The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 14, 1907, Page 7

COMMON SENSE SCIENTIST OF WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND. ever spoak to the peo Will we « rs ae nes S. Howe, of Case) | The present axsessed valuation qailroad property in the state bet Washington. inciudfng both the ? stock and the rightsolway a mile, while the vatue ‘same ty according to report ‘ol the, state railroad | tw $81,000 a mile. | Gate Tax Commissioner — ‘gpesking to @ reporter for The Star today sad: state’ tax Special Service.) (Star 5 4.—The jury : ity) i H i Fa g it Se Ff a Ses z e Hy ee:" Et > , Inspector's are mak vaas of the done they Beattle Prom epeciat sketch by staff artis fince Judge ta "LL NEVER TALK TO MARS Now ARE AS NEAR AS WE EVER GET TO CELES. ee emaemons 0H FLASH WORDS, BUT MARTIANS $ INCREA CONSERVATIVE | | rt GLARES 38,000,000 MILES BARS COMMUNI GATIQN, oF | } { } | | School of Applied Selence, Cleve: land, and & common sense sclen-} tist, says emphationlly “never.” rolling stock, are taken Into con sideration. The state ratlroad com mission, which has investigated the whole subject thoroughly, fouad that the railroads are assessed at! only about 36 per cent of the value | of their property The Interstate Commerce Com | mission, in a repert made some years ago, when railroad property | wae of found that considerable less value, the rattromds In the! bington were worth an $54,000. Im 1908 the | aasesement of all railroad property, | whether that of steam roads or/ street railways, will be made by | the state tax commission. We in-| tend to adopt the methods used in King county this year in as swaatng franchtee values.” SE ARE FINED FOR THEFTS W. P. Salk, SO. Moll, Robert | Suthertand, Dennis Bishop, Willtagn | Cox, & Ryan and Henry Owens, seven of the railroad employes ar-| = seman | Kilts BE. Hepaley, 27, Mverett. and tary Taft returned to the capitol rested on the charge of stoallOS | Heatzice Smythe, 19, Snoquaimie,| this morning and immediately from the N. P. frotght depot! wan / | pleaded guilty to petty larceny In| Justice Carroll's court thie after-| noon and were fined $50 each. case against O. H. Snyder was dis missed. J. Bh. Prost was put ander $600 bond to keep the peace by Justice Ccrroll, Frost is sald to have threatened bia wife. ENGINEER: | J. M. Ghtelds, an engineer on a Northera Pactfic train, was killed yesterday afternoon, when, in lean- ing out of his cab, bis head struck & watertank. This occurred near) Covington, and the engine ran to Auburn,.a distance of 10 miles, | with no one directing it, the fire | i the brok. man being obliviows to the engt- | pipes and | neer’s sudden death. Shields ro-| complaints | sided in Tacoma, and his body was} and keep-| taken there. Coroner Wiltsie in vestigated the case | j re have 5,000 by| The death sentence of “Lord”| the French at Tan-| Harrington has been commuted at} St. Louis to life imprisonment. | it, showing that worried look } ndis’ decision | Mare has the |i prematurely PROF, CHAS. 8. HOWE IN DIAG He drew two etitpaes on paper, ene to show thw path of the earth and the other that of Mars. Now this year wo are o Mare as we ever got miles, and we must wait pefore we get this he wale, as near t 18,000,000 tr 16 yoars t close again, h The moat powerful we have magnify 2 te equivalent to tolescopen 500 times, That sevlng over 15, } 000 mites with the naked eye or, in @ practionl illustration, a elty the site of London on Mare would look as big as a pin potnt at arm's length Ie Mare tnhabited? climatic conditions are concere ft might be, but astronomers bot yet proved that it ts. We know for a certainty that *Ame seRKOnS Wwe ave, but her year is Almont twice nsiating of 687 daya that tleally the same length as So far as dl have re pr our day “Astronomer Percival Lowell, at his observatory in Flagstaff, Aris, | TWENTY PER CENT INCREASE ASKED _— The scale which the coal miners; of this state