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Legislature Is Adjourned to

Escape Plague of Smallpox

FOES IN TRENCH

CALL EACH OTHER

BY FIRST NAMES

Correspondent Shepherd Tells How Men

Stand Knee Deep in Water Day After Day

in the Fighting in Northern France.

(United Praaa Staff Correepondent.|

CALAIS, Jan. 1(>. (By Mail to New York ) — Hi- Ameri

can rubber boots and his clothes were caked in the mud of the

trenches and you could smell hor*e, gasoline and gun|K»wder

fc. when he entered the compartment of the train lie was .1

human whiff straight from the f>attle line* and he was to

delighted with the prospect of his six-day leave of absence

that, in spite of being an English major, and therefore one of

* the most silent men on earth, he wanted to talk

He began about the weather, ami. from that, shifted to the

mud in the trenchev

BRITISH SHIP

IS REPORTED

DESTROYED

LONDON, Feb. o._Ef

forts of Sir William Byles

Sn the house of commons

to clear up rumors that, a

dreadnaught had been lost

in a disaster off the north

of Ireland, failed today. De

claring there were endless

Tumors of such a disaster,

Byles interrupted the pro

ceedings to ask if they were

true. The speaker refused

to allow discussion of an

admiralty matter, however,

-while the army bill was be

fore the house.

EXTRA! EXTRA! MRS. JANSEN

BURNED TO CRISP IN OVEN

Mr* I*rael Nelson. wife of a Be

tattle lawyer and Ml** Gwendolyn

iO«ary. a voice teacher, last night

•■violently attacked Mr*. Romeyn IS.

.Janaen, wife of the manager for the

Seattle Taxlcab Co.

Ak the latter wa* peering Intu

tha door of an Immense bake oven

that had been erected on University

at., near Fifth ave . the other two

woman ruahed jine*p«K te»Mv upon

her and ahoved her bodily through

the opening. She wa* burned to a

rrlap Mr Janaen waa a ai>ectator

of the tragedy.

Karller In the eyenlng. Mme.

Heaae-Sprotte, another musician,

had driven Mr* Nelaon and Mia*

Oeary from her home with inucii

brandishing of a broom.

Mr. Hprotte had come home wav

In§ a bottle and evidently much un

der the Influence of Its contents

Tha two *tim»n driven forth had ¥

iMwnmf' lout In the wood*, and lay

under ft tr»*«* to aleep After

• aerie* of atranKe event* the-,

made their way the next mornln*

in an oddly ronatrurted hoii*e, ev|

dently that of a baker, where they

ate aome of the "rake* with whli h

the walla were adorned.

By William G. Shepherd

"Thaaa American rubbar

wadera ara the only thlnge to

keep out tsa water," ha eald.

(Wadera la tha Engheh mma

for rubbar boota.) "Tha only

trouble with tham la that eome

tlmea tha watar in tha tranchaa

la ao daap that It ovartooa tha

wadara, and you aloah around

with tham full of mud and wa

tar. Thay ought to coma up to

your hip*."

"How much wjtrr do you realty

have In the trencheaT'

My dear man. »ome of 0>» .

troopa have •t<*nt five or all daya

In mud and water al>o*a their

knee* It «(■ ao deep thay could

not lie down without drowning In

It Atd what'* woraa. aome night*

It was »<> cold that a eklm of Ira

formed over tha watar aa the men

atood In It. Theae men did not

have wadera. Thev were not pro

tected from the tcy water* tn any

I war.

"Don't they die of rolda*"

Opan Air Help* Tham

"No; It'a moat eitraordlnarv. hut

men who hava had atomarh trouble

and had to be careful of their eat

ing before they were aent Into the

trenches, find, after a week or ao

that their atomacha become fine

and atrong They can «al anything

and aa much aa thev want

"They don't get much exercise,

but the open air life make* new

(Continued on Page Two.)

It turned out that the building

waa Mm Janaen s. Bhe *ucce««i|

ed by stratagem In locking Mr*

N«|*i>n in ■ cage. with the Inten

tion. *be *«|il. of roasting her In

the Immense bake oven. Mr* Nel

»on escaped. and. with the aid of

Mi - Oean . visited this grue*<jm«

fßte ln*t< a ad on the taxi mart'* wife

Previous to her death, Mr*. Jan

»cn was hung up temporarily on a

picket fence when she attempted to

jump over

• • •

All the*# «v«nta war* a part

. of the fairy opera "Haanaal and

Orctal" produced for the flret

tIMe in Seattle by the Stand

ard Grand Opera Co. at the

Metropolitan.

