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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-23

PROGRAMS
4 Aihsmhrs--Iou r-iles~n In The TN
knawe."
1 American Nisht." comedy.
tis-- s-rdtth ~tarrS IN "ou ues Wed.
dlns >lKht"t The Patent Toad tont.S
er. COMEDY.
Clemm-r--"s ~aidi-r'. Oath"
Colonial - Hsssie uasrlsesie In The
Painted ~aut" also comedy
uippadreme uarmesp ursndl Ia
spiratton" and vaudeville,
Liberty --'' Jordan u lizard Road !
comedy Patty aud the broadway stars :"
Melheurne~-w atkes whiteside In The
Melting ret "
Mission Christmas Mcmoeie."l Gem
eds, "kecpins u DARK
strand Saturday AT Hay
striking employees Wednesday set
/ fire 10 the palatlal plant of the
Triangle Keystone company IN l.oH
Angeles.
Fatty Arhuckle, former keeper Of
the gate At the plant. had been en-.
I gagged to play In a comedy. and. no
! ticing the smoke aristag from
cracks In the floor. spread tho
alarm
He dragged out Chester Conkiin,
who was very much all 10. saved
/ Hank Mann from fiery grave,
and then went back after Mack
Sennett. who had been trapped in
his private office.
After saving the boss. Fatty real.
| lied that certain young lady was
not present So back into the blak.
ing building he plunged. rescued
the maiden fair and brought her
from the place amid the cheers Of
his co-workers Then he woke up
The above happens In the two.
act comedy. Fatty aud the Broad
way stars" the comedy feature at
the Liberty.
Jordan Is a Hard Road" a
drama. with Dorothy Gish and
Frank Campeau. is the other fea.
ture. aud the two make some bill
In changing the name OF the
Grand TO the liippodrome. Eugene
Levy has ahoWn skill not usually
present In such changee Levy
gradually worked up the change.
/ lie got his audiences acquainted
I very distinctly With the VOID hip
poarome. until finally, shon the
change vaH made. llipIndrome
seemed very logical.
over Night at the Am rlcan
theatre. = comedy watch IL one
81 the curiou. makers q H. ~ in
the moving picture world. Il Is a
movie comedy which does net DO
pend upca grutosque Characters for
the fun. Nor does 1t depend upon
grotesQue situations made by past.
Ing pie over some ones face OF
E playing a rubber hose on him
When movie doesnt depend
upon thesc things for comedy. it's
time TO giya three cheers and a
tiger
The Melting Pot. uow nj the
Melhourns. and Walker Whltsside
ara as much united In the public
mind as David Warfield. for In.
stance. with The Music Master"
/ or The Auctioneer Whlteside
has starred 10 The Melting Pot"
years before tho movies were rec
ognlxed by Legitimate actors. Now
of course. Whlteside is among
those who are willing to accept the
I large bundles OF good L. S. ex-
change. which IL being passed
around to successful movie actors
Lou TeiIegeu. internationally "a
nous az romantic atar of the
stage. who for several years was
leading man for Nine Sarah Bern.
hardt. having appeared with tho
/ famous French actress on two OF
/ her American tours. appears tn
The Unknown" playing at the Al
/ hambra until Saturday night The
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-23

! said, with a sigh. and then. as
looked across and saw Eleanor Fair.
low, with her head almost on Dicks
shoulder, the devil whispered to me
and looked up. and. smiling at
him, said Sometimes almost
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-23
DEC0RATES DINERS

Hazen ]. Titus. OF the Northern
Pacific dining car department. has
taken his mind of the great big
baked potato long enough TO dec.
crate bis cars in Christmas garb.
Holly weaths and poinsett!as and
Christmas lights make each travel
ing dining palace bright for the
holiday tourists. and an occasional
sDrig OF mlstletoe has been hung
here and there.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-23

wish you were"
You see. little book. am just like
any other human being. IL a man
or woman hurts me. want to hurt
back.
/ Ito Be Continued.)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-12-23
Toys for the Boys

THE JACKETS are remarkably
we'll tailored, and come in blue.
black, gray and tan, with invisible
stripe have plaid collars and cuffs
\ good selection Of pretty styles
At .............S $3.50 to $50
THE BATH ROBES-The beau
tiiul colorings and pretty patterns
in these splendid Robes will please
Him. They're well-made Robes
OF good blanketing. neatly finished,
and have a girdle
Many are in subducd tones in
conventional patterns, while there
arc others in the highly attractive
Navajo designs $3.50 to 1913.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
WESTER

