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g Battles Are On Today---Complete Results i in Tonight’s Pink-—F s Pink---Round Description of the Attell-Kilbane fuewue Fight The Seattle Star | INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1912, \) pepo d man on trial never ji) jury? VOL. 13. __NO._ 306, _ONLY IN SEATTLE i } Punch ii ti the feet. Hitt ONE CENT. ye is PES \ party it goes to Ata acl the head; at a dance to|jij VELT-JOHNSON PROGRESSIVES’ TICKET IF IT HAD HAPPENED IN 1912 DID YOU CUT DOWN GEORGIE ? s3er> 5 ai i it % g beter tte Hitt 5 ei The second fatality within a week, to patients in the city hoepit- ges: fll il herself down an cindvir «hat alr 80 feet Christen. lous on ‘At that Instant Dr. Crichton and two assistants were entering her cell, but they were too late, They saw her sitting on the sill, from the elevator shaft, and rushed to her *<\BOTHWELL SAYS TERMINAL SCHEME IS BUNKO GAME Following Comptroller Bothwell's R. FP. Ayers, a) member of the terminal project di | rectorate, came out with a sensa- tlonal accusation against Bothwell. He charges the latter with having jmade an offer to back the terminal el onan if he were “taken care” oe i bag A chimney fire this morning did from prep orl ay mm vd gyg grog Tony | one-story frame ego | at corner of 40th 3. W., and Findley, on —ereaeeeeenesemesst IT’S AHOLLY DAY! Assistant Office Boy. | day when kids dont go to schoo! and reeport- work to do becaus the Cort house and the open twoday. The reezon its a holly wot made cherry trees Moore fame us Gays, wuz. born. on this day. Cherry Mi them times, | gess, becaus the peepul thought becaus he sed he wont cut down they elected him to be the first president by @ bigger vote than Hi Gilt got. He two, ard he was the captain of the Amer- ing Engiand, anu he wun out eezy. | sheriff's office and stood blinking jin the unaccustomed light. | public knew of old time—the land slightly pompous D. A. Hat- | field, real estate and society man, | who, men said, was fast climbing linto the millionaire class. €OPs wean 7#E BETTER ® DANCE As, {sok oke and discuss the proper weight at which a good policeman |should retire from dancing ac- tivity Mayor Dilling led the march fn ja fall a suit. Chief Bannick iat, Beatle |was on hand in full uniform. The D feet, forme | patrolmen also had thelr uniforms out their | on a The| Detective William Holland, pres- the [ident of the policemen’s relief ar totumd | sociation, te whieh the proceeds i and) go, got a platoon of men to help have ajhim lug the money home, Drightly tast yt the Armory, the big po Of course, | 9 polleemen, THAT CHERRY TREE, Leaps to Her Death below. ed she was on the eve of her wed- Did'Chinks Get jconsected with an Oriental | | FULLERTON BOOMED FOR FEDERAL JUDGE OLYMPIAS ony s2-Prience o Judge M Fullerton of the state supreme bench are actively engag- ed today in a campaign to have him appointed as @ euccessor,te Judge Donwerth on the federal Donwerth is expected to re-eubmit hie resignation to President Taft Boon, a That Fullerton is considered” a strong possibility for the position ie admitted. It is not believed that Congressman Humphries’ name will | be brought to the president's atten- I REFUSE To Uon again owing to the strong op | position that developed when hig) bame was first brought forward. Judge Fullerton was born at Sal- em, Or, and was educated at Wil-) lamette university. He practiced Wash, until 1898 lected to the suprem He has been reelected twice since then. Capitalist Fined for Striking Man BAN RAFAEL, eo. ae. Edward Newlands, ceapitatiet and proprietor of the Newlands }vesad in Osktand, today is un- sentence to serve fom} ase In the county jail and pay @ fine of $500 for striking Jeremiah Adame, Oct. 2, 1011. Newlande clsimed that the attack, which occurred on a Northwestern Pacific train, be tween Camp Meeker and Seusa- lite, was justified, because Ad- aid. The unfortunate woman tus tained broken leg bones and intern- ‘al injuries from which she died a few hours later. Wore White Gown The dead woman's dementia fol- lowed « peculiar