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ONE or THE REASONS, MAYBE, WHY FOLKS ARE OUT GUNNING EOR OUR JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERS
Mri J M Schmitt of 1545 W Market »t., Baltard, was a caller
•t The Star office yesterday afternoon.
She walked downtown, carrying the youngeat of her aeven chil
dren, a two-year old girl
"The other* w*r* In •chool," she explained. "I had no one to
leave her with."
FROM IMS W MARKET ST TO THE STAR OFFICE IS SIX
MILES.
Mr* Schmitt was looking for a job for her husband
• • • • •
The Star the other day called attention to the plight of a man
MORE THAN
45.000
PAID COPIES DAILY
WEATHER FORECAST — Fair
tonight and Wednesday; cooler
Wednesday: moderate easterly
breeie.
Girl Lives 13 Years as Man and Has Two Wives
FIREMEN HAVE
CLOSE CALL IN
$100,000 FIRE
Firs that started on tha top
floor of ths Gottstsln furniturs
(tora, 1514-16 Second <v., aomi
time during ths night, thla
morning totally dsstroysd tha
furnitura stock In tha atora
room on that floor and cauaad
a haavy damage from water to
tha stock on tha lowsr floora
before It «vaa gottan undar con
tral.
The damage to building ami fur
nitura will reach about $100,000.
partially covered by Instiranre.
The building. conalderably
damaged In the upper Htorlea, la
Yalued al $100,000, of which K5 r - la
covered by Insurance
Stock Valued at $110.000
The value of the (lottsteta atork
I* approximately $110,000, J<l". cov
ered by Insurance. Furniture
atored on the upper floor waa prac
tically wiped out while the water
damage below waa heavy.
Helen I (toe a shop for women ati<l
the Keating Millinery ahop. both
on the ground floor. w«r« flooded
The lgoe stock. valued at from
$50,000 to $«0.000. with an un
known amc-ist of Insurance. waa
about 75% damaged
Origin la Unknown
The Keating atork valued at
tIB.OOO. waa largely saved because
It waa enrloaed In wooden water
proof show cine.
WELL, WELL, IF HERE ISN'T OUR
GOOD OLD FRIEND, THE JUDGE!
Summer la coming The bErdles i
chirp In 'he treea Hear the crick
eta cricketing, and the green graaa
grows alt around
Vacation wilE soon be here. And
Judge Humphries has gone Into
training for his summer monologues.
Ilia first effusion doesn't cover
the marathon distance for which the
Judge Is noted, but It has some of
his other **11 known qualities.
'•Without egotism." spake the
Judge yesterday. "I may nay that i
am a* good a lawyer as there la In
the state."
With that as the major premise
the Judge proceeded to elucidate
thusly:
NEW ORDINANCE
BARSGIRLSUNDER
18 FROM DANCES
Girl* under I*, unless properly
accompsnled by chaperons. will
not be admitted Into any public or
Club dance after this.
The council passed the dance or
dlnance Monday afternoon, includ
ing the above provision
Another clause provides that per
mits for dances, either single or
serial dances, must first be obtain
ed from the police department.
Itance halls must obtain licenses.
THINGS YOU OU6HT TO KNOW ABOUT SEATTLE
FROM an ordinary city, Seattle stepped Into the limelight
of International fame, following the arrival of the steam
ahlp Portland from Alaska on July 17, 1897, bringing the
flrat shipment of gold from Alaska and the Klondike and the
firat new* of the great gold strikes. Within 24 houra the city
wai a buttling metropolia, filled with men outfitting to join the
gold ruah.
Some Backbone on the Bench Would Stop These Murders!
A few months ago Beryl Bill, a
young girl, was laughing and
chatting on a corner with
friends The next moment the
was dsad, a crushed and bleed
Ing victim of a huge Juggernaut
of steel called an automobile.
SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
YOUR DAUGHTER, YOUR SIS
TER
THE RESULT WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE SAME.
The police aay the driver of
the car waa ao drunk he couldn't
talk. He waa arretted, tried, and
—the Jury disagreed.
Last month Mrs. Caee Her
mit, agsd and Infirm, waa cross.
VOLUME 16. NO. 67
The fire's origin la unknown
Starting in the excelsior packing
It la thought It smoldered several
houra until Ihia morning, when auf
focating fumes were found through
out the building
An alarm waa aounded at 8
o'clock.
