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lu* to war >r*i>* o*or tlio «»!r of (ho P*

d flf M#ll "seani-m to tho Toyo Klaan

K»l>h* Oriental Steamship t'n. W« mil to

why a o l ***! with a ('htneap orow and

American offWr* won't carry juat 11 much

frtfcbt «nJ a« many paa»en«era under one

an under another.

OFFICER ENTERS INNOCENT GIRL'S ROOM AT 1 A. M.

DRAGS HER TO POLICE STATION

4 |i „ ' ennan by name, was charged today with one of the most heinous offenses that a

1 fL m , es tho char K e - Sne declares the detective came into her room at

-Hr tu '! • hc Klrl sa .vs she innocent of the crime with which the no-

L?t! h . rv M oim not important. Ihe important thing is that the detective. accord

,n > to the girls story, PUSHED HIS WAY INTO HI K K< >( >M WITHOUT \ WARRANT AND RE-

FIVE CHILDREN

BURN TO DEATH

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4.—The bodies of five

duldren, four burned beyond recognition, were recovered

etrly today from the ruins of the St. Francis Girls'

Directory, which was destroyed by fire a few hours

Itrtier.

When the fire wa« brought under control after burning

«a hour, it was announced only one child, Katie O'Brien,

kad peri«hed Daylight, however, revealed the full extent of,

tbe tragedy and Fire Chief Murphy then announced that four

! «ore corpses had been recovered One is believed to be that

•f Elizabeth O'Brien, 14. sister of Katie

There is a possibility, said the fsrc chief, that more chil

dren may he missing The work of accounting for the little

«es who were in the Directory when it caught' fire is pro

gressing .slowly be<au«e pers.>n% in automobiles attracted to

the scene took many of the children away when they were

■arched to safety by the sisters in charge.

for a time St. Josephs hospital.

tf)oio!ni the school, was threat

•sA

TV blase was discovered at 2 a

t ib a atable and spread rapidly

to the main building Firemen re

loaded to the three alarms but

wrs haapered by lack of water

(Mate.

Sister Mary Agnes mustarad tbe

tHtklaasd children In the smoke

filled kali* and led them to safety

Macy ware taken away tn tbe aoto

■aMlss of those who had rushed to

Har<ed In Hoofing

l|irh from (he chimney or a

HI drrnlt In the electric wiring

MMd tb-> fire. Rev. Mother Mar

the mother superior. be-

WINNING LIMERICKS

PICKED IN CONTEST

FIRST PRIZE (3 00

Why slam th« aport ahlrt *0 Ironic.

Whin lf» msrsly a fashion Byronlc?

It's fro# and It'a aaay.

And likewise It'a snsszy,

Lat'a hop* that It won't becom* chronic.

—Richard P. Wood, 3116 Norton Ave., Everett.

SECOND PRIZE *2.00

Hall, conquering shirt! Your* tha aort

For tha office, tha home or tha court,

Tho tha foaalla and fogies

Trot out all thalr bogie*.

Tha sport ahlrt for mine—let them snort!

—Claire L. Monk. 6305 60th Ave. S. E.

After laboring orer hundred* and hundred* of aport ahlrt limericks,

tts hd*»» In Tbo Star's contest awarded the prlzea aa above, at a late

kwr Friday night.

The decision «ai made after the Judgos had scratrbed their head*

Md worried sovoral wrinkles over a baker's doten of the rory best

••si. from which all the rest, with many regret*, had ben eliminated.

Bat finally tho two printed abore were selected, and for these

IStSODJ:

The first one. It seemed to the Judge*, sum* tip the public's vordlct

•» the sport shirt—sums It up happily ai»d accurately, too: Why all thla

Pother and bother over the sport, shirt?

"It's free snd It's eaay"—rool In summer, and It'll giro you a cold

tor variety, and withal it'a a happy diversion for ua. for the time being,

so let * woar it awhile and then relegate It to the forgotten yeatorday*

of bobble skirt* and peg top pant* • • • A pretty sensible and

Satisfactory way to look at It, don't you think'

As for the (lerond one, Ita breeiy, "I fhould worry" attitude and It*

manner of sweeping all criticism a*lde with one swoop, made a big hit

*Ith the Judge*. It *ets the dissenters down solidly and tells 'em to

"stay sot, by cracky!"

Well, the Old Boys Are Pretty Neutral at That

(Corrt""

I "The fire «n undoubtedly burn

In* an hour before we discovered

It," «he Mid "It started In th»

roofln* and burned down thru ih>-

building. Trouble with water

; r»»»ure when the fire department

arrived <telsved the firemen. Hail

Iwe discovered the fir* a little

»"oner we could bavw aaved alt the

children."

Tan Are Missing

Ten children are missing. aha

•aid. Her. Mother Mar rare t be

lieve* fire are tn tba hand* of

neighbors and the bodies of all

the dead hare been recovered

Seven'oea of the rescued chil

dren. uninjured, are at fit. Joseph *

hoapltat Tfte rear are being cared

for in private bomea.