trend. She imagin- Newlands’ wife and children. Evidence showed the sesauit was unprovoked, and that Ad- ame was struck on the head with a Boaecahinsi Cash h Register Men Indicted = |ding and she was unhappily be trothed. Attired solely in white, gown, hat, os and shoes, she presented herself at the home of Dr. Matthews, of the First Presby- terian church. Pushing past the maid, she sought Mra. Matthews, ‘I do not want to marry that man,” she said, (Ry United Press Leased wire) She refused to utter another}; CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 2 word, but wrote on a piece of paper, | John H. Patterson, president of the that she had prepared for her wed- ding, but that ap unknown enemy was pursuing her. Mrs. Matthews decided to call an ambulance, and the woman was taken to the city hospital. ton, Oblo and 29 other officials and. employes of the company were in- dicted by the federal grand fary! here today on charges of having conspired to Fr in competition and of forming a monopoly The defendants are charged with having, in 1902, conspired to form a combination fn violation of the Sherman anthtrust law. The ailega-| tions of the government are prac- i tically the same as those made tn a of. This offer is alleged to have| ivi! sult filed against the defend- in New York, while protaaie 9 in December last disposing of bonds. Bothwell em- phatically denies this, He says that while in New York he looked up the maer and has inside facts which show that the entire proposition ts &@ bunko game, in which the city will be the vietim. “Reconciliation? | don't know,” anid: Mise Pauline Lene, 700 16th av. N., today. “All her life mother has visited the sick, and what more Bank’s Money natural than that she should hurry VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb, 22. —{t|to the hospital when she got the jin reported that detectives working news that father had been shot? lon the Bank of Montreal robbery, at| And yet—" |New Westminster, in which $280,000, Levi C. Lane, @ contractor, was | was stolen, have followed sensation. "hot in the breast by John Perovich, |al clues nearly to completion which an Austrian, yesterday. Perovieh ‘point to the fact that moat of the | is a subcontractor, and the men hed |stolen money went to Chinese re-/had @ dispute over money matters | publicans to finance the revolution. connected with work in West Se. The evidence already secured {s so attle. After the shooting Lane ‘convineing that there ix little doubt| boarded a car and went to the that Chinese either did the robbery Minor hospital The bulet had themselves or engaged white yeag-| entered the left breast, missed heart men. Practically every discovery and lv shattered the breast of money since the robbery has been bone, and come out of the right Ibreant. The surgeon at the hospital ““p0 You BLAME ME FOR SHOWING SOME BITTERNESS?” ASKS | MAN AGAINST WHOM THE LAW HAS PLAYED A STRANGE TRICK | Hatfield's defense was that the deed was sent to him from Portland, that {t bore the notarial seal, and that he put the transaction through in the usual way, as an agent, not knowing the deed was a forgery. He was convicted by @ jury in the superlor court and sentenced to a term in the nitentiary. He ap pealed to the supreme court. While the appeal was pending Sheriff Hodge's men frustrated an attempt ed jailbreak A bar was found sawed through. Hatfield and three fellow prisoners were charged with attempted jail breaking. Hatfield, it was contended, furnished tha brains; the others did the work They were to saw their way out, attack the guard, get his keys, release Hatfield, who was too to craw! through so small a hole. Hatfield was sentenced to two to five years In the penitentiary for attempted jail breaking, and agatn be appealed to the supreme court. That tribunal, which had given him new trial in the forgery case, turned against him now. The lower court was sustained, and Hatfield was told that, whatever the final outcome of the forgery case, he must go to prison for trying to break jail. The forgery charge will be re- tried in the superior