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French and German Soldiers Swap "Makin's"; Throw Rocks at Each Other for Amusement (United Pr»»i Staff Correepondent.) W(By Mail to New York,) —At placet. here In tha Argonne. ITH THE FRENC HARMY AT THI FRONT. Dae 29.— tha French and German trenchee are ao cloae together that In the weehe the two armlee have been thue faca to face the aoldlera are. after a faehlon. personally acquainted with each other. Here tha fighting hat become ayetematlzed and followe a routine. At certain aectlone of the trenchea tha French and Qtrmana have reached an egreement that before a certain hour In the morning there la to be no hilling; In the oppoalng trenchee tha men ar« to be allowed to waah up and make their toilet for the day. After the gong tape, figuratively epeahlng, any head ahowlng above tha level of the ground geta promptly taken off. Rock batttae often take place between the oppoalng eidea The men grow tired of having nothing to ehoot at for houra at a time and In order to amuae themeelvea they bombard each other without the thrower eipoemg nie peraon to the bulleta of the PAID CIRCULATION GUARANTEED OVER 55,000 COPIES DAILY AUTQBUS MEN ORGANIZE AN ASSOCIATION Encouraging headway to ward systematizing the Jitney bua busmsss. putting tha new common carrier on • aolld footing with Ita battar organ- I cod rival, tha traction com pany, marked tha Initial geth ertng of drlvara and awnara Wadnaaday night. Tha moating waa hold an tha tap floor of tha Commercial Club building. Plmim for permanent organ- Iration war* drafted and tem. porary afflcara and oommittee man Installed Tha attendance aire**!**] expec tatloaa. Nearly 400 were preaent. all that could squeeze their way Into tha big room. That stiff opposition, entailing legal entanglement and obatacles In tha shape of lexlslatlve meas ure*. would be offered by the trac tion people, was admitted a* Inev itable. In face of thla danger. It waa de cided not to loaa a moment In molding a concrete defense to re sist such attacks. Meat by Candle Light Aa another meeting was In prog reas In the Commercial Club, a room on the top floor of the build ing was utilized It hid been strip, ped of Its fixtures, so was lighted with candles. The glowing candles, which danced grotesquely, added to tbe strangeness of It all. For hero, oddly enough, were gathered scores of men. many of tham poor men. plotting and achemlng for a smooth way on the road to wea'th, whl'h they sud denly have found open before them. H. E. Foater. attorney, was ap pointed temporary chairman of the meeting, a. M. Prather, Jitney bua owner, was temporary chair man. Many Speaker* Haard Several apeakera were heard. In HOMES INVADED DY RISING WATER IN OXDOW DISTRICT With the halght of the tide Ineraaalng dally, water which haa floodad over a vaat area at Oxbow aa a reeult of a break In the Duwamieh river dyke, reached above the floor level of many homea Thuraday. Half a dozen families, load ing their effects into rowboats. abandoned their dwellings. Others on a highsr Isvel, are preparing to lesve. Although the tide will con tinue to riee until Jan. 17, and conditions are daily getting By Wm. Philip Sims eluding Hugh Todd. Alfred l.lnz C. E Evans. Homer Bull, S IS Thompson and B. I). Coles One of the afieakera declared the traction magnates are preparing to put through the legislature a law taxing ovary driver |40 a month Portlaad la several ate pa ahoad or Seattle, B. O. Thompoon told the assemblage. In advising that the plan of operation hero be patterned after tbo one effected In the Rose City. "Portland has a business sgent In charge of Ita Jltner l> is system." Thompson ssld. "Tbe business agent attends to the schedules, sees that five per cent of each drivers receipts Is turned Into thr association every flay, and di rects the starters stationed at the vartoua