The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 23, 1907, Page 1

yy, Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News HISKY RING IS tbs + Friends of Council Saloon Combine Grow With Mullen and His Actions and Are Up on the Side of Mayor Moore. AEA AAA ARERR ARERR EERE MAYOR MOORE people of Seattle desire a change auch as is provided in the Bill certain members of the couneil! are attempting into law at Olympia, then they should have an of expressing themscives. If | were governor and a atic legislature should pase eueh a bill, | would veto it.*— ae Moore, In response to The Star's request for a statement regarding the proposed legislation sought by the whisky ring: BRIEF. see ee eee * * * . BERRA AA KA HARE RR AR NEHER RARE fide cMy officials who at} the city charter ts to he changed tn itn the city councit in] order that the counct! may defeat y the mayor and gain its own Mayor Moore, RAVE! “One of the parties who was inter- at the latest #¢- | ested in promoting the new law sald whisky ring and | yesterday that they did not care « the iavwemaking | '@P for the bill after tt served ite jen Present purpose. So far as they the enecmifve | cared, tt could be repéaled the Gay A dosen men, for petty | agter the counct) acted In naming a are going to/new «treet superintendent ie charter and upset the Mullen Leads the Gang. nm entire ctty,| bed by Frank P, Mullen, the gang «pala eats : * | tn the counctl, composed of Sawyer Zbinden, Gill, Conway, Revelle, Mor- rison and enough more to make up ® majority, had the law drafted and im the hands of Muiten it was t anything about this/ to Olympta. Who hae seen It? Tl tne hands of like to know for sure a Mt ts going to do before passes It Place, why should the of a deadiock over the {St appointment of a city of- to the council rather Why does not the right. on the eharter makes the for all contracts With the city. There Page to be done this extent of about $11.- | street superintendent, ia tne Ment the Saree milent of | of the charter provisions, appears a very Important alt’ chiidish to the man of ordinary im As he is to be held toligence. They base thetr rights think it # but fair radi Se Rees on Section 4 of Article 6 which own head of the street A city official yea Senator Piper, and with ft» Interests looked after in the lobby by Henry Beck, tt has been given a good start on its passage through the tegtelature. No one was consulted outside of the ring, in Seattle unless it wa) sels office as to the legal Members of the counct! not tn standing with the gang were not ao Jato the secret. The whole proceedings EI council] im the mater oye the the “In the absence of any express/ provision in this charter as to the manner of electing or appointing any Officer, the mayor shall nominate, and with the consent of the elty counell, appoint such officer as tw provided for herein and any ordt- nance thacted in pursuance there- of.” Clause 2. of Section & Article & covering the appointment od the aus perintendent of streets, nay: “At the first wareing of of "the city council created by charter, the mayor ehall appoint a superintend- ent of streets and sewers, whose term of office shall expire Dec. $1, ae ‘This ie a distinct and specific clause covering only the office of street superintendent, and by many around the city hall is considered one of those cazea exempted in Bec~ then 4 of Article & In other words the appotniment of the supertntend- in the papers about It, yet/ent tm specifically provided for by Re most important clauses in! an “express provision.” Soe ee ee oe HAW DESERTED BY HIS SISTER ‘elegreph Service.) YORK Feb. 23--It ie re- | tOday that the Countess of 2 hae eliminated hereetf| ‘Thaw case. She bas not the criminal court since the Fitzgerald told the wo- during the giving of Testimony. A® for as tx fa she has not visited her ‘at the tombs. It is reported | Das returned to England in- Mienced by the @isagree- iy, Which she aid die- te Save Walters. clause In the bil TH shows that its etm fhe mayor In preventing maming the man of hin been informed of what fa and thet several the city council even what the bill ie then ring the bill te what little has [ranted and unjust,” the report that | the family had paid Evelyn to t | tity Hartridge also stated on his own account (hat he would never consent to the appointment of a lunacy com- mission, Thaw May Take Stand. Rumors filled the air today in lcomnection with the Thaw case, bat fone aré well founded. The only! one which seemed to have any foundation safd that Thaw would take the stand In his own behalf |next week. He wants to prove that [he i not insane now J. F. ECKLES DEAD (Scripps “Totogragh | Services.) PRINCETON, Ill, Feb. _23.