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-JUDGES ARE EXPENSIVE ARTICLES—SOME FIGURES ON THE COST OF OUR HARD-WORKING NINE WILL RE PRINTED IN TOMORROW'S STAR
A 24 per cent K«in in circulation
since the boom times, while the other
Seattle papers have, according to their
own boasts, only managed to hold their
own, indicates The Star is the paper
the people want.
POLICEMAN SLUGS BOY IN ALLEY
CITIZEN PROTESTS
TO CHIEF AGAINST
COP'S BRUTALITY
Patrolman No. 105 arreated Jack Smith, a boy. Saturday afternoon
en Washington at
Jack Smith, offtrlals at police headquarters say, had made a
"crack" that he was going to get an officer on the Waahlngton at.
brat
Patrolman No. 105 dldn t take the boy directly to the patrol boi.
aa Is ordinarily done, to call the wagon Instead, he led him tt>to an
alley between First and Second a>es A fellow policeman followed
them In
Let A l> Purkett of 711 Seventh a* tell the reat Puckett t>«
the arrest He waa curious to see why the policeman took Jack
Smith Into the alley 80 he atood by and watel ed looter In the day
he wrote a hot letter to Chief Pannlck
"Tha policeman waa twice tha ana of the young man ha had by
the collar." aaya Puckett. "He hiked him along into tha allay for
20 feet or ao. than auddenly turned and aluggad him with all hia
might In the face. Tha young fallow ataggered. Tha pollcemaa
drew back hla flat and hit him again, than again, and again—ao
faat I couldn't count how many timea—until the boy want ttewn
and out. Tha other policeman atood looking on, and aeemed to
enjoy It.
"Than they took tha boy acroaa tha atraet to the patrol boa
and called tha wagen. Hla face waa like a piece of raw beefateak
when they loaded him in. and ha waa bloody from head to foot."
A telephone converaatlon with the deak sergeant at headquarters
revealed the fact that a young man had been booked aa Jack Smith
The charge waa disorderly conduct.
"(lues* he'd I teen fighting, " the deak sergeant aald "Hla face waa
all bloody "
The case waa to he heard before Judge ilorc.on thla afternoon
It »aa absolutely the moat brutal eahlblt'on of rruelty I ever
aaw.' wrote Puckett. the looker-on. to Chief llannlck
GRAND JURY PROBES
WOMAN'S ACTION IN
LAST MILLER TRIAL
Inveatlgatlon of the charge that
Mr*. Jennie Morrlsey. one of the
juror* In the Peter Miller cmaa. waa
pre-prejudiced against 'him. waa
taken up by the grand Jury thla
morning A number of Juror* were
PREPARING FOR
RW CONVENTION
gome of the moit prominent
eharity worker* In th* country will
*l*lt Seattia during the National
Conference of Charltle* and Cor
rection and allied aooletle*. to be
held In Seattle, beginning July 1
and ending July IJ. The program
ban already be<*n received l.ere
At lea«t *1* differ**>t irganiia
tlon* will meet here nnt month.
The number Include* the m.»etlng*
of the American A**ociatlon of So
rletle* for Organlilng Charity, Na
tional Children'* Home society.
American Red Croa*. Waa'ilngton
State Conference of Charlt!«-* and
Correction and American Federa
tion of Sex Hygiene.
U. S. SUPREME COURT
HITS EXPRESS TRUST
WAS HINGTON, June I —The
l'nlted State* auprem* fourt today i
de< ld<>d that the Adam* Kxpr»-*B
Co. may be pro*ecutfd for violation
of Interstate commerce law*. The
department of Ju*tlcp and th»> Inter
state commerce commliaion have
been fighting for this ruling for
year*. The Ohio federal courta
held that becau*e tne company wa*
a "Joint Btof-k a**o<iatlon'' and not
Real Estate
Is the Basis of
• All Wealth
It is a fact that more people make more
money out of real estate than almost any other
line of business and this section of the country
is especially prolific of opportunities. Among
these opportunities is the new townsite of
Priest Rapids, which is now being put on the
market.
Full details of this new town will be found
in the large display ad which appears on page
6in today's Star. Railroads and transportation
facilities make great values in real estate, and
the fact that Priest Rapids townsite is located
on the Milwaukee line and is very accessible,
should be an inducement to prospective in
vestors.
VOLUME 15
NO. 87
| called who are alleged to have
heard Mr* Morrtaey eaprea* her
opinion of Miller'* guilt before she
had been drawn on the Jury which
recently convicted him of burglary
According to affidavit* filed by
'judge Glaagow. Miller'* attorney,
i Mra. Morrlaey'a huahand and Hugh
| McMahon. the bartender, alleged
to have been murdered by Miller.
