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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11
SEATTLE GIRLS IN FILM

SEATTLE GIRLS IN FILM
Nell Shipman. the heroine In
Gods Country and tho Woman.
now playing at tho Ciemmer thea
tire. and Mrs. Neil Clark Keller.
who plays the role OF her mother.
are both Seattle girls This beau.
titul. picturesque play. WAS enacted
In the Canadian woods. Edna May.
in the famous 100000 produc-
ton. Salvation Joan" Ia the Sun.
day offering at tho Ciemmer.
ZONE DAY" AT CLASS A
"One Day" Is the sequel 10 the
famous novel by Elinor Glyn. en-.
titled Three Weeks" II tells OF
Paul l.. infant king OF veseria.
against whom plotters plot until
he is taken to England for safety.
He remains with his dad. Paul Yer
dayne. You remember him. He
was the hero in Three Weeks"
Wen. young Paul in the course OF
time falls In love with the daugh-
ter OF the chief plotter against
him. He doesn't know who she f.
But they're in love anyhow. SO
what matters IT.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11

IT'LL DO HUBBY GOOD
II you've had trouble with hubby.
or wife. as the case may be. over
money matters. check accounts.
the general purse OF the house,
you'll be Interested In the Bond
women" now playing at the Rex
theatre with Maude Fealy as the
star. tn do hubby good TO see
the show.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
new CLUE Is FOUND
TO KIDNAPPED BOY
Brooklyn Mother Gets Word
Little Son stolen in Florida
May Be in Atlanta.
GONE YEAR mi A HALF

A slim young womAn-too young look
ing almost to he inc mother Of q boy
5h years old-sat In the drawing room
Of her homs at sss Macon street. Brook
lyn, last evening studying through tears
O photograph Of her son.
There hasn't been a day. scarcely An
hour. since December IL. 1914. that this
little mother With the very black eyes
md very black hair and very white face
has failed to study the child's picture.
thinking thoughts that mothers seldom
have to think. fortunately. for she was
wondering II the little hoy was dead or
alive. well treated or III, decently fed or
starved. Did he remember her.
Her name Is Mrs. Ruth Stryker Rich
ter and her son. Robert Stryker (the
mother had married william H.. Richter
OF Brooklyn after the death of her first
~husband). was kidnapped Just before
noon on December IL. 1914. from the
home OF Mr.. Richter's aunt, Mrs. Charles
Il. Brown, IN st. Petersburg. Fla. Ever
since that day Mr.. and Mrs. Richter
have sought vainly for the child. ex-
haus,ing clue after clue. running down
rumor after rumor and never getting
closer TO the boys real whereabouts.
Yesterday morning. though. Mrs. Rich
ter received a message from Atlanta,
Ga. which ray her a new thrill OF hope.
A friend In Atlanta ~telegraphed that de-
~tectives in that city. acting under the
Instructions Of Gov. Harris of Georgia,
! were searching for little Robert Richter,
having heard hat he was hidden some
where In the city by a woman whom the
Richters suspected a year and a half
ago. Mrs. Richter and her husband i'm
med,ately telegraphed thanks yesterday
and asked to be notified instantly II the
Child were found.
Tho trouble IT," said Mrs. Richter 20
a reporter for II q yesterday after
noon. I'VE know 80 little about the cir
cumstances Of my sons disappe IA nee.
In the year and a half there has never
been a clue worth anything. The whole
case has been An absolutely blank fnys-
terry. Nobody has ever asked for ram
som or threatened the child's life. Lit
tie Robert just vanished that day in st.
Petersburg.
I'm the year and a half We have in
v~estigated more than fifty rumors that
Robert was AT such and such a place.
The last likely one was from Waynes-
toro, ga. in March. 1918. Strangely
enough. n woman appeared in Waynes-
boro and confessed that she had kid
mapped my boy. 1t turned out that she
was merely a sensation hunter and that
she had never been within many miles
~ my son. Now comes the story from
Atlanta. II interests us for this reason
We heard from san Antonio. Tex sew
eral weeks ago that "A man named Victor
u. 1nncs. who had been arrested In san
Antonio and who had been mentioned II,
connection with the disappearance OF
| TWO glrIS. Misc Ra1tri,p \.tn,S aud hos
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
RELIGIOUS FErE AT SING SING.
Je wish COnvicts viii Celebrate
the Sedcr Tonight.

