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POLICE SEEK BANQUET POISONER

Waiter Tries to Kill Archbishop, Governor of Illinois and 100 Other Guests

SIX DAYS A WEEK we go about our business, fighting a good clean fight, like men. And on Sunday? On

Sunday we are tired. We would lie abed we would read - the papers, breakfast near noon and slide

ilipshod thru the day, which it a mighty poor way to spend Sunday. Usually, we've found, at the end of such a day we have a headache and a grouch. Taking it all

ground, we'd rather go to church. It's more wholesome. And, hang it, we always feel better for it, at that, after putting in the right sort of a Sunday. So, tomorrow,

let's go! Ministers have asked us all -especially on this Sunday, which they have designated as Go-to-Church Sunday. Let's go! What do you say?

hmk 'Em Ov©ir B Voders

The five candidate* for corpora

tion counsel are lined up for your

inspection today on page s—their

pictures and something about

them. We suggest that you give

them the once-over before casting

your votes.

Seattle Prepares to Welcome Its Home-Grown Tenor

1,1 LAUD

"OLD ABE"

IWD RAP

WILSON

THfY CHKtftKD THIS AT

4 ft. P. BANOUCT; WHAT

, WOULD LINCOLN tAVT

, "I|m prepend atata-wlde.

MPfMtfaan law la a dlract aa-

Elil IMa tha republican par

81. Tka Yawng Man'* Repub-

Km«MN pledge Ha militant.

Br aypMltlon to thla aa*-

K wMfc and wator eyetem.

H|||«K by a motley aa-

Em af political opportunj-

LtUM new an avarlcloua

BaaMMnk (Louie Brendele)

FftM toaa appointed aa eupreme

MPt Jyatlee."— Wallace Me-

Mml with a confident

Wirtt ef victory In state and

■Usual elections this fall.

tJH men and women attsndsd

Hm Lincoln day banquet of the

Tseng Men's Republican club

Mthe Hippodrome pavilion.

II was • record-breaking

want*

Never before have so many

fMhered at a political banquet

lathe history of the Northwest

<Wr one of the speakers—J.

today Webster of Spokane—ad-

Ini strictly to the subject of

•Mflxln* the memory of the mar

•Mi president

Tke others were carried away

fcy bitter denunciation of

PjMnu Wilson and his policies

■M by an ambition to laud the

Ihtt emancipator.

Audience on Ita Fact

Webster's oration "Abra

■* Lincoln —An Inspiration," wes

tot from any partisanship, and waa

•■asterf <1 that at Ita conclusion

•» entire audience ntsneously

■••e and applauded, paying the

••tor a most remarkable tribute.

To Ralph A. Horr, chairman of

■» arrangements cotnmlttce. goes

•i credit of handling the vast

"••4 and presenting a musical

JJM In vocal and Instrumental s«y

"tew. u well aa attending to the

*Mt» of the Inner man. without a

■ti.

Lincoln Voters T^ere

of the state central com

were the guest* of honor. A

pdal section was reserved for

jjttta voters, about 30 of whom

®* r * and there were section* re-

WN< for delecatlona from other

.?*■ Knthuslasm ran rampant

■JWt the evening.

W- M. Whitney. pre*lden» r.f the

UTTLE THINGS THE STAR MAN NOTICED AT BANQUET

Women Sit at Lincoln Voters' Table; Band Plays Funeral March at Inopportune Time

"lt'« fried ham and murphya,

'J'eee pie and turkeys,

Wh« n tha cook la the G. O. P."

• • •

l]j* w lth*tanding the undisputed

that "ham" muat be claused

••pork," the republican boy* sang

these word*

the American flan with

••hand, and with the palm of the

*enrljr Itching, they cried out

'*>' paean

• • *

EmMV was a special table for IJn*

'oters.

Ttaold Roldlerx were herded out-

fuHCOIM

,

GOETHALS, LINE AND

HOUSTON ARE IN LINE

FOR 6ARAISON'S JOB

WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.

