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U. S. Newspaperman in Allied Army Writes of War

LIVES WITH

THE DEAD IN

TRENCHES

Spending Weeks Cheek by Jowl

With Dead Men, Says San Fran

cisco Boy, Makes a Beast Out

of One; Writes Thrilling' Story

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By Phil Rader

«-opvrlfhl».l. I»IJ, t>T III* I nl(*4 rr««t

LONDON, March 18.—There's a German's body*

hanging from the barbed wire entanglements in front

of the French trenches,

which I have just left. For

two months this body was

part of my little outlook on

the world.

There's a pair of nippers

In the rotting hands. For

some weeks the back was

arched upward, but recent

ly it has begun to sag. The

clothes flap more and more

wildly each day as the body

slowly shrivels. Nobody

from either side has been

able to get to that body to

bury it. It is buried there

in the air on the barbed

wire and it will be gradual

ly shot away.

l iving cheek to jowl with dead men; that s the

thing that turns you to a beast, but it's a part of trench

life that is unavoidable.

Tha first thlna that shocks

you in tho trsnchos la to dla

covar that, sftsr a timt, you

ara ablo to watch mon writh

ing In pain with psrfsct aqua

nlmlty.

My firat aaparianea in thla

happened 0"a day whan a

young Cngllahmsn In my

aquad. namod Samuala, tnod to

taka a ahort cut to raar and.

Inataad of followlna the mats

of trsnchos. not out into tha

opan In front of our traneh. A

Q«rman bullat paaaad through

hla lungs and wa saw him top

pla only 1S »a«t away from ua.

He writhed and moaned. but our

officers wouldn't lot ua try to got

him The German* did not shoot

at him any mors. b®csua« they

knew they had landed him

Our lieutenant* sent to another

part of the trenchea for a Ked

Cross man. who came after aliout

An hour.

This Rod Cross doctor was a

young Bwis* named Schorr.

Harvard Man Haul»

Body in With the Lasao

Mo climbed right out of the

trench and started toward* the

writhing tinure of Hamuel* but a

bullet through nU

and after flopping about a minute

or two. Schorr * body stiffened and

we could see he wa* dead

Thl* wa* about 3 o clock in tho

afternoon.

Whenever we fried to get out to

help Simuel*. the ttermana turned

a terrific fire our way and, a!

though we could even hear Sam

uel* groaning, we couldn't get to

htm It wa* not until dark that we

could do anything

Then Victor Chapman or New

York, a Harvard man who wsa

ptudving architecture in Pari*

when tile war hroko out made a

la**oo with a piece of rope, and he

fore long he had dragged t>oth

Young Girls Bought for $25

Apiece by New York Officers

Detectives Deal With White Slavers; Buy Girls Outright

to Get Evidence.

NEW YORK, March 18.—

Young girle can be bought In

New York for 825 apiece.

Four have actually been aold

during the paat few day* at

that price.

Thie atartllno announcement

waa made today by Police Com

mlaeloner Wooda. who declared

that the four, all In their 'teene.

and little more than children,

had been purchaaed outright by

detectlvea during the police

crueade now being conducted

agalnat white alavery.

Wooda' atatement came with

the beginning of thj» trial of

Louia Abrama. 19, on charge of

aelllng Lilly Levlne. 19, to on#

of the detactivaa.

The trial la exacted to die

cloee evidence of a aenaatlonal

character ahowlng ahowlng the

operatlona of a ring which la

engaged In the hideoue traffic.

GOVERNMENT SUIT FAILS

BOSTON, March 'l* Th* k»v

•rnmerit* anil for th«» dlaaolutlon

of th<" I'nlted Slain* Bho* Ma'-hln

«ry Co waa dl*ml***'l In th* t'nlted

Bute* dlatrlct court her# today.

Phil Hadsr, Oarooo >• an Aviator

• . ■ t ■ At it - iL .

■ [XNiiVi inu> iirwuMi

Samuel* waa dead

Eipertenrea Ilk* thla hardened

; iui ami finally w* not lo tho pica

wher»\ If a man »a« kftlod or

i wounded he wan blamed for rare

! leeeneaa.

When Vlaeoßrelloa, a merchant

'of Parte. wan killed with » rifle

bullet through hi* heail while he

I wa* iMteplnic about th» Ire ■ It.

i I Jeut Fraorili. who conducted the

! funeral ceremony, *ald to ua as we

>tood over the grave

"Thla I* a leaaon for you young

! men to take to heart You moot

I not he rare|e»« "

Think of that aa part of a fun

eral nerrli-e

Dead Men Buried

Right in the Trenchei

M'tat of the dlvlalnna of Infantry

' men. who apent five-day watchea

j In the irenche*. during the 47 con

i eecuttv* daya thtl I wa* there with

j the machine gun nquad. burled

I their dead right In the trenchM

Sometime* the) would acoop out

1 a grave In the aide of the trench

Or aometlme* tbev would dig a

grave In the floor of the trench

They would not know where oth

er dh luiou* had burled their dead.

mi It waa not uncommon to rome

acroan a rotten body.

