The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 19, 1915, Page 1

| Japanese Woman to Live Easy Now She tells Star man what she will do with the $150,000 left her by the will of her em ployer, William Holt. Read the story on page % VOLUME | Attempt to Block Frustrated by Bob Bridges; _ Into Meeting as an Uninvited Guest | DETERMINED attempt to block the port commission's public belt line project seems fo be the motive of a joint committee representing the Commercial Club, Municipal league and Cham- ber of Commerce. The committee, at a meeting in the Com- thercial Club Thursday night, was about to adopt a report against the port plan, when the appear- ance of Bob Bridges, president of the port com- mission, and a Star reporter, upset the committee's program. Commissioner Remsberg, who was present, had also invited himself. Bridges, Remsberg and The Star man appeared to be as annoying to a majority of the committee as was the Ancient Mariner to the wedding guest. With the exception of the delegates from the Commercial Club, the committee .was solidly in favor of a report recommending to the voters to vote, on December 4, for the comprehensive Car! K. Bergman, instructor all learning to drive, Were injored at Fowler Auto academy, was Cole's injuries are the most seri killed aimoet instantly shortly [ous. The others were hurt oniy afternoon Friday when a Win- | slightly ton driven by William Cole, a | There were novice whom Bergman wai the r. structing, plunged over a 25- hurt. foot embankment on Washing. Cole lives at rand ave. ton boulevard, a half mile Everett, and had never driven south of the cable bridge at car until Thursday, when he began Leechi park. his {instructions from Bergman Cole and four others in the car. ercman was 26 years old lived at 1017 Spring st. The ott HERE’S NEWEST fan’ Rouen’ “bas Was oe: OF BETROTHAL SIGNS FOR GIRL five pa All were ngers in| more or less 22 |S. Ona, 1324 Melrose ave.; George |Jude, of the Alton apart Pike at. and Homer Renton | They had been driving around | the boulevards, taking turns at the wheel. Falk says they were going 35 miles an hour when the accident occurred. Bergman, he said,| | reached over and took hold of the wheel while Cole was driving. The }ear instantly swerved and went jover the bank | Bergman was caught under the} auto, which turned over as it| hurtied thru the air. The others | were thrown clear of the wreck 'REFUGEES TELL TERRIBLE TALE OF SLAUGHTER PARIS, Nov. 19. rapine, horrible were charged today « Serbian Butchery and beyond description nat the Bu |gara by | Salonika Serb prisoners were slaughtered b tortures jchildren were churches, where they had r: oO tection when the Bulga ba pounded down the city’s was asserted Those who rushed out Bulgars swept into the shot and cut down Girls and married outraged, the refugees allem CORNER EGGS IN the «sparkling diam on4 Miss Corrine Hane of the first to adopt the fad o she has joined with other Voutce girls in advocating that the “s heart silhouette” be used mark of engagement It was simp fad without sense of meaning before,” saidy Mise Hancock, “but now when If Fes the place of the engagement ring {t will be of real use. 1 am ed urging Venice girls v. with come brides to heart silhouette trothaL.” refugees reaching inconceiva Hundreds of women burned alive in Nish lefenses, it ed Cupid ret VENICE, has a new method of ty Venice girls as shafts of love. It is the “sweethe Cal, N 9 vrs gr or setts, W YORK, Nov. 19 ings,” who planned financial harvest by selling their b gone the allies at war time prices wig-wagging to the pub. lic for help. The allies The “kings a surplu The “exe garner a eet asa are lid not my as expect been caught complicated by pros of a mild winter, which prom: ises to make hens lay more than od oh | XN have vear th as 4 m4 |_: The Only Paper i in Seattle That Dares to Print the News : 18, SEATTLE, WASH., Belt Line Walks “ scheme for a belt railway, BUT TO VOTE AGAINST TRANSFERRING THE NECESSARY FUNDS WITH WHICH TO BUILD IT. According to the report they had tentatively drawn up, they want the port commission to co- operate with the railroads on a belt line scheme. This scheme, according to Bridges and Remsberg, would, instead of breaking the railroad monopoly, merely give the railways a firmer grip on switching charges. The committee held liminary meeting at the Arctic club ith the exception of the ¢ I had been Tuesday night me m ial Club d pr i ed ¢ thing over-nig h were all rea to g report right then. It had the appearance of a cut-and- dried affair t witl the mmercial