The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 7, 1912, Page 1

° : NCLE JIMMY WILSON, secretary U of agriculture ys in his annual r rt that the American farmer raised nine billion dollars’ worth of crops i] THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE aT Ven hed sl co pags HOME EDITION You'll find it SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1912. ONE CENT recovered from her fright, and My hero!” and Peter replied pa boy or girl, you'll be in- ted. in Uncle Jack's Star Circle, page 4 every Saturday, Maybe Hundreds of the young yhy not get in on it? ~The Sea on page 6, VOL. 14. NO. 22. ON THAINS AND NEWS STANDS Se ) OF PETER AND CLARABELLE; TALE OF A ROMANCE OF SA BY FRED L. BOALT @ay of which the tale tells, which was a week before “There's a Teddy Bear there,” But Clarabelle only turned up her nose and passed on Now, to get the straight of this story, you must remember that Clarabetle had she approached Peter and erled “My darling! and they Ky “this time Peter, the boy doll to Rover, started for the farthest cor Mi the flock of woolly baa got up Very early, as usual, and, or of the nursery lambs which were grazing on the rug. "and Rover had been on the job but a little while when ATTACKED THE BEAR WITH GREAT VIGOR” ¥ eqs Fores!. with her, but he ry of Capitol Hill came tripping along, bound Clarabelle was very pretty and Peter did not dare tell her so, for Clara- was awful rich, and they lived in a big house, while a hovel with his widowed mother and Rover. better not go into Tabtelegs Forest,’ warned Peter I THEY DO NOT WANT REPRIEVES Murderers at Salem, Or., De- we They Want to Be Hanged ‘ as Scheduled. “Wire, ~ Dec. 7.-'We do not want life imprison- er death instead.” ‘unanimous desire of Mike Morgan, Frank Gar- to hang Friday at the state penitentiary Taylor and’ H. E. Roberts, the by newspapermen that attempts were being sentences commuted. for invita are today The warden’s of. ‘|POLICE CLOSE QUAIL SEASON ON PHINNEY AV. Seattle is pretty much of a city. Nevertheless, there's some mighty good quail shooting within the city Hien its. There's a wooded knoll in the North End, near 42nd st. and Phin- ney ay. in which are several quail. The small boys of the neighbor. hood have discovered them, and for the last week have been merrily When a juror on a murder case needs a shave, must the other 11 witness the operation in the bar ber shop? Even if some of the others are women jurors? George H. Rummens, attorney for J. T. Trivett, conductor convict- ed of second-degree murder for kill | ing Oliver Sanford, argued before Judge Ronald this morning for a new trial because one of the jurors went to the barber shop two blosks away while the remaining 11 remained with Bailiff Jones at) ithe Judge Ronald denied the motion *\and sentenced Trivett to a peuiten- NS of 10 years to life. a tiary term 1 ONLY had two beers, but to me that’s the to you,” explained Al Chase, four feet tall, to Police OR—J. ANDRE FOUILHOUX is a tariff student, Up by a footpad who also has decided tariff views, he In debate. came and gathered RISE, OR —SHERIF: aaa OA. GHIRI y ho's gov yea governcr expenses, sent in an account of 2 cents. blew myself for somé sticking plaster.” he said. something or other. Footpad forgot about rustling stickpins bim in. LECT MARVIN, asked for a re- “Cracked NGHELLI wanted to be a citizen. ” the examiner asked, Ghiringhelll studied, “Hiram of California?” Again reflection, Can't remember last names.” IVING HIS car into an undertaker’s wagon, . Téeverently crossed himself and Jeaped to the rescue. eee Wagon driver was merely moving his belonging to an- oe ND the dolls’ day begins when the children's has ended, and they are in bed and fast asleep, Along about & or 9 o'clock in the evening the toys, which have been asleep all the time the children were playing with them, wake up and begin having fun on thelr own account So ft must have been as early in the morning as 9 o'clock in the evening that Clarabelle slipped away from home and caught the Interurban choo-choo train for Rug Station, The engive—the kind that winds up with a spring—made good time. At Rug Station Clarabelle found a wooden policeman, who told her how to Table-légs Forest, it was a few minute later that she passe or an@® Rover. For « long time Peter sat dreaming of Clarabelle and won- dering why it was he could not make a bit with her, It mast be admitted that at times Peter was a rude boy doll, On one occasion, when Clarabelle was giving @ party to which Peter had nd@t been invited, he had stuck bis tongue out at her and called ©@ Smarty, smarty, eave « party Nobody came but « big, fat darky Peter was