The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 26, 1914, Page 1

- MORE THAN | 45,000 PAID COPIES DAILY TIME BETWEEN Los Angeles and Seattle cut down five hours by new train time card, Makes it easier for people to come to a real live city. ee VOLUME 16 ) TAY OFF THE SOFT STUFF PAL ~ YOUSE GETTING ME DON'T LET ‘EM KID YOU ON ANY VULGAR DISPLAY A TEMPTATION FOR THE ALONG WITH HOLD UP MEN ~ YOU WHEN You 80 GUT OUT GO OUT AFTER TEMPTATI: DARK — 2 The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News ~~ THIS HINKY DINK THING! GFATILE used to havea city council elected by the ward Under that system the municipal light and power project was Sede and started. Bonds were sold—but they were never retired. the city sinking fund for one thing or another. And there * * ® ” * * thing left to pay off the:bonds when they fell due. jound Affairs were in a di state. straightened out again. * e* © 8» H Seattle began to elect its councilmen at large. The new regime light and power company $300,000 in debt to the city sink- with the elimination of log-rolling politics in the council, things , yesterday, Councilman Erickson introduced a bill for payment of $50,000 on the first $400,000 bonds issued to establish the municipal ht project. LE He announces the remaining bonded indebtedness can be off at the rate of $50,000 yearly. The $300,000 indebtedness to the sinking fund has been reduced to approximately $180,000, and is being ug up at the rate of $25,000 a year. Financial affairs at the city hall are in better shape than for years. ss * © © # And now, under the new city charter, which will be submitted to Se- attle voters June 30, it is proposed to return to the days of ward counci men and ward politics. And the charter proposes to have THIRTY OF And THESE COUNCILMEN this time. The Star has faith in the reasoning powers of Seattle voters. The Star believes __The Star believes they will never stand for it. CONSIDINE TALKS HIS WAY OUT OF IT John W. Considine, jr, was on Considine, backed by Hugh Chil- trial today in Judge Gordon's| berg, who was with him, sald their court, charged with speeding. speedometer registered 15 miles. Backing bim was his father and/He sald there were workmen on relatives, besides several friends. the bridge and old women picking John W., jr., testified that one|up chips at the farther end, be- Johnson, a policeman, was ob-| #ides old planks In their road, mak noxious to him, for the reason that | ing It impossible for them to speed Johnson had declared several Dickenson didn’t remember the times in the past that he was go-|men or the old women or the ing to “get” him old_ planks “Yeh,” said John W., jr. swing-| The young fellows said they | ing his legs as he sat {n the wit-|were arrested at 4:45. The offi néss stand, and grinning at the big) cers sald it was 5:45. cop, “he's been after me for I don't | know how long. He says he’s just | Van Ruff insulted as good as Considine. I don’t| City Attorney Van Ruff sald 8. know why he’s got it in for me.|E. men quit work at 6. Fred Ly I've got nothing against him. Once|ons, nervously rubbing his chin, he pulled a gun on me.” kept interrupting. Arrested for Speeding | “I want a Ittle courtesy from | All the neidine rooters, includ-| you,” sald Van Ruff, “This testi ing Lawyer Fred Lyons grinned.| mony may be important to the de Considine was arrested May 6 by | fense, but {t's no occasion for an Motorcycle Patrolman Dickinson, | insult after the offic ‘ 1 him Beg pardon, beg pardon,” sald several block 0; from | Lyon Madison park to the cit Tae Whew ithe epecd ttinit wie Johnson Considine’s auto} 15 mile was traveling miles an hour. Oh-h yes ald J jr Dickenson followed it with his How many tim: bee motorbike across the Madison st boulevard | up for speeding Johnny arched ‘ore his brows and | trtea to think. Forfeited Hi had fo you? Johnny couldn't remember I've never had any trouble with anyone but Johnson,” he added hastily Aw,” said Van Ruff. Then he showed that every one of the sev eral times Johnny has been in the tolls before Johnson had nothing to do with the arrest. In the end, Judge Gordon scratched and shook his head, and dismissed the case. He said it was fearfully tangled, but that the weight of testimony was with the defense. Nobody Goes to Jail K. M. Matsu wae going slow his auto when he passed a street car taking on pas gers at Third and Cherry, but it cost him $10 in police court today. A Japanese, whose name nobody could pronounce, was fined $20 for the same offen: Russel Chesley speeding Nobody was sent to jail JACOB RIIS DIES BARRE Riis died Bail it a $20 You didn't to ball in paid $20 for Ma May 26.