Mr*. Janaen and the othera

all did their parte *o wall th*

audience forgot thev were Seat

tleite* and came to believe they

really were inhabltante ot the

uncanny realm.

If the pricea had been twice

or three tlmee what t>-ey were,

the audience probably would

have thought the folka on the

•tage were Caruao. Tetrazzlni,

Alda and other*.

TONIGHT: "LOHENGRIN"

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News

VOLUME 16

DANCES HELD IN CITY SCHOOLS IMMORAL,

MINISTER COMPLAINS TO DOARD MEMDERS

Discontinuance of cfaaa

dancing In tha high achoola I*

aakad by tha Saattla Praaby

tarlan . Mlniatara - aaaoclatlon.

Tha mlniatara' protaat was road

Monday night at a maating of

tha achool board Action waa

dafarrad.

The miniatere referred to

dancee given annually by the

junior and aanlor claaaea.

Thaaa function* ara ueually

>-eid in the achool gymnaaium.

Tha miniatere want them held

el»e*cere. or abollahed alto-

A FOOLISH BUNNY AND THE

MAN WHO DIDNT REGISTER

-» REGISTRATION BOOKS WILL BE CLOSED AT 12

o'clock midnight, Tuesday, for the coming city election.

They are at the Prefontaine building, Third and Ye»-

ler. REGISTER AND VOTE for a better and greater city.

» ♦

THE STORY OF TMi UNWARY RABBII

In a roomy clearing daily

Scampered Utile bunny gayly,

Finding paths that ha could follow,

Building whan ha could not burrow;

Hopping, nibbling, alwaya at It,

Caralaaa. carefree, happy rabbit.

In • farmhouae near, «►>• eager

Fldo waited for hie laadar;

Wlehed that echoole were ne'er invented;

Up and down the path he ecented.

Till the echoelboy'e marry voice

Mada hla heavy heart rejoice.

Fido had aoms greedy habits—

Llksd to fsad on pretty rabbits.

Bill encouraged all hie cravings.

Chsered with plsaaura all hie ravings;

Watched tha racs that wasn't funny

For a persecuted bunny.

IV.

Tired out. rabbit puffed and trambled

In a bruah pile. while assembled

for a siege w«ra both tha vandala.

Seldom haa tha world auch scandals

been In gory war. With firs

The too attacked tha humble lair.

Foolleh. aimpla. alHy aiaaparl

Couldn't you think any deeper?

All around you bruah pllas lay

To invlta your flight that day;

Vat you crouched tha flamee In-under—

PERISHED BY YOUR OWN SAO BLUNDER

POLYGAMY JUST

SPLENDID, SAYS

I GIRL PREACHER

NEW YORK. Feb. Ml**

Edna Crowth*r, Mormon girl

missionary who ha* been work

i Ing here for the la«t two week*,

declared today *h* had won 6#

convert* to the Mormon be

liefe

To an interviewer. Mia*

• Crowther ha* confided her

view* of polygamy, which, ah*

•aid. ia "splendid."

"Polygamy ha* not been prac

ticed since IH9O. because |>olyga

I mon* or plural marriages are for

hidden hv the conatltutlon of the

; Ntate oM'tah." ahe said.

When I contemplated becoming

a mlatlonary I healtated about It.

because I did tiot believe In p'djg

amy.

"Hut after a talk with my mother

I became convinced that polygamy

| is a h lendlil Institution

"I'olygannm* marriage* almo*t

Invariably turn out happily. Any

j <vomen I b«' e #'\er known

I li*ve married In polygamy say If

they had ttietr choice over again

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

Si: \ I I I I:. WASH., TUESDAY, FEU. <>. !<>ls

aether.

t'ntll a year ago It had been the

riiKtom to give theae dunre* In pri

vate hall*. Il «aa then decided the

dattcea could be lietter regulated

and proper aupervlalon Insured by

holdliiK them .In the achool build

log*.

According to Secretary Her. W.

O. Talbot of the Mlnlatera' asaocla

tlon. who appeared oeraontlly he

fore the l>oard. numeroiia pirenta

have complalne<| to the mlnlatera

that the dance* are Improper and

Immoral

they would prefer a plural mar

riage.