corners The association's cars sre Identified by a white lloe. Drlvara Are Protected "In case of legal proceedings, ev ery driver la protected by a flrst clasa starf of lawyers." I.lnd. Evans and others who talk ed expreased belief that It was too early In tbe game yet to take up the matter of transfers, but agreed that this must tie done ultimately. The sale of sU-for-a-quarter tickets on all bueeea. good for a ride In any car operated by an aaeoclation driver, waa alao recommended. Othera laid stress on the Imme. dlate need of a liability arrange ment guaranteeing protection to passengers In raae of accidents The organisation committee Is composed as followa: A. C. Petrig. M E Blogett. 8 O. Thornpaon. Hugh Todd. E 1... Hoi croft. Alfred Unx. J A. Roth, Homer Hull, A. U Alexsnder. A A Meachem. J. W. Roth. Walter liavls snd Mrs Mercy R Murray. Mrs. Murray's picture appeared Wednesday In The Htar The organization committee will niMt Friday night at tha office of H. E. Foater worn, no repair work haa baan attempted. At 5 o'clock Thursday morn ing the water rose until. In some homes. It was four Inchss deep on the floors. It did not rscede until 7 o'clock, forcing occupants of these houses to remain In their beds. Light connections In several houees were put out of commission. There Is grave danger of the collapse of floors in some of the houees ss a result of ths weakened condition of the foundations. enemy. The old faahloned hand grenadee have come bach Inta atyle with thia cloaa trench fighting, the Germane ualng them fre quently. They ateal up to tha trenchee In the night, or through the heavy foga now of aimoet dally occurrence In thle region, and let go IfMo the mldet of a crowd of man. • • • • • At tlmee the enemlee. however, become almoat friendly. "Say. over there!." a German ahouted from hie trenoh. "Have you guya got anything to emohef" "Sura!" tha chorue came bach from the French. "Have youT** "Not a crumb!" "Too bad You ought to write the halter." "Gimme the mahln'a." "Come and get 'em " A giant of a young fellow etuch hit head and ehouldere above the ground, placed hie hande on tha edge of the trench, AND VAULTED OUT ON THC SIDE TOWARDS THE FRINCM. A month.old flaxen beard etood out about a vary round face. Mud covered hie formerly grayiah bluiah, graenlah uniform. A little round, vleorleee fatigue cap made him looh like a The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News VOLUME 16. Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief; doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief — whatever you are, you will be interested in a series of articles about Seattle, which are to be announced in The Star tomorrow. You will be inter ested because these articles, thoughtfully written, will show you how you may defeat assaults which are be ing made upon your— MAYOR WON'T SIGN CARUNE MEASURE itecauae the bill providing for the extetialon of (Mvlalon A Into Mallard appropriate* only $80,000, Mayor GUI will not alien It, It la believed The mayor nay* $*0,000 la not a *uf flcient amount. Originally the hill called for $100,- 000. and the mayor *ald then he would *Un It. n« he wanted the queatlon of municipal ownerahlp fairly tented WHEAT MAKES NEW HIGH PRICE RECORD CHICAGO. Jan 14—All prions for r»»r«*nt yuri wer» mir(>n«nr>>l h» May wheat today, when It retrhed |1 12% at 11 »• m The »ri>nn In the pit were unprecedented. Seattle steamers Governor and Mexico Maru lipid nt Vancouver for carrying aliened contraband of war. WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED SEATTLE. WASH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 19t5. ONE CENI COCAINE AGENTS CAUGHT W. C Hulftr. • clerk in a drug atora at Broadway and Madlaon, waa aantancad yaatar day afiarnoon by Police Judge Gordon «o four montha In lh« county Jail for unlawfully aall 'ng eocalna. Thomaa Crlch, 20, and