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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28

The Injured were T.. BlESr. rail-
road man. living AZ si0 ~. list st.
who incurred deep cut on his neck.
and u. II. Connolly. 1918 First ave.
". w. whose shins were bruised
and cut, Both men were taken TO
tho city hospital.
According 20 y. A. Lowe. motor.
man OF tho runaway car. the rails
were covered with wet leaves and a
heavy mist. An the car started down
hlii. Lowe says he applied the brakes
without effect. Gaining momentum
at every yard. IN. heavy car jumped
the track. plunged along the ties for
n short distance. and then upset.
hurting passengers against each
other.
Another street car accident Tues.
day morning occurred when Queen
Anne street car became unmanage-
able and ran down the Queen Anne
ccunterbsianco for a short dlxtancel
David Anderson. 1919 Filth ave. W.
was slightly hurt about the ignecs
No other passenger was injured
Motornan c. w. ssvinsln said his
car began slipping shortly after 4,
left tho end OF the line for the In.
bound trip at Fifth ave W.. and slid
clear 10 Second ave. ". before tho
could get Il under control. Dead
leaves. he said. caused the slipping.
The iast slip occurred down the
last two blocks OF the Queen Anne
grade The ear came 10 a stop at
tho foot OF tho counter baianc~ Mt
Roy st
Tho rear trucks pulled away from
the rest OF tho car when the f6.ton
counter balance stopped abruptly. Tho
momentum of tho car caused the
wreck. II IL said the car was trav.
cling as miles an hour when the bot.
tom Of the hill WIS reached.
There were about 20 passengers
aboard. mostly shipyard workers.
Several we're Jared severely. but 90.
capped serious injury. Conductor y.
A. Brlner. sol Second ave. N. said
the car was the first TO make a trip
over the tracks Tuesday morning.
He says this accounts for the nc.
cumulation Of wet leaves on tho
track.
The epidemic of street car acci.
dents was started late Monday night.
when Motorman J. o. Ablcs lost con.
troll Of car No. at. Kinnear Park
line. at Second ave. and Roy ~. The
car sped for several blocks at a
breakneck speed. II jumped the
track. but did not overturn.
Conductor J. c. Atkinson reported
there were only six passengers
aboard at the time. one unidentified
woman was slightly injured. but left
the car before r-edlcal aid could be
summoned. Defective brakes are
said to have caused the accident.
Three other accidents we're re
ported 20 the police. y. A. Morse.
a conductor. incurred fracture Of
the arm Tuesday morning. when he
attempted TO switch the trolley OF n
Kinnear Park street car. The heavy
iron pole tore loose from It's fastcn
ing and struck Morse. lie was taken
TO the city hospital.
Winton Christianson. Is, 1870 26th
ave. N. was severely shaken up and
bruised at 18th ave. and II. Madison
ST.. when his motorcycle crashed in
to an automobile driven By c. T.
Watkins, 427 2ist ave. NJ Christian
son was taken to the city hospital.
John Nelson, gi5 Pine St. Skin
ner g. Eddy employe. was taken 10
the city hospital after nm automobile
driven by G. r.. Sucker, 4445 Cali
fornia ave, ran over him on what
com ave. Nelson was not seriously
injured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
WILLIS STlMER IS
REPORTED MISSING

Seattle police have been asked to
find Willis Stimer. 10. missing from
his home. at 5523 SGD ave. s.. since
October 81.
Mrs. ELLA Lunn. his mother, told
police the boy was dressed In over
alls and a gray shirt when he was
last seen. The boy has dark hair.
blue eyes. and IL OF medium build.
He attended school in the South End
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
Raid on Gamblers
Fills Jail Cells

Deputy sherIffs raIded a pool
room in the basement OF the Mil
waukee hotel, 6ss King st., Mon
day night. and arrested ~ China
men. f'ilipinos and japanese. who
were gambling, the officers say.
Because the county jail was not
big enough 10 accommodate more
prisoners. 40 other men. trapped In
the room, were released
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
.poplexy Stroke
Kills Adam Ihrig