--Jacob 8 afternoon of heart dis ner home 8 sum here. Horace Roane has narrow escape }from death under hoofs of horses in collision | tims. 1 jand drunk, SEATTLE, WASH., BLVE PRINT NOZ coaT AND CONTENTS TO SAVE TIME THE PLACE WHERE vou THUGS MAKE | THEMSELVES © RIGHT T0 HUM HERE, B’GOSH! Seattle's knights of the gat and! the sandbag had thelr Bam ast night. ew ptey ‘entry appear the heads of our po! Hugh Conrad was one th their vie- He doesn't know how It hap- jpened and he can't remember what | the three men looked like who jim-| | mied his pocnet, but he lost $18.65. | E. Evnneci told the police with a} tear in his eye that he had Just) come to town and was on his way to! the Chicago house. He stopped two |men and asked them where it was. Victim Is Choked y hooked t Then they cooks | three blocks. him, beat him and robbed bim of $10 and a watch. Evnnect was found, badly beaten |M@érona and Madison parks com | nection with the death of Florence with the law requiring them to | | Bentley, 20, Reginald Barr. on by the police. They didn’t get $9.5 He, he, he!” chuckled the station, grinning at the officers through swollen eyes. Woman Is Attacked A Mrs. Schwartz, 1627 Terry av. complained to the police iast night that a man called at her house and asked for food. She cooked him a meal, but he refused to eat it and asked for money instead. She said she had none. Then, she says, he | struck her, knocked her into a cor- | per, and beat it.” Charles R. Carleton of Newcastle, Wash., staying at the Star hotel, 507 5 afternoon, on some street south of Yesler, while bound for the de by two men, who d dragged him into an alley, then extrac $45 and a watch from his poc see thelr faces | Rob Home of Judge The home of Judge Albertson, 1134 Federal av., knew the presence of the gentry yesterday afternoon, | when a young man called and told the maid he had come from Freder- ick & Nelson's to measure mat- tresses. She took him to Mrs, Albertson's room, where she left him. 4. He didn't Mrs. Albertson returned soon aft er and said no such man was due.! She investigated and found that the mattress expert had gone, j with him her jewel case, containing | about $1 Stickups Have Big Guns J. J. Umpa, Fairfield hot held up late at night on Seneca st., | between Summit and Boren, by two |men clad in long black overcoats jand armed with great, big, black | guns. They got $ book Mrs. Pat Corrigan. has trouble with her plaing that he and $14 in change and a check who sa busbar com. her gold watch stole Chin Man Kan, Chinese law stu nt, and assistant to local federal jcustoms officers, pleads gullty to smuggling charge at Los Angeles. TUESDAY, MAY 26. YOU MIGHT CARRY BLUE PRINTS OF YOUR POCKETS-AND CHARTS OF YOUR HIDDEN WEALTH AT HOME = THE FAMILY EGG VAULT AND = BOM | | renting | ha , anyway . at | fo: | count of | Lake Washington, | have been saved if gra was held up between 4 and| | THAN AN ABOUT THE CITY FOR GRAP- | the bruises on the girl's body could THE |not have caused death. taking | | WON MUST GO she | 1914, CARRY CASH— WE CANT USE * PADDED CHECKS DOME COVERS THIS METHOD FOR THE WILL SAVE YOU TIME, TROUBLE HIDE YOUR STEAKS —. kill her. kies her, but she repulsed me. waist and she pipe to stop her from ming. found myself on the road. fright, han words can tell. | would d t at | ahall meet my eweeth: }sss=<NOW THAT THUGS ARE OUT IN BUNCHES, TAKE OUR TIP; FOLLOW THESE HUNGHES, AFTER DARK AS You 60 HOME, AND A BUSTED ote Tells Story of Fight in the Woods That Led to Death of Gir! “God forgive me for causing my sweetheart’s death, We walked out there in the woods and sat down. | got excited and put my hand on her wind- She became unconscious and breathed heavily. “1 covered her up and don't remember what happened until | The girl died of elther heart failure or 1 could not have murdered hi rt in heaven.” 