The Seattle star. [volume], January 11, 1913, Image 1

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Hey. mister, would you like to have
;12,000,000 to spend as you liked?
Vettv much of a p«pe dream? No, in-
Iced. Read on page 6 how a lone
roman is getting away with lite job.
OPEN FIGHT AGAINST FEDERAL JUDGE
tfF HOWARD
PROTESTED
ryidexter to Submit
Petition Against
Judge to Senate.
|y Psitfet PrtM T W Ire
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11—A
petition protesting against the
confirmation by the senate of
the nomination of Clinton Ho*
ard to be judge of the United
Statee dutnct court for West
em Washington will be sub
mitted to the senate judiciary
committer ne*t Tueaday by
Senator Miles Poinde«ter. The
petition, which is eigned by a
large umber of citltena of
Washington, alleges that Judge
Howard i* too friendly toward
the corporation*
Howard waa appointed by
Pree dent Taft to aucceed Cor
nelius H, Hanford, who re
signed under fire some months
ago while hi* conduct wa* be
ing veetigated by a congres
sional committee preliminary
to bringing Impeachment
charge*.
BOY THUGS PUT
ON ROUGH STUFF;
ROBBERS BUSY
Chester Edwards, 18. I9»sv,
fMrth sr.. was attacked and roblied
by two 14-year-ol dboys near his
borne at 10:30 Friday night
The yonngsters went after their
victim in football *tyle. The smal
ler of the two made a flying tackle,
grabbing Edwards around the legs
and throwing him. The larger did
the fall-cn the-hall" stunt. Ed
wards lie.ng the ball After throw
lag him and falling on him the
boys went through him. securing
11. They left their victim in a
dazed condition and ran down the
•lley towards Hike.
Frank Itay. who entered the houae
•f Mrs. Thelma Shomo at Juanlta
on January 3 to rob. was this morn
ing sentenced to serve from five to
ten years In the *tate penitentiary
fcl Walla Waila. Ray pleaded gulltv.
A SANE ANSWER
'ien *hoti'' < a man send hi* a'
ance' -Lady Killer
After he got* the Invitation.
NOW COMES RINEHART, WHO'LL EDUCATE
HOUSEWIVES TO FIGHT COST OF LIVING
Housewives of Seattle, t|iln
fs I'rof. A. W Hln-har', other
wise known a* "Chief" Rlne
kart. head of the eltjr weight*
and measuri d< partment.
0 Take a good N.'.k at him, for
going to hfclp you oil'.
' Rineharf Im going to es
tablish a school In which
housewives may learn of the
deceptions practiced hy the
butcher, haker. groier and oth
er dealei Me'i to hold
rlar.Heft In hi* labirrator Iw the
baaement of city hall There,
If the council grants the re
quest of Bup«rint< ndent of
Public Utilities Valentino, for
an extra room, will be fitted
a Bcre»n and a Mereoptl
y*t lantern Prof. Rlnehart
will fitrnlnh tie rent
A* noon »« 'he room I* pe
•tireii the clauses will begin.
'iT,e work will he all lecture
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VOL 14. NO. 272,
HAY TO PAY
DEBT AS HE
QUITS JOB?
Go ver nor N a m e s La w
yer to Rehear Trial
Evidence.
Charlen W Wnppensti In, ex po
lice chief of Seattle, serving n
three-year sentence for bribe taW
lug. will be pardoned by liovertior
Hat prior to hlajgoihg out of office
neat Wednesday noon. It neem.i
likely today.
The gmantor. * no had definitely
mated on other occanlons that It
would not pardon Wappenstelti.
now h.is apiwlnted Attorney lieu
eral Tanner spe«ial commlsnloner
to hear the petitioner* for the ev
chiefs pardon
Tanner, in turn, ha* appointed
former l'nlted States District At
torney Elmer Todd to hear the at
gumeuts and prepare a report to
the governor.
