The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 26, 1913, Page 1

t d d : t Don’t Miss This! We Told You Last Night! Pink next week is going to give ol so Information about the big world’s pasebal! series betwern the Athleticn and the Giants than you can possibly get from any other source, ' Wateh for It, begin ning next Monday night (itl HH l I VOLUME NO. 181, ndits C] 1st SEATTLE, WASH,, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1913. R “Lost on Dress Parade,” One of the Best Stories O. Henry Ever Wrote! Complete in AH Editions of The Star Tomorrow RAIN he Seattle Sta THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS. TONIGHT AND SATURDAY; MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS the young and you things HOME EDITION. {))||) ON TRAINS AND NEWH STANDS. Be ONE CENT. $100,000 ROBBERY! ean Qut Train Safes and Escape After Thrilling Gun Battle — Hesketh the appointment of a commi beck in the council. square deal, with the cards face up on the table. ELUDE POSSES | INLONG CHASE COST OF EATING MUST BE GREAT GOING UP? PHEW! BUSINESS, THIS JUST READ THIS, SLE A FAIR DEAL, GENTLEMEN! Seattle’s city council is getting itself and the people into a muddle. It has put up to Acting Mayor | ion of 15 to revise the city charter. Jution calling an election in December, at the time of the port election, to give the people an opportunity to say whether they want a constitutionally elected freeholders commission and a new charter. i's going to pass—at the same time—a resolution providing for an election of a commission in March! Why not call the whole thing off until Mayor Cotterill returns? He says he’s for a new charter. Hass’ friends say he'll vote that way when he back. That will give the votes of Griffiths, Wardall, Erickson, Hesketh and Haas for a resolution the people a full and free opportunity to express themselves. Cotterill will be back in two or three weeks and there'll be lots of time before March 3 next! The people, gentlemen of the council, aren’t going to stand for any frameups. Now it’s going to pass a reso- | .o5 ANGELES, Sept. 26—"Ili! | bi! Look at the guy with the split | trousers Then My, ain't he just the progressive thing p , Ho, for the harem skirt pants,” | Then Councilman Hesketh will be | | s—— Are You Thinking of Going to the Shushanna Gold Diggings? Better Read Letter From Star Man! Page 8 Call Us Up at Main 9400 Ask for the circulation department, and tell man wo As a steady diet, you'll like it | that you want The Star sent to your home | who answers the phone Then you'll be sure to have it every night, 't miss of the any good qi They’re Here, Boys, They're Here! | Yes Sir, Slit Pants for the Men and similar ¢ Broadway, y noing down attracted a | crowd aroun J. Durbin, a resident in one of the trus tees « and also conducts It will have to be Controversy. The public service commis- sion will meet at the Cham- ber of Commerce at 10 o'clock Monday morning to consider, and perhaps settle, the ques- tion of whether the right to UTH WORK By Unites ee i oe 80 keen was the competition be buy tickets on the cars, at the Sam te authority here todag foe sue| tween the Burns detectives and rate of six for a quarter, shall a . Di : o¢ me:nbors of the Structural Iron be restored to the public of Robbers Escape in Locomotive; 1s- houncement that the cost of Hvis) workers! anton during the big trial Seattle : # increasing and gives figures and! of ja eaders in Indianapolis last The matter is so important ‘ tance Pursurers, Take to Swamp; other facts to back up the asser-| year that they were even driven to that it is necessary int all | tlon the length of making love to pros Let Engine Run Wild. in which Saun 26.—| Phillips and Poole. