The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 18, 1907, Page 1

& gake te PhEZs: 2 % og id dd Mid Fz & vers Try to Force ated To. state legislature re- " clesing law it te that Seattle hae seen @unday for saloons, ‘of the closing of the by the oblef of order from Mayor dealers this morn- fied with the may- that he close mp ail m the city on Sunday ‘by. ew. st Moore answered enforce the jaws and tinose of the clty from any source Tdquer Dealers’ aseo- Faster for The Star Mayor what he had pre- to the cormmitive of the y aevociation which bho, with an added when the Hquer men Med thety complaints ting attorney, to id be made, the © mt and the potice Reticent. Meore would not discuss ‘meverments In regard to ding ageine! the restaurants ete, but from the # the quer men it that nothing will a an 290. Toole from 4 camith shop were used Special Service) ‘Wash, Feb, 1%--State r oner Ross drew firet Pim the investigation into the tion of his office this mornign, BS Be disproved several of the im charge No. 1 im thé calling for the invent! He showed by the office the thobder ff qiestion sed twice ae charged, ahs — r f he timber on it wt wold to the es DIN ILLAPSES oer and a crash that was Blocks the old coal shed ite Gas company, which at the corner of Fifth ANG Jackson st. wince 181, ‘this morning, the timbers away, and the Build- tite own weight. rac, a workmen, was iy employe in the butiding at And he escaped Just fn the at time ae a portion of the roof coattails ad he emerg- buliding MAS 1S AFTER OIL MAGNATE Télegraph Service.) 18 fasued nor of ay ot the Waters & cfiminal in- having been 1 connectio 08! Pleree’s company to Pitece was scheduled to Baticey and an in fommtties of the Texas this oa in returned at with the re- la week, allifig rach Service.) Feb. 18.—-In t he was about and inviting with him, G a quantity of f which he dled fato the king yexterda afterward y t hecause ABE Mquor bavit pee Seattle That Dares to Print the News es ’s Order Obeyed to PROVED BY ROSS the Letter--Angry Saloon- Moore to Issue General wing Order but Mayor Declares He Will Not places other than saloons, friends of the mayor say that he or dered the enforeemeat of the law days before that time in order liow the amendment to be pro posed, in case anyone desires to take the matter up. The liquor men were exception: ally busy this morning, but outatde af the call on the mayor, nothing wae done of which the public was made aware. A meeting of the association was called for 3 G¥ioek this afternoon. James ill, president of the asso ciation, declared further action would be deferred until it wae de termined what position the mayer would take as to the rest of the places not exempt from the law, Make Threats Both the mayor and chief of po- Hee have been informed that If they do not proceed inet the other Places the Liquor lors’ assocta- ton will imatitute proceedings againat the malfeas ance and try to force them to for feit their offictal tions. Both Mayor Moore and Mr. Wap penstein gaid that they would not lose any sleep over that matter, The and to T DRY SUNDAY UARTER OF C tegular watchman was it! and a ead stitute was on duty. Simpson Logging Co. as suggested, ‘Dut to the Phoenix Logging Co. and the timber was sold at auction af ter being widely exploited in the press as it was appraised very low, but only ane bidder appeared Senator Knickerbocker admitted Saturday that he did net draw the Fesolution, and that the were copled from The Times. charges Ross this case by The Times at the time of the sale would prove either it wes a poor advertising medium, or | olee it Hed about the price being too low, sinee no purchaser had ap peared to offer what The Times lelaimed the timber was worth } TELEGRAPHERS MEET. The Commercial Telegraphers’ union held a meeting yesterday aft ernoon at the Labor Temple and discussed two things, the increase in wages and the reinstatement of eight diecharged men in Chicago, Talke were given on unions by Thomas Mills, C. E. Randall and 8. | T. Gloor ee P.°G. Banghman, one of the best ¥nown mining men of Alaska and for the past seven months located at Cordova, is belteved to have been drowned or else frozen to death Baughman left Cordova three weeks before the Pennsylvania sailed for Seatttle, to make « trip to a stall island 15 miles from Cordova, where he had mining property. He fatled to feturn and Cordova citizens, ao cording to officers of the Penney!