Cl r invest Thurs gated 4y nig Carkeek invited Bob Bridges to the Thursday night meeting. Bridges accepted. When the other delegates heard of this, they said they would prefer having the meeting limited to the delegates. Carkeek stood firm BRIDGES THEN ANNOUNCED HE WOULD AT TEND, WHETHER HE WAS WANTED OR NOT Thu Br meeti place had been changed to Ce ned that the ! Club aya on iges lear mmerci Bridges was johnny-on-the-spot So was a Star reporter Prior to the meeting, the reporter met Paul Whitham chairman of the committee and a delegate from the Mu nicipal league. Whitham explained that no members of the press had been invited The reporter nevertheless followed the delegates inte One and a half minutes later William L. Bilger, sales manager for theeSeattle Hardware Co., came up to him. “Are you a reporter?” he The reporter said he was “We don’t care for publicity as yet,” said Bilger, ‘not until we have adopted a definite report. At that time we intend giving copies of the report to all the papers, and shall be glad if they print them in full. Tonight, however, we don’t care to have any report’ made. Of you care to stay with the understanc ling that make no report, we will be glad to have you; asked. course, if you are to otherwise The Star man said or go. Remsberg arose and put the question he cither would stay and report the session, Judge meeting Announcement that there was a newspaperman in their midst created a stir. Carkeek got up and spoke in favor of letting the re- porter remain. Somebody suggested the matter retaining The Star man be voted on. Then some one interrupted and precipitated the busi- ness of the evening. Bridges said if the reporter went, he would go, too. Carkeek again reaffirmed his statement Tuesday night that the matter had materialized suddenly, and that there had been no ti for the Commercial Club to act He refused t the report favoring the railroads until the Cor ub could pass on it Th ised he would bring to the of expelling or accede t mercial Cl Commercial Club meets the i ad Tuesday. Carkeek prom at that time. The Wednesday meet with matter up ing then suddenly adjourned until no further di It is ur tenta report, with the recom- mendations set forth above, will be submitted to the board of trustees of the Municipal league Friday afternoon Thursday night were civil engineer; William L. Hardware Co.; James A. Haight Haight building; James S. Gold Puget Sound Mills & president-manager Frye & consulting engineer; Judge W Elwain, real estate dealer (Commercial Club dele M. J. Carkeek, capitalist (Commercial Club dele Albert Daub, transportation man and candidate for and Herman Meyer, ¢ Pack Oil Mills BOB BRIDGES T0 f YORK “ar next cus rst hose Paul Silger Among t tham, consulting Seattle the present Wk $ manager owner of first president-secretary mber Co,; Charles H Capt. A. O. Powell, attorney mith vice Frye commission, id Pacific arstens Bob Bridges, president of the) NEW YORK, will speak at the ae 70-mile on Mies ay. ‘ choothou * lay experienced ° schoolhouse Friday night! wind storm ever recorded ea on the propositions to be voted on} Two persona warp, fiehy. ejay at the pert sleet on Dea 4 Satur oq, accnediig 40, OaER rebotte: day noon he will talk before (he) while a number were slightly hurt King County Democratic club at the! by falling signa.’ Among the Bast Kats cafeteria |Side poor there was unusual suf. Pridges will campaign for thel fering ction of Remsberg and Ewald,| — present incumbents, He declares GALES SWEEP LAKES the port projects can best be car! WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Dan- ried thru to completion by retaining) gerous gales swept the Great Lakes the present personnel of the com-| today while a heavy storm lashed the New Jersey and New England ‘Qdnesday night he will coasts, according to weather bu speak at the ouster schoolhouse, | Teau reports. port commission. Riverton FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, | | | | | | | 1915 ON TRAINS NEWS STAN ONE CENT | l the ligh the gra | Ah n bat The mmracde tle The Seattle Star another and ¢r-rimmed miles miles away, p Her moved until is not th But in a happened And ering how long will ‘know, too. There will be many mor will be many more such sce in the remarkable tades who will scent in wis eyes, as he ' few m day mrade near "twill be the rha picture above; SSS a mother, ups thru the long casu hair is gray, name 1 ning refuse to be last her boy's wy that it has the « gray-haired mother ros won rhay another e¢ freshly made graves; there nes as the one photographed