The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 4, 1907, Page 1

Seattle That Dares to Print the News LE IS TORN IN OW AND VESSEL IS SINKING FAST SETTLE TTT TTT rs and Crew Are Taken Ashore in Safety | . * . . * . * * * . . THE NEWS IN ST. PAUL. ‘and Other Vessels Are Now Lying by to Aidthe/* om yw 8 ‘Stricken Steamer When Opportunity Offers——Se-|¢ area 'Nvntrartaitway, was S| seen by The Star man this | morning and asked the Dakota, We have only the repe: that have come to the press, maid Mr Hill. “We know that the boat Is beached and that the passengers and mall are regarding attle People Aboard Cable Home That They Are Rete e eee eeeeeee her head at down untt] her screw ® | were exposed. her cargo if her position @ | lowered and, one by one, the pas the Great Northern, is in New New pAdiaMadededededad tht hee ee el Tel » »* » Serr. fares t The visara- | Passengers Pan ricken, *& safe. We have had nothing i Dakota, which went ashore #| The 94 passengers suddenty be- ® further than this, however, and ri Bight off Shirahama, ts ® came seteed with a pante, but the | * cannot at this time say any on Feaking badly, though @/ calm judgment of the officers of the ® thing ,, tbout future move te some hope of saving * steamahip pacified them and, with.|* ments pops An effort wil! be made to @/ out any accidents, the lifeboats were|* James J. Hill, prestdent of * * * * jhere and also from Ti com . — caught In! 1 possible acsietance. ® bulit Landon, change. | sengere were placed aboard and, al-|* York. though the moa was heavy SAAR A Ae eR A AHHH laon to tne seamen Tome! neardy, | PRR AAA RAE HARKER EH > ; or to the shore — ruck. ¥ Telegraph Servicn) The Great Northern Steamship 5 ’ MA, March 4.—-fteam- | company's # were Pabeta, of the Great Northern | fled and ateames were feacherous current and hurled | focks off Shirahama, 49 miles | last night shorthy nd this evening from there indicate that she Badoubtedty be a total loms| Slowly Binking. This afternoon the Dakota ts lowly sinking. As she struck she sprung @ leak and the water te gain ing in the hold. The bow ie under TRIAL The morning session was con sumed ia the selection of a jury, and the picking of 12 men to hear! the case will prebably not be con claded before thia ) srening THE PASSENGER LIST Bra. and wife and two chil of Kalispell, it and wife. Maud M. Chapman, with Mise B. 1. t.; see dis) | Atwell, of Los Angeles; A. W. Mer | rifield and wife, of Helena. ae i (Stherage) five Jape-| james Rodger and wife; Doernbecher, Miss Ada ea. Shenghal—(First cabin) W.! becher, Mrs. C. B. Forbes and Miss and wife; W. F. Hassel} eh, F D. Cloud and wife, Mrs. A. (Second cabin) MH. R. Spencer, of Portland, Ore.; or) | Mra. J. N. Wolfson and Miss Mar < b }garet Wolfson, Mra L. B. Dowd, Kopp, Charles Kopp. Mrs /\rs W. R Daum, Mrs. George Kopp, Charles E. Dodge | Smith, Mias Gaylord and Miss F. Mongkong—(First oabtn)s. | Dwight, of Chicago, I!).; Miss Mabel L. Shoenteid and wife, and Taylor, Miss Mary Patten, Mise B. fa sister, Mre. Josepb|M. Tibbets. (Second cabin) A. E. , and H. A Shoenfeld, of Noble and Mise Nellie & Nobile; ; John J. Ryan and wife,|A C. Vancleve. (Steerage) four Marie Ryan, of Cincio-|teen Chinese. OFFICIALS GET WORD _. Detpite the alars\ Rights on Prefontaine Place Manipulating a Seattle Elect company franchiee bill go a¢ to ut terly defeat the city’s ownersht; the tines of the pr 4 Wightma thro reports rel- | A number po of cable diepatches were To dodge of the Jerome placed Dr Shortly before noon he fin | cm | ished, and the sunt total of of mee | missions Jerome fact that at set an tile toe | pala thie afternoon in bi Seiten themnediindeaall COUNCIL JOBS TO AID THE S$. E. CO. the bill was mped as the original and passed | oq ty the committee laa LIGHT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1907. THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER FORECAST.