The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 27, 1912, Page 1

Seats pYOU THINK GILL. IS FOOLING FURTH? line,” Hi some Bee cise cash nh aa ona Fg sve pew pad ow dy ing teat hot Gill ane le 5 Sot a A rg ag fs pg ~y not. Furth dooee’ Pony his friend Hi in that respect at all. Furth fooling J doing thought ild a car line to compete wit S Co.'s. . y that Hi Gill is ing Jacob Furth ? It is pos salina It is far more likely that Tecob Furth knows that when Hi Gill says he will build the car ot Hi Gill is merely trying to fool the big business associates and Gill and his associates have been fooling the le for I lect some good friend many years. a le. of Furth to the city council last year. ioe eee” Preteen el they were candidates, promised the people that they would build the car line. Furth eye fooled b: 4 oe. ‘ut pe well as Gill Inowe Furs game, Theos me TT and pel are gee cash for Gill, and that is why he doesn’t worry when Gill threatens to build that municipal car line. Taft,” reads a i ly, that must VoL 33. 13 NO. EADS GUILTY u! j agreement Jur |jow That Franklin has reached an with the district at office was intimated, fol- the plea, when iin vir. sec | tually admitted that We bea oe | witness in the trial of Dan row for alleged bribery, 27 7 Witness Against | “Wil you be ® witness against |Darrow f Franklin was asked. “it 1 am sabpoenaed, | shall tell the trath” he an. wered, refusing to make further comment. Franklin's dail to insure bis ap pearance to answer to the Lock- wood charges was reduced to $2500, Believe in “Plant” The evident belief of Clarence Darrow and his coungel that the whole Franklin matter was a it is believed here, will oe feature of Darrot fense when bis case ts called. The ldefeose, in all probability, will en. ideavor to prove that the Frankitn _ Latta was ) eee enrennaes IN FIGHT cae RE JUAREZ few minutes, hundreds of shots be- Hing exchanged. The number of the te dead and injured, if any, has not yet Bk fierce | C8? learned. * alt «| Tevolutionists. for al | Realising Ahat they were hopeless ly outnumbered and evuld not cope [with the superior force of the at- jtacking rebels, the citheens’ guard retired, abandoning Juarez to the The fh then ceased and Gen. Campa ts seeking to restore order, Hundreds of residents of El Paso wn m | The Se al le Sta ONLY INDEPENDENT NeWarArecn IN SEATTLE 310. CHILOREN OF STRIKERS ARE - LENING NOW dni Pind ib Soh oe * Credit Due to United Prees : ® WASHINGTON, Feb, 27.— % ® Full ack that the & ® credit for ing the consti-.& & tutlonal rights and iibertice of & ® the Lawrence strikers Is due te & Seta and Drake Ie tedey Ste.’ bodied in the official record of & aengeens: ‘The complete story # of day's occurrences, ae. reported by the United Press @ prissarerzzss of the mitt owners’ “starva- tion plan” to hold the children of Striking textile operatives in Law. rence came today when successful defiance to Marsha! Sullivan was made and three children were al- lowed to leave for Boston. The children, accompanied by thelr parents, boarded an early train today for Boston. Marshal baled ordered the children and to leave the train. The Leowrod however, declared that they! intended taking thelr children from | the disturbed city and defied the} police officer to do bis worst. Mar | shal Sullivan cajoled and threatened | but bis efforts failed, und he finally Jott. the car. Five Girls Arrested Further persecution of the women came early today when five girl — were arresied pedo charged disorderiy pw a, allege that ines oat athens the girls were guilty of waa to plead quietly with several strikebreakers not to go inte the mills, Charigan A uk, an alleged striker, was arrested today on a charge of throwing pepper into the eyes of several strikebreakers. He Was caught after a chase of several blocks. “Deserted Children” ‘The strikers, including both sexes, and the children arrested here Hat- urday, wil} be arraigned in court this afternoon. The children are charged with being “deserted chil- dren” and the parents with “nm leeting Gopenten Governor wit Act at Last BOSTON, Feb. =the as wl tion by @ flood of telegrs test received from ail oy "he United States, Gov. Foss today or dered Attorney General Swift to in- vestigate the of women by the Lawrence police and their pre-_ venting children being sent from the city, while the textile strike is on. Swift found the order on his desk when he reached the state SEATTLE MAN HURT In AGTO CRASH (By United Press Leased NANAIMO, B. C., Feb. rotiahr ed ‘ash: ing into a telephone pole Frank Stubbs, chauffeur, was inetantly kil! ed and his forty horse power car smashed to tinder, Jack Wright, one of the occupants of the car was), severely injured while E. R. Eureha, of Seattle, Andrew Andrews of