The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 28, 1912, Page 1

THE ONE SURE WAY TO KEEP THE PROGRESSIVE PAR IBLE POSITIONS. BOB HODGE IS A PLAIN, MAN WHO KNOWS THE NEEL IN NOVEMBER WILL BE A CERTAINTY. Her Career It began when Mildred’s dad Jost his fortune. Story of how she made good, told on page 4. VOL. 14. HUGKHANDERS THREATEN MAN AND FAMILY Order Bothell Road Farm- er to Pay Them $2,500! on Penalty of Death If Refused. Two “Black Hand” letters in two days have been received by August) , @ rancher on the Botheli containing dire threats to maelf and hoosehold if he did not | come through with $2,500. | Fisher bas been singled out by yhe sileged © Black Handers for some His wife is i!) and his four} to leave their} $ qhildren are afraid pouse, because of the numerous threatening letters that he has re { barn was eral letters - Last July darned down, after demanding money had been {gnored ig Mm: Fisher finally determined | fe ask for official protection and} the sheriff's office. This| geraing there was another warn ed on bis barn 3 Mie socalled Black Handérs di qected him to start off d messenge Wen $2,500 towards Seattle This fate be done em y, the letters ack Handers find epgertune fo take the money from | the er. The warning is rs are doing a he ald of fir ift Hodge has d o run the “Black CONSPIRACY | TO DAMAGE _ THE UNIONS 7 ON, Aug. 28.—The that New England mil! own- to “plant” dynamite ithe strike of the Lawrence tex- Workers, a few months ago, to unionism, was made here|theatre. = by District Attorney Pelletier,| “I never ‘kid’ myself, ‘anounced his determination | tinued. “It is too expensive, ry mill owner in- the alleged conspiracy. admitted that. Ernest / of the Pittman Co., one of | * textile mil! construction | gland, who |* y suicide yesterday, had | Privilege with bim earlier in the} LOS ANGELES, women would just Aug. ¢ learn bs happier. ‘Kid’ the world, which a fierce gold dragon provided they. pay and I decide me When you work The Seattle St “THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE NO. QUIT KIDDING YOURSELF YOU WILL BE HAPPIER ren HE MAY TULLY 2—"If to stop ‘kidding’ themselves they would be if you | must; but, for the love of heaven, | be on the level with yourself.” | May Tully wrapped herself sev- flat }eral times around with a gorgeous black satin kimono on the back of disport- ed himself, and sank into a chair in her dressing room in a Los Angeles she con- . Being jon the level with myself compels the admission that I will probably |rock along in fine comfort t{never be greatly succosstul; that |times I shall be seraphically happy becanse I have a sense of humor. |and sometimes I shall wish | was a “Now I do not mind being laughed | human being for the when and | cessful, where the laughing is to be done. | will stay with me always and pull seriously for a|me back in time to keep me from laugh and get it, that’s Joy. When|being either a fool or a martyr.” 154, you work seriously for something else and get a laugh, that’s misery. “When I was a child my highest superior in a convent or the head | jof the Salvation Army. I decided | against t mother superior bust |nees because it was not exciting jenough; and after practicing with one of my mother’s tin plates for weeks I decided if I could carry a jtambourine that well off stage I jcould go on and be paid for it “The stage is the only place, any jhow, where a woman bas all the [best of it. “I refase to kid myself. 