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THE BAY

Buffeted about by the high

wind* that swept the Sound

throughout the morning, and lr.

constant danger of being carried

onto the West Point aandaplt. the

Sound steamer Stiquanilsh battled

the elements with a crippled en

gine for alrooet an hour before an

other ateamer came to her rescue

Wedneaday.

Fifteen passenger* and the crew

of four were transferred to the

ateamer Myak. while the wave*

rounded the aide* of the boats to

gether.

The Stiqnsmlsb waa en route to

Seattle from Poulsbo, when the en

gine suddenly went down A 30-

mlle wind waa blowing. The acci

dent occurred about 9 15.

The Princeaa Victoria, en route

to Canadian porta, obaerved the

plight of the Suquamlah and sent a

wireless to Seattle for assistance.

The Hyak reaponded. and accom

plished the transfer of paaaenger*

The passenger*, while vlalbiy

frightened, remained calm.

The Suquamlsh towed to

port by the Hyak.

A Welfare 1s commander of the

.Sttquamtah. The reecu* ship was

:» command of Captain A. Hoat

mirk.

BE THERE!

Tha public le urged to at

tend the 12:15 luncheon at

tha Seattle Commercial

Club Thureday, whan Ceo.

A. Lea. former oubllc serv

ice commlealoner. will da

fend aanata bit No. 44. the

meaaura drawn bv attorney*

for tha Seattle Electric Co.

to rob municipalttlee of

their right to own and oper

ate public utilltiee

Corporation Counael Jamei

E. Bradford will take the

aide of the people, aa op

poeed to the corporation* in

tha debate.

POSSESSES ANCIENT LOOK

CENTRAI.IA. Feb 3 —C. K

Leonard, a pioneer biialne** man of

Wlnlock, la poaaeaaor of a book

printed in Ixindon 271 year* ago.

The work contain* 53 diacour*es

upon Cornelius Tacitus. famoua Ro

man historian

WHEAT PIT GOES WILD WHEN

PRICE BREAKS EIGHT POINTS

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.—The moot

riotous acenea witnessed on the

Board of Trade alnce the famous

Patten and loiter deal* occurred at

today's opening, when May wheal

opened at $1.62, suddenly drop pel

to aa low as $1.53*« within 10 min

ute*. and at the end of l"> minute*

had set a new high record by leap

ing to $1.6" , /4.

Trader* oti the floor a'ie»l like

wild men.

Spectator* who crowded the pub

lic and private gallerlea caught the

eicltement and acr«airve»l and yelled

' with the bowling broker*.

The pit fairly ae*th««l with ex

citement.

Widely rredlted reporta that

opening of the Imrdari*lle* might

ENGLISH

FIRE ON

ownnra

BAGDAD, Feb. 3.—Surprised In ■

night attack by Turk*, two Engtlsh

battalion* at Korna. at the Junc

tion of the Kupbratla and Tigris

rivers, fired upon each other. In

fllctlng aevere losses, according to

dispatches received here today. At

daylight. Kngllah gunboati drove

off the Turk*.

BERUN TELLS

OF A VICTORY

BERLIN. Feb 3—Capture of the

village of Humln. east of Bolomow.

and the taking of 4,0©» prisoners

marked the lat"*t succes*es of (Sen

Von Mackensen'a new advance

upon Warsaw.

It was officially stated •<>!■»■.

that Von Mackenien » army drove

the Russians from Humln after a

I!.re».<u. im

pressing on toward Warsaw, the

C.ermin* are enitaitefl with* • Rtii

•lan force northeaat of Bolomow

and a few mtlee south of the ftoira

Russian night attack* along the

R*ura have l>een repulsed.

NEW YORK TO VOTE

UPON SUFFRAGE

AMI ANY. N Y.. Feb 3 —The res

olution of the *en*te and s**embly

to submit the woman'* suffrsg*

question today passed the lower

ho'iap Pa»»age hy the upper houae

and "ignlng bv Gov. Whitman I*

certain.

The market

waa Magnant at

VILLA STILL ON JOB

WASHINGTON, Feb J—Capture

of San J,ul* Potosl by Villa a**ur

ed administration official* today

that the chieftain la atlll "on the

Job."

It a!»o renewed their confidence

that ultimately hla force* will re

take Mexico City.

aoon he expected, thu* letting out

Ruasla* wheat crop, waa partly re

aponslhle for the bottom price*.

The*« report* aoon were followed

by new* that New Zealand * gov

ernment had authorized lmporta

tlon of wheat.

Thl* »ent price* akyward again.

