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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20

Sarah Williains. coiored, OF aoS st.
Johns Street, Was thrown from a
street car on First Street Yesterday
morning. She was slightly injured in
the arm. and was attended by a sur
Eeon of the Virginia Railway ana
Power Company.
Marvie Pecoast, colored, was struck
y 4 street car yesterday morning ut
Hancock and Clay Streets. she was
reported to be only slightly hurt.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20

Hocausn OF the interest which ia,
been shown in tho revival service.
wilieh havc Leon conducted FOR the
past Two weeks ~ :ev. w L.. Bail,
-. ~ pastor OF T~ahcrnncic Bap-
tist Church, tho series ala not end
last night rs had been planned. II
Was dccidcd 10 close with n big meet
ing Wednesday, night
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
10 Meet on Wednesday.

The annial meeting OF the Sons Of
the Revolution in the State of Virginia
Will be held at the Westmoreland Club
on February/22, with Judge r. Carter
Scott, the president, presiding. Dell
egates to the tTiennial meeting of the
National Society. which will be held
in Washington on April 10, will be Sc
iected at this meeting. The annual
election of officers will also be held.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
mid spcnkenax.

Charles Anderson, colored. was ar.
rested Yesterday morning on A charge
Of selling intoEicents without a licenss
and On Sunday, He was caught at 1
South Twenty-seventh Street by IPo.
licemen Gentry, Griffin and Clarke.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
Two Gambling Houses.

John Clay. alias General Clay, and
%Tillyard Bush. both colored. We're ar
rested early yesterday morning on Il
charge of running gambling houses.
Clay was arrested at 613 East
Franklin Street, and Bush was caught
at liz East Clay Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
10 Meet In New Club noou.

The Richmond Automobile Club will
meet ;o-nirht Tor tho first time In IL.
nov cirh rooms AT tho Gordon Motor
C~ompany garage. Several important
matters arc TO ha considered. and
members arc requested 10 attend.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
Mr. Drinnrd In. ,,ncnmo,,,

lanes 6. Drinard IS i'll with pncu-
mnnia ut his residence, 2OlI I'lovd
Avenue. but his physicians declare the
case q mild ono. ana say lc Will be
ont within TWO or three weeks.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-20
wrstmorcInnd Club rcctIur

The annual meeting OF the West
i1orcland Club viii hc held al tho
clubhouse tonight. at which time OIL
Gers Will be elected. The usual sup
per VIII be served.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
HIGHEST COURT
DISRUPTED

" NASHiNGION. May 3l-Ae n
result OF the sarcastic opinion ex-
pressed by Justice Harlan in his dis
senting Views In the decision OF the
Y. S. supreme court in the Ameri-
can Tobacco trust case and his
stinging criticism OF the majority OF
the court, relations between Justice
Harlan and the other members arc
said 10 be very strained.
II is said several stormy scenes
we're enacted in the private cham
bers of the court during the period
that the trust cases were under com
sideration. Justice Harlan even then
having strongly opposed the atti-
tude OF his colleagues.
Justice Harlan had prepared q
brief typewriter statement. In his
oral statement he Is said to have
departed from his typewriter out
line and astonished his hearers
with the bitterness and sarcasm
with which he attacked Chief Jus
tice Whites rule OF reason doc
trine. The eight justices who bad
TO listen moved uneasily.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

set When he came the woman was
ready 20 take her own life.
Mrs. Seybold is an attractive
woman, 80 years OF age. She was
griefstricken this morning over her
seybold's alleged disloyalty,
At the Frontenac apartments,
where the Seybolds lived during the
fair, Mrs. Seybold's story was con.
firmed this morning. She was said
to have been n good hard working
woman, trying hard to help her hus-
band making little money.
seybold Denies.
II only knew her as a friend"
seybold said II got acquainted
with her In Chicago. She was run.
ming rooming house and / roomed
with her for about n year. never
lived with her as a husband, and
there is no reason why she should
make such a statement. except that
II be merely TO interfere with my
family affairs and TO do me injury.
"She always took a friendly In
terest in my affairs and was
pleased 10 see me prosper, but II
she was in love with me, that Is no
fault OF mine. Yes, correspondod
with her occasionally, but not regu-
larly, and ! took her out TO dinners
few times, but have had abso-
iutely nothing TO do with her since
am married. My wife and left
Frisco because she interfered with
our happiness.
She Wrote Note.
On the person Of Mrs. 5eybold
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
TRAGIC EXECUTION