Adam Ihrig. 65, 371o f1th ave. n.
f.. stepped off street car late Mon.
day afternoon. and started for his
home. when he dropped dead from a
stroke OF apoplcxy. He was carry.
Ing box of apples.
Dr, u. E. Hemmingway, 1921 e. abth
ST.. who was near by. examined the
body. and declared death had been in.
stantaneous. Laurence Ihrig. IA son.
had the body removed to the For.
tuner undertaking parlors. in the
University district
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
RING
EXPOSED HERE
Tenants Who Object Said to
Be BIaCkliSted

Officers OF Tenants Protective
association urge every tenant
who can spare the time TO ap-
pear In the council chambers In
tho county-city building wednes-
day afternoon. when the coun-
ell. sitting as committee OF the
whole. will resume consideration
Of the anti-rent hos ordinances.
Al the first meeting OF the
council landlords packed tho
chambers. appearing long before
the hour set for the hearing.
Aitho the meeting wednesday
is set for o'clock. officers Of the
Tenants Protective association
urge every tenant who can be
present to find a seat In the
council earlier.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
Diamonds Stolen
While Owner Reads
the Ballad of Reading Gaol.

Working while J. II. Byers. Seat
tie business man, was reading a
magazine downstairs in his home. at
2i6 goth ave. s.. burglar cleaned
out the upstairs rooms obtaining
diamonds valued at $1,000 and s35
in cash.
Byers reported the burglary to the
police Tuesday morning.
Tho burglar overlooked several
books of War Savings Stamps. Most
of tho cash stolen belonged 10 the
housekecper.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28

Existence OF an understanding
among tho rent hogs OF Seattle 10
discipline tenants who kick at con.
stantiy increasing rentals by forcing
them Into the street thru legal notice
TO vacate, was exposed Tuesday by
c. p. Tatro. 723 18th ave.
IL Il this that induces tho tenant
to stay away from all meetings al
which honest opinion may be ex-
pressed. whether Il be 10 the mayor
OF Seattle or members OF the city
council in open meeting.
Perhaps that IL why there was
such a dearth OF tenants at the meet.
ing Of the city council last Friday.
when II began consideration OF Mayor
Fftzgsraid's ordinance, which seeks
TO curb the rent hog" Tatro said
Tenants Cowed
The tenants. to put IL plainly. are
buffaioed' by the landlords The
tenants know tha; II they appeared
at the council meeting with their
protests. they would be served with
a legal notice 10 get out OF their
apartments. just as was forced to
get out
"On the first OF September, I had
the temerity TO appear before the
federal fair rental commission 10
protest against high rents at the
Fulton apartments. 515 22nd ave-.
where I then lived. After my ap-
pearance before the commission, /
received notice from George C..
Lemcke. agent for the japanese own
CT OF the Fulton apartments, that I
was no longer desirable as a tenant
II did not grieve much until at.
tempted 70 find another apartment.
Then II was that | learned that !
was considered "A trouble maker. and
I had to search the town high and
low for weeks before | could find
an apartment for my wife and my.
self ! was given to understand
that no landlord wanted me. I have
since learned that scores OF other
tenants who had the nerve to kick
out loud against rent hogs were
treated as I was.
Ordinance 10 be Backed
But | and scores Of other tenants
will be at the council chambers
"wednesday afternoon to present our
arguments for the ordinance favor.
ing the squelching Of rent hogs"
The council. sitting as commit.
tee Of the whole. will meet wednes.
day at .. M. 10 continue consid-
GRAFTON Of the ordinance which was
introduced last Friday.
III. j. Ramsey, representing the
Seattle Real Estate association, and
.T. y. Rockwell appearing for the
Hotelkeepers' association, will ap-
pear TO protest against the ordi-
nance. SO will lessees and land.
lords.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
Police Get Auto,
Liquor and Men

Dry squad officers had fine au-
tomoblle parked In front of the police
station Tuesday. 362 quarts OF whis-
ky parked in the police vaults. and j.
II. Hicks. 81. cx.soldier, and w. II.
Peterson. landlord, parked in the city
jail on charges OF violating the
liquor ordinance.
Monday afternoon. at Rainier ave.
and Atlantic ST., the officers became
suspicious OF the machine. Investi-
cation resulted in discovery of the
liquor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28

