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B “LESSON” OF GY JACOB WALDECKE, (Seattle Star Exclusive Service.) NEW YORK, Jan, @-—-A_ grew some tral of violent deaths and ia ives marks the path of the | suicide and _nervous| ci Net from | week tk ax the crash of com Moerela « and hattered prt ba trayed es confidence taking i. its grin © And the sinister influence which Caused it all can be traced to &| half dozen or #0 moy kings of] Wall st. who, hiding behigd a gud denly developed Murry, engine btm by rascals of Wall st, push | ¢ ®credit and finances of the country} iS into a corner and beat them to & es pulp, as a “derson” to a nation | ies which had risen against the piracy | ; of pelt | @ The “lessoa™ became the whirl-| d wind that lapped up half @ dozen |, banking institutions in New York. | ig It whipped out over the country and Shapped off a bane here aad there, sometimes a wrto of them. It paral @ zed business for @ month or more. 3 tq effects are still ng felt Tn its wake came suicide, murder, shock. In Ne@ York the deaths from heart disease mounted bun : dreds above the usual percentage The strain mi itaelf felt in every ® Secon. pf the country, and only the PROMINENT VICTIMS OF THE “LESSON” PANIC. Judgmeht day will tell all of the evil Clara Bloodgood. Fred the broken hearts and broken | Jas. MH. Oliphant. Chas. T © lives even to the generations aa —e : come-—that this money kings’ pan @} late preside Pot the Knickerbocker, tes, He cut his throat 4 Das wrought Trust Co, shot himself after the) CLARA BLOODGOOD, a theatrt 3 Here is 4 partial record of the vio. | bank had been forced to close its cal star, took her life with a pletol Jent and sudden deaths, which, com- | doors in Baltimore. She had ing during the stringency, attrétted| LOUS STRAUS, New York, min-|much over $15,000 of her savi More than passing attention ing broker, lost $20,000 In stock | tied up in the Knickerbocker fail DR. CHAS. A. GEIGER, retired | slump, and swallowed poteon when ure army officer, crazed by the loss of a| detectives sought to arrest him FREDERICK KF. SARGEANT . fortune tn stocks, shot in cold blood | haying forged a $6,000 note to m: cashier of the Jewelers National Be Jas. MH. Oliphant, a wealthy and! an emergency bank, North Attleboro, Maas., found prominent New York broker. Geiger| HOWARD MAXW New dead in a bathroom, The condition A then put a bullet through bis tem-| York, president of the Borough bank of his accounts indicated suicide ple, falling dead beside his victim.| of Brooklyn, ruined by the bank CHAS. H ANROOK, retired. CHAS. T a = ° BARNEY, New York, | failure, was arrested for irregulart- | lost his fortune by the Knickerbock ple by their action show that they Want enforced. | will act on the priselple that the majority rules in the city as well as in the state and ° nation ership, Because ft fs paternalism, and sows the government seed of eontralized P “It elected I will and ie against the endeavor to;bad. That which we cannot pro ® make the liquor traffic respectable hibit let us control and mweulate. fundamentals of true democracy and respected,” is one of the chief} “You cannot legisiate morality believe tn publicity and govern d@larations in the platform of P.|and virtue inte men and women. | meatal control of corpe fone, and P. Carroll, candidate for the repab- | Laws 7 enable us to punteh OF that it should be made a pay to lican mayoralty nomination, now is | be revenged, but cannot stay the issue stocks and bonds without full sued in the form of a circular illus | hand of the criminal or stop the consideration being received there trated with the photograph of the song of the siren for; that all franchises should ' COM ane 1 will not try.the impossible | sold to the highest bid “There is & pedium welch all can Poeteel,” costinees tae declarwion with men and things. Nor will I dig up obsolete and Yuried laws # that the peo For the most part this program reads like it might have been torn bodily from one of the fame “The lawer traffic is wet im itself a on — ~ mem Camm—ign speeches of the late 2 Thomas J. Humes, many time a Seattle. Sevend Avenue and Pike Street. elected mayor ef Seattle Expe , cially ie it in accord with th Hume sey of executive disere tion as to which laws sha ap which laws shall not be en and in its attitude of r Bs. nunicipal ownership as , while vigorously de a ty and rightness