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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
CALL GIRL
AS FIRST
WITH NESS
Felix Crane. Alleged King OF
the Underworld" Goes on
Trial in Superior Court.
IMPANEL JURY TODAY
State Declares Prisoner Issued
Permits for Girls to Enter
Resorts.
Secrets of the underworld win be

Secrets OF the underworld VIII be
laid bare Monday afternoon by
Gladys Bates. principal witness
against Felix Crane. whose trial ON
the charge OF accepting earnings
Of fallen women was begun In
Judge Ronald's court In the fore.
noon.
The entire morning was taken up
with the examination OF prospect
i've jurors.
The Rates woman was ono OF IN.
denixens OF tho tenderioln district
over which Crane. negro saloon.
keeper. reigned supreme. Il IL al
legged.
Charged sliding Scale
Testimony will be produced by
the state 10 the effect that no wom.
an was allowed TO become an In.
mate OF any OF the resorts below
Yesler way until granted a permit
by Crane. The latter. IL n oharg
ed. dealt mostly through agents.
In 4 few cases. however. Prose-
cutor Lundin claims. he dealt d.
rectiy with the unfortunate women.
Crane. accordingly to Lundin,
had n sliding scale for alleged po-
lice protection. Sometimes. II
would run ~ high ~ Is a night. In
most cases, the amount cxforted
from the women was $40 n week
each. II IL alleged There have
been as many as 80 women who
came under Crane's alleged iuris-
diction
A second charge was filed
against Crane Saturday night. In
volving practically the same gen.
erai facts as In the case now being
tried. Prosecutor Lundin, how.
ever. believes he has a stronger
case in the later charge.
LundIn Handles Gaze
Lnndln is handling the Crane
case himself
For Crane. Former Prosecuting
Attorney Vanderveer and Former
Deputy Prosecutor Sllvain appear
as counsel. Crane was surrendered
Monday morning 10 the custody OF
the court. and his bail OF 81. 500
cash will be used. bis attorneys
say. 10 secure his release on the
second charge In case he IL acquIt.
ted on the first charge. n he is
convicted. he will remain in jail. as
his attorneys told the court he is
unable 10 raise any more bail
Prosecutor Lundin has asked Judge
Ronald TO fix Cranes bail at $4,000
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
Head Waitress
Quits; Chef Weeps

The Mattresses guilt Saturday.
They had not been paid for good
ness knows how long
We waited on ourselves. and
muddIed through the day somehow.
We Mad foreseen trouble. A new
manager had come some time be-
fore. We had thought at first that
he was a good doctor come 10 nurse
the Chelsea back to financial
health and vigor. II didn't take us
long to find out that he was a
priest come TO sit at the bedside
OF a dying management. TO await
the end. to close the eyeiIds Of the
corpse.
The head waitress stuck untfi
after dinner. She wept in the soup.
George. Incompatible chef, salted
the roast with his tears.
Sunday morning dawned rosily.
and from our windows we looked
out upon City, Bay. Sound and
Mountain.
But there was no breakfast,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15

So great has been the success OF
municipal dances at Collins play
field that Il has been practically
decided by the park board 70 open
the Leschi park pavilion during thn
coming summer az ar immense
city y-oDerated dance hall.
The Church Athletic league r.
now using the building for series
Of basketball games. played three
or four evenings each week
'f't oep gprnce VIII continue for \
month or more. and not until the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
TOMORROW YOU
MUST VOTE FOR
COUNCIL TRIO

The polls will remain open from
$ a. m. TO 8 y. m Tuesday. when
the primary election OF council.
manic candidates will be held.
Each voter is entitled to vote for
three candidates. He has the right
10 vote for less than three but not
for more.
There are % candidates on the
ballot. SIX highest win be nom.
mated Tuesday. These six will
then run II off and the three highest
ut the final election Of March .
will he the new councilmcn.
II you don't know the location
OF your polling place. ring up Main
$500. ask for the registration Of
flee and get your information.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
WILL REPORT on
ELECTION TOPICS

Two committees OF the Municipal
league. who have been working to-
gether on an Investigation OF the
charter amendments. propositions
and bond issues. over which Seattle
voters will ponder at the polls In
March, will submit a report at the
league meeting, Tuesday noon, at
Good Eats cafeteria.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
They Make Boalt
Empty Garbagel

