The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 31, 1911, Page 1

~The Seattle Star _ONLY INDEPENDENT NE APER IN SEATTLE i SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1911 — re las Hi EDITI mse 2 HOME EDITION. The rain falls alike upon the just and ] A Philadelphia man says “Hobble Still, most are not visibly afraid of cither, pets ata unjust, but the unjust are more likely) VOL, 13, NO. 209 ON TRAINS AND Rkws eraxve ONG HUNT id Herself in Basement of Home for Seventeen Days Velma Jones, Who Disappeared Early in Month, Is Discov- ered Hidden in Basement Where She Lives on Canned Fruit for Nearly Three Weeks. Reprimanded because she would |————————— not be a “good girl,” but instead | ran about at nights, 14-year-old Vel- | ma Jones hid herself in the ba ment of the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wilbur, 3733 Brooklyn av. over two weeks ago. There she| was found yesterday by Mr. Wilbur, wrapped in an old blanket. With nothing to eat except what | she could get out of cans of fruit | and preserves, the girl remained in hiding. Upon the approach of a| member of the fainily she would | craw! into an old red blanket and | roll herself against a pile of lum-| ber. Hides While Family Hunts. There she lived while the family hunted about Seattle for her. Only | an accident prevented her remain ing there perhaps for weeks longer. | Her clothes were musty and soiled me to have an umbrella a | FIND RUNAWAY ONE CENT. RL AFTER L Riches Was to Be Married H Marder on Day IPASSS FESS s esi ksaas 4¢ When he went to Boston fashion- Now the Rev. Richeson must an- Love came as they strolled through . Wooded lanes of Hyannis. He was‘an eloquent preacher In the little church by the sea. em HORRIBLE — SLAUGHTER Chinese Rebels Recapture Big City of Hankow, After Terrific Battle—Thousands of Bodies Cover Surface of River— Battle Incredibly Furious. (By United Prose Leased Wire) SHANGHAI, Oct. 31.—Captured after a furious battle, in which the combatants literally chopped each other to p: . the city of Hankow is today again in the hands of the Chinese revolutionists, although the greater part of the city is a heap of blackened ruins. News of the second fall of Han- kow came in wireless messages | from the British warships in the! Yangtzekiang. They say the final battie came on Sunday, and that the} imperial troops, badly beaten and in crashing into the grand stand at the wild disorder, are fleeing northward | before the victorious republicans, | Slaughter Terrific. Crossing the river from Wuebang, the wireless dispatehes say, the reb- els engaged the imperial troops; hand to hand on the river front of Hankow. There the slaughter was terrific, and today thousands corpses, hacked and maimed in bar- barous fashion, cover the bosom of the river as they float down toward Shangha ONE MORE ACCIDENT at sulting in the demolition of one of} of| where he expects to pass Aviator street and house-to-house fight for) hours. ¢ FOR AVIATOR FOWLER UCSON, Ariz. Oct. SL—A little puff of breeze, striking the planes the last moment. cording to Aviator Robt. G. Fowler today, was the cause of his machine yesterday University athletic field here, re- the uprights and the crushing of | both landing skies. Fowler escaped injury and ex pects to repair the damage to bis machine in time to leave Tucson some time today for Wilcox, Ariz, Rodgers, who is taking @ crows} country fight to Los Angeles. (By United Press Leased Wire) BOSTON, Oct. 31.—Quiet hung over the police court here today when Rev. C. V. T. Richeson was brought from his cell to be arraign-| ed on a charge of having murdered Miss Avis Linnell. Oniy an ordi- nary crowd was present. He Walked Rapidty. The prisoner stepped quickly from the dock to the bar, where he| met his attorney, Philip Dunbar.! The warrant charging murder was) read in an undertone, almost be-) fore the crowd knew what had hap pened, and the prisoner immediately to his cell Were They Married Secretly? | Atte Ante! La nt District ney Women Won’t Stand for Bachel BOSTON, Oct. 31-—| Homestead Association cau women made idol of him. the