(Mors Llmsflcks on Page 4)

The Seattle Star

: The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News :

VOLUME 18. NO. 165. SEATTLE. WASH.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 4. 1915. ONE CENT

HERE IT IS. GIRLS! THE PANTALEITE

CARRANZA MEN CLASH WITH

U. S. TROOPS ON BORDER

nROWNSVTLIJC. Hept 4 -Fight

In* slong (hi M'ulran border I*

rapidly changing from the hunting

of unorganized bandlta to arm*'!

cla*be« lirtwiwn *oldler* of tho I*.

S and Meilco. Twelve Mevtran*.

all wearing tho uniform* of Oen

Venustlano of Carrama'a army.

cro**ed the International lino at

daylight and encountered a detach

ment of Amerlrsn troop* n«ar

Madera A ahort battle followed. In

whlrh *even of tho Invader* woro

A limerick camo to The Htar offlr« Friday afternoon with

only these dlrectlona on the brown envelope containing It (It

nearly won the prize l:

Please take me around to Th* Star,

Where the sport shirt Iconoclasts are.

When they look Inside

Of my brown paper hide,

They'll purchase s bucket of tar,—

( —and feathers, and the writer Is a good runnar

when chased!)

—Jack Adsms, 4121 Arcade Building.

"W i ■ m nil I .l|

Oen't be ahoefced, giria.

They're pantalettes, and par

fact l y proper, too, we aeeure

you.

Worn, aa Mlaa Helen Spencer

la wearing the naw garb, with

a thick corduroy eklrt. it makaa

a capital combination.

Many of thaaa clever eubetl

tutaa for the akirt are made of

Indian silk and finished at the

lowar ham with neat little gar

ter band which holds them In

place.

killed before the surviving five

fled

Almost at the «»me honr Meil

ran soldier* fired serosa the bor

der at a company of Texan ranker*

near Cavazo* The ranger* fired

hark, and It la believed aome of (he

Mexicans were hit. rapt. McCoy

hurried from Mission with rein

formmenti of V H. cavalry, fwar

log Mexican aoldlera In itiperlor

numbers would attempt to Invade

Texaa.

MAINED THERE WHILE HI: COMPELLED HER TO DRESS. The Star does not wish to pass

judgment on this man until all the evidence is in. Mayor Gill, following an investigation by The Star Sat

urday of the girl's story, got busy on the case himself, and will dig out the truth. The Star would rejoice

greatly, however; in case the facts bear out the accusation made by the girl, to behold the official scalp

of Mr. McLennan dangling beside that of Louie Lang.

PANTS-?

BOALT IS

AGHAST!

Doetn't Take Kindly to Dame

Fashion'* New Dictate* on

the Trouaerette.

SAYS ITS OLD STUFF

Seattle Store* and Modistes

Are Showing 'Em; They're

Really Coming. Folk*.

By Fred L. Boalt.

Trouserettes are ihe neweat gar

ment In women * wear

It appears that Mon Faahlon

and Mme Fashion are working In

Ihe moat |>erfect harmony It I*

evident th.*y eichsnge Ideas.

One ran Imagine Mon Fashion

remarking to Mme Fashion; It

was nice of you to lend me tho

shirt* aiat td< a Hy the eter< ise

of a little Ingenuity I was able to

adapt it to men's needs Have you

noticed how many men are wear

ing Gertie rhlrts?"

"Indeed I have." replies Mme

Fashion. ' Your standpattera In

dress i ouldn t Isugh It out of style,

tho they tried hard enough, good

neas knowa! Oh, dear! I wish 1

could tblnk of something new."

"Why not something old?" asks

Mon. Fashion. "If It Is old enough.

It Is as good aa new. If yon see

any old Idnaa of mlna around the

ahop, help rrxtrself."

{ "Thanks, aaya Mme. Faahlon.

j "I'm afraid, tho. t shall have in

Invent sorai .hJng entirely new this

time. I've borrowed about every

thing from your department I

.could possibly use—mannish tailor

mades. Russlsn hoots, military hata.

wniatcoata, laundered collar* and

cuff*, even cane*

"There la one garment which you

i have entirely overlooked," aa>s

Mon. Fashion

"And what nay that be?"

•'TROUSCRS."

Mme Fashion gives a feminine

squeal. "Ooodoes* gracious'" she

etclaims. "My clients would never

take to trouaer*. You have no

Ide* bow conaervatlve they are In

some ways "

"Tut. tut!" chides Mon Fashion

It Is essy to allay the suspicions of

conservatism. Do you auppose

men. who are quite aa conservative

as women, would have taken to the

wearing of shirtwaists If 1 hsd

called them peek a boos? I should

«ay not! Hut I called em Sjiort

Shirts, and Ibey went like hot

cakea."

"I know," agrees Mme Fashion

"Rut by what nsmn would women

accept trousers?"

"Trouserettes," suggests Mon.

Fashion.