court, the case being set for neg, Saturday “The law,” said’ Hatfield, “Oh, Jim! Bring Hatfie Somewhere in the forbidden re- gions a chain fell, clanking, a bolt was shot back, and heavy hinges | grated a protest. Then approach- | ing footsteps g the flagged cor- ridor. And Hatfield was thrust into the It was the uve not, however, the same Hatfi His secant bafr was disheveled He wore no collar. His shoestrings were uniaced. He fs little thinner than of old, but the ruddy glow ts gone from his cheeks, leaving ther mottled and flabby. Yet in other ways he Is the same Hatfield. He stood at his ease and unabashed, a look of polite inquiry in hts eyes—shrewd, twinkling eyes, that shine out from rolls of fat. The public memory is short. Only a little while ago, time is reck oned, Hatfield way 1 and favor ably known in Seattle. He was counted a “coming” man, and other men courted him, He had brains, enterprise and imagination Then, in the summer of 1910 be was arrested on a@ tal of for gery. It was alleged that he forged a deed to land and sold it. “is full National Register Company of Day-| a Gill AGES UNITE FOR FIGHT All anti-Gill forces are ratiying to the support of George F. Cotterill, the progressive candidate for m: the final contest sa i on Mareh 5. Tonight, | the i) supporters will meet at bench. the Labor Temple, at 8 p. m-, to te form a through organization for the big fight. Both Parish and Wetis men and women have volun- hoa 4 their aid. | A keneral invitation has been ex- \ tended by the Cottert!l women's or- | to both the Parish Supporters and the women | have given their Influence to the primary election, to |jola-tn ene body for Cotter!!i in the election | The Cotterill forces, besides } , Strengthened by practical- iy of both the Par- |iaby and the Wells vote, will also jbend their most strenuous efforts jtoward getting the 16,000 who stay- je@ at home during the primarids, to pall. their vote on election day. It ej ype certain that Cottertil an enormous proportion of | otes, an every possible Gill) lvote was pressed into service on NDA the loias-dhent, that of de: and progressivences against | 8. BE. Co. influence, those not vote because they could up thelr minds between thfee antiill candidates, will swing their combined #rength te Cotterill. “og for Cotteriit out with a clear his supportera to to the Cottertil banner tn « for “efficiency as opposed to | inefficiency, iaw against lawless “1 ehall heartily support DS _KNOCK-KNEED Fa bee knock-kneed, says) | TWIN DISGRACES néas, civic honor against civic sloth, George F. = Ken Heh says, “and sin- Wis. Feb. 22.—Puty- phycical director. ino LOS ANGELES. Feb. 22.—Smal) against indecency. my friends will one Brike the gbs'n at the Wisconsin | ps a maids are Nat-footed. foot are twin dingraces, Big feet) are worrect, beautiful, natural. This} is the declaration of Pierre Boud réagh, eminent Parisian dancing | master. He's going to San Fran cinco to spread the goupel $420 WORTH OF HAIR STOLEN | SAN FRANCISCO, Peb, 22.—Bur- | alate stole $420 worth of hair be longing to Mrs. 8. Forrester. stolen tresses Included tides pe ih cut hatr. = Shooting May Resalt i in Reconciliation With Wife! foubd tt imbedded in thé lapel of Lane's coat. Informed of the shooting, Mre Lane, recently divorced, burried to the hospital, where she spent last night and today Mrs. Lane and her three daugh tera, Pauline, Bessie and Caroline have had the 15th av. house since the divorce, while Lane has lived at the Antlers hotel, Union at "Since the trouble,” sald Miss PawWine Lane, “mother has occu pled herself with work among the sie and poor.” This morning the daughters jc ed their mother at their father bedgide. Lane, associated with William A. Dittey {in contracting work, was re ported today as not dangerously In Lino ol [Of anomalies. I am not kicking. 