The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 28, 1913, Page 1

} They are trying to close The | Open Doo ! The charities committee of the | Chamber of Ce erce has refused to endorse the Kin s haven for HB down-and-outers | “Not 9 * says the commit HI tee. “The Salvation Army takes IME cate of the down-and-outers, And HI = desides, those that the Salvation iM Army can’t handle can go to the {| stockade! John Bushell, philanthroptst, ts trying to keep The Door open The Open Door is run by the| Brotherhood league, and furniabes food and lodging Yor penniless, homeless men Last night Bushell gave a dinner at The Open Door, the institution which the charities committ of the Chamber of Commerce saya is not needed Two hundred and sixty hun | ary men were given a square meal When the last plate was empty, 100 hungry men yet re- mained. | “It appears,” said Bushell to The! per cent of them are not bums, but{commitiee of the Chamber of €om* Bushell sent out for $0 loaves | Star today, “that The Open Door men out of work, I do not say that| morce are of bread—all that could be got. [can expect no help from business all of them have not been foollsh,| THOMAS 8. LIPPY, The 100 hungry men fell on men without the endorser of| Perhaps they wasted theif money ALBERT 5S. KERRY. the dry loaves like wolves. (he charities committee of the when they had it. Perhaps they) 1. M. JENNINGS They even scraped the empty Chamber of Commerce. drank, Granted! ,But they are not! They are wealthy men and pote, They crunched the bare F. W. Baker, treasurer bume or not, there they | chureh-goers. bones on the table. Associated Charities, is opp ar hi jens and hungry--AND =k he heed There are 57 beds at The The Open Door, and the charities THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE “When Lippy was asked why he Open Door, committee seems to have taken his) VIRTUALLY SAYS TO THE PUB. refused to endorse The Open Door,’ Last night every bed was word for it that we have an unde-| LIC DO NOT HELP THESE sald Bushell, “he replied ‘Be. occupied. And more than 200° | sirable institution on King st HOMELESS, Ht NGRY MEN!" cau the men who go there are slept on the floor, “They say the men we help are ° bums, and do not deserve heip. OT NEEDED!” bums. That is not true. Eighty The _members of the charities! And Kerry sald ‘am told they = More Than = || 41,000 =| Circulation Every Day ie TMM S. ‘ ce °S rs, ly Ie, * than Tt is probable that the Beatite| Electric Co. will not place any tick: | a on gale on the street cars for | at least ten days. That is the ilmit of time given the traction company by the state Service commission within which to comply with the order for the res toration of the six-tickets-for-a- quarter privilege. n, sion’s ruling was received this morning by Corporation Counsel | es Bradford. At the offices of the company, no statement could be Obtained as to its probable course. Shortly before noon, Attorney James H. Howe declared he had not yet seen any copy of the order and that no definite action had been planned. Supt. Kempster also stated that eration thus far, Was awaiting the formal notice the commission's ruling. SEEKS DIVORCE 32 years ago d with three They were mar The union was bless children, one boy and two girls, who are now full rown, They were blessed, too, with a fair share of worldly goods. But this morning, Mrs. Henrietta Margaret Rynerson brought suit} for divorce against Francis Marton | mg M\ Rynerson. They had been married | } in February, 1581. Mrs, Rynerson | are is asking for a large amount of| i i] shares in v mining companies ite, BR and a number of mining claims in Pierce and North Yakima counties und a CHARGED WITH FRAUD if- ILADELPHIA, Nov frauds ors, arced h gigantic in the sale of Colorado 4 sup vid- posed to contain radium miges val ued at 100,000, William A at Wright, wealthy investment broker of Boyertown, Pa a hearing before ficials, | | , today was given United States of: you a | Pennants | mang le enclosed Bring or mail te | Aves nes | 65-cent Pennant. of eee 1 G-FOR-QUARTER TWAS MISTAKE! TICKET ORDER | WHITE MEN GET REACHES CITY THEIR JOBS BACK | The formal copy of the commis | the matter had received no consid. | that the company | ot PENNANT | Mexico | be sent by mail if 5 cents additional for each Pen i] } \ KE STUANAMAUOMAAUANAAANAUAUNA tes VOLUME 15 RAIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY; BRISK, POSSIBLY