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«- ARREST HEAD OF DOPE RING IN SEATTLE

BATTLE STORIES TOLD BT THE MEN WHO FICHT IH TRENCHES

LONDON. Oct, IR iHy Mall.) "It waa all right once the curaln wa» rung up,'" Mid

* wounded Tommy, former v a calll.ov In a Ixndon theatre "It was *h« all-night watt

for the order to -Ivam-t that I found moat living The In'eiaant thunder of tit* .tuna

and the at.ricking of 'he abulia In thr datkmts overhead were a moat nerve racking over

tiire to 'he bin drama to tome

My chum and 1 had agreed to atlck together a* lon* aa we could. hut no aooner did we

clamber out of the trenrh than he went down I aeemed to go mad with rage at thl* I loat

fear. I waa carried alone by an overwhelming Impulse to get at the Herman* and

vTente my rhtim leveling my hajronel, I rushed headlong, jumping over drad bodice and

barbed wire aa tho I waa electrified 1 bowled over at the tlrat trench I remember

plunging my ha>on»t into a huge Herman who confronted me with leveled rifle Then I waa

hit on the head with itomelhlng that made me see etara.

,\'e*t morning 1 knew the streichT-bearer wa* telling me mjr wound waa not verjr

serious."

Freddie Film

bach on the Job. Head The Star's new

photoplay column today ou pa,;e 3. the

Star la going to try to male It* film newa

absolutely the beat and mot! Intereatlng In

town. We want to lntere»t everybody If

you hava a hunch for ua. shoot 'er In!

PROSECUTOR TESTIFIES IN

COURT OF POLICE BRIBERY

VILLA IS

BEATEN;

IRETIRES

DOUGLAS. Nov. 2—Dafaated hut

m dfUK. Q«/v Vill*

at noon today declared he woutt

reorganlie hit ehattered army and

rat urn to t»e attach an Agua Prtata.

Tha rotraat af Vllla'a main column

haa baan halted eeverai miiaa aaat

af AQua Prieta-

A hard af 900 cattlt found an tha

Mexican aide waa confiscated by

Villa, butcharad. and tha beef da

vourad half cooked by tha raven

oua aoldiara. Thla tamporarlly re

liavad tha hunger problem.

While the Carranxistas were

cheering their victory a amall In

, f*ntry column of Vlitlataa return

ed to the de*erted battlefield and

too* up position* before the city.

By thl* time most of the wouoded

had been brought in.

Nine Americans. Including four

Infantrymen of the Seventh regi

ment. were wounded during Villa *

attack on the town last night and

early this morning

Bullet* from Villa'* line* have

kfalVn tn e.ery etreet In Douglas

dead Mexicans littered the

ground In Agua Prleta. tho It was

thought the casualties were not ex

tremely heavy.

!'p to daylight. the commander*

of l'nited State* troop* patrolll-ig

the border regarded the situation

pavsively

They had not ordered, a* they

had threatened, a return of the

Mexicans' fire when It rained over

Dougla* and wounded American*

In It* wake

They wsemed 'o be awaiting tne

arrival of Oen. Funston, schedulrd

for today.

When the a«*»ult began In eir

ne*t In the early hour* of today.

Dou|lil. worn out by It* fear*. h;'d

tucked itself away for the night

Villistas Attack Bravely

Before the general attack start

ed. the t'arr»nxl*tn force* exploded

mine* before the Villa front, thua

Impeding the progre** of the at

tacker*.

Despite thl*. Vllllsta* charged

into the C'arranr.lsta fire while

force* believed to be Yafpii* aided

them on the we*t *lde of Agua

Prleta in an attempt to storm the

city.

/)ne of the fir*t American victim*

of the fire waa H. K. Jonc*. letter

"Wfrler

Standing before hi* home watch

ing the flaatie* of the gun», he waa

clipped by a bullet.

Another victim was Coriionl

.lone* of Company O, Seventh In

fantry.

Today Dougla* kept dlacrcetly In

door*. School* and atnelt- r* v ere

clo*ed

The people did not manifold an

much curloalty an durlns prevkiua

battle*.

BLOCKADE

ORDERED?

LAUSANNE, Swit/ , Nov. 2 —

German fn the

Mediterranean have been or

dered to blockade Greece, ac

cording to Munich advlcce to

day.

IRE ON FRENCH TROOPS?

HKRMN. Nov, 2 <irnek* have

fired on French troop*, retreating

from the Bulgarian*, according to

Uit Berlin Tag'-'blatt.

AFTER THt OVERTURE—THE BA VONF T BALLET

(•y Umtad Press Staff Correspondent)

WHERE 22 CHILDREN WERE BURNED TO DEATH

(Copyright. Beaton Photo Newe Ca.)