OssrSrNG. April 1s-Several rroni-
nent guests nave been invited NV N.
Jewish inmates Of Sing Sing prison n
help them celebrate the Sedcr IN obse-y.
ance Of the feast of tho Passover IT,
the prison chapel tomorrow night. The
celebration will eclipse any other -.
llgious feast EVER held at the prison.
Harold Rich is chairman OF the AZ.
rangements committee. Dr.. abraham
Cronbach OF the Free Synagogue OF New
York city will be one Of the speakers
Inmates. the Hebrew Actors club ana
pachin Jacobson, he violinis'. will PRO.
vide an entertainment.
Among the guests will Ne Thomas
Mott Osborne, Warden Dean q ".
Kirchwey. Congressman Meyer london.
George W. Wickcrsham, Spencer Miller
Jr.. George Gordon Rattle. Dean Goe,z,
Adolph Iewisohn. Richard Huri ana
Leon weinstock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
OSBORNE ARGUES TO
END DEATH PENALTY
Capital Punishment Does Not
stop Murder, He Tells
Ethical Culturists.

THE Abolition Of Capital Punishment"
was the subject OF Thomas Mott Oebo-re.
former warden OF Sing Sing, who s,poks
Yesterday before the Ethical Culture
Society az Sixty-third Street and Contra,
Park West.
capital punishment" Warden o..
borne said. "is a retaliation and Is based
on the theory Of revenge. For that reason
Il Is a deterrent to society and does not
accomplish its purpose.
statistics OF year show that only 4
per cent. Of the total charged with murder
In the first degree are convicted. Nothing
better illustrates the unpoIsilnri'v NJ
capital punishment than this ststs ~
affairs.
primarily intended TO discou-asa
crime of This nature. very often u has
Just the opposite effect. The brave man.
ner In which many men pay this heavy
penalty only serve to elevate them rs
heroes in the eyes Of tho underoo-ld.
In my mind the only substitute penal:y
for murder Is life Imprisonment"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17

But to come back to the Wedding
As the hour for the function aO-
preached long lines of beautifully up
holstereG and altogether very smar sub
way locals began to draw NJ at the
Twenty-eighth street station every
Using both middle and end doors the
guests rapidly detrained and proceeded
to Madison Square Garden.
BY the time Prof Edward Brill was
ready to crank up the calliopo in prep
aration to tear into the wedding march
from "L.ohengrin' all the boxes facing
the middle ring were packed with the
flower OF circus society. At the last
moment. according to col, Dexter Eel
loves Of the publicity dcpartment-who
later gave the bride away invitations
had been sent 10 u few friends Of the
contracting parties, but with the minutes
to go ahead with the ceremony without
them.
among others invited this evening
said the Colonel. "were all the Wander
bilt boys. President Wilson, a number
Of the more prominent members of the
Diplomatic Corps At Washington. Rosie
Worthington ana John Drew of the
Racaues Club, Larry, Monty and Linkie
Waterbury. Andrew Carnegie. the en-
tire Rockefeller family, Be!lny kaun,
Freddy Welsh. Prince and Princess
Troubetzkoy and booth T%arkinaton. We
i,av We just learned, however. thai u tieup
on the subway has ho'elcssly delayed
the Vanderbilt boys and several others,
So We shall proceed without them. Per-
haps they will climb out at one of the
subway stations and walk to the Gar.
den. Eddie. start the calliopc."
Precisely at 9:45 the doors under the
band stand on the Fourth avenue end of
the Garden were rolled back. Stimuli
tancously Prof, Brill rolled up his
slrevcs. threw "A few extra hods of coal
into the tircbox under the steam calliope
and settled down to his art, And then
to the strains Of Here 'omcs the Bride
the wedding party entered
Miss Iicineking and Mr.. Short walked
arm in arm, Immediately followed by
Hugo, the French giant, and Miss 'l"vo
en-, gian,css. who Wer" best man and
groonIsladN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
BOY SCOUT WHISTLE
ROUTS Big TERROR
Boy Summons Police When
Armed Man, Seeking Wife,
Storms Astoria Home.
JAIL FOLLOWS A BATTLE

