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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23
Values Better
Half at $1,000

To one perfectly good wife,
$1,000.
Please remit"
John W. Green did not send
a bill 10 Or. Jacob Wiser.
practicing physician Of Taylor.
yesterday Instead he sued him
for s. 900 for alienation OF the
affections OF Mrs. Emma Green.
Green alleges that his wife
was employed to nurse one of
Dr. Visser's patients. that he
later procured her other work.
and that finally she became his
housekesper. Green sets forth
that tho doctor advised Mrs.
Green 10 get a divorce. and that
after the decree was granted.
February 8. 1919, the doctor
took her to Victoria and mar
ried her. The couple. Il IA
charged, are living in Taylor.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23
Rant and Knock, Call Him Busher; Blockhead,
Maybe, or Four-F Flusher; Of III to Bill We've Had
Orr FIJI: Believe Us, Bo, We're for Him Still

name should lustre add TO others
fame A brainleBs lout. rustic
freak he knew no Latin. less Of
Greek. gave others lunches the
Shakespeare twist; became n
bloomln' plaRarlst'
They said BINS work was simply
rotten and hY posterlty soon for.
gotten: that Bacon or some other
gink II was who spilled the In.
Bplred ink But plll sneaked IN and
by his tricks plnched all the glory
and spondulix
Now Bllls been dead long.
long while. and thcro are men who
sim beguilc their vita 70 prove the
Bard to be guilty OF dramatic lar
ceuy.
But for all their specioss argu.
ment. that Bacon Or some other
gent. wrote ShakeBpeare's plays.
we still insist that Bill is the
worlds bes. dramatist.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23

SAN FRANCISCO. April 23.-The
women voters of San Francisco
were successful in their recall cam
palgn against Police Judge Charles
l.. Weller. who aroused the ire of
the women by reducing the bail Of
n man against whom white slave
charges had been lodged Although
the vote was light, much interest
was taken in the election. Wiley
+. Cirst. an attorney. was elected to
Judge Weller's bench by n vote Of
30,722 against Weller's 29907
Fifty-seven women. leaders in the
movement TO oust Police Judge
Chas. Weller. celebrated his recall
last night with an Ice cream las.
The celebrants were the organizers
and directors OF the Women's Re.
call league. 10 which organization
Weller owes his defeat.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23

swered Shady transactions political jobbery, Jug
Cling with the taxpaycds' moneys, that courthouse
deal the garbage collection, the Clapp and Glorious
docksite purchases, corrupt Of money in the
cent municipal election the crematory scandal, the
alleged printing graft, demand investigation. They
have not been explained satisfactorily, and, in most
cases, not at all.
King county is going to spend $300O,000 in
road building in the next two years Shall this vast
amount of money be squandered in the same loose,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23
PLAIN CITIZEN ACTS
AS OWN ATTORNEY AND
BEATS THE GAS TRUST

Slider made his own argu.
ment to the jury. which con
sisted OF Harry Muhl. butcher;
Homer Baker. salesman. NJ
Hamilton, salesman. J. A. Pad
Icy. grocer. d g Tobias.
clerk. c. ?. King. rancher
And Sldder won their YER
diet easily Slider was one
man whom the gas trust could
not gouge.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23

the question OF summoning grand jury. The
luton referred to the clubs committee city
affairs, with instructions to report next Tuesday
"Under statutes" says the Commercial Club
resolution, 'the prosecuting attorney, in pursuing his
Investigations has power to compel the attendance
of sworn Witnesses
That is why he is handicapped in making certain
investg cations which grand jury would not find
nearly difficult to get to the bottom of.
So let a grand jury be called
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23
RECOUNT ONLY
ONE VOTE OFF

After spending a week checking
~ the vote on Proposition A, the
court representatives and Comp
lroller Harry Carroll this afternoon
submitted their report 10 the erect
that the difference between the
election returns and the recouns u
only one vote
Proposition a. on the face OF the
frs. returns. carried by S82 votes
The recount gives II a majority ot
SO votes. The total cast was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23
WOMAN SAVED
AS HOME BURNS

