The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 27, 1912, Page 1

Looks like the parcel post is going to work the biggest revolution in the business world that ever happened in this country of ours. And it certainly is going to give our old friend, Mr. High Cost of Living, an good whack. Which will interest all of us. ‘The Star is telling all about this new law in a series of.articles. You don’t want to miss them. The law goes into effect next Wednesday. You want to be doddering old man, no longer the super- Read today’s story, on Page 4. 2%, oe : man, the demi-god? Reed Gilson Gard- HOME EDITION ner’s story on page 7 = = out. RAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. HIGH SOUTHWEST WINDS, The Seattle S _* THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE VOL. 14 NO. 259... ~~ SEATTLE, WASH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1912. ONE CENT ‘THESE days, when Washington farmers are fighting to get legiti- prices for their products, they are ly interested in the new parcel post w, which may help bring down ship- ing prices. And everybody will like to ad today’s story on page 4. ee Y OU think of J. Pierpont Morgan as the invincible giant of finance, don’t you? Of course you do. But did you know that he is really a weak, NS AND LANDS be On TH NEWS ANO MEANWHILE — HE SMOKES 10 HAVANAS A DAY AND READS THE NEWSPAPERS—~ oa 00” B00 00 10 12:00 MAIL, DICTATES LETTERS, ENTERTAINS visiToRs | | COMMERCIAL CLUB AND MEETS DICTATES MORE LETTERS — (out OF TOWN visrrors ri Blah v ORS ATTENDS BANQUETS —— ernor-elect Lister, “and I shall take plenty of Ume in selecting them.” Just now he f# celebrating the holidays at home with his family. Miss Florence Liste settling down with his secre tary, C. C. Dill, of Tacoma Until that time, he says, there will be no more appointments “1 am looking for the best the state,” says Gov LABOR CHIEFS WHO FACE PRISON TERM IN DYNAMITE PLOT “dignified” mist not be con- founded with “stuck-up.” Lis ter is not haughty. Take & slant at him on bis daily roupd. Lister has one his daughter, has just returned from New Milford, Conn, where she has been attending gleside seminary, and will remain here until about the first of February. LEGISLATURE TO ABOLISH KILLING? Poll Taken by the Star Indicates House and Senate Will Pass the Goss Bill. That the Washington legis- lature, at the coming session, will abolish the death penalty, and will curtail the pardoning power of the governor in first degree murder cases, is indi- After three days, he wil) re turn with a brandnew mes nage to the people of Wash- ington filled with promise for a bright quadranium. By January 1, Lister intends CHILD DYING, SHE WANTS REVENGE |Mother Crying for Vengeance, Told by Law’s Representatives to Sue for Damages. vice. He smokes—Havanas Diack and expensive Some day-soon-—the gov- ernorelect says, he's going off on a debauch of solitude, Ho OUR PRECISE ARTIST will lose himself far from the madding crowd. He will go armed with a goose-quill and a quire of fools-cap and a quart or #0 of Ink, ‘Governorelect Ernest Lister fed blue streak to be a blue streak to Sgt bis day's work done, and dorn dignified—though ] ] LIONS ARE AT s to State’s School Land In- olved in Railroad’s Fight for } | | | securing pardons before he votes te abolish capital punishment. Re Masterson would abolish the of pardon altogether in first-degree murder cases. House members opposed to abok ishing capital punishment are: Kene nedy, Grass, of King; Urquhart, she moved yeare simply because other, lees BY FRED L. BOALT from one house to What price are babies today? tham 4 mile away? She didn't de At the City hospital an Smonth* | mand! ransom. She notified the old baby is dying of a loathsome | mother of her intention to move. diseane. months ago it W858) The feet that the mother was un- ae bealthy, apparently, ax it te pow leonseious and ina collapse from sible for a baby to be. Now, the) worgy when the letter was received to millions of dollars'jout to the supreme court of the land, originally reserved | United States. . in various SIX CHARTER SUGGESTIONS UP IN COUNCIL If the cfty council approves them at its Monday meeting, voters of the city will vote on the