The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 12, 1912, Page 1

Friday, December: 13, four men will be hung by the neck at Salem, Oregon, until they:/are dead. The attention of the whole country has been centered on this wholesale execution be- cause “i bs psec i in wre ond in other states against capital punishment: The people of Oregon, with these four convicted murderers in mind, voted AGAINST an amend- ment _ ishing the death penalty ‘ps resus crimes, Fred L. Boalt, of The Star editorial staff, is in Salem today and Friday will report how these four murderers die and.how Oregon acts on this legal killing day. You know Boalt’s writing; you can be sure that his story will be the best on this tragic subject. Watch for Boalt’s story on “Bloody Friday” in The Star. The barbers in Spokane are now 4 Engaged In cut-price warfare; They've cut the price of halreut, j ehave— Indeed, they would not forbear, When they've rubbed the lather in, With quick and dext'rous slashes, To cut your eare and chin and nose In criseoross cuts and gashes, RS WHO DEAL WITH PRODUCE BINE CANNOT MAKE ENDS MEET: GIVE UP THEIR LANDS TO JAPANESE The Seat ‘THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, WASH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1912,ONE CENT TAYLOR SAVE tle D; GOVERNOR A When you're in You must not And, girls, don Tom"; Star azasise HOME EDITION | N NEWS STAN SKED Or “turkey trot,” or, like They'll slam you in the jug; TO POSTPO Walla Walla, friends, “bunny hug” 6 not, t romp with “Texas To do 80's takirig chances, For the cops have put the kibosh on Those naughty, naughty dances. NE OTHER HANGINGS UNTIL PEOPLE CAN VOTE AGAIN BY FRED L. BOALT SALEM, Or., Deo. 12—John W. Taylor, slayer of A. H. Per ry, in Harney county, will net of the five murderere In the penitentiary here, who were to have died on the gallows, but his sentence was commuted to life imprison. ment by Gov. West at 11 o'clook today. It is strongly hinted that No- ble Faulder, another of the five, is insane, and his case will be put into the hands of an In- sanity commission. Faulder was convicted killing Louls of will be sent to the prison this afternoon. it was at first planned, according to good au- thority, to announce this act of the governor's just before Tay- on the gallows. rt denying him- to simply contenting himself with the an- nouncement that Taylor's sen- tence has been commuted to life. The fact that the first hang: .E Thompson is a farmer. ig out in the Sumner Isolated cases? t “It's the usual thing,” the farm-| The American farmers are leay- ing the soll, They have lost hope ers in Summer valley will tell you. |for a square deal other things, Farmer|We'RE AT THEIR | TODAY, THE STARTLING SIT- raises asparagus. MERCY, SAY FARMERS |UATION EXISTS THAT 85 PER fince, he shipped a lot | “We are completely at thelr CENT OF THE FARM LANDS ON us to Seattle. He | mercy. The public can hardly |PUGET SOUND ARE LEASED TO boxes of 14 pound®! realize how completely,” the farm-|JAPANESE. ONLY THREE OF W. Godwin & Co, com-/ers in Puyallup will tell you. |EVERY 25 RANCHERS IN THIS nts, one of the "Big| Farmers Thompson and Orr| TERRITORY ARE AMERICANS. on Western a¥.,/ could tell of shipment after ship-| IN THE WHITE RIVER VAL- bulk of the consign-/ment of produ vegetables and LEY, ON THE WEST SIDE, dairy products, in seasons when the THERE ARE 27 RANCHERS. BE- was sold to Seattle highest prices prevailed. The TWEEN THE NOGO GARDEN CO. lest March at 28 cents | former was told the stuff had “rot-|AND THE NIPPON GARDEN CO. ed,” and had to be “dumped,” and |24 OF THESE ARE NOW UNDER herefore yielded practically noth-| THE CONTROL OF JAPANES ing. Washington laws do not permit Thompaon could tell you of one |the sale of real estate to the Jap time when he received only § centa/anese. But for that, all this farm for 14° cases of rhubarb, 91¢ land would have long passed into pounds. And the housewife paying |the hands of the Asiat 4 and 5 cents for rhubarb the year| The #Apanese are believed to be round. backed by some one central finan lefal interest, and are working in close harmony. They have men who take the products to Seattle 7 IN TRANSIT, BE- PSON’S FARM IER GROCERY IN EEN THE PRO- THE CONSUMER, ¢ IAS MAKING MORE 20° CENTS PROFIT ON POUND OF THOMPSON'S MER: THOMPSON DIDN'T. f GROCERYMAN CONSUMER 7, last, L. G. Orr, in the Sumner val- ip over three tons of es i¢ J. B. Powell & Co., an- ‘the “Big Six” commission Orr could tell you of a transaction with the “Big Six" combine, when he shipped potatoes to be sold at $26 a ton. The dealer wrote that and Tacoma every day. the market yielded but $13 a ton,| And so the farmers stand in and that he was selling Orr's po-|sroups at Orr's place in Sumner tatoes at that price. Orr will tell and wonder how it all happened. ydu how he went down to Seattle |Orr had gone,to Seattle and talked and sold some himself at $27 a ton. |to the U, 8. district attorney, who 75 RANCHERS ALL has given assurance that some ac- TELL SAME STORY tion will be taken. Exactly the same stories are toid| U.S. District Attorney Coiner, Aw by 50 to 75 ranchers in the Sumner |*!