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. Sept gasked bandits held up and s ; York and New head, and then ordered the en-| - ren the. Alabama | gineer, messenger and clerks to tle down while they attacked the safe and the registered mall Flee in Locomotive thern a at Engle ry today and escaped with fled on the locomotive| Dynamite shattered the safe. @ the train they had robbed, ex- Gathering up two sacks filled with @anging shots with a posse pur-jmoney, and with their pockets |bulging with greenbacks, the trio faisg them on a switch engine - were just boarding the engine again Distancing their pursuers, the out ‘ft . evidently abandoned their en-/ when they saw the sheriff's poss _< vt lonely spot on the/on the switch engine, summoned by fe, for the locomotive ran wild the conductor by telephone, ap proaching Still hanging onto thelr sacks of loot, the bandits tumbled into the engine cab, one of them opened the/ throttle, and they were off in the direction of Tuscaloosa, firing from the rear at the purening posse. througt Tuscaloosa and stopped 40 Miles from the scene of the hold- ® when Its steam was exhausted. Deputy Sheriff Shot Dering the pursuit one of the deputy sheriffs shot and killed an her officer by accident ‘The train was brought to a stop As soon as it w By a fouled block signal at Engle-|the fugitives had sbandc 8 station a few miles south engine, posses with blood h« gan scouring the marshy on both sides ¢ © track from Englewood to Bibbvilie ‘wood, othere. While the train crew were favestigating, the robbers rushed them. Keeping Engineer Daniels cov. @ed with revolvers, the bandits @rdered the fireman to cut off the @aches from the engine and ex frem and mail cars. The fireman Telused and was felled by a blow With a revolver butt Mail Clerk Wounded Having cut the train in two, the Mghwaymen compelled Daniels to Wall the express and mall cars a LOS ANGELES GROWING 26.—Trip- | were born Chryst three boys R. A. Lovell triplets in Los LOS ANGELES, Sept |lets, two boys and a girl to Mr. and Mra. R. V | terday Last Monday were born to Mra They were the f Angeles in 12 years ven Short distance ahead, broke into the fm with dynamite, exchanged Hots with Express Messenger 4 i and Mail Clerks Saunders, gehooi. 4m and F —— senile OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE HEY, PROPRIETOR! IS THIS ONE OF YouR WAITRESSES OR A MBER OF THE ROYAL Famicy 2 | The report is comprised in a vol ame stat » Issued by the bureau of labor dati the facts having been ders was slightly wounded in the gathered by experts from neighbor hood stores in 39 industrial cities. since last April. T | with hese figures compared » figures secured by the same were bureau from 1890 to 1899 and show the ases reported from April 15, 1 13, follow steak, 176) vibe 18.8: bacon, | 17.2; lard, 144) batter, $1; round stent. 1: p hope, 178, hame, 147, hene D8: milk, 49 Flow tatoes, cornmeal war ha during the year, but prices of anthracite and bituminous coal have Increased about 10 per cent = the charging v abate Wal tion following percentage of increase roducts 12.4: round rk chops. lard, 044 meal, 65.1 2 line is reported in reased 7.3 per cent HOLD WALLACE ACOMA, Issuance Se 26.—Following of an information nlation of the red light law, against Hugh lace, former member of the na al democratic executive commit the facts should be fixed clear- ly in your minds. | First, the city council passed | an ordinance compelling the Seattic Electric to sell tickets on the cars. Second, on petition of the | Seattle Electric, the federal court enjoined the city from en- forcing that provision of the or dinance Third, the Seattle Electric commenced selling 25 tickets for a dollar, not on the cars, but at its barns, offices and certain trousers and the cowboy hat was| designated stores. startling | pective women witnes: according ven at his di to the explanation « Vorce trial this morning by H Pohiman, former business agent for | the Seatue local, for certain amor. ) fous “correspondence between htm }and a certain Mrs, Wallace of In-/ | dianapolis Mra. Wallace was alleged to have been the chief stenographer of the Rational organization and was one of the most important witnesses in| j the trial | Durbin and His Slit Trousers. According to Pohiman | signed the duties of k prejudices {n favor of th union men, and to do so be was as , ying her|a business of feeding several thou