Todd had before him a number of
Wappensteln a friend*, including
some of the leading bankers of the
city. Friday and today. He will
give rrosec'itlng Attorney Murpu.
a hearing before submitting his re
port to the governor
Wappenatelu's pardon, like tli
pardon of Harry Carroll, granted re
• ently, wa* rumored during the
■ ampaign 'O ha«e been promi*ed to
political friend* by the llay cam
faign committee Two or three
week* ago Governor Hay. 't wa"
reported was i loseted in the pn
y ate office of J E. Chllberg, presl
dent of the Si andlnavtan American
bank, where Wappensteln* rase
*a* gone over by a number of well
known ctflien# A few day* later
the go%ernor « aa waited UTon lu
Olympia by a delegation Includ-iig
Chuberg. Toni Huvsll, a' uiney for
the telephone innpiiitl, and other
Uinkers at.d big bust test men.
The prtnc||>al point urged la that,
cvrept fo' he (.jet that the c:»se
went to the jur/ ot July 3. and the
Jurors were hiklol-s 'o g.,>t h it.ie on
Jmy 4. there wouid have beeu no
conviction
HEIRESS TO WED
PRINCE MURAT
PARIS. Jan ll—That Helena
Stalin, grand daughter of the mil
I ion aire oil magnate. Aleiauder
McDonald who died at l,oog lleach.
Cat., several month* ago, lsavlng
her a fortune estimated at $7.WMi.
000. is to marry Prince Michel
lineal descendant of Napoleon* fa
idoui Marshal Murat. la the .in
nouncement here today.
PROFESSOR RIN'EHART
work I'rof. Rlnehart has 50
nlldf'R lllufttratlng the varlotm
method* of Hhort weighing and
mean ur u g Win n tin- am In
assembled, he will explain the
work of Ihe department, the
problems In; run* up against,
then throw the slides on the
»Twn.
Kach slide Ik a lesson In It
self. facti one show* 0 »Jlff«-r
--ent ni'an: of cheating.
ll<- will show the memoire*
it . d 'hi full ini ..Hum iritV a
short one. Ho will show the
housewife what t® guard
•gainst. If, at la mor.t classes,
tbo*t who .illenit tin' lectures
take note . they will profit on
aldci* I 'I hey '' ill I ' abl«
to recognize the little de< 1 |»-
lion of ilGe dealer, and, r»*ciio
nizing them, Ret full weight
and measure,
"Chief" Rlnehart If, a good
auiu for ptofessor Iti the liouh>
The Seattle Star
AUTO POSSE
IN PURSUIT
OF ROBBER
''Gentleman Burglar"
Walks Out of San
Quentin Prison.
Mr fatted Pma I ««•»<! Wire
S\.N QI'ENTIN. Cnl, Jan 11 —
Directed by Warden Hoyle, t>*i
irraril men on hor*e* and In auto
mobile* are searching the Marin
county h'll* today for Herbert W.
Kepsold. the "perfumed buritlnr,"
who escaped from the Mate prison
here late laat night l'|) to K o'clock
today he hail not been located. For
two year* Hepnold had been a
model prisoner.
The entire force of "trusties'
were hard at work prej>armg the
book* fur a meeting of the priaon
board today. At 10 20 o'clock la*t
night Kepaold yawn—J. put on his
prison rap, and walked out of the
front door.
A* he went he slipped on the
overcoat ot Col. lieunls liuffy,
president ot the state board of
prison directors, who wa* in an
Inside room Ills absence was not
noticed for fully IS minutes
Itepsold wa* arrested In Sacra
mento after about a doteti bunt
larle* there and three In Oakland
had been traced to him. lie waa
convicted mid sentenced to 15
years imprisonment lie Is the
«on of a wealthy San Francisco
wine merchant, who died rer»-ntly.