- vania, believe that he either froze to death during the severe cold | Spell, or was caught tn the ice floes near the shore and drowned. (Serippe Telegraph Service.) Feb. 1,—The Worm en'e National Suffrage | association day elected Rev, Anna Shaw presi- dent and Mra, Mery Sterry, of San ined, second auditor. Buffale men for the next convention, decided to meet hereafter in nn CHICAGO, Pre Was ¢ it was the @ WOMAN'S SLAYERS (Beripps Telegraph Service.) CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—Leonard Leo pold and Howard Nicholas, charged | with the murder of Margaret Lestic on October 18, were ar the actress, officiala for posal ny of the association, and by W. G. wally mat! arrested and was : ere the The declared that the explottation of raigned today and remanded until March 1 “* * * * AN APPRECIATION, * * * _—- * w The Star has received the * ® follow! letter from Geo * wT ve * * Olympia, Wash, * * February 16, 1907, # ® Editor Star, * * Seattio, Wash. * ® Have been reading your ar # & ticles on fake mining com * ® panies and believe they will # * do lote of . § do hope # * your bill will become a law, & * jadtily youre, * * George W, Tibbitts, « * * * SAREE R RE RR Re EXCLUSION BILL IS ADOPTED (Beripps Telegraph Gervice.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.--The house today adopted the amend- ment te the immigration bill pro- viding for the exclusion of Japan- eve coolles and all those having authorized passports from Japan. Studenta wil, be permitted to visit this country for the purpose of at- tending American eehools, Japan- ene, even of the better clase, how~- ever, must have passperte before gaining admittance to the United States In the future, SHOULD LOWER FREIGHT RATE (Seripne Ts Services.) MADIBON, Wis, Feb. t8.—Order- tion to 2 cents will enuse the pas- senger Gepartment to operate at a jose, which will rewult tm the main. | tenance of a high freight rate, “the declares, “ie of vastly greater im- portance than the reduction of pas- fenger reton.” FOUR KILLED BY DYNAMITE (Scripps Telegraph Services.) LONDON, Ky., Feb. t&+-Fore ™an Sutter and three of his me on a section gang on the Louisville and Nashville railway, were biewn to atoms by dynamite thie morsiog wear Haselpaten. ae GANG Plans Are Believed to Have Been Made to Elect Burnett to Bowen's Place Tonight--Latter May) WILL BOWEN AND C JEROME SEARCHES FOR THESE. ENTURY Detectives under instructions from make her a witness (Seattle Star's Exctusive Servic) NEW YORK, Feb, 18—Immedi- ately after Evelyn Nesbit Thaw gave her sensational testimony be rome sent detectives on the trail of & number of chorus girl ecqualmt ances of the former actress. It In the tatention of the district, break the effect of some of the sen- sational statements made lyn Thaw a@ regards her SUPREME OFFICER WILL GE ENTERTAINED TOMORROW Supplant Crichton-Scott Calhoun Said to Favor Change. ‘That Charles H. Burnett is to be made president of the city coun ci, to supplant Dave Bowen, by the clique whose members are gen erally looked upon se forming & ting in the city council wae made More apparent today than ever be fore. There Was « halt-belief around eity hall today that the coup would come tonight, one month ahead of the thee when the pres ent composition of the council changes. This move is said to have resuit ed from exposures made in The Star of the movements of the com: bine. Burnett it is said did not know that he-had been chosen for the position until it had all been fixed up. Nor did Bowen have an tnk- ling of the trend of things until the compact had been entered into. He waid today al) that he knew of it was what be had read about ft./ Mr. Bowen sald he wae there to serve his term out. Bowen Worries Gang. Where to place Bowen to moliify him for the losa, or discourtesy, of taking the presidency away from him, wae the greatest worry the gang had. While it {# hot known to be a fnct there is a hint that Dr. Crichton fe ta he sacrificed and that the chairmanship of the finance committed ls to be given to Bowen. Burnett will have thes naming of the committees but the inference ts that he will do so in accordance with the desires of the men who have framed ap the new deal. If Bowen is not giten the finance com mittee he will have to be satisfied with an unimportast one. The only other committee set already beld by the combine ts that of Heenses and this James Conway wants and it ie understood will get. Morti ton, the present head of the com mittee is to lose ft anyway. Only Blight Majority. The wen who have combined on Burnett are, to the best information, Hen, |. Conway, Reveille, Reynolds, Sawyer, Zbinden and Burnett. This gives the gang & majority of but one and the it margin is said to be the reason for the hasty action that has been