Then that I art of the trem h

would i>e polluted for day* until

i (he rain had wanted away the laat

[tracea of the unatwikable m «*

Thara you are, among the

dead No cava man *v*r lived

ao terribly aa you do. At laaat

ha burled Hl* dead at a die

tance and lived away from th»

grave; but we were priaonera

with our dead, aleeplng aa It

were, aiongaide them, aa much

priaonera aa they. You get to

feel that the only difference

between you and a dead man <a

that your little bullat hat not

found you yet.

Abe Levinaon, a divekeeper,

pleaded guilty to a charge aim

liar to that agalnat Abrama.

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News

VOLUME 1H NO. 19.

Your Last Chance to Use Referendum

The title of House Bill 120, passed over the governor's veto, reads that it is to "facilitate" the initiative and referendum powers of the people. This

is a grim joke! Gov. Lister aptly described the situation. He said the bill "really facilitates the death of the initiative and referendum." And that is exactly

what it means DEATH TO THE POWERS OF THE PEOPLE TO DECLARE, FOR THEMSELVES, by their direct votes, WHAT THEY WANT IN LEGIS

LATION. If House Bill 120 is allowed to become law, the outlaw legislature of 1915 will have accomplished by subterfuge and deception what it had no

right to do in the open. The initiative and referendum rights of the people are guaranteed by the constitution. The legislature has no right to repeal any pro

vision of the constitution. So the legislature passed a measure to "facilitate" the operation of these constitutional rights of the people, and House Bill 120

"facilitates" it to death by requiring signers of initiative and referendum petitions to fulfill impossible conditions.

If House Bill 120 is allowed to become law, THE LEGISLATURE COULD SELL OUT ON ANYTHING AND THE PEOPLE WOULD BE POWERLESS

TO PREVENT IT. Of all the vicious legislation enacted by the late legislature, House Bill 120 is the worst. It must be killed, above all other measures. It does

not go into effect until June 10. By that time a referendum petition must be signed up. If you do not sign, you lose your last chance to pass final judgment on

the acts of your elected representatives.

U. S. MAY INVESTIGATE CONSUL'S ARREST HERE

SHELL THROWS HORSE INTO TREE

Th# great power of the French field gun ehelle it ihown In the pic

ture above. When thla horee waa etruck by the ehell. the force of the

•hot cut the animal In two and lifted the fore half of the carcaea Into

th# tree.

AVIATORS RAID

TOWNS OR RORDER

HKHI.IN. by Win-lea* via Say

vlll». 1. I. M <r< h lit Kr« ocb »vl

alora rerrntly d roped bomha on

the und*f»ntl»d town of Hrhlett

atadt. In |t waa announced

nere looay.

One school teacher and two chil

dren *»r« killed and ten others

»>rf Injured

Oertnan Taubes later, it «n« an

nounced. dropped Immba on Calais

In retaliation. The raid was con

ducted In dtirkness and the extent

of tha daraaßn was not known.

Star W ant" Ad* find tlie lo*t

article*.

GUESS IF THEY'RE MARRIED

SEATTLE. WASH., THURSDAY. MARCH 18. 1915. ONE CENT 'tsuiX

How Dope Victims May Cure

Themselves ol the Habit

Physician Furnishes Ihe Star With Remedy; Recom

mended by Health Officer.

A distinguished physician has furnished Tha Star wtih a i»rt»va<l

rnre for the morphine rl'tlm The Xtar la printing It a* an aid to those

who probably wtll be unable to get the desired relief at the city hoa

pral. because of the number who will desire cure.

It In « cure that has Iteen tried with considerstile success st tha

■.ocai hoai Hal, and haa tha recommendation of Health Officer Melt rifle.

Thl» run- should lx» taken only under lha supervision of a compe

tent physician and with the utmost care

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hlaa Ntaaa nat an mr ad«ht baatara lalrr |laa patlaat Ia a ihlrda ml hla iiaual matr

pltlna daaa la Ihraat part a hall aa haaa apaat Italara Ihla a 4aaa af aalta ah»uld

hata Itaaa (tint II lha ralhartlr did aal hata lha lata pas atfaal.

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irart ml aaalkat>ll. I aa , fluid aalrarl af hr aaa-raJMiaa laa olra all dray*

right aflaa lha laal daaa ml atarphlaa and flta tlanaa Iharaaftaa. Nat hoar.