HIGH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. The seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES 70 PRINT THE NEWS NO. 235, SEATTLE, WASH., It’s the Same Old Issue Once More; the Moneyed Interests Versus YOU! Josiah Collins, representative in the state senate from the 35th senatorial district, is one who are working against the creation a logged-off land district in King county. so he argues himself either an in- competent legislator, or a tool of the big interests. COLLINS VOTED FOR THE PAS- MURPHINE LOGGED-OFF which, on Dec 6, the people for the creation of a district here. after the bill had been con- thirty days in open ses- Somehow, somew! smewhere, some = made a mistake. And nine white men, who oa | giving perfect satisfaction in the steward’s department of the United States army transport Hurnside, were discharged, and nine Filipinos were substituted. The mistake, however, was dis- covered as soon as The Star pub lished the facts, a few days ago. Immediately Maj. Gallagher, In charge of the local service, ordered the reemployment of the white men. They are back on their for-| mer jobs today And the major explained how it had all been a mistake. MAY ARBITRATE DENVER, “Nov. ” 28,—Arbitra- tion was proposed here today in a joint letter by Secretary of Labor Wilson and Gov. Ammon today to the strike of the coat miners and operators of south- ern Colorado. It suggested that each side select thr arbitrators, and these six se lect a seventh man If they are unable to agree on the seventh, the letter suggests that the selection be left to President Wil son. |FOR FREE FOOD HAMILTON, Ont, Ont., Nov. 28, Sir| Wilfrid Laurler, leader of the op position in the Canadian parlia at a banquet here last night because of the high | me nt, declared that leost of living it was “the duty of| the government immediately to in gurat policy of absolutely | food—food free from customs | Our advertining phrase, “A little better | seers necemsary,” manne fi p " r A | | mates of the state penitentiary and law is bad and we should forget it until we can have the legistlature pass a proper law. He didn’t know anything about that when he voted for it! HE DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT UNTIL HIS MASTERS SENT FOR HIM! They, the big lumbermen, and the man who holds his land idle that it may increase in value because of the toil of the little fellow who pro- duces something in a little tract nearby, TOLD MR. COLLINS THAT IT ISN’T A GOOD BILL FOR THEM. IT’S THE BIG INTERESTS AGAIN VER- SUS =. COMMON PEOPLE. And remember this—THAT Bs AD. DITIONAL ACRE OF LAND TILLED IN KING COUNTY WILL MAKE A LIVING FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN A LITTLE EASIER. SEATTLE MAN SHOOTS WIFE Mra W. C. Fonda was shot by! Fonda {s under arrest on an open her husband early this morning at | charge. the family residence, 4716 45th av He says the quarrel had been on 3. W., Weat Seattle, as a result of for some time, and he was in fear a domestic quarrel which began |of his life with a discussion of their son's! This morning, he says, while marital effaira at the mirror, he saw his wife The son ix said to live in Port-| creeping towards him with a land, Ore jong butcher knife in one hand Mra, Fonda is at the Providence, and a hammer in the other. He had armed himseif yesterday when he found a lead pipe tn his wife's room, he said HEARING NOW ON Hearing i# on before Sadie} Smith Friday on the injunction ap-| plication of Capt, John L. Ander son, of the Anderson Steamboat Co., against the county, to restrain | it from ruling the private boat com pndition a the right b the jung WILL FREE EE MANY OLYMPIA, Nov. 28.—It fs an-| retro that paroles and pardons between now and «pital in a precario' bullet having ente granted hee stmas to a number of the in be reformatory The prison board Pany off the county docksites, will meet at Walla Walla Dec 6 The county in seeking to keep |to $ and at Monroe Dec, 10-11 the Anderson Co, not only off the i od dock, but within a radius of balf a mile of it | comb, a ich Callfornian’s | | een dow who owns Pa 1 _HARTFORD, Nov. 28—President| | Jouse, had. Princows Louine of | C. L. F. Robinson of the Colt Fire! | peigium, ‘the late King Leo: | Arms Co. was badly hurt and three) | joid's daughter, evicted. from | | members of his family and a triend| | {for non-payment of rent leas seriously hurt in an automo: |¢. ttt bile