The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 23, 1910, Page 1

Actress at 7 A. M. Js What the Police Reporter Had to Interview—-It Is on Page 4 in This Issue. . a 4h nin NY A es ENOUNCE CONTEMPT ce m Punish Star Editors—More Solons Pledged to Aid in Wiping the “Dark Age” Measure from Statute Books. Th Dr. W. T. Christiansen, re-clected repre Ballard, | Frank P. Goss, representative-) country today have greater respect Th rs . ; | . i ont at she is here, helpless, on our rt will be found tn © ranks of the men fig press and | elect from the 45th legislative dis-|for those courts stripped of that That this is an opportunity to make a woman or to leave her as pia during the coming trict, states that, in view of recent! extraordinary prerogative than in the streets subject to every temptation, eve trying to get down to see I read |events, the most tmportant legi#ia- | they do for any of the state's cir mbush which the city holds for the helpless ar ident your sentence,” he said, walking into yeater Hon at the next session will be! cult courts, who claim that such @! Jems girl who ts alone in the world afternoon 1 think the pr iple of conatr s |the repeal of the t permitting | power eneary for thelr very It in up to us. y ‘welows, and | ar t strong for the injunction summary punishment for consiruc-| existence | It in only fair to say that a great many have a Says, and I-stand ready to introduce b regulat ve contempt or contempt commit Court Both Judge and Jury | telephoned in or called in at The Star office nx with s fete fight for them on the of the presence of the “The absurdity of the whole law/ hour after the paper left the presses, and that te are already $ } 4 ~—— ciated — . = | cx of constructive contempt ts not so Investigating the applicants i shall advocate a law,” said) much in the law itself, but in the] Hut The Star wants to make absolutely sure that Margaret Goss today, “along the line of procedure. It ns rather re} has home, and a good home, by Christnias Eve federal act of March 2, 1891 e that in thin country of | coos i which provides ‘that the power of | ours, © every man Is supposed | } the several courts of the United have a trial of any issue in ict xummary punishment for con rested party, and 60. the apanese Complains iIhat He Is Une ; of co e not be con t of trial by jury bas for cen — wd (0 emanate aay costs oe bg Bo Ae of the Victims of Negro Hold-Up Man Ps lay, called on his fiancee, | cept the misbehavior of any person seeme that the courts Rees be slked happily of the coming |! the presence of the said courts, have usurped what fe known as left om ¢ best of /OF #0 near thereto as to struct power to summarily punish for) To the Editor of the ma iw coming down xon C There was no quarrel, asthe administration of justice constructive contempt, and so pre A negro bare A times a rh toe t aleve ph R rumored Federal Courts Limited sent to the public the unseemly | oe suring snd Sth and 9th man of West & lunch Miss Wileoxon com Thix federal } «tale spectacle of some judge who sup} se G Aa “— ned on the headache and went to + i get aya a Unitey poses himself to od be | South in past two weeks, Lam one! por g— 4 Madison st ts pr med thi she | States cireult court and the United bane ge sear : crit) of ime were heldup myhome i sor o'clock last night the gas to d her -batr, | Sta art and teed or poker hotels in that distr are very | me the elevat 1 n id the gas cock too eq court ¢ nex his official acts; m™ hb suffere from it The f ] ¥ at a po ‘ee. tee judge wh ppore ore made rey the police | ma gn) A gas quick! Aaya insulted can hale headquarter cach eo and yet! 1 bas to ere to r ap examination ditt the girl as | pubt nm by the 5 that he! ested un’ dentif r coer Wilk rp mage ge thin tim negre ts enjoying r help the w police t ou And the pec full bene . nbs , oo 2orning George Bolis, | home dete . : 2 pe: aren ne ‘The ; weer of 415 Broad to ie { ga x o Three 4 ae the b ‘ he PF Miss Wilcoxon was engaged t t : re, ne te Comme Gown ere Se! Oe, ee : ; Memarried soon after New| er dead bod identify neg ho was arrested | ners and oug ——— fe and bad bee ‘ \ How do you th pécious one.” 1 I saw the IVORCED, BUT SHE WAS ene GLAD TO WED HIM AGAIN PORTLAND, 0 ww | HE NEVER KEPT HS told the judge I have him r since Re EA eestnersanrly mopu pedi ¢ walelie’” ene ters. Of course, I'm >| eum nevt New Yea nlleg Bim beck. 1 don't « " On « i it That Fri are 1 PYes, we ma ears at k or i . and 4 West * . s @ railroad