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WAR FORTUNES

Are being spent by New York, the richest

city in the world, on its women. Read, on

page 5. how a woman can spend as much

as $50 in one of New York's Turkish bath

palaces.

FOUCE Mi BEER H MY

DEPUTIES

TEAR OUT

HYDE BAR

Haul Fixtures to Jail; Chief

Beckingham Sees

Lundin

PLAN DRUG STORE WAR

Rough handling of

liquor violators started

Friday afternoon when

Mayor Gill. Chief Becking

ham. Port Warden °ays»e

t and a squad of policemen

went to the Bell st. dock

and dumped 1.000 cases of

confiscated beer into the

*y.

The beer was smuggled

into the city Monday

night. It was part of

1,000 case* of Rainier beer

packed in paatboard

cases.

The mayor threatened

yesterday to "get rough**

with the boot-leggers.

Acting under instruc

tions from Prosecutor Lun-

din. a squad of deputy

sheriffs, headed by Deputy

Kally, tore out the bar

and fixtures of the James

Street drug store, 115

James st.. formerly Sam

Hyde's saloon. Friday. »nd

hauled them to the county

jail.

Lundin declares liquor

had been sold over the

bar.

Th# prohibition law provide*

that th« authorities may mlm

"flxturoo or Implement*" u**d

In tho Illegal aalo of liquor, and

hold them pending trial of the

offender, when, upon convic

tion, they may be eold.

Two thousand dollar* - worth of

whisky, wine and other liquor*

were *e!ied by deputies In a raid

on the Hyde place Wednesday aft

ernoon Thl* stock. fire truck

load* of It, has all be«n removed

to the Jail.

Confer* With Beckingham

Chief of Police Beckingham and

Defective Capt. Tennant were

scheduled to hold a conference

with the praaocutor Friday after

soon

Beckingham a**erta ha want* to

•ooperate with I.undln In putting

end to the Illicit *ale of liquor,

and arranged the conference to net

Information »* to the length* to

which the police and detective*

may go In ferreting out the blind

pig*

Orders Detective* Out

Chief Beckingham Friday order

•d Tennant to put every available

detective on tho Job to clean up the

bootleggers.

He al*o ordered !4»rgt T»d

Smart to report hereafter to rapt

Wlllard. whom he ha* transferred

from Georgetown to headquarters.

Instead of rapt Stuart, whom he

has given a 60-day leave of ab

sence. Wlllard Is an old friend of

Beckingham *. In whom he has the

■tmost confidence.

The new chief made It plain

Thursday that any member of the

police department who play* favor

ites by winking an eye at boot

leggers would be handled roughly

at heidquarters.

He punctuated his statement by

suspending Detective (~ A. lierg

strotn for !"• days.

"I understand that It ha* been

overlooked If an officer stepped

Into a blind pi» for an occasional

nip," explained the chief

"1 don't want any officer on duty

to take liquor unless he's taking It

as ■evidence, and follows up with an

.arrest."

f'apt. of Detectives Tennant was

next called In for a conference

The chief explained that, uather

Ing evidence against bootleggers

wa* going to he the duty of detec

tives and patrolmen, as well a*

members of the spe<it>l details.

Is Your Phone

Out of Order?

0 If not, yam want to call up right away and order

af The Star for next week, if yOUW not a fttttMK riber.

ff There's a reason, namely: The new novel a-wcck,

n "North of Fifty-three." b* I'.ert rand W. Sinclair,

in It begins Monday, ends Saturday.

1 A big woodsman pounces on a young hool

'tt teacher who had lost herself in the forest- of

\\ Mritish Columbia. He kidnaps her. lake- Iter

\up North. She hates everything in sight until he

tells her she's free. She starts back Fast, but

well, the wedding bells ring before the story's fin

ished. It's a red blooded

story. FIRST INSTALL-

I MENT MONDAY.

LET US NOT CLUTTER

UP NON PARTISANSHIP!

WHILE there is still time, a new bill

proposing nonpartisanship—and

nothing else should be initiated and

filed. It should be done at once.

The present nonpartisanship bill

—so-called—clutters up and confuses

the issues. It is more than a non

partisanship bill—AND IT SHOULD

NOT BE.

It is a presidential primary bill. It

provides for a modified system of

preferential voting. It brings up new

questions of controlling corrupt prac

tices. It does all these things in addi

tion to providing nonpartisanship.

These things may be fine. The

point is, however, that THEY DO

NOT BEAR EITHER DIRECTLY

OR INDIRECTLY ON THE PRIN

CIPLE OF NONPARTISANSHIP.

They raise other questions, other

arguments, other disputes, other de

bates. They tend to draw attention

away from the question that should

be the only one—namely, nonpartisan

ship.