Praaldant Wlleon will bring

tha nama of Secretary of

War Garrleon'a auccaaaor

with him whan ha return*

to Waahlngton tomorrow

from a cruiee on tha Po

tomac. officiate believe.

Althe thara la a atrong

Idaa that a "dark horaa"

will ba ehoaan. It la known

that whan ha left laat night,

tha praaldant had undar

eonaldaration far tha placa

Secretary Houaton and Sec

retary Lana.

German-Amerlcin oppoai

tlon haa davalopad agalnet

Lana, inaamuch aa ha la of

Canadian birth.

There la talk that MaJ. Can.

Ooethala will gat the ap

pointment

club. before tntrodudu* the to**t

muter, Judge C. E. Clay pool. rl«-

orotulT attacked the poltrtea tf

President Wilson. and alao prom

iMd a ft«ht at "loyal republicans"

against the proposed state-wide

X)B-partisan taw.

Ck**r Cefojiaf* Nam*

In mentioning presidential possi

bilities. Taft'a name waa passed

without a ripple of applanae. Boot

received more encoara*»ment, and

Rooeevett's elicited cheers aa well

aa applause

Judice Claypool Interspersed a

good deal of wit between the ora

tion ■ of the speaker*.

T. B. Bruener of Aberdeen l>eld

out an olive branch to returning

progressives. and declared his will

ingness to support Kooeevelt nhould

he be nominated He criticised the

foreign policy of Wllaon.

Waltace McCamant of Portland

landed paat achievements of the re

publican party, and attacked the

Wilson administration.

There *fr» no prominent pmgres

elves seated at the head of the ta

ble

METEOR

FALLS IN

SEATTLE

Now It's up to Prof. Boothroyd

of the astronomy department of

the University of Washington to

explain.

When Oscar Cross, employed by

the Spokane Grain Co, 4915

Eighth ave. 8., stepped out of the

office Friday evening, he saw

something shooting at him like a

streak of llghtntng.

He dodged, and It landed ker

plunk. right at his feet.

It waa a meteor, shooting from

the sky.

It looks like a stone, but weighs

less. It's about the size of a

doubled fist.

Men Shield*, president of the

grain company, has labeled It "Fx

hlbit A." but the heat of the

■trance world to which thn meteor

wandered Is fast crumbling it to

pieces

C. F. Hanlon of San Francisco to

head cabinet of Pacific Coast De

fense league.

side, and after everybody had been

seated the veterans' fife and drum

corps, from Port Orchard, opened

up and led the grand march down

the alale.

All the old men had to do then

wa* to try and find a *eat among

the women who had beaten them to

It, Anybody who wava woman stif

frage 1* new stuff can be proved

either a liar or a nobody home, be

cause there were women sitting

right there In the shadow of the

"I.incoln Voters" sign.

• • •

County Treasurer Carr, who came

over with the Pierce county delega

tlon, showed a lot of pep.

Me Jn">r>ed on a chair and asked

the crowd to get excited over the

old soldiers.

"I didn't vote for Lincoln," he

said, "because he didn't, live In my

precinct."

» • •

HV>sh, It looked like Poafofflce

Wll! Humphrey was e'ttlng at the

speaker's table C .! K rick son has

« i«tlnf brush board Juat like

[Hump's.

The Seattle Star

the: only paper in Seattle that dares to print the news

VOLUME IS

PETER HAS FOUND THE SECRET

OF ETERNAL YOUTH; DO YOU KNOW

PETE? 52 READ AND GET ACQUAINTED

BV CYNTHIA ORIV

ALLOW ma to preaenl to you

Peter.

Oh. no. Rot a d*ac*ndant of

St Peter. Peter th* Qreat. Peter

Plp*r. Peter Pan or any of the oth

er famoua Peter* of hlatory. It a

Juat plain Peier

To many Seattle people no fur

tb*r Introduction li n*c*aaary

Hut *v*ry on* ahould know

Pat*r—and they don't

That'* whv I'm taking It upon

mr*elf to m*k* up to htm for all

thla nadir neglected publicity.