m ~ umpf, council | 1" i ‘ man ago th that he t« ended a WHEELS LEGLESS FIANCEE to be in a y all past and gone, and | Seattle TO MARRIAGE ALTAR On the th of vember he is rd said about it top? alleged by h ife to have loaded Pr Pa, Dec. 23-—/a locked himself up to| ‘That the legislature wil Whe Meyers, her leg m, telling his wife that the | sore graduates of the Unive less , Into the office of he was going to blow bis braink and, “I have been | Washington than any pre ¢ ses-| Alderman P. J. Melnerney this | out immediate Does that go | Son? morning, Miss Anna Reilly sald Black ts still alive and able to now Alderman, we want to get mar-| earn $1 iN onth as a bookkeeper That the oldest theatre t ried There are two children in : ta Seattle is the Grand opera house? | Meyers lost both legs last Feb-| family “Seventy years ago congress deprived federal courts of the | Seattle, Wash., Dec. 21, 191 ] Edit 5 : which Judge Gilliam, acting under an old, almost for- 12 3 na Orde j Hen state law, thought proper to use in this year of 1910. ( , 8 D , {offense or contempt has been com Vi \ The editors of the Seattl tar ha Mh the Eait mitted beyond his presence or the ind guilt pt of court while valiently fightir a : precincts of the court house, then ihe cause of the ib Sacble, dakinkk What wee ) new causes the offender to be arrested I ' ‘Ba wha ‘ Bently int the ed anywhere in the state, hears the STicvous ir : The 1‘ case at his pleasure, judges the BE IT RESO ED, That we sustain the editors of TI j ste ripe the | insufficiency of the defense, deter | Seattle Stat the Hoste ts alt‘right and put down 3 a, mines the guilt, fixes the (punish B HAMSTAD, 7 ment and summarily sends the ac on t aitate { cused to jailall without right of hk A Ml MI f ate ¢ trial by jury. s are s : By the act of March 2, 1831, | judg 7 ee * in Penney! \ fi , ‘ e dawn of | @# he asks himself Vhat } Mala since year 1836 the : I De be GWE Oe Te oft rhe present enh - Wate courts have had no such F Rag vilization im the making of his Power. ir twe othe f cA Mites, | believe, the courts . h angers Party have never ed else “ Me . this drast ty t 4 tf le per he r r Bat the ’ ae 1 de mig 1 Fal oo tine 1 ‘ ’ Al ir t I A It in ' is : e right before | t it to f But there A mat food fe t rt ft i m sure tha need it I an is with the de-|d ‘ ean IN I RUPE men t But t egntime " . und- | mem) Judge G € ull} him tn ur galle party lines | ones and the disuse FAitor g. Mids * ‘ = Mats dor ia waka “ Very tru DM new child 4 0 Broadway, Everett, Wash SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1910. DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS entatives Goss and Christensen Use Strong Words in Speaking of Old-Time Law Resurrected by Judge Gilliam to rare WORD TODIE SO HS See WIFEWANTS BORE The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE. A Club for Women That Is What the Home Page for Women in The Star Amounts To Are You Reading It? Here, you good people of Seattle. What are you going to do about Baby Marg Baby Margaret has GOT tO have a good hon hands, She is our neighbor—the neighbor of us all helpless. A man can take 80 well, always But this is just a dimpled little laughing, happy hearted, whole She's on our and she te care of him self A woman can, hearted baby girl. She can't take up the battle of life O t know life Is a battle, The world to her ts a place where eat, When they can get food, where people wear nice tty . when they have them, where one can play with dolls and teddy bears and play nice game Baby Margaret's starved little life has known little of happl ne There have been times aplenty when she cried herself to sleep, hungry and cold. Times when she has been ashamed to face the other little children because her clothes were so ragged Times when she ran home broken hearted because other little Girls had dolls to love and dress up and to care for, and she had none, That was when Margaret i# one of tt As you read this, remember the That Margaret's distress ia no f That she in a xweet, unspoiled, } on the world, with her little hands out one to love her and care for her Now she home children Margaret had a city’s forgotten things t of oking ¢ king some Arms’ Own Testimony Proves Star’s Charges The Star charged that Arms-stopped work in Ballard and left the poles rotting in the ground and t he wires rusting on the poles, refus ing to supply light to the people there and leaving them to the higher rates of the 8. E. Co., which had a plant there He the testimony nve " ‘ report, subst fating The c | Q—Wasn't it the intention before xplained seven times that lee to Rall Didn't 1 change ery clk did ‘ “ ist had bee awn how much there was available by shausted Q-—-When did you find out about were t out this fund of $28,000 that could be not used for Ballard? reached Te hat _ Acc! didn't know about that till Weil, | can't tell you just what. oh ors time ago. Thad nev Meares e of extending in Ballare Q.