MAYOR mm NEW exBECKINGHAM NAMED TO SUCCEED LANG

DO NOT MISS IT!There U something mighty interesting

on The Star editorial page today. Turn topage 4 and read the very first editorial. It'sa humdinger. Who wrote it? Well, that'sthe surprise.

The Se atUe S tar: THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS :

VOLUME 18 SEATTLE, WASH. TUESDAY. APRIL 11. 1016 ONE CENT

LAST EDITIONIt rained this morning. It rained this

noon. But cheer up, folks. Here comesGeorge, the weather man, and says: "Fairtonight and Wednesday." Can youbeat it?

New Council Fails on First Test of Municipal EfficiencyUSUALLY some one councilman out of our nine will be right on any proposition.

However, the clash Monday over the firing of three committee clerks showedthem all nine of them?wrong.

Judge Moore, one of our "strong councilmen," who resigned from the councilefficiency committee because he didn't get the clerks fired, was wrong.

Councilman Erickson, who refused to vote, putting it up to the other council-men to "skin their own skunk," as he termed it, was wrong. This being a public skunk,

and Erickson being a public official, he was duty bound to help do the skinning.It seems plain that the council could easily get along without the three clerks, and

if the council is going to get anywhere on cutting out waste and inefficiency in mu-nicipal affairs, there is no item too small to be overlooked.

All of the councilmen showed political motives in their votes yesterday. Theydid not handle this matter as if it were a straight business proposition, and that isjust what it is.

MAN ANDGIRL DIE

I TOGETHER[ystery in Walla Walla Trag-

edy; Wu It MurderSuicide?

HE WAS 50: SHE ONLY 18

WALLA WALLA. April 11.?\u25a0\u25a0Thi mysterious deaths of Mary

Hiwn. 1». and C. M. Franer.SO. continue to baffle the police

today.Evidence Indicated ? sulcde

pact, or a iiiwe#er and suicide,

but no motive could be found.Frailer was Mies Hawn'e

aUp-grandfather. His daughterhad married her father.

The fllrl wis a student at St.Vincent'e academy. Frailer

had been paying her tuition,

[ and apparently manlfeeted aI fatherly Interest in her.

The bodies were found lying,f illy dressed, on a bed In theGrand hotel last night.

T«o ra!>mile» containing a whl'epowder Indicated the girl hadswallowed |*>ison.\ eltsht abrasion about her

throat, however, led to the beliefthat she was strangled or forced to

swallow the poison.Frailer waa lying with hie head

toward the foot of the bed.He had blown out bis brains with

a revolver, using a blanket tomuffle the report.

Both apparently had been deadseveral hours when the bodieswere found.

Two note 4 served only to deepenHas mystery.

Both were In the man's hand-writing. This, the police thought,

further etr»ngthened the murderand snlclde theory.

A note beside the girl said"Notify Mrs. Nellie Hebbs, 410South Toppenl'h ave., Toppenlsh.Wash."

The man's note said: "DearDaughter: "Thla Is to say goodbye1 hate to do thla. but am powerless»o prevent It. You will find mypapers In my satchel. May Godforgive."

Frailer was a traveling man.He owned a restaurant In Pros-

aer. Wash , and some stock In anfK»ho mine.

Hra. Maria Clinsman of Fr"ef ft. Til., admlta her a*e to be lOfi* |r» which ahow* all women aret alike.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A VAMPIRE?"It's Just Hard Work," Declares Theda Bara, Famous "Love

Pirate" of Movieland. in the first of her written articles forThe Star on "The Heart of a Vampire."

I- Tat* to ikr tint a» ? eeHe* ml mni- I' rlea «|M Tk.4n Hare baa «»lll<« »?»

Tk< SI sr. «a# ku referred ta llrw?nlrln la a letter »a ia* *41 tar af

I Tto star mm -Tkl>(< rkal Are la *»

Heart " Thla pa,.r. I»arala« thatSin Kara wee inlrut ml nmrilMHtslar lasrwlsis af aerlast nark la «be navies.krr aa I..Hall"" ts write aer star,

far Tk. aiar. sae slatllr a<«,ifS.

