The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 18, 1911, Page 1

ing that he sees everything on in the world, the sun a rare optimism in shining any DAGERY To get this amount of ‘Mra. Minnie Wiliiams is al | the will of the Williams, her divorced Mra. Williams is today Judge Main’s court on 3 of forgery in the first ae crime punishable by min the lary. will le Filed. dramatic situation te the bringing of the criminal yee against Mrs. Williams has Deen Witnessed fn (he King My courts. Mrs. Williams filed r forsed will for probate seember, 1909. It purported to ‘the entire estate, valued iy at $25,000, with the ‘of $1 each to a sister and of “Jack” Williams was killed by a snow gailes from Valdez in April “Two months before (hat Mrs had secured a divorce med will Ac the ‘and sister of “Jack” Wil Immediately started to con- The trial came up before Gay and lasted four days for the coutestauts of p will showed that “Jack” Wil ‘Was a2 filiterate person who id not have drawn up the will ong ae of thi Afd it was also that one attorney had re & $1,000 fee to draw Wane. ‘was finally sub- it took only two merely devoted | to the ts, tO ar) The verdict brought fm at abou! 7 o'clues i. of February 2 dee ef i Hately ordered ure Williams and the wit ‘Fred and Minnie who testified that they B the execation of the will by {nstramen' 8 verdict that the purported a forgery. 1 6 BLOCKS COUNCIL nga ls a powerful council this after Bécause Heas intimated this that of 4cont street cars, the bill wil! ‘Rot be brought in for pas. California and Kel ‘eccupying the mayor's chair, only five councilmen, a bare {0 transact the business of Haas has opposed all other fea along the same line in these will probably be father than run the risk by the vote of ee Edna Girdlestone ¥ morning and fo hotel was on fire she m: dath for the window, Pole and slid, firer to the ground and safe eer It burn-|} ‘ 5 The fire is sup- le been caused by a de kitehen range roe Miss Girdiest ‘ one wae alone in the re as IEVES IN «yy ES ry Pith, aide iO FENCES’ rman in the town Birathtield, a suburb of ids poy Wales, has written the this elty for information ae ‘item of “untenced al He Drevailing in this coun in ays be thoroughly be ee fences.” The mayor's & little at a ions what is the Australian term, “un- . 13, NO. 177, THOSE EYES! THAT MOUTH! OH, | WHAT WAS “MONA LISA” THINKING? What do you think “Mona Lisa” was think! | posed for Leonardo Da Vinci's priceless painting’? guess, and maybe when she have your n solve the riddle that has pursed art wor ath century What dowg the smile signify? Or is it a smile? Perhaps it is an expression of complacency and satisfaction, such as a mother shows when watching her child at play, The eyes do not smile as much ax the mou, but there ts harmony, Da Vinci is auld to have employed! musictans and jestera to bring out the desired expression in bis sub | Mona Liga” was the wife of Franceseo Glocondo. Da Vin | fox five years and then announced it unfinished was offered by the British government for the picture, and refused. | ; Whether the stolen painting will ever be returned to its place in the Louvre, or whether copies only will exist in the future, the face will continue to be & study for art lovers for centuries. The painting wes stolen from its great gold frame in the Louvre (the national art gallery) in Paris two months ago. Since then no trace of the masterpiece bas been found. 2 —y ‘Woman Enjoys Big City Sights. | After 13 Years in Mining Camp | After 13 years in the rugged mi! the first steamer going north next! ing camps of Alaska, Mre. Ruth | spring.” Sherbourne is enjoying her first! Iditarod as a gold field has been round of slight seeing in Seattle to- a disappointment, Mra. Sherbourne day |says. From 5,000 to 4,000 people, Mra. Sherbourne ts the young |the population of Iditared City has widow of the onetime owner of the dropped to 1,200. and a great many Sherbourne Mercantile company, |of these are having a hard time to an outfitting enterprise that fol-}got slong comfortably, she anys, lowed the gold rash tn ‘97. Most of the gold prospectors have | “I have been in Iditarod City for | gone on to the new field at Ruby, the