The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 28, 1907, Page 1

ACE OVERTURES OFF THE SEA’ WEATHER FORECAST—FAIR TONIGHT; LIGH STAR ROBT; FRIDAY FAIR; WARMER; WEST WINDS. + SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1907. TRIKE NOW CERTAIN s of Conductors’ and Trainmen’s Association 200 Members of Chicago Unions Hold Gor But Railroad Managers Decline to Dis- ‘the 12 Per Cent Increase After Way for tion Is Opened. TT TTT LEA eee eee ea) % WHAT IT MEANS TO SEATTLE, " strike of the gigantic proportions threatened saan the following things to Seattie: ga of 20 trains passing in and out of the * ep running. ange freight shipped inte the city daily would be Wl —— shipped daily through Seattle te Alaska es +" ¥ of men employed in handling freight, beth lecal would be thrown out of employment, employed by the railroads in this city would hauling railroad freight for @ living would find without anything te do. ood of 10 thips depending upen Seattle Areight, would find themseives without « cargo. te the merchants of the city, who have through the recent the-wp, would be propertions. ood of 5,000 people who pase daily through a wevid have to quit traveling, af “That in, all of the adove things will be true if the train- pean te up the roads as tightly as they think they can, euf- to PEPER ET RRR RRR DEMANDS OF THE MEN. of 12 per cent and a nine-hour day, OFFER OF THE RAILROADS. inerease of 8% per cent and a ten-hour day, WHAT WILL BE INVOLVED. Systems tnvolved, 43. of miles of trackage affected, 96,000, Bumber of employes, 614,000. . direetly involved, 50,000. Involved, 15,000. Involved, 15,000. fund of Trainmen, $375,000. fand of Conductors, $350,000, Stet eet eee FERRE ETEK OR ee eee eee ee ee ee ee ee eee et PRA RREEH AHR ee Telegraph Service.) Federation, sald all overtures In an March = 23.—Grand Sttempt a fg perer Benes the Ceaductors Garretson railroads’ a et of the Trainmen | ‘progress and he pour be in 200 commit teomen | unions met . this) for aa ei B the event negotia notified iF the conductors and trainmen fe that the latter ‘sodden the raflroads running west do conference only pro-| strike, the railroad managers will men's demands for! call tmto effect the Erdmann act fs to be the! passed in 188%, which provides for the conversation. the arbitration of Iabor difficulties, telterate their de-| where interstate commerce is tn- to consider this de-| volved. The arbitrators would be the chairman of the ype com ference adjourned. | merce ee wot the commis the national f failread the great strike avotsed the matter of the Me tf well refincted pie that the roads Rat to make any to the dinaf- of the situation the trainmen well sattafied Wager and are bected on fetion of their Righest rafiroad faid thie morn-| up of transportation lines ax is now Proposed, SAWYER CRUSHED. Chris Nelson, & mill sawyer, em- ployed in the Alien & Nelson mill at Monahan; was yesterday after noon crushed to death while work: th oor emptoy in|ing in the mill. A depaty coroner Ste glad they have| visited the geone and allowed the @ not want tol body to be femoved to Issaquah, | where interment will be made. fe cal the ‘The raltroads pre CARPENTER LOSES. At the ratiroad man Hugh Carpenter, serving two years Intend to yield « at McNell's Island for forgery, haw lost his petition for liberty under « writ of habeas corpus, the cirenft that such a gigan-|court of appeals reversing Judge 8 threatened would Bn} mean decision of last May Stiiest ty history. and| Carpenter's plea was based on @ Bean a coun -|technicality of the indictments against him DOLLARS Palifoad official ad- plete tie ANTED BY BUILDERS MiOrS anu buisung Unions Reach Sditteaeat| | Work is Resumed, the Unions Receiving Chief Conceding a Two-Year Agreement. ondition and the proper use of the aasoclation were subjects of heated The master builders n subjected to much pres from the owners of buildings on which work had been suspended, and the of a settlement \Mt the sift Butider Bit the Boiidine Mfeached last oie at a between «new Pike Master atic» ot tiseussle had necessity tous. Although some of the contractors in favor of holding out longer eponderance of sentiment vor of an iinmediate set and a new committee was inted to meet the