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GIRLS, BREAK YOUR ENGAGEMENT! This is the advice of Lilian Bell, well-known author of girls' books, who is the latest to

join The Star's staff of writers. She has good reasons for her startling advice. She tells what they are on page Bof today's Star. There

will be other articles by Miss Bell to follow, under the general heading of "Chats With Engaged Girls." Watch for them.

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LUNDIN SAYS POLICE DEPARTMENT

IS HONEYCOMBED WITH GRAFT EVIL

WflsonWhip

Wielded on

Lawmakers

President Plans to Call

Session of Congress to

Pass Ship Bill.

KEEP UP FILIBUSTER

Senate's Continuous Session

Has Broken All Existing

Longevity Records

WASHINGTON. Fab. 10 —

President Wilson will call an

extra session of congress to

convene March S. If frt reoub

llcan filibuster agmat th* ship

bill continues.

This decision was learned of

today. The aeiaion will be In

structed to consider any appro

priation blHa that fail during

the regular session, and at the

same time another attempt will

be made to push through the

ehip bill.

At 10 a. m today the senate had

beon in continuous se«<»ion for 4*

hoars, with no adjournment in

•stKbt.

B—at or Sherman of Illinois at

• :10 completed a spee.-h begun at

1:17 a. m Senator Townsend then

took the floor

Sherman took up the burden of

the filibuster, after Senator Ma

comber and seversl Insurgent dem

ocrat* had carried it beyond the

tptdnlght hour.

During last night's session the

progressive republicans Joined the

sdmlnlstration In voting down

Clark's motion to adjourn until

noon todav.

With the aid of Senators lyi

Follette, Norris and Kenyon, the

democrats were able to muster 4*

votes on this proposal, to 46 for the

republicans

Had the senate adjourned, the re

publicans planned to displace the

ship purchase bill on the calendar.

The previous senste record for

eitended session* was 38 hours and

45 minute*, made during the fili

buster against the repesl of the

silver purchase bill In 119.1.

COMMERCIAL

BODIES VOTE ON

SENATE BILL 46

Senate bill No tfi. Introduced by

fleator Taylor, framed by the Se

attle Klectrtc Co.'a attorney*, and

designed to strip cities of every

control over public utilities,' was

the subject of discussion Tuesday

at the Seattle Commercial club and

at the trustees' meeting of the

Chamber of Commerce.

The Commercial Club adopted

the report of If* committer Ttie*.

day night. declaring senate bill

46 v the most baneful and Iniquitous

piece of legislation that could be

conceived, violating the principle

of home rule "

The Chamber of Commerce tax

atlon committee aubmltted a re

X><nt favoring the passag* of senate

hill 4fi because "several years' e*.

perlence In municipal ownership

and operation of the water and

llfcht utllltleH ha* demonstrated

that the average city council I* In

capable of fixing scientific rate*

for the service ' rendered "

"I

Here's the Man Who

May Get Parry Job

George L Etfooni

If Will H l*arrv of S»ai|l« ta not

nominated by President Wllaon to

a place ou the IntatiltU trad"

cotuniiasion It wlil U- because he

was m)<i<w(«il out i.r th« running

by c.furit* I» Rword, progre*»lv«

;>art* |e.ider of N»w Jer«. • \»

matters stand, however. Tarry will

get the appointment. according lo a

Washington dispatch.

GROCERS WON'T

RAISE PRICE OF

BREAD; WAR ON

Seattle bakers and grocers are

engaged In warfare today. As a

result, the new bread prices set

Saturday night by the bakers did

not take general effect.

. Instead of the proposed new

price of fi cents, most store* still

are selling smsll loaves for & cents

and only a few places are charg

ing 12 cents for the bigger sixes.

At a meeting of the Seattle He

tall (Jrocers' association Tuesday

night, opposition to the new prices

developed Many grocers declared

they would patronise Independent

bakers until the association baker

ies lower the new scale

Some of the grocers today were

paying 5 and 10 cents for bread

and selling It at the same price.

The grocers advocated sale of 10-

cent loaves, eliminating entirely

the &-cent bread.

