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MAYOR mm NEW ex BECKINGHAM NAMED TO SUCCEED LANG DO NOT MISS IT! There U something mighty interesting on The Star editorial page today. Turn to page 4 and read the very first editorial. It's a humdinger. Who wrote it? Well, that's the 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 EDITION It rained this morning. It rained this noon. But cheer up, folks. Here comes George, the weather man, and says: "Fair tonight and Wednesday." Can you beat it? New Council Fails on First Test of Municipal Efficiency USUALLY some one councilman out of our nine will be right on any proposition. However, the clash Monday over the firing of three committee clerks showed them all nine of them?wrong. Judge Moore, one of our "strong councilmen," who resigned from the council efficiency 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. They did not handle this matter as if it were a straight business proposition, and that is just what it is. MAN AND GIRL DIE I TOGETHER [ystery in Walla Walla Trag- edy; Wu It Murder Suicide? 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 daughter had married her father. The fllrl wis a student at St. Vincent'e academy. Frailer had been paying her tuition, [ and apparently manlfeeted a I fatherly Interest in her. The bodies were found lying, f illy dressed, on a bed In the Grand hotel last night. T«o ra!>mile» containing a whl'e powder Indicated the girl had swallowed |*>ison. \ eltsht abrasion about her throat, however, led to the belief that 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 to muffle the report. Both apparently had been dead several hours when the bodies were found. Two note 4 served only to deepen Has mystery. Both were In the man's hand- writing. This, the police thought, further etr»ngthened the murder and snlclde theory. A note beside the girl said "Notify Mrs. Nellie Hebbs, 410 South Toppenl'h ave., Toppenlsh. Wash." The man's note said: "Dear Daughter: "Thla Is to say goodbye 1 hate to do thla. but am powerless »o prevent It. You will find my papers In my satchel. May God forgive." Frailer was a traveling man. He owned a restaurant In Pros- aer. Wash , and some stock In an fK»ho mine. Hra. Maria Clinsman of Fr"e f ft. Til., admlta her a*e to be lOfi * |r» which ahow* all women are t 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 for The 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« that Sin Kara wee inlrut ml nmrilM Htslar lasrwlsis af aer last 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 of Femininity."' "a Vampire" ? In short, "the woman with the moat beautifully wicked face In the world"? 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 have the cruel cunning of Lucretla Borgia, TILL NOW held up as the wlckedeet woman of the world: her mouth is the mouth of the sinister, scheming De- lilah, and her hands are those of the blood-bathing Elizabeth Bathory. who slaughtered young gfrls that she might bathe in their warm life blood and SO retain her beauty "Can It be that Fate has r%. Incarnated in Thada Bara Me souls of these monsters of mediaeval 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.TROOPERS SHOT IN BATTLE SAN ANTONIO, April 11 11" I'. H. troopers were wounded fight- ing Vllllstas st Ban (Jeronlmo ac- cording to report* today from Urlg Gen Pershing He submitted the following ca» ualty list: Private Thomas Brown, shot In cheek, back and shoulder. Farrier B P. Melndevllle. two slight 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 In the country l#a told what be or ?he think* of me and NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME. I AM OIVKN AN OPPORTI'NITY TO TELL WHAT I THINK OF MYSELF' Vampiring Is Hard Work, She Says Vamplrinic. auch aa I do, I* t'.ie HARDEST KIND OF HARD WORK. I am Imbued with the character and 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 new tooth 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 I felt 1 waa tha' agalnat which every woman * hand la raised. I wa* held up a* one who HE LIOHTED In the Lt'RE OF DE- STRUCTION AND EVIL DOtNO. Described as Most Cruel of All Women People aaked what manner of woman 1 could be. One woman CALLS CONFESSION OF THEFT A 'DREAM' SAN FRANCISCO. April 11,? The confeaalon by Jaa. Moran that h» and a pal participated In the $1,500,000 reglatered mall robbery In New York waa a mere dream, according to Poet- offlca Inapactor Stephen H. Moraa today. Morae declared Moran waa not releaaed from San Quentln prtaon until March 2S, more than a month after the New York robbery waa committed. Gilson Gardner Visits Roosevelt at Oyster Bay; He's Still Wondering, After 4 Hours' Talk, if Teddy 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 public un'l the politicians wanting him. Too little emphasis has appar ently been laid on the paragraph n (the colonel'i atatement ' from Trinidad, In which he sWf ihHt the public must have In lta mood nomethlng of the heroic, If It want* him. ? ? ? "If the people of thl* country want peace and profit* at the price of honor, they don't want me " 