The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 12, 1912, Page 1

.leroes are people the public —y oll than ordinary The Sea INDEPENDENT SEATTLE, WASH FRIDAY, JANU folks. “VOL, 13, NO. 271. ONLY Ath ‘tle IN WRY 12, 1912 Star SEATTLE ONE CENT. Lent" H aS "B § Hi } betore HOME EDITION. rat I The most fortunate man in the world) is the man who can always look be! things as though he had never seen them LIS ON FORMER WIFE: KILLS HER .\Send This Te -gram to President 'Taft Stole for Bride Acto: Now Faces Term in Prison MRS. LEROY OSBORNE They only had a nickel left. |eould buy a loaf of bread for that. But that would bave a sad the Westlake hotel, belongigg to & traveling man. So they both helped themselves, F . INDIANAPOLIS, Jan, 12.—Rul ing, In effect, that that portion of ithe Indiana law governing the ex- in bis, argu in the hands of whitewash was physict: accused jan doslen as a man eng d of no 5 ottense in sas “shaply el fully derided the of the com. | on the that it gtd been that was fa. of the city's lite claim of TICKETS ARDIDATES decision hoid Reed not pay a Bothwell wil) | ive ‘any of the hopeful ve well maintain» is only the r, who te Proceedings, an. says he must candidates to| Unless he fo} i stay says he and | tradition o. prisoners was uncon- stitutional, U. 8. Judge — yesterday afternoon ordered De- tecth Wm. J. Burns released fren the charge of kidnaping John J. McNamara, the self-confessed dynamiter. Judge Anderson held that Burns had a perfect right to take McNa- mara to Low Angeles under the statutes of the United States. =\Only One Picture Found Objectionable While the moving picture the- atre censors have been on their jobs for about three weeks, they have found but one picture to which there was any objec- tion. This ie the report made by Or. Sarah B. Kenail, one of the censors. The committee sees the pictures at the two ex- changes before they are submit- ted to: ‘the varie various jo payhousen, GIRL KILLS SELF SAN FRANCISC 12.—Pre- ferring death to a new struggle for jemployment, Miss Helen Drew, 22, swallowed poison in her ments here today. She may recov- er, The girl believed that her con- tinued finess would cause her ab- sence from work so often that she would be discharged. GASH WITH. STRIKERS LAWRENCE, Mass, Jan. 12—, | Scores of strikers and police were Injured in a el by | thousand mill reserves here toda: pial alialic sei. acini dy. -* |* _WEATHER FORECAST * Kain tonight and Saturday; ® * high south winds. Temper- # ‘ ature at noon, 60, , ik chen oa eh Oe apart." Ra Wm. H. Taft, White House, Washington, D. C. Mr. President:—Please withhold appointment of federal judge pending investigation. Seattle and all of Western Washington ee faces a real da E. Humphrey as oe See eee ee ey —the threatened appoint- ment of W. E. Humphrey as federal judge to-succeed Judge Donworth, President Taft does not ability, nor his standing in his home city know Humphrey. Surely if Taft did He does not knew his record—his lack of know these things he could not consider Humphrey even as @ possibility for a life term on the bench. Plainly, there are some men with influence who are trying ta@ rush Humphrey's appoint- ment. Humphrey until a proper. investigation can be made. nd the message Flood the White te. ter. 1 vesti finted above to the president or send a si House with telegrams asking the president ‘Therefore, the first thing for the citizens of Seattle to do eof urge Taft not to appoint ir one to Senator Poindex- it t, at least, take time fo in- he sppointment of Humphrey would convert the resignation of Judge Donworth into ALLEGED. MURDERER FIGHTS IN COURT the doors. The court was fuiest! into a turmoil. Court attaches helped clear the room while the deputies grappled with the prisoner. then re- turned and took a hand in the melee. * For three re ge Rech partes desperately with the* officers, Ing over and over on the floor, overturning chairs and benches in the scramble. After Rech had been overcome pe he was stated tn his chair, trem- clamor of the accused man and rushed toward CARNEGIE DESERTS biing and moaning, « deputy grip ping each arto. PROTECTION FLAG == ‘Press Leseet Wire) Jan. 12—De) of protection eer his crcl. thoes e said the before Stan ittee which ie in trust, “le well able) hese atte eles mini ? SCHOONERS . IN COLLISION) = (By Unites eadetnt on ae-ameessieh a brief wireless dispatch from Ta- age, and she is now being towed to some harbor in the Straits. ‘The Griggs’ bow was damaged, but the dispatch does not state whether she continued on her voy to Seattle or put in at some ’ Beatte. Seymour t to > Resign RGOMAY Jen | Jan. iw w. ber. mour, elected mayor of Tacoma for four years last spring with the re- call of A. V. Fawcett, will resign grid according to a rumor today. Seymour, « wealthy man, has ured of the routine of the job, it is said, and has been subject to considerable criticism from friends of Fawcett. VOTE WITH STANDPATTERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-The democrats in the house broke their voting compact with the pro- greasives and voted with the stand- Pre-|patters in electing Congressman Campbell of Kansas to the vacancy ‘on the rules committee caused by the death of Congressman Madison, also of Kansas. Campbell is a “DRIVE GAMBLERS FI FROM STOCK K EXCHANGE WITH CAT-0’-NINE TAILS OF THE LAW” ‘Uny United Press Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Jan, 12-—Red hot denunciation of gamblers in cotton, wheat and corn was voiced today in the senate by Jeff Davis, senator from Arkansas. He said in pai “I want to see the gamblers of New York driven from the -stock exchange with the cato’-nine-talls of the law, just as Christ drove the money changers from the temple. growing sentiment 1s that the to fulfill = Jof the world without protection.” Carnegie’n declaration came after |e long battle of wits wits the mem- bers of the committes, in Which for hours he avoided giving testimony ithe questions of the committeemen \until his climax when he declared ithe necessity of protection, so far as steel is concerned, to be a de ‘fusion. BITTER COLD” -_ HARD MABE” shiver.. The ciase was dip missed and she fied to tell the other teachers. They, too, had noticed the “freezing” atmos. phere, and 100 delighted ohil- dren were allowed their lib erty. LID’S NOW ON (By United Prees Leaga Wire) NEW YORK, Jan. 12. fragettes here wanted to ow the “bunny hug” And its in brethren were fit b ma for the upper ten. Mrs, M rie Townsend danced ‘em—as they are. The iid jute Woman Whips Pastor ‘United Press Leased Wire) N YORK, Jan. 12.—Her hus- |band looking on, Mrs. George F. Wetmore, so@ty woman, had a rough and tumble fight with Rev. . H. H. Butler in the vestibule of come a tool of oppressors, an agent of the money kings and money grab- bers. The cost of living is #o hi that gaunt hunger and povery stalk hand in hand in the very shadow of the capitol, and the bread line reaches alnf~et to the door of the senate chamber. what 61 Men Control Country. care the tariff Senator Davis named 51 million-|asked, aires, declaring that they, with 4,000 other millionaires, own 80 per be-leent of the wealth of the nafion, now |the’ Mercantile Safe Deposit com- WE HUMPHRE! (OPPOSED BY ATTORNEYS ney snl with few ex to W. EB. ph meal to the fed- the frameup to give rey a life position for which he ts absolutely unfit: the matter of legal knowl ‘ing county republican com- ‘wil! hold @ meeting this aft- at which time a protest ane Humphrey's appointment oe be drawn up and for eo Men's Republican club oung, ‘* neikivins 06 eet ene to tine find against Humphrey. A. , at def of & Woman in Alameda in 1908. | Wiltine was pronounced dead after | oo to the ion WO FILINGS ‘There was no filing for office) Two socialints were turned down | by Comptroller Bothwell yesterday they wanted to file as can- didates, but refused to pay any feea Bothwell is acting on the theory that the copy of the manda- mug order served on him only af- the case of George Holtaner, be paid. As far as other candi- ate concerned, Bothwell pe > cnndtnase the order says nothing. “SHUSTER LEAVES ERAN, Jan. 12~—-Removed as trey surer general of Persia through the #forts of the Russian and Brit- wecretary of the jeah legation here, today is en route for London. After That Billion NEW YORK, Jan, 12.—Although $500,000,000 in money and securi- ties bave been removed from the vaults of the burned Equitable building, it was announced today that $1,500,000,000 remains to be remev Most of the latter ameunt ‘ts buried in the vaults of pany, under thousands of tons of icomnd debris, An attempt will be made today to reamove $150,000,000 ip negotiable paper amd money from the vaults of the August Belmont company an& Kountze ros. hope to recover at “least $30,000,000 from their vautts. WASHINGTON, Jan, 12.