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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
SALOON MAN HAS
TO PAY HIS FINE

James Elan. proprietor OF shc .
4 $. saloon. Georgetown. where
the faied party of Seattle Joy
riders" were sold liquor on the
morning Of September %. was
fined 500 by Justice Gordon yes.
terday afternoon.
Elan's trial had been set for jus
tice Browns court. but his attor.
ney got a change Of venue JUS
,icc Gordon. however. had no len
iency for him.
The defense argued that Elan
vas In Missouri at the time the
liquor was sold. and was not liable
for the acts OF his bartender.
The Washington laws hold the
absolutely responsible
for violations by taelr bArtenders.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

TUBA. Okla. Dec. rs That the
Intervention Of death frustrated a
well arranged plot to dynamite the
SAFE ~ = Tuisa bank IA the belief
OF the local authorities. following
the discovery OF the bodies OF two
men terribly manglcd By the ex.
ploaIon Of nitro.glycerine. two
miles from this city. early today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
VOTE FOR SALOONS

NORTH YAKIMA. Dec 10 The
STRAW vote" taken by the girls Of
the high school to determine how
the town Was going AT the coming
local option election went wet" by
a large majority Both sIdes Of the
question are guessing today as to
whether or not the girls voted aH
their fathers viii
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

dcnce of only six months Is re
CURED. and the legal costs are
quoted at bargain rates. Neverthe-
less Washington has distanced all
divorce competition, leaving Nevada
and South Dakota only the fragrant
ly spectacular cases To satisfy them
for the deprivation OF numerical SUI
premacy.
This i'm substance with slight
variations, was what Judges, law
yers, ministers, labor leaders, pro.
hibitionists and professors told me
insofar as they discussed divorce as
one of the leading Industries of this
state. They Enthusiastically gave
lie TO the federal figures. but each
and every one sadly shook his head
at the most charitable reading Of
figures, divorce In Washington as
elsewhere was all too plentiful.
The Reason for This.
Their reasons were as varied as
Continued on PAGE Ten.1
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
SENATOR LODGE TO
COURT OF ST. JAMES

WASHINGTON. Dec. i6 - Al
though London is said TO look with
favor on former Mayor Seth Low
OF New York as the successor Of
Whitelaw Reid as ambassador TO
Great Britain. a revival OF the ru-
NOR here today names senator
Henry Cabot Lodge as the man.
Diplomatic circles say that the
post WAS offered to Senator Lodge
by President Roosevelt. with the
sanction uf Presidentelect TAFT.
Senator Lodge asking that the offer
be held In allegiance until such n
time as he could see his way clear
TO accept.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

land and die there. Likewise they
bring their matrimonial Illness TO
Washington and are divorced. Many
despaired-of tuporcular cases aye
cured In Arizona, but the mortality
statistics make no note Of these;
likewise. no doubt, the weakened
bonds Of matrimony that have been
wrenched TO the breaking point
somewhere else are knit together
aud made endurable until death do
them part ia Washington, without
federal investigators being any the
wiser.
Divorce Laws Loose Here.
Undoubtedly, In loose parlance,
Washington divorce laws are
easy Whether this is for better
or worse depends entirely on the
point of view, but that It is not
the primary or even secondary in
ducement for residence here is
made certain by the easier divorce
laws of sister states, where a resi-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
SENATOR RAINES OF
NEW YORK is DEAD

ALBANY. n. v. Dec i6--In the
death Of State Senator Raines. at
his home in Canandaigua today. the
anti. Hughes faction Of the repubil.
can party In the state lost ita most
powerful representative. and the
old line republican organization lost
one OF its picturesque leaders
lie was the author of the famous
Raines Law. and practically no i'm.
portaut legislation has been enacted
ia the last decade which has not
passed through his hands and been
affected By his Influence.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
VIOLET ASQUITH'S
FIANCE is DEAD

LONDON. Dec. Honorable
Archibald Gordon, son OF the Earl
OF Aberdeen. died today Of injuries
received In an automobile accident
November rs Miss Violet Asquith,
called the woman with the ser
pent's tongue in William Watson IS
poem. whose engagement to Gordon
was 20 have been announced this
week. and who has been constant
attendant at his bedside. was with
him when he died.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
XMAS PRESENTS AND MONEY
POUR IN FROM BACHELORS
Well, there lot Of little children
dsapponted year cry assistance
beer Every day young coming
The Star office money and presents.

