The Seattle star. [volume], April 29, 1913, Image 1

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IMr AGE SAVES JACOB FURTH FROM PENITENTIARY TERM
BE A BOOSTER!
Why It the Pot!at«h * To booet Seattle. What
do we call one who booete the Potlatch? A Seattle
booster Should v»e all be Seattle booster*? You've
got ue. Ste; hano we should! Which I* the 'tsson
taught by this little catechism.
A WORD WITH YOU. MISTER MURPHY
PRESIDENT IS DEFIED BY
CALIFORNIA ON LAND LAW
SENATE TO
DISREGARD
BRYAN PLEA
Gov, John»on Defend*
Right of Hit State to
Pam Act Barring Jap»
From Land Ownership.
■t Vn!«<l Pt»«« wtr*
WASHINGTON. April 29.—
Pres dent Wilson Is standing
pat on his attitude In the Cal
ifornia anti-alien land law
mattsr. He Insists that tha
words "tnsliQibls to citixsrv
ehlp" contained In ths b '"
new pending before the Cali
fornia leglsisture vlolatee the
treaty now existing between
Japan and the U. 8. This was
the only announcement from
the White Houae following to
day's meeting of the cabinet.
SACRAMENTO. April 29 — Gov
ernor Hiram W. Johnson and the
California ieg.s'sture »ro standing
eat: a bill eacludlng all aliens ln
,i ; bi« to citizenship will bo
cassed. and mission #f 9,er *'
ta-y Bryan vw<ll reeult In failure.
This. IP • word. I* the situation
In the Japaneee embrogllo
day. ao far aa anyone tan tell from
oot*ld«. #»^a
Prom the hnor when It w»* first
known that President WttaOß de
sired to send Bryan to Facraroento.
K *an predict-d that Johnson
would not r«r4« from
be had taken. It was dec ared
that *hn pressure of pttfclle opinion
to -ho stats called for »
fladir.it th© Japanese In such
•trotvc form that Johnaor, could
not r»»l«t, whethW ho wished to
or not. _ ,
Law Will Be Paesed.
Today It seems as though the**
prediction hare b«en fully fu»
filled. and unless President V. ilaon.
to m—to Bryan today. can
set forth some stronger arguments
than Bryan h" yet
there la hardly a doubt that legis a
tlon dlr~-tly. almost specifically,
against Japan will be taksn.
The s«cretary will go to San
PraaHsco tonlsh' a* the ruest of
the Panama Pacific edition of
ficials. and It may bo will go dl
tact from Ban Francisco to Wash
lortor. it i* *»:•:£
that developments may bring nlm
to before ending nl* •
fort, to meet the Presidents rlewa
Ofi ".ho actl all'-n land bill
Governor Answers Bryan.
Th* apparent determination or
the state administration to «o
ahead »-ith Japanes" exclusion was
pn tlcally expressed las'
at Bryan's second conference wlt jj
the legislators When U.er» seemed
a possibility that Bryan's pleas
might Induce delay. fkr*emor John
son arose and. In a few words,
practical set forth the states po
sition.
"The bill proposed for pas
sage by the California legisla
ture can call forth no Just
criticism from any forslgn na
tion." aald Johnaon. "Here In
California it Is not a question
of Whether the Japanese gov
ernment takes offer.se at what
we do. but whether we give
that government Just for
Offense. I do not believe that
the proposed bill limiting own
ership to aliens who are elig
ible to citiienshlp gives the
Japanese just cause for taking
offense."
MUNICIPAL CAR
BONDS SIGNED
Mayor Cotterlll today signed
the first municipal street car
bonds, amounting to J30.000,
which were purchased at par
by the etate board of control
as an Investment for the
permanent school fund after
local bond buyers had tried to
discredit them.
The tigning of the bonds
marki tfe end of a two y«ar
•trug.j e of municipal owner
ih■ p advocates, to get a square
deaf and a fair market for the
bordt
SMUGGLER TRAPPED
fir ' m«»<1 Wlr"
TO' KTON April 29.—K A
V. • lit ■ ,11, I. I> lii nrty frill, of
i. 11 > /u, »a* arr»*t"«'l a* Holt
last nIKM. as th«- man rwapotmibln
f'. , of nli ■ ' ' ,nr, n
fr'yr■ i til i r i>l<i';*. Thf
Cl A. r< tal ■ij from th«- Ih»*
rit which !h«rf w< r«* Khlpp<"l
tr •.i • .-.1. • I ' 'Itjr al Ht<* kton but
lh» it was allowed to <• to Ita 'In
tlna'ion Wb.n til 11 failed for the'
shlpint r j,■. Hp was arrested. and the |
po! ii. / he confessed to ih" >
VOLUME 15
NO. 52
HE STARTED THIS RO W
AGAINST THE JAPANESE
••nator E A. Blrdaall of California ia tha man who atarta* atl this
agitation agalnat tha Japantaa vxhich has dev«lop«<l Into an Intarna
tioral affair. Blrdaall la a grsat ballavar In Amorlca for tha Amarleana,
and hit frallaf haa takan tha form of a bill agamat allana. and by al>a"a
Ha la hitting tapacially at tha Japaneae. Birdaall la tha haavywi gh(
of tha California asnate, balng probably Ita blggeat man, phyaicatly.
