The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 11, 1912, Page 1

OMETHINGS A NEWSPAPER CAN DO FOR A CITY aq newspaper like The Star? use is a public medium of information, ex- give the people information of the happenings day? Je one paper worth let's skip back sand see whether it has been a ssttle to have The Star, outside of the events it transmitted. has a public dock coming; the bonds for it ens teen voted. Is thal any more to a city than an. over the history of Seattle for thing ly infor. a good thing? If it is, this and the publicity it gave, are to a large extent tickets for a quarter, twenty-five for $1, cars, 80 every’ : in each quarter worth anything to the! Seattle are saved from the task ‘@ man can’t understand a thing body can get them. Is that TION ESE tt not to understand it— RECK 4 perished. hes to *peaking voloe—and still tx—and today say the When he found by could exceed the ‘Sank in the | talking speed far ahead of his near- VOL. 13, NO. 270. town? This paper started conductor. The Star fought the dba = thing; it has saved the line; fighting not only until this but until similar lines are of car tickets, and aroused publi car combine had to put its tickets on sale with every Alone this measure will save street car patrons $200,000 each year. lone for the municipal lighting plant; with the aroused voters it secured it, and then, over the howl.of the car combine and the politicians, city plant to sell current to private consumers, ith aved th city h oe if Seattle would have a municipal p! The Star made the fight for the municipal car and is going to keep on ae Se © eperaion, built—until the people of of piling up more mill- saw the bonds passed, the it even yet. didates for Corporation Counsel of Seattle--Bradford JAMES E. BRADFORD office of corporation counsel of the * He started out hoeing and sowing spuds and cabbages, or whatever they hoed and sowed on that Min- nesota farm where James E. Brad- \ford was born 43 years ago. But | Bradford was gifted witha 60 b. p, lest competitor in the farming com- the vessel per. | munity, he set out for more worlds were hud. | to conquer. below decks, shriek. | ing’ for deliverance | when the vessel before the Russ | divers leaped Passengers And in due course of time he entered the University of Minnesota and copped off with much regularity oratorical and debating He did a little newspaper ma got a job in | prizes, work on the side, of the steamer fo}. | the public brary to give him the (Oh terror. All night | |, aided by male pas- itled with the storm in Plo Beep the ship afloat BBE advanced the crew e and futile efforts to * Were made. dawn the vessel Y & buge comber and Minutes. f ap 18 MAYOR? 1L—Will L. Buck m be mayor of and Brown is 2s ton the fob necessary ft in making his way through college. He the best customer to that library, by the way, and he acquired a habit of) reading there that has stayed with him. He studied everything thar came along—eapecially in econom les and political science, single tax. free stiver, manielpal ownership, the tariff—and Is one of the best in Seattle Bradford grauated < demic course in 1892, and in the law course in 1894, and has been an active practitioner since then. Bradford came to Seattle about 12 years ago, and became chief as sistant corporation counsel under Scott Cathoun about three years ‘ago. On the latter's resignation a See * * SHOULD DO THE COURTING BY GEORGE WILLIS COOKE Author and Lecturer COOKE. : @ girl Should propose to a man if he is her ideal. % equal suffrage women will act for them- Politically but socially taking the initiative in business and politics, when she should also take it in love. nis Marriages will be happier when women do the courting. Diffidence and shyness of girls in lovemaking is a sub- terfuge—a part of the present social teachings. When women learn to act naturally, their present false modesty will fall away and they will do the proposing, as they ought. Women at the present time seemn to be getting a better ed- cation than men, and there- fore should be able to select a} helpmate more _ inteiiigently than man. and |idence ia 1121 N. Broadwa, ‘WIFE AND city.) pointed by the council to succeed | him. In national politics Bradfor: is & progressive republican. He waa been Miss Lavena Luther. MONEY GONE That was a of thousands of dollars; without a publicity champion it is doubtful and business men. The present system ported its campai ness for the whole town. : and finally a cohtrol over their The Seattle S ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE "SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1912. | The direct primary, the ini came to Seattle through the persistent crusades of this days. paper that aroused public interest, educated the voters arousing of public conscience, fight for a general sale |ions for the Stone-Webster crowd. ic sentiment until the) of muni laws, a ONE CENT. tive and the recall Find’ The Star played the usual journalistic game of ing the gang and splittin itiative and referendum woul on Ti NEwe | Seattle citizens learned