yell and Police Inspector Arm strong returned last night from Hy annis, where they went to invest gate a rumor that Richeson and Miss Linnell had been married cretly, They declined to discuss he result of their expedition ‘The grand jury, which ts taking testi in the noon Violet Edmande Iii. Mins Violet Edmands, afft to Richeson at the time of hi rest, and whose wedding day this was to have been, is under the care anced returned|of a physician at her fashionable Brookline home. Richeson’s case was continued until Nov or Women's achusetts a bachelor, the i women’s organizations, with a total membership of a hundred thou sand, against Louis candidate. Frothingham, the republican guberna’ rial ficial announcement of the women's organized opposition is made by Charlotte Their resolution to the effect ed governor of the state reads: “Resolved, that no man should what his party affiliations, who is a bachelor. are failures, their duty to society. T! imith, executive officer of the assoctation. that no bachelor should be elect. be elected governor, no matter Bachelors shirk and they always have been, always wil! be, and are not good citizens.” HOT FIGHT AT. LOS ANGELES. elpal clined to | can now be purchased 16 pounds) SUGAR DROPPING Sugar and potatoes are the prin household necessities in descend today. Sugar for $1, the first time since the can ning season, when the sugar trust raised the price to catch all hoate. wives, The wholesale price of One day his poate sweetheart was found dead in ¥. W. C. A. ERS * Mra. George Kelly and her huejon Kelly. band, the awake C. Rogers, jwho was George Kelly until the operation at Providence hospitas, will, for the present at least, re |main man and wife. When Rogers leaves the hospital he will go to live with Mrs. Kelly at the home of her parents at Renton. Then, if Rogers feels physically able, he Intends te go to Port \Milakely and work in the lumber }milig in which he worked as Kelly. }He will go totally in ignorance of jthe work and will have to learn it will ail over again, but this he ing to do. Two Names a Bother, {A ntrange problem will f gouple if they decide to ii Rother ax husband and wife in the future as they lived while Rogers war Kelly Rogers must either jebange bis name back to Kelly-—a« name which he disowns and which he probably assu for lack of & betier during the 14 years he wandered about a stranger to his @wn existence—or another mar riage ceremony will have to be per: formed under the new name of Rogers How long Rogers will be kept at the hospital is not known, Dr. M |G, Storais, who with Dr. G. W. Swift performed the operation up ewer for death of Avis Linnell. AND WIFE MAY MARRY AGAIN ‘came active.” \Marriage Saves Girl From Jail; when she was found, Seventeen days ago the girl dis- appeared from her home and a search wag begun for her, but neither the police nor the girl's friends could find @ trace of her. Her father is dead and her mother je in Alaska and over a year ago Mr. and Mrs, Wilbur took her into thelr home. Yesterday Wilbur, who is a carpenter, began to haul would |#0me lumber out of the cellar. He placed his hand on the old red blan- |ket and felt the form of a body Junder it | Thought She Was Dead. Almost speechless, Wilbur called for hin wife. “I've made a dreadful discovery,” he said. He believed the girl was dead. Examination | 11 | 8howed her to be alive and well stated that he keep Rogers at the hospital under observation for some time Operated to Prevent Blindness. The aliar thing about the/ operation upon Rogers is that it! was performed, not for the pur pose of restoring the mental fac ulties of the deranged George Ke ly, but to prevent blindness | was evident.” said Dr, Sturgis,|, “1 been here all the time, and “that Kelly was going blind. Brain|! haven't eaten a bit was the girl's greeting pressure bad so affected the optic virven that the operation was d¢-| Later she admitted she had eaten cided upon. The skull was tapped, | Some canned fruit. Six empty cans the brain was allowed to ooze| ere found. Bread crumbs were through and the pressure was re-|#!80 found. She had