The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 9, 1914, Page 1

CHANCE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CLEANSE ITSELF! the same direction in behalf of Councilman A. J. Goddard’s mayoralty dream. The city council! can render no greater service than to cleanse itself of its tainted members. Apologists may say Councilman Peirce committed no criminal act. This fact that his conduct was abominable—that it savored a good deal of official hold-up. Whethey criminal or not,. John Peirce’s conduct, as brought out by The Star probe committee, re- flects nothing but discredit upon Seattle. If The Star campaign fund probe committee, composed of Judge Moore, Robert Bridges and Mayor Cotterill, had done nothing else, it was certainly worth its time and endeavor to bring to light the amazing information that a member of our city council personally went the rounds of the cafes to levy : tribute upon the proprietors in behalf of a certain candidate for mayor. ipal league can render no greater service to the city at this time than to go through with proposed investigation, in accordance with the resolution introduced Saturday, and probe to the bot- does not minimize the | tom the conduct of Councilman John G. Peirce in particular, as well as influences that were at work in | THE SOONER WE GET RID OF SUCH COUNCILMEN AS PEIRCE, THE BETTER. . FAIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY; MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS : | FVOUOPORNNANOUOUOUUUOUUUETEREEEOOTEEELEEUUEEA HANNAN AAA es WOUANEOROOUAAAGEEEEEUTTTANAAANETE ATAU : { More Than 43,500 MMMM The Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS MONDAY, MARCH 9. =EDITION= MUM TTT LLL uso Ws is ZO ANNAN TENAANTTATTT ES z i » Be Widow Admits She Knows Man Who Murdered Rancher oN SEATTLE 1914, VOLUME 16. NO. 11 WASH ONE CENT 23 itarxt A> na Werner he county jail J a Star reporte ¢ " murdered . husband, Henry Wer ncher 1 the man wh aid He did d tects me I had a ( ions in t. were unbearable g to get my : reedom. I « t mean I guess the " will get 1 now vould escape at ecause he was trying t my torture at me.” Werner was found dead in his; farm. I hardly ever bad a dollar t@ barn lost Monday morning, his Spend on myse : Jhead hacked to pieces by a score If 1 had known what was com- : of wounds inflicted with a mattock./!28 to me when I got married & : | Mrs, Werner was held, following | Would have much rather beem d Ithe inquest iday at Issaquah, buried alive. I mean it all. where she collapsed on the stand Lots of times I tried to get up Pp !when quest 4 by Deputy Prose- Berve ugh pull the trigger of id A flashlight of the ship-load of canned goods damaged by fire and seized by the state food inspector. The picture was taken in the Vir. leutor Edgar J. Wright about quar-| the shot gun 4 nd end my life and: ginia s There are close on to 200,000 packages of damaged food here. Twelve thousand packages of the consignment are in r |rels with her husband ee Pra fa og ee ged little - Tacoma. Deputy Prosecutor White and Inspector Adams are shown in the pict , i baby and I couldn jon't you puty pe P iilatuas inte ee the Jai! cell derstand what | wanted? It was | y gi anes | love, | tell you, and | DIDN'T GET 17 months old. Since the child was brought to her, the woman + OF has brighteneds perceptibly | “why didn't Heanor = a di- and has lost the vacant stare 4 ; | vorce and let me go? He wouldn't af soerrer, Coat: ee ee rotice- ifsten to it. Four days before it able when she first came in. |happened I said to him, ‘ s Deputies are scouring the North-| why don't you be a man and let west today for Roderigo Rocco,|/go? I don't want your who ts believed to know something} Al! I want is the children and of the crime. freedom.’ Officials, he was seen). “Buthe refused. Pact the Werner farm shortly be-|tet me go and never seemed to fore the murder. The theory is| derstand what a woman likes 46 iT. SPRING FASHION FASHIONABLE. : iiatsan CHEN, wesw »we| NINETEEN DIE | COURT ASKED _ T0- DESTROY Offictally. spring will not be here jut: Maren 1. |that he has fled from the county | her life. And that Isa little “A But father sees trouble right} ST. LOUIS, March 9.