A 22-ounce loaf, sold to the gro

cer* at 8 ce.nts. would be equally

profitable to both baker and grocer,

they maintained.

In the meantime, Mr and Mm.

Consumer should ka blhble.

The Women's Exchange. wblcH

sells a considerable quantity of

bread, hsa announced that It will

not demand Increased prices.

SALMON DAY MAR. 22

The world Is to eat salmon Iri

unison for the third time March

12 The Transportation club and

the Association of Pacific Const

Fisheries have begun a campaign

for an elaborate observation of the

annual Salmon day. The Chamber

of Commerce and other organiza

tions have endorsed the movement

The Seattle S tar

The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News

VOLUME 17. NO. 30i. SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10, 1»)|5

What AM

OA Field in

This State?

[The Star Investigates to Dia

cover Results of Recent

Excitement in Stocks.

15 COMPANIES DRILL

There's Oil in Washington

This Much Is Known;

But It's Alt Speculation.

What about oil?

MoN' than two month* have

' puinl since the Crescent well at

: Tenlno was uncapped and the

; bah>r fetched »|> oil not much oil.

but oil.

The state seethed with oil «•«

cltement If there was a pint oi

oil in the state of Washington. why

not an ocean* There were already

a number of "developing" com

panies, and scores more rarne Into

being overnight

Son - of the promoter* were un

questionably fiy-by-nlgbiers Home

were Just as unquestionably ftor.

est In their belief that ol! would

be found In paying quantities.

The public was not com

pletely stampeded, but much

*tock wai sold, s good deal of

it worthless. Option* were

bought at ridiculous prices of

farmer* who before the "boom"

couldn't have sold their land

at any price.

The eacltement died almost

as uqlckly ss It srose.

On sober second thought,

the careful investor concludsd

that oil waa a gamble, not an

Investment, especially In a

state where oil In paying

quantities haa nowhere been

found. Oil eaperts still believe

that the oil Is here.

At' abortive attempt was made

about a month ago lo start an "oil

< «change in Seattle The h<inet,t

oil men themselve* defeated the

plan, which wps obviously designed

to *ell stock, not oil

There are on-the-level oil men

who are really apendlng their own

tuot.ey In the search for oil. ThA

fiy-by-nlglilers, however, are still

with us. and the uninformed In

vesting public naa a right to know

the answer to the question

WHAI ABOUT OIL?

• • •

Of the 50odd oil companies In

the state, perhaps IS are drilling

In a manner to convince the pros

pective buyer of stock tfiat they

are actually trying to find oil

Since the nncapplng of the Cres

cent well at Tenlno, the Crescent

(Continued on Pag* Two.)

DROP BOMBS

ON ARSENAL

I.ON'DON, Feb. 10. ('onalder

able damage was done Monday bv

allied aviators, who dropped

bomb' no a military depot «t Ad

rlanoplr. according to report* re

calved today.

The airmen used s'-a planes,

which left the allied fleet early In

the morning, dropped the bombs

and returned to their ships In

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

Never Kissed, and He Ain't

Never Goin' to Be, by Gosh!

Cnampion of All Bashful Men Jumps Out of

Window to Escape.

MOt l.riUK. On. Keh 111 To Ko

-» Id I. ■ *t!»w i* t'"- <1 r«-.»m

<il tohn Kadcllff « Ujiiijk llf«>

B'lt John played with fir* That*

Id, h» went half way to wml th#;

<*r|H lit.

Or. In other and pUlner wordaj

he itrnl in a barn danro. »h«r»

kiroii K o» well » <ta tiring had a

plan on the i-roirram.

Mut the fair damsel —Mr#. Win

ANGRY WOMEN SEEK

RUG WEAVER; SAY HE

GOT THEIR MONEY

One hundred apprehensive

and angry women have called

In the last few days at tne plant

of the New Idea Rug Co., 213

N. Weatlake ave.. in an effort

either to get back material*

sent there, they say, with

money to pay weaving charges,

or else their completed rugs.

They have found the quar

ter* deterted ai d tightly locked,

and ae a consequence have

complained to the authorities.