1 have been well treated by the jal! authorities. Yet I must confess to ® feeling of bitterness. muider. I deny that I forged the deed, but never mind that. The law jteolf says that I am innocent, for a man is presumed to be inno- cent until proved guilty. The agents of the law preferred a charge against me which the highest court in the state declares not proven. Therefore, | am innocent. If the agents of the law fail to prove my guilt, they must release me and I wit! be free to win back my place im society. "Now, then, at a time when the law says my guilt was not proven, T am charged with attempied jail breaking. Who put me in jail? The law. The operation of the law gave me the motive to try to break jail. The law, admitting the theory of my innocence, put me behihd the bars, If the law had not put me, an innocent man, behind the bare ft would have been impossible for me to try to break out, I could not have had the desire to break out. “Another —_ point.” Hatfield checked it off on a chubby finger “When arrested I could not give a 13 per cent of the) Light-Hearted Eddie Alsop, 75, Elopes With Merry Elsie, 20, Getting Name in Print MR. AND MRS. EDWARD BROWN ALSOP Ladies and Gentlemen: We wich gr Winberly’s consent. ‘wish to present, for your inapec-| Of course, mamma, who comes of fine old Georgia family, knew tion, a photograph of the latest steel ® Very os . uiitiataten' tx ge aay that love was sighing ‘twixt Eddie Alsop and Effie. Mamma thinks that papers, He ts Edward*Brown Alsop, the New York newspapers are just 76 years of age, widower two years, too horrible to make so much of the two tall sons living, much gold and affalr-—-whose business ts it if Effie [real eatate, many whiskers, but pos does marry a man old enough to be wessed, above oll clee, of a light her great-grandfather? heart and « bride. Yes, this is the Away on a honeymoon trip, now, jolly old Money Bags who married Matron Effie, all glowing with dia | Httle Mise Effie Hill, aged 20 (some monde and pretty things. laughs ev | way leas) In New York the other day. ery time she sees a reporter. “Ob, | And here, also, ts the pleture of Ef you naughty boys,” she will say to fie, and a very Mfelike picture it le them. “You do not know how angry of the sly young matron who skip- you made mamma with your pleces. ped out at dusk with her gay old | But I don't care. My dear husband lover, procured the necessary pa- is awfully nice fo me. I can have pere at the city hall, and was wed squabe and strawberry ice for break- hasan mamma's _ enone or fast if | iike. So there!” “THE COLONEL MAKES THE ISSUE”—JOHNSON ally, NEW POR Feb. Declining _ to comment on his boom for the ire presidency, Governor Johnson of California today wrote a st Jo success gripping ¢ portions of the East. In direct op- position to recent utterances of President Taft of distrust and sus: |ment for the United Press, giving | picion of the people, Roosevelt fa- his opinion of the address deliv-|vors pure democracy, and declares ered by Theodore Roosevelt before anew his confidence and trust in the Ohio conatitutional convention | our kind of government and those at Columbus yesterday |composing it. The issue thus is now made—whether we are really capable of self government, The | colonel’s address is, of course, what and which now ts 22. ‘em BY HIRAM W. JOHNSON | Governor of California. Roosevelt preached the doctrine! was expected from that great lead-} of progress and democracy, the doc | er, and brings cheer to every pre- trine that has cor from the West gressive, every trae American — SHE BECAME. PEEVED HAVE THEIR RIGHTS OAKLAND, Cal, Feb. 22.—“Eyv ery dog bas his rights,” said the health commissioners, who voted down the proposition to forbid bringing dogs here from San Fran- cisco. OAKLAND, i 22.—) Hazel Angevine, a pretty blonde palmist, predicted that BE. C. Lang- don would marry a blonde. He woood her and she had him ar- | rested OAKLAND, Cal, Feb. 22.—Mrs M. Roder took a picture of Mrs Mary Rorden when the latter was rigged out with a revolver and a billy. Mrs. Van Borden became peeved, and, grabbing the photor rapher, marched her to the police station. / money, I am put fn a cell, and thus am given a motive for committing | a crime—the crime of jail break ing—a crime entirely dissociated | from the cause of my original ar rest < “Now, if T go to the penitentiary | for attempted jail breaking, it will | be because I am poor, The law, with the best intentions possible will be punishing me for my pow erty “And if 1 win out on the forgery charge, what then? If the law says: ‘This man is not a forger,’ it will add: ‘But he tried to breal: | jail.’ And if I retort, ‘You put mo} in jail,’ the law will answer, ‘We | put you in jail because we thought | you committed a forgery.’ And if I| say, ‘Yes, of the, forgery charge, reply, ‘Yes, but we, in the mean- time, have convicted you of trying to break jail.’ Do you wonder that I am a little bitter?” “Come, Hatfield.” The fat man rose, bowed polite and shuffled out of the office. bolt shot to, a chain clanked “He's the best bookkee jail ever had,” remarked & deputy. “But—well, he tried to break out once, and we're not taking any but you now acquit me | the law will| a the bond. So I was held. A rich man would have given bond and been allowed his freedom until his case wax called for trial, Having no chances.” Hatfield has been in the county Jail since August, 1910, awaiting the outcome of his ¢ Sold Daily moxt henighted | COLONEL 10 ENTER RING MONDAY (By United Press Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-—Roose- veit and Johnson. This combination of the East and the West, progressive leaders admit here today, is their choice for the republican presidential ticket for the next election, and they fully ex- pect that Roosevelt on Monday will definitely announce his candidacy. Johnson to speak Cotumbus next wee! d he, it is expected, by that time, will have been named in the open as Roosevelt's running mate. “Hat in Ring.” “My hat te in the ring.” said Roosevelt to admirers, after his Co- lambus speech, who demanded whether he was to be a candidate, “You will get your answer on Mon- day.” What Governor Johnson will do as to his vice presidential candidacy boom no one can say. Johnson sim- ply will not discuss it at all, but the progressive leaders who favor him have not, It is believed, made their preference known without having some assurance that the California executive will at least consider it scriously. They Like That Speech. Practically every progressive leader here today is loud in praise of Roosevelt's “charter of democ- racy” speech at Columbus. Con- gressman Geo. W. Norris of Ne- braska said: “Roosevelt's speech was an able and clear presentation of present day conditions, and gave remedies for the evils of the present day pol tics It distinctly makes Roosevelt an available candidate.” Congressman Lindbergh of Min- nesota said: “Roosevelt's speech was a confession of faith in the principles for which the progres sives are fighting.” Taft to Reply to Teddy WASHINGTON, Feb, 22.-—It was officially announced at the White House today that President Taft's reply to Theodore Roosevelt's Columbus speech would be delivers ed at Toledo, Ohio, on March 9. | | eeeeeeee Will Launch T. R. Boom Tonight They're going to start the first Washington boom for Teddy to- ——~s | Might at the Allen Dale cafeteria on Cherry st “We want him for president,” will be the subject of a number of speeches by red hot insurgents, pro- jgressives, and near progressives, Mayor Dilling will be toastmaster at a Roosevelt banquet tonight. Toasts will be made by Seattleites and representatives from Bremer- ton, Monroe, Everett, ‘North Yaki- ma, Port Townsend, Ellensburg and Wenatchee. George H. Walker, Henry McBride, Seattle; Senator Bryan, Bremerton; Dr. King, We- natchee; Edward Hazelton, Mon- R. Kuster, Everett; Charles in, North Yakima; H. T. Har- vey, Ellensburg; and J. W. Scott, Port Townsend. ELK’S TOOTH WAS SWEET “The Elk’s Tooth” bit off a chunk of fan at the Metropol- itan last night, and another good-sized bite is left for to- night. The production, which is under the auspices of local Elks, is replete with good mu- sic and catchy tunes, too, and fine, wholesome humor, The cast is Composed of local tal- ent, and {t's a capable com- pany throughout, from start to ® finish. 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