The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 6, 1908, Page 5

THE SEATTLE STAR J GquriON OF PURE POLITICS, HATED BY POLITICIANS, PAGIFIGS WIN | Meat Co's alne defeated t parells at Woodland park ye ate NTs | by the close seore of 4 to & Tt was the best game played at the pork so far this season, Charile Durig, the southpaw twirler for the} Pacifica, struck owt LL men, passed pur and only all Hie Grill, th t aret men, passed two and allowed three hit ih Hes tn his p aly j parndosical 88 ; RH, We | Mea matt without a nin Pacition ..,.... 438 politicians, feared Nonparetts 316 ACTRESS. VENTRILOQUIST | 18 ELISE HAMILTON. | joved by hones he doesn't k gays he doosu® want to} tical enomy, Sen. | @ Ay Bone of Mie} eed a hm: “Folk ts he waster pouticla! } know @ den] ver be doeen daa Q ow a Er é My « 0 Stores 5 was born taf : \, | ss, rsea,! from Vander | He practiced then came (0) he, his . Bi sities im 1900! ol framed a ticket lore | im called at.) jack of Bryan men.’ , the political boss omer eager Fo tor | 4 5 ik was sent for him the nomina | tng GOV. JOB. W. FOLK, under faise preienees, If I'm elect le common law statute, and won. th do y whole duty and eu) Twenty-seven men were seat to the olf hoes, wink you'll de your duty.” l say that, bat we will boy when the time id his fellows. . to} Two weeks after FOR was sworn a — bed Pt ae cireult attorney, he began an wed |iuvestization of election frauds Col. Butler was urged t “pall bts man off. Butler entered Fol flee one day with @ mile. minates he teft it, his face ghastly ‘The Tight was on. That fight of Polk's f* history! “he agreed, “lf the su-j now, te a week he had 60 indiet Hay W's good law; | ments retarted. In a month he had Om tt and avoid | seve. convictions, But a friendly | MO*t astounding venality was un- Pans Ge did, uaill | eupremse court held the penal Yh ee BL ge we pee pelle inhale: prt gare ap. jot the law unconstitutional Da pay ees hye 5 wg Lenght oo WHAT'S A MINE EXPLOSION? bad come to Folk. ‘discouraged, Folk proceeded weeriets aad Gieate Mamiaity. The lieutenant governor, John Lee, cou- fessed to being the agent of the His great abdliity as a lawyer was recognited, and flattering offers from the cast came to him. But the crooks, the grafters and the spectal j interests had declared he could | never hold office again | “The istue was clearly joined,” \eald the governor « few days [ott wae whether the ie or Lerooka were supreme. bonest offictal, who obered his oath lof office and enforced the law, be ‘punished by the crooks by being | retired to private life, or would | jhe people see that he was re | warded prison MISS ELISE HAMILTON. Next Folk began his nictpal | bribery investigation, ft lasted two years. ‘The traf! led from cheap convetinies to wealthy captains af todustey. Fotk followed the trail, He secured 63 indictments, and per sonally Conducted 19 trials, secur ing 18 convictions, tnoludiag Col Kd. Pather, the city boss, and Robt M Sea oe - foreed vainwright, dma tt Magailton . Honatre, to flee to Paris, where he| 12.00%. bat Mise Hamiien cam, tast remains an extie under indictment |i i. 9 ventriloquist and mimid, Next Potk turned to at EIS. | yet at present she ts playing in Upped him off | the “Soul Kise” at the New York legisiative corruption. The | theatre, hut her friends see wonder like & Gird § he barks like « and crows like a erow-—oo, (hat len whe braye like—it's hard rooms of dives, found bis trial € “Now, I reaity didn’t want to be governor, bul there was a principle ‘to demonstrate, Were | to with draw, would tt not be an admtenton of defea!, and would not the special interests tee it an warntog ‘other young prosecutors who had |to solve the problems that com fronted me? [ decided to demop- strate the principle.” | Folk woo. He was the only man of his stamp on the democratic teket. The “old gang.” driven by popular opinion to name bir for governor, gave nim & “gang” ticket, and passed out the word “to knife nik and elect the balances of the jcket. | Ordinarily Missonrt goes demo jeratic by from 125.000 to 160,060. fin 1904 it went republican by 16, | 000, and the entire democratic | Ueket, except Folk, was defeated. He was elected by 50.009 ~~ SAK CLARENCE HALL. Beattie Star's Exclusive Service.) : Wash TO) ae 1) 6 NG tremendous death tot! claimed by the coal mines of the country te 6 last six months, has moved the gor erament's geological survey to tall Clarence Hall to make a per sonal investigation of conditions tn gaseous mines, and to set up an ox periment station in Pittsburg to de-) vise, if poxsibie, ways and means of | preventing explosions ta coal mines Once in office, Folk lived up to)” Mr. Hall has visited and investt jail that was expected of him. tn) gated at length the cos! mines at two reqular sessions and one special | Monongah, W. Va. and to western j term of the legislature, laws were | Pennsylvania, where, within