At 10 a IT) May wheal went to

$1643* and .Inly to $1 41V

May wheat cloaed at $1 r.9'4, aft

er having at one time akyrocketed

to a new re<ord price of )l 66

CHICAGO BAKERS

RAISE PRICE OF BREAD

CHICAGO, Feb. 3 With flour

having reached the "war price"

yenterday of I* per barrel. and

wheat-$165 per btiahel, Chicago

baker* today raised brc:id price* trt

6 rpnta and 12 rent* per loaf

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News

VOLUME 16. SEATTLE, WASH . WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY J, 19H

SMILING BRAVELY, BRITISH BRIDE SENDS

HER SOLDIER BOY HUSBAND BACK TO WAR

The photograph above. writes Mary Boyle O'Reltly, our London

rrpraaantatlvo. la a common sight thara now. The young Cngliah

matron couragaoualy hldaa har taara while sending her husband off to

tna tranche* aftar a furlough at homa. The first time they parted

waa hard enough to bear, but after a brief reunion the parting soldier

huaband and hie wife find the aecond heart wrench even harder to

endure.

Loose at Midnight

in Auto, Facing Pen

Term, Keeps Pledge

Joe Drlacoll la a thief and an ex-con, and therefore without honor

Thie muet be true If there le anything In police wisdom.

Dnecoll wa* a tough boy around San Francleco. He "rolled a

drunk. Therefore he I* a thief. He eerved aeven yeara. Therefore

he la an ex-con.

Unfortunately for Drlacoll. he wa* not conaulted beforehand In

euch matter* a* parentage and environment. In the circle In which

he moved "rolling drunk*" waa popular and faahionable.

If Drlacoll hadn't rolled the drunk, somebody else would And If

nobody at all had rolled the drunk, the drunk would have got drunker

and loet hie' money that way.

But that doc*n't excuae Driscoll, the thief. Neither doe* it eacuee

Driacoll to aey that he waa hungry and up agalnat It. Not at all.

Drlacoll atola money from a drunken man and paid for it by aervlng

•even hsllish yeara In one of the worat prieona In Chrletendom.

Drtecoll. releaaed from prison,

came to Seattle He waa 24 year*

old. A bull *aw him If a bull

ha*n°t a good memory for face*, he

lan't a good bull. Thl* man waa a

good bull Ambltlou*. too

lie had *c«n r>rl*coll* mug.

among a lot of other mini, in the

gallerv. And when he met l)rl»

coll In the rtreet. he bent a *enrch-

Ing ga/e n|)on him. and halted him.

and aald:

"Now, then, when did you get

ouf • • • And what are von

doing for a llvlnic? • • • Well,

1 gueaa you'd better take a walk

with me "

The bull fattened hi* average,

whlah la what he wanted to

do. And hla tuperlore, no

doubt, took cognizance of the

undoubted fact that In him they

had an alert, Induatrloua bull

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

By Fred L. Boalt

with a head on hla shoulders.

After that, the police knew

all about Drlacoll. They

wouldn't leave him alone, be

cauae they knew he waa a thief

and an ex-con. AND, AS 19

WELL KNOWN IN POLICE

CIRCLLES, THIEVES AND

EX-CONS ARE WITHOUT

HONOR.

• • •

They fastened n robbery charge

on Itiiacoll Maybe he did It. He

aaya he didn't. The pollre *ay he

(Continued on Page 2.)

JITNEY MEN WILL FIGHT

SPOKANE, Feb. 3.—Jitney

buamen held a meeting at wtilch

atepa were decided on to realat

an ordinance which propoaea a

(7ft tax on all autobuaaea.

Doctors Disagree on Whether or Not Marks on Throat

of Cooper, Dual Personality Man, Are Finger Prints;

Burial Is Ordered Postponed.

The body of Edward C. Cooper, whose dual personality case recently attracted wide attention, lies

unburied in a Seattle morgue, though his death occurred six days ago and funeral services were held

Sunday.

Officials of two counties are conducting an investigation to determine whether he came to his death from

natural causes, as records of the Steilacoom hospital for the insane indicate, or whether man-handling in

the asylum hastened his end.

His right eye shows deep discoloration and bruising, though the man lived nearly two weeks after sus

taining the blow that caused it, and though the embalming process has tended to reduce the effect.

His lip displays a deep cut, and on the chin and throat appear marks such as might have been made

by fingernails grasping at his throat.

A year or so ago Cooper was a well known citizen of Seattle, operating the Alaska Messenger and Par*

eel Delivery Co., in the Westlake market.

Ten months ago he disappeared. His wife, Mary C. Cooper, 1010 Howell st, heard nothing from him

until, during the closing days of 1914, she heard he was a patient at the Pierce County hospital, Tacoma.

