The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 23, 1914, Page 1

sa MORE THAN 45,00 PAID COPIES DAILY Washington rancher ate w knife, Wife objected, Helen Hersberg, a young enter. tainer of the Hofbrau cafe, stole stealthily from her bed at the Stan- ley apartments, 920 Seventh av. early this morning, and was just tipping a bottle containing a solu- tion of potash to her lips, when her room: » llene Gollan, an enter. tainer at the Breakers cafe, awoke with a start, sprang from bed and Struck the bottle to the floor, Miss Hersberg, trembling violent- ly, rushed to a dresser and seized a revolver. Miss Gollan screamed for help and Patrolmen G. J. Fuller and E. Yorris, who heard the com- motion, hurried to the building. “Oh, hurry, hurry; she'll kill her- self,” wailed Miss Gollan, wringing her hands hysterically. CAFE SINGER | TRIES SUICIDE ith his te with hie fingers, Still she objected, You simply can’t please some women. VOLUME 16. NO. 103. SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1914. SEAWTLE BOARD AND ROOMS WHERE HAVE | SEEN THAT FACE BEFORE | The officers, expecting at every jump to hear a shot, sprinted up the stairs and into the girls’ room Miss Hersberg was lying on the floor, but a hasty examination showed no wounds, She had fainted before she could pull the trigger of the gun. A physician, hastily summoned, discovered that she had swallowed part of the potash, A stomach pump was used to revive her, She was left in care of her chum, | The police have been unable to} learn the cause of the young wom. an’s attempt to take her life, aside from the fact that there lurks in the background of the case a vague love affair, which the girl and her friend SPEEDERS ARE SOAKED, — BUT THEY'RE NOT JAILED case! Don't let Van Ruff slip any thing over on you!” That's what Johnny Considine, dr., who ts at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Watching the training camp of the U. of W. crew, wrote to Hugh Chil- berg the other day. The case was continued to today. Today was the first “speeders’ day” under the new schedule of $5 a mile for every mile over the speed limit. There seemed no di- minishing in the number of speed- lare guarding jealously. | ers. E. F. Bower and Ed Warner were each fined $20, on the testi | mony that they rode a motorcycle |at 10 miles an hour past a sign that specified six miles at Alki point. G. Chew, a water department em ploye, also drew $20, He said he thought the roadster pursuing bi motorbike was trying to run hir down—th hy he speeded A grist of speeders will be dea with this afternoon. LAUNDRY The ward system reeked with so much GIRLS TO GET $9 A WEEK Sectte wived ic off the map four years ate OLYMPIA; June 23.—The mini- mum wage of female 1aunery work- ers was fixed today at $9 a week by. the conference consisting of rep- tives of the em- Tike first conterence, nett in| 2 Only ones who then fought for the ward ted am turned Sowa by tha Indu system were the Special Interest corporations lieved the $9 wage will be accented. ANG their tools, the ward heelerx type: of. politi- mployera, yes and public, called by the in- fier the matier This tieure was| BANK ROBBERS reached after resolutions fixing the ‘wage at $9.36, $9.12 and $9.06 had been voted down. Dear, No, a Man Isn’t Bugs Just Because He Wants Wife ‘Was he crazy just because he wanted a wife? Certainly NOT! ins on the lunacy com- PUT TO FLIGHT VANCOUVER, B. C., June 23.— With more than $20,000 in the safe and the doors of the stréng box hanging by their shattered hinges after the explosion of a charge of nitroglycerine, Police Constable Clarkson of Mission gave battle to three robbers at an early hour this morning and, in a pistol duel which followed, put to rout the yesterday afternoon. Perfectly |/cracksmen who attempted to rob natural desire—this one of a || the bank of Novia Scotia, The force man locking about for a mate. || of explosion awakened the whole Peter has been persistent in his || town, but in spite of that the rob- bers continued to work with crow- bars until the arrival of the con- ‘stable. REDFIELD ALSO SPILLS THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL CHATTER WASHINGTON, June 23.—|longer and more severely than has Strong support of President Wil- the United States—notably France, son's position that the present dull- Germany, England, Canada and Bra- ness in business !s merely psycho-|zil. Conditions in these countries logical was e today in ajcontradict the causes So sald the ys mission, which examined Peter Ostrosky and turned him loose eearch, and some anxious peo- ple feared he might be deluded. most com- statement Secretary of, monly assigned, for depression. Commerce |Germany {s the greatest trust coun “The es,” Redfield try in the world while in France sald, “w nation to enter|there are no trusts; Brazil has a the world pression. |high protective tariff, yet all these “Other nations have suffered | countries suffered.” WHATITHINK ABOUT IT “ee © Being Just One Man’s Opinion I don’t scoff at the agitation among the women’s clubs to bring about more modest dressing by women. If a re- form in dressing is needed, it’s up to the women to do