The (Irm formerly wus conducted

by A. A. and A. C. Kwing The

Illness of A. A. Kwing made. It

decennary a few months ago for

him to leave the city. Some sort of

a reorganixatlon took palce

Ituslneas was *otlclted through

out the Northwest/ both under the

n*m«- of the New Idea Hug Co and

the New Idea Kills Weaving t'o

The name of I-. Allmayer ap

pear* on stationery and advertis

ing matter a* agent. His down

town address is given as 311 Mad

laon st., and his phone as Klllott

38A4W.

The -(ddresa Is tliat of the Y M

C. A building

Officials of the association say

they never heard of such b man

The telephone Information operator

has no knowledge of such a number

as Klllott 38#4W.

The weaving plant on Weatlake

ave Is In a two-storv frame --trur

ture, upstairs The first floor Is oc

rupled by a tin shop run by A. (!.

Johnson. He ftaya an express

wagon carted away trunks and

other effects Monday and that he

ha* not seen the proprietor since

Johnfton say* that ever *lncp

there hail been a steady procession

of women vl»ltln(f the place

Their stories nil wern the Mine,

"flint of Mr*. M E. Ttandall. 101

lenshurg, I" typical Nhn reported

that she hail sent the company a

quantity of *llk to h« manufactured

Into curtain* and money to pay for

the weavln*. and received nothing

nie THe#, who Bought a .*laa from

thi- l.alai.ml of Moult I If, reckoned

without her knight.

Sl* chair* ;»nd a broad window

■lit were cleared Iwfore »he <ven

grahb"d hi* coat tall*.

The drop waa 20 Imi, the cona«-

wi-re fracturrd flba and a

broken aru.

tfxt John Radr-llff la mill the tin

klaaed knight of Moultrie

In return.

The case of .Mrs. Itar.dall was

brought to the attention of the

iKiatal authorities, who are con

ducting mi Investigation Detective

Thomas Hnyden and Deputy Prose

cutor John Carmody have been look

ing Into the cases of a number of

other Alleged victims

The plant, such as Is left, has

been attached In J II Itaehr. the

landlord, who alleges the company

way several months behind In Its

rent

MIDNIGHT BLAZE

LEAVES A LUMBER

FACTORY IN RUINS

The plant of the llalley Dubois

Hash and Door company, 4727 Sixth

ave S , Is In ruins today as a re

suit of fire Tuesday night which

necessitated a third alari" :efore

It was subdued The anjacen'

macaroni plant of A. K. Ohlgllone

& Hons was badly scorched

The fire started almost at the

stroke of 11!. ft could be se«vn for

miles und attracted hundreds of

people to the spot

TRYING TO SAFEG UARD RENICK

BILL AGAINST REFERENDUM

OI.YMPIA, Feh 10 The Itenlck

Mil to keep cities from borrowing

their own money wan railroaded to

third reading yesterday, hnd limy

cotne up to a vote today.

The hill ha* an emergency clause

which Is meant to take away the

right of the people to referendum

It.

The emergency feature need* . a

twothlrd* vote In each hou*e.

The lower hou*e proliahly will

ONE CENT v.'tCoi.w

WHAT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY LUNDIN SAYS

<< r PHE Seattle police department is honeycombed with graft. Ever «ince

1 have been in office I have been amassing evidence. I have discovered

that some branches of the department are putrid with graft. The offenders

among the police have witnesses cowed, and in many instances it is next to

impossible to wring their stories from them for fear of police persecution. Bui

we are gradually getting it."

SfeUtttag disclosure* of graft i" t ' ,c Seattle police department will he furthcoming from

the office, of Prosecuting Attorney A. 11. Lun lin, who Wednesday described the depart

ment a* "honeycombed with graft." '<

This statement follows lilt- arre>t yesterday by Deputy Sheriff- Stewart Campbell and

Sett Malone of Patrolman Paul K. Schuman and (harle- Shea, one of the owners of a cigar

-ti re at Sixth ave and Pike , charged with collecting $5 a week graft from women of the

underworld who ply their trade at the American cafe. Shea, it is alleged, received the

money and turned it over to Schuman.