accused |sand hogs with the garbage of the was city council had exceeded its authority, | compelled to take her to theatres,| P. J. bears a close resemblance .” said Durbin, “plenty | and that authority to settle the dis. parties, dances and even to make|to Col. Cody, of Wild West show/of ventilation for the ankles, you| pute was vested only {n the public love to her fame, and the combination of slit) know.” service com sion. It was careful | A le which failed to -- — -— not to say that the ordinance was mall to Mra. Wallace fell into the ‘ unreasonable. Sone SAYS GOV. SULZER lis sald, culminated several years of | @ public service commission agre | marital differences, and led to the to hear the question next Mond divorce action jand the Chamber of Commerce The couple have two children jloaned its rooms for that purpose. | and both are asking for their cus Hugh Todd to Represent People tody. They were married in New The Star has retained Hugh Todd at the hearing. | ———— ™ At the outset Corporation Coun- | Bradford, having which h »yped | instituted a} } d believed ALBANY, N. Y., Sept. 26.— proceedings. I replied that I had REFUSE PARDON Sworn testimony that Gov. Wm, | been ca ned 5 , would establish the right of the | ‘ope you will be easy with {city council to enforce the tickets WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.— Guizer of New York seked him me,’ Sulzer said, but | told him |onthecars ordina ean ath President Wilson today refused | | to pardons to J, H. Bullock and C, , } to commit perjury before the | Frawley senate committee, was given before the impeachment 1 would be forced to recite the facts, He then asked me if | | could treat the affairs he had had with me as a personal mat- 1 with the he ymmission. The Star pointed out & before tt E. Houston of Seattle, under editorially, sentence of conspiracy to | by | handed down by the supreme court jof Nebraska, The federal court found the city | sold on them has | Basan READERS! NOTICE! The Star wants the names of a few residents of Seattle who have been inconven- lenced by the order abolish- ing six-for-a-quarter on the cars and who are willing, if called upon, to testify before the commission. Telephone The Star, Main 9400, ask for the editorial department and give name and address. You can help in another way, too. The atmosphere of the Chamber of Commerce is naturally one of wealth. Counsel for the traction company will Breathe there an atmosphere to which they are accustomed. Attend the hearing. CBun- sel for the people want to feel they have the bleachers with them. A point of importance discovered | Todd is an opinion recently According to the Seattle Elec- tric's franchise, tickets must be sold at “offices” The and barns. Nebraska supreme court holds that inasmuch as a stréet car |company has no depots for the sale of Uckets, such as are maintained b ad companie the Instance of The Star, the |P¥ Failrosd companies, the street 4) business nd its place of and that tickets must be WELL I DECLARE! | UM, A PIPE DREAM SALEM, O., Sept. 26.—Jail of- ficials have discovered liquor has been piped into the calaboose. friends Two tan end weaeihe ne ats at that time that, were Bradford of prisoners poured the and President Wilson's cot fraud. court here today by Ota ter, and | told him that | could | civon his way, the public would be |!@uid-into a water drain’ pipe and dential adviser in this state, owner | Superintendent of Public Works not.” |Sompelled to pay the cash fares or (the latter caught it with cups. eidad Wei tha tolioe ae Padag peat Pook. i PEE ATR ides eon to out-of-the places to| GOOD TIME WILL BE HAD eet atieeaee bein fe tite Immediately after Sulze! f buy tickets in dollar lots while| MILWAUKEE, Sept. 26.—Forty kell, jr. secretary of the Northern nominated for governor, | EUREKA | Bradford was fighting a long battle |hours of council's time will be ree e . Ore a tee Ne Jared ve 500. O | : le h Coast company, appeared betore| ae Sack malt eee eenesonn If you've got s room that's ||!