THE PRINCIPLE OF NON

PARTISANSHIP IS TOO GREAT

TO BE JEOPARDIZED BY ANY OF

THESE OTHER PROPOSITIONS,

IN ANY DEGREE.

MURDER OF AGED SISTERS

ANOTHER IN LONG LIST OF

SEATTLE CRIME MYSTERIES

ADDED to Seattle's long list of notorious crimes, the

double murder last week of Mrs. Corinne Wheeler

and Miss Kate B. Swift, her sister, will probably go

down in police history as an unsolved riddle.

Who beat in the aged women's heads with an ax

and a hammer may never be known.

Similar crimes, with similar unsolved endings, have

been frequent in this city. The murderer escaped and

in a short time his deed was forgotten.

The following story of the Madison Park mvsterv

is the 'irst of a series of storie*- or famous murders com

mitted here which will be printed in The Star.

For some the guilty persons were brought to

justice. In many others the murderers got away.

• • •

Two young hunter*. Jame* Alex

ander and Arthur Frve, *klrtlng

the ahore of iJike Washington In

•search of ducks on the chill morn

ing of November 13, 1830. stum

bled suddenly over the legs of a

i man.

The body lay half concealed In

the underbrush about 300 yard*

north of the end of the Madlaon

Street car line, 20 feet from the

water * edge

Its upper half was covered with

an armful of timothy hay. A trail

thru the brush Hhowed It had be<-n

dragged some 30 feet from a spot

that showed marked evidence of a

violent, ftrilggle

Throwing the hay a«ide, the

boy* were horrified by the spec

tacle.

Three wound* In the forehead,

any one of which would have been

sufficient to cau*e death and

whl'-h had evidently been Inflicted

with a clubbed revolver, were

plainly visible, but the murderer,

as If In fear that his victim might

survive to tell the story, had

slasheil the throat from cir to 'ar

(Continued on page 8)

The Seattle Star

: THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS :

VOLUME 18

COUNCILMEN DISCUSS PLAN

TO EXTEND LINE TO DULLARD

Continued refusals of the

Puget Sound Traction. Light A

Power Co. to even confer with

the city on rental chargee for

tha uee of tracka over the new

canal bridges atlrred the fran

chise committee to action Fri

day, and may result In speedy

action toward extending Di

vision A of the municipal car

line Into Ballard.

The 15th ave W. bridge, which

will he completed late in the year,

will be equipped by the city with

rail* and trolley

Co'tncllnn.i Moor' 1 , fit/.gernld

and Krlcknon of the fran« hif«* com

mittp<> Mated Friday that ll wan

up to the <*lty to block the moves

of the traction company, which,

they nay, Is playing to dodge Ith

ah are of bridge conitrnctlon coat,

or rent for uae.

"Luckily the traction company

doesn't hold franchliea over the

l&Us ave. W. or the 10th ave. N. K

bridge*," explained Moore "If

they don't want to pay for the

privilege of going over them, It

may he a wine time to ext»nd Dl-

POSTMASTER FIGHT

NOHTII YAKIMA. April 14.—

Itlval faction* 111 the democratic

county convention ar« at aworda'

point* today over n resolution

pH**e>l condemning the appoint

ment of (J. K. Kail a* po*tma*ter

of Hunny*lde, and a demand that.

h« he withdrawn La favor of T. C.

William a.

SEATTLE, WASH. FRIDAY. APRIL 14. 1916

WILSON'S

NEW NOTE

IS FINAL

Report That President Threat

en* to Break Diplomatic

Relations With Germany

TEXT NOT YET PUBLIC

United Pr**» Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, April

Pr#»id»nt Wlleon'* final word

In th* (übmarln* controversy

with Germany le embodied In •

note the cabinet ratified today.

It was reported the note noti

fies Germany another subma

rine dltaster jeopardising Amer

ican* will mean **verance of

diplomatic relation*.

ll *«» slated that Oerm«n> *111

he Informed of t*rr«ident Wilson s

datrlalon In s day or two The com

munication Is ahsrp, conrla* and

permit* of no dickering nor of any

eiiended negotiation* It Is said It

touches not only the Busses case,

hut *I*> presents proof of repeated

violations of Germsn assurances.

A tentative draft «t the romwu

nlcatlon will be pren«-nted to the

house and senate committee* before

Secretary !.an*lng shapes It Into a

formal message This may reeult

In slight change* In the leil.

BILUNGSLEY

IS NOT GUILTY

|h*rm*n BMhng*l*y, on* of

th* proprietor* of th* Stewart

Str**t pharmacy, waa found

not guilty *ri*ay by a Jury In

Judge Oliliem'* court aft*r

trial on a charg* of selling

liquor without a pr**criptlon.

