The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 18, 1912, Page 1

you . They'll make you laugh. Oh, you kiddies of Seattle! = Don't miss Uncle Jack's = column on page 4. 5 There will be band concerts in Seattle parks this summer. The park board is to be congratulated for its public spirit | cou) ‘a gilt-edge | sound business sense For band concerts are ” in more ways than one, “Music hath charms to % othe the savage breast.” It also | charms to quiet the tre ubled mind, to ease the aching heart ix music with fresh air, green grass and the scent of flowers, | 2 you have an elixir better than any you can get at the doc-' DU CAN'T LIVE ON “$9 A WEEK, AND IT’S _ JAIL IF YOU DON'T Seattle Boys and Their Girl-Wives Tried It, Dif- ferent Ways, But With the Same Disastrous Con- -f sequences—Here’s the Story: oy FRED L. BOALT _ Two Seattie young people, absurdly young, got married the other ‘They tried living in the conventional way, within four walle—on aweek. The experiment falied miserably. The $9 a week wasn’t The Iyear-cld husband, Gorden McPherson, was found guilty ‘a wey in Judge Ronald's court last Thureday of wifeabandenment. BY | Apother Seattle couple. also absurdly young. got married the other day. Pe they saw the futility of trying to live conventionally withia ‘Walls on what the i7-yearold husband could earn. ‘They tried the simple life ‘That is, they went to Mercer island, tn Lake Washington, equipped ‘with « blanket each and a small quantity of provisions, and for four nights led a primitive existence, cooking thelr meat at a camp Bleeping beneath the stars the 17-year-old husband, Héward Hanlon, was sent to jail. poses conditions which make !t impossible for a couple ‘tive ie decent comfort on $9 a week Gordon McPherson and his girl tried it, and made such & mens of it that the boy quit In despair ty, shocked, haled him into court for having falled to sur- ‘the Impossible conditions which it itself bad imposed Howard Hanlon and his girl-wife tried to evade the conditions wrecked the connubis! ship of Gordon McPherson by going back first princtples of living. And society, shocked, chucked him gent bis wife back to her mother ° Pherson wis an usher in a popularprice theatre. Wheth- good for léyearold boys to be so employed is neither he theatre that he met Louise, the girl who became bis not it is wise to permit I¢yearold girls to go unat- is not material here married, and Gordon got a job as a clerk in a store at $9 testified in court to his domestic finances, They were: of flat ....... os «e+ + $16.00 a month on furniture . 10.00 a month for cooking and lighting 2.50 a month S@ cents a day, or ..... : Total monthly expenditure “ Monthly income (about) «+8 5.00 Monthly deficit a Amore business-like young man than Gordon McPherson would ter ten inte account the cost of clothes and such odds and ends of car fare, |aundry. medicine, ete. Tt will be seen from these figures that MePherson was up against a Epftiem in domestic economy to which the only anawer was disaster © He stuck it out for two months, by the end of which time there was | {a upon his mind the critical fact that $9 a week will not keep two sons in anything ayproaching decent comfort > So be quit trying. and stands Hable to a term In the penitentiary. pes, and) Neither | a Gordon McPherson and Howard Hanlon are pretty similar familiar. Both are “city wise.” Both are “swell dressers.” n a trade. Howard Hanlon is an overgrown but handsome boy, who delights in| ted fashions in dress. He hag always been harumecarum and evidently been allowed to go his own erratic gait unhindered. Under circumstances which earned him considerable notoriety, he wi SOME Weeks ago. with a 16-year-old girl of Tacoma, got married, | Sow stands charged with perjury in that he swore he was of age he took out the marriag day Howard and his wife, who were living with her mother fmt the foot of Madison st., disappeared. Later a deputy Wt fousd them camping out, sans tent. on Mercer Island. They happy and well. There was no rent to pay or fuel to buy. So} ‘ts there was a mea! ahead, they had no worries. i To what extremes they were prepared to carry the simple life, the) people themselves do not know. Sufficient unto their day was the | Joy—thereof. Tomorrow their larder might be empty. Tomor-/ their clothing might be in tatters. Neither is proficient in wood: | of in the use of, say, the bow and arrow or the stone hammer. And island does not abound with game, especially furred game. GM, they might have worked out the problem, Put society haa no- concerning the propriety of young people living in such fashion. It Belther nice nor proper © )© Young people should live in houses or Mats, and pay rent, and earn \ and have office hours, and meet their bills promptly, and obey ‘s laws, written and itten. $0, for their own good, the deputy took Mr. and Mrs. Hanion out of Arcadia and into custody. Howard was put in jail, from which, yee he was released on habeas corpus. And little Mra. Hanlon was weeping and penitent, to her mother, 4 *| ee tteeeeeeete | CETTE TT TT ee lillie EXCUSES FOR SPEEDING. 