The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 28, 1908, Page 8

THOMSON WILL TELL WHEN’ » SHORTA GE OCCURRED City Engiaset to Answer Attack on ‘ Office With 0 FAVOR SHOWN Figures Omitted From Reports of Accountants Who Experted City Books.” Work is now tn progress under the direction of City Engtneer ‘Thomson and the board of public works to determine how much of the so-called Riplinger shortage oe curred during the respective terms of Comptrotiers Will H. Parry and Frank H. Paul, and when tats ts de. termined, Mr. Parry ane Mr. Paul will be asked to “blow back” the money The report of the expert account anis on this subject, prepared an the direction of "Frenzied Fr ick” Sawyer, wadertook to white wash everybody but Riplinger, even to the point of confessing that the accountants were unab tain which of the de curred in other terms of office report also charged, by inf that Riplinger was responsible the shortages in other terms as well as his own. Report Misleading. Tn making up this report the ex perts either failed to go over all the records In the engineer's office or else deliberately omitted to in clude some of the information which fs contained therein with reference to dates and amounts touching on that subject tion will be supplied tn the state ment which ts to be prepared under the direction of City Engineer Thomson and soon to be made pub- Nie. Another matter which will be cleared up by this recapitulation of the accounts in the elty engineer's office is in relation to the matter of the fixed estimates. Lester, Merrick & Herrick, in thelr report on fixed estimates, made a gratuit ous attack upon the city engineer's office in reference to these est. to aacer This missing informa. | , ton under the ordinance providing for | them the fixed estimates are made to include only certam specific items, and not the whole cost to the city at large of making a public | Improvement j Day by day, ax new facts in ¢ neetion with the experting of the books come out, new Indications ap | pear that a deliberate attempt was made somewhore back of it to re | flect on the integrity or the ability , of the men in the clty engineer's office / This elroumstance ts accounted for when the allegiance of Councl) man Sawyer to big financial and | corporate interests is taken into consideration and when it is re-/ called that the experts were select: | ed on the recommendation of a| committee from the Seattle Clear | ing How jation. The oppost-| tion of these } interests to the | retention of City Bagineer Thom} j son has long been known. j EXPEDITION | ATTACKED (By United Press.) BRUSSELS, Jan. 28. —Advices received here to the the American expedi Dorsey Mohun, which was seeking to penetrate into the wilds of the Con Free State, in the Interests of he Amer jean Congo, was attacked — by have been effect that led by R mates, declaring that the cost of natives and compelled to with the work in many cases has been draw, reater than the sums received for — the fixed estimates / Uprising in Honduras. Engineer Misrepresented. WASHINGTON Jan. a Rumors of an uprising or Invasion in Honduras Big reached the state depart: Detalix are lacking, but it Is believed that the | This report neglected, however, to take into consideration the fact that In case of loss you can step right into our head office and get the | leaders of the movement are per! thing promptly fixed up. The, sons whe were driven out of Hon Washington re Insurance com | duras into Guatemala during the) pany. *** last revolutionary outbreak EE Go-Carts Cut From §2.25 to $1.95 Too many of these GoCarts, so away ‘hb eo laid at $1.95. They're Folding Go-Carts, with patent leather back and Seat; black enameled steel gear and rubber tires. $1. 5 $2.25 GoCarts for clearance......... $3.75 Go-Carts $2.95 | Folding Go-Carts. reclining back, adjustable a a foot rest; green enameled steel gear; — tires; $3.76 $2 95 Go-Carts for clemramee ......66660 5 cee e eee tenes . | $8 Go-Carts $6.95 Folding, reclining reed back, and reed seat; patent adjustable foot rest, heavy roll reed sides, rubber tires; $8.00 and $10 Carts for clearance ....... $10 Goats $795 Automobile Collapsible Folding Go-Cart, reliably. made of the finest spring steel, nicely onameled in green and baked. Sides, back and dash are made of fine English sanitary imitation leather cloth, which 's absolutely water-proof; adjustable back and dash, with rabber tires. $7 95 $10.00 GoCarts for clearance .. ts . The Bon Marche-—Third Ficor. $1 Nainsook ~ 59 Sure to create | | | | Another one