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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02
MURDER OF Chairman OLSON
STIRS OLYMPIA LEGISLATORS

guess the state OF Washington viii
support me the rest OF my life
lilo went downtown aud purchas
ed revolver and box of cartridges
at the Mills a Cowles hardware
store.
Leonard Saw Shooting
Former State Senator j. u. Leon.
ard OF Lewis county was sitting OPP
posite To- Olson when Van Dell en-
tered the office.
when he ivan DclD walked In
he had a gun in his hand" says
Leonard. Il thought II was Il Joke
Then he started shooting and hur-
ried away. gave tho alarm"
The logger is ~ years old,
unmarried. and lived at fior.
deaux. Wash. lie was injured
Sept. 20. 1916. lie got $50
month until December 20. when
the claim was closed. The final
award was $50 for time and $50
for permanent partial disability.
lie refused 10 give the name Of his
parents. saying his mother was old
and the shock would be bad for her.
Olson was a native of Wisconsin
and was 90 years OF age
I lie had lived In Washington %
years. and been IA eompositor IN
the mechanical rooms OF Walla
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02

her. on the third floor. when the
outer wall collapsed. following the
blast
Paralyzod with fear and shivering
from cold. she gathered her little
group about her. With the young
est, : months old. In her arms and
the rest clinging to her skirts. she
fought her way thru the smoke and
fumes TO point whore she could
drop them 10 the ground.
John, 6 years old. was lost in the
darkness. and policemen bad to
forcibly restrain the frantic mother
from rushing TO certain death In a
search for him.
The rear porches OF the building
were blown away by the explosion.
and this avenue OF escape was cut
off. Only one entrance Was left
open for their escape. This was
clogged shortly afterward by flames.
One girl. 10. and boy OF about II
were taken from the building uncon.
scioua and naked They we're wrap
ped In blankets and hurried TO hos.
pital.
Police and firemen experienced
great difficulty in throwing lines
around the zone. Practically all
who escaped were barefooted. and
the pavement. covered with ice and
broken glass. made their plight
more pltlable.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02

Wallat newspaper. lie became
chairman OF the democratic county
central committee In 1918 and was
appointed labor commissioner by
the governor. lie became chair
man OF the Industrial insurance
commission after the Gillles short
age ahake.up last June. II was I'M
der Olson as labor commissioner.
that the minimum wage law WAS
established.
Olson was reluctant To leave the
work OF labor commissioners. his
heart being In IL. Once before n
position was offered him by the
governor that carried higher re-
Enumeration. but he turned Il down
He was very popular with the labor
ing men. he himself being IA mem.
Der OF the Typographical union.
When the crisis over the indus
trial insurance commission affairs
came last summer. he yielded 10 the
governors request and accepted the
new place.
lie leaves wife and three chill
dren, Helen. age 20. Ruth. in high
school. and Edward. grade schoo
pupil.
Dr. Summers OF Walla Walla 10
day prepared a bill to appropriat,
$4,000 for the relief OF Mrs. Olson
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02
Complaint LODGED
AGAINST HOME ASSN.
IN The STATE SENATE

his money out and had the news
broken 10 him that unless he kept
up regular monthly payments for a
long period OF time. he would lose
what he had already given them.
I.asBon also works on the stock farm
at Monroe.
The affidavit OF lnRemann Jorgen-
sen. also OF the Carnation stock
farm. showed that his experiences
had been like his fellow workers.
only that he got off little easier.
lie was only "stung" for $40.
No Money Back
Albert J. Rennebohm. Who works
on the steamship Dewey. was rep.
'esented by an affidavit which show.
ed that he paid $50 into the Homo
Savings and Loan association, after
being promised that he would get 9
per cent, and that he could with
draw II at any time that he wantel
to. The agent Of the company ash.
ed him 10 sign a paper. telling him
that 1T was in the nature OF re-
ceipt' Later investigation showed
that the slip Of paper" was a stock
subscription obligatlng him for 30
shares OF stock in the above associ.
alton. and calling for the payment Of
$4,000. The paper further stated
that he has since been unable TO get
any OF his money back.
Affidavits were produced from
North Yakima, Sumner. Skagit
county and other parts OF the state.
all OF which showed the same kind
OF experience with some other loan
associations.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02