We found George tapping at the
management's bedroom door and
plaintively explaining through the
keyhole that there was no one but
himself to prepare breakfast and
no one at all to service IL.
The management stuffed pillows
In its ears and turned over for an
other 40 wlnks.
W. advanced upon the kitchen.
followed by our dependent women
and helpless children. and found
George, disconsolate. surrounded by
mountains Of unwashed dishes. For
the dish-vashers had quit.
II was Francis r. Singleton
Of the Chamber Of Commerce,
think. who fried the first rssher
Of bacon. Mrs. Singleton
~er-,-hl~5 COOS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
KAISER
HON ORS
GERARD
Invites u. S. Ambassador to
Battle Front TO Discuss
War Zone Decree.
WARNS NEWSPAPERS
Berlin Editors Tone Down
Editorial U,terances Fol-
lowing Admonition.


THE HAGUE. Feb f5.-The
kaiser Il irritatcd at the growth OF
feeling against Americans in Berlin.
He has let the capital know he
strongly disapprovcn OF some OF the
angry comments made by the news
papers. As result the press is
more restrained in discussing the
American note submitted regarding
the extension OF the war Kone to
British watcrr
This news from Berlin today car.
rics a semi-officiai confirmation OF
the report that Ambassador Gerard
had been invited by the emperor
to confer with him At the eastern
battle front.
Gerard has accepted lie viii be
accompanied by Chancellor Won
Bcthmann.Hollwcg.
Editors Tone Down Attacks
The American ambassador viii
~ndeavor TO acaunint the kaiser
with the cract attitude OF the
United States regarding tho war
zone decree.
A majority OF the newspapers
have toned down their attacks on
the United States.
The Lokal Anxeiger. however.
SAYS that while nothing more than
"a purely shop keeping conception
Of International matters could be
expected from England. such treat.
ment was not anticipated from ''the
young and proud Americans
through whose veins flows such an
immense quantity Of German
blood"
Tsgebiss, Warns v. s.
The Tageblatt warns the United
States in an editorial that Ger.
many IL not afraid Of her. II de-
clarcs that the plans OF the Ger
man admiralty viii not be altered
As tho result OF the note
All the German papers declare
that fears expressed In the United
States that one OF the biz American
liners carrying American citizens
will be sunk IA the result OF the
proposed German attack on British
merchantmen are not well ground.
ed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
COUNC|LMEN IGNORE GILL'S
THREAT TO CLOSE CARL|NE

City councilmen Monday refused
to take seriously proposal from
Mayor gill that the city stop oper-
ating division A of the municipal
car line.
Councilmen Erickson. chairman
OF the utilities committee, and Fitz-
gerald, chairman of the finance
committee. said the proposal would
not be considered. The council
will continue to approoriate funds
to meet the small operating deficit.
"To stop operating the line at
this time" said Erickson.a would
mean that we might never be able
to make the desired connections.
II connected up. the llne will pay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
GUESTS OF
CHELSEA DO
OWN WORK
Staff of Fashionable Family Hotel Quits, and
Prominent Seattleites Have to Garry Out
Garbage, Cook, Tend Switchboard and
Do Other Menial Duties; Receiver May
Be Appointed Today.

It was daunsIess Jack" Mich
oils. Of the Dodge Bros. sutoro-
bile manufacturers, who first
looted the Isroer OF chops and
egga oranges and grapefruit
for his wife and child.
Pretty Miss Cora N. oussison
of the Mutual Life Insurance
Co. her soul orderly and rebel.
ling. eomrsnded George w. Bel
mont. manager for the John
Deere plo~ Co.. and myself to
empty the aarbase-snd we
dol
Hiram A. klmbali. assistant
general freight agent Of the
Great Northern. set tables: Otto
J. keefs. coal dealer, arranged
the Flowers
Oh. we all did our part--end our
wives cooked breakfast washed the
mountain Of dishes. and tidied up
the Kitchen.
Later we heads OF families. thin.
Tipped. stern and grim. met in the
music room. kimball was chair.
man. These bis corporation men
are cool in emergencies.
We must take the management.
temporarily. into our own hands.
We followed rigidly the rules OF
parliamentary procedure. We draft.
ed resolutions. We named house
committee.
On II were Albert r. Disney.
North Pacific Coast agent OF the In
ternational Mercantile Co: Nichols,
the automobile man. and myself.
The house committee at once
went into executive session.
Miss Florida Singleton came be.
fore US.
Il think" said Miss Singleton. ~
the little Japanese boy would ex.
plain II little. ] could run the tele-
phone exchange"
We thanked her, and she quietly
took her post.
We sent for George. Incompatible
chef stay with us. else helpless
women and children Htarve"
George said be would stay a little
longer
We sent for Frank. prince OF jan.
itors. stay with US. else helpless
women and children freeze" Frank
said he would.
Sato next Sato runs the elevat.
or and goes 10 high school.
81 efay" aafd fgafo
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
Prize Court to Get
Wilhelmina Cargo