108 ANGELES, i8.—Captain John Drew, head of Los f Speeders’ wquad, issued today the following set of ex- pm cuses which will be accepted for “moderate” speeding by the p® officers: Going for a doctor, catching a train, aiding law and » In case of fire, imperative engagement. At the same time announced that mercy will not be shown if the following offered by offender: Intoxication, speedome- ler invisible or broken with authorities. an pull hicidieheh teh hh eh R LALA A Seek te he RR fe ” al said Willian He trimmer of lawns fowntown, but 11 3 You stay her: Y @ bull-terric 5 pis, Using the sign ‘ode Understands perfec tools or Ramey I gotta right Brick,’ an {marked Grr-r-rr!” Mrs. Dunn said “Nice doggy!” Brick” showed his teeth and re peated his former remark. Several passersby stopped. Some neigh bors came into the yard. “Brick” remarked: “Grr-rr-rt’ Two po n appeared, “Grrar-rr!” Re w a h The he will turn to the Editorial Page you will find, under T VOL. 14. NO, 67. | machines ever built by the Wrights, pre, beset: "Yer betcha! 4 left hin Of Mrs. A. Dunn's hic M Yesterda ay, Dunn came 620 Ramey Brick” jumped she porch and made who re-| erybody. Then and the ev came along. down from friends with afternoon. re. Confronted by “Brick home ° ss he. Sea ttle Sta ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SBATTLE As a cure-all, it beats all the nostrums combined. Last year the city spent $4,875 on park music. Was i enough? Would $25,000 be too much? In what other way the city buy more health and happiness for so many pe for the same money? q Last year $527,990.08 was spent in keeping up peerless chain of boulevards and drives. Good business attle is proud of her speedways and boulevards. They adver« tise Seattle, They are necessary parts of the great park systems But if it is worth while to spend half a million on ¢ boulevards, which, after all, are used almost exclusively 15---COUNT ’EM---15 SEATTLE BIRDGIRLS WANT TO FLY tor's ple . 6 US om, ' <) a This is Mise Bertha Martineau, of 2047 West 62nd av., who wants to 9° up with Phil Parmalee in the Special Star Flight on May 29th. Hetp! A little t¢year-old tot asks to be. Diagnosed and Sivided into seo-jgiven a chance, Another you tions, the foregoing word means woman wants to know if she will only one thing just now-—-that The! be disqualified as she we! Star Aviation Editor has received pounds. enough requests by letter, phone Certainly not. An aeroplane can and otherwise from aspiring young carry up a thousand pounds if nec- Seattle birdwomen, who wish to fy eesary. In an aeropt with Phil Parmalee on May 29th, to keep all the fying Today's Entries. The following names were re ceived this morning: Miss Bessie Langston, 1117 Franklin st.; Agnes Stevenson, 5233 Brooklyn # io line Earley, 207 Battery «# Grace Boucher, 1427 First av. N.; Edna "Olson, 56622 41st av, S. W.; Vivian Edmunter, 944 26th av; Mise W. Edmonds, 155 Ballard av.; vieve Buckner, 311 Eastlake av.; Lillian Ourns, 543 East 80th at. Ruth Griffin, 1207 American Bank building; Ruby Wurster, 717 Ameri- can Bank building; Elsie Dodd, Riv- erton, Wash.; Mra. W. D. Selmer, 970 John Marguerite Miller, morning from candidates for The Kingston, Wash.; Leona Scherrer, Star flight, asking for information. 601 American Bank Building, = re eee ENTLEMEN, HATS OFF TO WOMEN SELLING PENCILS! An out-of-town business man, who | job, selling wholesale, retail or any is a guest at the Savoy hotel, re old way. marked today In order that no one gliall és “For 15 years I’ve been trying to cape, the committee, under the organize my sales department to chairmanship Mre. Harry Whit the high possible point of effi. ney Treat hike Miyided the city jnto ciency. | haven't succeeded. And | 40 districts, with @ captain to order here are a bunch of women who operations in each district Atew have succeeded over-night in doing of the largest office buflding# fre what | have failed to do after 15 each a district The territory tr