WANTS CITIZENSHIP
FOR THE JAPANESE
Whether Japanese realdenta of
the Pacific Coaat would forsw««r
allsglanca to their emperor and be
come cUlxena of thla country la
Ing a a peer h by Rev N- KutmaMro,
belr.g dla< uaaed bcrw today, follow
who foea to hla new pastoral# at
Oaaka thla w»ek. at a farewell
banquet at the Y M. C. A.
"Tha future aolutlon of the Jap
anese problem on this coaat la to
irlve my people the right of rltlien
■ hip," he aald. "I am not apeak
Her Six-Weeks
Fast Is Fatal
f?jr T'nftM Pr«* W!r»
PORTLAND, Or*., April 29.
—Mary Pratt Parmenter of
Salem, 52. la dead today, fol
lowing a slx-weeka faat. Dur-
In* thla time ahe refuaed to
partake of either food or water
I)r. A. 8 Nichols, who attend
ed Mlaa Parmen'er. atated to
day that he believed aho was
mentally deranged.
THE Pt'OKT SOI'ND CHORAI
UNION'S annual concert waa given
at Arlington Sunday
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The Seattle Star
SEATTLE, WASH. TUESDAY, APRIL 20. 1013.
' Ing aa a Japaneae, but a* a philoso
pher. There ta a new Idea of el*
llltatlon that la above any ieirla
lature. which conalata In the belief
that there la only one humanity.
Men ab<>uld be judged by charac
ter. not by rare "
ResolutJona were paaaed by the
Orient-Occident club, which In
cludes many prominent cltlxena of
Seattle, under whoee auaplce# the
banquet «aa held, urging that no
legialatlon dla< rlmlnatlng agalnat
Japan he paaaed.
Clamps Sunday
Lid on Stores
Oroccra will not he permitted
to aell anything but neceawvr
lea on Sunday*. Thla rule will
l>e enfon ed by Chief Han nick,
following n complaint lodged
agnlnet Sunday grorers by the
Seattle Retail Orocsrs' n*aoc|.
atlon. Tho aaaoclatlon wanta
Hannlck to cloae up groceries
altogether on Sundaya, but
Hannlck will allow tlmm upon
only for the purpoae of aelling
bread, milk, jmatry, dellcates
aen supplies, etc.
SIIOWKHH TOM<JII lOR WKhM: SIVXY. UdH I KKOST TONICiHT, I-MilIT NUKTIIKKLY WIMIH
THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE
A word with you, Prosecutor Murphy: You say you won't call a {jrand
jury because no evidence has been laid before you. Why are you drawing
a salary as a public prosecutor if you have to wait until some private investi
gator lays evidence before you? Why is a prosecutor, if not to investigate,
then to prosecute? What sort of a game is this you are playing, anyhow?
The Star, during the past month, has given you at least a dozen different
leads, any one of which might lead to the conviction of a grafter. This paper
has done considerable investigating at great cost of time and money, but The
Star is not going to gather evidence and carry it to you on a silver platter. If,
as public prosecutor, you don't care to follow any of the clues; if you don't
care to find out who got the mysterious $5,000 rake-off; if you don't care to
probe the disgraceful crematory scandal; if you don't care to exert yourself
enough to go into the road building graft—why, then let the grafters graft.
The Municipal league, the most reliable, the most independent and aggres
sive civic body of Seattle, has investigated and its membership UNANIMOUS
LY DECLARES THAT CONDITIONS WARRANT THE CALLING OF A
GRAND JURY.
Ihe Commercial club, after an investigation, demands that the grand jury
be called.
The Pomona grange,representing a membership of 5,000 farmers, makes
definite and specific charges about the sqandering of public money on county
roads and DEMANDS THE CALLING OF A GRAND JURY.
And you say, Prosecutor Murphy, that you haven't any evidence, and that
you'll wait a week to see if any one brings you something.
Some friend of youro, Mr. Murphy, ought to talk plainly to you. He ought to tell you to get busy, and he ought to tell you to be
mighty quick about it, too.