rise. Hee demanded to be shot by
Moxicana.
Il am friend of the Americans. E"
be said. and ! refuse 70 be shot
down by white men"
Niza's demand was met. Five
Mexicans were selected for the fir.
ing squad Via was backed against
a huge tree. The cxecutioners
leyeled their rifles, ready TO fire
simultaneously.
Not Afraid TO Die.
VIA ieered and said with a touch
OF pathos: Shoot: I'm not afraid
10 die"
The rifles cracked
Via fell forward, a smile on his
face. His body. wearing that death.
smile. was left in the field.
Less than mile away. In a street.
still lay the body OF Was victim.
shot and killed two days ago.
DR. II. G. Loos and J. NJ. Porter.
Americans, crossed into Tia Juana
this morning Or Loos went in an
automobile 10 get permission TO al.
tend n sick family. Permission was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
ALL MIXED
Up WITH
TRUSTS
U. S. Attorney General Admits
That As Trust Attorney He
Drew $4,000 Fee.

fbf iuitfd Press Leased Is ire
WASHINGTON. May 3I.--Aitor-
ney General Wickersham testified
today before the house committee
appointed 20 investigate the er-
pendltures Of the department os
Justice lie said that Henry Taft,
brother Of the president. as a mem-
ber of the Law firm OF Strong and
Cadwalader acted upon one occa-
sion as counsel for the American
Sugar Refining Co. fthe trustl.
Ills fee. Eaid the attorney general.
was turned TO the firms account.
OF which be (Wickersham) was a
silent member. His own share OF
this fee. Wickersham testified. was
s26, 900.
Henry Taft. said the attorney
general. later was retained and ap-
Dearcd as special attornsy for sho
government IN the prosecution Of
the licorice trust and the affiliated
tobacco trust
After he himself left the firm.
Wickersham testified. John Henry
Hammond became affiliated with
u. and subsequently represented
the sugar trust in the purchase OF
lands In the Philippines.
The witness declared thst when
he rendered the opinion permitting
the sale Of the friar lands to the
sugar trust he was not aware that
Hammond was representing the
trust.
Wickersham declared that be-
tween the years $50 and 1909 he
had on several occasions acted in
an advisory capacity 10 the steel
trust
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

Ia the King 81 depot yards
Visiting Seattle for the first time,
Mary Garden. opera star Of two
continents. famed more. perhaps,
aH "SaioHe" than for any other
role. appeared last az San Fran.
cisco She VIII be seen and heard
in concert a. the Moore theatre to.
night.
Misa Garden ie a Chicago girl
She got her chance" IN Paris,
where she vas studying. nliing "a
FOR an indlaposcd star In Louise
and made such hit her future was
assured
For several seasons she has ap.
pearcd regularly at the Meiropoll.
tan Opera House. New York. and
her time has been 40 coussmed
she has never before had occasion
to visit Seattle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
SENTENCED TO DIE, WANTS
ALL BANANAS He CAN EAT
ony rsllsa rrs.. Iss.,a MI,.l

JACKSON. Miss. May ST.
Seems got ter hang next jun.
10 won't you please let me have
all the bernanners kin eat tween
now and them said Tom Shack. a
negro. 60 Deputy Sheriff Talbot Of
Coahoma county. Shack was con.
victed Of numbering DR.. Mabry OF
Coahoma county several weeks aRo.
The officer assured Shack that he
would supply all the bananas neoes.
sary. and the prisoner Is dispo.ing
OF 80 or so n day.
When be was sentenced the
negro said.
ledge. sholy yer doan mean dis
hcah comm June. boss. does yo7"
The court assured the prisoner
that June was the month intended.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
Scorned by Married Man, Woman Wants to Die

A writ OF hsbeas corpus for Mrs.
seyboId will be asked for this after
noon BY Attorney Joseph M. olss-
gov, her counsel, unless a charge
ls placed against her Immediately.
She has not yet been charged BY
the srrestlng officer.
Lyina on cot In the city jail
today Is Mrs. fsettie seyboid, her
lips burned BY csrbolic acid. She
is sobbing ~ wish he had let me
kill myself; cannot live without
him" She says Louis seyboid, an
Insurance man, 2fs Belmont av, ls
her husband.
Louis ssyboId, who last night
wfested a revolver from the
woman and knocked aside a vial Of
poison az she sought a second time
TO kill herself, denies he is her
husband. He 10 living with his only
wife, he says, and the woman he
charges with trying 10 disrupt his
home life.
But Mrs. Nettie seybold, who ls
living at the Hotel Savoy, refers 10
the wife az "The other woman" the
cause Of the break between herself
and seybold.
She Climbed In Window.
Seybold says the woman called
at his home and he admitted her
She made a scene before his wife
be said. and he ordered her out
She refused and he threatened "a
call the police. whereupon she de
parted Within five minutes. ac
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
Health Men Testify
/ in Wappy Trial

