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GERMAN SUBMARINE SINKS FLEET OF 11 VESSELS

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JTIM BUS UW UPHELD

YES, WE'LL

GET MUSIC,

GILL SAYS

Mr Mayor." said the Star]

reporter. 1 see the park l>»ard i*

golrg to spend » little change for ft

band stand In Volunteer park -a

mere trifle of 1t.300. 1 believe"

-Ym, said Mayor 0111, "I saw

foroettimn about It In the papers"

"But ho* can the park board af

fcrd tt*

"What do you mean*"

"I mean this: The park board l»

go!DC to spend $4,200 for band

mm.' this summer. of which Vol

tateer park net* all but appro*

Inatelr lI.IOOk Now. If a!! the

Ibrks In Seattle i-it side of Volun

teer ft ooly $1.-00 for hand music,

jl tee in :ike cxtravaganc* for the

park hoard to spend $1,300 merely

(or a band stand In Volunteer

Board Haan't Said So

"But the other parka aw going

to gat a lot more mnalc than that,'

•aid the mayor.

"The park board haan't ssld so.

la fart. I heard t'hatrman Roseleaf

My bed cut out all tha music If he

could '

'i don't car* what Roaeleaf

thicks or says." declared 011 l

"There's going to h« mora music

ta the parks this summer than evar

lafore "

"But the park board has on

trirtci for 40-piece bands under

Dad Wagaer for Volunteer park

aaly. and only provided for am*-

taar "and* In the other parka."

"Weil, a majority of tha park

laard told nie they weren't golug

ta make It just a Volunteer park

ikow."

Promisee There'll Ba Muaie

"It that's the case, why do««a't

tha board let tha public know

•boot M. too' Thay've told the

poblic about 4a piece bands in Vol

»t«r park. Why not let us know j

•hat they have In mind for the

other parks T"

CHINESE WIFE QUITS HUSBAND*

SOUND BY CUSTOM TO EIB LIFE

Refusing to return to her hue

band and bound by.Chinee# cue-

UNDER CHARGES,

SEBASTIAN IN

LEAD FOR MAYOR

LOS A.MiEI.KS. May 5 leading

kin nearest competitor almost two

to one. Chief of Polled Charles K

Sebastian mayoralty candidate, waa

assured,today of flrat place on the

municipal ticket that will b# voted

In June. *

Sebastian. under suspension. I* on

trial charged with contributing to

the delinquency of a young girl.

He ha* characterized the chargea

•* a political plot.

CHIEF SEBASTIAN

IS ON STAND AGAIN

1-08 ANOKLKH. ilay i.—Chief

Sebastian waa pale but smiling

When he resumed the stand today

to nls trial.

Sebastian emphatically denied

that he had given a blue enameled

witch to Edith Kerkln. The girl,

•luring her examination, tiad testi

fied that he had.

Th* night of Dec. 19 had been

elted by the prosecution ns the

time of one of Sebastian's and Mr*

Lillian Pratt's alleged visits to. the

Arliona house Sebastian testified

that he had spent that evening with

two political reporters and that he

h*<l none to his home at mldnlghf

< >1.1 Ml-" 18 NO. 60

SEATTLE, WASH. WEDNESDAY. MAY 5. 1915

| I don t know wliv the park

(board tan't tnore communicative

Hut I know thin THERE IS GO

ING TO BE PLENTY OF MUSIC

THIS SUMMER IN THE PARKS"

| The tuayur apoke with emphasis

"I know vou mean that, all right."

! the reporter said, "but your park

board doesn't That board hasn't

| the right |>otnt of view They're

going to give the other parks noth

Ing that won't be forred out of

them."

It'a Campaign Pladgo

' 1 "Then we'll force It out of them."

asserted tilll. "but I don't think

that will ba necessary Thrwa

1 members of the board told nie ev

erythlng will bet) K WHY. MAN.

IT'S A CAMPAIGN PI.EiKiR

WITH MK TO HAVE THE HANDS

; I'I.AY IS' THE PARKS. AND 1

MEAN IT."

' The park hoard, then, Isn't play

. j Ing square with you by beating

' around the bush. They ought to

• come out and say Just eiactly what

i they're going to do."

'j The contract they signed with

! Wagner allows them to divide his

; band, so that we can get two

■' piece bands, and the other parks

will have Wagner's music, too "

And Volunteer will t>e the ohly

one to have 40 place bands." the

reporter added.