#tant District Attorney Sullivan valiey. Each of them has had the |804 District Attorney Rodey of same experiences with Western ay. |Nome, Alaska, have gone over the ‘There are Farmers A. J. Charles. |evidence, and may decide to recon- ton, W. W. Wilson, Wai, Kronts,|vene the federal grand jury to W. J. Langdon, Wm. Shepherd, | Probe conditions on the “street Bob Granger, Thomas Leadman,| J. B. Powles, of Powles & Co,, Auguat Wilson, A. A. F [one of the “Big Six,” was with the Dalbaicon, A. E, Curl, E. Johnson, ‘district attorney for more than two A. J. Darker, Robert Flavelle, hours yesterday. [donee &, Jones, of Auburn, and] 51 sRGEONS REFUSE TO ACCEPT BODY |. Orr received a check for $10.60 from a Western av. house Wednes- a book on furni-|day night. It was the payment for CHICO, Cal, Dec, 12.—Local surgeons refused today to accept the body of Miss Hilda Cooper, who ane tk tate ee of eggs, on November “The eggs had just come off the| killed herself Monday because she 0 eg Od shine off @/ ranch, fresh, first-class eggs,” said|was a hopeless paralytic. They with lampblack, Orr. claim that no benefit could be de- wash thorougbly with | But the commission man said he|rived by science from an autopsy. taking care not to get | found one-third dozen “rotten,” and| Miss Cooper, before taking her on the hands. took off 35 cents for that. The rest | life, made her parents promise that F he segregated in three divisions,|in case of death her body should 1 remove surperfivoun| Dullets at 24 cen be given to science, 1 tooth brush?—T. G. cents, and “old: it 22 cents, 42 electric needle, And eggs are selling in Seattle 4 at 40, 50 and 60 cents a dozen. t is the best kind of I accept this cheek,” said Orr, > e. “because I have to. What else can Md Ido? What can any of us do? We farbolic acid kill a man?—|remain dumb, and accept their he drinks it. + hie 10) MORE DAYS 4 To SHOP measly offerings. They won't tell! ———. us whom they sell the products to. They tell us it’s none of our bus wee the pattie of Gettys-| ine ® middie PUGET SOUND FARMS le of the Arctic ocean.| | eARED TO JAPANESE This has been fin Me years. And the result? fn the way fora going on for living ?—Jo MRS. ROBERT ©. WIDNEY (L IAN MERLIN LYONS, THE AFFT DENVER POLITICIAN. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 12, —Three wide angles of human af, fection are represented by the trio of women who are praying with all the intensity of tneir souls for the recovery of Robert C. Widney, wealthy Los Angeles reni entate operator, who lies at the point of death with a dangerous bullet wound in his abdomen. Mrs, Vivian Merlin Lyons, whoge illicit love brought Widney to her apartments, and who, the police and relatives of the wounded man say, was the author of the shooting, is being held in detinue at the city prison, where other unfortunate women marvel at her luxurious wardrobe. She protests she loves Widney, though it means dishonor, and in- sists he shot himself accidentally. Mrs. Widney, wife of the victim of the mysterious shooting, is at |the bedside of her husband—unre- \proachful, and asking only that he |get well and return to their home jin Los Angeles, Then there is the mother, Mre. R. M. Widney, wife of a prominent WHAT ~——-—— EVERY ing will not take place before 41:20 Indicates strongly that Fauider has felt the benefit of e@xeoutive clemency Taylor Fauider were both doomed to die together at 7:90 a. m., the others to mount the galiowe four hours later, Carrying letters of protest from the governors of all the states where capital pun- ishment hae been abolished, and armed with other terial whieh the hope to crystalize into a successful plea for the four other men doomed to die in the peniten- tlary Friday, until the people ean again vote on the question of hanging, 100 prominent Portlanders are here today. The letters are from nore of Kansas, Maine, isconsin and Michigan. There missives from Lord George Bear h of England and ter Voissenikn, vice preal- dent of the Hamburg-Ameri- €4n steamahip line, asking that the governor postpon @nncutions until the people as ® whole can again be heard from. PILED ON THE GOVER NOR'S