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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
Ach, Louis! After the Third Round With That
Dog, Louis Didn't Have Much Uniform Left

After mastering dogs with fight
ing procliviiies for year, Louis Nav.
BON, city sanitary inspector OF Bal
lard, yesterday met his Waterloo.
Louis duties call for house 10
house inspection. and during the
years he has worked In the Ballard
district he has encountered fully 81
varieties n beliggerent CANNES. but
up to yesterday he always finished
strong.
According TO rumor. an hour after
Yesterdays battle, Louis, still game.
arrived at the police station In a
barrel and borrowed Capt. Powers
long coat for the rest OF his journey
bomeward.
u all happened down by Interbay,
at the edge Of hisodistrict.
Louis entered The yard with all
the abandonment of boy going TO
his first circus. For payday was but
short way of and Louis was hap
~. He whistled a few bars from
Der Waeht Am Rhein" az he closed
the gate.
He Was Some Dog.
What appeared to be large patch
OF brown lay at the corner Of the
house. AS the gate banged, the
patch became animated and, rising
on four legs, assumed the proper
ficDs OF young horse. Louis stop
ped whisfIing and looked toward the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
STORES OBEY
THE new LAW
Frat Eght-Hour Day for Women-5,OO0 Helped by
Il in Seattle-No Wage Reduction Expected

Nearly all of the stores will
adopt the eieht.hour rule today. We
may have little friction with some
OF the iaundries. judging by the
past. but I look for no serio.s
violation OF the law. We intend
to keep a close watch on the dress
making parlors and all other places
where evasion Of the law will be
more difficult Of detection.
Shoppers Can Help.
Shoppers can assist great deal
in carrying out the law. n shop
ping u done early in the day. there
should be no need OF the stores
keeping open In the evenings.
do you think the shorter hours
will mean permanent reduction
In wages 70 Miss Mason vas asked
Quite the contrary" came The
reply. THE Law will mean a re
duction avsrging over one hour a
day for over 5000 girls in Seattle.
This IL an aggregate OF about 5000
hours cut off the day OF the Seat
tia working girls. Unless the same
number OF girls do more work per
hour. II will necessltate the en-
ployment OF 700 to 1000 more
girls to do the same amount Of
work. Now IL IL well ksown fact
that wages are not governed by the
number of hours one works. btd by
the competition In the labor mar.
ket- The eighthour Law viii there
fore have tendency TO increase
wages OF women"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

guised an a Mexican sailor. tapped
on side window and was admitted
by the woman.
with q cry she flung herself
into his arms. caught him around
the neck and pressed his face up
close against her cheek.
Oh, Dick. Dick,' she sobbed.
4 do love you so' ! can't live
without youl Not another hour.
Dick do want you SO much. so
much. Dlckl'
quickly. slipped a great Mexican
knife out OF his sleeve. and passed
HIS fingers slowly up the woman's
side until he felt the heart beat
under his hand. then he raised
the knife. gripped the handle
tight. and drove the keen blade
into the woman's bosom"
His actions after that were de
libcrate. lie carried the body TO
the bsthtub. carefully cut /, TO
pieces and closed the outlet pipe
with n porcelain disk TO which
was attached long platinum
wire. Then from the cellar he
fetched up case after case OF the
wine bottles and poured their con.
tents over the remains The liquid
in the bottles was sulphuric acid.
He arranged gas burners under
the tub to heat the solution. went
.out and closed the door. In four
hours he entered the room and ex-
tinguishcd the gas burners. In the
tub was nothing but thick. murky
LIQUID. He pulled out the plug with
the platinum wire, allowed the tub
20 empty. cleaned up all traces OF
his work and went downstairs 10
change his bloody clothing for clean.
Al the foot OF the stairs two police
men seized him.
The prosecution went confident
iy TO trial with perfect case OF
cIrcumstantial evidence.
Randolph Mason. attorney for
the murderer. said he had no evil
dence TO offer. but moved the
court for a verdict of not guilty
on the ground that the corpus
delicti was not proven. And though
even the jury protested, the Judge
upheld the motion. A few weeks
later Samuel walcott married his
fiance
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lease. Nichols says he doesn't
know him well enough. Upper
says. I can gef Gerald TO recon-
mend me-
Nichols tsys he knows nothing
about Gerald particularly. . can
Get the chief OF police Tupper then
sSys. All right Nichols says. Tup-
per Immediately leaves for police
headquarters Does Chief Wappen-
stein wait until Nichols rings him
vp7 No. He seixes the phone ard
then and there rings up Nichols
that Tupper 10 ali right"
The Little God Of Gold.
Gerald and Upper had been
friends OF Giil for many years. Ger
aid supported Gil. n was natural.
lie was close TO GIL as any two
men could be. lie gave bis support
for the friendship he bore Gill. IL
was not until Wappenstein told him.
There's a chance for all OF us to
make money that he sold himself
10 little god OF gold. Politics may
make strange bedfellows. But the
rays Of that little god Of gold has
brought more men together Of va
rious' types than anything else.
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gate. but II was too late.
There was growl, flash OF
teeth and the first round was on.
The big bear.dog fell into clinch
and shook Louis until his watch
stopped, 80 the exact time for the
battle will never be known.
The round ended with the dog
backing away with portion Of
Louis trousers.
Got More OF the Uniform.
During round two Louis fiddled
for time and backed toward the
gate but the big fellow wasn't 10
be denied. He rushed Louis to the
fence, and In breaking away from
the hot encounter the wiry inspec-
tor became separated from more OF
his uniform.
Louis looked tired but was still
game. Az the smoke Of battle lifted
little, however, the big dog show.
ed his yellow streak by lying down
and chewing Louis new uniform
TO pieces. SO Louis encased himself
In barrel and started. down the
railroad track.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
OPEN SHOP FIGHT

