The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 12, 1905, Page 1

ADVERTISEMENTS THE STAR wiy CLEAN PTED BY wapacce’** The Pioneer One Cent Paper of the Northwest om HIGHT EDITION. SUICIDE, IN — wysTEnious WOMAN REPORTED TO HAVE LEAPED FROM A “STEAMER'S DECK BOBS UP SERENELY IN SEATTLE—DR. J. BE JORDAN, CHARGED WITH CAUSING SUICIDE, LOOKING "FOR HER os * ifmd that woman and & this mystery to the heart. ® she never sulcided, ® publicity resulted from & work on the part of & enemies. using every precaution to keep the matter quiet. “She told me over the telephone that she thought we had! both been victimized. After I see! her I can best tell the public the ins and outs of the hysterical ar- teles charging me with hypnotic influence over this woman. It is not #0. She came to my office but twice The first time she was ac- companied by her husband, who represented to moe that Mra. Oldt was suffering from some strange malady. I failed to discover any *ymptoms showing any disorder, and told Oldt so. “Harry Oldt thon said that I was responsible for the suicide of hix wife and he had papers prepared suing me for alienating the affec- tions of bis wife. As a matter of fact he starved her! That is the reason she left him and Seattle She went cast and I received a letter from her folks, who are wealthy People, stating that she was alive and wel). They refused to tell me where she was, “t have a number of men search- ing the city for her, She must ox- plain this matter. Sometimes I think that she was a party to the ech to extort money from me, and again ) OTST SEE. = JORDAN, sent PRR AR REE Harry F. Oldt is in Seattle feeder will likely think that : it verges upon the oo- Mre. Olde and her ebiid to have been swal- In the depths of the Pa- shortly before December which time she and her passengers on the steam- bound for San Francisco. Tl in this clty Dr. J. . fa the Safe Deposit mw. says he can prove by “phone” m , aOr~ which have been id be b principals. &n appointment with days ago. bot failed to sated Dr, Jordan, who is Le A NICKEL'’S WORTH OF NEWS F OR 1 GENT! How's TH SEATTLE, WA ARS. OLDT, SUPPOSED SEATTLE I think that both of us were dupes. “Why do I not lay the matter Pe fore the authorities? Do you thiek I would trust them after my ex perience with them? Do you know that the present proseouting attor- nay refused to accept office until my charges of blackmail were withdrawn from the docket by fo mer Prosecuting Attorney Scott? That is a matter of record and you ean look it up for yourself. Then ask mo why I do not take the mat ter into court! “IT have been wronged, and there! is only one who can set the matter right and establish my reputation She is Mrs. Harry B. Oldt, reported to have suleided, but fn Beattie and alive today.” The disappearance of Mrs. Olit and the charges of hypnotiem and home robbing preferred by Oldt against Dr. Jordan created a pro found sensation in Seattle last win ter, While Dr. Jordan expresses an unwillingness to open the old «uit, he also stated tn an tnterview that he would do #0 if necessary to ex Pore the alleged blackmailing scheme, and that the mysterious Mra. Oldt would be held as a wit hess to substantiate bis charges. Steamship circles still stand by the story of a woman jumping from the deck of the Queen with « child clasped tn her arme and Dr. Jordan says that it may be true, but he also insists that his enemies took advantage of the clroumstances to make their sult stronger and to thoroughly blacken his character. ee ee NORSEMEN IN AMERICA WILL AID MOTHER udge Pulls Youth Into Court to Marry Girl Frater’ full swing. @ixposing of the case of two $-year-olds on Saturday the new guardian of of- and offended juveniles turn- Official attention to the case Year-old Annie Bower, whe und in a disreputable part of Saturday evening. Juvenile court is “Wants to help her out. does he?” Tepeated the court. “Well, that ts easy enough, and there's Just one way to do it. Take the couple into clerk to license.” Judge Morris umually attends to the matrimonial business of courthouse, but where peatness and pretty Gark-eyed girl told the | dispatch ts required, Judge Frater That she had no home and