The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 5, 1912, Page 1

F the car is crowded, if ¢ or if hing els to the “Nothing sssional Inves- rs Call Them tic Trusts. ere Lease! Wire IN, Dee. 5.— /to bar stock and wes and certain q from the use Walls as “conspiracies ‘ef trade” is a prob- me of the money if l li ets Hi iif : ! i [ : F i : gs : fh [i 28 on = Be 8 a eteree idee 3 ¢ goes wrong turn Serious” page 4, and simile awhile, linner is late depart VOL, 14. NO. 240. ALTHY BR THE WRITING ITS THE © BLACK NEIGHBORS COME TO AID OF MAN WHEN HOME IS BURNED; ; 5 § : & | | 1 i i i HH | | i 7 1 i tly E i ct elite "ly els i el é 8 4 5 Lf : . } f bi if be F The bill comes up for a vote on the mayor's veto next Monday. Yesterday was a day-long sewing bee for the housewives of Beaux Arts, for all the clothing of the Whaleys, RERARARARERAARER CANADA TO GET THREE GIGANTIC DREADNAUGHTS OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 5.—Under the Canadian government's naval , which whe announced in the house of commons today by Borden, parliament is ask- which are to be the strongest in the world. The three it sea fighters will be built in land, and will be maintained and controlled as part of the royal navy. Canada Hand! CHAUFFEURS’ CLUB TO § 4 MISS GENEVIEVE CLARK, Daughter ot the speaker of the house, a popular Washington girl, {who aspires to be woman and ig busy under the direction of a woman re porter in the capital city. New York city reculves 229 car: SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, DECEMBER ON THE WALL The Seattle Star HOME and quest colt “ Miss Grey EDITION Grey's GIRL SAILS FROM BREMERTON ON /DAD’S CRUISER) LLEJO, Cal, Dec. 6.—-Having | ‘distinction of being the first to travel on an American ip 31 years, Mise Prisc‘tia Gaughter of Capt. J. M. commander of the cruiser tite on ip. in gaid to be the first viola | red the rule since Secretary of Wm. 8. Hunt issued his “po petticoat” order in 1881, be biting — from staying ir night aboard a United States warship. to PLAN TO INVITE GOV. JOHNSONTO LINCOLN BANQUET Gov. Hiram Johnson of Califor nia, recent vice presidential candi- oe of the progressive party, may ‘be the chief speaker at the big ban- quet planned by the local progres- sives*for Lincoln's birthday. An invitation to Gov, Johnson Probably will be sent within a fow This was decided upon at & meeting of the executive commit-| tee of the Progressive league last it. The Lincoln day banquet, it, is Planned, ‘will be held at the Arm- has been assured that if} loads of vegetables, 126 of butter ory, and will accommodate 3,000. it should be the will of Canada to establish a Canadian unit, the ves- and eggs, and 176 cars of frutt a day. The city consumes 1,460, A meeting of the King county jive central committee wan sels could be recalled by Canada to | 000,000 eggs and 650,000,000 pounds} called at noon today in the Good form part of the Dominion’s nevy. of fruit a year. — RE BROWN HAS SCHEME FOR MANAGING LAZY HUSBANDS «S, TOO! BY THE SQUIRE’S SYSTEM, IT’S THE WIFE WHO SAYS HOW HUBBY’S EARNINGS SHALL BE SPENT (DL. BOALT. ting a lazy-husband | .. | Murphine has prom- e it for me as) legislature gets to it passes, I'll have husband where he fle.”"—Justice of the ‘was a peddler, and muscular. The Ron-support. The nt was the peddler’s fragile, little woman d more afraid of than of the of the law. There s8€8, among them children. fea - A a Ag onl sald ly he gambles. Children ain't got proper to school in, and we've food from the neighbors. W¢ eurds alone, some- eherwas found guilty, mid = Bquire Brown, and the peddler winced. “Coy ” ‘e prepared @ bond. Sign It. is @ promise to bring all the money you earn—every penny, you under- stand—to me, every Tuesday. You jare not to hold out a single nickel. I will turm the money over to your wife. If you fall to show up, or if I find owt you are not turning over all your earnings, I'll put you in jail, Meanwhile, the jail sentence is suspended. Sign!” REFUSES TO SIGN; HE GOES TO JAIL “How long must I keep jt up?” j the peddier asked. | “Until you or your wife dies, or juntil you are divorced.” The peddier thrust out his jaw. “T won't sign,” he said, | After a week in a cell the ped- idler’s determination weakened, He sent word to Squire Brown that he would sign @ bond promising to turn his money over, not,to the court, but to his wife direct.” The court, knowing wivés in gen- eral, paid no attention. At the end of the second week the peddier sent another message, He would. ae the bond. He had sur. rendered. But the squire Bept him in jail .