Harold intofi, 21, maoaonf ar boya. were arreetad laat night by Patrolman Fraaar and MfiflU on emytaton of acting ao aganta for trafftckera In cocalna and n orphlne They am held In the city Jail pending further Inveatlgailon by lk» i-ollro Into their actlvltle* during I'ir paat two weeka It la a»td thev l.av«- peddled or cocalnr fumlahed by other* whom ' h«- |o llrp nra loratlnci Lr.rh for Haad of • yatem Itia (•cllce are looking fo> an old woman who. The War haa been reliably Informed. la tha ' haad and bralna of tha drug traffic in Ha attle Thla woman la aald tc K"t har cocaln«» by expreaa from a wholesale drug houae In Mlaaourl Kotir man ha>e been alnce Tha Star bagan Ita ei|>oaura of the cocaine traffic In Heattl" j It la not llkaly that any of tha tne.i! arraatad ware anything mora lU^u 1 mar< igenta Tha paraona getting tha bit profit out of tha traffic have tint* far ea< aped, Atreata of mora Importance are looked for. Hulfer took an appeal to lha a«i liarlor «ourt and releaaed on $ I,oo*l oonda " r oka" Uaar la Wltnaaa Auatln Hardwlck, a young man with eonken cheeka and anow-wh.t. hall, waa the chief wltneaa agalnit Ifulfer. He aald he had been buy- In* "the flake" of Htilfer for two montha and had had no difficulty In procuring It Hulfer and Hardwlck were ar reated together at Klrat and Madl aon llardwlck aald he had tele phoned to llulfer to bring him SO centa worth of "flake." llulfer met him at th« corner and delivered the drug, teatlfled Hard wick, when the detectlvea grabbed them. Danlaa Ha Sold Cocalna Hulfer denied ever having aold cocaine to Hardwlck or any one elae He aald the detectlvea were mtatakan Detectlvea Montgomery and O'Hrlen teatlfled to conflicting ator tea told by Htilfer after having Iwen tal:en to the police utatlon. Tl.e drug atore at Broadway and Madlaon, where Hulfer wna em ployed, la one of the plnrea on the llat furnlahed to the police by The Btar. . young Banta Claua Stooping, he ran ewtftly acroae tha highway which eeparatad the trenchee at Idle point, and, falling on hie etomach, PEERED DOWN INTO THE ENEMY'S TRENCH. "WJiere'e them clgare?" ha demanded "Hera they are," a Frenchman replied. "You deaerve them. Six, and they're worth a loule apiece " "Mercll" (French for "thanhe") aald th« German, aa he aourrlad bach to fcle burrow. • • • • • "Bayl- thla aama German ahouted between puffa, ."theee clgare are great. Real Imported hemp!" A rook tha alia of a man'a flat waa the reply to thle eally. "Hay, you Frenchere." the German hept on, "you're a pretty decant lot. I'm going to give you a preeent. too. Will you ahout ma If I coma over again 7" "We will that! —after what you aeld about tha clgare." Once more the lumbering giant catapulted out of hla trench and ran low over to the French, droppmg on hla etomach aa before. In Hla hand waa an object, a darh green one. with tin foil NEGOTIATIONS ON FOR PEACE IN STRIKE OF ACME BUSINESS COLLEGE STUDENTS Mlsa Clara Andersen, One of tha Leading Student Strikers Arrangements are lielng made today by U. 8. Elkenberry. preal dent of the Acme Bnaltiesa col lege P.-I. building, whereby the student strike that has lieen In ef fact all week may lie terminated tomorrow or Monday. Hixty-odd pupils walked out PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER; STATE WON'T ACCEPT PLEA flecause of an old territorial law. the atate Thuraday virtually re fused to accept a plea of guilt* from E. ('. Collyer to ;be charge of first degree murder. Instead of trial being waved by ('Oliver's con fesslon of guilt, exactly the same procedure was followed as though he had pleaded not guilty Under the Impreaslon that Wil liam Messersmlth robbed him of $140, ( ollyer shot and killed him at the latter's home. ROK fourth are., on the night of Nov. l,ater Collyer discovered he hadn't been robbed at all When he wan firm nrmlsned ("Oliver plencleil not guilty, and