evidently got Heved. Hin sight was restored to|the bread from the bread box on} normal, and the man Rogers, of /the steps. whom we knew nothing, awoke.” On top of the pfle of lumber was | Doctor Puzzied. }a mattress. There the girl slept at | Dr. Sturgis was asked to advance | Might. When found, she was suffer- | & theory on the remarkable case. |'D6 se y from chilblaing and “1 have no theory,” be sald. “Evi-| this compelled her to remove her dently, the action of the brain| shoes. She was found in her stock changed with the operation. How |!ng feet that action changed I do not know. | Leaves Little Brother. i] keke so) VELMA JONES. Wilbur for being out at night. She had started for a moving picture show with her little brother, Er- nest, but left bim later in the eve- ning. Dirs, Wilbur was in tears when seen this morning. “I tried to make a good girl of her,” she said. “T told her she must be a good girl or 1 could not keep her in my home. A year ago I told her 1 would give her another chance.” Brought From Portland. The girl was brought here by her mother from Portland, where she had been in charge of a colored |family and the juvenile court. Following her disappearance a search was made throughout the house for her, but she was not found. Once Mr. Wilbur heard a noise in the cellar, but when he went down no one was to be seen, Velma is an exceptionally large girl for her age. She attended In some manner the blow on the| Velma disappeared October 13, head received by Rogers In New| following a reprimand from Mrs.| York over 14 years ago short-cir-| = culted the old avenues of thought A pew avenue of thought was de-| veloped in the meantime, and when | the operation lifted the brain to normal the old channel again be- Land City Thomas Murphine or Philip Tin dall will be the city’s next corpor-. ation counsel from present indica- Tindall or Murphine Will school up to the time of her dis- appearance Attorney Position ithe people. Tindall at present bas a slight lead, but the councilmen who favor him are also friendly to Murphine. The battle, much of which was witnessed from the British and other foreign gunboats, was incredibly furious, the fighting Chinese battling like demons, with rifles, knives and swords, }ttons. Scott Calhoun has tendered his resignation, but the council a Whirlwind Court Story »s, ::<2+».,2¢,% sone! dust one week after her arrest They were In a taxicab bas united upon one man. for “trisking” Conrad Hores, an Calhoun wants one of his as- It developed today that neither Bradford nor Hughes who are now in the corporation counsel office can get more than two votes. Haas and Blaine, the two councilmen 'WAFFERTY. FOR “BOB” PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 91.—Con- gressman A. W. Lafferty tame ovt today with the flat-footed announce ment that he would support Robert c |grapes han begun to soar, which lprobably megns Uhat an advance in [the retail price ts forthcoming (ay United Preas Leased Wire) | FALSE TEETH GIVEN LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31.—For the TO HELP MEETINGS first time in the history of Los An a saloon. when he discovered he had lost his | throughout the whole city. La Follette in his candidacy for the! geles, socialism looms large ax a| Inoney. He ordered the chauffeur |*istants named to succeed him,|!who are not at all friendly to mu- Fought to “Last Ditch.” republican nomination for presi-| determining factor In a city elec Alaskan miner, of his haps con} ig arive to the police station where |but the municipal ownership coun-|nicipal ownership, are for Brad- When the first bodies of the reb-|dent, and that he would vote for a|tion. In the taining &110, while out “joy rid-lthe girls were put under arrest Cilmen are inclined to put in a ford, but they would switch to els landed in Hankow, they were op-|democrat if a non-progressive was | today, Job Harriman, socialist, ts ling” with him and another girt|for grand larceny. Welch, who bad |®an in sympathy with their views |Hughes if the latter could muster posed by a vastly superior force of | nominated for the office by