The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 17, 1908, Page 1

r LAST EDITION oN h Young Man, Claiming to Be an Elk, Passes Worthless Checks on Donnelly Hotel, Tacoma, and Disappears. Garence Coliter Cran r attorney, goa alleged | United States district attorney and that bis father was paymaster gen 2 Stor (OP tm the army by the police of Tacoma He tngratiated himself into the and the Seattle cir! WhO! confidence of prominent Elke tu + afew days, is Tacoma, and through thetr in was Dis ty asad fuence soon placed himself on eany 4 with having | terms with Manager Berkshire. Man One day he affubly handed # big y fat envelope to the clerk, wrote - vt 700 across ite face, and departed. went to the offi of the . Milwaukee rallread and talked “Bybyl Anderson a Who listens about @ steamer berth on the Laal se good « tania to Burope. When told it} With Well groowed prow Would cost him §900 he w no ‘out of every pocket more surprised than if he had been | pas retursed f her handed a cigar | at Tacoma, now Tales of Wealth, that she was dupe: One of Crandall’s alleged tales Appeared Prosperous was to the effect that $10,000 w tance began recently to be transferred to him from a Ban ny his 8 Franciseo bank. This proved to be He Was agreeable, and of & fake, and the fat envelope con 3 sdéreas, and When he fel! tatned some immaterial corres-| 4 wersation with be 1 { pondence and newspapers ge th he geant Tennant of the detec was madly in love w Aghe they would be on tive department, In company Detective Smith of Ta ed the clty for mn with ma search the fugitive, but he had made good his escape m is sald Crandall was not a ver of the Elks’ fraternity and at no time showed his card to os ty tablish his claim here, but wore Dutton, and repeated chimed, that he was a ¢ Phonograph works and private sec retary of Thos. A. Edison. mmit ide tn the cellar of bis home today. He almost tteraily blew | Dimself to pieces with a shotgun Thos. A. Edison, who hed been hur riedly summoned to the Randolph , arrived just in time to pre | vent Randolph's widew from throw ing herself from a window. ted wate (By United Press.) Ran-| ORANGE. N J., Feb. 17.—Jno. F. doiph left a letter, willing hia en i treasurer of the Edison tire estate to Mra. Randolph. FROM David C Wilitams, Agie C. Cone} and William Martin and wife. The lands Im question are those © wold for the benefit of the Alaska Yukon: Paetfie expowition and were appraised several weeks by the state board. The pree/ t owners have the first option | porehase. j WAPPENSTEIN DOES NOT WANT HOUNDS AISEMENT “The appeals trom the appraised and commissioners upon Union shore lands are | Meard before Judge Griffia in tuyrior court today ‘The first case called thie morn oy ee a gi ihe Brace &| if the proposition must have the : Sad one-half scree of the tidelands “ction of Chief Wappenstein, | ‘The plaintiffs contend that the va: bloodhounds will mot be used as a! ation of the stale commissioners, branch of the Seattle police de-| ‘approximating $7,500 an acre in «x partment | Gemsive a2@ shoald not be more| The matter is now before the| department for disposal, and ex parse Which are on talendar include the of Clark W. Sprague B ‘ e periments in New York are being watched with interest These dogs might companion for an FF ate be a good! officer on a Party Candidate for Councilman in Sixth Ward Objects to Election Officials Picked by Zhbinden 1% Contrary to Law. i Valea the city connci) ¢ a) ward, and of whom no trace what Lae wits be ever could be found the Neal Boyle, Sr In at t two instances men Precinet ele who went to the polling places late c for the purpose of vot at other men had al on thelr names. In preeinet the election officers returned more votes for the office le at the cic { state senator than the precinct Yotin, , herd returr me t showed had. been cast ath ward vie fflela These facts were brought owt in >> earniaae hy € A he contest of Joseph Lyons agataat 4 Ws, and, with a jeorge F. Cotterill for a seat in the mone exception x state senate nb fhe ine aioe . Same Judges Appointed Officials shall h« . This time the ame election founell, but that es have, in ma instances Wo members of + , | bee appointed on boards the same po t nin attempted, It Wi restriction hee gainst this possibility Pat of the five t at le will seek to have WY, and only 7 ‘ t injustice q on the by ht to be « to him by the BM the lone J. Ke : Winter in the era Ps Royle ask te. Zbinde ‘ » Fre P. Mallen City Party Left Out pened that such men action RCH leaves . o™ ait Ppa, ett ‘ ; Y ry tay — ing M ' Hin a h j te bane f * . wo cous not be © n inden FORGER DESERTS | ‘Cincinnati Preparing for | sons are