follow- ing charter amendments at the elec- tion, March 4. They were approv- ed yesterday by the judiciary com- mittee: Giving city power to invest Its Idle funds in city utility and general bonds and warrants; also giving council power to in- vest surplus funds in real prop- erty sold for delinquent assess ments. Making legal the carrying on by day labor of focal and other municipal improvements now done only by contract. REPUDIATES FAKE STORY Mayor Cotterill this morning re ceived a Kriesmann of St. Loula, who is to day visiting in North Yakima, em. phatically repudiating the alleged interview with him printed by «| Seattle paper yesterday | Mayor Kriesmann was made to! say various things about the “pur-| ity squad” in which he was made to| cast ridicule upon Seattle | In bis teelgram to Mayor Cotter. | ill, Kriesmann not only repudiated {due the indest thing that one can wish for that baby is that it may die quickly, In the Isoguage of the Inw, the baby has “depreciated.” How shall you compute the “depreciation” of that beby tc dollars and cents? And if the baby diee—ae it mutta soon--how shall you estimate the damages—in dollars and cents—| mother? And who shall| pay the damages? The baby was born to Mra. Nellie Pilon, of Tacoma. About the time} of the birth of the ebiid, Mrs. Pilon | received word from Winnipeg that | her husband had been killed there in an accident Being without money, Mre. Pilon found employment as a clerk in the Stone-Fisher store in Tacoma, She placed her baby with a woman in/ | nedy, the whole story but sald he had | Seattle, A few times she visited telegraphed the offending paper to|th® woman Sund: Then the does wenken the defense.” TH NEGLECTED TO PR DE A LAW Cripinal nexioct? “There in no criminal noglect stata” Kennedy “There wae * but it was repealed in 1909, And the lawmakers neglect ed to provide a substitute. “Betides, the woman was not bound to provide medical attend ance. Ax I aaid, if the child dies, the mother might institute civil ac tion for damages, but the child is not dead.” Well, assault? “To prove assault.” says Ken: "you must prove that the woman came into willful contact with the child so that It caught the disease from her, It is not claimed that the worman hae the disease, if the woman came into contact with aaye cated by a poll of house and senate members now being taken by The Star. With a vote of 34 to 12, the house thus far stands prac- ‘tically 3 to 1 in favor of abol- ishing capital punishment | There are 97 members jthe house. It takes 49 to pass any bill In addition to the house members |who have expressed positive views, 10 have replied t are still unde jelded, and three expressed them | selves as in favor of retaining the | present laws, but sald they are open | should be abolished | SENATORS 2 TO 1 | AGAINST HANGING in| | to conviction that the death penalty Grant; McCoy, Clarke; Craig, Chee halls; Miles, Whitman; Gray, Reid, Spokane; Truax, Adams; Horrigan, Franklin; Capron, San Juan; Arnold, | Wahkiakum; Rowland, Pierce. Representatives Stevens, of Spo kane; Ben Hill, of Walla Walla, and Adams favor the death penalty, but \are open to argument The following representatives have not decided: Sims, Jefferson; Stewart, Merriam, Middaugh, Spoe kane; Dan Earle, King; Norton, Bryant, Gilkey, Plerte; and Repre sentatives Siler and McFarland. Senators favoring the abolishment of the death penalty are: Rosen- haupt, Hutchinson, Spokane; Lan- ner, Bowen, King; Imus, tz; vis, Fairchilde, Cotter, | Jensen, Pierce; Flummingfelt, Kitti- itas; White, Whatcom; Hewitt, Che |halis; Leonard, Lewis. | The senate has thus far recorded| Senator Hutchinson would pre itself by a vote of 14 to 7 in favor of |¥ide that the pardoning power be ithe child accidentally, there ts no Doing away with petitions [that effect. | woman moved, and for several limited so that it could not be in- now required by candidates fil- ing for office in the primaries; also doing away with the post ing of notices by candidates and the advertising. Requiring candidates to file within ten days after election a list of their campaign expenses, including sources of campaign money; contributors also re- quired to file list of their con- tributions. Giving