The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 11, 1911, Page 4

THE SEATTLE STAR Rrchange Main 2400 and Independent ied Press. Published daily by The Sine Boiered ai Conttis, Wash Sur Sut of wlty, 80 Conte per month Up to sia monthe Gix montha $1.16 The Prisoner at the Bar It is an awful thing for a man to be tried for his life in the presence of a world that has convicted him in advance, It is all but hopeless for a man in such a predicament to attempt to wash clean the jury's mind and make it entirely blank, ready to receive and weigh the actual evidence against him This is about the present sitaation of the Rev. Richeson, accused of the murder of Avis Linnell in Boston. The chain of circumstantial evidence woven by the police has been freely published throughout the world. On the strength of it, the accused man has been hanged in effigy at the home of poor Avis Linnell and denounced as a murderer by many million tongues. The advice of his own lawyer is “Don't say a word to disclose your defens: He merely says: *] am innocent.” His own father and the father or tne young woman whom he was to have married on Oct. 31 stand by him with their money and influence. : . The whole question of his guilt or innocence is yet to be tried before a jury which the law assumes to be impartial and prepared to give him the benefit of every doabt. The ideal condition would be trial before 12 men who had never heard of the accused pastor or his case. This condition is, of course, impossible, under present methods of giving publicity to evi- dence by the police at the moment of arrest ; All the more reason, then, why the public should en- deavor to keep its mind open until both sides shall be pre- sented in the form of sworn testimony. Until then, no person can do real justice to the prisoner at the bar The man on trial for his life is entitled to have his side of the case told and heard—if he has any side to tell. 7 Theory and Practice Congress is going after high prices with an ax, it is said. Senator Clapp's committee on interstate commerce is sharpen- ing the weapon now. They have got so far as to ask these questions : “Shall a commission be established to fix the price of but- ter and eggs and mutton each morning?” “Shall a commission be given authority to investigate prices, with a view and with authority for fixing a maximum price to be charged by the butcher and the bake: “Shall competition, to be insured by a slightly strength- ened Sherman anti-trust law, be relied upon’to keep prices and wages at the proper levels In the meantime, Mayor Shank of Indianapolis and Mayor Hanna of Des Moines are selling potatoes to consumers at a reasonable advance over actual cost. And down on the isthmus your Uncle Samuel is supply- ing all the necessaries of life to a large population on terms that make a fellow’s mouth water Cremating Dead Books Lord Roseberry thinks the collections in public libraries are really appalling»and that a lot of books ought to be taken out and cremated, simply “because they're dead.” He even doubts the good of Carnegie's prodigal generosity. “The mixed and doubtful blessing of Carnegie libraries, scattered all over the country,” he says, “has made the super- fluity of reading matter a nightmare.” “Mixed?” “Doubtful?” “Nightmare?” What kind of talk is that? Isn't Andy going to get his immortal crown, after all? Why, he bid for it, like a little man! ROOSEVELT is increasingly mentioned as a compromise between Tatt and La Follette. o 0 ° QUEBEC has fallen, in the last ten years, from third to seventh Place among Canadian cities. Westward the star of empire stil goes. ° @ headed by a big electric light man, Why, ° CHICAGO'S Civics association, says initiative and referendum are two of the perils of the day. of course! o © 9° “COURT will issue its decree on tobacco trust's plan of reorgant- gation,” says a dispatch. A most important piece of legislation, and the court will enact it, all by itself. ew THERE'S a boom in old men. It is found that some of the most In- fluential workers in the world today range from 60 to $4, John Bigelow of New York being at the latter age. o 8 6 WHO said this was an “off year” in polities? May be a bad sea- gon for “politicians,” bet indications of a lively interest on the part of the common citizen are pretty good. eer ae IDA LEWIS, keeper of the Lime Rock lighthouse near