— James Starr Eckles, Hartridge ieeved a state- {and father of James F. Eckles, for Mrs, William |mer comptrotler of the currency, ntrue, unwar- lated. b here today, her. lyn Thaw visited her husband She spent severe! hours | Mm, and looks much better ly she has recovered trom | . and will andoubt- able to return to the stand aes Thaw Not Paid. on | ‘There is was put inj fome one in the corporation coun- | age 80 years,| E SEATTLE STAR WEATHER FORECAST—-Showers tonight and Sunday, LOSING UCH OF ITS SUPPORT WIRE PLANT BURNS (Serippa T ‘aph Wh Service.) ROME, N. Y, Feb, 23.—The plant of the Wire and Telephone Company of America was destroyed by fire today at a lows of $800,000. recover | Others fatally hurt are: J | Kilne, postmaster of Joliet . F. L. Brown, of San Pranciaco. BY HONDURAS (Seripps Telegraph Service.) CITY OF MEXICO, Feb. 2% Word has been received here that | Honduras has formally dectared| war against Nicaragua, President Honliia te at the head of the Hon duran troops and is marching on the frontier of Nicaragua. News of the battle between the! two forces te momentarily expected It is reported that Salvador will be involv 4. PRESIDENT AT: BOSTON (Beripps Telegraph Service.) BOSTON, Feb. 23. President Roosevelt and party arrived here at 8:30 o'clock this morning. The president went to the home jot Dr. W. 8, Bigelow, Mrs. Roose velt and her daughters went to the home of Mra. George C. Lee, Alice Longeworth's grandmother. At 11 o'clock the president stood god jtather for the son of Capt. Quy | Murehie, a lawyer, who was former lly « rough Hider, YOUNG HUSBAND SUCCUMBS Wiliam Moss, age 25 years, died at the home of bis fatheriadaw at | West Seattle late yesterday after noon. The exact cunse of the death is as yet sot determined. Mr Moss leaves a wife, Emma Moss, See an infant son, Frank. The iy was removed to the undertak jing parlors of Butterworth & Bons |The funeral will take place from the Batterworth & Sone chtipe!l m The Cour or Americs. of which Mr. Moss wos a member wil take charge of the burial ser views. ‘The front doors of all saloons at Georgetown will be closed and locked Sunday. Hack doors, how lever, will be open for the admit tance of the thirsty. Today the sa loon men of Georgetown notified |Shertff @mith that, pursuagt to his orders issued yesterday, they would also see that order was kept The Ballard saloon keepers were also notified that their front doors muat be closed and locked and or must be preserved or the saloon would be closed the following Sun. day, both front anda rear | or building on Firet av. & ¥ occupled by the hardware department of Schwa. bacher Bros, presents a changed ap- | pearance today. A. Bridge & Co lelothiers, are situated on the first floor and the upper floors will soo bbe changed into hotel apartement« |The clothing firm was forme jeated on Sece ay. south Bon Marohe NEBRASKA CLUB. All former Nebraskans a fursiiies will have a social tertainment tn Egan's hall in Arcade block next Wednesday night The Nebraska orchestra will fur- | nish music and the program will be dur the direction of Mr. Egan. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, FEB, 23, 1907. DISASTROUS WRECK ON PENNSYLVANIA ROAD (Beripps Telegranh Service.) JOHNSTOW Pa. eb. 23— Ten persons missing, half a dozen fatally hurt and over a score sert injured im the rewult of the wreck on the Pennaylvania weet bound “Bighteenhour Flyer,” No 29, at Mineral Potat, eight miles east of here early this morning. Fred A. Bows, postmaster of Chicago, te in a hospital at Al toon and is not expected to ously John T nh J. KB. Wileon, of Marion, Ind. M. W. Rhone, a negro porter Two unidentified men Taken to Pitteburg. PITTSBURG, Feb. 23—-About 6 o'clock thie morning « St. Louls lupectal arrived with the survivors of the Mineral Point wreck. Mont of the