The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 30, 1908, Page 1

VOL. 9 United Press.) , Jan. 30- A members and the slumber at da ‘8 band of defer: desperate in the doors of the and were ot repulsed they engaged in fist servants. ‘Going from house to houve, while ® five families ght this suf. | tempts five tit fights E bregelar Land Sales May Involve Many Residents. (By United Press.) _ TACOMA, Wash., Jam 90.—Indict ments against Tacomans may be returned by the federal grand jury that convenes in Seattle the firvt on the complaints of of Dr. and Mrs. D. D. Fesiding at 1420 Eighth ¥., Officer Kent, of the Ho |, Visited the flat this 4 Meer Kent arrested Wheeden, | & dentist, and he {s being the charge of starving! Shy and other charges of a ature are being investi. ore complained to the y that Mrs. Wheeden, dentist, has been starv. | baby girl, § months old. | B. Hazzard, @ diet doc-| been treating the family.) * Than That of Portland. aries T. Conover, of the firm Crawford & Conover, has isnued B the press of Seattle he replies to rrone. Matements made by candidates Fegarding the rate of tax- ii Seattle, Mr. Conover's It follows Rotice that ress of the have given publicity to certain its made by a candidate for Se Of mayor of this city, Mi Peference to the comparative levy in Seatt). other cities, ily Portland, Ore., which Only erroneous, but, in my highly detrimental to the iS of the city of Seattle, by Of the influence they might Mpon persc contemplating invest me here | 4 statement has been de MM published without contradiction | Memark, that the rat ie is 35 mills, tter, in ey the 5 { Portland it is facts are that axation in the te, county and district purposes is 19 mills, for municipa poses of all including the l« for parks, m-Pacitic expo 4 sinking nded Indebtedness, is bout 16 mills, and in the new which not taxable for tales T. Conover Replies to Assertions That the. ~ Rate of Taxation in Seattle Is More Excessive -_ |of Portland, Ore., for strictly munic- | F LAST. EDITION NO, 192, everybody tp the neighborhood was epiok soundly, the suffragiate pounded vigorously at the doors of the cablnet members’ homes, When there was so response they Kicked at the doors ang@ created much disturbance. The servants in each home were prepared for the attack, but in each instance the suffragiets would not leave until THE SEATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1908. | ANARGHISTIC OR SOCIALISTIC VIEWS NO CAUSE FOR DIVORCE (By United Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 30. fact that ite a cause for divorce, in three years to the couple by seteeeeteeeeeee aa TAFT they had put up # stiff battie MAY ENTANGLE TACOMANS Tuesday in May tn conection with irregular land sales by Harry F. Liston, the missing superintendent of the Puyallup consolidated Indian | agencies. Just what these charges are fs not known, and they may not | be known unlews Liston is captured. / Further investigation into the of | ficial and personal affairs of the! wieahag man show, it is said, that | they are more Ay emi than at first cael Trnat Listos| squandered considerable money on horse races at the Meadows {« well known. Government officials now investigating the affair refuse to make any statement. WITH STARVING ~ HIGHT-MONTHS-OLD BABY Ms. D. D. Wheeden in Trouble With Humane jetyOficer Kent Takes Child and Mother Child Emaciated. The baby girl has been placed In the Washington Children's home. A nurse who examined the child said that it had had ao food 12 hours. Its body was th emaciated from the treatment had received. ‘ The mother was fl in bed this morning when Officer Kent called to inquire for Weeden. She was for) | | RITICISES STATEMENT OF the old bonded indebtedness, is as low as 12% mills, and the levy of | this rate is based upon @ valuation | for purposes of taxation of about | 50 per cent of the actual value’ of | the taxable property. “The rate of taxation in the city ipal purposes, is 14 milis, and the rate of taxation for state, county and school district purposes is) 347-10 mills, making @ total of! 487-10 mills, based upon a valua-| tion of 80 per cent ‘of the actual value of the taxable property with-| in the city. “The property owner in the city of Portland, with property of the actual value of $1,000, would be re- quired to pay a rate of 4.87 per cent) on 80 per cent of the value of his property, or $3.896, whereas a citi zen of the city of Seattle, owning property of the cash value of $1,000, | would only be required to pay in| the old limits 3.35 per cent on 50) per cent of the value of his prop- erty, or $1.675. “It oceurs to me that the state-| ments made by candidates for pub-| office for political publi without comment or refu-| tation in the public press, ought not to go unchallenged to the detri ment of the city and its property owners “The figures given above are, 1} Secretary of War Are Again Heard. (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 20.