The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 20, 1911, Page 1

S| @& woolen cloths, a low ad valorem The woolen trust, under SS: Ga Lots of folks hold communi } spirits without the aid of a medium, AFTER 3 YEARS OF RO WOOL TARIF Aldrich - Cannon - Taft “Best-| Ever” Tariff Bill on Wool Again Before Congress With Tariff Board's Report. WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Sched- > ule K, fixing the tariff on wool, in the Aidrich-Cannon-Taft tariff bill, will be cut if congress is willing to reduce it in accordance with Taft's ideas, Taft vetoed the bill passed gongress last spring, reducing tariff on wool, but in transmit. ting the report of his tariff board to congress today, the president) congress to again reduce the Schedules Prohibitive. The tariff board declares that schedules of the Payne tariff Jaw are “prohibitive.” Regarding | the difference in cost of production ‘at home and abroad, the report de- Glares that in nearly every woolen uct, from dirty fleeces to fin- worsted cloth, it costs more to produce woo! and woolen goods in | the United States than in any coun- try on earth. It costs 19 cents to raise a pound of woot In Ohio, while im Australia it costs considerably under 4 cents ite American labo? is much igher paid than the labor of Bu. rope, the board finds that it is not 80 efficient as that in the European mills. Cost of Suits. About $1 of every #4 paid to the Fetailer of men's clothing Koes to the manufacturer of the cloth, A uit retailing at $23 is sold whole tale by the manufacturer for $16.50. At costs him $14.92. Thus, in gen- eral, the manufacturer of cloth Clothing is absolved by the board the greater part of his share fm the high cost of tlothing, and it ‘Wattributed to the retailer. “ Reverse Payne Tariff. >| Por all woolen entries the board te mends specific duties instead the present method of a: ne bad valorem rates. ‘The board advocates specific du- as the easiest way to offset the in the coat of production and abroad. Because of the ity In classifying fabrica, the Teconimends a combination ‘specific and ad valorem duties (Of cheap goods, increasing to rate on expensive This Is exactly the reverse the policy adopted by the fram- @rs of the Payne tariff © Br Unites Bree reseed wire 4 IHINGTON, Dec. 20.—In a F message to congress, with which he tranamitted the report of the tariff board on wool schedule, Pres- Ment Taft today said in pa | _“The board is unanimous in its | findings. On the basis of these find- _ Ings it is recommended that con- BS Proceed to a consideration of Schedule with a view to its re-| vision and a generai reduction of | rotes. “The report of the tariff board shows that the present method of | duties on raw wool—that by & specific rate on the grease pound, exciudes wools of high | in scouring, bat of fine , from the American market, lessens the range of: wools Brallable for the domestic manufac turer; that the duty on scoured wool Of 33 cents a pound {s prohibitory, ‘and excludes the importation of ‘ean, low priced foreign wools of | r grades, which, though val- for manufacturing, cannot be fmported in the grease becanse of | the heavy shrinkage,’ SCHOONER BATTERED BY WALL OF WATER) SAN PRANCISCO, Dec. 20.—Bat fered and smashed by a heavy Wall of water, the steam schooner Fort Bragg is laid up for repairs fn port here today and will not put | to sea a n for two weeks The Fort Bragg was bound for Bureka, in charge of Captain Ab) Strom, who was making bis first | tip vessel, with six passen Gers aboard besides the crew. In the dar*ness a wall of water forty feet high suddenly rushed down upon the vessel, completely over. Wheiming it. TRIES TO DASH OUT HIS BRAINS. TACOMA, Dec. 20.—-Joe Rossi, | Who attempted to spoil the beauty Of Della Oliva with @ knife, became Violently insane this morning and | P) ttempred to adsh his brains out | Sgainst the cell walls. He was re-| cently r ed from the insane | Heaaylum as cured and placed on tri- | B) Ml on an assault charge. (By United Press Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—The Substitute Sulzer resolution wi adopted today by the house commit. fee on foreign affairs. "© Opposition. Representative Sul- | er announced that he would ask | the house to act on the substitute House Adopts It | | 20.