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

> Ax GUARANTEED PAID CIRCULATION 90,000 COPIES DAILY SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, DEC. 26, 1914. The Seattle Star The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News VOLUME 16. WEA ON THAINS AND NEWS STANDS, Se ONE CENT 1118 p.m. IGH EDITION THER FORECAST—Rain TIDES AT SHATIU h int |'GIRL OF 22 IS ARRESTED f st Asks Doctor, Am I Black or Whit + ‘ 5 Alma Boone, bundle wrapper in a Seattle department store, _IN SEATTLE MURDER PLOT a 2S AS TP SP AS CE TT Se © Seattle Girl, Accused by Husband, se eet ” * * “* e? | eet ~ te et “Bride Without a Race” Hurls a Riddle at Noted Scientists; Handsome and Popular Young Woman Sud- denly Finds Herself an Outcast From Society When Husband Sues Her for Divorce; She’s Going to Tell Her Story to Star Readers. By Idah McGlone Gibson FHETROIT, Mich, Dec. 26—"AM I WHITE?" Barred from the luxurious home of her husband of one year, humiliated before her society friends, Mrs. Alma Boone Little, wife of Arthur Little, son of a wealthy physician here, flung this question into the face of SCIENCE! BLACK OR “We have applied all the tests known to anthropology andl | | replied Dean Vaughn of the University of Michi-| . E. E. Case, “and we think you free from colored but we cannot make affidavit to it.” _ Crushed, Mrs. Little returned to take up the battle anew! Today all Detroit—from slum kitchens to drawing-rooms —fings with the story of the BRIDE WITHOUT A RAC “And the woman without a race,” cast from the surround: ings upon which she had gained so firm a footing, sits by the hour sagt her lawyers, trying to prove that she has no negro in her veins, while her husband goes about the routine of business. ‘The romance of the fashionable Littles goes back to the time when : fell ‘with Arthur Little, then a humble drug clerk. thir But the story of this woman's life overbalances {n its thrilling de mere romance of Arthur Little and his wife! her ability to prove that her father and mother were le and descendants of the pioneer, Daniel Boone, ie not the daughter of a Cincinnati negress and as alleged by Mr. Little in court recently, depende ippiness, the fulfillment of her LOVE and her right Detroit society—among bP : friends. undertaken this task with a =m heart of the which made her a patieh.in a reached . Where Mrs. Little says she was bord, Protective association of that city has headed a movement Little prove her case when it comes up, in the spring. inner details of this amazing expose of a woman's soul in Mrs. Littie’s own words, prepared especially for thie ago : i re Fs HE itt § H eoreee it came out that Mr. L/ tle declined to live with 57 g ger. by explanation, she says, his lawyer offered her $60, of Mr, Little, if she would go “quietly out of her husband's pressed for a specific reason, it was claimed that Mrs. Little ing money to « negress in Cincinnati. Little began action against her husband for her rights charge was made that Mrs. Little was “tainted with col- i, 4 a iil eft i i Littie, who claims George and Florence Boone as her says that her mother died when she was six weeke old, y she was cared for by a colored woman by the name of who had been the midwife in attendance on her he has the support of Judge O. N. er, chief counsel for the Western Federation of says he knows that Mrs. Luelia Wade adopted a mes Smith, a musician of Denver; Mre. Mary Cody sister of “Buffalo Bill,” and Bradford Decker, her son, they remember the adoption also. Boone is described as a woman of marked features of Scotch 7. . _ We had a good time - ining when she was a 1 ar-old schoolgirl of the most emo tlonal type, to the day when her husband ordered her from his home, this ‘woman's story reads like a work of fiction. ‘Gbe has plunged the plummet of human sorrow and happiness to their greatest depths! And about her clings the great “AM 1 BLACK OR WHITE mystery of her birth— The “BRIDE WITHOUT A RACE” has written her own personal story, especially for The Star. It is an narrative, a story of the deepest human interest. | the first chapter in The Star tomorrow. CHIEF HELPS US PLAY SANTA FOR J “By Fred L. Boalt ‘The “littie-chirsney kids” have had their Christm: We entertained at Dreamiand yesterday afternoon 3,500 “littie- coy” kids,” and nobody knows how many mothers, fa- thers, big sisters and brothers, aunts, uncles and cousins. Every “little-chimney kid” went ' away with an armful of toys, fruit! and candy. They had a good time | But- We're giad that Christmas comes but once a year. Joe Schermer, of Dreamland, we Jearn by phoning bis horfe, is all in Crawford EB. White, who was our Santa Claus, lost half his whiskers.) The firemen's id tooted Itself in its several faces. Even the big tree seems to droop with weariness ° se Cynthia Grey had charge of the “extra specials.” The “extra spe cialis” were for the poorest little boys and girls—the dolls so big they wouldn't fit into the paper sacks the dolls’ beds, the dolls’ dressers sideboards and refrigerators, the ‘wheelbarrows, the story books. _ Among these “extra specials” were some jumping-jacks. Now, these jumping-jacks were very extra _ “CHIMNEY KIDS” special. For they were not bought atastore, They were whittled with infinite skill and patience by a rag getty old man whose only tool is a| Jackknife. | “0. Chief of Police Lang had charge of the fruit cake We didn't know he w: to do It, He help, and we And the first thing we knew he was handing out fruit cakes, and saying, “Here's a nice fruit cake, little girl.” “Have a fruit ind “Won't you have madam, for the The chief stuck until! th: et “little-chimney kid” had passed and the last fruit cake of the 1,000 was gone. eee Speaking of fruit cake, it was H J. Titus, the N, P.'s Great, Big, Bak ed Pot Titus, with his right bower, Tobias, was on hand Titus’ and Tobias’ self-imposed job was to correct such Iittle injus- tices as came to their notice and as are bound to oceur on oceasiona | of this kind “Oh, dear,” sighed a tired wom. (Continued on | | | Man, who gave them. And| Mrs. Aima Boone Little Posed for This Picture Especially for The ra ar TO BOMBARD TURKISH PORT ad threatened bombard the Turkish port of Tripoli. The threat, according to the cable advices, wae made follow- ing an attack by Turks on the crew of an American mer- chantman upon which French and British residents were pre- paring to depart. Secretary of the Navy this afternoon cabled Capt commanding the Daniels The cruiser North Tennessee 0 Carolina and U.S. THREATENS (BATTLE AT NIP UPRISING — | state department said the forces of | | Oman, | exhaustion. Armored cruiser | clothing or food stuffs to donate to North Carolina, for an explanation, | this worthy purpose are anked to} the | phone Ballard are at Betrut| will call for whatever contribution NES, THE Wire HAS DEEN OUT OF TOWN FOR A FEW DAYS VERA CRUZ IN THE BUD IN battle for control of Vera Cruz, Mex., was believed by government e4 MANILA, Dec. 26—Kight Fil ipinos were under arrest here to officials to be in pro Late advices battle, ten miles west of Vera Cruz,| ‘4 and the arrest of more was and that the Carranzistas were pre.| considered likely {n connection paring to retire to thelr main de- | with what appears to have been a fennes. * concerted attempt at a local native ANT FOOD uprising Thursday, FIREMEN W |'tt ta said army officers were | warned in advance, the number of The Ballard fire department | conspirators being placed at 10,000. which has done much to relieve suf| ‘The attempt was n complete fiasco, however, native gatherings fering among destitute families in | the North End, reports its store of | being quickly dispersed in various | places: | food and clothing rapidly nearing Today, from all indications, the Persons who have old authorities have the situation in} hand | The plot is attributed to the ac! tivities of Artemio Ricarte, a Fil ipino now in exile in Hong Kong the contending Carranza and Villa factions were locked in a terrific 2760. The firemen | you have to make. WHY THE SECOND AVE. LANDLORDS HERI landlords who are try ing, The Star believes, to act on the square are some Second a In pub : following list of landlords on downtown Second The does not mean to brand ev named as a grasping, g dy vulture The Star will be glad to hear f any honest effort mac ke the rental problem less a burden than it is today Northwest corner of Second ave. and Pike, Sarah Adt and Judge George E. Donworth; northeast cor- ner, People’s Savings Bank. Block between Pike and Union, on the west side, William Pitt Trimble, Thomas M. Greene and Frank McDermott; on the east side, Henry B. Cabot, as trustee, John B. Agen, Shafer Bros., Margaret L. Denny and M. & K. Gottstein. Block between Union and University, on west side, Mary A. Denny, David Whitcomb and Arcade Realty Co.; on east side, Estabrook Investment C6; Daniel Kelleher, Samuel Rosenberg and Emily T. Walker. Block between University and Seneca, on west side, estate of Caroline K. Galland and Amos Brown estate; on east side, John J. Ferguson, Sanderson- Redfield Investment Co., Ed Sweeney & Co., Corliss P. Stone estate and William Williamson. Block between Seneca and Spring, on west side, Puget Mill Co., Amos Brown estate and Emily T. Walker; on east side, David R. McKinley, W. R. Ballard and J. A. Baillargeon. Block between Spring and Madison, west side, William Minot, Jr., & Co.; east side, Emily T. Walk- er and the Leary estate. Block between Madison and Marion, west side, Emily T. Walker and Judge Thomas Burke; east side, American Savings Bank & Trust Co., Judge Burke and Ed Sweeney. ‘ G. Poncin, William F. Epler, W. R. McDonald and Henrietta M. Haller estate; east side, J. M. Colman & Co., August Mehlhorn and Charles Williams. Block between Columbia and Cherry, west side, Walter R. Hinckley, C. J. Erickson Investment Cc Union Savings & Trust Co.; east side, Chas. A. W liams and the Dexter Horton estate. Block between Cherry and James, west side, Business Property Co. and Henry H. Schoenfeld Co.; east side, Mary A. Evans, Hamm-Schmitz Land Cc Thompson estate. Block between James and Yesler, west side, Col- lins estate; east