOST UNANIMOUSLY

OPPOSES ROOT AS CANDIDATE

•y practically a unanimous

vote, the Seattle Bar associa

tion Is on record Saturday

against the candidacy of Judge

Milo A. Root for a seat on the

superior court

rAt one of the largeet meet-

Inge held by the association,

with more than 100 lawyere

present, resolutions were adopt

ed in department No. 1 of the

court house Friday night con

demning his candidacy because

"the misconduct of Judge Root

while on the bench would tend

to bring the bench of this

county into disrepute."

The resolutions further urge that

the press of the county republish

the report of the committee of th»

State Har association which Investi

gated the Root case In 190$, at the

request of Chief Justice Hadley.

Judge Root made a statement in

his own behalf. He denied Judge

Hadley urged an Investigation He

declared It was himself who asked

lodge Hadl'-y to call for the Inves

tigation.

Investigated by Grand Jury

"I was Investigated by the grand

Jury," said Root, "and that body,

after gathering all the evidence for

six months, finally returned a 'no

...Jrue' bill against me.

to the charge that I had a

fall way pass, I admit It. 1 wa* not

tm only one who had *uch pass,

but that was before the day* when

.giving free passes was prohibited

a* It Is now."

Judge Hoot emphatically dialed

he had ever been dishonest.

Charges a Plot

"I'nderneath all these charge*,

he said, "was a plot to destroy mc

"I have been asked why I re

signed, and 1 admit It is the biggest

argument that ha* been made

against me; but the facts are

these: I came to Seattle from

Olympla. wa* sick, wa* ordered to

bed by my physician, but Instead,

responding to a summon* of an ed

itor. went to his office, where I

was Informed by him that my col

leagues on the supreme court

wished m" to resign, a statement

which I lat»r learti'-d was untrue.

Makes Threats

"I thought this editor wa* acting

fn good faith, was told It was the

honest, courageous thing to do, and

I did resign.

"You men msy publish my rec-

7 DROWN IN

OLE ON LAKE

DKTROIT, Oct. 21.—Seven snllorH

are known to have been drowned,

two lake ve*sel* were sunk and sev

eral stranded In the storm which

swept the Great Hakes last night

and today.

Scores of vessels were driven to

shelter during the 60-mlle gale, and

It Is feared late reports may bring

news of additional disasters.

The Seattle Star

I THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS s

VOLUME 19.

ord. but I'll give you something to

tiilnk about If you do, for you peo

pie are not going to trample on m' 1

without hearing from me."

James A. Kerr, one of the attor

ney* who represented Judge Root

at the hearing* in 190*. asked him

wh> he resigned, wh<n under fire.

without consulting hi* counsel.

Say* It Was Mistake

'My opinion I* my resignation

wan a mistake," replied Hoot.

"Then la It your belief a* a law

yer that you should from an eth-

(Continued on page 8)

2,000 PARENTS SEE

CHILDREN'S EXHIBIT

Aboul 2.000 fond parent* »a* the

works of their children Friday

night, nt the opening of the junior

exposition In the Y. M. C. A.

There arc 4.000 entries In all. ar

ranged In 12 different dlviHlon*. In

cluding agricultural, home econom

Ics, art and design, collections,

picture*, pet*, and «o on

The program will be repeated Sat

urday nt 2:30 p. in and again at

7:30 p. m. Tho Hoy Scout* will

pilch n camp In the tennis court

aero** from the association build

ing.

NEWTON POSTON, sales man

ager of the Pacific Coast. Co., has

been granted an Indefinite leave o<

absence to rucuyerale his health.

SEATTLE, WASH . SATURDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1916

Woman Shot Boy

and Self After

Trouble at Home

The murder of l.eo G. Pratt, 19-year-old bank

clerk, by Mrs. Bdwin Sobel, Mid her suicide, in the

Canadian Bank of Commerce Friday afternoon, fol

lowed warnings over the phone from her and from her

husband.