Miss Louise Mclean was carried
out OF her burning home at 73i5
gath av. S. W. early Wednesday by
Otto G. Memltz. mailman. who
lived at the house.
The fire started from an over.
heated chimney. Miss Mclean
tainted in her room upstairs.
Memitz. remembering that she was
stlll inside. rushed up the stairs
and brought her down. The dam
age 10 the house. which is owned
BY Mrs. Sarah Mclean, was not
large.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23

haphazard, unbusinesslke manner, as $l3l 900 has
been spent in a little year in Commissioner
Hamiltons district? Shall rght-of-way be bought
by former Commissioner Rutherford in behalf of the
county before the county has authorized those par
ticuar roads to be built? Shall the county be put in
the same bottle this So 100000 of road work
it finds itself the $950,000 courthouse?
These questions of real importance to
Seattle and King county, and the Commercial Club
is taking the right of public interest in tacklng
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23
HUSBAND COMES
BACK; GETS IN JAIL

They certainly come back.
That's what Mrs Marguerite V.
Oliver, 746 Boylston av.. grass
widow. remarked when her former
husband. o. p oliver. showed up
Ut her home The visit didn't seem
to recall fond memories. and pres
emily. says Mrs. Oliver. her eI.
spouse made the cheerful threat he
was coming back in a little while
10 burn the house down. She tele.
phoned 10 the police. About 9
O'Clock Tuesday night she again
telephoned. notifying headquarters
that oliver had returned. a police
man was sent out 10 the house and
oliver is in the city Jail now.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23

Virtually backing up The Stars demand for a
rand jury Immediately, a resolution, introduced by
Attorney Vivian Carkeek is now before the Seattle
|commercial Club.
Prosecuting Attorney Murphy is asked by the
rms of the resolution at this time ask the court
10 call a grand jury and that he continue hereafter
10 call grand jury each year to investigate the af-
|hns Of this city and county,
The Star has submitted number of pertinent
questions which the public is entitled to have an
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23

OF the message. why. yes, It will
be a fine thing" he asserted.
Sen. Thompson, who aided In
framing the Birdsall bill, said that
the legislature would welcome
Bryan's visit
There will be no action on anti
alien land measures in the senate
today. Special orders will consume
the entire day, according TO floor
leaders.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23
JAPS PROMISE.
NOT TO FIGHT

WASHINGTON. April "a
Even though California passes
an anti-alien land law. aimed d.
rectly at Japan. Japan will not
attempt any warllke retaliation.
This declaration was voiced
here today by Baron Chinda,
the Japanese ambassador to the
L. S. Baron Chinda declared
the better classes in Japan were
trying to quiet lingo talk by the
lower classes and that war be-
tween the two nations was out
OF the question.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23

Emerson ("Chet') Belding. for
mer deputy sheriff here. and re
Gently engaged as a private detec-
tive. is under six months sentence
for criminal contempt OF court. He
was originally charged with spirit
ing away G. p Adams. an impor.
tant witness. In the trial OF Henry
suwal. Sam Levy and Mrs Sarah
Levy. at Tacoma. in a bankruptcy
fraud case. Beldng agreed TO
plead guilty TO the minor charge.
and the plea was accepted by the
government.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23
Phone Girl Busy, Weds at Her
Board With Receiver on Head

EATON, co April 23Wth business church
wedding Miss Alta Gum charge the telephone exchange here
married H. B. Mick, wealthy stoekmsn while wearing the
with the Twice during
ceremony stopped officiating clergyman
Henry 3 Mick you this your lawful
wedde to-" minister.
Hello heiol Yea, minute please broke in Miss Gum
"Totochesh and protect stammeed the emba raised
minister.
And ~, Alta r. Gum, do take this man"
minister succeeded
tied off"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23
FORMER j. OF ".
PRESIDENT DIES

