The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 21, 1911, Page 1

Men die hideously in a mine’s dark depths—Their widows and orphans are left homeless and penniless—Other men will rush in to risk their lives—Others will pay the forfeit, but, of course, it is no one’s fault—IT’S BUSINESS. It's got to get mighty cold to destroy the average girl's appetite for ice cream ONLY so long as the young man has the price, EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA DYING May Not Live Through Day— Austrian Government fiseates Extra Editions News. (Ry United Press Leased Wire) LONDON, Dec. 21—Em ror Franz sef of Austria Frongars is reported dying, the} end beir cted momen tarily today exp He suffered a re ago the a heavy About a week perfor contra: ed and his weakened and advanced age at once made his state of health very se- rious. The big cities in Austria Hungary are excited over the Teport that majesty is dy ing, and fear division of the empire r Jow his death Report Is Correct VIENNA, Dee Franz josef is rey va few days at + eritically spite official fe “much The Rouncement fro palace is not Becepted as authentic, but the port that his condition is preca ees is civers {nll credence. P The police this afternoon seiz burned editions of newspay Vwhich published pessimistic stories ie the emperor's condition. em cold, 7 fol- rted to have He but is ‘HE'S LILLIAN GRAHAM’S COUSIN {By United Press Leased Wire) TACOMA, De: That Harry ) Lavell, accused of a serious offense bere, ie the cous! Bam, former Seattle girl, acquitted @f shooting Millionaire W. E. Stokes in New York, was the asser- tion of the boy's mother todg, “Liltian’s mother and | wert sis fers,” said Mrs. Lovell, “and Harry ‘a4 Lillian are pictures of each other. Lovell pleaded not guilty today FIGHTING IN Teneng TEHERAN, Dec. 21.—Didbatch trom Tabriz today state that serious fighting is in progress there be tween Russian and Persian troops. WONDER IF THE CONDUCTOR WILL TAKE MY TRANSFER, J? }S ABovT AN Hour oLo , Buy VEL TRY rr J Con-| of | Vienna Papers to Suppress} Emperor | de- | rment that he} an-| ers} of Littian Gra-| } SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1911. LITTLE IRRITATIONS OF LIFE WELL! \ VOTED For, BILL LAST co.o0 DAY BEFORE I'D FoR A and has} condition | bi THEY ALL F To hear this every day on your way to work— “DIVORCE RING” TO SAVE AWKWARD QUESTIONS; HERE’S FIRST WEARER Mrs. Marina Delgado Parke, her |daughter Dolores, and the hand that wears the first divorce ring. Here's the orce ring.” just Invented by Mra, Marina Delgado Parke, a fair member of Chicago's altra fashic coterie. It is worn on the little finger of the right hand. A number of her di. reed friends have already adopt the emblem of renewed freedom Pretty Mra. Parke. everybody that « plain ring Httle finger means wearer is divore and plan of indicating person's matrimonial status in thin way will oO ® ral use. le divorce ALL FOR IT | art Have MY Money READY So THAT IF HE REFUSES | CAM PAY HIM RIGHT AWAY i —~— od soon will know the right says it the a come it's economical, too. The di woman have t ding ring cut down to fit t fing It sa ment es one # lot of embarrar for new aequ lknow better than to refer to husband,’ and old frie not heard of the themselves many tions ‘POSTOFFICE AT PORTLAND ROBBED (By United Press Leased Wire) POHTLAND, Or, Dec. 21— Knocking off the combination of the divorcee awkward | MUST Have GIVEN You THe WRONG OWE P f | Ld safe in postoffice station A, in East Portland, safe crackers escaped with $1,000 in chsh, $500 in stamps and several packages of registered mai! which had been locked in the strong box. The robbery was committed shortly before midnight. The thieves.were heard at work by sev eral persons who occupied rooms above the substation, but they did baste maa THIS TRANSFER) 1S THREE DAYS not interfere, thinking that some of the office force was at work below. HORRORS! MERMAID! IN SOBER TOWN! Leawed Wire) Conn., Dee. 23 Great excitement was caused here today the statement of Wm Rivers and Ernest Will os «that they saw a mermaid bathing in the surf near he They appr a rock on Sandy beach, woman was seated. with arms extended near the two men saw that s a If woman and half fish, fulfilling equirements of the traditional