The ninth annual conference Of the
National Tax Association will be held
at San Francisco, August 1914.
John R. Lawson, international
board member for district Is of the
United Mine Workers of America, of
Denver, received word of the death of
his mother at the family home in
New Jersey.
Three thousand striking Detroit
street railway employees voted to re-
turn to work Immediately, pending
settlement of their differences with
the Detroit United Railway Company
by arbitration.
The Navy Department, according to
. message received at Los Angeles,
has instructed Admiral Howard to
send warship to Tebari bay, Mexico,
to succor the American colony at Es-
peranza. which has been attacked by
YaqV Indians.
Distribution of the estate of the
late Arcadia B. de Baker will be made
June /, provided no contest is filed
according to statement made public
at Los Angeles Final accounting
fixed the value Of the estate at ST.
1925.
Former President William Howard
Taft, speaking at the Worlds Court
Congress at Cleveland, Ohio, outlined
his plan for the establishment of a
League OF Peace and Arbitration
Court with the object of settling by
arbitration differences between the
nations of the world and preventing
further wars.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
SPORT.
Standing of we.ter. League Clubs.

The Royal Yacht squadron of Lon.
don decided to hold no regatta at
Cowes this year.
The Longmont Prides of the Rock
les defeated the W. o. w. No. As team
of Denver at Longmont by score of
to 2.
The annual field day of the Gentle
mems Driving and Riding Club will
be held this year, as it was last, at
Overland park, in Denver, on Monday,
May 81.
Among the crack athletes who have
entered their names for the big Noun.
tain marathon to be held May 80 in
Denver is II. l.. Bartels, the youngest
member of a family noted for it's ath-
letic prOwess
Morgan Williams of Victor knocked
out George Coplen of Cripple Creek
in the second round Of a scheduled
twenty-round battle before the Grip.
pie Creek District Athletic Club at
Cripple Creek, Colo.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
TURKS sLAY 5000 ARMENIANs.
Allies Gain Dardanelles After Six.
Hour Battle.

London.-Six thousand Armenians
have been massacred at Van in Ar
menia, Asiatic Turkey, according to a
dispatch received in official quarters
in London from the Russian consul at
Urumiah, Persia.
This message is dated May is. 1t
adds that the Armenians are defend
ing themselves to the utmost against
the Turks and Kurds arrayed against
them, but that help is urgently
needed.
A dispatch to the Times from Cairo
says it is reported that the Armenians
in Zeitun and Cilicia, Asiatic Turkey,
have risen and that the energies of
the two Turkish reserve divisions are
required to meet the situation.
An Athens dispatch to the Daily
Mail says that the allies reached the
heights of Krithia, on the peninsula
OF Gallipoli, after desperate fighting
lasting six hours. The fighting In the
hills behind Kilid Bahr and Maidos is
continuing with gains for the allies.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
GENERAL.

Social dancing for young and old
has taken place in 200 school houses
throughout the country during the
past season, according to the Russel
Sage foundation.
another American liner the ST.
Louis, sailed for Liverpool from New
York with cabins nearly full. There
were 115 passengers in all, 365 of
whom were in the cabins. The St.
Louis also carried a heavy accumu.
lation of mail, $3.50 sacks.
Dopey Benny Fein. for years the
most feared gunman on the East side
in New York, kept his threat and
"squealed.' Detectives were busy ar
resting thirty-four persons, including
three ''strongarm women" who were
indicted by the grand jury as re-
suit of Fein's confession. The thirty
four include labor leaders and gun
men. Fein alleges the labor leaders
hired the gunner to intimidate EN-.
ployers and to wreck shops where
union labor was Disseminated against.
Several thousand Yaquis are raidine
inland towns of Sonora, according tc
information received at Douglas
Ariz. Property of Americans every.
where in Yaqui territory except at
Guaymas, Cananea, Ell Tigre and Es
peranza has been destroyed 1t is
stated. and their livestock driven off
Tonichi, Pesqueira, Navajoa, Cocori
La Colorado, San Marcial, Rosario and
other towns have been raided
The Anchor line steamer Transyl
vania passed safely through the wa,
zone about the British isles and ar
rived at Greenock, Scotland
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
FROM TELEGRAPHic REPORTS
THAT COVER THE WEEKS
EVENTS.
OF MOST INTEREST
KEEPING THE READER POSTED
ON MOST iMPoR RTANT
CURRENT TOPICS.
Western Newspaper Union new. service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