Vic- toria and two Nanaimo girls were badly bruised. ABOUT THE U. S. _ ARMY The Third U. 8, infantry during the Spanish American war, was in Gen. Bates brigade. All that protects a woman slouch who leta her dress trail behind on | desire. the car step to trap my feet is the fact that she is the female of the | one of Seattle's pretty stenographers, | species. there, meanwhile mail your pleture today. in Se Here are the conditions and the | Prizes eel | 1D WATCH t Ot Beattie ber. The Conditions Mail your photograph to the Wallingford Editor of The Star, and on the back of it write your name, addr ind if em- ployed, with wh Or you can send the picture of a stenographer friend whom you consider good looking, with her name and address. Send the picture at once—the earlier the better, The Prizes For the handsomest stenog- fapher, selected from the pho- tographo received, an entire box at the Metropolitan on Monday evening, March 4, for the formance of Geo. Cohan’s comedy, “Get Rich Quick Wallingford.” Second prize, $10 cash. Third prize, two orchestra seats. Fourth prize, dinner party at the Butler hotel grill. Other handsome. prizes nee.” R&T,| to be announced Inter. Contest ends next Tuesday. city council, Is he a friend of | ehtidren. _SEATTLE, WASH. TUESDAY, FEBRUAR 2), 1912, FIPST PICTURE) OF. TACOMA WIFE-MURBERER Willie Brown, Confessed With the Mustache. The Other *e|GILLISM DEN COTT ENDORS Whereas, We the members of <n Republican club find our selves confronted with possibility return of those unspeakable conditions which marked the former addiimietration of Hiram C, Gill, bis corrupt police chief and the vice syndiéute, and x Whereas, We believe that bis retera te office would be, in effect, a repudiation of the effective actfon taken when he was recalled from office, and, Whereas, We, being strongly in favor of a clean moral business ad- ministration and economical city government, believe it would be a fatal mistake to again lend any ¢acouragement to that for whieh Mr. Gill standa, Resolved, That we heartily endome George F. Cotterill, believing in him as a capable executive, an hoverable business man of the highest character, and that we will do al! in our power to bring about his election. ISRAEL NELSON, President PR wore G, BENSO: cet \LITY 10 STRIKERS IS ATTACKED BY POINDEXTER (By United Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.—Ditter depuneiation of the brutalities in- fileted upon Lawrence textile workers wae voiced here today by U. 8. Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington Im a statement to the United Press, By Miles Poindexter, U. 5. Senator From Washington It is evidently a campaign of starvation against the women and The mill owners, backed by the police, militia, prosecutor and local judges, are making Lawrence a concentration camp like those in Cuba, and in Lord Kitchner'’s cam against the Boers. The man ner in. which the Lawrence women children are thrown struggling | into jail, without even the usual form of law, reminds me of Russtan lities to the Jews and Armenian: that such a thing occure in Amert waver man in the wicure, ‘ef Police Fraser of Tacoma shows how far our! The institutions bave been degraded by ‘avarice. The women and children Margaret Broiling te unreasonable. ttempt to board a railroad t have a right have the same were peaceable when forcibly stopped in train. The police contention that these people did to send their children to other elties ts ridieulons, Th right as any one has The true significance of this proceeding is not simly its effect on these people but it is an assault-on the rights of every American citizen. If these people can be arrested without warrant and without wetense that they have violated the Jaw, any of us can be treated similarly by those having the physteal power. If we can be detained in y we also can be forcibly deported when those having the power If these people can be kept In Lawrence, where the mill owners can force them to work at starvation wages or starve, then they are virtually slaves. No one desires the reestablishment of slavery in this country. (From Mr. Cotterill’s Speech.) “I say to you, Mr, ex-Mayor Miller, and to you, Mr. Business Man, support Mr. Gill if you will, but you shall do it with all your excuses stripped bare before this com- munity! Support him, if you will, but it shall be seen and known of all men in the clear sunlight of public opinion that you are doing it in order that the ditty dollars of tol- erated lawlessness and the organized vice syndicate may in some way filter through into your coffers. “What shall be the invitation of Seattle on March § tutside world? Shall it be a signal and a’ call for iousands of undesirables banished with to the or the hundreds and