passengers were in bed or | partly undressed when the wreck oecurred. They escaped with but little clothing, but were clothed here All were able to be sent on to {Chicago on a spoctal. Nearly all |had more or less serious wounds. Four of the badly injured were taken to the Allegheny General hoe pital, among them being W. H | Baker, 2% a mechanical engineer of Denver, His ribs were broken and the left shoulder bruised. ec oc |wreek at Offical way the cause was due to a dolt which snapped the brake ahoe, slipped under the drive wheel i defaiied the engine, which pulled the three cars off the track with i, Injuries Not Fatal, CHICAGO, Feb. 2%.--A long dis tance telephone message trom the Altoona hospital saya Postmanter Bosse te not fatally hurt, His in Juries consist of a broken arm, an abrasion over the right eye, & lacerated scalp and Mesh wound In the thigh, Kline Internally Injured. ALTOONA, Pa condition of Post Chitago, ta not critical, although be sustained injuries which will pre- vents him from returning home for soveral days. Postinanter Kline, of Joliet, Hi, i# tn a critteal condition, suffering Intensely from broken bones and internal Injuries, Former Chief of Police O'Neal, of Chicago, wae also Injured, but will recover Tacoma People in Wreok. TACOMA, Feb. 23.--Two people were the Pennsylvania Johnatown--Mra, Fran- wola, wife of BP, J, Fi sioia, the well known grain man, and also his daughter, Margaret They were slightly infured, acoordin received here shortly before noon. PRE ah FIFTEEN PERSONS ARE _ SAVED FROM WRECK Ton | ROTTERDAM, Feb, 24 |more survivors from the wrecked) |ateamer Berlin reached shore to thus bringing the total sum Three | | day ber of saved up to 16. this morning was the finest exhib! thon of daring and skill ever wit nessed here Ta 4 gale in which nO | per gimoet amall boat could hope to live swim: agery ‘Praniéte Bruttel. Frautete Gaebler. Peau Behrader Survivors Were Famished. Albof the survivors are in an ox |hauafed condition, and the identity ‘The rescue of o@ly a few has as yet been ew —s They were nearly fan and devoured food in a man bordering upon say The long hours aboard the mers with a Hine attached succeeded | wreek, the forlorn hope of ald, and fn reaching portions of the wreck: the intense suffering were vividly age. to which the line was fastened | desesibed by towed | tales roused and the entire company the survivors, whose the pity of all who ashore. ‘The rescuers were Dutch | heard fishermen, and thetr wonderful | ‘The work of Prince Henry and powers of endurance brought forth hie personal risk and sacrifice in words of praise and commendation order to save the victims brought) from those ashore who witnessed forth Me highest praise from the | their herole and successful efforts. |populage, who attribute much of | A partial Mat of those saved fol-| the subcess of the workers to the | lows laplelt of courageousness instilled Mr. Young | ato them by the action of the Mr. Broderison. prites (Scripps Telegraph Service.) TACOMA, Feb. 23.-—-Late thin aft ernoon Mayor Wright announced | that tomorrow he would cause the complete suapension of all business Operations, @Ven stating that the wireet car and telephone systems will be ordered to close dow Should « newsboy attempt to die pose of a copy of the @unday morn a erat ABSOLUTE SHUTDOWN IN TACOMA. SUNDAY FYPLOSION Al Sc aN = le generally understood that | the sotlon ie taken owing to the preesiag demands of the saloon and cigar men of the city who declared that if their establishments were closet. they would under the law compel the city to treat other busi Rees houses in the same manner regardiess of the particular ine of business represented ing paper, a complaint will be te The order affects theaters, news sued against the publivher of the/end confectionery stand, and all journal, charging bima with a viola-| busines: enterpri« other . than tion of the Sw law + - ‘PRESIDENT ADDRESSES\9} SON OUT @riig Moree and restaure can ass HARVARD STUDENTS (Seripen: Telegraph Servien) AMARIDOR, Maes, Feb. 22- fent Roosevelt today delivered the Harvard Potitical club, the sub jocts being athletics and duties of | Ww 4 } ¢ nald he favored all for adetion, Dut uraed the studer to devote all their time to play told them to