—FAIR TONIGHT AND TUBBDAY, LIGHT FROST; NORTH WINDS, G HILL LINER “DAKOTA’”’ STRIKES ON ROCKS OFF COAST OF JAPAN PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE 25 CENTS PER MONTH, STEAMSHIP DAKOTA TIED UP IN Steamship Dakota, estimated (6 have cost slightly over $3,000,000, was constructed along the most modern lines known to shipbuilding. and money, brains and labor could evolv@ The plans were the joint designs of James J. Hill and Charles R. Hansen, president of the Eastern Shipbuilding co largest that ever entered the Pacific Const trade. With only « few Sat the Dakota is the longe Cons. men. Capt. (Star Bpecial Servies.) Mayor, a CarbOM ne Bisned to made vane on martly for the freight carrying bus and firet to her sister ship, the Minnesota Her measured capacity is 30,000 tone) dead weight, il Fran@ke@ was on the steamship when she was launched, brought her around the Horn aud was on the bridge yesterday when the Dakota THAW’S MOTHER MAY BE PLACED'ON STAND gens are dashing over the big | water to the forward ma NEW YORK, March 4--The am ary End Steamers sent to ber Only ten sacks of mall were saved _ | pew r Wagner . cod the ‘afe unable to go within ald-| Theee were taken ashore iu the life Rec McCloud, the former em prec cne per ee satel ba. otand, but hin oallioons . : - boats. The baggage end personal | Moye Of the Seattle: Brewing @ | mother might take the stand thts | tern ed by the noon adjournment. | Seamship was heading for| effects are lost Malting company, who on January 6! morning brought out large crowds} When court reeumed this after-| when of a sudden she wi ‘The place where the Dakota oo mg hr ge TS a who sought admittance to the court | neom Mra William Thaw sccompa-| and, before her engines could | struck is one mile off shore te bee » lpr Th blic te anxlows | Hied By ber daughter, Mra. George | her from the powerful force! Several steamers, including the a R te ote, by tnaulting re- | in ve aie Yo pre ach : e fe, were in attendance. This! current, she was dashed on | Om! Maru and Hakaui Marv, with a| Verne made by Kimer relative to | to Hates to more — 14 the belief that the mother| ifeks. The Dakota struck bow | torpedo boat, are on the scene | MoClond's family, was placed on/ the wealthy set of New York and aa He placed on the stand this = for @ moment, and then | Three warships are also standing by ton a eae ee before Superior! go not want to mise one word. | aftefkoos. mart Judge Morris | In eplte of this rumor, however, yn Thaw visited her husband the | lof adolescence, and that it le pow of @ farm of permanent inaape fall passenger list is as fol- nati, Ohio; W. B. Denny, of Newleaeaeaeehatee Thaw shot White he was suffer( | York; M. J. Hazelton, Captain U le al | trom “one of the Insanity iR Harris, U.S N. and wife; Cap) # BANK CLBARINGS. b tain Chauncey Thomas, U. & N.;/@ #|Mble that Thaw had only A. Beias, J. A. Thompson and wife, March 4, 1907... .01,549,286.12 @ | Knowledge of bis actions” and Miss Mabel Thompeon, of Be | @ March 4, 1908 Sunday «| Try ## hard as he could Jerome) @| ¥8* unstocessful tn making Bvans | Passes Carbon Coon ot Praécaes Giving Exclusive CABI Would Rob City Tracks Secured Under Wightman Franchise. om the entefed the waters of Puget Sound ‘Tie gross tonnage of the Dakota 33,600 toon. 8 tiom@. after the shooting Indicated Tombs during the noon re 1 ium Then waa placed on the rome scored a strong effort to by the defendant's own | cape’ cat Thaw was the victim ineanity tye forced a statement from iwi that the manifestations of | ee by. Thaw tn i903 i with the spell in So a AS ME I atte; EB. H. Pagenhart, W. H. Dun | «& woody and wife, of Bt. Paul; John | # eee ee eeeteeeeee mit that Thaw's words and ao. 1005. | Duna, fr, and wife, of Alban. - ee ero iy Kobe — (Fi bin) | y. 3 mo a arr son (rivet cabin) M.l¥.: DP. Chapman aad danghte MAYOR ET CHANGES - ities Teeeresh | Service.) WASHINGTON, D.C, March 4 Geothe =f. was today SWOT In ar secretary of the treas- Wty Wi succeed Leste M. Bhaw ME Shaw, tn retiring, said that may that Senator ‘ination was a national