The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 30, 1907, Page 1

ihe in Seattle 6. CONSTANTINE WILL TELL THE MA ’ Sie 0 on 5 the Witness Stand This Morn-| 3 _ sints Those Who Came Expecting to : ar From Her Lips the Story of Her Marital|* mom Hall th witness stan’ from the penitentiary who hare . for days {n meorbit eapecte! te word with we were disap: tag fete the me put to the woman case, and none Which the tine Insane to Jesse Hall, Bis wife, Mrs. Wm. ma and not by M Sher tat Acco: Mra and ope and o wt x jeans * dgnw she gain the father could | ¥aated a divorce. to him. Mre Com defense |! protested. yra. Myra | @bowt it, he pat the lighted end of being | Die cigar to my hand and burnt it Be the first witness! ‘This fa Dy the defense. which Myra Constas was moch lighter t was an-| which [ could not tel! him. ed me to, but I said | was ashamed but was marked) every practically with an objection, morning with Mra Hal! still on the nt in| stand. being Qearina (e=(\imony on the Stand. wife took the fm use and nervous a. Her ainly a, and fetaneely 9 interested, tm bis chair to bet 2 A great bush court room aa! 4, “stand. following , sd confesion hich | p her wame was called. ineve That Dares to Print the News it to your father? “You asked Mr. Morrie | “State whether you told him of iH any further domestic troubles.” + i told him that Jesse abused me iting | That be once struck me on the |» howe #0 that it bled and was sore for three weeks, I told him that onee in Butte he took the buggy | of the real estate office he worked | in and when I got in ft with him he drove me through the restricted | district, and wyved to some of th women, and 1Pigned at me when! “I told bim that Jesse wasted all his money in slot machines in Butte, and one time when I talked to him I told father Jesse didn't love me. that I didn’t love bim any more We could not itve together, aad I Didn't Tell Worst. “I said there were other things He ask- to.” Such was the gtet of Myra Hall's testimony today Court adjourned anti) Monday Her direct examination ta! practically finished, but it ts ander. | stood that the state intends to thoroughly cross-examine her Mrs. Constantine was wiping her eyes and the defendant himself w showing emotion, when court w adjourned, but outside of these two. the story failed to produce any vis ible effect The testimony Wilshire, attorney today of W. W. for eee the civil actlon brows the defendant by Halt, oy forth many confltets between the attor Wishire testified that Can- tis morning order) stantine waa {n an unnatural — ition when he Mhder 21 be escort room by the bays also be exelud. — for school | Stated her name as) Hall and ber age Was married to Jesse 12, 1906. fee the defend: your Saturday previous to “at your husband by B When and where and Story. to my father's store fim the evening. | | ithrew my arms He toli me to asked me what He took me up in and told me to He asked me again I tald him ime, that Jew despise1 me. him be would Wt. He shut ap me out driving Was too tired ble | had the | spoke to * ‘WER me. He de- he. told me nd the ad when I fot and vile said 2 told BLES NEW EASTER HAT MODEL OF NEW FASHION NICHOLAS | OTON, Leneworts ae t fo bes bert Manis WORTH'S saw him p the county jall. the day of the aun Prosecuting Attorney Mackin- tosh took the witness on cros-ex amination and attempted to show \ntense bias Warm Words Passed “You are taking « great tnterest in this case,” thundered the prose cuter, after « tit with the witness. No More than awy sane, sensible man would take. | | “Anewer the question. You are/ tion obtainable today, it la en taking © great interest tn the onse?” “Yeu or no.” “Why don't you answer my ques tions the first time I ask them?" 1 want to give you a chance to) correct thems.” You kaow the rules of evidence. j Why can’t you answer questions? T have done a great deal better | than you would have done, had been fn my place.” “You saw the defendant about three minutes. Did you think him Insane? “I thought him unsound.” “Anawer the question. Did you | think him insane? “Tl am not qualified to whether a man is Insane or not don't know whether you are insane | or not.” His Mind « Blank. The witness In the main cor roborated the testimony of Attorney Paden in regard to Coqstantine’s appearance and acth-- after his arrest. He stated that Constantine was normal the sext morning, and the defense endeavored to prove by him that t fefendant could not remember the facts of the