The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 23, 1913, Page 1

e-Made Goods Is Not Spending but Investing--You Get a Chance at Your Money Again--It Stays Right Here in Town Buying § Ps WEATHER FOR SEATTLE AND VICINITY: Z OT? Huh! You should worry when for a penny you can get a-paper like The Star. Hunt a shady spot and read the fine exclusive fea- GENERALLY FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY; LIGHT NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. The Seattle Star A LWAYS in the lead, The Star gave the first news of the big factory fire in Binghamton, N. Y., yesterday. tures in this issue and forget about the Buy it and get the news first. Over weather. - — —- — “ nce 40,000 issues sold daily. VOLUME 15 THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS HOME NO. 124 SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1913. ONE CENT oh yitiiton’. | EDITION e :D Mr. Dun isa prying person. There isn’t much Mr. Dun is not a flippant correspondent. Nor | 15 per cent better. Collections 10 per cent bet- | sales of from 8 to 10 per cent are shown. ; NC going on in business and financial circles any- does he strive for literary effect. He plunges ter. Prices 10 to 20 per cent lower. SHOES—retail: Increases of 2 per cent in where that Mr. Dun can’t find out about. It’s abuptly and prosaically into the matter upper- | DEPARTMENT STORES: Increases in sales | sales are shown by 2 houses, while another re- a good thing, too, for every once in a while Mr. most in his mind, thus: of 7, 40 and 70 per cent are reported. Collec- | ports an increase of 17 per cent. 4 Dun writes a report which sums up concisely “The first six months of 1913, as compared tions are better. TYPEWRITERS: A healthy increase in sales the results and conclusions of his pryng. | with the same period of 1912, show an improve- | DRUGS-—ret Increases in sales of 12, 14 is shown by house consulted, and collections are is | | Mr. Dun has been prying into conditions in ment in general business conditions in Seattle. and 17 per cent reported. Collections 9 per cent 25 per cent better. li Seattle and the Northwest. And now he has | The splendid crop prospects and the anticipated | better. Mr. Dun appends this table on exports: written us about them. He calls his report a | large catch of sockeye salmon on Puget Sound | DRY GOODS—wholesale: Increases in sales | Firet 6 Monthe,1912. First 6 Months, 909% “trade review.” One thing about Mr. Dun is | Warrant the belief that the balance of the year of from 15 to 25 per cent reported. Collec- | Value. Bois Vane that he is mercilessly frank. He calls a spade | will be equally as favorable.” tions 20 to 30 per cent better. ct) -coetcnine pats pindl Fond * ane @ spade, a loss a loss. | He adds: “The bank clearings show an in- FISH—wholesale: Increases in sales of 14, sri ee ie Value, Feet Value. Knowing Mr. Dun’s brutal honesty, we sort crease of $31,975,132 for the half-year, and 15 and 40 per cent are reported. Two houses rence resemcpplige fieies ) anne Pe dh ee pects! GE latdd to read his : ae | there is also a substantial increase in postoffice | report collections better_by 2 and 10 per cent, ; Bushels. Value Bushels Value, review. The emotions one re ts d buildi * R ived | h hi h h Wheat, coastwise 291,760 $ 195,888 355,914 $ 230,467 experiences prior to reading Mr. Dun’s letters ceipts an: ing permits. eports receive whereas another reports them lower. Witet. torsion’: 106.718 26,255 150,122 «§ 133,700 © KNITTING MILLS: Increases in sales of from 10 to 50 per cent are reported by some mills, while one shows a decrease of 5 per cent. LUMBER: Increases in sales ranging from 20 to 25 per cent are reported. By some few mills a slight decrease is reported. PRODUCE: An increas« of about 10 per cent in sales is shown. Collections are better. SHINGLE MANUFACTURERS: Increases in | York City. Wins fe do Suffering of Wife and Baby May Break Gamblers’ Grip on Vi 0 Fi F F R 0 M } ’Frisco; Insulted by the Police}. H U M Pp H R | E S : oo : from manufacturers, jobbers and principal retail- Sera fa a Coon before opening a | org in Seattle show that out of 45 lines of trade You always wonder, be- | : ' . rig 42 show an increase and three decreases.” opening the telegram from home, if your He then proceeds to particularize in his dry, partner has absconded or your wife run away | matter-of-fact way. with fen handsomer ance CIGARS—wholesale: Increases of 15 per cent With trepidation we opened Mr. Dun’s letter, in two cases and 25 per cent in another. Col- an apprenhensive eye over its contents— | lections 10 to 25 per cent better. and uttered loud cries of joy! —__ | CLOTHING—-retail: Increases in sales 5 to | 63 GIRLS AND a WOMEN DEAD C2 ocuock THAD IN SHOP FIRE 2 OCLOcK | HAD WM SPICK AND SPAN, seta NOW LOOK AT Him ? Altogether it is a cheering letter from a cor- respondent who often pens doleful epistles, and we can’t thank Mr. Dun enough. For the benefit of the readers unfamiliar with business, it should be explained that the Mr. Dun referred to is the head of R. G. Dun & Co., the wrold-famous financial reporters, of New He Starts Investigation of Attorney Who Wrote Burlesque Play About Trial in His Court, and May Ask Disbarment Proceedings. this to investi ram) ys Au re By Untied Press Leased Wire BINGHAMTON, N. Y., July 23— Sixty-three dead and ten probably fatally Is the latest esti- mate of the toll of death exacted’ | by the fire which yesterday razed) is . injured, Humphries Judge morning K Poe, Prosecuting Attorney 4 Murphy and Special Prosecator for ; the tle Bar Asoctation Fred the four-story plant here of the gate whether Hulet M. Wells, airy ongin Binghamton Clothing company. member of the socialist party, be- Neither Murphy or Lundin were Most of the-victims are women and longs to “a society which has for its in the court room when the judge lobject the destruction of the Amer- made the appcintmients. Girls. | ment “Judge Humpty Dumpty.” Nineteen blackened _ bodies, | mittee so finds, the “I think that fs libel,” said Judge charr beyond recognition, lie in court suggested that disharment Humphries this morning, referring the morgue awaiting identification. | proceedings be lodged against to the circulars giving the cast of eS HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR MISTER-BANDIT MEXICAN MOB MAN CANT SLEEP; JUMPS | ‘8.04 J08 ACAI FROM WINDOW AND DIES Callen ended his life by leaptrig! The hunt for the elusive Cana- dian bandit, who robbed two bank messengers of $2,700 at Union Bay, B.C, two weeks ago, is on today with ren ener Injured Pray for Oeath. Many of the injured are suffer Wells, who ts an attorney. The committee is also to investi- characters in “The Colonel ond His Friends.” In the cast, the court Ing from crushed and broken gate whether the fact that Wells is referred to as Judge Humpty limba, and are praying for death! wrote “The Colonel and His Dumpty. | to end their aeuny ends,” a rem ton of the) ite re a th ' Friends,” roduet f the) Socialists deciare that the: play A rigtd probe of the fire is planned by the state fire marshal and the district superintendent of the state factory commission, who are expected to reach Binghamton today | The owners of the plant «til! in-| | mint day that the company had} | Y precaution to prevent such a catastrophe, and believe a jmale employe threw a lighted} ciguret {nto some waste material Investigate Fire Escapes. It was predicted that one phase | of the investigation wif deal with the means prayided for employes to reach the fire {filed after the Inst factory in 1912, declared steps | Were needed inside the bntiding so employes could reach the exits jeasier, The escapes near the win dows were some distance above | the floor. _TEARS U.S, FLAG Dy United Press Loneed Wire MEXICO CITY, July 23-—Ripping| British and American flags to rib- bons, trampling them in t | and marching uni nh fl which they cheers, a mob of Mexicans here late [Blethen Mbel trial in Judge |phries’ court recently, }is to he presented at Hum- and whieh the Moore Sunday, is of itself |sufficient to disbar him. The |charge against Wells in this con- |Mection, the court intimated, would be “burlesquing the court.” | Makeup of Committee. | The committee, as finally ap- pointed by Judge Humphries, con- sists of Frank M. Hammond, who theatre next will not be a burlesque, bet an exact reproduction of the words and acts in Judge Humphries’ court. Several days ago Humphries stated that he would not issue @ restraining crder to stop the pro duction of the play. Judge Humphries, by agreement of opposing counsel, this morning continued for two weeks the hear- ing on the several restraining orders which he issued Saturday MRS. MICHAEL ATCHITY AND BABY. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 23.