The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 27, 1907, Page 1

THAST EDITIO ‘The Oaly Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News VELYN DENIES TELLING YTHING TO BROTHE — e Tried to Secure Contession That She Told iu Howard Nesbit That Thaw Was Cruel to Her and) sifhtotuwe't! | That Statement Was Obtained at the Point of a/c 'onterence en’ the report ot the rivers and harbors bill, {Geripps Telegraph Service.) YORK, Fed. 27.-—-That intends to fulfill his prom that Howard Nesbit, brother of | Seelyn Thaw, will go on the stand ? dv brothemindaw = was 4 trated today by testimony z i . out In the examination of a Immediately the court re sumed its session this morning F 3s called Evelyn to the stand if, have a brother named How AGREE TO A CONFERENCE ON RIVER- HARBOR BILL. STEAMER RUNS INTO DOCK ‘The British steamer Hf which arrt her bearings in the heavy fog yes tor morning and ran into the Ham mond Mille dock, tearing away two piles and breaking @ stringer on the dock, The steamer was not dam- aged. The Masel Dollar satied for Mukilteo this morning with 310 & of flour, and will return with « cargo of lumber, Upon her arrival from Mukilteo she will load a cargo four for the Orient. a a Jerome expects to make him a moat formidable witness, There was noticeable lifting today of the Intense interest in the Thaw case, Evelyn concluded her testimony with a rehash of the story firet told and was excused until Tuesday, when Jerome calle her for rebutt Until Tha mother gives ber testimony it is expected to be only dry technical evidence of the os perta ‘This testimony im of little Interest to the public, but te of the greatest importance to the defendant, since the attorneys Rave learned that there ts a Ukelthood of Jerome call pm tilasion return from Europe tn @4 you tell your brother) in substance while} abroad « so. BS 2 watched every ay Thee in lh Beg son move of the prisoner and they will tel ties againet ite ° be prepared to establish the fact these lies were that he Bad/ that be has fully recovered bis ¥ a a ve mental strength. Evelyn Can't Attend Court. by t tell your brother you ath Evelyn Thaw and Mrs, Caine en se compelled at the point of a . to make some such state-| tered the room this morning before the trial resumed. court aid not.” you not. tell Howard these im substance at some time?” did not.” Each time the an was repeated with greater they must leay Evelyn wae disappainted and the teurs filled her eyes. She walked slowly ont and smiled at her hus- band through her tears. Shortly afterwards Jerome sum- mondd her and she entered the room drying her ters. Then fol- lowed the testimony regarding al- leged statements made to her brother, Bingaman on the Stand. Delmas called Dr. Bingam Thaw’s family physician, of Pitts burg, to the stand. Bingaman said he wasroalled to attend Thaw tp NEBRASKANS The Nebraska club meets tonight t Egan's hall, in the Arcade bulld- ing, where a program will be reo dered, Mr. Eyan directing it. The Nebraska orchestra will appear. Former Nebraskans are tnvited ARIZONA IS IN WHIRL Arizona f# ¢oming into Mae. Ac cording to & wire received this morning at the office of the A-Y- ft he say to you that you to have some way to protect and suggested that you a tevolver!” be buy you a revolver?” he did not,’ a lengthening Detween these emphatic each time. you ever carry a revolver?” fm my life.” yt you give Howard money badly The doctor, In answering “1 saw Thaw tn the bill now before the legislature, providing 4 handsome appropria ton for the exposition. ao’ Bil Aimed to Rob Mayor of Appointive Power _ Has Narrow Escape From Deteat This Morning-- _ Saved Through Removal to Foot ot Calendar. < year the Terry heirs, . Kittinger, Neltle M Charles Terry have to recover from the fot on Broadway, donated in aa a site for an engine house. ia sald the case in court has heen abandoned, whereas on the morning in the lower house. (outside members who use the determined efforts vote for ft, Four or ‘the advocates of the bill were up- county members are also 61 all other business the house to ft committee last night moved| The senate thie morning the Cotterill DIN for the construc: thon of the Lake Washington canal bu Anyway, introduced by authorising the quitclaiming of the property back