shoot fog, hie mind being Biank on that/ subject, but the court refused to yw this evidence tesbe admit tony James W. McLaughlin, a meat cutter employed by Constantine, testified to the defendant's actions in the the morning of the shooting, which he stated were dif. ferent from asual store jnorth from | taken | charge THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER—SHOWERS COLUMBUS, 0., Mareh 30 Damm family has | Christopher Damm that Frederick Damm die the whole Damm estate, * * . v4 Damm, Blt * whom ars lendanta * p fed in the common pleas court here. who t# the plaintiff in the case, alle jeaving Chrivtina Damm, bis widow, consisting of two lota in Columbus, to be divided between the plaintiff, beth Damm aud others of the Damm family all of Christopher Damm asks that his share of the property be set off to him, or if this cannot be done without tnjuring the remainder, that it be sold and the proceeds divided. TONIGH T AND TOMORROW, LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1907. ND 10 bd ie ie ie ee ee ek ee ee ee eed an DAMM FAMILY IN COURT Sulit involving the whole Johan C. Damm, Frederick Seseeeeeeeeeeeet ** 5 SSS eS SOS SRST ORO EEDA OEE OS merean ERENT: BLO WN ' elDhaceltahas naan ARRIVES AT COLON (Seipps Telegraph Service.) COLON, March 10.—The May-| fewer arrived this morning and Séeretaty Taft and his party ab wna were omed by Chief Bngt Stevend, Dr. Gorgia, General M Died, of the Panama Railway ih others they took the train for) Ane. The voyage was uneventful and) all of the members of the party are tn goad health WALK OUT 8T Lovis, ror 90.—-Three hundred oilers of the various brew ore walked it this morning and 1,100 Bettiers quit during the day PROMINENT JAPS HERE. i Yamaqueht and F. M. Uyeno, Japanese merchants of at the Baw They ¥ on the Minnesota for —— O PIECES BY DYNAMITE SOCIALISTS SPLIT | Remains of Gus Anderson Found Scattered in All Directions After Explosion of One Hundred Pounds of Dynamite He Was Thawnig. (Star Bpecial Service.) VANCOUVER, BC. March 9, A split has occurred in the boos! soctaliat party, with the result that a new party ia being formed by the less rabid members of the party, A petition te being ctreulated set- ting forth the reasons for the for- mation of « new party, the chief one being the attack on labor union lam Dy some of the soctalinte. Walter Thomas Milla, whe lec tured here recently. intended giving & series, but hie proposal was voted Soy after many of the sociallete tett the meeting. WRECK DEATH. LIST GROWING COLTON, Cal, March 20.—Alb though there ts stil an uncertainty ae to the extent of the casualties in Thursday's wreck, it appears to day that the number of victims will teach 29. In checking up the ltet of Hallan immigrants ft has been found that 10 additional are missing and a) number of these may be dead. According to the best inférm: that the death list of 22 may be tnereased durimg the day by the = hy dagscatne tos sell aa tee 6 FILES PLAN OF TRACKS James Witson, division engineer of the Chicago, Milwaukee @ St Paul Ratiroad company, hae given the beard of public works the de- talle for bridging the east weter- way, and hee also fied a full plan of the company's trackage on the tide fiate. The company will construct a pile bridge scress the waterway 500 feet ne There will be one track on Rell- road av. up to the north line of Yesier Way, to & connection with the common user tracks to the that point. Also two tracks on Whatcom av, from the way to the south elty Henite. © spurs are Included in the plan Blown to pieces while thawing of thawing dynamite. an| wad familiar with the explosive 106 pounds of dynamite over open fire, the remains of Gus An- dere to dh r yerterday afterneon at Greenwood Station by fellow le 30 teal away from The man was mangled be plecew of bie the frightful were thrown at the sight engaged in clear time the men could gather ing the old Hendricks trect, north! up the remains of the unfortunate at bis mas Deputy Coroner Mayfield, of | | apectal request, was given the job al borers yond recognition discharge Anderson wa) by | jot Ballard, and yesterday, & miner and laborer, were of th@ explosion, bat | wathered up from an area 900 feet reporm startled the other workers/ NO one observed the exact cause a frightful im tne to see Anderson's body = the fire, limbs and ie, seal im every direction i was some tok charge of the remains NAMES E. 6.1 FOR PARK. BOARD |MAYOR APPOINTS POPULAR | BUSINESS MAN TO SUCCEED | 