A Boy Scout With a Boy Scout whistle
and . powerful pair Of lungs sum-
moned help early yesterday which
prevented his brother-in-law. armed
with two loaded revolvers. from perform
ing threatened violence against the
Scouts family. After a battle In the
dark In a tenement hallway the brother
in.law was arrested.
Joseph Ahrens. 81 years old. An cleo
trician. Of II Grand avenue. Jersey City.
ID the prisoner. He and his wife had
. tin last week which caused her to go
homo to her mother. Mrs. Rose Schaefer.
1911 woodbine street. Astoria, whose
other child Is George. n Boy Scout.
Ahrens decided Oh Saturday night to
induce his wife to return TO him. He
went to Astoria and knocked on the
door of the Schaefer fat. Mrs. Schaefcr
heard him and looked through the glass
panel.
81 have come for my wife" announced
Ahrens loudly. "If you don't let me In
to get her I'll bust In and shoot up the
shack"
Mrs. Schaefer hustled away and
aroused George. while Ahrens began
smashing in the door. two revolvers as
clubs. George found his Boy Scout
whistle in his trousers pocket. opened
the window and began to loot. to the
disgust Of his sleeping n%elghbors. De-
tective Patrick Fitzgibbons heard the
shrieks OF the whistle and responded on
the run.
Mrs. Schaefer old the detective from
the window Of Ahrens's ac-
~tlvities, and FItzgibbons sprang into ac-
ton. He ran upstairs. grabbed Ahrens
before the latter could shoot. and
wrestled with him in the dark hallway.
Finally another policeman arrived and
the two managed to overpower the WIFE
less electrician.
Magistrate Miller later In the morn
ing held Ahrens on charges Of felonious
assault and having revolvers in his pos
session.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17

IN score, and hundreds Of different rail
way companies, and In consequence he,
she or II Is counted, each OF them,
scores and hundreds Of times as a
separate stakeholder. Lot us Illustrate
In the case Of one corporate stock
holder-the Pennsylvania Railroad.
"Mystir Moorish Masc" seen.
This company. on June 30, 1913. held
stock in at least seventy-two transport
tation companies. Thus this one cor.
poration Is counted In the statistics as
seventy-two different stockholders. or
these seventy-twO companies In which
the Pennsylvania Railroad Is a stock
holder as many as fifteen are in turn
stockholders in ia railway corporations,
twenty-threc Of these ia are In turn
stockholders in nfty-four other COM
panies, three Of the nfty-four are In turn
stockholders In fifteen other COM
panies. and three Of the fifteen are In
turn stockholders in seven other COM
panies.
This complex scheme Of interccr-
porate railway stockholding Is common
throughout the entire transportation sys-
tenn OF the country.
What a mystic Moorish maze Of In.
tricatc intercorporatc stockholding! And
in most Of the cases one single corpora
tion-the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany-is In the final analysis the con-
trolling stakeholder.
"T'his fact IL OF such importance as to
deserve some attention In detail. THIS
single railway corpOration-the PennsyI-
vania Railroad Company-owns directly
a majority interest In the stock of thirty
eight companies and its holding COM
bined with those of It's subsidiaries give
II n majority interest in nine more COM
panies. The subsidiaries Of The Penn
%sylvania, exclusive of the Pennsylvania
company. own a direct majority interest
In the stock OF forty-seven t~ransporta-
ton companies. The Pennsylvania
company owns a majority Of the capital
stock of twenty-seven roads. and through
the holdings OF it's subsidiaries has a
controlling interest in twelve others
through stock ownership. Thus the
total majority holdings Of the Penn
s~ylvania system comprise 1913 roads.
Points 20 Majority HOldtngs.
Jointly with some other system tho
Pennsylvania owns a controlling interest
in many more or less important lines. The
Pennsylvania subsidiaries likewise have
important joint holdings with other sys-
tens. In addition to these cases OF JOINT
control the Pennsylvania Railroad and
it's subsidiaries have interest in the stock
Of a number Of important railroad sys-
tens.
"The total number Of transportation
companies In which the Pennsylvania
Railroad has a direct and indirect ma
jority and minority interest through
stock ownership is 254.
III you will repeat these details In
imagination for each Of the thirty prin-
cipal railway systems controlling the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
BABY FALLS FROM 4TH FLOOR.
Cnhurt save for Commissions Of
Arms and Iewo.