Cortelyeu | Spooders re The department presented the ex , her passenger accommodations are it ot and ts the mahip afloat, in June of the same year ie 21,000 toma; length, 650 feet he has accommodations for 26. bre ASSENGERS MANGLED — luxurious in their fursishings. Upon her arrival here 3 first class passenge: SEATTLE HARBOR. represents all that pany, by whom While constructed pri- The Dakota was launched February 6, 1905, from the yards at she was given as hearty an ovation as that accorded depth, 56 fect; height of bridge above keel, 88% feet. 68 intermediate and 2,400 third class. Her crew she 4th, 73% f IN STREET CAR WRECK 7° oe [Two May Die as Result of a Terrible Head-On Col- lision on Fort Lawton Line in Which Fifteen Were Hurt-——-Signal System Failed to Work. RARER EEE EERE RHEE FATALLY INJURED. D. M. McKay, age 27 years, motorman on in-bound car; pelvis and thigh fractured. Will die from internal injuries. Charlies J. McOwen, 25 yoars, 1114 Sixteenth av.; both legs broken and knee cap fractured; may die. At Pacific hospital. SERIOUSLY INJURED, Emily Belewick, 25 years, 1222 Ward st; left leg broken. Inga Ola, domestic, slightly injured. With friends at Inter- bay. Albert Reeks, age 20 years, broken, and may die from amputation. 1639 Twenty-first av.; both legs In military hospital at Fort Lawton Lawrence Foriand, 25 years, 102 Fairview av, Student in Wilson's Business college. Left leg fractured. . Newton L. Thomas, 16 years, 1928 Eighth av.; both legs crushed and internal injuries. In critical condition at the Pa- cific hospital © L. Lambert, 23 years, 1711 Twelfth ay.; leg cat At Pa cific hospital. Helga A. Hanson, 21 years, 28 West Thomas st.; right leg injured. B, Mattison, 45 years, 2701 Western av.; right leg injured, At Pacific hospital Miss Gunda, slightly cut and bruised. At Pacific hospital. Miss Scanion, bruised. At Pacific hospital. Miss Bailey, badly cut. At Pacific hospital Or. R. Strath, People’s Bank building; slightly Pacific Mrs. E. 8S. Grimieon, side bruised. At hospital badly cut and bruised. eee ee eet e eee eee eeeteeeeee eee ee ee eee ee ee eee ee ee ee eo DT REE EKE to the Dakota received in this | received by the offictais, however, | ‘nterurban within the city limits, mune 18, without the) secediary with a silver dinner pan Mg Agent Alfred Wat- | ‘rom the reiatives of the passengers | Appears to be the plan of the city | mayor's k ‘This te the biti | fy ain hitomi BSE the Great Northern Steam~-|on the ship, who desired to inform | council. Wightman hee secured «| the mayor w @ to the counell) Jaimes A. Garfield will auce Two persons fatally injured, fempany, thie afiernoon ex-| thelr friends and families of their | franchise on Prefontaine piace and|t th his veto, Seer@lary of the interior Hitchooc rs ic i corifidence that the endan- | safety. Third av. and for & loop around the aa 7 aert tchoock |thelr bodies crushed and bruised : 4 f - tomato. These cable dispatches were tm- | der whieh the tracks will go to the work must begin before relieves them and a “Conditions are bad. it te true nel woaete fore arded by the tT city / and be completed tn |dozen. Ke #ly hurt, are the vie “but not neceesartiy ho terrane goon sie those for whom | The seattle Electric company eight montha. That forces them to W @/tims of a on collision between RAM have been sent to the | Me™ Were 06, and im that wants to own an exclusive franchise | t8k¢ possession of the street at 9itwo Fort Lawton cars just inside vat the Dp nd Ehope |* reat deal xiety was allayed © Prefontainé pla a the city ©. The company ts ready to start 9 jthe grounds of the fort at 6 o'clock | SP not be impoestbic to Moat her The offices the steamship corr anctl, by irregular methods, hae| York fnstantiy the bill becom AN S y AND I f | Sunday evening | RF S00r ae the tide rises pany Were crowded fay, how-|paneed an ordinance giving that|'*¥. The comp will be in | Pally the block light system | The news of the tra ot ¢ with anxious had not }company an