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

Cash prizes for the best graduation dresses for school girls’ Details on page 5 Do you know a Seattle the- atre has only girl ushers in Northwest? Look on page 4 The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE MISS MITTEN, PRETTY AND PLUMP, AY WOMAN'S HATPIN Hatpin Worn by Woman Probably | a] didn’t see the hatpin. The car crowded and a woman was directly in front of me, stopped and started again, ‘eat es woman fell backwards z me. | felt a sharp pain in cmy right eye. The woman turned her head and said: ‘| beg your par. ‘gen’ | said something about it’s all right. At first | couldn't fet anything out of the way, no pain, but the eye watered. But to ward sent it 9 to hurt.” T BE. J, Andersen's account ‘of the encounter with the point of “along hatpin worn by an unidenti- fied woman on a Second ay. street on, who lives with his wife Castle boarding house, 901 way, is a patient at the No- hospital, where he is under the ‘of Dr. C. BE. Noble. ft is fear- that Anderson will lose the use the Injared eye. Need Hatpin Ordinance. “an ordinance limiting the length is urgently needed,” said at the hospital today fhe points of the pins should not allowed to protrude beyond the ‘of the hats, or they should be with buttons. So long as are permitted to wear these the eyesight of the tened, especial ‘One of the physicians at the hos fecounted how the brim of his was stabbed by a woman at yesterday. “It might have been ‘of my eyes instead of my hat,” 1 umber of councilmen discuss- today the advisability of Intro an anti-hatpin ordinance, ft will probably be done. In y cities in the East in Eu- spe such ordinances are in opera IS IN KILLED passenger train No, 17 of the f vee road was coming {nto Elum yard at $a. m., it ran into open switch, colliding headon th a locomotive which had just ar- fm the yard. engine and two express cars train were overturned, and Jordan was pinned under wreck and killed. Engineer was severely injured. eu y 6-—~An- Aumbrello kicked a 6months _from the sidewalk to the of the street. Magistrate decided he had no right “kick it aroun’, even if it was a and gave him 90 days in| he | RRRHKRERA RRR * WEATHER FORECAST. * ® Fair tonight; Tuesday fair * Mand warmer; licht westerly #| a? Temperature at noon, ® * * Rkktnenkaeekheh a VOL. 14. NO. 56. SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, MAY 6 1912, GOT LOVE LETTERS TWICE A DAY, BUT COLONEL COULDN'T WED HER IN f AMIL MISS MAUD MITTEN (STA (Special to The Star.) NEW YORK, May 6.—The ardent temperament and fondness for plumpness of Col. Edward Marri- ton Power, Chicago mine owner and seller of various sorts of stock, ig being disclosed at the trial of the $50,000 breach-of.promise suit of Mise Maud Mitten, who twinkies beyond the footiights as Miss Pavia Dana. Miss Mitten “did” the colonel's finger nails some two years ago. Gazing soalfully Into her eyes, the colonel——his wife was in the country—murmured that mani curing was no job for such @ Plump and pretty person. : “Why don't you become a great lady actress?” 1 will,” Miss Mitten replied. “And then I'll marry you,” the colonel cried Miss Mitten chavged her name to Paula Dana, and an actress she became. She says so herself. The colonel gave to his fancy free rein. Every time his heart throbbed with love emotion, he sat right déwn and penned a letter to Paula. That happened 1,400 times in two years. When it throbbed extra hard he whote her cute poems. The following are a few stray shafts of the colonel’s mailed love, as read at the ‘trial: “My Own Dew Fat, Biggest Muddi * * * Do be good and remember there is one here who thinks more of you than any one else does. You must not tease me. With love and kisses, always BD. “ . Found a lovew awaiting me real Muddie letter, just like my fat pal wheneahe is herseif. 1 have enjoyed !t more than you can tell me. Do be sweet all the time, It you knew the feeling | have for you and the great interest I have shown in you, you will not find a better and truer friend and a greater admirer. “Your devoted oe. “My Dear, Fat, Sweetheart, Mud GE NAME, PAULA DANA) COL. EDWARD H. POWER die Pauler:; The sun went with you yesterday and left the heavens in keeping with my feelings, The |flood-gates were turned on and |poured copious tears all day.