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

THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER—SHOWERS TONIGHT AND THURSGAY, LIGHT SOUTH WINDS, ” SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH a7, 1907. INACY COMMISSION BEGINS WORK TODAY id Gives te Advice Ev- Signs Weeping. Bervice.) March . cormmiseton Stee ns porn davited Into Justice jury, od in tage! The im gommMirsioners prt tnatractions before court. 7 the opening of wnt! Monday Semmission has not De excused rain. le Next Move? of the confer- Fitagerali adjourned 11:30 Monday, He yetired to bie cham- the commissioners announcement was Hae to the intentions mion's next move, he had no kee ae Phaw have notified Attorney Hartridge Thaw before the Affected. present when th ra was taken back hes the jury re-| Mother and sister in the court} with the tno 0m Z ws signs of much WIL BE of Seattle and are planning for the @ the birthday of ft Aprit 13, by an Meet Jefferson dinner and brats of the state wo } Bootie. formerty a conduct- Electric company, erday for the sec- twe weeks by Dep- non, Oh a Warrant charging Davis the life of M. Greet car employe. ee dismissed from chimes that Hinds ta 1i2 Bell st, was hospital yes. severe burns. a meal over he was taken onto the stove, @ that the burning the room. Neigh the Lizzie Colby company has Joho H. Haugan. 6 Russia. The! @townd the Horn } time bust | is Waters ergo | #ed wil! und ARR HOW BATTLE OF THE LAW BEEN WA Points for Hasie for “unwrittes law” TWo experts awear Evelyn Pxper ewear ‘Thaw killed Thaw's “orany” will and © Thaw's statement to expert providence. TN Honal after kitty Evidence that White threat 1908, 4 saw White lyn’s refusal to marry him. Impeachment of Hummel a Proof of killing by Thaw. Bix experts swear that Th White and knew act was wrong. Statement of James C. Snat just before shooting and appe Muramel's testimony of Ev with eruetty and denying White Presenting Pret. Witthaus, drug acts as Evelyn says she w Presenting Dr. Cariton Flin Evelyn and Jack Barrymore o medical advice Seven witnesses who swore after the killing. Jerome secures admission of in which Evelyn makes serious Onerates White, Appointment of lunacy com SEES EET EEE RRR ERR ee SRR Ree eee ‘OLD EAST SEATTLE CONTEST REVIVED A number of Mercer Istand an dents appeared before the county | comuMastoners yesterday to protest | againet the vacating of Lake av, at| Bast Seattle. A petition bas been) aeked that the street be vacated to make the abutting property water frontage, closing the water front street to traffic. ANTI’S WILL MEET TONIGHT Those of Rellard who are opposed to annexation to Seattle will meet tonight im Junetion hall in “thst ony: . Evelyn's story of betrayal by White, imony of several witnesses that Thaw appeared trra- Witnesses testify that Thaw was Mra, William Thaw’s story of change In Thaw after Bye- Points for the Prosecution, er rer rrr rrr VERS HAS GED IN THE THAW TRIAL, the Defense. ofense, story drove Thaw inaane, White during “Drain storm,” odict admitted. * that White's killing was act of ened to kilt Thaw December 4, “always wild” when he * unworthy of belief. aw Was sane when he killed th that Thaw talked rationally ared to be looking for White, clyn’s affidavit charging Thaw “ever touched her.” who was ready to swear that no as drugged. t, who was ready to testify that alied on him in 1901 of 1908 for that Thaw appeared rational Hummel affidavit as evidence charges against Thaw and ex- mission, Steet eeeeeene LOSES MONEY. Thos, M. Roberts, of Weter & Roberts, Lowman building, reports! the theft of $25 and a gold wateh from his room — 116 Washington ot. — ( (SOE SCRE EES FHSS SEEEE SEE EEEE EERE SE EEE SS EERE ES FOR QUEEN'OF “400 CIAL SET, (Seattle Star's Exslusive Service.) NEW YORK, March &7.—New! York's alleged “400° has practical: | ly decided upon a successor to the scepter of Mra. Wm. Astor a lead | ler of the smart set, The lcky| York matron will be Mrs. Cornelias Van / derbilt jr, Mra. Astor's health is! I her foetal duties. MAY SELL OLD LINE TO ELECTRIC CO. GIRL 18 INGANE, The commission ” appointed by Judge Albertson to inquire Into the sanity of Martha Fisher, a iT-year old girl, bas fled its report that the art bad insane NO FURTHER RAISE TO ENGINEERS Ce STEAMBOAT OWNERS DEF.) NITELY REFUS) FURTHER CONCESSIONS ANDO) SITUATION 18 NOW CRITICAL. The Paget Sound Steamboat Own- ers’ association met thia afternoun | ind definitely refused to make a) further concession to the Marine| Engineers’ Beneficial association. | This makes the situation be tween the two organizations more erttical than at any time since the| inception of