—Nineteen and ‘s now on his way out of the/tion along with the slavery. id now jmen were believ have perish. country | 1 never dreamed that he wo The spring fashions are already | ¢d In a fire which aking out be. Lived Lonely Life be killed when he was. But it in town, the Paquin, Callot, Soeurs | tween 1 and m., destroyed the Frightened at first by the|to come. There was no other 9 and Drecoll dresses, and the Geqr. | ultra-fashto: Missourt Athletic 1 son of ee. earroané-| out.” gette, Suzan Talbot and other mil lings, Mrs. Werner regarded every- ik oe livery models. They're on display one with syspicion, Newspaper. at the Bon Marche and MacDougall Southwick spring fashion shows. The superior court was asked today to order destroyed @ ship-load MISSING IN FIRE The missing clubmen a of food. which began today. William Becker, president of “SERVE SENTENCES men failed difmally in attempts to get interviews with her. She re fused to talk to anyone. CALL MILITIA. This is the last move of State Food Inspector Will H. Adams and And beueve us, they're stunner® Tithe Becker-Moore Paint com During her married life she has Crawford E. White, in their campaign against vio —these models been accustomed to the loneliness 3 Deputy Prosecutor Crawfo - , os We could write reams and reams Wright, auditor of WASHINGTON, March 9.—The conviction in Indianapolis courts of | (tie hill farm hidden in the| Z lators of the food laws. i of beautiful ines to describe the || the Lemp Brewing compan about 30 men, charged with unlawfully transporting dynamite, was af-| code In the last ten years she! The defendants named in the petition are John F. Crowley, mar- artistic beauties of the new spr William — Erd, bd veal Setsts, firmed today by the United States supreme court. has seen few people and has not chandise broker, and the Virginia Street Dock and Warenouse Co. | fashions I) dealer 4 |The supreme court's decision means that Frank M. Ryan, president] jiveq the life of the ordinary wom ‘The goods complained of are canned soups and vegetables—209,000) !f we didn't have to pay for one Allen Dancock, prominent am. || of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, | anicnaliy . sha, tant. the ff of them pretty soon ' and 23 other union men convicted at Indianapolis must serve out their of the farm to attend s packages—which were brought from Camden, N. J. around the Horn ateur baseball and football ntences. : tneaduah. Twiee’ she! va ssaqui ice e| to Seattie in the steamer Santa Cecilia. er <g e Rytfie-Ratz The court refused to review the conviction, and its denial of review attle | ? 4 Fire broke out In the hold, and, all efforts to smother the conflagra Plumbing company. exhausted the defendants’ last resource Matron McGuire and «2 Star} By: tion failing, chemical fire extinguishers were used. The fire was final John Kinder, president of the 1] SS See ae Tete ea —————— | reporter, she told her side of the e ly put out by flooding the hold with salt water athe Kinder Construction company. jase in full | Heat caused many of the cans to swell, and the chemicals and! The apeara 7c) » White William Shields, president of . She revealed the lonely life of a| water have started rust and corrosion in the tin, render ng the whole! ni1) renowned baritone, at the Met] the Shields Lye company. spi ah ay the mills yearuie, Eee | SACRAMENTO, March 9.—Shem Adams declares, unfit for human consumption. — : ropolitan theatre Saturday night George Goerner, president of b } | lessly for years for the love of man-/iff Dave Ahern at noon today af ason to believe,” said Adams today, the consignee | was a triumph the Holstein Commission com She did not plead for sympathy. nounced to District Attorney Wach= {intended to market the goods. Nevertheless, they 4 fit and should ; pan P for & Square | horst that he was no longer able be destroyed. There have been many Instances 4 goods L. P. Ruff, buyer for the Sim Se rile be __|to handle “General” Kelly's unem= | similarly damaged, have been cleaned and relabeled arketed TALKS OF K OFC mons Hardware company little baby Agnes | pioyed army of 1,200 men, marche The practice is eextremely dangerous, as bright new labels . . Benjamin Weatherly, sales eu her lap. jing from San Francisco to Wash: | eee, paige hesccuere parte eal ere ten t . ti thol nab Chief Claude Bannick will resign t nal Peecatliag tea |ington. He asked that the state ‘ ing. Comme g the Cathol Allen Dow, salesman. inight Bunda March 1 as \teade ho Gefinite selec:| 4 min she insisted | mifitia be ordered out to aid him« I It has been reported to Prosecutor White that 10 cases of the goods tutions {tn Seattle, Dr. Samue Bert Crouch, salesman papa ball Hiram C. Gill be 5 eles , in wo erent | At noon District Attorney Wach= i ; ped out of Seattle, as samples, before the seizure Koc bbi of Temple De Hirsch. John Chasnoff, publicity agent eae ee Si has it te that whil Raby