The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 17, 1907, Page 1

} * 0 ano oust ~ i Farge art 1S Telagresh Service) FRANCISCO, May iT- fan Francisco awoke this turned toward the ef Mayor Sebmits, the dipection pointed by floger of Abe Ruef. ‘of the most sordid » fentets the storm raised by confession, and when sali have completed the @f the loot! of the city, ene Schmits interest centers in him, will inevit- be transferred to San Quen- @ micide Rumors of Salvide were cireulated. One of the fe ge the rounds wos to the thet the mayor had com- t This, of course, i gatrus, although many were feo ready to accept it as « Another rumor which was even more credit waa to the 4 drawn letter of resigns today band it to the com- a citinens who made « ea Rudolph Spreckies gee Heney Thursday immediate restoration of BB otght se equad of wnat woel geard = around ts mansion, and had the made & move that had the of an attempt to be would have been ar with bis attorners over Schmitz will relinguished his power and aM ever to the committee the to administer the affairn @ty. In this connection, as Mi by Proseeutor Heney, so far St prosecution is concerned, the wil not be foresd te . ‘ intimation that Chief of Po- ITY Te fear that the olf tty hall tumble over, the WWwho started in on the @ Fourth avenue, has been Bot to dig under too close Ge walls of that much talked fad abused structure con re Seman work on Jefferson St. the Third avenue curb we ite ® the old shovel SBARMENT CASE DRAGS ALONG ‘ ieee MS Rossman disbarment pro Were continued tn J court thie morn! K to # @ business and a a & w the dive After the m sattied Tie feature ot i stratecy tol- | tm which he. {Yee Dinan and President of the Hoard of Works Duffey will be ousted, was followed by & rumor that they will quit office before citiens’ committee the RUEF BRANDS PRINCE OF EN BOSS BEGINS STORY OF LOOTING OF CITY BY POINTING FINGER OF SCORN | PLAT MAYOR—RUMORS OF SUICIDE AND| “RESIGNATION FILL THE AIR—SENTI- _ MENT SOFTENING AGAINST RUEF. chance to kick them out. Reef arose early od after s good breakfast, was vtrain that the ex-boss hae been laboring under ts telling on him more palpably every day. When be walked down the steps of his prix en to enter the au! morning he was ging his feet and carried himself with an alr of Matlessness, and bis once jet black locks seemed to have fe the day rumors of ai | srows whiter over night. bile fully Sympaethette Messages. Telegrams of sympathy continues jto pour In on Ruef. recelved thie morning from wony |and eeveral from old college mates Huet finds great comesolation tn sympathy | softening | Ruef. Ruef with Many strength There ta ta sentiment Rven Henney who and power he has broken | Abe Ruef made good yesterday when he appeared before the grand jury and for over an hour told what be knew about the granti overhead trolley franchise of the United Ratiway. With tears stream ing down bis cheeks and with « trembling voice, boa. }this man whe once political scepter, walled out his lit Port Ford (e4 1 I4.to 2 34 higher togay. July io an thie fallen Conusel Tirey L. Ford and As-|* dollar stetant Counsel Willfam A. Abbott, | of the United Ratiroeds, paid or caused to be paid the eum of §200.- : r 900 for the privilege named; that $61,000 of this emount Was Roefs “fee”; that $56,000 went into the pocket of Mayor Sechmits, and that the remaining $39,000 was handed to the eightven supervisors, of them recetving $4,000 each, an other demanding and getting $10 000, and Chairman Gallagher, of the finance committee, getting $15,000 as a gobetween More Indietmenta After Roef told what be knew | ten sare Spree by bores | FO Soe ome | Tee's fery re: | Pweaty-fourth ar mained [n session some time after) nasty copertare o08 2 = et| BLOT DISCOVE. RED auto. unofficially that | been voted against four high off! cialis of the railway system and also inst Schmitz. “Rust gare out @ short tnterview, | pleto! shot stating that the members of the over the heads of the occupants of grand jury hed treated him most/ 48 Suto are believed to have been bas Sain the expressions of continved against the deadiiest hatred ts showing a