4 Ww. Chise—mn. ACCEPTS OFFER. CITY COUNCIL MUST | FIRM, Edward C. Chensty, one of the most popalar business men of the city, has been offered a position a | member of the Seattle park hed Mayor Wm. Hickman Mooré, and, has accepted The appointment for three years. Mr. Cheasty will suc cood J. W. Clise, whose term of of- fice will expire on the last day af April. Mr. Cheasty has filled aypoint- ive positions in the city governs }ment In the past, one betng ae | Wee during the Ronald admtnistt#-| tion. Mr. Chenasty was also the Seattle member of the Washington com mieston for the Louisiana Pur chase exposit Recently he sioner of the Alaska-Yukou-Pacafic exposition to Rurope, At Britain, France, gium, where he Holland and Bel-| aceomplished « great deal in the interests of the | Mrmatien - by 1909 fair Mr. Cheasty of the best is known to be one and most intimate apecial commis] ocrat in politics s and other cities of Great | apectal) pride | RO C. CHEASTY. frienda of the mayor.He is a dem Being a weil ot efvie beauty, knowa advocate visiting the) Mr. Cheasty wil! doubtless take @ | (a4, in developing the parks. dod boulevards of the city Hid. appointment will require con the ofty council. In private: life Mr, Cheasty operates a well. known haberdashery Second and Jamen ASKS APPRAISEMENT OF | ASSESSMENT DISTRICT | —_—_—_—- President Brace of f the Association Takes Firs: Late Washington Canal, Step Toward Raising the. $1,500,000 for Construction of the Big Ditch. The first step towafd actively be ginning the work of defining and appraising the assessment district from which is to be realized the } $1,000,000 for the completion of the | by canal has been} Lake Washingt Washington by the canal association President John 8 | ished the petit ented to ithe county commissioners, and the document will be submitted as soon as it has ben circulated and signed, a matter which will be started on Monday Judge Thomas Burke will Washington week permin of Lake ” Brace has fin mm to be pre leave nek fon to have the t d placed in tor to governmental Major Chittenden States engineering corps, of the canal work Speaking of Jan \ tatement that he ing ntract the next Moore's is wi to turn to Lake al Washi President Brace Want Moore's Help “We are willing to accept the on ¢ aszociation as 4EW EASTER | should signment of his contract, but we prefer that Mr. Moore ful fill his part of it. Mr. Moore has aided the canal project shaving been with it since ite tnoep- tton We should like [gin the work of [tinue until the $600,000 furnished the county Is exhausted, when Canal association would take | up the work and carry It on to com lpletion with the $1,000,000 be ed from the assessment dis trict Our desire is have the co operation of Mr. Moore, whose wd ity all of us realize That James A. Moore fully pects, however, to turn over share of the work to the Canal sociation ts brought out in a state ade by him this morning to assign my en canal to the to have him be vation and con the reall ex sis! ment 1 stand ly in the he sald | A Federal Commission George A. Virtue Lake Washingte m, speaking of stated commission which ts to be appointed by the federal fudge, ‘otterill act appointed. To save the legality of the county comm Jud, Hanford’s action tire share as sociation,” of retary anal present th clat n ¢ the out | The der the “¢ any question the commis soaks a as to ston ratify ANOTHER BALL PLAYER TAKES HIS LIFE pps Telegraph Ser WAYNE, Ind., M irphy, an old time t » formerly pi (Be FORT iDPM or, and tahl at the fune attend registered then went wed carbolic rty breakfast and room and swal He te 15 1 that t had wa nutes commissioners will then proe lay cut aw improvement district wich will consist of all the property benefited by the bullding of jeanal. The bonds will then be ts a Hen on all and sued, which will be the property in that district, j thre work commenced um| The will soon be| testify ut the hearings to follow “The construction of will be ip charge of Major Chitten | den, Read of the government engt neering Bervice in this dictrict. The} work, though pominally under the! county commissioners, ts practic ally a national undertaking ond wil! be supervised by government cialis, everything will done to have thé canal in shape so that some “yess@ls can pase through It in 1949, during the exposition | AFTER ’EM (Berippe T aren Service.) WASIPINGTON, March Interstat® Jay ovdegred the United States, Fargo Bxpress within 39 eo regarding