Samuel Wandouf, . years old. mar
rowly escaped death yesterday afternoon
when he fell from n window ~ the
fourth floor of 20a Madison street to the
pavement. The child was smiling when
picked UP by Its parent. pr. Niele OF the
Gouverneur Hospital treated him for
Commissions OF the legs and arms.
The youngsters mother said the child
Is Jus, learning 20 walk. She was IN A
rear room while her son was playing
with a doll. A tenant in the house who
happened TO glance out Of the window
saw the child in the street and notified
the mother.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
DEAN OF THIEVES SENTENCED.
Ola Fast side pick pocket Taught
UObbing Women.

Morris Rosenberg. who Is believed to
be the East Sides oldest pickpocket, was
sentenced yesterday to six months in the
workhouse by Magistrate corrigan In
tho Essen Market police court. Since
1886 he has received prison terms az
grating about fifteen years.
Rosenberg was arrested last Saturday
by Detective Cavoni In a market at
Tenth street and First avenue. The de-
tective asserted that Rosenberg used a
pencil with an adhesive substance IN one
end to extract bills from women's hand
bags after he had opened them,
The prisoner said he WAS 50 years old
and lived AT l5l ludlow street,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
MINERS DECISION EXPECTED.
Con fe ~ on Anthracite scale 10
he Rcsun~d This Week.

The subcommittee OF the anthracite
miners and operators convention Will re-
sumo conferences to-day with President
White Of the United Mine Workers OF
America. who WAS called to the bedside
OF his dying mother last week. X. r,
Adams. representative of the miners, said
yesterday;
"Somc decision is expected this week
The subcommittee has been busy dis
Cussing III" machine mine propositions
and the proposals for the appointment
OF a permanent umpire for tn" proven
ton of local strikes, The committee has
also been occupied with TIA" question Of
tonnage, TIA" miners desiring a stated
general tonnage t" h" iiAod on which to
Nxurr the wage scales.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
DENY UNION BLOW TO
RAILROAD INVESTOR
Trainmen See Exaggeration in
Number Of Widows Hold
ing Stock.
CHARGE PLAN TO DECEIVE