. were Intimate acquaintances To
her fellow Juror*. Mr* Morrlsey la
alleged to have related her firm
conviction that Miller killed Me
-1 Mahon.
With thla phaae to thraah out. It
la rumored about the courthouse
that Mlller'a oft-repeated charge*
that he la being persecuted Instead
of may also be gone
Into. Prosecutor Murphy has retain
ed Attorney Ellis aa apeclal prose
cutor. whoae dutlea are entirely
i confine' to work connected with
the Miller caae For thla. he Is re
I reiving »2r>o a month, or the same
amount, aa Prosecutor Murphy him
self yeta. That thla ahows an un
usual eagerness on the part of the
'police and prosecuting attorney to
"get" Miller, that Is not Justified
by the mere desire to perform their
' duty. Is the contention made by
Judge Glasgow
a corporation. It could not be pros
ecuted
The declilon In the Adam* K*-
pr»** ca*e wa* unanimou*. Th* 1
opinion wa* reafl by fuatlce
Holme* It said In part
"It haa been notorious for year*
that Home of the e*pre«» companle*
organised a* atock cotnpanl**
for the purpoae, it aeems, of evad
ing the law."
WIATHtR FORECAST FOR SEATTLE AND VICINITY: PROBAB LY FAIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY; LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS
The Seattle Star
SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, JUNE 9. 1913
THE NEWEST DANCE: THE HOLIDAY HOP
AVIATRICE ALYS
M'KEE MARRIED
Husband and wife will furnish
the aviation attractions during the
Golden Potlalrh. for It la no longer
Avlatrlce Alya McKee. but Mrs
Johnny Bryant.
It happened In Boise on May 29
The aviator and the avlatrlce atole
a march on Fred A Bennett, presl
dent of the Bennett Aero Co . and
on the rest of their friends They
quietly took a little atroll. nowhere
In particular, aa they said Hut It
happened to lead to the office of a
Justice of the peace, and he did the
rest Bennett. In Seattle on bus!
ness. has brought the news
R. R. RICE TO RE
POTLITCH TTEE
Hya* Tyee. R R Rice
By a vote of ."KKS to 251 for K S
Sear*, the Arctic club Saturday
night elected R B. Rice, mauager
of the Kord Automobile Co, a*
chief of the 191.1 I'otlatch.
Rice » chief dutle* will con*l*t of
riding In royal robe* In all the pa
rade*, taaulng pronunclam«'nto».
whatever they are. proclamation*,
edict*, etc.. etc.. and wearing paint
on hi* face
NATION CANNOT
CONTROL FARES
WASHINGTON. Juno 9.—The XT.
S supreme court denied to the In
testate commcrre commlaalon to
day Jurl*dlctlon over Interurban
lln<>* doing an Interntate business
In a derlKlon continuing th<- pres
ent fare* from Omaha to Council
Muff*
It upheld tho ruling of th<» com
merce court, which enjoined the
Interntnte Cnmmnrrc Oominl*»lon
from making effective lt» order re
ducing
THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS
BOTH ELL SOLVES
-RIDDLfrOF TPXT
MYSTERIOUS JAG
I Fmm Omr *n*rUi fwf »n<
TIOTHKIX. Waah . June 9 -Con
stable Nathaniel Irontreo ha«
♦Wived the problem of thn mys
terious Sunday Jag*
Por three month* Irontree ha*
ltrf>cn worried by having to lock tip
vartou* Jingled per*on* Yeiterday
he nearched the premises of I'eto
Snark anil founil the cistern half
1 full of hard cider On being put
through a searching examination.
] Snark admitted that In cider season
!a*t year he poured IK barrels of
apple Juice into the clsteri.. The
town chemist announced Juat liefore
I noon hla test showed the cider »>•
58 per cent proof.
GIRL LEAPS OUT
WINDOW IN RAID
fly Pr»«« T.»a**>l Wtr«
LOS A NOELEO, June Bight
girls, whose age* range from 14 to
It, and seven men are under ar
rest today following a raid on I»el
rey Tavern, ti<-ar Venice According
to the officers, one of the girls was
raptured after she had leaped
through a window, while another,
who threatened to commit suicide,
Is being < losely guarded.
Th" raid, which was made In
connection with the antl-vlce cam
paign, came'while, It Is alleged,
drinking and "ragging" at the tav
ern were at their height. The of
ficers claim that liquor was served
without question to girls barely In
'their teens
SIDE-LIGHTS ON SEATTLE HOME LIFE
LAUNCH BURNED
ON THE SOUND
TACOMA, June I.—Laaa
than tan minute* after aha had
landed 20 passenger* on
Vaahon Island, the passenger
launch Mignonette took fir*
and burned to the water's edge,
midway between Point Defi
ance and Vaehon.