commodities vrtation tations perm! to commerce Pacifi am panies fayn their delayed stat ments werests and cor nectiol with the transp: dealers will be DEATH SENTENCE He said he} at] the! the canal/ offi.) MUST SAIL ON OLIVEBANK Andrew Kne bos'on on the | petetab ship Olivebank, was sent to | Port Townsend this morning by the tmmigration officials to be detained juntil the sailing of the Olivebank Knowles deserted the ship a jerdeen lnwt fall and was capty by the Immigration officiais inst January and placed in the county jal, where he remained morning. Knowles |Germany to answer leriminal nature. DROWNED IN LAKE Rupert La Partl, a boy not above 12 years of age, was drowned tn Lake Union today, The lad was fishing off a dock at the Fremont end of the Westlake av. trestle in company with another youth, He became ¢ be bad caught a fish and fell over into the lake The boy'® body has not been re overed nor bis parents located. was not known In the neiahborhood |of the scckdent, The lake is being ageed recover ir the body Ab ie wanted in charges of s until this! | ited with the idea that | He} ON PAY ONLY E CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE VOL. 9 NO. a9. 25 CENTS PER MONTH, SUNDAY CLOSING LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Thudge Snell of Tacoma So Holds and His Decision May Re-open Saloons in This City, as Well as | in the Smaller Municipality. hc OMA, March 20.—Judge Hi, of the superior court of county, today dismissed the actions against e the agers of Tacoma for condw performances on Sunday, and pro nounced the Bunday closing law un | epnatitutional Pros ating Attor jney Roland will appeal the case to the supreme court of the and a decision will result will settle the basis of th | closing law in all parte of the state Judge Snell's decision today is in line with a pe mn rendered by him three years ago. The flaw he finds in the law lew in its indefi nite wording. He holds that it ts limpossible to enforce the law, it being too general and Indefinite } Pi ree Me state which Sunday Ballard, which has been the mac- ca of the thirsty since the Beattie adloons were ordered closed Sundays, will also put down the lid tomorrow. Several weeks sgo the elty counetl passed an ordin ordering saloons an@ pool and bil Hard rooms to be shut on the Sab bath day. Several weeks go the [sheriff ordered the front 4 bet ae eer 414 not public help Ny doors | By decision Judge Snell prac- th dismisses all the cases that bay n brought Tacoma for ing Attorney Roland will yooed further with arrests um not 1 by the supreme ruling may not however law to saloons, Applies Here ruling of Judge Snell actly ttle charged with law. Their ca next month continued purt settles of the law in Ta sen of managers the Sunday wet for trial may possibly the supreme constitutionality the They until the be BALLARD A DRY TOWN SUNDAY the ordinance was adopted, inet Wednesday it became a law. There are about 20 saloons in the elty, and on account of the Se- attle saloons being closed on Sun- days-they have been reaping a har- the past few Sundays, As a remult the saloon men have protest- ed very much againat the closing order. No action has been taken by the city offictals regarding the en- cloming order. matt and vent | forcement ott PROSECUTOR HENEY IS COMING TO THIS CITY ; NEw GRAIN RATE. (Seripps Telegraph Service.) | WASHINGTON, March 96. the request of the interstate com merce commission the railroads in jihe eastern and weetern trunk line division, and the Freight association in the territories, have od to postpone until May 1 announcement the new grain STRIKE. at Central ne of —— | It te stated upon authority which lseems unquestioned that Francis J Heney,. whose prosecution of the San Francisco grafters has stirred the entire country, Js to come to Seattle, soon as be has fin’ his work in the California metrop olis, to investigate matters in which President Roosevelt has an especta! interest. The above information was fur nished by a close friend of the fam ous prosecutor, to whom Heney is alleged to have personally deciared J his intention of coming “Jaet what Mr. Heney’s mission | to Seattle will be, I do not know,” The Star's Informant declared evinced, { “Mr. Heney declared that he was coming to Seattle and his manner, supplemented by significant re marks, led me to understand that he was coming here on business for the government, In which President Roosevelt was personally interest- Ne “a It is known among