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 colonel laid <Jown the law to hi* con- gressional /Ultor In true Mo*alc fashion "If there aie any doubt* In your mind," the colonel went on. "please re«<»|ve them In favor of not nominating me If lam by any chance to he the nominee of th<' republicans or progrcHslves, or both, It can be only with the understanding that the country I* In the mood to make any sac rlflces to maintain Its honor as a nation. "I said In Trinidad that If It wanted me the public must have something of the heroic In Its mood. What I meant was, that the country must he willing to consider dutlei as well as rights and to face the possibility of *acrlflce and self-denial In un dertaklng such tasks a* duty might Impose. "A* president, or candidate for president, I il.ould recognize but one kind of citizenship and one allegiance If the country Isn't ready for thl* kind of a candidate, then I am not the man to run." And there was much more to the same effect with (|iilt<- plain talk on the subject of the col- onel* entire unconcarn whether or not he alienated a large num her of foreign-born voter*. The republican congrexaman went away somewhat dazeil. What has Colonel Roosevelt In his mind when he talka of duty, ?aerlflce and the heroic mood? Not that this country would be jumped Into the European war on 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 to keep the country out of war. But he would make no threata he was unwilling to back up, and he would Inaist with all the pow- er at his command, that the country adequately prepare. He Is convinced that the coun- try is In great danger of drifting stern-foremost into a war for which it is not In any way pre pared. He feels thl* so deeply, that he Is willing to take the nomination and make the fight, If he is called upon to do so. ? ? ? l,ess than n year ago, Colonel Roosevelt hail banlHheil from hi* mind any Idea of ever again running for the presidency, lie talked to me at that, time, very frankly on the subject, express- lug great satisfaction In the sense of freedom which came with the renunciation of future office lie could say exactly what he thought on any topic. He was no longer bound to consider the fears of timid po- llll. si i.sso. Ist.es who might lie harmed by his utterances lie had burned his bridges, and was enjoying all the liberties of private life It In not a serious hreach of confidence to say that Mrs. Roosevelt hoped this condition would be h permanent one. Hhe Ik not happy »t the prospect that her husband may be drafted fur the political war. Oyster I!a> h.'is again become a news center. Six months ngo, the New York papers were content to cover it by telephone or by fin occasional call 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 BIG CARGO OF BEERHERE HORSE HAS NICE LEAD WINDPIPE Shipped From California and Loaded 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, when 1,000 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»e north 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 former SoattJe concern. now located In San Pranrtaco. It had boon consigned to Ketchi- kan. but, according to th* poll-e, thin address had l*"ii acreti hod off mml of the case*. The V'T was packed In pasteboard caionn of II bottles each The throe mon are being held on a charge of having more liquor than allowed by law in their potwoanlon. but t>eputy Prosecutor Patterson I* Invest(gating the ra«e and In all probability wlil fllo a atato charge The mon declared the liquor w«» being trantported to Ketchikan. Alaska. and that It waa Intended for private uao In the fisheries 'hero Authorltlet were Informed Monday at midnight that the acow, carrying approximately a carload of beer, waa making Ita way up Eaat waterway. Sonet Smart, with Sergt Melvln rnl right patrolmen, gathered on shore and watched all night >r the landing The police patrol oat. with two officer* aboard alao trailed the unsuspecting booze acow. When the acow landed early Tuesday morning, the two laborera atarted unloading the cases In the meantime, officer* obtain- ed a seizure warrant from Prose ctitlng Attorney I.undln. nnd took charge of the 1.000 caeca The property room at th* central police atatlon waa filled with the contraband In a ahort time, and negotiation* atarted to tent a More room for the rest. Meal Ticket for 'Hoca' Trading Owner, 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 of faltely rtpretentlng the ani- mal'* value and wit contigned to a county Jail cell. Pettveil wat an auctioneer at th* Kantucky Sale* Stable* for **v*ral yeart. Some tlm* In 1914 h* got hold of "Bob." Ktcopt for the fart that "Bob'*" windpipe had rollapted. the hor*e w«« a fine anlluL Pettveil had a piece of gasplpr liatalled In "Bob's'' neck. In place of the broken respiratory organ, and sold the horae lo George Mor- gan. a florist. Wouldn't Sell Him Back When he tried to buy him back, Morgan tfftiwed to accept his terms Friend* 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 more than 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 money back. Pettveil told him he had sold "Hob" on commission, and gave the commission" money to the buyer, with his note for the balance Ijtljeblad still haM the note January. 