wrecks - KILLS TO GET WOMAN BAKU, Russia, Nov. 28,—Prince MODEST PRINCE! Dadian, an officer fn the cear’s guards, today commenced serving a sentence of 20 years’ {mprison ment for murder. In order to ob- PARIS, Nov, 2 ‘The prince of tain Princesa Dadeschteliant, with Weid named $500,000 annually whom he was infatuated, he bad the salary he wants if he accepts her husband killed by hired mur- the kingship of Albania derors ‘WHY YOU SHOULD DO XMAS SHOPPING NOW COUPON | NO. 130 Any four cOupons clipped from The Star, consecutively num. | fered. when presented at The Star office with 15 cents, will entitle | Pennants are now out. The Geattio Star, 1207 Seventh SOME REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY: , You will have a better cholce of goods. You will avold the crowds, including pickpockets. You will save your clothing, nerves and disposition You will be doing the delivery boys, men and horses a real service. | You will be, doing something for the street car conductors, | You will gain the eternal gratitude of Uncle Sam's men, You will help to make Christmas a REAL holiday for hundreds of | tired shopgiris IT WILL MAKE YOU HAPPIER ON CHRISTMAS DAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, people finds thi she is in a way. Compared to the “home” SHE h ith whom her lot in life has been cast, she grim prison pleasant—pleasant even in the 1913, By W. H. Alburn WETHERSFIELD, Conn., Wakefield, the ne thn Sr Ag sits in a tiny cell in the state prison here, waiting to be hanged. And facing the horror of the gallows, she writes: “I have a nice little room here, and everyone is so good and kind to. me.” You might think that Bessie i is happy. For happiness is a relative thing. face of death. hours of Nov. ONE CENT 28.—Bessie And so s known, and the Before Bessie came from the county jail at New Haven she said to Mrs. Basserman, the matron: “The months I have spent here have been the happiest of my life. people have been kind to me.” As xd night. Because here And yet Bessie sits on her cot, hour after hour, sobbing bitterly, and lies crying through the long BECAUSE OF HER CHILDREN. FOR HERSELF, SHE DOESN’T CARE. a ee aoe, will be, will be, she “BAA sy ‘wins. Se ied of them when I'm gon of mi Here, in brief, you have the life story of this girl. ry, toll, immorality, if you will, perhaps even crime—of a des- tiny wrought out under the pressure of bad heredity and sorid environ: id so often to the matron will take ‘care It fs 9 story ment, but redeomed by a pure and overpowerlng MOTHER LOVE. ted to ba by eith Besate of Middlebu alith ing. that big family. Tn that home there w of the common decencies of life, and even, it the jury that found Bess er jury or er was one of ary, Conn. Both parents are tilitera In such a home Bessie lived for 14 years. She helped her mother with the tremendous task of caring for Always there was washing and ironing and dish-wash- not merely grinding poverty; * said, of the common mor- And here are the facts, most of which were NOT submit- guilty of murdering her hus , Wm. Wakefield, and which were NOT taken into account ripe 6 children born to Mr. and Mre. Frank Webster, te and of low mentality, there was a lack She had but little school. ing, always the infinite tol! of caring for a flock of little brothers and sisters, Cora Belle Whom Gallow Of the 15 only six are now alive. They’re weiss to Hang Her Mother » March 4, Some of the brothers are Wakefield, 4-Year-Old Daughter of Mrs. Bessie Wakefield, the State of Connecticut Has Condemned to Die on the AND NOW OUR WELL-FED FRIENDS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ARE TRYING TO SHUT UP “THE OPEN DOOR” are given comfortable beds to sleep! would on, They ought to be given beds } of thorns. and a bowl of soup a sp many & man equar “| may have a few dollars now. day They complain, too, that The But, though | am getting to be an Open Door is a religious Inetitution. old man, | have not forgotten what Well, we at least are not denom- hunger Is. Nor have |, after many, Inational, and are we to be con many years, forgotten the whisky demned because we'try to persuade appetite, men to lead better lives? “Therefore, | dare pit my knowl if 400 men in this elty would edge and experience against the give bht a dollar a month each to| charities committee's. If we can- he Open Door, we could feed and not have the endorsement of the lodge 200.men every 24 hours. Let