of the benefits of these reforms This paper led a fight that resulted in the people! through magazines and more honest, and distant, news- saving thousands of dollars a month in lower gas rates. papers. And that process of filtration through the gen- That was good business for thousands of home owners eral consciousness is a mighty slow one. | The machine politician can’t get away with it as The Star, backed by its al garbage dis-/he could a few years ago. came only after this paper had fought down the| army of supporters, has been the chief agency in Se- ine for some decent system, and the voters had sup- attle that put the ward heeler, the red-light grafter and ign. That's good health and cleanli- the lobbyist crook out of bu: |fluence that keeps them out, too. Corporations can’t grab franchises as in the old The fact sauer kraut of endurance rather than of their good il MAINS AND taste. STANOS ba BRINGING HEATHENS D0 WIVES LOVE THEIR TO CHRIST WITH BULLETS The gospel ship Helama, H. M, &, according to a dispatch from Victoria, has just returned from a missionary tour among the Solomon is'anda, where numbers of bad heather were yanked into the fold over night The gospel ship Belama is a sermons with shot, ope he eve 25 bluejackets and 22 native police as personal British vessel that punctuates its ing pigties with shell, and bas some rkers to open up the minds and hearts of the mournera at the inquiry bench. The latest gospel tour of the good ship Belama was made during the Christmas season, and it in understood that this time was chosen that the natives of the Solomon isla) inner meaning of “Peace on earth, good will towards men. view of the From the nde might gain a clear reports of the chief missionary, Deputy Commissary Partington, printed in Seattle papers yesterday, the Yuletide’ services were a cess, even the pigs in the streets what a real pious white man is like when he bears the Cross of Manger Child to dull, dumb heathe ‘he expedition lorious suc: te the fullest knowledge bed t n lands. aged the island, kilied many islanders and wiped out buts, pige and all else,” reads the report of Chief Missionary Part- ington. “Bieeged be the meek in epirit, for they hal! inherit the earth.” The report continues: “The attack was made at Urn talgnd at night, and the when dogs barked? and uproar follow were within 200 yardd Vengeance ig mine; | will repa: engers y, eat the Lord.” But this is the gospel of St. Partingtan, not Luke, “The majority of the fugitives wore anptured, but tt was found that these were NOT the murderers.” Well, well, weil! “The expedition then went around the inland—to the villa that auc: cored the murderers. Ten natives were killed, one of them being hacked Of course, these poor, ignorant, heathen (This is The Star's third article dealing with candidates for the/ only savages that commit murder; and, of bat, even at that, and admitting burned.” That ts the villabe jesionary, and these two @ the Faith, Mission. Keys of Heaven, went to ex- ete of teeth for or two that had native converts to hack the coming of the king- lomon islanders are the tee, if the Solomon inl- and the mob stoned be justified in besleging pigs in the streets, truth of the cospel, | according to Partington, It does seem a@ though they might have con- married in Seattle, his wife having | ducted this special revival meeting of gout and gore without using na His ree | tive converts to back up their unbelieving brethren; for it might be that these ignorant natives, newly Introduced to the wondrous sanctity of the Partington gospel, might not see the true tm beautiful rites, and might conclude considered murder a safe and cot force met r meaning of these that the new religion, like their oid, mnfortable ceremony when a strong in should get the Victoria Cross. ‘Cop’ Wins in Sprint With Edith, The Missing Wife and Her Hus! Mike Nicolich, living at 3110 Western avenue, reported to the police today that his wife, Ellen Nicolich, and $1,000 of his money, are missing. He asked that they ‘assist him in recovering elther ot both. Last Friday ‘Nicolich drew his savings out of the bank, intending to go into partnership with a fel- low laborer in the purchase of a launch. He did not need the money for a few days, and thought his wife could care for it better than himselt. That same day Mrs. Nicolich left for Moncton, near Tacoma, for a couple of days’ visit, but her friends in Moncton did not see her. She had the money in her pos- wession, and we husband thought nothing of it when she took it with her, She packed her best clothes in a suit case before leaving home. | P Nicolich scouts the idea that she may have run away with another man, because, he says, she had been in the country but a short time, and had no acquaintances. He says she may have gone to her ne in Gree KRAMER KKHEH * Rain tonight ond Friday, in- * *% creasing south winds. Temper- * But Girl With Purse Ran ‘Some’ Edith Bradley is a good 100 yarder; Scot White is a long die tance man, Edith (so it is alleged at the po Noe station) has been « purse gnatcher