BOY PROTESTS
INNOCENCE; HE
GETSLONGTERM
Charle* Wilson, alias <1. Nelson,
1? years old. was this morning
sentenced by Judge Hon aWI to
serve from two and a half to 16
years at the Monroe reformatory
Wilson »»■ arrested a month a*o
by an officer who had been 'tipped
off" by a pawnbroker When
searched. Wilson was found to
have 15" worth of Jewelry on hi*
person. Investigation «6owe<l he
hait nkM » Jewelry More on Uni
av , cut hi* toe, and smeared blood
on the counter a* a blind, bid his
booty In the A. II hotel, atxl slept
In the Consul hotel.
w iv< ■rh'Mil. He lias he. n
head of the department for the
two yearn it ha* been In exls
tence, lie organized It, gut It
to run 11I nK smoothly, and then
started after the dealer*, ill*
two years' experience ha* Riv
en him much Information
Now he'* going i„ K | v( , 11,1«
Information to those who need
It the moat.
Thl* Idea o' a school In hi*
own lie want* to help the buy
er and he want* to Itolp Ills
departm#tit
I'rof. Hlnehart's nrhool will
be a HiieceK*. It'* bound to be.
A lively, «lil> awnk> man, al
wtiyh on II" J' t>. I'i if, Rln«'
hart Ik able trt Impress on buy
er* the nece. nily nt watching
the arale*.
He will undoubtedl) be an
Important fighter In the at
tack on old "High Co*t ol Llv-
THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE
SKATTI.F, WASH., SATURDAY 1 . JANUARY 11, 1913.
KAtS TONIOftT A N'T) MONDAY, I Itl.Y WINIW
Law Ends Her Romance
CHAMPIONS OF MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP TO KEEP EYES
UPON COUNCILMEN MONDAY
A big l»ody of municipal owner
ship advocate* plan to be prwu-nt
at the council meeting MoMnr.l
«h<-n the proi«nsed partnership
agr*ement between the city atxl
the Kenton electric line roinri up
on the franchise committee's ro
l-orf to submll (hp matter to a vote
of the |>eople
Counrtlmen Frlckson. Il'sketh
and >rt> n|i|M>M'il to Ihi* *üb
nilmtlon •»f th f * i|tifii|un to the elec
tor* on March t
Councllmen Maine, War dull,
Manx and I'lerce favor It
Councllmen Mai Id'- and (ioddard
*111 control Itii ultimate dlsposl
tlon.
Opponent* of the partix rthlp
agreement contend (hat, slrne the
people hove already voted for a
municipally owned street railway
and work In now In progress on It.
the Seattle, Kenton At Southern
should be compelled to Itself In- ,
yoke a referendum or an InHlnilve'
FINISH TRIAL OF
TACOMA FEDERAL
EMPLOYE TODAY
TACOMA. Jan ll.—Judge Mean
convened the federal court half an
hour earlier today to try to finish
the trial of ex Federal Court Clerk
Samuel lirldges before night. All
testimony was In before noon and
the argument of the case will be
ended In three hours.
It Is expected the Jury will get
the nintter about t o'clock.
ftritlg's himself, on the stand
yesterday afternoon, made some
startling revelations, lie said that
the Irresponlsble actions of A.
lieeves Avers, who preceded him
as clerk, kepi the records and cash
continually muddled. lie said
things got so had at one time
through Avers taking money from
the court treasury thai Itrldge*.
who wa then dc|iut\ ( l<-rk. hail to
go out and borrow $6,000 to make
good the shortage.
MRS. GUGGENHEIM
NO. 1 LOSES CASE
CinCAOO, Jan 11. In the elr
cult court here today Judge Heard
denied the plea of Mrs (irace (Sum
gralMlni-Wahl to set aside her de
creo of divorce from William (Sue
genhelm. the New York copper
multi-millionaire. The decision
brings to an end litigation extend*
Ing over three year*.
In his decision, Judge Heard
ruled that fraud undoubtedly liad
been practiced upon the court,
which granted the original
as claimed by Mrs. Wahl's attor
ney*, but he held that she was a
voluntary party to that fraud
(liirrcnhelm, sooif after the <11
wa» gr.inted, married ugaln.