itving In the upper jot thetr jare filled with water THE SEATTLE STAR HIS YOUNG BRIDE h ly night beat penatetn said Chief Wap but for nothing elwe that 1 can see. Criminals have learned that a little pepper judictoust sprinkled in the right place will throw bloodhounds off the scent The animals might b « ger }ous to oltizens, as they are trained that only the policeman in unl form i» their friend If they are what is claimed for them, it in strange that these dogs have not been used by the rt ments of the larger cities. FLOOD IS, High Water Expected Tomorrow. (By United Press.) CINCINNATI, Oblo, Feb. 17 Thousands of dollars’ w of property will be destroyed, it ts feared, tomorrow when the flood, which has ready 4 much damage, prinepally vieinity reaches Cincinnat! feeued al ning to the warning notic effect that unless the unexpected happens this city will be in the rasp of a flood Tuesday morning The lower Moors of factories are being cleared, faitlies are prepar ‘* © move at & Moments noth and other measures of « similar ebaracter are being $= adopted) throughout the city, A report from "Mttsburg says that the river “ts falling this morning. Over at Pittsburg. PITTSHRURG Feb 17.—After Teaching thirty and seven-tenthe feet at noon yesterday and remain ing at that stage for three hours, | the high water in the river is sow! ly receding. The danger mark! In this clty ie 22 feet The damage, it is estimated. wtll run up to several million @olars but there was no loss of life The suffering caused by the high Water Is intense. Thousands of per homes, okitfe a means of transport The lower portion using a jon to and fro. of thelr homes in many to stances the household coeds were not removed, owing to « lack of time, and chairs, tables, plance and briow-brac are floating about the rooms. To add to the suffering of the jctima the weather grew cold and snow is falling. PLEDGE SUPPORT TO ACTOR iy United Prees.) NEW YORK, Feb. i Friends of Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, accused of enticing young girls into bia home, will pledge an aggregate sum of $16,000 as a defense fund for the defendant, on condition that former Assistant District At torney Gray shows that the actor is the victim of a vile conspiracy BOYLE SUSPECTS ATTEMPT TO STEAL ELECTION INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE TO CALL CONVENTION By United Pre NEW YORK, Feb. 17—The na-| tional cotamitt of the Indevend ence league will meet in Chicago on Washington's birthday At that time a call will be lasued for a national convention which will se lect candidates for president and vice president. In many northern states full state and local tickets will be placed in the field If the Hearst party takes this action, de clare the republican politicians, the result will mean a walkover for the republican nominees in almost every doubtful state VASHON FARMERS WANT CABLE The Farmers’ Mutual Telephone Co., which operates a rural tele syatem on V sland, made the sut of agita tion among the residents of the 1s and which has led to petition ned by 80 out of ibserit ers who have agreed to diapen with their telephor co un Th t " t th a 1 t " 1 i T this city SEATTLE, WASH,, MONI THIRD TERM } TALK AGAIN: (By United Pre The WASHINGTON, Feb. action of the Republican county convention at Lincoln, Nebraska in inatrueting ite delegates to the ww Roowe third state convention to w velt's m the taken nomination, movement term to be ously he Representative oe, after declared the vame when presented convention of such pleces of the be found NEVADA'S POLICE FORCE READY (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 tor Nixon, of Nevada, informed President Roosevelt this morning that the new atate police force is practically organized, and that it} will be ready for active duty on! March 7, the day on which the fod: eral troops will be withdrawn from Goldfield, The senator said that the miners’ strike is «till to prog reas, but phat the situation ts quiet THEFT 18 CHARGED. Hale the of the Chicago ah explosion not even the candidates wil! of nnes president, n visiting to will caune that other force Rena Thomas arrested last night Poolman and locked up awalt investigation as to the charge that he had sold a coat to Lodie Harker quently ered his room | it , Kelley, laborer by Patrotman a was steerer tee eee } at | when BRUARY 17, 1908. WHITE TO SPEAK F. White Lumbermnen's addrews the members Commercial club at their Meeting tomorrow night, on “The breight Hate rhe public is tnvited to attend Mr. ¢ viee ident the ' f the regular wit Controve | | | HUSBAND MISSING | Mra. Anton Interbay poll Patrick reported O01 Rarret to the Bal that her husband dix