LONDON. Feb. 1.-THE govern.
ment announced from the floor OF
the House OF commons today that
the cargo OF foodstuffs Of the Ameri-
can s. s. Wilhelmina seized by Brit
ish authorities. would be submitted
to prize court.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
CITY MAY RUN MUNICIPAL
DANCES At LESCH| PARK

fixtures arc removed will tho pa
vilion be available for other pur.
poses.
Negotiations have been opened
with the park board whereby an
individual may take over the man
agement OF the pavilion. II this Is
not done. It is likely that the park
board will itself operate the hall.
The Tuesday night dances at Col.
lins field house are now on pay
ing basis. The regular playfield
49,.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
Receiver May Be
Appointed Today

Hall boys followed. Washing
dishes was not their work. No
matter. They would wash dishes
and let the halls 20.
We Inspected the iarder and the
coal bin. We ordered a ton OF coal.
and ice. milk and cream enough to
carry us - hours.
We had no lunch. But we had
all looted the larder and munched
crackers and smeared our ears with
grapefruit when noon came
George got dinner. II was a good
dinner. We had breakfast this
morning. Mebby well have dinner
tonight.
About midnight yesterday we got
the president OF a bank which. We
heard, was the biggest creditor. on
the phone. He was shocked and
grieved. II is likely that a receiv.
er VIII be named today and n new
installed
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15

Besides. we are furnishing serv-
ice to 5000 or 5000 persons. and
that Is n factor to be considered.
The water plant Is losing money
on service 1t furnishes West Seat
tie. for instance, but there is no
proposal TO discontinue that.
"The S. Il. Co. lost money on op-
Grating its new lines. but after a
short timesbp each case. they were
made to pay"
Gills statement that he would
shut down division A unless the
council authorized further expendi.
lures, was called forth by finan-
cial statement, showing that there
remained only sl27.60 available for
the lines expenses.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
COBB TELLS
THE truth
ABOUTWAR

Famous Writer, on Lecture Tour, Describes
Hideous Horrors Of Battlefield in Inter-
view With Star Correspondent; Declares
This Country Ought to Increase Arma-
ment as a Protection AGAINST WAR;
Says He's Going Back to Europe Again
Next Month.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
The world wa. SD. the garden was
Wild.
And uax. the hermit. sighed th
juliet smiled.

NEW YORK. Feb. ls.-Max
Kleist. the Romeo OF the garden.
who captivated is.year-old Juliet
Breitung. only daughter of the mil
lionalre banker. Edward y. Bret.
tung-same Breitung who sent the
ship Dacia 20 the war zone not long
ago-says that n he cannot have
the maid who wooed him two years
ago. he must have s250.00 OF good
Breitung money TO salve his heart.
ache.
lie has sued for that amount In
the United States district court In
New York.
While Max piled the spade and
swatted the June bug. the heiress
told him OF her love and OF her sol.
emn intention 10 marry him. accord
ing TO Klelst's testimony In court.
Said She'd Marry Him
When he was about To leave the
Breitung estate. AZ Marquette.
Mich. 10 seek his fortune. he ties.
titled. Juliet heartened him by say
ing.
II hope you will get n good posi-
tlon. for ] expect TO marry you
some time"
II was Just before the secret mar
riage. in New York. 1919. that she
wrote 10 him.
II have something nice to tell
you. have made up my mind to
marry you as soon as get to New
York and have chance"
She Asks for a Kiss
Al the very beginning In the
garden she had TO admonlsh her
timid Romeo for his chilliness.
you shouldn't be so cold: YOU
may kiss me-" she said, according
IN tho fa1o MoN foff IN the usifueas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15
Gardener Tells Story of
How HeireSS WOoed Him!
Now This Romeo of the Garden" Wants
$3.50, 900 From Her Pa and Ma.