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daaa la laa drnpa, aad aflar ads haaara ataaa. la laldta dr apa haar Ijr far dl

haarai lltaat faarlaaa it ra pa far tha aaaata paaivd. aad finally. aUlaa-n draft, Clara

hattriy nil lha ihraat hataanaa dry

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phlar ataaaa anal aalta akaaM ha Kit aa lalar. I» n< nataai Tha aariaaat daw ml

•aaiariihlna. halt thai |ltaa lha flral Hat. ahaald taa gitaa aari| In lha maaraln*

ml lha aaanatal da f, In thraa part a, half an Itnu a apaat tan hatira lalar |l*a lha

ralharltr agala. anil abnat alt haatra lalar lha third diiaa ml innrphlna la |lta«

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p in taa nß«faa ml iaa*aa all

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aiaalai lha ballatia.ltaa •an tar ala«ap*4, hal Iraat rara In nunln« anil dial Itiual

ha lhafl fat aaiaial data falliialaf

GIRL KILLS BOY UNCLE SAM ASKS

ON STREET NEAR JAPAN TO KEEP

MT. VERNON HANDS OFF CHINA

MOUNT VERNON, March 18

—Following a lover*' quarrel

on the aidewalk between Stan

wood and East Stanwood. Miss

Mae Aagezedp, 19. early thia

morning ahot and inatantly

killed B'rdeen Peteraon. an em

ploye of the Bulck Auto Co . of

thia city, and a aon of a promi

nent farmer Iving at Eaat

Stanwood.

After ahooting young Peter

eon, the girl awallowad wood al

cohol and waa removed to the

Stanwood hoepital In a aarloua

condition She ia the daughter

of a well-known family at Ce

darholme.

la«tc Wednesday night the couple

catne to Ktist Stan wood from Bur

lington.

Shortly after fi:3o o'clock thi*

morning they we re nwn nuarrellns

on the station platform. The\ then

walked toward Ihe *ldewalk, where

the nhoottnK occurred

They were hi 111 quarreling when

the girl drew a revolver and fired

two ahot*

At (hp hospital uli«• begged to tip

allowed to die, and resisted the ef

forla of the physician* to aid her.

RAFFLES GOES TO PEN

I.OS AN'OKUKH. March IS Tltui

I. t'arr. sodnety Kafflen who work

ed only during the da time, was

sentenced to five years tn San Quan

tin.

WASHINGTON. March 18 —

The United 9tatee haa aaked

Japan to reapect China'* Integ

rlty.

Thie much waa learned from

an official aource here this aft

ernoon. \e>ther Preeident

Wilson nor Secretary of State

Bryan would aay in what form

the reoreaentationa were made.

It waa admitted, however, that

the appeal waa couched in the

friendliest language and gov

ernment officiate eaid they ex

pected Japan to make material

modifications in her demands

on China.

Secretary of Slate Itryan InelM

e<! the at-tlon >i* not n joint pro

posal. though lie said he under

stood that Russia and Kngland also

had romtmmlrated with Jnpan re

Kardlng China's Integrity

The Chine** *ltuatlcn loomed up

far more menacing today than

America* relation* with Kuropean

belligerent*

China In looking to America a*

her "next friend.''

China applied to th<- I'nited

States to force Japan to relinquish

designs on her territorial Integrity

Offlciala of the Japanese emhas

sy Insist that much of the present

trouble Is being stirred up hv tier

man agents In China

The general opinion today In dip

lomatlc circles was that while

America. Hussla and Kngland have

notified Toklo that China'* Integ

rlty mtiat lie respected. no official

report has vet been Riven out.

Who Would Like to

Borrow Cute Baby?

THE STAR knowa a fam.

Ily, a young man, 23,

hla wife, and their baby

11 weeks old, that la having

tha hardeet kind of aladdlng.

Tha young man, who la an

automobile mechanic, haa

bean out of work for montha.

Every morning he walka

down town from hla home In

the Latona diatrlct to look

for work, and at night walka

back again. There la noth

ing In the houaa to eat. The

young folka are thoroughly

discoursged.

The mother haa bean of*

fared a chance to do house

work. but aha cannot take

the baby with har.

If aha could find eome one,

now, who would be willing to

take the chubby little fellow

and keep him for a few

weeka. aha could earn

enough money to aee them

throwyh. The baby la a Cute

youngater, thrlvea on hla

bottle, and. according to the

mother, lan't a mite of

trouble.

Or, better atill, if tome

one would give the father a

job. tha problem could be

aolved In the correct way.

Ha'a a clean young man, and

will work at anything.

If you can help theaa peo

ple. call tha city editor of

The Star, and you will be

told where to communicate

with them.

ADMIRAL CAPERTON

TO TAKE FLEET TO

PORT OF PROBRESO?

WASHINGTON, March IK Anv

letv over the fate of forelgnera In

Progreno and Merlda. Meilco. waa

again Increased today by the re

relpt of atate department dispatcher

declaring the Insurgents In Yuca

tan atate have liaen again defeated.

