The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 17, 1905, Page 1

color — I BTAR—THS A pen—NoT aA cIRCUS Al "The. Sq EDITION. EXTR 18 THERE ANY OTHER SEATTLE PAPER THAT DARES TO BUCK THE GAS OCTOPUS? Seattle Star SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1905. ~ Vol NOTICE STAR HALF-TONES, AND PICTURES IN OTHER GEATTLE PAPERS. NO. 72 WHAT? The Only Paper in Seat That Dares to Print the News 25 CENTS PER MONTH ‘}yWESPORTING PAGE OF THIS EDITION OF THE STAR IS EDITED BY THE GREAT EX-CHAMPION PUGILIST JOHN L. SULLIVAN KNowLes ‘pas raised $6,000 ‘take $20,000 although ner his devot unti process of nw gna ae . oe i 4 a t HIGHLAND, May and Valha Oulaide of to retury + SParar D, May 17 Deere from the G BMaer aes Be Baltara cit Right and « for & wub-newer Pa reoty into it it of Potk iged Man Loses His Home gn WORRIS GARNER ENDORSED NOTE EIGHT YEARS AGO— EAUTIFUL FARM SOLD FOR JUDGMENT MWITHOUT HIS PATHETIC SCENE IN COURT HOUSE BY KAN BYXBES. his long smooth white ut of the bigness of bit} was loosened and fell to his bent 7 B. Garner cight years | aboulders. ie bps ge security on a $400 note : a fee friend, today ho finds| ait homeless in his okt age farm upon which be} had come to him for help, and with the simple trust of an honest heart children to} Morris Garner bad taken a pen in toil hardened hand and set down the honest fo him—his splendid | give value to the worthless bit farm of 249 acres.| paper. Then. than six weeks ago/of a nature that knew no guile and | suspicion, he forgot the favor. hard of a thousand trees before grew The sharpness jtooth had come home to him the serpent's the man he deomed a friend of labor and womanhood, children with the generosity Mf the time said be would r |he had planted crops of frult outbuildings the farm upon | ments, and as he prospered he stock living forjed his farm with domesti it it waa bought | of fancy breed. 3 eer ago br a Spokane) up, his little mie for $900, tho amount of |frocks became a woman and mar then Morris Garner became a ourt costs, | ried of the note had se | doting grandfather. Meaaowhile the menace. ig Timbe and shaken | was creeping up Garner stood before | tetponsible friend who had asked the favor years before had failed to/ frame wae bent With | meet bis obligation the note had taken the matter into} and judgment interest and costs, aggregating $6. Wednesday tell, and the troop gettled across his broad When he took off his e Fight On ‘Tacoma Waterfront os for principal IN ATTACK CREW OF SEATTLE SAILORS’ UNION STEAMER CENTENNIAL—REPORT OF MURDER —_——— (Bee Nght occurred in the hold, fi Centennial, owned by Line Steamship com- the vesse! drew up to! board Deakers at Tacoma Ture | ficers of the vessel revealed the fact | that but one man was missing, and he is reported to walking along the railroad tracks and Rig- | Captain C. H. Pearce, master of the union | Centannial 1 & question of supre-| Seattle office, stated that no one on |board had been shot. but the men the Centennial made fast | deserted for fear of bodily harm. The cargo of the Centennial was \betng discharged who | Wednesday. fearing bodily barm. left the vessel. The disappearance of the men gave rise to the rumor that a num- ber had been shot and thrown over- Investigation Brose as a result of have been seen Md BOW on between the |ong- Stereiores Qnd the Sailors in bis report at Tacoma a gang " boarded her and at Me to oust the milors anload the vessel's freight. | Blows were struck oremen fired a couple! union men Utopia and One! City are due to reach Tacoma | The longshoremen say that if an iim the air in the hope of| attempt is made to discharge their g0es with non-union men trouble Bthe Seattle gang into leay ip. Many of the men,' will ensue ERICAN YACHT LEADS OCEA Start In the kaiser’s cup | | Parton ts 23 years of age and is | founded by J. W. Clise, entered the) half ks much as they were in the | the son of Robert Barton, 226 Boren | field and promptly began furnish | old building 1 had to use as much money in Six years ago he vntered the |@ better illuminant at $1 There my quarter gas machine in April as| Vl dededadadeie tee iede teal The racing yachts fer two hours’ sailing #| prepared to make sai! early » the crack Amert- fs in the lead competitor is the ‘ schooner Ham Which is a quarter o' | The Alsta shutting out the The yachts were Hildegardia owana, Valhalla. Walling miles beh | lshlelhalalieielelel Hildegarde at eteee eee eee and fair, civer Made prospects good for t Ballard § WO connect with th. Was also ¢ street and putting | Mication wee made the | 000, had been awarded; the irre { sponsible friend had no substance with which to satisfy the judgment and the debt fell upon the man who had signed as security It is claimed that notice was given, but that no cognizance was taken of