Hurnlng varnlah and amoke from
furniture packing made It impoaal
hie for the firemen to enter the
building for some time.
Fight Firs From Roofs
As the fire gained headway,
flames belched from the front and
mounted skywsrd The beat was
felt arros* the at reel
The firemen made flank attacks
from the roof of Wilson's |tuslne»»
college, adjoining, but progreaa waa
slow, and at 9 o'clock It was feared
the whole building would go.
Not until 9:30 were the flames un
der control. „
Fireman Ara Injured
Two firemen were Injured by the
showers of gla*a that crashed down
from the shattered windows.
One sustained a laceration In the
leg and one's nose was broken.
Lieut. I'st O'Conner. standing on
one of the fire escspes over Sec
ond st., was struck by a stream of
water «4 •ear.
He saved himself by grasping
the railing of the escape on the
floor below.
"There are lota of lawyers who
don't know hell from gee. and there
are Judges who don't know any
thing either, but that la due to their
own neglect.
"There la one royal way for pov
erty to raise Its head to eaae and
success, and that Is by steady self
Improvement and labor f have
made the trip and I know I com
menced in poverty, worked hard,
drove oien. cut wood, taught school
and practiced Eaw, I have 115.000
worth of tiooka today. Nobody ever
gave me any money, and i never bor
rowed a dollar in my life. Now.
that's a good record for a poor boy."
Further hlsxoner sareth not
NEW FACTORY
TO OPEN HERE
Work on a reinforced concrete
building. which will He used by th«
Chappel-Perklna Melting Co. re
cently Incorporated, will commence
Immediately The structure la lo
cated at 4765 Mallard a* and will
be ready for occupancy June 15.
FLOOD AVERTED
FAIRBANKS. May 12 Fairbanks
was saved from a serious flood yes
terday by the breaking of the Ice
Jam In the f'hena river The Ice
plied up to a height of 25 feet, caus
ing the water to overflow the lower
portions of the city.
Ing a crowded ttreet intertection.
She wat crushed under the
wheelt of an autbmobile She
died the next day.
SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
YOUR MOTHER. OR MAYBE
YOUR LIFE COMPANION OF
HALF A CENTURY.
THE RESULT WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE SAME.
The driver of the car didn't
atop.
On April 30 Christ Mackrla, a
youth of 21, gave up hit life, an
other victim of the Seattle apeed
fiend.
The lateat atrocity it the mur
dar of Dr. L. H. Radon, cruthtd
named Leed, with three children and no Job. The response wae In
etantanaoua. Leed I* working now.
But there have followed, In Leed'a wake, a score of men who
have told how urgently they need work, that they and their chll
dren may eat.
They couldn't all be helped, of course. Newspaper reader* do
not like to have thl* poverty forever thrown In their faces Uut
Mra Schmitt, aomehow, waa different.
"Of courae," *h« aald, "I can tee how you folka are fixed. Out
whe i hy huaband etarted out thla morning, Ju*t Ilk* he ha* *v*ry
morning *lnc* last fall, to look for work, I got the youngster* off
to school and came In her* to I*ll you about It."
The Seattle S tar
"It was love at first on my part and we became engaged. 1 grew tired of life
at home and told 'Ralph' he "must marry me at once or it was all off. 'lie' told me he
had a secret he would tell me after marriage and 'he' went out and procured the certifi
cate required by the eugenic law, and on the 24th of March we were married. I did not
know until just before 'Ralph* was arrested that 'he' was not a man, and it almost broke
mv heart, but I determined to -tand by 'him' and be 'his' chum if I couldn't be his wife."
STATIMINTOI- DOROTHY kiJ:nowski, c hild •hride, wooed and
won BY THE MAN-WOMAN
GIRL WHO WORKED, LIVED AND LOVED AS A MAN
WILSON IS WORN
OUT BY WORRY
IN MEXICO FUSS
WABHINOTON. May 12 —A very
beavy drain on Vllson's
physical powers has been tnade by
'I he I rouble with Mr I Ecu. The pres
ident has taken this matter very
much to heart ai.d has loat ■> great
deal of deep.
Ele la under or.teri. of I»r Orayaon
to consjrvi hla physical powers In
every possible way.
A tent In the backyard. It. which
he spends much of hi* time, la one
hygienic feature.
An Important result of th • presi
dent'* great care for hla healih la
hla Increasing isolation Ele aeea
fewer people every day.
