The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 26, 1912, Page 1

fact, admitted by all, that the me duck” © may | the in give him any kind of a job. Are the people; ing mouth, waiting for that job. Jones, the standpat senator, is by his side, and Affirmative answers to these questions, it seems,|Taft, the good-natured one, is “between stations” the place of the needed qualifications, whether jagain. s the soft-snap job happens to be a judgeship or some- A FINE OBJECT LESSON, ISN’T IT?—a presi- a y unless thing else, dent, a senator, a congressman and a score of other succeed in giving him a soft| It is clear that Judge Donworth, by withdrawing |high-up fellows jockeying over a judgeship! his rg wcmeg blocked the scheme to put Humphrey A BEAUTIFUL EXHIBITION, WHICH WILL y, the “lame ongressman, le will never|us to care for other “lame ducks”? soft-snap life job on the federal bench. _| ag: Firat is the all-suf-/ready to these him ott. “ are the methods of making “sacred” |ficient reason to the political “good dogs” who have! a of cheap, discredi ‘ed politicians, that no|played the game with Humphrey. Senator Jones|take ¥ what the process is. It might happen |sympathizes with Humphrey. He sees clearly What’ apie 1 and|coming to “God-Hates-a-Coward” Humphre: giracle—Humphrey converted into one of | his friends, now in power, who, according to Taft, can do no| place to light on. | That's about all that counts with the powers that/on 2 strongest claim for that life job is|be. wore “FOUND issue of | Corporation. punishment of for ly thing that and whole. — on yesterday tal; Where he had un- operation twa athome. He ap his work eaomerated J. ¢ , oe drove . » Neufeider, a When -“Heyearold- Cla Doe WAS killed last Tues ve testimon boy had dashed 4 one of the the side- car before Dossibly have ‘ania POEATTLE IC FOR $2,000 ed by mother-in-law, what matters peoegged on a ve the nig. ‘before she had the Pike street on M. Dameron sremaaes ‘ ie com. she suffered 4 Nervous gys- the accident, OUTMAN TO P Has Humphrey been | The Sea ONL Angeles Police Looking for This Pretty Chinese Girl pam Los plices is being prosecuted with re newed vigor. Beside the warrant for the girl, two John Doe and Rich- lord Roe bianket warrants were tenued for the two mysterious Chi- Rese who are believed to have been implicated in the erlme. hile the Chinese are aiding the detective departments of all the const cities In the hunt for the Chi- nese girl, they are making their principal efforts on their own initia LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26.—Acting on instructions received from Port- | At the inquest over the remains |of Seid Bing, the victim of the trunk murder, this morning, George |Chum, a local Chinaman, identified son of Seid Back, the Portland millionaire, and a cousin of the mur. dered Chinese, ts personally in charge of the , and is directing efiorts of scores of Chinese sleuth’ who have been rushed to every Chi nese quarter on the Pacific coast, [Identified the remains, and # ver. | 20% tule ene of the larger citie jdiet that Seid Bing came to his [death having his throat cut was returned by the jury. First-degree murder warrants for) peaeaneee aaa the slayers of Seid Bing, the vic- DEBATE ON SINGLE TAX tim of the Chinese trunk murder,! A debate on the single tax amend- were issued from the police court ments will be held tonight at the of Portiand yesterday, and today Y. M. C. A. auditorium between the search for Ol Sen, the pretty Councilman Griffiths and Will At- {Chinese girl, and two male accom- k . GUILTY TO VIOLATING BANKING LAW United Prees Leased was convicted last year, and the su- URULINGHASE Jan, 26.—-W, D. preme court last Saturday denied Outman of Portiand, Or., will plead|an appeal. He has to serve from guilty in the superior court this af- four to fifteen: ¥: one of us? Has he helped | Humphrey is still “SEATTLE, WASH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1912. EAR DOCTOR AT GIRL'S AUTOPSY Attorneys Want to Know Why He Was Called in on Such a Case—Another Sensation in Hazzard Murder Trial— Doctors Say Death Was Due to Starvation Methods. PORT ORCHARD, Wash., . Mp you Consider him a competent phy- ——An eye and called In to hold the autopsy with Dr. Linda 8. Mazzard, charged with firet murder, over the body of Claire Williamson, whom she ie accused of having starved to death, and who, according to Dr. Hazzard, died of liver trouble. This wan the sensation introduced sician to-hold such an autopsy?” “I would pot, because he would lack ‘the experience of actual med. teal practice except for eye and ear treatment, Hin college training Yours ago would not be sufficient.” , Defense Loses Points. The defense vainly sought to have both Dr, Munn and Dr, Clarence A. tive. Attorney Seid Gin, the young! riternoon to the charge of violation -lof the state banking laws while {president of the Home Security } | Savings bank of this city early in 1910, Outman was vice president of the institution, and succeeded H. oh Ovutman is charged with the same offense, namely, the accepting of deposits, knowing the bank was in- solvent, byt he was @ loser by the bank's failure, and the attorneys will plead for a light sentence on corner of| when he attempted to juggle a knife C. Welty, who as president of the|the ground that he is only tech- bank wrecked it in January. Welty | nically guilty. ann = WOMEN IN OVERALLS WORK IN GOLD RUSH AT MANITOBA (By United Press Leased Wire) bed and found innumerable par. MINITONAS, Manitoba, Jan. 26.