mermaid, and turning, they pulled terror stricken, for the shore. And Greenwich ts a sober town all la RRA KH * % Good Present for Veterans. * * WASHINGTON, Dec, 2 or Brown of Nebraska to speech in the se its passage would be an apy priate Christmas gift to veterans ee ee ee ee * the *| 1 THINK rhe vore FER JELLY FISK Bis. BRYAN PRESIDENT) THIS TIME, nl : HUNORED DEAD: NOBODY FAULT, IT'S: BUSINESS BRICEVILLE, 1 Dec. 21-—Within six months} many widows and orphans of Cross Mountain will be home Other miners will come to Briceville to take the ¢ rooms of the Cross Mountain mine, where more than 100 men died the other day. And the widows and orphans will have to make room for them by vacating the nouses for which they paid $5 a month rent as long lived, It’s ‘no particular individual's fault rchool will prob do » for a long, ot up with contributed monthly by who worked and ad in Every child in the school n orphaned. Of course, the might, out of its own the school. But the company the Ethieally speak hice that's nm, water In used, Every once in a while there was sent through the mine's chambers | & water car with a wide-mouthe faioet in the rear of it. WHEN THE FAUCET WAS OPENED, | THE WATER WOULD RUN ONLY BETWEEN THE TRACKS. The sprinkler did not possess the| efficiency of an ordinary str sprinkler. The dust on the walls and on the ceilings remained un motstened There has been developed else- where a modern system of molsten ing dry mines with steam or over- head spray Put this, too, ts costly is the r IT'S BUSINESS. inspector was employed at * Mountain mine It wae his duty to go from entry to entry and| from room to room in the mine in| the morning, before the men came to work, in order to find out if they were safe to work in The interior of the mine an area of 15 miles—imponsible for any man to cover in three hours. At least six men are needed for! such work | Rat that. * » men kee Hut r? it inn’t « orphans ing, tt Is. involved | 17'S BUSINESS. One-third of the men found in the | mine perished, not fron shock explosion, but from the after that follow Men died mis | in piteh-dark caverns, while groping for alr and light. Sam | Miller and his crew perished thus jafter wandering for three days. | And every one of them might |have been saved, had there been a | permanent r crew of trained miners in the Coal Creek region. But such things are costly, Mines are run for profit, not for men. It's nobody's fauit in particular IT'S BUSINESS. But the $2,000 the company has had to spend for coffins would have equipped at least three rescuers. Cross Mountain was known as a y" mine, The dust stood shoe ep. Dust has caused most explosions tn mines, It ed this one, To keep the dust JACKIE IS H HI Jackle or me ck Who has pure to buy this w Christmas? pennies, lars will dear mnalloy Economy | the ale. covers too, adds to the budget Ordinary must be met,| It's no individual's fault IT'S BUSINESS | “OH, GOD, GIVE US HUMAN. ty" expenses es =| | OLDING OUT S ARMS FOR SOMEBODY but of love and home for Jackie, It's almost the last chance--HURRY! This beautiful Christmas present is all ready for delivery. Her just @ cooing happy arted boy baby take battle of life. He OF know that life Is batt world to him is st a big happy play ground, but an other year and then Jackie will be gin to learn that something B right That is, he will an) Santa Claus Star finds just right kind of a home and man him Jackie is one of a big city’s for gotten children. But luckily Jackte | doesn't know it yet. He is stretch ing out his little arms to someone who will it be? sale not for enough love—enough mother ang father bit of human real gold smiling. He can't lov is nickels not do. and can be 4, genuine up For this bought th moth father love Whe that has enoug ter may little hands on his very day? is ready And he spare hi ing laugh his strong derful light on Christma: B Jack to h time | own tree for the But the y someone taking there couple best offer take mn. time fo’ to forward with come for someone OH, YOU KANSAS BOYS! HERE’S YOUR CHANCE FOR A CHRISTMAS DINNER We have given a for those who fean assist us we cam afford really needy, but would lke much to get in touch with two or three Kansas young people who are boarding in the city and who would enjoy home