there avill be more com the twitight: nn 4 will he is Sand for this murder? Robert Perey Smith, chair state hoard of medical examiners, who was blamed Mon- day by the King County Medical society for unethical conduct, has written a lette? of resignation to Gov, Lister The charges of the King county society were in con nection with the case of Dr. Mil- dred Purman, whom Dr. Smith had accused of betraying professional secrets, The state board fatied to sustain Dr. Smith in his accusa- tion when it met Inet July. Gov. Lister would not what Dr. Smith's reasons were for re signing. Dr. A Dr man of the Jeff Nelson, member of the state board, Friday issued a statement denying Dr. Smith's statement that his action in bring ing charges against Dr. Purman was sanctioned by the eight other members of the board + Dr, Nelson says he was not con sulted AIR FLEET OFF ON LONG FLIGHT LAWTON, Okla., Nov. 19.—The first cross-country flight of an army corps started from Fort ¥ill at no Six fliers equipped as in war time took the alr for Fort Simpson, 450 miles distant, where in the future the corps will make its headquar ters BANK LOSES $1,600 MAL TER, Okla Nov Posses hunted today for bank rob. ers who stole $1,600 from the Ad amson State bank, locked the cash jer and customers in the vault and then fled. DAILY CARTOONET ET | { | OTTAWA, Nov. 19.—Asked concerning a report that Col Roosevelt had offered to join the Canadian regiments In Flan- ders, Minister of Militia Hughes said today: “He would make a bonnie fighter, | have heard rumors of such an offer, but it was not made to me. I'd be delight- ed to give him command of a division.” ,|COLONEL WON'T COMMENT NEW YORK, Noy 19. colonel has no comment to make Roosevelt's secretary said he had | forces, offered to join ‘PSYCHIC’ HOME WRECKERS ON TRIAL TODAY ‘ William Overton alleged and R paychte wrecker of Seattle Archer his were cit fore Judge Brinker at 1 Friday. Both statutory vagrancy They were operating openly the Booth building, Broadway Pine st., until exposed by The two weeks ago Overton's “powers to delve deeply into men are charged enabled bh his viettin of women's home prot guaranteed to get evidenc their husbands sufficient Iyorce. He also agreed to }“soul-mates” for women at $11 jmate. ms Bargains in Raincoats Che wholesale stock of the Boyd Rubb being closed out at retail, direct to the public They are offering some most unusual bargains which will be doubly in Raincoats, this season of the the most today’s Star etc It will year, which pay you to OR PERCY SMITH [ROOSEVELT MAY QUITS AS HEAD : FIGHT IN EUROPE OF STATE BOARD WITH CANADIANS : today concerning the Ottawa report that Around that Canadian soothsayer and} w homes assistant 1 for trial be 0 o'clock With jot of other places and jast night was the Star 1's private affairs, He made a specialty and until against how far di find it was per here's a full page ad « gives full details IGHT EDITION WEATHER—Occasional rain At ee ALLE 1 Sd mom, Bot Oe O49 pom, 29 1 12K AND , IBA te be HILLSTROM DIES; IS CALLED INNOCENT Plan bs AND THE =_—* FALLING " SEATTLE MAN — _ SWEARS UTAH © RIFLE SQUAD © - MADE ERROR | By Fred. L; . Boalt Was Joseph Hillstrom a murderer? Or did he, innocent of the slaying of the |Morrisons, play the chivalrous part, going to |his death with sealed lips to save the good |name of a woman? | I heard |truth—and ||man who at 7 plete alibi i was told tt | man, but no bull he a malad | count the police. Busky, having drifted W. W's at their headquarters was a Hillstrom pr meeting Busky was heard to say he knew Hillstrom was not guilty him in Salt Lake City,when the crime was committed, of it at once questioned; quarters. at midnight. Unable to find a notary public there, one was found else- where, and Busky made a sworn statement which, between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning, was telegraphed to President Wil- son, Gov. Spry of Utah and O. H. Hilton, of Denver, Hillstrom’s / attorney. | I interviewed Busky at the 1 W. W. headquarters this morning, just after the newa 6f Hillstrom’s execution had reached there. He gave | me this statement “T was in Salt Lake City when the Morrisons were murdered. “I met Joe Hilistrom on the day of the murder, at 2 in the after \noon, on Contmereiai st. He Was « stfanger to me. ie he asked me to have a drink. T had soda wate: "4, you look like you could do with a bite to eat.” T sald 1 wouldn't d, and he bought me something to eat in a restaurant, While we were eating | asked him if he was looking for work, and he sald, ‘Where at? and I said at the Murray smelters, Just then we had finished eating, and a Sandy & Midway car came along. We caught it and went to Murray, It's five minutes’ ride, We got to Murray at 2:30, and went to see the foreman of the Murray smelter, Mr. Hives. 