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WAR NEWS

Company of Germans

Killed Underground

i'ktu> ><:i; m>. Pet. : important

victories both In I'oland and In the

t'arputhlnns were claimed In tho of

flctal statement from the war office

ti>day The Hermans hare lout six

thousand In killed and many more

wounded and taken prisoner* In ai

tack* west of Warsaw. It was

■»t>>d.

The battling alone the Itiura went

of Warssw ha- coat the German*

hen** losses. Gen Von Mackenzie

hurled *lx renlnienu aealust the

Russian ihiuKUui southwest of

Sochaccef In related charges for

tour day a.

A force of German sappers tun

neled 100 yard* to the first line of

Russian trenches.

By chance a Russian officer dls

covered the mouth of the tunnel.

Two machine B'ini were rushed up

snd a company of German* alauah

tere<l under ground

By w.-lnht of nftmhers the tier

mans forced the caar's arm> at this

point to retire from their first line

of trenches and followed up this ad

vantage by ahelllna the Russians

out of their second line

Censors Punish Critic

PVRIS. Feb ! Knieat .Tudet ed

itor of the Kclalr. criticised the cen

worship and the censor* hare noti

fied him they mill refuse to read hi*

proofs hereafter, and If he publishes

a line to taw he *111 hava

to take the consequence*.

Troop* Ravish Women

BERLIN, Feb. 2.—The gov-

ernment prees bureau assert*

th* Bucharest paper, Lupta.

complain* bitterly of the action

of Ruseian troop* who entered

Bukowina. The Lupta. accord

mg to the pre** bureau, charged

Russian* pillaged village* an*

ravished women and girl*.

Fireworks in Jerusalem

'•ONSTANTIVOPI.K. Feb.

There «ii a fete of firework* In

Jerusalem to celebrate the Turkish

occupation of the town of Sue*.

Bullet Gives Flame

LONDON*. fVb. !.— A Petrograd

dispatch says the Germnns are tie-

Inpr a new kind of bullet which. If it

hits nothing, hursts and lives out a

momentary flame like an electric

light.

Bandit Wants to Fight

NEW YORK. Feb 2 A letter to

hi* mother from IXeudonns. the

Parte auto bandit. says he 1* sorry

he did not die on the guillotine in

stead of getting a commutation of

Hcnfnce. because he can t go to the

front and fight.

Japs Not to Fight

PARIS. Feb 2 A semi-official

announcement states that It has

been definitely decided the Japa

nese are not to be allowed to do

any fighting In Rurop«.

Give Patriotic Play

PARIS. FVb. J. —Mm*. Rejane hy

request. Is to reopen her Pari* thea

tre wtth fH# patriotic play "AlttcV

at price* under $1.

General's Son Killed

IvOVDON. Oh J. —The Stars Co-

P"oha«:en correspondent wired to

day that Gen. Von Kluek's eldest

•on Kgon Davall. a 11-iitrnant at- 1

tached to the German marines. «aa

killed at Middlekerke, on the Bel

gian coast. when that town *u

' bombarded by British warahlpa.

Will Seize U. S. Ship

WASHINGTON. Fab. 2.—Th»

state department ha« bean In

formed. it was announced today,

that Great Britain will aeiie the

cargo of the S. S. Wllhelmlna,

deatmed for Bremen, and all

other American ahipmenta to

Germany aa a result of the Gar

man government's assumption

of control over food distribu

tion.

He Defend* Germany

Germany's position In the present

Kuropean conflict was defended by

Dr William D. Simmons, pastor of

the Oakland First t'nl'arlan churcl.

in the second of his war lecture

series at the Boyllton Avenue t'nl

tarlan church Monday night. A big

audience was present.

"Kvery man In the kaiser's great

army." Simmons aald, "la sincere

and believes himself fighting for

the cause of right."

Dr. Simmons Illustrated his re

marks with sfereoptlcon slldea. To

night he will sp«-ak on "The Allies

of the West Kngland and France."

It Made 'Elm Sore

MKIJJOI'RNB, Feb 2—Two re

cent arrivals from Whitby, England,

who were working Inland, upon

hearing of the German naval bom

bardment. of that town. Immediately

threw up their Job* and booked by

the first steamer for England to en

list.