BV THEOA BARA

Written Especially for The Star

Would you like to he called a"love Pirate." "the Ishmaellte ofFemininity."' "a Vampire" ? Inshort, "the woman with the moatbeautifully wicked face In theworld"?

That la what peoplw call me be

cause of parts I play In the Fot j

wrpte this description of me"Her hair la like the eerpent

lock* of Medusa, her eyee havethe cruel cunning of LucretlaBorgia, TILL NOW held up asthe wlckedeet woman of theworld: her mouth is the mouthof the sinister, scheming De-lilah, and her hands are thoseof the blood-bathing ElizabethBathory. who slaughtered younggfrls that she might bathe intheir warm life blood and SO

retain her beauty

"Can It be that Fate has r%.

Incarnated in Thada Bara Mesouls of these monsters ofmediaeval times?"Hardly a day passes thnt the

postman doe* nof bring me letter*written along similar lines

MANY OF THEM ATTACK ME

(Continued on page 7)

SU.S.TROOPERSSHOT IN BATTLESAN ANTONIO, April 11 11"

I'. H. troopers were wounded fight-

ing Vllllstas st Ban (Jeronlmo ac-cording to report* today fromUrlg Gen Pershing

He submitted the following ca»ualty list:

Private Thomas Brown, shot Incheek, back and shoulder.

Farrier B P. Melndevllle. twoslight wounds.

Pnvats Joseph 0 Bennett, shot

in ankle.Private Joseph Garbell. ehnt I*

arm.Private Peter W. Gardne

left arm.

Theda Bara

Film corporation'* production* of

"Carmen," "A Fool There Waa,"

"The C'lemenceau faae." "Sin" and"The Devll'a IMmthter.''

Pretty nearly every peraon Inthe country l#a told what be or?he think* of me and NOW, FORTHE FIRST TIME. I AM OIVKN

AN OPPORTI'NITY TO TELLWHAT I THINK OF MYSELF'

Vampiring Is HardWork, She Says

Vamplrinic. auch aa I do, I* t'.ieHARDEST KIND OF HARDWORK.

I am Imbued with the characterand loae myaelf In It.

t'omplete exhaustion follow* my

day of work.A year a*o. when my name waa

dlaplayed on the billboards for tlic

flrat lime, the American people did-not know whether It wan a newtooth paate, aoap or a malady.

Now when thejr aee It, they In

varlablr aay. "THE HVMAN VAM

PIRE."It I* not pleaaant to be *o

described.When I flrat heard myaelf re

ferred to aa the Tamplre woman,"I war heartbroken

All my Ideal* were ahattered Ifelt 1 waa tha' agalnat which everywoman * hand la raised.

I wa* held up a* one who HELIOHTED In the Lt'RE OF DE-STRUCTION AND EVIL DOtNO.

Described as MostCruel of All Women

People aaked what manner ofwoman 1 could be. One woman

CALLS CONFESSIONOF THEFT A 'DREAM'

SAN FRANCISCO. April 11,?The confeaalon by Jaa. Moranthat h» and a pal participatedIn the $1,500,000 reglatered mallrobbery In New York waa amere dream, according to Poet-offlca Inapactor Stephen H.Moraa today.

Morae declared Moran waanot releaaed from San Quentln

prtaon until March 2S, morethan a month after the NewYork robbery waa committed.

Gilson Gardner Visits Roosevelt at Oyster Bay; He's StillWondering, After 4 Hours' Talk, ifTeddy Is a Candidate

BY GILSON GARDNER

WASHINGTON, April 11.?Four hour* spent »t

Oyster Hay In »ho com

! an- of Theodore Hoosevelt l»»ft

me wondering whether or not he

would accept the republican-nrogreaMve nomination for pres-

dlent.Ortalnly lie will not If there

I* any question about the publicun'l the politicians wanting him.

Too little emphasis has apparently been laid on the paragraphn (the colonel'i atatement '

from Trinidad, In which he sWfihHt the public must have In ltamood nomethlng of the heroic, IfIt want* him.

? ? ?

