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RDAY THE STAR WILL PUBLISH A COPYRIGHTED INTERVIEW WITH JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER-~ IT IS STARTLING AND INTENSELY INTERESTING, AND EVERYONE SHOULD READ IT —_s LON SATU PAY ONLY THE SEATTLE STAR © meni WEATHER FORECAST RainTonight and Friday; Freeh Southto Southwest Gale, SEATTL A Ean Nene Perera > — er Ga ree ALTERS WILL NOT woruvine noes FAL ARST PRAISES HUGHES making It a felony to register a bet on a hor race Much other re [PRR MAHA ARR R RR form legislation in Tecommended. WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JAN. 3, 1907. VOL. 8 NO. 268, 25 CENTS PER MONTH, Comptroller Refuses to ‘Accept ‘Murphy's Oath’? the It en il for some time past and| WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.--A reso Se Te A EER that his rest had been badly | lution was introduced in the houne PSUTTTTTTTITT TT jDroken, adding that frequently he| asking congress to investigate the * j had not slept more than two hours’ Baltimore & Oblo and Rock Island te FOOTBALL TRIF during an entire night wreeks. 18 CONDEMNED. RN \% & (Rerippe Telegraph Service.) CHICAGO, Jan. &--The }® the football trip, and says the affair was more a commercial aes arian |} than an athletic event. aah C 7 ” Fe Serpe Ali trains on the Great Northern | +S sees ape a | ralifead were held up for severat i elicialichattalaMeiaiadctalelel | | oll house today, ae th ore: nd | site early thie fo ing betwoer ASSOCIATE OF OBERT MER | rare ov. and complaints were | Rictmond Beach and Interbay. The CHANT DOES NOT WANT TO! made by many whe had placed | Gerat Northern epecial “Owl” run RETURN TO SEATTLE TO AN-|™oney Im the concern, making ning’ Between Vancouver and feat charges of embezzlement and falal- 1a Which was due at 7 o'clock this SWER SERIOUS CHARGE. | fying of statements. | Morning, was delayed at the weone | | — Sheriff Smith left Tuesday night de and did not reach | | (Star 8p | Service> | fer Salem, where Wentworth was Semitic until » y noon, A crew | SALEM, Ore, Jan. 3.—Requisi-| arrested on ordere frog from Seattle. @ sn Were detatied to clear the he A + Jobn L. Wentworth on the Northern Pacific, | BURGLARS BLOW OPEN A TA f making false sta ne freight car left the) COMA SAFE, ESCAPING WITH — —— men par aso ANTICIPATED trad east of the mountains held up CONTENTS, AND ENTIRE PO were presented to the tha Burlington & Bt Poul express. | Lice FORCE SEARCHING FOR govern Switzeriand and italy, and these articles will shortly app: in the Star. ir ne © * * ORG SEAT Hee ROPES RES He SS _ \* BANK CLEARINGS. . +a . * * C at Office Under the Mayor's Appointment]! ».. ny, CHIEF LASES yoo ae Political Influences Are Being : *. $1,290,132.44 @ H ’ and Deadlock Breaks Out i in Open War, ii it ee &| arshaled Against New York’s New Gover- le *| nor to Prevent Proposed Reforms--Roosevelt Who is superintedent of vote: hia oath of office, but Mr. Carr eee ee ee i B ki H h of this city ‘ atned 9 ert it on the ground } $ Backing Hughes. and thelr friends sey! Rhee Boa aig Med Chief of P Wan ve rphy , ed to the may | Chief of Police Wappengtein was ees ; and| ors affice nod abtainad a wotiee| IN WRECK reverely scored vy Gounellman (Scripps Telegraph Service.) 5 A Wal-| trom ¢ m nvor, te me | _ re | i s aa pny rd poset cue WASHINGTON, Jan. 3,—The political fight of the | ‘Beripps + r y le 1 i : ‘ ¥ 4 lett } : | purrk Ms oarer . moh § iv sg | The ie roan oreulng 1 Jon coring year will center in New York. All the forces of cor- y * at hin ast Murphy demanded} ame Most. special. to the Miner | oortds at idee Of the. chiet, porate and political inQuence are to be marshaled against the " ta anean b rt and A wreck occurred at Coal Spur, a|{eelared Wappenstetn would make reforms proposed by Gov. Hughes. * a} bond witt ke . t from Super . r