The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 24, 1907, Page 1

st Ealtlon THE SEATTLE STAR _ [be cen WEATHER FORECASB FAIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY; CONTINUED WARM; LIGHT WINDS. q SEATTLE, WASH, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1967. VOL. 9. NO, 102. PRICE 25¢ PER MONTH JOCK COLLAPSES PLUNDERBUND WAGED WAR AND FOUR DROWN ON CITY'S WATER SYSTEM From Tacoma on Picnic at Stone's Landing fa tera th ‘ca With Assistance of City Comptroller Parry the Enemies of Municipal Enterprises Victims of Sunday's Disaster--Old Man’s Body “Only pra I xlvon the Mtno Succeeded for a Long Time in Preventing the Building of the Cedar River a Found. Carroll and the Pierce county cor Water System--Joe Smith Resumes His Interesting Historical Narrative. the ground this + morning. The bodies have been eee REE Re n to Tacoma. (Scripps Telegraph Service.) from a balloon and were killed. Au a 44 Leaeee® * VIENNA Pri ron | attampt was made to capture the With the following story, Joe Smith resumes his narrative of the public services and pos THE DROWNED * » io Ident balibon, and the would-be rescuers jitical training of “Honest” John Riplinger, showing through what experiences and observa- Peterson, 10 years old, daughter of Peter Peterson, * ality chronicle of used lights, This ear nh Ox bal in schoo! section 16, south of Thirtyfifth st, Tacoma, ® -6 acronauts, two French off plotfon of the gas and ten were tions Mr. Riplinger was brought up to look upon public office as a private graft. In this install Timer Obero. 4 yeare old, sen of Mr. and Mra. Fred Old * * and one Austrian officer, fell kille® tn that manner ment of his narrative Mr. Smith takes up the surroundings of Mr. Riplinger in the city compe a sche lleeieesdliaiiiieedaaieeaninaminih cueiiaie = " rrr. 44 yea ots * troller’s office under Comptroller Will H. Parry from January, 1898, to March, 1900 Peter Whealer, N. P. engineer, Tacoma. * | During that period the city was passing through the throes of the task of financing the THE INJURED: * Cedar river water system in the face of the opposition of the consolidated plunderbund. Mr, iettie Le Ct Tecoma * Smith points out how Comptroller Parry played into the hands of the opposition, both official- yy ay aR Seaner, aued 1) Judien, & ly and unofficially, and how he was rewarded for distinguished services by being nominated aq Ellen, aged 6 yea Tacoma. * and elected in 1900 to the office of councilman-at-large nnso! com H 4 * i i Bre ©. N. Johnson, Tacoma, head brulend ang. em pee © Mr. Smith relates, also, how the city was gold-bricked | sning financiers ‘n its orige injure: Pe osave Pierson, Tacema. * ei | inal purchase in 1890 of the Spring Hill Water company’s system, and how an outstanding tre. mn. * a—Tommy, it pains me more Svea Berg, Tacoma. ¥ (Borippe Telegraph Be tee. Paine ny w baken up and Mortgage again c 97 10W y a a roars oe eelen and two children, 1210 North Fife et, #|than it dose you to have to whip! slant FORD, Conn, June 2eok abe heen were, sha we gage against that system of which the city had in 1897 no kn ledge, was used as @ | you, always remember that segneneer. train ean tele SRO ca a cedin” Geceral means of delaying the Cedar river main. ' ‘“ " —V¥ A Adolph Lundell, 860 South Prospect st, Tacoma, pi porn prt maw, but net in) cog of a work train last might on taluéd broken legs and arms In tomorrow's installment of his narrative, Mr. Smith takes up the public services and McCamany, Tacoma. the Highiand. division of the New mn on the work train hor t Pe >, " 1 < Williams, Tacom * - York, New Haven @ Hartford valli HH0Me brelacd, several. being pinned public spirit of Frank H. Paul, who succeeded Mr. Parry as city comptroller and under Gertrude Malcolm, Tacoma, bruised and serious con #/ John W. Gates, the plunger, road, and alight were killed and 86 betidath the huge trucks, and it; whom, also, Mr. Riplinger served as chief clerk. In that installment he will describe a piece ® | woars gold bowed spectacles and injured took hours to Iberate them. phyal ‘ + i Hannah G. Erickson, Tacoma. # | looks as mild-mannered as a coun Of the tajured two will probably of dolag their best to ease their of thimble-rigging public service finance pulled off by Mr. Paul and tell of the incident in Mrs. H. W. Hall, Tacoma. = PB serssvan prekeeper, which he ts not. | die before nf ight pat which Mr. Riplinger and ex-Councilman James employed Mr. Paul to procure favorable ac» oe reer as PSeTrTrerrr rr. eters. ey tion by the State Land Commission on the question of purchasing the 1903 issue of bonds fox a geeeaeeeee n from a Swedish picnte given t ané } eta HA T A * construction of the city lighting plant. pesca = oe Stone's landing. It is est ah remap —_——__— more of