the reforming. A man as a reformer of a woman's scheme of dressing is impossible. I know. I’ve tried it. But I’d like to suggest, with no offense intended, that modesty isn’t a state of dress so much as it is a state of mind. The Hottentot maiden in the middle of Africa was! modest enough when Livingston found her wearing not much more than a nose ring and a smile. For that was the c tom of the tribe and well suited to the climate of the country, and there were no slant-minded folks who saw anything out of the way in it. How it is now that white folks and railroads and civili- zation have come I really don’t know—probably more cloth- ing but less modesty. I like what I read of the talk which that chap Kneeland gave before the clubwomen in Chicago—Kneeland, you know, the vice sleuth. He wanted women to mother motherless girls, to work for better economic conditions, to teach the young the truths of life, but, above all, he urged MOTHERS TO TRAIN THEIR SONS TO HONOR WOMANHQOD. The last is something every mother can do, beginning immediately. And it will begin to take effect as soon as it is rightly started. The youngster who’s reared in a good home to respect his mother and his sisters may later slip and stumble, but he'll never entirely forget the sugges- tions of that early training. Chances are you won't see him haunting dives and street corners with his mind full of vile notions and his main con- cern to add to life’s deviltry. disguise. cians, and-the grafters. Now, the same system is again being proposed, only under a new The sporting editor said Dug, the! baseball plute, is the fattest man in Seattle. “Can that chatter,” said the) courthouse reporter, “Crawford White, deputy prosecuting attorney and majordomo of the Eagles, is| the chunkiest citizen in town.” | The city editor called Frank/ Jacobs, the photographer. ‘Get me a picture of the fattest man in town. The Star and 60) other papers in the country are) looking for the fattest man in the) country, and Seattle has some of| the heftiest citizens that grow any- where. Get out on the streets and look for the prize winner of them all. Go to the parks and to the swimming beaches. The fat man loves to swim and to loll in the \grass in summer. Find the whale of them all and bring me his pic- ture.” Jake Finds Him Everybody loves a fat man, and | Jake went about the job with a big grin spread over his face. | “I've got the gold medal prize |winner. I've found the boy who weighs more per year than any- one else in the world.” And maybe it's so. Webster Rusk, 19 rs old, who tips the beam at pounds. From all available reports, Web- ster is the champion man on the rate—AND STILL GROWING. I'd much sooner be fat than like most skinny people,” he sald. “And it doesn’t bother me a bit. I can beat most of the fellows in some e right now—walk- His name fs j kinds of exerci ing, for instan Rusk, to prove his prowess in | pedestrianism, is organizing a troop of boy scouts, which he intends to lead on a forced hike from Seattle to the Panama exposition at San Francisco, in 1915. Wears No. 5 Shoes y little thing about Rusk it. The onl is his feet. “| never wear anything but fives,” |he says. “There aren’t many skin- ny people who can beat that!” Rusk has had numerous offers from circuses, but says he i still too young to go to work, even at |the comparatively easy job of being ja human sideshow. His clothes have to be made on |a special pattern H y strengthened. He can use only re- inforced chal On a train he re- quires a full seat to himself. “There may be some older people who are fatter than I am, but I'd like to see any one of my age who lenge to the heavyweights of! America. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE FATTEST MAN; ALREADY FOUND FATTEST BOY--HE IS WEBSTER RUSK AND LIVES RIGHT HERE weighs as much!" is Rusk’s chal-| Webster Rusk, Seattle's Fat Boy Cnampton ONE CENT Siwy | THE SAME OLD WARD SYSTEM PARTY, ONLY IN A NEW DISGUISE. Attacks Woman in Home | That she was attacked in the kitchen of her home, 3602 15th avenue west yesterday aft- ernoon by an italian veg- etable peddier, who threatened her life with a long knife, knocked her into a state of in- sensibility with a heavy cane and assaulted her is the report given the police today by Mrs. M. Pennington. The police have a description of the al- | leged assailant and are making every effort to locate him. Draws Knife Mrs. Pennington was sum- moned to the kitchen door by a knock and found the man there. She refused to buy any of the vegetables he proffered, and the man then forced his way Into the kitchen and drew a long knife, with which he threatened to kil; her. Mrs. and the man struck he blow on the head with a heavy ked her, while |-unconscious cane and atti | she lay In a state. LOOKS LIKE HAT TO LITTLE GIRL: Editor The Star: My little daughter, aged 4, seeing for the first time a rooster, said: “Oh, mamma, see that chicken with a red hat on.” MRS. C. SMEED-CROSS, 3275 4ist st. 8. W., Seattle. That's short and sweet and cute YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT IF YOU READ PAGE 3 TODAY 0| The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News