—It took the pitiful story of a destitute woman and her baby Was attorney for A. A. Nordskog,| against Mayor Cotterill and Chief © | Blethen’s employe, found gullty of Bannick to prevent them from tapping the Burns’ detective carrying out the mayor's emerg- |agency's wires; Attorney Charles ency orders to stop rioting. NEIGHBORHOOD MOTHERS _ LEARN OF BABY SCIENCE BY FRED L. BOALT. The stork brought a baby to the home of a friend of mine jnot long ago. It was a puny thing. The young mother |couldn’t nurse it. She couldn't find a suitable substitute food. |The baby was in imminent danger of starving to death. It was their first baby. a iid parents in their perplexity came a kindly neigh- Ss | bor, a German woman who had reared many children. Soe Thee novescen | “Give it boiled cabbage and it will be all right,” she said, a Chicken. There is no reason | why you should starve. “All my children were brought up on boiled cabbage, and only You the hottest da if 7 - ied.” One man, Thomas Cullen, leaped | lodging house at 715 Lane st at the home) of Theodore and temper of the city. | , eoirae pon nd The wonder is that any of them lived. . + a out of a window, three stories b He| nted a room in the place shortly Thomas Thorrel, on the weat tected gambling hells of San | and broke his neck, “becauseit was before midnight. Before entering shore of Shaw Island, yester: | WASHINGTON, July 23— Franciece. | In the auditorium of the Collins playfield last evening, half a hune too hot to sleep.” Another, T. M. hia room he complained of the heat.| ay. Vi Repeal of the Mexican neutral- Michael Atchity lost every: dred mothers sat in a semi-circle while Dr. Lillian Irwin talked to them Brown, .« carpenter, living at 6493 That was the last seen of Cullen| “1 am feeling bully,” the out- ity lawa, It thing he had; $1,800 in cash on “The Care of Mother and Child Before Birth.” Ninth av. N. E., was overcome by alive. He was picked up below the} law remarked after a break- learned toda and $700 in jewelry. nen he ‘ talk brought the hypothetical baby to the moment of the heat while working on the new | window. fast at the Thorre! home. This ly considered by President Wil- disappeared, leaving his wife Introduced—a real flesh-and-blood, and police sub-station at 45th Densmore. he maximum temperature Tues- fay was 87 degrees, which eclipsed Brown was working in the sun | when he suddenly became dizzy and was compelled to discontinue his work. He was able to proceed tol have taken up the search with fon, AMERICAN HELD. r two days without food, weak and exhausted, Mrs. At- y from the Broadway free day nursery. Miss Grace Harrington, a graduate nurse from the Noble hospital, |pleked up the narrative where Dr. Irwin left off. The hypothetical baby, now materialized, was given its “first” bath, dressed and fed. STAR NEWSIES With the entire park at their dis- ords for this year.|his home unassisted, but his com@i-| "ew vigor. chity saw Chief of Police | posal, 766 boys, carriers, newsboys The wondering mothers learned some astonishing new truths ‘ inten heatssecords for titeciared| tion later required the services Of| The outiaw asked to see the | White. jand branch agents of The Star, had | @ mighty old and tamiliar-buciness. It Te possible thet some cP amnn re 1s no change for the better inja physician. His case was diag-| Newspapers and laughed to | “This le not a collection the time of thetr young lives at! in the past have brought up children on boiled cabbage. OD int. nosed as near-sunstroke. himself after reading of the at- | agency," the chief told her, |1amna park today. It was The Star's The lecture was free and the first of a series under the auspices pentane tempts of his pursuers to learn “This is the office of the chief {and Manager Labb's, of Luna park | of the Mothers’ Training school. The next lecture will be given July his whereabouts. 5 i | of police. The Waldorf is an | treat, and practically every con :es-| 29, the place to be decided later. 200 00 aie HSA ies telah eda ne die | incorporated club.” |efon in the big amusoment park It was more than a lecture; It was a demonstration of what J | Next, she went to the dis was turned over to Se © 8 YOUNS | @ mother should do from the moment the first feeble stirrin ? ’ ‘CIRCUS COMING! ae HON, Ariz, July 23-—Thor| ict attorney's office, Asst, [er merchants oan il Ste Rat HEAce, FIT SLURS ea rcs: 9 of tife Is rF 8 | intendent Dist, Atty McNutt listened to | There were many iuiore ous There were many thoughtful, eager faces in the semi-circle, The cireus is comin’ R. R. of Mexico, her atory and Sees ipullag a few thas Howard preven wae ae | —— eile is Saab . hie. The crowning touch of summer 18! ransom to wires. ¢ result was mirac jon ma r, } prepared ‘tc > : She made the trip in OFFER FOR RENTON LINE oe 1. Or {t will be soon, for Its | soldiers neat aha | ulous! Four “Incorporated” |1( was necessary for the steam *| Portland Girl seconds. Miss Parr? wee Soe " doubt it, fast take ance t an ed, | mI i oreon, whe ect y e} 236MM Only $200,000 aittecence now re-wa a total payment of 41 ton oon, Ani! Ni,JiM ithe © Kunteyat ne Toad, omclale ara concertrating| *"wmen't want tovonn Barne- |h+” been enenead ty tho vari! 1S Euman Fish semen, co dren, here the { mains between what the Seattle ba first gy . be / ge nda #hnonncements are going up today lthe reports, boy Voopaianeniias! berg, proprietor of the Waldo: made a flight especially fer the PORTLAND, July 23.