The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 7, 1912, Page 1

DITION Lots of people think their hearts are} broken when all that ails them is punc- iiitured conceit. The Seattle Star i ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE VOL 13 NO. 293. SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912. ONE CE TWENTY YEARS FOR [A ag bape a ied eer IS FOOTLIGHT PAVORITE a : BY GILSON GARDNER. x W ASHI GTON, February 7.—Senator Robert M. LaFollette has been sacrificed to the progressive cause, He led ‘the first charge. He took the e's fight in the senate until his rested, he went under the surgeon's knife the bah 5 ‘se . s LaFollette has done a dozen men’s work, the great night and day, and he has led the struggle against Big Business in congress, , Now his doctor tells him he must rest, and over his prostrate form the cohorts will march forward through the breachin the wall made by “Fighting Bo! LaFollette’s fight has practically made impossible the renomination of Taft, and it is to Roosevelt to make good and show that LaFollette did not fight in vain. aFollette undertook the leadership of the progressive movement when no one else would. He undertobk it, feeling that he would be sacrificed. The movement needed leader- { ship. The senna tine to the reactionary administration needed voice and embodiment. “He ; became a candidate as a protest against the Taft record and as @ Tallying point for pro- Rressivism. : s compliments you, you jill for a moment that he is jf DR. HAZARD 3 GIVEN LIMIT OENTENCE PORT ORCHARD, Wash. Feb. 7—Dr. Linda B, Haz- zard was sentenced to from 2 to 20 years in the penitentiary this morning by Judge Yakey: Mrs. Hazzard was found guilty last Sunday night of manslaughter. She had been charged with first degree murder for starving to death /Miss Claire Williamson, one of her patients, Denies Motion for New Tri A formal motion for a new trial | Was presented to Judge Yakey be fore the sentence was imposed. There were but a few moments of jargument. Judge Yakey promptly | denied the motion, saying that the verdict was amply supported by the ‘evidence, and that a contrary ver- {dict would not have met the ends “Have you anything to say why | Judxment of this court shall not be | pronounced” Judge Yakey repeat- jed the usual question before sem “It is the judgment of this court that you shall be confined at hard labor In the penitentiary at Walla Wala for a term not less than two Attorney Karr for Mrs. Hazzard gave notice of appeal, and the fast specialist was released on $10,000 jbonds furnished by the Southwest command of a forlorn hope. He had been, fighting health was wrecked. Last summer, when others —" | for the nomination to the ‘ ’ b — in order that he might be restored in time to renew ithe Chicago convention, candi- | | NEW YORK, Feb. 7.—Roceevert eis to be an-|N* spoken. Breaking his silence of months on a roblems of progress he h: editor” today assembled the report. © ers in the main office of the Outiook velt | and pointed out extracts from the ¢s-| letters and speeches Abraham yy | bincoin, saying they had a peculiar 10 NOW | sppiication to his own position now, ag Senator | Roosevelt refused to discuss the sig: te of Wis- | nificance of his tatk th now Then arose a sudden and mysterious demand for Roosevelt. It progressive and the reactionary who was moved by fear lest LaF: vention. ; __ It was also the voice of the professional politician, hopeless of Victory under Taft and young| Seeking a leadership which would save the toile: i The Roosevelt boom was first of alia backfire started by standpatters to divide and em- (i peer as the voice of the near- ‘Tun away with the con- j It did that all right, but it did more—it from the people who started it, and to the amazement of the Taft chore caalath allivhag af Gut paeehd who look upon “T: as a great man and a eyelt.took the ground that he would serve if drafted—some St LaFollette’s Fs i i point urged him to withdraw. He was a sick man and'they wanted him to save | himself’ for" the "progressive leadership in congress. 4 . ‘This opinion was held by Waltes I Houser, in charge of headquarters, and by Giffura and Amos Pinchot, Congressman Lenroot ard other close personal friends of the senator. ~LaFollette, however, felt that it woul! be better to keep his cam@iflecy before the country a rallying point in case the rather uncertaim Roosevelt movement shoud not develop the over- required to “draft” Roosevelt into service. : is Some of LaFollette’s advisers share! this opinion but were of the burden which of justice. Nothing to Say. ; tencing. Mrs, Hazzard shook her head. years nor more than 20 years,” the court then announced. a continued carididacy would himself or his health. He set to the end. tipon_ the serator, As ustal, LaFotk refused to consi“er is teeth and announced to his friends shat he would go through During the past three weeks rsonal consideration for LaFollette has been the para. NINA PAYNE Although she's