The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 16, 1915, Page 1

GIRL LEAPS OUT WINDOW; ESCAPES FROM MURDERER The Seattle Star VOLUME 17. NO. 305 ATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, FEB. 16, 1915, ONE CENT 9} IGHT EDITION WEATHER FORECAST—Rain Cray 615 _p. THALNS AND AVS STANDS, Se TIDES AT SKATILE Low 124@ a m., High 19.0 ft int ft m, a1 tt WHITE GIRLS TESTIFY THEY PAID NEGRO ‘BOSS: LEAVES PEN | TO PLEAD FOR OWN PAROLE McNeil’s Island Prisoner, For- ANTI-U. S. WAVE SWEEPS OVER ALL GERMANY Taken to Frisco Court. LOVE NOTES — OF HEIRESS READ IN COURT Letters of Miss Breitung to in Evidence. Seeie:Paper Prints. Story That)... suvma on LAWIMAN ASKING $senee0 Roosevelt Is Out With Pam- phlet Urging That AmericaHelp, Allies Crush Kaiser. Third Expired. | leased Because of Sentence Has — | SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.—Ac-| _ companied by Deputy Warden! [AMBASSADOR GERARD HOPEFUL _ “ir of sever nasa prison, Fred H ERLIN, Feb. 16.—(Via Amsterdam.)—Confidence that ) jy me Angeles attor the questions in dispute between Germany and the | ney, ask the t United States will be settled satisfactorily was expressed | raat oe nb Rape icson nha = . \ is lawyer, Joh Sulllva, o today by James W. Gerard, American ambassador, accord- ; Pat te euaseren: the pasule ine ww ‘ A ; hi |mean that every exemplary pris | ing to the Lokal Anzeiger, which quotes the ambassador sg | tae ae hee slaved” Geen of saying: his sentence may petition for pa- ‘ + 4 role, aud that the granting of such As eves egg. taper parole will be mandatory on the are concern mos! calm and confidence. Disputed questions will be solved satis- parole board | {have begun to use arms and am Thompson was convicted on two By Karl H. Von Wiegand |r sion made in the United counts of accepting property that jhad been stolen from the mails by te post! clérk, and séitented to! ‘eight years in prison. | President Taft later commuted United Prese Staff Correspondent srareg. BERLIN, by Courler to Copen-| Peasants and landlords of Ba- hagen and by Cable to New York,| varia and other parts of Germany Feb. 16.—The American govern. |Tefvse to longer buy American ag ricultural implements ment, press and public apparently federal Thompson, former @ prominent 1 is here today to this sentence to four years. Last July, having served one third of hin sentence, Thompson asked for parole. This was dented, the attorney general ruling that he must serve The Berliner Zietung publishes do not realize the depth and bitter--a pamphlet which it charged had ness of the feeling that is spread- eee —s Sa foo rere +, wi ing the nm 8 es to join ing throughout Germany against) 16 atiies and crush Germany Americans Say Americans Will Fight With the German newspapers NEW BILL AIMS AT CITY-COUNTY CONSOLIDATION OLYMPIA, Feb. 16.—City and county consolidation Is pro- vided in a constitutional amend- ment to be Introduced in the legistature as a joint bill by the house and senate commit- tees on constitutional revision. This shows considerable strength for the mesaure. It will probably receive the neces- sary two-thirds vote in both houses. it will then go to the people's vote in November, 1916, | Senator Sharpstein introduced a| bill this morning to revive conven tions. His measure makes {t com pulsory for the parties to nominate candidates at conventions, but it also reserves the right of nomina tions to be made by direct primar jes, The convention will be in the nature of an advisory instruction to the party voters, and would place| independent nominees as bolters of| the party convention. | Joint committee on elties of the first class recommended a bill to deny the right of voting on bond propositions to any except taxpay- ers. one-third of the original eight} The Tageblatt reprints a dis years | publishing news to show that the patch from a British paper stating TU. S. is sidt ore and more with, that officers have resigned from " gy Gyn rid ~ 0S [the American army and are apply- the allies, and reprinting messages |in¢ for naturalization as British from English papers to indicate ex: citizens, so as to be eligible for treme hostility toward Germany. commissions in an Amertcan the people of Germany are being brigade of 2,000 troops which is seriously worked up. | being formed. Fear Serious Crisis These are fair samples of state. Officials and Americans do not/mentsa which are being published disguise their fears that some inci | and which are creating the anti-| dent may occur which will lead to! American feeling. a crisis The position of Ambassador Wounded German officers and|Gerard and Consul General Law is men openly charge the losses becoming very delicate, and both among the Germans are becoming | have been made the objects of bit much greater since the French!ter German criticisms. GERMANS TO GET LESS BEER says 11 Russian army divisions were either annihilated or badly de feated, as the result of fighting along that front It is charged in shipping circles that England may be expected de liberately to sink one or two neutral vessels after Feb. 18 in order to involve the neutrals by blaming the outrages on German submarines. 