—Was it the south end or West athe this ae Seattie? A.—There were districts; | think there were several. | can’t tell just where they are. that w em ow—I neve ARMS DIDN'T KNOW. AND HE 18 STILL SUPERINTENDENT The probers then went Into the Th drew from the witne ha there was one fund of $14,000, an A.—-My recollection is that—well other of $2,400 and atill another of 1 don't Know as to that. d have been used The 8. E. Co. is sup work in Ballard the $28,000 which to cor Q complete the wi 1 e gh An of been bh r lowe a r* Wetthin foktckér? "3 Mili * WEATHER FOHECAST. * t . : Miuiltar onors * . u # Oveasional rain tonight and * f F H Baturday: light southerly * or ire ero ® winds * * * Oe ee eel (By United Press.) CHICAGO. De 2 « TTCrrrrr ee ee 2 2 2 ae Peele Tinian. bd 7 * t * HOMELINESS DRIVES MAN #& (urs san * TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE ® jor wart Pere * * & Company's pl will * HOQUIAM € Gu ® , ‘ rilita " ¥ Pearson, a wel , * # front charact ok a dose of t t % polson In t and was ® Repor 3 Los * saved t t death * ® by pre pt actior f tending ® ° Th Fi # phyat \ 1 why # in Theatre Fire * he att i d ne iction, * *® "I look At the ® nae a de lay a ¢ nife and * h is burz * an le » hoe “ * * t ok tk tok ok te tk tw probabl 1 A Story of the Town Wer } | elt But in't kt clone hose new-fangled brellas after t t n a ntloyiar " ‘ ba al \ blaw ar The little old (he n stun 1 Not this time, I don't kt i e thet um berel an’ I don’t b w what hor body ar But by was beatipg # time young man hastily around the corner CHRISTMAS PRESENT. though not} ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS be. ONE CENT. HERE’S BABY MARGARET.--SHE WANTS A HOME AND MOTHER FOR CHRISTMAS 5 nanan HE LITTLE FAIRY. PEOPLE PLAY SANTA Whose Troubles Were Told About by | The Star, Will Have Happy Christmas, After All G00D The Arnett F, Th AB t afte aining 50 pen a i aa ¢ ws es, with i to give each and al t ' neve w a n a pack- ; 7 t ver he T t M A fee i : - who Pe Se : : ‘ " oned, ch : For 8 { ming he A a the of- nt 180? West ban eine" w ’ and ros i yp = KIRK CASE p in the ba r h old Alaskan t from the been >} € once. The th Christe was ighest thing the big, fat some} EVERE All evi- money for candy for “th - dence it urder trial that's not at the night this d to arguments night, goes to the e defense pro- ho es men the tly before that *‘Why? Charity’s Worse Than Sin!’’ Florence Knott, the “Badger Girl,” Says She Fell Deliber- ately Because She Could Not Live on $4 a Week. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec, 22.—There ain't any girl who can live on $4 a week, and if there are those who can stick it out, when they are freez and sick, |'am one that couldn't.” With this statement, Mrs, James B, Knott, formerly Florence Bennett of Flint, Mich., the “badger girl,” has revealed a real live production of “The Easiest Way.” She is ail charged with a sensational attempt to blackmail Harry Rosenthal, a rich sporting goods dealer, thr participated ugh a plot in which her husband This is he By Mrs. James Knott. and other men | was not taught a trade, you see. At 12 years | began to earn ny own living, because my mother, ar alid, was married to her ond husband, who refused tc rt | worked in a laundry and got odd J rooms in a hotel But as it was, | never had enoug ney ¢t buy decent clothing with, and | had a healthy appetite that was neve atis fied, because after paying for my room a t es | had to have, | uld buy nough to eat But the year | w an to got | got fired f the laundry. | was ¢ t , hotel, and one day, aft ad walked t 1 fe n a dead faint wr ' ame to they Id t have a girl ar that ah sick Well, | made up my r ) 4 live 2 and that | didn't want to try ar | wa k and and hungry. ! hated charity worse than si { deliberately made up my mind | want d to eat a jood clothing t t anyt It was while tour th an an ‘ V 1 the girl met her husbar | loyd Bennett, of Flint, Mich., her brother, was to react |— ington today to help in her de t and her | ome will be ar 4