The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 9, 1912, Page 10

30 Years of Square Dealing Men like to transact business where they know they will be treated honorably and courtesy, and where the Inter ests of all concerned will be well guarded, You can depend upon that kind of treatment at the First National Bank, which for thirty years has served the business community of Seattle with in: creasing effectiveness, This bank will treat you right and its officers will be genw inely interested in your busi ness welfare. THE , First National Bank Ovganized 1882 Pioneer Square, Seattle Taterest Paid on Time and Savings Deposits. soe erate tectne Dee 18, Schedules with f 1$1,000 PEARL INA CLAM HOUSTON, Tex., Feb, 9,—-Pearls |of great purity and of good market jvalue have been found in clams |which abound in Caddo lake, in Marion county, Texas, The finds |were made by a camping party ljoying a clambake, one of the jclams yielding @ pearl appraised by local Jewelers at $1,000. Announcement of the find pre- Joipitated a rash of amateur pearl hunters, and the number of clams that Inhabited the lake was greatly jreduced, So extensive did the |earch become that the State Game, |Fish and Oyster department an- jnounced jurisdiction over the “pearl industry,” and pearl bunting was stopped. The pearl hutters question the jauthority of the state game warden lover the search, and a tost case is jto be made, if decided |against the |bars for the opening of a new In- dustry in Texas, ‘Reign of Terror (By United Press Leased Wire) EL PASO, Tex. arriving here today report capturing the small are rapidly gaining nt which make that a decisive battle leoon will be fought with the |Maderistas, The clash is expected to come near Chihuahua City. Brualio Hernandez, the refugees say, has declared himself governor of Chihuahua under the Gomez pro- visional government in place of Gen, Oroxco, who, although elected by the legislature, refused to serve, Abram Gonzales, Maderos min- ister of the interior, is said to have escaped from the Gomes forces, and today is en route to Chihuahua, where he is to lend his aid in ral- it certain FOOL SCHOOL TEACHER,” PICKED BY BOSSES FOR GOVERNOR, TURNS OUT TO BE LIVE WIRE; LID OFF ROTTEN POLITICS on WOODROW WILSON BY OLIVER Pp. NEWMAN Author of “The Fortunes of the Sun.” What get up on the # would you think of a o “if you think my election means y andidate for governor who would mp and way things like this: uu will epeedily be cured of all political itle that beset you, don't vote for me. “if you vote for me believing | be disappointed—you'll be cheating Crazy sort of vote catching doctrine, that, tan't it? candidates you've listened to have # things Hike thin: “If you want to cure your poll will make all wrong right, you'll yourself.” Moat of the ung a different tune, They've said itieal fis, vote for me, When I'm governor, everything will be perfect.” That's the keynote of the usual campaign speech, but In the biff bang campaign that Woodrow Wil- son made for governor of New Jer sey it wasn't sounded once. In stead, Wilson used strange lang: lying the Maderistas for an at- tempt to finally crush the rebellion in that province. |Man, 76, Induced to Give Up Marriage HAZLETON, Pa, Feb. 9 Friends, and relatives have pre- vailed on John Jacoby, a 76-year-old farmer of Sugar Leaf valley, who lost his first wife in death Octobor 25, not to wed Mra. Helen Fagle, a 5%yearold widow, of West Hazel | married. ivanced age was put forth by relatives of the man as the chief [reason against the proposed match. jJacoby has some property and money, and his friends told him that to marry would mean that his children could be deprived of their part of their estate. Jacoby, who came here earlier in the week and applied for the mar- riage license, did net appear before Squire Fisehter to lift it. The woman had nothing whatev- jed turn of affairs, Friends de jclared that, everything rested with | Jacoby. GENER( US HUBBY! PREENO, Cal, Feb. 9.