wigning sweet; brand of She di: * fame and just as sweet fortune on her high ing art, from the li a big vaudeville circuit, pretty Nina | love dance to the reckless throwing the coal mines. Seotch lad who could lick any man ears ago Seattle people “tpereom good government pick- Hodge to break up the court- house ring. His candidacy was a with the politiclans—until elec- joke ith the Tage broke the #86. Two years ago he was relected. Now he's running for governor. do you ‘think of Gov. ae tht tee i LEU $% $ jers loose. ba wouldn't do that. But there wouldn't be half as many men at Walla Walla as there are now. “1 don't believe in the present system of sending men up. The av- prosecuter tries $ erage to see how foo ferreplieer Bess Begelioe gone road, how many scaipe to his belt—that’s his ambition. It's wrong. I've seen some of these poor fellows stand up and be sen- tenced when they hardly knew what hit them. . il scat and the friendiess that they mi their records on. If I'm governor, im going to try to change that sys today. Hurt at Parish Meeting Was #¢-| George 6. Cotterill, progressive evening |Candidate for mayor, was cheered noonday raily, heid at theatre, in behalf of T. Steering |peared to be in Femained | with Cotterill. for| When John C. Higgins, the stand to-|patter who led the “hand-picked” a pone county delegation at the la @tivinig his|mented republican convention, Genter of which turned down Poindexter and i Cannon to the entire sympathy i ime principles as Cotterill does, ibtedly |then vote for him,” it was the sig- Sar to pass |ial for general applause for the ar to the | progressive candidat Passage. EDITOR SHOT NEVADA CITY, Cal, Feb. 7.— |W. H. H. Sinith, editor and pub- ‘|isher of the Truckee Republican, was shot and fatally wounded to- day by P. M. Doyle, a leading cit- izen, as the culmination of a long standing feud .|_ LEBANON, Mo., Feb. 6.—Mrs, je-|Natcy Hays Williams of this city was today appointed sheriff of La- clede county by the county court to serve until a special election on February 17, when a @ucessor to her husband, Sheriff J. W. Wil- Nams, who died last week, will be elected. Mrs. Williams is believed to be the only woman sheriff in Missourl, She entered upon her duties at once, e|sacred prerogative of casting my mount consideration in the breakdown such as came at Philadelphia In the created by thot event, LaFollette’s friends fait that a wise decision |'! must be made for him, even if it should later be 's nomination. This does not mean that LaFollett: is eliminated from rt fed will readin Meee as vi ’ restore him absolutely, ‘ aa With that restoration LaFoilette will become again a potential Tf Roosevelt can command thé nominee, If not, LaFollette will UST AS LAFOLLETTE LED THE FIRST CHARG WILL BE FIGHTING ON AT THE END. i raised oem ase i i “Well,” announced “Mrs, Smitb-|! always make it a point to beat Jones of Capito! hill, rushing into so telew to the punch. They | the house 10 minutes inte for din-|@nt do » thing to you. : 1 ee “They did-—several things. ner, “I'VE REGISTERED.” always thought that registering Her face was flushed, her bair|was a simple proposition-—part of disheveled, crooked, | the abc of politics, But, oh, Albert, vi and her hat bi . nape Lear ucndt fame cinema? Mr. SmithJones regard dice! podicrtoms ach aoe oa] cold displeasure. Then they &t-/ the part of the voter that he rs she in silence. Intended to vote, or something like ype soo hagert an. American|that. And for the Ife of me I ppd thet "| can't understand what recall pett patriot,” said Mra. SmithJones, “Tiong and anti-recall petitions have yield first place to no one. Just got to do with fi mention Bunker Hiil, or the Declara- of Independence, or the battle ot Mantin, and 1 hear the eagle scream. ‘The Star Spangled Ban- ner’ makes me swallow the lump tn my throat.” ii ur. Smith-Jones said “Ump! “1 am,” continued Mra, Smith- Jones, “a free and untrammeled citizen of the greatest country on earth, and as-such ft ts my firm determination to exercive Ta CH Hi alt i H Hf ithJones ex; “Not @ thing in the world,” said | having signed Mr. SmithJones, beginning to grin. } “Albert, the minute I got inside they grabbed me and said if 1 had @ spark of self respect and love of | country in my makeup I'd sign the| “Ward? recall petitions against Counciimen | counter, with Wardall and Blaine, because they | It looked like are corporation owned, and do not|in. It never really represent the people, so 1| didn’t think did. Then some others pounced on me—women, too--and they ex- ballot at the coming mayoralty ele tione—primary AND final—but— Mra. SraithJones gasped for breath. Mr. “poemgerns gloomed empty soup plate oveput 1 must say,” exploded Mrs. Smith-Jones, “that the way they run things at the city registration office is gain and a shame. And I will add that there are certain persons of the feminine gender there who not perfect ladies.” orepersonally,” observed Mr, Smith Jon hen I see trouble coming = 2 