1 bal) Some- stead of an actress. On the whole I will be fairly suc- but that sense of humor Rattkanweeak ‘WEATHER FORECAST * Pair tonight; Thursday, fair * light, variable # mostly easterly, Tem- * ture at noon, 56. * 4 * PRR Reet hhh heh ake * * AVES THE HORSES. | Refusal of the driver of a team | @ horses to turn aside on a road machine rolled down the it and two passengers, Graham and James Ander Were pinned urider it. They! with minor injuries + & pool room owner, into a wire fence was and re & bad sealp wound. | ming ashore, COAST STEAM Renton Junction compelled | than $300,000. éf Graham, driver of a rent car,| Oscar Kneesiand, seaman, is dying ® run his machine over an em-|from injuries received when he leap- tmbnt ed from the ship's superstructure and failed to clear the decks. The other injured were taken to a Santa! within an amazingly short time. The Barbara hospital, where it was re-| Rosecrans wis owned by the Asso ported today that they will recover. ciated Of! Co. The remaining members of the Glasgow tn 1883 and was 396 feet crew of 41 men saved thetr lives by | over all leaping into the water and swim- United States government during Many who were be-|the 8 low decks were miraculously saved)as a transport ER EXPLODES; DAMAGE IS OVER $300,000 (iy United Prem Leased Wire.) GAVIOTA, Cal., Aug, 28.—The oll| explosion clear of the vessel and steamer Rosecrans is on the rocks | into the sea near here today, a total wreck, and) three members of her crew are in-, Jured, one probably fatally, the re- Redondo Beach late in the after sult of a tank explosion aboard hy last night. The loss will be mor {by being blown by the force of the Cause Not Known The Rosecrans had arrived from }noon and had anchored off the Al- ecatraz plier. She was taking aboard a cargo of of! when the ex plosion occurred. Its cause is not known. Five minutes later @ sec- ond explésion spread flames to ev- ery part of the vessel and she sank She was built tp She was purchased by the h-American war for use “POT OF GOLD” | "The Pot of Gold,” a pretty] og will be pre ted by the of the University playfield} pla | Priday afternoon. The pageant | WH mark the close of the vacation Yerled. The park board has far Mehed money to secure music for @ecasion. The performance be a2 p. m. TRIPPED ON WALK; SUES THE CITY) Helen Wood, who alleges that she Wipped on a defective cement walk Between James and Jotterson ats.,| Ninth av. has brouht’ suit tthe city of Seattle for $10,- She says she 4 injuries! fenee cap the le her a} mt cripple WAR ON ie revolvers, the police here are seeking t Vienna of rid the streets | @ ands of roffiane who} Msaulting and robbing helpleas| ans at all hours of the day Might. American tourists espe-| have suffered heavy financial glory, just train crash Which they were returning home & circus performance. Edward | ng into a buggy lined path where I wait to ed and is not| words of love. Eg. the day Was fatally inj Srected to survive a : 488! vou? | WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE bs The Moon Editor has asked the| © Water will be shut off im #|qwestion every day for several days ue low service maina in the #|nW, and so far he hasn't had a sat-| district between Fourth av. N. &|'#factory answer. Not a single, sol- Wand Highth ay Ww from Flor- *| itary one f tata #. to the xovernment #| The batch of answers that came} ¢ nal and from Ray st. to Flor. &|in today’s mail were so foolish that Pad WW N_ to &#{the Moon Editor, who is himaecif a| First avy. W., tomorrow from & # {lunatic (indeed lunacy is the one * ™. until & p.m %| qualification for the job), was ut- *|terly disgusted. ¢ SERRA hhh He's printing them, not because PLEASE BE SENSIBLE AND TELL . HOW BIG THE MGON LOOKS _ KILLED BY TRAIN “ But What's the Diameter? WILLITS, Cal. Aue 2% -_Mrs,|® Smacking Fine Answer.| to the Moon Editor: 1 am sur i ‘er Infant son are} Dear Moony Spoony Editor: ‘The prised at your lack of erudition here today, the reauit of an|moon looks to mé a ball of silver | How large is the moon? Do you big enough to light my sweetheart’s footsteps to the rose whisper GAGED, r How big doe’ the moon look to ‘¢ any good, but in the hope they’ sorry for him. that you will feel Here they are: | To the Moon Editor: Your in- teresting, if foolish, question re minds me of Shelley's (of was it ) (possibly it was Ella er Wilcox's) immortal ode: That orb-ed maiden, With white fire laden, Whom mortals call the moon! How beautiful that js! And how true! So why worry about her size? NARCISSUS NIXON. | Mebby Jake Owns the Moon, Too. To the Moon Editor Hi, diddie, diddle! Said the cat