disposition to be wag nanimoas te the man Whose epirit of the yielded WEATHER A terrified negro strike breaker fed from the water front yesterday ip Washington street of union longshoremen were aft his blood. An officer of the law perenaded the man to leave his bid- ing bat it was some time before he This afternoon at 2:30 o'clock the preliminaries to the big track meet between the high schools of the estate are being run on the uni versity campus. Seattle repre sented tn the meet by Judd Thomp son, captain; Coyle, Mullen, Ander gon, McKay, Thayer, Pike, Ellis Hickiagbettom, Bretiand, Stoll and McAllep. The relay team cons! of Coyle, Stoll, Mullen and MoAliep It le generally conceded that the fo attle boys will carry off as many events a» they did at Ptllman. Green of ralia is expected to take the 66, 100 and 220-yd. dashes JULY WHEAT ABOVE DOLLAR (Gerippe Telegraph Bervies) i CHICAGO, May 17.—Wheat cloe this drag were and hates the lowed at 100 It te generally predicted that high prices will remain. The | i” te hysterteal | APPOINTS POLICE MATRON Mre. Margaret De Han ts to be the new police matron, succeeding Mra. Kelley, accord) to the an- nouncement made by Chief of Po- Mee Wappenstein last night, She will take charge 45 police matron | June let Mra. De Han te « widow and lives at 1806 highly ‘teen Bhe ded to the chief. BERLIN, May 17.—-A mysterious and « bullet soaring courteously and hed not tried tothe signal of a plot made to as- “grit” him, he betng allowed to teil | *asinate the his story in his own way It te believed that Ruef will not|roed when suddenly a pi be sentenced May 20 and not until after he has appeared as « witness agninet those whose triais wil! soon up. Se HALL _MAY FALL. way up Jefferson it is leaving an edging of about four to five feet in width on the city hall side. it is thought that should the olf bullding’s underpinning be in the indermined the whole structure would come é whieh would be too the engineer's department ts com very conspicuous annex the southesst angle pleting & gins, acting for the Dar sssoctation. in bis efforts to trap Rossmar ree: bad, now that An auto rang out and bullets began whirr ing through the atr Ten minutes after the kaiser | passed in bis > | It te believed that an attempt was made to kill the kaiser, the assas ata ing the first car for that of the ruler U. S. OFFICERS ON THE SOUND ARE CHARGED tn damaging admissions aod th battle of wite betwoen the two attorneys HORMIPLE DEATH OF BOY, Have Confidence tm Mawnwern fear mC, May I7-—Mertte May 17.~The Inter-|the @-year-old son of Jo ols siders mmit ot Cumberiand, met « horrible erland Wednesda terday passed ontidence in « manager of the for irree ts ap which t nd stated his the fell eared | ged a FORECAST—GHOWERS TONIGHT AN SCHMITZ PREJUDICE IS _ STRONG IN SEATTLE | | and locked | bimaeif in @ barber's shop under the | mod | | after a littl argument, | ) could venture forth without fear. | i | | SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1907. RAFTERS ~ THE SEATTLE STAR D GATURDAY, LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS. BIG BEAUTY CONTEST Secures from Judge Frater an Injunction Restrain-| ing The Star Carrying Contest to In- tended Conclusion. from COLORED LAWYER DECLARES THIS IS NO LONGER A COSMOPOLITAN WESTERN |a result, which candidate led INSTANCES-—-NEGROES DRAW RESOLU- TIONS. Following the refusal of the Lim-, acoommodations represent 11,000, coln hotel to accommodace three | 90 oegrose in our country " | “I think that {hie bas been « very negro trustees of the Christian Bn- unfortunate affair et this time. deavor society during the coming | The city of Beattie hae been known national convention, a committee all ever the country as « coamopol of four prominent negroes of Ge- | ‘tan city, but of inte months it peoms to be filled with race preja attie met tn the offices of J. Edward | 4)... Only « few aye ago @ num Hawkins at noon today and draft- ber of workmen refused to labor ed & set of resolutions which they Alongside of « Japaneses workman will Introduce to the mase meeting | *°4¢ ae ee a bake of negrome to be held im Afro \onristian Mndeavor takes issue