d. ]. r. CFiehton. city commits
sl0ner Of health. and Chief Clerk
Arthur A. Braymer, were called b.
the state IN the wappenstein trial
this morning. They testified 70
the system OF examinations con.
duefed OF the women In the re-
striesed district The evidence
sought 10 establish BY cross ex.
animation that the district had
.beeg established by Mayor Gil and
the CITY council. while the state
directed It's efforts 10 showing that
Chief Wappenstein really dictated
the confines Of the district. and
that the health department was the
only one authorized 10 collect any
money there
DR. Crichton could not tell the
exact boundaries. but knew that
King st. was the north boundry.
The idea OF collecting $3.50 from
each girl in the district for medical
examination. testified Crichton.
originated with a council COMMITTEES.
OF which. he believed. Councilmen
Blaine. Wardall and Denny were
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

sophorie qualities Of the Puget
sound atmosphere received an un.
conscious testimonial today from
Mary Garden. famous diva. who ar.
rived IN Seattle ut 7 O'Clock thla
morning. and slept until 2 D M
l"o hours over her usual schedule.
Mars admitted wlth sleepy
smile she had been pounding her
eat harder than usual. aud yawned
even - she smiled Il gucaa lt'a
me climate" hhc said. 4 simply
cant Keep away this morning
Mlsa Garden od awake. however.
70 takt a short walk this afternoon
In company ~lth Mr. Chauncey. her
nseretnry The Star photographer
snapped them just aa they lcf, her
private car. the Ioianfho. which is
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

members The money 10 be de.
rived from this source was 20 be
used In paying for 50 extra police
men. A total OF about So. 700. said
Crichton. was 10 have been raised.
Il told ~ least 200 OF the girls so
examined that they we're not TO
submit themselves 70 any other
charges that ! would not tolerate
them being grated on, aud that
they we're 10 notify me IL anyone
attempted 10 extort any other
money from them" said Cnchton
Braymer testified that the health
department turned In s23,7T5 to
the city treasury for examination
fees conducted in the restricted
district
rs II not a fact that Wappen-
stein made some objection to your
taking offices In one other house 70
Rummens asked.
Wappenstein did not want the
health department 10 get offices ln
the Sixth Av house because, he
said. the boys there we're paying
the highest rent IN the district. and
they ought not TO give up rooms
free"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
Canal Guarantee
Is Fought

In behalf OF Frederick A. Church
III and wife, taxpayers, Attorney
Thomas A. Meade this morning be-
gan suit TO restrain the county com.
missiouers from guaranteeing the
United States from damages arising
out OF the Lake Washington canal
construction.
The contention Is that the com
missioners have no legal right to
assume such a responsibility for
the county, and that the resolution
recently passed is null and void.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
DEAD MANS
HOARD FOUND

SPRINGFIELD. Mo. May al
Cash and notes found hidden in
secret table drawers and beneath
false desk tops have been inven-
toried and valued at $60,6S0. The
gold coins which James I. Burge.
the deceased. had boarded for
years. filled a common sized water
bucket Before his death Burge
left the house and lot where he had
lived for 30 years TO Orris Northrip.
the t2-year-old son OF a neighbor
who had nursed him during his last
illness.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
TO SHOW GIRLS HOW
To JUMP TROLLEYS

CHICAGO, May 30.-"The theory
and practice Of Tipping street cars"
is the latest course TO be placed in
Chicago public schools. Mrs. Ella
Young. the superintendent. is the in
stigator of the new move. which she
designs especially for girl pupils.
"Ffipping" is Chicago slang for
boarding or leaving cars while In
motion. II is practice pursued by
all Chicagoans. Mrs. Young hopes
to protect life and limb by teaching
girls to face forward while Flip
ping" instead of backward. as wo-
men often do.
The course on street car conduct
win consist of talks on the subject
by the teachers. perhaps with some
practical illustrations later on.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

