The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 3, 1917, Page 1

——e | things disca mind stay, we ODEL SLAIN BY BREWER, POLICE SAY’ Christmas trees aren't already gone overboard night and Thursday the only Condelidation et ho never second wife here i Me erat ee ete : ile ees r¥ ‘THE “ONLY PAPER IN ‘SEATTLE ‘THAT DARES- To ‘PRINT THE NEWS Wacr arte eee WASH., WEDN “VOLUME 19. RETIRED JEWELER SHOOTS HIMSELF FAN ~ TAKES LIFE DURING ILLNEoo Despondent foliowing a nervous breakdown, Wiliam H. Frinck, pioneer Second ave. jeweler, shot and killed himself in the basement of the Buena Vista apartments, 1633 Boyiston ave, about 10 a.m Wednesday. He was owner of the apart ment, and lived on the third floor, Leaving his wife and fon, Herbert Frinck, on the pretext of examining the heat Ing system, he walked to the basement. Mrs. L. N. Arthur. emplored he apartments, hearg two » and a few minutes later ve Frinck dead He had retired five efter a successful business ¢ at 816 Second ave. tablished himseif tn the jewe business in 1882 Frinck was 57 years of age and 8 widely known Shriner. Born in Ontario, he went to San Francisco at the age of 16, and there learned the jewelry craft where EXPORTS JUMP 3-4 BILLIONS WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—Ex- ports from the United States during the 11 months of 1916, ending November 30, jumped more than a billion and three- quarters in value for the same period of 1915, the department of commerce announced today. Total value of goods exported @uring the eleven months, ending last November 30, was $4.960,302 630 as against $3.1 64.485 for tame period of 19 Imports for the 11 ng last November }2, 186,82 3 against $ or the Geet eleven months | SENATE DELAYS BACKING WILSON WASHINGTON. Jan months end. For the rover used thi tlon note fourth time the senate ref afternoon to vote on a re Endorsing President Wilson's 9 the belligere Following « mate, by unanimous until tomorrow Hitchcock res ich dorses Preside n's action ‘Senator immediate! ‘ntroduced olution. ormy session, the vote on the for the re Gallinger's resolution read “Resolved, that the senate of the United States, in the interest humanity and civilization the sincere hope that tween the nations of Europe be consummated at an early date JUDGE GORDON hearing of the ca Savage, charge} t Nquor law at the antil Friday. express ADVERTISING MANAGER'S DAILY TALK JANUARY SALES In Full Blast The ads | chances to save as a pudding | is of plums. Clearance. is the order of the day at Seattle's | leading stores. They te about it in their ads in Star. The best offerings of are a larly,in The § MORE THAN 60,000 Copies DAILY | “MAY FIRST DAY OUT OF WALLA WALLA PRISON" (This Is the initial story of a series being written for The Star by No. the other day from the Walla Walla penitentiary. No, 1724 has an are out of the ordinary,—EDITOR,) BY NO. 1724 HAVE just been released from prison. After having been cast out of society as unfit to function as a social unit; after having been thrown upon that human scrap-heap known as Walla Walla, for a term of years; after having been deprived of all initiative and made merely a cog in the ruthless machine called our prison system, I have been permitted to return to the world, reformed, if you please, and deemed capable of again living a creditable and law- abiding life. Later I shall relate in detail just what steps the state has taken to make me a better man than when I was received at the institution at Walla Walla. Now, however, I am more interested in chronicling my sensations at regaining my liberty and on re-entering the world which, amid the stress of that other world behind the walls, had begun to take on all the vaguity of a dream. Thought of Pardon Thrills Him When I was notified that my application for rglease had been favorably considered by the Board of Pardqgs, and had been favorably acted“upon by the Governor, 1 felt a 1 which perhaps no other experience could have inspired. I was summoned to the office of the chief turnkey, given a suit of “‘citizen’s’” clothes and instructed to prepare for de- parture. As in a dream | clumsily adjusted unaccustomed ar- ticles of clothing, fumbled excitedly with recalcitrant collar buttons, and finally was taken to the front office where I sub- scribed to the conditions of my pardon, and was given a ticket to Seattle and five dollars in cash with which to begin life 1724, who was released unusual style, and his stories anew. The first intimation | had of my new status was the marked change in official attitude toward me. The state iddressed me as a human being, with