—Mme. Langevin, her husband, Prof. Langevin, of intimacy with Mme.| | Gurle, the discoverer of radium, was Granted « divorce here today. HHKEKEEAETAT ERK %# WEATHER FORECAST | gd tonight and Thursday; * west winds. Temperatur te at : Ee an it » * ‘ jhe to bundle him up and rush *|of whom lear loads of babies are sent out KK kt te tt kt trom New York every year to small-| ber, pe ORE, : For nearly three years Now, after the woolen trust has exac that veto, has had an add every man, woman and child in this whole nation has been the victim of the wool tariff itional six mo: | HOME EDITION } cation with Smallest Baby Weighed Only || One Pound and Half at Birth Here's the tiniest, cutest baby In all Seattle, probably in the world. She weighed only 1% pounds at birth, and while most babies born 80 small never oper thetr little eyes, this mite of humanity opened her eyes and her mouth, too, She can ery just tike any baby, and now, at 10 weeks of age, she appears normal in every way, although still weigh- ing only a little more than two pounds. Mr. and Mrs. Herman F. Burk JACKIE MEETS WOMAN WHO MAY BECOME HIS MOTHER Jackle, who's going to be The Star's own Christmas present tol one couple, was introduced to a} possible mother at the place where | jhe Js stating this morning He met her in a very informal! way. The fact is, he was strictly ‘en deshabille,” as our French breth ren have it, as he had just emerged) from his bath. But he was all smiles as he greeted her, and his| | chubby, glistening, white little body | and merry face reflected a regular bouquet of smiles from the woman who saw him Jackie remarked that he liked her y much, He grunted joyously, and grasped a couple of the lady's fingers in both his strong little fists, and crowed delightfully when he was handed a bright, new Lin coln penny. And this possible mother just him right to her he But “Santa Claus” hasn't quite made up his mind. All applicants are still in the running Maybe he'll let Jackie decide for bim. Anyhow, Christmas and time for giving him away soon will be here CAPITOL the election Sacramento, laws commi 4, amended the Young assembly bill as to require that when women voters register they s| The minority members ness employment often wou by confessing their years, and ployment the woman voter who was registered as being 50 years of age would be ‘unc CHRISTMAS BABIES FOR NEBRASKANS OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 20.—A car: load of 36 pink-and-white bab! from the New York Foundlings’ hospital has come to gladden the hearts of childless Nebraska folks. An agent of the hospital and four nurses accompanied the tots, most are nameless. Several VOL. 13, NO. 251. F WILL GO DOWN ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911. i) robbery. Taft, after signing the Aldrich-C IN| SEATTLE ONE CENT. BBERY MAN HELD FOR MURDER OF 4 PEOPLE Wealthy Farmer Arrested,| Charged With Guilt in Hill} BELLINGHAM MINISTER MAN KILLED r annon tariff, told the nation that it was the best ever. ted its tribute for all these years, Taft comes forward meekly and asks congress to revise the wool tariff downward. Congress did this very thing last spring, but Taft vetoed the bill. nths in which to continue the robbery of the plain people. | . The heartily treaties. Uni ON TRAINS AND KEWS SIANOS be HELD FOR MURDER TRIES TO END HIS OWN LIFE BY PARTNER Cafe Owners Quarrel Over | Receipts — Alex Austin Quadruple Murder Case— Suspected for Months. (Ry United Press Leased Wire) PORTLAND, Or. Dec, 20-—~| Charged with the atrocious mur. | der of Wm, Hill and hie wife and | Mrs. Hill's two children by a@| former marriage, Phillip and Dor othy Rintoul, at Ardenwaid, ni ortiand, June %, B. N. Harvey, for 25 years a resident of the vicinity, was arrested late last night and lodged in the county jail at Ore gon City. The sheriff's office kept the news of hia arre: eret until today. | Harvey lived within 100 yards of} the Hill home, where he operated | & nursery and had accumulated a small fortune, He is about years of age, married, and has | two children nearly grown. Suspected for Months From the day of the crime, which ended the lives of four peo ple at Ardenwald, the circum- stances all