park board authority expend money and right to or other lands es- from sale.” of this year, however, its of the univer- com} ise Monday, instead of every other Monday. AUTO STRIKES BOY Austin Little, a newsboy of 2635 goa Densmore av., = age — Ing by an auto driven by Lee Web- Ole Hanson ister, Stone av. and Ewing at. Hay ask of the regent® ‘The car was going only about 12 Of their agreement be-' miies an hour when the boy ran in mtract should be actually | it of it. He escaped serious tn- order their dismiseal at ‘ees now declare the con- bof any title whatever,” “compromise” THEY MUST EXPLAIN Hed because the railroad did| TACOMA, Dec, 27.---Fifty elec to some of the iinprove-|tion judges must tell Superior Judge Card how they counted bal- ‘brobabiy will be fought! lots at the November election. | Interesting News for Piano Buyers ill be found in the ad of the Bush & Lane 0 Co, which appears on page 5 in today’s Those interested in pianos will do well to ult this announcement. Bush & Lane sell of recognized quality. Of recognized quality, also, are Star Want Ads. rhey will do many a useful thing for you at a small cost. Just call up Main 9400 or Elliott or call at the downtown office, at 229 Union with the Souvenir and Curio Shop. SHIPS DAMAGED BY BIG STORM ON | FOREIGN COAST By United Press Leased Wire. CHERBOURG, France, Dec. 27. —The German cable ship Gros Her- nog entered thi@ port today pe- verely damaged as a result of th storm which swept over England. causing great havoc. It reported the British steamer Narrung in dis- tress off the coast of Brittany. On account of the gale the liner) Oceanic was delayed several hours from entering port to take on pas- sengers, HAVRE, France, Dec. 27.—As a result of the terrific storm which swept over the coast today, the new harbor works at this port were considerably damaged. SLIDING SCALE FOR HAIRCUTS? Here is a revolutionary idea. It was born in the brain of Alex Rose, the Yesler way bar- ber who referees soccer foot- ball games, or the Yesler way soccer referee who cute hair, either way you like. “The standard price of a haircut,” said Alex today, “is 25 cents. Now that the foot ball season is over, it Is borne in upon me that a fixed and arbitrary charge for a haircut works a hardsbip, not only on the barbers, but on the public as well, saving only such mem- bers of it as happen to be bald- headed. “Why 26 cents? Or 20 or 30 cents? Being somewhat prom- inent in local athletic circles, a good many athletes patronize my shop. Just now I am get- ting the waps with the football mops who, having no more use for football hair, have the nerve to ask me to log off their cranial timber jands at 26 cents a throw, — going to urge all the barbers in town to Join with me in framing a sliding scale of charges for haircuts, Tho old boy with the fringe over his ears will be charged 7% cents, Persons baving a nor. mal growth will be charged 26 |be prosecuted weeks Mrs, Pilon could not find her baby. IT’S ONLY A MOCKERY OF A BABY NOW “strong.” said Mrs. Pilon today, finally Sound the woman and the baby, the latter was diseased and near death. It is today a hideous mockery of a baby, barely breath- ing. Viewed purely as a legal proposl- tion, the case is perplexing. A® sistant Prosecuting Attorney has refused & warrant for the arrest of the woman. He says there is no grounds” for criminal proceed- ings. “If the baby dies, somebody can for , manslaughter, But who? The woman or the hom pital doctors?” Kidnaping, then? but kidnaping is a high says Kennedy. “The min- imum penalty is 10 years. Can ert send the woman to the pen for 10 jground for ¢riminal action. “The child's nose is gone—bitten off, itis claimed, by a cat. Per haps the child caught the disease from the cat. In that event, you would have to show that the cat wae a dangerous animal, that the woman knew {t was dangerous, and that she willfully allowed it to en- ter the room where the child was.” Meanwhile, the mother is cry- ing out for vengea She knows her baby must die. “She was so pink and strong,” sal Mrs. Pilon today, “the last time | saw her. There never was a more perfect baby. Then, when | saw her at the hospital, | could hardly believe she was the same baby. * * * Only a mother knowe! “The prosecuting attorneys tell me there is nothing | can do but sue the woman for dam- ages when my baby is dead. | don't want damages. | want that woman to go to prison!” iniciaiaah COUNTY CLERK KILL STEPFATHER; IS FREED SHELTON, Dec. 27-—W.