years. Gentlemen, my hat is off!” covered so systematically that ev The Savoy is the headquarters of erybody, practically, in doWitewn the Seattle women who are trying | Seattle is asked to buy, and ne one to sell in two days—yesterday and |{s asked twice today 600 10-cent souvenir pen The committee is determindd to cila for the benefit of the Ortho-| dispose of the entire stock of 400 pedic hospital. gross by tonight and add $6,000 to Yesterday 40 the working fund of the hospital the wholesale for the purpose of enlarging its wholesale. Today work for crippled children. Cortiases and the Hileriots busy unt!l doomsday. Sorry, girls, but only one can Parmalee has written to Barney Klawans and Tommy Newman, pro moters of the two-day meet, stating that he is delighted with the idea of carrying a Seattle girl with him in The Star Special Flight. “I wish 1 could take ‘em all up,” he writ but I must be guided by the wishes of my manager.” Several letters were received this women “worked” district, selling 500 are on the 10 PERMANENT 10,000 WORDS DARROW | ONL. W. W. JURORS WAR OS ANGELES, May 18.—Ten : sate jurors for the trial of} Cre ine ree ee Wire) Clarence Darrow on a_ bribery AMED , Cal, May 18.— charge were accepted and sworn Stinging denunciation of the cam today. . 3 : paign of the Industrial Workers of The jurors are: W. R. Williams!in4 world at San Diego, and an of Monrovia, orange grower; L. T-| oven more stinging denunciation of the “vigilantes” of tnat city, whom Lammers, Clearwater, ranc BE eK, Pierce, Arisa, Fanoher; © Ihe conviets of un-American and un- oe Sait . BF ses p |Civilized abuse of the disturbers of ‘op 5 ar, ‘en , San Diego, with retommendation C, PaulRitter, Los Angeles, realty that the state authorities take @ "|drastic hand in the war there, are dealery L. | Leavitt, El Monte, rancher; Hugh M. Dunbar, Los An’) tne features of a 10,000-word report Ee ramiber-apaties * “| on San Diego conditions sent today hig : \to Gov. Johnson by Harris Wein- %| Stock, appointed as a commissioner * | to investigate the San Diego labor THE WEATHER | war % Probily fair tonight and #| Weinstock, in his report, roundly * Sunday, light westerly winds. *| scores District Attorney H. 8. Utley * Temperature at noon 62. *\of San Diego coun for indiffer HH K EK RO MlenCe to the reign of lawlessness, or; * ° SEATTLE, WASH,, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1912, 75) ant Gene. az, HOME #utomobiles, aren't band concerts, which ALL the people could enjoy, worth one-twentieth of that amount? _ The Star believes they are. The Star believes that, if the city will spend $25,000 on band concerts in the parks this sum mer, it will get a Big Return on the investment in happier men and women, healthier children, stronger bodies, cleaner minds Other citiés may spend a thousand, five thousand, ten thou sand Let Seattle spend as much as twenty-five thousand Let's have concerts, not in a few, but in ALL the parks _ Seattle people are good boosters. They know a good pub licity stunt when they see one. What sort of a publicity stunt SIK WOMEN JURORS IN MURDER CASE Largest Number of Femin- | ine Jurors in History of Country Sitting at Seat- tle Trial. . - Six women are sitting as jurors On @ Capital-punishment oc today in Seattie, in the trial of Masatarc pray apd for the murder of Mrs. 6 many wom mn eat on a first-degree murder | case. A singular phase of this remark able record is that no less than 30 men were excnmed from service on (his aaime jury because of prejudices | inet capital punishment. But the eight women called to the box, not one offered any objection fo it. Two of the women were ex- cumed on other grounds, however. The six who remained are: Susan nah B. Clark, 124 Howard st; Han. nah KE. Gilbert, 1609 25th av.; Mary | A. Jowett, 1914 Sth av.; Mra. M. E, Arfiold, 4622 Lucille st; Mary N.) Place, 2802 E. Valley st. and Mrs.) Amanda Knox, 4645 Garden STORY OF SHOOTING Mt took almost two days to get) the Jury. Testimony began yester day afternoon, and Sukagucht's fate | was placed in the hands of the jury tite afternoon, after arguments by. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Hugh Caldwell and Attorney Gregory for the defense. Sakaguchi, who ciaim- to have been engaged to the woman, on 4 minrepresenta, that she was single, pleaded selfdelonse “1 was represented she was sin- gle” he said. “I gave ber all my money, | asked her why she lie and get a" money. She say: ‘If you Ket foolea you are foolish” I aay not very human being ik. Then 1 got mad and said, ‘Say that again.” Then ahe threw some- thitox at me.” According to Sakaguchi, a souffle enseed and the woman pulled a gun out of his pocket. He twisted her arm to prevent her from shooting he-said, But she pulled the trigger and i killed her instantly. He them shot himeif, nut escaped with (This chapter in the Richeson story brings us to the dreadful deed itself, and the great red fact begins to turn to blackest | doom for the murderer.—Editor. | BY MARLEN E. PEW | CHAPTER Iv, | On October 10, 1911, if the after-| noon, Rey. Clarence Richeson took the first step to execute his vile |miirder design, long and carefully jplanned. He bought at Habn's} drug store, Newton Center, Mass., @ quantity of cyanide of potassium, deadiiest of poisons. He lied to | Hahn, but overacted the part. He jsaid be had a dog with puppies that | be wanted to kill. I knew Richeson well from his! ' / } { | | (yt d Press £ Wire) | | BOWLING GREEN, Obio, May 18. | Senator Robert M. La Follette left for Columbus today to continue his fight against Taft and Roosevelt for delegation to |the tational convention. In his ad dress here last night he referred to Taft as “an amiable, easy-going fat man,” and bitterly denounced Roose velt, asserting that the latter's cam paign is being financed by repre sentatives of “big business.” ia portion of Ohio's (My United Press Leased Wire) actor, to convey land, apparently | services of the police today in their missing from the home, at 1415 ago it was report-| parents have asked the police to an actress, but! nied the report,|from home, She left last Wednes-| gagement, telegrams were ré (iy United Leased Wire) win to reach him by telegraph to | noses os aged 24. Poltce an automobile | a slight wound In the forehead of Nat Goodwin here are trying to-| | ihe macnmartes) = PEQPLE IN | congratulations! on his reported | 4 marriage to Miss) authentic news of |search for missing relatives. The which has been| mother of Fred Fouldes, 11, reports received here. Eighth av., for three days. ed here that Good-| Loring Salinger who has been win was engaged |selling papers, failed to return to marry Miss} look for the little tot | both Goodwin and| Ollie Westbrook, 14, living at 5803} Nat Goodwin Last evening, | ay while friends believed that Good Percy Selig, 9, left home the early win was en route to his home,| part of the week ried Miss Moreland and was bring ing her to California HAMILTON, Ont. May 18.— confirm the report of his fifth mar] prank Truckle, a resident of Brandt riage were ” m 8 met 2 “ supposed to be in Chicago, where ford, near here, at noon today shot pursued the slayer for block’, and when finally cornered, Truckle shot | himself in the chest. He may re- NAT? the much-married | Marjor More-| Four families have enlisted the |to the authorities that he has been Several months | home last Wednesday, and anxious Moveland, who !s/ the young lady de-| Fifth av, N. W., has disappeared | after completing a New York en Efforts today by friends of Good he had intended to stop on his way| 82d Instantly killed his wife, Lena, to Los Angeles CASE CONTINUED Because of the Uiness of Vivian Carkeek, one of the attorneys for | Mayor Cotterill in the recount com test, started by Hi Gill, argument | on the demurrer to the complaint presefited in behalf of the mayor was continued this morning by Judge Alberts for one week, The mayor bas given his attorneys, Ed gar C. Snyder and Vivian-Carkeek full control in handling the contest |and goes so far as to quote the fed eral statutes, and practically rec: ommends that all members of the San Diego “vigilantes” should ybe fined $5,000 each and should be im prisoned for not more than ten years. Grace--! told Wilhe it he me I would scream | Mildred——-What did he say? | Grace—He said he thought I hadi a very musical serearg. BOB, BILL AND TEDDY A Take EDITION would a $25,000 serie re of band tor think of it? ming They'd want to invest and live inve Seattle people are hustler up Seattle hustle as a pattern if not in the people's playgrou When the week’s work is aside the attendant worries, to f group who'll be here next week. “Nothing Serious,” an interesting bunch of those near-“funniest” local stories, which just failed to land prizes in The Star’s $5-a-day contest which ended | aka a look at the nifty of stage people See page 8. concerts be What would the rhe tourist? The home seeker? in Seattle, wouldn't they? Sure! In the effete east they hold Seattle needs to play, and where nds—the public parks? done, wouldn't it be fine