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Motorbusses Have Street Car Folks Badly Worried Dow i in Los Angeles

Street railway magnatea In

Loa Angele* are loalng lota of

aleap In theae daya and "night*

of "Jitney bue" competition.

Thla la tfce Information r»

ported by C. C. Cioaaon, former

THE STAR is the only Seattle

newspaper that has its own

special correspondents on the bat

tlefields of Europe. The leased

wire of the United Press delivers

into this office the best and quickest

service on "spot news" happenings.

Our correspondents furnish the

descriptive sidelights.

NEGRO KING OF UNDERWORLD

HELD IN POLICE GRAFT PROBE

Startling Developments Hinted at by Pros

ecutor Murphy; White Girls Who Swear

They Paid Negro "Boss" for Police Pro

. tection Locked Up as Witnesses.

Felix Crane. negro aaloonkeeper and "king of the underworld." wai arretted late Mon

day on a warrant baaed on affldavita made by women alleging they paid money to Crane

far police protection.

Held aa witnesaet, under heavy bail, at the city jail, are Oladya Bate* and Catherine

IWtwu. F. J. Quinn, alia* Bennett, and George C. Rice.

The proaecuting attorney'a office it secretive concerning the text of the affidavits, but

Ik ia admitted that the prosecution of Crane will constitute a thorough probe into alleged

police graft and into the relations existing between the police and vice

The affidavita were aecured by Deputy Prosecutor Crawford E. White Justice Brinker

issued the warrant, which charges Crane with "receiving the earnings of one Gladys Bates"

Ml Dec 26.

There is much more to the caae than this. The prosecution will endeavor to find out

to whom Crane paased the money he is alleged to have taken from women and who got

it ultimately.

That Prosecutor John F. Murphy fears for his witnesses against Crane ia shown by the

■i— of the bonds under which they sre held—sl,ooo each In the caae of the women, and

$2,000 in the caae of the men.

Crane, placed under $2,500 bond, was relessed st 7 o'clock last night, bail being fur

nished by Oscar Collins, J. Tutt snd Frank Smith.

Crane is a familiar figure around police headquarters, appearing as bondsmen for dent

sens of the underworld.

He is ■ clean-cut, light-brown negro, who dresses quietly and welt. He is known

ytw«g men of his race for his generosity towards men who are down and out.

KILLS WIFE AS

SHE BEGS LIFE

Mra. Mart* Millar, 18, was

shot down In cold blood by hor

husbsnd. Mom a Millar, a baker,

who than turned hi a weapon on

Nlntaaff. lata Monday after

noon. 'aa the culmination of a

quarrel which started In their

homo at 4SIO 34th eve. i, and

ended tragically after the wom

an had run two blocka to es

cape the gun.

A a tray a hot. fired during the

ehaae. narrowly oilseed Robert

Wheeler. 4. aon of Mrs C. W

Wheeler. 4W3 J4t" are. 8., who waa

looking out of a window The boy

waa slighter cut by glass

Neighbors, attracted from their

tiomes by the shooting and the worn

an's cries, tried to Interfere, but

ware held at bay by Miller.

Wife Begs for Mercy

MTUIer caught up with hla wife

•a ahe reached the front yard of

the Wheeler home

Cowering on the ground. Mrs

MUlsr begjged for mercy

"My Goa, Morrla, don't kill me,"

the pleaded

Millar tailed the woman by the

•rtn, coolly preased the mutzle of

.SLAVS ROOT TURKISH ARMY

PETROORAD, Jan. 5. —A trenien

dona rout by the Ru*alan* of the

Tnrk» In Tran*caA<a*la wa* an

nounced today by the war office

here.

The Ninth Ottoman corp*. *ur

rounded, had surrendered. tr wa*

••Id. The vl«.-tory wa* attributed to

ly of Seattle. and wHIli here

prominently Identified In the

fight to **cure (he Lake Waah

Ington canal Ha now I* a rail

dent of the eouthern city.

Recently Aaalatant Suparln

the run against her bark. sending

two shot* Into bar body. Itesth

«■• Iniununmai

Millar then rale«d the fun to hie

temple, pulled the trigger. and fell

arroa* her body He bad uaed the

teat ahell In the chamber

The house « aa found In disorder

Chair* *er» overturned, plcturei

strewn about the floor and dtahe#

amaahed.

Throw* Her Out of Window

After the struggle In the hotiae

Miller hurled the woman through a

window Blood atrtaroed from ruta

on her fare, and though ahe seeded

badly hurt, Mra. Miller aroae and

began to run

An Irlah bull terrier owned by

the couple waa standing guard over

the bod lea when Deputy Coroner

Frank Koepfll arrived. The faith

ful bull anapped at Koepfll aa valid

ly. All »-fforta to coax the do»

away failed, ao force waa reaort

ed to

Miller waa a member of the

Hakera' union, and until two montha

ago worked at the Seattle bakery

Mia wife had been employed aa a

waltres* In a cafe at Drat, and

Cherry at. up until two weeks airo

the arrival, In Tr«n»cauc«*la, of

Slav reinforcement*, which, •trlkln*

the Turk* on the flank, cut their

force In- two, taking alt their po*l

tlon*. with enormou* quanMtle* of

munition* and great number* of

prisoner*.

