The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 18, 1907, Page 3

G time borne the reputation of befhg | aroused — , squar@xamblers,” that is the the arrest of Wright the gamblers | were willing to take the t all the courts away from th vietime tr telephone tolance with certain prinoty first appear | u tevatood by all part iM Powell Hut on | known as “the rules of the gam Pow cornered Justice But th@town had long Cann and procured | up with crooked gambl e to Warrants for the card Mer? bigmitt men, California ar of Heensed lawlessr fore Judge Ca Attorneys for rants Deere cia daememmranaee Ek ce ff Cad 00 worth palie The © gamblers just Both houses warning car $9 seconds gpened on the new cquipm Hee protec The men Were let off with fines of $1¢ t the paraphernalia was destroy ed by order of the court Powell Keeps Busy, STEAMER YOSEM rece ©. FOOT OF UNIVERSITY. ST. Grand Temperance Excursion STCAMER YOSEMITE Saturday Afternoon and Evening, July 20 LEAVING PIER 6, FOOT OF UNIVERSITY ST., AT 2 P. M. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE International Order of Good Templars The route will cover a trip to the beauty spots of Puget Sound, Port Madison, Agate Passage, the United States Navy Yard at Bremerton, and the b the new “Nebraska. ¢ ol %; the West Passage of und, and the beautify 23 Mr, Powell engin this time coms, again gather rnalta, Two days Jater he closed the Unidn club. By this time Mr. Powell and the Civic were beginning to get on jr frequent’ raids ®ere beginning bave a demoralizing effect on the patronage of the houses But the league and its attorneys began to get busy in other direc tions, On May I7th John Const © of the big gamblers, who fallen under the disfavor of the city administration, had handed a letter to Mayor Humes, in which he made specific charges of graft ing against Chief of Police Mere aith. Proof in substantiation of the charges was offered but Mayor Humes declared that he did not propose to have a tin horn gambler Tunving his administration and re fuses! ITE ling at Tacoma at about 9 p. m n steamer Pythian Hall, First and Pike h, Or at Pier 6 had up to that THE GROTE-RANKIN CO. Complete Furnishers of Homes, Steamboats and Hotels. Sets to Go at $3.50 Each SE De CJS td BSBBBaey We were lucky in being able to secure a « pieces at a materially 1 ag uced price, and hence are enabled to place them on sale to tow and Saturday at the above exceptionally low special price. Read the below list of what these 42-piece sets contain— 6 Dinner Plates, 6 Individual Fruit Dishes, 1 Large Fruit Dish, 6 butter Chips, : Pina, and Saucers (12 pcs) 4 Sugar Bowl (2 pes.), 6 Tea Plates, 1 Vegetable Dish, 1 Cream Pitcher ty porcelain, and come in an assortment of decora These pieces are made of good tions. The shape is decidedly p! an unusual opportunity to buy a Dinner Set possessing and the « ations are very effective. This is tyle, beauty and durability at all less than the prices often asked for only afew plain white pieces. Each set includes the necessary articles for serving six people. The variety of decorations makes it px sible for you to use one of these sets with some of the odd pieces you may now have, and thus have not only the necessary articles to serve six, but also the additional pieces to make the complete service. Ig actordance with our policy of giving our customers the advantage of any special pur chases we may make, these 42-piece celain Dinner Sets have been they last, tomo ow and Saturday, at the special price of, per set SEE WINDOW DISPLAY. See the Sealy Arrived Dining Room Furniture Now Sampled on the Balcony ALL THE CREDIT 1403 TO BUY NOW PAY LATER - a YOU... WANT There’s a ladies’ i| oicuial ‘ The Store || AVENUE. | That | [CORNER || | Saves You | | SeconD ave. | Money L L UNION st J} ee R. Aurias-Turenne, 0. La Farge, Vice President Becretary. The Bank for Savings CAPITAL $400,000, FULLY PAID Per Per Cent Cent DIRECTORS, A SNAP ° Gat . J os : * * * * * * * * x . J “ c on * . “ ” R A enfeld * * . i r J * SAVINGS ACCOUNTS ONLY er - ap Co at Av. and University St., Opposite Postoffice * fourth of a mile from the — —— ne golf V € b === It * I $2.56 ht Mave thee * s * « * * —— : Corinne Sintpson + 263-4-5 Epler, Biock Associated Dentists | Aly i Opp. Garvey-Buchanan’s ° * Main 2010. Ind, 4869 Telephone Main 1772 6 * ee Eggers — = . 