past year and « half,” Mre jon the Yukou. This new strike is Sherbourne told a Star maa at the |declared by the geological. survey | | Butler today. “We sourdoughs say experts to be right in the aeart of jthat we will never go back to that /the gold quarts belt, and it is be- | country, you know, but I don't know jlieved that Ruby will be « greater j but what I will be right on board ‘field than Iditarod has ever been. aia ere 'WHAT’S THIS? PUG DOGS AMONG THE HAS-BEENS? Of all the 222 bine bigoded bow-|eanine-joving pabiic, especially to wows which will be seen in the an-| the feminine end of that public a ‘ Nobody nts a pur now,” nual fall bench show of the Seattle | saig ‘one of the Oregon fanciers Kennel club, to be held Thereday,iwho is here. “There was a time Friday and Saturday of this week | when every woman who wanted a on the basement Moor of the new | doe pe gps “y Pee nc a sat | ee js demand and so prevalent | Bon Marche building, there is but) hecame the ownership of pugs as| one pug dog. That te entered by | house and lap pets, that this breed Mrs. Katherine Hickey. lof canine took second place only to Thereupon hangs a sad story ofthe motherin-aw tn the joke col dogdom. umns, | The pug dog, a4 a breed, fs on the ‘Women still bave lap dogs, stil! decline—is doomed, say fanciers | have and exhibit that affection for | | who take a business of catering to} dogs which we wNo like dogs ad ¢ whims and the desires of the| mire, but no more the pug.” RICH TACOMA MAN CHARGED! WITH WIFE DESERTION (Br United Prowse tensed Wee Kilmer having asked the police to SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Sept. ‘locate her, as ahe had all his ready 18.—£. G. Kilmer, a wealthy Feet] Boers A eisnsteiage from the first) re right, the woman quickly came for- dent of Tacoma, Wash., is under ar | ward ‘with the money and insisted | rest here today for alleged wife de-| on Kilmer taking it all. |sertion, The arrest was made on) “You will need every cent of it, telegraphic instructions from the! George,” she sald. “I'll go to work [Tacoma “authorities. Kilmer was| and get money and I'll be back to |found at a garage with an alleged) help you fight this charge.” laffinity. The woman quickly disap-/| The parting between two two was } peared, bGt was found an hour later;| a tearful one. ae \Mount Etna Se CAN'T ACCEPT IT According to the opinion of E. 8. O'Brien, asvistant superintendent of public utilities, the city cannot legally aceept the offer of W. R. Crawford for the joint use of the Seattle, Renton & Southern tracks in the ‘operation of the proposed city owned line, It is pointed out that the $800,000 bonds voted for the municipal line carried the provision that the power to run the cars shall be se- cured from the municipal plant. The Crawford offer would compel the city to pay part of the original cost of the line, as well as to con- tribute 10 per cent of the deprecia- tion annually, and to pay 1 cent per kilowatt hour for the electricity used. R . on Rampage CATANIA, Sicily, Sept. 18 Ashes and hot pebbles are falling today to the north of here, having been carried a considerable distance | | from the volcano on Mount Etna by \* heavy wind, | Prof. Pont of Catania university | | wtated today that the explosion from | the mountain was five times greater) than that In 1910. OLE HANSON NEVER BET ON HORSES (iy United Proan Leased Wire.) SPOKANE, Bept. 15,-Ole Han- son of Seattle, author of the antl race trace if of Washington, de- clared that he would bring suit against a morning publication here pecause the paper, he alleged, in-| timated thet he had been betting} jon the horse races at Coeur d'Alene. never laid a bet, and I do not intend to have it said I did,” said Hanson, indignantly. A LONE SURVIVOR | OROVILLE, Cal,, Sept. 18.—Re-} ports received today from. stage | drivers and hunters coming in from | the backwoods country tell of see ing a strange Indian woman about] the edges of the woods, who is be | Heved to be the squaw of Iehl, the |lone survivor of the Deer Creek | tribe, now in custody for examina- | tion by scientists of the University A MAINE MAN'S MUSINGS do not need blue spectact Nor beard so fi d black; need not tread the alleyway To reach the secret shack. do not need a guide to tell Me where to get a drink, A bootleg of booze is no More use to me, | think. Whene’er | drink at home | need Not hide beneath the bed. NEWS ITEMS FROM THE HICKTOWN BEE The ladier of the M. bE are thinking of giving a straw matting povla}, Jverybody must bring a ph of w matting to send to heathens in Ikkigloek, Ieeand. 