representa tives of the Building Trades bly, who were invited to appoint a new committee and hold a confer | ence. ener Point for B strenucrisiy ‘ $2 minin ors. The rn the ostensit| the signin, nt, tha t as moct O04 Were the 1 wh! Gettied Quickly. Building Tra to appoint a new amit but the old committee respoud ed to the invitation, and the mat in dispute were taken up and After the contractors dd the for other point The ranembly were read ker, the settled 1 of the #« labor circles for Contractor Riinor poin + fhe ont rac ¥ ah not Were conc by the np tee folio x 0; ttlement was cur last mi all notified of nen possible being a of work th urpti suspended As the men on the k had become conaide h ning TROUBLED CONSTABLE of replevin not y woman, according to the Mtory of a local constable. This little narrative concerns a wo- man who refused to pay the last $10 she owed on her household goods, which she had purchased ou the inataliment plan. When the constable and hie man came to her | domicile she met them at the door with a hatebet. She refused them admittance, and when they at tempted to force their way in she drove several big aplkes into the door, pide ye | it fant. She did the same with the win dows, and it was only after using considerable labor that an enerance was forced. The woman blocked the way, hatchet in hand, and w does Labor, giving the actual a lation of Seattle, as estimates by Chamber of ee from oa Rd BUSINESS MEN : INDIGNANT Aroused to indignation by the ac- tion of the Sunset Telephone Co, in doekt Jarios of ite tele hy because February was 4 short month, « large number of business men of Beattle have slg: nified their intention of informing | the Sunset Co. that unless the girls | are paid their full salartes for Feb-| reary, they will bh their Bunset! phones removed rely on the fn jephone Co. for and emaliness of) action is empha | ctand wy the beens od men 2 RE Stee neeannanenne WAS YOUR FELSONOTET When you pald your Gunset did you notice = hg ape February was company in making @ phone telephone girts for the short And it ie a pertinent the telephone this morning. make @ slight reduction there it was svagested by thie gent telephone bill, if it be $3, for ing 10 cents per day. make §2.80. Bilis for other This suggestion ie given of The Star. It would seem, Steet eee ee ee eeee eases ee ee duced in « like proportion. * eter eee | Zeh Tes aetolean to bankeebed lar At least the telephone girls of readers of The Star who have t wae suggested by one who ple who have not yet pald thelr For the 26 view of the fact that the wages | TO ASSESS VESSELS Atsemor T. A. Parish will em ploy an experienced and qualified Mariner to assess all vesselu owned OF. registered in Seattle, This, It ig Deliowed, wil) increase the valua Yen Of them over prévioun years Veae|s runnin, ut esegnaable SUCCESSORS T0 BONILLA {(Beripps Telegraph Service.) MARAGUA, March 18--The rev otutioniata who aided the Nicaragua fo in overthrowing President . may rule over Tegucigalpa, the fugitive. President ‘s Te*resentatives are now in control. It in beliewed that aya has no ambition to rule Honduras, | bat wants a friendly party at the ‘head of the goverament wrrrrrrrrrr ars ME BILL REOUCEDT bill for February Degnusee of the fact that wotion of the Sunset Tele in the salaries of the of the year, 90, a8 do» large number their views over that those peo- bill for February do eo. For instance, the amount of the divided by 30, mak- to foreign porte are | VOL. 9. COUNCIL WOULD FORCE SALE OF RENTON LINE WALDORF OPENS, A reception was held last night by the tenants of the Waldorf} apartments at Seventh and Pike building was decorated on the terlor with strings of lights, which made a very pretty effect Open house was kept by all the ten ants. FAILS NEW YORK, March 2%.