Christmas” and a jolly good time, though from t Kansas home We are all employed as book keepers, but can give enough time | to this to have a meal that can be eaten think, and, having spent holidays in cities with nothing like home. feel that if there 4 those who would appreciate this as we would have then would be than pleased to en t ain them i » you, through your valued pa. get us a response from some mesick” grownup children? Hoping you may be able to do something for us, we are Very truly “JAYHAWKER P The Star might add that this letter is from two Kansas ‘girls now living in Seattle. Letters ad dressed “Jayhawker” will be turned over to them Santa Claus Dept., attle Datly Star. v find your long suit now seems to be in helping spread the Christmas spirit, and wonder if you very Go See North End | Acres Holiday Week now until the Ist of 1912, we will continne I! North End Acres at oper ¢ prices, which means the low prices at which property ver offered far we we done, we more per } } 8 oni more acre. ‘Terme $7.50 monthly view of Lake and i# on thi north of the You can secure or } acres at $400 1 { $10 cash, balance This land has fine Washin, h to ide city, ton é take, Se *& WEATHER FORECAST * TILL 5 P, M. FRIDAY * Rain or snow tonight and * Friday, increasing southeaster * winds, Temperature at noon | ® 40, | OLE HANSON & CO. | Third Floor New York Block [arent | AO ay The Seattle Star INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE (pee H Mh | j Trot out a long, har SEATTLE CHILD GENIUS AT TEN MAKES FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE CORINNE A child ster the Moore theatre last night—just & wee bit of a school girl. Dressed in a simple little white frock, knee length, she made her first public bow to a music loving and crit audience. Her hatr black raven's wings, her eyes spark with childbood’s charm, her mann: unaffected save through the firs slight nervousness of adjusting the stool to the large p her pretty smiling face, all the thed the mplicity and the bing mosphere of youth But when she concluded not a child who hi n 80 quently in the rythmic music of the masters. It was a genius, She proved not a wonderful child, but a wonderful player, Deftly her litte fingers interpreted the harmonies of the great compc Beethoven, Liszt, M Bach, Handel, Karkanoff Chopin. It was no 10-year-old girl who affectionately threw the full warmth of youth's throbbing heart into the chords played Corinne Frada Goldstein ts attle’s own genius, In the lower right first box at the Moore her happy grandp dents of Seattle for more. Her mother, the ne as ano. refre at it w rs whom or for to ed to the plano at} GOLDSTEIN Photo by Ball & 3 inne’s development much of redit must be given, was the st woman in the world last night Corinne began to play when she was 3. Was that a ation of genius? Her me tributes ( dom of genius pursue her fancy She was boun with no iron tions talents. w Devel Goldsteir early for a child to begi whenever she & certain line is not th J success to r, Mrs. nne’s development Corinne Goldstein, at a free than allowed tc and it was m and hemmed d rules to schooli re rather was abe regula nat play Her as ral allowed fu natura M says is not or in show To t natura dshij r romp and play and studied a chil likin on n to 4 rinne and And Mrs. ( her theory girl, who le: 3, and is now ‘and good poetry says. Corinne be; masters when she was 6. ceived the commendation critical audience Francisc her writing pe her at 7 ry mothe the an of a private recita SPITZ DOG QUARTET RIVAL TO SINGING “COP!” Ever hear the Spitz dog quartet? No? Well, you've missed something really worth while in the music line, J. C. Miller of 4420 Dayton av, has heard them, not once, but per. haps a half a hundred times, and he ventures the opinion that for real and downright nui- ttle singing entertainment sance they have the & cop backed off the map. But don't get the idea that Miller is particularly enthusiastic over the Spitz dog quartet. On the con trary he has reported thelr where abouts to the police, and some of these times the quartet is liable to adjourn in a body to the condemned cell in the elty pound After listening to the strains late one night, Mr. Miller thought he would like to the owners of such beautiful vo