that | can attend to the knot-tying himself. her earned a living as a do-| Within three minutes he had the When further questioned Bdmitted that for nearly two! way down stairs to the auditor's of- she had been supported by/ fice for a marringe leense. The make out ry 3 ty a “buck and wing” den- @on the ten-cent theater route, [iit who is now running a shooting at Madison park. for that young man,” or- Judge Frater, promptly. “We'll We can't arrange thie thing by Auditor Agnew's decision that the though the court iteelf desired it. Upon hearing of thie difficulty, Judge Frater at once set out an of- ficer to locate the girl's mother, and the wedding was consumated henor, the young man is}at 3 o'cloc Judge Frater how,” said Humane Officer | himself, who stated that he would “and he says he Is willing to| remain after court hours himself girl out.” and tie the knot, INGKLEY ARRESTED Marshal Kellogg this morn- f Swore out a warrant for the of T. D. Hinckley, owner of B Hinckley bloc him B fallure to install a fire escape ihe alley aide of the building. Present escape at that polut condemned as being un- At the time the fire escape Were settled in court some #0 Hinckley promised, it is fo replace the present flimsy | iF with an fron stairway. He Pot done #o, and yesterday isto the building inspector's With an application for six extension of time. Mr. will not tolerate further de- by aoe Re * * COUNCIL TO STOP ROB- * * BERY OF GAS CONSUM- * * ERS * *% Owing to The Star's expor- ure of the robbery that ts being perpetrated on local consum- ere by the gas octopus, the cor- porations committee, at Coun- ciiman Murphy's request, will hold a special meeting Tues- day to take-up the embalmed gas inspection bill Gan experts will be present to advise the solon# as to the Provisions that should be tn- serted. One of the chief points to be considered is whether or not the gas company can be forced to pay the salary of the Inapector. The license and register com- mittee met Monday afternoon and voted in favor of extend- ing the saloon limits. Bowen, Benjamin and John- son voted in the affirmative. Burnett voted in the negative Bowen suggested that the three saloons at Interbay and one on the Grant street bridge be placed in a supplemented district. The fight in the council Mon day night over the extens' promises to be a hot one. kk, charging ee ee eee eee eee eee * LLED NAME COSTS * * * FACOMA, June 12.—Dr. Roy- # | @ A Gove has secured a judg- ® |) ® Of $500 agninst the Sunset ® @ company for mis- @)® him name in the tele- #7 book. oll edad dada dndindadndiadadadadind OMY es ¥ vue eee ne + esha de aia adn a | William Langin, a lumber- BACK TO SCENE |* sc. of Redmond, King * county, thinks there is too OF RECENT CRIME * much electricity In the world *# and not enough religion. The ee * insanity commission will prob: * ably send him to Steilacoom Prost, wanted for an attempt- | ® after its hearing, Monday. St Port Ludlow, was ar-|# William Blade, another lum- * city Sunday by Dep-|# of Kitsap county. | # Was lodged in the city jall|# taken back to the scene of his| i* Tater, Little in wn of the|® ber-jack, from Kerriston, act- * ed crazy and was brought to * the court house, Monday. The Insanity commission derided k that he was not insane, bul was Which occurred several Gays| % suffering from delirium tre it escaped on a morning|* mens. He will be kept in the for Seattic and the local au-|® jail for a few days until) he re MGS Were notified, but the fugi-\# covers. * Capture uotil Cutter ar- & * Ce ae le ee ie ie i ie ee ee f : . * * 7 my chambers, and tell the auditor's | * & marriage | * the lw palr formally betrothed and on their; * Johnson, © youth who was| marriage was temporarily blocked | ® license could not be issued without | the consent of the girl's parent, even * ee en! eee eee eee eee eee eee ee oe ee oe | * COUNTRY IN CASE OF WAR. If war ts declared between Norway and Sweden as a re- sult of the present engagement, $1,000,000 or $1,500,000 will be sent from this country to swell the war fund of the former na- tion. A large amount of money will also be sent to Sweden, but probably not so much, ow ing to the fact that there are ® not so many Swedes as Norwe- ® gians in this country. That is the catimate made ® by local Norse-Americans. Al- # though the population of Nor ® way is only about 2,500,000 there are 1,000,000 Norwegians in America. There are 6,000 io King county. It is caleu- lated that each of them would ® vend an average of $1 to the ald of their mother country. The money would be sent se. ® cretly to the Land of the Mid @ night Sun, as otherwise it % would be @ breach of neutral- ® ity. * ee eee UGLY CHARGE AGAINST LABOR MEN CHICAGO, June 12.