Prof. Thomas NJ. Catch, for
rcr president Of the University
OF Washington, died at 5 p. m.
Tuesday at his home, 1882
Fourth av. N. He had been III
for some time.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23

about $4,000
The recount. as well az the re-
suit OF the recount, has been kept
secret till this afternoon, by orde-
Of Judge Humphrles.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-04-23

CITING The Star Pinkr IL not get Il TO-
night II contains all the lstes,
news and complete scores from all
. important baseball leagues. pont mlss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
PULMOTER FAILED
TO SAVE BABY
Dozen Men Took Turns at the
Pump But Their Efforts
Were Useless.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service |
CHICAGO, April ia dozen men,
taking turns at pumping oxygen into
the lunge of 30 hours old Baby Ters
by use Of a pulmoter, failed to save
the infants life. The baby died early
today.
When Baby Ters arrived at the
home of Arthur Ters, physicians pro
nounced it dead. Then they detected
a faint heart beat and telephoned for
| a pulmoter.
Men in the neighborhood volunteer.
ed to take turns and help keep the
infant alive. The first rush of oxygen
brought a response and the beats In
creased in strength and frequency un
til the parents took hope.
To keep breath in the baby's lungs
1t was necessary to pump constantly
There was no opportunity to give the
infant food and lack of punishment
caused it's death. The mothers con
dition is critical
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
Dance Halls as Menace Of Young
Girls Was the Subject Taken
up Today by Com.
mission.
NAME PERSONAL INSPECTION D
First Witness Was Young Miss Who
Traced Her Downfall to
the Public
Dance.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
CHICAGO. April 11-Dance halls
as menace to young girls was the sub
ject of the probe of the Illinois white
slave commission today. The sena-
tors arrived late IT the hearing and it
was announced that they had devoted
last evening to personal Inspection
Of the Chicago dance halls and their
patrons. Practically all the Chicago
dance halls have either direct or indi-
rect connection with bars and have
been bitterly assailed by reformers as
a potent cause Of the downfall OF
girls.
Strong pressure has been exerted
by the representatives of big business
to shunt the commission off ON a
new trail and stop the testimony re
garding the low wages paid girls in
the commercial houses of Chicago.
That the wage inquiry was hurting
Chicago business and businessmen
was asserted by many of the Chicago
newspapers and the personal influ
ence CT prominent commercial lead
ers has been exerted to arrange that
the entire matter of state minimum
wage law be laid over at this legisla
tive session, on the promise Of inter
ested parties that the whole question
lof federal wage minimum for girls
would be brought before congress and
would meet the favor of the majorit,
of business men involved in the pres
/ ent probe. The commission, however
have SO far refused to stop the state
probe.
| The first witness today was prea
Ity seventeen year old girl, whose
name was suppressed. Her parents
separated when she was FIFTEEN, she
said, and she came to Chicago with
an aunt.
! She met girl, named Anna Mack
she testified. who wore good clothes
and apparently had plenty Of money
The Mack girl introduced her to g
man named Wallace.
Wallace took her to a cafe one
night. She. drank two glasses o.
beer and became unconscious. Wher
she came to she was in hotel.
wallace came in just after woke
/ up she said. HE told me had beer
sick and he took me to the hotel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
PRISONER IS
NOT WORRYING
Claims He is Not the Man Whom
Three Women Claim to
Have Married -
Recently.
DOPE IS Al s1Rose
Somebody Practlced the Marriage
Game and Decamped With all
the Brides Jew.
eiry.
DOPE IS ALI : WRONG