CLEVELAND. Ohio. June "a
fight to make Cleveland an open
shop city was launched here at n
meeting OF the eCleyelaiVi Employ.
ers' association. when Gen. Harri-
son Grey Otis outlined the methods
that had been employed In Los
Angeles. President Kirby and At
torney Drew OF the National Erec-
tors association spoke in favor OF
the movement. Eight OF the larg-
est employing concerns In the city
are allied In the Employers as
Bociation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
BULLET PIERCES
BACK OF cow

With bullet grazing his
neck and piercing the back OF
his coat, J. c. Eik6nberry had
narrow escape from death last
night, about 10 o'clock. He was
walking along Seventh av., near
Pike ST., when we'll dressed
negro seized him by the collar,
ordering him to throw up his
hands. When he failed to I'M
mediateIy obey orders, the
negro fired the shot, burning
Elkenberry's neck.
The would-be robber ran up
Seventh av. and was last seen
by. some small boys, when he
disappeared In the alley behind
The Star building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
OKUMU's CLOSE ESCAPE

~as brought by the steamer Kama.
~ ra Maru that Count okuma. the
~tired politician and head OF Wa
seda college. had marrow escape
from death in runaway accident
at Eyoto. He sustained but slight
injury. the runaway horses having
been arrested By some pine
branches AZ the roadside.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

Following an attempted notdup atf
Thomas 81. and Mob Hiil av. early
this morning, four men and a girl
were arrested. All live at the
Strand hotel. i422,s First av. They
are: Anthony Baker. Emil Hina,
wm. Swcdin, Tom Kelly and NIL.
cred harrington.
patrolman Jesse waltrip was
standing in the shadow os tele-
phone pole about midnight when
be saw two men come out OF the
darkness toward pedestrians Wal.
trip pulled his revolver aud forced
the two men 10 throw up their
hands. Though they insisted that
Intended no harm. three guns were
found on them. Just then they
broke and ran. waltrip shot at
them and the bullet strack one OF
them. who proved later 10 be Emil
King. in the shoulder. King fell.
bat Waltrip let him lie ana fol
lowed his partner. He finally
found Anthony Baker about two
blocks from the scene Of the at.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