the wage controversy, | TO MAKE/| 82d the only hope sow of averting | »,. the threatened Sound tieup te complete back down of either one or the other organizations. The Engineers’ association has apnounced that unless the asked for raise is granted by April 1, a gen jeral strike will be ordered. The owners have already offered the engineers # raise which they believe ought to satlafy them. The meeting today was called at 11 o'clock in the office of Charles ® Peabody. A CLOSED TOWN (Scripps Telegraph Service.) LOS ANGEL Cal, Mareh 97 The police made the biewest raid) f of disorderly women tn the history of Low Angeles inst night very known immoral the elty was raided. In the neighborhood of 400 wom-/} resort in | termined by the police |for the present time at least that) jatl. Tt te de ommineion on were lodged Loe Angeles ix going to be « closed town. The disorderly houses will be cloned and there will be no prize fighting Saloon license will be str forced. ctly on YOR MOORE AWAITS ORD FROM BUILDERS Ce Trades Aeocnbty Expresses Willingness tol” BEREDSEEEES RENEE BANK CLEARINGS. Controversy to the City’s Executive But|* S sionals Si 1007 OLELLASIAS Remain Silent— eee ta buliding circies is; SOR Mayor Moore in ' Be Will find a way ou iy between the Ma MGeclation and the oe Trades Sisembiy Weber fs anxious to Will insure the tion of for two oF thre and Welcome 1h. Prevent difficntt- the “intervention both in Buliders that A860 & com him. That | conditic Dressing city portunity to yg We the labor sit: POntractor tyr, | | coner 4 work or Méition thin mornts ee, supplies 1 me Work on the howeve: wa me it Of the that they cr eB to wor A te vioiat Situation Becom 4 suggestion of arbitration sub tted by the Master Butiders’ as sociation was turned down by the business agents of the unions on the that they had al ly con all which they can and remain in good] tanding with the national unions. | The remaining points are those | which ha been conceded to the ions in the past and have become points ede stilt recognized union practice Can Go No Farther business agents state that wage scale and the question of agreement for two or three readily adjusted, but go farther in a settle position which would to the national! The the ears can be they cannot ent than a acceptable intons. In the delay of settlement Hes the danger of further trouble as both sides are restive under pres ent conditions. The Master Build ers state that they desire settled ne for the next two years tablished wage scale. The unions respond that they are also anxious for a two or thr year| agreement based on the present scale, including the $3 scale for) mix They have con veral points asked by the look for cone with an The ansumed Molhorn govern-| buildings | practically cot 1 butld-| wo ft thes fre tion Ares and sing two n First av suspende t unlikely th nome pre | witis means these * March 27, 1906 1,168,819.11 : 4 In crease over same & date last year. .§ *. Paha esdWeddensssl 342,298.30 MENINGITIS 15 ABATING But two deaths from spinal men ingitis during the last 24 hours in dicate that the crisis of contagion has been passed in Seattle. A few days more, expecially if they are} bright days, will probably end the} epidemic altogether The disease in Feattle ing the of is follow | course of all spinal menin idemics, It appears sudden ly, increases to a climax and runs its cou disappearing as sudden ly as it broke out Stuart Hauck night of the his parents, arrangements pleted mer Day, t Providence iliness Forty third NEW LAWS FOR CODE » died home Funeral been com. nged 21, disease at the 161 Aloha at have not university student hispital after His home was at count! A a by yart of the ee mong will be the new building it an¢ laws. Tn. R. Crawford Says Rather Than Accept Franc YOUNG MRS. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, CEEO MRS. ASTOR AS LEADER OF A | gowns. WHO MAY 8UC 'S HIGHEST 60- Mrs. Vanderbilt is famed for artaaa has beauty, wealth ad & seer t: wearing becoming Boolety asks for nothing more. ‘Those, om the fringe of the Now ‘ork sonal whirl are hoping Mr. Yanderpit will be the new queen, se whe ie liberal in her views and in the Froedall | compelling her to give ap most oft} does wet wish to bar all who lack i“biue Blood in their veins.” ON h-) ise Offered by City He Will Sell Road---Stone& Webster are Ready to Buy It, Several things iil hare to be istricken from the proposed city | franchise of the old Renton electric | line before it te acceptable to W. R. Crawford, preaident of the line. Unless the changes are made, Mr. Crawford threatens tw reject the franchise and sell owt the street! car