de- cided upon, add which may come this eventing. ‘The only thing it je subd that may possibly detet the gang from taking action thie womns, in the absence from the wy of. Coun. sel Seott Calhoun, Satin they desire t& get “white Cal houn’{ aot considered in any way as directing the gang’s movements it fe thought by a suinber om the outside that he f# inclined to give them his support empress crea oe mnem e e erniee WOMAN IS AUN DOWN BY AUTO Mrs. J, Smeama, 919 Queen Anne ay., was seriously injured and nar rowly escaped death yesterday aft- ernoon by being run down by an automobile driven by Rudolph Sem et, manager of the bottling depart ment of the Seattle Brewing & Maiting company. Mra. Smeama was crossing the steet on First av. with H. Totten when Semet ap peared in his auto, going down First av. at @ rate said to be in ox cess of the speed limit Mrs. Sn a was knocked down and run over. Patrolman «Hubn witnessed the accident and immediately arrested Semet, who was released from headquarters on his personal recog: nizance. Mrs. Smeama’s clothes were torn and her face was badly lacerated She was removed to the Wayside Emergency hospital, where her to juries were found not to be dan gerous. eae enniton, . - scar See CAUGHT SELLING CIGARS , TO A YOUNG Boy, Ma Sing, a Chinese restaurant keeper, was arrested by Detective Corbett and Officer Ketchum this morning for selling cigarets to min- ors, Karl Chimer wac caught amok- ing a cigaret by the two officers and, when questioned, took the of ficers to the restaurant at Third and Union st, where he said he purchased them ah Dall of $50 was put up to secure his appear ance ih céurt tomorrow 'SEATTLE BOY KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK The body of Hally Olliver, killed in a train wreck at Lovelock, Nev., a few days ago, arrived in Seattle this morning was taken tp charge by Bonney-Watson. services will be held from ot Our Good Help church o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Inter ment will be in Calvary cemetery The deceased leaves a mother, Mrs William Gibney, 611 Yesler way, thie city. and he Lady HATTIE FORS' a SACRIFICE a Funeral | WEATHER FORECAST—Showers Tonight and Tuesday; Light South Winds, _— Jerame searching for her to tm thee cane. ae ar reduction of Which.” the commission | Sttoreey to use thelr testimony to}: | the Thaw case. HTON ‘CHURCH MEETING. An thportant meeting will he held tn Bu Plymouth church tomer. row jag next to discuss ques | Hons efimoment in coapection With the mewiechurch. The first part of the evetiing will be of a social na- ture FROM Hipat av. in front of McDougall & Southwick's, to the ordinary onlcek- ord Wippedred this morning aa though & c@hvémtion of ali the women's clubd_ot the universe was being hetd Inside (he butiding and an overflow on the sidewalk. Bet it | wan an brokdery sale,” booked to at 6:90 this morn. ing. bet that hour the fair ones mn to"enther, They came from the north, the south, the east and the west. Everett, Puysilup, Aik? apd Fenton were ail repre-~ nonted, Wher the hour of opening came Firet_ 4%. for several hundred feet south af Cotumbia st, and Columbiq mt, be First ond Western ave, wan't of feminine humanity: When doors were unlocked the rush war made for the en- put the average col- ii roeh to shame. Olmeted and LeCount, iby Chief Wappenstein to crowd In line, though both aint found themecives absd- Jute! pleas before the feminine —— NEW:GAME BILLS | MME NOT LIKED Netrly every sporteman in Seat- te Was prément at a hastily called meetthig of" the King County Fish and Gemed’ Protective association, held Baturéay night in the oftice of T. WE yen nan block, to protget wedi and teh No ber e bill No, 876 110, as well as nev otndr bulls. ihn were adopted and a com@ilitipe "Will be appointed today to ‘@tfte Olympia to protest against the of the bills. 7 bile are for the appotnt- mefit offa state fish and game com- mission, and also provides for the atate tol attend to game preserva- tion, The local sportemnen desire county attend to its own that © game Idwa and. protection STEAMER LIBELED. Steafier Pyritan, now lying at Bellingham, Wan libeled | ernl eourt thia morning f | by the Morrison Mill » that pice. ‘The company alleges that, (hrewgh the arcieseness of | the Grew of the steamer, a raft of Witch she wae towing for the Ur "cempany last December was dost. mach wanted witness ta AR Rk i! * * *. * ® The trial of Abe ® day * The ® hours for delay, * nied, 7 e pla all this Practically found guilty of morning ABE RUEF ON.TRIAL BAN FPRANCINCO, Feb, 18 Huet, * charge of extortion, began to- He pleaded