The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 28, 1908, Page 1

‘LAST EDITION vol NO, 190, COL. J. HAM FASCINATES 9 - Spell--Aitention Directed From Murdetess to: the Chesterfield of the West. United Press.) jown good and wise discretion. It @ moaod Jan, 28.-—-M Dora | afforded him pain to reflect at sll dow of Michael C./apon the Intelligence or capacities the old ical of any of the high-minded gentle gambler, {8 or 2} in men who had been called to this be high daty her You understand, no doubt,” said id lonel fo one venireman, “that idence must not only be wd greater fn quantity and quality in od between @ criminal case, but must go to ; 1 the | the extent of proving the material fon of cx and facts beyond a reasonable doubt?” eeeancra made by| Mr. Rittenhouse had the temer.| J. Hamilton Lew the ity to object at this point. MMs Tabet counsel rough and brutal Interruption jar a ae at os ng aired the spell. He was branded as ryerel toned by the atmos | & Coarse person at once. Which the gallant colone! and Hut the colonel was not annoyed. ‘candidate for governor Par from it, He recognized - the 4 } Lewis seemed to/ right of the learned counsel for ge in the jury box. the state to Interpose his wise ob- jections 1 would correct that question" began the court, De not beaitate to do so, your honor—do not hesitate,” sald the colonel with @ wave, and the try ing situation was saved, Thanked by the Court. Barly In the day Colonel Lewis moved that the Indictments againet Mre. McDonald be quashed, saytng: The certificate shows that the jury whieh returned the indictment ‘eyes wavered between world - famed me and the pale face of fm the defendants they stayed with the law ir. Lewis flickered his white throagh his hair and bis and made speeches that pi in the courtroom he asked a juror where the had the pleasure of re MH sounded like the begin wt one of hia speeches shout coral sree soe “ad roo was drawn by a ity clerk tn : peaks of the Himalayas stead of by the clerk, as the law | the diction of the eolone! provides. | made a similar motion, tive jurymen were gen | of high attainments ead io and it was ap henor on to question them The for the state discovered Hiay Bere “very learned coun x ge Hreatado found that a and honerabl ust teform your honor, in the ease of John M. Collins and Wil) jam O'Connell, Ia that case your colleague, Judge Kavanagh, over he # Tn that ease let the record show that | the motion was denied and Queries for Veriremen. | ception taken.” for the} “The court desires to thank you challenge a juror he | for your frankness and courtesy In regret that the informing me of the. decision,” DRigh = attainments sald Judge Brentano. not be available for the ase Thos harmony settled early upon fn this case. [t was the trial, which promises to exec! Which he left with the in sensations of highly favored court to decide in his | variety. seamen NEW SPEAKERS ENTER R Gay made his first ap a a speaker in the Miller ‘and L. H. Gray made bis ce ax & speaker in campaign, at meetiogs ta interests of those can phase night. | election. Miller meeting was held at ®# RRR ARERR EERE College of Music, and * ; for @ mayoralty candidate that he be a heavy. taxpayer. Mr. TrimiBle In his address last night declared that whether elected or not this would be bit last cam paign; that if he t# elected he hax no idea of being a candidate for re- 4 by Mr Gay, Fred M. * CENSORSHIP DEMANDED. #: Sad Mr. Miller. * -_ * meeting was held * (By United Pres.) * fa hall, at Rainier Reach, * WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.— @! r addressed by r ® An attempt fe being made to @ Danner, Ole Ha * clothe the postoffice depart- * ® men with the authority of ab @) E Gay deck red in the course | # solute ceusorstip over the Ht- #! Of hip address © at the question of * erature of the country. The #/ 900 gawdiing 2 id open Sunday ea * pudlication recently of books # Were no Wager iseuen in * that have called forth scath. #! Misitile, vince no candidate would * ing criticisms os to the moral: #| paver dare to take off the Tid in ® they teach is reponsible fw @ ety. He ain deciared that | * the reform movement. * WAS not & qualifiea’ion COSY RE ee letges Himself to not Reappoint Either Thomson _ @ Wappenstein if He Is Elected. George B. Worley, » well known