Especial 10 The starr
NEW YORK. June s.---1ienry A.
sehstb. chauffeur. 10 held here on
suspiesen Of having killed elizabeth
o'0rsdy sehsib. hls wife. and placed
her body IN q bssh,vb filled with
acid.
The case parallels that Of Or.
crippsn In many respects and also
follows In many details Melville
psvIsson Posts story. The Cor.
pus osiicti." Post wrote the story
In the early eos 20 show how .
person might commit murder. and
by 6einu away with the body be
immune from punishment.
Since HIS arrest II has been
learned that Scheib spent much
of his leisure time taking girls
out scr Joy rides. lie bad many
letters from different girls. most
OF them breathing love.
Posts story.
Iii the Post story samuel Wal.
colt. 3 rich ciubman. IL about TO
marry . Now York society girl.
WaIeoit and hIa fiancc are guests
AT dinner A note is brought TO
walcutt lie reads II. palcs and
abruptly leaves the dinner to
seck out Randolph Mason. his
friend and man of wonderful
knowledge ~ the laws ioophoies.
To Mason he makes a strange
confession.
His real name IL Richard War
rem. Years before he had met q
Samuel Walcott at the gold mines
OF California. In a drunken fight
be killed Waicott and fled with
the 1attcr's Mexican wife 10 New
York, assuming Walcott's name
and fortune.
He established the woman In a
suburban house. but lived apart
from her. though she begged him
to marry her. All went well un.
III his engagement was an
nounced The Mexican woman
had kept the dying statement OF
the real Walcott and she offered
the usurper his choice between
marriage to her and the galiows
Mason advised the instant murder
Of the Mexican woman and told
Waicott, or Warren. how to- do Il
and escape the law.
Next day walcott announced
his intention OF cruising III his
yacht three months. and the yacht
sailed away as though hes were
aboard. That evening walcott. dis.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
IRREGULAR APPOINTMENTS

A couple OF weeks ago he WAS laid
off together with others who had
received permanent appointment.
while at least 10 were kept on.
though they were working on pro-
baton.
Secretary Grout OF the civil
service commission WAS not pres
ent this morning. but a complaint
will be addressed 10 him. asking
the commission why temporary
men are kept on while men OF long
standing and good record are laid
off.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

Disclosures partly made by the
department efficiency committee
this morning In the civil service de-
partment's office indicate that .ir-
regularities In filling vacancies in
the light department are quite com
mon.
II was shown that h. NJ. Bowen
had been appointed on November
%, 1910. TO the position Of lineman.
following an examination, In which
he received s7.35. mark consid.
cred much higher than the average.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

"pid Wappenstein get the money!
That's the sole question for your
consideration. Everything else 10
admitted"
George II. Rummens. special pros
ecutor In behan Of the state thus
summarized the Wappeustcln case
I'm his argument TO the jury.
Wappenstein's bank deposits
we're bigger than usual while chief
That's not controyerted Resorts
were running during his admins
tration. That IN admitted In short.
everything Is admitted except that
he took the money.
Il submit that you must believe
Gid Tupper's story that he gave
Wappcnstein the 81 900 bribe on
August s. and that his story is cor
roborated. n you expected corrob-
oration from kings. potentates.
princes. and the president OF the
United States, all OF whom might
have been gathered al the rorner
Of Second ay. and Cherry ST., and
who would swear that they saw Gid
Tupper drive 10 that place In big
automobile and carried big suit
case and met wappenstein there
and hollered out loudly. Here
Wappy. give you 81 900 bribe for
letting me run the Midway and
Paris houses" then you expected
more than human nature could
afford"
Rummens pointed out that.
though Wappenstein swore that he
was meagerIy acquainted with Tup-
per. he. nevertheless. did not hesi-
tate to recommend him 10 Senator
Nichols a. "ail right" 20 grant a
lease for the Paris house.
Testimony Not Disputed.
This testimony Is not disputed. /"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

With his three children clustered
about him, terrorssricken. Ora Pat
slson shot ard killed his wife and
committed suicide in their little
shack AZ Cedar Mountain, near Rem
ton. yesterday afternoon. Roland.
the oldest. aged .. made frantic
effort 70 prevent the murder. but
his small arms only reached TO the
mans watch chain. which was after.
ward found broken on the floor.
According 20 the tiny witnesses.
Pattison came home In drunken
condition and began quarreiing.
Mrs. Pat,ison retired to another
room In tears and Pattiaon followed
her. shouting. Roland followed.
tugging AT his fathers coat. beg.
ging him TO leave his mother alone.
As pattIson stepped Into the room
he whipped out his revolver. and
Roland made futile efforts to reach
the weapon. But In a moment a
bullet was sent crashing into the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
ODD BITS o. NEWS