Replying 10 the statement Of the rail-
roads that increased wage for the train.
men would make 1t difficult to pay divi-
bends TO hundreds OF thousands Of Wild
ows and orphans, who are stockholders.
the railroad brothcrhoods issued a state
ment yesterday in which 1t was said
that the greater part Of the railroad
stock was owned by the railroads.
The railroads OF the United states
have organized executive committees and
bureaus with the avowcd object OF Great
ing a public sentiment in opposition to
the eight hour workday movement OF
the freight train employees" says the
statement.
"tn their campaign Of publicity these
committees and bureaus are consciously
striving to create the impression in the
public mind that this movement OF the
railroad employees is antagonistic to
the welfare OF the public and the in
terest OF the railway stakeholder. To
this end they are making use OF the
public addresses Of railway officials. Of
magazines. OF newspaper articles and
interviews and like means of reaching
the public, And in all OF these and
other ways they are e~ndeavoring to Gre
ate in the public mind the impression
that the American public and the rail-
way Stockholders are one and the same.
Attacks Railway Statements.
And to drive home these efforts to
align the public and the s~tockhoider
against the Just demands OF the train
employees these publicity agents are en-
desvoring to show that a shorter work.
day means an additional burden to the
public in increased rates and depriva-
ton to the stakeholder In a loss Of divi-
dends. I. is this second point that we
intend to discuss.
"a statement to the public issued by
the executive committee Of the Associ-
alton Of Western Railways will serve AZ
an Introduction 10 the discussion. In
this statement appears the following
"'Th" total net dividends paid by the
railways Of the United states, considered
as a system. in 1914 amounted 10 $685.
900 0oo. according TO the Interstate Con-
mercc Commission Thirty-fye per cent.
Of tho railway stock paid no dividends.
The wage increase Of s332. 600. 900 would
wipe out over - per cent. Of all that
100000 stockholders received as a re-
turn on their investment
ignoring as a piece OF eN~travangant
eAacgeration bS a partisan the imagi-
nary increase In wages which the above
statement says would result, to the rail
roads Of the entire United States by the
establishment Of eight hour work day in
freight train service. IL il of prime I'M
p%ortance that We first understand clearly
who these 500 600 stockholders really
are.
In the frst place, there are not that
many stockholders in American railways.
62@.2si being reported as the total in the
entire United states in 1914 by the
statistics Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. including nany thousand
Implications, one individual or corpora
Non may, and in cases does. W. stock
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
Princeton C-,4bratson Pit on.

~PRlNcEroN, April lS rrinccton's
Shakespeare festival. which Was to take
place tomorrow. has been postponed be-
cause of tho sudden illness of Miss
Edith Wynuc Matthison The orphic
orders Shakespeare concert and Prof,
Alfred Noyes's lecture have also been
postponed. The celebration will prob
ably bc held Immediately after the
Easter vacation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17
MORE OSBORNE CASE DELAY.
Trial set for Tomorrow Likely 70
he Postponed Again.

WHITE PLAINS. y. Y. April e N
wa. said to-day that Tho trial OF Thomas
Mott Osborne. indicted for ueglec' y.
duty. set for Tuesday. probahly would
have to nc POSTPONED again
The $50 extra talesmcn have hren
ordered To appear on that dan, hut a.
Justice Plat has not handed down a
decision on the motion ~ Mr. oshor-.
to strike out the count charG NJ IN.
morality from the blanket ind ''lnsnt
they will probably he excused for ar.
other week.
District Attorney Weeks Nil reed
some time 70 got about MY 'or'ic's
from the different prisons Trey r''
hc tho main witnesses against NJ Ne.
borne.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17

i~lAsTlH"H. \ :, NITll II thus town
WAS uuic' to-day but predict IONS were
made that tr"Ihi" v"iii ""ru, to-
morrow wI'1 ~" u"'-sirlhirg "mpluA =
ecs start iu N'IN ,H The National con.
duit aud Cable t"urAp, - i,l,nt VIZ,
forts rs the t"w rrnrio t. have the
..Oon STRIKERS l"inru I" work were uu-
tlcccssful.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17

From the other end of the Garden II
the ainl" time the officiating Clergyman,
tn" Rev. e. T. Daniels. u Baptist minis
to- living ~ $40 West Eleventh street,
ais" approarhcd the mi,idlc ring accom-
l.,i'iel by Mr., Jay Rial of the publicity
department of the circus, Col. E'ellowes
The Winslow mail., 1916-10-20
Honey is food and medicine.
Children cry for Elsinore hon


