The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 17, 1913, Page 1

lyolved. U have three port commissioners now —— who are with you—who favor public . ip of the harbor improvements which you build with your money You have everything to lose and nothing to gain accepting the Chamber of Commerce proposition to increase that board by two members. SSITURNS ON <4 SLAVER =) INCOURT QAN FRANCISCO, June 17. wCharged = with Importing | Verna Scranton from Seattle te this city for immoral pur- af Eari/Fullerton Is on trial today before Judge Farrington | fa the U. 8. district court. | ‘When the trial opened, Miss the ator; She j Ipateese ironent her from Se 4 Gttle and then took her suc- ” eessively to Los Angeles, San Diego and Kingman, Ariz., con- @antly trying to induce her to gupport him by leading an im- moral life. ' Ghe declared Fullerton had Induced her to give him deeds to Seattie lots valued at $1,000 toa tat | in San Diego he pawn- 4 her diamond rings. ft Ie expected the trial will NO. 93 Mise Scranton lived at the Monticelio apartments, 715 Seventh av, until last Febru- when, according to state- cred by others at the ene left town with Fuller. HAD CASE a ene Miss Nellie Kloss “pur- Dr, Philip R. Waughop from moment she laid eyes on the testimony sought by y from Heinrich Masch- ‘A chemist, a witness called fm behalf of Mrs. Waug- | ‘The witness had a long-standing with the doctor, he and knew him to be o* condition at the time of the | On crossexamination, the wit- said that Miss Kloss had 4m introduction to the doc- whea she first saw him. _"T think he is the finest man I my,” Miss Kloss told the he testified. BIEHL’S TRAIL | PORTLAND, June 17.—Following | suo Allen Jay Bieh!, unger years at McNeils for using the mails to de- fn dd Columbia River Orch- has crossed the line ome local federal authort today are seeking him and have d that his bondsman, H. L. er of Seattle, produce him By Fred L. Boalt it otter three. weeks A bow of crepe hangs on fo other means succeed, it das Or yhbor is planned to bring Biehl back as al door ur neighbor fagitive convict. dead rei We of The Star did not ats ee ee eee eH iy him, We would h first arrest under the #|.) t ®tew law which provides the # liked to know him, but ¢ ture of license if con- #|vention stood between us and oven Oem TMed of driving an auto ® him like a barrier. And now ae an intoxicated cond!- #/i+ js too late rices 3 made when F. D. #|'* )S '00 Ja ; terme manager of the W. #| On bright days he sat on ning? P. Puller Co, was arrested, # the porch in front of the room Y night, by Patrolman ® ing house near The Star of- ut G. Collins, charged with * fice, always in the same chair Wee retnined beer ee, X|There were other chairs, but Ps “bail.” Seymour resides #/0ur neighbor always occupied ot St. Paul apartments, ® he one nearest the end rail it av. and Seneca st *, It was apparent that he was in Rtkhketekeke eee poor health. But, despite illness Here Is The Star’s Free Premium Offer A complete safety razor outfit absolutely : of charge with a year’s subscription at the regular price of $3.25. Simply subscribe for The Star for one year or renew your sub- ‘cription for one year and we will send you the am Shaving Outfit, consisting of finely urled shaving handle, seven guaranteed les, nickeled shaving brush and shaving Sap, all packed in neat leatherette case. This is a shaving set that would be easily worth in any retail store. We have purchased afew hundred of the sets direct from the manu- lacturer and offer them to you free with a Year's subscription at the regular price of $3.25. the VOLUME 15 7 HO, HUM! WHAT'S MRS, WESTMAN HIT HARD! “X” MAR WEATHER FORECAST FOR SEATTLE AND VICINITY THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, bbl 17, 1913. 8 MARKS THE SPOT---HIT HARD and advancing years, he kept him self well groomed and spruce. He was an old-fashioned man, and wore his hair In ringlets that hung erator so far forgot the conventions one sunny day as to nod, and tn stantly this neighbor of ours straightened out of his chair, raised we take the trouble to learn any thing about this neighbor of ours, A kray-haired wife, dry-eyed and hag. gard from a night of weeping, told nearly to his collar. Often there his hat, and bowed us would be a’ flower fastened to bis After that they—our neighbor, His name was Col, J. Scott Ecker. lapel and the telegraph operator--per./Of German origin—his grandfather But what we liked most about formed thie rite of courtesy requ. WAS @ proud old Huguenot—he was him was his manner. In this, too, \jarly twice a day when the weathor born In Pittsburg, 71 years ago, one he was old-fashioned. He | was | was fair of 8 large family. | He earned is grave and courteous, and it is not! a title as colonel of the Second West | For several days recently we did [! “ ey. fashion nowadays to be grave not see him on the porch. Ina sub y Sa oteares Caer i And COUrTCOUs. seak to him, but|COnsclous sort of way, wo missed |/manded in the civil war. He was a somehow we never did. Possibly he| him. we were so in the habit of | THT Sin NAOnin® SOUS oo years ey . 