SHARON, Mass.-The Paul Re
we're homestead was damaged In
fire resulting from an explosion IN
. powder mill built In revolutionary
days.
NEW YoRk--The right Of one OF
the residents OF fashionable Sea
gate 10 open her house for summer
boarders is to be determyed by
Justice Kelly OF the supreme court.
CHICAGO - Thomas Ryan, Leo
stSeeter and Clarence kIcppner,
each rs, amateur burglars, found
a revolver In house they were
robbing. Ryan accidentally shot
himself and will die. His youth
fol pals" were held.
NEW YORK - Miss Margaret
Knox. school teacher. has received
"a 800 check from Andrew Carne-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

woman'H BODY and Pattison then
turned the weapon upon himself.
The frightened chlidrcn ran from
the house. where they met Ed
Riggs. who boarded with the fam.
lily. and told him of the crime
Riggs Immediately notified Cor.
oner Pathell. and the bodies were
removed TO PatheilH undertaking
parior at Renton. The children
we're turned over TO neiKhbora. Pat.
tlson's brother arrived from Mon.
roe this morning 60 get the chill.
dren. The dead woman had n ais.
ter In Monroe. She was notified Of
the tragedy and arrived In Renton
this morning Mrs. Pattieon vas 9
and Pattison was 10 years her
senior Tho family has lived In
Cedar Mountain for about year.
paitinon was a woodsman and his
wife raised chickens Besides Ro.
land. the children are: Myrtle 6.
Clifford 5. and Francis Z.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

MAY KNOW His
FATE TONIGHT

Testmony FINISHED and Arguments Started This Afternoon
Each Side Limited to Two Hours-Rumsnens Opens for
Prosecution
= t''t .ts's' ssssstttt
The wappensteln the exchef OF police
accused Of receiving bribc Of Upper
Clarence Gerald 1910 permit
Midway and Paris houses unmolested win
the jury tonight Following the redirect examination
penstein bB morning Homer Macdonald
Malone and Gideon Tupper called rebua
The court It's INSTRUCTIONS the Jury
men, OF counsel began 1ls2b this Rum
special began the the
state He VIII probably be followed Shlpley
who viii In turn be followed BY Morris Prosecuting
ney Murphy Will conclude the 4
Each side viii TO present accord
ing to arrangements made this morning 4
4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
WOMAN CAUGHT
WITH SUSPECTS.
Four oan6 Girl Arrested Following Attempted Hod-up
Fooled by Officer-Three Other Robberies

tempted holdup. When Waltrlp re-
turned to where he had left King.
he wesa nowhere 10 be found.
II was learned. hoSever. that
Baker lived at the Strand. and go
Ing there. King was found In room
IL. which Is being rented by
swcedin and Ksliy. the two other
suspects. The two latter claim To
know nothSs about King and
Baker.
Girl Arrested. Too.
Al $50 this morning Mildred
harrington, girl working az
the Strand, was arrested. She
had postcard pictures OF all
four of the arrested suspects.
She admits that she knows all
of them quite well. She ssss
that Kelly told her that King
had come into their room ask.
ing for some peroxide to wash
his wound. and had told them
that ne and Baker had been
out on an unsueeessfui stick.
up trip.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

cHicA6o--Women will hereafter
vote In church matters In the Epis-
copailan churches OF Chicago, ac-
cording 10 a decision OF the dcIees.
tions to the annual convention Of
the diaceae Of Chicago.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

Every public drinking cup In Sc.
attic 81 covered with from four 10
eight million disease germs.
The picture above shows a cul.
turc OF germs numbering s.Ouo. 900.
every one OF them eager and ready
20 infect some person with disease.
Every public cup In Seattle II a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

cHIcAoo--chief MeWeency an
nounces that the ordinance pro
hibiting the sale or use OF explo.
Hivcs will be enforced and that
Chicago will observe a safe and
sane" Fourth OF July.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

menace to health. A dlseaaeIn.
fected person may have drink
from the cup. five minutes before
your child trips up To quench It's
thirst Warn your children 10
avoid the public cups. and uae your
Influence 90 have the disease
sprcadcrs removed from Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

4 Would you like to see the 4
4 most expensive hat in Seattle? 4
4 Look at The Stars woman's 4
4 page today. 4
4 4 tttt tttt ~ 4 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

