The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 6, 1907, Page 8

HOW A MAYOR KING ON $000 A YEAR By Fred J. Hewitt, ! (Seattle Star's Exclusive Servis) | BAN FRANCISCO, CAL, April} 6.—-Whaard-tike Mayor Eugene B.) ta has been able during his five years and three months ad ministration in the executive chair of this municipality to make one dollar do the duty of one hundred apparently. On an income of $6000 a year Mayor Schmitz has been able to Mve Ike a milltonaire. He has furnished « $50,000 min jature palace with furniture, art treasures and draperies valued at more than the cost price of the Dullding he now calls home. ‘Wouldn't you like to be able to make Uncle Sam's money perform miraces like that? | Then he has a $7.500 automobile —@ choochoo car fit for bis ma jesty, King Edward VIL And butlers and valets and cham. bermatds and chavffeury and other menials to come and go at his beck and call. And all on $4000 a year ‘Then there was that trip to Bu rope. It cost something-—in fact, quite a bundle ‘With first cabin passege on the) great Atlantic liners both ways, rooms tn New York at $98 a day, apartments in London at $28 per diem, incidentals galore necessary! to satisfy the most exacting of tastes and tips right and left to Make $176 in 10 Minutes If you ever expect to buy a fine} high-grade piano, get it now at the Pioneer Piano Howse during the) ‘om. to sell pianos and lote of D. 8./ Prices virtually cut tn two, Johnston Oe. W3 Second av. ——. Your Certificate of Ownership For which you pay only $25 cash and twelve month ly installments of $6.25 each, making a total of $100 gives you— | during his tenure of office: LWED LIKE A serving people, the mayor's jour ney abroad was one long stream of vanishing money And all on $6000 a y It was indeed marvelous! Schmitz has earned at mayor of San Francisco to date exactly $31, 500. Schmitz has spent the following New residence $30,000 Furniture 22... ..cees .. 25,000 Art treasures 28,000 | Automodiie 7,800 | Living 25,000 Trip to Europe 3,800 | Expenses per good fellow ahip (three political cam- paigns) 18,000 | TOTAL estimated expenses $151,000 Mayer Gchmits claimed that he sold his old residence for $15,000 and it was this money that he put) im his new home. Adding that sum to his salary as mayor, it would give him in five years and three) months exactly $46,500. Out of thia| sum he spent $151,000 and still has money left. Talk about your fren-| tied fnance-——that's going some The rise of Eugene B. Schmits was as meteoric as his fall has been sudden He was the fiddling leader of an orchestra when Abraham Ruef lift ed him from obscurity and placed him in the limelight as the first Labor Unionist mayor this city ever had. Hie firet step was made hea he wan elected president of the musician's unlon. Schmitz was an uncouth and un great Emergency Piano Sale. Pay | cultured man when he had gerat i 96, $8 or $10 a month. We've got ness thrust upon him, but he rapid) ly outgrew his condition. He learned the art Part ownership of the finest and most desirable ad- dition to West Seattle with yourself. An equal share in the inc Absolute protection of yo 1¢ amount of your subscrip- ability of any kind above tion. A guaranteed profit of 25 The option of full partnership in the vestment company with a pro rata share in the entire profits of the whole transaction Insurance to the extent t first choice of a lot for reased values and profits. ur investment, with no li- per cent. in a year or less. Olympic In- f your death hat in case your wife will be given a paid up certificate without xg bogese payments he right, as soon as you make your first payment of $a5 to put up a tent or other temporary structure and camp rent free for the summer in an ideal spot near the beach and water and within a half hour trip of your business by either trolley or ferry for a five- cent fare. And a lot of other advantages that we will tell you about when you come to talk it over with us That's what you better do and do it quick—talk it over with us and let us exp its details through the newspapers lain our pro That will be much more you and to us than to attempt to tell 5 No matter how m sition in all satisfactory to mt all about it 1 we finted there would still remain some questions that Pp 1 ye would want to ask and that we ant to answer f you care to go over and look at the property, just phone us and make an e vement One of us at least wil here in the evening from 7p. ™ until 9 p. m., and on Sunday from to a. m. until 3 p. m., to meet y tion you want. I d give you all the infor imply curious—<« just the same—gla t you Hardly need to say that these cert are ng rapidly, and as we had only 450 to they can not last so very long Better in at once Clarh O’Bryan Cc. M. Copper ONLY IF YOU WANT TO LOOK OVER THE PROPERTY ON SUNDAY, TAKE THE FERRY AT FOOT OF MADISON STRE WE Seliing Agents | ot public! for ispeaking and as time went on and! house Oo, 112 Usiversity st. he got practice he rather crude imitation of oratory Now Eugene B, Schimits, thanks to his expertence, is somewhat of a cultured gentleman, What is