resident of Seattle, an- ounces that he has $500 that he will bet at 10 to 1 that no 4 F Man can be elected mayor of Seattle who makes the as 4 Mrtion made by John E. Humphries that if he in elected he 5 Mot reappoint City Engineer Thomson. Mr. Worley to- Gay handed to The Star the following offer over his own sig- “The undersigned has $600 that he will bet John E. “| gives am bis voting address. THE SEATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASH., TUBSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1908. LEWI JURY: | “A com P sab tgoe ges |® wear and tear on the nervous system of any woman, an G. HH. MeRae, assistant general) have come to the belief that In order to stay in newsfaper passonger agent of the Chicago,|® work and maintain our health, we will have to St. Paul, Minneapolfs & Omaha; * man printer who ean do the ting and aweartnk for us Kdward DD. Brigham, general) * “This is leap year, and thh N freight agent, and © A. Cairni, | # wal by anyone who would be qualified to fill the vacancy #0 Reneral passenger t of the ® evident tm t Vidette office,” . Chicago ® North railroad, | G, A. Craig, the bachelor editor of the Lyttoan Star, wrote arrived in Seattle erday. The| ® an acceptance, conditional ppen the ability of Miss Sehem to belief of the local railroad mon! %® “make pancakes, fry ham and-@ggn, and dixtil! good coffee.” is that they have come to look | # In the next tusue of the Vidette the fair editoress will as into the traffic conditions in con.) # sure Craig of her ability to deliver nection with the proposed exten-|@ paperdom is preparing to extend congratulations sion of the Chicago @ North | ® western CEREEEEC EEE See eee eee eee FIGHT DES MOINES, la. ina a woman, Elizabeth Sebem, edi asserted her her paper mi on the MADE ON CLANCY’S (By United. Pras.) , Jan, 28. —Beaapera’ ptest for the county printing, simply leap var prerogative and in the current issue following proposal: aut fight for what rightfully belongs to her is « CERES LES EEE T } TAKING ADVANTAGE OF LEAP-YEAR, +’ WOMAN PUBLISHER PROPOSES AND RIVAL EDITOR ACCEPTS over having lost ause she ef the Storm Lake Vidett marry some may be considered ax @ pro the goods, and all news SSCS ESSER ESR RRR EERE ER RE FIRST-WARD CANDIDATE Councilman Conway Charges That Riley McCoy, His Opponent, Is Not a Resident of the First Ward. Riley MeCoy, the Clancy candi; year resident of the Firat ward, as) * counell: | required by Judge Yakey at a late hour Inst! date for the republican mante nomination tn the First ward, was brought Into court this afternoon to defend his right to probibition restraining City Comp }® have bis name placed on the pri-! mary ballot. The question is raieed by Councilman Conway, MeCoy's opponent for the nomination, and is based on the allegation that Me Coy lives in the Third ward MeCoy, like Frank Claney and many anether First Ward follower! of Claney, votes in the Firat ward.) although being a resident of an other ward. He lives with ‘hiv mother at 1906 Kast Fir ast. in the Third ward, but has a grocery store Ie the First ward, whieh = 6 voted at this address two years) ago. Frank Clancy, who lives in the Third ward, voted at the De»; treit hotel j James Conway aaka, in his con test against McCoy, that the court | the charter, night signed an alternative writ of troller Carrol! from placing the con: tested name on the official ballot until a final hearing of the court. MeCoy Is represented tn th: ceedings by Attorney W. Parmalee, and James Couway, the contesting candidate for the republican, ination in the First ward, bas trusted his interests to Judge R. Bell. In order to obtain service tast niebt, W. Thompson, receiving elerk in the county clerk's depart was routed out of bed at to hie fight in the First ward, and, owing to the efforts of the former political boxe In boost iwc the campaign of his favored ove, the fight between McCoy and declare that the Third ward ad Conway has been an x poi | circles dress 6 McCoy's residence, and} ~ (By United Press.) BAN FRANCISCO, Jan A telegram from Honolaluy says that 28 17 days ago the American ship Eetipse from Neweastle encown- tered great gales in mid-Pactfic. Captain Larsen and his crew of 13 nen took to the boats and in the terrific waves the ship plunged and sank from sight, 900 miles