—“He did give me as much as 50 cents all atone thme once,” said Mrs. C. rd, “But I couldn't get him to give me more than a dime now. In two years Ive had no clothes from him.” She got her decree. We’ve Got’Em on the Run The GANG hasn't a single valid argumerit to offer against the proposed Bellevue Ferry across Lake Washing- ton from Leschi Park, so it has resorted to ANONY- MOUS CIRCULARS, with which King county ie being flooded, filled with misstatements about the losses of the Kirkland Ferry. You can RESPECT an enemy that FIGHTS IN THE OPEN, but you can't respect a COWARD who deals in UNSIGNED letters and circulars. DARE to sign those circulars, be The GANG doesn’t tse we have already shown what a splendid and vitally necessary institution the Kirkland Ferry, owned and operated by THE PEO- PLE, has become. The private MONOPOLY which has throttled the development of the Lake Washington country for years is DOWNED, if we can only get all of the readers of THE. STAR to go to the polls and vote the way they think on this question. issue. ence of their friends of these PUBLIC I It takes a two-thirds vote to carry a bond The only danger to the bonds lies in the indiffer- be sure that every enemy every one whose PRIVATE GRAFT will be injured by them, will be at the polls on March 5 to vote against them. You will be asked, on March 5, to vote ferry bonds in the sum of $150,000. This will build the ferry, build all necessary wharves and approaches and leave a margin fo initial operation. Now, here's just what that ferry means to YOU, MR. SEATTLEITE: It means lower prices on all your butter, .eggs, milk, fruits, vegetables and farm produce of every kind, because it will let the farmers over there, clear back to Lake Sam- mamish and beyond, drive and your public markets. It will bring in 10,000 ne their teams in to your homes families, settle up 30,000 acres of land, and lower your county taxes by adding many millions to the King county land values. out of the extortion business one of the worst priv And it will put ate mo- nopolies with which this county has ever had to contend, Ask us, at any time, for any additional information you want about these bonds BELLEVUE FERRY COMMITTEE 867 Empire Building. E. P. MORAN, Secretary. Phone: Main 911, jton, to whom he was to have been |), er to say concerning the unexpect-| 8! uage, which no Jerseyite had ever| heard fall from the lips of an as- pirant for office. He said to the people: “I know what's the matter with New Jersey, and you know what's the matter with it. Its government) has been seized by corrupt corpor-) ations and unscrupulous political | bosses, If I am elected governor I) shall try to restore (he government to the peopie, but I'm pot sure 1| can do it. If you elect me you will show that you want these forces driven out, and I'll do my level best | to hetp you, but beyond that you'll to take your chances.” range as that doctrine was, it sounded pretty good to the of New Jersey, who, after all, are exactly like the people of lowa and Washington and California, only) they'd been bossriden so long! they'd forgotten that a public man could be on the square. Hut it) didn't sound a bit good to certain | \ ie notorious. individuals in New Jersey who had dangle the presidency under “ates for years to obse been reaping personal profit out of the management of the democratic party. Chief of these was former United Senator “Jim” Smith, Jr., of “Please tell me,” mildly queried | Bill Banks of The Star's committee | on truth, “what is a FLAT?" The thembers of the committee were at the corner refreshment emporium, with their legs draped gracefully over high stools.at the soda fountain. Prof. Snite was slowly but gloatingly imbibing malt tonie, Stylish Bill was toying jlarnely responsible for Wilnon’s Newark, who acquired a strong odor of rotten sugar in the Cleve- and administration; “Jim" Nugent, Smith's nephew, sub-bons; and “fam” Davis, low-brow king of Jer- sey City. These men had been . They reatized 1916 bores & democratic year, and they a “Where ean we find a good, tract able, respectable democrat to run for governor?” Simultaneously they thonght of Woodrow Wilson! Counseling to gether they argued: “Here's a lifetong democrat. Here's & man known two everybody fr the state. We'll make him gov- ornor, Being a damn-foolechool teacher, he won't know anything about the political game, and we'll put It over him easy, camp at capitol, get jobs for all the send Smith back to the senate, have a fine, large time generally? Maybe thin follow will kick up. fuas,” one of them suggested. seems to have raised some sort a row at Princeton, “Nothing to- it,” “He knows that school game; doesn't know anything about pdll- ties, Benides, if he gets cocky, we'll another replied nose and he'll behave.” So the bosses nominated Wi row Wilson, Almost immediate), ‘Wilson went out and began tell: the people that the boases were OR Ae hn an a mint frappe, and Doe, the chair | § man, was sternly eyeing his usual | drink, malted milk egg chocolate. | “A flat.” enunciated the stout lit- tle prof, as he quaffed his tonic,) “ts simply one note lower than a regular note.” “Now then, quit yer kiddin’,” complained