exctustve franchise over | Seatlon of the street Be Siti lof the Electric company to} > w r th lortur e t t ranted to n, | Wightmar n get in . wor ppears to e entity wae received wi fortunate enough to receive | the ace granted to Wightsnen. | Se wilt be poedhre wt HEROIC YOUNG ATHLETE, FA-| Hoth of Reeks’ legs were badly - Fat an b- te tices of | private meaeages and who | were | Mayor ho re Pon 8. © | lenckage around the loop about the} TALLY CRUSHED, TELLS RES. | crushed co alaeeet Sdisauend “Onan amahiy w the « t of thelcompany franchise toni | . es are almost identica | he 4 | old elty hal 1 through Prefon-| CURRS To HELP OTHERS— For God's sake, Captain!” cried) ioe which caused the fatal Bal ° dJobbed the Mayor. P Reeks to Captain Eastman in charge ‘ " " tain place, the most strategic street] WAS A MEMBER OF WANDER lard-Fort Lawton collision nearly a ® latest report received in Se The 8. E. company's bill wes in-| car point in the city of the hospital corps, “attend to the |! 44 was received by the Mer-| troduced into the council by Mi Gti} ERG FOOTBALL TEAM. others first, Ican stand it, and the} "4" int und oh M chants’ Exchange {n a message|on Dec. 24. It was referred to a| To Veto Other Franchise, a omen who are suffering must re- | | oo okay et oat y a from Yokohama, via San Francisco,| committee, but Mayor Moore ob- | believed that the mayor wilt! Albert Recks was the hero of the | cefve first thought | Sgemmen D Seatiag, suet 5 sae) to the effect that the vessel was| tained the bill and locked it In his » the franchise for thé loop] Port Lawton street car collision last) The ay for ony ome bis | wlock of single treck, terniig on} inking and her bow was under | desk, inter ppear before the | tion Third betw night and the officiain of the fort) ?"t : hi sa {the block lights. Rvidently these] ? | water. committee 4 tell them what he! Main and Jackson ets, for the same | to the eyes of the sokilers, men who n ¥ characterize him as the “plucklest!are steeied against emotional dis- | tehts failed to show at the end of Vice President Howard Jamen, of | thought of the proposition to rob the | reason, namely that he dealrem the | » éver handled.” He ts but 20 "ke “ |the block nearest the city, for an informea |tB@ Great Northern Stoamship| city of its chance to get tho tracks | Seattle Electric company to be held | Maan ee “ot ‘ives at Sais Saenae Tt otc anette’ of aman ‘om, {outbound car under Motorman R j naaiy 2 ompany, stated ar re m Prefontaine place and the rest|up until it agrees to the common py og eg 5 erewute somite hementves 181 > Glas rly Great | Company, stated to « Star reporter on win aay eccaoend toed vig glad ngs 2 BMOM | Tivst av, and is a member of the|the thought of the victim's hero-|W. Glasier, running on time, en-| © OW ee ae the os Ay magarelty 1 © - wow an a soccer football team. | iam jtered the block at the other j atemed | oes Se the Mace where the veseg The care | met with a fri aly ALFRED REEKS. “ stru 6 miles from the 0 | le wae ae Motorman McKay wa |The Athlete Badly Hurt in the sils ana |? vuirape any way to blame the fact Collision F le to| Speaking of the effect of the pos jnever be known, for he lies in aaa e loss of the vessel on the |dying condition at the fort jwho was one of the officials ft " Pacific business of the com The inbound car was crowded |to arrive upon the f the shed t Mr. Js na eg Assengers rety a] wreck, was averse to ng a f the “While I erely hope that the fort and a number of | statement, but vent he opinion officiais | Dakota will not be a total loss forced to stand on the |that a misinte als e to make| still ft would not affect us in our | 1 end of the car, were badly in-| Was the probable cau the business a en ‘ie 5 ein URGES on Gadd iebiane F ; wreck. “I have harged with attempting @ crim-{band of hie intended yietim, but vestigated the case | {nal assault upon the wife of a well! knocked the Jatter down. Police Mahatinan Had Grit. ‘Kemant bot attrit } known citizen of