The bachelor yesterday
afternoon He typewriter
The editor had to look him.
i've brought the punching bag he said hustng
desk.
What punching bagg'
why. Russell" the
little whose father killed the wanted
punching bag for Christmas. want him to have mine"
Willard Athey the youngest bachelors
233 26h ~ There is in his
bachelors For Wizards punching bag meant him
money
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

Do you know that In the mat
ter Of divorces, King county,
the courts Of which are situated
IN Seattle, leads the world7
No iese an authority than the
Unified States government says
sol
II is proven by figuresl
But r. J. Dillon, Of The Star,
has looked into IL and disagrees
with the government statisti.
clans. He says figures can be
made 70 lie. Here's what Dillon
has 10 say:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

MED THIEVING
LO CLERK TO
klS-CAUGHT HIM

FRANCISCO. Dec fe.-Cas
80. for 20 years a clerk In
!" postoffice. realizes today
saels Sam Is a revengeful
s1d never foreets a wrong
vas arrested In Paris.
es1erday, for stealing from
While a clerk here. He
tat last spring, but jumped
~ OF $1,000. Detectives
8 &c across the Atlantic, and
'ahaed their man In Paris
- greatly surprised at his
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
ARS IN PRISON
FAKE ARCHDUKE

IT. United Press
- dec. Is. Archduke"
'' 1'.ch and his wife Count
i ~ ,s'as'a, found guilty Of
!, .''.s Paris jewellers. we're sen
). easy 10 Two years lmprls
!. ana lined 5000 each.
/, J, ss'ehduke. who ID only %
II. and whose real name IL
Z ~ an American. and for
tofked ar a cook.
IN ~ his wife, who vas then
~ n q Van Beck, a former
J 'Ale official, on board the
'Fnnaylyania, and married
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
KING LEOPOLD
STILL FIGHTS
FOR HIS LIFE
Monarch the Victor, so far,
in a Marvellous Battle
With Death.

tny United rre...b
BRussELs, Dec. IA bulletin
issued at O'Clock this evening
stated that King Leopold's eondi-
ton was slightly improved. The
Intestinal distractions which were
believed TO be responsible for his
turn for the worse this morning
were removed during the after.
noon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

To the state Of Washington has
come the unenylable distinction OF
being the great divorce center Of
the world. As the United States
stands I'll lamentable cminence
among the digorce.granting ma.
lions. so stands this state IN It's
divorce relations 10 other states
Of the Union Reducing the divorce
area 10 It's smallest possible judicial
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

ne brutal murder o. Hugh Mcmahon may yet be avenged
sadseOn" Smith accused BY Peter Miller having had
= n the crime. is lodged in jail in Seattle.
AID BIZ ~ bit the mysterious murder Of year ago being
|the murder which the police first slowly
~ fired
Peter Miller declares that Smith gave him memahons watch
that he did killed anybody
srsh he doesn't know Miller anything
~
~ police will bring Smith TO face 20 see
NJ NY say other.
w4h Miller TO that he got memahons eelry from
- HNaoes not, he may for the murder
l~mk
MgeIee are certain the quilt Lies between the TWO
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

The fool killer IL needed badly on
the Turkish border a band Of
Greek soldiers invaded II and started
something
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