('o»»*rk* .ire pursuing the fleeing

Mohamtuedana.

tendent of City Utllltiee O'Brie#

of Seattle inveetigated the

atraet railway eltuatlon In Loa

Angelea

In a letter dated December

)t, Cioaaon wrltaa:

"Since the time of Mr.

The Seattle Star

The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News

volume 16. SEATTLE, WASH.. TUESDAY, JANUARY S, I<>lS

crane is the proprietor of the

Caecade bar, If 7 Main at., pat

ronised by negroes and a few

whltss. A Star reporter found

him there lata laet night.

The wants of many patrone

were being filled by a bartend

er ao fat and black and wear

ing s duck suit so Immsculate

ly white that the eontraat waa

Startling

A group of negroee were

squsbbllng sround a dilapidat

ed pool tabls.

An aged colored man, with

cotton-fleece hair waa warming

hlmeelf at a red-hot atove. In

a corner a nlmble-flngered

planlet waa hamsmrlng out rsg

time, sn athletic young negro

wae playing a baqs drum, a

snare drum and a pair of cym.

bale all at once, and a big.

(Continued on Pag* 2.)

M'KENZIE LOSES

HIS FIGHT FOR

VOTE RECOUNT

There will be ao recount of the

ballots In the content for the of

fice* of county commissioner,

Judge Albert son so ruled Tuesday.

The contest win brought by

David McKenule snd Dr. Walter T

Chrtaten*«n. progre«slves, aynlnat

Mike Carrlgan ajid Krlat Knudaen,

republicans On the face of the

returoa. rarrlsun wa* elected by

about 400 votea and Knudaen by

200.

Judice Albertaon ruled that no

fraud or maJconduct ha* been

*hown by the evidence. and thai

the horie*t mistake* In counting

the ballot* were no few Ih«y could

not poaalbly have changed the re

sult* Wvon the contestant*. he

declared, had to admit the honent

Intention* of the election official*.

The hearlwc la*ted almost three

week*

Eleventh annual child labor con

ferenr* In Waahlndton.

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

O'Brlen'a visit, there hae been

an Immenii Increaae In the

number of 'Jitney buaaea.'

"The police eetlmate la, I be

Heve. that there are now about

700 'Jitney buaaea' operating In

the city of Loa Angelea. and I

(hould *ay there are probably

Slater Marl* Fellcle of the French Had Croaa

***** *****

BELGIANS SPARE THE

LIFE OF KAISER'S SON;

KAISER SPARES CITY

By Mary Boyle O'Reilly

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Ik* war will, prrkapa, rr niriwlwf ik» mimrf of th# efforts matfr kt alairr

Marlr Irllrlr win ii'Hrlllr ta an milk tkfoah il, i.rrmaa llar« in

lit Ha air* of Hrawla Kirr) rffart fallrrt natll Ikr rllmal mtlrk »«•

ar»«lurrri l>t Slatrr Warlr l'rllri«, «ln krar4rd Ikr Orrataa ao»rr»»..r la

kla wfflrr «h4 tfrwanfr4 Ibal ake krrarlf kr (l»m |rrmlul«n !A »lrl%r

(he lirnm' rarta ml ikr karrlrra. Tkr Mlnolai alary la from Ikr

aa mr Slalrr Wartr Krlklr rAtnr.t

LONDON. ENGLAND, DEC. 1* (BY MAIL)

' N DIEU! I've seen the devastation of a cyclone,

IYI the utter ruin wrought by earthquakes- yet never,

never anything like the Belgian countryside overwhelmed by

the German army I"

N'tir«e Marie Felirie of the French Red Cross has escaped

from Brussels to London with a first-hand tale of the awful

desolation of the stricken land.

"All Flanders," she said to me when I met her here, "is

filled with Belgian fugitives, returning now to find if their

little homes have been spared Spared? Good (km!! Every

thing EVF.RYTHIN<i- has been destroyed

Ton ana, I know, for I have travolad over all thl* country on foot

—ft fugitive with the other footworn fugitive*'" Nurse Marie Fellcle

explained

I aaw her in Bru**e!», Auguat 2#. 10 day* after Ita capitulation

Though *hc wa* French, ahe told me then that ahe waa determined to

atay with the wounded In aplte of Herman occupation.