1915. "Bob" was again sold, thl* time to A. Ohri*topher*"n. of l,ynden, Wash. Pettveil l>ought him back for less than Chrlstopherson paid, plut the u*ua! note. "Bob" I* Sold Oft*n In October of the same year "Bob" wa* sold to Hay T. Smith, principal of the I.eschl school, then to Ben Smathers, of Everett, and later to Jacob Jacobsen. of Portage That was the last sale Deputy Prosecutor Stnhmers got hold of "Boh," took him to Wood- land park, where he shot him to death ill the monkey house In the zoo, on December 23 last RIEF EXONERATED BY COMMISSION NEW CHEF SAYS HE WU POT END TOMncmr Charles L. Beckingh&m, former county commissioner and until two months ago teller in the city treasurer's office, was named by Mayor Gill Tuesday noon to succeed Chief of Police Louis M. Lang, whose resignation the mayor had demanded in a letter written earlier in the day. Beckingham will be sworn into office as soon as his $10,000 surety bond is arranged Tuesday afternoon. Beckingham received the appointment, according to Mayor Gill, because of his knowledge 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 was asked, at 10 o'clock Tuesday, to resign. The conference ended at 11:35 and the mayor made the announcement that Beck- insrham had been appointed. Gams Warden Harry Rlsf la absolved, Tuesday, of charges of Incompetency and dishon- esty, the county game commis- sion having heard all the testi- mony during several sessions. The commission recommend ed to the state game warden that Rlef be not removed. SENATE ASKS A REPORT ON 'GAS' WASHINGTON. April 11.? The senate today unanimously directed Attorney General Greg- ory to bring In a full report of his investigations of the Stand ard Oil Company and other oil interests charged with boosting prices and fixing discriminatory rates. The only point to dome para graphic 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 evening by reading the latest installment of the novel-a-week in The Star. 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 lonesome North, (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 afterward he secured a county position. Appointed Commissioner In IM>7 he was appointed to fin- ish the unexpired term of Charles Haker, who died, a* county com mtssloner. 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's office. He left that post two months ngo to undergo operations for nasal trouble He has no relatives except his mother. In Seattle, but has a sister who Is the wife of Maj. Corbalon. now serving with the French army. Gill's Statement Mayor Oill made the following statement: "Mr. Btckingham is thoroly familiar with the liquor situa- tion In Seattle, and I believe he can help me clear up that problem. '?In my opinion, he showed a desire to economize when a county commissioner, that has stamoed him as having a clrar head 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 work with them, and they with him. "I think he will be loyal to me. He Is good natured and at the same time has a lot of backbone. I believe I have se- lected a mighty good man for the job." IH>nnld r> Olson, superintendent of the Monroe state reformatory, wns offered the position Monday afternoon, but did not accept It. He said the reformatory would re- quire several more months of his time 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 the city would be served by your resignation as chief of police. DECLARES HE WILL STOP BOOTLE6GIN6 "The one thing ' think the police department ought to do I* to (top boot-legging In Seattle." Charles Becklng- ham said after his appoint- ment as chief. "I have no other Ideas at present about running the department. I will have to see first Just how things have been left by Chief Lang. . "Every man, woman and child in the city knows that it is a simple matter to get liquor. I think something can surely be done by the police department to stop the Illegal trade. The drug stores ought not to get away with the stuff they art pulling now." "I therefore request that ycu tender 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 reccipt therefor. "H. C-. GILL." A Record of Turmoil l.anK's record til the police de partment has been one of tontln- uous turmoil. Shortly after taking ofTicc. Mayor 011 l wrote » letter to him. which was made public, In which the chlaf was severely condemned f»r orders lie had Issued to the. police. Probably the most serious charse brought against Latin hnd to do with his public exhibition In drunk* !en company at Tate's cufc. Inst 'summer, followed by the chief's visit to a cabaret girl's room at au early hour in the mornlnK. The council, by unanimous vote, found him guilty of conduct unbe- coming att officer, tho l.ang offered ith nn allhl that he went to the girl's room to unearth a police plot against him.
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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.
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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.