|born man, that peddier. & still another week. He was a stub- has learned his lesson now. Squire Brown calls them his “widows.” There are on the aver. age 70 of them who call upon him weekly. Brown gets all the nonsup- port business of King county. “The law,” says Brown, “makes it an offense to neglect to support one’s wife and family, It punishes the offender by putting him in §i WHERE HE CAN’T POSSIBL’ SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. NDS SENTENCE! USES PRIVILEGE AS CLUB Fortunately, the law gives the courts the privilege of suspending sentences. This privilege is sup- posed to be exercised in cases where there are extenuating cir- cumstances, I use it when there are none, It gives me a club to hold over the head of the lazy hus- band.” “How's your husband behaving these days, Mrs, ——?" asked the squire of one of hin “widows.” “Very well, sir, deed,” The corners of the woman's mouth twitched humorously. She was evidently enjoying a joke in Very well, in-| SHE’ which the court shared. For the squire was laughing. “Never beats you now?” vo.” ‘Doesn't get on that high horse of his any more?” “Never.” “How much money do you give him?” “Well,” said his wife, “there's carfare, And a nicke! a day for his 3 Of beer. And 10 cents a week tobaceo money. And if he's real good, he gets an extra quarter Saturday night.” When ‘the woman was gone, the squire said; “Six months ago that woman didn’t know her soul was her own, Now she knows she has @ upper hand, Her husband, ha’ ing to beg and wheedle for every penny, is as meek as Moses.” A man and a woman came in to- gether, Obviously th surprised. “Judge,” said the woman, while the man hung back sheepishly, “how long have we been coming’ here?” squire was READY FOR OLD SYSTEM AGAIN Brown referred to the records. ars,” he replied. gaid the woman again, “Sobni here has been real good ever since I had him arrested. We've fished paying for our home. We don’t owe a cent In the world. John ‘worked regularly and doesn't drink any more, TBut, judge, it’s sort of humiliat- imw for John to have to come to me for money. You wouldn't like it, I is money, really, Any- , its him rns it. He ain't kicking—-are you, John?” The man shook his head dumbly. “tf you say 0, we'll go right on as we're doing. Only—we're pull- ing; together first rate, me and Jobn, and LI guess we'd be able to forget the old quarrel we had quick- er if John didn’t have to bring his envelope here every week.” The squire looked at John, John returned the look and atiffened, Without a word, the squire took the bond the man had signed two years ago and tore it through the middle, making, and si recompensed by the county at, say, The families will, of course, get the money,’ SHERMAN TRUST LAW DEFENDED IN REPORT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL By United Preee Leased Wire | WASHINGTON, Dec, 6.—The an nual report of Attorney General Wickersham, sent (o congress to day, contains a strong indcrsement of the Sherman anti-trust jew, un | der which, tp the Standard Ol case, jthe United States supreme court returned its famous “rule of rea- son” decision. The attorney general roundly j criticises those responsible for pro- posals to amend the jaw, to make it more stringent, and to make con victions under it easier to obtain He declares thene propovals have their origin with persons anxious to find 4 safer means of evasion under the law. Citing the various federa) court decrees in cases brought wnder the anti-trust law, Wickersham says “An examination of these decrees will show that the courte have found no difficulty in applying the terms of the law to mect and en } join the.continuance of any form jof unfair competition which has re- SANE ANSWERS TO}| FOOLISH QUESTIONS | ; he Kies theatre a full or-| chestrat——L._F. | Not that we know of, The pianist} was sober night before last. } In it mate to crown on the Weat Se- attle ferry with « young man I don be | know ? Senate | There ts always some danger, but #tatistion show that there are fewer deaths at sea than there are on land. What are the little tin boxes back of theatre seats for?—Peter To rest your feet on. What book shalt learn banjo playing? An would be best Mildred. Iam 22 years old, well educated, refined and han me attention him time ne flowers, hood, persists in though I Ko auto He has nace. How ounds of bas had sin a 0 My little wirl ate stx crackers a week ai stomach trouble ev doubt, to Can you give good safe crackers \ Chief Bannick probably can give you the name of some good safe cracker. the fame of some tM L. P. Who ts the author of the poem, “T Am_ Dreaming, Love, of Thee" ?—R. S. D. The poem of which you speak was written by Miss Sofie Daven- port, Please give « good recipe for mak- ing doughnuta—L. K ret make the dough in the or. get in order to} A young! man, 26, who lives in our netghbor- | straint upon interstate commerce, or which makes for monopoly They also serve to demonstrate that no amendment of the law io the direction of declaring the fie. gality of particular practices is necessary to clothe the courts with full power to prevent any and all acts which may be employed to ac complish the Wlegal purposes de- nounced by the statute. “1 am strongly of the opinion that the advocacy of amendments of the law which shall particularize differ- ent acts as constituting unlawful restraint of trade or attempts at monopoly, has ite origin. not so much with those who desire the en forcement of the law, as with those who are anxtoug to secure a safe means of ite evasion. “An enumeration by statute of the different practices which, in and of themselves, without regard to the circumstances of perticular cases, should be declared illegal, will either go too far or not far enough.” JAIL DELIVERY IS FOILED AT TACOMA TACOMA, Dec. 5.