hi* attorney, A. D. Martin, hail pre pared to defend him on the ground* of tnaanlly. Thursday niornlnK. however, Miir tin. In behalf of Collyer. changed when O. I. Miller took chsrge as temporary receiver. They Intimat ed they would not return to their studies until difficulties between the receiver and Elkenberry were adjusted to the latter's satisfac tion. Thus far they have stood pat the original plra to utility I'nder the old territorial law, however. Prosecutor Lund In. who ia handling the cam |»>raonall>, found It neces nary to proceed to trial Just the same, and in spite of Collyer. he will he given the benefit of legal defense. Mra. Messersmlth. widow of the murdered man, testified that Coll yer had spent the evening at their apurtment, and that before leaving, he spoke of having suddenly dis covered Ihe loss of his money. He came back later with a rifle and the tragedy followed While Collyer pleaded guilty to first degree murder, the Jury will have the discretion to disregard It and find him guilty of only second degree murder On a first degree murder, the court muit sentence Collyer to • life term In the penitentiary. around tha neck and tha worda. "Gout Amarlcaln" on a allp of ■•per acroet the eloping ehouldcr. It wat a bottle of champagne, ewlped while the Germane were In Rhelme. > "Here'e your health, fellowa," the German taid. "Dnnh heartyl" And bach he ran. Later In the day the German waa hilled and the newe waa ahouted acroae the road. Ha almply would keep etlchlng hia head above tha trench during buelneee houra. BUT IN THE NIGHT A WREATH OF WILD FLOWERS, GATHERED BY THE FRENCHMEN FROM HEAVEN KNOWS WHERE, AND AT NO ONE KNOWS WHAT RISKS, FELL INTO THE TRENCH WHERE HE WAS WONT TO HAVE HIS PLACE. All la not cutting and alaahlng and ahootlng and gora In war. Tha aplea of good humor and tha milk of human klndnaaa oftan, In thla flght'ng, laaaan tha atlng of hatrad between tha racaa. O* Til %l AM) mc\» i vf i.\m, k 4.000 DEAD IN EARTHQUAKE; POPE IN PERIL ■ V ALICE ROHE I United Press Correspondent HOME. Jan. 14.—With mar tial law prevailing In th« en tlra ragion davaatatad by an earthquake which destroyed many towne and did anormoua damaga In Central Italy, gov arnmant officials thla aftar floon are making extraordinary efforts to compile a Mat of daad and to afford rallaf to tha It la believed tt will tie seversl <la>a before accurate figures are . obtainable. In report* received by members 1 of the cabinet during a special aes aton today eatlmatea of the fatall tlea vary greatly. Premier Salandra. after review- Ing report* from all sources. said he did not believe more than 4,000 bad been killed. Vote »».000 for Rallaf Thla eattmate waa made after re ceipt of messages from Potenxa, In-j dlcatlng that the caanaltlea In that vicinity had been exaggerated. After hearing re|«orta regarding the devaluation, the cabinet set aalde an emergency fund of $50,000 for Immediate relief and Instructed the minister of war to send 2,500 additional troopa to aid the sol dlera sent to the stricken region yesterday. Thousands of tenta aud a large quantity of provlalons and medical ! supplies were rushed from Rome and Naples today. All the medical officers of the army were ordered to give aid, and the army engineering eorpa was detailed to undertake the task of restoring communication Llat of Casualties Although details are lacking, an estimate based on reports received from relief workers In the field In dicated thla result. At Avmmh. •howl l,#W of the 10.000 Inhabitant* killed or Injured. Moil of the town reported wrfrked, mrH Indication* thot man* hate perUhed In *he •urrouud- Inf territory. At Alellt. I reported dead nnd MM) wMindrd. %r|»lito. 150 dead. man? Injured Alhano. limn badly (l«innc<*il: dead tin known. Arrlt-la. 40 dend. I ampn Hnaao, partly »rerked. ?0 known dmd. t Ipriono. many honaea demolished; no fntnlltlea. < erietrl. 