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0 Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News Kiana Copper King Tries to Purchase Bank Al- y Established and Failing in This Determines) Establish One-—-Location Secured at First! Madison. PS. hg 1 and conducted by tut Heinze, i Seattle is to Siamous copper king, F ‘ ugu and his asso- the latter finan 3 s have progressed so far, that two of the strongest pin the city | " eéming from Heinze course the into the been qu Tonger. White and H W al operators are Met 1. Wilsén, ave been directly approached with offers directors of these banks have necessarily of te too many men in the secret to keep Oo seeret the Heinze proposals, and Arrival of M. M. Joyce. of the wise ones about town first noticed some ago the unobtrusive arrival in town of M. M, Joyce, attorney for Heinze, who quietly established him- 4 Rainier-Grand, and seemed t« St something. But he made no confidants, ifhen certain bank directors heard that an offer had ’ by parties representing Heinze to buy a bank meme of the agent or agents in these negotiations was i the background Determined to Break In. was finally stated that Heinze had declared that, in was unsuccessful in buying one of the banks, that without further delay, start a new bank, to be im the bui now M . be extremely busy Iding at First av. and Madison st., Cahen-Drew company, successors to building is owned by associates of Mr. Heinze ly F. Augustus Heinze became president of the Trust company of New York City The fact Row coming to Seattle to engage in banking op. i indicates that his many millions, made in Montana pes, are to be directed largely into banking and it channels. Declines to Talk. FAs attempt was made by The Star today to secure a ment from Attorney Joyce concerning the new Seattle Dut he declined positively to say anything for publi- S However, The Star knows whereof it speaks and this ¢ announcement that the copper king is coming to to engage in banking may be regarded as positive IORMY SCENES AT _ OPENING OF DOUMA trance. They greeted the favorites Telegraph Service.) PETERSBURG, March 5— with wild enthusiasm. pene ‘ s Troops attempted to ride down somes attended the open: 1. crowd and scores were injured fie second douma this morn) rae Dowma was formerly opened | ° Miticates that the body/at noon and Golvin was chosen} Reve & stormy future. president. ; fberred the public from the} ‘The caar's proclamation calling *; } for the meeting of the Douma was of workingmen 4. It was cheered by 100, while| be the deputies’ en-! about 396 sat tn sullen silence A. MOORE WILL CARRY| “! have HIS ORIGINAL PLAN ym Banrisin ag Mage ad or “ al, but I am! dodge Greene, or 0 ther of at As I told the rf of the Chamber of re © I am ready te legielatore | digging of f. i Bt to conflict with ‘ If they « the bonds teen ME Of the wuprerne rt. I stand | ined, I will anal, even if I at dig the canal. as I have jose considerable ey on it THE SEATTLE STAR Ministerial Association Would Make Mayor the Next Governor—-Sunday Closing Has Endeared Him to Home Loving People of Seattle. The the, fthiet Hick M gubernatorial candidate trreapec ae in ore & piration of the Governor Mead. ere of the WEATHER FORECAST—Fair and Warmer Tonight) Wednesday Showe | Moderate East Winds. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1907. IFINZE. AND ASSOCIATES F. AUGUSTUS HEINZE. Montana Copper King Who Wil! Establish a Bank in Seattle, SU ity of Heat { thetr party Mayor Wiliam od material for a the ex term at oft ular weekly meeting of the Mintetertal association held yes the miniatere not only pase commending the mayor for his efficent adminiatra At the re terday 4 resolutions thes selves to aupport seck re-election. but informally pledged them him, should he and suggested als that they would be pleased to lend him their support should he become a candiiate for In reply to the re ond term as mayor, Judge Moore | eaid j “It te too early to make nomina tions, or to aecept theth, We must walt a little while.” ‘If you will not accept the mayor- alty, then why not become « candi date for governor?” the ministers wuggested Tt te toe * replied the anyor, “t dates for gov (ORE READY TO | 4 n However vernon rence to a see » curly to accept if 1 were governor of this state, some prose uting attorneys and sheriffs whe ‘, have been resting wpen thelr oars would gi wusy might quickly tlen of civt affairn 6 - Japproval of members of ait politica _— ——_—_—_ ——_——| part made ¢ by the hu . TURE WILL LEGAL-| wen right along.” said Jamon A | . titers that come to the ME THE $500,000 BOND |s8UE,| this m | - D.ID--=—VIMt tee eee eee eee * + * BANK CLEARINGS. 