At Ramsgate. England, an air raid
occurred, About forty bombs were
dropped, So far as has been ascer-
tained three persons were injured.
The British appear to have resisted
successfully all German attacks Oh
Ypres. while the Belgians have con
tinued their attacks from the sea to
DiXmude.
The Russian naval attache at Lon
don announces that on May Is the
Russian Black sea fleet destroyed
four steamers, coal laden, two tugs
and twenty sailing ships.
Official announcement was made in
Rome that King Victor Emmanuel had
declined to accept the resignation of
Premier Salandra. The Salandra cab
met is to be retained without change.
The latest available figures Of the
Lusitania disaster show: Dead, pas
sengers and crew, 1,15O: saved, pas
sengers and crew, 767. OF the latter
l65 were passengers and 302 were
members of the crew.
The British battleship Goliath was
torpedoed and sunk at the Dar-
danelles by Turkish destroyer, with
the loss Of about 500 lives. Official
announcement to this effect was made
In London, together with the state
ment that two Turkish gunboats and
. Turkish transport had been sunk.
The fighting in Belgium and France
continues with undated fury. The
French war office claims to have
checked the Germans north Of Ypres,
to have taken several trenches near
Het Sas, and to have occupied part Of
Steenstraete, with additional progress
north of Arras and to the northeast of
Notre Dame de Lorette. 1t is asserted
that the German line is weakening af-
ter two weeks of assaults.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
WASHINGTON.

United States District Judge John
H. Clarke granted John D. Rockefeller
an injunction to restrain Cuyahoga
county Ohio, from collecting more
than 81 500, 900 taxes on personal prop
erty valuation of $500, ,OOO, 900 in stocks
ana bonds.
President Wilson received a letter
from former President Taft express
ing confidence in his ability to handle
the situation growing out of the sink
ing OF the i.usitania The President
has written a reply to Mr.. Taft thank
ing him warmly
The United States government
cabled Ambassador Gerard for presen
tation to the German government a
note calling attention ito the grave
situation which has resulted" from
violation of American rights on the
high seas. eliminating in the sinking
OF the Lusitania with loss of more
than 100 American lives.
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia
called at the State Department again
to inquire into the situation relating
to seizure OF cotton cargoes by Great
Britain.
\ telegram received at the State De-
partment expressed the sympathy OF
the convention government in Mexico
f.: the loss of American lives on the
Lusitania.
Br Bernhard Dernburg. former Ger
man colonial secretary and known as
unofficial Spokesman in this country
for the German cause, has voluntarily
deCiGe6 "a leave the United States.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
Party Too Small for Teddy and Foe.

Syracuse, N. Y.-Charles w. Hutch
ins, Jr., New York lawyer, declared
on the witness stand that in July, 1914,
Theodore Roosevelt had told him that
he agreed that the issues of 1912 were
dead and that he would "go after"
President Wilson in his Pittsburg
speech and tear him to pieces" Mr..
Hutchins quoted Colonel Roosevelt as
saying, however, that after what had
happened in Chicago in 1912, the Re-
publican party was not big enough for
both him and William Barnes.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
Father Killed, but Baby ESCAPES,

Victor.-P. L. Bressler. an employe
Of Peppers Creamery of Canon City,
who was visiting here with his broth
er-in-law, was killed at point about
ten miles south of here on the Canon
City road, when his automobile turned
over. as the result of a cave-in of the
road. Death was apparently instan-
taneous. Mr.. Bressler's wife and in.
fant child were with him at the time
Mrs. Bressler sustained critical inju.
ries while the baby was thrown into
a creek but was rescued and escaped
without a scratch.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
OR. BEERS SENTENCED
GIVEN LONG TERM FOR KILLING
WILL HOPKINS.
Physician Weeps in Court. Telling
Story Of Killing, and Says He
Still Has Hope.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Boulder. Colo.-Dr. A. S. Beers OF
Hygiene. convicted of murder in the
second degree for the killing OF vii!
Hopkins. neighbor, at Burch lake
two days before Christmas, was sen.
fenced by District Judge r. q. Strong
to serve from twelve to fifteen years
in the penitentiary at hard labor.
Before the sentence was pronounced
DIR. Beers addressed the court for sew.
eral minutes. weeping freely as he
talked
he said that the only person toward
whom he had any hard feelings was
John Carter OF Hygiene. Garter"
said Beers. testified that Hopkins
Was unarmed. when he knew that he
was holding an ice marker above his
head ready to strike me down"
DIR. Beers declared that he was not
without hope for the future. and that
he was looking forward to a time
when he would be happier. He spoke
Of his wife. because of whose rela,
tions with Hopkins he slew the latter,
and said that for fifteen years he had
tried to keep her from temptation. but
had failed.
DIR. Beers told the court that he was
victim Of circumstance. and that he
felt sure that II he had killed his
wife when she confessed her shame
to him. and had then rushed to Hy.
giene and shot Hopkins. he would be
. free man today.
DR.. Beers was convicted of murder
in the second degree March Is. after
one Of the most sensational trials
ever held in Boulder county. During
the trial his wife went on the stand
and testified that confession on her
part Of her relations with Hopkins
while she was at a local sanitarium
about to undergo an operation. had
prompted DR.. Beers to kill Hopkins.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
Mrs. Slaughter In Bank Troubles.

