The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 6, 1912, Page 1

Otto Case, Progressive Candidate for Governor, and what he stands for See Page 6. VOL. 14. “NO. ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE 31, SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1912. ONE CENT The Seattle Star ON TRAINS AND HOME Se NEWS STANDS EDITION Blanche Walsh tells about her funniest story; it’s worth reading. Page 3. ere Are The Star's Own Easter Girls, Smiling With the True Spirit of the Day. ee a, ermal Aprit ‘aeitiment. dn tavor of ee, eauetd by the lawless tac ef the hired epec: wutside cities, is pete today, in t al policemen showing Its he published of the so-called citizens’ and five lumber compa- te pay $2.25 a day for fater. The strike started the lumber companies cut r wages from $2 to $1.80 — announcement, | meeting between and the mill owners} eclares that (he employ: | pot treat with any 1. W. W.) es, bat thi 7 with at they have; any other | The minimum wage is} Tabor, wh fn all the tee also a tel to-aenint te A “good” class ich is to be} raitls. recommends! f labor bureau be es employers in of inborers. Titus to Sue. oo F. Titus, who had} on & trumped-ap fed-| bere, and was released / B district attorney, at Se} last bis wife and each for night, accom daughter. $10,000 dam- be started by Dr. Titus m the “citizens Prosecut committee,” jon and frise H. Abel of Hoquiam. Dr. Titus is representing the Shingle Weavers The papers are be-| union in the strike. today by Attorneys r of Seattle, Gov- ot Tacome Trains Run; and George Prees Leaned Wire) April 6 B& sore of minor boosting their v Wi s, spetibinder rious presi three} tains of presidential noml-| tatididates touring [lin The strikers are today wearing tags reading, “Againgt the Shotgun Sonate were no disturb- Reported That | Haywood Is Wanted : (Br Unites Frees Leased Wire) PASSAIC, N. J., April 6.—-Police authorities here today refused either to confirm or deny a report that a warrant has been issued ied the arrest of Wm. D. Haywood, thélces, and a dozen gub-| labor leader, who has been pro } aspirants Minois is worked up high piteh of pol the today itical excite touring nent in the textile strikes in the East pending arrest followed rioting at Rarfield, across the river from here ‘The report of Haywood's im-| Fred Boalt, of The Star editorial staff, has been man,” that strange figure who has the whole in terror of his mad rifle. In Monday's Star, Mr. be one of the most remarkable newspaper stories of Boalt, as a newspaper wrter, has an in years with the Cleveland Press as special feature wri of the United Press. While in London, Mr. Boalt Mr. Washington year. and then for three years by The Star. this Pap have already attracted wide attenti Some of the most notable are “The Story of the “William,” the unusual character who assists Rev. With Delirium Tremens,” and other articles. Mr. Boalt’s story about John Tornow, in the opinion of The Star, excels anything he has ever written. As a bit of descriptive literature $5,000,000 BRIDGE {5 WASHING OUT MEMPHIS, April 6-—All hope of saving the St. Francie levee and the St. Francis basin was abandoned today by gov- ernment officials and engi- neers. A dozen weak spots were reported simultaneously shortly before noon ‘in the St. Francis levee, and it appears certain that the dykes will soon go out. This means that thou- sands of acres of tillable soil in Tennessee and Mississipp! will be inundated. It is feared that a break fn the St. Francis levee will destroy the $5,000,000 railroad bridge here, The crest of the flood is not expected |before Sunday, and, with the buret ing of the levee, it ix not believed the structure will be able to with stand the terrific . pressure which will be placed upon it Practically the entire part the backwater from the But He Saw the Game ALAMEDA, Cal. Aril 6.—-"I just can't miss that ball game,” #ighed S$. A. Hagy aw he saw a thief leap Ifrom a park-bound street car with [his wallet and $100 In valuables He rode on to the game while the thief escaped. « Alleged White Slavers Caught (By United Press Leased Wire) PORTLAND, Or., April 6.—After eastern flood. those of Where strikers engaged In a battle! 