fire would be made.
Twelve families made their
homes In the tenement. Each had a
number OF roomerH. 80 II has been
impossible 10 secure an accurate eR-
innate OF the number OF persons liv.
ing In the building.
Threw Children Out
There were &c small children in
the tenement. All were under 10
years 81 age. Some who escaped
were thrown from third-story win
dows by frcnzled parents. Thrilling
reEcuca were made by volunteer res.
cuers.
Clement $. Davis. a switchman. on
his way home from work. passed the
building shortly after the explosion.
Three children we're tossed into his
arms from accond-story window
4 fourth struck him on the head.
rendering him unconscious lie was
taken TO hospital
The child was uniniured
Mother Saves Her Brood
Three small children we're seen
TO crawl out OF basement window
soon after flrcmen arrived. How
they escaped is a mystery 20 the
firemen.
one OF the heroinea was Mrs
Mary Schoskey. She was sleeping
with her six small children about
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02
Simple Way to
End Dandruff

There is one sure way that has
never failed to remove dandruff at
once, and that Ia TO dissolve IL.
then you destroy It entirely. To do
this, just get about four ounces OF
plain. common liquid arvon from
any drug store tthis il all you will
need. apply II at night when retir-
ing: use enough to moisten the
scalp and rub II in gently with the
finger tips.
BY morning most, II not all, OF
your dandruff will be gone, and
three or four more applications will
cow pletely dissolve and entirely
destroy every single sign and trace
OF II, no matter how much dan
druff you may have.
You will find all itching and dig
ging OF the scalp will stop instant
~. and your hair will be fluffy.
lustrous. glossy. silky and soft. and
look and feel a hundred times bet
er,-wAdvertisement
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02

Ing money began 10 be circulated.
Ridley refused To discuss his
plight. but John J. sullivan. his at.
torney. says the charges are un.
founded and made In an attempt
To discredit the dry squad.
Il don't think the reports are
unfounded. said Sergt Putnam
Friday. Il believe Prosecutor L.un.
din will be able to prove his
charges"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02
DRY SQUAD MAN
HELD ON CHARGE.
OF ExT0RT|oN

Dry Squad Officer Walter C.
Ridley, who came from Wor.
essser. MassA. with special rec
concentrations 20 Seattle "dry"
leaders. and won place on
seret putnarr's squad. landed
In the county jail late Thurs
day after charges Of estortlon
had been made against him by
Prosecutor lunoin.
Ridley 10 alleged TO have got
ten $50 from NEEDLE Conway.
Who lives az the Spring hotel.
ftosE Second ave-. January z.
after threatening TO arrest her
for breaking the dry law and 20
beat her Up" unless she paid
him money.
Sergt. Putnam went personally
;6Prosecutor Lundin with the
woman. who had told him her
story. A few minutes after Prose
cutor Lundin swore to the com
plant before Judge Gordon. Ridley
was arrested by Deputy Sheriff
Stewart Campbell.
ESaw Gets Letter
Ridley had been o police officer
IN Worcester.
He came here with his family
Later . letter was received by J
w. Efaw. prominent dry worker
stating that Ridley was In Seattle
and had quito q record as an ener
getic police investigator. Ridley
then Interested Efaw and Mayor
Gil in his experiences and was n
naiiy engaged by Sergt Putnam.
Tho word went out that he wa
special government investigate
from the East. brought out here b.
DIR. NJ. A. Matthews. Some OF tn
dry squad officers believed that
They were wrong. according 4
Sergt. Putnam. but were permitte'
TO believe 1t for n while, more o
less as Joke.
The new officer was put u
against some stiff jobs and per
formed them well.
Then reports that he was extor'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02