to the original donors, This ordt nance the committee takes up this evening The donors now say that they gave the property on the under = — = standing that it was to be used E. Harrison st. for « cash consid-|forever for an engine house site eration of $19,000. P. H. Casey @/ There ts no record of this under Co. and the Goodwin Realty com | standing and those who have ex y negotiated the sale. amined the records at the county - porte mena court house say the transfe pa GUSTAVE ANDERSON © 2 ee. fom the Socore to the city for the sum of $1 the protestion of ¢ity vites frou pollution. Alaen J. Blethen was summoned before the Ross commission this afternoon to give his source of in- formation leading to the published charges against Ross. sa — CONTRACTOR | CHEAPER THAN CITY P-B. from Special Commissioner | W. L. Bryant, that state will pass | THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER FORECAST—Ghowers Tonight and Thursday; Light West Winds. ore SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, FEB, 27, 1907. Yo apen up the rich country be tween Centvaila and Tacoma and to furnivh Iwmber transportation, « number of loea) capitalists, backed by eastern money, have ineorporat of the Hannaford Valley Railway pany and the Hannaford Valley company The tneorporators are BB. Cox, of the Cox Investment company, at CHICAGO BUSINESS MAN ROAD INCORPORATED — BY LOCAL BACKERS qmenmninetnpeacemenssnnepeth ( Ballard; A Ww Mackie, 4 shingle man amer at Ballard; John Ste , He W. Treat, Alexander | Me! © and P. i. @mith, all prom inent Iooal hen. The capitalization of the two Companion te $650,000 The new road will run between Centfalia and Tacoma, and will open ap 4 Yaluable mining and tim: | ber fiet not now provided with any Patlvoad facilities. ROBBED TREASURY _ STARTLING REVELATION MADE IN ROPOERY OF $175,000-—- TELLER IMPLICAT! aia MAN AND ARREST WILL FOLLOW. (Berippe Telegraph Service.) CHICAGO, Feb, 27.—-The Journal this afternoon prints an interview a reporter had with the teller of the sub-treasury, who has been un der suspicion and # lance of CAN BUY ee the govefnment secret service since the disgevery of the logs of $175,000 in billay from the sub-treas ury. , ‘Thie clerk says, according to the Journal’a story that he can give the identity of a big business men) who planned and executed the rob. bery kaown to the officials. + One missing $1,000 bill has been recovered The tecovery of the romainder and the arrest of the business man Will follow by Friday night —- ~ + MEET TONIONT.|Bids for New Pipe Line Show That City Would Pay $50,000 More For Steel Bands Than Private That contractors can buy much cheaper than the city of Beattle, has been clearly demonstrated by the | Bide received for the cons ruction of the new Cedar river pipe line. ‘The olty reserved the right to buy the steel bands and saddles for the pipe, and supply them to the contractor for about 2 cents a pound, ‘The bid of the Puget Sounl Bridge land Dredging company demonstrat. jed that contracte can buy the bands for $60,000 less than the city ean. Every low bid that was made for the work was made by « Seattle |qnan or firm. Every contract that will be awarded tomorrow will be to line work tf ite bid le requler, & Jones, a local firm, will get the two Green Lake reservoira, and Hawley, Lane & McCartney will get the Beacon hill reservoir. ‘The tots! Mgures for ail the work will aggregate about $1.500.000, The THREE ROOM WORKERS IN- VADE BELL APARTMENTS | AND ESCAPE, TO BE CAUGHT) IN SECOND LODGING HOUSE. Following the arrest yeeterday forenoon of Robert Owens, 4 sue | pected room worker, came the in| "jcarceration later in the day of) James Ward, and this moroing of William Caverty, on suspicion of be- ing implicated in the robbery at the Bell apartments, First av. end Bell at The landlady of the Bell eat NG ROBBERY AT VANCOUVER apart ~——- (GREEN LAKE Firms-Contracts Awarded Tomorrow. — pipe Whe contract wil! amount te about $1.260.000; the Beacon gill res- | ervoly fo over $700,000, and the two Green Lake reservoirs to $50,000 and 166,000; respectively. Wilt be $700,000 of the bond one the votre and to build ten miles of ata#® pipe, one and « half miles of hb and two miles of 30-ineh pipe within the elty limita, Ey 0 O14 Teservoire store 44.