aimost) due north of Honolulu | The telegram also reports the ar | rival on the island of Maul of Cap tain Larsen and 10 members of the crew of the Eclipse, three of the men having died of exposure at sea after the wreck w abandoned. | Pull detaiixc of the foundering of | the ship were not given, but the IMPHRIES YIELDS TO DEMAND OF RINGSTER is inefficiency and corruption in! police departments and in admin- ivtrations generally, which makes) it possible for them to procure and enjoy the privileges which they | exercise with personal profit. It lu efficiency and honesty in pub He office which cuts them off from the enjoyment of these privileges, and which they constantly oppose | in politics everywhere as they are) now opposing them in Seattle. In this respect, at least, Judge Humphries has yielded, in the| middie of the campaign, to the) demands of the ringsters whom he claims to be opposing. INJURED BOY Humphries at 10 to 1 that he, Humphries, is not the next Mayor of Seattic nor any other candida’ the Same assertion regarding Thomson that Humphries makes.” Seeedseeeeeeseeeee RH hhh tht To Nis deciaration that he will Lthe overthrow of ring polities. Saying he was going to see a} that he is therefore not @ four the ward eee ST FOUNDERS | MID-OCEAN taaue throughout politica! death of several men in emall wats during the trying trip Maui In, dieates the horror through whtch * pre leured for Friday ; ARR ‘ * BANK CLEARINGS, * —— * Seattle. * ® Clearings today .. .$1,122,251.73 & ® Balances ........ 228,086.01 & * * Tacoma. * ‘® Clearings today...$ 584,296.00 #| ® Balances ........ 29,489.00 & * * Portiand. * ® Clearings today...8 $13,033.00 * a Ses 132,505.00 | | ei ee ee ee New York at the Waldorf-As- Morgan sat unmoved during the Cheering which greeted the men of hie pame by Albert Gilbert, = pe llg Enigma The Seattle theatre has been se evesing by the John F, Miller club for the closing of Mr. Miller's primary campaign. all bands paswed. Mr. Miller will explain fully the The = Bel was owned by priveiples upon which he is asking Kechen & Minor of thie city. She ft the votes of hiv party. B.C. was built at Bath, Me. in 1878. Her Mighes and HW. T. ranger will be value was about $30,000 She wan! te other speakers and Frank W. laden with coal from Newesstle,! ieker will be choirman. Wagner's Austrailia BRYAN HAS . WON OUT! tify United Prone.) WASHINGTON, Jan. £8.—-The end of the fight against the nom ination of Bryan by the demoorats repreventing the old Cleveland Parker wing of the party i# gen: erally supposed to have been che of democrats headed by Col. Har- vey, editor of Harper's Magazine, came to Washington to confer with him in regard to his withdrawing from the race. They fatled to con vince the Nebraskan that he Was not the most available timber in the party. Following the meeting Harvey admitted defeat. “We lost out.” be sald. “Bryan is certalg to be nominated vaneed by the New York demo crats for a new man as leader hag NTEREST | CONTRACTS [o Georgetown, employed by a firm/era, are to be in Seattle which has city interests, at the council meeting last night prodaq ed an opinion from Attorney Gem eral John D. Atkinson, stating that x a Kineer Thomson,! Almost to a man, the men be-| physician about his left foot, which | he, Lippencott, could legally net ax 9 whic servant ever com longing to the old class of privileg-| had caused him great suffering, | councilman as long as he worked ¢ city government | ed law breakers in Seattle are Op | Roland Waleb, 17 years old, of 222)on a salary and had no interest rg crecity John E. Humph-| posed to Chief Wappenstein’s re-| fourth ay. N., left home Monday (in the firm contracts. - 1 added the declaration | tention In office and are demand-|and cannot be found Lippencott’s eligibility to aet aa wegen mayor will re jing pledges that he will be re-| The boy wore slipper on the | couneliman has been questioned. gle Police Wappenstein,| moved. They cinim to be doink jeft foot, which caused him the| At the meeting last night the ithe bi e lelent chief of police |this because Chief Wappensteln trouble, and has a scar over the council voted to grant a saloon ‘ ngs of Seattle jhas not been a good chief of po| left eye. The case was reported |ficense to John Gartiona ‘This % ~~ a dec 1 Ie made inj lee, and even