I even had the nerve to aak tha

managing adltor to ran P*t*r'a pic

ture.

In very pollt* ton**, h* *tarted

to etplaln: "Hut thle—«r—Peter —

ton't even a candidal* for mayor

or councilman. and w* need all our

•pica—"

Tha Story of W«r—

But 1 had act my • 'art upon tt

and wa* not to b* put off to eaatly.

«o T" fold him til* trtorv of Peter

aa I am coin* to tall It to you

After you have read It, maybe you

can gue*» whv there w«* ■ funny

little amlle on hl» faee aa he reach

ed for Peter'* picture.

To begin with, Peter Isn't a

real, live person

He Is made of a peculiar rubber

composition, yet he haa a person

allty.

Old I hear yon say "Impossible*"

Oh, well, we won't argue—lll

leave It to those of you who know

Peter and who love him.

His exact age Is a mystery, but

we know his looks »re deceiving

because Mr F Radford, at

the Bon Marrhe, has known him

for the last 1* year*.

Peter has coxy quarters In the

children's department at the Bon.

His duties consist of entertain

ing the little folks while the mam

mas shop He ha* performed hi*

work faithfully and well.

Views Second Gsnecatlon

Women, who. aa prattling tod

dlers, mauled and poked poor

I'eter, now bring their own little

darlings In to play with him

And Peter views this second gen

eration of childhood with the same

calm, philosophical tolerance that

he did the first

Hl* little visitors come from fine

hom'-a. as well as humble

Peter. In his blue and white

checked romper* and black shoes

and stockings, has the same fond

greeting for all- rich or poor

A certain llttls S-year-old

miss, whose parants have

scads of money and who have

spared no pains In beatowlng

upon hsr the most expensive

dolls and toys, haa astounded

her mother by Insisting, every

time she Is downtown, upon

going up and taking Peter's

ahoea and stocklnga off and

putting thsm back on again.

Another little girl always

puta Peter to aleep.

Another feeds him sand.

But when Peter's face Ik wa*hed

and hi* romper* changed. he look*

not one mite worne for the wear

and tear of time.

•[ !,.• t.aliv l ink still remain* upon

Only two men at the speakera' ta

ble wore dress suits. You gotta

hand It to these republicans for put

ting a wet blanket on democratic

prosperity.

• • •

Ham Perkins could have be»>n seen

from the balconies If It hadn't been

for the will cellars,

• • •

The Pierce countv gang slipped

one over when It planted Its "Taco

ma" sign on the papier mache moun-

y A«' «I »' • /

Kf

—; •••••••• >

'n

-M*

tain that Casper Fisher has stand

ing In the comer to ainuso hU Jit

ney dance customer*.

SEATTLE. WASH.. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1916.

hla cheek* and the blue In hi*

eye*

Children, they Bay, keep one

youthful

Can It be that Peter haa dltcov

ered the fountain of peri>etual

youth*

Fame la Nation Wide

The fama of Peter la more than

city-wide.

A few day* ago a letter came all

tha way from Worcester, Mate . to

Mr Prank McDermott. manager of

the Hon Marrhe

It waa from th* prealdent of one

of Worreatar'a lartext atorea It

•■•iiitht to know the hlatory of "the

distinguished Peter."

Tonight, when th• picture of

Peter, which accororanlei tbU

atory. find* Ita war Into Keattla

homea. ha la going lo raaaw ac

quaintance with many a yonng

woman (parhapa now heraalf a

BWtUr).

And, whil» racing at Ma Ukw-i

b«h aha Im»lii to torgwt that wv '

day 1a todiy.

M*mory will taar away th*

mark of time

She will lira over again thoae

rhlldlah momenta when her rhubbr

trail encircled thU a*lf»am» old

I'eter. to whom »he once prattled

all of the mynterloua Joy» and aor

rowa of childhood.