good chief @f pol a he p : eens toes Rascals fpr Ea — i. gpd nottl, Ua ° oe el oe of Oe oe _ _ ‘The fight will be national, because if the trusts win = for $4,008. tn Y f ap~| W t att refused : sur railway men of Livingstone | ° bee: ae in New York reforms in other states will be retarded. The | erie ; ad © the questions ~ « anke The ofl lease broke down wt Pagel oat political parties are certain to undergo a realignment. . — a Bee .. or M _— Ay tad dy 4 James Carusoe, locomotive engt i a i? - Ls lhewtden Hughes is backed by President Roosevelt, who is silent, but a bee One of es of the offices, or] J. A. Storr, freight conductor father had fought im the elvil war who, with the knowledge gained while governor of New = | ert t wil simply br 1 Tho men were riding in the ca tor tne very prin * oe rt York, is able to aid Hughes indefinitely. Many declare a Mr, Murphy © and await the | boose of an ¢ ing Rast. The which “an t chief of po o Comptroller | act ecewe? lect bea nntere ‘ged ‘dee leg had Attempted to fob bis aon. _ -spaesigerlig _osly responsible for Hughes’ message. t pe oi the block. es ro 8p od | esterday and this morning an t any rate, the president delighted wh lound 4 5 *** eet eee ee ee eee eee eee eee eee as it wae p out one irueld sarogale of = twenty policemen od ‘ Jf ee sap , ait pd bo By Bg eB lo “ceaes te the Witnenn man full of his own ideas and strong enough to propound : HOW GOVERNMENTS RUN RAILROADS IN EUROPE. & dear tagger tg ag gees hay rng ore — SS them in the executive chair of the Empire state. |eaused by Operator S. Brady at 2 o'clock this afternoon the Washingto: ‘ f Wall ‘ o * ® | Hoppers tn ‘ Hight | jury brought in a verdict of not ashington representatives o! all st., lobbyists and A & Government ownership of railroads may yet become one of # [engines toven ; ore | gullty congressmen were today flooded with entreaties to head \ ! % the dig political questions in the United States. Several Euro: @ | {Ne extra had cleared ane off Hughes. At Albany th t assemblymen TEE & pean countries eucceestully operate their ewn railway tines, w | UiMdy discovered his mistake by SKS CONGRESS me a 7 ee and bar * ‘H and the benefits and drawbacks alike have been reported upon # | but tt b ned t «ded gy ated | anne mt © Sunt We save hep panes Seen: Meet tee @ foc this newspaper by Marry G. Farmer, who has been in Eu & i The wreckage burned and the TO INVESTIGATE he believes Hughes is sincere and promises every support, 4 # rope studying the transatlantic method of dealing with the @ |>oies of the men wore incinerated. | ipereg which will be of the greatest value if the republicans split ye & prodiem. He will report eapectalty wpon Germany, Belgium, #& watee” Wak ohoaee teak be beat cael Telcoranh Rervien) GOV. CHARLES E&. HUGH at Albany on the abolition of the public utility commissions, * * * . > * ed + sent Steteeeeeeeee by Sheriff L. C. Smith, of ——one 1 tee Bemtth 18 yesterd ft | ‘ due te the a as, ve manta | THEM. King county ay (Scrippe Telegraph Service.) ee ee at sincuileciiewan Wentworth ts contesting the issu-} GRASS VALLEY, Cal, Jan. 3 | ance of # warrant by his counsel, n of the miners’ strike are running | (Star Bpecial Service.) Mucion i themed , ’ euyntat hours behind schedule md} TACOMA, Jan, &—Two barglars | jr 4 annoa. He ie making 2 | aie a Seeeeets arriving Bt. Paul | early this morning broke into the’ ae ut of « comentites scuss the trouble, but was refused, the min- g they preferred to do y correspondence. The ate a long strug- i that the miners vote for increased wages thik Morning report the snow in the mifilie went to be exceedingly heavy THe Great Northern's Past M due thie merning at 1 o'clock, is expect ed 'te arrive at 3 o'clock this af butcher shop of Richard Uhiman at] Robert Merchant, associate of| Thirtieth and Carr lew