1 did not | tried to Then | put my arm around her | went completely out of my head. because | loved her more ind will die for her. | pray HOUSES. GIRL. CHOKED... IGNORE LAWS TO DEATH IN TO PROTECT STRUGGLE IN LIFE ON LAKE LONELY SPOT? Not one of the 14 or 15 boat-| their grappling trons for use in emergen As a result of The Star's ac the drowning of young | LaBatt and Maxwell last Friday in that might showing both youths lives of had been on the floats by law, Port Warden A. A. Paysse ison park yesterday. In not @ single boat house did he | find the irons required by law. Rather than spend a few dollars for the necessary equipment, own- ers of floats prefer to wink at the law—ANOD LET THEIR PATRONS DROWN. Rather than enforce th attle police wink at the tailure of boat house owners to provide such apparatus HOUR LOOKING PLING IRONS, WHEN EMERGENCY ARISES. When a boat capsizes and Ite oc- cupants are thrown Into the lake, the unfortunates do not walt an hour for the police to find grap- pling Irons. They do not walt for the police | to finish looking at a boat race, be- fore they yet busy at rescue. THEY JUST DROWN—THAT'S ALL. SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.— An order of deportation for Won Doo King, richest Chinese on been re- celved from ore labor. King Is known King of the Gambler: y of by Miss tab the James W Harbor, last A at | visited all the boat houses on Lake| Washington from Leach! to Mad-|hied over her body. | AND SPEND MORE) | Burgess of Seattle | charged, | CHICAGO, May 26.—After a posse ‘ablishments at Leschi,/ had hunted for him all night in con- 24, early | today either stepped or fell in front of a Burlington train at Lisle, 20 ON THAIN The Seattle Star AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST — Show. ers tonight; erate westerly winds. AND NEWS BEANIN miles west of here, and was instant-| ly killed. Miss Bentley's body was found in BE MISTAKE SECRET LOVE IF YOU DON'T WANT A SHATTERED DOM THE TIME AND mod- Wednesday fair; eee “HANDS UP" <i GETTING TO BE A REGULAR HABIT You'LL NEVER STORY BARED INOPEN COURT Doctor. Asks Judge to Put Girl Artist Who Threatened His Wife Under Peace Bond. Be y his wife, Dr. Lockhart sald he Accusations and denials of a se cret love affair between a Seattle physician and a pretty young wom- an artist’ piled up in rapid con- fusion today before Judge Ronald, when Dr, W. T. Lockhart appeared as complainant against Miss Al- berta Pennell, formerly of Moline, IL, where she first became ac- quainted with him. The young woman was arrested last February, charged with writ- ing a letter, in which she threaten- ed to kill Mrs, May Lockhart, wife of the doctor. She was placed under bond to| keep the peace in juetice court and appealed the case to the superior & secluded spot in the woods near | court Downey's Grove last night, with the face and throat bruised. Employed as Cloak Model Carl Selig, a groceryman, stum- Barr was last seen with the girl Saturday night, when she °disap- peared. Miss Bentley was employed itn Chicago as a cloak model, but lived at Downey's Grove, where she was the belle of the village. She and Barr had been sweethearts for years, but recently the girl had tired | of him Suspect She Was Poisoned An autopsy today led that | rev Coroner Hopf intends to analyze her stom- ach, believing she was poisoned. A note found in Barr's pocket tn- dicated he committed suicide, It said the girl died in his arms while he was attempting to kiss her. Whether Barr accidentally Shoked | her to death while he was trying to stifle her screams, or whether she | died of heart disease, Barr said he | did not know, Tries to Drink Poison Barr also wrote that, after finding the girl was dead he went to Aurora and bought a bottle of chloroform, “Then,” he continued, “I tried to drink the chloroform, but the bottle tipped and 1 spilled ite contents.” PAT EXPLAINS IT BY IMMERSION? NEW YORK, May 26.—Patrick Calhoun, former president of the —_— United Railroads of San Francisco. The Baptist colportage cruiser admitted here today he wu. Robert G. Seymour was christened | $1,096,000 company money as but asserted it was spent Hall|to expand the corporation's inter- | este outside of isco. was spread’ry Says Wife Discovered it Dr. Lockhart admitted on the | stand that her arrest followed the discovery made by his wife that he| and the young woman were on friendly terms “My life is surely worth $25,” read the letter from Miss Pen- nell to the doctor. “I will blow my head off instead of asking my people for money. | expect you to stand by me. | am so amazed at you, Bill. 1! will kill May, as | understand she has piped to Jack." After the discovery of his affair } | { | asked