- 000.080 gallons of water, while the three, asl ie et the bidders for the stave in « bid for redwood lum- pipe her, figures for which were @ mamne ne tor fir, Had thie the contract it is said tave ured the California ie to the fact that It has to Abd none but lumber with of biemish used tn making * out the Ta a POLICE ments identified Owens as having rentedia@ room in her house, it is th for the purpose of rob- bery, “That very night the room ae the hall was looted o was loated the following in the Idaho, a lodging where he was rooming with his raies. Through Owens the ow were located and arrested by tt McDonald and Patrolman rm m | patice believe that they may all three men with other naoe which have been re uw at the central office. GETS PROPERTY ; —_———_— / (Btar Special Bervice.) OLEMPIA, Wash, Fi 7—M Pyatt, nesignee of J. W. Brown, who att 4 to take from Oscar Menaibet the title to two lots at Gr Lake for a petty 24-cent de The property is now considered 1s DEAD easily worth $15,000. It te 62.10] _ (Stor Spec 4 vg ie : _ i a feet on Broadway, 74.12 feet on| VANCOUVER, yes today In realty cir . Boren av. and 38.87 feet on Terrace, | Thieves last night entered the mu lames A. Moore bas com-| G™taf Anderson, well known in - of the Carnegie library and MAYOR APPOINTS A SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. Rose and Fremont, is dead at his home, 203 Forty-second st. north-| | weet. Mr. Anderson was 79 years lold and a property owner. He t« is completed. | survived by two daughters and a #TE BOUGHT. [son The funeral will be heid a large apartment | from Johnson @ Hamilton's under 8. Mann today | taking rooma tomorrow afternoon . B Ray the south-!at 2 o'clock, Bort.’ will be in Lake i corner of 10th and View cometery. TEDDY SOUNDS WARNING TO UNCLE SAM rR a $500,900 sky ied on Fourt v . 8-800m as the | the Carpenters’ today by Mayor Moore to be super | intendent of streets and sewers, un der article &, section 6, of the city charter. Roosevelt (by Phone) te Uncle San—-Look out there, uncle. There's a couple of porch climbers at Charles C. Fronk, a member of| union, was named | a and rare relics valued at $15,000, They took every genuine coin, but left the duplicates. | Helly, the Astoria diamond nond thief, will be extradited, if lectde, The sheriff of ided to take such pro- and Kelly has engaged) Judge Henderson to fight extradi- | | tion, A strenuous febt ts expected. MASTODON AT THE BIG FAIR Astor! A mastodon, discovered sev eral years ago in an icy cavern lin the interior of Alaska by an In dian during one of bis honting ex | | cursions, is the object of negotia-| tions now in progress between the} A-Y-P-B, and James H. Starts man, of Nome, and his partner, E. Graham. The latter was shown the relic by Ite discoverer In a letter to Henry BE. Reed, at! ctor of exploitation for the ex position, Mr. Startaman outlines bis plans for digging the monster out of ita frozen bed and shipping it to Jenttle The letter goes on to say that, a cording to the Indian, the tusks of eat are 16 feet long, and b bout 10 inches long, and nn ween through ita covering of blue lee je an extraordinary and fear ORDERED TO GRADE EAST PIKE ST. | Instructions to begin work have been tsaued b the engineer te partment to Wm, Hawley & Co. for the grading of Bast Pike and the East Olive grading work; also to the Coast Concrete company for the cement walks on East Spring and| other streets, Notice has been sant! to the Seattle Lighting pany to} J jook after its old gas mains. | lin tax, was defented by a - « court decision today tax was unpaid when Hee quiet bought the property, and Brown secured the ¢ tifloate, p ending he could not find Hegquist, though the latter lived on the lots, and he had the summons pudlished in the Auburn Argus, where, of course, it was not seen by Hegquist The sapreme court points out a law is not to ehable one by adroit wark to rob a person of his home, and declares the facts show that Hegquist should be given the right | fexlgem the property, and so dewreed, PUTER WILL BE STAR WITNESS ee i ippe Telegraph Service PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. D. Piter, the feted land A ler, was taken from the county jail today, where he ls serving a two year sentence, and in charge of dep utios left for