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### OFF THE TRACK AGAIN!

VERY once in a while Mayor Gill slips back to the Gill of old, to the Gill of unbridled tongue, to tht

Gill of abusive language and unfair action. Every once in a while Mayor Gill disappoints those

who want to believe he has changed, as he said he did, when he "came back" a year ago to remove the

stain that had been on his name.

Every so often he reverts to the old type, to the Gill who had to be recalled for the good of Seattle.

His vindictive, untruthful, unfair attack on Thomas H. Bolton is one of those instances.

When Gill said Bolton is an I. W. W. and insinuated that he is an anarchist, at least the 15,000

men and women members of organiied labor, at whose head Bolton stands, knew that the mayor of

Setfttle was untruthful and unfair.

\\ hen Gill said Bolton represented only a small minority faction of organized labor, at least these

15,000 knew that the mayor, plainly speaking, lied. It was such a ridiculous and absurd lie, too, be

cause Bolton has been elected for three successive vears as president of the Central l.nbor council.

PAID CIRCULATION

GUARANTEED OVER

55,000

COPIES DAILY

WILL FIGHT PORT STEAL

U.S. TO BE

DRAGGED

INTO WAR?

Cilson Gardner Speculates on Prospects of

Trouble for This Country; What Will Hap

pen if an American Merchant Ship Is Tor

pedoed? Nothing, He Says, Because the

United States Is Illy Prepared to Co to

War With Any European Nation.

Staff Correspondent*.

WASHINGTON, I). C\. Feb J.* W hat will happen if an

American vessel is torpedoed in the waters of the l!riti-h-

German war zone;

So clear is the an-»er in the minds of officials and poli

tician* here that they hesitate t" talk ah. ut it

What amounts to an ultimatum has been served by our

state department on the German foreign office. Germany

will be held accountable Any damage to our shipping will

be regarded as an unfriendly act.

And scores of neutrat -hip- are headed straight toward

the danger zone. There are floating mine- .4- well a* -lib

marines. One ot* these ha-» already been encountered by the

American steamer Evelyn. No blame ha- been laid by the

administration t any "f the warring nations for this di« i-ter

But. sooner or later, it is expected there will be an attack,

intentional or accidental, for which the United State- must

demand satisfaction. It has been suggested in Merlin di

patches that the British intend to torpedo an American ship

purposely to embroil the I'nited State- with Germany

AONT AND DAD

FIGHT FOR DOT

"CJod ha» given the chltd to the

father. The boy belongs to him and

1 shall not take the boy from him

Parent* are entitled to keep their

children nnlesa they are unfit to

rear them.''

So declared Judge Albert son thla

morning when he appointed Henry

Mentzer a* guardian for 6-yearold

Theodore Jame* Mcnt/er, Th<'

mother of the boy died February 1

She had been divorced from her

husband for the past two year*

Since her death, the child lived

with an aunt, and the latter aak"d

the court for hi* cuatody. She

claimed the father h*d been es

tranged from the boy during the

past two year*

Mentzer, however, protegted he

would give the hov a pro[>er home

•ud a good education.

CATHEDRAL IS

AGAIN SHELLED

BY HENRY WOOD

PARIS, Feb. 2.1 It was officially

■nr.ounced todav that the cuthedral

at Rhelma again had been aeveretv

damaged by bombardment Twentj

civilian* were said to have been

killed by bursting *he||*.

The Herman* directed their

guns at Whelms throughout ester

rtav. More than 1.500 shell* were

fired.

Civilian* fled to rellar* The 20

ylcllm* were caught, on the streets,

A score of houses were flrerl and a

strong wind for a time threatened

part of the city with destruction.

O. K. Mutual Banks

OLYMPtA. Feb. The house

committee nan reported favorably

the mutual aavlnKH bank bill Intro

dncod by Rep. lloKan of Kverett.

The Mil la modeled after the New

York law.

WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE

Water will be abut off In the

hlKh polnta of th,> 'Itatrlrt be

tween Juneau arid Kenyon *1* ,

?,Bth iv* H nri(l I vVVihh In i'

ton, from 9 a m to .'! |i m

Wedneaday, and there will l»- >■

water shortage In all flint part

[ of Weal Seattle aotith of We t

| rharlentown »t frocn » a. u>.

j to & P. m.

By Gilton Gardner

What th»n i her- I* talk airead>

of seizing all Interned Herman hut

chant ahlp* In thi* country by sm

of reprisal. It I* generally felt that

follow ing any sue h a't war would b<

inevitable

Rut would It*

The following reasons will tend tr.

make the final answer negative;

(1) The administration will

inalat upon deliberate action.

(2) The adminlatration will

Inaiat on an inquiry sufficient

to develop all the fact* and

definitely to place the reaponti

bility.

(3) THE UNITED BTATE9

IS UNPREPARED FOR WAR.