ihe re-| running strong with Geo. F. Alex) |Jeanette McLean, Marie Bernard | been going with the Bernard girl And with the expressed views of ‘any other votes. was also arrested ander, progressive republican, for| the mayoralty / The Voting is heavy. Indications | aye that Harriman and Alexander | will lead all other candidates, The! highest two will fight it out for! chief executive at the final election, | December 5, | Hundreds of votes are being cast for some time, later. The McLean girl confessed im- , ee The NeLaan gle confensed, tm: Here’s the Original Mr. Hard Luck pot guilty Tuesday, were put on| When G. D. Cameron, who rooms eron’s latest style, cut-to-fit, peg trial Wednesday, and the jury ac-|at the Bennett Hotel, 1530 Fifth av.,| top, ete—which was the only pair quitted the man ‘and found the girl | dozed off to Slumberland last night, | *¢ Whfertunate man possessed. guilty on Friday. On Saturda Hg Cameron was due to work at 8, Fudge Gay sentenced both girls, |¢V¢r¥thing was lovely, but when he| put 9 found him in bed, staring var the imperialists on the bank of the | pablicans. river, and for more than an hour the Lafferty was elected on a pro- rebels fought from the water in a! gressive platform at the last gen ¥ attempt to make a landing. | eral election. Finally, when a force which had ears eS landed farther up the river attack-| WEATHER BUREAU MOVING 4 the imperialists on the flank, the| The United States weather bu- royal troops yielded to the on-|reau is today moving to its new aght and withdrew into the city,'quarters in the new Hoge build wae married in the courthouse yes- } fey and secured her release ftom a reformatory sentence of one ly@ar on that account. | The speed with which this case |has gone through the maze of le |gal developments, culminating In the riage yesterday, has ex lededed the wildest dream of any s where they maintalned a street-to- ing. for Harriman by independent cit \joy rider. Hores met the girls a|Saturday afternoon Welch offered |@Woke this morning, ah, that was cantly at the ceiling, just wonder. — = — ae: zens who want cleaner government, | }week ago Saturday night through|to marry Miss Bernard if Judge | ‘fferent—his trousers were miss-/ing. Finally summoning courage but are not identified with the so an’ introduction from Ed W a|Gay would parole her. On Monday | !&: A believer in plenty of good| he whispered through a small crack ‘¢,| fresh air, he threw his window open fore retiring, and then hung his trousers on a chair close to the! of the door to his landlady, who loaned him an old pair that be- longed to a roomer who forgot to afternoon the marriage took pls KREERKRERRR EKER * réal estate agent, whom he met in | <ceee - clalist party. | L FALL FOR IT | Following the liveliest mayoral | lty campaign in the history of the tity, the above statements were| It takes some talking and orn | I ] S ° £ window. And a night prowler, a be-|come back and pay his room rent. made today by the four candidates to induce people to raise aufficient ta y elzes * PORTLAND, OF, Oct. s1— w/Hlever in good wearing apparel, Cameron. also, lost some jewelry THERE THANK GOODNESS who aspire to the mayoralty of| collection to pay th vy expenses %* Wesley Fergason, 13, spent # threw his arm te eae aggh iediye oo Bap hy Serle 4 io hardly mineed f'm THROUGH FOR THE Los Angeles for the next tw0/ of a series of revival meetings such Two Islands % the night in jail, because his #|4¥ and connectes Mr. Com: Cites pene a Sree DAY. I'VE BEEN STANDING | years. an those being conducted by Gipsy | |* parents moved to a new home * |= = == = . A | Early indications were that the/ smith in Seattle, but during bis! ppiegre, Oct. 31.