Th« caac went to the Jury

Thuraday afternoon.

Th« charge waa lodged

ag»ln»« BMlngaley by an Irv

veatlgator for tho proaecutlng

attorney'* office.

6ELUN6HAM HAS

A $60,000 BLAZE

BKM-INOHAM, April 14 Rre

early Krtday swept the Clover

tilo k, at the corner of Molly and

Com men ial atreel*. doing damage

to the extent of 1',0.000 and 'II

dangerlng the life of Mlaa Clara

Kor>l. a achool tear her

She waa re*cued from her room

In the building with difficulty

The Cage t*>d»on Co . owner* of

the Urgent clothing atore In the

city, Buffered the heavleat loaa

thru damage to atocka and fixture*

I .a* booh* In the law firm of

Craven A Creen worth 12.000 were

destroyed

Judge Jeremiah NMerer, of Seat

tle. 1* part owner of the block.

t ♦

Don't mlaa, th# firat Inatall.

ment. "North of Fifty.Three,"

our new novel a wee**, begma

neat Monday. Enda Saturday.

♦ ♦

vlsoln A anil Hint Mallard btisl

tn»«* "

All agreed that the company

want* to let 'he matter drag and

at the last minute get free ime of

the bridge th.-i demand for

atreet car aervlce.

"It .nay he," raid Moore, "that

Norwood Flrockett won't control

the next legislature, and we can

get a law giving m the power to

even leraand toll* from the com

pany for their uae of the Fremont

bridge."

The committee derided to confer

with the rlty I' llltloa committee on

the matter.

AUSTRIAN DENIED

PAPERS AS CITIZEN

Huperior Judge Smith denied

Friday the application of Kred

Langer, a conductor ou the Seattle,

Kenton ft Southern, for United

States citizenship on the iirouud

that "a man who Is fals« to his

own government might bo erpect

fid to be false to his new govern

ment If pressed by temptation."

I-anger Ik an Austrlsn. fix took

out Ills first papers November 10.

1811

On August 31. last. It testl

flrd, he reported to the Austrian

consul here n* a reservist, linger

explained lie did this merely to

nave a property Inheritance In Aus

tria worth $8,000.

"It appears to thn court that he

prsctlced deception on hi* own

country," declared Judge Htnlth

"Ills conduit stamps him ua a man

not absolutely honest."

U.S.WIL NOT WITIDRAW ARMY

FROM MEXICO, CABINET SAYS

By Lowell Mellett

l*r«M Mtaff <'orr*«pond*r)i

WASHINGTON, April 14.—American troops will remain in Mexico for the present

at least. The cabinet at its session today determined not to change its policy. This

means the hunt for Villa will proceed.

After the cabinet session, it was stated that Carranza's request for withdrawal of

American forces had not been answered.

Consul Rodgers in Mexico City has not been instructed to treat with Carranza to

ward an amicable settlement.

The cabinet members failed to indicate when they intended to reply to the request.

No light on President Wilson's stand during the cabinet meeting was obtainable.

The cabinet members unanimously decided to gather all the facts before attempt

ing final action. j —*

VnltSNtf rr#»« ft r>irr*i(Mn4«rit

F.I. I'ASO, April 14 I'nitrd State* troop- at I'arra! are

facing a critical situation, it was reported today.

Official Mexican accounts of the fight there -aid a

hand of supposed Villista*. defeated by Americans at Troya

VILLA RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN HOUSE BY McLEMORE

WASHINGTON. April 14.—A resolution providing that th*

American forces shall not withdraw from Mexico until Villa Is

killed, captured or driven Into exile was Introduced In th* house

today by Representative McLemor*.

Secretary Lanaing announced today h* wa» prepared to "treat"

with Amha***d«r Arredondo of Mexico with regard to th* with

#e*wal of American troop* a* requested by Carranra, but aald he dirt

lot know what line th* negotiation* would tak*.

on Monday, retreated toward Parral.

The American cavalry pursued them, but found a strtmg

sentiment against "gringoes" at Parral The clash on Wed

nesday followed, in which one American, at least, was re

ported killed.

Ileadqnarters today waited Brig. Gen Pershing's report

with regard to the fight. It wa« said 150 American soldiers

participated

Latest report* indicate that the fighting continued with

the mob greatly outnumbering the American*

In a second outburst of hate against the "gringoes,"

many Mexicans were reported to have been killed It was

'•aid the cavalry turned a battery of machine guns on the

mob.