With hit vessel enveloped In
flames, A. J. Bachelor, matter
of the Mignonette, sent the
launch ahead at full *p«ed to
the beach at the Point, while
large crowda of plcnlckert lined
the thortt to watch the spec
tacular race. When the boat
grounded on the beach the fire
had eaten Ita way to within a
foot of the gasoline tank.
The boat la a total loss She
"ii 54 feet long and wi> val
ued at *4.500.
ODD ITEMS
Kill RWAM/lWfl CANNON
CHICAOO. June 9.—Coleman
O Shaughnc**y, J, swallowed A toy
cannon. The stomach pump saved
hla life
SAVE STRANDED BUCt'TK
CHICAGO, June 9 Firemen ran
up ladder* and reamed a eltjr de
tecllve marooned on a roof The
■lenth chnsed a burglar to the r >of.
but tn climbing knocked down the
ladder.
PARADES IN PAJAMAS
UNIONTOWN. N V . Jum
After walklrtg a mile through the
town In hla pajamaif without being
»een and Jumping Into the Hudson
river, Melville Have*. somnntubu
Hit, awoke and *wam Hshore.
KINO UKKB NOVKI.
LONDON, ,lun» 9—A London
toller. Arthur Maultby. Is the an
thor of the latent historic" novel,
"Detained by the KlnK," placed In
ithe royal library at Buckingham
palace.
ONE CENT Nj M 1 "I AN !»**
WOMAN RETURNING HOME TO
FACE TRIAL ON NEGRO'S WORD
THAT SHE SLEW HER HUSBAND
"Color prejudice and politic#—l reckon that's about the combination I'm fighting.
They tried first to take my children from me. They failed. Now they would hang me
if thev could, or send me to prison, oil the 'confession of a half-crazcd negro. Well, they
will fail again. I'm not afraid
Mrs I.orena Matthews, quoted above, is a gtieM at the Seattle hotel. She is the
central figure in the sensational Matthews murder ease, which has been before
the courts <»f < )klahoma ami Canada for the pa-t six weeks.
I
Accompanied by her son. Jam's,
a boy of 16. and her attorney. Mo
man Prulett, »f Oklahoma t'lty,
Mrs Matthew* la on her way from
Vancouver, C\, to atand trial at
(luthrle. Okla . for the alleged mur
der of her huabani, Lawrence
Matthews, In 1907
HUSBAND FOUND
DEAD IN STABLE
MatUwvi, a wealthy rancher. 11*-
InK near Stillwater, a college town,
waa an Invalid Hl* wife, physical
ly a fragile woman, though en
dowed with an Indomitable spirit,
ran the farm, plowing and haymak
ing with her man In the fluids.
Matthew* wan found dead In his
bam almost under the heela of a
*pan of mule* A coroner's Jury,
after a poat mortem, returned a
verdict thai the deceased had died
from natural cause*. The doctor's
evidence wa* that Matthews' kld
neya. liver and heart were en
Urged, the heart being two nnd a
half time* the norma) sire, and
clotted with blood
Matthew*. It ws* te§tlfled. had
cone to the bsrn to quiet the mules,
which were kicking and flghUng.
"The day after ilx- funeral," said
Atty. Prulett today. Mrs. Mat
thews received a letter from a law
yer named J. M Springer, a*klng
for her legal bu*lne*» She won
his enmity by refusing.
"Shortly after a dlahwoaher In a
reeiaurant. an old man named
Baker, complained to the Juvenile
court tha' Mr* Matthews *u not
i a fit mother for her children.
NEGRO FOLLOWS
WOMAN TO CANADA
"The prejudice against negroes
I* strong IB Oklahoma, as you
know. The Matthewses employed
an Illiterate Mark man. named Jtm
Campbell, as servant and farm
hand Mr* Matthews, defying lo
cal prejudice, often ordered Jim to
hit" h up and take her to town on
shopping and business errand*
Mr* Matthew* shipped her entire
stock of farm Implement* and all
her horse# and mule* to Edmon
ton. Alberta, where she took land
"The negro followed her four
month* later You do not. perhaps,
know the nature of the Southern
negro farmhand Campbell's name
had been coupled with a white
woman's, and he wa* mighty proud
"He asked Mr* Matthew* for a
Job She refused, and when he
pestered her. ahe complained to the
police, who arrested him Then It
was that he 'confessed' that he and
Mr*. Matthew* had smothered Mat
thew* to death In the house, clothed
his corpse and carried It to the
barn, and that he had been living
at Edmonton with Mrs Matthews
n* man and wife
MRS. MATTHEWS FREE
ON BIG BAIL.