* * * |T will try to see you before Sund }if the following does not kill you. | Anyhow, here goes 1 know a lass with eyes of brown. | Who some day will gain great re- } nown, | As an acting lady abe will startle | the town, Thinking now she is not great, There is ‘where she makes a mis- take. o Because ff only her part she will play In a natural, inimitable way |She fs entitled to riches and fame The press and public both acclaim | And overlook her horrible name.” oes “1 want to correct an impr: hose lett i am not fat— ‘just nice and plump.” IE MAN WITH A STOLEN BRAIN; WEIRD STORY OF GREAT DRAMATIST AND TRANSPLANTED MIND ALTERATIONS FREE the Artist Thinks We're Com Wew Corr ’ YORK, May 6.—in th city aman with a stolen ‘ain of an intellectual This is the astounding story: Severai years go Joseph Ware ire te 7,7? doubt as to of the name— man of humbie origin but of inteliectu: ittainments, disapp. Lon-| i Mis father, a furr r, alarmed | tong | Vera, absence, notified Scot- but the police were un-} E AAVE A NICE bind OF PHILOSOPHERS ing-to, if This Brain-Storm Story le ‘ect. able to learn anything Four years ago Joseph Warschaw- ski was found by accident in a mit. erable East Side tenement. He was then a semi-imbecile and unable to tell what had happened to him, It is positive he could not have been in that mental state when he ar- rived in New York he would have been turned ba s an unde- sirable alien. Recently a famous New York sur- geon, whose remarkable operations from time to time sta as ;manity, died. Among his was found a document labeled, Case of Joseph Warschawshi. In it the surgeon confessed that while in London he had*heard of the mental attainments of a young Polish Jew. He had made the ac. quaintanee of the young man and |had invited him to his roome, near St. Thomas’ hospital. He adminis- tered to him a potion which caused him to lose all knowledge of his identity. He then took passage for himself and his victim on the next boat for New York. The surgeon was a widower with one son, of about Warschawski's age, but feeble minded. Arriving in New York, the surgeon per- formed a remarkable operation. papers “The under anaesthetics, he exchanged their brains, Beth recovered ‘The surgeon’é son is today a nov- elist and dramatist, whose work is known wherever the BEnglish language is spoken. Two of his plays were recently produced in London with pronounced success, and a London manager hag just en fered into @ contract with him for ¥ Mittle betting hi Placing his son and Warschawski | . ROW Husband Orders Mother-in- Law Out of House, and in Dispute Gun Goes Off Acci- dentally, Killing Man's Child New developments are expected In the case of Frank Napoli, the Italian vegetable peddier who last t shot and caused the death of ittle 23-daysold baby of a scuffie for a revolver between Napoll and his wi at their resi dence, 1121 17th av. & W. The baby died this morning at 1 o'clock The shooting was the result of a long standing quarrel between Na+ poll and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Filomens Baronessl, 1121 17th ay, S. W. The latter, accompanied by her elder daughter, visited the Na- poll home, and immediately a heated dixcussion was started. Napoll or dered the woman and her daughter, out of the bouse, and went to the} house when they heard a shot, It wal Mrs. Napolt and her husband for t poaneasion of the weapon, She w hursing her baby, and It is thou BABY 1S. KILLED! BAD BOY---REBELLION; , SQUARE DEAL--GOOD BOY the result of a scuffle between}: the gun was fired during the strag } gle. The bullet entered through the left shoulder blade and came out at the neck, The, mother wae struck im the breast, but her wound is not serious, Neighbor Hears Shot. George Love, a neighbor, heard the shot, and quickly called up the police station. Patrolman Frank Ducett, H. T. Papke and P. J. Schelling and Dr. F. C. Ristine of the city hospital were sent to inves te. The officers found Napoli, wife aged 5, in the front bed roo: baby, mother and father were taken to the police station. An inquest will be held thin after. noon. japoll is held without « charwe. Maryland Is Holding Her Election Today (By United Prose BALTIMORE, ideal weather Maryland today ts holding its firat presidential primary election. Karly voting was heavy. The Roosevelt people issued statement in which they claimed |vietory for the former president, The Taft following is reticent, but | the president Is the favorite in what been done. It te |not believed the result of the elec tion will be definitely known before | tomorrow. |WOMAN MAY BE FEDERAL J (iy United Press Leased Wired WASHINGTON, May 6.—Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey is in line today for appointment to suc- coed Judge Delacy on the bench of the juvenile court of the District of Columbia. She was nominated for the position by Attorney General Wicker sham, backed up by 15 women lawyers of Washington, Should she be appointed she will be the first woman to hold a federal judgeship. STARTED TO BURN NEW YORK, May 6.—Anton | Besinger, ashman, went to sleep in jan unused furnace in a large garage | building. When he awoke he found himself burning up because of gasoline soaked waste piled on him. He sued and secured $6.000 dam- ages for injuries. 8 Veterans Die in Train Wreck RRR KK * |\® NEW ORLEANS, May 6 | The first section of the confed |® erate veterans’ special train, |® crowded with old soldiers, was * wrecked near East Abuchie * after leaving New Orleans this \* morning, and eight were killed. * Peete eeeet RK RRS FLED AT JHE IDEA NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. May 6—Isracl Sahn has brought sult for divorce at Trenton, alleging that soon af- ter Yetta Meiter married him she fled. Th n was that she saw his family—triplets, Theodore Roosevelt Sahn, William How: ard Taft Sahn and George Cor- telyou Sahn—and the six other children by his first wife. She had not counted on being a wholesale step-ma. wake a third, declaring It to be the mas- ter effort of the century. ‘The story of his stolen brain has leaked out both in New York and London, and the newspapers have hinted at his {dentity. His reply is to threaten Immediate legal action against any newspaper or individual accusing him of having a stolen brain, ‘The two boys standing at intion in front of the Parental school inistration building are the captains of the two companies. On the is Lestie Reeves of company 2, y No. 1, with now. BY FRED L. BOALT The kids along the water front! ied him “Moocher.” In hobe lingo | mooch” is to wander aimlessly. | wandering beggar | | ireumetances beyond his control. 01’ man” was sent t lor drunkenness and genera! ness, which was good rid- of bad rubbish. But the boy jeved for his father. One day the Greek boys who lived | jon the top of ine cliff threw stones down, and “Moocher,” afraid, and red of tivt the tide water shantytown he first saw the light, and #0 | 89, Wnwillingly, he fitted into the | parish early today, when a flood of | me a “moocher } “Moocher” led an aimless life. He | eid = papers. reek, shining shoce in front of «| DS sunken cheeks and aded an inch had been recovered, and dec! Joon, He loitered about the union pot, carrying bags. portly and stole adroitly, becom- | a “dip” in af aimless sort of way. If+the “graft” was “good,” he) in 10-cent lodging houses | the old restricted district. When | tiinds were low, he knew of a grat-| in an sreaway in the rear of «| jewapaper building on which one ald sleep in comfort in the heat at rose from the boiler room be- | { was a wizen little rat of a boy, ahd wise in many things which It boye ought not to know. He ad a stunted body and the face of ‘an old man. | A policeman found him asleep on ‘the grating at 3 in the morning. He Was arrested, “booked,” and Judge ter of the javentle court sen need him to the Parental school ion Mercer island, He hadn't been at the Parental him, naked, gasping ih. They gave him a new, clean outfit of clot! They assigned him to a cot in the dormi- tory of cottage No, 2. And they turned him loose into the free, busy life of the inatitution. He was in rebellion from start. He didn’t want to study. didn’t want to work, or drill, or play. He didn’t want to be clean.