"If the people of thl* country

want peace and profit* at theprice of honor, they don't wantme "

Thl* i* how the colonel nhot It

at a republican congrei<*man/. ho had come to tell him that"perhaps we may nominate you."

For 15 minute*, the colonellaid <Jown the law to hi* con-gressional /Ultor In true Mo*alcfashion

"If there aie any doubt* In

your mind," the colonel went on."please re«<»|ve them In favor ofnot nominating me If lam byany chance to he the nominee ofth<' republicans or progrcHslves,or both, It can be only with theunderstanding that the country

I* In the mood to make any sacrlflces to maintain Its honor asa nation.

"I said In Trinidad that If Itwanted me the public must havesomething of the heroic In Itsmood. What I meant was, thatthe country must he willing toconsider dutlei as well as rightsand to face the possibility of*acrlflce and self-denial In undertaklng such tasks a* dutymight Impose.

"A* president, or candidate forpresident, I il.ould recognize butone kind of citizenship and oneallegiance If the country Isn'tready for thl* kind of a candidate,then I am not the man to run."

And there was much more tothe same effect with (|iilt<- plaintalk on the subject of the col-onel* entire unconcarn whetheror not he alienated a large numher of foreign-born voter*.

The republican congrexamanwent away somewhat dazeil.

What has Colonel Roosevelt Inhis mind when he talka of duty,?aerlflce and the heroic mood?

Not that this country would bejumped Into the European waron the day following hla In-augural (aaauming that the elec-tion had gone that way).

Far from It.I am convinced that the col-

onel would do his utmost tokeep the country out of war.

But he would make no threatahe was unwilling to back up, andhe would Inaist with all the pow-er at his command, that thecountry adequately prepare.

He Is convinced that the coun-try is In great danger of driftingstern-foremost into a war forwhich it is not In any way prepared.

He feels thl* so deeply, that heIs willing to take the nominationand make the fight, If he iscalled upon to do so.

? ? ?

l,ess than n year ago, ColonelRoosevelt hail banlHheil from hi*mind any Idea of ever againrunning for the presidency, lietalked to me at that, time, veryfrankly on the subject, express-lug great satisfaction In the

sense of freedom which camewith the renunciation of futureoffice

lie could say exactly what hethought on any topic.

He was no longer bound toconsider the fears of timid po-llll. si i.sso. Ist.es who might lieharmed by his utterances

lie had burned his bridges,

and was enjoying all the libertiesof private life

It In not a serious hreach ofconfidence to say that Mrs.Roosevelt hoped this conditionwould be h permanent one. HheIk not happy »t the prospect thather husband may be drafted fur

the political war.

Oyster I!a> h.'is again becomea news center.

Six months ngo, the New Yorkpapers were content to cover itby telephone or by fin occasionalcall at the 42nd street building.

01 st the M iropolltan office.Now there are six grlztkd po-

litical reporter® permanently en-camped at the Oyster nay Inn.and the telegraph company has

been putting In extra loops find

getting experienced operators

on the job.

SEIZE BIGCARGO OFBEERHERE

HORSE HASNICE LEADWINDPIPE

Shipped From California andLoaded on Scow in East

Waterway.

1,000 CASES ARE TAKEN

What it b«lltv*d *flagrant vlo.latlon of the "dry law" wat d>*covered Tuetday morning, when1,000 caatt of b«er wera tend,after having bean loaded onto a?cow Monday night at Pier 9.

The tenure wat made at tht?M Krlch-Harrttea mill, at U»enorth and of Harbor itland

The arreat of W. X. Ruttell.?eattla merchant, and J, J.Frederlcfca and Walter Shelton,laborara, followed.Th* boor bore the trad" mark of

the Rainier Brewing Co, a formerSoattJe concern. now located In SanPranrtaco.

It had boon consigned to Ketchi-kan. but, according to th* poll-e,thin address had l*"iiacreti hod offmml of the case*. The V'T waspacked In pasteboard caionn of IIbottles each

The throe mon are being held ona charge of having more liquor thanallowed by law in their potwoanlon.

but t>eputy Prosecutor Patterson I*Invest(gating the ra«e and In allprobability wlil fllo a atato charge

The mon declared the liquor w«»being trantported to Ketchikan.Alaska. and that It waa Intendedfor private uao In the fisheries'hero

Authorltlet were InformedMonday at midnight that theacow, carrying approximately acarload of beer, waa makingIta way up Eaat waterway.