Botha Gets a Horse

JOHANNKSBt'RG. Feb 2 The

Trader Issued an appeal for 3,000

shillings In order to present a

charger to Gen. Botha. Subscrip

tions received within a few hours

e*c«>«*ipr| the amount required. They

were restricted to a shilling each

and confined to residents In the

Rand.

Busted Food Trust; Will Tell How It's Done

Lew Shank, who butted the food trust in Indianap-

olis, it studying conditions in Western ave.

He will have a messagr for every houaewife in Se«

attle, every husbandman, every farmer, round about.

Shank will deliver his message at The Star's "after-

Sreakfaat" matinee nt 10:30 a. m. Wednesday, at the

Empress theatre.

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News

VOLUME 16.

WHITE GNUS ARE ENSLAVED

TRAFFIC

IN GIRLS

EXPOSED

Evidence gathered by County Pros

ecutor l-undln In connection with

the case of Fell* Crane, acclaimed a«

"kin* of the underworld." point* to

an organized traffic In white glrla.

I.undfo *ald Tueeday carried on by

negroes In Seattle, lioqulam. Aber

deen and several other dtiee In the

NorthwcaL

Stories told to by many

girls have agreed on tMw pofnr

They declare they were aent from

tftv to city by the negroes

Crane la to be placed on trial Feb

X on a charge of accepting the

earnings of Immoral women.

"I am certain." said Lundln, "that

we will convict him. Careful efforts

were made by Crane and bla friends

to rover his tracka, but tha cue

we have looks Rood to me."

Crane, In "placing" bla girls. Is

declared by the authorities to have

generally Instated that each girl

have a "man," ao that no connection

could be shown betw»»-n the girl and

the "king." The girl, It la charged,

was then compelled to pay Crane for

J protection. Whether Crane kept all

this protection money or not. Is not

yet positively known. The negro,

who now la at liberty on ball, afren

uotisly denies everything

"The Indications of an Intercity

traffic In white girls la Juat one of

the outrropplngs of the raw." the

prosecutor aaid. "There may be

some surprises before we get

through with it."

LAY BRIDGE

EXPLOSION

TO GERMAN

VANCKBORO, Me. Feb 2—A

man giving the name of Home and

claiming to be a German officer Is

being held by the authorities fol

lowing the attempt made early to

day to wreck the International

bridge across the St. Croix river.

The bridge was only slightly dam

aged, an explosion of dynamite on

the Canadian side twisting a pier.

Train service was held up tempo

rarily.

No charge has been lodged

against Home The Canadian offi

cials are conducting an Investlga

ton Into the dynamiting, as It oc

curred on their side of the bridge

Home admitted he waa guilty of

dynamiting the structure, according

to the officer.

HiATTI.H, WASH., TUESDAY. HiIWUAKV 2, 1015.

If the Cop Can Smell

It on Your Breath, in

Topeka, You're DRUNK

WASHINGTON, it now appears, will go absolutely dry

next New Year's Day.

During the recent campaign in which the people made

up their minds that it should go dry, much was said about

how prohibition had affected Kansas. The wets pointed to

Topeka as a city where arrests for drunkenness were exceed

ingly numerous. The drys denied Ihe truth of the charge.

To get at the facts, and thus in a measure to forecast

what might happen in this state. The Star detailed I high S.

Kullerton to go to Topeka, study the situation anil tell Star

readers the truth

Here is Ins report

By Hugh S. Fullerton

TOPEKA. Kao.. Feb. 2.—Eat

a clove quickly or you will have

• Topeka jag.

Sh-h Don't laugh out loud,

or you'll be Topeka drunk and

disorderly.

Judge ficorre A. Huron, whose

orders and whose definition of

drunk and disorderly are responsi

ble for the most recent sensation

In Kani-as. line established a new

hasls of Judging drinking men

Chicago's basis of derision Is thitt

a man Is not drunk unless he In

slsfs on kissing the bartender gooil

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

I

= Tb #? V

night

New York works unon the plan

that no man Is drunk unless he Iter

down In the gutter and nuarrelf

with the fire hydrant for falling to

call him at the right, hour.