4 . seeing him sitting there, reading $fiags . wanted to speak to us, too, A smile, ‘ago. If he was estranged from his _ Oe toe fant. | perhaps, or looking a oft, 0/8. 2 rd ved the “barrie of “convention, We| smile illumining his thin, tired, nen.| Porthets and sisters 18 net koown, might have become good friends, | *Itlve face them since coming West, nor had Then, today, we saw the crepe on the door. Not until he lay still in death did Only one of us had even a nod ding acquaintance with thin neigh bor of ours. The Star's telegraph op- | any word from them By profession he was a mechan ical engineer, though he had more | SHOULD WoRRY THE USE OF IT? FREED ON BAIL Mrs, Ava Pond Westman, who {s King county will have no pre rs with murdering her hus siding judge. The judges have | band, Carl Axel Westman, at Wins- voted the proposition down low, Iast April, will be released to-| Under the presiding judge sys-|day on $6,000 bonds, by order of| tem, it was proposed to have one |Judge French of Kitsap county | Judge distribute the cases, #o that,| This proceeding has but few! If a judge were left without any |precedents tn this state. General-| r one reason or another, |ly, those charged w murder in work, fe the presiding Judge could assign a|the from another department | ball. was overcrowded | system, the to the various firat degree have been vac a Port Pirate and get a swat on the bean. Polls open from 11 a. m. to 8 p. m. Polling places Include schoolhouses and fire stations in city !Im- Special places in country precincts. If you cannot find your polling place, ring up the port commis- sion, Main 124. All who have registered at any time thle year are entitled to vote. No candidates are to be elected. its. red, and the Judge has nothing | to do | AT BOSTON—Morning game Score ROH Five propositions are to be voted upon. Detrolt ‘ 4 6 | Recommendation of the Municipal league, Commercia! Club, 7 10 Public Ownership league, other dependable clvic organizations, and atterles Zamloch, House.|| The Star: Vote “Yes,” for Propositions 1, 2, 3 and 5. Vote “No, ind McKee; Moseley and|} against Proposition 4. Carrigan, See EEE DIRE POINTERS ON TODAY’S PORT ELECTION Go to the polls today! Vote! Help decide these im- portant port questions aright. It’s your money that is in- It’s your welfare that is at stake. wot your money under public control. Keep jthe Port Pirates. Keep the expenditure p your harbor free from KS THE SPOT! | SHOWERS TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY; MODERATE WINDS, The Seattle Star IAY’S your opportunity. Today you can deliver the punch, and give the franchise grabbers, the Harbor island swindlers, the Ayers fakers, and the whole corrupt gang, a knockout blow that will count. Vote against Proposition 4. T oO! THE NEWS ONE CENT 8 HOME EDITION INVESTIGATE CONDITION AT M’NEIL’S PEN ON TRAINS AND NVWA STANDS. Se R. V. Ladow, superintendent of/men, but that, owing to the sys- |federal prisons, has been at Mc- tem of shaving all the convicts N land nitentiary for two with one razor, and of locking » Investigating conditions with clean men up with those suffering reference to charges made in The from the disease, they had beco Star that the black plague is - black plague victims. They ch Warden Halligan with be € not taken to protect pris- sponsible. from contamination. After telling his st Bacon charges were madq in a!went before United States Judge letter to the editor of The Star by Cushman and repeated it. Judge Convict 2146. They were written n invisible ink, on the pages of a Christian Science Journal, and smuggled out of the prison by Con viet Robert Bacon, whose term had l expired | Both Bacon and No |that when they were | Prison they were Cushman stated that he could not take action officially, but advised Bacon to remain in Seattle, if pos- sible, and make his charges before