American ball, Twenty-third av. ageinst the negro, to the extent and Madison street, Burday after. that three men, as prominent in noon. church circles ag thirty-seven otb- | or trustees of the Christian En-| } The gist of the resolutions will gon vor soclety, ace refused quar be to discourage the three colored tere with them tn the same build men, Bishop J. Benjamin Lea, | ine Bishop Johssen and Dr. Walters) “It eeeme to me that the com from com to attend the conven-| mittee made a very grave error. | thom tn J |The mistakes of a few cannot | ‘Of course we cannot expect to\be blamed to many bet think. be successful in our efforts.” saidias a representative body, that the Mr. Hawkins, who is an sections of the local committee of and one of the best Known negroes | the Chrietilan Bndeavor will reflect in the state, “hut we tntend to pre |to a large extent on the whole sent to the three gentiemen the | Christian Endeavor society resolutions passed by the negroes) “Ip the great Christian Endeavor of Seattle and thay can do Just ae poctety are Japanese, Chinese, ¥i they see fit “ ames, } ga and many other “Thee sense ay probably | races. lave any of these races’ wil urge bem to be present “fhe opredbbtatives ever been refused three men who were refused hotel’ the best hotels in the country?” ORCHARD TALKS T TO THE PRESS ne lite now that would tend to uplift humanity Denies Granted Immunity. Marry Orchard positively denied that he had been granted Immunity He stated that he expected to sul fer for the crimes committed Almost with pride he asked his! interviewers what they thought | abowt the great weet. He was cur | fous to know about the Thaw tria and if Delman, of the weat, has held bie own againet Jerome, of the « He talked in « general way about the formation of the Haywood jury and said that he was following the proceedings tm the local and othe western papers He asked to be excused from tel) PLAN WHOM STATE EXPECTS To PROVE its POINT BREAKS HIS LONG SILENCE HEALTH 18 NOT BREAKING DOWN, | BOISE, May 17.—Harry Orchard le not breaking down He is perfectly sound and healthy in body, clear and quick of brain and ff there was ever anytht in the report that he wae breaking down in health there is nothing now to indicate this ing where he bad been born ar Yeaterday Orchard the man what bis chureh might be As the whom the state depends upon to Interview closed and a guard came | prove that there was an inner cir-|to escort Orchard from the room, | ¢ in the Western Federation of the latter sald | Miners, which planned wholesale ‘Good-bye, gentlemen. I am very! murder, granted an interview to glad to bave met you, I wish you the press. This interview was at all good ith and I hope to see bis own wish and the prison offt- you again.” As & precautionary measure the actual plate in the penitentia where Orchard is confined is kep cials granted the demand During the short talk ne spoken about the t a word trial. in tact Harry Orchard requested that secret and the swhject is one tha the remarks be kept as far from the the guards dectine case aa postible, Mr. Orchard was Orchards custodian wa Guard Robbins, a veteran from atate of Maine, who came her reports that ages ago. He used to help Genera ©. O, Howard fight Indians and f three years was constantly in se with him neatly dressed and the general topica He showed that the he had been converted and had ac Christianity was true He that he was trying to live a CUPID REVIVES ROMANCE IN THIS CITY was on | The curious and elusive meth-| position with the National Cash ods of Dan Cupid, working ever | Register cc to the final consummation ot| The lovers had ceased to corre matrimony, were strongly evi-| spond, and the romance had ap denced in the romance of Miss| parently died a natural death Anite Freeman and Mr. James| when but a few days ago, Wick Wickman, formerly of Detroit and|man, walking down a Seattle Dea Moines, respectively, but now| thoroughfare, caught sight of his of Seattle, who were married last/former fiancee, with her mother evening at the home of Eimer H.|on a street car, That night he Epperson, 126 Fifteenth av.