Editors Note--Thix ls the first
OF three articles telling how you ssi'
tie with one tFuat every time you
put on your ahoes)
BY W. O. SHEPHERD.
BOSTON. May si--wheuevcr
you buy a new pair ~ shoes for
yourself or your wife or your chill.
dren. stop a minute 70 think of sid.
nay ". winsiow. a white haired,
steely eyed. club haunting resident
OF Boston. II II we're not for bis
gigantic shoe machinery trust the
dealer would be able 10 sell you
shoes 10 10 30 cents less.
Niuety.uiue out Of every ioe
American citizens have 10 pay
Winslow coin for allowing them 10
scar shoes More pennies rattle
In the pocket Of the WlnAlow trust
every time a baby COOS with delight
at a new pair Of shoes
How did Winslow build up this
pocket picking machlne7 It's a
story that makes the American pco-
pie look foolish.
sixty years ago -there we're no
machine made shoes Then young
Lyman X. Blake. In the early flfties.
devised a crude machine which
would sew the soles Of shoes onto
the uppers.
To-day over 10000. 900 pairs Of
shoes are scwed annually In the
United States. Their value Is baif
A billion dollara
The American public. which
granted the patent rights on the
machinery. has gained little finan
ciai benefit The profit has gone
to someone else
Blake was an impractical man
He sold his machine for tg2.0 900 TO
Gordon Mckay OF Boston. Mckay
spent $4,000 in developing the
machine and placed II on the mar
ket.
Mckay died a millionaire He
might have been a hundred times
richer. but he was one OF the old
school ''liye-and-letlive" business
men.
Many shoe-makinE machines were
invented and put on the market.
but Mckay did not fight them. He
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

SAN FRANCISCO. May si.--
Lelio Corvino. 80. today shot and
killed Mrs. Johanna Corvino his
slsferin.law. In her home on Union
at The quarrel followed an allie
cation on the mans part that MTs.
Corvino was in love with his son
Angelo. ~.
The dead woman was the wife of
Corsino's brother. Corvlno Nas ar.
rested he told the police that
when he accused the woman Of In
timaey with his son she admitted
n. and said at the first opportunity
she would leave her husband and
fly wlth the younger man.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
Sister-in-Law Confesses Love
for His Son; He Kills Her

Angercd at the disgrace Of such
scandal In his own family. be
said. be drew a revolver and shot
the woman. One bullet passed
through her body and she died al.
most instantly.
The dead woman's husband was
arrested and held as a witness. lie
said he left the house at his broth.
eF's request this morning. and wait.
ed outside lie knew bis brother
carried a revolver. and warned him
not 60 draw L. A few moments
later. he said. his brother came 20
him and said:
z have shot her"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

the police found this Illuminating
note:
"Desr Louis: This being
Decoration day, and you falling
to keep your promise 10 see me,
! Will do what said yesterday.
Perhaps you can find few pen
nlos TO decorate my coffin.
have everything ready 10 es-
press home. and N do not hear
from you by 8 tonight II will be
all of for mo, and you can be
sure you will both suffer all
your life. meant 10 be square,
but you don't, and ! expected
so little from you. Remember
must see you alone by 8 or
you can suffer the conse-
quenees. Goodbye, my darling.
"Yours, NETTIE.
"P. 81 have waited in hotel
all day, except one and a half
hours, where you said"
Seybold had been connected witt
a local Insurance firm for foul
years. until a year ago.
He IL indignant over the woman
affair. and says he will mot hell
the woman out OF the troublo shi
has got herself into"
"Shc can go TO the pen now fol
all care" he said. "Sho brok,
into my house and II there IL n,
charge against her will go dowi
and file one"
Later Seybold said he would &,
TO the hospital and have a tall
with her first.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

"It will kill our industries We
can't do business under this law
II is ridiculous; Industrial reform
run wild" we're some of the many
warnings reiterated by the bust
ness interests. One lobbyist even
went 40 far as TO threaten that II
the bin was passed yellow labor
would be substituted for white
throughout the state.
And 10 the agents of the hotels,
restaurants, department stores,
factories. public service corpor.
ations and sweat shaps. labor.
through Its women gave this
answer:
California must protect It's wo-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
JUDGES WILL
DRAW THAT
EXTRA PAY

