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WAMMIKSS

Don't overlook your Monday Star. for in

» will begin * new booh length novel, "The

ted Emerald." which I* an even better itory,

«( think, than "The Note Garden Htitband."

mhich ende today. Start the new week right.

GILL CALLS RIVAL A COWARD

Answer These Questions in Your Speech, Hi Gill!

YOU are starting out today, Hi Gill,

on a speaking campaign. You are

going to tell the people of Seattle why

you think you ought to be re-elected

mayor. There are a few questions

that you will have to answer to the sat

isfaction of the voters.

(1) Why are you breaking your pledge, voluntarily given two \irs ago.

that you woukl not run for mayor again it elected? Sou said then that you'

wanted vindication. The Star h.'lped you gel your chance because you

then were the lesser of two evils. But what is your excuse now? Tell

the voters your reasons, it you h.ve any, why they should prefer YOU,

and the rotten conditions that prevail with YOU as mayor, to Austin E.

Griffiths, who has made good in public and private life, who knows Se

attle and her needs, who is a student of civic problems, who will bring

peace and progress in the community instead of the wrangles and quarrels

which you are forever stirring up. Seattle has been charitable to you. Hi

Feeling Against the U. S. Is Growing More Bitter Daily in Germany

Mother Appeals

tor Geaner City

Mother* appealed to mothers In an earnest plea for a cleaner He

attle at the open meeting for Austin E. Griffitha. at the Hippodrome

theatre. Saturday noon.

The speaker* asked for help In electing Griffitha, becauae, they .

•aid. "We have got to keep the city clean "

The crowd started filling the theatre at II o'clock.

All arrangements had been made by women.

All the epeakers were women And the audience wa* largely com

posed of women.

The chief speakers were Mr* Remington Charter and Mr*. Anna'

d. Walker.

Both women bad taken It upon themselves to Investigate moral

conditions under the Gill-Lang administration.

"We had to bide ouraelves with umbrellas to keep policemen from

reeocnlxlng the deputy sheriff and sending the word down the line.

Both brought to their hearers the same message

"I went with a deputy sheriff." Mrs Walker told the crowd, "be j

Vattae I wanted to know, from the atandpolnt of a m<»ther, what evlla]

'-hreaten the budding manhood and womanhood of a city the fixe of He

attle trader a queatlonable police administration.

"Thing* are worse today than ever before. We have vice without i

pretense of regulation. We muat either minlmixe vice or protect It—-.

Ttiet'B certain "

Other women made two-minute appeala for virile action In the cam

1 algn on th« part of the wom*n.

• • • • 9

CHARGES GRAFT IN GARBAGE

Charging existence of gra*t

lit the garbage eollactlon de

partment, Or. E. J. Brown,

council candidate, caused a sen

•atton at the Public Ownership

laagua meeting Friday night

whan ha daelarad himself 'or

Austin E. Griffitha for mayor.

"My own election to tha coun

cil la unimportant In compari

son," ha said "I navar voted

far any ona but a aoclaliat be

fora for mayor. But I ahall

vet a for Griffttha thla tlma.

While I do not agraa fully with

him, I believe ha will conaarva

our public utllltlaa. and not do

thorn damage. Ha haa alao

pramload to remove tha tin aol

dlar chiaf of polica."

Knlarglng on hla charge* again**

tha garbage collection department

under tha GUI administration. I>r

Blown aald:

Klght out "f every ten of the

men «hn co|le<t garbage are not

American ctllxena, and their name*

< aanot be found In the rlty direr

lory Proaecutlng Attorney l.undln

f.egan a grand Jury InveatlMtk* of

tha garbage graft scandal. It wasn't

TRAIN ROBBERS

STILL AT LARGE

After combing the outlylnr il*

t rict* bet ween Seattle and Tacoma

In aearch of the North foaal Umlt

ed train robbera, deputy aherlffa

and apeclal a*enta for the rallwav

Company returr.ed to Heattle Hatur

da> to cimfer over tha neat atep

I'oatofflce Inapectora In Hpokane,

tryln* to check over the amount of

loaa from the rifled malt till*. haVe

announced that the total* will not

known until inqulrlea have bean

made Id the Orient to find the

auiuujjU of uiouey lu o>e mall*.

ti

brought to a head at the time, but j

It'* going lo come to an laaue be

fore long."

Score* tha 50-Year Rule

Broun al>o adored th« 60-year

rule for rlvll service employe*.