persons are | id By Joe Smith. » debt berond Ite legal limit and } | in me at there were nearly 1,000 ver | | tition as the re | ons on the pleasure ox ». J When “Honest” John Riplinger, in other wa alling the attention « a boat| he time came to retu | In January 1898, became ch ¢ clerk of financiers and ° possible future ding mien fs be | ne d jostied ite way to t mptroller’s office un tors to the fact that the cit} — t not properly protecting ite acon wharf and wh the steamer fs i f , | fultnomah, which was to take the/ der a i — aie 4 ientckers home, arrived at #30 found yt h : Bot known whether or not | pfeni oma, | arriv< ed | tremendous t of financing a During that year (1898), the ety . ial edlge — ag eres in 8 : va 100 bea tigireg constructing River w e its first and ur esetul ets ip it save 3 : This was being done in fort to let a contract the con; | ho went down t ip it gave way, and with th Se and face of the powerful and persiste truction of the system be pal fth no one to miss |craah of beards and the screaming | meaye - ra gt ah ire ‘os’ te the ieeuees tree _ * Te ota eeeras with tittle children | Editor Star: I see by your paper that commission merchants dre dumping food into the] victimes oF CAPSIZING on |‘Doush secret and underhanded. op” Tin ln Tit Pin OM ter revel se r ar ” _ ' me € certain etre fina ued ate « fe being carried on today, |in their arma, this mass of people | bay rather than sell it at reasonable prices. One immediately askg himself; “Of what ben aes h hoped to come and in bi al report weanlted in the finding of inged into the water LAKE WASHINGTON REFUSE ‘Biers toch ok the Wath y 1, 1889, Mr. Parry te Te aie foe were » Multnomah’s boats were put | efit to the community is it to wage a war on the bole weavel, cut work and other vermin, if after again » contro the w ry | 89, 2 urry to ht. Those known out, life lines and life preservers | eh, TO TELL TRUTH ABOUT THE system as a private, tribute-taking © gloat over that fa last nigh 3 one rn wt te cake oa Maia wtene | the products arrive safely at full maturity they are to be destroyed in vast buik that a few corporate ent In that oppo- | th janguage. their lives tn the frt he hn io - . 7 . b « reatly Th gle ta , Peterson, El |to the assistance of thone flounder |pertons may make a little more money by a little less work. AFPAIR. ation the r" Py s cotiee , She: recent a yt re pt to me Edith Obers and a man |ing in the water, and after a b at 3 “8 aided ty the attitude of Compiles: | ist the chatrent Me. the Desse 27a ‘ys ter Whealor, a/and confused but desperate ai It is to be remembered that the commission merchant at hig Best produces nothing, but Parry towe the ums rtaking, a water supply system has shown the Pacific eng! gle for the rescue of the drowatn he levies his living off the products produced by the toil of others if he is to be permitted in Mr. Archibald Myers, a salesman they were nd in ja years by) u y of att to proces ape Soom tn r Med P y pe joke T ir. H 4 the att t t of his s Jer the financial plan outiin those In the water were pulled for John Davis @ Co.; Mr ware © attite wards i h ui a _ the ancial plan ow Who We pines ome iq voard of taken to the Bg ve addition to living off the toil of others, to also destroy the produc their toil, is he not doing | fy fois Jr. of Howard H. Lew! cessors Frank Paul and Mr. Rip- in Ordinance 3,990. (The original ae “* od ‘wy ‘cate of individual herolam were|the same injury to production and consequently to all his fell men, as the vermin which ma, and several ng linger himse : a mM Psa aga ge supply ordinane@ Retiness man, residing on f7 formed. but 4 na ntyeton | destroys the crops. He makes his commission whether he selléefor a great price or small un sum tema ae of Mr. Parry @ serious ob- | ¢ sation oc. Deaemter 1k Saae Her ty - prego mano | Jacobson, and William Abraham | but when he sells for a great price, he “makes” more money with less work than when he € ident which ro ie With consplevous rrante therein ovided £ floating or a . ed two © © members Mr. Parry mastered ev ! t a desirable form of sce water, and several attempts pond pa meg ene ee | a sells a vast quantity at a small price. . . ¢ the pre! ieke tho Nahe and left the city’s finances during a peric asons that must odie cord | S mate to nol vadly so oe the reseue work. | Any producer who can prove his consignment has been so wi lly destroyed can go into mt nti] they were rescued b ngge ro eg jad sr bs “i Ales ai cae be: had experienc She pulled , by the er Cyrene e city ball who too e¢ pains n finan affair Sfter life had been smoth Return to Tacoma. }a court of law and recover for it. 4 "eee y person known to have seen do so, thereby coming to be looked “ 1 e tr form After spending over an hour in