1--WE. Judges Of tho superior court
Of tbs county Of King. do hereby
certify that the foregoing IL n true
and correct payroll OF this office for
ths month Of May. 1911. and that
,hs persons above named rendered
the services stated. and acr en-
iusd 10 the amount set opposite
tnesr respective names in payment
therefor
Opposite each name Of the judges
Of the superior court is set the
nsuro Of s20s.33. This Is the
monthly salary on the basis Of
fsss09 annually from the county.
charging the remaining 1880 to
the state. Evidently. the suit be.
gun hs Joe Smith on the ground
that the county Is paying out 81. 600
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

Tonight the council franchise committee the
strap hangng issue VT. Councilman Grfhs Ia carrying
apecon introduced
abolish STREET
CAR MONOPOLY TO FURNISH ENOUGH CARS.
ordinance viii pad workngmen
themselves They viii should be allowed
hans straps anything else TN order home tn hurry
But hanging does the wh0
hang straps vii have wait until the rush hours before
they Il r enough
accommodate the people during the rush hours,
{. the privilege Of making
millions of of
the dsraees packing ammne s like
L means decent service to which the people entitled
ordinance
with other Of interests seeking special pr
never
= would forth hts commands
abolish
One Is make the people wait until few the
monopoly home without
The compel the furnish
The Gnffitbs ordinance the
i abolished and abolished ~ay
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
THEY BACK DOWN

Flour, grain and feed dealers have
withdrawn their request TO have the
city council legalize short weights
in their products. The modest"
provision of the proposed bill was
that these dealers should be ex.
empt from selling their wares at
net weights.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

year contrary 10 the provisions Of
the constitution. has 'alrcady been
decided BY the Judges
Otherwise. they would not say In
their claim sent IN this morning TO
the county commissioners that they
we're entitled 10 the amount set
opposite their respective names.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31
HUNDREDS KILLED

tisy United rrcss rca~cd hfrr,
VICTORIA, May 3l.-The Canada
Maru reports an eruption OF the
Asama volcano on May s that could
be heard as far as Toxic. Several
hundred pilgrims who were cele-
brating the annual festival at the
shrine at the summit of the volcano
were killed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

men against the greed as well as
the passions of men
And that answer won. The bill
was passed by an overwhelming
vote.
II has Just gone into force. and
not one of the warnings so sol
emnly sounded by business has
been found TO have been well
founded. There has been no dis
as'or. no closing of shops. scarcely
an Indication that the new law is
In operation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

thaNi1ail 1dptdia WD oilOA
American Is Stood Against a
Tree and Shot.
SAN DIEGO, Cal. May 3i.--Wiih
smile or his face and jccrs for
hls cxeeutioners, Capt. Tony Via.
commander OF the Mexican troops
under Gen. Rhys Pryee. bravely met
tragic end scar Tia Juana early
this morning, when he was shot for
having killed an American soldier
under him.
Following the execution. Gen.
Pryce was missing and there is
some fear he has met foul play.
though the general belief is he has
abandoned his troops with other
white officers because he had
learned OF an effort TO supplant
them with Mexicans. Capt. r. W.
TamlIn was named temporary com
mRnder.
Execution Threatened.
Was execution was dramatic.
He was led 10 the hills al sun.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

cording 10 Seybold, she returned
and forced her way back into his
apartment BY climbing through a
window.
The woman had secured reyoi.
YER and when this was taken away
from her by Seybold. at seybold' =
apartments, she attempted to drink
a bottle OF acid. but IN the scuffie
escaped with a few burns on her
face. She was arrested by Patrol.
man Opdyke and was taken 10 the
city hospital 10 have her burn at
tended 10, after which she was re.
moved TO the jail
Doesn't Want 70 Live.
"Yea, wanted TO kill myself.
Mrs. Seybold said this morning. y
cannot bear TO live without him
For years we lived happily together
We both came from Chicago about
two years ago. We stopped at the
Frontenac. where / was taking In
roomers to help Louis make money
After staying here through the fair
We returned TO Chicago. Every
thing went well until he went "a
San Francisco, where he married
this other woman.
Il trailed him 70 San francisco
and from there 20 Seattle
Met at Savoy.
They met at the Savoy Sunday
and we're 10 have met again yester
day al his apartments at 219 Bel
mont av. Seybold says he was call
ed to Tacoma and was unable tC
keep his engagement at the houi
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-31

LONDON, May 3l--A Rome dis
patch printed in the Morning News
today says that Pope Plus is suffer-
ing from an affection OF the arteries.
This. the dispatch says, has been
confirmed II Is said that the vati-
can admits the seriousness of the
pope's condition.