7. UNDER FIRE Always under fire, the aeroplane | boldly dropped low so as to get an sharp fusillade from the Germans trenches. At times, the dispatch says, aircraft was exposed to a sharp fusflade from the Germans but eseaped uninjured BERLIN, Feb. 16.-(By Wireless to London.)—German breweries have been ordered by the Bundes- rath to curtail still farther the use of malt in beer, so that more barley will be left for the use of the pub- Me This announcement was made by the government A correspondent for the Lokal Anzeiger, returning from the east, BELGIAN KING AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16.—A dis. patch received today says that King Albert of Belgium reconnoitered for an hour over the main line of Ger. man trenches in Belgian aéro- plane last Saturday WHO KNOWS ANNA'S UNK? WHITEFISH, Mont., Feb. 16. Anna C. Bowen of this place has searched for her uncle, Benjamin Bowen, for 15 years, She is alone} and wants to find one of a Don'T You Think SHE'S VERY PRETTY YES — WAVE YOu DANCED WITH MRS. CLARK YET? YES- 1 DANCED THE LAST OWE WITH HER. posed to Him to Strains of Big Victrola. High Jinks Folks Celebrate; ’Twas Adele’s Birthday | mer Los Angeles Attorney, | Gardener-Sweetheart Offered Argues He Should Re Re- Kliest Declares Heiress Pro-| i NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Love let: | ters penned by Mra. Max Kilent, 19, whose young husband, a gardener, ts N 000 because he took her away the 0. &. her mi naire father, E Breitung $25 alleges Breitune from him district were read in court today The love epistien were written Juliet Brettung married Kilest asserts that he was by the girl, He saya she Proposed to him to the strains of a vietrola in the palatial Breftung home. The young bride displayed no emotion as the plaiull busband’s lawyer read the yearning letters she wrote him, begging him to Come to New York. It would be so wonderful if we could see each other, even if it were ouly twice a eek The first letter 13, 1913. It ran Dearest Max: the biues all day. derstand what mak pressed uni someness for you. | have told you so many things about my- f that | fear you will worry about me. The most important thing now is for you to get a job. If you can do better than at the job | suggest, pray do so. Yours with love, JULIET. Another letter was dated Chi cago, Oct. 17, and read Dearest Max: | am nearly wild with excitement and hope of hearing from you. Max, dear, | am afraid | shail be ask- ing you to come to New York next. It is awful not to hear from you. Max, dearest, | will Say good night. Next time | write will be in New York. Love. JULIET, The next letter was as follows Dearest Max: | am go Impa- tient, but | do wish you would tam very tired and me. Max, dear, | think you had better come to New York. Don't think | am silly, but | must see you. Love. before Kliost wooed was dated Oct 1 have had | cannot un- uicuT yore COUNCIL OPPOSES HIGH TAX PREDICTED FOR SEATTLE JITNEY BUSSES A light vote is predicted In Tues- day's primary election, Unfavor. able weather conditions and general lack of interest brought out only a seant vote during the morning. There are 22 candidates’ names on the ballot. Each voter is en titled to vote for three. The six highest in today's ballot ing will be declared the nominees and a second heat will be run off by them on March 2, when highest three of the six are to be YES Sitt’s PRETTY, BUT SHE DOESN'T —— WEAR WELL | be made this afternoon. Adele Ardiey « When -the dast, ttngleingle tng” tinkled on Monday night's perform: ance of “High Jinks” at the Moore theatre, the murderousdooking Frenchman slapped the little Ger. man amiably on the back, winked, |erinned. and said | Lat’s have another birthday par. ity, eh? Whereupon, ther Interviewed lAdele Ardiey, 19, pretty and winsome. We've arranged to celebrate your birthday at the Rathskeller,” they told her. And that's how everybody in the company happened to be at the Rathskeller Monday night—and a right merry old time they had Word had