Pueblo. - Mrs. Eloise Slaughter
missing wife of Coney c. Slaughter
the fugitive ex-cashier of the Mercan.
tile National bank, is now a party to
the Slaughter troubles through bank.
ruptcy proceedings brought against
her by Temporary Receiver Francis
A. Chapman of Denver. The suit,
based on her alleged nonpayment Of
a $4,000 loan. was transferred to the
United States District Court in Den.
yer. The suit is regarded as techni.
cal one to clear the way for attach.
ment of the palatial C. C. Slaughter
residence here. Of which Coney Slaugh.
ter and his wife are joint owners, &C.
cording to the records. Unless Mrs.
Slaughter, who fled with her hus.
band, is involved. the bank receivers
can levy on only half the property.
The next development in the bank
case will be the appointment Of a
permanent receiver by Judge Riner In
Denver.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
FOREIGN.
The Italian cabinet has resigned.

The Italian cabinet has resigned.
Seventy civilians were slaiA In Q
revolt at Lisbon.
The value OF imports Of France dur
ing the first quarter of 1915 was less
by sl6S, 400 900 than in the correspond
ing quarter of 1914. Exports dimin.
ished s25s, 100000.
Inc banners OF the Garter of En-,
peror William of Germany and En-
peror Francis Joseph of Austria were
removed from st. Georges chapel.
Windsor. without ceremony.
William Thaw of Pittsburg. who is
serving as a pilot in the French avia-
tion corps, has been commended in
army orders for his brilliant services,
and has received the recently founded
military cross
Count Boni DE Castellane, who until
now has been an army interpreter at
Havre, Is reported to have left Paris
for Rome to make supreme effort
to induce the Vatican to annul his
marriage with Anna Gould.
A Santiago. Chill, dispatch says the
Democratic convention has nominated
Don Juan Luis Fuentez for the presi-
dency. Don Javier Figueroa was
nominated few days ago for the
presidency by the Liberal convention
Fifty British and French citizens
who were deported from CONSTANT
nople to the Gallipoli peninsula by
the Turkish authorities, have been
brought back to the capital through
the efforts of United States Ambas-
ssdor Morgenthau.
The Swedish steamer Augusta. from
New York April 10, for Copenhagen
by way Of Kirkwall. was diverted by
the British authorities to Leith, Scot
land, where it was ordered to dis
charge fifty tons of nickel plate. which
is now in the hands Of q prize court.
Lieutenant Won Muecke and q
landing party from the German cruis-
er Emden, which escaped when their
ship was sunk in the Indian ocean on
Nov. 10, have arrived at Damascus.
Spain, after five months of adven-
turous wandering. There are fifty
men in the party.
The pueblo of San Jose de Gracia.
1853 miles south Of Nogales, Sonora,
Mex, was attacked by $50 Yaquis.
who are known as "bronchos" or wild
Indians. Eight women and many men,
all Mexicans, were killed. American
colonies in the Yaqui valley sent fur.
ther appeals to Governor Maytorena
for help.
A handful Of persons Friday night
at Queenstown, by candle light at the
Cunard pier, endeavored to identify
twenty-eigh bodies of victims of the
Lusitania disaster which were landed
there. The bodies of Albert G. Van
derbilt, Elbert Hubbard and other
well-known Americans who perished
when the steamer was torpedoed were
not among the twenty-eight.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
Jailed After FLIGHT Over the Sea.