pondering this incident and wishing he hadn't be haved so badly when a shrill scream rang out upon the chill air, Quick as Peter was, Rover was quicker; and when Peter had en- tered the edge of the forest he saw a ferocious Teddy Bear chasing Clarabelle, while Rover was on Hy and by Rever caught up and gave the bear a good nip. bear turned with a savage grow! plucky Rover attacked bim with the heels of the bear. The and reared on his hauaches, and kreat vigor. Peter, who happened to be armed with a stout cudgel, execu’ ed a neat flank movement and bit the bear, who walk tio teat fighting Rover to notice, a very severe wallop onthe bean Then, when the bear was dead the brute’s peck made an Imposing pleture | : aa worry of weeks. ARDS while Rover stood by Peter stood with his foot on wagging bis tall, They your SWITCHED IN COURT TRIAL, HOLD UP CASE WHILE PROSECUTOR “It looks pretty rotten to me.” So spoke Justice Fred C. Brown im open court yesterday when he called for a tray of hearts and was handed a deuce of hearts As @ result of thg substitution, Prosecuting Attorney Murphy to Lysons, law partner of former Mayor Miller, City Chemist Albert | Jacobsen, and several others on the carpet. Criminal prosecution may follow on the charge of tam pering with evidence. The tray of hearts was a play- ing card introduced In evidence « Sing, charged with selling opiu to Aw Baron, a Chinese herb doc- tor. Baron told Patrolmen Hum- hrey and weer that he had paid ht for the card, which contained & small amount of opium on the back. The card was folded in the middle, apparently to keep the aptum from running over. Baron said he had frequently bought the stuff from Sing, and that he used the opium to mix with his herbs. When the case came up a week ago Friday, Fred H. Lysons, Sing's attorney, called to the stand Frank B. Loftus, chief customs inspeo- tor. He handed him the card with the alleged opium on it, whether he could tell positively that it was opium. Loftus replied he could not. “How do you ascertain positive ly whether @ substance is opium or not?” asked Judge Brown, “By cnemical analysis,” Loftus replied. “We'll have a chemical analysis, then,” sald Judge Brown. City Chemis Jacobsen was given the card, The case was continued till yesterday afternoon, when Jacobsen testified that he could find no trace of opium, dle then handed the card to Judge Brown “Why, that’s not the card,” Judge Brown declared, “The one introduced in evidence last week was a tray of hearts, This is a deuce of hearts.” “Has anyone called at your of- |day is planning to put Fred Ww.) week ago in the case against Bia |) "|55 years old, five feet five inches INVESTIGATES fice with regard to this case? oJ anyone spoken to you gbout It demanded Judge Brown of Jacob- sen “Yes, there was one,” Jacobsen replied. “Do you know who he was?” Jacobsen “looked — around | court room, “Yea,” he sald. “There he ts,” and pointed to” Fred W. |Sing’s attorney. | “Yes,” explained the lon it for me. He. tol hq couldn't do it; that he didn’t have The cards may have gotten mixed. I have the other card in my office.” To the office went Patrolman Humphrey and the lawyer, They brought back @ third card—a lof hearts. ides, as Judge Brown pointed out, the last card had @ blue back, while the original was a pink back. Judge Brown immediately order- ed court adjourned until Monday, and laid the facts before Prose |cuting Attorney Murphy ARMOUR IN FRISCO ON PLEASURE JAUNT SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 7.—J. Ogden Armour, head of the gigantic packing. corporation of Armour & Co., {8 In Ban Francisco today. “We will visit all the big eities of the West before we get back home,” he said, “but only for pleas- ure.” The party will for Los Angeles, FIND BODY OF MAN FLOATING IN BAY | The body of an unidentified man ) Was found in the bay this morning: |near the city dock. He was about leave tomorrow | |high, weighed 156, bad dark heir, was dressed in a gray suit and wore heavy logger’s shoes. The body is at Butterworth’s morgue awaiting identification, children these days. The watchful) ir good behavior during the next couple «hs “PETER REPLIED: MUBHY | GOVERNOR BL By Daned Prowse Leased Wire WASHINGTON, Dec, 7.—"I don't e acdamn what a few governors may say about my actions at Rich mend. 1 am not accountable to them, but to the good people of Sontly Carolina.” Thin was the way Gov. Cole! Bl@ase of South Carolina defended h@re today his speech before the recent governors’ conference at Richmond, in which he advocated | lynehing as a preventive measure against negro assaults upon women. ASK $60,000 MORE TO BUILD SIPHON The finance committee of the| city council yesterday afternoon recommended for passage a bill} authorizing the expenditure of $60,- 000 from the sewer extension fund to aid in the construction of a siphon under the Lake Washington canal at Third ay, W. A contract for the work was let by Former City Engin Thom son, but revoked on the ground that it was too high. white | i ‘MY DARLING!’ AND THEY TALK" INDULGED IN indulged in other kinds of mushy talk . ged to be married. eng which people use when they get this time two middie-aged humans in another part of were talking sleepily and. yawning By and by o of in trousere—who had been reading The Star, got up, stretched, and sald: “Me for the hay.” Before you go, deur,” sald the one In petticoats, “how about children's Christmas? " That's your pro! About the house then-—the one the not mine,” growled the one in trousers. “But,” complatne tticoats, “they have so many toys now And most of them are perfectly good. My goodnegs, the nursery is all cluttered up with them, as it is. And what we'll do with a lot more I'm gure I don't know “| know,” sald trousers. “Tomorrow some time you do a lot of ‘em up In a bundie, and 1'll take ‘em down to £21 Union st., for The Star's jittle-chimney kids. They're going to have a show at Dreamiand, I've just been reading about it in The Star.” i I don’t know how the story turns at I only know For 6,000 little will be we 4 toys for igbty Sow that Clarabel anobbieh 4 the coat 4 lot of t e hae learn e the tions. & not m: tt terri Uke be for these it m time So when the cc ts on Mique day, we're going to tr human Peter to her fart! will get Rover Then they can get 1 (T separat the pres rs ra ye r b PRODUCE DEALERS HOLD trousers’ suggestion is a go000 one that a lot of fo! disdppointed if there is engaged to Peter, she has given up her man, nd some of them go ‘round. chimney kids, aren't enough to ed that pride goeth before a fall, virtue is its own reward, and @ two loving st hearts to be mes for Santa Claus to hand out at Dreamland on Christmas to give Clarabelle to a girt And if there is a baby in the tree nge rried and live happily together ever after. Panton & London) UP PUBLIC FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, PROSECUTOR HEAR Appeals to Buyers for Evidence to Help Free Market From Alleged Control of Middlemen; Manager of Company Denies It Boosts Prices. The Western av. produce dealers’ combine, now under investigation by county and federal authorities, has mulcted Seattle consumers out of thousands of dojlars annuclly, ac- cording to complaints that have come to Prosecuting Attorney Murphy. “I will gladly go to the bottom of any charges whic the control of the middlemen.” jobbed, the farmers and the produ’ on Western av., to lay that evidence before me. gin the prosecutions at once if the evidence can be produced.” Murphy is not re to state to day whether the letters in the poe | session of the F. H. Davidson Frait Co., of Hood River, Ore. would warrant the prosecution of the Pro- duce Distributers’ Co., consisting of the following commission houses Smith &- Bloxom, J. B. Powles & Co., Flrath &@ Radford, B.C. Kiyce & Co, J. W. Godwin, and Jackson & Son. The firm of C. W. Cham derlain does not belong to this as sociation Farmers Complain The letters came to light Thurs day, in hearing of a suit by David son against the distributing com pany. They purported to show the six dealers who are members of the Produce Distributers’ Co., held daily meetings to agree upon market prices. SENATE WILL GET BILL TO LIMIT CAMPAIGN FUNDS WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-—As a di- contribution Investigation, Senator Moses A. Clapp of Minnesota, chair. man of the committee, introduced in the senate today a drastic bill limiting the use of campaign funds in presidential and elections. It forbids any person, firm, cor- poration, association, committee, or any officer thereof, to send money from one state to another for the purpose of influencing elections. Such general prohibition, how ever, is not provided against polit! cal committees, the bill specifying The national committees of politt cal par may make payments for expenses of campaign speakers, transportation, hotel bills, expenses for the dissemination of campaign literature and advertising Violations of the proposed meas ure are made punishable by impris- onment of from six months to one year. Senator Clapp explained that his bill was intended to prevent large centers and sent to distant states for the use of state committees. It would compel the people of each state to finance and independently | conduct their own campaigns except the national committees may | that