pointed to the fact that the crime was the work of a man | acquainted with the Hill home and with the surrounding country near the scene of the crime, Suspest| after suspect was examined, and} clue after clue was run down, but} the evidence failed to connect a Circumstances pointed to Har vey for a number of months, ae cording to the officials, and no ef} fort has been spared to supply the misaing links of circumstantial evidence. Atr The Hil) jous Murder. mily murder was one of the moat atrocious tn the history of thé state. William Hin, with his wife and/ children, were found dead in their cottage, near Ardenwald station, by neighbors. Their heada had been) horribly crushed with an ax, which was found near by. The bodies of the two Httle children were found | in their beds. Hill's body was found tn bed, lying under that of} bis wite. The woman and girl had) been mistreated } With the motive for the crime and the bloody ax as clues, the ao thorities began the hunt for the urderer. Ploodhounds were put on the trail, but they failed to track | the morderer. | THE YULE LOG | The burning of the Yule log was for many years, and is still, a) great part Of the Christmas cere mony ip England and Atueri me originally from Scandt-| navia, With) aréat ceremony | the great lox} was roiled to the firepl while | young and old sang songs of joy, made wishes and danced. In England it was the custom to save @ brand from the last Yule log to |light the present one with. Many superstitions were con nected with the Yule log. It was posed that if it went out dur ing the night it was a portent of bad luck. heart, 12th N., are tie, parent of the tiny baby, and they have lav ished on it the most tender parental | care and the most expert medical | attention | The baby's arm is no larger than its mother's finger, and at birth Mrs. Burkheart could stip her ring over the baby's hand and arm to the | elbow, Mr. and Mrs. Burkheart are the parents of two other children, both | healthy and strong, one at 15 months weighing nearly 40 pounds { ede, ie, aaa y SONS APART FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 26 |John Cobb Harris, a wealthy Mans |field farmer, came to Fort Worth | to make a new will, because he was | unable to tell his twin sons apart. | The will he destroyed gave John | Harris certain property and Cobb, | the other twin, other realty, but| Harris had divided his property | just opposite to his own desires, | Harris’ sons are 21 years of age} and among the most remarkable] twins in the country, Both are 6 feet 6 inches tall and muscular, With their hats on, their father cannot tell one from the other, but Jobn 1s a little more bald than his | brother. The twins keep @ common bank | account and always speak of “our money,” “our horse” and even “our girl,” as they frequently play a joke on thelr sweethearts by = them. How Would You Like to Have Him? North End Acres Holiday Week the Ist of will continue Dec. 20.—By a vote of 5 to ittee of the state senate so hall declare their age. argued that women in busi- Id endanger their livelihood | that in case of seeking em ent we From now 1912, orth Bind Acres at open. 4, which means the low est prices at which property is ever. offered You can secure one or more acres at $400 per acre, Terms $10 cash, balance $7.50 monthly, This land has fine view of Lake Washington, and is on this side of the lake, north of the city, ler a serious handicap. cities in the West and South. | Bach child is guaranteed a home| before it leaves New York COUPLE SUE DOCTOR Sult for $9,650 damages was brought by Willlam Gardner and his wife, Nettle, this morning, against Dr. Walter D. Merritt. The com- plaint alleges failure to give the woman proper medical treatment at the birth of a child, in Septem- OLE HANSON & CO, Third Floor New York Block ‘northern labor leader rushed to his Knocked Down by Robert} Johnson—Dies Later. (By United Press Leased Wire) BELLINGHAM, Dec. 20-—In a fit fight with his partner, Robert Johnson, at Anacortes jast night, Alex Austin, proprietor of Wilson's cafe, fell insensibie to the concrete floor of His establishment from a terrific blow on the point of the jaw, and died this morning, without re- gaining consciousness. Dispute Over Money. Johnson has