= the court, | |) | guired so hear the renart ot = Camm Prosecuting Attorney Dow today] TRUO, Eng., Bpt. 26.—Stung on {Peck auld he was subpoons empty, or a table out of use, or since that time both the corpora-|® tax commissioner. ‘The’ repaal and announced that the defendant|the jugular vein by a wasp here i cae tt. | a stendy job you're secking, or ||,, Since that time both the corpora-|® . ¢ 4 ' the executive offices, Peck test! 3 ae tion counsel's office and ‘the city|contains a quarter of a million would be ready for trial when theltoday, Lady Jane Molesworth died [1% “snowed Sulzer the letter and | your horse is running loose, or otf is aptelad ag pepe bongs GPA in wae ee 90 minutes later. asked him what I should do, He,| Perhaps your house {ts vacant, || S00" Star. Assistant Corporation |'TIS A COL-L-L-D WORLD! Se — —_ ee = — _ for » , ked | and you've got a lot to sell, then || 4 a Sees a <ENOBS 3 ai COUPON oath, and he ahawered, ‘Oh, do as 1)| We're the ones you want to tell, J attempt to restore to you the right|the penitentiary because some one NO. 78 am going to do, forget It PY dir depeche Ma nes aad |so cavallerly taken away | slipped a piece of ice down his neck. bi The prosecution sprung a sensa-|| 148. The ones to tell your It is likely that counsel for the|He stabbed Joe Mecholewski, a bye Any four coupons clipped from The Star, consecutively num {ition shortly before recess when {t|| Wants. There are 160,000 heads || +-acuon company will try to inject | stander. : bered, when presented at The Star office with 15 cents, will entitle | U0" Alli!) before recess inclined to read ofr ads. And bahia Which whl eal tor te eCOM. ie Lie you to a @6¢ Pennant. New Vorr and Colorado Pennants now out. |/ “almost immediately after I re-|| YOU bet your bottom dollar if |liay in that event Todd will insist| WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Sept. 2 Pennants will be sent by mall if 5 cents additional for each Pen- |! turned from Europe recently,” testi you want what can be got, The |'tnat, if there must be delay, the George W. Horton, Hell Gate nant |e enclosed. Bring or mailto The Seattle Star, 1307 Seventh || req Morgenthau, “Sulzer asked mo|| Stir WANT ADS will find the || tent be restored t0 you tomnorech pile eho tone ae Oo ete Ave, near Union St. by long distance whether I was go stuff or sell the blooming lot ly, pending further litigation, to buy |through this dangerous channel, naires i ions ren ermoniee ——!'ing to testify in the {mpeachment !—————— ——-——— 4x tickets for a quarter on the cars. ‘and eloped when he was 85, is dead. | who are now and man and woman-gr married him Hart is a good deal younger than Mary, in whom the spirit, of ro-| Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Wright had worked up the case, ‘own, Then she met Burt Johnson The sob and contrasted it with the unhappy ut! oner.” AL There were words | Polly Legg was tried before Squire Brown day before yesterday bi squad pictured the happy “America versus Sweden!” retorted Polly Legg, and loosened Mary jed of.a flaming sort of beauty—and of now between them they h By Fred L. Boalt Johnson's front teeth and bloodied her nose with a one-two busted her romance all to smash, got madder ..nd madder, And thera In fairnesa to you, sympathetic render, | must tell you at the out- Mary had Burt and Polly arrested Then a friend sent Mary to were a lot of things she wanted to say, only s'e coultin’t’ think of the set that this {a a sob story. So, If you have tears to shed, prepare to] Attor Tom Murphine. Murphine went to Burt's lawyer, They| English words, And when she talked. Swedish, neither Silvain nor neler dates | agreed to drop the bs ssecution of Burt, and Po ly a le t Bure bave the court knew what she was taliin i out | ae e 4 ae sh ' ils divorcee, provided he signed over to Mary rights to the Kenney so they naturally concluded that Mary was a mean-tempered, vin- § Shed them for “little” Polly Legg, described by an evening contem-| Gai6 piace, took Polly, and cleared out. Burt agreed, signed, and the woman, They we o sure of it that they ‘aian't ane the