Georgetown, Julius|man Jones the gave chase to the Motorman Glazier was almost/ig @ misunderstan m1 | Nelson was lodged in the city jail/man and finally fired three shots| alone on bi ar, and although h to the signals i here yesterday and will be sent to|after him. Nelson stopped, but put : stuck to his post he miraculously old hands, McKa j the cousiy leckap | eo sore tehe had ona not ae we nut | CLAIMS FOR $43,000 SUBMITTED Tone, as ample time has elapsed 18) escaped injury other thaa sph gles y ae | Die, Dakot ytain | were H. A. Schoenfeld Nelson waa attacked by the hus} until beaten Into insensitil BY MINERS TO MASTER IN ee eed. and thirty-nine | Sight cuts and scratehe company's \ Prancke on tt a\M Schoenfe Mra CHANCERY THOMPBON—LAST oinimns have been filed. Nume n an | Sorseant King, who was ret The faulty em i Beattie t Gardner Mr. and Mra. J. R. Thomp-| GEARS FOR VICTING TOlother communications have with his family to the fort inv th rio | TT with 9 eenke ia Tr - I forelen andl GET RETURNS FROM UNITED ed, some im} stating, | tne on ere several fore » and in hat is co nz to e i n ne | Valuan at $445,984 ted ottieeté ‘aheaed ao sTaTes. me what te coms me Se was slightly in-| when t 6 not be ut on file w J i the Beattie passengers | ing to “ifferent posts in the Orient. | ed to tel others on the car cene - WH! H. Thompson, spec master je r burse miners for their losses from neRrogat warni is g —- 1 at arnt tormen ] SA E the Waltod Staten asaay office tn a aay Re he ere roaching cars, is a faulty one. | ajgaster i | ‘ ‘ en © Rae id that at times the ligt he Pedviations of George Edward! of claims the exact value of whict argin | ns the value of which Apa ‘of the tine on . t Ralph A. gc - were wag anda a Adams, n ving tix mn the|has not yet stermined:. Thal A me er : € y Those of taken to the #4 Purnity:. stopping at the tow f Bugi Jatate penitenti nt McNeil’s I ieent clals amounts to $8,749 | While at the other end an apparen hal at cw Emily fe receive John (, Slater recet + «| land, has not ail. thor ho| and is made throu Fairbanks |! ar signal is display ke I » M. MeKay, | . : from the A ATTENTION OF BOARD OF; The board Is asked, after study-| have Med cintms and not y ® | Banking compan epresented by | 2 284 fo Dp “ Helga Hanson, Behoens y tat tt " uced thet vider the collision al are? ithe Dai, 7 a stating at M M | WORKS CALLED TO BILL} ine the bili, to Indicate any obje duce heir ¢ ence Attorney Behn F. Murphy | ft ts also stated that t Batley ote 5 hompe ar M t tons may have to {ts passage ee nion alle Mater, 1. ‘ wh WHICH WOULD REQUIRE sep.) [17n a, h “ é a pasnag : bound car running on sched was | Che Newton | 4 s . an , rhe legisiature ts to adjow lar been ing, wi be ‘ t “4 Mey, Dakota, are saf | ARATE CONTRACTS FOR AS-| fou dats and pe cllew oy i = he e pon ope bygee: bone 97 jentitied to the right of way rt on and tae ge : ? PHALT FROM OTHER PAVING. | oasary if the bill te to t A wire to si isi McKay Took a Chance ! nd ° If thie bill ia be ged i apo in| thi « t ary ©. B McKay, being late himself Tea eee eee eee eee 2 LL KNO W N tgp ledl & be HF h and venture on the block * BALLINGER IN OFFICE. * bill introduced logia-| Under tt, for improvements \ this he probabil te Telegraph Service.) jat-| lature by 1 pe-| quiring pat. -Siajimalt, - Coneaiian att Hig gg the |% (Serippe Telegraph Service.) . 2 eure full and r nthe! other than the two asphalt compm had I ¢ i ailed to Nn a * ‘ies Hoherts, | letting of street tracts in this| nies can get im and bid for tke vt | I na va allowed outbound cat - 1 ‘Willem A. Richarés @ . state where more than one kind|nonasphalt work, something “that! lmument to show that it w the block > Ste * Armend, | of paving aterial is to be used in| they have heretafore been unable to} The governinent purg food labor-|entitied to the laboratory than t#| Superintendent A. L. Ker * lic lands today * nior Oft the wo {do | atory, for which Seattle and Port-* Beattlo. lof the Seattle Electric hk eWkERE te ores -