— tt t» rumored here with great per Matence that Secretary of War Taft | has placed his resignation in the) hands of the president and will! soon withdraw from the cabinet to take charge of his campaign. This report is denied from the White House, and Secretary Taft Is not here to make any statement. NEW YORK, Jan. 36.—The Sun in a Washington story says that the Up has been given to senators told that the child was to be taken from her. “tf you take that child,” she said, “you will do it over my dead body, or you will be dead trying 1.” Mra. Weeden grew dramatic, and, the ceiling, ex [ whe said: “F've got $10,000 in the bank that my mother left me, and I'l) use it all to make your Humane society sweat for this.” Officer Kent gives it as his opin fon that the woman, because of the | Hazzard treatment, bas become {n- sane, and urges that precautions be taken looking toward her safety Weeten, the officers declare, ob- jected vigorously when Kent at- tempted te take the child, but of- fered no violence and went quietly to headquarters. believe, accurate and can be easily verified by seference to official sources of information “CHARLES T. CONOVER.” (By United Press.) PEKIN, Jan. 30.--There ts great activity in military circles here, China is rushing war munitions to points where they will be most | avaliable in the event that an at- tempt is made to invade the mid- die inland. Troops are also being rushed in a quiet way to strategic points. HUSBAND IN JAIL; ASKS DIVORCE With her husband at present serv. ing a sentence of six months in the county jail on a charge of threatening to kill her, Mary Wil Hams today brought suit In the su perior court asking a divorce from | Joxeph Williams, alleging cruelty | and non-support According to the complaint, Wil purposes, and|liams was sentenced on August 6) charged with burglary last to serve six months for threat ening to kill his w Mrs. Wi) liams claims he has frequently as saulted her, and says that it will be impossible for them to live together | again as man and wife. | SRR Judge Bronaugh, in refusing to grant Eva from Orrin Palmerton, a man chist or & socialist and yet pot be man is an anarchist or @ socialist does not com Further than this, Oregon even may point their fingers af their latter cannot find any lawful remedy The court sald he thought the payment of more than $2,000 that perhaps if they had been thrown more on their own sources there would have been more harmony in the home. JP. ee eee ee ee es According to the decision of Palmerton a dt be either an anar. to his wife, and the may husbands in wives, avd the thelr parents was unwise, and re Sete eee ee eee ee Ee * SO that if Taft is not nominated at Chicago the convention will be stampeded to Roosevelt CHARGES LARCENY. H. P. Davis is ander arrest at|'@ anticipation of Balkan disturb of grand |pmees in the spring, Turkey has Anacortes on a charge lareeny, and Officer Barck will go to that elty today to get his pris oner, Clara Short, the complain ant, says Davis stole from her a diamond ring valued at $250. JEROME THA Charles H. Burnett, Jr, one of the republican candidates for the mayoralty nomination, today issued. to the voters of Seattle a platform, that from the potat of originality: and Hterary merit surpasses that’ of any of his opponents. Mr. Burnett's statement a) printed upon a paper plate reads as follows: CITY EMPLOYES CO RECT LEGISLAT. RAID HOMES: ~ OF CABINET OFFICERS * Ps , 4 READY FOR TROUBLE (By United Press.) * RONSTANTINOPLE, Jan, 36. ready commenced to take precau tions, An order has been issued for the immediate concentration of strong wilitary forces along the Bulgarian frontier i aE INS YS INSANITY OF NOT PROVEN Attorney's Mighty Voice Again THE ONE CENT WEATHER — FAIR NOON, TONIGHT AND FRIDAY Wines. THIG AFTER ON AMENDMENTS OULD ALSO SACRIFICE THE WATER SYSTEM BONDS TURKEY. CETTING Evidence of Conspiracy Leads to Instant Dismissal of One Employe of City Comptroller's Office--General Manager Grant, of $. E. Co., Is implicated. ee ee ed » * * BANK CLEARINGS. * * an * * Seatti * ® Clearings today. ,.