—The mem- bers of the @ grand jury, which convened today, were prepared by United States Attorney Healy to laten to the alleged expose of the actions of several labor leaders in volved in the teamsters’ strike, who, it ts alleged, have made well known house in the “red light” dis trict thelr rendezvous since inst January. The authorities have gathered evidence of alieged biackmaiiing| plots against the business houses, and it is said will be based on the testimony of women friends of the labor leaders. Judge McEwen, in charging the jury, warned the members to be {careful not to return any “hyster fical indictments’ against the labor | leaders. ee * * | Set eee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee ee Ah eee eee ed FIRST JOBS OF SEATILEITES % * Ce i ee ee eee ed The first job I ever had was feed-| ing a corn planter at 25 cents per | jday on my father’s farm, back near | Holton, 1. What did I do with my | first week's earnings? Spent it on} '}emonade and firecrackers celebrat- | ing the Fourth of July H. B. Ken | nedy, eident Port Orchard route. | =aae Seeeeet p SANTA BARBARA, Cal,, June 12 |—The big barkentine Robert Sud den, which went ashore near Surf,| |Saturday night, is fast pounding to | pieces and Is now practically a total wreck. Her cargo, 800,000 feet of lumber. will probably be saved by rafting it ashore, j | | ‘The corner stone of the new }Queen Anne Methodist Episcopal | ehurch, Fifth and Garfield, wan laid lSuntay morning. A large crowd witnessed the ceremony [brother Johnny AT FOR A LITTLE 8T AR MOTTO? The Seattle HINGTON, MONDAY, JUNE 1: | ins i swan Ty yk \ (ie 'Y GOOD TO MANTA ary | Se | Wy, “Dy 74 | US WHEN HE'S SOBER” i, m7) war « VOL Wer in. / ye" | An information will be filed direct against “Mac Wallace, colored who assaulted and attempted to murder his wife, Friday afternoon charging him with living off earnings of a fallen woman. Patro! man Jack King arrésted Wallace af ter a hard seuffien. The woman told oe WILLIE DOUGHERTY police officers that and Wal ; lace were legally married, but that - ~ for years she had bought his clothes , fed him and paid the rent. They (BY NAN BYXBEE) Keep sober. You see their mother is} quarreled because she did not give 4, and I haven't hw by P te straight since she die But be [Mf you'll just give me another cha “Papa ts good to ue; awt-fly good he Ie sober, on 6=hhome to us, when mowly allow now." ‘These were the words col Of the boys ttle Judge Frater gave the remorse Wittle Dougherty, aged as he Dougherty a lecture and « warn stood in the juvenile court before) “Tou can have until a week Freter on Monday |Meat Baturday to prove to this ping the little [that you are ere.” aid the ¢ five-year-old | "IC you keep straight until both clad in faded| this court may let you keep idier suite from which several Boys. If you don't, they will brass buttons were rmlesing. |taken from you and put where t Thomas Dougherty, father of the) Will have plenty to eat, good sch: dimtnut! pair, stood before the Ing and*a chance to grow up ot t your judge. also, his head bowed in shame; [honest men.” one hand he beld in a ragged pocket, and the other hur ing with the pal Truant “Thank ye, your honor! at aide, shak- | Thomas Dougherty, humbly as of long drink wiped his swollen eyes with a t Ketchum had /@ana handkerchief which he Officer ¥ tol up every ce Mut } nee. drunk [BM try to be decent and take care eful ing rom wrt | be hey into | he ban had | | | their father's xing | pied hand H try hard, and 1] house for men. They were hungry | think I can brace up this time.” and had only a plece of dry, hard-[ Truant Officer Ketchum martialed