! Yes. that's true The board felt

that, with the Shrln'r*' convention

snd thousands of tourists, we ought

'to have nxtra big bands at .me

park, and Volunteer Is ii«>re cen

trallv located than the othara."

"So you raolly think tha parte

board wants to flivn tha public

a fair ahsre of muelc In tha <

other parka, too?"

"I don't eara what tha park

board wanta. I WANT IT ANO

THE PARK BOARD IS GOING

TO COME THRU."

torn to commit suicide unless

she livee with him, pretty Ah

Fak, who ran away on April IS

from En« Van, her huefcand, a

wealthy Chlneee merchant et

70S King et.. threatene to end

her life If the Immigration au

thorities. In whose custody shs

waa placed Wedneeday. order

her deportation to China. j

For over two weeks the young

woman, who talks Kngllsh well,

kept out of reach of her huaband

and the aleuths he had employed to

find her

Hot Wednesday morning *he

came to police headquarters to ask

permission to carry a gun.

. While there, her husband also

came In to Inquire for word con

cernlng her.

The two met. but failed to effect

a reconciliation. Yan threatened

to deport her, because she had

come here ten years sgo as a pic

ture bride and had not been legally

married according to American law

Mrs. Van. who Is only 26. while 1

her hsuband la 65. says deportation

would compel her to end her life,

as the unwritten law of China de

mands suicide of wfves cast aside

by their husbands.

CANADIAN ARMY

LOSES 6000 MEN

LONDON. May s.—The total

caaualtlea of the Canadian di

vision engaged In Flandera are

22 officers and 6,024 men, un

der Secretary of War Harold

Tennant announced In the house

of commons today. The Princess

Patricks regiment alone lost 20

officers and 308 men.

Boalt Spends Five

Minutes in the Bath

Room; Learns Lesson

WE ADJOURNED to th« bathroom —Mrs F.. my wife and I—and in

that unromantlc ehambsr wi resumed tha dlecusslon of whether

newspaper ad vert laments rrada Interesting reading

I was still undaddad whether I could, aa an ethical journalist, writs

a sarlea of articlea advertising advsrtlaing

My wlfa opened tha door to the medicine cupboard—one of those

shallow, ahelved holes in the wall found In every bathroom. Ours Is

filled with bottles containing liquids, and Jars containing pastes and

salves.

I really knew vary little about tha contenta of our madl

cine cupboard. I only knew that, when I had a toothache, or a

headache, or a stomachache, my wife fetched a bottle or a Jar

from tha cupboard and made ma wall. If" r J

TOU know, don't you," my wlfa aakad me. aa I balanced

Y myself on the edge of the tub, "that drug atores and

the drug departmanta of tha department stores hold

saleaT"

I said I supposed thay did.

"And you know, too. that certain staple articles are advertised at

reduced prices at these saiee?"

I said It aeemed likely, now that aha mentioned It.

"All right. Let'a ssa how much money in saving, from rsadlng ads.

thla cupboard represents. Hera'a a large site bottle of Scott's Emul

sion: regular price $1.00. but i paid 79 centa —a saving of ?'

A cents. The email site coata 50 centa, but at aalaa la reduced

to 3»—a aavlng of It centa."

I never take emulsion—lt's for our son

Mre. F wrote down on a tablet: "Saved on Scott'a EmuU

21 centa."

"And hare." my wlfa went on, "ie a Jar of Menttiolatum;

egular price 50. but I paid 39 cants."

' Mrs. F. wrote down: "Saved on Mentholatum, 11 cents "

We went right through that medicine cupboard: Ivory aoap, 10

ccnta. reduced to 7: Lambert's Llaterine, 25 cents, reduced to it: tal

cum powder, 50 cents, reduced to 37; alcohol, camphor, camphorated

oil, quinine, a lot of thlnge.