and Vancouver Island | | propose to work under during the |S!9days or legal holidays, exces coming year was submitted to the operators by the delegates to the aonual convention of District No. 10 thie morning who will meet with the miners Thursday morning at 10 o'clock when the varfous (tems im the seale will be gone over. The following were Present today | operators C. R. Claghorn, Tacoma; J. Rj also to be paid in United Sta Menus, Roslyn; J. G. Green, Jr,/currency instead of che as Rosiya; J. G. Green, Sr. Cle Elum; |merty. This ts partly to prevent 4. Swaum, Ravensdaie and James}s part of the minors’ wages from Anderson, Black Diamond |moing to the saloone where many The new scale provides for a 20/ per cent increase on ail forms of Herbert C. Harsiey, 29, Ketcht kao, Alaska, and Carolyn M. On} borne, 20, Beattie. Laurre B. Smith, lege) age, and) Clara Radford, legal age, Seattle. Robert J. Burton, legal age, and | Sarah I. Bayley, legal age, Seattle.| be exesedifigiy busy betwoon now | Peter J. Nilsen, 26, Ballard, am Stima Yonsen, 26, Ballard Olaf Stavig, 25, and Emma wT} Thompson, 25, Seattle | Ee! Lindbotm, 26, and Thelma) Daltanen, 26, Seattle. Marion C. Cox, legal age, and Eanice B. Dibsy, legal age, Seattic. | RTH RECORD, Births were registered today as follows Hesethauer—To Wife of A. Hasel bauer, Seattip General hospital, Aw sust 9, a son. Ryan—To wife of © W. Ryan, 2427 EB. Union st, August 12, a son. Hain—To wife of C. H. Bain, 404 Piam st, August 12, a daughter Lae-—-To wite of C. BR. Log, 1020 KB. Spring st, August 11, a daugh ter DEATH RECORD. Deaths were registered today as follows Bachmano—Minnie 1 mach. | , Aug. 12, 1123 Sixth ay ‘ameron--Maggie Cameron, 46, Aug. 9, Providence bodpital Collier—-Rosa Collier, 80, Aug. 11, 86 Bay at | Barnes—Mayford G. Barnes, 29, | Aug. 14, Providence hospital Jobnson—Mrs. Anna Johnson, 77,| Aug. 1}, 1519 First av. wost | Wallace—Infant, Aug. 12, 734 Lakeview av Larson—James Larson, 62, Aug . Green Lake hospital. 12, OF MARS APPEAR THROUGH MIGHTY MELESCOPE. lend of the month as formerty [fruit raising, while many will de THE SEATTLE § RAM SHOWING HOW CANALS has shown by bis maps that the mountain peake are snow-capped tn | winter and in the spring the| rr flows down the valleys into | ala that are 60 milea wide and tation springs up. He atreama canals, not be ause they are artificial, but the Martlan waterways run in & straight Hne tq the oceans in stead of meandering as ourn do. Until our telescopes are the: ed in power many fold, our deter minations of the physical geogra- | phy of Mars are at a atandatill but with the «apectroscope — muc h} valuable Information is being th erning her position, } is inbablied, and we of | the earth should want to commun: | fente with her, it would be don with flashes of Nght, but this would | be unintelligent because of want of 4& code, and the imponsibttity of | arranging one. } No, we will never talk with Mars, even though we find she is inbabt Remember, 38,000,000 miles is a long way off.” calls thei o be onune | work at the mines. Aa eight bour day b demanded, with no work on yt when repairs are necessary, cet | alx hours shall constitute a day The lowest item in the scale t« $3.50 per day for common labor and the highest ts $4.26 for fire boss The wages for the major part of the miners will be $4 per day The miners also asked to be pad twice each month instead of at the and of them are oo checks cashed. ‘TAFT (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Seere mpelled to have thei plunged into the great mass of pc cumulated st iter. He will! and the time attle he leaves route to the Orient. BROWNFIELD FUNERAL. for Be The funeral of the late Clturies Rrownfield, superintendent of city water department plant and property at Cedar lake, took piace | this mornin, end tn charge of the funeral. The city was unrepresented, as no one had been notified of the time of the funeral | JAPS GO SOUTH (By United Press.) IO JANEIRO, Aug. 14.