—It is be ‘with fishlike motions. x! Renton & Southern bondholders the rema io be nds | “geattie and the surrounding| / | with my child two oye at noon, LAND, July 23.— ¥, po A st $19 want for their line and what the ned out ¢ arnin&s | towns are in the hands of bilipost-|hartment at Wechivgton, 2° |. eald Mrs. Atehity, - — Ueved today that Miss Claire Furry,| 1. Sao aismen of ane cnuntey tee utilities committee he council is of the line, ing artista from the Ringling Broth-| Loti him of my husband's losses, of | Seattle has 38 parke covering an/15, who swam the Willamette river, oan “their careers as stenomraphars, wad $2 willing to give. Calhoun told the committee he! oi citreus, which will show here| Seattle will spend during the| my child's sickness and of my |area of 1,803 acres. She has spent/a distance of 600 yards, with hands thus heir totimate olde the Ata meeting of the committee was not authorized to make & Fe) A woanouday and Thursday, Au-|next ten years $20,000,000 for har-| destitution, he sald to me, 1$5,000,000 on parks and improve-|and feet securely bound, established | { Ruder the Neachereee late Tuesday afternoon, an offer duction in the original offer, He) eist 19 and 14 bor improvements alone ‘Why you are a good looking _monts In the last ten years, ___a_record for irl of her age.” Inade to Scott Calhoun, re-(however, intimated the bondhald - i —— an ee of the line, of $1,200,000, | ers sick of tle whole tang! n n’s proposition to the eity|and might.come dow PENNANT Any four coupons clipped from The Star, COUPON NO. 22 i] lace, coast artillery, The report that Gergt. A. E. Wal- United States |yegterday, Is ab-so-lutely correct. | | Phe reports published on Tues- The brave young soldier did not{ want to die, Life was @ll before A. B. Wallace, ¢ States t artillery corp army, Hes dead at) artillery corps, He did not have blood-polsonii No doctors attended rt ia my: was not stabbed | 1 he had fo rood le ef y urder-| ¥ He did not die yesterda: ‘ | n brutal! t on and|day and subsequently were slightly | him, and he had found It good gler, a vietim of a murder Sergt. Wallace y Ys a consecutively numbered, when presented at The Hf ary. io) aday night by a mem exaggerated. In the. interest of he fought valiantly for life. Te suf-|ous anarchist’s bloody bide, He|by ant. W. W. Three soldiers) The name of Sergt. A. E. Wale i ‘ ith 15 ts, ill entitle you to a ber of the |. W. W. Is true true journalism the actual facts are fered horribf¥ for many hours. He died, you understand, of blood-| Were wounded In the street fight/tace does not appear on the roster Inio Star office wit! cents, w y it Is true, as reported, that, bleed-|here set down, endured grimly. Slewly—slowly— | poisoning yesterday at Port FPlag:| Thursday night, but Sergt. Wallace/at Fort Flagler, nor is it discover ck, 65-cent pennant. Washington State Pennant now ing from many wounde—the cow + 8 the feeble flame of life sank’ to aller, The “best medion! skill” eould| was not among them, for the excel- able on the roster at Forts Casey 4 H ili i- d at h Idi First, Sergt. A. E. Wallace spark, The spaek” flick i—and not save him lent reason that there ain't no suchjor Worden. aie out. Pennants will be sent by mail if 5 cone addi 4 ys Spee Rory i E. Wallace stabbed by an I. W. W ‘ile died t out, The soldier was dead. The .oxaggerations, excusable in| person and never . | With these few, piffling excep: tional for each*Pennant is enclosed.. Bring or yn te eee eee city hospital. |fror his wound# yesterday. Sep-| The facts above stated are In-| the clroumstances, can be summed | gt. Walla uw net removed tions, the story is trae gm all tts pare . “+ mai Th. tar, hat t. A. EB. Wal. | tice ila t in Sunday Blood. | dubitably true up as follows to the city hospital and thence to|ticnlars--as true, at any rate, as i 8 I to e Seattle Star, 1307 Seventh Avenue, Miia ig eeu honpead alncienioe developed. The “best| The exaggerations which crept) In the first place, there Is not,| Fort Flagler. |the general run of stories printed near Union Street. lace, having \the army hospital to Fort Flagier,|medical skill obtainable” died in awful agony of his wounds |save the soldier's life, tried to|into the reports are trififng and do not alter the main fact that Sergt| knows, such a pereen as Sorgt. A.| day. 0 far nybody| Septicemia did not set In on Sun- in an evening newspaper (not The Star), and never wa °