Mt themaeives for the serious work fn life, and not be fad- Additional fire protection for the city of Seattle must te farnished by the fnetallation of salt water maine through the down town por tions of the city. Two light engines must be purchased for the depart ment to use on the steep gradee in place of the large engines. This statement was made this morning by Fire Chief Bringhurst at a meat ing of the comm! on city affairs at the Chamber of Commerce. The discussion was anent the pro- posed salt water mains to be in h acknowl! FLORA M'DONALD SERIOUSLY ILL sn address at Harvard under the | previ! et puspices of the Harvard union and | equality of opportunity for ail men, ‘of bm outaid | 7 citizens he anid, correption and tnefficter wish to see a decent home, who abhor y. and who government! with & genuine [and whi wish, os fer ae foreign matters are concerned, te eee this pation treat all other nations, great Tam email, with respect, and Me nese be, with generosity. But, at enme time, she must show herself able to protect herself by her own might from any wrong at the hands power ae Sa MUST PROVIDE BETTER FIRE PROTECTION stalled in the district bounded by the sound, Third av. and bet Blanchard on the north and Way on the south. The matter was thrashed out and discussion arose over the prob able method to raise the additional fund. If a special tax cannot be levied under the law, then legisla tive ald will be asked for A further conference will piace between the committees of | jthe Chamber and the fire and wat “er of the council BOUGHT A BADGE AND PLAYED DETECTIVE © was fully authorized) the @utfit, fully belfeving that he officer of the state of | Wa atting under the instructions of Ellas Bush, of Cash Getective agency in th ten blous waters thie! ‘“ieh't you know that you are b to | Wg Made a f of re rhed € Mo- | ctilefi’ “That tlcense tan't any good Any person haw a right t 1 | eptintial and receive a reward with lout gaying the Gannan Detective ed | aemmey $10 for th are nd oat} such trash. Why ” couldn't ar feat anybody without swearing a warrent. You take thone h uffe and sell them, and to Cashmere and go to work " farm, What dupes there are in this world!” And the chief walked away with the jook of disgust plainty inible BARTENDERS NOT IN. THE FIGHT J, Wi Blaine, secretary of the CHIGAGO, Feb. 3 NN a eae Donald, accused of killing Webster} . oday mi the Guerin, is unconscious in the police| *alement to The Star, in denial of station, and physicians say her! the report that the unton approved condition t# crittcal. The police | the Sunday cipsing law, that the physician, who attended the wom jon had taken no action, and were an, last night said she suffered any taken, it would be to approve from acute hysteria. the ne of the saloonmen, tN “eee AA sehen Es. te ¢ 2 Light south winds, Wont | to word | take} PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE VOL, 8. NO, 312. 25 CENTS PER MONTH. FOUND A BALLOT BOX DESPOILED OF SEALS MOUNTAINEERS’ WALK. Danis Cotterill Seasing Oped This Morning at the The proposed mouhtaineers’ walk er ean taeeae i siete| Court House in a Manner Which Promises Lively Kirkland and along the Belt Line Sessions--Two Election Judges Tell of Mys‘erious Disappearance of Ballot Box Seals. The ballot box of the Ninth pre einet of the Bighth ward was tam | pered with between the time it left sociation, the voting place of the preeinet on Galer st., near Queen Anne av., and the 14th of January, according to the testimony of two election Judges in the Lyons-Cotterill hear RANCH SOLD ing, which opened at the court house this morning J. Heary Hemer, the judge of the ’ | Precinct va elocticn day, testified road. 1 Curtin will be the leader, MANUFACTURERS MEET, Tonight at the B A, ©, elub the Munufacturers’ association ¢ tle will meet to discuss a 6 bille now before the legisiature which are of vital interest to the as einet of the Eighth ward in the lant state and county election, and declared that he was pregent at the booth all day and during the count- ing of ballots, After the voting the witness said all unused ballots were burnt up. | “The election officers finished counting the votes abqut ¢ o'clock the next morning,” Hemer said. | “The ballot box was then sealed, a paper