Sonet Smart, with Sergt Melvlnrnl right patrolmen, gathered on

shore and watched all night>r the landing The police patroloat. with two officer* aboard alao

trailed the unsuspecting boozeacow.

When the acow landed earlyTuesday morning, the two laboreraatarted unloading the cases

In the meantime, officer* obtain-ed a seizure warrant from Prosectitlng Attorney I.undln. nnd tookcharge of the 1.000 caeca

The property room at th* centralpolice atatlon waa filled with thecontraband In a ahort time, andnegotiation* atarted to tent a Moreroom for the rest.

Meal Ticket for 'Hoca' TradingOwner, State

Charges.

GASPIPE IN HIS THROAT

"Hott trading" rectlved a ae-rlou* tet back In Seat*!* Tues-day. when J. Pettvc owner of"Bob." a handtomc th> wind-broken bay, wat found guilty offaltely rtpretentlng the ani-mal'* value and wit contignedto a county Jail cell.

Pettveil wat an auctioneer atth* Kantucky Sale* Stable*for **v*ralyeart. Some tlm* In1914 h* got hold of "Bob."

Ktcopt for the fart that "Bob'*"windpipe had rollapted. the hor*ew«« a fine anlluL

Pettveil had a piece of gasplprliatalled In "Bob's'' neck. In placeof the broken respiratory organ,

and sold the horae lo George Mor-gan. a florist.

Wouldn't Sell Him BackWhen he tried to buy him back,

Morgan tfftiwed to accept his termsFriend* had Tuld Morgan that Pett-veil would pay mor ? than the orig

Inal purchase price. Iterance he con-sidered "BoV of grea' trains »* a'io.-al 110 l et."

Bo It turned out. Pettveil bought

"Bob" from Morgan, paylns morethan Morgan did for tho horse

He then *old "Bob" to N .1 I.llje-hlad. so the testimony In Judge

Mackintosh'* court abowerf.I,tl]eblad drove the nor*o a block

and he began to wheez*. Me re-turned and Ue.-n.mdcd the moneyback.

Pettveil told him he had sold"Hob" on commission, and gave thecommission" money to the buyer,

with his note for the balanceIjtljeblad still haM the noteJanuary. 1915. "Bob" was again

sold, thl* time to A. Ohri*topher*"n.of l,ynden, Wash.

Pettveil l>ought him back for lessthan Chrlstopherson paid, plut theu*ua! note.

"Bob" I* Sold Oft*nIn October of the same year

"Bob" wa* sold to Hay T. Smith,principal of the I.eschl school, thento Ben Smathers, of Everett, andlater to Jacob Jacobsen. of Portage

That was the last saleDeputy Prosecutor Stnhmers got

hold of "Boh," took him to Wood-

land park, where he shot him todeath ill the monkey house In thezoo, on December 23 lastRIEF EXONERATED

BY COMMISSION

NEW CHEF SAYSHE WU POT ENDTOMncmr

Charles L. Beckingh&m, former countycommissioner and until two months ago tellerin the city treasurer's office, was named byMayor Gill Tuesday noon to succeed Chiefof Police Louis M. Lang, whose resignationthe mayor had demanded in a letter writtenearlier in the day.

Beckingham will be sworn into office assoon as his $10,000 surety bond is arrangedTuesday afternoon.

Beckingham received the appointment,according to Mayor Gill, because of hisknowledge of police conditions in Seattle.

He is 41 years old and is unmarried.He lives with his mother at 607 15th

ave. N.Beckingham went into conference with

Mayor Gill immediately after Lang wasasked, at 10 o'clock Tuesday, to resign.

The conference ended at 11:35 and themayor made the announcement that Beck-insrham had been appointed.

Gams Warden Harry Rlsf laabsolved, Tuesday, of chargesof Incompetency and dishon-esty, the county game commis-sion having heard all the testi-mony during several sessions.