Children cry for Elsinore hon
ey.
]. B. Cotton of Gallup was a
Winslow visitor. Tuesday.
Miss Aileen Lamb is suffering
with a serious attack of yellow
jaundice.
For sale, standard size pool
table. Inquire at Winslow laun-
dry. Harry Barrick, Box 373.
Hooch Marley, several days
ago, run his car off a cliff in
jurlng himself and badly dam
aging his car.
Miss Violet Her and Frank
Her left Sunday night to spend
two weeks visiting in Los An
geles and San Diego.
The city has ordered two cars
of sewer pipe and work on the
sewer extention on the MOI tn
side of town will begin in about
two weeks.
H. B. Taken & CO. have in
stalled electric shoe repairing
machinery, which enables them
to turn out a superior class of
work in a shorter time.
Several cases of smallpox have
spread over Gullup and created
quite a panic. The section house
has been quarantined and all
railroad men running into Gallup
have been ordered to be vaccinat-
ed.
The sophomores gave their an
nual party in honor of the faesh-
men last Saturday evening.
Various new modes of initiation
took place and the poor fresh
men suffered great humiliation.
They found it very inconvenient
to walk backwards the entire
evening. After the merry max
ing, refreshments were served
and all hostilities were laid aside.
The Winslow mail., 1916-10-20
Notice to Ice Patrons.

On account of the cold wealth
er and the small demand for ice
in the homes of the Winslow peo-
pile, our regular ice wagon for
local delivery will be discontinued
on Sunday the 22nd. We will
however be very glad to make
deliveries to any part of the
town on telephone orders placed
before 10 a. m.
We wish to thank the people
of Winslow for their patronage
during the passed season and
trust you appreciate our every
effort to serve you.
NANAJO ICE & COLD STORAGE Co.
E. F. Shindel, Supt.
The Winslow mail., 1916-10-20
Electric Washer.

Chas. Calm has taken the
agency for the latest improved
electric washing machine, and
has one on display in his show
window, and he invites the ladies
to call so he can demonstrate its
simple operation. The machine
can be purchased on the install
ment plan, on easy monthly pay
mentS.
The Winslow mail., 1916-10-20
Of Sterling Value.

is a piece Of fine cut glass. 1t is
something which will not wear
out and is an ornament when not
in use. You will find here sew
eral very choice pieces marked to
sell at prices much lower than
their real value; and you cannot
make any mistake in the pur-
chase of one or more pieces. Cut
glass, like diamonds, always has
a market value.
The Winslow mail., 1916-10-20

Good supply of cedar wood,
stove length, to be had at the
City Fuel and Transfer Co.
Wanted: Live resident sales
man. Commission basis. Bond
required. Good proposition for
right party. Grand Union Tea
Co., Pueblo, Colo.
The Winslow mail., 1916-10-20
Notice.

Miss Marie Kramer, teacher of
music, wishes to announce that
her studio is at her home 314
Apache avenue. Phone 81.
The Winslow mail., 1916-10-20
FRANK H. HESS, Manager.

Why not patronize the Win
slow Laundry? We have the most
up-to-date plant in the state, and
it is a credit to any city. We
are doing high grade work. We
are home people; we employ
fourteen people, and the money
paid to them is spent right here
in town. All we ask is a trial
bundle.
r n HOWE Lessee
The Winslow mail., 1916-10-20
Announcement.

The Winslow Gas Light and
Heat Company have fitted up a
conveniently located office just
opposite the postofice, in which
they will carry a sample line of
gas ranges, water heaters, room
heaters, gas arcs and house
lamps.
The office is open for business,
the public is invited to call and
get prices, and make applications
for connections to the nearly
completed service mains.
1t is expected gas will be de-
livered on or before November
1st. First orders will receive
first attention.
FRANK H. HESS. Manager.