was placed over the lock, on which all the election officers signed their names. The box was sealed in six places, one in each corner, and one in the center oo ch side. I saw the box again tha next day, but I did not notices |whether it had been tampered with “When I saw it again after this jcontest had ommenced it had been changed Hughes tried to make the witness that when the cicetion officers fin ished covating The McDonald ranch, located be~ the ballots about 4 Port Blakeley and Eagle o'clock of the morning of November Harbor, was reported sold today BY! 7, the ballot box was sealed with V, P. Mart for $25,000, The name wax im six places, in each of the ot the purchaser te withheld. four corners and in the middle on Adolph Behrens & Co. report the) each side, and that the names of wale of the northeast double corner! ai) the election officers were writ- jof Republican and Fifth av. W Ko |ten on the outside of the box &. D, King at a price of $17,008, The) ‘The ballot box produced before|Coetacdict himself, but without purchaser was Olaf Ronoing Ml the committee this morning, ‘and | *Uce property ts 120 feet square. which was alleged to contaia the The next witness was R. C. Cul- aihoun, Denny & Ewing report] votes of that precinet, had a paper |*e: 8 Jaspector in the Ninth pre- Park av, near y-third st. OM | there, but there we: ase = F half acre timproved for W. B. Monks ie eects ene. ae Semone eo es the Gaut and the receptacle only four places. The committee on privileges and elections, "before which the Lyons Cotterill contest is being beard, did not get together on schedule time wag sealed in|" The witnens declared he took | charge of the ballot box and carried | it to his real estate office on Queen | Anne av. near Galer, left it there until about 1 p. m. Wednesday, to Frank J. Guenther for $6,000. Mr Guenther t* an eastern man, who haw lately come to Brattle for the PUTpose of making him residence here. ‘The northwest corner of Taylor and Gartieia has been sold by D. D-l11) was 10-90 a. m. before @ neces. | "Oe" he took it down to the audit Moreland to Murtan C, Pearse! for ece® | ors office and handed It over to sary quorum consisting of Senators kadiher Ladnont Deputy 96.000. FcR od See a Presby, of Klickitat; Kline, of ane Whatcom, and Graves, of Spokane, ‘Two ted Keys. was had The room in which he left the ballots, the witness described as a store room used by him as a real | estate office, to which both he and room proved too small to hold the| his partner had keys. The lock, crowd anxious to witness the pro-| he said, on the door was an ordin- ceedings, Prominent among the|#Ty lock, the back door could be politicians present were Henry |Teached from the street by means Bock, defeated candidate for rep-| Of @ porch and the key for that door resentative in the Forty-aixth rep-| as an ordinary pass key. resentative district; Senator P. L.| He put the ballot box behind his Allen, Representative Howard Han: | office partition, in the geaere! of- son and County Auditor J, P.| fice, a place which could be ap new | proached by anybody coming inte yous was represented by BE. C,|the place, but where ft could not Hughes, attorney for the Seattle) be seen from the street Biectric Railroad company, and} The next witness called was Walter 8. Fulton, attorney for the | Judge Ervin. » dignified gor ain "i said he was a ner and saya the relation of graft tm al Gorter: duc’ peslers atciaoe:| Culver, and that he opened the geners! sense to political condh] ii4 preston and John H. Powell j office the morning of November 2, tions tn this city offers @ condition | 1) was agreed that the hearing| H¢ declared that he saw the ballot | of polities to be found nowhere 18) .n5u14 commence with the vote of | bOxe®, but did not examine.them, the United States the Ninth precinct of the Bighth|#®¢ he added that he did mot be- ward. This the precinct n|leve that they were tampered with which Lyons claims Cottertii did| between the time he got there Wed- not receive as many votes as he! "e*@ay, and the time Culver took ‘ them away. aaa the “pelleae.at barn Cotteriti| Bh sy Auditor Brier testified shers representing declares have been tampered with | nat he bed wate since the original returns were | 00th parties, democratis and repub- Hean, in the room in which the bal made up. j ‘The Cotterill forces drew first | !et boxes were received; that om blood, an tar as any decision of | the day after election Auditor Ag the committee was concerned. E./B¢¥ Was notified that a contest C. Hughes desired to start imme-| ould probably be inetitaied: thas diately upon the recount of the) he then on eee Politicians There, The hearing was held in depart ment 2, as the old probate court STEFFENS WILL Voll HERE {Borippe Telegraph Service.) BAN FRANCIBCO, Feb. 23.