to the fiddle, A cow, fell from a balloon, And met Jakey Furth, Who owns most of the earth, And asked, “What is the size of the} moon? PRO BONO PUBLICO, not know—or have you forgotten that the circumference of a circle is the diameter multiplied by 3.1416? HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. tet tt ttt R tt th tk * WOMEN’S HEADQUARTERS * Women's headquarters for l& the progressive party have |% been opened at room 116 In |® the Butler hotel. Mrs. Homer | M. Hill ie in charge. * Mrs. Hill is anxious to hear * from every woman who is in * sympathy with the candidacy # of Col. Teddy Roosevelt and |* with the progressive party. A |the Dreamjand rink {open to both men and women, In | planned. SEATTLE, WASH,, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1912. | PLAY WHEN T, A. GOMES When Col. Roosevelt on Roosevelt makes bi nd ay. play, W way up Se will be in line. gest demonstrat any man in 5 reception have been placed in the candidate for preatden The arrangements for Roosevelt's reception have ben placed in the hands of a special committee con sisting of Ole Hasson, Geo, B. Lamping, ©. J. France, A. B. Stews art, H. B. Orr, Bd Clifford and Will HH. Parry. * A big turnout of Spanish-Amer- jean war veterans Will greet the colonel, with Ed Clifford, president of the local organtration, at the head. Col. Lamping, former adju- tant general of the nations! guards of the state, will marshal the pa- rade. on Two Big Meetings. The committee on arrangements has been compelled to meke some changes fn the original speaking plans for Roosevelt. Instead of three speeches, he will make only: two in Seattle, The firat will be at stead of to women only, as at firet Col. Roosevelt will address the progressive party ation at the Armory during the afternoon. Ezra M of the Northwest nomination the first republican dele ff gate for congress from Washington territory 52 years ago, will be a del egate to the state progreset com vention, and will help place in nom lambition was to be either a motlier {nation the first candidates of the. progressive party in this state. U. $. TROOPS | ARE ORDERED w request of President Taft, from his summer home at Beverly, Maes. ‘ordered to- day the Tenth infantry, stationed at Panama, to sail Corinto, Nicaragua. This is the first time in years that American soldiers have been sent to Central America to quell a rebellion. BOY DROWNED? What is believed to be a, case of drowning was reported to the police) this morning by Walter Hathaway, an employe of the Fisher Plouring Mills, Hathaway says he saw a boy about 15 years old row out fn & boat near the mill to fish, and that in half an hour be ¢aw the boat go floating near the mill empty. A search was instituted, but no, trace of the boy could be found. CASSEL, Germany, Aug. 28.— Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, who has been confined to his bed suffer. ing from an affliction of the throat and whose condition was consid- ered alarming, ts much improved to- day, according to the latest bulle- tin from the court physicians, PROGRESSIVES ORGANIZE IN WEST SEATTLE it Seattle last night, a e organization of progre® sives was effected at an enthusias tic meetimg held in the home of Dr. Charles Boudwin, Celifornia and Morgan ste, Every precinet on the West Side will be thoroughly rep- resented at the primaries on Sep- tember 7. A big meeting was ar- ranged for next Tuesday night at the West Side school, C, B. Givens was elected chairman, WARNED IN TIME. Mr, Skeemit a man across the street I want te a minute, do you? Mrs, Skeemit—Gorahead, dear. can step into this and walt for you Mr. Skeemit (hastily) —Nevei % thorough organizatign of wom- # en voters is to be effected. ORR OR RRR RF * * * * * * * * * * * * him now. 3 OF f HONEST MAN WHO KNOWS THE NEEDS THE PROGRESSIVE TICKET. THE PLAIN DUTY OF PLAIN PEOPLE IS TO VOTE FOR BOB HODGE IN ‘THE PRIMARIES, SEPTEMBER 7. 