more, he | natural wit, and bis quick tongue has been applauded by mapy & hand. Pres, Roosevelt once accused him of being a bassoon player “That's not such a bad ocoupe tion,” declared Schmits, “In faet, 1 kind of faney it, for you know bassoon playing strengthens lungs and sweetens the breath,” But to return again to that money owition Besides spending with only $46,500 going » B. Sohmits wtill has y banks, a few bunches of gotlable securities and a little bunch of real estate that would trouble a working man to pay taxes on. The wonder ts, from?" an Francteco's grand jury, under the direction of District Attorney “Where did it all Langdon and his able assistant, Francta J. Heney, le uncovering the answer. They spell it “O- RAPT” WILL ASK FOR RAISE (e0jaseg ydesbeye, edd)s0g) CHICA April 6—It to ap nounced that the railroad men em | ploye on the eastern roads, en couraged by the victory of the western ralirond men, will ask for 4 general wage advance of 10 per cont. This move is now being com sidered and will effect 160,000 en» ploges of the various roads, WORKMEN SHOT BY THE STRIKERS (Serippe Telegraph Service.) LODZ Pol April 6.—Ten workmen were shot and killed by strikers in the factory district here today becanee they attempted to re sume work, The managers desire to re-employ the men, but the | strikers refuse to resume work, SERVE LIFE IN STRIPES, (Serippe Telegraph Service.) LOS ANGELES, April ¢-—Maa acled and under guard of two heavily armed deputies, Ertest G Stackpole, convicted of the murder ot Joel Scheck, and one of the trio who made a desperate attempt to break jall Wednesday night, wae taken from his cell in the county jail and starter north to serve bia tife term im San Questia. SUCCESSOR TO BUSSE. (Scripps Telegraph Service.) WASHINGTON, April €—The president today announced that he would appoint State Benator Camp- bell, of Chicago, postmaster to suc. coed Mayor-elect Husse. Finds Gold While Saying His Pray- e AFTON, IA. April €--While kneeling beside his bed at his even ing devotions In a hotel at Murry T. Biloektoa, a traveling man, found a five-dollar gold plece betwoen the sheets. He considers tt a direct answer to prayer. As no one claim ed it the money passed into his posseaion Buffale Gasoline Engines all purposes. Geo. H. Wood. - oultivated al the! THE SEATTLE STAR—SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1907. WAGE QUESTION UP TODAY nent shingle manufacturer® }} over the state are meeting rnoon in the roome of the en's club, In addition te! Pre from vg the shingleweavers’ wage the ehing will ta up the transportation a hort tem, The sbi men ome ok favorably on a wagg] Inereane. Pr NEW THCORPORATIONS, ing articles of incorporation were filed in the secretary of state's of- #t Methodiat Kplxcopal churets | liverdale, by Made Thucsent “S\teheen of the ft | Jultue GOLD IN HEART OF CITY, (Star Special Service.) VANCOUVER, B.C. April 6 Within two blocks of the elty hall, an old time miner digging a plumb- er’s trench found gold, He seoured Jargest assaying $15. That section regular pl TOR r camp. ABE BOODLERS. (Berinne Teleoraoh Gervice.) EP FERSON CITY, Mo., April 6, py. Folk haa commuted the sen- Loula boodlers, Lebmann and mil Hart mann, and the two men will be re leased from the penitentiary June 15. Both families have been ener getic for pardons. EASY EASY Bpecial Service.) | NEW YORK, April 6.—James Meleod, a Nome, Alaska, miner who registered at the Waldorf sev in jail Marion Mali taken TO ALTER RANGE. | Thurs ves ce from police court to serve five days larc for having Wall was resentenced to| Captain F. T. Liggett, newly ap-| a check for $10 from hep pointed inspector of rifle practice Mre. Mary Mowseley, 90 days in the county jail. eee A GREAT STORY IN THE BREAK AWAY COST LONGER TERM Patrolman Peoples, after a three # pan and washed out nuggets, the | block chase yesterday, caught Jack : | Wall who broke from the ranks of of the town is now turned into ®) the prisoners while being CARS CANNOT GET INTO SEATTLE YARDS. have 20 Sunday au dectded to remodat rd rifle range t frame t Hundreda of cars of freight con gets i signed to Beattie lie on side tracks same model as those gt gam between Auburn and Ellensburg, N. J yet waiting for room in the yards here Ly Touming faetiities are proving in| PRTTY LARCENY ¢ sate to handle the congestion. | soda Johnathan Mill, Charies Ch an,jeral days, has complained to the 4 « Dingman, R. K. Prost, Chas,! police that he was touched for $350 Creaves, C. A. Hatfield, Ro Flem-| by two women of the town and a ing, ©. A. Malet man, Three arrests were made and Offat Healty y, of Seattie, the police are now searching for g $250,000, by rT ffut, M. L.