WASHINGTON. Jan. II Investl
gatlon of private wire contracts
and privileges assigned by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co., and the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies, was
ordered here today by the Inter
state commerce commission.
ONF ri-'NT «■> i hain» »■*!»
vinr, uliii M «<vn»n,t„
MARIE PAtll
art to bring their proportion to a
*<>t» of the people.
The conncll. In view of the con
demnation proceedings no* land
ing In the (mirts for the acqulsl
tlon of the S II * Shy the city.
It In r<mteiid<-d, should nm rush
through an agreement which would
n»i-e*»ially do »*ay with such pro
ceeding. and thua stop real tnuul
clpal ownership to thai exient.
The partnership agreenient pro
pone* to give the city 60 jier cent
of the profit* of the company, with
out any iuveatment by the city, but
subject to a »lt per cent unnual
payment to the stockholder* on
the coat of the Investment
Title. It la argued, would give the
city nothing when all the figuring
wa* over with
The company also agree* to btilld
extensions Immediately and to al
low transfers on four cent ticket*
to lln«* which may be exclusively
owned by the city.
JACK JOHNSON
HASN'T A CENT
LEFT, HE SAYS
CHICAGO, .Tan ll.—Jack John
*on. negro prise fighter, who has
been relegated to oblivion by gen
eral t »ns« tit of the boxing promot
era of Ihls country, ndmltled toda>
that he hitfn't a cent.
Johnson's "Cafe de Champion''
*»« recently closed by the police
and a Judgment for 16.621 secured
acalnst him by a brewing company.
Ills automobile, a safe and the sa
loon fixtures were seized by the
sheriff to satisfy this claim When
the deputies took charge of I lie big
touring car, Johnson pleaded with
them lo spare the machine.
"Th»t car belongs to Lucille," he
said, referring to his while wife.
She liiuiglit It two weeks before
we were married. I'lense don't
take it away."
NO BAIL FOR
POOR CASTRO
NEW YOHK, Jnn. 11. —Clprlnno
Castro, former president of Venr
zueln, was denied admlslon to ball
by I'nltnd Stales Judge Holt to
day. pending the completion of an
examination by the Immigration
authorities at Kills .Island, where
Castro was detained when he ar
rived from Kurope. Application
for a writ "f habeas.rorpus on be
hnlf of t'(intro has not yet been il<
Xlded by Judge Holt.
"CAVALRY WOMEN"
' TO HEAD PARADE
WASHINGTON, .rnn I* Lead
ing Miffragets filing PeniiK. Ivanla
av, wlien they march In a monster
parade here March :i will be "ea.al
i v wi®irn headed in Mri nunc
son. wife of Lieut Hurleson, of Fort
Meyer, according to announcement
here t"4^ v Tho cavalry women
squadrotr'wlll be made up of Wash
Ington society leaders.
HOME EDITION
BOY, PREVENTED BY COURTS
FROM MARRYING RELATIVE,
WILL FIGHT LAW WITH LAW
EXPLANATION OF
STRANGE TANGLE
IN RELATIONSHIP
Mitchell Mullen, who fell in
love with Mine Paul, only to
learn that the lew would pre
vent him from marrying her. le
the girl'e atep-uncle. Mullen ie
* step brother of the girl'e moth
er. Both had the nme father,
and Mullen, therefore, n a blood
relative of the girl he wante to
wed.
WOODROW THINKS
THIRTEEN" LUCKY
A HOARD OK I'HKBIOKNT
KI.F.CT WILSONS I'KIVATK
('All, Kort Wayne, lnd . Jan. 11
—The hoodoo numt>er 1:1 him no
terror* for I'realdenl-elect Wil
ton, and he grinned when he
counted none* at the break!**!
table ihi» morning
"Well. boy*. he aald, I *ee
there are Ju*i lof it* Thai
mean* we will have a fine trip
Thirteen I* m> lucky number."