Topeka's standard is that a

man is drunk If the police can

detect the odor of liquor on his

breath.

In Topeka a man is drunk and

disorderly and guilty of a

breach of the peace If he talks

or laughs boisterously; if he

walks unsteadily enough to at.

(Continued on Pafle 2.)

LEW SHANK

OLD OHIO

RIVER ON

RAMPAGE

I

CI.EViei.AND, O. Keti t—Prac-'

tlcally (he entire atate of Ohio fac

ed flood danger* today, canning the

J mo*' Hffioiit a|>|irrlici»luii *Ince

i (hi- dlaaftroua flooia of March.

: 1913 tl*avy thaaa and rain* of

jthe paat AO hour* are renponalhla

The Ohio rUrar waa Jumping to

flood «tagc early today at (b« rate,

of o*»r a fool ah hour The great-!

«**( •ppreheaaUrn wn fait In the

awtlnn I'luaburg and Clo

Cll.KjUl. i

tm* - <«»a*n »*>••

(hat by 'omorrnw morning a «S-foot

*(ag* will have b<-en reached. In

undating a large area and driving

<0,000 famllle* from (heir horaea

Rlvertnen predict (he tnoa( acrl

oua flooda In yearn.

Wheeling \V Va . fV»llalre

Hrldgeporl and Martin a Kerry. 0..

and many o(her (own* and cltlea

are affect ml

The Miami river valley la threat

ened by a situation almllar (o (hat

»hlch canned loan of life and prop'

ert» damag<- nt iHiyton In 1913.

Al /jinenvllle. O . the Mtiaklngttm

river l» rlnlng an Inch an hour. Thej

ttandunky river la rtalng at FVe

mont

WHEAT CLIMBS

PAST FAMOUS

PATTEN PRICE

NEW YORK. Fab. 2.—Wheat

Bold at on th* Consoli

dated *tock exchange today and

a new high record.

CHICAGO. Feb I After a day of

sensational advance*. May wheat

closed at Sl.6r» a bushel. July

wheal Closed nt $1 43 a bushel

The*" were the highest prices

reached.

Th* price of H.BO, to which

Jamei A. Pattan'a famous cor

ner forced wheat in 1909. wa*

•«c*edecAy half a cent within

an hour Wter the market open

ed. It waa within 24' 2 of the

prlc* reached In 1898. whan Jo*

Leiter cornered the market and

•ent th* grain price to 91.83 a

buahal.

Report* that one of the Ilrltlah

merchant ship* sunk by a German

submarine In the Irish sea carried a

heavy tonnnge of wheal wa* un Im

portant factor In making the market

Irregular.

Other factors were today'* In

crease of two shillings In freight

rale* on grain* from Argentine to

Liverpool, the removal of Import dti

Ilea on wheat hv Italy and Sweden

itnd lUck of new* from Canada,

weather condition* having broken

down v Ire rommiiiileallon.

He will tell how food it "cornercd," the price manip-

ulated. He will tell you how he beat the middlemen in

Indianapolis and how you can beat them here.

Everywhere in hi* travels has found similar con

ditions: Farmers getting small prices for their produce;

you paying high prices for your food.

Admission to the "after-breakfast** matinee will be

free. YOU are invited. COME AND HEAR HIM.

nwr fPMT «»> Wit

vfc-N I %ic%% * % l s#

lEIE'SGHLWM

says m.m 3

TIMES DAILY

■, H

Miss Ruth Pecan, Who Say* 'Damn'

"Damn'

Ruth Peean. In the sketch letm

of llartlev and Pecan. at the

Km pre**, say* It three time* a day

at the theatre thla week, and *e*en

day* a week

In the sketch Huth la talking

with her husband about their mar

riage. lie »ay* he « isn't rattled

when the minister made them one

She navs he wa*.

"What did yon say." she a*ks,

"when the minister asked you If

you'd take me to be your wedded

wife ?"

Well." ask* the husband, "what

WD I ?«>•'"

You *ald. 'Damflno!' "

Professor indorses It

t,n*» week I'reslent Thwing

of Western Reserve university nl

Cleveland Indorsed the word

"damn" for girls, under certain cir

cumstances. The star told about

it Monday. Many of our most re

spectable folk* do not agree with

Prof. Thwing

Now. Mis* Pecan i* more than

a beautiful and talented actress.