4 eat it I, Gotta Stabb, advance agent of Lydia Lanes Laughing Ladies Bur- Jooue company, i# at the ney The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN MBER 16, 1911. SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, SEPTE! STOLYPIN (BAD FALL MEETS END} FOR THIRD | JAILED AS WITCH BRAVELY; AVIATOR ‘ ied Kress Lenned Wire) CREAR KHER KIE pt. 18—Shot through iw The three aviators now at the lunge by Bogroff, an alleged! ® tempting the world's longext anarchist, as he sat in the opera) ® serial fight, in crossing the house here, Premier Stolypin ef) ® continent between San Fran- Russia succumbed to his wounds » ciseo and New York, have now today. all met with accident The dying prime minister @ still struggling on thelr way fine display of courage as the end @ Fowler was wrecked in the drew on. He made light of his own | Sierra Nevada mountains, but sufferings. His tast hours were oc- w expects to get started again The pe SEATTLE : ONE CENT. THIS WOMAN IS _— cupied in giving his official aids | ® today. Ward has had several advice [® alight accidents, but is making @ in the out-)@ progress slowly, Rodger lying provinces of the empire, His | w cident mad delay him a day. only comment on his own condition w The prise for success in $50,- was, “I feel death is coming, and w 060, and the trip must be made - w® ip 20 days. RRARREHERH KHER (Dy Valted Freee Leased Wire.) MIDDLETOWN, N.Y Sept. Carl Rodgers, the third aviator to start for a $60,000 prize in a coast- to-const flight, wrecked his aero- plane near here today and sustain. 8 eprained ankle, T' See eeeteeeeeeeeet Skeet enetnnw ene & RUSSIAN ASSASSINATIONS & Of the nations of the world, Russia has lost more public officiais by assassination than any other country Notable warsinations in Russian hin tory follow PAUL, CZAR OF RUSSIA, killed by nobles March 24, 1801 ALEXANDER IL, CZAR OF RUSSIA killed by a bomb March 12, 1881 CONSTANTINOVICH VON PLEHYV minister of inte rior, assassinated July 28, 1904 GRAND DUKE anssinated Feb. by revolutionists. GEN, KOZLOV, mistaken for Gen, Tropoff, at qutes of pal ace at Peterhof, July 14, 1906. Thirty persons of the nobility killed by bombs during a re- ception by Premier Stoly- pin, Aug. 26, 1906. GEN. MIN, shot by’ a young woman at Peterhof, Aug. 26, 1906. GEN, WONLARLARSKI, gov ernor general of Warsaw, abot Aug. 27, 1906. GEN. NICOLAIEFP, aseassin @ ated b yfive revolationista & at Warsaw, Sept. 19,1906 GEN. RINKEVICH, at Aska @ bad, while acting as judge @ advocate at a military trial #) > of troops charged with mu @ tiny, Oct. 1, 1906. * COUNT ALEXIS IGNATIEFP, # shot by # evolutionist at # Tver, Dec, 22, 1906. e MAJ, GEN. LAUNITZ, prefect ® of police, St. Petersburg, & shot and killed by an un @ identified assassin, Jan. 3, & 1907 * PRINCE LIZHAVAKOPFP, bis # wife, mother, daughter and # servants killed by assassins # in transcaucasio, May 19, # 1909. * RAAAHHHEEKKEHAKAEE ee will day. arted in the air at 6 morning, after making seventy miles from New York here a mishap. He barely & stone fence In ascending start caused him trouble, Ghd, after sailing 600 feet, the right ane of hts machine struck @ hick- tree. The plane doubled, send- the machine crashing through branches, Rodgers was pinned beneath the tyoken plane for reveral minutes, His ankle was painfully strained “A quick examination of the ma- showed that the engine was ed, and, without much damag: je, the broken planes can be red... ‘ ly & few persons saw him NING, N. Y., Sept. 18.