4» exciting chase through the dowr Wood wey, with deputy sheriffs, who arrested | ‘and One of their number for addressing| 4 "ssc Doyle w Wilson of the ag-|@ open alr meeting. depart the candidac Secretar Speaking at P tur in beh Be just in 3 train pu 1 tell the of the nt who is of Pres Wilson's hour ahead 1 Clinton ilson Swats “Boss ml Unites BBUR & crowd k Gov. Woo the methoc les in vogue Phos rule ¥ Malone, asx founsel of New the fight w Hearst series tha the wrong orde Much @ manne his let: USH” TLAND Marted Middle of » atr. elghborhood #04 splinters THE Or ”? Rule Press Leased Wire) i & winds Wilson at selecting pora de. door for the of intensely Rank build the foreman and the door hat it almost F ENCE | nee tn ‘omen of i’ the that ip the see Germs on the Run Oh, joy! Seattie’s going to have the bacilli on next week. For the health of- ficials from the whole state are coming here for their annual convention. They will begin a two-day session at 9:30 Monday morning in the assembly hall of the Henry building. Swat the fly! Eh? | You becher. What? Parra ara arr ara ay * WEATHER FORECAST |* Showers tonight and Sun * day; moderate southeasterly Temperature at noon * REN HHH Golfer hunt for the die ji sir, and drain the pool, ball? If yo would kindly step | day. Harry » arrested on a |charge of forcing Etta Shields and Raby Booth, young girls, to lead a Ife of shame among the Chinese The at of Kelley was made only after Patrolman Niles had fired a shot at him | The Shields girl the police station, | Kelley had boa had shot and seriously | policeman in Seattle aro being investigated own section today when taken to charged that to her that he wounded a Her charges | MINERS MAY SECEDE 1 LONDON, April 6.—A clash with lin’ the ranks of the Miners’ Federa. |tion is imminen ay, many mem bers threatening to secede from the organization if its officers persist in calling off the coal miners strike, Despite the atfitude of the men, the leaders unanimously favor | accepting the government minimum wage bill, and there 1s practically no chance of the officials rescind ing their order for the men to re turn to work, They had a party at the Day Nursery, 1115 Ninth av, today.) They had pink ice cream. No, gen- tle but doubting reader, this is not \the exaggeration of yellow journal. ism. This is truest truth, And not only was the ice cream pink, but it had wavy brown streaks in” it. The wavy brown streaks were choc: olate, Yum! Was cake men: tioned? They had cake, too, The cake had several different kinds of frosting on it, We could write a classio about ice cream and frosted Shall I come io 1 and help cake if we had time. Altogether it was a The kiddies came in the ordi per way, with their working moth ‘of Arkansas is covered with | Keiley | is superb. This Is Mother Jones “Mother Jones, ange! of min ing her series of intenselp inter sting stories on the coal strike in |The Star next Monday. » DON'T | MISS READING ONE OF THEM | They are the best eteried of t kind ever written, Her fifet artic! ja a “jim dandy”—one of the fi of the series. YOUNG BOYS SENT TO A PRISON Clitrord Frideen, William Ed wards and Horace Brooks, mem- bers of a gang of young boys whe are charged with @ number of |burgiaries im the university dis [trict, sentenced each to o to 15 years in the reformatory this morning by Judge Gay. r— es rd RUEF TELLS HOW HE “SOLD OUT FRISCO” SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 6—Stung ffrom o narrow wicket, to bring me to reprisal by a recent editorial in(t# the full realtzation of the |a San’ Francisco morning paper, in|tlauity of this betrayal. | which he was described as a “hu- Todd’s Fight man hyena” and a “surly, cunning, | Hugh ©, Todd, progressive candi- cynical rogue,” whore parole from | San Quentin prison would “lose for! the city the respect of reputable date for governor on the democrat men the world over,” Abraham ic ticket, ix campaigning east of the | Ruef, once all-powerful political) mountains today. His present tour boss of San Francisco, today in the jacludes Spokai and Whitman | San Francisco Bulletin publishes a counties. Todd is well known in partial statement of his connection ‘that part of the state, having been with the graft which made his name elected twice as county clerk and bigs > ay twiee as mem of the Jegislatur from Whitman county: Todd's rec lord in the legislature shows him as | tells how he, while a very man, met “Boss Higgins, how he soon “drifted with the ma jehine,” and how he became the! subservient tool of the big inter ests. Then he states: HYORANT PLANT BURNS With others, | cooperated in| REDDING, Cal, April 6—The \selling out the city of San Fran-|hydrant plant at Heroult, on the ciseo, and so I am in « prison cell. | Pitt rive was troyed by fire it has taken these stone walls, this|this morning. The lose is $3,500. area six by ten, where the only| The great iron smelter near by was ‘ight or air is that whieh comes unharmed j 0 cals measures. Rev. M entitied “The will discuss the subject A. Matthews will preach a sermon Sunday morning Fruits of the Resurreetion.” On Sunday evening he The Cry of the People.” In this sermon he will discuss some of the underlying conditions causing the