|made & search of Seattle hotels north t Rev John M Dean of until Miss Fremont was located the Tabernacle Baptist church at the Barker. The * The young couple were engaged | sulted tn Inst night's w a year ego, in Detroit, but it) yreronta in — ; proved am case of “moved away,” | witiams : for Mise Fremont with her moth-| ter for « sé er to Kansas ( and Mr. Wick-| was « tee B= % - man came to Seattle to accept a b i hag has come to a sudden end }to say The Star's Great Beauty OCon- an in an envious It bas been stopped by junction secured by and disappointed man. The public will never know, as in the race of the ballots, The court requires that the facts be sup pressed | A. Low Cohen ts the person who CITY, AND CITES NEGRO AND JAPANESE | jand eaaked for the injunction on used all of this trouble He went before Judge Frater! ca the ground that The Beauty Bait or wae feloniously refusing to ad- mit him as « candidate in the con teat The judge looked up the preee dents and decisions in, his law-| books and finally an ood that such dincrimination by the Beauty Editor was a violation of that sec- | Gon in the Constitution which provides that all men are en Utled to life, Mberty and the pur sult of bappin: If Cohen's bap | Pinese depended upon geiting into | the Beauty Contest and the Exttor barred him out, then the Bultor| was overriding the Constitution and should be enjoined. Hence the Judge found tm faver of the com plainant and fesued the order put ting an end to the Contest Admits Detont The Beauty Exiter bows to the edict of the court. Te may not sonsider the Judge's decision good j la¥, but he Kpows enough of con- tempt of court proceedings to j keep bis opinion to himeelf, Any how this man Cohen has won bis point. In order thet the plo may Judge fore themselves tte merits of the whole offa today the origigal oto of Cohen, which he submitted to the Beauty Biitor and which was promptly rejected Anybody looking at Coher tr this pleture can see how uninteresting he looks. Hie features are not beautiful He is eurrounded by the Star prints cigars. Probably the box on which | © he je #ttting i¢ filled with cigars. There js nothing beautiful about & man with « cigar tn bis mouth, nothing of a man sitting on cigars Then, look at the expression on! Cohen's countenance. It is feane, and tnert. He shows no proper! spirit of egotiam, such as @ candi.! tate in & Beauty Contest should tisplay He tt ore large Just Mutted tr. Yet thig {s the man, well known ebout town, who butted In and ypped the Contest, because he ould not get Into ft pigeon-toed and his feet aa RAILROADS HELP _ TO CLEAN FLATS FROM FORTY TO FIFTY MORE SHACKS TO BE WIPED OUT— TENANTS ARE NOTIFIED TO VACATE AT ONCE. Retween 40 and additiona tide flat shacks are the his morning in addition to th inder ban aoe ee that the of the oo ee ence en ener : A. LOU COHEN. From a tintype taken at the “corner,” Cherry st. and First av. on July 4, 1879. . on siecle ——niomngoesguiuitiaalll ’ The public w Frater and bis tnjunctions. Um opinion of A. Lou Cohen after this.| leas they do, they may be . aud will the candidates who had worked so hard and secured #0 many mwilfions of votes. The injunction falls with es pecial severity upon Hi Gill, who had invested much m prizes for his supporters, in yesterdey’s Star. The diamond rings, watches, etc, which he Secured are now left on his bands. The pawnbrokers will give Dim nothing for them and the #tores where be bought the goods Tefuse to refund bis money. Mayor Moore's band of “repeat ers” which he was organising to ballot for bim in every ward tn the city, is knocked out completely. , denly canght, just as Hi Gill was, with a jot of brass jewelry op their hands f Mayor Moore Withdraws. Mayor William Hickman Moore this morning notified The Star of his desire to withdraw from The Star's Beauty Contest. “I want to express to The Star, said the mayor, “my appreciat: of the favorable consideration myself as a candidate In the beauty Contest and to thank the. Beauty Contest editor for the kind words spoken of me yesterday. 