furnish speakers and literature. JOHNSON SEEKING MATCH WITH WELLS PARIS, Dec Jack Johnson, American negro prize fighter, today wire Paria fight promoters, ask- ing for a match here with Bombar. dier Wells, heavyweight champion of England, Officials of the Box ing Federation here imr<liately opposed the plan, asserting they would demand the police stop the battle if it is arranged. Negroes are unpopular here since the questionable clashes in Paris between Sam McVey and Sam Langford. DETECTIVE GOES UPON TRIAL JAN. 6 A. A. Nordskog, the private de- tective charged with tampering with the telephone wites of the Burns Detective agency, will be put on trial on January 6. The case was set by Judge Ronald this morning. congressional | " declared Murphy today. “I cers who have evidence of There will | ee — - Numerous complaints have been made to me from time 1 Murphy this morning. m farmers and producers who shipped goods to Western av. brokers. 1 have told thet these men, in order to maintain the high market price on certain commodities. would allow produce and vege tables and fruits to rot rather than |put them on the market and permit a reduction in prices. This sort of | work has done more than anyth! else, probably ntain the bigh cost of Uving in ttle The difficulty has been to gath er the evidence which would be legally admissible in court. If that can be obtained, the prosecut ing attorney's office is ready to act at once.” Farm products, vegetables, fruits, jetc., are shipped into Seattle from | Callfornia, Oregon and Washington to an amount approximating $3,000- 000 annually. Seattle is one of the best markets in the country, grow- ers generally admit. Besides sup- iplying the local needs for about 275,000 people, it is the distributing beer lrect result of the senate campaign | center for Ataska and the Orient. } Denies Price Juggling |B. F. Pearce, manager of the Pro- | duce Distributers’ Co., emphatically denies the company is a combina |tion in restraint of trade. “If the public only would realize it,” he said, “the Produce Distrib Jers’ Co. is an organization for their benefit It was organized last April to do away with the mid |dleman’s profit—so that the com: mission merchant, through the Pro- duce Distributers’ Co., now buys dt ucts, but it eliminates the speculat rect from the shipper instead of through a broker, The Produce Distributers’ Co. does the work of the broker for these commission merchants in delivering the prod h will free the Seattle market from want all those who have been the existence of a combination be no delay on my part to be- feature that jing broker's business. “We do not speculate on the market. The Produce Distributers’ Co. receives a quotation from a pro ducer. We then see if his goods can be placed on the market, While the six houses named do most of the business with us, we are taking all the business we can get from other houses. Anyone can sMe from our books that we have been dealing with 30 houses in Seattle, and not with only six. And we are dealing with more than that number outside of Seattle, In Vancouver, -Victorta, Bellingham, Everett and Tacoma. | Keep Price Down, He Says | “Instead of maintaining as high a price as possible, the Produce Distriduters’ Co. is aiming to keep down the price. That is the pur- pose of our meetings, which have been mentioned in the papers. We compare the quotations received from different shippers, and we or der from those quoting the lowest. The casein court in which David- son sued us, did not have anything |to do with a charge of conspiracy. It was a dispute as to the terms of an agreement between him and us. His lawyer made a grandstand play. and shouted ‘combine, and ‘con- spiracy in restraint of trade, and ‘high cost of Hving,’ and it preja- diced the jury, on which were four women.” Prosecuting Attorney Murphy is keeping in communication with H. F. Davidson and his attorney, 8. W. Stark, who have left for Hood Riv- er, Ore, The investigation of the “Bix Six” combine will be contin- ued. Davidson will go through his files to see if he has any more lgt- ters indicating existence of a con- spiracy in restraint of trade, makes up the 1 Government Granted }sums from being raised in financial | | Land | One of the most interesting offerings that has of The Star. land in the Puyallup dis' dent. state Star readers. Elliott 44 or Main 9400 Curio Shop. have been removed and grass has been sown. announcement should be of particular interest to been made recently is told of in the announcement | of Calhoun, Denny & Ewing, on page 5 of this issue | It tells of an opening of U. 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