WITNESSES RETELL STORY OF
SHOOTING IN DECKER TRIAL
NEW YORK. May 12 Maid
Jack" Rose took the stand before
noon today at the trial of former
Police Lieutenant Charles F. Heck
er, charged with slaying Merman
Rosenthal
Itecker watched Rose closely
throughout his teXlmony.
Rose recited the story of hla al
leged n-gotlatlons with Becker. ex
plaining Becker wanted Rosenthal
killed becatia* the latter had In
formed the district attorney that
Becker •>« aha ring In the proDta
of Rosenthal's gambling house.
Earlier Wm Shapiro, a chauf
feur. testified he drove the car that
carried the gunmen to the Hotel
M> tropole, where Rosenthal was
Hhot down.
"A* we neared tlie* Mflro|Hi|p,"
unlit Hhaplro, "I heard one of the
I think It wan Wliltfiy
la>wl« nay: 'Have the driver turn
to Inaenalblllty by an unknown
autolet and dragged Into an alley
to die.
EITHER OF THESE MEN
MIGHT HAVE BEEN YOUR
BROTHER. YOUR HUSBAND,
OR YOUR SWEETHEART.
THE RESULT WOULD HAVE
BEEN THE SAME THEY ARE
DEAD
Ponder on thla. Since the firat
of the year 300 and 400
peraona have been arretted for
violation of the apeed lawa.
From all of theae cates the city
haa obtained the piffling aum of
about $1,500 In fines ONLY
ONE MAN WAB SENT TO JAIL
The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News
SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, MAY 12. 1314
the car around and wait. The cops
are fixed. Meeker fixed 'em Kv
erytblng* all right.'"
FIGHTS UNSEEN
ENEMIES; DIES
Frank Hadavltt, 55, an Insane
man tak•• n Into custody at Ravens
dale II o'clock Moaday nlsht. died
At the county Jail nt, 5:30 today
hying on a cot. he Imniilned he
waa l>elng attacked lie fought off
hla Invisible advermry all night
long, and succumbed to exhaustion.
At the Port Commission office It
was aald today that hleh wharfage
chargea have prevailed, but that
they are gradually being reduced,
since competition started between
the municipal and private wharves.
AND HE GOT BUT TEN DAYS
The tpeed fiend payt hit fine
with a grin. His neat victim may
be YOUR wife, YOUR child,
YOUR aged mother or father.
Not a happy picture. Is It? But
a true one.
Where lies the fault for these
motor murdert?
Not In the lawt. The lawt pro
vide ample punlehment. Not
mere piffling finet, but real Jail
•entencea.
Not with the police. The po
lice have arretted recklett tpeed
ert, only to have the caset
thrown out of court or patted
over with trifling finet.
IT WAS 3 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE THE
LAST OF THOSE SIX WEARY MILES HAD BEEN LAID BE
HIND HER
"My husband, h*'* *o discouraged," ah* went on, "that I'm
terribly afraid aomethlng la going to happen. I have a daughter
who la working She earn* A DOLLAR A DAV. We try to manage
on that But it'* hard. And moat of the children need ahoea and
clothea."
She picked up her little one.
"I must be getting along," ahe aald "I thank you, air, And
there'a no harm done In my coming In to aee you, la there, even If
y9u can't help uaT"
THREE POSES OF THE
MAN WOMAN — Cora An
deraon at Ralph Ke'wlmeo
at left above, and aa Her
• elf at right. In lower pic
ture ahe la ahown attired
aa a man, a garb ahe haa
affected for 11 year a.
NO TRACE FOUND
OF AUTOIST WHO
SLEW PHYSICIAN
The myatery of the death of Dr.
I. II Hedon, Heattle i>h>alclan. who
died early Monday mornlnit from
wounda received when atrtirk down
liy nn automobile Friday tnldnlxht
at the entrance of the allov*ay In
the r«>ar of the Henry building,
probably will go down In the Hat of
unaolved auto kllllnga In Bcnttle
A vlforoua Inveatlßatlon. conduct-
Ml by the police alnce the dlarovery
of hta unconarloua body, haa rome
to nauitht.
The coroner'* Inqueat In the
caae waa held thla morning In the
llnnn'y \V»t»on undertaking parlora.
Only a meager ho|x> waa held that
now evidence would bp unearthed
Th« Knv. K. V Bhayler will read
th« funeral aervlcea for l>r. Redon
tomorrow afternoon. I 2:.10 o'clock,
at St. Mark a Kplaiopal church.