"No mnTt can take on an addition

al wife without the consent of hla

first when, ao that the wives are

agreeable to the arrangement

"I have two aunts who married

the same man

One of them ha* wven children,

the other twelve, and attll n third

wife hna twelve more children, and

thev ire nil Ideally happv."

"The minim*™ are strongly op

pined to dancing In the echoola,"

he Maid "The Mlbl* In barred from

tin- schoolroom be<auae It In con

trary to the belief of mni people

Why, tlwii, ahould dancing bo tol

erated. when It la objectionable to

far more?"

The board advlaed the mlolatera

to form a committee for the pur

p<>«e of going mora deeply Into the

1»» He,

Wnen the committee complete*

Ita work, ltd. report will lie heard

by the board.

♦ ♦

THE STORY OF THE UNWARY VOTER

In a busy city gayly

Simple Simon wandered daily;

Saakmg living for the morrow.

Earning what ha could not borrow;

Talking politico and giving

Curea for higher coat of living.

VII.

In a spacloua of flea, wary,

Billy Boas did dally tarry;

Cursing curioua. common cusaes.

Plotting ruin Jitnay busaae;

Paying patronage with pelf.

Buying backer* for hlmaalf.

VIM.

Billy Boss, the graedy sott

Wantsd Simon's house and lot;

Yearned to eee poor Simple pray

For hla light and fuel, and pay *

At the throne of Bill. Ah, then,

Pelfpald patrons said, "Amanl"

Simple Simon moaned and trembled,

Hugged his vote whila foes assemblsd:

Slumbered while they shrewdly plotted,

Waited out the time allotted;

Hid until the poll books tlosed.

Took what Billy Boss Impossd!

X.

Foolish, simple, silly sleeper!

Couldn't you think any deeper?

There you had a vote, to kill

All the fond dreams of Big Bill

Had you but regletered! No wonder!

PAUPERIZED BY YOUR OWN BLUNOER

VILLA'S FORCES

NOW IN RETREAT

FROM CAPITAL

WAHHIXOTON. JVIi. 9 The

Vllllß'a troop* In Mexico have runt

a aerie* of disastrous defeat*. Ac

conlln* to iUhpulilicn received by

the < nii*titiltli>nall«t aKeucy here

Thm" declare CarranzlHta force*

hnvo forced the Villa supporters to

abandon Queritaro and that the

capture ««f Monterey la expected

VllllatH forces whlrh recently ad

vancad against Mexico City are now

declared to be In retreat.

Carrnn/a'a representative* here

•ay the "First Chief' now control*

nil tin- u-rrltory south of Anuas

callentrs and San hula F'otosl.

Htate department orflcla Ih are

Ht 1)1 wrestling with the problem pro

m-nted by Villa h «nnounc< that

ho hud assumed the pmldeDCf.

Villa Insists, however, that the

asaumptlon I* only temporary anrt

that ho was compelled to take ac

tion because It was Impossible for

"the sovereign convention to com

mnnlcate freely with the northern

state*."

ONE CENT

ENGAGED

I A /

'BREAK IT

ADVISES

LILIAN BELL

* ■ indium _** ~* r-. — • • * '

Famous Authoress of 20 Popular

Girls' Books

In Tomorrow's Star

LUSITANIA FLEW U. S. FLAG,

AMBASSADOR PAGE REPORTS

WASHINGTON. Fob 9— Walter

Mines Page. American ambassador

to (ireat Itritaln. today cabled con

flrrration of published report* that

the S S l.tisltiinl.i had used the

American fla* a* a precautionary

measure.

Here's Your Chance

to Boy Cheap Fish!

By formal action of the

council. Port Warden Payne

was Instructed Monday to

accommodate water front

fishermen on the Madison

at. and other allpa. *o that

the? might aell fiah direct to

the coniumer. Payne. In

the ahaence of any councll

manlc expression, prohibited

the fishermen from tying up

their boata to the illpa and

making Impromptu market!

there.

Consumer! will be able to

buy their fl!h from the fish

ermen nearly 4 cent! a pound

cheaper than at the m»rkets.

HARRY WAS A WHALE

WASHINGTON, K"b. !>.—Whet'

Harry Coleman,.36. «a« burled. It

took 12 men to carry his coffin, lie

weighed 720 pounda.

The confirmation, he «ald in his

report to the state department,

came from the Ilrltish foreign of

flee, although It had not been offi

cially communicated to him.