NEW YoRk--For sssauIting his
tssicsb ehauffcur,'fo rsIlcaed over
charges, r. Augustus Helnxe must
meet a damage yerdioA OF s325.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

This morning the department
stores OF Seattle opened at 9
O'clock instead OF $50. II was the
beginning OF the eight.bour day.
n compliance with the eight-hour
law for women passed BY the re-
cent state legislature.
A. least 5000 women In Seat
tie are affected by the new
law. The department stores
furnish 2.50o. the Iaundries
100 and the restaurants. can
cy factories. paper box factor
les, dressmsking pariore. gar
ment workers, etc. make UP
the total.
miss Blanche Mason, assistant
state labor commissioner, IL busy
every day. answering inquiries
from employers aud employees
about the workings OF the new law.
she has desk In the Woaen's
Free Employment office, 20s-200
Liberty building. across from the
postoffice. where she may be found
every day between the hours OF 2
and O'Clock.
No Trouble Expected.
Il do not expect a great deal Of
trouble" said Miss Mason today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

gie to be used in n treat for the 20
girls who danced Highland fling
for him in the Central park fste.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
WHAT HE PAID FOR

This little conversation was !
/ overheard on an Eastlake car +,
! this morning:
Condustor - Move forward ,
there. please. /
/ Good Looking Irishman /
! (who has moved along twicel
/ -Divii bit furder. oi paid !
me nicked { ride, not { kape !
/ on walkin'.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

= . = = = = =
4 NO female shall be en- 4
= ployed IN any mechanical or I
4 mercantile establishment. I
= laundry. hotel or restaurant In 4
\ this state more than eight 4
= hours during any day 4
- Every employer In estab-
= lishments where females are 4
4 employed shall provide suit. 4
= able seats for them and shall 4
= permit the use of such seats
= b. them when they are not 4
= engaged In the active duties 1
4 for which they are employed.
= and every such employer shall 4
= keep posted In an open and 4
- conspicuous place In each I
= room where such females are 4
4 at work copy Of this act 4
= printed In such form as may 4
= be prescribed by the commits 4
= sion Of labor Extracts from 4
4 the women's eiGht-hour law. 4
= In force today. 4
hft ~ = 4 = 4 4 4 4 4 = 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

woman law student daily visitor at the wappen-
trial the only witnessing the legal battle she
obtained permission sit inside the rail
Norris shiplcy his partner have than
the prosecuting force headed by
Prosecutor Murphy Special George H.
Deputy Caldwell Rummens quicker than
either of the attorneys for the defendants and Murphy fully
and at and polished WIN H. Morris was In
handling cross examination.
The early days Of the wappensten trial when the jury
tGing sprinlng OF the audience
been day three days there
present at all the law student
VIII H. Morris got called by Judge Main day before yesterday
persisted In repeating inanissibc questions to Witnesses
evidently for the OF letting the jury draw differences
though the would permit the questions be
Murphy inadmissible
OCCASION Morris oin wrath. Your
he said II instructed disregard E
and furthermore the admonish
briefly The
will consider this admonishng
counsel concerned IL begin should certainly
admonsh the counsel for defendant frequently than the
prosecuting attorney"
wappensen consulted by his attorneys before
Gid Tupper the frequently
10 throw less light help his counsel wap
penen seemed to be the Sphinx The drawing
OF the jury seemingly bothered him little After testimony
and drumming the table with his fingers
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4 - 4 4 y ~ srsH
WEATHER FORECAST ,

4 For Seattle and Vicinity: 4
\ Fair tonight agd Friday; light 4
\ westerly winds. 4
4 = 4 \ 4 = 4 4 A 4 4 4 4 4 4 \
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Like 10 laugh7 II 80, don't =
! overlook the cheerful smile =
column in page 4 today. 4
! A 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 a 4 4
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08
BOY TRIES TO
STOP MURDER

But Weak Little Hands Only Reach Fathers Watch Chain
Man Kills Wife and Then Himself
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-06-08

One law STUDENT Is daily VISITOR az The Wappen
legal battle She
obtained permission sit inside the rail
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Testimony Not Disputed.

This testimony Is not disputed. I"
said Rummens. What happened.
Tupper asks for the Paris house
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