♦ •
W>TER BHUTOFF NOTICE
j will be "hut off on
Lurll* and Flndlav at a., eaat
of 46th av. S. Walker »t from J
4fith av. S. fo fi2ncl av. 8.. on
Meade at. from slat av. 8. fo '
f>2nd av. 8., on f>lat av S. from 1
Orcaa to M<-ade at . Wednca
day. May 13, from S a m. to '
i 5 p. ni.
♦ 4
LANDMARK GOES
A landmark 30 years old Ik to
fall. Workmen are preparing to
ra7.» the old Providence hospital, at
Fifth «v, and Madison *t, A permit
for the work haa been Untied.
THE FAULT LIES WITH
THE JUDGES AND WITH THE
PEOPLE WHO SIT ON JURIES
A JUDGE ON THE BENCH
WITH BACKBONE, WHO IS
NOT AFRAID TO IMPOSE A
JAIL SENTENCE ON A SPEED
FIEND BECAUSE HE IS RICH,
WOULD PUT A STOP TO THIS
WANTON MURDER.
• * •
Put them In a real Jail, with
real Iron bars between them and
liberty. Brand them at criminalt.
That It the remedy.
WHAT SEATTLE FOLKS
WHO WALK NEED IS BACK
BONE ON THE BENCH.
DNF PFNT 0> asi>
V/ISC. VI .SI NKSV* ITAwm
LEAVES FIRST
CHOICE TO WED
PRETTIER GIRL
By Idah McGlone Gibson
MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 12.—"Did this woman, as far as you know, wear male
attire for immoral purposes? Did you ever see her do anythng vulgar?" asked
the judge in the case of "disorderly conduct" brought against Cora Anderson, who,
until last week, as Ralph Kerwinieo, had worn men's clothes and posed as a man for
13 years.
"No."
"While in male attire how did she act?" the judge continued.
"Like a PERFECT GENTLEMAN." was the policeman's answer, much to the
amusement of the spectators who filled the police courtroom in Milwaukee.
Ami thi> 1* the verdict <>f almost every third man in the city who knew Ralph Ker
wimco well and never for a moment suspected that "he" wa« a woman.
After hearing many more witness. Judge Page could not find the charge sustained
and thi * "girl-man" who -.at mi composedly through the trial wa* allowed to go free
with the command that >he should resume her woman's dre-s in the fuutre.
This is the end of one the -trangest cases of double life that has ever been written.
• • • • •
THIRTEEN years ago two girls who had studied to lie nurses at the Provident hos
pital, C hicago, found out how hard it is for a woman (especially a woman with a
dark skin) to make an honest living, and decided to double up and form a home. Cora
Anderson, looking the Indian she says she is, thin, straight, was to pose as the husband
and Marie V\ hite, plump, pretty and feminine, was to be the wife.
» "We did rfci*,'* says < ora Amiersnw, the husband. "#W financial as well as moral
rea-ons.
"As girls working outside the home we had been subjected to all sorts of over
tures from all kinds and conditions of men. If I assumed men's clothes I would be
better able to obtain work and as a 'man' I could protect my 'wife' from insult.
"The compact was entered into a* unthinkingly a- most marriages are.
"We wanted to live honest live* and become respected citizens of the community.
"We started this masquerade in Cleveland. ()., and for a while I was bellboy at the
Hollendon hotel. Then we came to Milwaukee ami I entered the I'lankinton as bellboy.
We furnished a little flat, and to the world we were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kerwinieo.
"No one at the hotel* ever suspected me.
"In a short time I thought of myself as a man, and it never entered my mind that
I was any different than the men about me with whom I laughed, joked, worked and
played my part.
"I have always done a man's work, and I think in most cases I have done it bet
ter than the men about me."
Thi» statement was confirmed by all "Raph's" different employer*.
Manufacturer Cutler said:
"Ralph was the best MAN I ever had at work for me. And the men with whom
'he' worked at this store made up a purse of $65 for 'him' and one of them went on 'hi«'
bail when 'he' got into trouble."
How did the *ecret leak out after all these years?
The "marriage" began to grow a little irksome to both the young women.
Marie White thought she saw her "husband" growing coarse.
"I felt it was time she had again the refining influence of skirts." she «aid.