and he went on a still hunt the next day. He had ttle difficulty in lo. cating each member of the organ. harmonious stone's throw of 4is But imagine his surprise. Each dog looks just like the others The low guttural tones of the sec ond bas me from just the same looking purp as the high fs notes of the first tenor. Voice was the only distinction As a soloist, each of was a distinct failure dinary—Miller admits harmony of the quartet ous At that wn back yard the very but the is marve Miller says he isn't kick ing particul: on the qu the entertainment so much quantity, And, like the lady of Capitol hill, he hours are ungodly PLAYED WITH DEATH (By United Prows 1 ELLENSBURG, Dee. 21 While [playing with a loaded revolver, Frederick Barnhard, the 3-yearold son of Frederick Barnhard, a North. | ern Pacific engi hot and killed | his 5-months-old sister, Louisa. The as the nknown + hussain and each was within @ bullet entered the child's forehead, | ME EDI TION } IN Ht your New Year resolutions jj » and get ‘em hardened up for they have d road to travel, GOVERNOR GOES TO THE PEN Governor of Tennessee Sen- tences Himself to Hard La- bor in Order to Find Out Prison Conditions. (By United Press Leased Wire) | NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 21—+ Sentencing himself to two days’ im- prisonment in the penitentiary for the purpose of studying prison con- ditions at first hand, Gov. Benja- min W. Hooper today arose in a celf in the state prison, performed h dblutions in a tin pail furnished ail prisoners, and accompanied the con- victs into the prison dining room, partaking of their coarse fare in ex- actly the same way as the most hardened feion in the lot. “Just Like Other Criminals. owing sations tha former MR terson, pardoned ly conv Hooper prom- ful in this re- durin b administration, nglin, with the convicts arn exactly how they competent to ers too fr Gov spect more er hax ordered the war- ntlary to treat him of the he Is to be complalt His idea 1s to decide at prisoners are en- ve Christmas pardons, | | Former Governor M. R. Patterson is now in Seattle preparing the de- | fense of his son, Malcolm R. Patter son, who is charged with assault im the first degree for shooting T. F. Seal, a liveryman, at Port Orchard, Wash. Since Governor Patterson's rrival here about a week ago, the [statement has been issued that | young Patterson will probably plead linsanity as well as self defense. Not “Red Haired” Bandit PORTLAND, Or., Dec ~The | police theory that Frank Kelly, per- haps mortally wounded In a pistol with Patrolman Charles Hew- son, also seriously hurt, was th red-haired bandit” of Tacoma wa disproved shortly before noon to- day, when ullivan of the H. F. Norton Co. yisited St. Vincent's | hospital and identified Kel lof the firm's trusted employes. |Kelly, according to Sullivan, had working for them for five jt months, and daily was in a position steal hundreds of dollars if be had desired to do so. } saa |LABOR LEADERS AT | GRAND JURY SESSION LOS ANGEL Dec. 21.—When the federal grand jury resumed its inve ons into alleged dynamit- i 10:30 today, the corri- federal building were San Francisco and bor leaders who expected to called as witnesses during the These included Olaf Tveit- EA y and Anton Jo- nsen of San Francisco and J. B. sey of the Structural Iron Work- be day mc t Mun sey"s step-son by his mother, Mrs. J. B, NEW POSTMASTERS WASHINGTON, Dec, 21.—The ap! niment of the following postmas- rs was confirmed today by the George Donnell les Hazard, Drain. Washington Anna _ Arnold, Waitsburg; John Gruber, Winlock. MRS. PANKHURST DUE TONIGHT ameline Pankhurst, Eng- of suffragettes, is due is city from Vancouver tonight, and will make her headquarters at he Washington hotel. She will de- ver an address tomorrow night Grants eader VALLEJO, Cal., Dec. 21.—As no change has been made in the sched- acific fleet is expected from Honolulu January 15. Several of the ecrufsers are said to be in need of repairs, the Maryland especially AT E ALS SPECI des st values, and the Knit. Ties. art Pin, regular Oe. t tp im attr n’s Handkerchiefs, 6 in HIGH-GRADE SMOKING JACKETS, SPECIAL, $5.00. Robes, special Oe and $1.00 * Bath Vaists $3.50 Boys’ Suits, Over: Bath ertitt ; Ec i SHiafer Bros } Arcade and Arcade Annex