—The goveroment has authorized three Japanese colonization schemes and hundreds of the brown men will ‘be brought to this section of South Amertea to engag in commercial pursuits, espectally agricultural and vote their attention to mining WAV STAR--WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14, 1907. ELF M pice Gover, former member of the department, attempted to murder & girl who had spurned hin love, and fatally woundea ninself shortly before 3 o'clock this aft ernoon ‘ on Homlock st, near the university, ‘The girl whose name is unknown lto the police, escaped fatal injury, After firing at her, Gover turned the point of hin revolver toward his own heart and inflicted a fatal wound. SCHMITZ FOR MAYOR (By United Press.) BAN FRANCISCO, Aug Chatrman Egan, union labor leader, was victorious in yesterday's pri mary election. He has issued a statement today favoring Schintta's nomination for the mayoraltyship Ho says Schmitz has endeared bim wif to the labor party. Langdon has many enemies and he will not be renominated for attorney ON THE FRONT The freighter Meteor will arrive from San Franctseo tomorrow with a large cargo Tho steamer President left last wight for a trip around the sound W@ pick up & cargo. The schooner William Howden feft San Francisco for Seattle Avieust 13 The of! steamer Ban Francisco for Seattle today The st * Jotferson in due to- Bight from her last excursion trip fot the season to Sitka. The Hyades nirelied by Schw- bach and Ha n, leaves tomor- row for Nome with a large cargo. Capt. Rey | new launch Puret waa launched yesterday. The steamer Pennsyivan rived yesterday from N (By United Prose. ETON, Wis, Aug. 14.—A ef al) the paper gills in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michi gan, representing $20,000. as closed teday by Jobn Hanrahan of New York. RESTAURANT MAN RESIGHS OFFICE As a regult of considerable fric- roctation, A. H, MeCormick, of the Del Monte cafe, who has been manager of the office mnintatned by the organization In the Epler block, tendered bis resignation at the regular meeting last night His place was filled by W. M. Cros by, who r tly came to Seattle from Los A lew SAYS: “PARENTS, TO ARMS!” Rev. Phoebe Hanaford Tells Them to Carry Weapons. HEINOUS CRIME (Star Special Service.) | OLYMPIA, Aug. 14.~~Joho Me-| Donsld is under arrest at mino, | this county, and will have his pre | Yi ary hearing there thie after FOR POVER }noon oo @ charge pre 4 by his) (MEV. PHOEBE A. HANAFORD. | wife that he has b criminally | (Seattle Star's Exclusive Service.) Almost in the center of Seattio’a|(Stimate with their i-yearold| jew YORK, Aug. 14.—Kven the now commercial district, on an al-|2auehter. He is 66 years old and | ministers have been stirred to ley betweon Pike and Union sts,, |" ee coe Ee ae oe ; | ane Ik by the epidémic of at and Fifth and Sixth avs., Rev. M Tc Rpt sor MtAl tacks on little girls in this city Matthews has found a case of destt | CWaraph company. A short time) ‘Fie Rey, Phoebe A. Hanaford, who ago, Just before th sion period “inne yl Ae soggy iy Foy tution and poverty and now makes 4 f » frvongena Mas’a nationa station, a an appeal for aid jof 26 years expire © at OW A) it signed stateme advocating that In a hovel on the alley, which |SUe% and was discharged #0 he! tadvers and mothers carry firearms ” i | will receive no pension under the was once used as stalls for horses, | lives Mrs. Minnie imbecile daughter five-year-old child. Mrs, Hamilton | aged, owing to tions of her first husband, who died in the penitentiary where he was sent for murdering their three-year old child years ago. The daughter, Hamilton and the her latter's | Mrs, Amelia Ruttan, ts an imbe eile, owing to i treatment of a drunken husband, now divorced. and who is under bonds to ke the peace This hovel, consisting of one stall and a fean-to is rented for $2 & month Poverty is writt all over the so-called