1 bad worked therc before, I gave my name and Hillstrom gave his, and our names were writ- ten down in blue ink. I can’t reador write, but I know we both gave our right names, and that they were written down in ith, They must e in al 00k now got rustling cards, and Mr. Hives said we could try the it o'clo x ishitt that night if we wanted to. We left the office We spent the rest of the day)this morning to the pres! wailking around Murray. “I remem-/Spry and Hilton ber there were two skating rinks) , ,,,Acpttle, Wash. Nov. 8, 1915, there, all covered with signs, @04 wweur that on the 10th day of Januars, Hillstrom read the signs to me 1914, I was in the company of one We went back t Lake City, Joseph Hillstrom getting th here at 10 o'clock, a nd when we were at Second ar nd State sts. I sald | was tired and was going to bed, and Hilistrom shook hands with me and said, “Good. night, kid. 1 can swear he was not wounded then, and he must have been voune) fter 10 o'clock Witnenses ed after 1 Nencosats | He didn't say HARRY # having an appointment today from the Hps of a man a story which, if he told the med to ring with truth—establishes for the cedthe firing squad, a full and com- William Busky, 21 years old, an illiterate @ stupid man, a wanderer and a sufferer from which afflicts men who have had unhappy em is story b by mean rror ers wit dropped into a meeting of the L last night. It pattle. pcond and Washington, because he and far from the was will then taken to police head- to reas, ting from a foreman named Hines at the Murray smelter. When Hillstrom left me at 10 p. m., om the night of January J0, he had received no bullet wounds. > Hb (Signed) WILLIAM (X) BUSKY, Mark DURMY FUNBER HILLSTROM PUT TO DEATH; GOES TOEND FIGHTING SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 19, —Fighting in an insane frenzy, Joe Hillstrom, 1. W. W.. went to his death before the state firing squad in the yard of the state penitentiary at 7:42 a.m. today, despite an eleventh hour attempt of a Seattle man to save him. In some unknown way he had concealed a broomhandle in his cell, When the door was opened he leaped at his guards, swing- ing the club over their heads, fiercely, and severely cutting one on the scalp and face. Guards overpowered him in the twinking of an € Until he came his cell had shown no signs of resisting. I'll die fightin like a coward The guards, having overcome hin, urged him to take his medicine like a man. He settled suddenly into an apathetic calm Now | can die with a clear con- rien he 1. The reh of the firing squad then commenced. Warden Pratt and a uty led Two physicians followed. Then came Hillstrom between two depu- ties Condemned Hilstrom’s anything about when we The separated, or what he was going do. The the news got Morrisons were and that Hillstrom was ar- for doing it, 1 was talking man in the street, and I said be day the next killed rested jwith a Hillstrom couldn't have done it cause I was with him heard me. was in was A detective xem od me I Hillst hearing I was a witness I told the judge strom and me being together all the time, but he cut me short and said my evidence wasn’t any good Hillstrom fired his lawyers and conducted his own case after that Vt put on the stand again, but was sent back to jail ven bis pre befo’ Judge for the de about Hill on Me ar sale it hey turned = me loose to beat it out of the come back to Utah Finally ¢ and told 1 state and never I was scared and then to @ I can't or hear n about an 1. W. W. and first time I ever their meetings a grocer and his n son, alleged Hillstrom, shot at 9 o'clock at night says Morrison was with him 10. He said he didn’t know Murray is from the Morri store, but he was sure quite a long way Following is a copy of the ‘statement which was wired early 1 went to Ogden and I didn I'm not write Nn the case went to on The Mor out of tims of he screamed were 1, Busky son grocery sworr Is Blindfolded were not blind- folded until he was taken iato the prison d It was his wish to face with open eyes, but er Co. is the wat a thick, h (Continued on Page 5.) BLACKHAND GUILTY SAN JOSE, Nov. 19—Tony Di France, Black-Hander, today was found guilty of attempting to ey tort $2,000 from A, Trapani, pre {deut of the Western Fish Co, appreciated at when Raincoats are needed n page 11 in as to prices, look it up.