the next federal grand jury. Ladow will complete his investi- gation today and will meet U. 8. Marshal Jacoby in Tacoma Wef: nesday GRAND JURY TO REPORT TODAY The grand jury which has been; Although the jury has been in in session for several weeks prob-|session over a month, the total ing charges against public officials | cost to the county is but little more first made by The Star is expected|than the county was buncoed out to make {ts final report today. of on the Clericus dock site deal, in It is generally believed around|which the mysterious $5,000 fig- the courthouse that the probers | ured. have secured enough evidence to Judge Ronald, just before noon substantiate Practically every |today, sent word to the jury, ask charge made by this paper, but no|ing them if they were ready to re- indi¢tments are expected because |port. They answered in the nega- of the difficulty in making the|tive, but it is certain that their re- cases stick legally. port will come this afternoon. The county commissioners’ dock-| Promoter Ayers today asserted site deals and their haphazard road-|to The Star that he was not sub- building methods will undoubtedly | poenaed by the grand jury Monday, take up most of the jury's report.’ but testified voluntarily. THE BIG LITTLE PAPER FULL OF GOOD THINGS On page 3 today, Mary Boyle O'Reilly, daughter of the famous Trish poet and a tal- ented writer, in an exclusive interview with the man who established the military dictator- ship in West Virginia. 2146 charge sent to the clean, _healthy The boy who loved his vampire-wife even in death. The story of the fatal romance of young Porter Charlton, On page 4. Tomorrow, The Star w ill print the first of a series of true stories of American crimes, crimes of mystery, of superlative cunning, and of wonderful detective work, written by that gifted author, Frank Parker Stockbridge, edi- tor of Popular Mechanics magazine. Every story will, somewhere in its text, have its moral touch of warning against evil ways. the appearance and manner of a lawyer of the old-fashioned sort, or, perhaps, an artist. He dabbled in politics, and was once sheriff of San Francisco county. He came to Seat tle 12 years ago As an engineer he stood high. He took an artist's delight in good work. He was not a good business man. He trusted other men, and|| 4nd, for summer reading, certainly nothing they ch hi He ver lea . od the wisdom of suspicion and dia. |] Detter can be found anywhere than the series trust of Saturday short stories, the first of which ap- peared in The Star Saturday and Monday. Gouverneur Morris, O. Henry, Robert W. And so he came to the end of his| days, not rich, nor famous, but well liked by the few who knew him at all We might have been among > that num It_ ts too late now. || Chambers—these are the men, the greatest of though. er again will he raise . < his hat and bow when the telegraph | modern day short story writers, whose work ts operator passes The as to be given the readers of this paper. stories will be illustrated by such artists James Montgomery Flagg. JAIL TERMS FOR ~ T MILITANTS Readers of The Star need no introduction to Fred L. Boalt. Mr. Boalt was brought to Se- LONDON, June 17.—Miss Anniel| attle by The Star about a year ago from Lon- | Kenney, five other militants, and | doy, England. He is not, however, an English Edward Clayton, known as the Om 2 5 . : |“male suffraget,” were found gui. 2etwespaperman. His success in this country in ty today and sentenced to varying |prison terms for inciting to vio lence. The trial was the result of 5 ks ago on th Women’s Social Cleveland and other big eastern cities brought him a big offer from the United Press office in London, but Mr. Boalt gave up that place ‘ald so olitieal unton here. The Jury ree: 49 accept his present position on The Star. Al- ke, Miss Lennox and Miss | though a young man, Boalt is known through- Barrett. All were sentenced to an ’ xd Holloway; Miss Kenney to 18 | Out the United States as one of the ablest and Miss Kert one year, Mise Bargett | Aighest salaried writers in the newspaper field. nine months, and Miss La nd eee Ny beet Miss Lennox six months each, Clay Besides all of these special features, besides the cream of allthe news, you get in The Star every day the BIG STAR PUNCH, the some- thing big that the other papers either won't print or are afraid to print, ton was given 21 months. Miss Kenney and Miss Kerr shouted de flantly We wilf go on a hunger strike. [training