dwelling and the existence of the place is an eye sore to respectability Last winter, it ie stated, the three persons subsisted upon refuse ob tained from a garbage barrel, in the rear of a Pike at. delicatessen store The case was dine ed by Rey. Matthews and he ash ) seriptions to purchase @ tent, which he will have erected on donated land Lake Washingtes, and have three persons removed there, where fresh alr and freedom from disturbance can be assured, | company rules | The steamer Otter reports that! the whaling operations which are} carried K yuquet are heavier than ever before, there be ing an average killing of 30 whales a woek out from FOR SALE 1207-8 ALASKA BLOG Ave SPECIAL BARGAIN WEST SEATTLE For Tomorrow, Aug. 15 For 2 beautiful view of Sound; a fine building site. to protect their children : Angler’s Notice We will close out all fishing rods reaardiess of cost. Now is your chance to get Piper & Taft, 1024-26 Second av $775 lote, with unebstructible near Prince St. on Lewis 14.—| Maverick left | BECOMES “PREXY" AT 70, Dr. Alexander Chosen for Head of Union College. BROKER FAVO - PUBLIC MARKET . RS \Prodyce Man Says It Will Prove to be a Benefit to Commission Men as Well as ‘Public-—-Will Regulate Prices aftd Encourage Production. | That a public market will be of sent to the markets and sold the benefit not only to the producer |#ame_as the produce of the farmer and consumer, but will aleo tend to The cure for food stuffs equalize conditions among commis | woyig fluctuate according to sion men and. brokers, is the opin: | the law @ suppl and der 4, in jon of L. W. Leavensworth, a vad of being determined by duce broker in the Colman b sreements betweep the wholesale | ing. land the retail. It would encourage | A market at © and one/an expansion tn fruit raising, gar down near Youle »my mind the|dening #hd farming because the Ivery thing nee here,” sald Mr would be limited only by | Laavensworth today ve been act f the population to jin business here for severtl ye use the supplies offered Jand have had experience i) Mr. Leavensworth has been @ |ver, and my aqpinion is that the| produce broker in Seattle and Den- present conditions are artifictal, | ver since 1883, and is familiar with REV. OR. GEO. ALEXANDER, arke 4 ties of fruits and | conditions in botlr cities as well a vegetables are destroyed or allow-| the east . (Seattle Star's Exclusive Service.) | 4 'to rot simply because no market - ——s4 NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—Although | fo m can be found j der, of University Place Preabyte-|ihem cannot put them on the mar |rian church, New York, hax beon| ket at a low figure because that | EXCHANGES OPEN relected as president of famops| would be unfair to the retail trade} Union college. He is one of the|to whom he hes previously sold the} i ord best-known preachers in the Unit-| same kind at a higher figure. The} j stess consequence is that the stuff ts al (By United Pre | liowed to go to waste. The loss is YORK, Aug. 14.--The Bx- | Straws. not his however, bat the consum-| changes opened this morning, but Drowaing mon will grab at straws or as it is charged up to profit very little was doing. Trading wae Who says they t n't oughter? | and lows. exceedingly light and showed a j But I have seen men grab at them| “With a public market the result| sharp decline. When miles away from dang’rous | would be the same as it is in De —_——— | water ver and the east. If the commis-| The steamer City of Seattle Milwaukee Sentinel why docsn't the same rule that they can g004 in regard to motors? | pavement With this idea in view, some In-/ me 8 gent “auto meter, make be uan has invented the | vehicle, motor of which is a giant keeps pace with it of course driver | limit by other vehick contend that othe to driving faster th | VEHICLE WITH WHICH IT KEEPS PACE. During rioting at At Oakland yesterday jone woman and ficer Burke shot and kil tk (. Many rioters are