go 80 far @& tO/ to the police by the boy's father }leaves only one more license to 4 lar issued by Judge Humph jcharge, under cover, that he i# | be let before the limit is reached. Yesterday and has helped to | crooked. CRIPPLE MISSING. | ie bim fr mayoralty| If these were their real reasons! — | THIEVES AT SUMNER, ‘ While pretending in his |{t would constitute a unique situ) R. M. Parker, 27 years old, of Ta - ery public utter to be op-ation in the history of American | coma, is missing. He came to Se-| Thieves at Sumner, Wash., last fo ring in Seattle} municipal governments. In the! attle Friday to collect some mon night entered a drug store and got | he has yielded to the de Wands of the ringsters for the re Bevel of the two men who, next Mayor Moore, have contributed Most in official circles towards | inefficient, or who are corrupt whole history of city governments the privileged Jaw-breakers may be seen persistently favoring the retention of police eblefs who are it y Tacoma but did not reappear at According to the description fur nished, his right leg is artificial, | his hair is brown and he goes clean | shaven. away with an overcoat, a air ¢ gloves and $30 in money, according to information received by the po-| lite this morning fr Marshal Bowern, at that place. Col. | The project ad) =" band has been e.caged for the oo- fasion, Both this ev ening and tomorrow SEVERARCE IK E TROUBLE Dr. A. E. Severance, the well known practictioner, may be brought before’ the superior court to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt, if an affidavit for an order filed today Hannab |by the attorneys for Mrs. ed yerterday, when th. delegation 7 1, Severance, the wife, is ac ay and an order granted. affidavit recites that Dr | Severance bas failed to obey an jorder of the court issued by Judge | Morris on January 3, jthe physician to pay court and at torney fees in the divorce suit which has been instituted by Mrs. Beverance. Mrs. Severance in her complaint DRINK TOAST TO TH PRESIDENT IN SILENCE {thon for Morgan was the silence tn "\velt was received, requiring | | ee CARDINAL RICHARD DEAD. PATUS, Jan, 24—Cardinpl Richard, @rehbishop of Parly, one of the best known clerg) in the wayld, in dewd, the of congestion of tile at the age of 6%. He been a cardinal since eteeeeeeeeeee vietit lung had 1889, Set eee ee Pee Ree ee Prominet Geblowaian Puts Ballet Into His Brain. (By United Press.) OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 28—Col one? Louls L. Bromwell, one of the best known insurance and club men in the state, a former leader in re- | publican polities and an old-time | ia dead, @ resident of Oakland, suicide He went to bis apartments in the t| let c) WEATHER—LIGHT ONE CENT RAIN TONIGHT OR WEDNESDAY; LIGHT EAST WINDS MYSTERY BAFFLING BOTH POLICE AND CORONER Detectives and Coroner Differ in Theories as to How | Minder, | Theory of suleide in the case of Conrad Stehl, the taflor, found dead near the men’s dormitory of the university Bunday morning, ap- pears to be weakened in view of developments today Theory of death by a stray, bul ndoned because of rks in the face. of the bullet doubt on the The ball was fired yes, the course, be back and downward of entry Stahl must be ab the powder m The cours tended to ew elde theory between the straight the point has oul ing | from had on heavy gloves when found likely that in. What atal shot It is not regarded as he would fire with gloves he would intend to be a into his own brain. It in also regarded as that he would place the between the eyes owing | difficulty of holding the revolver for this shot, and in view of th nore certain result of shootin | through the temple. Cling to Suicide Theory, | Scouting the theory of murder jor # hold-up and flight of the mur. derers before the body could be searched for valuables, the police |eling to the sulcide theory, but unlikely weapon to the Consad Stehl Was Killed—Coromer Thinks It Was ters and the fact that an oppost tion tailor had begun business, Stebi'» presence on the lonely roadway back of the men's dorm tory is still a mystery. It was far out of his beaten track to and from the university and his home. The police have removed plausible reason for bin pre there by the discovery of coat which, it was claimed,.he delivering to a memb ot