restiveness of the people, He will show the efforts of demagognes and agitators (to disturb the people and will expose the schemes of promoters and grafters to rob the ple; he will uncover the chicanery of certain men (o destray the constitution and disrupt the institutions of this government, HERE’S “DOG-GONEST” PARTY; | AREN'T THEY LUCKY DAWGS? | BALTIMORE, April 6. the smart set were guests at Villiams, lavishly displayed and greatly admired Bathed and perfumed dogs of a §well luncheon given by Miss Georgiana a society debutante ‘fashions were The nursery is doing a lot of prac with very poor equip mothers were! ers, And when the mat-}tieal good |gone to their several jobs, the ron and the assistant matron took |ment, those kiddies and scrubbed ‘em, and leet enough money | brushed thelr hatr and put ‘em into}site downtown and e ‘clean pinafores. modern building Then, by and by, the “company What's the nursery for? began to come Some of ‘em came)you when a widow, say, in automobiles, And they made a}baby, stie naturally doesn't fuss over the kiddies, and joggled}what to do with tt daytimes, while the babies, and tucked bibs under}#he is earning ‘a livelihood. she their chins, and fed ‘em on pink ice /ean't take it with her, and she can't cream and frosted cake, Then they}leave it at home alone. So she played games, leaves it at the nursery It wasn’t quite clear to the kid-| Practical, isn’t it? And there dies what the excitement was allare ‘hundreds of working women in about, but the grown-ups knew. This le, similarly placed, whose was Donation day at the Day Nurs-|problems would be solved if there sty—-hensetgrah to be an annual}wasia big, modern day nursery they fixture. feould send their children to. to buy a good ct & suitable Well, has a know in the land of John Tornow, the “beast from the Colum! will write the first real story of Tornow. a leader in the fight for progressive | Latest spring dog} and the board hopes to col-/ to Willapa It will reputation. He was connected for several with the London bureau Mr. Boalt’s articles in in the Padded Cell’; the several stories about in the Brotherhood league; “Murphy’s Fight if OR, HZZARD HS NOW LOST 18 POUNDS Thomas G. MacDonald, physical | yy director of the Seattie Athletic club, | will act guard during part of) next Monday for Dr. Linda Burfield | former football the fast specialist will h each other in a jong dis- tance walking contest. Dr, Hazzard bas lost Isinee she began her fant looks it Her che showing prominently, 16 pqunds and she bones are her skin {s very pale ver, exhibits a contagious exuberance and cheerfulness, and | «| feels confident that she will be able to go through with the the fast, as proposed. “Going to Surprise "Em." I'm going to surprise quite a few peopl she said this morning, | |“with the amount of vitality I will have left at the end of the 30 days. Yesterday afternoon, during ber | Jecture, she went through some sur: prisingly strenuovs exercise The | Hlecture was for women only. Next | | Week she proposes to give two lee: tures for women only, on Wednes: day and Friday On Monday she will give a general lecture for men and women, especially to those af. | Micted with any ailment. The lec tures are in the Theosophical hall, |1426 Fourth av ‘SUIT OVER SHOT DO SAN JOSE, Cal, April 6—Sam Smith of Los Altos is facing, to- |day, a sult for $1,350 damages as a ult of bis alleged shooting of a |Russian wolfhound belonging to | Miss Irene Sabin, a young society jgirl of San Francisco and Oakland. The girl has filed suit against | Smith through her attorney The dog was a blue ribbon win ner in bis Class in bench shows all over the state. When the animal disappeared, the following adver tisem was inserted in a country newspaper near here Lost—If any one sees something running around that looks like a rusty chaw of tobacco stuck full of darning needles, it is a Russian wolfbound, and belongs to Miss Sa bin 30 days of April PORTLAND, Or 6.—As- *Iwerting they should be granted spe jelal privileges b they jvate in the public a taste fc rgan grinders petitioned f |licenses from the city |was rudely denied. use eultt nusic, free The request | | Bobby—Say, better put this somewhere near [you go out? @nty, hadn't you} h paint” sign your face before} } register as man and wife? Maudie Low, 3911 ‘Wallingford Ay. (PHOTO BY JACOBS) |HOTEL CLERK TELLS STORY OF COUPLE COURTM Prens teased Wh BREMERTON, Wash... April Cross-examination of Hotel Clerk G. H. Gray of Seattie was the chief ature of this morning's session of the court martial in the ci of Lieut. Jones. At noon the court ad- journed until Monday morning, to Htow the stenographers time to ranscribe the evidence. Regarding Gray's