in public fh a s e That the public schools should take charge of the physical develop 4 ment of the child, and should pro- vide physiclans and dentists care for that @elf@re, and also that ‘ ithe public schoole sBould ma pe cial provisions for @ull or slightly abnormal ebiidres, were recom > mendations comieined in th a : dress of Principel A. H. Yoo t ‘ Tacoma, to the Weshington hu 4 f ; cational associ@tion this morning, j Pre-invent Sale will be withdrawn Prof. Yoder'e eddress was te % closing sesstor to- ce Z oon's seaaion ende Satur night. But two days more to take Nthe annual mecting, which began % 5 Tuesday. The « officers wivantage of these savings: Half off all and choice of tae next me 4 place of the eesnciation will > Furs; half off all Lam Fourth off Cut i eS Phymecunn Merdee i Glass; Fourth off Silverware; Fourth off A med@al commission for the . er a = eR ee I aR public schools of every city, com . . - ’ . prising two phy@rigns, a children's Chafing Dishes: Half off Boys’ Clothin, falist, an eye, eat and throat 4 @ dentist, was su ° Fourth off Dolts and Half off all Fancy Bas- Prof. Yoder as & meane | of earing for the health of schoo! : : children. The dentel inspection of : kets. Hence we advise to see these of- ean elit tae date Gal enero : : ai ‘tion of their taat®, he especially em ; ferings tomorrow—Friday. phasized, declaring that the ignor 3 ance of parente, and the old fash € e loned idea of “gre * bear it" in 7 regard to poor te is resulting in an almost crimi | n@tlect of ‘children's teeth. P. Dr. Yoder'e toyie ee “The Ab ip 4 normal Child.” He stated that the Until Noon Friday ‘ The Great Toba wy Sedge :doating ¥ ; : PP John E. Humpbries, candidate for ; Extra Heavy Rrown Linen Crash, 17 inches Tab. Sepubttbak . ‘oauadiel.: Sor 4 ste. § fs . mayor, will crear this evening at wile, tor roller or kitchen towels; a good, strong Odd Fellows’ bel Fremont. Judge : f Hamphries bee tavited W. P. Trim and absorbent toweling, and our best 10c quality, lle, one af Dig Heal candidates, to ig take the nege@ed stiie of the dis at @@ a yard. No phone orders—Main Floor, cussion, bat My! Trimble has not ; yet annouseed bis acceptance of the challeage In his advertising literature Judge Humphries s@vertixes many sub jJecta for the discussion, subjects . ae 2 coos Y. Represeniative negro citizens of ‘his city gathered yesterday in the hte> Atsertcan hall and joined tn (beter goocal coiebration of Eman ctpetion day, to do honor to the tracry of the mariyred president, wo, op Jenunry 1, 1863, signed the proc latoation which forever severed the bonds of slavery in thie nation The program tmeluded addrenses aot tMosle aod a reading of the Emancipation proclamation by Miss Until Noon Friday Best quality Dress Calicoes, in the new 1908 gingham styles—checks and plaids; perfectly fast color; wear splendidly; look neat and pretty in house dresses, etc. No phone orders.—-Base- Beonett Lorn ment. menace coumancancnee . E leo shetes..... “$1 and $1.25 Roller skat 50c to $3.50 | Halls, 111) First ay. *** THE SEATT FEARFUL RECORD OF BLOOD, STAINING PATH OF MONEY PANIC--DEATH MONEY KINGS T0 — PEOPLE OF U.S, or collapse, and swallowed pe | againet which bankruptey petition had been filed, assets $7,000,000 Jumped under wheels of subway tral®. L. M. Ube WOOD, Columbia university professor, driven insane whose husband was | by the fatlure of the Borough Dank of Brooklyn, worried herself to death; heart disease VALENTINE HAYERDAIL, New York china deaier, caught for his ntire fortune in the Knickerbocker committed sutetd FRUITMAN, Brooktyn dia lost all his money in k of Brookiyn fail ed suicide when be mortgage payment erash GnO mond polisher the Rorough Ha ure, and commit could not meet upon his home WALLACE WORTH retired millionaire, 7 are ¢ loans @ 4 up by ale, committed wut New Yors with extensive reason of the p ide CUPID HAS A _ BUSY YEAR The marfiage market experienced quite a boom during the past year According to official returns, the litttle god Cupid put In a buay 12 months, outdoing his efforts of the preceding by quite a comfurt able margin That Seattle will not be found to president's blacklist ts demen- the fact that during 117 marriage tt as againet 2,429 der ated from VT ther neew tsaued danger of leap year od the market a of tb oon, 266 so between De laat day of the conn be =f STARSTHURSDAY, JAN. 2, acid