A japanese stool pigeon IN the
employ OF the prosecuting attorneys
office has this morning given the
jury an outline OF the white slave
trade as carried on in Seattle. The
evidence thus far before the Jury
shows that the financial beneficiar-
ies OF the womcn's sale OF body and
soul were the police and the men
who controlled the women.
Patrolmen and higher officials
have levied blackmaii continuously
and systematically. The women
paid. the lodging house keepers
paid: and the men who had the
women In subsection paid. Negro
women paid. as did their men.
White women paid or went to Jail.
One arrest brought the negroes and
the white women 20 compliance
with the police demands Foreign
ers we're controlled by their men.
who were poweriess in the policies
hands.
Many indictments.
The story Of police blaekmail
aAtRH ANAA AIAA WV IMA " tlA
In many indictments
The story Of blackInall levied up.
on the women was so horrible and
the extent OF Seattle's white chapel
SO open and notorious that the jury
delegated a subcommittee to tour
the district IN company with Prose
cutting Attorney anderyeer.
Japanese lodging houses through
out the district south of Yesler way
were visited this morning. The
houses were found full of the yell
low slaves and their men.
The visit OF the grand jurors was
unexpected and they entered the
houses and departed without their
errand being known. The jurors
who made the inspection of the re-
stricted district that has been run
ming during the Miller sdministra-
ton for purposes OF hlackmail were
Boehm, Lamar and Card.
cieoria Tells Of BIaekmaiI.
John Cicoria, an Italian politician.
told the jury this morning what he
knew OF police hlackmail He named
the police officers who were the re.
oipients OF the money cxtorted from
women and gamblers.
Mrs. Alice Moore. a prostitute,
told the jury that she was forced to
pay TO Patrolmen Bernard and
HUM. who patrolled the beat on
which she resided
Bernard and HUM. when called. de-
MED their guilt. but gave testimony
which the men boasted to fellow Of
ficers would show up" two SER
geants and a captain Of police.
Passed Up Nothing.
The jurors are now satisfied that
the police department overlooked
no source OF possible revenue IN the
under world Japanese. Chinese,
negroes. white and foreign denizens
of the under world. both male and
female. swelled the police Golfers.
Japanese gambling paid well, ac-
cording 10 Information in the hands
Of the jury.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

~ @fxpife desperate efforts
Nfs Of Chicago crooks and
hwyers 70 Illustrate the
1pn OF Charles ReaHer, alias
johnson. alias Charles
Known 10 the police OF Sc
Hludgeon Smith. and sua.
by the police OF having had
3 in murder Of Hugh Nc.
manager Of the American
> Thanksgiving night. 1909,
~ Detective John Wickman
III ID Seattle last night with
sFTy ehe prisoner is held
s1ty jail. No charge has yet
&<xsa against him.
Is the man who. with
Rose. was arrested Febru.
81 this year BY City Detec-
<eGnedy and Barbee In a Pike
|xtng house A murderous
IA hndgeon. tipped with steel.
&ssf In the room. and IL Was
<'<h drawn reviewers that the
1T<z forced Smith and Rose
lEsader Both men carried big
iss0lvers.
III Were sprung"
AHxh without substantial
&Fbee and Kennedy were
tetsin that the pair knew
~ 81 the Mcmahon murder.
kenneth Macintosh as
<z2l aid. the pair we're
IN police court. being
y h1uFt 10 get out OF town.
~ later learned that Peter
reeenfly convicted OF bur
zHeF sensational trial.
xhsch be denounced the 20
Mf ikelr methods. was in the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
bLUDCEON" SMITH IS
SAFE in THE CITY JAIL
rAg M.mAnoN MuRprR Ease.

FF'I " "T0FF0N "OWUIH NNsE-
HusA Mcmahon, murdered Thankssving night isos.
slussscn~ Smith February ie 1899 and soon
sasd
Fsser Miller arrested for burglary in July 1899
Nahons iewey found Spokane pawnshop August 1909
admits possession OF pawntickesa Mcaiahon jew
ard duplicates Smith
s,A arrested In Chicago declares he does not know
n
and Miller win brought aee 10 face In few days
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

''The minute I find that society
Is taking any part Of my time that
my children need ] viii bid fare
well 20 my social life" So says the
Countess Henri Dc slhnar. who lives
imost ~ the time In PAFiE
This sounds like thr SPEECH ~
an American gfrl. ~ indeed u ~
for the vlarnunsens sas h3rn In
Washington. - G.. and waH Mar
EWret ~ CiAgrtt No children ever
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
UEnT< TNIAI IT TIC
" Figure.