Bill. “I know that flats are sometimes too darned musical, or noisy, anyway. But you're using! the wrong scale, Say, doc, don't YOU know what's a flat? And) what's more, | desire to know the/| difference between a FLAT and} an APARTMENT.” “Have you drained that foolish cup?” a dled doc. “Yep,” said Bill, give you about these flats,” said doc, un-| winding himself from his stool and | istrolling out into the glad morning sunshin Doe led ‘em up Pike street a few jblocks, then right-wheeled Into a side street. “There,” said the chairman pointing a long index finger at a jneat-looking four-story, —bay-w dowed wood structure, “is a FLAT. | |That house {# divided up into # |certain number of rooma or cells, | equipped with all the necessaries for prolonging life, such as kitchen ranges, beds and bath tubs, It's prof to pay if the wait a woek or two. 4 come along,” continued the doc 4 we'll climb the bill and take a peek at an APARTMENT house.” The committee slowly climbed. and drew up in full view of a sta! ly brick affair, with marble em trance and glistening plate-glass windows. Here we are before an APART: MENT,” said the chairman. “It's landiord will ON THE STUMP IN HIS CAMPAIGN FI -Tand understand that system, Indians, and that the first thing to do in the reformation of the state was to kick the bosses out, thousai with this line of converse-—-and Smith was trying to quiet the gang by telling them it was nothing but pre-election guff for vote-getting Durpores—when George L. Record, & progressive republican of New ark, propounded to the candidate his now faimoun list of questions, For the purpose of putting Wilson in a hole and showing him to be the candidate of the democratic “Overlords”-—Smith and his crowd Record wrote Wilson a letter. Wilson had been hammering the “Board of Guardians”—the repub- Mcan bowses—-and Record thought he'd paralyze Wilson with this i to the*apecial interests of such lead: ers (the Board of Guardians) dif- fer from the relations to the same interests of such democratic lead- ere as Smith, Nugent and Davis?’ Answer—"They differ from the otwers in this, that they are in con- trol of the government of the state while the others are not and can- not be if the democratic ticket is elected,” And cannot be if the demo- tie ticket ts elected!” “Don't imagine that gave Jim Smith shock? But that wasn't all, jere was another question: “Do you admit that the boas sys- exists as I have described it? If #0, how do you propove to abol- he /ish it?” Here waa his answer to that “Of coures, | admit it, Its ex- 1 have made and | hate it as thoroughly as |! under. ‘stand it, You are quite right in ying that the system is bi-par. “WHAT IS A FLAT?” ASKS BILL BANKS jall the game as the FLAT, only MORE 80. It has the same cells, only they're a trifle bigger; the “Then come with me, and I'll|near downtown, and the prices are|same beds, only with brass trim- first-hand information| moderate enough for you and the mings; the same bath ¢ubs, only they're long enough te lie down in. |AND these apartments extract about twice ax much from your bank account as the flats do.” “I see, I see,” sadly commented | Bill. “I was liking the name of apartment for my own particular use, but let's Just walk down the/| hill again and those flats’ “Flats are real democratic, any- how,” sympathized the prof. ‘TI ‘live in one myself.” 2, step into one of VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 19, accompanied by his sweetheart, because he wa needed. Undaunted, for Italy and talked his fa! thing took “t r into e had refused previously, noon they took out the licens: = With the precious document Natta returned, and yesterday ind the wedding followed. Boy “Sure” Deserves Happiness |Doesn’t Look -~Four months ago Frank Natta, Lily Cabi | county clerk here and emilingly asked for a m Sf a minor and th je first train East, boarded a beat giving his written consent, some after: FIGHTS FOR MONEY (By Cnited Press Leased Wire) REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Feb. 9~ Arguments on the habeas corpus petition for the release of Samuel R. Timothy, slayer of John J.| | Moore, will be heard tomorrow by | |Superior Judge Buck. At the same | me Mrs. Lillian L. Moore will be arranging to contest the will. filed by Jefferson Moore, the dead man’s | son, by the terms of which Mrs. Moore is cut off with $1 Through her new attorneys Mra Moore ha# obtained an order from Judge Buck requiring Jefferson Moore and his counsel to produce any and all wills of the late cap. Mtalist which they may have in their | possession SWEET MESS LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8.