Introduction OF the above letter
by Deputy Prosecutor John ID.
Carmody featured the trial OF James
NJ. Smith. Canadian veteran. charged
with the murder OF his girl wife.
Helen. 20. In Superior Judge John
s. Jurey's court Tuesday morning.
carmody declared the letter showed
Smith went to the home OF the girls
mother. Mrs. Thomas McMahon.
3s34 Hudson st. February 3. with
premeditafed murder In his heart.
Tnc state rested its case at 10
o'clock.
Attorney Jake Raiina. for Smith.
moved for directed verdict. but this
was promptly denied by Judge Jurey.
With the intention OF proving
that Smith was suffering from
shell shock when he shot his wife.
wounded her mother and then
turned the gun upon himself. the
defense called it's first witness.
John cairnduff. COS Marion ST..
wounded Canadian soldier
The nervous strain caused by
listening 10 the booming OF the Ger
man 42-centimeter guns was so
frightful that absolute irresponsi-
bility followed. I've said.
when n man Is suffering from
shell shock. he doesn't observe any.
thing outside his OWN little per-
sonai area" Cairnduff testified.
Expert witnesses and allcnists
will be called by the defense to
testify TO Smiths mental condition
right after the shooting occurred.
Smith win take the stand in his
own defense before the close OF the
trial.
Smith is massive man, over six
tcoNTD on PAGE srxrEEN)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
WEDDING RING STOLEN

Mrs. X. c. stikes, Adrian apart.
ments, has a kick coming.
A burglar. who ransacked three
other apartments beside hers without
taking anything, Tuesday morning.
lifted her wedding ring and some silk
lingerie
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
PLOT TO KIDNAP
H. F0RD'S SON
Was to Be Held for Ransom
of 100000

TOLEDO. Ohio. Oct. 2s.--An al
legged plot TO kidnap Edsel Ford. son
OF Henry Ford. millionaire automo-
bile manufacturer of Detroit, and
hold him for s2oo.oo0 ransom. was
frustrated here with the arrest of
four men. The alleged conspiracy
was exposed by Floyd Gray, who said
he war lvate detective and posed
as ans4l-&nvict TO gain the conf
dence of the men and join In the
undertaking. Police are investigating
Gray's story.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
DRY LAW VETO
IS 0vERRIDEN
Senate, as Well as House,
OverruleS Wilson

WASHINGTON. oct. 2s.-The ma
tional prohibition enforcement bill,
providing strict laws for both war.
time and constitutional prohibition,
became law this afternoon. when the
senate. by n vote of 65 TO 90. over.
rode the veto of President Wilson.
Similar action was taken by the
house late yesterday. by vote OF 176
TO So.
The senate vote was eight more
than the necessary two-thirds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
Rain and Wind Due,
Says Forecaster

II Weathersmith George n. Sails
bury makes good, Seattle is in for
rain Tuesday night and Wednes-
day. with moderate westerly gales
along with II.
A 3s-mile wind struck Seattle for
n short time late last night.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28

certainly changed the mental
stride Of the worker.
Where once we had the deadly
round of flabby strap and swaying
car, the same old smells OF feet and
six sorts Of sachet powder and nine
varieties OF chewing gum. and
three Of bootlegger's favorite pre-
scription. now we have the fresh
air OF heaven. and. frequently. in
tercsting incidents.
A case In point. Yesterday we
passed an supturned flivver out
Green Lake way.
Clustered about was a group OF
automobiles AMONG them a robins
egg blue roadster.
In the center Of an animated
group was a gesticulating gentle
man, evidently expressing hts opin-
ion Of folks who toppIed fIivvers
over before lunch.
Nobody was hurt. II seemed. and
half a dozen shoulders righted the
flivver and set IT on Its wheels,
apparently as good as ever.
Now, that honest toiler was
shaken out OF his rut; he has some
thing 10 think about besides the
high cost Of living and a stingy
boss: an event marched out and
amused him for half an hour. and
his drab life was briefly illumined
by the clash Of warning worlds. and
so forth.
Except when the car ran off the
track, or the motor burned out. or
fuse went up in blue smoke,
nothing ever occurred TO break the
deadly routine Of the daily car ride.
But now there Is hardly "a sturdy
craftsman. no matter how obscure
and humble. who can not look for.
ward 10 at least one damage suit
year; and he Is a prosaic citizen,
indeed, who will thru a whole
month miss all these wildly
driving Jehus. who turn corners on
two wheels, and consider right-of-
way laws mere scraps Of paper.
A flivver Is something like the
dogs flea, II Keeps US serfs from
dwelling too much on our dog
hood
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28