DESK ARE HUN 5 ln WIFE PRAYS FOR WOUNDED BROKER; SO DOES AFFINITY STATE WHO DECLARE OREGON WILL BE ETER NALLY DISGRACED BY HER “BLOODY FRIDAY.” Roberts, the youngest of the four, will be the last one to 99, according to the specu- lators, who are going so far even as to wager on the order that the men will be shot through the traps. “| am net going away from the gapito!l to avoid being in the atmosphere of the hang- ings,” declared Governor West teday. “I am willing to lead a body of my detractors to the death room and stay there throughout the whole gruesome business. | will be right here at the capitol, waiting for any- one who desires to be escorted to the penitentiary, in order to prove that |.am not trying to avoid the issue. “1 have had my say in regard to capital punishment, and the people have seen fit to vote in &@ manner opposite to my in- clinations. ff it will witness the company with all condemning me, who desire to see this business to the en JOUN W. TAYLOR REOS OF LETTERS FR VOTERS WHO WANT TO WITHDRAW THEIR MARK FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ON THE NOVEMBER BAL- LOTS, AND FROM SCORES OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE The gallows is in place. In the dingy, bare di the windows have ened. The old hemp nooses have been fixed to their limbs, the old noose bearing signe of the 11 lives it has snuffed out to date. The new nooge has yet to re- ceive its baptism of biood, but Friday it will send either two or three human beings hurtling into enternity. Chaplain Bauer is preparing for the administration of the final offices. Roberts and Garrison are ready to re ceive him, while Morgan and Fauider are holding back, turly and sullen. When fast seen by an outsider, Roberts was playing the part of the craven, his lips trembling and a maniacal look in his eyes. The invitations are all out. Rumors that some women have been included in the invitation list cannot be verified. The remarks of the governor offering to fead a party of his detractors to the execution are significant, however. Twothirds of his detractors are wome: AOS EE POLICEMEN TAKE UP COLLECTION FO _ LITTLE-CHIMNEY KIDS’ CHRISTMAS; HERE'S TIP—FORM A 1 PER CENT CLUB | ‘The big policeman looks gruff,,a splendid suggestion. Along with maybe, and to some, very terrible] their suggestion came a purse of and formidable. But he's human. | $23.66, Under his blue coat there beats a| “Just gathered tt up among us great,-kind beart. He even kr “to help the kids about Christmas, and Santa Cla * they said. (Albert Lord .. mm nations acknowledged today are: ° » 8 T. J. O'Nell ...... Metropolitan bank . Scandinavian-Amer. bank Lowman-Hanford Co. spec and probably, when be was a young ster, he hung his stocking up on/ed in every stor | Chriatmas eve before he went to| factory in Seattle bed. ‘One percent clubs! Well, Seattle policemen | heard of 'em? hristmas they work out: Bo, when the and office, and Happy thought! Id be work: ey na Mr. Wiley ....... Winton motor car ploy: White Sewing Machine Co. . Elmer-Moody Co. . : City Sash & Door Facto: What? Never this is the way } we THE WIFE, AND MRS, VIV- NI DIVORCED WIFK OF A Jurist of Los Angeles. She thinks of dothing but her son's danger and bi “that woman” for all the trouble, But the wife has declared, while refusing to reproach her husband for hiv affair with Mra. Lyons, that sho will see to tt that the women is punished to the -full extent of the law. . WA/i7. fiz. ‘That's the way you write it to day, > Retthr go to it, and enjoy the (novelty, for you won't get another i ehane figures at such a combination of until January 1, 2001, and theredan't much chance that he here to try it then you'll “Twelfth month, twelfth 1912, day of International Welfare league will hold @ meeting at the Seattle Com mercial Club's rooms at 7:30 F day evening. Officers for the com ‘tne year will be elected ALARM ————. CLOCK heard about the monster jtree that The Star, and Mike Fisher, and ali the others who are lary of $25 a week. You, possibly, are getting a sal- Just for ilus- tration, we'll say today is payday. One per cent clubs! What! Never cents. That's the starter. If you should get EVERY ONE OF YOUR FELLOW EMPLOYES to come in helping, are going to give the little chimney kids Christmas afternoon at Dreamland rink, many a hig and muscular hand went down into many & pocket. They're taking up |a collection in the department. It|with their one per cent, it would n't been turned in yet mean happiness to a good many “The boys are chipping in fine,” |little-chimney children on Christ sergeant who has the matter in| mas day. harge sald today Gifts of toys, or candy, or dolls, Employes of the Winton Motor|or money be left at The Star's r Co. have come forward with| storeroom, 521 Union st. New do- ORGANIZE LEAGUE TO RAISE | $12,000 AND GIVE IT BACK TO BLETHEN CHIMES DONOR| OLYMPIA, Dec, Articles of nent and lasting organization for! |incorporation of Washington | the general welfare. The foisting Welfare league organization ,of the Blethen chimes upon the formed for the purpose of ridding state's chief educational institu the University of Washington of/|tion was the immediate incentive the Blethen chimes, were filed to-|for the forming of the league, but} | day » |there will be other equally tmpor-| There were 26 trustees named.