can't go bye-bye, now.” | horse a formal request on We hb ve had difficulty,” says White, “in finding any one who will| ad ire wed an-cnth 1 < nee John Day, insurance agent age send Saas Chie Bakeuave iaatas a 568 gh —— Ma can't 0" Johnson to place militia im know ledge ownership of mem : . Thomas Shyne atin * ale soa. Mayor |Enenedtor 2¢ike Powerk had: been pe - pray” teed harge of the situation, The gove @ There are in the consignment i at the ne ard J.T. Haehlen. Cotterill will exe the duties of most frequently mentione eith Loc said Mrs. Werner &8/ernor refused. ¥ 1,030 cases (48 cans to the case) of Campbell's soups. Union st., Sunday. Ed Wells. “oo ahd ar Will recalve ‘ppointment. | 28e clasped the child to her breast.| Members of the army threatened Gam 435 cases of vegetables. In correctional wor EEE, e h 4 herenmaT tacos : She is my ba rling. Do I look] trouble after a clash this f s i“ ¥- the conduct of orpha: Catt At noon Monday, March © same rumor has it that Cap-| jie a women Who has killed the} f his morning 737 cases of “Old Homestead” corn. jth . \ club's bevesatery tetidiag with the} hora say tain Stew is. . Heine > a ho ha between 200 special deputy sh lolic institutions are unexcelled in| Cl ven-story building with the | Gill's appointee, whoever may |tain Stewart is being favorably | rather of her children? No! No! pecia puty sher- 211 boxes of corn starch (3 dozen packages to the box). olic institutions ar | Boktmen's: bas the ound | be. . ‘od Bannick | considered | father o childrer ‘ ©!" lifts and t marchers, who Tha 1,165 cases of pork and beans. Jour city,” Dr, Koch told his} (emt dan vical Gadeiaek tht ts Dowonge at hog peniilon as! Gill himedif 1s noncommittal | Says She Is Innocent | barricaded themselves on a sands The pork and beans are on the Alaska-Pacific dock, Tacoma, Aji} hearers. ing structures. in : tiicarve nahee nie re ciate ided to the truth | lot on S. P. property, the rest are on the Virginia st. dock « ven had been recov-| to the of id e| General” Kelly, William Thorne THERE IS ENOUGH FOOD IN THE CONSIGNMENT TO PRO. HEM r Three of them were {dentl real murderer of my husband will! and “Roughneck” Teesdale, leaders VIDE A SQUARE MEAL FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN KIND OF T be caught. When I come up for]of the men, were placed under af im SEATTLE in ac were missing, and it was oe Ate the test I know I wil found in-] rest _—— — Rew ——— SMYRNA, Del., March 9.—Charles | assumed thelr corpses were buried = nocent and that some day soon I/ Although Thorne attempted te NOT so FAST! i y, a farmer, wants some one/in the ruins, which were too hot COMES UP TODAY «Anne Clarke 38, in Los ean go back to my children, J arouse } 3 when the: ” ! © rob his chicken house. When fo thorough seareh ngeles on a charge obtaining n e publi find out} lice squad ve into sight, there HE WASN'T HUNGRY | ite to rob his chicken house, When pa ore og ga See ree agstne ee OMENS WUGR, Stee “heopie, will: Teara lene terete ape a THIS TIME, MAYBE! n visited by « thief and a dozer St. Paul, genera it WEL RHTANOIT Sicha his fo ee, ae, rom ah attempt to | Mat, Baye my Own side Bi Haieed | officers armed with Gi ASHINGTO March 9.—Mra telleve m¢ said John || of his prize fowls stolen, he found d Motor com er Me ip tom the Aleawat commit suicide in the Plan he. | OOM ‘et Want “8 . le folks bie and riot clubs, a Ida L. McNabb 4, Milwaukee, , & husky machinist, yer purse containing $90 in cash whict F. Measler, 4 Jun, | COMterenee Sekeet ne SSRN) Cel Tae BY. and Stewart st, yeat walt until the end before they de! ants charge the leaders "ea fea ra la al apt. PTE eets tire takicts Alten sobuar Bad est in bib haste who jumped from n fourth bill Is expected to be taken up here | terday cide | am a bad woman. wi ney sons fing sek Lane at 23rd av. and Jackson at window aud died on ‘way to|*is afternoon and passed. | She ‘was taken to her room by) , "Tt te true, my hushand was mur of other members of the iim re . » cops and detectives we hospital ; Ww ee et dee Speed soe) ae or Ds * ive ne ph Jones to pack her nt d pave een marie ™ : army were arre sted on John B 4 Mich mine ¢ faetio ase . iled on the Mexican situation, the trunk, and tried to swallow bichlor-| tortured for years, and m still] warrants, which also charged eae Now, beca Kin thinks she seid ag srg ety 1 Gould po THEY DISAGREE Begins With Explosion vote may be deferred until Tues-| ide of mercury tablets alive. It is a wonder that I am, grancy has another think cor she hae || three of ‘em every day for eee