it by Morris Garner, #0 his farm was sold on paper for the amount of the judgment | Morris Garner says he received some sort of paper which he did not rightly understand, but, not an ticlpating any serious hurt, he awalted further developments be fore taking action. The true mean ing of the formal notice was made known to him only 24 hours ago when by chance a creditor of the new purchaser called at the farm. Then tm great alarm and sorest anxiety poor old Morris Garner | hastened to town and hurried up the hill to the county court house, anding, hat tn hand, before Sheriff Smith, be asked what it all meant Very mily the kind hearted sheriff told the old man how mat ters stood. When the explanation was finished Morris Garner drew the back of his hand across bis eyes and started away, but the |eheriff called him back and gave him a ray of hope. 1 ‘Theres ertainly something wrong here.” sald Sheriff Smith, | am no lawyer, and don't know very much at the law, but it looks to me like you have a mighty good case to take inte the courts Wait a minute, and we'll see about this Then Sheriff Smith got busy with the telephone, and at present every effort if being made to secure an adjustment of the matter toca.poy STAR EXPOSES MYSTERY WILL ROW wm | OF OUTRAGEOUS GAS STEAL winter—Tony Sirnich, Proprietor COMPANY MUST PAY DIVIDEN D® ON WATERED STOCK AND) Pountain Saloon | a | CONSUMERS DIG UP THE COIN—DILAPIDATED PLANT | a noon no reduction ip AND $400,000 BURDEN SPUR CORPORATION RAFFLES TO | ™y eas bill in April —Prank Mische, | “TED BNCOURAGES LARGE FAMILIES. Of time to avert the m last sprit was fractu Eme tend of Miche Bros.’ Saloon WHOLESALE THIEVING BE. J. MeCall, tall 216 Jeffer son, has, by going over his ac counts with the local gas octopus Gas consumers are paying ex-;thousand. For the month of Jan-| Tuesday afternoon, dug up indisput t the Seattle Light-| U@ry, 1996, the bill was $9.49, at $1/ able evidence of account raising. | orbitant bills th ni per thousand. February, 1904. $2.70 ‘or three years the talloring firm ing company may pay dividends 0m | 1) 9995 Por February of this year| paid $6 each month for gas—with watered stock. the Bill was $9.15, at $1 per thou-| the exception of Getober. On that| It is watered stock that te at the/sagd. April, 1904, $1 and for} month the gas bill for some unex bottom of the local gas trust's rob- | Apetfof this year it was $7.05. plainable reason Jamped to 7, an bing business methods, although| Last year, and up unti! last Sep-| increase of $11 tn one month. The other causes are also responsible. | tember, the Acme Business college | three consecutive October bills are When the Citizens’ Gas company | was tocated at Second and Pike. It| undestroyed. Can the gas company purchased the old Seattle Gas &/ moved inio the P. 1. building explain this? D¥d they need the i) Electric company It shouldered an/ September. Since that time the| money at the time of an w I div RC. BARTON, enormous amount of water owned | pijis have been something outrag-| idend? ¢ the citizens of Seattle | Seattie Roy Picked for Cornell Crew.| by that company. Sam Hill, prew | sons. le 1 give 1 to the ex R. C. Barton, of Seattle, has been | ident of the latter company, frank-| Mr, McLaren stated Wednesday | tortionists on that mc th more t pleked for No. 2 in the Cornell var- | ly acknowledged that the concern | merning that the college was not/any other month in the year? sity crow, which will row Harvard | was carrying the big load at the/ using half the gas since it meron | eee speak for themeec! ven. | i | at Boston on May 27 time The Star first demanded thatlinto its new quarters | At Cornell Barton is looked upon | bis company reduce rates. The com: The gas company thinks that be My March gas bill was $1¢ The | as being one of the most promising | pany was then charging $2 per 1,000 / cause our new quarters are larger| same month last year it was $8. At knights of the oar in the Inatitu- | cuble feet. Hill maintained that he] than those in the other building our/ that time the price wan $1.25 per thon. Ever since entering the col-|had to impose that price in order] gag bill should be larger.” he said. 100 feet. Now it is only $1. | am lege in 1902, he has taken to the | to pay off the big pile of stock with “but we have the same gas fix-| using the same amount of gas. | shell, resulting at last in bis win-| which the company was burdened. fares in this bollding we had in| have complained to the com ning a place among the big fel-| Owing to the fight made by Thejthe old one. Our hours for using | pany.