Thla country ha* no army, no

coast fortification* better than

paateboard. leas than half of

one ahlft to man them, and our

navy la about half big enough

to defend our coasts, to say

nothing of our foreign posses

aion* and Alaska

When the excitement comes. If It

does come. It would be well for th»

public to keep these fact* In mind

War* like thi* are not fought by

talk. Our navy Is small and lu nc

shape for a campaign

If acting on the defensive only

our navy would have difficulty In

protecting one of our coasts, th<

other would have to lie left without

protection.

The*e fact* were all brought out

before the hou*e committer wher

the Current na\al bill was undoi

Consideration.

It is useless to say that Ger

many la in no poaition to attack

us &he might be at any time.

A reverse In British naval

forces: s big victory for the

German fleet held in reserve be

hind th# mine* of Heligoland,

and German ship* would be free

to raid the Atlantic cltiaa

Wi. have no armored ships withfri

seven knot* an hour a* fas' a* the

late*t Herman ships Tb» recent

type I* the battle < rulser We havr

no battle cruisers.

The*e are a few of the realtor)?

why I'ncle Sam will go slowlv.

A CORRECTION

Through the misplacing of one

line of type In an Interview with

T. II Ilolton, candidate for rlty

< oiinrllinan. printed In Monday'a

Htar, he waa made to appear to be

Having that the foctallM* are op

ported to hla candldacj

The paragraph an It ahouid have

read waa a» follown

"At the preaent time I have many

warm aupporteri among the aoclal

lata, while I am not a member of

that party, and the I. W. W.'a, al

moat to * man, are oppoeed to my

candidacy."

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News

VOLUME 17.

Ambassadors of England and Germany to United States

Ambassador

Sir C • e I I

Spring Rico.

England's en

voy to the U

S . at left, end

Count Von

Bern» torff

Gormen am

beeeedor.

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CANDIDATES 10

SPEAK TONIGHT

The weather prediction for to

night * cuuncllmatik- meeting at Ha

venna hull. L'lth ave N K and Kut

Sslh st.. I* warm and Intenaely ex-

Htlng

Thomas II llolton and Joslah Col

linn will lioth he there, an will be

the other four candidate* llolton

Intend* to take the ltd off and e*

plain the personal peeve of Mayor

Hiram

Joslah Collin* will eiplaln why

he fought sgainst the minimum

wH|*> law, the mother*' penalof), the

red light abatement law. the work

men * compensation art, and whv

he tried to kill the eight hour law

for women hy various amendment*.

It * going to he an Interesting

believe us Corporation Counsel

meeting. Bradford will explain the

charter amendment* and pro post

Hon*.

You will fitt'l the f»<nil you

«a .tit ill "I'.tr Rent" AHs

SEATTLE. WASH . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1915

England's Bob Evans Says

Germans Will Try to Drag

United States Into War

\dmiral I orJ Beresford Declares it American Vessels

Are Torpedoed, It W ill Be Under Orders f rom

Berlin, l aser to Involve This Nation.

By Ed L. Keen

United Pre** Staff Correepondent 1

it opyrlfhtH. Itll. by I'rtH

• In nrllaln »

LONDON, Feb. 23.—"Ger

many will aink no American

*hip—unieii by dealgn A Ger

man torpedo which flnda It*

mark in the hull of an American

veaael will have been aimed and

fired from Berlin. If an Amer

ican merchantman la »unk. It

will be for the expreee purpoae

of drauging tha United State*

Into the war."

The speaker wa* England'* be«l

known and heat loved *allor, Ad

mlral I<ord Charles Bereaford

lie I* to Kngllahmen what "Bob"

Kvati* was to American* Al*o. he

I* on» of Ihe i b-arest naval think

er* of the ago

SAYS BINKING OF SHIP

WOULD BRING WAR

"Kvery move Germany ha* made

to date, he *ald, ' ha* heen made

I deliberately and thlnklngly She

muat. Rlv» an accrmntlnß on that

baals The cotitrolllnß Intellecta of

It ia plain that if Bolton didn't represent the majority of organized labor, he wouldn't be elected

president of the Labor council. Gill'a atatement wan untruthful on its face.

Gill haa a personal grudge againat Bolton, lhat, however, doe* not excuae liea and fabrication. The

mayor haa no right to be unfair toward Bolton any more than any one haa the right to be unfair

toward any candidate.

Bolton ia a taxpayer who owna hia own home, believea in honeaty and clean government, ia entitled

to and will get the aupport of organized labor and thouaanda of othera, AND MAYOR GILL KNOWS IT.

When Gill aaid Bolton ia an I. W. W. and intimated he win an anarchiat, which he knew waa un

truthful, the mayor inaulted 15,000 men and women who labor. If Bolton ia an anarchiat and un

deairable citizen, THEN EVERY ONE WHO TOILS IS EQUALLY AN UNDESIRABLE.