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE name of
Chicago's mystery man, who is held in
jail here charged with practicing the
marriage game on three women
and aIbsconding with their jewels, will
probably be made known tomorrow,
when his lawyers appear in court to
present a habeas corpus petition up
on which they hope to secure his re-
lease.
The police are confident today that
their prisoner is e. C. G. Vonklein, a
Minneapolis diamond broker and son
of DR.. Carl H. Vonklein, a Chicago
professor with offices in the John
Crerar library. The aged student re-
fuses to believe the man in the coun-
ty Jail is his son.
So far three women have identified
the mysterious man as the one who,
under mask of love, made away with
their jewels. Miss Ethel Newcombe
declares the man, under the name of
Lewis, married her in Los Angeles asd
then disappeared. Mrs. G. A. Temple,
of Richmond, Va, declares he is
Weaver B. Clark, who got $4,000 worth
of her gems.
Mrs. Howard, of Denver, insists he
is Frank Graham
| In the meantime the prisoner, smil.
lingly refuses to admit anything He
says the dope" on him is all wrong
Attorney Charles e. Erbstein, who
has been retained by the accused, de
clared he knows no more about Lew.
is" identity than anybody else. In
the habeas corpus petition, the name
of Lewis, under which the prisoner
was arrested, will be used.
E2asperated police officials today
asked the man why he did not admit
his identity
All these women are mistaken" he
said, "and all of you fellows have the
wrong dope on me. I'll convince you
when / am released from jail that you
have the wrong man"
Jennings Crane, 1916 Hawkins
street, Nashville, Tenn, wired the
Chicago police this afternoon that the
man of mystery" answers the de
scription of man who swindled a
Chattanooga, Tennessee, woman out
of her jewels by offering to marry her
Crane saw pictures Of the prisoner
and Is positive he is the same man
The police will get into communica
ton with the Chattanooga authorities
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
Continued on page 81
HE MADE FOUR WILLS
ALL WITHIN THREE DAYS

from the state with Thompson's body
and wills purporting to convey more
than s1,000,000 worth of property
They defied an order of the county
court which commanded the produc-
tion of the documents before Judge
Rothgerber.
The escape was made on the Bur
lington's ST. Louis limited.
Thompson's body is being taken to
Belleville, Illinois, the home of his
brother, for burial The last of the
Thompson wills, of which there are
said to be four, all executed within
three days, will be offered for probate
at Fullerton, Nebraska, the home OF
Albert Thompson, cousin and exc
cutor named in the last will.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
Continued on page 2.)
LATEST RULES FOR
HANDLING BURGLARS
Not Guaranteed However to
Work Out as Smoothly as
in This Case.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. /
NEW YORK April 11-Here are
the rules for young women who find
themselves confronted in their homes
with a real, live burglar, as followed
successfully by Miss Susan Vanwert,
normal college teacher:
Tell him he should be ashamed of
himself
Laugh when he tells you not to
scream.
Suggest that he ought to be working.
Lead him to the door and let him
go.
And, perhaps. he'll give you back
your money and jewelry.
Miss Vanwert's burglar was nerv-
Gus young man who threatened her
life with steel Jimmy. The young
school teacher, although alone in the
apartment. was not bit afraid and
scolded the intruder with pedagogic
sterness
When told him he ought to be
ashamed of himself great big
strong young man, to be burglarizing
instead of working at some honest
trade or business said Miss Van
vert, "he began to cry. He told me
he had not been able to get work in
New York and was trying to steal
enough money to go west and be hon.
est. ! let him keep my s13, but he
gave back all the jewelry he had put
in his pocket. hope they never
catch him and he turns into an hon.
est man
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
Senator LafolIette sayE That PresI-
dent Wilson Has Been
Imposed Up
on.
APPOINTMENT MISTAKE
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury
Williams is Member Of the sys-
tenn, SO He
Charges.