Governor Wilton I* en route to
Chicago. where he I* to *|>eak
tonight In-fore the Commercial
club. Two *erret service offl
rer* accompany the president
elect, seven new*i>aperinen. a
teleßrai>ber. the governor* ste
nographer and the railroad meti
In charge of the car completing
the party.
REH ABILITATORS
OF G. 0. P. HEAR
GOV. HAY SPEAK
Ily I'llllH I ,••«»<! Wirt
TACOMA, .lan. 11—The repuhll
ran party rehabllltntors were con
aplcuoug by the aliwence of their
numbers at the *late central com
mlltee meeting, particularly, calleil
here Friday.
The rehabilitation process wit*
then pursued at a banquet, at which
some reference was made that lhe
republican parly had the real pro
gressives In It, because tlovernor
Hailley of Missouri and tlovernor
Iteneen of Illinois wrote nice let
ter* to be rend at the banquet
Governor Hay was the principal
speaker at the banquet, and oppo
sition to the nonpartisan election
law was lhe principal Ifem of In
terest.
SLIPS ON GLASS;
NOW SHE'S SUING
Miss Jessie (' MaeT/Oan walked
serenely down Second av. last Sep
tember. While passing 111 front of
the Clemmer theatre, she myaterl
ously slipped and felt.
Mis* SlscLean was taken home
Injured. The doctor found her arm
fractured and mime bones In her
wrist broken.
Thin morning Mist; Macl.ean lie
gan lilt against the city, the Clem
mcr theatre, and .Inlltis Shafer,
owner, for >7,500. She alleges tho
glass light-area on the sidewalk
wan slippery and defective.
CAPT. WEST IS
ARRESTED AGAIN
VALLEJO, Cat., Jan. 11.—A dls-
Itutcli received here from At
lanta, Oa„ says that Captain finest
A. West of the marine corps la un
der arrest there for peace disturb
ance.
West vns arrested at the Mare
Island barracks here last winter In
connection with sensational stories
'•egarding alleged 111 treatment of
his wife, lie was sentenced to a
reduction of many numbers In rank
and transferred to the I'uget sound
navy yard ut Bremerton, Wash.
Are you thinking about getting some
clothes for mother and the girls? Well,
you certainly mutt look at page 5, for
there you will get a line on eomr*Hing o
classy.
His Attorney Prepares to Oppose
Action Started by Mother of Girl
to Prevent Wedding*.
That the courts have no power to restrain by injiiin ti< i»
;m illegal marriage or other contemplated crime, unless prop
erty or pecuniary rights arc involved, i* the contention "f
James |~ Crotty, attorney for Mitchell Mullen, 19, and his
step-niece, Marie Paul, JO.
Yesterday the girl's mother, Mrs. Regelina I'ranctt, 12.1
Third av. north, applied to Judge ICverett Smith for an order
restraining Mullen from marrying the girl. Tlie order \va»
granted.
Monday Crotty will file a demurrer netting forth the con
tention that the courts have no right to interfere by injunc
tion in such a marriage.
Meanwhile the young people, having been informed that
.1 wedding between them would be unlawful, have abandoned
hope of marrying.
They are victims of too much "protection."
Mullen la Mra. Franett s half-1
brother, and came to live with her
and her family. Kranett, a fisher
man. I* his wife * second husband.
Mullen and Marie, alKiut the same
age. fell Innocently In love
Police Make Mystery.
The Old World peasant has a
■tern cod"- for the regulation of Ills
daughter's morals Kranett aud
his wife are of that clan*. Kranett,
unable to understand the greater
fic<-dom allowed young people In
America, could not l>elleve that his
i step daughter s relations with Mul
len were pure
He hinted his suspicions to his
wife, and the minds of bolh pois
oned. they rushed to police head
quarters and poured, with many
gesture* and tears, the |«>|aonous
Story Into the ears of Mrs Itlanehe
Mason, a policewoman.
The police*omen made a great
mystery of 11. The girl must t>e
'protected'" and saved from her
self '•
She was spirited a»av to a prl
vale home where neither her
mother nor Mullen could find her.
and Mullen was restrained from
marrvlim her.