Mme Fashion Is thoughtful, hut

her eyea sparkle "The Idea Is so

new, so utterly revolutionary—"

"On th* contra

dicts Mon. Fashion, "it is very

old. A* I remarked a moment

ago. If an Idea I* old enough,

It I* a* good aa new. The

great-grandmothsr* of your cli

ent* wore irouser*."

After s -little more discus

sion. Mme. Fsshlon fail* to

work designing a pair of troua

erattes with which to woo the

fickle fancy of a finicky clian-

(Continued on Pags 4)

GIRL SAYS DETECTIVE

MADE HER DRESS WHILE

HE REMAINED IN ROOM

Mayor Gill began an investi

gation Saturday of charges

made by Miss Lillian McClurg,

24. of tha Oaford hotal, 1920

First ave.. that City Detective

Daniel McLennan arrested her

In her room at 1 a. m. Fridsy.

than compelled har to dress

while he remained in the room.

Mise McClurg's parents live

In Port Angeles. She haa lived

In Seattle for about two years,

and haa been employed in va

rioua downtown department

store*.

•he epent one year in Aiaaka

aa night nuree in the hospital

of the Copper River <1 North

western railroad at Cordova.

The girl ap|M-ar*d Friday after

noon as a witness against Mr*. Nel

lie KeVorss. charged in Justice

Hrlnker * court with shoplifting.

Mr> IteVorsn was conv|«-ted and

fined

At midnight Thursday, the eve

ning before the trial of Mrs Ue-

Vorss, the latter woman appeared

at iiotlce headquarters In company

with a inan.

Complain to Htadquartars

The man aald a girl bad robbed

him of his watch.

Mrs DeVors* told the police *he

bad seen the watch In tb* potin

•lon of Miaa McClurg.

| l>etective Mclxanan accompanied

jth» pair to th« Oxford botet to ar

:re*t the irtrt Thar* «u 110 war

rant laaiMM).

"Th» detectlre, after the elerk

had refused to let him rom# up to

my room, culled mo from tba hotal

ofrica on th» telephone." Mian Mr.

jctarg aald to a Star reporter. "Ha,

■aid ha would give ma five minutes;

to dreta and go to tba autlon with;

j him.

"It couldn't have been a half min i

ute afterward that ha pounded on

my door. I had allpped on a kimono.'

and I went to tha door and opened'

It a little. The detective then puih-j

ed hla way In, and ordered me to

drcaa.

Stays In Har Roam

"Ha staved right In the room with i

me. Finely J took aoma of my

clothe* Into ft small bathroom that

open* off my room, and dreaaed In

there, but I had to do It with the

door open.

"He wouldn't allow me even to

clone the door."

Mrl,ennsn than walked with her

to the atatlon, ahe says. Outside

tha hotel they met Mra. IJeVora*

and the man who aald Mlaa Mc-

Clurg had alolen hla watch

This couple got Into an auto, the

girl aaya, and kept pace wttb !

them all the way to headquarter* |

There Mclennan and other de

tectives bullied her for an hour;

and a half. Miss McClurg asserts,

trying to get from her a confer

alon that ahe had atolen the man's

watch.

Finally, at 3 a. m., they decided '

they "had nothing on her" and re- i

leased her. <

Spends Evening With Friend

Miss McClurg had spent the i

evening before, when she was de I

dared to have stolen the watch, at <

the home of a friend, Mrs. Martha

Met*. 119 Fifth ave N. She de i

Clares the whole sffalr was en- 1

gineered to discredit her testl-lt

Miss Lillian McClurg. who declares Detective Daniel McLennan

entered her room in the Oxford hotel to arrest har, and remained In

the room while he made her get out of bed and dree* to accompany

him to the pollc* atatlon.

mnny In the DeVors* case.

Detective Mclennan would not

admit to The Star Saturday that

he forced his way Into the girl's

room. Hp says she asked him to

come In.

lie stated, however, that he

stayed In her room while she put

her clothes on iu the bathroom

adjoining. • ,

After it was all over, he said,

and he had heard about the De-

Vors* case that was to come up on

the day following, he made up his-

By "Bud" FisHer

Last

EDITION

WEATHER FORECAST—-1

tilt ten AT NKATTir.

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mlnd that the girl was Innocent.

Girl in Nervous State

Miss McClurg Is still in a highly

nervous as a result of her

experience.

T never was Inside a Jal! or a

Police station before in mv life "

she declared. "Neither was I ever

subjected to such Indignities as

were forced upon nie by Detective

McLennan, and the things that

were said to me while the detec

tives were trying at headquarters

to make me confess to n crime I

knew nothing about."

Last Excursion

of the Season

Tomorrow

The popular excursions

on I'ufcet Sound which

have been run during the

summer months, will be

brought to a close for the

season tomorrow. But the

final one is one of the

best. The steamer What

com will carry a happy

°rowrl of excursionists to

Whiilby Island tomorrow,

leaving ("olman dock at

9 ti. m. And for this one

a.i especially low price of

,'>oc for the round trip has

lx-en arranged, while it

costs only 2nc for the

round trip for the chil

dren. To fin i out all

ah-)iit It. turn to the large

llsplav d which appears

on pane in today's Star.

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