—"That’s ja sweet mess now, ain't it?” calm. ly remarked C. 0. Lee, candy- maker, when his arm slipped into a kettle of bolling sugar. “Bring some oiled paper and blue baby ribbon, will you?” He went to the receiving hospital, the clarinet, which brought him t@ the New England Conservato: Musfe to study, led to the acrest toy day of Sidney B. Balcom of Racky’ Ford, Colo., who, the police say, ad mitted that he embezzled $1,260 from the First National bank there, of which he was teller. The police say that Balcom, who is 23 years old, disappeared with $250 in gold and 1,900 silver dollars of the bank's funds last November, When he was arrested while practicing on the clarinet at a conservatory of music dormitory, he said, according to the police, that he gave $800 of the money to @ taxicab chauffeur who drove him home after a “good time” one night. MENLO PARK, Cal, Feb. 9.— Patrons of the Menlo Park Golf and Country club must hereafter do all their cocktatl, and other such drinking, on the north porch, The sunny side of the club houge is in the “dry mit” of the county, serait lor} lieved, of Like Nagel (By United Press Leases Wire) WASHINGTON, Feb. %.-~Presi dent Taft and his cabinet today dis- cussed the appointment of an asso- clate justice of the supreme. lo succeed the late Justice Harlan. Attorney General Wickersham, Postmaster General Hitchcock and Secretary of State Knox urged the appointment of Chas, G. Nagel of St. Louis, at present secretary ‘ot commerce and labor. It is be- however, to be extremely doubtful that Nagel will be named, his age, 63 years, and his lack of previous judicial experience count ing strongly against him, KKKRKEKERKKHEE “VOTES FOR WOMEN” INSTEAD OF “HELLO!” CHICAGO, Feb. 9.—Instend of saying “Hello” when they answer the phone, members of the Political Equality league will hereafter shout “Votes for in opening their wire conversations. SUSeeeeeeee * * * * * * * * * * * * * KR RE M'CUEN WINS AT DULUTH DULUTH, Minn., Feb. 9.—Com- plete returns today from Wednes- day's municipal election give John A. MeCuen, republican candidate for mayor, a plurality of 1400-over Mayor M. B. MeCullom, candidate for re-election, KING VERY ILL COPENHAGEN, Feb, 9--King Frederick's condition in declared to- day by court physicians to be con siderably improved, and the in flammation which affected hin Jungs is diminishing, Unofficial re ports, however, say he is suffering from pneumonia, and also that Qu Loulse is suffering a slight att of bronchial trouble. | ‘ , Bare-Legged Ballet BERLIN, eb. 8 — With s tights declared to obsolete and bare legs the real articte, a la Isadora Duncan, theatrical circles here today are agitated over the question of the “bare | | m legged ballet.” There are pro- but the managers are ap- parently determined to follow | the lead set by Paris and use | “the more classic and expres- if lees clothed, ballets in the NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Kquitable Life Assurance society officers an nounced today that they have de. ¢lded to rebuild on the old site of their burned building in the finan jon t ina.) | * bief “Glasses we make top he D SELL TO PURCH) THROP, chickeo bunting? an Thi of pol be pinched, to protect fair p nerva B GELES, phalt lanes « in the ilee. Auto aye the the best for you are the best made” HUTESON Yee: 330 2°AVE 4 4 R GOVERNOR tisan, that It hag virtually destroy- ed representative government and in ite place set up # government of privilege. | would propose to | abo! the above reforms (primary |e corrupt practices law, equal taxation and public service commission), by the elec- tion to office of men who will re- fuse to submit to it, and by piti- lees publicity.” But there Was etill more agony for Bmith & Co. Another ques- on was: “Does the democratic platform declare for the cholee of eandi- dates for ail elective offices by the direct votg system Note the answer: “Yes, | 80 understand it. does not, | do” Yet here was the shot that gave Smith, Davis and Nugent nervous prostration: Question—"I join you in con- demning the republican Board of |Guardians. Will you join me in de- } the democratic ‘teal system? Answer—“Certainly; | will join |yeu er anyone else in denouncing \and fighting any and every one, of either party, who attempts such outrages against the government ind public morality.” } The Record letter—and the can- didate’s buliseye ansters to its 19 quertions—elected Woodrow Wil- son governor. He was clamorously | Inaugurated early in January—and the next morning Smith, Nugent and Davis started for