Nursed 5,000 German Wounded

"Since then," ahe auid to me today In Ix>ndon, "I muat have nur*ed

S,OOO wounded German*! A( wore chlldlahly Ignorant about the war,

ell pitifully eiigi-rTor |wac<' Score* of them acted like men half aaleep.

Daya «f deadening nolae, racking fatigue, terrible tenaion had brought

them to the edge of Imbecility.

"Bruaoel* la a huge hoapHal. Not two In a hundred

etricken mon die from wounda. Rather thay alckan with

(Continued on Page 2, Col. S.)

THE BEST that the International Peace Forum could do waa to

pray congreaa to call a conference at the end of the war. And thla la

about aa well aa anybody can do. ____________________

more than 400 more operating

In othar cltlea and country die

trlote of Southern California.

"I note that Councilman Allen

Dale aaama to poke fun at the

autobua Idea; but ha ahould

coma hare and aee what the

jitney bu**e* are doing to the

atreet car companma and the In

terurban electric railway*

"If they continue to lncrea*e

at the rate they heve the paat

few montha, I expect to eee the

Loa Angele* electric railway

eyatem offered to the city at

about Ita phyelcal valu, without

ONE CENT

IUKWK «TANI>a, Se

Woman Tells'

Some Secrets

ol'NightLife

to The Star.

The big. difficulty in get

ting at the truth of police

graft lies in the fact that

the testimony of women of

the underworld type is dis

credited at the outset.

Who will take their

word?

Early in November, in

Chief Griffiths' regime, a

letter from a woman

came to The Star. We

print excerpts from it

now, *nd readers may ac

cept them or reject them,

as they please.

The letter is signed

-Myrtle H»yne."

"1 am writing thla letter. not a*

a anlfh or a *tool pigeon. but I am

tailing v <Jti the troth and nothing

but tha truth, ao help me, God!"

, She I* "one of the alavea In «

raaort on Dearborn at . *he write*

"1 came here alx month* ago. har

tal a alck mother and two little

■ latere to aupport. 1 worked a

while In a *tor«. hut I conldn't

make end* meet, ao I aplled for

work on Dearborn at."

Paid for Protection

She detail* the eract terma of

her employment, one Item being

"110 a week for protection '

Hememt>er that thl* letter wa*

written long before the arreat of

Crane and the securing of the af

fidavit* from the Hate* and Rob

ert* women. The letter continue*:

"There I* a negro named Fell*

Crane who run* the Cascade bar.

Yon go to him and aak him to

place you Thl* he doe* for $5

Then he *enda you to one of these

white alare dump*, and the land

lady tell* you her term*. Kach

landlady 1* allowed two girl* be

wide heraelf. • • •

She Namee Detective

"T'ie protection money 1* given

to Fell* and he hand* It over to a

detective named (ahe here men

tion* a name).

"Now Tell* doean't get the pro

tection money for himself. That

la Htippoaed to lie divided up with

the police an ddetectlvea on that

line. *

"But Fell* han the privilege of

running a wlde-<>i>en gambling

dive, and all the riegro hangera-on

pay him a week and buy id I

their booae of him • • • The

hanger*-on and landladies all aay

the chief la Ignorant of thl*."

SAYS 180,000,000

WOULD HELP U. S.

LOS ANGELES. Jan. s.—Dec

laratlon of Preeldent John Bar

nett of the Pan-American Un

ion that every nation In both

Amerlcaa, with 180,000,000 peo

ple. would come to the aid of

the United Statee ahould thla

country become Involved in a

great war, with a European or

Aalatlc power waa caualng

much dlacuaaion today. It waa

mad# yeatarday. In an addreaa

before 250 ttualneea men.

much additional charge for the

aunander of franchlae rlghta

'Perhap* the *ame eltuatlon

may develop In Seattle.

"The city might find It more

profitable to operate autobuaie*

than to buy e»leting atreet car

llnee, eapeolally If It ha* to pay

JUDGE BURKE

TAKESUPSTAR

FIGHT ON RENT

Rent* may com* down on

Second ave.

The Building Owner*' and

Manager*' association ha* be*n

•tirred to action by Judge

Thoma* Bwrfc*. president of the

Chamber of Commarc*.

**W« are considsring the mat

ter new," aald Judge Burke to

Th* St a r Monday afternoon.

Referring to The Star * editorial

nailing upon htm to take the initla

live In a movement to bring the

rent* down to a reaaonable basis

for legitimate business. Judge

Rurke remarked that "It vu a dif

ficult Job to wish on any one

'It's no easy thing," he continued,

"to tell any one what rents to

ihame."

Judge lurk* on Job

However, Judge Burke I* evident

ly on thnt Job At hi* *ugge*tion

the question of rent* is being dis

cussed by the Building wners' a*

sociation.