05 BANDS WILL comes to town on September 10, 26 banda will) 15,000 paradare | The bands will play,” bandannas wl flutter, and the bigs} 6 aecorded | tue will mark the} hich will be) ker, the famous pioneer who placed taj] immediately for Say, Neillo, there's | see. You don't mind if I run over millinery shop mind, I guess I don't want to see P ONE CENT HERE'S T SHH ! ABOUT Brak ce tHousano | MILES iW | DIAMETER ! | gee eee: LANDLORD TRU Wash. August 28, 1912. James EB Brighton,. 470¢ o av. N. BE, City. Dear ir: At a meeting of the Downtown ay to the public, whom we plundered, as Hes withta our which, according to our ie the value of your share the downtown land of Seattle, ich you have bought, without it, many times over. onter that you may fully un our computations, we set following table befere you ent fest on Second av, from Yes der way to Pike, not including trose streets 5,280 or 63,360 Inches Front fect on First, Third and Fourth avs., between same potas, tt Gfying a total frontage thoroughfares of +++. 21,120 feet, or value of land on street per front foot Inasmuch as there dre 258,440 front inches of downtown property in ofr possession and nearly as many men, wometi and children thé Inst census put the figure at 227,000, approximately—-in Seattle, all of whom haye been compelle: te iniquitous, obnoxiot to pay taxts on th we alone, hold, It haw beep berne fh upon us that the only way we ean put ourselves right with our conscience is by retyrning to you the land you have paid for, front inch to mah, woman tad child, each tach having a value of mere CAN'T COMPEL _ CITY TO. BUY THE HEBB SITE Judge Main this morning signed the order formally disemissiug the Sk ORTH HK 18 tot galt of W. 0, Carlton against May nf *|or Cotterill and the city council to % Grandma of 150 Dies at # | compel them to purchase the stebb * 97—-Ghe Always Smoked. | power wite for $1,000,000, Vivian % | CHABLERO! *\Garkeck, attorney for Carlton, % Mre. Susanna * | stated that no appeal would be % 97, died leet week * | taken, Judge Maln's decision was ® thie county. *lthat there was no meeting of * children and 160 grandchil- *} minds between the council, the * dren. 8 an inveterate */ Hebb people and the voters, so temeker, and for th | that the purchase of’ the site was & years had used the same pipe. €/ not compulsory on the part of the REE RRR EEE EHH) ofty, Holding that - the application made in behalf of George Cornwall for a writ of habeas corpus should be made in Walla Walla county or before the supreme court, instead of King county, Judge Frater this morning granted the motion of Dep. WY Prosecuting Attorney Caldwell to quash the writ. Cornwall was sentenced by Judge George B. Morris in 1907 to an minate term of 5 to 20 years for attacking a woman. He is now at the penitentiary and his release is =a PARIS, Aug. 28-—An 1] her clothes than any other Europe. The amount spent of Italy spends $16,000 a ye 1 r of indeter: | though discreet enough to keep his name to himself—de clares that Queen Wilhelmina of Holland spends more for man empress $15,000 a year, principally in Vienna and London. Thg Russian empress spends nothing to speak of, dressing very simply and inexpensively IN AN On TH. BMWs STANDS D Se S ar HOME EDITION Aw there are‘ seven persons ining powder your estimable family, we you and yours, |. ©, $2,333.31 If your sturdy. American pride should rebel against accepting any thing savoring of charity, we beg to assure you that the amount tn- clowed does not by any means erase our indebtedness to you, as during your residence in Seattle we have gouged you of a much larger amount. The fact that we cased it out of you in such a way as to cause little pain does not affect the morals of the case. We are thoroughly ashamed, of ourselves, but, thank heaven, brought to us a comfort that you wot not of. Hoping you will forgive us as you may pome day hope to be for- given, and with kindest regards to your amiable wife and charming family, we have, dear sir, the honor to inscribe curselves, for the last time, Your Obedient Servants, THE DOWNTOWN LANDLORDS. ee Wheeeeo! This is the worst fake yet. Landlords dissolve? Humph! Give back