Miss Pennell to leave towm “It would be easier to patch up © |things at home,” he explained, Judge Becomes indignant you,” said Judge Ronald. As repeated denials came up, the judge became indignant and took the case from attorneys, question- ing all witnesses vigorously. You mean it would be easier for” “I intend to go to the bottom of ,this case and will not stand for |any foolishness,” said Judge Rome ald sternly Policewoman Mary Brown said |she saw Miss Pennell in her aj ments and made arrangements for her to go to Los Angeles. Attorney to Give Money =~ The witness admitted, after @ command by the court, that Lockhart's attorney was to ful money for transportation. Miss Pennell denied on the stand any improper relations the physician, declaring that hi admissions were untrue. She said she met him in Moline about ten years ago and had come West to work in his office. She said she was sorry she wrote j the letter and that she did not ine tend to harm anyone, The court will decide whether @ peace bond is now necessary. CAMPBELL MILL DOOMED: OTHERS ARE THREATENED Fire whic hthreatens the entire destruction of Ballard’s lumber mill district broke out in the yards of the Campbell Mill Company, at 26th N. W. and Shilshole av., at 12:40 today. At 1 o'clock a second alarm was turned in, and practically all of the apparatus in the North End had as- semble to fight the conflagration. At 1:30 the Campbell mill was doomed. the flames to other lumber A high wind yards. Half a dozen plants are in the path of the fire. The loss to the Campbell Mill Company probably will jrun into the hundreds of thousands. VERA CRUZ KIDS ARE SORE; GEN. FUNSTON STARTS SCHOOL BY FRED L. BOALT | ide towards the American occu. VERA CRUZ, Mex., May 20. pation was like that of Am an Gen. Funsto has few friends | children who air among the youth of Vera Cruz. Goody gC ! Teacher's Not only did he reopen the dead! public schools on May 11, but be The Mexican school has no now says he fears the regular | playground. It 1s bullt around a Jane examinations may be de- rt where a fountain plays, layed a week or two. where trellised roses climb and The youth of Vera Cruz had where prim little girls and sedate little boys sit in recess time In the phade of an orange tree, get- tng their lessons. figured on a summer vacation of indefinite length. Kids being | kids wherever found, their atth chool over, they march decor. from the butiding round the corner, they mantle of decorum, become joyous young say ages You will find among them all the school boy and girl types known in the States. Nata There is at the Diligencta hotel an American planter who has a | black—a very black—eye, It looks Itke any other black eye. But nowhere in the world ably io there a black eye so significant as this one, Or so, at least, it seems to me eon soaked him in the eye with a cluster of knuckles. The damned scoundrel saw was packing to quit the country the planter explains, “For the life of me I can’t see what he had it In for me for. It was his last | chance, so he up and punched | me, That, however, is merely the planter’s way of looking at it You can hardly expect him to « clearly through a blackened It and his feeling sore . a Every where is popular in the world there discontent, if discon. tent can be said to be popular There is also a growing hunch that most of us are not getting all that is coming to us, This discontent sion In many ways Great Britain has Lloyd-George finds expres- and his land tax Portugal and China recently Kicked their rulers off their thrones and the people took into their own hands the reins of gov. ernment Italy and Spain may soon en- Joy a similar experience, In Colorado the miners went to war with the militia, And in Mexico a peon hits a planter in the eye. They want the land, these peons. They are inarticulate, dumb, They have been starved, whipped, kept in ignorance, led by the nose. Their reasoning processes are curious and slow. But they want the land. Ask any soldier of Villa the rebel what he is fighting for and he will answer: “To get the land.” ! He Is trying with his rifle to do what Lloyd-George with his land tax is accomplishing In England—bresk up the big ee tates. The rebels are in the north. But their faces and their rifles are turned toward the southland. AND IN THE SOUTHLAND A PEON DARES TO FLING A CLUSTER OF KNUCKLES INTO THE FACE OF HIS MASTER, 1G