$1,019,246.22 © ® Balances 165,662.06 & * Tacoma. * & Clearings today...$ 6 * & Balances * * Portiand. 7 & Clearings today... .$ 7 * & Balances ‘ * * ° Rete » ! | ' (By United Press.) YORK, Jan. 30.—The the I profession anf society ctr of New York were well repre: | in thie morning when Attorney Jerome arose to his closing argument in the trial of Harry Thaw. | jw entered the court room) his asual smile, bowing and) to his friends and rela | immediately thereafter the of the district attorney was iw replying briefly to Attor. Littieton’s charge that he had | discourteous to the defense | fis witnesses, be contended | the burden, thrown on the de-/ of sho that the ‘was insane not been sus talned. He explained the laws cov. éring the various degrees of nur and mentioned the different | i TO THE VOTERS OF SEATTLE; = Spag could be returned by This tem with AME! HORSE: plate. It is served ICANISM and with SE. | present it to you) ‘The prosecutor Jerome Changes Tactics. insisted that | — the story told by Evelyn Thaw, a great wrong had committed © wrong that cried for vengeance. He declared that not one word could justly be uttered in defense of Stanford White because of his relations with a li-yearold girl, but he said these relations should not have offered Thaw any reason for hating the agehitect. After referring to the testimony James Clinch Smith, White's brotheriadaw, concerning hin conversation with Thaw just before the shooting, Jerome sud- denly seized the revolver from and dramatically declared, holding the Weapon in front of him to em- phastze his words, that Thaw had Cringing under the lash of the Seattle Electric company, the creat ures of that great corporation who are occupying offieidl positions tn | the city ball are engaged in a delib erate conspiracy to prevent the sub mission and adoption of posed direct pro legislation amend ments to the elty charter. Already enough of this conspiracy has come to light to cause the dis charge of H. P. Wilson, chief clerk |in charge of the registration office, and the exposure of a plot on the part of certain councilmen to sacri | fice the proposéd Cedar river water Jextension bond issue in order to defeat the submission of the pro- posed amendments. Wilson was fired yesterday noon by Comptroiier Harry W. Carroll, | who discovered that Wilson was de Nberately delaying the work of checking the petitions for the sub. mission of the amendments. Will Hanna was put in charge of regia tration, and a separate force of clerks pat on the task of checking the petitions. Mayer Moore has called @ special meeting of the council for tonight for the consideration of these amendments and of the proposed ordinance resubmitting the water | bond tasue. | Today the Last Day. | ‘This is the last day on whieh the proposed bond issue can be submit- ) ted and procure a position on the | ;whieh the fatal shots were fired! patot at the regular city election, ®¢ F. M. Wardall, of the Seattle Despite this fact, however, well substantiated rumors about the there are is battling to prevent in opposing the proposed charter amendments, Office Holders Helping. In thie fight the company has the active sympathy and the under- handed assistance of a number of its chattels who are holding office under the city government, These men, in order to defeat the submis- ls, would even sion of the scenes go to the lengths of defeating the Cedar river bond issue and continw ing indefinitely the annual mid-sum- mer water fateine from which the city suffers. Plans were on foot yesterday among certain of the councilman te induce a sufficient number of mem bers to remain away from the spe- cial meeting of that body, so that there would not be a quorum pres ent. Without @ quorum the water bond issue could not be submitted. Whether this plan will be carried out at the meeting tonight depepds on whether enough members can be enlisted in it who have the nerve to go through with the conspiracy. As most of the councilmen are eam didates for re-election, it is prob able, now that the conspiracy bas been exposed, that they will not have the nerve to go through with it. Amendments Filed Saturday. The direct legislation amend- | ments were filed with Comptroller | Carroll Saturday afternoon by Geo, | F. Cotterill, Joe Smith, P. K. Mohr | Direct Legislation league. This left | Mr. Carrofl 50 hours within which