ened bread to eat the trio out of the courtroom and, t in tere "Yes, yer honor seid the now / with a little, fat, sunburned fe penitent father, “yes, I have beentelther hand, the remorseful drunk- drinking hard for nearly threelard went down the courthouse # weeks. But if you'll only give me alang out Into the sunshine, the chance and not take my boys away /iitde oh im faded Idler trom I try to do better and trotting affectionately beni hin two mn. Bow-Wow Cops Busy “Seattle is overrun with unlicensed ,laum to get back a pet poodle I | | had} { ‘pinched’ on Yesler way Saturday," | name ters of the number of doge “arrest-| ed” and the n returned to the} eut whort, as Lee spied a black mas- | owners Mf attempting to tr few Mayor 1 was aroused at midnight Bun-PRalinger and cornered him (the day by a woman who was very anx/prastiff) in the nick of time | DON'T KNOW WHAT TO 00 In that event a combined cov and city jail would be bullt on Keezer block and a separate hosp bullding would be put up in vielnity The commission absolutely not approve the Great Northe: provided the school board offers toheld in Tacoma July 7. buy the court house for school pur anty the pital the will! rn's The city ball commission meets Phal@-up proposal to pay $135,000 for | tonight, The commission is as yet [the east half of the present city hall “ap in the air” as to the proper | block plan to adopt, but the more it cOM-lyg ganna eraeeaneee tates over the subject the more it Is * coming to the conclusion that anyly tHe PRINCESS VICTORIA * other scheme than that authorizel |) BREAKS HER OWN REC. & by the electors to spend $175,000 on! ORD i a combined jail and hospital on the!) anne time record between this # Keozer block is impracticable at the | port and Vi oad Dalton present time, If any added im-|y ee yin el pt brag nae Provements are to be made It I) e steamsnis rincess Victoria. * jprobable that 8 new erepoenae She made the run against « #| will have to be submitted to the | Teas ais in Cites site ana © voters al the next election. gotting|* seventeen minutes, The same & he only othe er of got - block and 160 acres on Beacon hill) & (0° Muawen? sath we which the city bought for cemetery | a far! spaagyns RRR RRR The commission is beginning to | look very favorably also upon the| The session of the grand jury for plan to build @ combined court] the purpose of cleaning up the busi house aiff city hall on the Yesler| ness of the old district ended tn the block. The county commissioners] federal court Monday moming. Tho will consent to such a proposition | next seasion of this district will be she earned. The 25th anniversary of the es tablishment of the Academy of Holy Names, Seventh and Jackson will be celebrated by a jubilee, and the commencement exercises of the class of 1905 on Thureday evening June 15. A musical program will be given by the pupils. ECHO OF BRUTAL CRIME William Mueller, the sailor em » the little fellows at 91¢)@rawn from his pocket with a pal- | ployed on the German ship Nesaia, | now on Puget Sound, who receive in Seattle on April 1, the first news of the death of his mother and tis ter killed by an assassin, Jar 12, 1904, recelved word Monday the effect that the trial of the mur y sults | dered would be held on Wednesday, | June 14 A letter received by Mueller from his cousin, Fraulein Freda Beyer was dated Aldenburg, Germany May 19, 1905, stated that the trial of Gottwelld, alias Imnick, would be held on June 14. The letter also stated that an overcoat with the Gottweil inseribed on the doyn,” stated Assistant Dog Cateher)agiq Lee. “The poodle had an im-| neck band had been found in Muel- | Charles Lee Monday morning | mense red ribbin knotted around its | ler's home Lee had 20 canine 4 into] neck, but officially we are not sup-| Fraulein Beyer also stated that his prison on wheels report Is} posed to overlook the regular | investigation had proved that Gott made each day at police by r- | Heenne.” | well had been imprisoned at num At this functure the interview was|erous times for different offenses. | he was arrested and | sentenced to 15 years imprisonment | At one tim Holland and it for embezz is understood at Hengelo