1 desi to withdraw. My feeling of rexw for Col. Blethen, and iit Gill, t of the candidates, is responsible . tt Ber fot vote nnn tetn tekent|for this determination. ‘The sett io nought. The energies of Judge Should be between these two sen: tiemen and 1 would do authing that Humpbries tm the same direction possible: have been wasted. the might detract from success of eft one. To my friends who have so gal- lantly supported me and who have promised to stand with me worll the close of the contest I desire to express my most heartfelt thanks and to say that I reel an indebted- ness as great as though I bad re mained in the contest and through thelr help had won. This support Back to Simple Lite, All of the candidates will now resume the practice of their regu ar vooationa in life, dropped for the while on secount of the con test. The Star will close up ite Beauty Headquarters, discharge fits corps of competent rote-count ers and torn over its vast fund of toformation about sham voting I desire to transfer to Hi Gill and contests to several esteemed con- Col. Blethen, either one of whom temporaries that are trying to is deserving thereof.” At the time of Mayor Moore's withdrawal. The Star hed not been served with the injunction papers. NE rope the public into schemes of similar character. But let them beware of Judge a WHo's THE HOGt The hog that the farmer has ted and fondied fer @ y¥ the packing ho © packers b into & nm, com old friend, the farme: or better. Who's the ho (Kas) Enterprise. STATE OFFICERS (OF EAGLES (Star Special Service.) VANCOUVER, May 17.—The offle they found abead work they had begun railroads had bee m and that every tenant of acks along Occidental av served with notices to the « had vacate The ks are all to be tenant 26th of this month fall vietima to the cers elected at the Washington state is taking place on/convention of the Eagles werer The ground needed | State president, George EB. Law ad wreckage an term-| rence, Tacoma; vice-president. 8, ®&. Mullin, Bellingham; chaplain, A, which the board of health condemn is o larg ea south of |W. Weaver, Vancouver; secretary, 1 yesterday Connecticut st. that is only partial | Frank Dowd, Seattle; treasurer, A, It was the ratiroad companies filed and the 40 to 50 shacks /G. Smith, Colville; inside guard, hat exercised the privflege of ejec » so hemmed to by the fll that John Henderson, Backley; outside a today end fot the of the only thing that can be done guard, 8S. J. Justhan, Rossland; health. Yesterday afte to get rid of them ts to tear them trustees, B. D. Vandeveer, Sedre the health officials went on to push down or burn them Woolley, C. EB. Buttles, Wenatchea, CLARK FORGIVEN raph Service.) (Roripps Tel NEW YORK Ma 7.—-aftter eturning the handsome financial gift, Rev. John f. Clark, last night in a letter to his co gation stat 4 that he was very y for per orming marriage cere which made Corey and Mabe man o and wife and he 1 t Is stated that his resignation ¢ handed in during the day will be jestroyed and the man who has aused so much trouble in Congre gational church circles will be al lowed to keep the pulpit of the Buswick Avenue Congregational church of Brooklyn. Mn CHICAGO. N. D. Milltzer, Port Townsend. DR. RUSSELL CAN TO RUSH IMPROVEMENTS, Residents of the V cor Park dist appeared at the park board svat aa tects NOT PAY IT ceush Ge ieee nts in that park tod Highiand Drive ash ih nine he When Charles Johnson, who ob tained a judgment of $500 Jast fall LITTLETON FOR THAW against Dr Annie Russell, for biastinis: tutnaoaiin Sawetanis a horse whipping administered by * 4 Dr. Russell's son at her request, NEV RK, May 17.—Martin W t he , EW YORK, Ma: 17, n ame to collect his judgment he ravage gage egg tous d nothing on which he could trial whe is calle In Judge Griffin's court yesterday t is also announced . ne aa whe metre ake DT Russell stated that all hep al wi tedly take ee property consisted of 90 shares ig f ih the Russell Mining & Realty coms pany, in pledge for a loan of $500, and some bric a brace mortgaged fot $1,100, Sensation Promised. LITCHFIELD, I I e at May Whitman college had no difficnity in deteating the University of Wash ington baseball team yesterday aft- ernoon, winning by the 9 to 3. The Seattle boys rah seventh rah of went th ning ee omer