stand
After the marriage Juliet was
taken home and scolded and Max
was banished 10 New Mexico.
Only he refused 10 stay banished.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-02-15

WATER sHuT-oFF NOTICE
Water will be shut OF from
9 a. m. 70 .. m. Tuesday on
the high points In the district
bounded by Juneau ST., Ken
yon St. Beacon ave. and Lake
Washington.
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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-09-01

remained down to $780, when he came here and home
steaded 100 acres, miles southwest of Warren
Then in 1885 he purchased his present farm first buy
ing 24O acres and then kept buying until his hold
ings comprise $50 This shows how rapidly
man who knows how to farm increase his hold
ing in this richest of all soils deep, black alluvial
soil, underlaid by porous clay, making it almost in
exhaustibe for the propagation of all kinds of plant
life, suitable to the temperate In farm buildings
this is little village, all by itself, having modern
tweve-room house, the main part 30x30 feet, with
ean-to, 16x28 feet and with approved ventilatng
system, making it ideal city country home;
grain elevator with capacity of 10000 bushels built
stone foundation, with concrete between the
walls; engine house, equipped with h. p. gaso-
line engine for operating the plant, and standard
platform scale just outsde horse and cattle barn,
30x80 20 foot studdings, with concrete floors,
structed on the most approved plans, with running
water fed from well of 70 feet depth and pumped
by windmill holding 80 head, fitted up. with har-
room, feed rooms and hay of 80 tons ca
pacty chicken house 16x21 feet, with concrete floor
built modern lines; hog house 14x16 feet, with
crete floor; machinery building, 28x32 feet; blacksmith
shop 13x18 feet garage, 16x20 with concrete floor;
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-09-01

the breeders of the famous O. I. G.. Swine. The
members Of this firm are L. o. Munger, the pioneer
BREEDER and NJ w. Munger and they have specialized
this particular breed of swine during the past
eight years and have Interstate reputation.
At the opening of the shipping of 1915 they
had 100 head which found market covering Minne-s
sofa, Iowa. North and South Dakota, Montana Indi-
ana Michigan and Wisconsin. All hogs are treated
before shipment precautionary measure and all
stock sold is registered free in the O. l. c. Associa
ton of Goshen, Indiana, of which they members.
Munger & Son are not only the leading breeders in
the Northwest of the 0. /. C. SWINE but the first
shippers of pedigree hogs from Warren, that has
given it such wide fame producer of pedigreed
swine In looking his herd found eighteen
brood sows and 80 young pigs, while in the pastures
and runways there scattered throughout the
grounds nine portable hog houses and it is needless
to add that all the stock in the pink of perfection
AS matter of information, asked what the prices
of ten to twelve weeks old boars are, and we were
informed that they sell at this age for $15 at
DID, $40; age, $40; bears from four to five
months, $50; sows, age, $50; boars to
months old and gifts eight to ten months old, $40.
Orders filled in pairs, trios, and young herds,
mated, not akin Those Of you who interested in
pedgreed O. c. Swine and would like to brush up on
how to successfully breed and raise high grade pork,
will find the time and money we'll spent in visiting
Munger & Sons farm located at Warren, Mime
sofa. ss#.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-09-01


The it is for sale is that Mr.. Beardmore has
reached time Of life when it is desirable to retire
and give else a chance to duplicate what he
has accomplished for the contained in this farm
with it's modern buildings WILL in the next few years.
be priced and selling at $3.50 per acre. there is
farm in the Eastern states that compares with it in
fertility of soil or buildings.
Mr.. H. J. Beardmore has had active He
has been man who has accomplished things When
it became, in order to insure crop yield, necessary
to adopt dtchng, he the father of the movement
and made it his business to spread the propaganda
and to show how successful has been we only have
to state that there 900 miles of ditchng in Mar
shall county and much in the adjoining
ty Of Polk, and result every of the land,
whether the be dry wet, is crop pro-
ducer The father, then, of the dtching and drainage
system Of today, is Mr. Beardmore. If you desire
rsthand information, concerning this farm and how
to own it, we would suggest that you write to Mr..
H. J. Beardmore, whose postofice address, is War
rem, Minn and even if you do not desire to purchase
this farm you will find it of value to you if you are
desiring to establish farm home to get in touch
with him. as he is of the most progressive aer-
culturasts in this section.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-09-01