She i* nearly aa well known aa a

charming and gracious lady.

So, with the damn and differ

ence* of opinion concerning damn*

in mind, a Star min went around to

call on Mis* Pecan.

And to ask about the damn.

Just a Plain Damn

Ml** Pecan said Rlie didn't ap

prove of damns for women, and

didn't like this one in the play.

When she was rehearsing it, *he

said, she wanted to refine the ef

feet, as one might ssy. by he&itnt-

Ing a* she came to It. and then say.

in* It In a stage whisper, with

quotes around it, a* if she didn't

really approve of it herself.

Night

EDITION

WEATHER FORECAST—Rain.

Tll>fc» AT nIbAITLB

lli*h I4»W

7<»o a m , li t fl ft:4l p. m . ?,» ft.

A4A p m . I S.f ft

GERMANS

SCATTER

DEATH IN

AIR RAID

PARIS, Feb. 2.—German avi

ators hurled bombs with deadly

effect in tne region southeast

of Verdun, according to word re

ceived today.

One non-combatant was killed

near Pont-a-Mouseon; a little

fcoy was frightfully maimed at

Nancy, where an explosive mis

sile dropped on s school yard,

and a maternity hospital at Rl

mermont. south of Epinal, was

slightly damaged.

News of the lat»M German raid

reached Paris on the heels of the

announcement that German Taubes

had analn successfully bombarded

Dunkirk, raining CO shells on the

peacoaxt town.

The latest German sky raids were

executed from MeU. At least six

German aviators with observers

crossed the French lines. lx>w

hung clouds protected the blrdmen.

No nerlou* damage was done in

Pont a Moiisson Itself, hut In one of

the suburb* a 66-year-old man was

torn to piece*.

The sky raiders next appeared

over Nancy. One bomb exploded

in the narrow courtyard of a school.

A few minutes before 200

children had filed indoor*. A

9-year-oid boy. lingering behind,

was (truck by a fragment of a

bomb which tore a gaping

wound In hla leg.

When the first monoplane was

sighted at Lunevllle. all residents

promptly took to their cellars. A

[crippled engine forced one of the

raiders to descend In an open square

at l.unevllle, where lie wag taken

prisoner by Preneh soldiers.

The squadron of nix German avi

ator* who paid the latest visit to

Dunkirk dropped 60 explosive

bombs and flaming torches, accord

ing to advices from the aeacoast

town.

Commercial

Club to Make

200 New Jobs

The Seattle Commercial club,

through its campaign for home

industries, recently inaugurat

ed, already has discovered a

way to make 200 more jobs.

The club wrote 600 letters to

Seattle manufacturers, asking

what they manufactured, where

they sold it, if they were satis

fied with conditions, with their

sites and with the town; how

much of their product they sold

In the city: how much of their

material they bought In the

city; if they could employ more

persons, or enlarge their busi

ness with financial assistance.

and many other questions.

Two hundred replies were re

ceived. They showed the way to

make jobs for 200 more men. and

women.

Twenty-five men wrote they

needed more onpltal: I" want new

locations, and three need credit.

Club Will Help Them

All these men say they can great

ly enlarge their pay-rolls ami husl

nesses If the cluh can put them in

touch with persons who will give

them what they need. This the

club will endeavor to do

A committee Is to be named with ,

in the next two weeks which Willi

investigate all applicants for as j

■istance, and plan way# and uicui^

Take to Cellar*

! SHORT ONES

About Seattle Happenings

Mead All Salved Up

It. (' Htuart wa* Monday

nlKhl to aiicrend William Dwiaht

Me,id, r«-11 rlri k president of the

I'ugnt Sound I nderwrltera' Aa*o

rlatlon Mead wan eulogized by 1:0

apeakera who pralaed him ror ths

Kood work he had done a* head of

the aaaorl.itlon

Bonds for AutoisU

Honda of $1 f>Oh rarh have been

fixed :• ic • triMt (''rank K Harmon, VV.