the university faculty at the time of his death, hanging up bn his little shop every nee the was is Wanted. of the revolver with deed was done would mystery to @ large ex- tent, the police believe, and they hope to locate it, The ball was ot %8-calibre, while the one fired out of the window of the wom dormitory, on the opposite side from which the body was found, by one of the teachers who thought prowlers were at work, was of 44calibre. Theory of a stray shot from this quarter, therefore, has heen abandoned. Coroner Carroll clings to the murder and hold-up theory, ansert- ing that ft would have been im- Revolver Discovery which the clear the beautiful home of the Bikes club in| are so far unable to offer little in| possible for Stehl to have taken Oakland, some time Sunday night and shot bimself in the heart. His body was found late yesterday a ternoon by Capt. BE. M. Freeman, an old time friend and fellow member of the Elks club. A revolver tight | {roubles of which she was aware. three ly clasped in the right band told of self-destruction. SD which the toast to President Roose- In opening, Chairman Gilbert said: “Gentlemen, fi your glaases and érink the first toast of the evening to the president of the United States.” While the orchestra ved “The Star Spangled Banner,” the bank- ,ers arose, There was not a sound or a cheer, and @s the last strains who presided. died away everybody sat down ta ‘marked contrast to the ova SECURES SEATTLE THEATRE ~ CLOSING SPEECH OF CAMPAIGN stience. ee night Mr, Miller will make two ap on. He in scheduled to ad- dress a gathering fn Redding's hail, Queen Anne av. and Roy st, this evening, when H. Ballinger and i T. Granger will also speak. Mr. Miller will later go to Luna park and take part in the meeting that has been arranged in honor of Ferdinand Schmitz, who has recent- ly presented the city with a park ‘Tomorrow night Mr. Miller wll speak at Hillman City and at Du-- lap. THAW CASE TO GO TO support of the claim. Domestic relations between Mrs. | Steh!, 42, and her husband, 72, Mra. | | Steht ntly asserts, were | pleasant, and he had no financial g The police assert, however, that he was worried over money mat more than a step after bis mortal wound. No explanation has yet been of- feved for the discovery of the pliers in Stebl’s pocket, and the fact that of the telephone wires lead- ing into the men’s dormitory were eu ———— LEGISLATION PETITIONS GO TO The Direct Legisiation league's petitions for the direct legislation | amendments to the city charter were introdueed in the counell last night and veferred to the commit- tee on privileges and elections. Meanwhile they are being checked lover by men in the city comptrot-_ Jer's office for the purpose of ascer- taining whether ther contained the requisite nuanber of names of rer- tetered votérs. | A special meeting of the coun- cil for the consideration of pro- posed bond issnes will Ls held to- morrow Might and if the work of checking the petitions has been completed, they will be considered COMMITTEE by the council at that time. No meeting of the committee, however, has been called to consider the pe- titions within that time. Chairman Gill of the committee has called a meeting to be held Friday, with the iftention of put- ting off the further consideration of the matter until next Monday night, Friends of the proposed amend- ments are seeking legal advice as to whether there wil] still be time to have the proposed amendments properly advertised, and if there is danger that there will not be, they may ask consideration of them at tomorrow night's meeting. WEST VIRG (By United Press.) } CHARLESTON, W. Vi., Jan. 28. —When the special session of the | Went Virginia legislature convened | today the members were told that |Governor Dawson will recommend | for passage 87 measures. One of ‘sold on Sunday. INIA WILL DISCUSS THE A.-Y.-P.