A visit there disclosed the fact that he was laboring under the strange hallucination that, instead of

himself, he was his brother, a missionary in South Africa. This deep-seated belief had greatly changed his

demeanor and his very appearance. He had assumed an erect carriage, typical of this brother, for whom

he long had held a profound admiration. His mannerisms and accent, too, were those of the brother.

Cooper was greatly overjoyed when, on New Year's day, he again saw his wife. A day or so later he

was discharged from the hospital, and he returned to his home in Seattle.

While here, Mr* Coomn aaya. h*

waa In eirellent aplrlta and in|

aplendld phyelcal condition

Ilia atay at home wa* abort, for

on Jan II he «a« Committed to

the Stellacoom hoapttal on the

complain' of a Seattle neighbor

Mr». Cooper received a letter

dated Jan. 19 from I)r A. C. Btaw

art, aanlatant phyalclan of th* In

atltutlon. aaylng Cooper'a rondltlon

•la bad In a latter two daya

later. h» added that there «»» lit-

t}« change In sh# patient, and

fo ta'urtiAfl# HVr IB Mm*

ao that aba could »<•«> her hunband

alive.

Found Husband Injured

She visited the boapital on Jan

23. having been prevented by 111

health from making an earlier

vialt. When ahe aaw t'ooper on

that orraalon. ahe s«vs, ahe van

•hocked at hta altered appearance,

lie waa haggard, and hla right eye

waa frightfully bruised and swol

len. He scarcely recogntred hla

wife

To her questions he gave no ro

hren". reply • * to how he rame by

hla injury.

Fire days later he died The

hospital sent Mm Cooper no word

until he had paaaed away.

Th«« hod,y was brought to Seattle.

Funeral aervlrea were held at

Manning's undertaking parlor* un

der the ausplres of George H. Fort

ton ramp of the Spanish War Vet

erana.

Poatponea Burial

In the meantime. the fart that

the ft'ellacoom authorltlea had not

aent home the mini rlothea and

the dlarovery of marka about hla

throat, together with the evldenre

of the hlarkened eve. led the

widow to order burial postponed

She railed In l>r John C (losnell.

Dr. Gosnell ad % lard her that re re

bral apoplexy, the cause of death

given In the certificate. no doubt

(Continued on Page 7.)

9 MEN CREMATED

WARREN. Pa . Feh, 3 —Nine J

men were rremated at Mayburg,

three tnllea aonth of here, early to- |

day, when the two-story frame \

bunk houae at the Tloneata Valley ,

Chemical company burned down a* \

the result of the explosion of a gas

stove

Hl* othera were Injured, two of

them fatally.

FLEE HOTEL

GUESTS

CHICAGO, Keb. 3. —Three tnin

drert k«ip*lh In the Kalaerhof ho

tel were hurried Into the Htreet

shortly before noon when a pe

dentrlan discovered fire In the

attic

ONE CENT X

Shall This Woman Die?

Editor The Star: Mutt Ida

Snlffen-Waltera, tha woman

who polaonad her two bablee

In New York and attamptad

aulcida, pay tha penalty with

har Ufa, whi'a tha cauaa of tha

tragedy—4he man In tha caaa

—«m< fraa?

L e. Rofar*. tha father of

tha babiaa, waa Indlractly tha

cauta of thalr daath, aa ha waa

tha cauaa of thalr birth. If the

mother of the bablee muet die

In tha alectrlc chair, than let

Rogere pay. In part at leaet, tha

debt of honor.

Thla woman did not hill her

bablee becauee of har lack of

lev* for them, but becauee aha

loved them ao much.

She realized, whan too lata,

what a terrible mlataka aha

had made; how aha had al

lowed herealf to become the

plaything of a man, only to be

COURTS DECLARE BOY IS NO

CHANGELING; GETS FORTUNE

LONDON. Feb 3 - Teddy Sling*

by waa today derlared to be the

legitimate heir to the Sllngabv for

tune In a decision handed down In

probate rourt.

The rourt overruled the clalma

that the Infant waa a San Francis

co changeling.

The court* ruling eatabllahed

4 rear-old Teddy's right to the es

tate of Rev. Chsrle* Sllngabv. hla

grandfather, which ylelda an an

nual Income of more than $50,000.

It waa a triumph for hla mother,

who waa Mra Dorothy Morgan, an

American widow.

Trial Furnlahea Goaalp

The trial, continuing over many

weeka. furnlahed society,

and particularly the American col

ony. topic for lively gossip.

Rev. Sllngabv had bequeathed hla

estate to the first male heir of the

family.

Lieut Charles Sllngabv, claimed

It on behalf of Teddy, but a young

er brother disputed hla claim with

the allegation that Teddy waa not

the son of Llnut. Sllngabv and hla

American wife, but was a San Fran

rlsro foundling

Says abs Is Born eDad

The younger brother attempted

to prove that a child born to Mrs.