-—Sen- ator Bourne's bill to appropria: $160,000 for a first-ciass lightship at Orford reef, off Cape Blanco, Oregon. was favorably reported to- day’ by the senate committee on boa ete a which he estimated to be a trifle more than $100,000,000,000, John D. Rockefeller, with $600,000,000, he placed at the head of the list, An- drew Carnegie, with $300,000,000, ‘and W, W. Aetor, with. the same Amount, being next, then J. P. Mor- gan and his $150,000,000 and Wm. Rockefeller and Wm. K. Vanderbilt, $100,000,000 each, were next in Ii " it be contended,” Davis “that Rockefeller made his $600,000,000 honestly, or that any of the others made their millions hon- estly? I say no,’ [erty CANDIDATES FOR CITY COMPTROLLER--CHANDLER FREDERIC CHANDLER (This te The Star's First Articie Telling “Who's Who” in the Race for City Com The whole town celebrated when Frederic B, Chandler was born. It was in the little burg called Cleve-) land, O., on Thanksgiving day, 1859. And now thousands tn Seattle celebrate about one day every month because they plece of paper bearing Chandler's signature. You see, Chandler is) chief deputy comptrolier now, and! he just keeps busy signing his name on city warrants, He also signs it on city bills, His signature is one of the most familiar in the city, and, except for the bil.s, is unt versally hailed with joy. ~ Chandler proposes to increase said joy among city workers by es- | tablisbing two pay days a month, instead of the present 30-day in- terim between envelopes, Before} accepting the position of chief dep-| uty comptrolier two years ago, Chandler was never in public of. ce. He held numerous important po- Gas Famine in New York’ NEW YORK, Jan, 12.—-New York city today faces a gas famine, a general strike of employes of the plants of the Consolidated Gas com. pany being probable to go Into ef- fect tonight. The situation is admittedly most serious. If the members of the Gas Workers’ union are able ® force the general walkout, 80 per cent of New York's gas supply will be cut off. Union agents insist that by 6 o'clock tonight the Astoria plant, which furnishes most of the gas used in Manhattan and the Bronx, will be crippled He May Charge Kidnaping Now, PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 12—~ Whether Frank C, Smith, alias Dr.| Day, wanted In Los Angeles for embezzlement from Mrs, Nellie Bell, will demand redress for_his al-| Jeged kidnaping by officers here | probably will be decided by Smith's | attorney in Los Angeles today, ac- cording to telegraphic advices re- ceived by Attorney Chas. Petr#in, | who represented the Los Angeles) realty pvt here. Subpostoffice Site Is Purchased) A subpostoffice site, costing $169,- 000, has been purchased by the gov- ernment, opposite the Harriman te: minal station, fronting on the Seat- tle boulevard, The land consists of six tideland lots, with 350 feet front- age, running 150 feet back to an al- y. It is midway between the Har- riman and the Hill stations. Con- gress has not yet made any appro- priation for any building on the prop Franklin Hasn't ptrolier) sitions with business houses as ac- countant and auditor, He started out early in life to make his own living, and early in his career was | & stenographer, doing newspaper and court work. He also held sev- jeral important secretaryships. For | get a little }12 years he served in the account-|that right is not free.” jing and executive department of the Pennsylvania railway, princi- |paily in Chicago and New York. |Later he became general auditor jand assistant to the president of )the Brunswick & Birmingham rail-| |way. He resigned in 1903 and jeame to Seattle, where he contin- |ued bis profession as expert | ac- {countant and auditor with some of }the big firms. In the comptroller’s joffice, he has earned the reputation | lof answering more questions of taxpayers and citizens on city gov- ‘ernment than any other man in the city hall, Chandler is married, bas two children, and has his home on the Sound, at 3523 W. 68th st, Se Plead Guilty Yet! (Ry United Press Leased Wire) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12.