BANKER
IS FINED
SIO.OOO
B E L L IX GUAM.
April 29.—0n1y his age
saved Jacob Eurth, the
Seattle banker, convict
ed of cons piracy to re
ceive deposits unlawful
ly, from the peniten
tiary.
Sn declared Judge Ed
E. Hardin when he im
posed a fine of $K),IHH)
and costs upon him late
Monday afternoon.
"A tail sentence,"
said the judge, "is
equivalent, in view of
the advanced age of the
defendant, to a death
sentence."
The matlmim punlnhment for the
crime I* fl*«d by law ut 10 yearn
In (h« penitentiary or JIO.OOO fin*,
or both
Arfumenta on B motion by
Furth'* attorney* for a judgment of
acquittal, notwithstanding the ver
dict of guilt, took up all the morn
Ing *e**lon, and were followed by a
motion for a new trial Roth mo
tion* were denied by the court.
Before pronouncing *"ntence,
JudK n Hardin declareil he had con
fidence In the jury which convict
ed Furth. and that they were not
Influenced by other conalderatlon
than the evidence In the cane Hut
for the fact that Furth waa ~ year*
old, Judge Mardln nald he would Im
pone a penitentiary aentetice. aa he
believed that F*iirth received a fair
and lm)>artlal trial
E. f\ Hughe*, Furth'* attorney,
Irflliiodlatoly nave notice of appeal
to the aupreme court. Hood for
110,000 wan put up for Furth, pend
ItiK appeal
Furth w.i* the chief of the al
leged conspirator* who aided W. E.
Schrlcker of La Conner to receive
depoalt* with knowledge of the
b*nk'« ln*olvency. The fact that
he received only a fine, It It gen
erally believed, mean* that R V.
Ankeny, Daniel Kelleher, and E. W.
Andrew*, Furth'* a**oclate*, even
If found guilty, will alio eacape a
penitentiary »entence.
Trained Hubby
Not Desirable
BAN FRANCISCO, April 29.
When Mrs. Wm. William*
married, her "hubby" w*s an
uncouth ranch hand. She sent
him to school, upending $2,000
on his education. Now, unable
to understand his "high brow"
English she seeks a divorce.
Williams Is still attending
school.
Girl Who Testified Against
Former Principal of School
MRS AONF.fI RlnvvAKT. AS SKETCHED RY' ST Alt AIITI.ST
MAN HOLDS GIRLS
IN STRANGE SPELL
"We can be happier without l>e- |
ing married, can't we?"
Ho wrote J Archie H"ss, automo
bile man and former principal of
the Hunnydsle school, according to
federal officials.
And Mrs. Agnes Stewnrt —the
glt'l gives her age as 20, but she j
looks no more tlmn 10 or 17 an !
swered the call A bride of six j
week", she left her husband at I.os
Angeles and hurried to SeAttle on
transportation furnished by Hess,
she says.
She fairly flew to him. When !
she arrived, she had words for none
other than him Relatives and
friends could wait. The girl I til
mediately telephoned to Hess, and
she went to the Carleton hotel on
itlghth av, where the authorities
later found her.
The girl was enamored with
Hess. She obeyed his wishes as
though she were under his hyp
notic spell. Husk Is well educated,
courteous In manner, refin- d in j
speech.
Friend of the Family
And he had an automobile
The girl? She whs a child. She j
looks It today, with her short :
sklne> the weater eost. and the
girlish hat.
Hess was a "friend of thr fam
ily." lie has been going with Ag
lies for several years Hut when j
he made no proposal of marriage,
her mother decided to take hor
, uwuy froiu his Uiflueuoe. TUoj
I O
one cent aisiaMsi I
j wont to California. Thorp young
Stewart. a tel< phone lineman, who
| had known her in Seattle, proposed
Ito her and was accepted Mesa la
"aid to have counseled her to Ret
married to Stewart. Ho kept up
the correspondence after the mar
riage And finally rame the mo*
j Kane bidding her to come to Seattle
Ileus, nay Juvenile court officials,
j and school niithorltloH, betrayed
not only Mrs. Stewart, but Mm
Stewarts younger ulster, a child
| of 16.
Lesrns of Sister's Ruin
Hut Mr*. Stewart, the bride of
■tlx weeks, who left her husband
for the sake of Hess, knew nothing
of this She had confidence In
lless' love of her.
She was doomed to a most lilltor
'awakening. To the terrible reall
jzatlon that she whs but one of the
jalleK'd victims of Hess, was the
added horror that her younger sis
ter, too, hail been betrayed
In the Instant that she learned
lof her slater's betrayal her love
| turned to despair and then to hate.