been passed around |by the Rathskeller management jthat the “High Jinks” company | would be there, They had to put jup the 8. R. O. sign, It was lots of |fun, this birthday party of Adele's |Just as if they hadn't been High Jinksing clear across the country, | the men and women of the troupe (hit the high gear and sang and [danced and “tingle-ingie-ing-ed” un. | til the Rathskeller lid went on | The company celebrates Miss |Ardley’s birthday in every town |they visit. For one day is as good jas another with her, being a leap year girl She was born 1896. She has had only | birthdays tn her life. on February three 29, real brunette, | | toh State Closes Its Case) Against “King of the Underworld” — Felix Crane Takes Stand and Denies: All Knowledge of Charge; Graft Case! Nearing Close. After a brief examination of Felix Crane, negro saloonkeep- er and alleged “king of the ten- derioin,” Judge Ronald ordered a@ recess Tuesday to prepare in- structions to the jury in the graft case Crane was the only witne for the defense. He made a flat denial that he ever received, directly or indi rectly, any money from women of the underworld for “protec- tion.” He testified bec the eity that ause of his long resi ein he has often procured bonds for both men and women arrested, that he obtain-| ed patronage in hin saloon on Main st. as the result of these activities, but that he profited in no other way Arguments of the attorneys will Two white girls, youthful and carrying all the freshness and j beauty of youth, testified in the | superior court Monday that a fixed {percentage of their earnings had lbeen paid to Fellx Crane, negro underworld bons. Six men and six women const! tute the jury ax finally selected to/ hear evidence on the charge that) the saloon keeper received the earn: | ings of fallen women Judge Ronald's court room war) |crowded, chiefly by negro men, | until the doors had to be closed | | against further comers. The state's case, presented by Prosecutor Lundin in person, rested on four witnesses: Paid $15 for Protection George C. Widner, or Rice prietor of the Hilyer hotel, pro 721%] (Continued on Page 7.) WOMAN IN CUDAHY DAMAGE CASE DIES: 16.—Mrs. B. O. PASADENA, Feb. | Coates, wife of Dr. Coates, who re-| cently filed suit against John P. Cudahy for $35,000, died here early} today In his suit for damages against the millionatre packer, Dr. Coates] alleged his wife had sustained in juries when Cudahy attacked the doctor, who had been called by Mrs. | Cudahy. | A public hearing will be held Fri- day morning in the council cham- bers to discuss with the license committee the | At the counctl meeting Monday, the Dale bill, which fixed a license of $30 a year fo ra five-passenger machine and $40 for bigger autos, was indefinitely postponed. The Hesketh bill fixes a license the|of $30 a year for a five-passenger Ing. | the red been agreed upon by Erickson has not yet Seounctl terms of the Hes-| keth bill to regulate jitney busses, |agreed upon the following provis-| Pacific, Second himself against any license save Jone large enough to pay for the is suance of the licenses and the badges. The committee has practically | ions: | The signs, designating the routes, | | should be uniform. | Passengers shall not be allowed to sit on the doors. There should be no loud solicit. | If feasible, a light should be In- stalled In the tonneau at night. | | phe Miss Vera Lockhart “1 shall never go into that office again,” said Vera Lockhart, 1% year-old Northern Pacific stenographer, who escaped Inman Rich, the demented italian, yesterday, by jumping from a second-story window, today, as she recounted incidents of the killing. Miss Lockhart resides with her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lockhart, at the Lis- more apartments, 313 Tenth ave. N. Inman Rich, a “wop,” has had his revenge on society, and lies, riddled with bullets and dying, but happy, on a cot at the city hospital. He took a “wop’s” and mad with woe, he could see the injustice the fates commit when they empty the horn of plenty into the laps of the few, leaving the many to starve—but could not fix the blame. humble members of that society which he has come to hate, men who in all their lives had never done the Swrop” any I : Charles O. Dryden, a railroad clerk, is dead. R. E. Patton, a railroad timekeeper, is dying. | She raised the window and crawled out upon the sill. She could hear empty cartridges rattling to the |floor. The madman was reloading his gun The girl slipped over the ledge jand hung by her fingertips, A small crowd of men saw her and jgathered