preferences to be considered. equests, instead of being given commands. | “Mr. superintendent threw me was addressed as deput) into absolute pa by shaking hands with me and wishing me good luck. I was free. Thoughts Turn to a Palatable Meal The gates actually opened at my approach, altho with reluctant squeaks, as if protesting at my 1 had eral he ysal before train time, and elected to spend them down t thought was to buy a good meal. For years I had looked enjoyment of my first meal eaten in reedom, and had ¢ twhat I should order. Beans I hoped never to taste again rger steak—"‘speedballs,” as they were called in the parlance of the institution—I would eschew for all time Fruit, eggs er, a real steak, and a real cup of coffee, and perhaps hot cakes to finish off on—such were my gustatory ambitions — modest enough, in all conscience, but contrasted with the prison fare to which I had been accustomed, a veritable Lucullan feast. As | entered the town, suddenly | became self-conscious, | feit that every one | met knew | had just left prison. Casual glances of passersby | interpreted as carrying the stigmatic epithet, “ex-convict.” Not only did my discharge clothing bear the characteristic hallmark of prison man- ufacture, easily apparent to the initiate, but | somehow felt that the ruthless stamp of the dread. ful machine | had passed thru had left its Imprint on my walk, in my face—on my very soul BUT HE ORDERS SAME OLD FARE | entered a restaurant and accepted gratefully the menu-card thrust at me by a busy waiter HE had not been in prison. As | felt his shrewdly appraising glance, | was once more mentally in the spirit-breaking machine of the prison system. | must conform—placate. The type blurred; | became confused, miserably self-conscious. With a pitiful effort at nonchalance, | indistinctly mut tered: “Please bring me a—hamburger steak and a side order of beans.” The time passed rapidly until my train left. | was busy registering impressions and analyzing emotions. | began fully to sense my new-found freedom. | could go where | wished. My move ments were no longer ordered by the harsh, nerve-racking clang of a bell. | could smoke when | wished and what | wished. | could even have matches in my possession, which were strictly con traband in prison. 1! no longer feared the displeasure or the reprisal of a sulien, hardened keeper, | was free. LEAVES THE PRISON BEHIND The ground was covered with snow and the world was beautiful. As evening fell, the streets and stores were lighted, and the glare and rush of traffic grew less strange to me. | boarded t train for Seattle. Of course, the trainmen knew | had just left prison, but | felt their curious looks less keenly as the rails clicked off the ever-increasing distance from Walla Walla. One last glimpse of the prison lights | caught as the train swept out of town, and | settled back in my seat with a sigh of relief at the conclusion of an epoch in my life, | slept fitfully in my seat and awakened from time to time with an exultant consciousness of freedom, As | left the train at Seattle, | vaguely felt that | was covertly watched and known, But as 1 mingled with the throngs on Second ave., this feeling fell from me like a discarded garment, and 1 began to respond to the urge of a once-familiar environment. As the seaconal sap returns from the earth to the tendrils of growing things in the springtime, so | felt the blood of new life and deter. minatién surging thru my veins, and | knew that | would find my niche—that | would make good, SENSES UTTER LONELINESS OF GREAT CITY The trivial events of every-day life held | began to sense the utter fone- had home and friends, and I spent the day wandering alone about the city streets. all the charm of novelty for me. And yet—I felt apart from it all liness of a great city. | knew no one. Every one but | had work to do; definite pursuits. Toward evening, thoroly exhausted, | rented a room and indulged in the long-forgotten luxury of a leisurely bath and sleep between clean sheets in a full-size bed. And in the morning—as my eyes opened to unfamiliar surroundings, instead of the narrow confines of my prison cell and still narrower prison cot, and all the discordant prison sounds of clanging bell and lock and grating bolts, the consciousness of my freedom surged over me like a benediction. The sounds of a piano were faintly borne to me from a neighboring room, | arose to a new day and a new life (NO. 17248 SECOND ARTICLE ON THE EXPERIENCES OF A MAN JUST RELEASED FROM PRISON WILL APPEAR IN THE STAR TOMORROW.) DAY, | home coming. GARE ANH. NIGHT EDITION ee | double dose JANUARY 1917 ONE CENT niwn! AINS AN TAN DS ‘Blood Ties Thicker Than Love Ties’ SAYS GIRL LI’ MURDER PREVENTED A RECONCILIATION WITH REAL LOVER PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.