He then challenged Councilman

Fitzgerald. who «u present. to a

aerie* of three debates. to he held

In Ballard, in Rainier valley and

the I.a hor Temple, on th« subject

of taxation.

Me alao urged the election of Otto

A. t'aae to the council aa the best

mat. In the entire field,

Councilman Marble alao I* expect

ed to laaue a statement urging

Care* election, even In preference

to himself.

Case opened headquarter* *t 4150

Ar'ade building .Saturday.

Austin K. Griffiths, candidate for

rtiavor. made a brief talk lie s|><

clflcally charged Mayor Gill w!t}>

responsibility for locating the Cedar

river flam at It* present alle. ami

aald (Mil alv.ays. In the city council

and aa mayor, had piled up taxa

tlon.

Me *ald he did not regard the

principle nf municipal ownerahlp In

danger In Heat tie

"No candidate dan- go before the

1 voter* on a 'ilatform opposed to It,"

;h« aald.

Fit/gerald Anawera

Fitzgersld. answering Brown, aald

the ,".0 year rule for civil aervlce em

; ployea wa* not due to the council

but to 'he civil service commission,

appointed by the mayor.

FALL FROM TRUCK

MAY PROVE FATAL

II A Itenard, an employe of the

Flr'-atone Tire Co., fell from an

auto truck when It made a audden

*werv«t at 14th ave and Madlaou

at. Haturdav mornlnK and aoßtiln

ed con' uaalon of the brain lie

i Mna I a ken to the city hoapllal iu

> a aet toua comllUuu.

—Starting "The Red Emerald," John Reed Scott's great novel of love and adventure and diplomacy. It begin* in The Star on Mon

day and will end Saturday It ia the aecond in the aerie* of book-length, popular fiction being published in thia paper. The first,

"The Roae Garden Husband," concludes in todiy'a iaaue. These are regular, aure-fire hits—the kind of book* you pay $1.50 for if you

buy them anywhere else—AND NO FAMILY IN SEATTLE CAN AFFORD TO MISS THE CHANCE to take advantage of —

The Seattle Star

THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT TOE NEWS

VOLUME 18

|THe Ghost That Can't Be Laid!

PURITY SQUAD

MAKES ARRESTS

''lean up arrcoted three

more women rharfd with aollclt.

In*, and hooked them at the police

atatton Friday.

They Immediately planked down

hall nnd went their way.

The recently padded purity

aquad'a nrr* «t» were in ole Friday

at 110 Klghth ave H, 7IHV4 May

nit"! kip /ind h! fi|s Ytawiird ave..

at 1:06 p m 2.3(1 p. m. attd 6:55

|i m . reapectlvelv.

The officer* who brought them In

w«rn II I) Kln*e> miil C. H. I'eter-

Hon, who were attai |pe.| to t||(> pur

ity kqiiikl alnce the prlmirle*.

Two of the women khvc their

name* a* "Anna llrown." The oth

er wa* I took Ml an "Olive Hoff."

American manufacturer* of musi

cal ln*lriinn»nt*. with an animal

onti'iit va ii' l nt about $100,000,000,

ii«itori only IHOO.Ooo worth annual

1/ to lurcitn countriua.

SEATTLE. WASH , SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1916

(jilt, believing you when you said you would not ask the office a second

time. Now you seek to force yourself upon the citv again as mayor,

AM) vorvi: (.or to stand ui» and face the music

(2) Why hive you allowed ;i new vice district to spring up which, because

of its lack of regulation, is worse than it used to be in the old days?

(3) VN'hv have vou allowed gamblers to open up their joints and operate

W ITH POUCH KNOWLEDGE.

(4) Why have you retained I ouie ! ang as chief of police, knowing that

I ang stands for these things? It might be very convenient for you to

forget I ang just at this time, Hi Gill, but Seattle is not going to let you

forget him. A vote tor Gill is a vote for I.ang! Let us hear your defense

of this fellow?

(5) Why is it, Hi Gill, that after Au>tin I . Griffiths resigned as chief of

police, there cropped out that disgusting series of police scandals? Why

is it that there began, almost immediately, the old, old practice* of graft

ing off women of the underworld'

Answer these questions in your

speeches, Hi Gill. It's a job that

should keep you reasonably busy be

tween now and election day, March 7.