The cum- ttgiilnul Hchtunpn waa

worked up by Chief l.nng |>eraonally

and hla <>rri »t wllh Shea, late Tuea

<ia> afternoon, v.a not without a

fill" dramatic touch.

Itoth men were notified by the

chief to appear at the prosecuting

attorney# office Hchuman and

Shea |>er*plred freely when con

fronted by five women who charged

Schuman with extorting money

from them.

Pafolman Haa Bad Hour

The chief declare# he haa evi

dent* thai 13 women i>ald over to

Sh-ti I each for Schuman during

the |>a»t week.

After I'roaecutor l.undln and

Chief Ijiiik piled the two men for

an hour with queationa. to tnoat of

which Schuman refuaed to reply

and Shea anawered be ' didn't recol

lect." the chief ordered Bchuinan'a

dlamliiaal from the for«V- The ar

real of the ex pollgrman »nd hla al

'Wed rohf«4emt# f"V

lowed, on a warrant laa.ied by Jua

tie# of the l'«*ace Iteah M White

head

Hchuman'a graft operation# are

alleged to have begun nine month*

ago. w hen h«> ftrat came on night

duty In the Pike at. dlatrlct.

When he was shifted to day duty

the woekljr lull of |5 was suspended,

the girl* *a) When he returned

to night duty the Kraft was re

newed. they charge

Left Money for "Paul"

According to the girls stories.

the» were Instructed to leave the

money for Schuman In gold or sil

ver- In envelopes addressed to

Paul."

"I tan flttlnp In the Nanking

esfe," said one of the ffirls, "when

Schuman approached me and aKked

me how hualness wan. This was

about nine months ago. I knew

Schuman only casually But he

quickly cot to the point. He said

I was making Stood money and he

wanted a cut. He said he wasn't

going to stand tor dead ones' on

his heat. I told him I lived with

my mother and sup|<orted a baby.

I didn't have any money then, but

would get It to him In a couple of

weeks He allowed me the two

weeks and after that I paid hlrn $.'•

week after week. He never molest

ed me."

The chief says he has 13 girls

who will teKtlfy that Schuman of

fered them protection from arrost

for a wick each.

S< human hud. been n member of

the i>ollce force since 1 "•<»!*. lit' Is

unmarried He lives at the Charles

ton hotel. SO'. i'llti lit.

furnish the twothlrd* quite read

llv, as all efforts made hy Itep

Une of Senttle tu amend (he

measure failed to get the necessary

lti votes for a roll call.

115 REGISTER IN Y. M. CLASS

A record enrollment of would-be

American citizen* tool; placf* Tu«<*

day night In the Y M (' \ free

classes In naturalization, when 115

men of alien birth registered.

GERMANS GET

SLAV ARMIES

INTO A TRAP

GIRLS AFRAID

to Protest

8-HOUR BILL

OLTMPIA, Feb. 10.—Fear of

losing their Jobs Is keeping 2.000

laundry gir.s. willing to testify,

from coming to Olympia to pro

test against the proposed amend

ment to the eight-hour law to per

mit laundries to work them any

number of hours In »ny one day,

provided the maxima u hours for

the week don't exceed 48.

This was the statement made by

Miss Johanna Hilts of Seattle at

Olvmpla Tuesday night, when she

apjieared before the Joint commit

tee on labor and labor statistics.

Miss llilts Is the girl who was

discharged by the Troy laundry of

Seattle after she had acted as a

member of the minimum wage con

ference last spring.

Opposed to Miss Hilts were

Charles Smith. M. J. Huren and W

C. Miller, Tacoma laundry proprie

tor*.

J. V. Townsend, superintendent

of the Frederick & Nelson Co. of Se

attle, wrote a letter to Speaket

Conner, saying his establishment,

which employs nn average of 700

women. Is entirely satisfied with

the eight-hour law-

The Frederick A- Nelson company

had found the principle of the

eight-hour day Just and meritor

ious. Town vend wrote, even before

the law went Into effect.

Proposed amendment to the

right-hour law also recommends

that hotel and restaurant employes

he allowed to work 56 Instead of

•IN hours a week.