Sllngsby waa dead at birth, and

that the body was disposed of.

The claim waa made that the In

caat aaldc with har bablea to

auffer ahame and humiliation

through the reet of har daya.

And rather than give birth

to another "nameleaa" babe aha

tried to end It all.

What would any other wom

an da In har poaitton had aha.

In the flrat place, been weak

enough to fall before the un

bridled paealona of a man?

She likely would take the

law into her own handa and

avenge her bablaa by aendlng

a bullet through hie heart.

After the ordeal thla woman

haa gona through, aha probably

la mora fitted for a eanitarlum

than the electric chair.

She waa nM allowed to die

whan aha wanted to. but waa

revived THAT THE STATE

OF NEW YORK MIGHT DO

THE JOB "LEGALLY!"

ANNIE M. BURGESS

fant son of a San Francisco school

girl was substituted. More than

200 wltneses te*tlfled. Depositions

taken In San Francisco alone to

taled more than 1,000,000 words.

FINANCIER SGHIFF

ON WITNESS STAND

Jjtcob *Sc.ltzff

Jacob Schlff a* he appeared while

testifying before the Industrial re

lation* commission In New York.

FIGHT CULLOP BILL

WASHINGTON, Fen, j.—Defeat

of the Gallop amendment, requir

ing the president to make public

all endorsements of candidates for

Judgeships, was being attempted

today In the house.

ATTACK CORONER'S OFFICE

BVERKTT, Feb. 3.—Suit to de

termini- the constitutionality of the

law abolishing the office of corones

In Washington. except In first-class

counties, will ho started this week.

RECORDED IN VICTORIA

VICTORIA, Feb. B.—The recent

earthquake In Italy was recorded

here 12 minutes after It took place

on the newly Installing seismograph

at Gonzales Heights observatory.

Night

EDITION

Weather Forecast Probably rain

J lllfcrt A t Hk.AH l.«

Mich law

7 fill n. m.. ii 2 ft. 12 ill* m. m„ 2 7 ft.

7 ittO p. m., 11 ft. I iKI p m . #1.0 fl.

REQUEST U.S.

TO DELIVER

DYNAMITER

WAtfHIXGTOK. Feb 3-8hl»"

department official* expect to re

ceive from Uritlsh Ambassador

Spring Rice a request for extradi

tion of the alleged German dyna

miter who wrecked the Yancehoro,

Maine, bridge into Canada.

Involved In such a request km a

delicate international problem.

The alleged dynamiter. Werner

Von Home, hlmaelf claims im

munity. lie maintain* that as a

German, he committed merely a po.

Mtlcal crime, for which he cannot

be extradited.

Me maintains that he has the

right to seek refuge In a neutral

country ami that be cannot be de

livered to a belligerent by this na

tion.

Amtiaaaadur Spring-Rice expect

ed to formally present hia request

during the day.

WILL ISSUE WARRANT

IN STATE OF MAINE

VANCEBORO. Me. Keb. 3—A

warrant, charging destruction of k

railroad bridge, was to be Issued

here today for Werner Van Home,

alleged djnamiter of the interna

tional bridge l>etween Canada and

the I'. S, and a self-proclaimed Ger

man officer.

The warrant will serve to hf>ld

Van Horn in custody, pending the

outcome of extradition proceedings.

Van Home complacently asserts

Ills act wan an act of war arid that

lie cannot be returned to Canada

by a neutral country.

State officials, it was said, will

charge Van Home with damaging

a railroad bridge which, under an

agreement between the United

States and Canada, is an extradit

able offense.

Another procedure under consid

eration was charging the German

with destruction of property In this

state, as several window* here w ere

shattered by the force of the ex

plosion.

WIFE ASKS FOR

DIVORCE FROM

FRANK HARMON

"Well, I expected It." was the

comment made by Frank E. Har

mon. president of the Harmon Mo

tor Car Co.. when he was served in

the city Jail Tuesday afternoon with

a copy of a complaint for divorce

filed by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Har

mon.

He was released Tuesday night on

91,M0 bond.

Harmon and two others were ar

rested Sunday on complaint, of two

young women, who alleged they

were forcibly taken to a lonely place

outside the city limits and mis

treated.

According to pollc reports. Har

mon has been arrested twice before

In the past six months on complaints

of young women, who. however,

failed to prosecute him for fear of

the attendant publicity.

Mrs. Harmon declares her hus

band has become addicted to Intoxi

cants and has consorted with other

women

He has neglected his business,

she sa>s. and It fell, upon her shoul

ders to keep it going, The couple

have no children, rtloy were mar

ried July 11. 1910.