--The jlate Austin Corbin, Sr, assigned |for the benefit of the creditors to }day, The officials ineued a state ment saying that the assets will ex jeeed the Habilities by $1,000,000. The suspension was forced by the low price on securities, it Is sald (Seripps Telegraph Service.) NEW YORK, March 2 cording to his attorneys, it depe upon Harry K. Thaw alone as to Whether he goes to Matiewan or not. The attorneys declare that It fe quite within Thaw's ability to lunacy commission that he ts per- fectiy sane today If Thaw faila to show that he ts mane it is his own feult It was reported this morning that @f February this would ‘gould be proportionately Soming from a reader te be & good ons, In the operators were re: SSeS ee ER EEE ER ES ER EER > Lcd. Salhelielialelitalalal LOU SMITH’S GRDERS === DOUBLE TRACKS OWN. P. aunecheianin wu was age morning by Superintendent Weymouth, of the conn ‘we citt, that within « year the wand will have completed the double! tracking of tte line between Pasco and Missoula, Mont. ~ This work is In connection with the ratlway company's plan to dou- bie track its entire route from Se- Settle to Bt, Paul, a stated before the interstate commission commerce hearing In this city by C. M. Levy, viee president of the Northern Pa- The distance from Pasco to Mis- soula ts slightly over 460 miles. “We are double tracking the road in sections.” «aid Superintendent Weymouth today, “and expect to begin work on the Ine eastward from fipokane shortly. A great deal of the work has been completed tn Minnesota, We already have double track on the western end from s#- attle to Tacoma, and from Garrison to Missoula in Montana. Our plane call for the completion of the work from Tacoma to the summit of the Cascade The total expenditute which the road expects make in double tracking ite route Is 676,000,000, It ie estimated that it will take év- eral yeare to complete the work, which is now being done plecemest The Northern Pacific will place & new train on ite Bellingham run within « month, making two trains daily on that branch. A new time card will be issued when thin in done A DAY JUDGE GILLIAM SETS ASIDE ORIGINAL REGRADE ASSESS MENT AS UNFAIR TO PROP- ERTY OWNERS, Mitchell Git the the Judge this aft ernoor arr set aside nent for Fourth the rola prepared ay regrade, and Aaness- ment commission to prepare a new roth Under coat of irr would | tax-| the original roll the the regrade borne by. only Jack ere far to and the senament will be iginally comminsioners are Edwin & Gill, B L. Reber and W. B. Allison. benefited than Georgetown Officials F Sheriff to Close All Games Except Pool Rooms-Sunday Closing a Possibility. Ht biel chance hibited by the statutes of the of Washington were closed down. The city authorities is ‘That the steamship Dakota, which was lost off the coast of Japan on the afternoon of March 4, ran on a charted reef a mile ond @ half from shore, at full speed, in bright, calm weather, was the tomtt- mony of witnesses hoard today in the Inquiry betng hetd to determine the responstbitity for the lous of the vewnel United States Marine Inspectors Turner and Whitney are conducting) the investigation in the government offices in the Pythtan building. TL Gtiman, attorney for the Great rthern @teamship company, is an terested listener The investigation beean shortly before 11 o'clock this morning. and three with were examined be- fore the noon adjournment, They were First Officer A. Ahman, Jun- for Third Assistant Engineer Jobn Jacobson, and Senior Fourth Aa- sistant Engineer Frank Sullivan. pt. Eri! Francke, who was to charge of the vessel at the thme she struck, t# #tt!) in Yokohama, as are mont of the others of the ship's INVESTIGATION sHows THAT, LEY ARE INVOLVED—SCAN. DALS TO BE SHOWN. (Seripps Telegraph Gervice.) SAN FRANCISCO, March 26 The graft that the ramification of bribe giv ing and bribe taking spreads in all directions, There is more than a passing likel: od that before He ney is through with the inquiry a list of citiex In which boodie was passed for the return of valuable franchises will grow tp most inter investigation promises SUICIDES (Scripps Telegraph Service.) WEST BADEN, lnd., March 28 Cha Stahl, captain of the Boston Aw Baseball acid this mggn a few min on the erican league am, took carbotic and dle ling 1 within | The The players are Inclined to think jthat it was an oident, hard to account for th in practiotog here but it ia Baliders Stahl was married last fall wife is in Boston. His} esting proportions, There is ever [indication that graft will be turned a Op in Berkeley and Oakland. |result of the testimony he | the authorities of othe re franchise will fn all investiation and will end ther ure # pt