of our Great White Fair Bargains. greater selling than any yet offered. Made exceptionally well, of fine nainsook, with 10-inch umbrefla flounce, trimmed with 2 rows of Valenciennes lace insertion, with cluster of narrow tucks above; bottom of flounce edged with lace to match An opportunity that you'll surely want to 59c share in, Wednesday at 85c Chemise, 59¢. $3.00 ‘Gites $1.95. Made of tong cloth, chemise Soft finish cambric, one of torchon lace insertion; nm style; large kimono sleeve, and armaize trimmed with lace | yoke of all over lace insertion; to mateh; bottom of skirt fin- | 4 rows of beading and ribbon; ished with Sinch raffie edged | sieeve has 6 rows of lace In with lace. sertion to match yoke 25¢ Berkeley Cambric 10¢ | | A White Cambric at 10e—no matter what kind—would be an unusnal offering in itself, but when you can buy “Berkeley brie,” worth I8¢ to 25¢ a yard in afi stores always, the rtunity is astounding. This is just ube © you can tomorrow! W 900 yards in 2 to 6 yard tengthe, as good to you as if cut from the piece You can 29¢ White Lawn, 19¢. hare tomorrow at, & yard 20c Linenette, 1214¢. Rest ette, the for peal i quality White ul it Linen batitute an nce. 1 fabric for shirt xpent to 12 Inches wide. tel tre full ditt b a New York, @ Wolter wuss Lohbel THEMARCHE Nile, Second Avenue and Fike Street Treview. Chemmnite. 22 Thee | Vancouver, B. C., | perform the sword dance tm kilts jof the new bill land | vandevil BY WHITE PLAGUE 1 DUCHESS OF AOSTA. (Seattic Star Exclusive Service.) ROME, Ja 4.—The great white plague preys upon the high and low alike. Thousands of the poor of Htaly succumb to it annually, Now it i» making itself felt upon the royalty. The latest threatened vic tim ix the Duchess Helena of Aosta. now in Cairo for her health Her physicians have ordered ber to Khartoum, in the hope that the dry | alr of the Soudan desert may prove beneficial. She has been suffering from inelplent tuberculosis for a| year ; The duchess wae the Princess | Hetena of Orleans before ber mar. | riage to the Duke of Aosta, in June, | 1905. She has two sons, the Prince | | Amadeus, aged 9, and the Prince | Almone. aged 7 years. PIPERS ARRIVE TOMORROW The joint program committee of | Clan Mackenzie and the Caledon | lan society which ts planning the Burns anniversary concert at the | Moore tomorrow night, = and of | yesterday that the pipers’ band of engaged for the ‘occasion, will arrive tomorrow. D.! MeKenzie and James Stirrat will! Patriotic Scots waited tn the ticket line at the box office win |dow nearly all night for reserva ‘ae for the how. AMUSEMENTS : ! Symphony Concert. : The Seattle Symphony Orches | night. The orchestral suambers| | will Include a Heethoven overture, | & Rubenstein concerto, a Moskow jski eaite, and & Mozart symphony | Gillette ix the founder of the Hache-| |The soloist will be EB. Evstafieft, lors’ elub. | planist. | De Wolf Hopper. | De Wolf Hopper, supported by | Marguerite Clark and what ts ad | \vertised a& & metropolitan com: | ‘pany, comes to the Moore theatre | | Tharsday night for five bertorm: | ances of “Happyland,” the Rankin: | De Koven comic opera } At the Coliseum. Adgie and her Hons stirred up interest at the Colixeam yester day, and proved to be the feature Crimmins and |Gore appear in “What Are the Wild Waves Saying.” and are fun ny af of yore. The four Brown brothers and Doc Kealey have a }comedy musical turn, and there are |several other acta worth seeing. At Pantages’. Bartholdi's. performing cocka- toos, the Marcellos, rag se uiptors, | the Georgians, cossattlanes, | proved to be the most popular of the new vaudeville act® which went on at Pantages’ theatre yee | terday. Mise Lois Feurt and Miss| Muriel Window were heard tn op eratic selections, number of week. and there are a other new turns this At the Star. Albini, the magician; Beaste Al jen, a dancer; Will King, a He brew comedian; Tracy and Garter in a musical act, the flustrated jsong and the moving pictures com bine to make the bill at the Star) attractive this week The Eden Muses. A solid hour of entertainment ie furnished at the Eden Musee for one admission this week. New headed by Al Mastiff triloquist, is a feature varied of the Continued Attractions. At the Seattie—"Peck’s Rad Hoy At the Lois—‘Iilue Jeans At the Third Avenue—'The White Tiger of Arizona At the Lyric A $10,000 Beauty Beanty At the Gtand—"Devil's Auction. CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY. Mrs. A. Holman, of Bothell, was tendered? a surprise party yest day on the oceaiton of