Again, the poo 3 “ t refused this sping upon as the lef f al Council Awarde Contracts. | « we always have with us, and if hav s of a the accident refu — @ S| Upon ae the ch tean: : dble weight of the the vicinity searching in the hope & La y we have a surplus of produce ny nd, tail the tr out the affair, of the municipality. Mayor Ht séiiees ‘pébiceel to. ae prs | ting |how much more humane and christian to give it to the needy, than destroy it when there are ang a» the got awa. ni especially, know! felis on the family of Fred | of picking up survivors or loc little of munic- Parry must have appeared more ob} BE of 1514 South First st. Te ‘the bodies of victims. the Multno | a » 60 . ve knowing little of : t some who suffer the pangs La mt telling pal finances and caring less, came | vious to “persons having expe j ieee Obere. aged lt. a4) mah sisamed to Tacoma. So freac or omnes OF ee names of the we more and ¢ to depend upon Mr. in financie! poobe yeretiage ae Sypa 4, went down in — tie were the rescued te leave the If your helpless government (it appears to be helpless against ‘those who conspire against cident are etil! a ¢ 4 secret Parry for advice and ge mele inant yong an her mother, Who, vessel that a wild rush for the It is yred that two young such matter af to members of the city council sf ae . rumored a such matters. The same was true, the ands 4 " Pier two other children. were |ynore was made, at the Tacoma the whole community) can do nothing to stop this waste, we can at least hold such people up | on of the party were in the water for the most t. of meiabers of , - vag the guidance of as in the wat af It 1 dock, and those on the wharf say |to the odium and execration they deserve. ov hour ng to an ove aa eat onal City Engiacer ™ mson proceeded it Mra. Oberg and one OF that it was a miracle that some poms J tala of the te lor bids on the cone iie ther children may le'cae was act drowned them and I write this to you, hoping you will keep up the fight, for heron a course of conduct which /* que picked t 1 aston’ Mr Parry Peasimistic treet ofter ing the warra 0 pave Teeult of the exp e and ‘there is immoral and violates every principle of public policy. If the Himn who causes two blades no questions Commanding this confidence Mr. Ment, letting on April 19, 1899, the y dmitte tan acel-/ Parry, in his annual reports from | first of a series of contracts undep Mr M # admitted that an P which work on the system was be- abe and autos were called, spe 3 Whealor, aged 25, wax a0 | gai cars were put Into pt a: of grass to grow where only one grew before, is a public benefactor, the man who destroys | ‘when seen today, year to year, and In his more fr " me te Northere eats and the still hysterical women and | the fruits of the earth is a public enemy. but refused to tell the facts of th quent meet nes ane. Connelee vs gun a te w months > ane “om, on o 2 t rtle om With the finance committee leted, to th « pplyin children were taken, some to th wit LY. joa did other parties whom a plying man has not been post homes, but many to the hospitals o . ; A MAN HA PAMIL referred the reporter to memnbe he council, took a | the ty with water, by January 10, ery pessimistic view of the city’s identified as Whéalor. it is Deaths from exposure are feared that it will prove to be the St any time and tt may be several; The foregoing letter | tly emphast © sii ; 7 >: let 1 living, sold on the same | théfe ie no work for him to do in finances, freque apha ‘ ‘ Of the engineer days before the disaster shall have | what extent the peo . o ® r as the products whieh the state of Washington. After the fact that thé city was already Continued on incr Se ems All Tacoma People claimed {ts last vietim are moved by the exposure in The actors the com inent, | tow save Ip. Seattle, he has found = te é dead and injured were all| The survivors are not only Il!) ais) o¢ the methods of the produce and (rults, which should out! how. thoroughly the city and people, who were about to from ee but many were |” =" 7 J inetay of Hite during the stake are Organized and is ready to * ‘i combine summer mon which should be seek ahother field for his work - r % Sagi, time cheap and plentiful as an offset to sions to | J. O. BEAUOREAU, VICTIM O : he exposure comes at a tim people are not helpless to eset . food stuffs which bear the in- regigdy this condition, boweve A MYSTERIOUS AUTOMOBILE . y ‘ ce in the| ACCIDENT, SUCCUMBS when living has become a problem ated tariff of shipment from the ‘The common law ts in f } i to the wage earner; when the a¥- east, are held by the food combine | stage of Washington through lei | Sade af salary provides Sor. ‘ at prices which make moet farm jatife enactment. Combinations J, D. Beaudreau @ at bis ree more than a & living; when the) pre x among the luxuries on their af trade are in direct vio- | dence at Riverside pear George margin for savings is wiped away tables of the workingmen. ta of evmmon law and perro i sue chal e ‘ ve land no outlook is left but that of a! A gtrik example of the work | enmbat re quit one ty ys ‘ | - wing ik them are guilty of fel- ceived Th , }iife time of toll In return for the of the food combine ts the fact ompend lable to prosecution and | accident at 1 tace Bi MES | necessities which tain life that the apples, produced by mil- | piiiishment st The exact the acct The exploston of a burning lamp covered him. He rushe | e the cost of living has Hone in (he state of Washington, | he abure is one which can be/ dent in which u was im-!at ine t , mguecoaee tkeama be Mey Cory Bopha tars ¢ greatly ghout are sold to the consumer at prac- peaghed by procedure through the | jured is unknown ts capet-| mor. GS Tome. TS »wed by 1} ee : country by cost of living tn Seattle thc the same prices as the or-loffite of the prosecuting attorney: ed that Coroner F. M. Carroth wilt S819 Fs Saturday nigh . (Reripps Telegraph Servic tured severs! suspects, and when | '* oUt ag o the cost of anges shipped im from California; |thepugh investigat and Indic sake an investigation of the case ed heoih of I IW bid tyes oma sad toro a aie living in other cities the same sixe. at higher prices than the bananas |Mmemt by a local grand jury, or if possible, the two men a < éeiedn fe the 2 he city dire threats | Wile there te legitimate cause ahippe m the fer south through cimilar action by a federa in the machine with | Seattle high 1 body of 7-yearcld Walter charging more In Seattio for goods Not only Seattle, but every town |atamd Jury, The law bas come Beaudreau The © be with a light an Italian boy kidnapped The police took three shipped om t nat , of size in the state of Washington, d0%a from olf English practice Ax near as can be learned the! lamp, which was carying barged in Joes not hold true vat fo Ao the grip of a food trust. The | It Bae been invoked many times man was riding in an antomobdile | his bed room, and the flan ‘ ota ie thoroughly orgentzed, so both in Bi and the United with two friends when the mach yeste morning, and sey. ail da which are produced In tBis sectt thorough reanized in fact, that a Staies ft fs an effective weapon verred throwing Beaudreau to the Yards fro @ body the head Thi ing, 4 ¥ a ast night the y ad nbs ne renewed outbreaks | Of ant ‘ man who follows the bustness of im the hands of the people break | sidewalk 1 injuring him inte diseove red were made to take the suspects| Yet the p pyar ¢ the 2 reanizing associations among t up Rot only the produce dealers i nall He was ¢ ied to his b ‘ and vigilantes searching away from the police and kill b deegererne og “A od upon which purveyors of food products told the | Srocers’ trusts but every at Riverside unce ous and rap the bo and cap them the peop ative of The Staf that combination in restraint of tr ly sank to his dea EXAGGERATED EGO 0 RCH ARD i S ( j v FE A a : __ ee sced th in the strongest the state. Disorder oceurred ago and held for was und in a ransom Ste teceeeceee cece eee eeeu ser ese seeeeeese eres sere eee ® Cj KES f e was his reason through | bim in chai t Prof. Dasay ce e3 d TAKE OFF tion of the mystery connected with Haw or when. We retail your nATH a iQenth ot Gustavus Adctphustte Nentile tse, tayerers~ ite GEE | ning, wh body was found | not sé here on eturn ang ? in E ott B ar the pa x ack ‘merely ta Fe Re The federation w nina a iw tai” Deters ing south Attorney Darrow Opens Statement for the Defense in '»,'"»,«°" > ieee Pe eas Sale cavum: iis ont 8 cee eo ot ee the Haywood Trial--Will Try to Prove That Or- sn: scie® wouter’ vs ‘higrd” work was bring" Schaening came to this country | chard Murdered Stetmenberg Out of Personal Re- y, now the chief couns ; iy for (wo 20 soars of age and is very bight — the fo "the f ¢ t ‘the ; te i , = , Hera f m0 c rtine ' itoaa Scripps Telegraph Service.) w — ificing the men w paint ~ jaa bay get ih Mp ‘ ‘ s ae n “ 4 i malin HOISE, Idaho, June 24.—Attorney helped, him, ted | ¢ and f & at Bremertor 1 o Dertow, for the Gatonee, began hi ‘His. testimony ally that in pa S in Garahane. at ab Bao sate rvecamiaalk baleen vee addroas @ Haywood trial this bers Way oye a Pet ul ie hired lawye 8 to defend it, a ir? ¢; there was abi € » doubt as ce-th hill and eos ee’ Ferpaell fers ee sieve [ <== CLOSE Groceries P08! a C . I a ~~ . A uy apt preggo anes : th “in tho | Y ‘ la . » . Ne bowed t ” nO ¥ J € ‘ " A € ; 4 ; fete ing ‘ Kk } er Acting Chief d « ‘ lor pea ainat It fo artou Th ne and b 4 a federa Now t huma i he ay ie the | said this 1 ing As long aa t th jes a v6 f nl shooting a ave his