7 dead. I llaorlano, 1 reported dead (iallino, •moral dead In rnlna of en thedrol others burled In homes. Megllano. town reported demolished: many fatalltlea feared Monte Kodon. .1 known dead. Nnplia. none dead; man? Injured I'oteaa. tK> mile* mat of Naples. badly datnaied . no dead. t*ofl, town practically demolished: SM out of 4.000 inhabitant* rei»orled killed I'ophl. futalttle* hea«y; no details. |'ale*trln ». A dettd; many Injured. (tome, no fsSaltllra; i»w»m hurl. Klpl. 19 dead; many henrt Horn, 100 yrad ■> town wrerked Another earthquake shock of per ceptible strength shook Rome and vicinity at 3 o'clock this morning It created a panic throughout the stricken district. People already In a stale of ter- GAY OLD DADDY DUCKS OUT WITH HIS SON'S YOUNG WIFE NEW YORK. .Tan. 14.—Youth was not served In the case of Kranklln L>. Wood, a young hos pital Interne who la suliir his 20- year-old wife, Leila, for a divorce, naming his own father aa co-re spondent. Young Wood married the wife he Is trying to get rid of two years ago. and It was charged before lustlm t'ohalan today that his father. Ilenr> Jackson Wood, stole the little bride on the very night of the wedding and eloped with her to Chicago. In running away with his sous Night CDITION WEATHER FORECABT—Rain TIUKM AT OfcATTfJC HlfH. Imwi. m. m., I4J ft. »i.l« a. m.. 10.2 ft 1 i4l p. m , 1>.7 ft. ItiH j»- w.. 0.1 ft. ror as the result of ;«»*terdar'a de vaat tl'.g tremor, rushed Into the street' In their night attlra. In mjti i»( the villages proceaalOß* were formed and the Utany of tb« \ irglti and other prayer* recited to ward of another vlaitaUon. King Victor Emanuel today took . personal charge of the work oC re lief. Pope Remalne Cool The highest praise for Pope Beat- ' diet Is heard on all aides. Ha waa saying the prayers of thanksgiving after ntaaa >«ateroay when the shock started. He hastily concluded mass and hurried Into the sacrtety. where he began directing his sub ordinates to aid the suffering even while he waa dl\eating himself of the sacred vestments The example of coolness elven by his holiness quelled the Incipient panic evident among the papa' guards and other Vatican attend ants. Today the pope ordered high masses sung In all the churches, lie also ordered an immediate in vestigation of the damage done to St Peters. WESTENOE IS WIPED OUT BY ALLIES' FLEET * THE WAR LINEUP * ♦ ♦ TURKEY AND PERSIA— . Tiflis, and Turks massacring Tiflia. and Turks massacrelng Christians and overrunning Pa rata. FRANCE—French admit ra tlring from north to aouth bank Alsne river. Say move mant necessary to protect com munications. Germane reinforc ing at Soissons. assaulting In force. AUSTRlA—Russian attempts to cross Nida river abandoned. Count Von Berchtold's resigna tion aa foreign minister and president of council signifies changed policy. GERMANY—RuaaIan clalma of victorias in East Pruaala de nied. Berlin declares attacks there repulsed. BERLIN, by wireless to London. .1 all 14.—The (own of Western)* has been wiped out by the com bined fire of the allied warships off the Belgian co ist and the al lied forces operating on land. In making this announcement to day the Herman statement declar ed allied torpedo boats and moni tor* which participated in the bom hardment were driven off by the (Jerman land batteries after hav ing damaged the town consider ably. ! wife. It Is alleged In the suit. Wood abandoned his own wife, the moth er of the son he despoiled. Wood and bis daughter ln-law are now aald to be living together In St. I.ouls. The elder Wood Is 45, but does not look nor act his age. It appears tic was his son's s»- < ret rival all through the Utters courtship, but did not reillze the strength of h!« affection for the fair l.elit until after she had mar ried his offspring, ills work from I that time on was quick and de cisive.