This was the statement of Lendorous Pratt, aged

father of the victim, Saturday.

"My son had been warned both by Sobel and the

woman," Pratt said. "This was after Leo had been in

terviewed by Sobel and his lawyer concerning Mrs. So

bers relations with William Matthews, a Spanish chauf

feur who had been driving a Cowen park jitney owned

by me.

"The boy had told them what he knew because

Matthews had talked to him about his relations with

Mrs. Sobel. I knew of their relations, tt>o. I tired Mat

thews last Saturday. Sobel was considering divorce

action. That's why he went to my boy at the bank to

find out what he could.

Lao 0. Pratt

WOMAN KILLS

WOMAN WITH

HER MOTOR

Evidently becoming confused at

the blast of the automobile horn.

Mrs. Hartley D Smith. f>6. stopped

stockatlll In the middle of the

street at Second ave and Stewart

*t Friday and was knocked down

and Instantly killed by a machine

driven by Mr*. Charles W. .Hart.

4738 lf>th ave N. E.

Mrs Smith was returning home

at 1415 East Olive st Mrs. Man

told the police she saw the woman

start across the street and sounded

her horn more for precaution than

necessity as Mrs. Smith had plenty

of time to get out of the way.

Mrs. Hart was booked on an

open charge and released on her

own recognizance.

PRINCE HENRY WILL

HEAD GERMAN NAVY

AMHTKRDAM. Oct 21 Kaiser

W'llhelm has appointed Prince Men

ry of Primula, nls oldest brother,

grand admiral In the Herman navy,

said a Berlin dispatch today.

Prince visited the I nlted

States several venrs ago and holds

an honorary degree from Harvard

university. He 1» 84 years old.

THINK AMERICAN

LOST WITH LINER

T,ONDON, Oct. 21 10. R Sloane,

an American horse dealer, probably

was lost on the Alaunla. Charles

Hrodle, of Washington. I). f'., re

ported to the American embassy

this afternoon.

llrodle said h» was In a lifeboat

which had pulled away from the

liner's side when he *aw Hloane

and a Russian passenger running

Hlwiut the decks sean-hlng for life

belts. The vessel sank a few min

utes later.

I "l-eo *ai an Innocent victim of

. clrcuni»iano«a I told hltu to »lAT

•way from the poetoftlce. becatiae

I I believed Matt lie* a, Inatead of tbe

| woman might do blm harm for the

•en Ire tud rendered foNI."

Father l« Bitter

froit «a» bitter over tba tun of

( tatr

THE WHOM NAME

During the nclUmwt

dlately followlo* tho shooting In

the Canadian Malik of Com

morce Friday afternoon, som*

on* al th« hank told The Rtar

o»« the telephone that tb«y

undrrslood the lam name of the

woman who did the shooting

wa* Oliver. This wa* entirely

Incorrert as later Identification

proved Oliver la the name of

a stenographer at the hank who

•an In no wise concerned In tho

affair.

dared, while talking to defective*,

that "If I w«re a man without a

wife and daughter. I'm afraid I

would do something rash" to re

venge the aon'a murder

Matthews, the chauffeur, he said,

had heen "running around" with

the woman alt summer, and had

tried to borrow money from his em

plover to go to Han Francisco to

mk» her there.

Sobel Sought Information

"When Sobel and his lawyer

went to the hank to talk to l*eo.

my boy first called up his mother

and asked her If he should tell

what he knew aftout Matthew* and

the woman." the father said. "His

mother told him he had better tell

the truth."

Pratt said he had read love let

ters written by Mrs. Sobel to

Matthews, and that complaints had

come to him concerning the use of

his car made, by Matthews to take

out Mr*. Sobel. and that they had

been together In California during

the summer

Sobel Suspscted Hl* Wife

"Sobel flr*t suspected something

was wrong when he saw his wife

(Continued on page 8)

KAISER ADDRESSES

WESTERN TROOPS

A MHTK"D \M. Oct. 21 In ad

dress to ils troops of t|i• ■ western

front, commemorating the Cernian

dead, the kaiser salil

"We who survive will fight until

none ever darns again assail the

honor and liberty of the Herman

people."