adviee to Jon nd Mrs. McReynolds to register at | Seattle hotel as man and wife, Do you fre- advise single people to “On several occasions | have," replied Gray. “Under certain cir-| cumstances | have done so. “What idea,” asked th | ald you have of the relat ing between Lieut. Jones and Mrs. McReynolds? hat they were upright and hon- replied Gray. an McReynolds took the stand, bright and cheerful again, in spite of her collapse y ‘day ‘afternoon. Her crossexamination occupied | only @ short time, and consisted of| questions concerning her expense secount while In Seattle with Jones Bremerton Interested. Bremerton ts intensely interested | in the proceedings of the court mat-| Ual, and curious crowds wateh for the appearance of the principals in| the trial. Mrs. McReynolds’ two} children are being cared for at the home of friemds, while she is stay- ing at a hotel at Port Orchard Captain Charles F. Pond, presi. dent of the court, will leave for the Mare Island navy yard immediately after the trial, which is expected jto end some time next week, rable, BREMERTON, Wash., April | Mrs. Margaret McReynolds, vorced wife of the complaining ot PHONE Injunction proceedings will be rted either today or early next week against the Pacific Telephone | Co. to restrain it from raising the| rates of former subscribers of the Independent Telephone Co., which it absorbed recently. This action is prompted by Mayor Cotterill, who instructed Corporation Counsel) idford to begin the suit imme. diately, The mayor held a confer- ence with Superintendent of Public Utilities Valentine and Deputy Cor- poration Counsel Hughes yesterday. | The mayor takes the position that| the Pacific hone Co. must de cide whether it ts supplying the service to the former Independent | by right of the subscribers Inde. franchise or its own pendent engaged to Lieut. Jones. ARTIAL ficer and fiancee of the accused, again took the witness stand thie morning after being excused terday afternoon on account of itl- ness. She was visibly weakened by the nervous strain of a grilling cross-examination. The attorneys for Lieut. C, K. Jones, who is on court martial on the charge of “scandalous conduct,” asked that hi excused, saying that she was suffering from chills and a head ache. Because of Children. The prosecution took Mrs. Me ,| Reynolds to task for returning to | Bremerton last fall and living with ber husband when, according to her | testimony, she had already become It was on account of my boys,” she said. “I couldn't help it. came back. I couldn't bear to stay away from them any longer.” The cross-examination of Mrs, McReyholds showed that she had dined and played golf and bridge with Lieut. Jones before her sep- aration from her husband, but she emphatically denied that she paid any more attention to him than to jany other brother officers of Lieut. | McReynolds. G. H. Gray, clerk at a Seattle hotel, was allowed to give expert testimony to the effect that Lient. Jones acted‘in the only proper man- ner left him when he registered an “C. B. Davis and wife” in securing & rogm for Mrs. McReynolds at the Stewart hotel, Gray testified that Lieut, Jones fad first inquired for accommodations at the Rainier Grand. He gave me to uilerstand that jgverything was straight” Gray sald, “and the woman was some day to be his wife.” Gray advised him, jhe said, to go to some other the sake of appearances, tl te as RATE RAISE the former, then the rates must be the same as fixed for the Independ- ent subseribers by the public sery- ice commission last November. If the latter, then the Independent company's franchise has lapsed, and the city is entitled to its equity. The rates, as raised ‘by the Pacific mpany, went into effect on April 1 Residence telephones were boosted from $1 to the Sunset rate of $2 per month, and business phone rates climbed from to $7.50. HICKMAN, Ky., April 6, 6,—Dore- na, Mo., directly across the river from here, is under several feet of water, and the town is practically depopulated, ‘Only 11 persons re- main at Craig's Landing, Mo. A LARGE CIRCULATION? YES, BUT WH Do you, Mr. Adv ERE? ertiser, want a scattered circulation? Remember your rate for adver- tising in a newspaper is based on so many thousand circulation. No matter where this circulation’ goes and no matter whether you can use that newspaper is m advertising medium centrated in a smal prefer The Star, for , you are paying for it. Therefore, ore valuable to you as an whose circulation is con- You will then its circulation is the most l radius. concentrated of any newspaper in Washing- ton. It reaches the people you want to reach and ydu use all the ing for. The Star s circulation you are pay- ells | Over 40,000 Copies Daily