M Lynch and It 1, Sylventer, auto

mobile men »' (aj«pd of forcibly de

taining ito yoniiK women In their

auto *>utaldc 4i rltv llmlta Hunda*

morning Formal complaint*,

i barging statutory c rime*, were tu

nned Monday by f>epijty Prosecutor

Melaell.

Job Office Moved

The municipal free employment

office for nien has moved to Third

»ie, and James at., where Wolfa

cefeterla formerly located.

The women* employment office

will also move there In a few daya.

The council Monday authorized th«

appointment of an additional clerk

In the women* dhlalooof the pub

llc employment offlre at a salary of

$7.'< a month.

M'Arthur Will Talk

< ongrenHman-elect C. N". McAr

thnr of Portland. Ore., will bo the

chief speaker at the Lincoln day

banquet by the Young Men'* Repub

llrau club at the Washington hotel

Feb. 12 Mr Arthur wa« speaker of

the Oregon legislature for two ses

sion* and wan In college days prom

inent as manager of athletics of lb*

University of Oregon.

Mr». Hanford Weds

News of the remarriage of Mrs.

Ilazeld»an Jackson Hanford, di

vorced wife of Krank W. Hanford,

nephew of ei-Kederal Judge Han

ford. wag received today from Long

Beach, Cal. Mrs. Hanford haa be

come the bride of Walter W. Pea

bodv, member of a wealthy Philadel

phia family.

Speak Up, Boys!

Want to bid on $.025,000 worth of

city bond*? A bill was Introduced

by Councilman Fitzgerald Monday

to a*k for bids on $400,000 of ma

aonrv dam bond* and $1-5,000 of

tuberculosis hospital bonds on or

about March 20.

The bond* bear 4 1 j per cent la

tereat.

Shank and a Band

Kx-Mayor U* Shank of Indian

spoli*. a full bratts band snd mu

nicipal ownership discussions wilt

be the added attraction* of the T.

H. Bolton rally at the Hippodrome

Sunday. Bolton is the labor can

didate for council.

The meeting opens at 2 o clock.

129 U. W. Students Flunk

One hundred and twenty-nin«

Washington students were dropped

from the university as a result of

the semester examinations Just

closed. In addition. 147 were plac

ed on probation, making 278 men

and women whose-wwfc waa lwiw

the standard required by the facul

ty for honorable standing In tU«

university.

WILSON AGREES

TO MODIFY HIS

SHIPPING BILL

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.— PreeV

dent Wilson agreed to modifications

of tbe ship purchaae bill, in • con

fidence with Senators Norrls and

Ken yon. progressive republicans, it

was broadly intimated today after

the session.

Tlie senators stood pat for their

proposal to eliminate from the bill

the leasing plan and to make tbe

system permanent.

Introduce Amendment*

Amendments limiting to als

months the length of time the gov

ernment may fix minimum rate* un

der the lease and Invalidating the

lease Itself If these terms are vio

lated were Introduced in the senate

today by Sen. La Pollette.

It whs reported they repreaented

the agreement between the presi

dent and the Independent republi

cans with whom he had conferred.

The president Indicated later to

newspaper men that he was agree

able to changes to meet progressive

republican demands.

for helping them. Seven manufac

turers did not set out their need*,

but asked for personal interview*

with the committee. Not one of

the replies complained of wages or

labor conditions, and not one had a

word of fault to find with Seattle.

Offer to Build Plants

Four men. becoming Interested in

this piece of constructive work en

gineered by the Commercial Cluh

have notified Secretary rase and

President Royns that they will build

plants for any responsible home In

dustry, and take stock In the com

pany for their rent, to extend over

a ten-year lease.

Pour more men notified the club

of their willingness to Invest mon

ey In any worthy home enterprise.

Nearly 200 new members of the

club, part of the 300 rounded up by

the canvassing committee, will sit

down at dinner at 6:.10 p. in Tuesday

at the clutirooms, and afterward

will hear officers of H\e club ex

plain Jiut what the club stands for.

and whit it expects of the men who

have been taken Into membership

The new constitution and rulel

will be read for the first time.

Wilt Move March 1

With the addition of the new

members the club is to undergo a

thorough reorganization, prepare.

(Continued on Page Four.)