OLYMPIA. Feb. . Capital pun
ishmcnt may he revived In this
state as "a result of tho feeling of
over the murder OF r. W Olson.
chairman OF the Industrial insur
ancc commission. by John Van Dell.
a disgruntled logger, at / So y. m,
Thursday.
a bill was To he introduced today
repeating the measure passed In
1919. which did away with the death
penalty Representative Gorham
of Snohomish. Hoff of whatcom and
Gardner of jefferson have Endorsed
tho measure.
Van DELL was scheduled TO plead
today. llo was arraigned ut s y. m.
yesterday and given "a hours to
plead. The court appointed Walter
j. Milroy 10 defend him.
Tho funeral of Commissioner
Olson will be held some time satur.
day. probably from 81. Johns Epis.
copal church.
wife Rushes From Senate
The first news of her husband 3
death came to Mrs. Olson as she
sat In the senate gallery Thursday
afternoon and heard the announce
ment OF the murder from the floor.
She did not catch the Significance
OF the announcement. and turned
To a boy and asked him what had
happened. when she understood
she rushed TO her husbands office.
but was not permitted TO enter the
room. where his body was still In
the office chair.
Shot Three Times
Van Dell brushed aside a protest.
ling stenographer when he rushed
into Olson's office yesterday after
noon. He yelled. Hello. old timer. "
and Immediately shot three times
Two bullets entered the victim 4
head.
lie died few minutes later
without regaining consciousness
Van Dell then quickly left the
office and walked to the court.
house. where he asked To be locked
up.
Why Re Killed Him
i've just killed Olson. the insur'
anea commissioner" he announced
Damn him. He tried 10 stsrve me,
II killed him because he wouldn't
pay me any more money. I couldn't
work and couldn't beg. 80
thought might as well be Ia the
peultentiary as any other place"
Van Dell had hung around III.
Industrial insurance office Thurs
day morning. when told his claim
WAS settled. he said: Well.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02

Law IS DOOMED

SALEM. Or, Feb. 2--The pro-
posed Oregon law denying land own.
Ing rights TO Japanese. Chinese and
Hindus, is in the hands OF the sen.
ate committee on judiciary today.
and u Is likely TO die there. The
bill seemed doomed. even before the
Japanese ambassador In Washing.
ton asked tho state department TO
oppose II.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02

OLYMPIA, Feb. 2.-Sworn
testimony, showing how poor
people have been swindled and
robbed OF their savings by the
receptions OF some unreliable
savings and loan assoc stions,
how they have been induced 70
become members OF the ssso-
eistion," and deposit member
ship fees which ate up their In
terest, was given before the
Joint banking committees Of the
house and senate last night.
A mass OF evidence was intro
duced before the committee. show
ing that working people have been
gwindled OF thousands Of dollars
during the last year by recently or
ganized and reorganized associa-
tions.
Cite Special Cases
Specific instances we're present
cd. showing how people have been
taken in" for amounts as large as
5000.
4 bill introduced by Senator
Chase limits the membership fees
TO 81 a share. with $40 as the total
limit for each person. II provides
that new members shall be given
receipts for their fees. and that fees
shall become assets OF the associa-
ton and not given TO soliciting
agents.
stunq by Home" Assoc alton
The affidavit Of Jens Sorenson.
who works on the Carnation stock
farm. at Monroe. was produced.
This document showed that Soren-
son had been approached by an
agent OF the Home Savings and
Loan association OF Seattle. who
promised him interest at the rate OF
per cent, and further told him that
he could withdraw any money he
placed with the association at any
time. Accordingly. he gave the man
800. Later on. when he wanted %
withdraw his money. the affidavit
says. the association refused TO give
l him his 500. or any part OF II. on
the theory that IL was a membership
4 fee.
An affidavit. sworn 10 by Jens
I.asson. says that he was promised
Is per cent interest by the Home
Savings and Loan association Of Sc.
attic. and that he could get his mon.
ey at any time he wanted H. Ac.
cordlngly he paid into this institu'
] .tou 4. fatal NJ fg0 aud WAS later in,
formed that he could not get any OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02
GOV. WITHYC0MBE 70
SIGN BONE DRY Bill.