at 4 o'clock this morning pmented WOMAN FAINTS IN CHURCH Me W. B fan Marco fate. Spring st ot lard Jenkins, residing in the Minor av. and fainted while at chureh 18th av. and Columbia st, last night, and was taken to Providence hospital The services were progrens was " others in the pew to turn pale and then col a peme Cour ueeemalc She was reported danger this morning tn ahe we by alone followed in rapid to be ot out 2 ee prepare for posed charter amendments upo will be asked to vote on Marci terili will point out the good an ment, explaining everything full these articies will appear in Thy ee MA. COTTERILL WILL REVIEW CHARTER AMENDMENTS. The Star hae arranged with Mr. publication therein a review of each of the pro Star may be intelligentiy informed ONE CENT | THE WEATHER—GENERALLY FAIR TO NIGHT AND TUESDAY; WEST WINDS, ALLEN WILL VOTE FOR MOORE STEALS $5,500 (By United Press.) N Feb. VW A was stolen Welle Fargo ex Virginia et in empty bag was the bank of the but no elue to the robbers has been RENO. contatning morning press wagon thin elty foung later Trach identity bag tht 100 from of discovered WILL DISCUSS AMENDMENTS The the city Friday amendy will ypomed charter be db the Y. M A anditorium by L. EB. Kirkpatrick and Col. J. M. Hawthorn, under auspices of the Civie union ee evening at George F. Cotterili to n which the electors of Seattle hh 3. In these reviews Mr. Cot d bad points of each amend y, so that all readers of The thereon, The first © Star tomorrow. eect ee eee eee ee SAILORS WIN IN FIGHT WITH Escaping in Small Boat From Wrecked Vessel, They Travel Over 200 Miles Before Finally Making Land at Neah Bay. Escaping tn a small lifeboat from | their «hip th up, fo Reed « open o last night, which was driven ashore on coast of Oregon and broken of the Emily two days om the reached land i wurvivors ent nearly a before they One died of exposure before land was reached Their frail craft was buffeted by breakers and borne along the coast by @ strong current which carried them from the scene of the wreck past Cape Pilattery At one time the boat capsleed, ar he oceU pants succeeded in righting it only after a struggle tn the water, They nr hed shore more dead than alive The three survivors reached Neah bay last night, and were at once taker in and given medical af tention by the Hehthouse keeper The body of the fourth man taken ashore and will be shipped to Ship Driven Ashore. * Last Friday morning the Amert ean ship Emily Reed was driven | ashore and wrecked near the mouth | of the Nebalem river, about 40 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia river. Capt Kersel, his wife, and four seamen, escaped in the lifeboats and reached shore, Ten of the other members of the crew were suppored to have been} t | resene of the shipwrecked men Exhausted #6 tat they had to be helped and carried from the boat 0 the government houne, the three wR were taken in and given at tention This morning, only partially re Vived, they could barely tell of thefr experiences. How they suf teréd, without food or water, chill @@ to the marrow by the cold sea Windia, one of their number finally dying, can beet be imagined Word was sent to the Merchants Bachange this Morving that they were nate, 4 at once Manager Isted sent word to Portland notify ing the captain. The three men gad the body of the dead cook will andoubtediy be placed aboard the steamer Bellingham, which leaves Neah bay tonight, and they will ar rive here tomorrow afternoon Press = dixpa * from the! stone of the wreck stated that ten meu lost their lives. This numbe will new be cut down to six, and there is a bare possibility they may have escaped and now adrift on the open sea in Hleboat INSTRUCTION FOR CLERKS | drowned, but the arrival at Neah! bay last night gives hope that all | may have escaped The three warvivors now at Neah dake oe bay ace M. Buble, first mate, and ee eee en oe Seamen Arthur Jatnuhuke and| *erdsed goods in the purpose of Bulad Adelistedt. The fourth vie.) @ #ertes of four lectures by Henry tim was the cook of the ship. He) Watson Cornell, of Chicago, be te from | exheustic | ginning night and end morning. Hie name ie unkne ing Friday night, at the Seattle} Capt. Kersel, before he left the | Commercial school, Eitel building. | wreck, saw the four men capsize |) pading retail stores of the city | im their craft and go down to thelr | nave arranged to have numbers of | death, as he supposed in the high | ively clerks in attendance at thexe | orag Whicd were then re ing. Bat lectiires, which will cover the fol they reached their ov boat, | iGwing subjects: Intelligent Sales | righted it and made their escape. jmagehip, the Study of