\ticles of fine gold and fine pieces » gold rush here reminds one of coarse gold in the sand one mile of accounts of the early Klondike |south of the town. Coarse gold , Or the history of gold in|was brought into town yesterd Minitonas hotel is| afternoon taken from the box at a hundred people |Favell Creek, one intle from the ire being | town. jused as hotels. Miners are here) Women in overalls join in staking jirom all parts of the country. claims, and there have been forty One Winnipeg party sank ten feet|staked ip the Jest twenty-four |with a boring machine in the river | hours, ‘Mother-in-Law Fixed Hubby the Juggler, Says Complaint Hats off to the saucepan. Wield-| weeks after his wedding day, on September’ 18, 1910, Tuesday with the it was alleged, w: desire to aim heavy glass bowls his wife and 6-month-old baby, Mra. Cambers dodged successfully and set out to break the speed record to mother’s home, with Omar fol- lowing with a kp Mother-in- law jckly took the situation in, and also a saucepan, with which, according to the complaint, “she beat him into submission. Cambers is @ carpet layer, it that son-in-law is armed with a knife which he would hurl? The saucepan came to the rescue and Omar J. Cambers came to grief in the presence of his wife, Jessie A. Cambers, last Tuesday, if the | tale set forth in a divorce complaint jfiled this morning bears out thi facts, Omar, who, according to the complaint, began to indulge too free- Jy in liquid refreshments three short questions | Binith, of Seattle, who followed jamming | him, that the death resulted tion of expert witnesses this morn | fret ye's aliments of the liver. ing. The eye and ear expert. ac | Both physicia: however, empha’ cording to the state, was Dr. tically attributed it directly to Stephen Olmstead of Seattle. methods outlined in the “Would you have called inquiries put to them, and ear specialist to make an au jand @hich, the state alleges, were topsy where the doctased is sup | by Dr. Hazzard. A chart, posed to have been affilcted with |showlug the internal organs, wae ‘cirrhosia of the liver? “ Special yea to the jury this morning Prosecutor Kelly asked Dr. Jobn F, teferred to constantly Munn, of Bremerton, whose toatl if, Smith will finish his testimony mony was continued from yesterday | this afternoon, when the 1 afternoon's session. rest. The defense will w Most emphatically no.” inetructed verdict of not guilty “Assuming that such an eye and /torney Karr will make the opening ear specialist was a graduate ofjatetemeit ior Mre, Hazzard, if a regular medical college, would |Jadae Yakey denies the motion 540 DEPUTIES COW 80 STRIKING FIREMEN BY WILLIAM SHEPHERD. MIAMI, Fila, Jan. 26-——Henry M. Flagler’s remarkable ocean railroad line through the islands of Florida, opened this week, with ceremonies at Key West and shame to the tax- payers of the United States. Not a tremendously big shames—just the ordinary shame that comes out almost every day when some big man proves he owns more of the government than do the ordinary tax- payers. } Two months ago 80 firemen on (Flagler’s road struck for |$3.50 a day. Flagler parleyed with them until Christmas |morning. Then he sardonically ordered all firemen discharged. ‘The act was his “Merry Christmas” | To incréaggpwages of these firemen would have cost Flag- lef $2,000 a month Flagier feared violence. Theotgh Washington, where |Flagler and his kind are all powerful, Flagler obtained the services of 540 deputy United States»marshals. Flagler has |been using these government employes, paid by taxpayers, as if he were the general of an army: and they were his soldiers. He doesn't even pay for their feed. Flagler’s line to Key West froth He has enough marshals te guard every mile of it. n't cost a cent. | Uncle Sam pays these marshalé $2,600 a day of the tax- payers’ money so that they can help Flagler save $2,000 a month. Flagler has put on negro firemén, two of them taking the place of one white man, During all the celebration one de- tective rides in the engine and on€ or more on the back of every train. 