FARMER IN EVERY

TEN DRIVES AUTO

HARRISnt'RO. Pa.. Feb ll.—

One of every 10 Pennsylvania

f»rm»r» has an automobile The

total, 22,608. I« more than 14 %

of the total number licenced In

the atate lam year.

BRADFORD REPLIES

Issues Letter on Appraisal Charge

Following the suggestion of

The Star that It la up to him to

imwir charges against the ad

ministration of hla offlca.

James E. Bradford, corporation

counsel, Saturday announced

he would meet these charges

aquare'y.

Accordingly he has prepared a

letter dealing with the question of

real estate appraiser* employed by

him In condemnation sulta.

Me will write another letter, he

aay».

Presumably It will deal with the

question of employment of his as

sistants In private well as In

public practice Of the appraisers'

question. Bradford says:

"I am accused of using the same

appraisers, and that the tenure of

their Jobs depends on robbing the

property owner; that the tenure of

their Jobs depends upon unjustly

depressing values. This Is a mali

cious and political lie. The con

trary Is true. The tenure of their

Jobs depends upon honest, efficient

and Intelligent work.

"The Impression I* nought to be

The republicans wives all got ex

cited and waved handkerchiefs « hen

Casper's wlggly electric American

flag started going The men yawn

ed Old stuff. It's turned on every

pight at the Hippodrome.

• • •

The musicians may have been

democrats Anyhow, when Speak

er Conner, Hep. Rotch, Chief Clerk

Maybury, M. M Mattlson. Jay

Thomas, and Oeorge Sample car

rl< <1 aloft an elephant labeled (1.

O. I'., the orchestra, Instead of

playing a triumphant march,

played a funeral dirge.

• • •

The speakers urged unity of the

progressives who left In 1912 and

those who atayed In.

Hut not. a progressive was at thp

speakers' table

A few were near by.

Tinder the table, as It were.

Catching crumbs what?

Rain tonight and Sunday;

warmer tonlQht,

Pater, the Bon Marehe oon, *»no

haa bten mauled about for 11

year* by Seattle glrla.

conveyed that w« employ tlie name

appraisers all the time We have

used almost constantly some veara

four or five appraisers who have

had the widest experience In real

estate valuation and thts kind of

work, but we also have on our Hat

about 60 appraisers, nearly all of

whom we have used lu different

cases.

"One of my reforma In this office

was to follow the practice of ap

pointing a local man In condemna

tion casea, and thla haa usually

been followed where possible

"In handling the big litigation of

the city wo are constantly pitted

against the beat lawyers In the

atate and the hlgheat priced real

estate experts. and yet the pestilen

tial doctrine Is advanced upon the

eve of a political campaign that "

should not use the same witnesses

more than once or twice, but should

pick up raw recrulta and push them

up against such heavy artillery."

OH, I.A I.A! SUCH

AWFUI. WEAPONS

I.ONDON, Feb. 12 - Among

latest treasures aided to Prin

cess Mary'a collection of war

souvenirs Is an Austrian offi

cer's "beauty case." with mir

ror, rouge, hrllllantlne and man

icure powder.

CREWS JUMP AS TWO

ENGINES GOLUDE

Inbound switch engine No. 14 of

the Columbia «• T'uget Hound rail

way, carrying severul empty coal

cars, crashed Into an outbound

empty pasrenger train of the same

company Railroad ave., between

Connecticut and Dearborn sts , at

8:10 a. m. Saturday.

The train crews Jumped nnd es

caped Injury. The switch engine

was totally wrecked.

FRENCH ATTACKWINS

PARIS, Feb. 12 French troops

have capt'ired 300 yards of trenches

In the Champagne. A sudden gren

ade attack northeast of Mvanll won

tha victory.

•>MC pr»rT ON TWAIN* ANI>

'.'lnc. V-L.il I vr»< >Tt<iin I.

A mother has frosted

a rake, and macaroni and

cheese will be put in the

oven this afternoon, for

Theo Karl Johnston, lie

is coming home tonight.