Condition* In that region are br

ooming more threatening dally.

Rear Admiral Caperton, In com

niantl of the uHrxhip squadron Ht

Vera Cm*, may he ordered to *o to

the prom- and take peraonal charge

of the altuation.

DIGGS-CAMINETTI

MUST SERVE TERMS

SAN KHANCIBCO. March 1R

The I'nlted State* circuit court of

appeals today sustained the de

ctalon of the lower court, sentenc

ing Matirll IMggs and F Drew Cam-

Inetti to McNeil island prison for

violation of the Mann white slave

law

AWAIT LAND FORCE

IN SMYRNA ATTACK

LONDON. March 18 —The Aiirlo-

French bombardment of the Uar

danelle* and the Smyrna forta has

been suspended pending the nrrlval

of French and British expedition

ary force*, according to dispatches

received hove today from Athens.

Night

EDITION

WEATHER FORECABT—Fur

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Hlfk Uw

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As a result of the ar

rest Wednesday after

noon of the German con

sul in Seattle on the

charge of attempting to

purchase business secrets

of the SeattJe Construc

tion & Dry Dock Co.. a

formal complaint to the

state department at Wash

ington, D. C.. charging

the local shipbuilding

firm with violating the

neutrality of this country,

may be filed soon.

Dr \\ llhelm Mueller Is frank in

expressing hla opinion that there

lis no doubt about the Seattle firm

having for montha engaged In the

business of shipping to Great Bri

tain, via British Columbia, various

plecea of machinery thet enter Into

the making of submarines

J. V. Psterson. president of the

Seattle Construction St Dry Dock

Co., emphatically deniea this.

Haa I Bills of Lading

In the possession of Proaecutfn*

Attorney I,unriln are nine bills of

Isrtlng showing the shipment of ina

-1 in. r. to ih.- British Pacific En

gine Construction Co. Most of the

listed shipments are parts of "Die

sel engines."

Consul Mueller and hla secretary.

B. M. Bchtilti. are accused on a state

charge of having attempted to pur

chase these btlla of lading from

John Murdock. assistant shipping

clerk.

W hlle Diesel engines may be

used for other purposes than to

supply submarines." said the con

sul Thursday. "It Is ridiculous to

suppose that British Columbia baa

suddenly found It necessary to pur

chase such large quantities of them

for ordinary uses "

The Diesel engine, according to

the consul. Is principally In demand

for submarines.

Washington Aroused?

Washington dispatches also indi

cate certain activities todav In tha

state department mav have a con

nertion with a i>osslt)|e Investiga

tion of the reported sale of subma

rine parts ht the Seattle concern.

Advices from Washington. I). C..

today sav the (ierman emDassv haa

nlrradv protested against the con

suls arrest. The charge ugainst

him is a gross misdemeanor, pun

ishable either by fine or county

Jail term.

Conaul Denies Guilt

Vdmlttlng lie hail discussed the

subject In a general vrav with John

Munlock, assistant shipping ilerk

for the Seattle Construction * Drv.

dock Co.. Dr. Mueller today denied

lie tiffpi-eil him any money to steal

records of the company to prove

Its shipment of submarine parts to

Canada.

Mueller and hli secretary, R m

Schultz. were served with warrmnts

of arrest Wednesday afternoon at

the Herman consulate. In the Cen

tral landing. charging them with

atten., ilng to buy business secrets

of the Seattle Construction & Dry

ilock Co. by corruptly Influencing

an employe.

Conaul Gives Bond

The warrants were served

through their own attorney. Ed

ward Voti Tohel. and the consul

Immediately arranged for bonds of

$1,00.0 each

Following the disappearance of

nine bills of lading from the files

of the shipbuilding company, de

tectives Tuesday nrrested Murdock

and one Dan Tarnlsasky, a private

detective who came here three

weeks ago from Portland.

The two were charged with

grand larcenv.

Swear to Affidavit*

Wednesday they swore to affi

davits declaring Schultz f;ad made

arrangements to pay Murdoch

$1,000 for positive proof that the

Seattle shipbuilding firm was seed

ing submarine parts to tlreat

Hrltaln through a Vancouver 'Inn.

Tarnlsasky appeared at the con

sulate a week ago, says the consul,

and said he knew a man who had

valuable Information

"lie brought Murdork to me."

said the consul, "and 1 saw Mtir

dock only that once. 1 told him

my government would undoubtedly

pay for hii\ legitimate Information

it could obtain, and I warned Mur

doch that I would in no way accent

anything that would Involve ii>s

s.Hslon of the company'! records.

I told him this would be theft.

The nine bills of lading discov

ered in Mitrdock's possesion co\er

a period between August 1«» mid

February ai.