7 * * #* March 5, 1907 $1,613,290.80 & *# March 5, 1906 1,59 # Increase over same * year ' )* eee eee THE SHADOW OF THE LID ue | at-| GGEST MOORE FOR SUCCESSOR TO MEAD office of the chief executive, each A very large number of met clare that they newer in thete od other than the regmbtiean tleket, have pledged to the mayor thelr support, should he berotie » atidate for re-election With these jette comes scores from women, bringing expresso of gratitude for the mayor's actlons losing the ssieons ob Sunday, nan writes “ the firet time in years, i soome tome, J had my husband home wit me idet Pandey. Me tas recovered from his angnr beeayes of the closing of the exloons, and Tae told me that he wil never spend his | Sundays in saleone any more, even f at some future time they reopen on Sunday. My husband hae not been « bard drinking man, but he week whe hae always spent his Sundays plays ing cards In a First natoon annet tell you how total I at to you for the happin you have brought to me and my children. There are other letters of the same character ¢ from moth- lers whose sone have wandered away jon Sundays, and not « few have | yine from sons and daughters of Rome c [men who have allowed the attrac- ma of the to lune them sway from the home | Whatever may be the effect of the fight being w against Mayor | Moore by the whisky combine in the ity there seems to ben td in whieh mon of Seattle ounctl. the high re * held in the by BAGK FREIGHT. “15 POURING IN | Freight is coming in to the Pacific and Great North pots so fast that, «unless ris are pat forth by the merchants at this end, another con gestion is Hable to oceur at this Jend of the lines. Teaming tracks in front of the freight depote are crowded all day with heavy drays and express wagons endeavoring to get the freight out of the depots One hundred ¢ « day of mostly | west-bound surplus freight were be Jing moved by the Great Northern line ) pr cy is made yet as to w m the eastbound @ will be lifted, but the time {fs not thought to be far off. OVERWORK MAY KILL POSTAL CLERK worked fror Ing | 1M MINNESOTA lw I Khe a: und drowned 1 | rm |A. Y. P. E. PROSPECTS, LINER DAKOTA IS A DOOMED CRAFT SEAS ARE GRADUALLY POUND: | The local officials of the Great Northern Steamship company stat: | ING BIG BOAT TO. PIECEO—| oi this morning that.o word had ed th pening that ord had RFFORTS TO RELEASE BOAT | 1.01 received relative to the wreck FUTILE — ESTIMATED LOSS) of the Dakota, with the exception| WILL BE $3,000,000, | of the first report The local officials are anxiously | awaiting the arrival of some infor | mation regarding the wreck, but | believe that the eraft is still on the rocks, or otherwise they would have | received a dispatch to the effect) that she had sunk Nothing definite relative to the] plans of the company will be made | public until all hope of saving the steamer i# abandoned,” said one of gem | the officials this morning. “If the) Daring the night three warehips,| boat sinks the company will prob. a torpedo boat destroyer and two of | ably call for bide for the building the salvage steamers sent from here | of @ boat simflar to the Dakota.” atood by to ive all possible ald | Although the officials refuse to Powerful searchlighta were kept! discuss the subject, it te believed (Beripps Telegraph Gervice.) TOKIO, March 6.—The steam |ehip Dakota iw practically doomed All efforta to release the big boat | have proven futile, Tremendous | seas are sweeping over the craft,/ and she ts rapidly being pounded to pieces on the rocks at Cape Bu trimmed on the mammoth wreck! that the Great Northera Steamship during the night, and those who) company will charter one of the paced the decks of the watching | steamers of the Nippon Yusen Voamols fied what seemed to be| Kaisha line should the Dakota the inevitable destruction of the | prove a loss. Mi) Maer Betting on the arrival of the Dakota at Yokohara is standing at ‘he estimated loss, if unsaved, | 40 per cent in marine cireles today will ber $3,006,000. ' SEER Bo SR ILEVELAND, O.. March 6.