* ' ' * * 4 *'■ *'*, f '

An wagon la har« ahown back ad up to tha door of St. John'a achool. Paabody, Max. to

remove tha corpaaa af tha 22 llttla chlldran burned to death near the door.

CONSIDINE'S DOWN-BUT STILL FIGHTING

• • • ••• •••

Friends Say He'll Make'Nother Pile Before He Dies

By Fred L. Boalt

ONE day last week "Johnny" Considine, vaudeville magnate, not long ago

rated as a multimillionaire, was asked in Superior Judge Frater's court why

he could not satisfy a judgment obtained against him on an overdue note for

52,5()0.

Men close to "Johnny" Considine say that, tho "broke," he is still fighting,

and they prophesy that he who has won and lost many fortunes will win another

before he dies.

TOWNED a bulldog once. Oddly enough, my dog, like "Johnny" Considine, was

an Irish bulldog. He was an amiable dog, most of the time, and he was a

staunch friend, but, gosh, how he loved to fight.

The brewer in our town had a d<»g that was part bull, part Newfoundland

and part yellow. The dogs met one day. The brewer's dog got my dog by the

throat. My dog got the brewer's dog by an ear.

My dog tore the brewer dog's ear clean off. But the brewer's dog chewed a

hole in the throat of my dog that you could have put your fist in. And he

wouldn't let go.

My dog lay very still, without whimpering, a long time. The brewer's dog

was working his fangs deeper and deepfr into my dog's throat. Then, all of a

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BODY OF MURDERED WOMAN

FOUNO IN ABANBONED WELL

Authoritiea Investigating circum

atancea leading up to the diteovery

late Monday of the body of Mrs,

John Ellia, 40, wife of an laaaquah

rancher, floating >n an abandoned

well near Hobart, found further

dence Tueaday pointing to murder.

The body, found by John Naud,

on hla ranch Monday, ihowa plainly

that the woman had been dealt a

heavy blow on the abdomen, and

that it had been thrown Into the

well houra after death.

Deputy Hherlff* Htrlnger and

Hpalght left here early Tuesday

for the acene of the crime After

examlnltiK the body in the Rent'it)

morgue, Htrlnger nnld there wan 111

tie doubt that It wan a rati- of tniir

der

"Hhe had evidently been In the

water but about 12 hours," ho hi I d

'She wa* reported missing since

la*t Friday."

Healde the well were found a

napkin and aiiron. both of which

Kill* aald did not belong to hi*

wife The board* covering the

"I'm broke," said "Johnny" Considine.

But he held his head up when he said it.

Milling Since Friday

The Seattle Star

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

VOLUME 11

well had been removed, but prob

ably owing to heavy rain*, no

track* were visible.

Nsud found the body, attracted

to the well by the apron, and re

ported the matter at <>n''e

Mr* Kill* had been missing

*lnce last Krlday, when *he left

her slater In law * home near llo

hart and started afoot two mile*

to her own home

Heveral hrulae* allowed plainly

on th- body and the lung* eontaln

ed no water, a fact which point*

to the concliiNloti of Coroner Ma

*on that the body wa* thrown Into

the well after death.

Deputy aherlff* were *ent out

to Investigate late Monday evening

and had not been heard from Tue*

day morning Kill* declared hi*

home life had alway* been mo*t

happy.

May Have Been Carried

Mr* Kill* had atrayed far from

Ihe rnid »he I* said to have Intend

ed to loilow when *h«' left her

Minter In law'a home, unlen lier

iwnlj wiia carried aome distance.

LONDON", Oct. I* iHy Mall.) The >E»ung corporal had loat hi* left arm at l<oo» "But

It waa worth It," he observed from hie l>ed In one of the l-ondon mllliary

' You know, we had linen walling a long 'line for 'the Day.' The night before Ihe battle

we had a little concert. Fairly next morning we were In the thick of It.

"One of our fellowa did a wonderful ihtnc. Set upon by half a doaen Itoache*. one by one

1 he knocked them all out Then I aaw htm pick up a wounded German officer and fling him

acroaa hla ahoulder While carrying the offlor tie waa hit The blood poured from hia head,

but he (laggerel on with Ihe (lermaa until he cnuld lay him down In a place of aafely.

"The bra veal of all were our chaplain*, who atuck right with the lio?* even where the

fighting wa* flerceat Hut for real pluck, you couldn't heat our offlceia Our young lieutenant

picked me up when they got me 'How did you get on, air?' I asked hlra. Then I aaw that

he had cop|*>d a big doae of ahrapnel and that hla left hand wa* alm'iet aevered. 'Oh, Juat a

acratrh, my boy,' he replied.' 1

SEATTLE. WASH.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1915.