Chamber of Commerce, we must me tell you, even @ slice of bread get along without it. And | know SAY AANNAUANUUUUENUNAGOONONONONEAUOUAOUUOUUENEOOOAUOOOUIOO EAS 2NIGHT. =—— = s - = l= -EDITION= EMM THAINS AND NEWS HTANDS, Se {Woman Who Mrs. Bessie Wakefield, the Mother Whom Connecticut Has Sentenced th — ele “Hang by the Neck Until Dead.” wesbdnens defective; Bessie'’s one sister, aged 12, is paralytic. Yi Bessie’s youth, then, was SLAVERY, ‘Sut Bessie was a good girl. She worked hard, had no pleasures, had no girl ~ friends, no boy friends. SHE NEVER WENT ANYWHERE... She had no clothes fit to wear. She was often hungry, often cold. At 14 she went to work as a hired girl. Several farme} employed her. They all speak well of her. good, There was no hardness or cruelty in her, She would not mi ah eble She loved all animal life. Dogs, norses and kittens-were ter — | friend: | ‘Then came Wm. Wakefield, twice her age. He was kind to her, kinder than her own family or any one else had been—until he ried her. She was 17 then. HE WAS THE FIRST MAN SHE EVER KEPT COMPANY WITH j Bessie was married in December, 1906. In March her first baby was born. Wakefield never liked little George. The boy is lame.. They say bis bad bip and bent spine were caused by a kick from-his father when he was a baby. a girl, Clara Belle, was born. been given to those children. When her 1d to provide, she went ragged to clothe them and hungry to feed them. Wakefield kept the purse strings. He would bring home a steak, and EAT IT ALL HIMSELF, He let littie Geor, feet freeze for lack of shoes, when he had money. He went away for long periods. They lived IN A CELLAR in Bristol. Then cane James Plew. He wanted Bessie, and saw that the way to her heart was THROUGH HER CHILDREN, : So Plew was kind to George and Cora. He gave them candy an@ food and bought them clothes. He played with them, as their father | had never done. | If Bessie knew ‘had deserted his wife, she condoned the offenses. ful to him. | And Plew—like most of the famous “Juke” family of criminals and that Plew had a penitentiary record and that he For she was grate- defectives to which he belongs—had power over women. Plew wanted a housekeeper, when his paramour left. him alone |with a baby. He asked for Bessie. And, with her husband's consent, }she went and kept his house and cared for the child until it died, and \for Plew's year-old son. Wakefield took his meals there for a while, then sold out his household goods and disappeared. | After a few months Wakefield returned. Bessie and the childrem | went back to live with him, and Plew was a frequent visitor. But now |Plew and Wakefield had frequent quarrels, Plew apparently wanted | Bessie for himself and schemed to get her One Sunday, early in July, Plew came to the Wakefield home with a revolve nd a handkerchief saturated with chloroform, The facts regarding that dreadful evening are vague. Bes- sie had been alarmed by Plew’s wild talk, and had taken hie re- volver and hid it. Later, when he demanded it, she gave it to him again. Piew had power over the simple, yielding girl. t ay that she would jump to obey him, ‘There was a quarrel between the men, then they left the house. Afterwards Wakefield's body was found TWELVE MILES AWAY. When Plew was arrested he told a strange story of that night, confessing that he had killed Wakefield and declaring that Bessie had helped | Bessie was arrested. The coroner forced a confession from her when she had no lawyer or friend present and when che did not realize the incriminating nature of her hysterical admissions. People who knew her well say that Bessie is the ible” type, that can be made to admit almost anything _ She has ever since protested that she is innocent. She was convicted of first-degree murder on the strength of Plew’s accusation and this alleged confession. The judge held to the letter of the taw | The sentence, “to be hanged by the neck until dead, between sun- rise and sunset on March 4, 1914, shocked the state, which has not |hanged a woman for +125 years, though scores of women. have com- mitted murder, Now public sentiment demands mercy, | BUT MERCY RESTS WITH THE STATE BOARD OF PARDONS. ON DECEMBER 8 IT CAN COMMUTE BESSIE'S | SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT, OR EVEN PARDON | HER. | BUT WILL IT? juggest- THAT RESTS WITH STATES. THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED She was taht e