Mis Stewart broke down, ami
[ told her story She was no longer
| a girl She had matured. She was
j seeking no vengeance for her own
.sake She was avenging the wrong
t i hi r younger sister
Ami bravely "he went to the Fed
eral building Monday afternoon* to
I tell her story to the grand Jury.
J She spared herself nothing. Her
little sister'# picture was before
her. * •
• .
ISN'T IT SAD?
To think that Proaecutor Murphy, after theee
/ears of encellent work, should find hit eyesight
•O affected. DhHSHt ow, he eaye, of any reason
'or calling a grand Jury at thi§ time Hat no evl
dence. Do you take The Star, Mr. Murphy 7
HOME
EDITIU?
WOMAN LOOKS ON
SLAIN HUSBAND:
CRIES HER LOVE
Mrs. Anna Westman yesterday looked down
mto the dead fare of her murdered husband,
('arl .-Jxtel ll'est mat:. Her fare was white and
drawn. Her eyes—beautiful, questioning eyes
uere wells of melanrholy.
"I love you! I love you!" she moaned.
She was asked about her husband's mysterious
death. "I know nothing," she answered.
Sheriff Shatturk is trying to prove she does
know. lie is building, link by link, a rhain of
t i'idenre—rirrumstantial, but strong, though
7i ith here and there a link missing.
There will be held Wednesday at Wlnslow, on Ralnbridgo island,
where the crime wan committed, early Sunday morning, a coroner a
Inquest The history of the strange couple will then be laid bare
Will the story disclose a motive? Shattuck Is silent on the point.
The facts as kiown, marshaled briefly, atx> these
\\ est man was a Finn. Me was educated In the best European uni
versities Belonging to a wealthy and socially prominent family of
Helslngfors. he entered the diplomatic service where his scholastla
knowledge stood htm In good stead.
Then he quarreled with his father, ami, cut off from any chance of
an Inheritance, he came to America He met a woman of hIF own
race and class, a silent, beautiful woman who shared his fondness for
good books
It wax a blow to his pride when adversity forced him to "enter
service." lie uas employed as butler In the homes of Chauncey De
pew. the Vanderbllts and o'her wealthy New York families homes
which would have welcomed him gladly as an equal in other and happier
days.
Ilelng a servant did not humble his pride. It only made him more
taciturn and hitter than lmfore.
The couple came West, and* ultimately took the ranch at Island
Center, on llainbrldge Island. Children came —five In all. The oldest Is 14.
They were poor, but they still ahd money enough to buy books-
Ibsen. Bal*ac, Emerson They read them In the original.
Mrs. Westman's sister, the wife of II V. Nordberg, president of
the Nordberg Manufacturing company, of Milwaukee, for a time sent
Iter $40 a month.
Quarrels between the Westman* were frequent. Westman was
Insanely Jealous. Mers was the more placid temperament. Between
quarrels they were lover like
Finally, an the culmination of a quarrel of more than usual bitter
ness, Westman left the ranch and occupied a shack on the beach near
the Hill Brothers' shipyard, where he was employed as watchman. 11a
took his favorite authors with him.
Now the tragedy.
Saturday night Mrs. Westman retired early, and rose with the
children, at the usual hour Sunday morning. Both she and the children
Will so testify at the Inquest tomorrow.
She did not, however, sleep with her oldest daughter, as was
her custom. She explains that the bed was broken and she feared It
would not bear the weight of two persons. She slept on the lounge
Instead.
,1. K Hubbard, manager of the shipyard, arrived from Seattle on
the steamer Florence K. lie heard angry voices In the engine room.
He says lie believe-. the woman's voice to have been Mis Westman s.
There was a man's voice, too That was at midnight. Mrs. Westman
had retired three hours before at the ranch, throe miles away.
Did she. then, rise from her eouch after the children had fallen
asb'<-p. and drive to Wlnslow and the alilpyanl for a mldulght con
ference with her husband?
Westman was alive at I:L'5 Sunday morning. He rang In At tha
time clock at that time.
Townspeople heard a shot some time betweeti 1:30 and 2 o'clock. At
2 • 4r» o'clock a horse and buggy was seen driving wildly along the only
road that leads from Wlnslow to Island i'enter Its occufunts «er< j,
man and a woman.
Who were they?
Wlioee was the horse and buggv "
When morning dawned Mrs. Westman was In bed and presumably
asleep. «
At II o'clock Bunda> morning the bods of Westman was found In
the brush beside the straggling path, 110 had been shot from liehind, the
bullet entering his head. He had been dead some hours.
\nd Mrs Westman, looking down Into the faco of tho d#ud (alitor
of hor children, moans: "1 love you! I lovo you!"