7 ¥ ‘ § jand other classes of grand and pet | atruct its enforcement gd protect| its purpose wan accepted, Preal |ing, so closely did the witnesses | Chief Meredith so upset mental! ut it w ty bunoo artista whose freedom | law violators.” | dent Biaine of the Civic league of | trace the relations between offi-| at the turn events had taken that] 1 ur from police Interference in the bold: | Confronted by this bold and dl-| fered the committee the services of| cers of the law and vio q ° was tors of started out gunning for Job j Hess with which they plied their] rect allegation of collusion, coming! the league's attorney, but as the | the law that there arose a vigorous naldine and wa inelf shot} or in 1902, and the | | Yooations tended to interfere with} aa it did from a group of citizens! purpose of the league was to stop| public demand for some determin-| fend. On the » the profits of the regular gamos v c war against the petty crooks for] by the daily castig th ned | he protection of thelr own profits | being administered to the police | ing with cortain protected criminals|whjch an understanding wa The Considine letter, while not} department by the | Post-Intelll sib published verbatim, nevertheles something of a scandal,| take some action to quiet the pub and the Civic league followed it up| lic clamor, So a committee Was ap | ings with ite mombers pledged to| them in putting things to right on Mayégo with a petition to the | pointed to Investigate the charges council asking that body to order | cor an investigation into the preva | Parry, James Muldoon, Byers, | ty... A mags The| Murphy and Rinehart. This com-| fered the » charged “that there is a 0 of official combination among | rd with Cougellman Crichton aM | {nolading exhibits of erc short Py presumed to enforee the law | chairman ling devices and admissions from|that neither Chief Meredith nor con pen this city which operates to ob fp Councilman Rinehart and othe} poilee of cers, tnoluding Chief Detective Wappenstein were fit to A Quantity of Cottage Dinner) E SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, JULY s not for long. Mayor the later Piper reg: ease of pow state of hig following that | administration wa ¢ than the t. The hat period related in a subsequent in nt of this narrative wf the highest standing In the com:| the reign of lawlessness and the|ed action, The committee came to) tragic event gambling event t the at | sudden storm of public of the committee to quiet | appreciate this and HOUR bap con-| closed up to ation which Was! the public clamor without Interfer-| ference with Mayor Hutees ned that if the committee dd not @nvolve the head of the iminivtrafion be would assist this would have caused a confitet, | re oneer, It war up to the counell to! so the offer was declined The committee held secret meet if soorecy, but much of the evidence | before the public. ‘The mittee lating of Councilmen Crichton, | taken goon became public proper: | thereupon, shirked the of its of testimony was of | responsibility to the public for the ommittee showing that) prevailing condition of lawlessness lawleswnens prevalled,|and merely reporte@that it had 1 gamb- made an investigation and found In West Seattle . For Friday, July 1 nittee met and organized on May|a@ pelgn ¢ seded, before having heard) Meredith, that thieves arrested had! occupy any position on the police \ny evidence, to announce that) been released with@Mt prosecution | force. : 1207-8 hey did not believe the charges.| upon returning thelr wag joth of thé@e men resigned ouncliman James inaiuted that | "" " . ae : ALASKA BLOG 81,400, for beautiful corner vas not the function of the coumit Public Demands Change DON’T BUILD. Prosifiet . ee to interfore in any way With’ So overwhelming was thin show street g ambling, apd this construction of Before getting our estimate on THE WASHINGTON FIRE has |plumbing and heating. 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