—"I have not changed my position, and there is no reason to suppose I shall,” said Bert H. Franklin to- day, when asked if it were true that he had agreed to plead guilty to charges of bribing and attempted to bribe jurors in the recent Me- Namara trial. Franklin previously | a had declared that he would fight the case to the end Attorney. Le Compte Davis, tn charge of Franklin's defense, de- nied today reports that he and his client had spent hours yesterday in conference with officials of the | district attorney's office. He de- jclared that there were no grounds |for the report, and that there had | been no change in the status of the iss 7 In spite of Franklin's and Davis’ | eostaments, there is a growing feel- |ing here that Franklin may plead | guilty to at least ona of the charges when he appears in court tomor- | row. Buried by Keil PENDLETON, Or,, Jan, 12—A |score of farmers living on the up- jper Umatilla river today began dig- |ging for the body of John.Narkaus, a wealthy stockman, believed to be buried in an avalanche in Bobsled canyon, thirty miles east of Pen- dleton. Narkaus’ horse, saddled and bri- diéd, was found near the canyon by ranchmen who ‘had searched for Narkaus three di ARBITRATION STOPS LOCKOUT BAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 12.—Ar- bitration today has prevented an impending lockout of 1,000 em- ployes of the Franklin Printing as- sociation's 24 shops here. Two lithographing firms, who started the trouble by refusing to pay five feeders $16.50 -a week, finally agreed to the workmen's demands. SLAYER THEN ESCAPES ON TREET CAR (By United Press Leased Wire) OAKLAND, Cal J ya 12,— | Mrs, Jessie P. Bigelow, 50, to- day was shot through the heart \and instantly killed at her home by Joseph Rider ,her former frvenicere f from whom she was divorced in St. Louis two years agq, according to the police. Previous to the granting of the divorce, the couple had been separated for five years. After the divorcee, Mrs. Rider came to Caltfornt ind jater met and married Rigel in Piedmont. Rider followed ber and secured em- ployment in Los Angeles. It is be Meved that Rider arrived from Los Angeles last. night. Shot Through Heart. Rider went to Mrs. Bigelow’s resl- dence early today, say the police, and rang the bell. He was admit- ted by Mrs. Bigelow. Rider said he wished to’ talk to her “You have no business around here,” she said. “What do you want?" Mrs. Bigelow’s children, — and Lillian, stood behind othe next moment Rider drew a revolver and shot her through the heart Still holding the smoking weapon in his hand, Rider ran from the room, encountering his son in the hallway. Rider pointed the gun at him and backed out of the house. Charles followed him to the street, Rider finally jumping on a street car. The police were notified, but the slayer had a good start, and has not yet been captured. Husband Had Just Left Bigelow, husband of the mur dered woman, had left the house to go to his work in the shops of the Oakland Traction company only |4 short time before Rider arrived. The police of all coast cities have been notified to keep a lodk- out for Rider in case he should slip through the lines here, Argues Own Case (By United Press Leased Wise) TACOMA, Jan. 12—Arguing his own case before the jury, Jay Fox, anarchist editor, acused of sedi- | tion, is awaiting the result of their | deliberations today. Fox followed his own attorney and stated that he had defended }mude bathing, which is no crime; | Bot indecent exposure, which ts, “This js an assault on the consti- tutional right of free speech,” he ended, “and a nation which loses No Good to Him Press Leased Wire) akCoMAS Jan. ik—Pasting wp checks calling for more than $2,000, a daylight burglar who held up T. F. Mentzer, (allyman paymaster for |the Lumbermen’s Association, got jonly $10.50 in cash in a bold day- | Mght robbery here. The stick-up man caught Mentser between lumber piles and shoved a gun in his face. He ran through the bunch of checks, then handed them back. —I! These are no gcod to me,” he snarled. $500,000 FIRE HALIFAX, N. 8. Jan. 12,—Caus- jing an estimated loss of $500,000, | fire which broke out here shortly [after midnight was brought under contro] at 9:30 a.m. today. The plant of the Halifax Herald and the dry goods establishment of the Munnie company, one of the largest concerns. in the city, were destroy- ed. The firemen were forced to their best endeavors to prevent the flames from communicating with the legislative buildings, which for time were .weriously threatened. PARIS, Jan. 12.—Theophile Del- er of foreign affairs, it was learned today, has been offered the French premiership by Presi- res, Delcasse, it is said, considering the offer. Is a Big Day at Shafer Bros Boys’ $5.00 Suits Childuren’s $4.00 Overcoats 2.95 Men’s $20,00 Suits .. Men’s $20.00 Overco: $14.50 $14.50 All other lines reduced proportionately. Shafer Bros and Arcade Annex