3 A great effort was made by Flagler and his cohorts to keep the real situation secret from his guests, but before cele- bration was over many of themsspoke of the strike and the presence of 100 deputy marshais at Key West as the skeleton at the feast. A U. $. IS GREAT Going Slowly (By United Prove Leased Wire) atration is still apathet! NEW YORK, Bumped about by hundreds of Jostiing commuters who did not recognize him and finding no- station to greet him, f Connaught re- from his visit to Jacksonville is 522 miles It Hong doesn | Ri Jen. 2— y, and the t ng tion to ae is 25,881, fall- ‘below tho registration of last Year. The Cotterill committee pen to the only systematic cam- the voters out to reg- ister. With @ full vote of the people, the Cotterill election is a certainty, Tn default of the legitimate num. ber of registered voters, the elec- tion may go by default to Gill or Parish, Last year tho regigtration was over 60,000, BERNE, Swiss cap-| §. FRANCISCO, —~ "Are ital is suffering from a plague of | you vr, sweetheart?” asked the cats, which threatens to exterminate | trained Burse, Miss Befion, as Mil- the none too numerous wild singing | lionalre arn Cole recovered from birds in this vielnity. As a remedy | his operation. ‘Don't stare, Doc,” the municipal authorities propose aj she gaid, “We were married last prohibitive tax on all felines, Sunday.” SSS WHERE COTTERILL STANDS A Series of Short Extracts From His Platform Showing Just What He Thinks About the Various Import: Municipal Issues. BY GEORGE F. STATE REGULATION OF Mi 1 am utterly opposed, both in pri je and practice, to the govern- ment of Seattle business affairs in her franchise and public utility matters by any state board or commin Seattle and the other cities of Washington are entitled to “home rule on these purely city business matt If 1 am elected mayor, so long asethe present state regulative authority stands as the law, I shall urgeantleo-operate in the most active presentation and protection of the city'# its before the state tribunal, 1 shall also urge co-operation with other ‘or cities of Washington in a united demand upon the next state legiaiature for a complete delegation to municipal authorities of all regulative Mghts in local franchise gtants which the state may possess. There igmeither danger nor possibility of injustice in this exercise of full regulative power over franchises by the representatives of the people who tovbe served and must pay the bills, The state and federal courts are always epen:te appeal from and protection any attempted abuse of the regulative power, whether exercised e or city authorities, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE ONE CENT. si nt"4t3h, |GABY IS A HAPPY BRIDE|TIFT Ac(s Fg ttle Star But the rescue is only temporary.|INSPIRE THE PEOPLE WITH MORE RESPECT standing at the trough with a drool-| FOR THE , COURTS, WON'T Z iv? HOME EDITION RL SE A A man always feels a bit superior] ij When some homeless pup follows him | GABY DELYS PILCER NEW YORK, Jaa. indir cause of a linson with former King “IT married Harry this morning, in the message. Pilcer is a former member of and was featured | Glide,” and this m | of the couple say Gaby and Pilcer flowers and books. an athletic dancer. He called hi: & bit with the litde Parisian (By United Press Leased Wire.) 26.--Gaby Delys, the Parisian dancer who was y responsible for the downfall of the Portuguese monarchy be Manuel, today has been married to Harry Pilcer, according to @ message she sent to friend# here. and we are so happy,” said Gaby the Winter Garden company here, ince the “Gaby New York friends fell in love at first sight. While Pilcer was ill here Gaby called at his apartments daily and sent him PLAN FOR Bl GOTTERILL MEETING Contrary to usual custom of open- ing the campaign in outlying pre- cincts, George F, Cotterill, progres- sive candidate for mayor, will be | the first to fire his opening gun in the heart of the down town district, The big meeting to be held in Arcade hall next Tuesday night will jlaunch the mayoralty contest in real earnest. Preparations are rapidly being made for holding the biggest crowd that ever assembled at the Arcade hall. Besides Cotterill, three other speakers will probably address the ==|meeting. Mrs. Edward P. Fick, wife ot Dr. Fick, will speak from the women's standpoint. Following the announcement that the Cotterill campaign will be started down town, the Gill cam- paign committee also got busy, and TON ACTRESS, 15 DEAD United Prees L-ased Wire) VANCOUVER, B. Ce dan 36— Mise Jane Kelton, known all along the coast as the leading lady in many stock companies, died this morning in the West End hospital following an operation. Miness three weeks ago caused her to drop out of the cast of “Del Lawrence Stock Company” at the Avenue theatre. Oeil Lawrence and Miss Kelton were married about two months ago after the former ob- tained a divoree, Mise Kelton came from