property, Rumors are rife of negotiations between Mr Crawford and the Seattle Electric company for the absorption of the Renton Mt by the Stone & Webster cor-/ | poration | Better to Seii Out. Mr. Crawford intimated tn a con | renee at the city hall this morn- jing that anless the proposed fran chise is made more to bis liking be/ | will do better to sel) out. The Se attle Electric Co, has for yeate tried | jto buy the old It A conference was by this morn- | com ing over the new franchise bet ween | Mayor Moore and City Engineer | DOCKS SALARI — Thotembn, representing the city and Mr. Grewford and a delegation of Ralaier valley citizens Me ford made his exceptions to the franchise plain. Ho wants $H6 following changes. “Crewtord’s Objections. The cetmwon user clause beyond Dearborn st. stricken out Elifnatier of the clause requir. fog the grading of the 18 feet in the center of Fourth ay Ong year tostead of six months |for the rebuilding of the line down the Raloier valley A clause inserted for the opera tion of ga express service for pase- _engers at a straight five cent fare The reduction of the bond re quired from $30,000 to $16,000, the sarge 4% Was given in the blanket franchiag of the Seattle Blectric ‘ hove pointe are looked on are by the any saaaeee, ES OF SUNSET GIRLS SUNSET TELEPHONE co. cuTs! SLICE OFF EMPLOYES' PAY BECAUGE FEBRUARY WAS A) BHORT MONTH—GIRLS ARE! ERY INDIGNANT. } ‘The 86 girls working for the Sun-| set 7 company have been | docked on their February pay be- | cause the month happened to be a short one. No explanations were/ given by the company Bach girl, when she received her check, found it short several dol lara of her monthly salary. A few} before cashing the paper asked for] an explanation, and were told that | the month was shy veveral working | | aye. A j Very Short Month, Counting out the two legal holt ldays and the four Sundays, the j month was an unusually short one, »hon | but wark by the | don't Know any mm | more with some girls eo The girls are paid twice a month, month : Pobruary pay day came on the of thie month and the paying of the girlie was completed on the 23rd There f® no tnion among the telephone Operators and all are disinclined to discuss the matter for fear of possible consequences from their employer. Girle Are tndignant. “We were simply told that it was a shoré month,” sald one girl. “I about it than amounts to than with others, becatise of a difference to the aqount of their pay, | guess I do not Know whether they charge it to holidays or Sunday, or both The amount saved to the com pany ie several hundred dollars The giris each lost enough to sert ony, Eednveatence them that. The reduction : CHAMBER THANKS KING | this] The Chamber of Commerce resolution of thanks for the work of the King county delegation in the legisla and ordered that a copy be} of the dele} jafternoon passed a ture, sent to each member gation The resolution was as follows the members from | in the Legisiature of | the State of Washington, of the soanton of 1907, gave due considera: | tion to all matters of legisiation | | King county started to rane, workmen Me 7 the | the fat av, and Seneca |b @leared and th market Horton rday old homestead ot Third site in to Dexter corner The property northeast t the Mr | bullt the hor at the ther | J COUNTY MEMBERS brought to their attention by this Chamber aad Whereas, aid members were ac tivo an@signdilly successful in tying ta effect the expr wishes #pan the various subjects in regard te whch action was taken by thie hpmber, Therefore,” be it resolved that we exptes# Our appreciation and extend te pach of the members of | both th® Senate and the House, a vote of ‘thdnk®, and that a copy of thie rémoiption be furnished to euch.” se el prt eager e a PROGRESS SPELLS DOOM FOR OLD MANSIONS Reeves corn are matdered worth $404,000, The former will not be sold for leas than th cure Directly to the Mackintosh home ently be by the company all north which Ronne among thé ume re CARS IN COLLIS! m between Jueen Ar at ng tied for was injured last ever ay. car ioe No one hour | Ma VOL. 9 ON PAY ONLY & CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE NO. 26. 