"You will admit," aald my wife, "that we need all theae thlngir

And you'll admit that Ivory soap, for esample. is Ivory soap, whether

ou Day 10 cente for It or 77 And how am Ito know tnat

Ivory aoap ia sailing at 7 cants If Ido not read the ads'" f J

Meanwhile. Mra. F. was buay with her pencil. V

"I FIND." SHE ANNOUNCED. "THAT THE CON

TENTS OF YOUR CUPBOARD WOULD HAVE COST

vr»ti IF YOU HAD PAID THE FULL PRICES. BY

WATCHING FOR SALES. YOU HAVE SAVED EXACTLY $t.3«

"Now. than." aald my wlfa, "do you admit that advertleementa are

Interacting?" , e e e e

JUST then the doorbell rang. It waa a delivery boy from Frederick

A Nelaon'a. with a package. I waa pleaeed to learn that the pack

age contained a "HotpoWit" electric atove. Wa have a "Hotpolnt"

iron. I had wanted the atove —there are ao many thlnge you

H can do with it.

tt "But they're eapenelve. aren't they?" I asked.

"The regular price la $5." said my wife

I muat have ahown my dismay, for both woman

I f—laughed.

l3Eln "Stupid!" ssld my wife. "If you read the advertise-

II menu, you'd know thie la 'Hotpolnt week,' and thla electric

ikzjl etove coet Juet $3.3»— a aavmg of $1,651"

(Continued Tomorrow.)

MOLD OLD

MEN WHO

TOOK OAS

Jim Walker and Marry Sawyer,

the two old men who tried to com

mlt eillclde by Inhaling gas. are

not out of trouble yet

They will be charged with at

tempted aulolde. which, under the

law* of thl* Mate, la punishable by

a aiailmum of two year* In the

penitentiary or a fine of $1,000.

I loth wf>rr held at the county )al!

Wednesday for want of $1,000 ball

each. They will be given a prelim

inary hearing before Judge Gordon

Friday.

When Informed of the charge

agalnat them by Constable Hh.in

non. Sawyer laughed uproarloualy.

Walker didn't see It quite jio

humorously.

BRITISH M RETREAT

BERLIN. VIA LONDON. May f>.—

The official statement ls«ued froin

the war office today declared that

thn British continue to retreat In

the region of Ypres. Heavy losses

have been suffered by the enemy,

the statement d»-clnred.

WILL GIVE CONCERT

The third of ;i series of concert*

will he given by the rlmlr of Hip

Hescon Mill <'<ngregatlonal church

Wednemlav evening In the church

auditorium, 16th ave. 8. nmt For

rent nt.

GUESS IF THEY'RE MARRIED

By Fred L. Boalt

5 COUNGILMEN

FAVOR SILTING

PROCESS AT DAM

A difference of opinion which led

to the rejection of recommendations

submitted by City Engineer IMmock

for preventing seepage from the

new Cedar river dam cropped out

Tuesday at a meeting of the council

utllltU* committee

Silting waa favored, 6 to 1, as

against IMmock's plan of sinking

test holes to aacertaln the feasible

Ity of a curtain wall. Both plans

require an appropriation ninnlng

Into thousands.

Krlckson. Ilesketh. Marble, Hanna

and llaas objected to Dlmock's Idea

on the ground that silting had not

yet been tried on a scale of suf

ficient magnitude

This drew it burning reply from

Dlmock, who asserted silting would

cost »t least 1300,000, and that the

result would be entirely problem

atlcal.

Councilman Lundy wan Dlmock's

only supporter. He declared the

north hunk could never ho scaled by

silting Fitzgerald declared he wan

In favor of trying both acjiemea at

the same 11 in*.

The utilities committee's report

will be heard by the council Mon

day. Friday the finance committer

will also discuss the Dlmock report.

Reno women helped to keep town

wet In yesterday's election.

UNIi CENT

SEN. POINDEXTER

TO VISIT SEATTLE

Senator Mile* Polndexter

wilt ba In Seattle May 21,

22 and 23, according to ad

vlcaa racalvcd Wedneeday

from Spokane. Whlla here,

tha aanator will look Into

aavaral matter, requiring

congreeelonal attention The

vlelt will be entirely In

formal, tho It la probable

Senator Polndexter will be

called upon to addraae one

or more meeting*.

MEMBERS

OF CREWS

RESCUED

BY EO L. KEEN

LONDON, May s.—ln a sud

den raid upon an Engliah fish

ing fleet In tha North aaa a

German submarine with a fac

simile of an Iron croas painted

on Ita conning tower Is known

to have aunk 11 trawler*, and

It Is thought others may hava

been destroyed.

This latest attach dealgned

to further strllis at the food

supply of England, waa made

on Monday. Only today, how

ever, did tha crewa from tha

vessels destroysd begin to

reach port, after having been

picked up by othar veaeels.

All tha man brought Into

port told thrilling stories of

their struggles whlla adrift In

email boats.