Newport, R. L., for 54 years, died recently. She had saved 18 lives and kept) faithful watet’ over the coast all that time. A great woman, because she did competently the work she had to do. oe 6 “ALL Germans look in confidence to the crown, and the more it is encircled and supported by the loyal love of the people, the mightier will it be.” Certainly. Who sald it? The modest, retiring Gero emperor bfmuelf. He believes that if he doesn't toot his horn, it may not be tooted. . o 6 °® CANADA is disappointed tn ner census returns, which show a gain of 32 per cent in 19 years. Total now, 7,081,869. At least another million was expected One of Life’s Little Mysteries Here's « man who leads a most matter-of-fact life. He's a broker, or a plumber, or maybe he keeps a feed store. Anyhow, to look at him you would never in the world think this of him. Sometimes, though rare- ly, when everybody else in the house 1s asleep or gone to church, or perhaps to a show, this man goes to his room, 8 a little key and unlocks-one of those japanned sheet iron boxes folks keep mortgages in and other things more or jess precious. From this| box he takes another, an/| old fashioned affatr, all) covered with periwinkle) shells stuck on with glue Opening this box in turn, he takes out a cheap and sleazy blue ribbon, tied in a bow He lifts the ribbon with tender care, He exercises especial care lest he crush out of shape the little round loop made by the knot. And laying this foolish trifle before him he contemplates it pensively, with a curious smile on his face—a twitchy kind of a smile that has a bias toward drooping at its extremities, Sometimes he will sit looking at the little bow of ribbon thus for @ long time—perhaps till someone comes home from the theatre, or maybe till the clock strikes 12. Then he comes to himself with a start, hurriedly pute the ribbon in the periwinkled box, and the little box in the larger one, and gets to bed before anybody has a chance to talk to him. Not even this man's wife, whom he loves very dearly and faith- fully, knows the secret of the ribbon in the periwinkled box This much ts certain: SHE never wore such a ribbon. ribbons were of better quality than that, red ones, However, she doesn't worry about it any more, of the ribbon oftener than once a year. Nevertheless she is still mildly ot regards the secret significance of the perfume of wild crab tree blos- soms. But she knows by this time that her curlosity is vain, Her hair Besides, she always wore He rarely thinks rious about {t, especially as “And you say you love mo?” “Devotedly.” With the cost of living as bigh as it ist” | “Indeed I do. And when the cost of living t less I will prove my love by making you my wife. “Do you think that young min has matrimonial intentions?" “I certainly do, fathor. He tried ‘to convince me last night that I looked prettier in that $2 hat than in the one that cost $20." phils Shonen EXPLAINED “A Haryaga professor says that the furtle is more of a bird than fia! a That accounts for it,” “For whatt’ “So many of these autos turning turtle when they are trying to fly, Houston Post. Algy--1 wrote her a poem on my new typewriter, Uke a flower your Mee tn.” Rertie——What did she say? Algy—That wretched machine wrote tt, “How like four your face ts Tt began, “How WILLING TO TEACH IT > Magistrate—How did you manage to extract the man's Watch from his pocket when it was provided with a safety catch? Prisoner—-Rxeuse me, sir; that ia a profetsional secret. 1 willing to teach you, however, for $10, Teacher—Tommy, spell Tommy—Ro0g Teachor—That's wrong. Tommy—Well, ian't that what you asked mo to spell? ‘wrong.’ GETTING ON. THESE WOMEN ‘Reaky has & new attachmegt op hin airship.” “What fort” “For debt.” “Bvery thing my husband touches! turns. to gold.” “Then you didn't reeily bleach your hair, after allt ' BETTER YET Marke—1 married my wife a month after sho accepted m Parke—That's nothing. I married mine three days after she refused Boston Transcript me. OH, YOU MUNCHAUSEN! Marke—Biggs has trained his eat to bring hie slippers. That's nothing. | know a writer on horticulture who has trained cut worms to sharpen bis lead pencila.—eston Transcript. NOT HIS FAULT nt “You pay too little attention to your personal appearance. Remem- ber that clothes make the man.” “You, but for me the mhn says he won't make any more clothes!"