Pueblo.-After sailing the seas as
tramp, without funds to land any.
where, George B. Coble. twenty-five.
fugitive ex-postmaster of Pleasant
Gap, Pa. finally was dumped in New
York penniless. Whereupon he made
his way across the country to the
home of his uncle, George Harper, as.
sistant superintendent Of streets, here.
Which made it comparatively easy
for City Detective j. Arthur Grady to
go to Harper's house and gather the
errant Coble into his sheltering arms.
Coble is charged with taking $1,000
of the governments money order
funds, and is said to admit taking
half the amount.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20

sNtsi'iH news service,
New York. May lS.-President vii.
son-the man on whom the eyes OF
the world are turned because Of the
international situaticn-reviewed the
Atlantic fleet in the Hudson river, and
at a luncheon rendered to him on
shore by the city of New York, told a
distinguished gathering of navy Off
GERS, army officers and civilians, what
the country and its navy stood for.
The great battleships that lay in
the river" he said. were engines to
promote the interests Of humanity"
THE inspiring thing about Amer
lca," the President asserted. "is that
she asks nothing for herself, except
what she has a right to ask for hui
manity itself. We want no nation S
property; we wish to question no ma
tion's honor; we wish to stand self
ishly in the way Of the development
Of no nation"
The President took occasion in his
speech to pay tribute to Secretary Of
the Navy Daniels, who sat beside him
Although the day was damp and chilly
with occasional downpours Of rain.
the weather abated in no way the
enthusiasm with which New York
greeted the head Of the nation.
In the forenoon he reviewed . land
parade of 5000 sailors and marines,
from the fleets sixteen battleships.
From the moment he set foot on
shore until after the luncheon. when
he returned to the Mayflower to re-
view the fleet. his progress through
the streets was . continuous ovation,
remarked on by those who accompa-
MED him as the most enthusiastic
they had witnessed since the Presi-
dents Inauguration.
He was plainly touched BY the vel
come accorded him.
Everywhere the spirit of patriotism
was in evidence. Many men and wo-
men seized every opportunity to tell
the President Of their support in the
present international crisis.
Thousands stood in the chill drizzle
while the brigade of sailors and ma
rines marched up Fifth avenue, and
during the afternoon, with cold,
damp wind blowing across the Hudson,
thousands more thronged the slopes
Of Riverside drive and other vantage
points to watch the Mayflower as she
passed up the river between the grim
gray lines of war vessels.
The Presidents remarks at the
luncheon were greeted with tremen-
dous applause.
The President concluded his long
day by watching the boat races from
the deck of the Wyoming and joyful
celebration among the Wyoming's
crew when that battleship won the
race. He stood smiling on the bridge
as the bluejackets, headed by their
band and cheering Justify, paraded
around the deck. Soon afterward the
President returned to the Mayflower
for the night. He planned to return
to Washington on her after the review
Tuesday,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
Continued Relief Urged by Herriek

Colorado Springs.-Declaring that
America should maintain to the end
of the war the worldwide reputation
we have gained for American generos.
ity and efficiency" Myron T. Herrick,
former United States ambassador to
France, in an address before the Win.
ter Night Club here, appealed to the
nation to continue to support the re,
lief work it's representatives have or.
ganized and so thoroughly established
in France. Being in charge of the
embassy in Paris when the war start,
ed, Mr.. Herrick gained first-hand
knowledge of the needs of the suffer.
ing and was largely instrumental in
organizing the American relief.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
Women Slain in Trieste Riots.

Rome.-A revolution has broken out
at Trieste, according to message to
the Idea National. telegraphed from
the frontier. The dispatch states that
forty-seven women were killed and
over 800 injured.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
Snake in Auto: Woman Critically III

La Salle.-Mrs. Rufus Harpp of
Johnstown is critically i'll from a
shock and injuries sustained when she
jumped from a moving automobile af-
ter youths, passing in another ma.
chine, threw snake into her lap, on
the Godfrey Bottom road northwest OF
La Sale.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
$4,000, 900 Damage In Air Raid,

Geneva.-Information has been re.
ceived here that allied aviators have
inflicted damage amounting to more
than $2,000,00O to the tanneries at
Strassburg, which are working on ma
terial for the German army.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20

Atty General Declares Survey illegal.
Denver-The state governmental
survey committee, created by reso-
luton passed by the Twentieth Gen
eral Assembly, was declared unconsti-
tutional by Attorney General Farrar
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-05-20
Burglar Gets Gem. Worth $1,000,

Denver.-Morc than $1,000. worth
of diamonds and other jewelry valued
at 800 were stolen from the home of
Patrick F. Gibbons.