oper the safe and #ucer away with the cor The alarm was given to the px | Hee station at 2:45 a. m. and every jman went out on the hunt. The ” tn getting | urday morning on the same charge Thie morning he was released on 8 of $3,000 National Brc ted last Sat It is report mn were head ery 1s 5 couple when Inst hi ing for the waterfront, and ¢ effort ie being made to intercept ; The sounds of the explosion wer i 4 | pl ainty heard by the officer on the » \ ; inillina a fe y (Star Special Service.) i JSON T. STRAUS T CK. CoRTELYOU c . ARE ETCALY, VANCOUVER, B.C, Jan de betes rte be cekiseriah: pan masta ae. paints Former Gov. Melnnes, of Yunon ; wad among the five candidates | the _ prosecutor later. -WORKMAN IS BURIED ALIVE Fel NTO BAY ce om BROKEN Gt ceo. ol Sres eee Sir Charles Tx started a re always believed that he had crossed ie UNDE R ] ONS OF SAND volt gaainst his own party, Conser npithionaceed | SLIGHTLY FROM THAT OF | the, iin that divides genius from vative, machine polities, Trouble] 4, seattle who| OTHER WITNESSES — miss/™ado 4 AND DROWNED threatens to disrupt the party lo There is a man in -— bate | Asked if he knew Hickman Price, values his nose at $2,000 ELLA GILLESPIE TAKES THE! et Da ne catty. Gpagns, and in consequence of an 8 THE| witness said: “He is one of my » by John Olcoria] STAND THIS AFTERNOON, — | Dest fri a Gillespie, a chum of av., where an investiga-[ as he performs all the dutie assault upon him lites inte ‘ies ie i watuteor dneen Gad - al JOHN PHILLIPS FINDS DEATH | iBANKERS OBJECT a ) een Se omelet APE Charlotte Whittlesey, took the court this morning demanding dam. (Star Special Service.) | stand at 2 p. m. for the defense. IN BAY IN A PECULIAR MAN | 0) WETHER AWZ AL [sees in that war Ho alleges that) TACOMA, Wash. Jan. 3.—Oscar NER—MAY HAVE LEAPED Ww L the bones of his nose were broken | phompson occupied the stand dur Peculiar About His Food. OVERBOARD. ceermctiaonenein and the #kin cut by the defendant, ling the whole of this morning's ses-|O8¢a® Thompson took the stand . the row having occurred Nov. 27. [sion under cross-examination by at the beginning of yesterday (Serippe Telegraph Service.) att are |Attorney Harvey. The state ap-| “{terncon's session, taking up the ps, a logger from the HAVANA, Jan, 2.—The pros 9 - : », | thread of the story of his brother's ; 1 from the|traops has ¢roused the banke taile veloped between the testi.|morming, continued @ description fazel Potnt, | Hfoughout island to 7 " i ey of the defendant's care for his food ag rete | that if the ve they won't | E ; Map wey i that of fF) during the height of his physical ‘ |Joan money on the crops. The [™iTne witness told of walks of|cucere fad and since betng: te by: the dep-| bankers. sa — Chester Thompson and Charlotte | Chester, so the witness said, had ~ always kept his food in a box which eatigated the | "sk. Financiers generally take 's (Rertone Telepreshs Gerviend | Whittlesey while im camp, end of OLYMPIA, Wash., Jen. 3 Tues i< Yhester attending dances in order} he allowed no one to touch. The chine heavily | gloomy view of th in Cuba (Scripps Telegraph Service.) . Potlach. Gettin . he nysnnee 1 : Bh etn at Ratna ye aa ge eg : i lee eee eke eae HHH day Inst Convict George Finley, in|to meet Charlotte witieen seletea an x Se up « morning, he must] #| the state prison for burglary com-| Chester had occasionally talked), occasion when he had asked have bees red with an attack) pugeian PREFECT AG «| mitted in Yakima county, told War |with the witness concorning Miss | {h. box for a cracker from the box, fisease, some choking fi * BASSINATED. * n Kincaid he thought he had re-| Whittlesey. “I remember once,” sald| Which had been given him and . . merel t ‘ # | thained tn jail long enough and de- | the witness, “when he told me that} Yithout objection, but