officials in | the land office that for the last two years special agents have been ip the city at various times to investi gate the land entries made in this state. Whether Mr. Heney’s rumored visit will have something to do with | this subject, or something else, ts not known. AVERTED DR. VAN WATERS IS PARDONED | the part of the Puget Sound Steam- lboat Owners’ Protective association with the Marine Engineers’ Bene- | Nelal association accomplished last |night, to last until January 1, 1908, the threatened tieuwp of all the Sound steamboat fleet has been j averted | The joint committee of the two |associations announced after their |meeting that a satisfactory raise lin wages bad been granted the }Bound engineers. In making the |compromine the case of each boat s taken up separately and an adjustment of wages made The original demands of the men called for a 25 per cent increase, and the owners met this demand with an offer of about 10 per cent Last night's settlement allowed in ranging upward of 15 per m all boats la joint committee of the asso- clations appointed Thursday night feted of: For the engineers, Follett A. Trambull and Daniel Crom; for the owners, | Joshua Green, Captain Harry Ram- | well of Bverett, Captain Sid Burley lot Tacoma and J. F. Primrose of | Seattle | By a compromise settlement on j IMMENSE BUSINESS © OF POST-OFFICE Seattle on ant of the siness do with the month of immense the y ending March, is now offices of N ount o in line w York Porttar receipts | March lrecetpta for the $462. The of 30 the neighbor The r ting with a fa for the yea about previ me figures #h The for the will be year were 00) w | bas to Governor Mead granted a ‘conditional pardon Dr. Frank Van Waters, who was sentenced in Seattle March 6, 1905, to 25 years for criminal assault. The prison physician has certified that Van Waters, who is well along in years, is failing fast, both mentally and| physically, and that bis continuous | imprisonment will mean his death. | A large number of residents of Se attle petitioner for the pardon. Van Waters is committed to the custody of his relatives, and must not leave the state without the per mission of the governor. He must } conduct himself as a good éftteen, and the pardon may be revoked at Jany time by the governor without jany cause being assigned for such action. | When the Van Waters case was before the state supreme court on appeal from the superior court of | King county, the supreme court de- clared that the sentence of 25 | Years was “unnecessarily severe in | the light of the evidence. If we | felt that tt was within our recog |nized powers, we would direct # modification of Its, reducing t | period to five years.” Van Waters will be released on April 1 FINDS HUSBAND DEAD | AT HER SIDE wher f 6542 Woodlawn awoke she found at her side x Day Lake Jead who was Day had at? velo this m Mrs. C. « ireer orning. her husband physician lared Mr | teast we ke and Day, « Llacovere: to bed a ADE DEMURRER IN THE GILLHAM CASE ” Ves . last evening About 11 o'clock he his son to bring his hot as he felt chilly. This seemed to make the father drowsy, and he fell into @ sound slumber. Dr. H. C. Dyer, of Green Lake, was hurried! i when Mr. } stated that due to heart has been notified, slaughter in cons Madison st which cause accel. a the today_ des n filed ound that the the law. with the }dent of March 7 feath of Mrs, Brackett rred } jagainst h facts UNCLE SAM'S MIGHTY FLEET TO WATCH THE FESTIVE JAPS LAND OFFICE REPORT. | 8 Twitet r liand ffice, is making out his port for Mar for the me TEDDY ILL (Scripps Telegraph Service.) WASHINGTON, Marct It ti rumored that Pre ssevelt is U1, but this te dente White | House. It indiges tlon yesterday ed to re calle back rid taken r played ten HANGED TO LIFE" ¢ L RESTRAINGS SHERIFF (Soripps Telegraph Service.) LONDON, March Owing agitation, T popular Ray Saturd the p was sentenced to H. Whitel nl phitla |PACIFIC FLEET, DRESSED BROWNSON WARD OFF SLANT-EYED AG GRESSION, (Seattle Star's Exclusive WASHINGTON, D. ¢ Service.) March » the war be first commar I be Admiral W }H.B on, On these vessels will fall the duty of attending to Jap anese aggres f there is any The new t what in th fe fleet station and t but tv cific mer jto be | tour Wee Maryland each of at there are fiv and and M Chicago * tro m one to five ¢ UNDER BEST) WILL! ADMIRAL W. H. BROWNSON, Who will take command of the re janized Pacific fleet. known fn s. One is » be the the over An: @ De ROPER