United Mine Workers OF America, 25
district presidents OF coal-producing
states. and members OF the miners
schedule committee win meet here at
headquarters at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. to draft an answer TO
President Wilson's appeal that the
strike be called off.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28

rs IT SEEMS
TO ME
DANA SLEETH

~INALLY our family man.
aged to beat the neigh
bors up.
All fall. no matter how
far we turned tho alarm
ahead out at our house. we always
managed TO crawl under the morn
ing wire at the end OF the process.
sion.
Indeed. wc wondered II some
neighhorhood starter would
scratch us for travelling under
wraps. and pulling the race. and
sil that
But Monday morning we won by
half the track.
The alarm went off at the same
old time: we arose. fed five-doilar
bills. disguised as nut coal. into the
yawning and yearning NAV Of the
furnace. put ON the percolator. let
out the pup. combed our back hair
and sliced the bacon. and then.
when we went out 10 empty the
ashes, still all was q dark silence.
No lights in any neighboring
house, no Growing rooster. no bark
ing pup. no snorting fiivver backing
into the alley. Had the rest OF the
world gone on a strfke7
Alarmed. we hunted up our
watch and discovered that IL was
not yet a. m The alarm was
supposed to bang at $50. We had
not turned the alarm clock back
on Saturday. and Sunday W. do
not allow the alarm to work: Il
deserves one day Of rest. whether
we DO or not
Never again VIII wc believe time
Is an arbitrary thing. Man makes
until your neighbors think 80.
At the same moment this morn
ing the town was sleeping peace
fully: IL was still night: 80 far as
Seattle was concerned. Il was sac:
whereas. q week ago. on the same
minute. the town was astir. and IL
was $50. because everybody made
II 20.
Time. indeed. exists only In the
mind OF man. and his arbitrary
standards. that cut up chunks of
eternity and call them time
hours. minutes ard scconds-reg.
ulate our lives. but there Is no
such thing as definite time as
apart from the eternal progress OF
the universe.
a lot Of US have the idea that at
a certain point we leave time and
take up eternity, don immortality.
We can be sure. or 80 IL seems TO
me. that IL we are not immortal
now. we never will be. and the
particular cross-seetion of eternity
we are now scrutinizing thru the
glass Of life Is as much eternity
as any We viii ever see.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
SLIPPERY TRACK
CAUSES M|ISHAPS

Slippery rails held accountable for dizzy runaway
of Phinney street and its overturning Mt NJ
4Srd St and Phnney shortly before o'clock Tuesday
morning Atho the heavy coach left the rails and came
to grinding crashing stop its side only two
injured and those slightly more OF
passengers shaken up and bruised
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
COAL WALKOUT
LOOMING NEAR
Miners Executive Commit
tee Plans Final Meet

SPRINGFIELD. H., Oct. ~.
limited Press. .t-There II no
indication now that the coal
strike order will be rcscinded.
according 10 Acting President
John l.. Lewis Of the United
Mine Workers today.
Lewis left for indianapolis
today TO attend a meeting Of
the executive board Of the
miners organization. called 10
consider the strike situation.
lie said the board probably
will make a reply 10 President
wilson's demand, hut he em-
phasized the statement that the
board was not called to with
draw the strike order.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Oct. 28.
with the final decision ON
whether or not coal miners will
strike less than "a hours distant.
there seemed little possibility to
day that the strike call would be
rescinded.
The executive committee Of II
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28

FE is a lot more anus
ing than II was when
everybody went to work
on a street car.
The family flivycr has
changed the mental
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
WEDNESDAY
uCr. ~

First Low Tide
itfe a. Va. o5 Il
FIRST tfiKh Tide
pea a IN. i0a "a
second low Tide
efst r m ~ a.
S~eond High Tide
y'os p m" SIS H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-28
Tides in Seattle
TUESDAY
OCT. IS

First low Tide
1887 a nas OIL e.
First ltlxh Tide
IA a m. ~ q.
~-eond Low Tide
: 81 y m. Se a.
~~cend uigh Tide
ltis y TN. ss a.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06
TX.
TESTIMONY.