NO DEBATE ON

THE TAX LEVY

There »-<« no debate on the lax

budget ut noon Tuesday at the Mu

nlrlpnl league luncheon, In the

Washington rathskeller It had

been announced that n* debate

would be lipid bclw««n Mayor (Sill

mid Councilman Krlckson

Th« program rommlttp* of ihp

ikiii' now hhv* K wan nil a nils

tak«\

Mayor Hill wan ankpil to npp|<k

kpvptbl week* auo. hefnrp thp mx

qiiPHllon cbiiip ii|> When It was

thai n dplmtp with Krli k

■on would lie an ImutchHiik pro

gram, Spirit ary Crnhin to Mayor

(•ill wan tiaki'il If It would lip ill'*

rourtpoim to (111 llf i hp original

plniiH «ptp changed and Dip mayor

(inked to dlvldp Hum with KrlckHi.n.

Crihan* ruply klllpil off thn

ohancp* of dnlmtp

body is not recovered

IIOQI'IAM, Nov. No trace of

the body of I'M ward Neff, I ft. the

high school boy who fell from the

launch Hllvla. while on a pleasure

cruise of the harbor, baa yet I

round. 1

TOMMY MILPB A WOUNDED GERMAN

(By United Praaa Staff Correspondent)

Evidence Is Stolen;

Lundin Takes the

Stand to Tell Let

ter's Contents.

Invisible forces whack Prosecutor Lun

din beliovos ere working against his office

sprang • coup Tuesday in which the state's

iteiMf ifMfltoir rhsrsrii with

statutory vagrancy, was materially dam

aged, and evidence of intrigue and scandal

in the police department was successfully

obliterated, according to members of the

prosecutor's office.

Lundin will submit his own sworn testi-i

mony as proof that Loftin had been paying

"protection" money into the coffers of

grafters in hiding in the police department.

Evidence given in this case is expected to

form the basis for some of the activities of

the coming grand jury.

When l/of'.lti «n placed on trial

Tueaday morning before a Jury In

Judge Ronald * court. Deputy Proa

erutor I'almer, i-ondnctlng the

states caae. declarer) part of hla

evidence agalnat lx>ftln had been

atolen

Ssy« Letter Wat Stolen

He had Intended to auhmtt a* e\|

dance a letter purporting to have

been written aome weeka ago by

l.oftln to Robert Lee of 9k Turk

at . Kan Francisco, In which

la alleged to have aald "business''

In Seattle wax bad. owing to the

prosecuting attorney'* activity In

Invoking the red light abatement

law, and atated that he. I/iftln. wa*

paying 120 protection tnonev to the

police

Thin page of the letter la inlawing.

It has been lowt. according to Pal

mer. between the ttrne It was filed

In Justice Itrlnker'a court three

weeka ago and Tuesday. when the

file* were opened In superior court

llnw frequently l,oftln paid $20.

If hln aliened statement In the let

ter I* true, I* not known I'almer

itald I<ofttn had omitted that point

A* noon h* I'nlmer discovered

the lon* h<> notified Utlndll) and the

latter hurried t<> superior roiirt to

testify as to the content* of the

mlMtliiK part* of the letter,

I„ufl1n, It la aliened, had no mn

terUl nieana of Hii|i|K>rt lie IIv**«l

at 3001 .lacliNon at

I)pt««'t!\fl Hlanchl, who nrrectei)

Ixiftln. wii culled »» the f I rut wit

ihm for the atate

Friedlander's

Jewelry Sale

Starts Tomorrow

And,, it promises to be

a big one. A sale of

jewelry like

this will be appreciated

especially ;it lliis time

of year, the hol

iday season is so

For full details as to

prices, etc., See the

large ad on page 7.

LONDON. Oct I* (By Mall. I - \ll acouni" from the llrillah front cor ren[>onden»s' dla

pm<he». aoldlerx letter*, official rp|>oit» unlie In 'lie wannest pralae of the gallantry

of the Kngllsti officer*, especially 'he youngalera The atory of the death of Hecond

I.lent. Kmanuel, of llelsl&e I'ark, aa told In a letter to hla mother from a fellow officer, I* typ

ical '

"Your aon waa killed on the morning of September 25, while supporting an attack ll«

waa magnificent I beard the men lilklng of him among themselves They aay be waa laugh

ing and chatting all the time, and did them a world of good When order* came to ko to the

front line, hla platoon waa Ihe tlrat to mitve

"Hooray! We're going up. lads; come along'" h» shouted. lie led t!i»m all the way and

got Into the trench mfely, but altnoat Immediately afterward he received a bullet In hia

cbe*t

"lie wa* aplendld to Ihe Isat end hla farewell word* were: 'Well, cheeroh, lads!" Hit

example h>ia been mo*t Inspiring to all of ua."

nur pr i|T ux TIUIK» A .so

Unt ttn I mwi BTAMI>m. M

DRUG IS

SHIPPED

IN FROM

CANADA

With the arrest of Norman L.