| Clarence Newman, 30, county clerk of Kitsap county, who shot and killed his stepfather, John S. Davis, Christmas night, following a quarrel, is} today exonerated by the cor-| oner’s jury. P | The jury established the) fact that Newman shot in self} defense. Mrs. Davis, New- man’s mother, who was the only witness to the tragedy, corroborated Newman's story, How It Started. The quarre! which led to the shooting started when Davis asked Newman to pay a debt the latter owed, Newman and his wife were spending Christmas with the Davis family, Newn was showing his stepdather plans of a house he was building at Port Orchard. When Mrs. Newman stepped out of the room: for ® moment, Davia asked Newman for the money. His son replied that he could not pay it. Suddenly the elder man jumped up from his chair, went out of the room, and came back with a rifle in his hand, Newman tried to get his mother to quiet the old man, but failing, she told Newman he had Wetter leave the house. Davis followed him, and on the porch fired.one shot at Newman. Shot in Self-Defense. Newman grappled with him, and withsone hand tried to keep the rifle pointing upward while he drew hiis own revolver. Finally he got the weapon out and fired three times at Davis, His step-father dropped dead on the porch, New- man immediately surrendered to the police, READY FOR BIG UNION REVIVAL Preparations for the unton re vival meetings are almost My pleted at the People’s tabernacle Ministers and members of the va rious churches will inspect the| tabernacle tonight, and there will| be a final rehearsal of the great cents, Football players will be charged 65 cents, on. And 80 | chorus, consisting of the church cholr members of the Gipsy Smith choir. SAYS HE’S INNOCENT Fred Curtis, the ex-court stenog- rapher who shot his wife in a quarrel Christmas night near their rooms at the Motor apartments, 706 1-2 ©. Pike st., still maintains he did not Ihtend to shoot her, that it was all the result of his drink ing. His wife maintains her atti- tude of silence, saying only that ag far ag she knows her husband did not shoot, FRANK RYAN HERBERT HOCKIN, DEFENDANTS LEARN FATE TOMORROW INDIANAPOLIS, Dee, 27.—At 3:05 o'clock this afternoon the jury trying 44 union men in the so- called dynamite conspiracy trial re- ported no decision up to that time, and court adjourned until 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, when it/ is predicted that a verdict probably will be ready Besides the wives of the defend- ants and other relatives, only a few persons were admitted to the court room today. The corridors were or- dered cleared, the federal building swarming with deputies Ready for Outbreak. United States Marshal Schmidt said this afternoon he did not expect trouble in case of the fury returning | a verdict of guilty, but admitted he was prepared for an outbreak. No one is permitted to approach the jury room. Unusual precautions are being taken to keep the deliberations of the jurors secret and to prevent any Information leaking out. Probably Will Agree. Both the prosecution and defense attorneys believe there is no chance of a general disagreement as to all the defendants, as some of the de. fense law) did not even attempt to protect certain of their clients Defendants Look Happy With the exception of Olaf A Tveitmoe, all the defendants were smiling and apparently unconcerned when they appeared tn court at 9:30 o'clock this morning. The San Franciscan wore a serious expres- sion = while efendants Young, Shireman, Beum, Smythe, Ray and Anderson joked and laughed up- roarlously. JONES TRYING TO HELP RAILROAD WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Be cause the phrase “its successors and assigns” was omitted from « bill exempting from taxation the Alaska Central railroad, which be- came law in June, 1906, the govern. ment is seeking to collect $21,600 in taxes from its successor, the Alaska Northern for the three years since the