—The man suspected off , having clubbed and then strangled to death pretty Mazieé Solbert, model and manicur is today under guard in a fashionable downtow cording to the police, TO MOTHER BROTHER AND SISTERS REJECTING MARRIAGE, TTLE n hotel, while detectives cc sve te the net vidence they have been \ ing around hi m. man, it is said, is extremely wealthy, controls |large brewery interests and comes from an inland citys He holds memberst Philadelphia’s most prominent clubs, it was declared. 3on vivants and habitues of cafes know the man now under guard as “Champagne Charlie. He is a a following of friends who willl him if the police make good their threat of formal arrest in a few hours. In authene i tic circles it en intimated that already these friends have taken steps for —searching for a magis« the defens trate who will him on bail. oO “ao MEXICO PEACE lready spender and has stop at no expense to free is ev release financtall of this grew deta accordir detect! that may discl mail—an amazing tale tha’ involve not only the girl b The guarded man was taken to} detective headquarters arise ¢4 days ago and severely grilled that time it was believed he onde be held. Now it is known he w }released upon his promise not to WILSON’S TOLD, 5 Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—The American members of the Joint Mexican commission will present to President Wilson to- — day their recommendation for closing up the sessions, fore going to see the pres ident, they will draft an an- swer to Gen. Carranza's rejec- tion of the troops’ withdrawal | protocol. | War department plans for with drawal of the troops are not “im |mediate,” with the emphasis on immediate’—but there was every |dire financial straite. | she wrote this man, who was mad- liy im love with her, according to the police, and asked him to see her lawyer. Instead of going to} | the lawyer, he is said to have come | {to Philadelphia and gone to her | } apartment From the moment he went to the Japartment in which the model's battered body was found late Satur- | day night details ended. Mystery | once more shrouds the case. n Miss Mayer's | the detectives are making every ef- | died three |fort to cover loopholes, fearing a }leak that might hamper their work Margaret Mayer and the Brother and Sisters for Whom She Sacrificed Marriage Chance DAYTON, Ky., Jan. 3.—“Blood)8, have been under ties are stronger than love ties,”|care since their mother ys Miss Margaret Mayer, 17, who rs ago just rejected her eng tov. | “A girl owes it to her moth- She Feared Him | 0 believe y _ er, William Nevil, 19, to mother er’s memory,” says Miss May- This man met Miss Colbert only pe agen Heck > ‘olnt sessions a her brother and two sisters. er, “to fill the vacancy caused recently and she is said to have | closed, the administration will ore Io, 14; Mamie, 10, and Frances,! by her death.” marked he might do her harm. | der Gen. Pershing back to the bor! |The man was in the city several/der and then relieve some more days ago and was questioned by the police, When new details in volving the man under surveillance | militia forces, unless, in the mean+ jtime, Northern Mexican conditions, | already badly disturbed, become U. S.TO ENTER WAR? | guarded by the police with this, it was Miss Colbert had ar jvere discovered, police again | menacing. lrought him. His connection with |" While taking steps to compose ING the new developments !s being/a troublous situation, officials priv | vately express fear that Villa is fast getting the upper hand in Northern | Mexico, Coincident jearned that BY CARL 0. [ACKERMAN |} There is no doubt the Germans|ranged for a reconciliation New| will crumble unless a quick uplift x . af 2 want America to remain neutral Year's day with the man she really | comes SERLIN, Jan question but the Germans are not sure that|joved. He is a former University 1 h RL, ; : Dm | love » is i n this connection it became whether the United Statea in- America wants neutrality The! of Pennsylvania athlete. The | known today that Carranza’s diplo- main neutral, or whetn nds tor German public, tn its analysis of| model had merely led the others to| mats, including Ambassador Afre: er President Wilson is playing for recent developments, regards the! pelieve sho gave m her affec-|dondo, are returning from the Unite the prychological moment to enter, president as a sphinx jtions. The successful suitor, wno/ed States, Central and South Amere the war, ix raised by the Cologne! The greatest Interest is felt in|is employed in the engineering de-| {ca and Europe to Mexico, for @ come Gakeitn indad the British plan to arm all neutral! partment of a large corporation ence which will inaugurate #@ question of American nen-‘and allied ships laden with sup-| will be questioned today jmew commercial policy for the ree ity is now to the fore in the| plies. Call Her Unfaithful public, i talk of the Peace situa.) Berlin newspapers are pointing! 