Theo Karl Johnston,

who four month* ago wa*

a strapping high school

hoy in Seattle, now is the

highest paid tenor, out*ide

the Metropolitan Opera

stars, in the United

State*.

The mother, at I";« 15th ave.. la

all eiclted Khe la happy and buay

and beaming.

la Dtnled a Hearing

La*t October. Edmond 8 Myer,

hi* teacher, took hi* boy pupil

East. Harrlaon Wilde, authority

on voice In Chicago, grew Indig

nant when aaked for * hearing.

"I haven't time to hear boy

tenor*," he told the pair.

An old friend of Myer* Inter

ceded.

"One aong. then —ju»t On#." re

plied the annoyed Wilde

"My boy aald that Wild* covered

hla fae* with hla handa at flrct,

then itralghtened up," **ld Mr*

Johnaton Saturday. "Then ha

Jumped up and grasped Then *

band.

" 'Young maa. you are great,' ha

told my hoy. '81* months' train

ing and the world t* your* for th*

**klng.' And now hell be home

tonight—an artl*t!"

Then Mr*. Johnston laughed out

loud In her happlne**

Caka la All Froatad

"No one will ever know how I

shooed the neighborhood kids

away and kept the blinds down

whe.i my son waa practicing dur

ing these years He has worked

his hardest And I've got the cake

frosted, and the mnaronl and

cbeeae will be ready when he geta

her*."

Johnatnn haa met with conspicu

ous sucrras In New York.

He has been signed to sing the

role of Don Jose In "f'armen," op

l*nilte (Seraldlne Farrsr. for '.'2 i>er

formancea during the Maine fes

tival In the spring

Then he has 40 appearances

signed with Josef Btransky'a New

York Philharmonic orrheatra of

125 pieces

And the Victor graphophone peo

ple have given him a year's con

tract-

Haa Secret From Mother

"Mr*. Johnston, would you mind

telling how much money your son

la making'" we asked.

"Ynu can guess Just an well as

I can," she laughed "He's a wlae

kid. He writes and tells me about

the contract* and is very cireful

to omit figures. His mother

hasn't learned any details He

seems to he living up to traditions

all right. That's real boy shrewd

ness "

Will Sing at Metropolitan

He has come from New York to

sing Wednesday night, with Spat

gur's Philharmonic orchestra, at

the Metropolitan theatre Seattle

music lovers are bre.iklng their

necks to get tickets.

Johnston will return to New

York Immediately after the con

cert. He passed up four engage

ments In New York to make this

flying visit home.

DOLLAR UNER SOLD

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12—The

American steamer Robert Dollar

ban been sold to a Japanese cor|>or

atlon. The price was said to ex

ceed $1,000,000,

THIS IS BETTER THAN

A VAUDEVILLE SHOW

UNION PACIFIC railroad officials have announced Saturday their

intention to spend $60,000 this year advertising thruout the East

the attractions for the tourist In the Northwest.

Tee-heel

Messrs. Scott and Hlnshaw, general passenger agent and general

freight agent, respectively, declare they anticipate a great rush of tour

ists to this locality as a result.

Harl Harl

As a matter of fact, they donlt expect anything of the kind.

AND IF $60,000 ACTUALLY ;S SPENT IN THAT MANNER, IT

WILL BE ONE OF THE NUTTIEST THINGS THE UNION PACIFIC

EVER DID.

If they do It, tal»« Messrs. Scott and Hlnshaw to the bug house.

Why, Mr. Business Man, have they made this announcement?

BECAUSE YOU AND YOUR FELLOW BUSINESS MEN HAVE

AWAKENED TO THE FACT THAT THE UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM

HAS BEEN DISCRIMINATING AGAINST YOU AND YOUR BUSI

NESS FOR YEARS AND ARE FIGHTING BACK. THAT'S WHY.

But at the same time, they are perfectly aware that no great rush

of tourists is coming here.