hb elghty-finst birthday. A geod time was enjoyed by all present Chairman Fowler, of the com mittee on banking and currency urges new banking laws - SUICIDES | Nernioe Coe iF | Mito drinking carbolic acid with suicidal’ }| mtudy Jin the foom at the time and made j her from drinking the GOODING WANTS: (a candidate |a magic lantern accompaniment, t- jtra’s third sympbony coneert will fustrating the marvela of radium. |be given at the Moore theatre to- ‘MAY FOUND PUBLIC {a technical and industrial instita- |" high are fully determined upor. to $100,000. attractions offered. | he the jud. UESDAY 1908. A. J. GODDARD HAS JANUARY THIRD REGIMENT BALL The Third battalion, Second ex PPORT |Corps, National Guard of Waah lington, will entertain at «) mill ball ‘Thursday evening jn | Christensen’s ball, Broadway apd Madinon et SCHOOL GIRL (By United Press.) WALLA WALLA, Jan, 28--Mise the ISyearold daugh 8. K, Coe, of midnight from © of Mr. and Mre. died about intent, She was to have taken her ‘yohoo! examinations today and had 1 through over | old brother wae | Her @n UnsHecessful Attempt lo prevent poison NO OFFICE (By United Press.) COBUR D'ALENE, Idaho, A, J, GODDARD, Republican Candidate for Nomination for Counciimanat-Large. who is bitean tloket a| ward, ff & man of ability and of the highest tmtegrity and in favor ¥. Gooding, of Idaho, ts aot | what Ot A. J, Goddard, candidate on the fr foe any office He ts especially desire ever the be vie life. Was an for the nomination for counctiman. | Of [he Peet im ci he Stove av ablarge, the Civic Union tn ita re ension through. Woodland park also supporting Judge Allehie for the seat on the supreme beneh of port issued last Saturday, says n hie candidacy Mr. Goddard tr Idaho,” said Charles A. Bimer, pri A. J, Goddard, real estate eiving the support of a major vate secretary ‘of Gov, Gooding broker and banker, merchant {nity of the substantial business men and acting adjutant general, El Minneapolle, resident of Seattle of the eity. Hie 20 years of reel dence in Seattle have given him an extensive acquaintance and his relations with the hundreds of men who have been employed by him have given him an enviable siand ing in Inbor cireles since 1888, founder of Pacific lron Works at Fremont, former owner and operator of steamers on the Yuken river, former member of the jlegiaiature and in 1892 4 member ,of the elty counell from the Ninth! ompanied by Col. Charles a retired | od =6Btates and was in the elty last Varnam, woldier, eveniag inspecting Company C, of the national guard. ‘unt TS st CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF COUNCILMAN SCHMITZ The whole of Seattle tx invited te be present at a celebration to be tendered at Lona park, West Seat tle, tonight in honor of Couneliman Schmits in appreciation of hiv gift to the city of the new Alki Point | park, Luna park will be thrown open | to all comers for the occasion, all | candidates for office before the ap- proaching primaries have been ex- tended yersonal invitations, the jeity council bas been invited and will attend ip a body, and other pub- jie officials are being urged to be | present There f no color of polities to the occasion, except in the respect ithat it marks Mr. Bchmite's retire: (Seattle Star's Exctusive Service.) ment from political Hfe, Three LONDON, Jan. 26.—Radium teas months in the city council have con are quite the thing now with the vinced Mr. Schmitz that bis forte smart set. Mr. Wm. Gillette, prince i* business and not politics, and entertainers and a prenounced | Sacer in a social way, originated | them. Soctety has stampeded in| | bia wake. ‘They are merely while he was urged to stand as a candidate sg reelection, he de clined de The Business Men's club of the First Christian echurch held ite monthly meeting and banquet last night A report of the work of the Bu- reau of Employment, recently start nearly & score of members had been furnished work through that agency. Prof. Mille f the chair of for estry in the MR. WM, GILLETTE. growths of Washington. lectures with Polite London tn in raptures over the new idea which will be extend: ed t cover whatever may be the topte of the hour in future. Mr TECHNICAL SCHOOL The board of education last night | discussed the advisability of mak ing the Washington high school into | | of Clothing tion, aud abandoning manual train- | ing courses tn the other high schools | of the ¢tty i} An addition to the Washington | high is being planned by the board and will be bullt this summer, A detinite course will be decided | upon