Figures al Be
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

had a better mother than the tao
that call the viHcounteaa mamma
Whether In their magnificent home
In Paris OF at the Waldorf hotel.
where shey stop when in New York.
the mother always keeps the home
circle Intact and surrounds II with
home atmosphere. The visenantesa
especially delights IN twlng plaato
graphed With her children. aud has
a large gallery Of these pictures.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

Continued on Page Ten.)
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-23
Microbes in 50 A. ID.

It is possible that the ancients knew
of the existence of microbes. for we
have proof that the sterilization of
water was recommended procedure
to ward off disesae. Rufus Ephesius.
q Greek physician of the city OF Ephe,
sus. "a. d. 98-117), was the author
of several medical works. some OF
which are still extant. The following
is an extract from one OF bis books:
ssThe water of all ponds and rivers
is bad, except that of the Nile. Stag
nant water. and the waters of streams
which traverse unhealthy lands or
pass near public baths. are unwhole-
some. The best water is that which
has been boiled in vessels of earthen-
ware. allowed to cool, and heated
again before drinking. =
It issA peculiar coincidence that
the Nile. which is exempt from sus-
picfon according to Rufus. really has
water free from germs. although 1t IL
exceedingly muddy and far from
tempting.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-23
Would Protect Farmers
As we'll as Game

Believing that the farmer who helpa
maintain the game in the State OF
Washington does not get fair show
under the game laws now in force,
Senator Ed Brown, of Whatcom coun-
ty. is at work on two amendments to
the laws. He will ask that the farmer
be allowed to kill game on his own
land without having to take out IL
cense and that hunters who trespasa
shall be deemed guilty of misde-
meanor. He would have them PROS
ecuted under special law covering
hunters who invade private property,
instead of forcing the farmer to 60
through the fomality of prosecuting
offenders under the trespass law, as
at present. He thinks that the
city hunter has too much of an ad-
vantage and that the farmer does not
get square deal. He is believer in
having hunters licensed, but only
when they sally abroad and invade
territory that they do not own. He
would give every land owner the right
to kill game on his own propety with
out the formality of taking out a H.
cense. He will also prosecute tho
man who goes onto farm without
having permission of the owner.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-23

Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Morrell
arrived Monday froal Panama for a
visit of several weeks with Mrs. Nor
rell's father. Mr.. deBitondi. They
came to San Frnacisco on one of the
Pacific Mail s. t Q m b p and were
twenty seven DAYS enroute. Mr.. Nor
rell has spent fourteen years in the
tropics and has been employed much
of the time in engineering work. For
tine past year he has been operating
one of the enormous dredges used in
excavating the Panama canal. He
says that the work is progressing at a
rapid rate and that from 68, 900 to
70, 600 cubic yards of earth are being
moved daily. The wonderfully eff
cient work of the sanitary commits
sion has made the canal zone as health
full as most regions of equal area and
population in the north. There are
several hundred white women on the
isthmus and relatives of canal
employees. and their average oondi-
tion of health. as we'll as that of the
men. is said to be as good as it was
in their homes in the states.
In response to a question as to the
views of engineers and officers of the
canal commission on the isthmus as
to whether a sea level canal ehould
be substituted for the lock system.
MIR. Morrell says that sentiment on
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-23
Unexpected Opposition to Incorporation

Much to the Surprise Of many peo-
pie who have long been earnest advo-
Gates of the Incorporation of Friday
Harbor. considerable opposition seems
to have developed to the proposition
as now submitted. Complaint is made
by some taxpayers that considerable
amount of property which should
have been included has been needless
Is excluded-in some instances where
the owners were quite desirous of be-
ing included. and the uncertainty as
to what the legislature will do in the
matter of regulating the liquor traffic
through local option is influencing
quite a number of strong temperance
people. who are urging that incorpor-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-23
Visitors Here Direct From Panama Canal