| He hated discipline. He se the 100 odd boys he found the; cause they were obedient to disci pline He wanted with all his rebellious the He} in Seattle, to live again the free, un- fettered life of the streets. ‘And 60, of course, he ran away. It ts futile to try to run away} when one is a prisoner on a A farmer caught bim, and laughed good naturedly when “Moocher fought like young wildeat to get) free. A sq of Parental boys came to feteh oim back to the schoot, With “Moocher” in their midst they tramped back over a hilly coun try road. And “Moocher” reviled) them. “A hetuva trick!" hi fella tries to make his get-away, an’ instead of helpin’ him, yeh bring him back! Stoo! pigeons! Snitches!") The squad swallowed the insults | in silence. But when a bend in the road brought the two cottages, with | the administration building nestling | between, into sight, the squad halt-| ed. The leader eyed the captive] stonily. “You're a fool,” he said, deliber-| wanta make yer ¢ yer get three square meals a day. Did yeh get ‘em in Seattle? Here yeh get a clean bed to sleep in. Did yeh get clean beds in the ‘flop houses’? Here yeh get an education and learn a trade. What did yeh ever moochin’ on the water front? Here yeh get a square deal. Wat sort of a deal was it yeh got where yeh come from? You're a fool. For- ward, march!” Aw they neared the school the e stock. certain on the right is Parnell Stratton of These are the kind of boys the “Moocher” is living wide, sweet acres of the schoo! farm spread before their gaze, blue water of Lake Washington dimpling beyond, The air was heavy and redolent of spring. “Moocher,” his thought a chaos, mber of demerits were put against M& name—that was ail. Still, it does not pay to try to run away from th tal school, becau thy you break, the longer you This truth was borne in upon “Moocher” gradually. With a little encouragement he a in the shanty alone,| Would have made a fine mutineer. | But it's no fun to insurge alone. life of the school, working. playing, studying with the rest. Good food He worked for a “Md fresh alr brought the color to Survivors reported that 12 bodies to his stature. And one day he He begged | @Woke to the realization that he was fifty. njoying his captivity, He liked to play, he even Iiked-to work in the| jfields and to study, and especially | sissipp! today lent additional dan. he liked the manual training. The other day “Moocher"—only they don’t call him that at the Parental school—was told that his time on the island was nearly up. His behavior, in the main, had been good. He had worked off his de merits, and in a few days be would be allowed to go. That same day “Moocher” delib- superintendent, grieved. “You were doing so well. Now | shall have to add further demerits against your name.” The boy's face lighted up with happiness. “Then | won't have to go, sir? | don't want to go. | want to sta here!” he said. SOCIALISM NEW YORK, May 6.—Because he asserts that socialism is a menace to the nation, and especially to unionism, Peter W. Collins resigned as international secretary of the Electrical Workers’ Brotherhood to fight it. ITALIANS OCCUPY ISLE OF RHODES ROME, May 6.—Minister of War Spingardi announced today that the heart and dwarfed soul to be back | Italian troops island. of Rhodes. ave occupied the SPRING SPROUTS he maid, and man they bill and 00 Beneath the shelt’ring tree; Which proves the season sometimes fails To bring spring lethargy. | porters are practically delegation 430 DIE IN FLOO one cent szarsinaxz. HOME EDITION 53 PIERCE COUNTY MEN IN CONTROL; CONTEST TO CLOSE Wilson Lacks 12 Votes of Swinging the Democratic State Con- vention to Him—Democrats Plan to Exhibit “Homeliest Hound Dog East of the Mountains”—First Day’s Devel- opments. (Special to The Star.) CONVENTION HALL, WALLA WALLA, May 6— Pierce county, with her 53 delegates, controls the situation at the demwecratic state convention, which opened here today. It is a close contest between Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson The convention was opened by Ch Cott of the King county primary delegate Wilson controls more les G. Heifner at the ill of Seattle , arrived this morning. than Clark, and Grand theatre. Mayor George F chairman counties his seating the King county primary, ted, But even with these dele- elegates lined up behind him, -Wil- sup- ire of which 1 and the Bryan gates seatec json musters at best 348, lacking 12 to control #fe convention, which is made up of 719 delegates Pierce county's delegation is