AST EDITION WEATHER FORECAST—Unset tled tonight and Wednesday, prob- ably showers; light southeasterly winds. EM KILLEM | Four men were uselessly \dumped into jail yesterday be- cause they had been drinking. Later on a maniac was shov- YN THAIS® AND Pennington started to scream ed into the same “tank,”’ or res ceiving room, with them. The maniac went to work. ‘ROOSTER'S COMB ‘When he was discovered he had kicked the life out of one of the sleeping men, probably fatally wounded a second and battered the other two beyond recognition. Thetragedy happened behind lconcrete walls that deadened. ana'tt yor hate anion ser the cries of the helpless vic- at your child has said, slip it to us and it will appear on this page if it is the most brilliant remark of & child received that day. T..R. NEAR HOME ON BOARD STEAMSHIP” 1M. PERATOR, June 23.—Col. Theo- dore Roosevelt, homeward-bound from Madrid and London, made a tour of inspection today of the Im- perator. He met personally about half of the crew of the great ves- sel and shook hands with the engl- neers, firemen and stokers, The spirits. ter only when he opened the door to throw in anotherdrunk. The same old-time, barbar- ous police methods of arrests ing men for trivial offenses, when they should be sent colonel was a excellent health and| Ome OF placed in the care of The Imperator will reach New| York tomorrow. WASHINGTON, June 23.—Polf | ticlans were awaiting with much interest President Wilson's reply to George W. Perkins’ statement | Monday evening, calling in ques-| tion the president's version of the} directorship .beld by Jones, one of the appointees to the | Harvester company. FROM ALL PORTS! Practically every city of impor-| tance along the Pacific coast is rep-| | resented in the conference of port authorities, which began a three-day | session in Seattle today. The meeting is being held for the pur pose of bringing about the establish-| |ment of uniform regulations at all Pacific coast seaports, | BY AUTOMOBILE Alfred Bonner, aged 9, 1421 Boren av., was seriously hurt short: ly before 12 o'clock today when an automobile driven by G. A. Bur- leigh, of 7408 E. Green Lake boule- vard, knocked him from his bicycle at Ninth av. and Pine st. The boy was hurled several feet, striking the pavement with the side of his head. Burleigh was booked at po- lee headquarters. The boy was taken to the City hospital. — CAR CASE PUT Hearing on the motion interposed in the federal court by Assistant Corporation Counsel Pierce to mod- ify the Hanfordized injunction in the Seattle, Renton & Southern case to allow the city to run cars on Fourth av., was continued until July 2 in an agreement yesterday afternoon, Continuance —_ was agreed on to allow Judge Cushman to sit with Judge sterer in the hearing of the case, TWO WILL SPEAK timer E. Todd, former U. S. at- , and Chief of Police Austin to u. posed new charter at a meeting of the Retail Clothiers’ association Wednesday noon at the Raths- keller. OPPOSE CHARTER s meeting of the con- lists at 711 Olive st Ata structive s ord as being unalterably opposed | to the proposed city charter. Sunday the members went on ree |i Sober today. of yesterday. : Nine out of every ten persons arrested in Seattle are needlessly and foolishly thrown into Thomas D.|jail because that’s the way the cops have been foteral reserve bank board in the|taught through years of improper policing in . |American cities. The Star has repeatedly pointed out the more sane and humane policy of turning drunken men and minor offenders over to they may sober up without the necessity of going to jail and facing a judge the next morning. Arthur Johnson, a young man entering the best years of his life, drank too much yesterday. the old school, called “the wagon” and another “drunk” was “thrown in the can.” Perley H. Glines, a young bookkeeper, stepped over the line and became drunk, as many men sometimes do in their lifetime. He too was found by a cop and sent down to jail to sober up. Two other men, Pat McGinn and Henry Jacobson, went the same route. Then came the maniac. If the old time, foolish police methods had not been in operation; if the four men had been OFF TO JULY 2scnt home or turned over to their friends, the maniac would have found no one for an object of his deadly rage. But the “rule of reason” established and ad- vocated by Chief Kohler with wonderful success in Cleveland a few years ago. is not in force im Seattle. The cops have not been taught that every man who walks out of the path of sober \citizens is not a subject for a cell. | The four men were taken to jail. It’s no fault of the police system here that ffiths will discuss the pro-|the four of them were not killed by the mur- derous boot of the maniac. Today Nicholas Marcott, who, while in a drunken maniac rage, converted the jail tank into a slaughter pen, sits in a solitary cell. He His victims are in the morgue and_ hospital. " Pe tims. A jailer found the slaugh- ~ friends, are in force in Seattle. ‘These same old police methods ‘THEY'RE CURIOUS are responsible for the tragedy friends or sending them to their homes, where” He encountered a cop. The officer, taught in” i ‘