--After minutes fiying, during which 56 miles, Aviator Ward toreed by engine trouble to here today. At 1:30 was still on the ground | | | } | } Lil clock this Sseeteeeteaesee SERGIUS, 17, 1906, * * * * * * * ‘BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY A bureau of public efficiency hae ¢ an institution in Beatile. it organized on the same lines and ith similar purposes as the Bu- of Municipal Research in New and the Chicago Bureau of Efficiency. The aims are to Sons, efficiency in the work of various city departments and thoroughly examine them for purpose. E. G. Shorrock is the nt of the new bureau and G. Tilton i the secretary-treasurer. A& resolution, endorsing the work @f the bureau, will probably be in- troduced in the city council this af- ternoo: ‘ MINISTER 1S ON TRIA RTLAND, Or. Sept. 18 (iy United Frees Leased Wire) PAUG, Bavaria, Sept. 18. Though not actually arrested, Thomas A. Edison and family are d tained peat Loman: a bd result of an inquiry Into jen of a child killed by the automobile of the Methodist church, will of Edison's son. It is not believed » ‘on trial Wednesday be- that the inventor will be detained | fre the Oregon annual conference long as there, is little doubt that} @t.Balem, Or., on charges which in- the accident was due to the child'’s}¢lude misappropriation of church carelessnoss. fands and unprofessional conduct ‘The child was playing In the road |{n business deals. and gave no heed to the chauffeurs} Rev, Parsons, who is in Alaska, warnings. will not appear fn person. A num- — — ber of letters and depositions from 2,000 CHILDREN Fairbanks, Alaska, will be en- CHEER TAF in bie defense. jends Parsons scout the iy Cable United Pree.) PONTIAC, Mich., Sept. 18— President feted up- idea that Parsons misapplied any funds under his care, and declare that personal animus supplied a on his val here today by dress. All along the line from Detroit children were out motive for the charg cheering the presidential trol- rT] THI cow CHICAGO, Sept. eheckroom is to be established in & room adjoining the municipal courtroom at the Maxwell street 18.—Rev, Parsons, 60, for three years t of the Alaska mis- pre int was escorted to the grand stand In the park, where 8,000 persons cheered him. 23-Acre Farm River Frontage We offer today 23 acres of water front on the Stillaguamish river, Snohomish county, near Granite Falla, No richer soil on Puget Sound. Surrounded by neighbors, near county road, half mile from school and on rural free de- livery. Price $1,375 Terms of $50.00 cash, $15.00 per month, fog, as the result of an order given from the bench by Municipal Judge William N, Gemmill, sitting at that rt, toda: The order came after the judge had declared that it has been ap-| parent to him while he has been iding over the court at the well street station that women involved in proceedings carry mg children into the courtroom ler the purpose of winning sym- “S600. 00 BELT LINE That the Northern Pacific will begin work on the Lake Union belt line and expend approximately $500,000 was the announcement given out after a conference Sat- arday evening between Superinten- | dent of Public Utilities Valentine and C, H. Winders, attorney for the company. Six blocks of property have been purchased by the company at Ter- ry av,, between Thomas and Repub- | of California, Thickhorn Botts jabbed a pitch- fodk into a smooth-looking stranger who tried to get him to sign a con tract for 96 lightning rods yesterday. tral hotel. The Ls Vriday night and they are some gels, Mr, Htavb sayy. it's funny that mort old maida do- clare marriage |e ture, ain't 1? Watertower paused to enquire morning lican sts., for terminal purposes. It is estimated that the railroad will expend In all $1,500,000 for im- provements in the north end of the OLE HANGON 4 CO. 914-815-316-317 New York Bik, 'Y | Mre. S)}etation, beginning tomorrow morn-|~ At the top are reproduced the © abalistic anti-witch signs over the door of George Kip home. Next b elow is a family group of Mrs. Kipp and her chi picture of the “bewitched” bride, Mre. John Sobers, and the pretty K ipp home. ALLENTOWN, Pa. Sept. 18—) flashlight she carriod at night to The crue! old days of Salem witch-| help her nearsighted eyes.) craft were revived bere the other} Next day she was hooted on the street®. At dusk she returned to day. Mrs. Meta Immerman, ® poor) ring her trunk on the porch. She seamstress from New York, WA#/ pounded on the door because she But in jail, then driven out of town.) wanted the trunk key that was in She might have met the fate of the | ner room, Malem witches if she had not left} ns. Vi. cated the police. The hurriedly. She left so quietly. 