VERDUN FORTS

ARE TOTTERING

LONDON, Feb. 26.—Verdun,

France's mlghtlsst fortress,

heretofore considered uncon

querable, la seriously threat

ened.

Drandenburg troops—among

the crack men of Germany—

yesterday entered the steel,

clad town of Douamont, key

stone to the fqftlflcatlons of

Vrdurt from the northeast and

only four miles distant, while

the kaiser himself looked on,

today's official Berlin state

ment declared.

llornbardment of the remaining

forts before Verdun by the (ierman

crown prince'* army, and the shell

ing of Verdun Itself, la expected at

once.

The Krench have been thrown

back nearly four mile* along Ihe

< lit h t mile fiotil before the city, and.

111 oidlng in MetHn, Ihe Teuton* are

[still progiuaalutf.

$657,0G0 ASKED

FOR SHIP CANAL

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.—

Aprropriatlon of $657,000 for

federal work on the Lake

Washington ship canal at Se

attle was recommended to con

gress today In a report of army

engineers.

The engineers asked the appro

priation for a 30-foot channel be

low the canal lock and revel ant

bunks between Salmon bay and

l.ake Union, and between the two

lakes.

They recommended that the gov

ernment do the work without ask-"

'lug local financial cooperation.

Hnlkheads will be built between

l«ake Washington and hake Union;

extensive dredging will lie done be

-1 low the locks of the !<ake Wash

ington canal, and the banks will be

faced with concrete. If congress ap

I proprlatua the $t».'»7,00U recomtnoud -I

ed. . 1

ONE CENT

WILSON

DRA WS

ANQER

BY CARL W. ACKERMAN

Unltad Prtii Staff Correspondent

BERLIN, Feb. 26. —Germany

count* upon eongr«M to force

President Wilton to back down

from hi* position In the Ger

man-American situation, the

\lrrited Press learned today-

While officials would not

comment upon It. the general

feeling Is that If the matter of

the German armed merchant

man decree Is -eferred to con

gress. a resolution will be pass

ed warning Americans from

traveling on armed ahlps.

Dispatches suggesting the pos

nihility that President Wilson

would ask th« recall of Ambassa

dor Von Bernstorff caused great

surprise here.

Tor the past 24 hours the I'nlted

Press office ha* been besieged by

telephone rail* from offlclala In

quiring as to the truth of the re

port.

American Ambassador Gerard

and Foreign Secretary Von Jagow

declared no auch Intimations had

come to them.

Tho the report that congress

may force President Wilson to

yield to Germany roused hope here

fur a peaceful settlement, the feel

lit k against America Is daily more

Intense

Not only the public, but officials

are frankly bitter In their criticism

of the president for refusing to

warn Amerieans to keep off armed

ships.

CONGRESS WILL NOT

INTERFERE; A CRISIS

BELIEVED TO BE NEAR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 —

With the German submarine

warfare on armed merchant

men scheduled to start In four

day*, it appear* unlikely today

that congress will Interfere ef

fectively before then In the

German-American diplomatic

situation.

A crisis In relations between

the two countries, however, is

Imminent

Germany's reply to the American

refiinal to acquiesce in the (!erm«n

project Is momentarily.

It I* believed (lermin Ambassador

Von HertiMorff will be ready to

present It to the stale department

Monday.

That the answer will br unsatis

factory Is regarded as a foregone

conclusion Moreover, despite ru

mora of a postponement of Hie war

fare deeree. olflctals do not be

lleve (iermanv plana any delay.

After two day* of discord, con j

gress prepared today to relax itm

agitation for a warning to Ameri

cana to refrain from traveling on

armed ships

Nome "flareups" were ntlll ex

pected, but serious attempts to

pass. over I'realdent Wilson's ob

jectlons, miv measure warnlnp j

Americans to keep tiff armed mei j

■-limit ship*. hud been temporarily 1

abandoned.

THIS BARGAIN!

O*

* le

MAKES BITTER

ATTACK UPON

A. L GRVFITHS

(]l"(Griffiths is dragging Ins wife to the jn-tty level of the

street walker to gam hi* ambition."

d "The 'coward' ((iriffiths) <juit as thief the first time any

trouble showed up."

fl "(iriffith* married his wife because she was a millionaire."

fj "The editor «>f I'he Star smoker a flirty pipe and wears a

wig himself."

(J "\\ hy «li«l I appoint (Griffiths chief? Because a lot of pe<>-

pTe wanted me to ami I thought it would pacify things and

1 knew he was a millionaire and wouldn't be a grafter."