The commission recommended to the state game wardenthat Rlef be not removed.

SENATE ASKS AREPORT ON 'GAS'

WASHINGTON. April 11.?The senate today unanimouslydirected Attorney General Greg-ory to bring In a full report ofhis investigations of the Standard Oil Company and other oilinterests charged with boostingprices and fixing discriminatoryrates.

The only point to dome paragraphic lino* la a period.

WHAT DO YOU PLAN ]FOR THE EVENING?

THKATRK? Dance? (ard party? Social?It doesn't make much difference which. You can

still find a pood deal of additional enjoyment each eveningby reading the latest installment of the novel-a-week in TheStar.

Next week, a story of the North will hold the hoards.Young school teacher. Big, lonesome woodsman. Kid-

naped, held hy force, the girl rages against the lonesomeNorth, (liven freedom, she longs for the wild, open country? and the l>ig, .strong woodsman.

Don't miss it. FIRST INSTALT.MKNT NEXT MON-DAY. It's title is: "North of Fifty-three."

Berklnisham was born in Victoria.B. C . and educated tn Canada.

Hp came to Seattle when a

young man ami entered the real

estate business. Shortly afterwardhe secured a county position.

Appointed CommissionerIn IM>7 he was appointed to fin-

ish the unexpired term of CharlesHaker, who died, a* county commtssloner. He nerved two years.

He la a republican, and belongs

to no organisation except the Se

attle Athletic club.For the last five years he has

been teller In the city treasurer'soffice. He left that post two

months ngo to undergo operationsfor nasal trouble

He has no relatives except hismother. In Seattle, but has a sister

who Is the wife of Maj. Corbalon.now serving with the French army.

Gill's StatementMayor Oill made the following

statement:"Mr. Btckingham is thoroly

familiar with the liquor situa-tion In Seattle, and I believehe can help me clear up thatproblem.

'?In my opinion, he showed adesire to economize when acounty commissioner, that hasstamoed him as having a clrarhead in dealing with financial

matters."His Integrity and honesty

can't be questioned."He knows the men of the

department thru long years of

acquaintanceship and will workwith them, and they with him.

"I think he will be loyal tome. He Is good natured andat the same time has a lot of

backbone. I believe I have se-lected a mighty good man forthe job."IH>nnld r> Olson, superintendent

of the Monroe state reformatory,wns offered the position Mondayafternoon, but did not accept It.He said the reformatory would re-quire several more months of histime In order to complete work

that has already been Initiated.The mayor's letter to l,ang fol-

lows:"Dear Sir: Without going

into detail as to reasons, I be-

lieve the best Interests of thecity would be served by yourresignation as chief of police.

DECLARES HE WILLSTOP BOOTLE6GIN6"The one thing ' think the

police department ought todo I* to (top boot-legging InSeattle." Charles Becklng-

ham said after his appoint-ment as chief.

"I have no other Ideas atpresent about running thedepartment. I will have tosee first Just how thingshave been left by ChiefLang. .

"Every man, woman andchild in the city knows thatit is a simple matter to getliquor. I think somethingcan surely be done by thepolice department to stop

the Illegal trade. The drugstores ought not to getaway with the stuff they art

pulling now."

"I therefore request that ycutender me your resignation, 'h#

same to take effect immedi-

ately."You will turn over the office

and such funds on hand belong-

ing to the city to Inspector M.T. Powers, taking his reccipttherefor.

"H. C-. GILL."A Record of Turmoil

l.anK's record til the police department has been one of tontln-uous turmoil.

Shortly after taking ofTicc. Mayor011 l wrote » letter to him. whichwas made public, In which the chlafwas severely condemned f»r orderslie had Issued to the. police.

Probably the most serious charsebrought against Latin hnd to dowith his public exhibition In drunk*

!en company at Tate's cufc. Inst'summer, followed by the chief'svisit to a cabaret girl's room at auearly hour in the mornlnK.

The council, by unanimous vote,

found him guilty of conduct unbe-coming att officer, tho l.ang offeredith nn allhl that he went to thegirl's room to unearth a police plotagainst him.