the land to the eople, an inch to each? Faugh! jeventh-hour repentance? Oh, our grandmother! It has previously been shown, in though she is not erty of $723 landlords, enant of downtown p a raised to $81.30. . ‘The tax was paid every tinre Mrs. Brighton bought a loaf of bread; or a yard of cloth, or a pair of shoes, or a paper of pins, or a can of bak-| indirection, over and oter again ENGLAND OBJECTS TO FREE TOLLS FOR U. 5. “WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Taking free tolis to American vessets en- gaged in coastwise trade, England, \through Mitchel) Innes, the British charge d'affaires here, téday. filed }a formal protest to the Panama canal bill. | | The note, which advised that a |more detailed objection would be \filed later, announced that England |intends to take the matter before |The Hague tribunal, alleging that |the bill violates the Hay-Pauncefote | treaty. | PARIS, Aug. 28.—His clothes catching ‘fire when flames from the oped the machine, Lieut. Louis Chandenier of the army aviation corps was burned to death today while flying from Douai to Chatons. «The aeroplane fell to earth and | among the debris of the wreck. tabeoonil ai aaeeanis — |sought on the ground that in 1907 the Indeterminate sentence was not legal LL WILHELMINA MOST EXPENSIVE DRESSER. | indiscreet dressmaker here— reigning queen or empress in is $24,000 a year. The queen ar, mostly for laces, the Ger BURNED TO DEATH petro! tank of his aeroplane envel-| the body of Chandenier was found|° | of clothes. } For the downtown landlords | —you remember that there are only a few of them—boost the the merchants are com- | | How Big Does the Moon Look to You? HE WAY IT LOOKS TO THE PRESIDENT. TSENDS MR. BRIGHTON CHECK. MFOR $2,333 AS REFUND FOR RENT GOUGING “Office of Downtown’ Landlords, takelevery time Mr. pleasure if sending the amount due cigar, or a glass of beer, e is passed on to | you—and you—and you. TY FOR PLAIN, HONEST PEOPLE, IS TO ELECT PLAIN, HONEST MEN TO FILL THE RE- PLAIN, HONEST PEOPLE. HE IS THE ORIGINAL PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR THEN HIS ELECTION AGAINST STANDPATTER HAY It Listens Like a big one, Scoop. See what The Star's is doing on page 2 today. THAT TERRIBLE MASKEDBANDIT VERY MEEK “Hero of Several Newspa- per Columns” in Jail, After Series of “Thrill- ing” Adventures. newest entertainer The hero of several newspaper |columns stivers In biwe funk in # jcell in the city jail. The terrible “masked bandit” was captured last night, and proved to be very fae from terrible. Before capture he was credited with all thé criminal virtues—dar ing, cunning, quick wit and a dash. ing chivalry which made it natural for him to treat his victi oo pecially women, in @ manner a@ once courteous and debonair. The police reparters did their work well. The “intrepid” highway- | man on Saturday held up Dr. Annie Russell and young son in the |morthern city limits, threatened the with a big revolver, and re Heved them of a few dollars, some surgical instruments ami a wateb. On Monday a@ robber, thought te be the nan, waylaid two men, and realized a gold 2 silver watch, a couple af rings and some trinkets Wilted Witheut Struggia. st night the “masked bandit,” hamdikerchief over his | face, t to rob ph Wille, 56, at Pike st. and Western av. Wille hit the terrible one a panch in the nose. The robber was so fright ened that he inadvertently pulleé the trigger of his: revolyer, which exploded without hittiug anybody. Then he ran like a crazy hare. Po | Hcemari Harries gave chase, caught him, and he wilted without a strug- gle. é He gave the name of “H. A. Gra The tax was paid}ham" at police headquarters, but Brighton bought a|the rogues’ geliery ‘had his “mug* or a suit}and it was the “mug” of Frank Gray, who jumped his parole from the Monroe reformatory, where he had been sent for burglary. “Nerve From a Bottle.” “We know all about Gray,” said. Detective Griffiths, who fk'in charge lof the plain-clothes department in the absence of Captain Tennant, to- day. “He is a thjef, and, like most t their prices, and The figures given in the letter are} crooks, # blame fool. He isn’t brave true. land on the | streets, Pi years ago. $6,000 @ foot. Seattle. only occu lof nevertheless, |. .EVA BOOTH NEAR LON SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Aug. 28 There are more between Yesler than there are men. this|and children in Seattle lith-hour act of repentance has|average value ts $333 In spots the land {s worth more|!