not fought but was de- RRR VOL. 8. FIGHT FOR LIBERTY OF HARRY THAW RESUMED * on the guilty. weveral * * * * * * * * * . THIRSTY SQUAD ARRESTE ‘Twenty thirsty ones who went from Seattle to Georgetown to ap muago thelr thiret partook too tb My’ af the iibeticns sold tn thet | at tndividual and were arrested on a charge of being drunk and disorderly them were and) Georgetown reaped a handsome lit: Ue revenue from the fines of the unfortunate inebriates wére ulso given jail sentences and will have to “do time” in addition to Paying out hard earned Tine. Some | cash tn The drunk and disorderly cases were ali heard before Police Magis trate Cory, whe disposed of the A CROOK In The Star on Saturday after- noon there appeared a statement that Martin Manion, who waa with Mine Angelina Larson at the time Christ Schroeder shot bimeelf on Friday sight, was well known to the police as a crook. This statement, The Star learns, was lalee Beme one at police headquarters confused the name of Manion with that of someone else who had been in trouble with the | @aushters of America. police tn thie city and gave the In correct Information to the reporter. The Star has learned Manion bears a good nr & steady, industrious map well and favorably known to a large years. versary of W propriate to the Dudley G address and a memortal paper wil) | be read by Judge Joseph Shippen. number of people in Seattle where! he han lived for the past eleven) ——— The next regular meeting of the Preabyterian Boctological will be held at the Firet Presby-| terian church Friday, commencing | at 6:30 pm. This will be tho first Opge meeting of tne year and ladies wil be admitted os guests of tle members. Friday being the annt- ington's birthday @ program hae been arranged ap occation Wooten will deliver an/ society Judge Several musical numbers will be presented during the evening (Sorippe Telegraph Service.) DANVILLE, Hi, Feb, 18.-—wit J.| completely insane at the time of the Davis, manager of the Iroquois the. | firet two visite of the witness. | ater at the Ume of the fire in Chi- cago, pleaded not guilty te the om of mansiauhter this morn- ing. The trial was set for March 4. fy ™% VI DENDS TH ON DEMAND YOUR CHANGE NO. 307. |Attorneys Wrangle Over (Scripps Telegraph Service.) NEW YOR Feb. 18.—The rumored trouble existing between the attorneys for the defense of | Harry K. Thaw, as @ rewult of | | which it was alleged that Attorney | |D, M. Delmas had decided to with: draw, has been patched up, and Del | mas appeared in charge for the de | fense this morning. | Delmas took occasion to state | that the stories to the effect that | he did not consider himself the) real lender (Or the defense were | absolutely false, A story also in ciroulation to the effect that Henry | MePike, Delmaa’ partner, in an in view, criticised several of his as soctates and members of the prose. | cution, was vigorously denied by Juror Bolton appeared in the jury | this morning, and stated his) willingness to act ap a juror, throughout the remaining days of Saturday, Dr. Britton 1. Evans was called as the first witness for the defense. | He will continue as before to give expert testimony relative to Thaw's wanity. Dr. Francis 1. Patton, former president of Princeton university, | attended court this morning. He} will tontity Dy ong | certain let ters written him by Harry Thaw MoPike Leaves Court. Lawyer McPike, Jadge Delma left the court he has y at the erit- ped on him by the other attorneys for his discussion of the case, and because of the statemen! papers voicing Mra. William Thaw’s disapproval of his action Dr. Pvane testified that Thaw «ald the firm of Black, Olcott, Gru- ber and Bouynge the district at- torney were in @ conspiracy to “railroad” him to the asylum, and that they were White's friends Thaw said it was all right to talk about being Insane, but the reality fe different. | Dr. Bvans testified Thaw said, “I |never wented to shoot this " this creatore, beast and biack-) guard. 