t} de Gilf said four years ago. sked J. ber, ‘and merely Hulet M. Wells, F | | “If I had my way, I'd pile these socialists in jail 10 and put bricks on top of them.” The socialists did not have mapy votes then as they have now, you know. Does Gill stand for fair play? being arrested for speaking on the streets by Chief Wap mstein and thrown into jail in the old filthy city hall jail of those days, and kept over night without even the chance of putting up cash bail, a petition to the city council, of which Hi Gill was a mem- for Brown and David Burgess, social- ist candidates for mayor, corporation counsel, and for the One-year term in the council, respectively, were among ONE CENT. WOMAN CHUSES ARREST OF EY-OFFICER Charged with holding a gun to the head of Mra. Dave Moll, & young married woman, former Policeman J.D. Baker wan arrested this morn ing, and t» being held pending the Iawuing of « warrant from the office | of the prosecuting attorney. In case | & more serious charge is not forth coming, he will be tried for carry ing concealed weapons. Baker is a married man, 45, and Wan dinminsed from the force on January 20, for drawing a gun on a dairyman, with whom he had a dis ite. Mra. Moll has been married | it a short time, and was until re cently cashier at the Lyric theater Bhe became acquainted with Haker tworyears ago, when she was selling Uckets, and Baker was walking a beat i. It Ix claimed that Baker went to the woman's room { nthe Elliot hotel, First and Pike this morning and demanded entrance. When re fused be is alleged to have told Mrs. Moll he would wait outside and shoot her when she appeared. She then opened the door when, she alleged, he placed the gun at her head and threatened her. '|Three Cowher Are Killed| SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 27.— Three American cowboys were kiil- ed, it is reported here, in a battle with Mexican troops today at the Nelson Morris ranch, opposite the) Sierra Bianca. The men are said to have been shot down in an at bron to relieve employes of the ich had been besieged by terttone when Pascal Brown, m: ager of the ranch and several of employes refused to supply Mexicans with horses, saddies and arms. RA AARR OHA ERA E HS Water will be shut off on 7th av. from West Ray st. to W. Fulton st, on Fulton st., from ith av, W. to lth ay. W.; from 10th ay. W. from W. Ful- ton st. to Grand Boulevard, and in the high service mains on Magnolia bluff, including * Ft. Lawton, on Wednesday, ® February 28th from § a. m. to eS pm * | i de ann dindindadn dada dnandindind Blown Down by Gale GODERICH, Ont., Feb. 27.—The roof and walls of the Wheelwright companies’ factory were blown in 4 gale last night and one man! fatally injured while forty others | had narrow escapes. The loss is! $50,000. Now All Have Fever CALGARY, Alta, Feb. 27—An old Yukon prospector made « gold strike on Ghost river and now the} Cochrane district has the fever. Every farmer within a hundred miles has staked a claim, eteeeeeee } j dteteeeeeeeee She’s Unreasonable SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 27.—Mrs Because while she was very ill her amorous husband, Theodore, play- ed Romeo to the Juliet of her nurse in the sick room she sued him for | dtvoree. | ee ee ee ee ol * * * WEATHER FORECAST ® Fair tonight and Wednes. * * day; cooler tonight; light ® *® northwest winds. Temperature * * at noon, 41. * SERRE ERE ER ER HE That is what Hi The socialists were The s cialists presented their constitutional rights. * leaned, and that if shine did not B t the pre am. law for gr i oN the recall of Gillism a year ago, to rally from the slums and purlieus of vice in other cities, to flock to Seattle for another harvest? Or, shall we send the message that Se- attle, true to her good name, redeemed one year ago, sends invitation to the best citizenship of America and of the world to come to a city where liberty and law are trium- phant, and the homes of the people are their first con- cern?” yours, Mr. Suet said such a law ‘would, i in effect, meas higher wages r~ that kind of labor, those arrested, Does Hi Gill stand for a “square deal”? Hi Gill, at a ine when the socialists did not hold the balance of power # city politics, not only voted to pigeonhole their peti- tion, but roasted them to a crisp fare-you-well, The abov quotation is only one of the “fair play” and “square deal” gems that fell from Hi Gill's lips on that occasion, HOME EDITION Se A Minnesota man broke his leg while Mil daneing the Grizzly Bear. There'll bef rest for the wicked in this case. Sue SENTENCED DAY AFTER MURDER By United Press Leased TREOMAS "Fee ag oh Sad Wihocioisied!ptiinkedy ely Judge Chapman sentenced Willis |% Brown to from 10 to 15 years in the | + Walla Walla penitentiary