The fleet attacked by the eub

marine wae buaily engaged in

flehing In the North sea whan

the perlacope of tha Oerman

undereea raider waa auddenly

aighted In Ita mldat.

Few of the trawlera were able

to eecape. The Collingwood

reached Crlmeby tafely after

having been chaeed for mliee.

Forty ahote were fired at tha

Collingwood, but only ona

atruck.

Commandere of moat of the

trawlera realized the aubma

rlna could run their veaaela

down and probably alnk them

without giving the crewe a

chance to eecape.

They therefore lay to under

ordera from the aubmarlna and

waited their fate. Tha crewe

were given a ahort time to

gather their belonglnge and

take to the boata and tha

trawlera were then aunk, one

by one.

Tha crewe from three of the

fiehlng craft picked up by tha

trawler Leonard and landed at

Hartlepool, aald tha aubmarlna

craw gave them a aupply of

black bread before leaving them

adrift In their boats.

Capt. Harry Foot, of tha

trawler Bob White, aald ha

waa engaged In picking up tha

craw of ona of tha sunken

trawlers when tha aubmarlna

overhauled him. He waa given

flva mlnutaa In which to leava

hla ahlp and the trawlar waa

then tent to the bottom with

18 ehote.

FATALLY

INJURED

IN CRASH

Victor Hudln, 28, a painter, 1820

Fifth avfl , wan fatally Injured, It Ig

believed, when a WaJllngford car

lilt the auto In which he was a

passenger at 41 at ave. and Walllng

ford Wednesday morning. The Ina

chlne was driven by Harry Von

Dusen, 1712 North 32nd.

After being examined by a nhynl

clan at the home of E. H. Oavls,

RO9 North 41 at ave. Rudln was re

moved to the Pacific hospital.

Last

EDITION

We»thir Foracaat Probably fair

TIIIM AT NfcATTI.K

Illsh.

Vl« » in. 11 « ft. #:«» n in, I? ft.

ii tu ft hi , li.o ft. siii i> in., v.i rt.

PLAN TO

ARREST

DRIVERS

Superlor Judge Dykeman, In

a decision handed down Wed

nesday, upheld the constitution

ality of tha Jitney bus bond law,

and Proaecutlng Attorney Lun

din gave notice Immediately aft

er tha close of tha test casa

that arreats of unbonded Jitney

drivers would be made as fast

a« complaints are made.

Spotters employed by the Se

attle Electric Co., It I* under

stood. have the names of nearly

every such person operating In

the city, and complaints are be-

Mrs. A. L. Millar. Whon Husband Shot and Killad Hi* Employer, Whom He Surprised in Their Noma

Ing prepared.

Judge Dykeman declared he

aaw no other course, In view of

several recent eupreme court

decleione, than to uphold the

new law.

"The eupreme court." he

•aid, "ha* held in several In

stances lately that a superior

court judge can declare uncon

stitutional a law unleaa hit mind

la wholly free of doubt."

The test c«»e was brought by the

stato against the Seattle Taxlcab

and Transfer Co. lte president, F

E. nrlghtman. was found guilty of

violation of the new statute, and

waa fined flO, the nominal amount

lielng agreed upon by counsel for

both aides.

Give Appeel Notice

Notice of appeal was given by

\ttorneys Hugh Todd. Merrltt llo

gle and W H. Moore, after Judge

Oykeman had denied their motion

for a new trial.

Thruout the morning James B.

Howe, general counsel for the

Btone-Web»ter Interests in the

Northwest; Judge Klllott, his assist

ant, and Judge Talt, claim agent for

the company, were prominently In

evidence In the courtroom. They

consulted with Deputy Prosecutor

Meier and advised him on certain

Important points Involved In the

case.

"I told tha Jitney bu* people T

would hold off arrests until the su

perior court had passed on the

case." declared Prosecutor Uundln.

at the cloae of the trial. "Now I

consider It my duty to make arrest"

as fast as complaints are made at

my office. They are following this

procedure In other cities of the

state."

11 wan tpitilM at the trial that

about !>OO buses are in operation In

Seattle. Rut a small proportion of

these aro run by bonded driver*, all

of whom are not liable to arrest.

SEEK VON HOULTREN

A warrant ha* been lisued for

the arrest of Frank V. Van Ho'll

tren, publisher of the Weat Side

Press and Examiner, a West Seat

tle weekly, for Issuing a check

without having any funds In the

bank. The complaint was sworn

out by II W. Rodtnan.