1 never wanted to kill him. T had no desire to kill this vile! creature, who was devouring the It war Prov- idence. | wanted him to suffer the |humiliation of publicity. I went to wee Comstock, Jerome, and detect-| ives, but got no real assistance.” Thaw Was Unreasonable Dr. Evans left the stapd at 12:06) ‘clock, and Dr, Charles G. Wagner ‘as recailed at 12:10 o'clock. Dr. Rvans told of another exam-j| ination of Thaw, and declared he had alysys been kind and geptle, and treated Thaw as a child or brother, but Thaw was explosive and unreasonable in hie demands. Dr. Wagner corroborated some pointe) made by Evans in & conversation with Thaw, namely the alleged col- |tusion between thé defendant's at. | |torneys and Jerome and friends of White. Wagner injected ons or two points, saying “Thaw said to me that he had no } idea of killing White up to the very | time-he atiot him, Thaw said hie} jsole purpose bad been to get evi- | dence against White and send him to the penitentiary for offenses against young women. ,Thaw told |me White employed three methods of ruining gitis—one to seduce them, | one to drug them, and the third phy- wical force.” Thought Thaw Insane. Wagner substantiates Evans’ tea- timony practically throughout. He said Thaw's conception of the whole | affair was an insane delusion. He waid it wae hiv belief that Thaw was Delmas then sald the defense wished to present Thaw's will, and ed a recess, The fudge said he would like to read the will dur- the trial. Mrs. Bolton was buried | © | shooting. Evans said, “Yes.” PAY ONLY = CENT #5 CENTS PER MONTH. Leadership But Delmas Opens tor the Defense--McPike Leaves Court Room --Experts Are on the Stand Again. ing lunch, Delmas provided a copy. Delmas said he only wanted to in- troduce the elghth ¢ the Jer be introduced or none. Upon the adjournment Evelyn Thaw, who had been waiting in the ante-room, went to lunch with Attorney O'Relily, To Introduce Will, A recess wan taken at 12:46 ok until 2 o'clock, when the ad- ibility of the Thaw will will be naidered, The judge will read « copy of the will during the recess, The defense will attempt to intro- duce only the eighth clause of the will, which is aupponed to refer to the lewacy to Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, and White's attempt to ruin young eicla. The jury wan freed at lunch time and will not be guarded hereafter; A greater crowd sought admiasion this afternoon. arm about Thaw in\e fatherly way whispered an the court opened, Of Unsound Mind. Deimas Grew from Eyvane the declaration that Thaw was une doubtedly insane when he wrote his will, which he did at the time of bie marri 13 months before he shot Whi Referring to the let- ters from Thaw to Frederick Long- fellow, you have dy read, could you testify am pert to the state of the defend- ante mind? “He was undoubtedly of unsound mind,” replied Evans, Delmas turned Evans over to Jerome for cross-examtnation, t Discusses Hughes Offer. The defondent tesued a statement from the Tombs at noon tn regard to the published report that Gov. Hughes had refused an offer of $259,000 to take charge of the Thaw defense. Thaw didn't say whether the offer was made to Hughes or not, but he denied some statements in qennection with the report, and thought that Hughes ought to Bave | proposed a fee which would have been reasonable. Evans was recalled this morning and was given a copy of the will to identify and read slowly. A wrangle developed as soon as Delmas tried to question Evans, who, when he fintshed reading the will and cod- fell, said there was good evidence that Thaw was of unsound mind. Will te Admitted. Whether he ts dismissed or not, MePike is practically out of the esse. He returned to court this aft- ernoon, but took no part and was, apparently ignored by his cok Despite the uneasiness of the at- eB: to prepare!" Evans took own automobile driven by Rudolph Som- time to read the Delmas offered Thaw's will in evidence. It was accepted and read to the jury, The codicil was also admitted. Jerome insisted that Evans tell if he found in the will evidence of | the same kind of insanity as indi- cated by an examination after i | called it “a developed @elttsion.” He sald the delusion® weer unsystema- tized, though he was not with the prisoner long enought to make @ positive decision. e Jerome launched into a bitter aril of Evans Alleniste are his apectalty, and Evans is bis favorite victim, Evans refused to be tangled. He stuck to the same line = Bator not go into the traps set by Je! Jerome and the witness engaged in a long argument over whether there existed any evidence of a déTusion in connection with Stanford White. Evans replied, “There ts delusion,” but would go no further, The trial adjourned at 4:20 o'clock. INFLATED VALUES The cartoonist heré typifies the striving of the public for such sound investments reasonably modest profits. But the public sees, without chance of benefit, those profits gobbled up SCE =— as will return by enormously watered stock issues in the interests of the railroad and other predatory truste and criminal combinations dividuals, but none for the public. ntering | n Wall ot. Water, water everywhere for the few epecially favored In- Delmas piaced an’