25 CENTS PER MONTH, JESSE HALL AND MYRA _ DON'T SPEAK IN COURT DESERTS HUSBAND Lawrence Sterkell asks the Hee to locate his wife, Anr kell who left her home tn T on March 11, The woman had two children, one 4 years old, and the other an infant only 7 months 7 of age. +) NORTHWESTERN STILL ASHORE (Star “Specie! " Serviee.) VALDEZ, Alaska, March The steamer Northwestern, of the Northwestern Steamship company, te in the same position and condi- tion a4 she was when she struck on Latouche island nearly a week ago. This report was brought here yesterday afternoon by members of at Theres Who Eloped Less Than Twelve Months Ago Shun Each Other at Constantine Trial—Jury Completed This Afternoon. ee ee el THE Constantine jury was Andrew T 8 Gee ferry, J. Ira Swank, age H. A. Horton, age 40 J. P. P. Jones, age 36, Gottileh Green, age 63 J. W. Doyle, age 61, G Blac 114 W Haag, age 56 Thomas, age 24, Moore, age 63, P, Smith, age P mere 1228 Steet eeeeeeeeee eee Green 1zth av 20 Pike wt; a carpenter getown A. G. Young, age 23, Weat Beattie; we tt It JURY, ympleted thig afternoon. The k Diamond; « miner ard st Lake; a machinist &; employe West Seattle a cook hant patroiman. Bellevue av.; a carpenter. & saloonkeeper employe Balfour-Guthrie SSSSES SEES EE ES RES JiR. -_ peace eee eee eee ee ee ee ee ee After having accepted the jury in; the Constantine case this after Hall chats with friends, news | Paper men, and all that approach the crew who came here for fur |Boon, another talesman had to be | him, and his wife smiles at any one ther advices Nothing can be done until the Britiah wrecking steamer Salvor ar- rives, which should be by Friday, at the latest. There ts only water in the forward part of the steamer, and it ie believed that the forward end of the vessel can be raised, the jealled because of the startling ac tion of W. I. Haskell, who refused | to stand up and be sworn when the time case for the oath to be a ministered, Haskell declared that he had a) prejudice against serving on the) ease, but deapite his remonstrance | she knows, but never since the opening of the trial have these two looked at each other, and for all that can be gained by the onlooker, each is as oblivious of the presence jot ae other as if they had never Fisk Hall stated soon after he hole patehed and she can safely! nad been declared fit for service by |felt the pain of the bullets tn his Proceed to Beattie for repairs, being in readiness for the openitig of the Nome season INVESTIGATE EUREKA *="~~ WRECK both aides. Another juryman was called in the person of J. W. Chandler. If {he po ont ag satisfactory the trial wil! Young Jewse Hall, rosy cheeked | end seemingly fully recovered from the wounds inflicted by William) Constantine, has been sitting each | |bedy that he never wanted to see his wife again. He goes in and out of the court room, unheedingly. Others be notices and talks to, but never has he even cast a glance toward the onetime object of his affections. Jurors Prove Wary. This morning’s attempt to com The marine inepectors yesterday | day aince the opening of his father-| plete the Constantine Jury were fu- morning held an investigation to| determine if any of the Hoeensed of. ficers of the steamer Bureka were to blame for the accident of the! Bureka on one of her Voyages to San Francisco. The testimony of the captain and and officers as well as the crew! was taken. No report has yet been) mate | CANNING MATERIAL GOES UP Owtng ta the ralve in the prices of canning material tt will cowt the Puget Sound canners a round sum over that of last year to get their wares ready for market, Tin plate, | pig tin and lead have all risen in| Value, and it le estimated that the tnerease tm cost this year will be aboot §275,000. Last year the cost material wae 82.244.016 78. ‘This year, if the pack is equal to that of leat year, the cont will be| approximately §2.522.006 09 ARRESTS IN IDAHO TIMBER FRAUDS (Scripps Telegraph Service.) BOISE, Idaho, March 27.—John Wells, Pat Downs and LN. Pritch ard were arrested last night as ao result of the federal grand jury In vestigation into the alleged timber frauds, More arrests are expected Although wanted in San Francts-| 60 for passing worthless checks, B B. Mitchell, now serving in the city jail here for a like offense, may! never be tarned over to the south orn authorities because run jHingnens to stand the nse of taking him to San Francisco. Mitchell is also wanted Lake for a similar offense. in Salt} Heney After Official of Another Telephone Company. (Scripps Telegraph Service.) BAN FRANCISCO, March ~ Where the grand Nahtning will next strike jon agitat ing more th ) not only in this city but Oakland and Angeles. m jal and be show ording jury's an one 5 M busines up it tr TF) Los we standing will th 4 h} have a spot biot spattered to f bribe ount te oo the list lotments the Cowles f Oaklar expects the phe The any to give les if he has and day is | strand in the rox Burne are drawir about bribe The grand jury luntil 2 yok this Heney the the | ments against another | fetal and inst Detwe Heney following suncement