being ar- Duman, a switchman oi theft j | | Police Of led A wa SET MOTOR TO CATCH MOTOR The auto meter lines up with any” otherwise, if the speed) limit is being exceeded, the fact Is, | shown by the figures in| the towerlike stroeture abc and the It was devised partly as a means of detecting excesses of the speed . as motorists are accustomed an motors are ‘allowed to go under the law. |THE “AUTO METER,” WHICH REGISTERS THE SPEED OF ANY SUFFERING FROM — at 10 o'clock at Nortff/ tion in the ranks of the recently | The Modern Woodmen were | organized Restaurant Keepers’ as-| | FUEL FAMINE | sion houses have a surplus it f#/| leaves tomorrow for Skagway. ——s SUICIDE COMPACT (By United Press.) DENVER, Aug. 14-—This city sustained a severe shock this morn- ing when it became known that Eva Collins and Michael Donahue, two of the best known society peo- ple, had attempted to carry out a | suicide compact in a restaurant by jdrinking carbolie acid Donahue died instantly but Miss | | If it takes a thief to catch a thief, | speod register, with figures so large} seen from the | Collins may recover. Sidney Stowell, a bank cashier, od suicide two weeks ago on account of Miss Collins jilting bim, THOMPSON ON VACATION. City Engineer R. H. Thompson left today for Friday Harbor where he intends to spend several weeks in resting from his work for the municipality A Buffalo Gasoline engine is what you need for your boat. Why don't you get one? IT 18. THE BEST MADE Geo, H. Woodhouse Company, 112 University st, carries a complete stock. Late ‘Will Be Severe This Winter---Millions of Tons ' of Coal in King County © HELP GET If OUT A safe investment—-better than life insurance insures a comfortable income for life. The Superior Coal and Improvement Company, a corporation organized under the laws of ' p I g 1, has a coal mir Was the State of Washingt nd in the State there is to be of ington), ve me-half miles from the Northern R Ov pended on the property, which has a right-of-way 100 { toward the N..P. track—1,240,000 t by a 1 measu what the engineers report. Th h lack lof yal on the Seattle market, we were ! pen ou jscription, and the first 10,000 shares are offered at 25 at 9 p. m,, the price will be 40c per share, and as each }price will be raised, ‘The company is capitalized value $1.00, and only enough stock will be sold to lay two and WE COURT INVESTIGATION We ask, 1 in fact demand, the strictest investigatio pay all expenses of anyone to the mine and back or not. We are intent on relieving the coal famine inve rate. Stock will be worth, in all human probability a stockholder and burn coal from your nm every evening, 6 to 9 o'clock 107 Union St., between First SUPERIOR COAL & IMPROVEMENT CO, 107 Union Street, Seattle, Please find incl payment for Improvement Co in full shares of Su stock, fully paid Gentlemen (or in part) Coal & osed pertor id non-ausossable Nat Name ° Address wre oe te twel and Sec n f ne Addres er m per I 10,000 shares € Without pleased to recetve more information about your n s of RB good rod cheap. |xOrbitant prices for coal here last winter to look into our proposition t least $5.00 per share ins SUPERIOR COAL & f {now producing as good a grade of domestic coal as Seattle and two and already from $20,000 wi iiles has been ex- . graded for over two miles rement, with 7,000,000 tons in sight is of sufficient capital to put this enormous amount »00ks to the public for stock sub- share—On Saturday, August 17, are sold thereafter the at $400,000, divided into 400,000 shares, par one-half miles of railroad track. will purchase stock intending stockholders, and whether they i we particularly invite people who paid It will cost nothing to n the installment plan, a year. You can beco own mine this winter, but you must act quickly r Coal & Improvement Co,, Arcade Annex J.u Mer Irving, Mg IMPROVEMENT CO.,, 107 Union Street, Seattle urther obligating myself, 1 would be ‘oal proposition @