SALEM. Or. Feb. Gov. Witty
combe Is expected to sign the Ore.
gon bone dry bill at p. m. today.
All liquor ordered before Withys
combe signs may be brought into
the state. provided It arrives within
five days from the moment the bill
becomes law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Feb. The
Ohio house OF representatives 70.
day, by unanimous vote. adopted :
resolution. declaring that IT viewed
with alarm the present crisis ana
calling upon every citizen OF the
u. S. to stand behind the presb
dent as one man"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-02-02
2SCORE DIE IN
Tenement FIRE
CONTINUED
FROM PAGE /

conducting an investigation TO as
certain whether the disaster was
causod by criminal negligence. and
TO ascertain. II possible. the number
missing
Henry Booth. patrolmnn. and
Sergt r. y. Margrave. two of the
first officers TO appear on the scene.
are positive that the death list will
grow as soon as workers are able
TO cut away the debris Escaping
gas still prevents firemen from en-.
icring the ruins.
Police Start Probe. Too
Chief OF Police Herman Schnet.
tier arrived at the fire shortly after
9 30 o'clock. and stated that a thoru
Investigation into tho cause OF the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
AS OTHERS SEE US.

20, Wad some power the giftie gle us,
To Sc oursep as ithers see u.s.
Bobby Burns was, what we would
call nowadays, wise guy"
We Americans think we! are the
whole show" but are we?
Sir Rabindranath Tagore, the "a
nous East Indian poet, winner of the
Nobel Prize for literature, doesn't
think we are, and recently criticized us
most numerically. He said we are
building ugly cities, are too self.
assured, are nationally Connected and
are forgetting the fine simplicity of
life in our mad rush for money, and
we must admit that he is about right.
He says, there is more to life than
just making money. Life calls for
leisure not machine-made days of
money-mad activities. "You hurry SO
you forget that life at it's best is Just
simplicity, taking time to get the
things that money can never buy.
Like a popcorn wagon are your
modern ideas of life. Everything is
popping and bursting in different di.
rections, no peace, no poise any.
where ....-..-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
GIFTS FOR HOLY LAND
GO IN CHRISTMAS SHIP.
American Collier Will Carry Relief For
War Sufferers.

New York.-America's 1916 Christ
mas ship for the relief of unfortunate
victims of the war will leave New
York Dec. l. The American Red Cross is
cooperating with the American COM
mittee for Armenian and Syrian relief
in collecting foodstuffs and clothing to
be sent to Syria on government col
lier placed at the disposal of the latter
committee by Secretary Daniels.
The collection of the Christmas ship
cargo is in the hands of Albert W.:
Staub of the American Red Cross re-
ceiving and distributing station at
Bush terminal. Brooklyn, Mr.. Staub
has already received countless bundles
Of old clothing, unavailable for the
cargo, as military regulations preclude
the shipment of second hand clothing
in this cargo. He said. 1T must be
emphasized that the only clothing
America can send to the unfortunate
ones in Turkey must be new and must
be sent prepaid to the American Red
Cross, Bush terminal, Brooklyn" Mr..
Staub sent the following letter from
the war relief information and ship
ping office:
ut is more than significant that the
first letter to go out from the newly
organized Red Cross war relief infor-
nation Office has to do with Christ
mas ship. 1t is doubly significant that
it is to take relief to people living so
near the Holy Land
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
MIKE HICKEY Tells
OF HIS REFORMATION
Ex-Pickpocket, With Twenty
Years. Prison Record, Talks
to 400 Men.