(!! "(iriffitlis showed the white feather. 1 brand him as an

infamous slanderer and common liar. THE CITY IS

CLKAN."

Hurling epithet after epithet

upon the head of Austin E.

Griffiths, candidate for mayor,

calling him a "coward," charg

ing him with bringing down

Mrs. Griffiths to the 'level of a

street walker" In thla cam

paign, declaring that Grlffitha

married hia wife becauae aha

was a million dollar haireaa.

aummoning to hia aid count

laaa <nr«saiona of abuaa to

heap upon Grtffitha, Mayar Hi

ram C. Gill at noon Saturday

at the Liberty theatre deliver

ed hia firat speech since the

primariea.

Mra. Griffith* ha* i>een one of

the *<4ive workers In her hua

hand a campaign

GUI claimed the city was clean,

that l.ang was a better chief than

Griffiths was, that the Pellx Crane

and o'her grafting on unfortunate

women of the streets originated In

Griffiths' administration, and that

he had kept his promises.

"I said 1 wouldn't run again two

years ago." he said, "but I entered

the rac« ugaln because 1 thought

the city was In danger of railing

into the hinds of theorists. 1

thought I was going to contest the

election with Krlckson, not with

Griffiths. That * why 1 ran again

"The first day I wa* In office I

cut down expenses, reducing costs

$12,000 a month."

He hastily reviewed some of the

revenue and taxation questions,

claiming the city had a deficit of

1590.000 when he went into office.

He then digressed Into a religious

tirade.

He said he never Interfered with

any i>ollcy of Griffiths during his

Incumbency as chlel.

"Why did the coward quit? He's

a millionaire; he own* (he West

take hotel, and It w»* raided, too "

The West lake hotel wa« raided

during Griffiths' own administra

tion. and t>.v Griffiths' own orders.

"Griffiths say* he's going to wave

the city a million dollars. How?

I'll tell you. The same way he doe«

In his private capacity. He ha»

kept a lot of men on his farm across

the lake, paving them 50 cents a

dav.

| I'M) All Gi1.1.1 k K o

"Thnt's how he saves. He dump

ed $2R0,000 Into the Flrland hos

i pital and it was only half corn-

What Gill Said of

Austin E. Griffiths

(Upon Griffiths' Resignation as Chief. Nov. 7, 1914.)

<1 "I feel that whatever success

has attended this administra

tion has been largely due to

Chief Griffiths' handling of the so

called police question.

"I will be very deliberate in

the appointment of Chief Griffiths'

successor, and shall endeavor to

find a civilian of as near his type

as possible" for the place."

•Glll'i eatlmate of Lang, the auccessor, in teatimony before the

city council, which probed the chief* wine party at Tate'a cafe

and hla vlait to a cabaret girl'a room at the hour of 2 a. m.:

"I told Lang lie had made a fool of hlmaelf."

NI6HT

EDITION £

What Gill Said at Liberty Theatre

pleted when I took charge He

dumped the money there when he

wa* in the council. Hut 1 took

hold —Dr M' Bilde took hold —and

out of an appropriation for only 80

patient*, we are taking care of

140. It * a fine institution now."

Now about the vice district ao

railed. There tnaj be some wom

en that 1 would not wish were

here. I don't know. 1 do not aee

them, 't here * s Mis. ' Uarter wrb"

ttaya they are 1-ere. She might to

know, Judging by h«r ptctur*-

what »hes talking about. B««

there ha* been a grand Jury, and

we have t capable prosecatlng at

torney. and they didn't do any

thing about it. did they? If

I* a disorderly district and gaut

oiir.g, why didn't they ?

'Now we—Lang ha*—abated

totAe (disorderly house Griffith*

never did. That's the kind of ft

floe chief Griffiths was."

MRS. VANDERBILT

COMES TO Gift

Three notable* will be In our

tnldsi Sunday.

Mr. and Mr*. Amos-Tuck French,

Mrs. Alfred Gwvnne Vanderbilt.

divorced wife of the New York

capitalist who loat hi* life on the

l.usitania. and Perklna

are scheduled to arrive here Satur

day night In Perkins' private cur on

the North Ciuki I.lmlted over the

Northern Pacific.

SAYS DURAZZO

IS EVACUATED

ROME, Feb. 28.—Durazzo.

Albanian seaport, hat been

evacuated, said an official an

nouncement today.