'"Extradition proceeding* at Ed
monton failed, the authorities re
fusing to return Mrs Matthews to
Oklahoma on the ground that Camp
bell had told contradictory stories.
The record shows that he admitted
he lied *When he said he and Mrs.
Matthews had killed her husband,
hut stuck to It that there had been
Intimacy between them He said
he told the murder story In the
hope that It would frighten Mrs.
Matthew* into marrying him.
"Mr*. Matthews moved to Van
couver. and then a second attempt
was made at extradition This lime
It succeeded, and ray client return
ed to Oklahoma, and we secured a
change of venue from Paine county
to Outhrle. the capital of the state
Now we have been going hack over
the ground In Canada, taking depo
sition* Mrs. Matthews Is out un-
I der $15,000 ball "
An people tire of reading the tkimmed
milk kind of paper#, they come to The
Star. The Star ha# increa»ed it# circu
lation steadily and con#i#tently for 14
year#. The Star i# e#tabli#hed on the
foundation of public confidence.
HOME
EDITION
Mr«. Lorana Matthews and Her Son James, at th« Seattla Hotal.
WIDOW ARRAIGNED
ON MURDER CHARGE;
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
Mrs Carl Axel Westman. al
though charged with murder In the
first degree, may be allowed to go
on ball, pending her trial, a privi
lege that Is seldom granted In surh
cases This was Indicated today
when the matter was taken up be
tween the prosecuting attorney and
Mrs Westman's attorneys, Gay tc
Olson of Seattle.
Mrs. Westman was arraigned at
Port Orchard before Judge French
tills morning, and entered a plea of
"Not guilty." The ball Is to be fixed
at 110.000
Mrs Westman was arrested Sat
urday on Information secured by
Burns detectives. During Friday
night, while she and Mrs Peter
Barbeau. her neighbor, who testi
fied that she saw Mrs. Westman at
her home about the time the mur
der was committed, were detained
at the Wlnslow hotel, a further at
tempt to gain a confession from
the women, by means of a detecta
phone placed In their room, proved
fruitless.
According to Mrs. Westman, she
is a victim of "Gossiping Island,
the name she has contemptuously
given Balnbrldge Island.
Strong featured, keen of mind,
I well educated, strong In spirit.
'Mrs. Westman maintains a stoic,
stolid indifference to the opinion
of her neighbors, who have been
dissatisfied with the verdict of the
coroners Jury, which acquitted her.
Only when the thought of her
children obtrudes Itself does Mrs.
Westman succumb to a paroxysm
of grief Her entire reserve the!
breaks completely, and she Is con
vulsed with tears.
' The gossips would tear the ba
bies, six beautiful babies, from
their mother." she cries bitterly.
They have no heart at all. They
have nothing else to do but to
meddle and break up families. Shal
low people with too much time on
their hands, they are."
And to the last little okl Mrs. Pe
ter Barbeau. who Is detained as a
witness, remains loyal to her
friend.
"What will become of the tltla
ones?" she crtes. "They need
need their mother so." .
Mrs. Wesiman is confident of
her acquittal. She had been separ
ated for over a year from her hus
mand. and had entered a suit for di
vorce.
"There was no reason why I
could not have obtained the di
vorce," said Mrs. Westman. "The
murder charge is silly."
The sheriff found in the poeseo
sion of Mrs. Westman. when he ar
rested her. warm love letters ad
dressed to her from Peter B.irbeau.
husband of the little woman who
lias remained so loyal to her. Bar
beau Is not now in Washington, and
neither of the women would discuss
the letters.
Island gossip has It that the West
mans were estranged by Barbeau.
VOLCANOES ARE
BELCHING FIRE
SEWARD, Alaska, .Tiiue 9.—Tho
Katmal group of volcanoes, the
eruption of which caused great
damage on Koiilak Island and the
Seward peninsula last year, la
again In eruption.
Katmal Is belching groat col
umns of and fumes, the odor
of which was noticeable here last
night The sun Is visible yet, but
the sky Is ovorcast and copper col
ored.
The volcanoes In eruption Include
Mounts Katmal. Redoubt, St. Au
gustine. lllamua and Peullk, the
latter overlooking Hecherof lake.
" L
The aver«K«» or ahorthand
graduatr of llvatt Fowrlln School, Fourth
ami Pin*, earn* hack th* rntlre cost of
hia Instruction th* flrat two inontha b*
lis employed —•Adv*rtl»cn*««»*