These poultry shows ought to be! abolished. They breed a spirit of | snobbism which is un-American, Take, for instance, the case of Snowdrop, a prize winner at the show of the Coast Poultry associa. tion which opened yesterday at 1612 Third av. Snowdrop, a White Orpington, Is Valued by his own- er, F. J. Ad ot Vancouver, at $400. Why? an egg in his life. simply, that he ix an aristocrat. His original ancestor was a duke and lord of the . manor of some English pouitry yard. Ades has seven White Orping tons whose total value ts $1,500. These birds, Mke many others. at the show, are waited on band and foot by twolegged menials. They are given all sorts of fancy baths. They are combed and brushed un- til they stine. Their nails are manicured, Let one of these pampered pet; of the “upper suckles” but Joo! crosswise and you'll see the frantic owner telephoning for a doctor. All this sets up a false standard among ordinary American roosters and hens, They get so they want patent, predigested and machine- chewed breakfast foods three times a day. How can you expect a hen to lay an ege a day when she sees her more fortunate sisters living in ay $5 in order to speak |luxury and idleness? How can you ae to eee ina’an effort will jexpect &. tooster to show those be made to find out whether or not |manly virtues which ought to char. the voters of that sectl really | acterize the boss of the coop when want to charge tho candidates for his stuck-up brother can't even pol- the privilege of talking to them. ish his own comb? The letter is signed by G. W. You will notice, if you go to the Sampson, president. The letter-|show, that the birds wear a weary head bears the names of A. M.jair as though the proceedings Fitz as secretary, E. O, Marsh as|bored them stiff. It's all a pose, of treasurer and F. A. Betyton as vice|course, The roosters do not crow president. [vith the robust vigor noticeable in The silly bird never laid The reason is, Candidates to Dig up $5 “You can come to a meeting held for all candidates at Steiner's hall, Interbay, next Tuesday, to address the voters of Interbay on the sub- ject of your candidacy, but you must firat come through with $5. “The more contributions we re- cetve the more varied the charac- ter of the entertainment in connec- tion with the meeting will be,” the letter goes on. “This ia in no sense a, request for money for other than the pur- poses mentioned or otherwise, but ft is a condition precedent to your attendanc: That is the substance of a letter sent to the various candidates by what terms itself the Interbay Im- vement club. Pethe latter bas aroused the indig- tion of the candidates who ai farmyard. cock, degonerat The darnest chology of po couragement, of binek and inds of his fri:nds, They have put forth-every efiort to save the senator from himself. Thev have seen ‘sim growing more and more worn and have feared a the presidential game. Two gorous as ever. His physicians are agreed that rest and raewil Be THE ONE Gitlin -scakeeaiad Tt am only and against the recall, you passed on into the registration office, lo- cated your particular ward and pre- cinet, and registered.” ba Precinct? me 20—oh, Albert!” silence. fi we =) TUCK - UP fT ine Pig mY .:| the sunrise utterances of the plain; fact that there | some white hopes-—to say nothing diviston, Payne always likes to get back to of her fair self down a flight or two Seattle, for this is where she grew of steps. It's another case of “ev- up, and this is where her folks still{ ery = movement baving a mean- ‘i \ing all its own.” Nina Payne is ove gy! stare. ot | Nina thoroughly. enjoys herself WISKED LOOT TRAIN | CAUGHT HERE OF $60,000; AFTER CHASE Caught red-handed, Frank MEMPHI®, Tenn, Feb. 7—Se¥-! Nason was arrested by customs signed their pons tary wan te tek petra offi ws last wight, carrying a eenger train No, 43, westbound, two | SHlit case packed full of opium miles out 6f Huriburt, and, accord tacls off the steamer Iroquois. ing to @ late report, secured $60,-/ He is believed to be one of.a "1000. Two.bags of registered mail! sand that has trafficked in were taken, The bandits escaped! soi on a large scale during Posses are in pursuit. the past year, and supplied the Latest advices say the robbers | ica) Chinese with the product. looted the safe in the express car) The arrest was made at 9:30, and rifled the mail car. The ex. Sor after the arrival of the boat t rom Vancouver. pret company t9-withboiding they" ring the pabt yobr there has amount of booty secured been @ steady influx of the prohib- ‘This is the second hold-up at the | ited drug into the Chinese quarter, same spot within two months, | and the cuatoms officials were non Mall Clerk H, M. Beadle escaped | Plussed in are he ee from the car and ran two miles to) Mee OF te : or Besar 4 Hurlburt to give the alarm. He said! ual ¥ traced it to the Iroquois, and two bandits boarded the train near)" Sone Buard wae maintained. Hurlburt, and the others fot On'@) with his suit case