side, John B. Agen, Hamm-Schmitz Land Co. and Burns Lyman Smith. lishing th ave Star ery one ma Ed Sweeney’s One Reason Why Rent Figures Stay High Second avenue property is valuable, of course, even though the present owners or their im- mediate ancestors bought the land for a song, and their in- vestments have been paid over and ov ain, dozens of times, in renti The easor of King county thie year piaced a valuation of $4,000 a front foot for inside property on S ond * ments are based on this esti- mate. The landlords have been collect ing liberal returns on these valua tions from the ground floor space alone. That has been the trouble. The greedy landlords have mad¢ the merchants occupying ground floor stores pay them a profit on the entire value of the property, sc that returns obtained from upper stories would be largely clear gain $3,000 Building on $72,000 Lot. This is truer of old rickety houses than of the new buildings, But the owners of new buildings have by YOU SEE 1 HAD A STAG POKER PARTY OUT To THE HOUSE LAST NIGHT E rece WAS LAST NIGHT, | She Won’T it, either. Taking the assessor's figures for the real value (not merely the as. |sessed valuations, which are only one-half the real value), the 18-foot front property occupied by the Mi’ jler Trunk Co., at 904 Second ave., | represents a value of $ The improvements on the prop erty are worth next to nothing, Th | “improvement” is so ancient that 1! months ago a bold health inspector attempted to have the building con | demned as insanitary torn up, and insanitary matter that jhad seeped under the building through the years was covered up with lime. Miller Must Foot Bill. The “building” was thus allowed to escape condemnation by the health board Adding about $3,000 as the value “building,” you have a tota’ )0 as the value of this prop. of of erty And the Miller Trunk Co. store must yield a rental to give Ed | Sweeney, the landlord, a good re WELL THAT ~ KNOW IT Floors were! NES, BUT, SOME of THE | J BUNCH ARE STILL OVT .J/THE PARTY ~ THERE ASLEEP \ one PS TODOOM With Mre. Luell * on Quong Chew, 30, a well-known Chinese merchant, culminated in the murder of Chew at the Milwaukee hotel, King st. and Sixth ave., and the arrest early Saturday morn- ing of Mrs. Goldy; her hus band, Vernon L, Goldy, 23; L. F. Oesear, a Canadian iron- and Serafine Villafior, a Filipino. Chew was beaten over the head with the edge of a shoe brush and this caused the fatal blow. He was also covered with numerous other wounds, Cc was found by Patrolman iser, who was attracted by s which he mistook for “fire” e turned in the fire alarm and rushed into the building Officer Finds Girl Chew was still conscious. Taken to the city hospital at 10 o'clock Friday night, he called for Patrol. man Guy Carleton, who, he said, accused of being in the conspiracy against bim. jafter locating her in a rooming er arrests followed | According to Chew's statement to the police, the Filipino had seen him earlier in the dey and in’ Sires e Milwaukee hotel In room 22 He herdly had place when a man jumped out the clothes closet and claimed to be the girl's husband. Say Murderer Confesseo Another man appeared, and when Chew stepped out into his own room, he was struck with the shoe brush and attacked also with another blunt instrument. he said, and this was missing, 1e police accuse inflicting the fatal wound, and of the murder from him, K. Gomi, proprietor of the Mik waukee hotel, identified Ocesear and Mrs. Goldy as the man and woman who rented room from. him Friday morning. | sic ¢y or the men leave through the front office, The police believe they left by the fire escape. The Fill- pino was arrested in his own room jin the hotel, | Arrested With Husband | With her deseription as given by Chew, Patrolmen Carleton and Gel- ser and Detectives Majewski, Hum- phrey and Jones and Sergeant Keefe started on the search of Mra, Goldy. They succeeded in obtain- ling & further clue from a taxi driver, |who took the woman and her com- panions from the southern part of town north on First ave. | When she was located, about 1 ja. m., three hours after the mur der, she was arrested together with her husband and Oesear. The re- mains of blood-siatnet and muddy jelothing were also found by the po |lice, it is alleged | LER STORE ALONE. That's why Miller pays $600 a month rent. He pays for the taxes on $75,000 worth of property. pays for Sweeney’s rental agents. And he | pays, In addition, over 7 per cent \interest on the value of the land |and the “building.” | He pays Ed Sweeney an income of 7 per cent on tho total of $75,000, Not merely on Sweeney's own in. vestment, mind you! Sweeney dic not Invest $75,000 in th; 18-foot house at First and Battery, the othe ~ Chew obtained a room next doom 7 aim to have obtained a confes- © piece of property by several mara- \ no means been consctentious abontturn on that valuation—THE MIL- | thon blocks. (SEE, | WAS A | COMPLETE would know the woman whom he | Carleton immediater — ly set out to find Mrs. Goldy, and, 7 He had | Oesear with ~ Gomi did not see either Mrs. Gok —