in the matter of a revision of manval training in the high sehools | before the plans for the Washing: | Replying to the numerous inquiries from those who have requested us to keep suits and overcoats for them for a few days, we beg to state that the great reduced price sale of suits and evercoats will continue for 10 days more, during which EVERY SUIT AND OVERCOAT IN THIS STORE WILL BE SOLD FOR The new addition will cost $75,000 REPLIES TO | CANDIDATES “Lot the candidates explain beer bl | records instead of trying to deeetve | the voters of the city by caifinguttie | Civie union names,” saye T. Josen- | — president that body, In a letter he has written snpphement-| ing the report of the union om aan-} didates for office | "The Civic union makes an cim- | partial report,” says Mr, Josenhies It has neither friends to reward, nor enemies to punish, If @ candi date's record in not # thine ts not the fault of the Civie union, @ut of the candidate, The Civie union will state facts and let the peaple This means that $22.50, $20.00, $18.00 and $15.00 suits, overcoats and cravenettes will sell for the next few days for $2O. Also street motormen’s and conduc tors’ uniforms, and we might here say that as car The practice of calling names, so often resorted to by candidates, will not deceive any Intelligent person we have had a large trade from the latter class Lat th : #t the candidates remember that f mastomer . . ons mai they will, if elected, be responsible of customers, we are anxious that as many ot to the whole p this sale. them as possible shall benefit by comcmong vOstello & Grant F Zou can buy cleared and grubbed Ranke Block, Cor. 5th and Pike ed, showed that for the month past je university, lec: | tured before the club on the forest | Wor tr isso nna ‘enn. | Frederick & Nelson, | wurst Grom tecorpore riahs the ove ¢ i plete We ( irded ction by the Gusta }] authoritic t quantity « Pi which Ww " claimed by the tonsipnes This fot consists 4 ixty-nine rolls, both Jap id China Matis being included. There f different al of good quality, and taple pat . This Matting is in Cond damaged in any respect a When we buy at a , we sell at ay 0 # and an unusually good bu portunity ig , fore presented while thi rT | purchase off | ting lasts For convenic the line Tag § divided into four lots, as belo SPECIAL | SPECIAL | SPECIAL | $p 10c 5c 20c AYARD | AYARD | AYARD | AWA As we wish to avoid remnants, we provision that twenty-yard (h if ron) Jaan (full roll) lengths only will be Bie: Sale of Sadie Blankets Whde In going over the bedding stock ventory, we find several odd lines and Blankets which will be offered at keenly: prices beginning tomorrow, and while Most of these Blankets are in first-class ¢ and any that are otherwise are underpri¢ ingly. Very attractive buying indug made on the entire collection, as will be me reading the following: 11-4 Heavy White Cotton Blankets, sped 11-4W hite Co otton Blankets, spec < ap i} 11-4 Pink and White Plaid Mixed Woola |} Blankets, special, a pair ....., |} 11-4 White Mixed Wool and Cotton Bl cial, a pair . ocean 10-4 White Mixed W ek and C otton Blas REL A ORI iNiks x: wk042 Sow 11-4 White Mixed Wool and Cotton ee aan ae aie 11-4 White Mixed Wool and Cotton ip, Clal, a pit Foose ee ee. sire 11-4 Gray Mixed Wool and Cotton Clal,: 6 POM ibe. dio h hereon eee 11-4 Gray Mixed Wool and Cotton cial, a pair ,. BED*SPREAD SPECIAL—In conn the special offering in Blankets, we for tomorrow a special in Bed Spreads 11-4 Crocheted Bed Spreads, free yee ponapmenenge 2exte PARENTS: pannot leave your ch A dollar forethought and wieir name, ond addi Savings Onl: n whee sto bee in they be witha: macreased #0 on Opposite OS OFFICE | Thureday, Friday, Saturday latines and Sunday Night w Hepeer, With ‘Mareverite Ciark and Preemttug De Koren THE HOST OF bauer AND rewelt Crtmmine ‘a by Beattie | Drama a « STAR Jona Cort | Manager | All of This Week Chae HH. Yale Offers for Your Pleasure the Everlasting “DEVILS ADCTION.” | | NOTHING pb: Albint, the Six Other Fan eday and ‘Seattle, Theatre | Phones, 43] Matinees Thurs. | 3 ter Direction of TM ven Tuesday, unday. “How CK's BAD BOY.” With Almost Everything New and ter T Matinee Prices, 1 | Next Week Ret-! and in the Hilts.” “THIRD AVENUE THEATRE Main 1; Ind. 2405 ‘THE WHITE TIGER OF ARIZONA : Week. Matinees Wednesda Amateur Night Friday aud rebatie Coc u ) Acrobats, 7 ‘ The @ medy Aarats une Phones <) and Ratu usieal Course Lyric ee Mr, Herbert Witherspoon | __* ‘srelval ot BRR | Basso | ruceday | Dreamland Rink, Friday January