® his answers to the detective's than $4,000 a front foot jay. a fair valuation fs $5,000. Old|!t ‘s hard for him to conceal the Cyrus Wulker got much of his land @Wivering of his chin, the trembling jfor nothing, or next He acquired land at the corner of Second and Madison, on | which @ one-story |stands, and which is worth wno* | DOCTOR'S AUTO it is the: most One month's rent | buy the building on 4t twice. - He and the other landlords sat) When | tight and got rich swiftly and sure-| Fourth av ly by the growth of the city. They| Murphy, 7910 37th av. S., knockjng couldn't help getting rich. jon was boosting rents, | left side. mythical letters from the downtown | Every man who came to the north-| dent there was an auto fo the left landlords to the mythical Brighton | west increased the vaive family, that Mrs. Brighton has been | downtown land. saying a yearly tax, on downtown | of woman made It worth more. They sat in idlenéss and watched | hitting it, their land increase and that when a baby was born to/ nothing an acre to $: Mrs. Brighton the assessment was|The value of the downtown land | described, wor'th today the tidy sum $42,240,000, was made people who didn’t inches of 80d he isn’t clever. We wasn't shopping|®™art enough to steal anything of way and| VY@lue, and the only kind of nerve women | he has comes from a bottle.” ‘And the|. Very mleek, very abject is the | “masked bandit" today. - Very ctvil four big 33 per inch. On Second | @uestions. Very anxious to’ please, nothing, | 0f his hands, and when he is spokem to {to, he weeps. building now Real @state men say| valtable corner in} would - INJURES A MAN Dr. S iriving an auto north on last night, strack J. BL Their|him down and bruising hima on the At the time of the acci- of Every child born |.neared Pike ed on- Pik the! of Dr. Stewart's machine. As they st. the other auto turn . and in order to avoid Dr, Stewart turned to the right and struck Murphy. Murphy says the doctor's machine was tray- eling at a fast rate of speed, and in value from 33 an inch. . that when he stopped to let the _ we Po other car go by, Dr. Stewart struek’ , . but, | hates he sald see toe’ ik |him. A charge of reckless driving y | was made against Dr. Stewart. MOBERG FILES. A: E. Moberg of Mount Vernon, DON When Eva Booth, daughter-of the | one of the best-known bus'ness men | late Salvetion en. Wm. Booth, head of the/in that section. of the state, this Army, | é morrow from New York, she will be | party met by a special trajn and rushed | Clayson, immediately to London. ¢ exception to the provision granting! oy Rooth hopes to reach I reaches here to-| morning filed’ with the progressive for state auditor: Edward Sr, a Seattle publisher, Yommand-| filed for secretary of state ondon in| F. M. Goodwin, progressive can- |time to attend the funeral pf her/didate for congress‘in the ‘Spokane | father. district, also filed this morning. Stock Wanted in Exchange for Preperty $5. Cash, $5 Monthly Buys Fine i" Lot 3 Acres on Pacific Highway $300 (ver 40,000 Paid Copies Fach Evening Reaching Over 200,000 Readers Good Terms . ° Itmakes no difference what is wanted. it may be a horsé and wagon, it may be a cow, ora piece of land to invest savings in. Star Classified will bring to you just what you are looking for. On tonight’s Classified page will be found a great variety of choice bargains in many wide- ly different lines. This is why Star Clas- sified is so effective. It furnishes a means of obtaining quick, substantial results with very little expenditure of time or money. T. Stewart, 933 12th av. S., - ° | 4