Something'

Is Going to

Happen

Monday

ONE CENT t V,\\VY:

University Couple

Spring Surprise by

Hurried Wedding

Violrt Wllhelmlrta Dunxan.

daughter of Mr. and Mm Klton H.

lHuiKan. 12)0 16th ave. N , and a

mrmtier of the I'nlVeraitjr of W»»h-

Inictou faculty. aurprlard her unl

veralty friend*. an writ a« hrr par

enta, •'hen alio lu't lieor|« ft

Keith of the atato unlveraliy exten

rton department, Friday, and after

Mr. and Mra. Gaorge R. Keith

a hastily arrange-! marriage. left for

their honeyinoo i at Hanff Springs,

Canada.

Mm Kelth'a parents liad an

nonnced the enp.-igement Sunday,

nnd wore planning on an elaborate

wedding In Apr!', following her re*

Icnntlon from the faculty.

The couple n«t their license at I

p, m And ware -t.arrled hy Or. M

A. Matthews at .T p. m They left

Immediate'y. without even ac

qualntlng the girl - * parents of the

marriage

STEAMER ALMOST ON

REEF OFF FRISCO

RAN FRANCISCO, Oct 21—The

steamship Palsy Oadaby, San Pedro

to Ran Franclaco. narrowly escaped

disaster today on Duxbury teef, the

"graveyard of the Pacific," near

Point Keyes. when she was stop

ped Just In time to save her from

drifting Oil the rocks In a dense

fog

She Is feet off the reef, With

both .inchors down.

Cnless a heavy gale blows up, she

!s safe, It was declared.

BRITISH PROGRESS

l«ON!H)N\ Oct. 21.—Further

progress for the British last night,

nr-tr Hutte I>e Warlencotirt (three

miles south of Bapautnol wan re

mitted by ('.en llalg this afternoon

Both north anil south of the An< re

there was Intermittent enemy shell

ing.

LAST EDITION

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MAY VOTK A HTKAIOHT TICKKT, TMO YOf MAY

\OI WANT TO VOTK KOU TDK MKN, NOT TUB

I'AIITY MMKI.. TIIK WKATIIKH MAN HAY.4 "KMIt

TONIOHT AND HI'NDAY. '

Mayor Raps Way

Girls Are Lured

by Proprietors

"Forty-nine" dance halls, below Yesler way, must

be curbed.

Mayor Gill, Chief Beckingham and city council

men agreed on that Saturday.

New legislation, to change the method of licensing

the dance halls so only responsible proprietors operate,

is already on the way.

"And if any of these fellows get girls down there

by misleading advertisements in the papers," said Mayor

Gill, "my advice to the chief is to use strong-arm

methods to stop it."

Chief Beckingham said he sent an officer three days

ago to warn George Ecker to immediately stop his

method of luring girls, as reported in The Star.

"The matter was brought to my attention," the

mayor said, "and I was even in favor of throwing him

in jail."

Councilman Heaketh and llannaj

of the license committee, ait well

aa Mayor (5111. said they thought

moat of the underworld daoce hall

manager* were making an effort

to reopect the dry law

New Law Needed

"I ha** had two conference* with

Corpora t toil Counsel Caldwell,"

Chairman Heaketh aald, "on the

mat tar at a new llcensioc ordl

panue. Pf*»M coMUIwi didn't

Mrttt ~*r+ <W« draft** H. with the

uptown dauca balla la mind.

"tt> will bar* to deal with the

dance hall managera ilk« we do

with the (tool hall*. Every »PP'»-

cant will have to appear before toe

Ucenae coaimlttee, and the council

will lake over the power of revok

ing lk"en»e« of manager* who be

come IrreaiiooMble."