before. Scot is one of those wary Individuals commonly known as a “cop.” The third character in this little play is Mrs. Anna Fisher, 602 2iat ay., and she became so wrapped up in some of the new fall creations tn & Second ay, sult house yesterday afternoon that she forgot her purse, and left it lying on the counter, ome se wei SUICIDE ENDS CONTINUAL QUARRELS | Edith saw that purse, grabbed it, and decided to become “scarce.” Scot heard the cry, “Stop, thief,” Aud started after Edith and purse. As above stated, Edith had the {best ‘of the first part of the race, lbut Scot's staying qualities stood jbim in good stead. Spectators said it wae a great race, and that the loser was game. Scot caught up with Edith in the second block, and both went to the station. Edith wants another chance--to be good, and Police Judge Gordon will bear the story this afternoon. PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 10—Tired of life after 17 years of constant fighting with bis wife, Frank Lilves, 58, committed suicide here this afternoon, taking strychnine. His wife owned a piece of property worth about $900 and Lilves wanted her to turn it over to him refusals caused incessant fa ended his life. Women Endorse . L? Bannick’s Work The club house of the Women's Federated clubs was crowded to the doors yesterday afternoon when a public meeting was held, at which Chief Bannick and Jail Matron Miss Brown spoke. The meeting, which was held under the auspices of the Federated clubs, ed a motion endorsing the work of Chief Bannick in the past and hoping that the city will n6t go back in the work of enforcing the laws. “Mr. Bannick w reluctant to come up to add: the women,” said Mrs. H. P, Fish of the Feder- ated clubs this morning. “He had been invited some time ago, but he did not accept until urged again *& ature at noon, 42, * and again, because he said he was Ce pot ® gehts speaker, EEE. Her constant mily rows and at last Lilves Happy Days for the Candidates It’s happy days for candidates, past an@ profent, even the 59 who ran for councilmen last year and flost. | Judge Dykeman this morning \signed the mandamus order, and |Comptroller Bothwell was served with 4t, which puts the filing fee out of business. 80, from now on, candidates can run’ as fast or as slow as they choose, and it won't cost them a solitary penny. Moreover, those 59 little candidates end others who have since dug up good coin for the privilege of getting their names on the elty baljot will have a “blow- back” coming to ‘em. The news hasn't circulated widely yet, so there wasn't any rush at the comptroller's office this morn- ing. In fact, not a single candidate appeared, but the comptroller is ex pecting ‘em pretty soon. HUSBANDS TOO MUCH? / NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—“The whole trouble was that I loved my husband too much; that I fairly worshiped him and that I was con tent to look upon our home as our | world.” | This statement comes from Mra. Albert G. Wheeler, jr., once noted as “the prettiest girl on Broadway, who claims she was deserted tn 1910 by her millionaire husband, and is now contesting his attempt to reduce her temporary alimony from $600 to $100 a month. WOMAN HELD. FOR VIOLATING S-HOUR LAN the Antlers hotel, was arrested late yesterday afternoon on two informa- tions issued by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Caldwell, charging her |with violating the eight-hour law lfor women. The complaining wit {nesses are Mary and Louise McAr |dle, mother and daughter, living at | 714 Stewart at, who were employed las chambermaids, The case was |worked up by Mrs, Chantler, as: sistant labor commissioner. The supreme court bas not yet decided on the constitutionality of |the law, The argument defending the law fn its entirety, including the exemption of fish and fruit can neries from the operation of the statute, were made by Prosecuting Attorney Murphy last Monday, in the test case brought against Mrs. Helen Sommerville, manager of « paper box factory, Mrs, Sommer ville admitted that she violated the law in order to make a test case, ‘The supreme court has the matter under advisement KHKEKKHKKHKEKE ** STUMBLED OVER HOSE; NEARLY KILLED Fire in the O, K. barber shop, in the basement of the Lexington hotel, 116 Second av, S., last night, almost re- sulted fatally for J. P. Little man of Anacortes. He stum- bled over a hose line and hit his head against the sidewalk as he fell, rendering him to- tally unconscious until this morning The fire did about $1,000 damage. [RRARKARER RAE RR SSE EERE E EE at Mrs. F. M. McLain, proprietress of lservatory of Music. a, ’ / “Oh, I loved him as few women have ever loved before,” said Mrs. | Wheeler. “He was everything to me. And when another woman—an older one—came between us, I nev- er awoke to the situation until ey- | erybody else knew about it. I trusted him so much that I could hardly believe even after I knew. Mra. Wheeler still retains the beauty that made her the talk of | Broadway in the 90's. She is the} daughter of Axel B. Carlstedt, for- mer director of the Boston