shortly after 11 o'clock this morning, for the murder Sunday night of his wife! Josephine and John Aiden, Brown is a broken man. The sen tence might as well be life, for tt ie feared the prisoner will succumb | during his confinement. He was nervous and weak in court and had little or nothing to say j Jury Might Have Acquitted The hurried sentence was the re- sult of deliberation on the part "otle Deputy Prosecutor Burmeister, who | | believed that should the case go tol & trial the circumstances of Alden's | alleged betrayal of Brown would | * result in a verdict of acquittal on alt plea of “wowrltten law Chronology of the Crime * Feb. 25, 11:30 p, m—Wiilis * Brown waylays his wif * phine and John Alden, Jack Wilson, near home and slays both with two-byfour club, 11:45—Brown returne home and burns two-by-four, Feb. 26, 6:30 a. m—Bodies discovered by Roy Harrison, Eimer Neal and Leonard Nel- ton. 6:45—Police, & sheriff arrive. 10—Bodies removed. 11—Brown deni 11:30—@rown arr eeeeeeeeeee coroner and 1d Deputy % Prosecutor Burmeister, ie - * 4:05—Brown arraigned be- The wages of sin i jh.” * fore Judge Chapman. J Willis Brown, the ger of the ® 4:20-—Pieads guilty to sec- # sanctity of his home, is in jail at/& ond degree murder. * Tacoma today, the confessed mur. Peres eee l SS esse ses ee eS. John Alden, 38, The bodies of the young woman) and the man are in the morgue allow “Alden to come and lve at It is the end of relationship for-/the house she would leave ft. He bidden by God and man was adding another room to the For God's sake, man, put a rope | house to accommodate Wilson. around my neck and do it now Yesterday, Brown said, the wo- sobbed Brown, after he had pleaded | man and Alden went down town in guilty. “Hang me now or put me the morning. Knowing that they in the electric chair, and do {t| Would probably return on the last quick. I'm sick and tired of it all.| car, Brown said he obtained a piece When I wake up I want to find|of 2x4- about three feet long and everything ended " | waited for them. ne es of the murdered con Alden and the w ple were found in the road near! jast car, as! Seown shneeee eae Hrowsfs home at East Larchmont,| walked up the road armdn-arm, bear Tacoma, yesterday morning.| Brown said he came up quietly be BS canted afternoon Brown con-| hind them and smashed Alden over leased to the murder. He stated|the head with the club, killing bim that for the last year he had known instantly. of the intimacy between his wife] Mrs. Brown screamed several and Alden, and had remonstrated| times, and Brown said he dealt ber with them. only to be told by his|a blow with the club, killing her wife that it was none of bis busi-/ also Instantly. ness; that she would do as she| Leaving the bodies in the road, rown said he went panes No Fear of Jail Now for Fracturing Minor Laws Seattle citizens may break minor laws and need have no fear about Spending an hour in jail. With every warrant that is issued for such offenses a personal recognizance bond is also given the deputy sheriff. He steps up to a citizen and says, “You're pinched for violation of the | Sunday law, or the auto speed ordinances, or fortune telling, or whatever it may bi “All right,” says Mr, Citizen. “Let me sign those papers.” And he signs the personal recognizance bond and doesn’t bother any more until his trial comes up. This reform was started by Justice of the Peace Fred C. Brown. The “personal bonds” will accompany warrants for third degree provoking assaults, Sunday law restrictions, violating saloon laws, auto laws, the Shour law for women, hotel inspection laws, nuisances, un- jul interferences with gas, electric, steam and water, pawnbroking we and fortune soll Federated Women’s Clubs Endorse Cotterill and Smith George F. Cotterill, the people's candidate for mayor, Joe Smith, progressive candidate for council and Frederic B. Chandler, the anti- ring candidate for comptroller, were endorsed by the board of directors of the Federated Women's club at a meeting held yesterday. “We want decency,” was the slogan of these women. The constitution of the Federated Women’s club does not permit the endorsement of any political candidates, “This, however, is not a political fight,” fight for our homes and decency.” the women say, “It is a Opportunity Knocks at Your Door TODAY Mr. Merchant, you need the columns of The Star. Their use is a very essential element toward Success FOR YOU. If you are not advertising your wares in its columns, you are missing a gold- en opportunity, for The Star ‘SS more than ONE MILLION COPIES P| KONTH. This circulation, as you well r fa EXCLUSIVE. The DAILY Average of its PAID. Circulation is 40,000 And We Can Prove It OVER ca be was aeanell to that. This was ah three or four years