Salesman Men Are Rescued jahip, the Theatricals of Merchan Without the use of sails or oars, pdising, and Order-Taking Versus the boat drifted northward until | Salgsmanabip. yesterday afternoon the hthouse| ‘The failure of clerks to handle} at Neah bay was sigh The boat | properly the customers who come was seen by the lighthouse keeper | in Pesponse to advertisements is and his guards, who went to the! the reason for tho course « sen ca = mere = RT RO Tt OR te * * . MR. MILLER AND THE POOLROOMS. * * . + * Friends of John F. Miller, republican eandidate for mayor, * *# take exception to the statement gontained in The Star last * * Saturday to the effect that Mr, Miller, ae deputy prosecuting # *# attorney, could have closed the peditooms at Georgetown and * *® thereby prevented the suleide of Offando A. Isham, who took * & his life because of losses sustaipad in thore place * * It ix pointed out by these friends that Mr. Miller could * *% not possibly have closed these pootypome, ir as they ® # are legalized the state law passed by ature in ® & 1908, which specific exempts betting on horse races. This * * law is known © “gambling felony” law, and under tt per ® *% sons convicted of its violation aré guilty of a felony * * The o ‘ the state of Washington provides that * * where there is no specific law upon any ect the com. * * mon law of England shall prevail. It has been the o* ® it re Lor all n gambling, including OO LrOOTY * #® could be reached unde the cenmmmon law but inasmuch «& 7. * the a ite tht werning gambling, recourse # *¢ be had t th m + * Pool room nre not od tp ttle hees of an o * * ' et 1 tor There ch rai * * tc 1 b ire He town * * ur ' * * Th ‘ " 1 wa * * 1 olroon I that 7 . * erre ww? i * * tor ! 1 * ’ M * * A * * i * * cit t ' * * de to print within the truth, % 7 * eee eee eee ee | SEA tree earns A OURIAN SUCCEEDS CRETARY HITCHCOCK (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. Preaident Roosevelt nominated Charles » Gran field, of Missourt, to succeed Secretary cock, who ned manage Secretary Taft's presidential boom to teeeeeeeeeeeees | Sects eeeeee eens ere rete eee The case against L. 8. Humes, on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses, was dismissed in Judge Gordon's court late Satur day August Hemple, a laborer, charg ed that he bad twice pald fees for 4 position on @ railroad tn Alaska, second time to Humes Hemple did not appear to prose cute the case and on Hum show ing that he acted in accordance with Instructions of his employers and had made a report of ail moneys handled to them, the case was dismissed. ‘PLAN A GREAT WELCOME FOR CALL T ARMS Turkey Rushing Reserves Towards the Russian Border. (By United Pres LONDON, Feb, 17 ) The Turkish Mush military reserves Van Asia in Minor army and other centers, have been called to arms and now rushing towards the Russian and Persian borders eports received from The League of ‘Turkish tionary Parties is taking of portunity mendous outburst peal have cast to the according Armenia Revolu every ¢ r-¢ of activity scattered tre Ay broad. them to extent been asking to the te he News that AucASU force de Ki Saturday ‘ rbilizing its at with that dvantage Secretary of Y. M. C. A. Tells Why He Believes the | | Present Mayor Should Be Re-elected---Gives F esent Mayor Shou e-elected---bives Four | Reasons. Mayor Moore and bis administra-| bling, and, particularly, Sunday tion are endorsed in the current is-| Closing of saloons, he has incurred ue of “Seattle's Young Mer jg. the Itmplacable hatred of the world —7 f . that preys. It remains to be seen ued weekly by the Young Men's | whet he has gained the friend- Christian association hip of the world that prays | Arn Allen, general secretary 4. Precisely as the administra- and editor of the publication, gives | tion of Mr. Humes stood for a ‘wide four reasons wh is going to open town, does Mayor Moore's vote Mayor Muore, in an inter- stand for a ‘closed town. As in view as follows the Humes campaigns the supreme who are you going to issue was, Shall Seattle be a wide for mayor? open town? So in this campaign Moore the supreme iesue ix, Shall Seattle Why be a closed town? For the first For four reasons—1 begin with time in the history of the city a the least important man in the mayors chair aske to 1, So far as he has had any keep his seat on a ‘closed town’ thing to do with it Mayor Moore policy, Personally I do not se@ has given the city a good busin how he can be ‘turned down’ with- admiuistration—-quite as good as/out ‘turning down’ his policy. You any of bis pred seors. He is say to me, ‘Mr. Miller promises @ capable of giving g000 a busi ed town and, besides, he is a ness administration as any of the republican—in harmony with the |men suggested as his immediate rest of the city administration, as cConnorn well as the state and ion’ 2. He has given the city a Well, so he does, but I do not moral administration that excels see my way clear in times Ike any of tho that have come and these to take a ‘prom * even by gone In the 21 ye that I have a ‘line’ republican, In exchange for known our city’s government. All two years of performance, though of the reforms instituted by Mr.