I'age also quoted from a Ixindon

paper, which defended the right of

| the ship to fly the American flag.

IMPEACHMENT OF

U. S. JUDGE DAYTON

TO BE ATTEMPTED

WASHINGTON*. Feb. <V — im

peachment proceedings ngulust I"

S. lilstrlct Judge Alston G. Dayton

of West Virginia were authorised

today by the houac. The Investlga

tlon will be conducted by a special

house committee

TILDEN WILL FILED

CHICAGO. Feb. !» -The will of

the late K(lward" Tllilen, multi-mil

lionaire packer, disposed of an es

tate eHtlinated to lie worth $15,-

000.000.

BREAK DOCTORS' TRUST

IT IS a first principle of law that the assumption of Innocence must

stand until guijt Is proved. ,

The state board of medical examiners found Dr. J. Eugene

Jordan guilty of "unprofessional conduct," and revoked t)is license to

practice.

The advertising doctor appealed yesterday to the superior court,

and hopefully anticipates reinstatement. But In the meantime—what?

The law of this state, unlike the law of most other states. Ignore*

the first principle mentioned, and says to Or. Jordan: "It Is assumed

that you are guilty. Now prove your innocence!"

The Star holds no brief for Dr. Jordan. He may be the best doctor

In the world—or the worst.

The Star is Interested vitally In upholding that first principle of

law which holds a man Innocent until proved guilty.

It would be impossible for an "ethical" board of examiners to give

an "unethical" doctor a fair trial. The board didn't give Jordan a fair

trial.

The pickpocket, the forger and the counterfeiter get a aquarer deal

from the police court than the doctor gets from the board of medical

examiners. For they are punished, not BEFORE, but AFTER the ulti

mate tribunal has found them guilty.

Lawyers say the law, as it affects doctors who have come under the

displeasure of the board. Is unconstitutional.

Certainly It Is bureaucratic and un-American.

The animus which Inspires the board *nd the "ethical" societies to

prosecute "unethical" doctors lies not In what they advertise, but In tha

fact that they advertise at all.

THE STAF. BELIEVES THAT THE LAW SHOULD Bt CHANG

ED, GIVING EVERY DOCTOR WHOSE LICENSE THE BOARD HAS

REVOKED THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PRACTICE PENDING A*.

PEAL.

Night

EDITION

WEATHER FORECAST—Rain

TIIIKN AT nbaiti b

111(1. I«»

• f»a • m . It 7 ft. * :»a I m . I I fl

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CLERK IS

SEIZED

AT DESK

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 9.

—The city health officer

shortly before noon today

ordered the Arizona legis

lature to adjourn on ac

count of smallpox cases de

veloping in the lower

house.

In addition to Rep. Sam

P. Briscoe of Cochise

county, who has been taken

to the pest house, Reading

Clerk Lanier was stricken

with the disease this after

noon at his desk.

There are several sus

pccts in both houses. Near

ly all members have been

vaccinated

Nearly all had called on

Briscoe during the early

stage* of his illness.

ASKS FOR RECORD

MINIMUi HUE

PHOENIX, Arl*., Feb. »—Mr*

Rachel Kerry, the only woman in

the lower house of the Arizona leg

islature. It preparing today a bill

making it a misdemeanor to employ

any woman for le«* than 112 a

week.

Thla includes domestic servants.

Any |e*s amount, asr* Mr* Her

ry. is Inadequate to meet the necea

aary cost of living and to maiutain

health and morality

It la expected that Mr* Kerry's

measure will paaa. establishing

»hat I* believed to be the highest

minimum wage for women In the

I'nlted State*.

BANDITS RUN WILD

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9 The

police «ere combing San Francisco

today for three unmasked automo

bile nandits who held up two eatab

llabments In the downtown district

laat nleht and escaped In a taxleab

with money and Jewelry In exceaa

(if »1..100.

OSCAR SUES EMMA

NEW YORK. Feb 9 —Oscar Ham

mersteln sued Emma Trentinl. the

opera star, for alleging

breach of contract

10 MEN SENTENCED

ST. I-Oris, Feb. 9—Ten men in

volved In the million-dollar bank

ruptcy swindle of the Great Western

.lobbing House, today stand seu

teuced to the penitentiry.

NEW YORK. Feb. The wife of

I.leut. R. C. Sauflej* of the tutted

State* navy was the first woman to

pilot an aeroplane over New York.