Oakland, Jane Kelton was very well known in Seattle, starring with Del Law. rence at the Seattle and Lois thea- ters, Wilson—What did that pretty & meeting has been arranged for | shop girl say when you stole a kiss? Hiram C. Gill, at the Dreamland| Johnson—She said, “Will that be rink for next Thursday night all today Tit-Bits, — a = home. And well he may. PROGRESSIVE ALASKA LAWS (By United Frees Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—Presi- dent Taft today told representatives of commercial organizations of Se attle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portiand and Everett, that he soon will ask special congressional at- tention to Alaskan legistation. He will urge the government con- struction of railroads, better home- stead laws, more roads, lighthouses and fish hatcheries and a leasing re for the undeveloped coal jands. Shoots Self Through Head Edwin Jones committed auicide by if through the head E ibre revoiver, at his at 2418 Queen Anne avenue this morning. He fired four shots, three of which entered his head. He was employed as janitor of the Northwest Trust and Safe De- posit Co., and came home as usual this morning at 6 o'clock, undressed and retired. Members of the fam- ily heard the shots and found him with the revolver in hie right hand. He had evidently fired sitting up in bed, and rolled-on the floor. It {s beli@ved the first shots did not render him unconscious and that he kept firing until one entered the brain. The fire from the revolver set thé bed clothing in flames, but they were easily extinguished by mem bers of the famiiy; The deceased had compiained of pains in the pead frequently and threatened the life of himself and others. He leaves a wife and son 21 years of age. ‘CHANCE FOR GOOD JOB Want a $5 or $6 job on primary. day? And then another one on election day? And two more jobs in the fall elections? You can have the same for the mere asking. Ring up the coun- ell committee clerk at the city hall, Main 8500 or Ind. 4100, and give him your name and the number of your precinct by tomorrow. morne ing. For the first time in Seattle's history, in all probability, there is dearth of election officials. One inspector and two judges in each of 94 precincts are needed. You can secure a job If you live in one of the following precincts: 20, 26, 27, 45, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 62, 77, 85, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 105, 106, 109, 110, 111, 118, 116, 117, , 124, 126, 129, 131, 134, 135, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 161, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179, 186, 187, 18! 212, 213, 21 221, 222, 223, . 5 5 232, 234, 236, 236, 243, 252, 257, 281. SPREE REE REE * * * WEATHER FORECAST * %® Occasional rain tonight and *& * Saturday; moderate southeast, * % shifting to southwest winds. © % Temperature at noon, 52. * * * PRR EM EM ee | thetically inquired Bill Banks this morning of Prof. Snitz, secretary of The Star's committee on truth. “Why,” pensively replied the Prof., as he took an extra twirl on his mustaches, “I should say fresh butter is the kind that’s been giving itself up for 45 cents the pound, and then decides to leave the shop for nothing less than 55. cents, That's acting fairly fresh.” “Very punk,” broke in Doc, Haw- king, chairman of the committee, “T move that we immediately leave this shop and march on the public |markets. There we can at least get lan air line on fresh butter,” “Bet we get a smell of storage butter, anyway,” broke in Bill, “That will do, that will warned Doc. And, arm in arm, the committee on truth then marched down the street to the market. ‘Say, what is fresh butte: manded Bill Banks of a dealer, “T'm not positive that I can give the definition of fresh butter,” slow- ly enunciated that worthy, eyeing Bill in a masterful sort of way, “but I'm darned certain I can tell a fresh GUY when I see him.” And do,” de- WHEN’S BUTTER FRESH? “WHAT IS FRESH butter?” pa- “Well, you see the difference is— well, the difference is there,” re- plied the grocer, with that he turned right around and walked right away. Doc Hawkins, the diplomat of the committee, tried another salesman. “Why is it?” asked Doc, pointing to a row of signs describing various degrees of fresh butter, “I see the difference in the price,” mused Prof Snitz, “but—" The salesman fled. “Say, let's go home,” whispered Bill, “I feel kind of faint.” “What you need is some buttered toast and tea,” remarked the pro- LIST TO THIS! fessor. “But I won't go home until I know what is fresh butter.” “Well, I'm in a hurry for dinner, 8o I'll tell you right here and now,” declared Doc, “Fresh butter is but» ter that hasn't been worked over.” “Good-bye,” cried the Prof. and Bill, and they turned around and strode into a restaurant, leaving Doc blinking mildly in the sunshing,