ling $12,000 the has also been arrested for other | misdemeanors The crime was one of the most through colege. With only two more years to finish in he was sud denly called home His brpther was caught as a spy in the earlier part of the war and his father Killed in a recent battle. the} THE STAR CRUSADES AGAINST GREEDY CORPORATIONS— OTHER BEATTLE PAPERS CRUSADE FOR THEM The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News PER MONTH NO. 7 RUSSIA BALKS AT MIKADO'S TERMS BIG BRUIN SHOWS TEETH OVER PROPOSAL THAT HE ABAN- DON 18 IMPREGNABLE | VLADIVOSTOK—CLAIMS FORTRESS ~CONGENT'S TO ROOSEVELT'S PLAN 8T. PETERSBURG That a strong party June 12 of these answers by the two govern- ePters-| ments will be sent by Ambassador in burg ie working against p is | Meyer and Minister Griscom today. shown by the attitude of the re-| actionary press. Several newspapers) ST. PETERSBURG, June 12.—It today publish articles attacking |in stated on good authority that | President Roosevelt, declaring that | 1 4 will not agree to abandoning |the presid is openly hostile to | Vi k, taking the stand that Russia, the port is in ideal condition to re- | The report from Manchuria that | #ist a Japanene attack. |the Japanese have begun an of It in believed that if Japan forces fensive movement also had a tend-|the imwue that Viadivostok must be ency to make the outlook less|given up os « naval base, the war bright must continue SINGAPORE, June 12.—T TOKIO, June 12.—Reserve ts the | Watchword with the Japanese in re- gard steamer Sea Lion arrived today ar t# that on June 10 she passed Russian volunteer crujeer Ma laces. ‘The cruiser was on her way back home, to peace negotiations Not a celebration worthy the name | bas given evidence of the sense of victory that ts pervading all Japan. the ane It Is plainly felt here that the war ST. PETERSHURG, June 12.—It|!s not yet over, and that since To- Was announced today that M. Witte, | €0’s victory, the whole Russian Pa- president of the committee of min- | cific coast is open to invasion. It |isters, ts aving St. Petersburg tn |4# the general impreesion that Oya- | two weeks on public business. It is|ma plans to take Harbin, cut the said on good authority that the mis- | railway and isolate Viadivostok. A sharp lookout Is being kept on sion {8 connected with peace nego- the Russian centers, tations WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12.— Count Cassini called on the presice dent this morning and brought with mong the diplomats regarding the | bim important instructions from bis movement toward peace uniess | sovernment, including, it is sup- Japan, under a slogan of Asia for | posed, the formal answer to Roose- atics, will recognize that Rus- | Velt’s note. a, in her original history, was| The call of the Russian ambas- destined a8 an Asiatic as well as|Sador was made shortly after 11. a Buropean power and will be|Contrary to the usual custom he ty to conclude not peace but an| Presented himself in the main part The editorial caused |of the house, instead of the presi- something of a sensation. | dent's office in the west wing. This fact indicated the importance of the interview. Although Ambassador |Meyer has already transmitted the substance of Russia's reply, offi- jcial notification to the president was not made until Cassini brought it im person. The announcement of the names of the plenipoten- tiaries is expected within a day or two. |. 8T. PETERSEURG, June 12.—The | Novoe Vremya, in editorial this ing, deprecates the optistem WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12.— |{t was intimated at the White House his morning that no further offi- clal statement will be issued regard ing peace negotiations until th Japanese reply to the president's | That a strong party in St. Peters- jand the Rassian reply in Tokio. It is expected that notice of the receipt KILLED! * from Concord. It has belonged family since the revolutionary mi to th war. Tee eee cece ere 2s 2 * * * NO TELEGRAPHIC STRIKE * mae * ST. PAUL, Minn, June 12.