Mike Hickey, once notorious pick
pocket, with record of nineteen and
a half years behind prison bars, told
400 men at the Harlem branch Y. M.
G. A.. New York, how he Strengthened
out and how other inhabitants Of the
underworld could be helped to do the
same.
Mikes career as thief lasted until
about four years ago. when he wan
dered. fresh from Sing Sing. into the
Cremorne mission, on Thirty-second
street. 1t ended there. Now he is night
man at the Bowery Y. M. G. A. and
passes his spare time helping his old
pals from Dannemora and Sing Sing
to get their feet On the "straight and
narrow"
The trouble with the newly emerged
:onvict, he said. was the old story-out
into the world with $40 bill and a
wish to keep straight; a job until cop
told the boss OF his record. then no
more job; broke; one more trick to get
money to eat: caught. and back to
prison.
What the convict needs is bit of
belief and encouragement when he
starts to reform, said Hickey. adding
that more and more the employers are
beginning to give this. SO that many
men with long records as criminals are
now taking their places in honest life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13

Order for Creditors to Present Claims,
~ Etc.
ORDER FOR CREDITORS TO PRE-
SENT CLAIMS, ETC.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Ramsey-ss. Probate Court
In the matter of the estate of James
Taylor, deceased.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
James Taylor, deceased, late of the
county OF Ramsey and State of Mime
S @iii,;. being being granted to Samuel w.
It is ordered that six months be and
the same is hereby allowed from and
after the date of this order, IN which
al IL persons having claims or demands
against az ms the said deceased, are required
70 f1le the same in the Probate Court
or said County, for examination and
allowance, or be forever barred.
is further ordered, that the first
Monday y in August r 1911 at 70 O'clock
Court to be held at the Court House.
In the City of st. Paul, in said County,
De ana the same hereby is appointed
as the time and place when and where
the said Probate Court will examine
and adjust said claims and demands.
And lis further ordered, that notice
OF such hearing be given to all creditors
and persons interested in said estate.
by forthwith publishing this order once
in the Appeal legal newspaper
printed and published in said county.
Dated at st. Paul this 9Th day Of
January. 1917.
Il BY the Court:
E. W. BAZILLE,
Judge of Probate.
D DO g DoTY, Attorneys.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
THE SHAREHOLDERS REBELLION

THE SHAREHOLDERS REBELLION.
The national order of United Daugh.
tiers of the Confederacy, recently in
annual session at Dallas, Texas,
passed a resolution urging upon the
people of the United States that here
after they refer to the war of seces-
sion as the "war between the states"
and not as the civil war" as has been
customary. The ladies have lot of
nerve like Southerners of the male
persuasion. For many years they
have been telling us that the South
was right and the North was wrong
in the great struggle and to a great
extent the North has accepted that
view of the case so that nowadays
, there is very little respect even in
the North for the Northern soldier
who fought to preserve the Union.
1t is disgusting to any believer in
real democracy to note the ascendency
of the people who rebelled and sought
TO destroy our great Nation. The
Southern people were rebels in the
true sense of the term and they de-
sired to perpetuate slavery. The
proper designation for the great
struggle from 1861 to 1866 is the
SHAREHOLDERS REBELLION
That is what THE APPEAL has
called it in the past and we shall con-
tinue to call it by that name. -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13
TUSkEGEE ON lYNCHING

A number of Northern newspapers
are publishing Tuskegee reports of
the lynching of 81 American citizens
IN 1916, commenting thereon, and con-
graduating the country that there
were fewer cases than in 1915.
Tuskegee has for several years re-
ported smaller number of lynchings
than other observers have been able
to record. #
Reliable and accurate reports show
that 80 colored people alone and a
few whites were mob-murdered in
1916. Five of the colored people were
women and one was child. Another
hellish fact was the roasting to death
OF five colored persons.
The Tuskegee reports are in line
with the Tuskegee policy of minimiz.
ing the injustices, outrages and
crimes of the Caucasians of the South
against the colored people.
Inaccurate reports do more harm
than good and the Tuskegee people
ought to present accurate data or cut
out their lynching bulletins. ~,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-13

election of the President by direct
popular vote and to amend the con
stitution SO as to make that instru-
ment more easily amendable. This
latter suggestion would undoubtedly
meet their hearty approval as the
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to the constitution have been worm
wood and gall that they would like
very much to get rid of and in their
place put something that would further
outrage and crush the colored people.
We have. got to stand the Democratic
administration for the next four years
but we most sincerely hope that after
that this beautiful land of ours will
not be cursed by their domination any
longer.