I'nder the present system, any

body gets a license by planking

down $2& to the comptroller. The

councllmen nevor see hlin. Then

they get a vermit from the chief of

police.

May Raise License Fee

Councilman Harna said that he

was it) favor ol increasing the fee

to $;>O. prohibiting girls under 21

from going Into the places, taking

out all boxes and promptly revok

ing the license of any Irresponsible

manager.

Councilman Haas declared he fa

vored "cloelng them all up.

Krlckson had "given the matter

much attention."

*i supposed the police could han

dle the situation all right under the

present ordinance." he said.

Bolton and Moore both were of

the opinion that It was a matter for

the police.

"The council Is certainly not re

sponsible under the present ordl

nance," Bolton said.

Mayor C.lll said he did not favor

closing the responsible '49 halls, as

long as the uptown balls were per

mitted to run.

"All these managers." Chief Beck

Ingham said, "have agreed to keep

their girls from leaving the place

during the evenings. I wish this

rule applied to all of the places In

town."

Councllmen Hanns and Hesketh

made n personal survey of the sit

uation several nights ago.

Prosecutor l.utidln said Saturday

that he desired to do everything In

his power to work with Chief Beck

Ingham In cleaning up dance halls

below Yesler way.

"I wrote the chief a letter a while

hark. In which I called his attention

to the dance halls and their meth

ods of operation," Lundln Raid, "and

I understand that some of theui are

pretty had

• I thought of having the grand

Jury Investigate them, but later

learned that they were operating

under city permits that were rev

ocable upon the word of the police,

ko 1 felt that It wasn't my place to

! interfere."

"The Idyll of Twin Fires," Walter Pritchard

F.aton's novel of how a college professor resigned

to live on a run-down and worn-out farm, begins

in The Star on Monday.

Tt is the new novel-a-week, and a good one. too.

Starts Monday, ends Saturday. Six healthy helpings,

one each day.

LANDSLIDE FOR

WILSON LOOKED

FOR BY CHIEFS

•Y ROBERT J. BENDER

U. P. Staff Correspondent

LO.VO BRANCH. Oct 11.—Biek

st Shadow Lawn, after what he re

gards "the most successful trip" of

his campaign. President Wilson

prepared to launch his most rigor

ous efforts during the two weeks

now remaining before election.

This afternoon he addresses a

deification of farmers from the

randa of the summer White Hons*

here. The democratic lieutenants

no longer believe Wilson will "ear*

rv" the election. They are talking

"landslide." They're a mighty con*

fldent group of leaders. They be

lieve the trip of the president thra

Pennsylvania yesterday when thou

sands of people met the train nt

every station. In spite of the con

tlnuous downpour of rain, indicates

"the way of the tide." At Lancaster

last night, a community which hss

not gone democratic since the drll

war. fully 10,000 people waited la a

cold rain for more than an hoar

and give the president a great

ovation.

INDIAN CONFESSES

TO OLD MURDER

WEAVERVTLLB. Cal., Oct 21.—

Prank Barker, half-breed Indian,

was placed under arrest today, tot

lowing his frank story of the killing

of Joseph Be beau and Fred Holmes

near Havford eight years ago, and

of his receiving $100 for guiding

the slayers to the cabin where the

crime occurred.

Barker will be held aa an acces

sory, pending appearance as the

state's star witness In the trial ot

Robert McKay and Joseph Chase,

recently Indicted on a charge of

murder.

SAN FRANCISCO.—She was will.

Ing to aerve her huaband hla break

fast In bed, but when he threw th«

breakfast at her for serving It a

little too early, ehe objected, Mrs.

Lavlna Leffman acid, In aulng for ■

divorce.

THE UNIVERSITY extension

course In commercial correspon

dence will meet Monday night in

the assembly room of the Henry

building to outline a course for the

year.