Gill ia belittling himaelf and hia office to stoop to petty, mean, cheap liea out of peraonal apite

againat Bolton, or any other man.

wermany Know inai ine smsina oi ■

an American chip, though apparent i

ly an accident, would be an event of

greatest magnitude.

"They know the war wave which,

swept the U. 8 in I*9* with the

*Ihr«ii Remember the Main*'.' wai

a mere ripple In comparison with

that which would engulf the repub

lic *hould an unarmed merchant

*hlp. f1 \ InK the Ameiican flag, b«

aunk h\ a Herman submarine.

"They know that aucli an event

would brliiK the I nlted Slate* lnt» ]

the war within a week "

WHY KAISER MIGHT

DRAG U. S. INTO WAR

"What po**lh|e motive could the 1

kaiacr or hi* advlaera have In *eefc

InR to Involve the United Stale*?"

wa* Inquired,

I venture two |>oa*lble answer*,"

he *ald "Klrat, with the I'nlted

Slate* In t)ie war. Germany would

he In H helter (tftslllnn lo quit. The

Ka-iaer would be able to save 111*

face with hi* people, on Ihe ground

that the entire world wa* against

him

"The aecond. and. 1 believe, the

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

ONK CENT

NORWEGIAN

STEAMER IS

TORPEDOED

Norway Expected to Make

Representations to Ger

many as a Result.

SUNK BY SUBMARINE

Authorities at Washington

Considering Policy Toward

Warring Nations

LONDON, Feb 23.—The

Norwegian steamship Regin

was sunk In the English than,

nel today. She was believed to

have been torpedoed

The Regin wae sunk In al

moot the same opot where the

Belrldgo. the first neutral vic

tim t« Germany'e submarine

campaign, was torpedoed Vig

orous protoet from Norway was

considered certain

A later dispatch from Dover

eald It had baen determined

that the Ream had been torpe

doed by a submarine.

CAPTAIN BLAMES

IN DESTRUCTION

OF AMERICAN SHIP

WASHINGTON. Feb 23 —

The captain of the American

S. 8. Evelyn had diaobeyed In

etructiona and wa* out of the

courae h# had been advised to

take when hi* veieel fouled a

floating mine and wae sunk In

the North aea. according to in

formation reaching Preildent

Wlleon.

official* of the elate department

»frf btl*y toda* endeavoring to Ret

flirth«*r fart* reßirdlnß the dl*a*t*r

to th* flr»t *hlp ln*ured bjr the fed

eral war rleU Insurance bureau

*lnce It began operation* a few

week* aRO

The president Indicated that he

did not view the Kvelyn Incident

with alarm He linn not yet decld

ed. however, on the courae of Bi

llon to be adopted b.v the » Intlnln

t ration.

I're*ldent Wllaon and Secretary

Bryan have not reached a decision

a* to the attitude to he anstmied to

ward the Hrltlab and German re

pile* to the American protect* went

to thoa* countrle*.

more likely reason, is the faet thai

If America *h( uld participate In Ihe

war. xhe necessarily would partici

pate In the peace negotiation*

' The United State* would

enter the negotiation* without ilie

poignant hatred affecting thoae

countrle* wlio»e homes are in

volved

"Americans, too. do not have the

reputation of being revengeful. You

are what ahall I rail It?- easy,'

a» we Itrttlahera are

"There ia no «lonbf now but that

Germany muni ultimately lose.

' SlltlnK at the |ieare conference

tnli'p. America. with lirr ureal com

mercial demands for an early aft

tlemcnt and her relatively leaner

grievance*. undoubtedly would bp a

valuable aanet to Germany "

Mass Meeting Will Be

in Downtown The

atre Friday Noon

to Let Legislature

Know Just How

People of Seattle

Feel About Port

Commission.

Committee representing the Com

mercial Club and the Municipal

league were In session Tuesday

noon, arrsngltig for a mas* meet

ing to protest against the legisla

tive raid on the Port of Seattle.

Thi» gathering will Iw li«*l<l Trl

ilin noon in a downtown tli^atrp

rractlcally all the civic orgiulza

Hons of the city will be repre

sented

Kmphatlc remonstrance «11l tie

made/' said Otto Case, secretary of

the Commercial Club. Tuesday, to

any of the proposed changes In our

present j>ort organisation, unless It

lie, posalbly. the one enlarging the

existing port commission to five

member*

Special Interest Wants Change

"The people are not at Olympla

asking for any charge The only

folks who are clamoring for a leor

jtHbUiitiuu oXjb the special Interest

fellow* We intend to make that

fac» ver* plain to the legislator*.