Calmly and deliberately killed the |city hall of a plot on the part of | have the petition checked up and man be hated. Jerome's sudden change of atti- tude in referring to the dead man came a8 @ great surprise. In the first trial he delivered an address brimming over with praise for White, Today he admitted all that bas been charged against the man murder to the hatred existing be- whole, uncracked, undivided, un whether or not the jury belleved | tween the two men. 1 AM NOT OWNED! This is not @ corporation 1 will NOT bea This is not _@ saloon plate—) NOT be a Saloon Mayor. This not a church plate—! will NOT be a Chureh Mayor, Thie is not @ newepaper plate—i will NOT be Mayor. This plate ia YOUR plate’ will be "YOUR Mayor. Who eate at the next’ mayor's plate? Do you? LIFT THE MASKI My piate ic a simple) plate of fair, sound practical ad ministration, bent to the morai yesterda: and physical progress of Seattie’s Portland in custod, it ts the only plate | have served in four years of office as Councitman and President of Council. it is a plate of public service. it is a plate and — unflinching inet TREACHERY which would dj Seattic of its efficient public serv: ant ENGINEER R. H. THOMSON, That's all, gentlemen. Think it ever well. Cast your visions the future. Look well at plate to be served in the futw Mayor's office. : Yours respectfully, S} CHARL! MH. BURNETT, Jr” MAN WANTS $100,000 DAMAGES (By United Press.) LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 30,-+) A libel sult of unusual character is on trial in the United States elr- cult court today. The plaintiff, C. %, Sailing, seeks to recover $100, 000 damages from the National Cash Kegister cofany of Dayton, Ohio, because of alleged insinuw tions as to his probity and honesty, Salling was a traveling salesman for the company two years and re-| signed tn April, 1906. PLEAD GUILTY, Leroy Schofield, John Johnson, Frank Fullmore and George Evans, in police court this morning, entered pleas/of guilty and w bound over tn the sum of $500 each. P. F. Hawbri the complainant, satd the prisoners had siolen & quantity of grain sacks from htm, BRINGIN * AND, Ore, dan. 90. G. McKinley, government land, and who) from this country to the while awaiting sentence, y from Hongkong ly of a detec | ad his conviction in October, in conection with 8. A. D. i notorious “11 land and while awaiting sentence, jumped his bonds. Noth- definite was learned z Manila. He soon left there and ¥ ent G FUGITIVE BACK FROM CHINA |to China, where he was apprehend. ™eetings and make up a quorum. ~-Hor- ed almost exactly three years after | convicted of hia conviction. Ho escaped from ‘that efforts were being made in the prison at Tientsin before an officer from Portland arrived to bring bim back. This was about November 10 last. A few weeks later fe was recaptured in Manchuria. In con- sideration of valuable evidence giv- en the government, McKinley's pun- ishiment, had he remained in Ore- in jail and a $1,000 fine. In view of the trouble the govern. of bie | ment has been to, it will not be sur- | ‘whereabouts uptil he was located in prising if he receives a sentence | many times as severe as Pyter's. SAID THAT { { ' , A report was freely circulated | that n H. Perry, a young a speaker in late republican political meetings, was to be ap qpinted assistant in the prosecut attorney's office. | Prosecuting Attorney Mackin: | to the explanation that he had not thade up his mind as yet PERRY WILL GET THE APPOINTMENT jof Prosecuting The county commissioners yes terday provided an appropriation an additional assistant for the prosecuting attorney, The appro priation is based upon a promise Attorney. Mackin tosh that Mr. at present pending in the federal and superior courts. ape iLL TR Information Mtratton with manslaughter will be fed soon by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Vanderveer. The charge will be based on the ee nee TROOPS WILL SHORTLY LEAVE NEVADA (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan, 30.