been placed under arrest, pending the result of the coroner's inquest, this afternoon. The encounter between the two men was brought about by a dispute over the division of the receipts of the cafe, in which they were equal partners. Hoth men became beat ed in language, epithets were ex changed, and finally blows. It is believed that Austin’s death ts due more to the force with which his head was went against the concrete floor than to the blow itself. Both men were prominent In Skagit coun ty affairs, Johnson almost col lapsed when told of the death of his partner. | ® STAMP SALES BIGGEST YET & ceeded last year’s r@ord for the first 20 days in December ity Tate Wire) DS ANGELES, Dec. 20.--Ortie} ® * |» by $4,785.84, And last year's record smashed all figures of K. McManigal, self-confessed dyna. miter, and. A. Clancey, San Fran- cisco labor lender, were closeted | w with Oxear Lawler, government in| # previous years with a total of vestigator, in the latter's office init * SERRE RED * * nts Seeeeeeteeetene assistance and helped him to his | feet. “They tried to work the gree’ on me,” cried Clancey hannsen. Clancey was axsisted to an aute mobile, and.in company with sev third de- | $107,000 for December. At the close of the day's business yes- terday the postotfice receipts for stamp sales showed $67, 74447, and another record is the federal building this mornin due to bé broken this yi Clancey emerged from Lawler’s|® An extra force of a office at 11:16 trembling In every| ® are helping out this week. limb As be stepped outside bee ek ea ee eet ewe eee knees sagged and he sipped to the | floor, Anton Johannsen soother / REPRIEVE FOR Press Leased Wire) to Jo-| SPRI . IL, Dee. 20, m today granted re rievéw to Frank and Ewald Shib- jawski, Philip Someriing and Thom. eral other leaders, drove away as Shultz, the four boys sentenced Miss Rose Rafael of San Fran-|to hang here Friday, until Feb. 16. cineo, who is said to have been Jim |This enables the youths to appeal McNamara’s sweetheart, followed |thelr case to the supreme court ‘gal rema |F. Guelso, a truck farmer. Ss = ining inside THEY ALL FALL FOR IT | 1NT THAT Too cuTEe WAVE You GOT EVERY THING ON THE LIST NOW PEAR, THAT BABY WANTS £ ‘THAT BOY IS GOING TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE THING HE ASKED For! | PASTOR ACCUSED OF POISONING GIRL, WHO TRIES SUICIDE VIOLA EDMUNDS it Clancey in Lawler's office, McMan-|They were convicted for murdering Who Was Engaged to Wed Richeson UOGE HEARS RUMOR: JURY 15 DISMISSED | | After the jury in the $30,000 | breach-of-promise’ case by Cecelie Moline against William F. McMa. jhon had been accepted by both sides this morniug, and Attorney Goodale for the plaintiff was mak ing his upening statement, Judge Gay at noon today dropped a tun derbolt from a clear sky when he announced that he had just receiv ed & report casting suspicion on the jury's selection. Wilk K. Sickles clerk, watched the drawing of jur ors’ names, and found that there s no blame attached to Will Hill t clerk in Judge Gay's depart: ment, but felt that the entire mat ter ought to be reported to Judge deputy county Whispered to Judge. As Goodale was proceeding with his statenent, Sickles whispered to Judge Gay the fact that two other court clerks had been approached with the suggestion that if this case should come up before them, t names of women jurors should not be drawn, It so happened that not one of the four women jurors in Judg y's department was ed up. his fact, together with the attempt to influence the other clerks, was commented on by Judge Ga Walter Fulton, attorney for the defense, then asked for the immedi- was originally to be tried by Ju Albertson, and it was transferred to Judge Gay this morning. Judge Gay sent it back to Albertson, the latter had ref it at noon. So the up in the air at present, |e RRR RAR KARR ERR VACATION FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE The Yuletide season is hail- ed with ecstacy by students, old and young, It’s one of the regular vacation seasons, and books are shut up until after the New Year has dawn- ed. All Seattle public schools, grammar and high schools will declare a vacation on Friday until January 2. The univer. sity, as well as private