THOS, G. MILSTHAD, New York ker, wai dead in his bed om heart disease, attributed to worry over heavy losses in the |etock market JAS. B, BOYD, cashier of the Huntavitle (Ala.) Bank & T commit wutelde by eh prompted. by worry over financial embarrasinen ts JOSIAH C. LOWER, Cleveland real estate dealer, heavily interest ed und unable to raise money to meet m ing notes, shot himeeif with @ pistol \ ERNEST G. STEADMAN, New York, viee president of the J. ¢ jLyons Hullding & Operating Co. by finantial losses, killed himself | aftor making & marderous attack upon hin wife MRS. NICHOLAS M. SMITH.) New Itochelle, N. J, killed her hus ban then committed sulcide after firing their home; fortune lost in} the financial crash | MRS. 8. T. BONDHAS, New York, | let} bankrupt | year, as compared with 201 during the same period of 1906 ‘ T United rt ates has ati 400 000,000 acres of forest, Australia 60,090,000, India 45,000,000 SCHOOLS SHOULD SEE T0 HEALTH OF CHILDREN Feeble out of » for ' nt Btate School for the Minded i* inadequate as! date in methods and no ple ndeveloped Last night the visiting ae@ local teachers, and many who are not engaged in educational work, gath at the First Presbyterian ehurch to hear the lecture of Presi jdeat Harry Pratt Judson, of the University of Chicago, os The Newer Education for Morality. Dr. Judeon made a powerfnl plea for the moral chil dren, «& vue treining has been barred plio schools, nothing tvs lintrodueed to take its place. |that while children are well feated in the studies purwa been and are given practically no training in right living, the principles of honesty, truth and n He cited the loone morals in upholding stock gambling, declaring thet whee public sentiment is educated prep erly {t will send such evils the way of lotteries and other gembling systems | Interest tn the teachers’ caaven tion now centers about the eberrtom of officers for year @od tm» chotee of next year's m Tacoma hopes to secure the pres dency, While Spokane is mekimma strong bid for next year's nestins ONE MAN DEBATE TONIGHT dealing with the comparative morta and qualifications of the respegtiane candidates, among them quests of franchise taxation, regulattem of public service corporations: party regularity, Individu dide terestedness in municipal affairs and similar gubjects: At this meeting Judge Humphries will make his first experiments in supplying instrumental music for the entertainment of his audience the music being supplited by a large concert phonograph MURDERER Willis McClinton, tim of the shooting affray in the Jackson hotel Tuesday, yesterday identified Steve Phillips as the man who Killed Mrs, Menderson and then shot him, Phillipe niniwe bie original story to tbe «feel thet be knows pothing ed the crime, byt that MeClinton shot (he Woman and then turmed (be weagen hime@lf How be Kaode this, dowpile the Mart thou (he @eotwd all Roowledge ut crime, be Aes Rot explain “SORT Vkereiaare arses ‘at Mary, 2343 Phew eF, ‘ee tg, children who are only dail or een) IDENTIFIES PHILLIPS AS | one of the vic} i If you need Furniture, the Stock-Arranging Sale now im progress at this steve alfavds > 1908. ) What Frederick & Nelson’s Stock-Arranging Sale of Farniture Means to You The essential facts about Frederick & Nelson’s Stock-Arranging Sale of Furniture, which enters upon its second day tomorrow, are as follows: oa an opportunity to give greater buying power to your money than will be possible until we i} held enether sale of like character. Seles af Furniture ave the greatest money-saving events within reach of the furniture buyers of Seattle and vicinity. Frederick & Nelson's Semi-Annual Stock-Arranging They are ma class by themselves, and marked by bargain -giving somedchable im this part of the country. Anything additional to the foregoing t facts } " ature he cause they embody the truths that are re 1 { esf ariably follows the announcer f our Stock-Arranging r ing ods on the Second Floor t w. If t see vat you want r first visit call ain, as will be ude as raj pace pe ts No C. O. D. nor telephone orders can be filled. Delivery at our convenience FREDERICK & NELSON, Inc. RENTON GLASS FACTORY NEW YEAR'S SERVICES. ghoneShqnanonncaseesenceapeonecns WILL BE OPENED sx i Goodyear Raincoat |eopal churet oman Cor. First Av. and Madison Service.) fon and morning prayer services n. 2—-The Rente was said twice in the morr with 18 exporter in Cath d in the *, has been ores ‘ & & sermon preached by 1 PRIC F SALE take over the faot« of Wish O'Dea. The young people ttle Glass company, which | of First Methodist Ey i closed last June. The new oor chureh held open house e je capitalized at $18,000 ernacie on Union st ‘ec R Ing are the officers : ainc resident, Walter o MODERNISM MAY LOSE anure iotertwny ot iow asaeiee |! HIM BIG POSITION Ladies’ Cravenettes ary 30 end will employ 60 hands $16 at $8 $24 at $12) (By United Preas.) ROME, Jan. 2.