"We want a chance to build up a

port than can compete with San

Francisco and other modern ports

One effect of senate bill No 7K,

[tointed out todsy by friends of the

port, would be to pre\ent the oper

ation of ferries on l.ske Washing

ton. I'nder the provisions of the

bill all operations of the port must

lie ''compensator*' "

Would Shut Down Ferries

The ferries do not pay. probably

ne\er will pay. and the policy of

the port commission Is that they

shall furnish service for the rest

dents across the lake, regardless of

their not paying.

The county highways do not

"pay" either, in the sense of earning

dividends for the county treasury

The port goes on the theory the

fern lines are a form of highway

to which the folks across the lake

jre entitled.

AMERICAN WOMEN

ARE INSULTED BY

GERMAN SOLDIERS

liONOON. Fob. The Geneva

of tho Kmpres* to

■lay retiorted traveler* arriving at

Itasle declared that six Americans

and two women wore recently In

stilled and maltreated hv German

soldier* at Strassburg because they

spoke Kng!i*h.

One woman'* waist ns< torn off

at the Striim>bur( railway station.

It wax said.

German officer* rescued the

American* from the soldiers.

The correspondent said many

\mericans wore hurrying to Switz

erland from Germany.

WOULD SHELVE

JUDGE LINDSEY

DKNVKR. Fp'i The repub

lican caucus is agreed todav on a

plan for eliminating Judge Hen R

l.lndsey from official life in Colo

rado.

This is by moans of a lan abol

ishing the juvenile court and merg

ing lis work with thn district

courts.

Night

EDITION

WEATHER FORECAST —Rain

TlllKtt AT NMHIK

High Uw

t la a. m . I!.! ft. ft (Ml a. m . U U ft.

t:«* a. m. |*.ft ft 9iHt |» m. .<.«» ft.

SHORT AND

:: SNAPPY::

S. S. Governor arrives from South

with 100 paatenger*.

George Salmon, 18, may die as re

sult of motorcycle crash.

B 3 Sisters' association will hold

'cet together' banquet at 209 I'nion

st , tonight.

Highbrow Note—George Mellen,

the artlM who pret-ide* over a bii<;

studio on the top floor of the law

man nuildltiK, la sending an 1m

mense one-man exhibit to the San

Francisco world * lair. So Seattle

Isn't t'» be quite unrepresented, alt

er all.

Ne* course in accountancy

formeil at Y. M. C. A.

George H. Reynolds, the real e»-

tate and timber man, I* an avowed

movie fan. He and bla daughter

Dorothea ran tell you all about the

i»—|ier!|ve laugh-provoking qualities

of Charlie Chap In and Col. Heeza

U»r.

Fashion makers report men'i

garments are to reveal the form

this year. We have waited many

>««..'» fur thla. Annette Kelltimaa,

1 beware your laurel*

Two vacant houaea at Fidalgo at.

and First ave. burn down.

Welford Beaton, the publiaher, it

In California for a couple of week*.

In the meantime, Edgar Wheel

er. his assistant, sits in the front

office and works the buzzer which

summons stenographers and staff

Rev. H. M. Law, one of minlatera

co-operating in Capitol hill revival,

called to Corvallis, Ore., to assist In

revival campaign.

Lithuanian society solicits funds

for relief of starving people in Lith

uanl i, devasted by war.

Terrible sounds are heard night

ly about the l'ni*er*ity district

Tl* the heigh! of initiation season.

Free Mansonry will be explained

in lecture by Alida de I,eeuw in

Kllers hall tonight.

Northeast Ravenna Improvement

club will meet In Ravenna hall ti»

night to hear candl late*.

Charlie Cowen is getting peeved

at the Jitney bu* men who run out

to his park. More than half of

them spell It "Cowan" on their

signs.

"Oriental Rugs" will be topic of

tonight's lecture In Grote-Kankin

building by Myron Bobyalnlan.

Thirteen white men are held at

1 Ixmisville. K.v.. under $500 bonds

each, charged with being night rid

ers who have been terrorising ue

groes near there

Lot* of $200,000 it caused by fire

which destroyed the four-story

! building of Holmes Hardware Co..

at I'uel.ilo. t'olo.

U. of W. regents asked to grant

permission for erection of histori

cal museum on Metropolitan build

in* tnict.

A Denver A Rio Grande passenger

train wrecked, one trainman killed

and several passengers hurt, at

i Colorado Springs.

Jim Bradford had a chance to be

(•onie a major lengue pitcher hi-

I stead of Seattle's corporation coun

sel. He attracted widespread at

tention as a twlrler at Minnesota

university, where he was heralded

as a "comer."

William H. Morris, one of Seat

tle's leading lawyer*, used to be a

policeman. The proof of it Ills big

feet still remains.

Colcr.ial ball held at Lincoln hotel

well attended.

, Supporters of A. E. Parish, coun

cil candidate, met Tuesday noon to

Intake nuii| :iign plans.