we ‘ | nesda r Cal fornia eit | recently granted Jability begin an the trial nor Burns will ven prot where ne Hene liction The Oaki to Hene nd case seen t and,all the him In the taney Francis ‘ turned over evidence gathered t Invest tion of the is ready to district attor of Oakland This morning Ruef was re ' trom the St. Francia hotel to the ia be | gaid Ghat the reef on which the OAKLAND AND EVEN BERKE-‘ teanit in action direct from office to make George tlased town. The result was to every saloonkeeper in that gambling must be or arrest of all those en it of countenancing 1 | tow Smith thie moreing vie mn, to inquire how had been obeyed He that the local authort- the law in a sat manner. Asked ff he in close the ssloons in own on Sunday, the sheriff fo commit himecif but to that there would be no tn a poliey of the office tte. They WIM nail for Beattie April fficer Ahiman testified that the te wok at 6:04 o'clock on the aRefnoon of March &%. Capt Fra waa on deck all afternoon and relieved the first officer ot 4 ofc At that time the vexse! was ing along the ehore of Japan, ; After being relieved, Ah man gata be went below and was reading ® book when the vensel struck om the ridge of rock In feofty to 4 quertion, Ahmar ves wel groutded was charted He told of the manning boats wifhout confualor ing of the crew and of the the land pasrengert | safely, ard the looting of the vere that niwht before the arrival of the two vessels Which were sent by Japanese government to prote wreck, ‘The other witnesses testified con cerniig Pappening p the engine room, ‘The investigation this afternoon. by Japanese fishermen wa the t the Was continued OTHER CITIES IN BIG GRAFT GAME ieomar home of where will during the trial "Be bmits, custody Mayor remain to Qakiand Grand Jury. (Serippe Telegraph Service.) OAKLAND, Cal, March 28.—The Oakland-grand jury is now in ses sion, The foreman intimates that the imvegtigation will begin a as he rdéveives evidence. Héneyx promises to give that he #ecured in the San ciseo infestigation showing the ramifications extending to Oak land, TWO MORE DEAD M4 from svon evidence Boy J. Mifton Elliott, age died yes his home ningltis. He is the sor nd Mts. Henry El Sixteenth av. 8 The pinal Mr lay at He funeral ist two weeb held tomorrow Os wt ar Rube, aged main, died la ng pre ta Bheffield, Wis Thaw will be one of the first to be examined when the commins begins its examination at 2 i this gfternoon. If the examination, that of submitting the defendant to & physical test, proves that the eub- ject is insane, the board will so report without the examination of other witnesses. Tt was stated at noon that an ad li Ukely be given until account of Journment w Monday or Tuesday or the intervening holidays, Yesterday afternoon Morgan J O'irien gave notice that he could not serve on the lunacy commission, and Judge Fitagerald tmmediately appointed David McClure, an attor ney, in bia place. The latter at one time & member of the police comm jon, and served on the Mo- Adoo advisory board. He recently appeared against the police bill pre sented to the legislature by Gen. Bingham Dr. Evi visited Thaw in his eel, and tt ta reported that he was coaching the defendant on how to act before the commbmeion. Byelyn and Mra. Caine called on Thaw this morning. Evelyn's face was tear stained and Mra. Caine admitted that she had cried all the way from the hotel Attorpey Hartridge will not al Jetome to cross-examine the defendant if he can prevent, Jerome said “It Thaw takes the stand, I will do with him I would with any other witness WIDENED ROADWAY TOO SOON The property owners on Eastiake between Denny way a Roy st have put the engineers and street department in a queer position with reference to that thoroughfare Relying on the enthusiasm of the property owner the engineer's de partment had the roadway on East- jake widened, expecting that tye entire street would be widened In a few months, This left the side walks very narrow. Now the atreet widening has been abandoned, and it will be necessary to have an ordi nance passed legalizing the widen ine of the roadway. POWDER DOCK Calvert, of the San Juan which ts building a » foot of Stacey cast waterway, has the city fire and water he b the pow der