— Dorfbarbler. NO LIQUOR Singing Teacher—Now, children, give * put some spirit in it, Principal (whispering)—Careful, sir. This is a temperance school. Bay, put some ginger in it."—Woman's Home Companion Little Drops of Water” and WENT FURTHER “Didn't I tell you that when you met a man in hard luck you ought to greet him with a smile?” said the wise and good counselor. Yes,” replied the flinty souled person. “I went even further than that; I gave him the grand laugh.”—Washington Star. dys—I am afraid you aren't Mamma—Why do you think »0? Gindys—We've been walking in the park a whole hour and not a single policeman has kissed yc FACT AND FICTION so pretty as nurse. He raging seas eyes.” ed he would just to look traverse into my| “Is the elopment off? “Well, I should @ay so; after he When night?” usked me to fly with hun f found o; las: night he telephoned me|that his airship was a iaat year's it waa raining too hard.” model.” CORRESPONDENCE FORMS “I proposed by letter and she turned me down.” Well?” “I wonder if it would be any use to try @ follow-up system.”—Louts- ville Courter-Journal that REMOVING A BLOT Mister,” inquired Dusty Rhodes, “would you contribute a dollar to help beautify your thriving elty?” “What's the idea?” “A dollar will buy me a tieket to the next town,” SHIPWRECK TODAY ‘aptain, is there much danger?” t a particle. A moving picture outfit will soon be along and rescue us after they have taken a few films.” A MEANINGLESS TERM I know not why, but always when We would be withering, We speak of idiotic men As blithering, For by this time she has learned that thers 601 i {s- iS sgh mi soda eer ¢ if some insoluble mys- “Do you believe in a hereafter “You bet. 1 have several enemies who are too strong for me to pun. ‘Chicago Record-Herald “After all, a great criminal trial le only @ |tawyer's holiday,” (iy The high cost of living 4 4 climax, Pittsbure Honaires are — protesting have asked the gov lvoutigate the Chica ons monopoly, reac mil butter and Why are Barnard college girls pretty? They have a regular course in beauey training to im prove bealth When you see the various kinds of shapes that can get Into bath- ing suite you so longer wonder At the restlessness of the ocean Kibow grease is the best “stand- ard off.” Leave it to the wooden nutmeg state. A Conneticut fan has in- vented paratus that opens and closes shutters without raising the window, It's not a bit pretty to bide « dead mouse behind a steam radl- ator, Men who court widows are rushing in where angels fear tread, For is not one rusher al- ready an angel? Frost never comes in time to kil! the wild oats crop. Sherman ©. Kingsley, head Chicago charitics, described horror of the tenement districts to an audience of society women day, They were Then he said “1 beg your pardon. 1 forgot you sre unused to these things. It would do you good to motor through these districts some Sun day morning on the way home from church.” Mr. Kingsley Waa discussing infant mortality and maybe he thought the autos speeding through the congested districts would kil a few more dables Tell me, Mr. Edward Bok, How should | repair a sock— Cotton, hemp, or woolen ya Or don’t you really care a t ‘THE BAR ano EFFeRVESCED THIS FRom HIS SNSTEM, “was JERKY CORDIAL wien WT BY A wurTE Rock o8 010 HE CHaMpnene t” TEN DAYS ANDO THE COSTS WHAT LUCK! A man with six wives is tn jail jin Tacoma. | ‘The woman's suffrage party has adopted the following yell “Votes! Votes! Votes | Votes! Vote Votes! Votes! W. 8. PI” Vot Vow Farmer | thom Artiat 1 am, siness of yours, Instead of tn- fering with me you had better t on with your work. Farmer—Well, my work is to jchop them down, so hurry up with |your painting. I see you are painting but that’s no IN THESE DAYS | “Do you consider It a sin to rich?” “No; at the present pri ing I consider it impossib jcago Record-Herald. Dainty—Is {t possible? 1 understand how the bullet could strike. directly over your heart and not kill you vlonel Winters—-Well-er-er, my heart was in my mouth be of liv Chi Miss do not you KEEPS HIM BUSY | Singleton—Do you Believe in the old adage about marrying tn haste and repenting at leisure | Wedderly I don't After a man marries he has no leisure. | Smart NOTHING Where 1 he the Binks jlast ye |ped to x Jinks—That’ Binks—Wha Jinke—W hy Christmas r moter drop. nothing ‘8 nothing? oro. DEVOTED To DUTY “Are you ever coming to bed?" |he called out, “I don't know,” she replied, “t |promised Mrs, Jonefthat I'd keep track of her husband while she is away, and I'm going to know what |time he comes home if I have to stay up all night.”