Count Henri Charlier was be-
ing questioned, and he was dis
tinctly III at cas- His French
SAVIOR faire was not proof
against definite inquiries as to his
intentions regarding the late Miss
Darlington, and indefinite allu-
sions concerning his movements
on the night of her death.
He had related, straightfor-
wardly enough, his visit at Garden
Steps that evening and his de-
parture at or about midnight. He
denied his engagement of mar
riage. but admitted that he had
paid Miss Darlington such atten-
tions as might lead her to suspect
an attachment.
"You did not return to this
house after leaving on Tuesday
night?"
"Most assuredly not"
."You were not in Miss Caring
tons boudoir at l o'clock or
thereabouts?"
Count Charters black eyes
snapped. But by q successful eff
fort he controlled his indignation,
and said, saimply: 81 was not"
"But she was heard to address
you"
impossible, as 1 was not
there"
"She distinctly declared that
you we're the mark she aimed at.
What construction do you put
upon those words?"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06
FORMER PRISONERS
RETURN TO RUSSIA.
NAKED AND HUNGRY

London Times cable service copyright 1919. by
Public Ledger Col to Tho Sioux City Tribune.
oMsk (by mail)-The chief question
confronting the Omsk government is
how to deal with the swarms Of pris-
oners released in Germany and now
streaming into Siberia. Some 40, 900
already have passed the Urals and
about 100000 are expected in the next
six weeks. Registration stations have
been opened at Tiumen and Kurgan,
where e%ndeavors are being made to
battle and reclothe the men before for
warding them to their homes. Food
supplies are ample. but the question of
clothing is almost unanswerable in the
present conditions when the active
army itself is half naked. Communi-
cations in the far east are far dis
organized and congested.
Returned prisoners relate piteous
tales Of their sufferings. Broken In
health, they are dependent on charity
for sustenance. Occasionally they
manage to travel on trains, but lei
ally they had to march except when
peasants gave them a lift In carts.
Many obtained a few days work here
and there for food. But for the kind
ness Of the people few ever would have
reached Siberia. Apparently the re-
turning prisoners are not affected with
bolshevism and have no object other
than to reach their homes from which
they have been absent four years.
Their passage through the %bolshevist
lines was unimpeded and it is known
many O. the b%olshevists have been en-
tering Siberia in the guise Of prisoners.
evidently with the object of injecting
the new army and stirring up the pop
ulation against the government. Regis
tration of prisoners. is strictly condict-
ed but 1t is difficult t o detect the false
from the real and despite the successful
Quashing of the recent bolshevfst con-
s~piracies further outbreaks are liable
to occur.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

Serious trouble threatens in the Welsh
coal nelds because miners. who have
served in the nrmy are being demohii,-ss
too rapidly. All men who entered M
mines since August. 1914. arc being dis
missed In favor Of. the returning sn,-
oilers. ~ those who are being dismissed
sought employment in the mines ch:er,v
to avoid military dnty. thew are meeting
viii seAnt public symrs.hy.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

Effective several months past. tho
wages OF common laborers were advanced
to S4.0f a day, and there are now IN the
Seattle yards exactly 10 men Of this class
receiving A.16 a day. All the men on the
second and third shifts receive an addi-
tional bonus Of 10 per cent and also all
shifts receive double time for overtime. -
says a statement by the employers of the
Seattle strikers. >o
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

Premier Lenine. apprehensive of DO
litical developments and the possibility
of q vigorous allied Intervention, is re-
ported. to have proposed to the executive
committee of the soviet congress that the
b~olshevists surrender. Trotxky, Karl
Radek and Foreign Minister T%chitchierin
opposed the proposal vigorously.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

contradictory and moreover were
garbled.
The jurymcn sighed. The case
had been mysterious enough be-
fore, now It was becoming mex.
pIicable.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

]. Frank Hanly. candidate for presi-
dent on the prohibition ticket in 1916. de-
clares he IL opposed to including . world
prohibition p~rovisoe in the league Of ma
bttion should be left to the various con-
tries in the league of nations" he saxs
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-06

Legislation to make the Grand CANYON
of Arizona a national park reservation
has been completed and the bill now
awaits President Wilson'S approval.