Fear Bandit Troop* May Have Cut

Off Detachment From Pershing's Main Body

Some feared that unorganized bandits might have cut

off a detachment separated from the main column and pre

vented the news from reaching Pershing. It was believed

that a force thus surrounded might possibly face serious

casualties fighting its way out.

1 Iradquarter* were incHned to regard the Parral inci

dent as a hysterical outbreak of Mexicans not familiar with

the trend of events in their own country.

It was also reported that forces of Villistas or inde

pendent bandits were between the advanced American guards

and the base of operations at San Antonio, Mexico.

A party of 200 attacked a cattle train three miles from

Parral.

This organization may have been among the Mexicans

that fought Americans in the streets of Parral.

Anxiously Await Reports on Whether

Carranza Soldiers Fought Americans

Other bandits defeated the Carranza garrison at Pilar

de Cochos, driving them back into Parral. The de facto

troop* at Pel Yallc were also beaten by guerrilla horsemen.

If the Carranza garrison at Parral joined the Villistas,

or independents, and fought against the Americans, the situ

ation will become critical.

Whether Carranzista soldiers participated in the attack

on Americans at Parral is the most important question.

The Mexican account posted at Juarez stated that civil

ians attacked American troops who entered the city thru a

mistake.

It failed to mention Mexican casualties, evidently fearing

that such an announcement would cause more ill feeling in

the fuarez garrison, which is already reported to be strongly

anti-American.

Carranza Planning Entry Into Capital

Sunday; Mexico City Is Excited

MEXICO ( ITY, April 14 Publication of news from

I'arral, where Mexicans clashed with American troops, caused

mild excitement today. There were no demonstrations.

Gen. Pablo Gonzales issued a manifesto warning the pub

lic against attacking Americans.

Alvaro Obrcgon, the de facto war minister, informed the

local garrison concerning details of the fight.

lie declared the United States soldiers had violated their

pledge not to enter cities in Mexico.

Newspapers printed long accounts of the American ex

pedition operation, asserting the troops are suffering from

the climate and emphasizing the fact that they have failed

to capture Villa.

Carran/a, accompanied bv < )bregon and members of his

cabinet, has arrived in a suburb from Queretaro, where the

de facto capital was temporarily located.

It is reported they plan an official entry into Mcxico City

on Sunday.

By E. T. Conkle

ONE CENT

O* THAI** AMI

Kit Sllx. (u

LAST EDITION

Merry, merry Salisbury! Soon we'll have

to get a ferry to bring us down to

we wot, if this darned rain don't stop—

eh, what? Today: "Probably showers to

night and Saturday."

ANOTHER AMERICAN KILLED

EL PASO, April 14.—American troops hold Parral, according M

unconfirmed advices. These m«M<gti Hated that two troop* r* enteral

th« town Wednesday for messages. Carranu soldiers, Ignorant Of th*

expedition. ahot and killed one and wounded the aecond, It was declared.

Th* commander of the Americans than entered and a atreet fight fal

lowed.

De Facto President of Mexico Who Asks

United States to Withdraw Its Troops

RECOMMEND PORT BELT LINE

TO COUNCIL OVER GILL VETO

The city franchise committee

determined to recommend that

the council pats the port belt

line franchise over Mayor Gill's

veto.

The members of the commit

tee are Erickson. Fitzgerald and

Moore.

They determined their action

partly on the opinion of Corporation

Counsel Cold well, which took issue

with the mayor'n objections, as slat

ed In his veto message.

The old conncll granted the fran

rlils» at Ita last Later the

mayor vetoed it.

The mayor. In his veto, stated he

did not favor the franchise because

It would relieve other railroad com-

YOUNG ACQUITTED GARAGE HAS A BLAZE

TACOMA, April 14.—Arthur

Young, former saloonkeeper, ac

cused of cashing forge I warrants

In connection with the looting of

the state Industrial Insurance com

mission fund, was found not guilty

by a Jury in superior court here

iodaj.

panles of Important franchise obliga

tions.

The corporation counsel's report

did not uphold tills view.

Neither was the mayor upheld In

the \ ifw that the port commission

would have to he termed a "railroad

company." and thus throw the city

into a mass of legal controversy.

Altho the report agrees with the

mayor In Ills contention that the pro

posed franchise does not contain an

absolute common user clause. It

points out that the law establish

lug the port commission would not

permit it to construct a belt line In

which the railroad companies could

acquire an interest.

The new council will probably

vote on the franchise April 24.

A fire which destroyed one car

at the Dodge Motor Co. garage,

near Hioklwhn and Pike Friday,

canoed considerable commotion.

Dense smoke emanated from the

place, and It was feared thßt "Gas

oline row" was endangered. Th#

damage was nominal,