that he will no! nth the He ould be ¢ Prosecutor ext completed evide to secure retur perhaps more an first ar Hivulge 4 jury which aft is n anything ur has acted refused aught way many Ww his Graft in Oakland. rand jury is on for graft at Oakland ec franchise grant to the Hom phone company id a still hunt} the Tele The neernin the terda exsion rand not ¢ | only ud by Samuel testimon | pen Telephone Ce also in a dicker with [for franchises. y given Ruef inlaw trial, every move game of selecting 4 jury wife, Myra Constantine Hall, etching intently | in the checker-like His girl | with daughter of the man who shot him | all but fatally, sits many rows of | seats in front of him, behind her father’s chair, with her step-mother, | are Daciano Judge Morris at one place commented on the fact that jury- men were evidently dodging ser- vice by stating that they had form- tile. fecent| whom he eloped a year ago, and the | ed opinions At noon only one peremptory challenge remained for the defense, The opening statement of the will be made by Assistant Prose- cuting Attorney Miller. ae ROADS SEEK TO ARBITRATE MANAGERS’ COMMITTEE HOPES TO SETTLE TRAINMEN’S DE- MANDS WITHOUT STRIKE AND Ti 5 Advices from St. Paul state that |& proposition Is now being urged | by the railroads’ managers’ commit tee to have the whole question of @ wage increase for trainmen on lines west of the Mississipp! sub mitted to a board of arbitration, consisting of a few members of the | managers’ committee and a few of the grievance committee of the trainmen, with possibly an outside member. | It is aafd that the trainmen will | stand firm for nothing less than ‘42 1-2 per cent {ncrease and a nine hour day. The managers have of- fered a 10 per cent increase, but | have refused the sine-bour day. Statements made by members of the Brotherhood of Railway Train men and the Switchmen’s unton in} Seattle this morning are to the ef fect that the general railroad strike now threatened would throw 1,000 trainmen In this city out of em-| | ployment This number of rien is employed here by the Great Northern and isauchamn hern Pacific railwi as en- gineers, firemen, brakemen, com- ductors and switchmen. SHOT AND KILLED (Seripps Telegraph Service.) MOSCOW, Russia, March 27.—An unknown youth today shot and killed Jollos, the editor of the Rush- ki Viedomosti, as the journalist was leaving his residence. The asaaseln escaped. Jotios was a member of the first Russtan parliament FOR NEw FIRE. The fire and water committee wilt this evening, ft ts beliewed, take some important preliminary steps towards another new fire boat for the water front. It is expected that a number of marine architecte will BOAT. | be before the committee and pro- plans for the construction of the craft. Expert Builiion of the Motan company, who was in charge of the drafting work for the bat- leship ka, Architect McAl- ater and a Portland man will offer committee suggestions and pro- boat the posals for the new ai ___|MORE “HIGHER UPS” ARE SLATED FOR INDICTMENT IN SAN FRANCISCO _ HOW THE BOODLE WAS DIVIDED Distributed to Supervisors by Ruef. Supervisors. Jas. L. Gallagher $500 A. M. Wilson T. F. Lonergan M. Mamiock M. W. Coffey J. J. Furey D. G. Coleman J. J. Phillips F. P. Nicholas ©. J. Harrigan S. Davis Geo. F. Duffey J. F. Kelley €. 1. Waish Chas. Buxton W. W. Sanderson P.M. McGushin L. A. Rea Totals $9,000 $12,750 $85,000 | Distributed by Agt. Halsey Pac. States Tel. Coin. 83238338: SPS D SSS g8888 $62,000 $50,000 THE TOTAL SACK, Paid by the United Railroads to A “overhead trolley” franchise Paid by Ruef to Supervisors thro James L. Gallagher Paid by Ruef to unknown agent braham Ruef for $500,000 ugh “Go-Between” 15,000 Amount left for Ruef and Schmitz Paid by Pacific Coast Telephone Co. by Theodore V. Halsey to Abraham Ruet 200,000 Paid by Halsey at Ruef’s suggestion to Supervisors direct Amount left for Ruef and Schmitz Paid by Home Telephone Co. to Abraham Ruef Paid by Ruef to Supervisors through “Go-Between” James L. Gallagher Amount left for Ruef and Schmitz Paid by the San Francisco Gas & E leotric Co. to Ruef for raising rate of gas from 75 cents to 85c cents per 1,000 feet Paid by Ruef to Supervisors thro James L. Gallagher Amount left for Ruef and Schmitz Paid by Fight Trust to Abraham R fight privileges Paid by Ruef to Supervisors thro James L. Gallagb=« Amount left for Ruet and Schmits Total bribe money in five instances Portion members of Board of Super Divided between Abraham Ruef ar E. Schmitz Abraham Ruef Mayor Schmitz ugh “Go-Between” uef for exclusive ugh “Go-Between” visors received... 308,750 ¢ Mayor Eugene 611,250 305,675 305,676