-—-{ Biisabeth Gordun Hanna filed sult for divorcee today from Da Hanna, son of the late senator. Bhe accuses her husband of abandon iment, neglect and crueity | TO COST MORE The city postal authorities have recelved instructions which for an increase in bom rent of epproxt mately @ per « eal affect the main offices, the Ce | Bia, Green Lake, Fremont, Univer wity ffiees, and stations O, K, I ~ . - = land M i | ‘The new regulations places the to the an t of bustness The new seale will Increase the recelpte of the Seattle office by wbout $5,000 TROOPS SENT TO GUARD JUDGE (Bort Te oh Bervice. JACKSON or Maren é Rase | Gen Lawrence arrived today in command of a detachment of troops | sent here for the purpose of guard | ing Jadge Carnes, who came to try {the case against exJudge Hargis |for complicity in the murder of | Dr. Cox The troops are remaining around the court house to protect the off cials The citizens indignantly declare that this Is onnecessary. MANY DEATHS IN FEBRUARY. One hundred» sixty-seven deaths have been prded at the health office for the month of Feb jruary, and a few more jHable to be han fed in for tion, making the proba! lover 170. This Is the largest oum } be corded for one month tn the j history of the city, The correspond }ing period last year showed 112 emiatra: total MAG. LIZZIE KEEFE, Mrs. Ulexie Keefe, Who Went Shop: ping and Disappeared, ABE RUEF HAS FLED CANNOT BE FOUND —— . WHEN COURT CONVENES THIS Heney announced that Ruef could AFTERNOON PROSECUTOR | Hot be found and that he is a fuxi WENEY ANNOUNCED reur |”? Om Justice WAS-A FUGITIVE FROM JUS-| SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 rice, I e the granting of ea ae ern to Abe Ruef by ; bard late yesterday (Setipps Telegraph Service.) Judge Dunne this morning SAN FRANCISCO, March the trial of Ruef to proc an When Judge Dunne's court recon. | indictment charging him with ex vened-at # o'clock this afternoon to| tortion until the state suprem: begin the trial of Abe R on a/court or court of appeals inter charge of extortion, prosecutor) venes =e BABY BURNED TO DEATH IN CARRIAGE The three months old baby boy, around it caught fire, as the result ot J. B Low burned to death|of other children ound it light in a baby carriage this morning. | ing matches The child was sitting helpless in| Dr. Bronson of Renton was « 1 the carfinge, when the clothing| but he could do nothing [SALVATION ARMY CAN (Seripes Telearaph Service.) mw YORK, M ' ‘ . r ed tod "u ! y | kable « « ‘TELEGRAPH OPERATORS, QUIT ASSO. PRESS oe eee 2 Y * * IPIA, M * . * x * ” * + * * * 0. ee ee ee * | astounding story TAKE TAINTED MONEY PAY ONLY CENT ONE DEMAND YOUR CHANGE VOL. 9. NO. 7. 25 CENTS PER MONTH. a SIGNALS WERE SWITCHED | TO OPEN SEATTLE BANK AFTER WRECK WAS OVER Astounding ‘Story by Edward Clifford of the Real Estate Firm of A. B. Newell & Co. Reflects Ser- jously Upon Motorman Glaser and Absolves Motorman McKay From All Blame. Edward Clifford, of the real es )the lights for the switches. If this tate firm of A. B. Newell @ Co.,| ¥## the ¢, and the soldiers said i they believed ft was, the motorman with offices at 12 arte . oe at 120 Marion *.! had jeft his car to turn the lights made the remarkable statement tolin order to throw the blame for The Star this morning that after|the wreck on Motorman McKay. In the Fort Lawton collision last Sun-|Other words, the soldiers’ impres- “ sion was that Glaser had tried to ote jlase: day he saw Motorman Glaser, | sion: switeh on McKay. I did the outbound car, returning from| pot » the military station, where Clifford | lights. was told the motorman had gone Was Covered With Mud. after the accident and had changed It was less than ten minutes the signal lights so as to absolve| after the crash when I met Motor- h ones “yt ‘s man Glaser, and be must have run bimeeit from all blame for the acct ee eee. ie to have been able |to have reached ther i yet meet Mr Mis} me where he did. My wife and I were among the first people out of the car, and we left the scene of the wreck immediately. Motorman Glaser was covered with mud when I met him, and look- ed as if he bad jumped off and d struck on his side. I do not see how he could have disentangled [himself from the wreck and have had time to reach Fort Lawton ahead of us and meet us returning. it was 5:30 when the accident happened, and not around 6, as has been given out by the company. I on the Wanderer team, had both of | jooked at my watch just as I left his legs amputated at the Fort Law-|the car. It was therefore two hours ton hospital today, His condition| before the first relief train arrived. is precarious. Newton L. Thomas, “As | understand the road, and I Jr; Helga A. Hansen and Charles/am familiar with it, there no J. MecOwen are all hovering be-| switch between the place where the tween life and death. aceident happened and the end of A» investigation is being made of|the line. Bo if McKay had waited the