last night and er vanes confronted Customs Inspectors Mal- lett W. L, Cisco, He told them [the case contained. loundry and he | was allowed to go. They later became suspicious and called to Mason to stop, He’ did |so, and they asked to see the con- tents. Mason told them to open the case, as he set it down on the gang- way They began to examine the case and Mason took to his heels, the cus- |loms men giving chase, Patrolman J. D. McClurg was in front of the dock and Mason ran into his arms. Mason was taken to the police station, and his case was found to contain 63 taels of the Chinese drug, which has a market value, in (the Chinese quarter, of $20 per tael, Mason is a marine engineer and |has been employed frequently on the Vancouver-Seattle run, The of- ficials believe he then became fa millar with the opium traffic. | The maximum penalty for opium smuggling is two years and $6,000. The minimum is $100. = There will be sufficient to con- Suggesting,” Mr, plained mildly, “that, heveral petitions, for I saw a long clerks behind it, but a bank. 1 didn't go occurred to me—I ~they hauled and EAGLES FLEW HIGH | The Eagles fiuttered merrily and sported their gayest colors at the jbig ball given in thefr hall last night, celebrating the 13th anniver- sary of the birth of the mother aerie, Seattle No. 1 About 600 present. The grand march Swe se > | were Tae euatiy was led by President M, D. Spence. SHOw-@. | gia eR: - 1st rin De ee \* WEATHER FORECAST * |® Rain tonight and Tharsday; * *® increasing southeasterly winds, ® * probably becoming high, Tem- * %* perature at noon, 47. , * KERR KKK LUCKY FOR JOHN THEY WOULDN'T TAKE MB TO Tat POULTRY SHow Bevo noo* IP HE WEREN'T Meacn MEO Bt A WHITE Hope 1, are some chickens, The Jack John: | son of the chicken world is an In-}| SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7.—James ian game cock, which {s said to|Dolan, millionaire of Milwaukee, carry a haymaking wallop'in elther; was locked in the same cell with ultry may pluck en-|spur, It {8 certainly a sinister and|John Adams, the former really however, from the dangerous bird. There are also|drunk and the latter shamming’to are at the show |some future champs in the bantam | get a night's lodging. Dolan is tak- ing Adams to Milwaukee, where a job awaltg him This is, indeed, a) student of the psy- | brindle hopes—that| Cluck—cluck—cluck! Security Insurance company. Maximum 20 Years. . maximum for manslaughter is 20 years in the penitentiary, one year in the county jail, or a fine of $1,000, or both a fine and imprisom- ment. Dr. Hazzard, according to the state, had deliberately starved the Williamson sisters in order to get hold of their property, ich is valued approximately at $200,009. Alleged Use of Magnifying Glass. The motion for a new trial set out that the jury had a magnifying glass In the jury room without the knowledge of the defense, with which to examine handwriting of Dr. Olmstead, who assisted Dr. Has- zard in the post-mortém examina- tion of Claire Williamson. It also set out that several of the jurors who at first voted for acquittal finally compromised on manslaugh- ter because they had been exhaust- ed by the long trial, and that thelr verdict was not really unanimoug, Plan Benefit for “Peggy” Peggy Dunbar, the actress child wife whose desertion by her hus band has aroused widespread sym- pathy, will be given a benefit ‘some afternoon next week. The Star will announce the date tomorrow. At the suggestion of The Star the Theatrical Mechanica! association will take up the question of the benefit at a meeting tonight. “With ‘The Red Rose’ at the Met- ropolitan and ‘The Chocolate Sol- dier’ at the Moore next week, and with plenty of top-line vaudeville talent in town, we ought to be able to give a show of sufficient merit to pack the biggest theatre in Seat- tle,” said Andy Budzetina, president of the T. M. A., today. Peggy Dunbar is now a patient at the Wayside hospital, and is on the high road to recovery. REBELS CAPTURE SIX CITIES MEXICO CITY, Feb. 7.—Official advices that the rebels have cap- tured six cities in the e of Chi- huahua were received here this af- ternoon. Aside from adding that the rebels were commanded by Emilio Chapa no details were given. ae EES RENTS Se MEETINGS TODAY * Cotterilli—Norwegian Meth- *& odist church, 3 p. m. * ttle theatre at ® ye’s hall, university #& nd Modern Woodmen * enna. * Socialigts — Junction hall, ® Ballard; West Seattle theatre. & Gili—Kidd's hall, Green ® Lake, * All candidates — Madrona * school, x Ricé—Mountain View hall, ® Green Lake. * * eee ee ee Herrick Is Now an Ambassador WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—Myron T. Herrick, former governor of Ohio, was today nominated by Pres- ident Taft to be ambassador to France, succeeding Robt. Bacon, re. signed. eee eee eee et oO Se B. First of Newman's articles on Woodrow Wilson is printed on page three today, It’s one of the best special features The Star has offered its readers in many days,