BPA ie ag) ecards hel eared ed though | Plan to Send 'Em Back 1 ‘ : breakfast The Open Forum Sunday adopted | shortly r midnig The flames During years of hard work and| All were taken to the county jail sued him for $ Jama te Detective. W. B. Kent, sitting J), resolution condemning the Rev. Spread with frightful speed, qui ’ slavery all the love | have ever] If was proposed to give the men her pocketbook. || opposite the man, wart hie A hews, D. D.. for bis in. lY cutting off the Fourth street known was my love for the chil-| trar tation to San Francisco. t ie i or oy spl re oft a heey i w in the New York Times | escape dren. Some folks, when they get The first real trouble came 3 eo, ait rine Lackey was sdout and | criticising Gen, Caminetti, immigra Slide From Windows | FAIRBANKS, March 9,—Judg Like vig Pitta rene, Sey want.| ‘when a policeman attempted he he want sovaatd attne rete tion commissioner, for what he said! (Guests crowded to the windows.| ~ Said Cons ; Jame Wickersham, delegate to jon't know what that love is. || to take an American flag from rep i) 16K por Hi ppg ba add La mded to the! windows, apy RET r. W . h, March 9 The nisins. Sas leceen eaete WANTED. 17) 90. MUCH, JUST| an agitator. He was surround. , : f office of commissioner of public rinnlly epubl s 4EN THEY| ed and was rescued with dif. flo 0 men slid down a rope of| safety in vacant tod pol Originally « republican, Wicker with dif. twisted clothing to tha toot of oe | tarety, ig vacant to ay, th resign: «ham later ered (sain the TELL SOME MAN THEY WILL] ficulty by a cordon of police. adio g building ion of Commissione srodeck | Roosevelt pre es. He says . Ax handles and riot stocks were Y Reh at in nee iding’s er | Saving been accepted hat cas chives gested to ‘thi dane People who criticise me now| used freely E re Pag ae dle tok dager His resignation, however, has not | cratic party he demo-| don't stop to think that I was only be collapsed upo' 1© bank on the laden pacified the recallers, and the peti 16 years old when [ married an { ound floor, burying the vaults.|tions for the recal , | pricon: { Ce a> ‘ ® for the recall of Mayor Chris Learn bookk ana/my husband was 4 si 3th440 In currency and S27. t64| veneer, au Commisatone ‘Thom LRM hae en ASS | iggy avOuaR Kove, Her QUEAK |G { M ' and $27,464) son are still in cireulation aay “He was past the loving stage 2° in apectle | ns: a ent 5 Rom K? I ; i}. nciney. hie would not in the King county jail now ele a! ——— a ere m= rs — | He did not know what T craved for . Sg ; ) , ge es ‘ithe a Damage |s $250,000 ’ — —— Rut I married him and for reasons Oleg ) j | g him a jail term because he committed the crime of being) The first report was that Rickey |f| that concern no one. I tried to “hnny Meuse, : broke Killed by jumping from a win iil A SAI E OF | REES love him and wanted him to love! (— ¥ dis- I other crime. Hi late i lean The state has no case to| dow, but the firemen said later they | ff] f) me, but he didn’t Pit A ER se , , : found his corpse burning in bed | he years have been lonesom ~ i ite merely wants him as a itness against someone else And | : % exam ' , x Chief Swingley placed the damage out there on tha 1 orke A CRACKER —— re ! ut that other man’s trial, Joe Kaufman is kept in jail Phat | at $250,000. “wiskotti 9 L WERS in the fields i ; Lape : . oes Ban REL es o ru) r ott ' h crime, is out on bond. Kaufman didn’t have $250 to put up in the horses on the plow. I cut the INE MEIGAT OF | wal bond | Bonnell’s Nursery, located at East Galer st. and Inter- hay with a scythe and helped with ie vata Phere 4 ically wrong about thi ASKS DIVORCE | taken Boulevard, find themselves with too much stock jf] ail the chores and men’s work be ‘ g n sides, caring for my four little ¢ David in j 1 sesame to a man’s liberty? Is human freedom to be weighed on Hand for this time of year. ‘To reduce stock to the |}\Gron’as they came te um tt “= il d@, gold Charging her husband, Frederick |) proper level they have reduced prices to a most unusual hard to bear, 1 tell you, i their to blame R. Holt, a steel worker, beat her/f) extent. ‘This sale comes at a most opportune time for Couldn't Leave Farm ‘ ost of Jeruelly while drunk, Mrs. Anna 1 5 I tried to get away f que n that might well take up the thought of honest minded lawyers| Mary Holt filed sult for divorce to-|f} SPS 1 inting. Full details in the la ad on page § simatie bo’ Ret: away fron 4 F. nd. indce . eliness a es, but he has and judges, day in the superior court. | ways objected to my leaving the | ° eo °