—Accusations TO BUILD CLUBHOUSE. ° modernism against the arguments | @ C nd A C Residents of Wes Seattle will |in defense of Rev. Dr. Edward J ravenettes a uto Coats — hold a meeting in Madrona hall Hanna, of Rochester, over his can f M on next Monday night at which the | dida fe or en question of building « clubhouse /tor archt J 2 ‘ WH! be discussed. An incorpora: | a increasing as the day draws tion will probably be 4 andinear for the meeting of the con G d R. i t Vulucrptions wleited “0 Aegation of the pomgana in ¢ COOAdYear Naincoa the necessary funds. whose hands les power of ap-| $ First and Madison pointment Largest Manufacturers of Wat proof Garments in the Wi TRAFFIC ON INCREASE. fave half your milk bill eee eee Not only, for economy, but 8 for purity and healthfulnesn, [| the off a fow Gays ago Gam meh the city pected a long siege of a the last two w were recalled to work thi a considerable increase in the lum —_ ing ber traffic te the east (By United Press. " ral “ye . Mr. Palmer says that the TACOMA, -~Detectives Gambling Closed Tight, ( arnation wlack in business gave the nds | Evans, Leydyard, Ellison and Bliss |,, D=NVER, Jan. 2—Thee ; the opportunity they needed to| last night captured the four robbers |{2® Sambling — estabil ] catch up on the movement of|who have been robbing saloons, | Petersburg by direction of ] nt and that they are now even | burgarlizing houses and holding up Attom™mey J. W. B. Smithy aia with the business citizens on the streets fr a month P*ee county, marked the gam (ilesieads om , of the last gaming table wed ELEVEN STORY BUILDING. Watches, jewelry and other loot | Yiinity of Denver. at the grocer’s, for 10 cents Complete arraigements for the taken from houses and those they Le Blank and Ri cin id Cho ithin of wales Blaicatee ot co tae ad robbed was found on them. | appointed agents of the and you have quart and a frame office bullding are announe Rata ~ : full confession at the | t ire Phsurance G pint of milk for 10 cents, ied by Mr. J. F. Douglass, manager | Bas sets Bia , or the Manhattan Building Co., for The modern milkman, your the southeast corner of Union st.| Called Back to Work. grocer sells It and Fourth av., in the leased tract|, SACRAMENTO, © Jan, 2 5 Good Re of the old university grounds The employes of the nthern Pa The original plans contemplated | “fle raflroad shops who were laid : but seven stories. The new bui a ~ " ing will be a be ‘3 will cost about CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING. Surrounded by relatives and The boy or the man with a friends, Judge and Mre. Orange Savings Bank account ts sel Jacobs celebrated their golden wed ; dom out of work, The habits ding anniversary yesterday at the/f of thrift are appreciated by family retidence T here were employers, and the man who 4 many pioneers who called and paid }f) is konwn to save and bank a | thelr respects during the day, and }[l) portton of his earnings is usu. ft} the evening: was spent informally |f! any the one selected for a ifl with musiovend reminiscences, The/#) ptace of responsibility. Open hosts receixe¢ many handsome gold |i an account today with this |p presents -and, an abundance of bank. One dollar will do to flowers begin with Reason 1. NORTHWEST be Old Copper Sash Lifts . | Reason 2. TRUST & Se National stamped steel style bet fing hold, SAFE Copper Bash Lift oe iT Reanon 3. Old Copper steel case. If you ere vot tanollins with COMPANY look set, complete thom Fou do mot reatioe the ®. snon: Fou awe't waaich i( tor cortra Yoloes % are mete Tre 6. Gir. Ie ts worth it, too, ws for the baat pale rom cued. 1. P. RARTwAN, | #08 HIGH CUT SHOES. jyrg tender : | emsy morticgs Cod! Spriue 3and $3.25 | ng aati a ae Goce Ageia,” ste: poe | Never Saar& of ther e lonns |}) Mou. te. “easeck an ™ ce hye Cevet anyon Me pale DyRte Old Loow Pin Rolta . + Reasom Gale claws daee