--lin coln Steffens announced today that after visiting Sacramento, where be will go Wednesday, be will visit | Washington, Oregon and Utah to | lovestigate political and civic com | ditions, He bas completed his tn vestigation of the local situation, ROSLYN (Star Special Service.) ROSLYN, Wash, Feb. 23.-—In « from the Sixth and Eighth wards but Harold Preston objected, } boiler explosion at the coal mine| Yetes. placed in a separate room, and shaft this morning three mea, not |!! being his purpose to have the tes) ners appointed by himself timony in reference to the condi-/ tion of the ballot boxes brought out | #°4. Loop Teo pool meee to first, and the committee ruled in |‘ 1) DS uae aa Oelaniear Ohen favor of Preston the county commissioners notified Hemer First Witness. the auditors that no more watchers 3. Henry Hemer was the firet | would be pald for, when they were witness, He testified that he Pre lore ot to the vault in the audit judge of election in ) the Niota 1 _pre-tor'e office. jemployes, who were sleeping in the boller room, were badly scald: ed. Ed Quigge has since died and William Quiggs cannot ponsibly live JUST $30 |CHOO! CHOO! QUICK WEDDING, — AND ELOPEMENT IS SUCCESS Mrs. A. T. Dewese, a new arrival in Seattle, was arrested on com plaint of A. Olson, a Swede, Inst night, and is being “detained at po lice headquarters. She ix accused of having picked Olson's pockets of $20 In cash. “ CHILD BORN IN ASYLUM (Star Special Service.) OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb, 22.—Mre B, Roberta, recently committed the asylum at Medies! h to a child. The @ sentence in jail. In re authort- as insane te Lake, han « husband ts the Whitman eponse to a request of #tat ties for advice, the «ta torney »pinion t if the ther is such that she cannot care the baby, the me munt be turned over to the au ities of Whi ounty an a public charge DUNNE IS ENDORSED aph Service.) (Scripps Tel CHICAGO, Feb. The demo ratic elty convention this after oon unanimously nominated Ed ' Carter Harri name was The convention adopted ree | Hiusee, who wan injured in the | wreck on the Pennayivania road this }morning. Busme js almost certain t be Du blican opponent at * BURGLARS TAKE TWO) | BOOK CASES Burglara last night entered | h of es P. Hausman, 549] Seventeenth av. and carried away | MRO REEO KNOX, WHO AS BESSIE M'COOK ELOPED WITH two dark len oak book cases.| SENATOR KNOX'S SON. THE SENATOR, NOW SATISFIED, {im is believed to have been! gays HE ACQUIRED A CHARMING DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. de through a window : mirhe matter, was WASHINGTON, D, C., Feb. 23.—jof the “Fighting” McCooks of Ohio police who imme lt have acquired a charming |@nd New York. Young Knox ts 26, detectives on the case ; hout the trouble | #24 18 assistant clerk to his father’s daughter-tn-law without the trouble | conate committee, for which he re- ident to a conventional wed: | oo} salary of $1,400 «vent pprncd "ior eh es The couple have been a familiar t Such is the philosophic conclu-/eight at Washington festivities. It 1 Renae: garyh - npg |sion of ex-Attornay General Knox,|is said that while Senator Knox candies Cae scek on the {now senator from Pennaylvania, af-| had made no pronounced objections = : “ye ¢\ter his son Reed and Miss Besste|to the match, he had suggested to ee ete Se McCook acted Young Lochinvar in soh that they had better bide a ARFIELD, f Talbot In-|in an automobile and snap} eir which accounts for the suto- gram, aged 4 at the | finger asuntly at the t? mobile and the sudden dash into home his in this city |ing parental negatives a where they were quickly Wednesday me «. Miss MeCook is 21, and is an } asteetikeecsren cheap EEE irrgnsreagecnnen eae ee TR