United Press Leased Wire Service
MADISON, Wis, April 11-Under
the heading "The System at Work"
Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette, in q
signed editorial on the first page OF
this weeks issue OF LaFollette's
Weekly, has the following comment to
make on the appointment by Presi-
dent Wilson of John Shelton Williams
as assistant secretary of the treasury:
Under the Roosevelt and Taft adj
minfstrations, the combined interests
were all-powerful in the treasury de
partment.
One after another, the high officials
OF this department filed their places
OF trust in manner so acceptable to
the system that they we're rewarded
with lucrative positions at the hands
of the money power when the time
came for them to retire from the
public service" This was more
especially true of Roosevelt's appoint
ments
And now, one month after the
fourth of March, men are asking:
Are the representatives of the In
terlocking directorate to secure
strangle-hold upon the treasury de-
partment under the Wilson admins
itration?"
Until few days ago 1t was officiai-
ly announced that Robert Wooley, OF
Virginia, would be appointed assist
ant secretary of the treasury. Mr.
Wooley is an able, scholarly gentle
man, student of government finance,
wellknown publicist who has sup
ported progressive measures. He was
employed by the Stanley committee,
to make a special investigation of the
| financial operations of the United
States Steel trust. In one of his mis-
cellaneous magazine articles, Mr..
| Wooley reviewed the operation of the
Washington real estate ring and the
| It's operations.
| Mr.. Glover is the president of the
Riggs National bank This is system
bank with very close connections with
the National City bank of New York.
the head of the Standard Oil group.
WI. 1io'oit potil lOI pSISOudI iGdSOuS
! and business reasons. was opposed to
Mr.. Wooley's appointment as assist
ant secretary of the treasury. Mr..
/ Wooley was not appointed.
| Either Mr. Glover, or some one
with like interests persuaded Presi-
dent Wilson to appoint John Shelton
1 Williams assistant secretary Of the
| treasury. Mr.. Williams has qualifca-
1 tions which would be recognized any
where in Wall street as admirably
fitting him for this position. He is
member of the Metropolitan (million-
/ aires) club, of Sixtieth street, New
York. He organized the Seaboard Air
! Line railway system and was It's pres
! ident from 1899 to 1904. He is presi-
dent of the Georgia and Florida com
pany: director OF the Raleigh and
Charleston railroad company, and
chairman Of the board of directors
He is president of the Bank of Rich
mond; president OF the National Bank
of Virginia. a director of the Mary
land Casualty company; director of
| the Southern Investment company:
| director of the Seaboard Air Line
railway company. On the board OF
1 directors Of the Air Line, Mr. Will
liams is associated with H. Clay
4 Pierce, Norman B. Ream, B. F. Yoak-
I'm, and other system representatives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
FORCED A BLACKLIST
AGAINST HIS DAUGHTER

obtaining any theatrical engagements,
declaring today that the alleged boy.
colt was spite work"
My father fought the divorce grant.
ed my mother" she said, "and thtn,
though he is millionaire, he gave
me but $1,000 in fifteen years to sup
port myself.
Il had to earn my living but when
] went to booking agencies and asked
them to stage my little playlet, I
found he had forced a blacklist
against me-"
Considine is the largest owner Of
circuit of low priced vaudeville houses
extending all over the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
The "Sprucing-Un"
Season.

You, sir, cannot get away
from the "sprucing-up' sugges-
tions Of spring no matter how
Indifferent you may be to the
question Of dress a. other sea
sons Of the year.
This Is good time to visit
the stores that cater to men.
Look over the new things In
scarfs, shirts, waistcoats. What
about hats and canes and UNI
brellas? And there Is always
the question of new suit or
light overcoat.
Read the advertisements in
THE GATE CITY. They will
take you to the right shops for
the things you want.
And II you don't know what
you want, it's the business of
advertising to offer good sug-
geStions.
Read the advertisements NOW.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
Peck is Back.

LONDON, April 11--Completing
the first stretch of his pre-honeymoon
trip, Sir Wilfred Peck arrived here
from India today. On May Z, he will
marry Miss Edwina e. Thornburgh at
st. Louis, and his mother, Lady Peck,
and his sisters, the Misses Peck. will
join him on the steamer for America,
April 49,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-11
He Came to Life.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW ORLEANS, La, April Ill.
C. Hull of Kansas City, pine expert of
the Sara Lumber company, Bayou
Sara, La, killed by falling tree, .
and brought here in casket, came to
life in the undertaking parlors this
morning and set up howl. Physic-
ians say he will recover. A blow at
the base of the brain caused the
trance.