the boy had oo I" (Scripps Telegraph Service.) #|manded his release, Kineald look-|he had told Miss Whitt) that | lected the rest of the contents of : . a} . ne |@ ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3. wed up the records, and was astor her lister Laura was prettier that) in. pox as though they were con- : . ‘ water. The accide . par " . » should |ehe and Charlotte had replied, ‘No,| e 7 oe , 1 by his » | —Maj-Gen. Vonderiounitt, pre #| ished to learn that the man should | she an rlot a ¥ taminated t ‘ nd ref ) construc te nated today while driving. ne err aa due to failure to de 6 eoping the ¢ . 4 a wea . an % : have to rc ‘3 Fi duct the good conduct allowance Did you treat Chester as a] eeping the eege which he gar hb as 1 s water, unless he jumped Ml eek e ee kee thee eee! from the sentence }geniua, as you sald he claimed to (Continued on Page Six.) hi -_ sctica’ “ After ag tthe water te | ee ~ -—-—~ -——_—--_——— — ody did not sink, but floated on] surface for about three min ee pw eR ANNGLEMENSEDESSESESEHOEDENOSECS EONS ENDESNE S4EES4RENESEOEE GRAIN STORED ON OPEN GROUND PICTURE EVIDENCE OF THE CAR FAMINE IN THE NORTHWEST. PI TTT TET TTT TT th WASHINGTON PAYS NO HEED TO THE DEMANDS OF SEATTLE’S SWAMPED POSTOFFICE during which time emplo > eeneneae te eR RRR RR tt ttt RT RRR ROTO TTOTOIIOTOTOI TOTTI TOIT eee eeeee * . * * * 7 * . * * * * * * * * * * * * : There are the Seattle postoffice at the present time 18,000 registered pack- *)'") : nil # ages addressed to Seattle people and evidently containing Christmas presents. It » ® afternoon § tthe fact . : t ny n @ Will be at 1 week before the last one of these packages-will have been delivered. * while playfu ¢ In « the work within seven days it will be necessary for the clerks in # 7 @ the fice ¢ ir ho vertime Without the extraordinary increase in busi r I x ; 4 * 7 * f tmas package k be hysically impossible keep the office € * : : : TO BE FOUGHT * . an inere f per cent in the business of the office d the * ‘ wed (Bor Tele Service.) * y 1 spite of tt t one additional clerk has been allowed. Wit ~ “ can . 0 at " ri A n P uster Stewart has put five extra men to work ; t, At J ; : * I nt j. to be the duty of the Chamber of Commerce and the Commercial % it t ones a r _ 1 to demand of the authofitles at Washington gufficient * sataieniiianaen and * " m I, ¢ s ndle the bu f the office. If @ ptivate employer in this ba Hyun oem de id 7 t I » state as have gondition: ip the Ideal postoffice se a : - - erted by t employes and financial backing. o BA NK € Thiet a sample of the conditions which prevail along the Ines of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern in the northwel "9 ‘ entitled to proper postal facilities. Senator Palcew and Con; ressmar ” bY {ARITED Wenten,. mf cod pal es Sai ah en eit’ art ).500 bushels, where it was de n October, after thes ; ee pot we tho hinge grain on the ground at Barlow i ‘ . : anged, excep 1% =” ahpnrey : ade to understand this, They ould be m_.s¢ to under’ ind that + (entaewown ) the pictt ng 160,000 bushels) had been filed resent tiie the situation | weed, exe opt that fe * Z . * , a OW # ound ix now covered with several feet of snow, while its owners are suffering for lack of coal, which. the railroads cay % Without the Christmas business there.are mot sulficiet empldy oy yo) Ui office :o prop na I a 4 » EA, ¢ ; Fined ee not 4 te thee 250e08 * erly for the mail ! \ | was 4 ite by ¢ riepia 4 A: the time this picture, Which Is held as evidence by the inter#iale Sominerce Gotmiasion, was taken, noarby farme had 25008 * J Ap dre eo wm intdnight. ‘They 1 ved Bude a dhalmlot Wheat which thoy had offered for sale, but which had bean cafysed by <he elevator compantes because the chances of LD Melilla Ma Mie A hn BPP. KERR Rr RAR Rw encaped. Os) Witebwere so remote ”