4 new element was brought into but Germany has not yet out that this may involve Germany| tne i by the dincuvery ot sev- | ved the worrying sta: to, with neutral nations since Ah! 14 Cases Beer it Would) era) strands of a man’s hair found America’s position. It is to be not-| bring Liners within the classifica P » de girl's d.| § ed that the people a ) talking|tion of armed auxiliaries and sub.|° we? 4 ed ryead an et Left Upon the Pier of Germany's fighting posstbilities.! ject to attack without warning Pees ite, , 7 perce agp ee Ep mgr | Several letters, attacking Miss| Fourteen cases of beer, properly }Colbert for her “unfaithfuiness,” |!beled with permits, but ade” Y were found. They are being guard- @ressed to spparently fictitious ad-— Jed by the police, who will not inti es, are in the hands of the mate whether they have any bear-| lice. following an inspection. liquor shipments aboard the S, 8, Governor by Sergt. Putnam's dry squad officers. The beer was sent to Seattle in pare of the Kay ‘Transfer com. pany ing upon the man under guard or WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.— a qeooud Western brewer, | “America’s diplomacy, especial- iter were not consulted ly the secret portion thereof, Republican members threatene ne openly today to keep up the | biggest airing since the days of foreign affairs committes, but, fail the armed ship warning resolu. (ing in that, to fight for debate—} tion fight last winter, if Sena and pienty of it | Debate would necessarily mean,| according to the republicans, j IS NEW ouanet: Re ed W rote te This: / nate foreign relations com i tor Hitchcock and his col- leagues insist on adoption of that | his resolution indorsing Presi he whole recent diplomatic game| dent Wilson's note. | would come in for a t Senator Harding of Ohio openly! sion ‘declared to the United Press today he believes the indorsement never} | will pass, “because the movement | was conceived and exect in | crecy,’ and because even members ovo discus | Jan, 3 house over WASHINGTON, The fight in the arquarvar ats the proposed congressional in- SN NP eR si 582 123 vestigation of the leak to Wall et i te ant mowe = Clothes Gone and ’ Gtrant of advande dnforviaten lovin’ me n money, Bi on the president's notes took % i Cold, She Calls on Be tne ee aiaetienal toon ‘ag | Oreven decent totke that mga Police for Help ral HENRY | woop afternoon. Representative Ben- us fair WITH THE RIENC ‘ nett, New York, named Ber- And that’s the grand old privilege i Mrs. Ruth Cole was not} Jan During 1916 th at eo nard Baruch 28 one of those to chuck our luck and choose RS go ay Sige ag oll eg - 8 the allies have nom Wall Street got it y ro . only angry, but ,cbilly, when she/ captured 682,723 Teutonic prison pitied iy got its An road at any time for any. jcalled the police Wednesday ers. Figures made public today babi iat anisbte denise where. 1 had a fight with my husband,” showed Russia leading in its cap. re rumor te," Bontrett declared pean . J she declared, “and when T awoke! tures, having taken 400,000 Austro.|{70™ the floor, “that Bernara Red” is the author of the member of the Council of minutes be Raruch, National De mans during above rhe this morning be had taken all my | Ge months. verse whole of se, 30 lothes Other captures were A i 1 " It was a hard one for the poltee,| French—78,600 German prison. | {oP the peace note was made pub-/ the poem appears in the first Motoreyele Officer Kush tried to/ers, Including 26,660 taken at Ver-| le, Sold Short on a rising market jnstallment of “Overland focate the husband, William Cole, | dun alone | 15,000 shares o el common Red.” who drives a Wells-Fargo express! British—40,800 Germans gon, but failed Italian 0 Austrians THE CONTRACT for a new $22 It starts Monday in The In the meantime, Mrs. Cole, elad| Gen. Sarrail's forces in Macedo-/000 cannery tender for Libby, Mc lin the living room rug, awalls al|nia—11,173 Bulgarian, Turkish and| Neil & Libby has been accepted by | Star German prisoners ithe Wilson Boat and Shipyard Co and that Carranza’s regime —