18] crowd yelled “witch” as she was ct, that many of the bard-headed | 7" AS s ene ‘ superstitious people of Allent Cs pegsweliage eres bud due pomp. a she rode away!“ Capaliatic crosses ure now chalk- ed above each door in the Kipp This is the year 1911 and this home. On the front door are seven is a city of steel mills, trolley cars with mystic quirks about and telephones, and yet in the week ir {nterseetion points. she was here, Mrs. Immerman was i rh i insulted and mocked, her baggage was thrown out of her lodgings. she was stoned, arrested and jatled Mrs. Immerman came to Allen- town to take the Koeipp barefoot treatment in the hope of restoring | her eyes, almost destroyed by over-| work. She took the treatment under John Kloxs, who lives in a hut near town. She gave her New York address as 349 Central park W. The Y. W. C, A. sent her to the home of George Kipp, a Dutch butcher at 207 8. 1ivh st. In the House were oiso John Sobers and hie young wife, soon to become a mother. : Mrs. Immerman was tall and angular, halt just a chade off red, and her faded gray eyes squinted through very thick glasses. On the fourth day John Sobers came home ring from indiges- tion. He consulted Charles Kistler, a powwow doctor, one of many in this town. Kistler told him he was the victim of an evil spirit. ‘Then the Kipps and Sobers began to remember things. They remem- bered Mrs. Immerman’'s strange diet of raw eggs and nuts, her nightly excursions to the city park (to take the barefoot treatment in the dewy grass). That night when the Kipps went upstairs to bed they passed Mrs. Immerman's room. The door was open and she was in bed. Kipp says ber eyes burned lke a cat's. News like this travels. The next day the neighbors were saying that Immerman was a witch and could make fire ‘lash from her finge: (This was the electric All-Wool Suits $4 BOYS' AND CHILDREN’S OVERCOATS, $3.50 and up to $15.00 ACIGAR ON ME BEFORE YOU Go Shafer Bros Arcade and Arcade Annex. city. conaand) ‘HOME EDITION aoe ea 2 ‘ople who insist that skimmed milk is the healthiest kind are gener- ally the people who have just had all the cream, ‘WANTS HIM i PUT BACK i | WN AL | Hillman Could Escape Pen by Going to Victoria, Says Dis- trict Attorney. " (By United Presse Leseed Wire) PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 18—El- mer Todd, United for the state of W. appeared before the United States court of appeais and asked that Clarence D. Hillman, rmitlionaire real estate man of Seattie, be re- manded to the custody of the United States marshal. Hillman {# at Mberty on $200,000 bonds pending an appeal from the decision of the United States cir- cult court, which found bim guilty of using the mails to defraud, He was sentenced to 24% years in the , federal perfitentiary. | Gill of Tacoma Worried. | The application was brought about through a petition by C. N. |Gill of Tacoma, one of Hiliman's | bondsmen, who asked to be re- leased from the $26,000 bonds that he furnished for Hillman. In asking: that Hillman be re manded to the custody of the mar shal, Todd alleged that Hillman is | worth several million dollars, and all he has to do to avoid serving tradition law | offense. | Spencer to Repla Frank Burke, Hillmai ney, asked that R. R. Spencer. vice president of the National Bank of | Commerce of Seattle, be allowed to replace Gill on the bond. The court will decide on the mo jtion this afternoon, covering Hillman’s Gilt, ‘ MOB CLASHES WITH SOLDIERS AUSTING “Tens Sept, 18--Tele- grams here today from Tampico, Mex., say that a mob clashed with federal soldiers in the streets there. After a desperate conflict nine per- jsons were killed and = many | wounded. : * * i” THE WEATHER * |® For Seattle and vicinity: % |® Fair tonight and Tuesday; *& |* cooler Tuesday; light easter- & |* ly winds. Temperature at & |* noon today, 56. « SL Ral seuss THATS A GAME On YOU, BuT YouRE not Gone TOauy wera our TRVIN 2 'T BACK. Nou'Rt Too MUCH oF A_sPo FoR is How Mi pin NEVER SAW Suct ACK AS You HAD