--Sena tor Nixon, of Nevada, is authority for the annoufement that the Y STRATTON terday found Stratton respons ble for the death of Henrietta Margaret Johnson, 6 years oid who was killed by Stratton’s auto mobile in Ballard Sunday morning. troop# now camped at Goldfield will not be needed at the end of three weeks. He so informed President Roosevelt, adding that the state constabalary is being hastily organized JEFFERSON ARRIVES. Steamer Jefferson reached port ly this morning from Skagway and way ports. Prigmore, from his’ thah declined to either affirm or| office, would be assigned to work | a6 deny thé report, confining himself | exclusively on the eounty tax cases | members of the council to remain y from this meeting, thereby preventing the presence of a quor- |Um to consider these measures. | Thin is the same kind of a con- \aptracy by which the same kind of } 'Thaw killed, and attributed the Charter amend were defeated | in 1899. In that year direct legisla: | tion amendments were submitted | | {by petitions. The petitions were |counted out by or under the direc- tion of City Comptroller Will Parry | /and his chief deputy, John Ripling- er, and when they came up for sab-) mission the council postponed their consideration by refusing to attend There are most positive evidences |comptrolier's office this time to “Parry” these petitions. Comptrol- | ler Carroll admits that he scented | a plot of this character yester- |day, and, as a consequence, Chief | Registration Clerk Wilson was bod: | and the other members of | gs, would very likely have been {ily fired forthwith, Wilson was fraud | that inflicted on Puter—two years | sey: ‘ered from the city payroll yes terday at noon. . H. F. Grant implicated. There are well substantiated rumors floating about the registra. tion office, and even confirmed by three members of the force this morning, that H. F. Grant, general manager of the Seattle Electric company, is the influence back of the obstruction tactics of Wilson. | | This rumor even goes to the charge | that Grant called at the registra-| tion office a few nights ago and tnere held a whispered conference | ro of this city and well known | of $150 « month to pay a salary for | with Wilson in plain sight of a num: | ber of the clerks. The supreme interest of the Se- attle Blectric company in the char- ter amendments is patent to the #\ observer, The amendments propose to place the legislative au- | thority of the city in the hands of the people. quire the consent of a majority of |the people to the granting of public |service franchises. They propose | that all street railway \ efficient common-user and revert: ible clauses, he Seattle Electric company’s officials know well what this means. It means the reduction of artificial dividends, tt means the prevention of new issues of watered |stock, it means more and better | service, cleaner and more sanitary cars, safe appliances and common consideration for the rights of the public. These are the things which the company does not want, and these are the things which the company They propose to re-| franchises | charging Guy C.)| verdict of the coroner's jury which | sranted in the future shall contain submitted to the council at its reg’ ular meeting Monday night. But mo move was made by Mr. ed. Wilson laid the petition away im the registration office until well along Monday afternoon. Then he | put two men at work on it, direct z: ter done as promptly as possible. However this may have been, Wil- son was delaying the work. Mr. Carroll himself awoke to this fact yesterday, after his attention had been called to it by members of the Direct Legislation league. He in- stituted an Investigation, and fired Wilson. ‘The petitions were then turned over to another force of clerks and | they are now being checked in the simpler method, that of reference to the cards. But it has been found |that Wilson has not kept up the work of indexing the cards, so that this method is slow and unsatisfac- tory, for the reason that all the jeards are not in the files. Two Means to Defeat. Two methods remain by which the amendments may be defeated by this conspiracy, or the petition- ers compelled to go into courts to jenforce thelr submission, as they have the right and power to do un- der the law. One of these is for Mr. Carroll to “Parry” them in the count, that is to count out enough of the signa- |tures to render the petitions insuf- | ficient. This Mr. Carroll declares vehemently he does not intend to do, The other is for the council to refuse to make a quorum at to- night's meeting, or to refuse to sub- mit the amendments, even though they are found to be sufficient. At noon today the petitions, after they had been in the hands of the comptroiier nearly five days, were jonly half checked. A force of ten | clerks is now working on them and Mr. Carroll declares that the work will be completed for the council meeting tonight.