latter bought the road at foreclosure sale, Senator Wesley Jones of Wash- ington has introduced for the com- pany a bill granting It exemption until 1916, abolishing capita! punishment With 42 members in the senate it requires 22 to pase a bill Senator Scott replied he favored the death penalty, but is open to ar gument. Three other senators are unprepared to say bow they would vote, they replied Both women in the house, Dr. N. Jolidon Croake and Mrs. Frances Axtell of Rellingham, are against the death penalty. In all, 84 of the 139 legislators in both houses had been heard from by noon today. The anti-death penalty bill, which will be introduced by Rep. Francis Goss, of Seattle, who fathered the measure in the last house, when it was indefinitely postponed by a | vote of 53 to 40, wil |on strictly non-partisan considera tion, The question of hanging or not hanging for first-degree murder is not receiving the united support, one way or the other, by any of the parties, House members favoring the abolishment of capital punishment are Goss, Murphine, Foster, Houser, Freeman, Childe, Wray, Hastings, of King county; Oakes, Neum Corkery, of Langford, Dr. Croake, Davis, Githo, Herber, of Pierce; Robe, Moll, Holmes, Overman, of Snohomish; Dunning, Mrs. Axtell, Falkner, Whatcom; Smith, of Stevens; Sourd, of Island; Sumner, Chelan; Beam, of Clallam; Green- bank, Thurston; Brooks, Klickitat; Catlin, Cowlitz; Brown, Kittitas; Rowland, Benton; Masterson, Walla Walla, and Rep, J. B. Turnbow, WANTS CHANGE IN SYSTEM OF PARDONING Of these, Hastings says he will in sist on a change in the system of Le meet its fate! Spokane; | of |N of} voked until after favorable recom- mendation from the pardoning board, the governor, and the legislature. Senators favoring the death pen- alty are: Collins, Nicholas, King; Phipps, Spokane: McCoy, Whit- Bethel, Lincoln; McGuire, Anderson, Stevens. The following senators are still undecided: Metcalf, Pierce; Espy, Pacific; Sharpstein, Walla Walla. SANE ANSWERS TO FOOLISH QUESTIONS _M ® teeth are very far apart. Can the defect be remedied?—Tor- tured Tessie. It can be, but Get him a job |porous plasters. what's the use? biting holes in T am looking for a wife, but am too bashful to propose. What shall I do?—Bashful Ben. Why don’t you look for a single woman? Is it true that Jim Corbett te com- ing to the Coast in vaudeville?—Fis- tle Fan We're afraid so, Those who have seen Corbett in vaudeville Say that he was a good scrapper. Iam sending out Invitations to a Yew Year's party. Can you suggest something to write them on?—Net- Tnvitations written on Hquid air would be appreciated, but if writ- ten oh $100 bills they would be more artistic. CUMMINS’ FATHER DEAD DES MOINES, Ia, Deo. 27. Thomas L. Cummins, 90 years old, jdied Thursday, He was the father of Senator Albert B, Cummins. Annie Hoft, 26, a cook at the home of Samuel Brown, 820 16th av,, was taken to the Providence hospital early this morning, fatally burned, after she had run through the house with her clothing ablaze, imperiled the lives of Brown and his wife, and caused a panic in the neighborhood She was building a fire in the kitchen stove with gasoline when the can exploded, igniting her dress. Wild with pain, she ran upstairs to the Browns’ bedroom, 8. Brown had just arisen, The gir seized her by the arm. Instantly Mrs. Brown's night gown was in flames. She snatched it off, and by her presence of mind escaped | serious injury. The fire-tortured girl then grap CLOTHING IN FLAMES, GIRL SPREADS PANIC pled with Brown. velop her in the bed clothes and smother the flames, but she tore away and ran downstairs, night clothes He tried to en- Brown, his own laze, followed. Across the yards the Hoft rl fled, and into the house of W. Turner, next door. She jran through the Turner home, and then, emerging again, threw her self in the grass in the front yard. | Her clothes were _ practically | burned off. Brown caught her, and rolled her in the grass until the flames were extinguished, Neighbors, attracted by the girl's cries, helped to care for her while doctors were being summoned. She has no chance for recovery. Brown, too, is at the Providence hospital with his hands and arms badly burned.