—John M. Wel Proprietor lows. | Star, the Citizens’ Gas company,j| gaa Rave been cut down to nearly | Saloon 1507 First Avenue. University of Washington, taking | WA" a fight, rates were cut and then| May Bill last month was $4.60, It/I did at any time during the winter. | up the study of chemistry. Three |the consolidation took piace. Ht! |ham been practically the same all|-—A Reader to finish his education at Cornell. for $400,000, making a shrewd deal. | Barton has paid but little atten- | The Seattle Lighting company, now tion to sports, with the exception | finds fnelf with a dilapidated pliant of rowing and a bunch of watered stock, be Ing out $400,000 besides. Revengeful Italian Seeks" CRIPPLED SON OF ITALY AFTER OR. U. C. BATES WITH GUN— CLAIMS PHYSICIAN CAUSED PARALYSIS OF ONE ARM IN MENDING FRACTURE—HAUNTS MEDICO'S OFFICE TO LAT- TER'S CONSTERNATION Dr. Uri C. Bates, 1209 First, fea for his life. August La Begue has been in jail for 3 he wa to murder the ph jay, but ima 0 Italian, who m a similar r y Dr. Bate T just completed } for the same offer narrowly escaped with bh life Once La entered {fice with ar and nearly “potte the i times 5 men e summoned Le Begue was burt in at Che when a pair of rur ran down red to the hospital and Dr. Bates, who He w eee ee ee ee es * + FIRST JOBS » OF SEATILEITES * SEER ERR ZOOK WAS A BUTCHER BOY. My first job was work.og for my uncle in a buteher shop in Indiana. I received $6 a week, and I cer tainly thought I was whole thing MAYOR ZOOK of Ballard Ln a The Weather : Spotter Pee eee eee eee Tonight and Thursday Fair. Light to fresh winds — mostly westerly, . * * . aeeeee et HOMELESS WAIF Because their parents have refus ed to take care of them, and because ors’ have wearied of fur- and keeping for, the’ lens promises of re three little children, Will nd Baby Boyd, are to be 4 of by the superior court ne officer Clark has asked that some disposition be made of Recently they have f a Mrs. Crane at Lake, Previously they have red for by several other fam- and at one time they were at the Ryther home. COP RAN, TOO Fred Ferguson, a dope fiend, saw Patrolman Chipman first on Wash- Tuesday afternoon. He ington stre started to run, The action was sus picious and the officer gave ch son was hauled off to the lice station and charged with being eee ee ee oe » make things worse, it was a disorderly person, He was given * # obliged to reduce rates to $1 in a jail sente of 30 days by Police # ALL SORTS OF MIX-UPS IN ® order to keep the American Im-|MAN CHARGED WITH DISGUST ING CRIME 18 TURNED LOOSE lSuage Gordon. ’ * * | provement company out of the field \- pe * BREWERS STRIKE ain vole aan,” ee bat Wee out ae BY ASSISTANT PROSECUTING ATTORNEY WHO WARNS | jew SFFiGERS CHOSEN he *% ithe difficulty was to Increase the| HIM TU QUIT SEATTLE FOR GOOD The King County Liquor D: s * ‘The striking brewery work- #| pressure in the gas mains and di-| associat met Tuesday afterr # ere lost twe in their #) lute the illuminant with air, This and ted the following officers & struggle agains brewery #| was done a year ago last ytom- | 1 t. Harry Wilson; V ® trust on Tuesds * ber. Thore was a big howl, and| 9°33 PME E EEE ERR ER EERE | prosidont Charles Tennis; treas ® They succende *\ since that time the company has . * |John P. secretary re ted & Spokane beer tn #' been more careful in its boosting |* Offender . tee ve Dr, Christopher Schultz ® |‘Atinur Gerb Sane Ait “arene & ‘saloc n Be 4 #| tactics \ Crim .3 Indecency ® |W. McLaughils one ¢ slo #| One of its objects in boosting the}® Seene of Vile Depredations ; A Ballard *& | #& It developed, however, that #! bills is said to have been to make|* Arrested Twice * |HESKETH HONORED " *% Beattie Experience wn by Police ® | Robert B. Hasketh, business agent # that the trust had the tr *® a good ywing on ite book . # hand, Both ea were f * several months it vainly sought ? Set Free by heed Asst Vencyeveds id 4 bro - — ‘i = pte: patbesie| ed b: age eney to dis Aispore of 000,000 of bond | ees Saree vd owen Spek net vs bi ae a a Fraga vg Sat 2 ag Tee PPP P ee eee eee ee eee ee ee aed has been honored by r # content themselves with the #/|tend it# mains, and a bait was aes eal i: ba Merah ease peal | # local product, as the § % | needed to throw to eastern bond} the latter held in Kansas nH ¢ ond Malting company #| buyers Dr. Christe ay wummer”, sald Poll don, | City, Mr was elected ® cont leases on the &| By ineretikiig the pressure from | charmed life rte) “Tt w ne of the © cases of | fourth \ i dent. He went to * bul * two inebot four, five and six|are ce " gia? [utter depravity and moral degener- | the con " the delegate from - eg 7 Mt thee’ Gerys al tached CR was at-| Gbarged with one of the MMETacy that has ¢ en my duties to] this city, He wil return in a few * rote at the Bismark bar, #| tained j heinous offer gen hse erations Same nd t. I bound him) Saye & which in using fair beer ship- & nu man ney, Schulte e th nal for trial. | HE IS SCARED. # ped from the east in boycotted & {TLLL, THEY COME. jlacks of conclusive evidence 4 oat he man was! sf PRTERSBURG, May 17.