Mullen Is a clean, clever, alert
young man. and. though an Aus
trian, Is thoroughly Amertcanlied.
He was amazed and troubled by all
the fuss and mystery.
They Give Up Hopes.
"It Is true, he said t'Mlay, "that
Marie and I are fond of each other,i
and hoped to marry. Hut when we
learned that the law wouldn't let
us, ami I hat such a marriage would
he wmtig. why, we gave up thought
of It
'Marie, left home because her
mother and step father would not i
believe she waa good, and because
they scolded her and abused her
She wanted to be lnde|«-ndcnt and,
; earn her own living
j "When we were told If wns not
i lawful for us to marry, ne said,
j'All right.' and promised to he good I
friends hlwhvk. That s all there Is 1
J to It."
Marie was before the trouble,
employed as a clerk In a downtown '
department store. The manager!
of her department said yesterday: j
"The whole trouble seems to
have arisen from the Inability of
the girl's mother, filled with old-|
world prejudices, to believe that a
girl can have the freedom that
American girls enjoy and slay '
| moral. Maile Is one of the best;
j girls we ever had here, I. often
i used to point to her as an example
of the kind of girls we want, for
! she was Industrious and courteous
always, and I would tell the \meri
: can girls that they could take les
| sons from her "
Friday night Mrs. Mason brought
CHICKENS
Are you interested in them? Would you like to
liave your own fresh eggs and a fine chicken to
eat when you want it?
The best and most reliable poultry dealers in this
section of the state will be found represented in the
poultry exchange which appears on page 7 in to
day's Star. Don't fail to read this exchange care
fully this evening if you are interested in chickens
now or are likely to be in the future. This direct
ory appears in The Star each Saturday.
Star Want Ads ar* reliable, also. They bring 1 the
results. The cost is very small for the service you
get. Just phone Main 9400 or Elliott 44, or call at
the downtown office at 229 Union St.. with the
Souvenir and Curio Shop.
THE STAR GUARANTEES IN EXCESS
OF 40,000 PAID CIRCULATION DAILY
mother and daughter together nnd
later the Rirl left for Olympla to
take a position as a domestic ser
vant In the home of Senator Jael*
son.
CORKERY HAS
CAUCUS |VOTE
FOR SPEAKER
At n caucus held by practically
all the progresnive member* of th«
legislature and a number of repub
licans at the Frye hotel thin morn
ing. it w;tn unanimously decided t»
support Thomas .1 Cork cry of Sp*v
kan, progressive. for -peaker of tb«
bouse.
The caucus alto went on record
for the "lection of a committee o»
commitcs. and removing the arbi
trary exercise of power charged to
Speaker Howard Taylor, who Is a
candidate for re-election.
Thi-i committee on committed, It
wan decided. Khould consist of th«
S]>eaker and three members from
each of the three dominant partle#
In the state, one of each party la
each congressional district
TEAMSTER DRIVES
OVER HIGH BANK
John Foetiev. teamster received
had cuts and bruises on his head
and face Friday evening at 7.30,
when the team he was driving fell
over the 10-foot embankment at Hay
St. and Rlllott av. He was found by
Patrolman Phillips and sent to the
city hospital. His Injuries are pain
ful but not serious. He was not
able to tell much shout the accident
except to saj he lost his sense of
direction.
MEXICAN TROOPS IN
FEARFUL PLIGHT
DOrOLAS. ArTz. .tan 11—With
more than half of their number
shoeless, their feet frozen and
cracked from marching through tho
snows In the Sonora mountains. L'OO
men, reinforcements of the federal
garrison at Vcia Prleta, Sonora, ar
rived today
One private was frozen to death
during the march from a Central
Sonora post, and another died of ex
posure.
A SANE ANSWER
If* it jwo|w»r to wear par rinps ev
erywhere* Comedy Catherine.
No; Jiiot (n the ear*.