dock and warehe recom mended by the port warden, The leity would have to construct the proper roadways to the dock The offer has been taken under ad visement Iu ‘sh company, big plant at th on the posed to omimittee that pro td WALKER MUST SERVE : SENTENCE Thomas B. W secretary ithe World Betterment league }Golden Rule Fraternity, has his appeal to the circuit court appeals, and will have term of one year in the pentten ary Walker was sentenced by Judge Hanford, August, 1906 Walker w indieted by the grand for promoting a fraud and using the United States math ile mally It was 1 that Walker conducted what kne the Cumulatiy Credit company, a ma cont mising returns ent er and to serve jury charge was wn & big on small investm NEGRO GETS: LIMIT | Justice was meted vengeance yesterday wrshal Shelton chareed wit! oman all of upon th If the oir ion with this of this court the case I will re und serve but alt with by me juire to pay a fine of $100 30 days in the city tall,” inadequate Corbin Banking Co., founded by the | ‘UP 10 THAW demonstrate to the members of the! AY HAL wt, | of | ON PAY ONLY E& CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE NO. 27. 25 CENTS PER MONTH. ‘ety Fathers Said to Be Trying to Throw Crawford’s | System Into the Hands | for W. BR and Seattle ts being dealt out by the | A lemor Crawford boqueta for the Electrie company some of therm have wiven by city cownetl to the Stone & Webster corporation since Mr. Crawford applied for hie frar chine for the Reattle, Renton & Southern September 17 last | One of the t significant things | | elty unet Ne franchiner, over the mayor's veto, been the about the business ts that some of | the nine franchises run into Craw ford’s territory in the southern part of the city Bignificant Discrimination. Not a franchise given the Stone & Webster company aine the restrictions incorporated in Crawford franchise, whieh han bee in the hands of the council commit tee for weeks,” said Mayor Moore thia morning Another significant fact is the Seattle Electric company holding back ite petition for a fran chine over Fourth av, above Yealer that Crawford asked for a franchise over that street, and the counct! tnserte in his franchise @ provision that h the 18 feet in the center , which would mean if CHARLES aw M OWEN. ASKS $%,- 0 FOR INJURIES THAT AL. MOST RESULTED FATALLY— OTHER SUITS WILL FOLLOW. « $36,000 from the Seattle company for a broken leg, knee, loss of teeth and Injuries: which almost caused hin death, Charles J. Me | Owen today began the first damage case resulting from the fatal Fort Lawton car collision of March 8. Askin tric Owen, who personally Hes on a cot FOR MR. HIS G. (Scripps Telegraph Service.) 8T. PAUL, Minn, March 28.—By & decision of the supreme court of Minnesota the Great Northern rail- road may go ahead with tts pro- Posed $60,000,000 stock issue, which was determined upon December 12 last This decision will permit James J. Hill to cut the mejion when he pleases, but he may not cut an- other without the consent of the railroad commission. tion of the law the com atate | The | attempting to « iission supervision will be too late bill through the the melon cutting. The court holds that the legisia- ture has no power to regulate con- ditions and limitations upon in creases of capital stock, the power | corporations the terms and now to get such a legislature before or the} Casey & Casey, attorneys for Me-| The} over such issues is held invalid. It] L LIED ON THE STAND of the Seattle Electric Co, Latter Gets Nine Franchises Since Sept. 17 complied with a cost of many thous sands of ®. E. Co. te Fony. It is the firm belief that as soon jas Fourth av, is regraded the attle Electric company will trac rights over it Mayor Moore and Engineer Thomson have been looking into the Crawford franchine for several days and there will be handed to the cor- porations comm! at ite next | meeting a new franchise that will treat Crawford with similar grace | given the Seattle Electric company, Mayor Moore {s distinctly op- | powed to making flesh of one and | fish of the other. He will demand that Crawford be not taxed with greater burdens that the Seattle | Electric company. Would Fores &: ‘The whole scheme i lapparent attempt to put ton