|tant movements in which we will Lhe purposes of th gue as out-| take an active part. lined in the articles, will be to fos-| We propose to circulate petitions | ter a higher moral conscience in| throughout the state, setting sa, the state, with particular reference |the objection to the chimes. These The | petitions will later be laid befor fight on the Blethen chimes will be |Gov. Lister and the legislature, re-| the principal one undertaken at| questing either that the chimes be) the outset jentirely removed from the campus, | It is proposed to initiate a cam-|or be disassociated with the name) paign, through tures and Mtera-|of Blethen.” }ture, of a state-wide nature, for the| wn office for the league purpose of raising, either through will be opened within a few days. legislqtive appropriation or popular eg ae subscription, the $12,000 cost of the| ** ** *# eee eee wk eae | 1 i* Rain tonieht and Friday; * mes, and to return that amount . 1c the houpe, or to have the chimes |* Mabt southeast winds, Tem- *| y from the univer-|* Perature at noon, 43. *) py te api OP RR RR Re! to educational institutions jing “a falling wash basin ornmadea Sasgsas Cash eoeee Germania Cafe . a Mr. Lobe (Ind. Brewing Co). 1 Fischer Bros. . “Unpublished” Stone-Fisher Co...$5.00 worth to: F. L. Heidrick & Co... Bartell’s drug store. Mrs. O. F. Binkley .. J. B. Powles & Co... “Don’t publish” .. “Don't publish” .. National Grocery Co... 100 ibs. dteieditiamia ~soctuaemalmesn AMELIA WILL NEVER APPEAR INTIGHTS AGAIN NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—“One of my legs is larger than it really ought to be,” said Amelia Summer- ville, once the toast of New York as the “Merry Mountain Maid” im “Adonis,” today, “and I will never ppear in tights again.” Miss Summerville has filed a 5,000 damage suit against the own- ers of the Riverside theatre, alleg- struck her so severely as to affect the con- formation of her limbs, making one much larger than the other, and thereby affecting their symmetry, which symmetry ie a great asset to her in her profession.” EDWARD CURTIS MOTHER IS DEAD Mrs. Ellen Curtis, 70 years old, mother of Edward 8. Curtis, the In- . dian historian and photographer, died Wednesday afternoon at her home, 1729 25th av. Death was due to heart failure. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. s 8388 Toys nutes Here Are the Trustees | — | The 26 trustees, most of whom are prominent men and women of | Seattle, are: Harry B. Moore, Stu- art A. Rice, B. F. Melis, Eien K. Simison, Geo, E. Bryant, Elizabeth C. Mooers, Ante EB. Bloom, Eva M Watson, C. W. Nichols, D. Thomas Davies, Mary E, Sellin, Nellia M Moore, F. V. Cook, m Deering, Donna E. Snook, Lucia B. Bogar- | dus, Resetta DB. Silbaugh, W. Cowen, Martin Korstad, Glenn Ed: | win Hoover, Chas, MeKinley, Adel jla M ker, Maude Lane, H. W. Carr jCarr, V ri tz, Henry M. Clay | The org ts several hundred members, launch at once an actly for members in every county state, Harry E. Moore of Seattle one of jthe 26 trustees, In outlining the | purpose of the Welfare league, sald | today in the in demand. on page 5 of today’s Star. to make it 9 perma The advertising column: or Main 9400 are the DESERVES | such money saving opportunities. buyer cannot afford to overlook them. Elliott 44 Star When you put an ad in The Star you are guaran- teed more than 40,000 paid circulation. FINE FURS AT BARGAIN PRICES C. C. Berg, the well known furrier, is closing out his entire line of fine furs. This sale, which is in the hands of J. P. Burke, offers an extraordi- nary opportunity to purchase furs at very marked price reductions, which will be especially appre- ciated at this time of year, when furs are most A detailed announcement will be found s every day contain just The careful want ad numbers. How can you fail to get results from that vast army of readers? If more convenient, call at The Star’s downtown office, 229 Union St., with the Souvenit and Curio Shop.