—-Re * by the union The Bis- &| Tho Acme business college is an-| caped aga j Sullty port has reached hero t t #& mark is under t because | other victim of the gas trust The " t nt What! In Schultz out again?” ex- y is i and has t #& of the trouble of a year’s atand- &| Principal McLaren, of the school, |ly in B 1 for minally med-| claimed Chief Detar Well, he peror that it * ing with the oke and Wal- #| states that during the entire year) dling with youths, Three days ago| won't d to come back to this city./ for nim t proceed # tere union, The beer sold in #/of 1904 the gas bille ranged from|the pr iting attorney's office) My patrolmen will pick him up if] * fair but the walters and bar- # | $2 to $13 per month, and thoy used | was maki ff to t al he doe The ip Burns t # tenders who hand it out # the same amount of gas every strong case against the degenerate,| “Schultx is guilty all right, and] splicing the break In the tha + "oan" ri ntl ' ms were not en-|I warned himself to make himself! cable noar Valdez at 1:10 We * % or the month of January, 1904, | tively reltabl | scarce,” said Assistant Prosecuting day afternoon, She is now en € BRR AN ME EMRE (ho gas Dill was $6.48, $1.25 per ' me before me last] Attorney Vanderveer to The Star, to Seattle | of a once muse be ee oe | |spread of the strike If possible and | | plaster cast on the arm. Now thd arm is nothing but skin and bone. Le Begue wears a heavy black cloth glove over the unsightly remnant ar left arm. See, see, your honor!” said La Begue in 6 court some weeks This is why they bring me into court. I have been wronged, That is my gun, but I was not go- ing to kill the doctor. 1 only want- ed him to pay me for spoiling my m.”* There was talk of Le Begue suing the doctor for heavy damages. His friends say that he would be sati fied with a trip to Italy, but he b no money and thinks the doctor ought to pay for it. He cannot labor, while before the accident he earned good money le Begue thinks his vengeance must be me led out upon the unfortunate Dr. Bates, and that the doctor is re- | sponsible for his fallen fortunes and disabled condition ‘WET PRESENCE oF GOMPERS LENDS PEACEFUL ATMOS- PHERE TO CHICAGO STRIKE —LEADER WILL ATTEMPT TO HEAL BREACH CHICAGO, May 17.—The presence of the president of the American ‘ederation of Labor introduced a quieting factor in the strike toda: It is hoped that the visit of the national labor leader means the inauguration of peace measures. Following the meeting with the |labor leaders today President Gom- pers will seek a conference with prominent employers. It is be- | lieved that there will be an author- ized offer of concessions to induce |the strikers and employers to sub- mit the whole dispute te arbitrators. Gompers insisted today that he was not here to supersede the local lead- ers in the conduet of the strike, but merely to aid in adjustment of the difficulties of the executive, The teamsters’ brotherhood will |arrive today to lend their counsel to the strikers. The peace commit- tee appointed by the mayor from the city council will do all in their power to advance a settlement, Jesse Ballinger and James Jones, both colored, were arrested this morning on the charge of murder- ing Enoch Carison, 8, who was shot jand killed last night in front of his home while deriding two colored men for being strike breakers. | President Gompers called on May- jor Dunne at noon and held a short e on the strike situation, mayor asked Mr, Gomper to use his influence to prevent the to bring about a settlement. Gom- pers made no promises but said he was here to aid in the settlement any way he could. ‘The initiative wever was with the local labor leaders, | It developed today that before Gompers left Washington he set in motion the machinery of the civic federation in an effort to bring about an adjustment of the Chi- cago strike trouble Through east- jern members the federattion made Jarrangements to reach prominent Chicagoans who are in a position to bring influence to bear upon the employers. _ WAR NEWS TOKIO, May 17.—The French government has notified Japan that Admiral de Jonquires reported that he cruised along the coast of Annan May 18 and 14 for the purpose of ordering the Russian ships to leave the coast should he find any in French water. He did not find any between Cape St. James and Turan. Even so far north as Jowanedy, the most available northern anchorage n the Annan coast, not one Rus- an ship was observed WANT TO UNITE Fresno, Cal, May 17.—The delp- tes to t anual conference of u mberland Presbyterian church b lasting ton rrow 28th began to ar t The majority of the delegates are themselves in fa- c with the old church, rhis is the most important matter to b uside by the conferenca