—Italy has seiz-|* While he was at school and | OVER, THIS STOVE Avi voting at today’s primary election! stay here the famous evangelist had | rary oy ‘A ed to leave - | K 4 Jed the Turkish Islands |® failed to leave their new ad- #| MORNING. will be heavy. Although the day| his first experience of finding a set | 0d and Secupled tne Hurtin tenes | & dress * | dawned foggy and gloomy, the vote! of false teeth in the collection MTS er Tee eee. ee ey Milan dispatches. It is believed that this is part of the naval demonstration threatened against Turkey in retaliation for the recent Tripoli success. This action is highly offensive to Austr | TAKE A SHOT? 9 o'clock was exceedingly | heavy, The Harriman followers! ‘The teeth were picked from the | contended that this meant thelt/pasket by one of the ushers and leandidate would be elected today/ turned over to Dr. A. W mard. without the necessity of another) Whether it was an enthusinstic election on December 5. | soloist who dropped the teeth or a “POLITIGNL TREACHERY” cast by basket. . | Oct, 31 1,000 to. SANTA BARBARA, Cal —Rewards aggregating $ day are offered by the Southern Pacific Rallway company for the} apprehension of the persons who] placed dynamite in the frogs of switch at Elwood station, a miles north of here, | man who had notmtng ese to give, does Dr. Leonard not venture to 8a if United Press 1 Wire) - ers UMATILLA, Or. Oct. 31.--With- “Segauntabiee ~ | CHICAGG, Oat yer ee | in the last four days hundreds of | ; | that he had talked with ratire ” . “ay thousands of wild geese have ar Prager Rot i he ~ lg Mat Buy lrived at the Columbia river from en Ss ing radical legisiation, Speaker the north, according to messages nf | Shurtieff, of the Illinois legisla e rexeived her from hunters who | ture, today, Leatified before the sex While It |naye departed for bluffs and wheat 1pons | atorial committee which is invest!-| litelds along the stream | gating charges that Wm. Lorimer |. The hunters are bagging large Yes, DEAR YOu MAKE Very Special ‘7-50 purchased his seat in the U. 8. sen ate. | Shurtleff Hopkins, Lorimer’s pumbers of them. SUCH DELICIOUS PIES THAT | IMMEDIATELY, APPOINTED YOU Rains When the weather is gloomy DEATH STOPS FOOTBALL Albert J, nent, ac | need denc 0 ec ich aed NEAR LAKE WASHING- cially Priced at TON, FOR $400 CHAIRMEN OF THE cnsing him of “polltieat treachery,”|{ and the rain is falling is the and asserting that Hopkins prom-|) time to buy real ate around mt ‘ de - a1 ised to support him and instead had | Seattle. Look at it at its worst Bt the wonthaa hari | beinet his rival for the speaker-|) and you will make a good buy. {/ (0%) Golloge was discontinued oa Py + ppp $iday, for the season at least, on} PY EP a ote }, ACRE NORTH OF CITY }) the recommendation of the college | Other Lines of Slipons Spe | faculty, i | Harry Olson will be arraign | ‘The faculty acted following the death of Chas, Lange, a freshman, |who lost his life as a result of} injuries sustained while playing | ed before Justice Brown to-| | | | the game. | morrow and the question of} Seattle will be well policed tonight yspecials have been sworn in, so that whether or not. he should be} and the mischtevous kid—or grown-|the total will reach approximately iy to- nk as $60, | 250, $10 cash, balance smal! pay ments monthly, secures a splen up, too, for that matter—who tries | | | | | placed under a peace bond will}} did view acre directly in the =Ererararard But the police are not going to be decided ine of growth. Come in at \** KERR REAR EKER |to pull a Hallowe'en prank, will be/he real hard on the fun seekers, Mrs. Olson's case will come|} ce We make a trip daily * * liucky if he escapes the strong|though, that is, if they don’t get up before Judge Gay Saturc |x WEATHER FORECAST & ; einery arm of the law. All relief men will|too naughty. Innocent fun wil be Ip defore judg S Micha ’ * Fair tonight and Wednee * Ss fi B be required to do extra duty, and | tolerated, but such things as greas- The Seattle clearing house wedey; ght orgy h the force of 100 regular patrolmen |ing car tracks and seratching plate dey suneument. the: (ain OLE HANSON 4 Co. * winds, Temperature at noon *| ater Dros on the regular night relief will be|glass windows will not be coi clearings for this month Third Floor New York Block , {| * today, 53. * Arcade and Arcade Annex swelled to nearly twice that num-jered “innocent fun,” so Chief Ban: 167,497.20. nevtethitnnetcnamrdina ce REE RSE REE ER ber. Aside from this, nearly 60} nick says.