the isthmus undoubtedly favors the
lock plan adopted after a majority
of the board of engineers appointed
by President Roosevelt in 1905. in
cluding five engineers designated by
European governments. had recon.
mended the construction of the great
ditch at sea level. It was then esti-
mated that the lock Elan could be
carried out in eight years at cost of
s140. 900, 900 and that sea level Ca
nal would cost S272, 100000 and
would require twelve years to COM
plete. Harper's Weekly on the 9th
inst. says:t :ttThree of the eight years
have passed. nearly $50, 0000,0 90 has
been expended (including the 500
100000 paid to the French Canal
Company and others) and Secretary
Cortelyou calls for an appropriation of
S35. .OOO,O to CONTINUE the work. +"
Work upon the great Gatan dam,
designed to hold 10 square miles
of water at an elevation of 135 feet,
has not yet commenced. 1t will be
enormously expensive. AS there is
very little rock on the isthmus IT a
character suitable for snch work. and
also very little sand. most of the ma
terial required will have to be brought
from long distances at great cost.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morrell intend to re-
turn to the isthmus in the spring.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-23
Parts of World Most Liable to Earthquakes

Though scientists do not pretend to
verv deep insight into the mystery
OF earthquakes. it is significant that
quakes have been accurately predict
ed.
Also. it is a matter of record with
the British Association for the Ad-
vancement of Sclence that the quakes
come with some regularity. The-e
are about 60 world shaking tremors
year. that IS, shocks which destroy
buildings near the center of distur.
bance. and sand out waves which are
recorded by seismographs the world
over.
A comparison of records shows that
only about onetwentieth of the area
of the earth is affected by earthquakes
in any appreciable degree Tue rec
ords kept by Count oe Montessus. a
famous French scientist. up to 1908.
describes 159.784 earthquakes. the
great majority of which we're in Asia.
South America and Southern Europe.
OF all these recorded earthquakes
"a per cent have occurred in two mar
row, we'll defined bands forming great
circles and crossing each other at two
points. Not all parts of the belts are
equally liable to earthquakes, but in
them occur almost all the world -shak
ing earthquakes.
One of these belts. in which has oc-
Cured So per cent of all recorded
shocks. is called by de Montessus the
Mediterranean" or "Alpine- Cauca-
sus s-Himalayan. belt. 1t sw n s
roughly east and west about the earth
and includes the Mediterranean re-
gion. Asia Minor. the Caucasus. the
Himalayas. the East Indies. Central
America and the West Indies. Where
the belt crosses the ocean little is
known about its condition.
The second belt. caIIed by De Mon
tessus the "Circum- -Pacific,' or can.
-Japnaese Malayan. belt, almost
encircles the Pacific ocean. Passing
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-23
Bill to Protect
Deer and Caribou

On account of the rapid destruc
tion of deer in Washington Senator
G. E. Myer. of Lincoln county. has
introduced a bill in the state senate
providing for a closed season Oh deer
and caribou fer the next four years.
"Drastic action is needed if the
state is to be kept one of the best
nunting grounds in the Union." Mr..
Myer is quoted as saying. "Deer are
being rapidly exterminated by hunt.
ers, and the animals. in spite of theil
numbe will soon be extinct unless
radical action is taken
''Later in the session l shall intro.
duce bill empowering the governor
to appoint state game warden. The
present system of county game war
dens is unsatisfactory. [ have found
that as rule the game warden is q
politician out of work and as rule
can't tell deer from muksrat. nor
is be aware of the methods of poach-
ers and the methods they take of get
ting deer out of season.
81 am going to ask that the quail.
which have been such an aid to the
farmer of Eastern Washington. be
protected for four years. The birds
are not destructive. they eat in the
aggregate tons of weed seeds and in
furious bugs, but when the hunting
season opens each year they are deci-
mated by hunters. If had my way
I'd not allow the shooting of quail
at any time.'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-01-23


alton be deferred until after the legis.
lature passes local option bill. Lo-
cal public sentiment undoubtedly
favors the enactment of bill that
includes incorporated towns within
it's provisions and not leave the regn-
lation of the liquor traffic entirely
to town councils. as is the case under
the present law. which. however. en-
ables the voters to elect councilmen
pledged for or against license. There
are said to be liz voters resident
within the proposed corporate limits
and the most active workers in behalf
Of incorporation seem confident that
the question will receive the major
ity vote required.