Upper. 641 N. 68th st., here

Tuesday, special agents of the

government believe they have

caught the most important cog

In a smuggling ring that has

been operating at enormous

profit for several months In Se

attle. Belllngham, Blaine anil

other cities of the Northwest.

A quantity of morphine and

cocaine, worth several thou

sands of dollars, smuggled In

from Vancouver, B. C., by auto

mobile, Is held as evidence

against Upper.

I'pper, according to (! R Chan

ning and A. I) llamer. special in

upectors of the treasury depart

ment, has been supplying Seattle

with the drug, selling It for large

profits to other men, who In turn

dispose of it Indirectly to drug

fiends, and probably other cities in

the Northwest.

I'pper has a wife and two chtl

dren.

Wrappers around the bottles and

package*, which are believed to

have been smuggled Into Plaliie, in

dlcnie Upper ban been buying lar*e

quautltles of the drugs at one of

the leading wholesale drijg firms in

Vancouver.

The case w ill he reported at onre

lo the customs department at Wash

Ington, I). with the View of In

vestlgatlng the laxltv of the Cana

dian authorities.

A. It tinnier, special Inspector of

customs, Is given full credit for Up

per's arrest.

Ilanier has suspected I'pper for

some tin-, but the fact that ne

never wns utile (o find any drug in

his |iossesnl(A) when he returned

from trips to* Vancouver dulled his

suspicion.

Manner man In lielllr.n

hit in several days' ago, who volun

leered Information Involving I p

per. which finally led to his arrest

today.

I'pper Ik about 35 years old Ho

linn posed as a mlllniiin,

am. 10 explain his frequent auto

trlpa from Maine lo Vancouver.

II C.

"YOUR SON WAS KILLED ON THt MORNING OF SEPT. 25—"

(By United Prcaa Staff Correspondent)

MRS. STONER WILL TELL STAR READERS

HOW SHE BROUGHT UP HER LITTLE GIRL

MDTHERS and fathers, you can't afford to miss

these wonderful articles if you have a child

of your own. Call The Star, Main 9400, ask for the

circulation department, and tell him to have The

Star delivered to your home while Mrs. Stoner's ar

ticles are being published.

SHAM. 1 nimnk my child?

Shttll I start teaching her

at hom«» or leave it all to

the public schools?

Shall 1 curb that "smart alcck"

tendency?

What about that Inclination to

"grossly exaggerate"?

Can my child's mind be over

taxed?

These and a score of other

anxieties over the training and

welfare of children which perplex

the average parent will be an

swered in a series of helpful

articles dictated by Mrs. Wini

fred Sackville Stoner, regarded

by many as the most remarkable

educator of her times, during her

visit In Seattle last week.

Mrs. Stoner is the mother of

Irear old Winifred Sackvllle

Stoner, Jr., acknowledged b> edu

cators and scientists to he In

every respect the best developed

child In the i'nlted States.

She passed her examinations to

enter college at the Hge of ft.

She has written nine hooks; con

verses tn eight languages; sews,

cooks, plays several musical In

struments, and is expert in many

outdoor sports.

She Is the product of Mrs.

Stoner'* system of Natural Kdu

cation.

How these principle* of edu

cation, which made Winifred a

child of amaung talents, can be

applied in training all children,

will be told by Mra. Stoner in

The Star's series.

They will appear from day to

day.

The flrat one will be published

in The Star Friday.

Night

EDITION

WEATHER FORECAST—Rain

IIDRCa At lUri La

■ I«a. Lm.

«>«i a. m . 4.r. ft.

ICttf H. M . 1.1.1 n. Hi 13 p. M., « ft.

SHOOTS SELF;

ASKS FOR AID

After shooting himself with sui

cidal intention, but falling to iu

flirt a mortal wound. A. .1 Holt, "7,

who registered at the FYye hotel

I.ire. giving San Franoiato as hit

residence, walked over *o the t«le

plione in his room Tuesday and

asked the clerk to send some one

up.

"Whom do you want?" the

asked.

"1 guess an ambulance," Holt

said.

A porter hurried upstairs anil

found Holt In a pool of blood. Ha

was removed to the It; hospitil.

He will recover.

lie had shot himself with a 32-

callber revolver, and the bullet

graced Ills right eyebrow.

A letter fontul on liim was ad

dressed to Wm. 11. To* lie, of the

local I'. S. assay offic<*. who lives

at 616 Terry ave Towne. who la

secretary of the Scottish lilies Ma

sonic order, said the letter was of

a personal nature and revealed no

motive for the attempted suicide,

elsco. Holt refuses to make any

statement.

PARENT TEACHERS MEET

The Irving I'arent-Teachers' asso

ciation w II meet Wednesday, No

vember It, In room No, !t of the Ir

ving M'hoo:. The meeting will be

addressed by Mrs. Anna Y. Head.