—An attenipt to saw his way from the county jail on the part of E. Salyarda, a pris- oner charged with embezzlement, has been discovered by Jailer Jas. Longmire. That a general jail de- |livery was to have followed his completion of the job ts the belief of the sheriffs office. [a lnorees | TO SHO P instruction book aaiting Skiany White hitched his nag Snail outside a hardware store to- day and tazily lost a lap in his Christmas shopping race with Fat- ty Black. The latter was seen by our artist en route home with an armful of bundles. “I'm glad to get these off my mind, anyho he said, spraying his bandanna with the brew of his brow, EAL problems of life are revealed discussed every day by the ions and answers in Cynthia imns When in doubt ask She knows, OKER SHOT IN SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL; EX-CHORUS VICTIM IS FOUND IN HERROOM Girl Says Revolver Went Off While He Was Examining It. By United Presse Leased Wire. SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 5. —With a bullet in his abdo- men, Robert J. Widney, a wealthy real estate broker of Los Angeles, lies in the hospi- tal here today with a_ bare for recovery, while Frances V. Lyons, di- vorced wife of Wm. C. (Billy) Lyons of Denver is held by the police pending the chance Mrs ysulted in imposing an undue re-| outcome of Widney’s injuries. Tho shooting followed an all- night carousel in the woman’ apartments at the Sorrento hot here. Widney came from Los Angeles for a last farewell with the woman, who ts said to bave been his former and to get his pictures and letters, Mrs. Lyons was formerly a choras girl known on the stage as “Vivian Vale.” She is 22 and Wid- ney 40. His Wife With Him Widney's wife and mother ar rived here today from Los Angeles. They went at once to the hospital where Widney is fighting for life, remained there about 10 minutes and then departed, refusing to answer any questions. “As God is my judge,” Mrs. Lyons told police, “I am not guilty of this awful affair, 1 didn’t shoot Mr, Widney. Bob was examining my revolver, a present from my first husband, when {t exploded. This is the second time that such a thing has occurred, and after the shooting I turned to Bob and said, laughingly, to be careful, or the next time would be fatal. “i saw him stagger to the door, with the revolver in his hand. Even then I thought he was playing a joke. Then T saw the blood and I sereamed. Everything else is con- fused. I do know, however, that Mr, Widney made a statement In the presence of Dr. Otto C. Josien and others, completely exonerating me. He said: ‘This girl did not shoot me. I was examining her re- volver, and it tally ex- ploded.’" The police declare they know nothing of such a statement, Wid- jney today refused to talk. . . - Find Letters in Room. |. | Scores of letters and telegrams \from Widney, found in the apart ments of Vivian Lyons, tell of @ |passionate attachment of \standing. it is evident from some jof them that Mrs. Lyons was en- deavoring to break away from Wid- ney, who showered money, terms of endearment and threats to com- mit suicide upon her. BUFFALO, N. Dec. 5.—That J. Frank Hickey, accused of the murder of Joseph Josephs, 7 years lold, and a serfes of other crimes dating back for 10 years or more, is believed by allenists to be aane, is the report here today, The re- cent outbursts of Hicke; were planned to bolster up a de ifense on the grounds of insanity, ! GUS BROWN SAYS NOW’S THE dinary way, Next make a hole of the size you prefer and enclose it with dough, taking care, however, not to make the hole so large that there will not be enough dough to surround it. How can I cure my 36-year-old boy of biting his finger nails?— Worrted Mother. You might try pulling his teeth, If that does not stop him, pull his finger nails, ELECTRIC CHAIR IS WANTED IN OREGON PORTLAND, Or, Dec, 5.—The electric chair is to take the place of the noose In Oregon, if a bill be- ing prepared by former Speaker C. s the next legis- Y if secured, will be the first in the West, McArthur has been collecting data on the subject, and states he is convinced that the bill will pass. “The chair can be instalied with but little expense,” he declared, ‘and it is a far more humane means of taking human Iife then hang: ing. TIME — to buy that new suit or overcoat at a saving. He is holding a special sale, the details of which are told in his large ad on page 2 in today’s Star. Brown conducts one of Gus the best known stores in Seattle and with his well known reputation for selling high class merchandise, this opportunity will be appreciated by Star readers. Do this—the next time you have use for a want ad—try the Star. Forty thousand paid copies daily are almost certain to brin; Elliott 44 or Main 9400 g you quick results. Call or call at the downtown office at 229 Union street, with the Souvenir and Curio Shop. SY SAFE OES A