| by a democrat Ballinger, his predecessor, have 4. My practical, lke my re been continued, aud in addition he ligious creed affirms a belief in has enforced the laws regulating ‘rewards and punishments.’ The man aloons a8 Mr. Ballinger never did who gives me what I want in poll- he has closed the saloons on Sun- tics can bank on my support. The and enforced the 1 o'clock a.m. man who gives me what I do not closing ordinance. For his attitude; want can as surely bank on my, «am. =e MAY jtoward prostitution, public opposition.” TROOPS NOT (By United P ) trouble develop in the mining WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 17—~ camps. A telegram from Colonel if conditions continue to improve Woodbury, commanding the De in Fairbanks, Alaska, troops will partment of Columbia, says this not be sent th However, sol- morning that all ts quiet in Fair » being held in readiness at banks and that the strike disturb- Fort Gibbons and will be sent im ance has been suppressed. Busi- mediately to the Alaska city should ness has resumed eS oe ————— | Clad fm overalls, and an under- WORK T HARD anirt that was of the low-cut pat | jtern, he stood before Judge Gor dan to make his @xplanation of being too young, for refusing to work with the other men. He was given a suspended sentence. } | He said he had not lived in Se attle long, and knew no one. This was bis only reason, beyond that ‘act is, your honor, that I am young and tender to work.” This was the anewer of Allen catia iets ne‘cou? SALWATION ARMY the county { camp at Youngste why he had refused rd and lodging and BENEFIT to Judge Gordon in court this morning j Campbell had grown stubborn Corps 1, Salvation army, will within a day or two after he was bold a musical benefit Thursday evening at its hall, Fifth av. and Washington st. A good musical and Nterary program has been pre- | pared. sent to the camp last week by Cap- tain Willard of the police depart ment. It was asserted that he would not work 3 ADMIRAL EVANS Peruvian Government Sends Cruiser to Meet American | Fleet--Program of Festivities. (By United Press.) The complete program is as fol- LIMA, Peru, Feb. 17.—Although lows: Pt ote ‘ srican ci o a ‘eb. 21—-The day following the the American congress bas not yet! wrivai of the flect, President bestowed upon Vice Admiral Evans the rank of admiral, the Peruvian government has issued orders that he is nevertheless to be accorded Pardo will give a reception to Rear Admiral Evans and his staff. Feb. 22—Banquet by President Pardo to Evans and 250 officers in honor of the anniversary of George Washington's birthday Feb. ~The American admiral | the honors of an admiral The battleship fleet is expected to arrive here next Thursday and the cruiser Coronel Bolognesi left and his officers will be entertained here today te extend the welcome at a bull fight }to the fleet at sea and escort it Feb. 25—A railway excursion to to port Mount Meigs. Elaborate preparations have been Feb. 26—A_ reception to the madé both here and at Callao, for! United States legation the entertainment of the American, Feb. 27—A_ reception will be fleet. One of the chief features given by the war minister of Peru. will be the splendid banquet, which Feb. 28—A ball will be given in will be given on Washington's honor of the fleet's officers by birthday in honor of Admiral the National club. vans and his officers. President Pardo will preside OLD DENTAL CASES ARE REVIVED Feb. 29—Reception on the battle- ship Connecticut. Ordered arrested at the instiga-) 14, 1904, and fined $100 and costs, tion of Deputy Prosecuting Attor-|The case was appealed, the su- ney V er almost three years| preme court dismissing the appeals after t peal was disw € y May 1, 1905. The remittitar the state supreme court H. Sex hed the hands of the county on, H. C, Littovy and B. J. Brown,| clerk on May 8, 1905. onvicted of practicing dentistry far as the records show, noth- withe a lice were ing was done with the cases until harge Tuesday, when t rrants of com- f Wise i Car ’ nd tme were % for by M wr 1 1 fi. | Vandeve and by Deputy ( office T « v 1 agreed ha vO4 e fines 1 1 in tl r court d and was | in J H Kent