Washington as a go ernment witness against Binger Hermann SEATTLE MAN 5 HONORED (Seripps Telegraph Service.) | CHICAGO, Feb Frank B Cooper, erint t of the Seattle put schools, s th norning ted presid f the de- | “ment of superintendents of the | N mal Educational naRociat | The association te r holding {ts ng opened yesterday ON VOL. 9. NO. 2, PAY ONLY E CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE 25 CENTS PER MONTH. PARISH IS TO PUT TAX od nara BANK CLEARINGS, ® Fob, 27, 1907,...,61,620,393.71 » w Feb, 27, 1006,,,., 1,797,408.12 & * * ERE REE MARSHAL TIES UP KITSAP Taxes. The days of the tax dodger numbered, so far as personal prop. | erty ts concerned, Pariah, newly elect and bie dep-| mines and in- jay at the firet ual convention of deputy assens Deputy United States Marshal it wil] no longer be possible for Stringor this morning ordered the| the wealthy tax dodger to lock his tying up of the steamer Kitsap, | stocks and bonds in a sate deposit running between Seattle and Ta-| ox and ile to the assessor about coma in place of the steamer Flyer, | ‘heir value. This te due to the libel pending by| In the future he must hold up his the British ship Trafalgar, with | Fight bond apd take solemn oath be which the Kitsap collided yesterday | fore maki nt of his per- | at the Tacoma dock during a dense|*enal property. If he lies he wilt fox. Neither boat was badly dam-|b@ prosecuted for perjury, aged. The Kitsap will not be al The corporation can no longer lowed to resume its run until a|*¥old paying a personal tax upon | bond has been filed with the clerk |!tp franchise according to the value of the federal court.’ of that franchise, The head of a mndeetncpmecns corporation will be placed under oath, and must swear to the value of his franchise. If he lies, he is guilty of perjury, and perjury ts a Penitentiary offense. This method of enforcing the truth ftom tax dodging individuals and ¢orporations has long been on the are If Thomas A ‘The King County Repubiiean club will meet at 3 o'clock Saturday aft- ernoon at A. O. U. W. hall, Pioneer buliding, to elect new officers for the ensuing year, The club is now out of debt. GIRLS ARE JOINING CLERK'S UNION The unfavorable conditions under which women have to work are re~ sponsible for the influx of girl clerks the membership of Local Na. 6, jal! Clerks’ International Protec- tive amsoctation. Sixteen female clerks joined the association last night NEW YORK'S “GENTLEMAN BURGLAR” ARRESTED AND IMPLICATES PROMINENT PE ORIANS IN THE EMBEZZLING| CASE OF BANKER DOUGH- ERTY. (Scripps Telegraph Service.) CHICAGO, Feb, 27-—Mont start- ling developments were revealed to- day when Edwin Tate, known tn New York as “the gentleman bure- NEEDS 2 FEET Counctiman James Conway has a/ lll, Tate is charged with being one constituent down in South Seattle | of the parties connected with the who needs & twofoot «trip of eity| biewing up of the safe of the Peoria property, part of the site of the| school directors in order to secure Bouth Beattie engine houre valuable papers and destroy them Before the lot line was eatablish-| whieh were held by the prosecution ed he buflt a house overlapping the | in the case of Newton C, Dougherty, | city’s lot. Mr. Conway introduced | formerly superintendent of schools | and also a bank president, who is now eerving his time in the peniten. tary for embexzling school funda. Tate was arrested while én route to Chicago from New York. He has promised to implicate prominent mons anpneepesaiginnesigy aps daeaeere-eenarens WILL REOPEN WORK | ON CITY BUILDING James Park, contractor for the muntetpal buildings at Fifth av. and Yesier, has conmructed a series of | Regarding the raise’ in prices by the barbers, Frank P, Kelley, re- corder of the Barbers’ union, that the raise does not come from any action of the union, although they will probably endorse it. Mr. Kelley suys the boss barbers agreed on the raise. The union will take action on the matter Monday night FRESH SCANDAL PEORIA SCHOOL CASE ee DODGERS UNDER OATH * County Assessor Promises to Hold Perjury Threat *| Over Lying Corporations or Individuals-Will Save County {Thousands in Personal Property statute books, but has never been enforced, The failure to has cost King county thousands upon thousands of dollars