Con- GANNY ANDY. IS CORNERED. GIVES FACTS (By United Press Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Jan. 11,—An- drew Carnegie, ironmaster and be- stower of libraries, today had an- other opportunity to show the fight that is in him when the mem- bers of the Staniey house commit- tee, investigating the steel trust, continued their “heckling” of yee- terday. Carnegie was alert and chipper, and apparently enjoyed the clash of wits with the congress. men who sought to drag admiss| from the canny Scot. Today's examination of Carnegie opened the inquiries into the growth of the Carnegie Steel com- pany from $250,000,000.in 1897 to $420,000,000 in 1900. The members of the committee attempted to get Carnegie to admit that such a growth in his business was far from reasonable. Cornered after a battle of wits with members of the committee, Carnegie admitted that the steel trust dominate sthat industry. He resorted to jJests and anecdotes in an effort to avoid answering, but finally Congressman Gardner began an attack which caused the tron master to “give up.” Responding to a question by Con- gresaman Beall, Carnegie answered that he believedsthe day of compe- Asked why compe- tition had ceased, he replied: “Because the corporation repre- sentatives are able to sit down and agree to fix prices, and then main- tain them. This is obvious. Asked how this condition could be remedied, Carnegie said that the government should fix the maxi mum prices, He then read a long statement in which he pleaded for uaity in the enforcement of the law that a microbe can live in is significant of their power REFUSING T0 ELOPE, GIRL lo MURDERED i (By United Press Leased Wire) CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—Because of her determination to be true to hed friend, whose husband, Sylvester Adams, pursued her with his ate tentions, Edith Smith, a teacher at Wheaton, fils, is the victim of a double tragedy today. She died rather than submit to Adams’ pro posals. Adams went to the Wheaton School, waited until Miss Smith’e pupils we s fired a bullet through , killing her. Then he committed suicide, A note was found in Adams’ pocket, written by Miss Smith, begging him, for the sake of his wife—her girthood triend—to be a man. Bianchi Case Is Ready tor Jury The manslaughter case City Detectives Joseph piece who shot Frank Harris last Octo ber and killed him as the latter attempted to escape arrest, will go to the jury tonight. There are three women om the jury. Prosecuting Attorney Murphy, made his argument following the instructions by Judge Ronald be fore the noon adjournment wag taken, Alfred Lundin began the arn Gument for the defense when court reconvened this afternoon. He will be followed by John F. Miller, chieg counsel for Bianchi, who will in turn be followed by Murphy with the concluding argument. Bianchi was on the stand yester day afternoon and part of this morning. He testified that he dia not mean to kill Harris, but tried to hit him in the leg. He said Harris was about eight feet away, when he shot, but that the latter was rapidly getting awa, from him, Bianchi told the jury that he suse pected Harris was the man wanted for a burgiary in Tacoma. Other | detectives took the stand to testify to Harris’ general character. H@ was described as a thief and a dope | fiend. Just Why She Wants a Divorce He blackened her face in beating her. He bruised her body. He gave her only $50 in 18 months, She had to earn her own living, He made her clear land and cut same He whipped her son by a former marriage. He threa' to kill her, — These are some of the complaintd against Charles L. Zakszewski, of Port Orchard, as set forth in Mra, Martha Zakszewski’s application for a divorce filed this morning, In addition to these reasons, she says that she had been inform: that her husband was not diverted from a former wife when she mars ried him on January 3, 1909. She alleges that he is worth about $10,000, or more. She asks for $50 4@ month alimony ———$—$$ NORTH YAKIMA, Jan, 11,—, ter bleeding for twelve ase Fa @ wound in his tongue, caused when he pulled it from a Piece cold iron, Louis Gagner, 4 yearg old, died early this morning in 8 Elizabeth's hospital. 7 wes Clearance Sale of Men’s Wool Underwear Winsted Mills’ Wool Underwear reduced to, garment 90¢ Cooper's Wool Underwear reé- duced to $1.35 Stuttgarter Imported nder- wear reduced to $1.60; bet- ter quality at . $2.25 Globe Union Suits reduced to.. seveee s sess 82.70 and $3.15. It will pay everyone to par- take of the unusual values now obtainable at Shafer Bros,’ Great Clearance Sale. Every- thing reduced. Shafer Bros Arcade and Arcade Annex | | | | | It is the chief in- All the time, by persistent hammering and the does this paper force put into effect a system that gives to all the the corporations to keep their obligations and in some officials and revenues. | small part pay for what they get from the people. } These are a few things The Star has done. the jack pots, the in-| you think it has paid you for this paper to be on have come only after|the job? Do