-Detroit Free Presa, Heck Trunk & Bag Co., Inc TRUNKS AD “| Am Pleased to See You,’’ Says Gore Has a Unique Record Blind Senator; as Statesman “1 am pleased to see you.” That's what the eloquent blind fenator from Oklahoma, Senator | Thomas P, Gore, says as he gives | you @ etrong, hearty handclasp. He's anything but pathetic to look | at, Is Senator Gore, His face Is con. tinually lighting up with pleasant smiles, He waike with confidence, | He i a tall, straight, broad shoul dered man, who carries his head erect. As“you look at his profile you see the ol tures that re mind you of the old Roman war. rors, straight, regular and hand some | And & warrior nator Gore is essentially @ He doen not compromise, He is a democrat-—he was born in Missiasippi—but be would ra r see angood republican ected u dent than a pad demor He sald #0 in publif last night*in Seattle. | He says no in private. Fight Against Big Odds. Senator Gore lost an eye by acel. dent when be was"8 years old, His other eye Was fatally affected, but he did not become totally blind until | he-was 16. Notwithstanding this handicap, young Gore over¢ame the odds in hin fight an ed tion, and graduated the Cumber- | land university, at Lebanon, T as the valedictorian of bis He practiced law in Texas for « few years. He got married to Mins Nina Kay 11 ye year later be mov Here's a Stunner. Here Senator Gore won a meteor-| le reputation when he successfully held an audien when Wil train was late. spellbound, waited until midnight, and Gore only ceased talking when informed that the peeriess one had ed for four howra| Ikinhoma was admitted in- to the Union, Gore was elected aa! its first senator, and he was the! in in the wengte on De} t 7, 1907. He was also the | blind man to have ever held that important position. By strange eolnciden tor Gore's birthda: actly 37 years old when he took bis oath of office. | Her Chief Argument Photo of Her Brother SHE SENDS TEDDY'S PHOTO TO PROVE HER POINT—WINS FIRST PRIZE THE CHILD UNDER TEN The question of not letting a child, under 2 sit at the same table with their elders ts, to my knowledge, an unwise rule, because ebildren of that age can learn to have food |about them which they can not eat I also think, when a child sits with older people, he will learn much |better table manners. | Sometimes children eat a hearty | toeal and then go to bed, or sit In the house with their nurse all after Aoon, “because it ts too cold to go! Out.” No wonder the child does not digest ite food! The parents then think they bave to begin to make |thetr child eat certain kinds of food and at certain hours, | The other srgument was that | children should not eat uncooked | fruit. Then why did nature in the first ‘place put fruit as bread of life? loses some of its strength, Was meant to be eaten as it was plucked from the trees, so I don't think it can be injurious to chil- dren when it is washed and is ripe. Let children eat substantial food, |~ and let them romp out-of doors—|he is out of doors all day and he is then they will be healthy. In our|a fat, roay youngster. family { have a ithe brother, and | HENRIETTA E. HAWKINS, 15. we cive him jost what we eat. But $45 EB. 69th St, GARVIN’S CORNER BY REV. JOSEPH L. GARVIN, B. D., M. A. Pastor of the First Christian Church, Seattle. DRESS SUIT 18 A DRESS SUIT democracy possible? We of the working clothes company too often call a dress up affair “doings of aristoc- racy.” Any one of you men would look nice in a dress suit PRESIDENT KANE cntertained delegates representing other educa tional institution, who were présent at the semt-centennial celebration of the University of Washington, at his residence, last Tuesday evening. IT WAS A FORMAL BANQUET. About 200 men w present, For the most part they wore dress sults. It was an inspiring sight. It make one draw in his broath to ming with Just men when they wear dress suits, EVERY GUEST STOOD for some. thing in the business and intellee: life. usiness and learning are mocratic possessions, after all Never forget, dear reader, that the state university belongs to you. See to It THAT YOUR CHILDREN get the training that belongs to them out] nly tho | 4 there, “Well,” you would have