col- leges, will also close up for the holidays. Open house will be kept in many of the fraternity and sorority houses, SELES EEE EEE EE EEE KAKKKRE KEK AN in senate is more treats than of ited States favor of Rev, Richeson, With Jagged Piece of Tin, Inflicts Prob- ably Fatal Wound. (By United Pross Leased Wire) BOSTON, Dec. 20-—Rev. C. V. T. Richeson, former pastor of the Cambridge Baptist church, who ie in jail here charged with the mur- der of his former sweetheart, Avis Linnell, attempted suicide in h |cell at 2:30 this morning by stab- bing himself in the groin with a piece of tin. Physicians declare | the wound could not have been in- flicted by a man of normal mind. Blood poisoning is said to have re- sulted from the wound, and the ac- cused minister's condition is re- ported precarious. The prison offic and the dis trict attorney acted in a mysteri- ous manner when questioned con- cerning the alleged attempt at suicide. May Not Live for Trial The county medical examiner fears that Richeson will not lve to face trial on the Linnell mur der charge. It was the it Hyannis cently Edmu a fashion reported that family of ble suburb of Boston, had turned against the minister. Richeson was engaged to wed Miss Viola Edmunds at the time of his sensational arrest two months ago, and the girl's family were staunch in their support of him at that time. z The changed attitudgyof the Ed- munds, coupled with fear of thé result of tightening of the coll of evidence about him, is believed to have prompted Richeson’s attempt to end his life. It is not known how Richeson obtained the jagged piece of tin with which his wound was inflict- ed. He had been a model pris- oner. This morning the night guards heard moans, and asked the minister what was the matter, He said: “I have cut myself. I am bleeding Yo death.” The surgeons found the prisoner to be suffering terribly. Anaes- thetics were administered, and it was decided that an operation was |necessary. Doctors Brough, Ames, |Sargent and Lathrop assisted in performing it. Hasn't Confessed Yet The minister was rushed to the prison hospital in a critical condi- tion. It is stated that he has a slim chance for recovery. Richeson has not confessed the crime of poisoning Miss Linnell, but many here believe that his act was impelled by conscience. Tried to Suppress News The prison authorities tried des perately to prevent the news from becoming known. The story leaked out when a short-term pris- oner, who had seen Richeson en route to the hospital, sold his in- formation to a newspaper. The officials confirmed the report of |the attempted suicide only when the reporters, who flocked to the hospital in response to. the “tip,” heard Richeson shrieking “My od, I'm we dying.” Insane Frenzy? The jail officials are of the opin- jon that Richeson did not attempt |to commit suicide, but mutilat hitaself in an insane frenzy while brooding over his relations with Avis Linnell. At 1 o'clock this af- ternoon the attending physician said the minister will probably re- cover. It was found that the de- mented clergyman had wrenched a piece of tin from the spout of one of the prison cups and.ground it to a fine edge on the cement floor of his ¢ell, The wardens declare that it must have required several days to sharpen it by this laborious rocess. District Attorney Pelletier an- nounced this afternoon ' that the trial of Richeson for the murder of Avis Linnell will begin January 15, according to schedule. | Richeson is accused of giving poison to Miss Linnell under rep- jresentation that it would be good |for an ailment with which she was suffering. Shortly after the time when he was alleged to have placed the poison in her hands the girl was found dead in her, bath room, with a bottle of cyanide beside her. Miss Linnell was 19 years old and had: been engaged to the min- ister, But at the time of her death Richeson was en; ed to Miss | Viola Edmunds, heiress to a large fortune. poheomiall Bs \§ | PRACTICAL GIFTS FOR MEN SPECIALLY PRICED 's Hand-Knit Tie adley Mufflers Handkerchiefs, box of 6 $1.00 $2.00 $1.50 f£ Pins in Links and Sea ive plush case s Fine Silk Neckwear i tenes s 808 Men's Stetson Hats .... { Men's Imperial Hats . 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