WOMAN IN OLYMPIA MURDER CASE

Olympia Murderer Just a

"Family Man"; Apologizes

to Reporters for Silence

OLYMPIA. May 5.—A. L.

Miller, sales manager of the

Union Lumber Co., In jail at

Olympla and accused of murder

In the first degree for shooting

William Chattsn, wealthy

president of the company, at

Union Mills, Sunday night, as

he was leaving the Miller

home. Is a type of what Is com

monly known as a "family

man."

There Is nothing picturesque

about him. He la far from the

"gunman" or "bad man" type.

lie had a good position, a pretty

wife, three voting children and a

comfortable home- and with th"«e

he was content. Hefore Sunday no

one who knew him would have as

sociated him with tragedy.

In Businesslike Way

Miller's friends say he went

alwiut the business of killing Chat

ten as methodically and mattcr-of

factly as he would have put thru a

business deal.

He had been sent to Tacoma on

company business, which would

keep him from home two or three

days. He canght the train, but left

It at the next atatlon Olympian ard

and walked back.

lie entered his house by the back

way, listened, heard a scuffle, ac

cording to Ills story, and fired five

shots at a man leaving by the front

door. The man was Ills employer.

GERMANY ENTHUSIASTIC OVER

VICTORIES; HOPES TO WIN WAR

BY CARL W. ACKERMAN

BERLIN. VIA AMSTERDAM,

May s—Germany Is more con

fident than ever that effort* to

crush her will be In vain. With

offensives by the troops of the

Fatherland In Flanders, Galicla

and Northwest Russian suc

cessfully prosecuted, the people

of Berlin are celebrating today

with more real Joyousness

Uian haa been displayed In

month*.

With llaga flying from every

government building and home

In the capital, bands playing

and cheering throngs In the

streets, new regiments are en

training and hurrying to the

front.

The training of Germsnv's new

levies Is complete. They are fully

equipped, well officered and chafing

to get into action.

Not only have the offensives on

both flie east and west been stead

fly developing. It was pointed out,

hut the> have made surprising

gains. The line now partly en

circles Ypres, the British base In

Plunders.

With the great guns of Germany

roaring about the town, Ypres is

expected to be rendered untenable.

The striking power of the army

of the cast bus agarn boeu tlewou

Chatten

Puts on His Slippers

Miller turned over his revolver

to the foreman of the mill. He re

entered the house and donned

house Jacket and easy slippers. The

habits of years are strong, and It

was. hla friends say, as If he had

performed a disagreeable task witll

as little fuss as possible.

In Jail, he Immediately fitted Into

the routine of prison as easily at

for years he had fitted Into the roil,

tine of office and home.

To him In his cell his wife cam*

Tuesday. He took the Bobbin?

woman in his arms and said:

"There, there, dearie! Don't wor

ry, Everything will come out ail

right."

He said it without heroics.

The reiKirters eamo to his cell,

asking for an Interview.

Apologixes to Reporters

Miller, the family man. after

years of humdrum existence, find

ing himself the central figure In ■

tragedy not lacking In the melo

dramatic elements, was apologetic.

He was sorry. His attorney had

advised him not to discuss the

rase The reporters would excuse

htm? l.ater. perhaps. He would

not talk. Hut he softened his re

fusal by saying to the reporters as

they departed:

"1 don't want to he rude about

It."

strafed, both on the southern and

northern fronts. Kach hour In

creases the magnitude of the victory

In GaUcia.

In the Baltic provinces of Russia

the Germans aie steadily moving

forward.

Knormous stores of grains and

foodstuffs have already been cai>-

Hired In this Invasion and the sh 1 1>-

ments of these supplies Into Kasl

Prussia will relieve all shortages

that may have existed there, tho

In the main, Germany Is well fur

nished with food.

BATTLE IS RESUMED

PARIS. May s.—l'nder a flank

ing cross fire from French and

British batteries heavy losses were

inflicted upon the Germans In a

night attack directed against the

allies' lines about Ypres.

The battle in Flanders has again

been re-'umed with xroat vigor.

INVESTIGATE FIRES

PORTI.ANP, May 5. The origin

of a number of fires in Port laud re

cently is being investigated by a

committee from the Vn dor writer*'

Uquitablo ltatlug Bureau.