Among those who spoke against

the hill were Miss Alice Ixtrd. l»r

Theresa McMahon. Mrs Francis

King Headlee. Labor Commission

er Olson. Mrs C. K Cdahl and

Mrs. Jackson Slllmugh.

BOLD DAYLIGHT

BANDIT STEALS

AUTO AND CASH

Arthur .1. Moncrieff, 7U> 46th st„

lost valuables and an automobile

today In one of the boldest day

light crimes essayed In the city's

history. Kvery available motorcycle

patrolmnn has been pressed Into

service In an effort to apprehend

the baiidit and recover Monerieff's

auto.

The man hailed Moncrieff at

Weßtlake and Crockett stt . asking

fur « ride. After the man had rid

den several blocks he leveled a

pistol at Monerieff's head, com

manding him to stop the auto, lie

took a gold chain and a knife

from Moncrieff■ pockets and made

him step out of the machine. The

robber then took the driver'* neat

and sped away

Coroner Sawyer begins investiga

ilon of finding of human bones In

j I'ort Haker military leserve a' San

' Rafael on theory thit an old mur

der urny by disclosed.

Night

EDITION

WEATHER FORECAST—Fair.

ril»fcM AT NfcAIII.R

in* »■ i mm

3:17 m hi.. 1JK.31 fl. 7:l* m. mi.. 10 I ft.

11 114 n■ m , 13..*t 11. h 4p. m., 1.11 fl.

By J. W. T. Mason

(Th# United Pr#aa War Exptft)

NEW YORK. Feb. 10—On# of

the most serious Kusslan defeat*

of the »ar U In progress of b*la(

Inflicted on the Slavs In Itukorlna.

The Aunt ro-German movements

are developing to this end.

One la making way through the

aouthern tip of Rukovina. and tha

other moving Into (lalicla, about 40

mllea beyond the northern bound

ary of Hukovlna.

A stretch of 200 miles of the

southeastern Carpathians divides

the two movements, but strong

forces guard all the mountain

passes so that the Russians cannot

break through.

The Carpathians form the west

ern boundary of Bukovlna on Its

eastern and southern sides In Rou

mania

If .the present Teutonic strategy

«ucceed», the Russians will be pre

vented from crossing the Carpath

ians and the Austro-German army

moving through Southern Galicla

will cut off the Russian retreat

from the north.

The Slav*, therefore, must fare

the alternative of fighting against

strong odds In Hukovina. or flee

ing across the Roumanian border

and laying down their arms for the

rest of the war.

SATONI AND HIS

MELICAN AUTO

OUT ON 'JOYUDE'

Him vella muchee Mellcan.

Sabee? N. Satonl, you know him

name, Mellcan clothes. Mellcan talk.

So plettv soon Satonl get Mellcan

automobile, and he go on Jolly Joy

llde on Yesler way. You sabee?

Pletty soon, Policeman Carter

Jump on automobile and say Satonl

him Uk> muchee s|>eed and make

pinch.

"Dllve to station house," Police

man say to Satonl.

"Allee lite," Satonl <ay,

Piett.v soon Policeman say: Slow

up."

- Satonl say: "What-a-mallah slow

up? Automobile no slow. Auto

mobile fast."

Pletty soon policeman say:

"What's that ? No foot brakes? No

emergency brake? Good-night."

And he take wheel and make auto

go Into curb and stop. And then

policeman wipe wafer off hi:- face

and say: "Gee whiz! Going down

Yesler hill without any brakes!"

And Satonl now in Jail. Pletty

soon Judge Gordon maybe say "0

days. Sabee?

REGISTRATION

BOOKS CLOSED

The biggest day's registration in

Sentt'f's history, outside of days

when the books are sent to the

precincts, was recorded Tuesday,

the lust day of registration for the

coming city election. A total of

5,700 qualified Tuesdnv, making the

total registration 6t.;!SB. This

makes tt.ooo less than last year,

and about 5,500 more (ban in 19H.

Dr. Simon Flexner, of the Rocke

feller Medical institute at Phila

delphia, declares theory that house

flies carry germs of infantile para!-

} sis has been exploded.