wreck by Superintendent of! there would have been two cars at Transportation Kempster, of the) the end of the line. Beattie Electric company MeKay Pulled Lights. Coronet Carroll will see Prose| i wag Glaser, therefore, in my cuting Attorngy Mackintosh this! ’ evening and decide upon a date for| Mision. who would Reve Bad te the inquest | walt for the other car, for others Mr. Clifford's statement, which | ¥!8*. the two cars could not have he declared he ts willing to repeat |P TT. ot see Motorman McKay pt oe Bg eperg ne | pas see — bye voto noes my: . | self, but | heard several people say aT Bey and I were on the in jthat they saw him pull them.” | Superintendent Kempster, of the Met Giaser. [Seattle Electric company, stated “My wife was seated and I was|this morning that he was making standing in the aisle. We woere|« thorough investigation of the mat- among the first to get out of the/ter, but that such evidence as he car after the collision, and in order|had been able to secure was con- to avoid having my wife see the) flicting. and that so far be had been people who had been burt, I walked | absolutely unable to fix the blame her up the track towards the fort/for the disaster. station. About 200 yards from the) “I have found out, however, that cara, I jud 1 et ser coming | the Nght system was in perfect or back from ation and going to| der. The blame either rests on em- his car. I asked him ff he was, ployes of the company or outsiders. hort, and he hung his bead and! It is more than possible that boys mumbied a few words which I|or other parties pulled the ropes could not catch. | managing the lights. We have rea “Being curious as to what he was|boys do this before. However, doing at the fort station, I asked | am not willing to venture any optn- ® soldier and another man whojion whatsoever as to who was te were standing there, and they told/ blame. I will get at the bottom of me that he had fixed or changed|the thing, however.” MCLOUD TELLS HIS. TALE TO THE JURY KILLING} wife told me a few days before I pore ghee |had the last trouble with Eimer, PETER EIMER CLAIMS LABOR) 1 Timer and other union men TROUBLES LED VICTIM TO) wore javing for me and would do ASGAULT HIM--CASE NEARS! me up on the first occasion they ITS FINISH. got. A day or two later, while bend- the motorman change the Clifford — supplemented with other facts which, if true, completely clear Mc Kay, the motorman of the inbound | car, from all blame, and prove that the latter was omy doing his duty) when he went in upon the track where the two street cars met. MoKay Dead. MeKay died at & o'clock last night at the military hospital, and there are at least four other vic time of the frightful accident who may succumb to thetr injuries. Alfred Recks, the football player t jing down to tle my shoe. I was ° tone in| Struck by a big piece of wood. I The testimony for the defense 18} 11104 up, thinking it bad accident- McCloud, the case of Kinney nOW |iy fallen, but I saw Eimer running on trial for manslaughter, for th¢/ away. I asked why he was not {ling of Peter Eimer in the brew-| more ¢ areful, and he replied, ‘Why ery at Georgetown in January was) in don’t you keep out of the ncluded this morning and the/| way, you have got no business here ase will probably go to the jury to-/any way.” jay. McCloud claims he acted in On January 6, when I was put- ‘elf defense, alleging that Blmer|ting together a tank, Eimer came stacked him because he was non-|up and called me a foul name a union employ number of times, and put his hand The first witness examined to-jin his hip pocket as though he jay was Minnie McCloud Mrs. | wanted to draw something out of {t McCloud testified that three or four| with which to strike me. Believing va before the death of Eimer, she|1 was going to be struck, I lifted a iad been rmed by Mre. Ward,|jack handle and struck Eimer. T a neighbor, that a number of men, | didn’t know the fatal result of my ong them, Eimer, were blow at the time for ber husband and would The state's evidence, bearing on sp the first opportunity. She told mple facts surrounding the this to her husband low, was given yesterday The defendant, Kinney McCloud Prosecuting Attorney Vande was then called as a witness in his s trying the for the state, own behalf nd P. V. Davis and J. H. Denning 1 knew Eimer through having | for McCloud. The trial is in Judge com him around there, and my | Morris’ court POLICE CAPTURE HIGHWAYMAN _ POISON MAY HAVE is,0"°2 CAUSED HIS DEATH «i: oe

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