Thl*, of itself, Indicate* some

progreae. a*, according to Secretary

Bradley of the association, rental

figure* conatltuee one topic hereto

fore not discussed, it being consid

ered a matter of private Interest to

the individual landlords.

Pi ruses obtained by The Star

show that rentala on many choice

dowptown blocks on State St., Chi

cago, are not much higher than

they have been on Second ave.

A store of 25 feet frontage rente

tiw about |12,000 a year In Chicago.

Rent a* High at Chicago's

Seattle stores pay nearly that

much on Second ave., as an average

Some pay more „

High rent*..as The Star pointed 1

out In several articles, have been,

the cause of forcing a number of

legitimate merchants out of busi

ne»*

The interest evinced by Judge

Burke, who Is himself a landlord of!

two or three choice buildings down-j

town, is therefore encouraging, and

lend* hope that tfcn rent situation 1

may be relieved In some measure in ,

191 a.

CARDINAL

ARRESTED

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 5— Car

dinal Mercier of Belgium has

been arrested by the German

military authorities, according

to newspapers here today, be

cause he told the Belgians, In

a pastoral letter, that they

were not bound morally by

German orders.

KARLSRUHE SINKS

FOUR MORE GRAFT

LONDON, Jan. s.—The Ger

man cruiser Karltfuhe has

sunk four more British and

French merchantmen, accord

ing to a dispatch received here

today from Laa Palmas, Canary

Islands.

The crews were set ashore.

HI SAYS HE'S BOSS

(i T AM the k 0 " °' the c,<y departments," Mayor Hiram C. Gill It

I quoted as saying. In his threat to fire any one "who so much aa

carries a pair of pliers" to make the extension to Tukwila of city

light and power, as directed by a two-thirds vote of the council.

Hiram; you're not the boss. You may think you are. but you'ra

only a servant.

Yes, Hiram; Just a servant. The boss is a certain party known a*

The People.

If they want to carry a pair of pliers to Tukwila, they'll do it. Tha

people elected the council to pass ordinances. They elected you to see

that the ordinances of the city are executed.

The people have given you the right of veto. You have exercised

that right.

When your veto is overridden, you are NOT the boss, and were never

meant to be. If you don't like the ordinance, appeal to the people. Get

up a referendum petition.

But, for the love of Mike, don't beef about being "boss." That'* old

stuff, HI. IT DOESN'T GET BY LIKE IT USED TO.

a fancy price to buy back the

franchlae right*.

"From the revolution In tran*

portatlon that ha* lately occur

red here, It aeema quite po*aible

that the autobu* I* deatlned to

put the atreet car* out of com

mlaalon."

Home

EDITION

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FIND A JOKER

IN PROPOSAL

TOBUYS.R.&S.

I* there a Joker In the Seattle,

Renton it Southern 28-ve«r 11.500,-

000 deal?

That's what councilmen were j

asking themselves Tuesday.

I'nder the p!an outlined. the"""-

council was to pass an ordinance .»

to purchase the railway, and Im

mediately the matter was to be

passed to the people for a refer

endum vote. In other words, the

people, and not the council, wer«

to determine whether "the deal

should go through.

But the supreme court ha* s«l4

the people have no voice in fran

chise matters and that the council

alone muat decide those things.

Inasmuch as the purchase of the

Renton line may be construed by

the coutla to Involve a franchise,

what is there, councilmen ask. to

prevent some taxpayer from step

ping lu and stopping the people

from voting on the Renton deal?

Which would be just what the

Renton company would like. It

would save the uncertainty of ■

people'* election for them, and

they would still have the council

ordinance purchasing their road.

Tfw* "Joker" was unearthed at *

conference with Corporation Coun

sel Bradford Monday nlghf. and

the Kenton receivers were told*

they must agree to make speclflo

provision that If the people do not

approve the deal by a direct vote,

the ordinance could not be hel<J

blndlng against the city.

This the reclver* have not yet

agreed to do. and the entire S., R.

A S. matter/ which waS to have

been decided Tuesday morning,

was postponed for the afternoon

se»»ton of the council.

SAYS HE ROBBED TO

GET FOOD FOR WIFE

"I was out of work and my wife

had to have something to live on.

Hunger drove me to It. We had

to eat."

So declared \V. H. Titus. 39. a

laborer, to the police at Taconia. It

la alleged, when arrested for bur

glaries committed at the homes of

H. C. Crosby at Lake Burten. Mrs.

Julia Tag*art. Rlverton Height*

and several places In Seattle

I>etective l*&nd<>s hrought Titus

baiik to Seattle Friday.

HELP FOR NEWSIES

II C. Henry, tlio wealthy build-

InR owner, announced Tuesday his

annual gffer to help newsboys who

save their money. Some time dur

ing December, this year, Henry

promises to pay $:! to every newste

who has made 12 deposits of not

less than 25 cents during each

month of the year. »