-E. them will ask for a more effectual law prohibiting Hquor from being The legislature will also take under consideration the proposition to have West Vir- ginia represented at the Alaska- Yukon Pacific exposition. JURY TOMORROW > Seed wet ar “s%|State Has Closed, and Arguments Will Begin Tomor- row-—-Affidavit Matter Disposed of. Because he in alleged to have failed to support her according to jher station in life, divoree pro- |ceedings were instituted against James V. Pippin today by Lula A. Pippin, Harry Fallow, the Bremerton |man arrested on the belief that he fs the party who broke into the |storeroom at the navy yard some \days ago, has appeared before Judge Keifer and given bonds. RAILROAD ME TING COMPROMISE ON LUMBER Howard Eliott, président of the Northern Pacific, and Louis W nciiman Frank Lippencott, of} Hill, president of the Great North in the early part of February to join in a conference looking to the adjost ment of the difficuities with the jumbermen in the freight rate con troversy. The committee appointed sc time ago, representing the obtmer- cial bodies of the northwest, to in tercede in the rate fight has been Informed by letter of the contem plated trip of the two men, and that they will give ear to the re- quest for a compromise while on the sound. Lumbermen declare they will not | promise . rene FOUL Threo lodgers at police headquar ters fainted this morning just be fore being turned out | Want and hunger, with poor ven tiation of their sleeping quarters, j aid it There were 316 men, clad for summer weather, huddled together bunks Some and packed into the nar and on the dirty jail Moor JAIL AIR MAKES FA of these men had been Iving on one meal a day Fven the jailors have been forced to complain bitterly of the condi- tion in whieh the clty Jail has been al 1 to continue. he odor from the small sleeping rooms is fearful. It is the cause as- signed for the fainting spell of Alice Anderson last week, when she came to identify one of the pris- oners. By United Pres: y YORK, Jan. 28-—-R, E. Lingley, a publie accountant, who was in the Madigon Square Garden jon the night Harry Thaw shot and | killed Stanford White, was the first witness in rebuttal to take the stand in the Thaw murder trial this morning. The gist of his testimony was to the effect that the defendant | appeared rational to him, Mayer Cohen, manager of a mu- sic publishing company, also saw Thaw in the garden that night. He also testified that, in his opinion, Thaw was rational, H. F. Blaesem, a music publish Paul Brune, city fireman, and Walter Paxton, an en. gineer, witnessed the tragedy, and testified that the defendant showed jno signs of tnsanity. Policemen Anthony Debs nd Dennis Wright both declared 6n the stand that while Thaw was in their leustody on the night of the shoot- jing he appeared rational. Debs placed Thaw under arrest, and Wright took him to the police sta tion, Dr. Francis McGuire, the Tombs physician, was not permit ted to testify, as Littleton invoked | | the section of the code which pro- hibits a physician from testifying | as to information obtained while acting in a professional capacity District Attorney Jerome has de- cided not to call any medical ex perts In rebuttal. During the noon} recess he stated that he merely de- stred to dispose of the Hummel matter before closing the rebuttal Abraham Snydecker, who, as clerk for Abe Hummel, witnessed | Evelyn Thaw's signature to the| | affidavit detailing Thaw’s alleged | cruelties, told of going to ‘White's | | apartments, in Madison Square tow er, on October 27, 1902, where he saw White and Evelyn. Both were! in evening dress. She had in her possession the affidavit, which she signed. Shown a photograph of the affidavit today, Snydecker could not identify it. There has been no change to- day in the prediction made yester- day that the fate of Harry Thaw will be fm the hands of the jury. tomorrow night. The state has practically completed its case on rebuttal and it now seems certain that the summing up of the at- torneys will begin tomorrow morn- ing at 10 o'clock. The state ‘rested its case at 2, o'clock this afternoon. The defense rested at o'clock, CHARGES HUSBAND STRANGLED HER Charging that she was beaten, and strangled by her husband so, badly that she was required to, medical assistance, Alta Stadler today brought suit in the superior court for a divorce. from Lester C. Stadler, a welk known physician of Gunnison, Col. The couple were married in Gun. nison on Jannary 7, 1895. VERDICT ON MORTGAGE. A decree was filed in the su- perior court today awarding A. Weinberg a verdict of $12,790. against G. Naher ana Grettte M, Naher, on the foreclosure of a mortgage executed on lot 2, block 1L. Union addition. 3:15, procure w