every enforce it year, and wealthy corporations and individuals have lied about r t chuckled gleefully as the an took down the false state- and went carelessly on his meeting thi x Commissioner J, on Friday commence the work of assessing real and per- sonal property. Mr. Frost told the sesensors that the laxity of past methods and fatiure to put personal ty owners under oath has cost unty many thousands of dol- He told them how this could be avoided, Ansestor Parish then made a speech, wherein he rtated Chat It will be done. The meeting continued thin after- It will be addressed by num= erous other county officers. Mr. Parish has introduced a new sy of bookkeeping in his off minor errors formerly numero a laren Peo in th fe cracking job. Late afternoon he said that the safe was left open and papers Dougherty's friends wanted destroy- ed were marked. Tate alleges that Dougherty suce ceeded in getting Tate made « “trusty” at the penitentiary and worked beside him on the records, He finally secured a parole, after engaging Tate to co-operate in the destruction of the evidence. Tate says he was promised $4,000 for the job. Arrested for Burglary. (Scripps Telegraph Service.) NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—Tate was arrested here on & charge of burg- ary committed last September, while on parole from the peniten- tlary, where he had been serving for & burglary committed the previous April. He was called “the genti¢~ man burglar.” Tate wan caught in the home of Mrs, C. H, Taylor, attired in « frock coat, silk hat and lavender trousers, He apologized to her for disturbing her. ee’ bunkers with an elevator along the site, preparatory to removing the rest of the earth from the foundation. Progress on the buliding has been delayed by uncertainty regarding the regrade of Fifth av. This matter ie nearing settlement. A PICTURE FOR THAW--LIF SS IN MATTEAWAN, AS WELL THE GRAVE OF ry Thaw will be confined if found in sane now. Matteawan asylum, exclusively for the criminal insane, at Fishkill Island, N.Y. The place where Har- THE DEAD eee mw” trials have been avol 4 by time re- 8 Upon whom NEW YORK’S ABODE FOR THE moving all the witr CRIMINAL INSANE A PLACE | [i0vile ont pom ag hag: WHERE “PATIENTS” PASS IN- | fonaant sett y: | TO STRICTEST DISCIPLINE) Confinement In the Matteawan axy- | AND ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE. | lum ts ters usually only by FE death, but in the breast of every pa- | See he eae kik wow ob] Me eee bee Sindee! * | over burning that constant hope for | * WHAT THAW WOULD * te rogers © at le the attribute of ha | * FIND AT MATTEAWAN, # | On neture ae * * The relatives ar a a isih ahianiies #| Prisoner in this st are » ie conte Be | Permitted in a mua add = gain aaa %| to his comforts, The great wealth @ Conversation. strictiy tim- #| f, Taw. would Bring | hie ie ited | things. He could have his ow = crane weet hatra: tae &| a0 hin owe thes, and he oP ieee pe neyo x4 avail himself fully_of the co # Acot in a ward «| rs va itore be - N y r « done by * ge = ne Apreapr tutes nd @ Perf anita. | Just an does ov ther inma * I y by » y * Day In, Day Out RRR Ew r f such dull, mor By KATHERINE LECKIE j arce be ! ther, At (Beattie Sta Exclusive Service.) | th “ ' aa half hour] FISHKI ING, N. ¥., Feb, | late «! ter , H woll pref i : LU 1 h | ‘ 1 f n ' the] Break ts nerve at , « F ' Tha ke his fast with te 1 att ng, dull da it H ' t th The ma f Mat " ’ take the chance wut There | laundry, t , have been acquittals etimes| the time 1 t z| |. ard lounging and reading. Con- versation is permitted, but of what is there to talk? Whenever three or four “patients” are seen to group themselves together tnto an ent intimacy one of the nu stantly transferred to ward, for fear insubordination may result from the discussion. Out-of-door exercise is taken win- ter and summer, but there is Uttle liberty attached to it. The pris- oners walk in an w footsteps Solitary Confinement. kiness and resistance to con- are s¢ ned at Mat- swan by | The stofa rren of high and three the most ance ag at. of the t ry ently e ea of his clofl d fresh give titu= ng, it him, ment k- hirt. 1 vi- former so- is to prevent any instr the boot, t te 1 of the ide All this veillance will be Harry Matteawan— is youth and ish