said, | Ste Pins this is too selective for me,” or] If your ¢ 1 belong here, why wasn't I in-| stock } vited?” Be that as it may, my point | jared ia this and thou THE MEN WHO SAT « bagey quet table were your ne thoir fathers and your fat have béen chums, wore vii their 4 ag ours DO YOU CATCH THE IDEA? This formal banquet, given by a unt versity president to apparently dis. tinguished guests—and such they were—was within your power to en joy. Your son may some day sit at another like it, | TRIED A LITTLE PLAN. 1 passed a card down the table and requested the guests to write their father’s occupation upon it. It didn't go far, but I recetved 29 re plies. THEY STOOD AS FOLLOWS: Sons of farmer 7, merchant 6, lum berman 2, architect, blacksmith, car Penter, cooper, judge, lawyer, physt cian, sailor, ship builder, town of- ficial ISN'T THIS INTERESTING? wish we could have found out the entire list, It teaches many les sons. It is an eye opener. It was DEMOCRACY & democratic crowd in dress suits, after all. GO IN FOR ALL THE education you can get. Don't let the state rob you of what is yours by right. This is the lesson I find, Also aspire to be worthy of a dress suit if you never own one. Be the people's ed. ueated man. Breaks a Cold in a Day A Cares Any Co ‘That Is Curable. Moted Doctor's Formula. From ar druggint mnees of Glycerine and ounce of Concentrated PI Take these two ing: put them Into a hy Whiskey. Take fuls after each time. cordin mula get two half an und, n best for- There are tions of large to experi This ts th case. iggist does not have it in he will get it quickly from his ate ‘This has ¥ pub or six yours ies know the ban ors, and ors may Of course a few tors from a distance. But igree was just as common f aching. feet spoonfuls of Calocide in hot foot bath, gives instan Hef and if repeate short time permanen aults, Get a box of this able Calocide from any or direct from Medical oratories of Chicago. Formula SEE OUR DEMONSTRATION ———— Hand Water Colored Plotures, well worth $1.00 to $2.00 —_———_—— MUHL—219 Pike St, Af. VEGETABLE SILKS. UNDERWEAR ANO HOSIERY | SATURDAYS Circle THE NEXT CONTEST Next week's contest will be, “Why I Like the Cold Weather Best.” that all Circle members do like the chilly weather better than the hog. cw . Im your lett tell what the winter brings that like best—the sledding, snowb Write a story about some of your experiences when the re | Were covered with a mantle snow, if you care to. A prize of will be given for the best explanm }tlon. Fifty cents will be givem fap | the next best story. | Unele Jack must receive the le} | ters by Friday g |Winner of Contest Sends Her Phots Here ts Bessie Day, the winner of the first prize in the Circle's big cash cc - Bessie is one of the circle’s brightest members, and™ each week she contributes a splem ” did composition, Bessie hag. done quite a bit of traveling in the 1# years she has been in this wide” world. Bessie's parents always take The Star, no matter what part of the country they are in, and it was last Christmas Bessie first read 6f the Circle. She has written some beautiful poetry, and she quite & tribute to the Cirele in her poem, which appears below. TRE STAR CIRCLE. 3 Ob, how I wish The Star would come; How I've had to wait, o'er I want to see it most IVs nearly always late. Why such impatience, do you Why "tis the day when Uncle Sng is prises will bestow. Star Circle Clad 4 about. Saturda; a doubt. ‘The boys’ and girls’ You'v Tt’s published You know beyon: ‘Well, Uncle Jnck has charge of it, And every Saturday, For good wrk done by boys and gilt” He prises gives away. r Now, don't you think that he is finet © 1X think it’s just too gran And I havo hardly more This up-and-at-it band. aj What's that you sayt Oh, dear me yea. ‘Thore’s by the score | And tho! ‘most a thousand” now, ‘There's room for plenty more, yw, ones there’ So, run upstairs, and on the desk Find paper, pen and ink, ag If you want vo join the club jow fethe time, mk. 4 ~—BRSSIB DAY, 14, John B. Allen 4 Vere EEE EM YEE * * WINNER SECOND PRIZE ® * Miss Ruth Bartlett, a new ® * member in the Circle, won ® the second prize of a pound ® box of chocolates. Ruth is an ® Fdmonds girl, and is in seventh grade, She ts 11 years 7 old. Her prize will be mailed bs day today FS ® * * * * * * * RRR RRR RR Ee i: Uncle Jack is taking it for granted ~ |or' skating, and many other thingy