Trenton, still jcheriahing the fond hope that the/ governor didn't really mean all those crazy, pre-election promises. Ww it (in bis fourth article, Nawinan'l tells how Wilson kicked the bosses lout of the state house and broke |the record for rapid-fire enact ment of progrensive legislation.) \Expect Battle on American Soil (By United Prees Leased Wire) | EL PASO, Tex., Feb, 9A battle between Mexicans on American noi! | is @ probability today as a result of | the reported mutiny of Juarez re- | rales, Armed with two heavy can: |) ron and with 150 smaller pieces of artillery, the mutineers arrived at| Juarez today, At the %ame time) several hundred Mexican troops are | en route to Juarez from Eagle Pans over American territory. The police here hear that when the Mexican troops attempt to march through the streets of El Paso and crows the international | bridge into Juarez they will be ats tacked by the rurales, and fighting Will result, “England Must Keep Up Its Big Navy” (By Unites Press Leased Wire) GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. Assertion that the naval supremacy of Great Britain is necessary for |the preservation of the empire was) made here today by Winston Spen-| jcer Churchill; first lord of the ad- |miralty. He said | “It is absolutely necessary that jour naval programa continue, re-| |gardiees of the activity of any oth-| er nation. No other country jconfronted with problems identic with ours. In the event of other | jnations continuing increasing their naval strength, England will con- tinue to increase her ratio.” RING COST FINGER GBy United Press Leased Wire) I NA, Feb. 9.--A wedding ring worn 53 years by Mrs. M. Marks, Jcost her & finger. While attempt }ing to close a cemetery gate from }a moving buggy, the ring cayght Jon an iron was jerked off before the could be stopped buggy KING ALFONSO TO THE RESCUE MADRID, Feb. 9.-King Alfonso and Queen Victoria started today for the scene of the big floods, in the southwestern part of the em- pire, where scores of persons bave perished and, thopsands of acres of land ave inundated. “"The »king plans personally to supervise the work of rescue and relief, The Manazares river here is swollen to a point beyond any stage reached in years. BIG GAS MAN KILLS SELF PHOENIX, Feb. 9A. W. Ballard, president of the largest gas and electric corporation in Arizona, is dead today, having ended his life by shooting *himself twice through the heart. “His body was found in a chair at his desk, I) health is believed to have caused his act. HURRAH FOR HIS HIGHNESS! CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Feb, 9.— Jaisint Gaekwar, heir apparent to the throne of Baroda, India, after winning his degree of A. B. at Harvard in three years and a half instead of four years, today is pre- paring for his return to India, DIVORCE FROM FIFTH HUBBY NEW YORK, Feb. 9.—Mrs. Mar- garet Ernestine . Wheeler-Kountze- Miller-Fauser today has applied to Justice Hotchkiss for a separation from her fifth husband lal district. $1 Down Down Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down $1 Down National $30 Suits and Coats— To Clear__.__ a To make an absolute clearance of ali our Fall Suite and Coats we are making great reductions and the most iberal terms possible. This offer should take every garment, and if you wish one of these bar- gains you should act quickly. $20 values in Tailored Suits, fine} made garments in «uch materia! a8 verges, tweeds and mixtures ne priced to close the entire ne $30 Fall Coats in all the popular models and materials, a few of the famous Polo Coats in the lot; just the right weight for spring wear; your cholce— SECON THE SHOP THAT SAVES YOU MONEY Read and Reasi i a These ure the reasons you save half and more on @m of shoes purchased here: cheap rent, chain of over 50 stores, great buying from factory to you, sample shoes and countermanded: $4.00 to $6.00 shoes for— Men, Women and Boys $4 to $6 Shoes Men’s High Cut Men’s Storm Calf Men’s Nob Toes Shoes for Little Men Sizes 9 to 1344, $1.75 TAKE ELEVATOR, OSTON SAMPLE SECOND AVE. AT PIKE spike and her finger}, RO Part tte OPEN SATURDAY E! HOE HOP OVER SWIFT'S I Find The Star the: Seeing that I've ttied tisemets the best the papi I surely can say The Star Many’s the time wen I lost sumthin think I hed to use all the papers to get itB times out ter me. Nowadays T never advertise ar The Star’s Want Columns. of ten it wuz The Star thet fete Store on Second Floor Want vhere’sa Most everybody I knows in Seattle—and about everybody—takes The Sta all of them reads The Star Want Ads. AUNTY. , and J aga