line into a hole where jemt way out would be to over to the other system. Those franchises given the Seattle Electric company since Crawford applied for a single franchise last September are: Wertiake av. See- ond av. et al, Taylor av., 31st av et al, 19th av Summit av. et Wallingford av, et al, Third ay, an | Pretontatns place and Fourth ay, v. ke an ne Ren- the eas- turn it DAMAGE SUIT FROM LAWTON WRECK ao the ific hospital, filed tiled the complaint tn the superior court to- ay. McOwen is a tailor, and | claims that his injuries will in- tate him for work, He is 26 of age, and asks damages for the loss of his capacity to earn @ living. Other damage sults from the wreck are expected, al- though the claim agents of the Seattle Electric company were on the scene within an hour of the disaster securing settlements, and have secured others through the hospitals. resulting FINE LARGE MELON HILL AND N. FRIENDS conditions upon which they may be created, The legislators may, hows ever, regulate such issues and con- fer upon the commission the duty of supervision, and if any such acts ure found to bring the proposed in- crease within the prohibition of the statute then the commission may tefuse It. The provision tn the present law authorizing the commission to re- fuse to permit the stock issue upon the ground thet it may not be ade visable ig held unconstitutional, Hill Expected It. N YORK, March decision is what was expected, sald j James J. Hill today. “We have » doing the same thing for 16 rs with no opposition. ferred paymenta will amount to | $24,000,000 by April 9 when it in likely temporary certificates to that Jamount will be Issued ‘The WILLING TO BUILD! Threatens to Impeach “Chief Witness Against Con- stantine---Jesse Hall Takes Stand and Swears That Father-in-Law APP eee eee eee 7 * STATE TO CLOSE. * a l% The state's case will be com % pleted this afternoon with the |» testimony of Ralph Lloyd, Of % ficer Humes, Capt. Barck’ and # Chet Wappenstein Capt. Barck testified that when Constantine was arrest ed he said, “Let Myra tell half what she told me and my act | will be justified.” It Is plain that Myra’s story to her father will play the part of Evelyn's |® tale to Harry Thaw in the * Thaw o | * eee eee eee eee eee A sensation was sprang in the trial of William Constantine for at | tempted murder this morning, when | | the nnounced that it- will attempt to imry ch the testimony of Hall nstantine’s in-law and the vietim of his bullets Hall took the witness stand ng for the nd told of the shooting which al s life. n redirect examination |» ated that he had been appro: by part representing tl lfendant, who made propositior |wuy him off from both his and from tifying tn th defense Jesse son Hall ched Tried to Buy Him Hall said A and said that would pay my ¢ pital bi ped th Californt party Mr came ing I 2 back tine neve o buy me tl to cor ta ‘On anothe tion was ma told that if [ ap \ Constantine would swear * ‘| Lawyers Clash. lost | & | ot} his | Tried to Buy Him Off. as the ual pervert and that that was reason he shot me. Was that Dr. asked Attorney } it was, id Hall Jesse Hall told the shooting quietly, but with flushed, anxious countenance. While on the witness stand he never on glane- ed at his wife, Myra Constantine Hall, who sat beside Attorney Morris for the defense and fre quently whispered to him. Hall was carefully and vigorously cross-examined, but his story un- | shakes although the defense open- | ly threatened to impeach his words. Rininger,” story of the While he was on the Prose cuting Attorney Mackinto: nd Mr, | Morris clashed repeatedly, the law- jyers being old rivals bitter | opponents. You are lable thing when it tion of law,” to Mackintost morning You a thing to s any ‘oposi- Mortis this comes to a said Att liable return Both this morning ac asking unfair question »rting to questionable Hall himself, M. D. Herbert. Drummond his real estate at of the shooting \ land, a stonog r an adjoining that ¢ ed tb testified to the a facta of the borating each he Dr, George Newlands lied this aft nse used the ¢ of and of re- tact St. John and two elerks in the time D. Bek- office Hall knowa corre atate the rnoon. cted, to the was tness ¢ » the wounds ibseq SI SN PIPE SE A RS