Cora Anderson (Ralph t Kerwinieo), on the contrary, become more and more mannish,
i She frequented the poolrooms and barber *hops and other places where men congregate.
It was whispered that "Ralph" had a flirtation now and then.
• • • • •
ABOI'T six months ago things came to a climax, and after a bitter quarrel "Ralph" left
home and started boarding at another place.
Afterward in one of "his" vsits to a dance hall "he" met Dorothy Klenowski, very
pretty and very blonde.
"It was love at first sight on my part," says Dorothy, "and we became engaged. I
grew tired of the life at home and told 'Ralph' he must marry me at once or it was all
off. 'He' went out and PROCURED the CERTIFICATE REQUIRED by the EUGENIC
LAW and we were married by Edward J. Burke, justice of the peace.
"I did not know until ju-t before 'Ralph' was arrested that he was not a man and
it almost broke mv heart, but I determined to stand by 'him' and be 'his' chum if I couldn't
be his wife."
"Miss Marie White told my employer myccrct in revenge for my leaving the house,"
said "Ralph," but my employer wa* game and never gave the story away for two months
not until Miss White, finding my employer was not going to do anything, tipped it off to
the police.
"But no one can find that I have done anything wrong."
GET 50 MEMBERS
At the clearing bonne session of
the Seattle Real Kstate association
today at the luncheon In the Kaths-
Keller 60 now member* sinned
their name* lo the roll.
WHERE ARE YOU
GOING SUNDAY?
Are you K«lnK to spend the
day at home, or are you goInK
to avail youraelf of this excel
lent spring sunshine for an
outing? If you Itave not as
yet decided upon your desti
nation. let ua suggest that you
carefully peruse the announce
ments on pases fi and 7 In The
Star next Saturday afternoon.
You will then be able to pass
an enjoyable and profitable
day In the open, incidentally
affording yourself a chance
look at some of Seattle's most
pleasant summer homes and
cmmp sites, within a few mln
ntes' travel of the business
center.
She reached the door, and tottered under the weight of tha
child.
"It'e Juat the walk," ahe murmured. "I'm ao tired."
We tried we In the office -to do aomethmg for her, BUT
SHC WOULDN'T EVEN LET US LEND HER CAR FARE.
• • * • •
And there you have It Some will »ay The Star It "knocking
the town." Well, If thla be "knocking," God help the town, that'i
all.
Seven children! Nothing to eat! And nothing to wear!
Who wonderi that working folka are out gunning for our John
D Rockefellera!
200-POIIKD DAMSEL FOUND IN
MEN'S CLOTHES; HAS DIG ROLL
Weighing more than 200 pounds, t
dressed In u new suit of mail's cloth
ing, with yellowish blonde hair top
ped off with a rakish silk cap which
half hid her pink face and nose
glasses, a woman giving her name
as "Frisco" Andrews, 32, was arrest
ed today in the King st railway
yards by Patrolman \V. H Met!raw
llers was a poor disguise.
A small fortune In gold and bills,
totaling $1.:t.12.5r>. was found on the
woman when she was searched at
police h< adquarters.
Carries Gold in Sack
A glittering heap of $20 gold
pieces was carried In a canvas sack
in the woman's outer pocket. The
bills were secreted In a belt.
The woman was taken before De
tective ('apt. Tennant, who ques
tioned her at length. She probably
will be released, as the police are
Inclined to believe her story Is a
true one
"I made my money In dance halls
down In Arl/.ona, and then decided
to come to the Northwest," said,
Night
edition
AND "DIVINE RIGHT" BAER la
Just as dead a* any common man
would be.
"Frisco," who later admitted her
real name is Frances Agnew An
drews, and that she and her hus
band are separated
"I was going to Alaska last night
and missed the boat, so decided to
go to Butte Instead.
Bought Man's Suit Hera
"I never wore men's clothes until
last night. I bought the outfit her«
and cut 0.. my hair. Some folks
have been following me around, and
1 Just wanted to get them off my
track. 1 never beat my way. I al
ways ride on the cushions. My
home used to be In Oinaha."
Officers who talked with her be
lieve she may be suffering from a
slight mental d<rang» lent.
There Is no doubt as to the blf
pile of geld coins and the rolls of
bills she had. however.
AL JOLSON, In blackface, thrills
theatre crowd, singing "The Rosary."
Wonder if they'd cross the street, If
he'd wash his face, to hear him SuiV
day mornings in church.

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