chairman Oslo, third district; Andrew Lodoen, War
rem, first district Chas. Adolphson Argyle, second
district; A. S. Rokke, Strandquist, fourth district;
A. Fladeland, Gryga, fifth district. On the second
floor are the Offices of the County Attorney, A. N.
Eckstrom; Sheriff, Hans C. Hanson; County Super
intendent of Schools, David Johnson District Engin
eer, Oswald Lind; the balance Of the space being de-
voted to the district court Judges chamber and
jury rooms, presided by Hon. Andrew Grinde7
land Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial district.
The great wealth of the county shown in the
assessed valuation brings it into the limelight of
Statewide publicity. The 1914 assessed valuation is
follows: Real Estate $8,622,727 Personal Property,
$1,649,119; Money and Credits, $898115. Marshall
county has no debt, which places it in class all by
itself.
There in Marshall county twenty judicial and
county bitches, covering 900 miles in length providing
thorough drainage system for the whole county.
These bitches drained into the Snake, Middle,
Tamarack Thief and Red River of the North. There
is comprehensive and extensive system of wagon
and automobile roads, covering 1000 miles, giving it
the name of the good roads section of Minnesota.
court house is the symbol of government by law
just and orderly administration of public affairs 1t
community where law and order exists, where
life and property secure and where the humbest
citizen is protected in all his rights. The court house.
the school house and the church indications of
good class of citizens and high standard of civil
cation. These things that the prospective
settler should not overlook when deciding to locate in
community.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-09-01
H.

There is such a great wealth
displayed on every hand through
out this inviting valley of farm
lands best that it is utterly i'm
possible to measure up to the
standard that has been attained in
soil development as it pertains to
crop production, and among the
many notable farms with splendid
modern up-to-date buildings there
is none that is more deserving Of
an impartial review than that of
the H. J. Beardmore farm, COM
prising $50 acres, located four
miles south of March, and nine
and one-half miles from Warren,
and on the great automobile high
way between Warren and Grand
Forks, in the very heart Of the far
famed Minnesota Red River Valley.
Mr.. Beardmore is native of
Waupaca county, Wis, having
been born there in 1853, where he
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-09-01
P. FROST SPAULDING FARM.

This farm is located three-fourths of mile west OF
the city Of Warren and comprises 1870 acres. 1t Is
the property of the P. Frost Spaulding Farm Com
pany and is operated dairy and stock farm There
80 head of standardized Holsteins with regis
tered Holsein bull at their head; thirty dairy
cows; seventy five Poland China swine twenty OF
which brood sows; fifteen head of sheep; sixty
five head Of work horses and colts $50 pure
bred Plymouth Rocks. What took eye, was the
Hostein herd which is the equal of any to be found
in the state and for this they photograph
ed as shown on the front page of this issue.
In growing crops found $50 of wheat,
$50 of barley 40 Of corn rs of OATS
rs acres of alfalfa, that stood knee-high after two
cuttings, while the balance of the land is in summer
following and pasture It is great farm in a great
location, and few who interested in Holstein
registered stock and who visit this section, overlook
the opportunity of visiting this herd The farm Is
under the management of Ed. Somers who has held
this position for the past sixteen years, which GER
tainy entities him to diploma up-to-date farm
manager.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-09-01
THE MARSHALL COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION.

One of the great yearly attractions, not only for
the farming population, but the people of the entire
Minnesota Red River Valley, is that of the Marshall
County Fair The grounds located within few
blocks of the business center of the City of Warren
The grounds we'll improved, having pavilion
with seating capacity of 800, grand stand agricul
tural building, womans rest building school exhibit
building, horse barns and cattle stalls, sheep and and
hog houses Then, there is onehaf mile regulation
track, the finest in the Valley A rightly managed
county fair is powerful incentive to better farm
ing The date set for the 1915 Marshall County
Fair is September 27th 28th and 10Th. The list of
attractions never larger, including aeroplane
flights in combination with aero-trapeze work, musical
numbers, trained animals and other speciaties which,
combined with the premium list of $4,000 covering all
classes of exhibits, will make it hummer. special
purse of $1,000 has been raised to the racing
features, which will make this years fair redletter
event, not only in Marshall county but the Minnesota
Red River Valley. The officers of the association
R. B. Taralseth PRESIDENT E. T. Frank secretary and
Aug. A. Johnson, treasurer.