As long as the Union Pacific system holds out to the tourist a

round trip ticket from Chicago to San Francisco and return, via South

ern lines, for $17.50 less than he can buy a ticket to make the trip via

th* Northwest, the "anticipated rush" will not come, I

TAJ^T

JL/EDITION Ml

ARSENIC PUT

INTO SOUP OF

BANQUETERS

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—Manager H. J.

Doherty of the University club intimated to

day a misting employe of the club, in a delib

erate attempt to poison them, placed arsenic

in the soup of Archbishop George Mundelin,

Gov. Dunne and 100 other distinguished

guests at a banquet Thursday night.

It wai at firat thought that

th« guaata. takan auddanly 111,

war* auffarlng from ptomalna

polaonlng.

7Ti« pollca adcnlttad today they

ara awaking the mining employ*.

following a conf*rance betw«»en

nobarty and Detective Capt. Col

lin*.

"I am convinced that the esse

might have been a plot against the

archbishop and hla guesta." said

Collins "Tho I am not certain

about it. things look suspicious."

The club today advised all the

gueata to securo Immediate med

ical examlnailon. tho none was In

a serious condition from the Illness

that developed after the aoup was

eaten.

Knough polaon to kill 1.000 men.

sufficient nitroglycerine to blow

up a skyscraper, and a quantity of

anarchistic pamphlets were found

today In the room of the missing

employe.

At first skeptical of an aliened

plot against the Uvea of the din

ers at the club banquet, the police

now are firmly convinced that the

man —a sub-chef— actually sought

to annihilate the 100 guest*.

Today they established a strict

watch for him

Captain Collins announced today

he felt certain the missing man.

said to have been a crank on

chemistry, really tooK part in

what h« termed a "plot against

society."

RAIN SUNDAY!

Bunches of gloom!

Here when Seattle had begun

to think that apring—bea-u-tlful

aprlng—was with ua once again,

along comes this Salisbury per

son and throws cold water on

the whole works.

Rain Sunday Is the verdict.

GOI-F BUGS MUST

WAIT FOR A WHILE

Walla of woe from the golf

bugs!

It will be 10 days before golf

ers will be able to play over

the links of the Seattle Ciolf and

Country club and five days or

more before the course at Jef

ferson park will bo In shape for

the golfers' tread.

CRANEGOES

UNGUARDED

TO THE PEN

Without a guard and with

$300 In caah In hla pockets.

Fall* Crane, one time negro

boaa of Seattle'a underworld,

arrived at the penitentiary at

Walla Walla Friday night.

Sheriff Hodge let him make

the trip alone.

Word wm received here Sat

urday by County Jailor Hally

that Crane, after being snow

bound In the Caacades for sev

ere I daya, had aafely reached

hla destination and begun aerv-

Ing a sentence of 2' i to 5 years.

He was convicted of accept

ing money from unfortunata

women for police protection.

PREPARIH6 FOR RAW

NIAGARA FALLS. N. Y„

Fab. 12.—Toronto and Thorld

troop detachmenta. with ma

chine guns, today strengthened

the garrison across the bound

ary here to 2,700 men and 15

machine guns, following a ru

mor that German-Americana

were planning aome inimical

move.

BOY PROMOTED TO

BE A MAJOR AT 22

LONDON. Teh. 12. — The

youngest major in the British

army Is MaJ. Orfgson. Mon

mouthshire regiment, who was

promoted to that rank at 22.

SUES CITY FOR $600

A damage claim for $500 against

the city was filed Friday by Mr.

and Mr«. Fred Mnrlno. 5809-11 D\>-

wamiah ave., who allege police,

after a raid on the place in search

of liquor, locked the second floor

for three davs. The steam and

water pipes froze.

A Full

Page

Movie Ad

on Page 8

Today

It is the American

theatre's announce

ment of "Undine," the

remarkable feature

which opens tomor

row. You will certainly

want to see this won

derful picture, so turn

to page K and read all

about it.