below “Drop!” they shouted She dropped and they caught her in their arms, breaking her fall. Her ankle was sprained, nothing more Rich regained consciousness Tuesday morning and was seen by a Star reporter, who visited his bedside. Between gasps, he told The Star man his name. He was reticent concerning the shooting, acting as though he had no knowledge of the crime he had committed. “I no talk now,” sald the wop to The Star man. “Too sick. | Come back tomorrow.” But the doctors at the hos- pital say the wop will not live that long. anche The wop held the fort Timekeeper Patton, whose office was at the other end of the corridor, bad not heard the shots, Unsus- pecting he entered Dryden's office with a file he was returning. He opened the door The wop saw him and emptied the gun into his body. Dryden had been shot in the/heart Three months ago there was a} railroad accident near Garrison, Mont. Iman Rich, the wop, who had been one of a thousand wops em: ployed in a construction camp, was crushed and maimed. After that he went about with a cork leg The power to earn was gone. He sought recompense of the railroad. | But he spoke no English. The in-;and left shoulder. Patton was hit tricacies of the law puzzled him. | four times—forehead, hip, left hand The red tape of railroad claim de-jand left arm. He fell in the door partments roused bis anger and | way suspicion Rich walked nonchalantly into They were trying to cheat him.|Lee’s private office adjoining and So he reasoned. He didn't know | jt a cigarette as one might do after whom to trust. So he distrusted |a hearty meal every one. If society was against ‘ . him, well, he would be against so ciety. So be it! He brooded on his wrongs went insane with anger At 2:20 yesterday afternoon the | wop entered the office of A. M ° The police came then—Detect- ives Corneflson, Waechter, Veitch, Montgomery and Doom, Motoreycle |Cops Sebenick, Arbogast and Webb and Patrolmen Bell and Howaldt. Most of them stationed them. selves in the hall outside the claim Lee, claim agent of the Northern |agent's office. But Bell and Webb av. and King ,}erossed the street to the Crane and was told by Dryden, Lee's | building, northwest corner of King clerk, that the claim agent was injand Second, and from an office win- coma and probably would not re-|dow there watched the windows of turn until night |the claim agent’s office I will sit down here, A great crowd had gathered wop, doggedly |the street He went away From time to time the detectives turning in an hour. jin the hall fired shots through the asked for Lee, and was told by|wall, but none took effect. The Miss Vera Lockhart, the stenogra-|madman fired several _ bullets who occupied the office with | through the windows into the crowd Dryden, that Lee was still absent thelow One bullet grazed Willlam Rich asked Dryden for 60 cents |Haege. The rest went wild to buy something to eat Iryden sha. ‘. ‘3 refused. Mumbling, Rich sat down Loker pages abs Sete ae in the corridor |He crept stealthily to the door and eee |was opening it cautiously when Pa. For some minutes the office was |trolman Bell, in the Crane building, still, save for the clicking of the |jacross the way, took careful aim, ty Then |fired and the madman fell. said the wop at the | 2m T am hungry.” | Dryden went toward him. It may | be he resented these interruptions of the office routine. Or it may his heart was touched, Miss Lock hart says Dryden's hand went to ward his pocket—she believes for money to give to the wop. It may be the wop misunderstood that hipward gesture The wop whipped out his gun and fired—twice, Dryden fell dead The typewriter halted at shots in the middle of a word and said the in a little, re He again after He was not beaten—yet Bell's bullet had got him in the shoulder and knocked bim down. He scrambled to his feet, threw open the door and faced his ene- mies Half a dozen officers stood in |the entrance to the hallway, Rich opened fire on them, advancing as he fired His bullets clipped the | wall the doorway But no one the | Was and| The attack was so sudden that jshe slamm: i] i Miss Lockhart fled, screaming, Into | the police for a second were caught a small room adjoini Three |at ®@ disadvantage. In another In, bullets crashed through the door tant the madman fell—beaten at 1 it shut ast-—against the door of the claim She dashed her bare ugent’s office, shot six @imes—in through the gluss of the window, | head, chest, abdomen, left band, and caffed for help, No one heard.right bip and left arm as ta So he emptied his gun into the breasts of two g ie