uninstructed but will vote ag aunit, The Clark followers confidently claim it. Wilson and Bryan have solid delegations from Clallam, litz, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, Island, Jefferson, Okanogan, 1 d'Oreille, San Juan, Snohomish, Stevens and Whateony counties, with a total vote of 160, : DIVIDED DELEGATIONS Wilson controls four divided delegations and Clark seven. counties are doubtful, and about these the storm centers. much talk of a stamp oy Wilsonites Bryan-ward C. C, Dill was made temporary chairman by the state central com- mittee today, and the appointment will probably be made permanent. INTRODUCE REAL HOUN’ DAWG The Clark delegates from Yakima are planning a stampede for their man, and propose to help it along by introducing a live houn’ dawg, which, they say, is the homeliest and ornriest dog on earth. es plan to introduce a resolution indorsing what , what Roosevelt says about Taft, and what Says about everybody and everything. | A proposition that will come up in the convention will be that of |naming 28, instead of 14, delegates instructed to declare for preferen- al primaries. Six There is D; SITUATION DESPERATE: (By United Press Leased Wire) des Giaces, Melville and othenj NEW ORLEANS, May 6.—Thirty flooded sections. The property) persons were drowned in Coupee oss will exceed $2,000,000. 1,000 in Peril of Death. The flood situation at Point Cows, pee is desperate. Motorboats have, been sent to the scene to take off the refugees. Survivors assert that whole fam- ies were swept to their death trom| , housetops when the levee broke .to- | day. Government officers here have been notified that at least [1,000 persons are imperiled by be-| ger to scores of cities which haveing marooned in tree tops, houses: |been threatened with inundation|and rafts. | by the flood waters of the Missis-| Passengers on a train which pase \sippi river. h the water top-|ed through Morgansea today stated {ping the levees at Baton Rouge,/that people stood at the depot t Morganza, Melville and Bayou des| water waist deep signalling for the |Glaces, La., the sifmation was such |train to take them aboard.. The en- jas to causq Goy. Sanders to im-|gineer and conductor would not | press into service a large number | stop the train because of the rapid Jot negroes, forcing them to work| rise of water, The next train which on the levees. Thousands of wom-| passed was derailed and its passens en and children have left Bayou| gers were thrown into the flood. PROMISED JAPANESE STATION (By United Press Leased Wire) EL PASO, Tex., May 6.—Peter|dalena bay if the present Mexican Aiken, jailed here on a charge ed ae - poet = re s . |fused to make public any details. having violated the neutrality laws, | Ri at Juares: tedey pemcog te declared today that Gen. Pascual! report that Gen. Salazar lost 700 Orozco, commander-in-chief of the|men in a battle at Cuatro Clenegag rebel army, agreed to give the| with Col. Carranza’s force. 80 MADE SICK; CREAM BAD _ (By United Press Leased Wire) HANFORD, Cal, May 6.—Poi. soned by eating ice cream at a pic- nic, 80 members of the Methodist] RIDG: LD, church here are slowing recovering |Robert Dunn has announced hi today. Seventy-five were terribly |candidacy for mayor, and says if, stricken, an dsome thought hopeless. {elected he will tirn back the salary ly so, All physicians from Hanford |to the town treasurer. There ar@ and Lemoore weré summoned, and | 11 candidates for the job. a ts |water from a break in the levee rushed suddenly into the district. ed |the death list probably would total | | Scores of Cities Threatened. Heavy rains in Louisiana and M worked over the patients all nigh@ long. J, May 6—. YING, TON At0i—Refined beardine 3 terms. ton vine men ana HOW TO ALL No “want” ad, however small, is overlooked when it is classified under the proper heading in Star wants. Classi fying makes the small ad large. Speaking of levelers, the want page is the great leveler in advertising. The seeker for a room, ltouse or store usu- ally reads ALL, the ads, great and small, under these head- ings. A good “want” ad tells all the impertant facts about a proposition, and when placed in The Star is certain to be yvead, whether two lines or twenty in length. OVER 40,000 PAID COPIES DAILY