to put orget for a day that you're tired, and a little discouraged, and to take the wife and the kids to the NEAREST park to hear the music? be fine? Say! Wouldn't that DESERTED FROM THE ‘OLD_GUARD M. E. Hay, member of the standpat’ Old Guard. He enlisted in 1908 when things looked bright, and stood pat until the progressive wave began sweeping over the country. Then, after several years of wobbling, trimming and vain attempts to play both ends against the middle, he finally deserted the shattered standpat ranks at Aber- deen, May traveling 15, 1912. Later he was seen disconsolately towards his VERY temporary home at Olympia, mumbling over and over the words, “No Hay Fever, No Hay Fever.” The way of the political trimmer is hard. student days,” says Hahn. “I told | him that I didn't know he had a dog! jand then he promptly gave a de scription of the animal. When | cave him cyanide of potassium 1 ned him I'd given him enough to kill two or three dogs. “I put the crystals in a paper and was about to do them up when be said, ‘You'd better put in some more,’ and so | added two or three chunks. | gave bim enough to kil! 10 persons. “As he took the package he sald, ‘You will recetve an invitation to my yedding, and I don't want you to fail to come,’ and then he added: “'This may seem very mys terious to you, but can you keep a secret? | don't want any- TOLEDO, Ohio, May 18.—Presi- dent Taft Igft Toledo today for Cin cinnati, where he will spend Sunday at the home of his brother, Charles P. Taft. In his speeches here and in Tiffin the president declared that Dan R. Hanna of Cleveland and Walter Brown of Toledo were the real leaders of the Roosevelt cam paign in Ohio, “Brown,” sald Taft “ts the only ‘boss’ in active commis sion left in “the state, and Hanna, with unlinit@d wealth, is allied with the special interests. WASHINGTON, May 18.—Com mendation of the action of Tyrus Cobb, star player of the Detroit Baseball club of the American league, in thrashing a fan in the bleachers at last Wednesday's ball game, was forwarded to the sus pended player today by the Georgia members of congress, consisting of United States enators Augustus Bacon and Hoke Smith, and Con gressmen Edwards, Roddenberry, RICHESON, WITH CYANIDE BOUGHT TO “KILL DOG,” DOES AWFUL DEED one to know | have bought this poison. | would not want peo- ple to know that | killed a dog.’ With that he went away.” Just the sort of statement that would make a man suspicious! When Habn saw Richeson'’s name published im connection with the supposed. suicide of Avis Linnell he telephoned the police. On his evidence Richeson was arrested. After Richeson had the poisom for two days, on Saturday afternoon, October 14, he lunched, with Avis at a Back Bay restaurant. There, over their coffee cups, Richeson convinced the, girl that be had found a-means to prevent approach- ‘ing embarrassment. LL SCRAPPIN COLUMBUS, Qhio, May 18— Colonel Roosevelt left Columbus early this morning to carry out the day's itinerary, which calls for 11 speeches in as many cities and towns. The former president will speak tonight in Cleveland and will spend Sunday at Mentor, the home of the lage President Garfield. Roosevelt will close his Ohio cam- paign Monday. The election is Tuesday aT IA MEMBERS OF CONGRESS COMMEND TY COBB’S SWATTING Hughes, Adamson, Howard, Bart- lett, Lee, Tribble, Bell, Hardwick and Brantley. The telegraphed message of the delegation to their fellow Georgian is as follows: “As Georgians, we commend your action resenting uncalled for in- sult. Hope for your complete ex oneration and speedy restoration, “Are proud of your record as leader of your profession.” 17 ARE JAILED IN SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO, May 18.—As the re. sult of the grand jury action In re- turning 38 Indictments against al- leged I. W. W.'s, following a riot here several days ago in which Po- licemen Stevens and Hendon were injured and an I, W. W. killed, 17 are jail, facing with a deadly Weapon with intent to kill. Sixteca others are being sought by the po lice and vigilantes. Those under ar rest are: Oliver Weaver, Robt, |Kennedy, Lee R. McCoy, C. R, | Neely, Jas. Johnson, Jos. Sebastian, | Woodford Hubbard, H. Barr, Walt Brunke, Robt G. Noble, Wm, Hughes, Kelley E. Healey, Thos. E, ‘Moore, Frank Monaco, A. R. White, H. C, Adams and C. W. Hedrick, today charges of assault ,men Houses for Rent Pouses for Sale See Star Wants for The Want ad eolumns of The ing place of Landlord Seller. 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