| McLeod. The latter cw ant to Blewett and F Hrightman. jeell mining stock in his northern) le Kilsheimer & Co, Inc, of Se-| claim, | a atthe, $25,000, by Nettie Kiishoimer, | ne | rl * lirank A. Leon und Bigmund ki-|MINER® OUT OF I. W. OF W,) The Gunther-Warwick company (Scripps Telegraph Gervice.) | “ia ‘ of Beattie has filed @ registered} GOLDFIRLD, Nev., April 6—At a me trade mark for ite manufactured | Protracted meeting of the Industrial + al | Amended articles of tnoorpora- ton have been fled with the sec } | retary Of state by the North Coast | Lighterage company, of Beattie, and} | the Northwestern Fishertes j|pany, of Seattle Amended articles of Incorporation have been filed by the Bethania high school, of the state of Wash ot Pauisbo, changing the! name to the Bethania College of the state of Whahington ‘TRAVELED FASTER | THAN LAW ALLOWED RD. Rogers, an architect, waa) arrested last evening by Patrotman | |Donlan for violating the automebte| law. com. WELL ORESSED THIEF. W. RK. Liteke reports his shack at! 1200 Firet av. south being entered well dressed man yesterday and many articles of clothing and & sult case stolen, The man was seen to enter the shack and leave | with the articles, but made his es jeape before Liteke could bo soti fied. JAPAN'S BIG BATTLESHIP, (Beripos Telegraph Gervice.) April 6.—1It is announe the biggest battleship In the world, to have « @leplacement of 21,000 tons New Canadian Fish VICTORIA, B. C., April &—A faat fisherien cralser will be built here for the protection of the fishing ta dustry. This announcement was made tn a dispatch from Onawa, an appropriation of $259,000 being made for the boat, peti ah NAR an Don't pat off buying a tidelend lot before the big Increase in value. R. Cooper Willis, 473 Colman bida. 7 OLYMPIC PARK THE CROWN OF WEST SEATTLE tio NS) | withdraw from Workers of the World last night it was voted to allow the minors to that organization, | It is predicted that within a week all of the mines will resume opera tions SUES CONTRACTOR FOR DIVORCE. Eaward J. Duhamel, of the firm of Meagrath & Dubumel, contractors of the federal butiding, has been Meta $500 ce sued for divorce by his wife Duhamel Mra Duhamel asl alim y and $600 for main pending the decision RAID BY COMSTOCK. (Scripps Telegraph Service.) NEW YORK, April 6—~Anthony Cometock has made @ raid of many stores and sectred over 15,000 ob- scene postal cards. Prosecutions will follow | THOUGHT HE WAS ROBBED, Olof Larees, a railroad contractor, somewhat Lat ted, called upon the police to help him locate §200, being positive that he had been robbed. Jalier BEd Griffith began a systematic search of the man's clothing, The $200 was found in an inside vest pocket ; Murderer at Liberty } COLVILLE, Wash, April 6.— Ernest Hesner, who shot and killed young Alfred Everman at Loon Lake several days ago, arrived here today to answer to some sort of charge for murder, Heaner came from the scene of the tragedy un accompanied and has his liberty pending action. Ever was in cémpany with Heaner's wife, who has a Givoree suit pending j SOMETHING NEW ntifically ned by! removing every ; particle of dirt without the slightest injury. t.uet only thoroughly cleans, bat brightens up the dead cotors. Pusey: Wuray Rug Co. Phones, Ind. 7379, Queen Anne pet eel hite City Cun Park ‘ y ost Fer “Graham of Claverhouse” Order Early From Your Nearest Newsdealer Or Telephone Direct to P.-I. Business Office 50 Cents Per Month ss" ry $25.00 DOWN AND $6.25 A The Twelfth and Last Novel in the Great $150,000 Series printed by the Post-Intelligen- cer before publication in book form is entiled————— By IAN McLAREN It begins tomorrow, and will appear in four installments on succeeding Sundays in the month of Apil———————=== ‘HERE’S WHERE YOU CAN LIVE sound, view of the Olympic Sound and the City of Seattle Transportation is easy, quick and cheap. ykane av.) now certain to be ex ed to within six blocks of Olympic Park before the of April, the time set by the company bel 15. These cars make the trip from Pioneer The West Seattle cars ( Ninth and Califo via sts., and are in less than half an hour By way of the West Seattle ferry and the ma . line to the same, point the traveling time is al Fre sent West Sextil, “ same or less, 6; ¢ The Alki Point car line feet of us, Or going entirely by water, by the boat to Alki Poi utes’ walk of Olympic The company will bu av. on Market and on the cross lines to the addition, as wel itself The land will logs, etc., but the trees that and attractiveness of the 1 1 of all cleared of a add s natural beauty The ground itsel fruit trees, berries, vegetabl produce luxuriantly without minimum of effort Bathing, boa as the beach good wharves only a q nd bath the attractions pos e and more th ] to nothing | Phones Makes You a Part Qwner With Equal Share in the Profits So ra RS 3 AT SCHOO HOUSE WILL HAVE CARRIAG oT AT 10:30, ‘Ss TO ME 11:30, 12:30, 1:30 AND 2:30 T CARS CONNECTING WITH ABOVE BOATS. TRANSFER TO WEST SE The Place to Really LIVE Olympic Park is unsurpassed by any place 08 so will run to within a most detightfal trip < which lands within tet lewalks from Calif streets from within the hely underbeust, h to the chart be kept in theit ram, excellent fe ete, and. mn and with be readily enjoyes nile distant, with gin to have Park, It is 1 get it for Room 422 Alaska Bldg:| Ind. 4475, Sunset Main MONTH ATTLE LINE AND GET OFF pai This beautiful tract is situated on the highest paasy of West Seattle, with a magnificent and unobst d Cascade mountains, 3005