— & SRR EE eH While there has been no result ® * % | % of the conference between the & |® Killed L. E. Redman *&|* Northern Pacific and Great & & Occupation *% | * Northern officials and the Tele- ® * Foreman New Union Depot #|#% graphers announced, it is stat- ® |® Accident..Pell from Scaffolding #|# ed on good authority that an & * % | *% amicable adjustment has been [eee EEE HH) & reached and there will be no # _— * strike. * L. E. Redman, formerly foreman | - lon the Alaska building, was instant |ly killed at 2 o'clock Monday after- — —_—__— noon by falling from a scaffolding | AGED SHOP-LIFTER on the new Union depot Reiman's skull was factured the fall He was foreman of the brick-lay- ng force at the depot Deceased The | ae SUICIDESWHEN NABBED SAN FRANCISCO, June 12.—Doce Roberts, a noted shop-lifter, drank the contents of a phial of morphine in the store of H. 8S. Crocker & Co., this morning, and expired despite the efforts of half a dozen clerks to prevent him committing suicide. Roberts was caught in the act of stealing a pack of playing cards. The North Star Shoe company, Minneapolis, is planning to locate @ branch of the same here in the city. Major C. B. Heffelfinger, president of the company, will arrive here aves a wife and daugh- family residence is on | xtb. The body was taken | Bonney-Watson morgue. | Coroner Wilsey responded to the call. ter. DECEDANT OF FAMOUS FAMILY | | | Frank C, Churchill, of the Church- | within the next 30 days in the hope }ill family of w Hampshire, one of |of locating a place for his new | the smilies in that state, ac-|pranch. The northwestern repre- Jeompanted by his wife, registered | sentative of the concern in this city, at the hotel Rainier-Grand Sunday, | states that a four-story building will en route to Portland |be erected for the factory after the ess here are made. is about 30/plans of bus! We Can Beat Old “Pennsy” Any Old Time, Says Jones horrible in the history of the city of Aldenberg. Gottwell it is claimed was in love with Marie] Mueller and on belig refused, | i >m New York to Chi- brained her with a meat axe in the|* *** * * * * * * ® datestad | beh eee PR ain Ba B.. 2 kitchen. The mother then attempt *% CHICAGO, June 12.—The *| sylvania 18-hour flyer completed <6 to eaatey See Ganeghter, but shel s west Sound nsylvania *|the run, 526 miles today in 470 was also brained with a flat tron!) .oacial” 18-hour train, which #| minutes, a new record. by Gottweil. The assassin then at-/ 4 ier New York yesterday after- # —— tempted to destroy all traces of the). noon arrived at Chicago at #| When L. F, Jones, local passene crime by setting fire to the bodies.|) ¢°o5 this morning, three min #|ger representative of the New York # utes ahead of the running #|Central, was notified by The Star # time. Much of the distance x/|of the Pennsylvania’s record, he | JAP BO LOSES FATHER | vie" sone in tess than a mile | nearly fell off hie ehatr | |w a minute. oe “Wouldn't that jar you!" he ex- |AND BROTHER IN WAR + % | claimed | “It was only a day or so ago pais ay l@ JERSEY CITY, N. J., June *| when our road made what was be- Masha Wanna, a young Japan * 12.—The ea ind “Pennscyl- &| lieved by railroad experts would student in an eastern college leaves|% vania special” from Chicago *% | stand the record. Well, just for Yokohama Monday night on the|® arrived here at 9:22, this %|watch our smoke! We'll beat the Empress of Japan to look after|® morning, making the run three *| old Pennsy out without turning a property of which he is the only|#® minutes less than schedule # | hair.” heir lw time. This is two hours less *| It is understood that as soon as Wanna’s mother died when he|® than the previous low sche- *|A. 8. J. Holt, the Pennsylvania's was a boy. A father and one|# dules between New York and *| representative in Seattle, returns also survived. Two years |* Chicago. % | from the east, Jones will challenge nna left for America to go|* . %| him to a foot race. The course will ee Ra eR KK wR KH) dE twelve times around the Totem . | pole for championship of railroad CHICAGO, June 12—The Shore|row. It is understood that the man special making a test run from Buf-|who makes the best imitation of falo to Chicago for the purpose of|a st engino will be credited with securinf a basis for establishing a! 90 out of a possible 100 points