i orery as a “trembling little prisoner,” who never until now had @) criminal charge was dropped to call Mary's witnesses, though they were in the court room, home of her own ,or friends, but who now has both home and friends, Leaving Squire Brown's court room, a constable commented on uire Brown said sor persecution, not prosecution,” aad loving eramethy she cane to relly Legg, and ane seeing Lins prisoner” floored the a one txed a, tre pe g pee jpiipones "An , Mary was soaked , stalwart constable with a right swing to the jaw. the costs—$60—and sent to jail until they were paic Rejoice with Polly Legg, and let your tears be tears ar gladness Next, Mary came sc am ring bank to the coyrt, demanding a war She only stayed in jail a few hours though. For Tom Murphine And, finally, lachrymosa reader, if the font has not by now run! oo ror "polly for burglary and one for Burt for non-support. Some-|heard of her plight, hustled to see the squire, and by evening Mary \ary, w # iittle for Mary Johneon, the villainness of the plece.|ioay had burglarized Mary's house. Mary had witnesses subpoenaed | was released—on her own recognizance : Squeeze out, if you can, a tear for Mary Johnson who were ready to testify that Polly did it Meanwhile, Mrs. Cummings and her friend, Mrs. George A, Smith, ore ee Polly had gone to Wenatchee. Mrs. Mary A, Cummings, a deputy! a prominent social worker, had become so impressed by the villainy Mary Johnson {# neither young, nor fair, nor fluent, She {e little| sheriff, went after her, Mary Johnson also went to Wenatchee, in the! of Mary Johnson, and their h were so wrung by the unhappy and and old, and. work-worn, and incoherent, and she comes from Sweden. | hope, she explains, of recovering her stolen property. Returning, she) undeserved fate of Polly Legg that they took “the trembling little Her first husband dled. She brought up a large family of children,|encountered Mra. Cummings and her*prisoner on the train, prisoner” to Mrs. Cummings’ own home, and called in the sob squad. future in store for Polly Legg past of the “trembling little pris- mice was not dead | was busy In another court room, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney 8 gag Ppeaeah ie They bought, on the installment plan, a 10-aere place at Kenney-| vain‘prosecuted in his stead : Re dale, the other side of Lake Washington. Mary worked side by side Now, Wright is a candidate for the office of prosecuting attorney Personally, I'm mighty glad these good ladles have interested with Bnrt, grubbing stumps, burning brush, sawing logss cleaging, plow-| Silvain isn't, but his friend, Kennedy, is, It doesn’t do Wright's recofd themselves in Polly, who has been knocked aboug from pillar to post ing and planting any good if one of his cases falls down. All of which may hav@ jothing | this Jong white. ty and by, Mary went to California to visit her children. While/to do with the hard luck of Mary Johnson I'm mighty glad that she’s going to have a nice home, and friend, she was away Burt sued for divorce Silvain called “the trembling little prisoner Polly said she] and that hereafter she will be, not “Polly,” but Miss Marion Legg The suit was pending when Mary returned, She found, comfort-| didn't do it Rut you will agree with me that this is a sob story, And when ably Installed at the Kenneydale place, that child of nature, “little “That is all,” said Stlvain, and called Mary Johnson you have wept with Polly ,you will rhaps, save a tear for Mary, who Legg, who stands 5 feet 10, weighs 175 peunds, and packs a kick “Ian't it a fact,” thundered the prosecutor, ‘that you went to|is neither young nor fair, and whose front teeth were loosened by [in either mitt Wenatchee to make trouble?” | Polly's knuckles, and whose romance was smashed to smithereens by, “Get out of my house!” sald Mary Johnson,, e, | And Mary, thinking of Burt and Polly—who is only 20, and possess-| “the trembling little prisoner's” flaming youth, 4: haem TATEBODY TO EAR CARFARE| ASE MONDAY) Public Service Commission Comes for Hearing on Six-for-a-Quarter