the jast fonacted abolishiog free passes, 12-| tow months, hundreds of lives were jing « m@eaximam freight mate, mak ing race track gambling @ felony. experiment station near Pit amping out police graft, closing wii be set up at once. There high | club mbling and wine rooms, estab | oy piosiy shing Zoont fare on railroads, PFO | mining plans be worked out and &x- viding compulsory eight months | pinited. colina, regulating ehild ber, creating public utfifty commis * for cities ‘The Sunday closing law is being forced; derelict city officials may | be removed on citizen's sult; lobby ing f# made a felony, unless lobby fate register with the secretary of state within 12 hours of thelr ar. rival at the state capftal; and the inittative and refere m will be- come effective If the people the constitutional the next election It is because of these things that Missouri bas « favorite son io Joseph Wingate Folk STATE NEWS A plan is being devised in Sno homish county whereby the county will manufacture blasting powder and well direct to consumers at cont. - son w Braio. by Mt Lad HURLBUT—A Store for Everybody. 98; MIGHT HiT 200, iF HED MARRIED. #4.50—Our Echo 42-Piece “Cotta for 6 persons; very neat, clean ; extreme special, set Clothes Line Pulley, 5¢. REGULAR 10c—improved Porce iain Wheel Clothes Line Pulley; extra strong: special 10¢ Shaving Soap, S¢. REGULAR 10c CAKE—Wililame Well Known “Be Bar aving Boap; large round 5c nke: special Cryatal Glass ; they're always CHAS. C. CLUSKER, (Seattie The republicans of Kiteap county r Exclusive Service.) | 25c Child’s Set, 19¢. have organized a Taft club. |, SAN Cal ~ cae ys reue Had 1 REGULAR 25c--Child’s %-Piece A postotfice ts 4 for Tuk-| have live Garden Set: very useful around | wirjah | Clusker f “ est living Bik in the wor The Ford Produ company has jis my greatest regret (hat i eatablished @ creamery at Mt. Ver-| found a wife, Now { am too old non | Clusker was born iu Kentucky arden; special, 19¢ 35c Garden Weeder, 19¢. 86 BOX— Words ; REGULAR 35¢ — Wonderful a and was one of the great army of Ghee Polish: the best Peerless” Garden Weeder; the Yakima pioneers have orgaulzed fortune hun’ the with 150 members to start with. | plains to the 49.) —Rubber Cement Floor Paint Cement I te hess gan sl me or ; Special, can He had the usual quota of hair-| The munietpal campaign at Ta-| breadth escapes, and made and lost} coma will be brought to an end to-| several moderate fortunes. | night i | He carries his age remarkably “Fo t $ | well. One would not suapect him aged ab ancguen seg Jof being more than 70. He is rad Take boats at Pler 2. Ten roun : Sein, 500 round trip. snance and surprisingly rips 4 5 10 different color GARDEN TRACTS am gu ere tracts, $100 5 SHOE SALE New stock. Big reduction in prices this week. We must raine monoy at once FREOLUND, HORNBER@ & LARSON, 705 Pike Street. ed; fine for chickens and ber ries National Land Inv. Co., Inc 917 Firat Ave AVENUE AMO UNION STREET, MONDAY, ie a we ea the sale of “hurt” goods justtwo days more! Thee keke eee eee eh ee Monday afier Waster Sunday at, eee eeeeeneeeene P The study class of the Progress ive Thought club will meet with Will be held tonight Mra, 8. 8. Johnson, 628 Lith av, N., | Wednesday 1 plosions. The) Mrs. | Seedmeiees oodles burg }ed the Ladies’ Literary and Travel| invitation is extended to all who will be texted and model | 51¢ Seneca st. ‘The Current Topic department of |the Seattle Women Friday at 2 p. m. with Miss Ble Gough, 1415 35th ay | A calico ball will be given the le gio 22 nearer | Fahs of Renton. Mrs. W. H. Whit-| —————————— o tlesey, Miss Lena Huckins and) Miss Horner wi ing Trust Co. SECOND AND CHERRY. APRIL 6, 1908. ATER locat the new GRI STANDARD, ed at Second Av. and most the finest, modern, exclusive housefurnishing store in the whole country! a cordial weleome to all! resulting from our recent moving offers great oppor.unities for saving— ~we devote this short space of time to the -quick-clearance of articles that were more or less damaged through moving—most of théii injured just a trifle—a scratch, a rub or a mar here and there—just enough so they cannot be placed on our sales floors in their present condition. =a little touch here and there will make them like new again, and for IMME- DIATE disposal we have marked the entire lot at reductions of actual half regular values! ~~all departments are liberally represented in these genuine, absolute reduc- tions, a few examples of the savings of which we quote. | from the Ca rtment—best inlaid linoleums, in limited quantities; | regular value $1.00 per square yard; sale pric€ ........cseeeeceeee es BOG —printed ligoleums, limited quantities, regular value 90c square yard; sale —from the Dra rtment—soiled and mussed muslin curtains, no mat- ter what original values, sale price, per pair .........-sscceeeeceeses 409 —iour and five-panel Japanese screens, slightly damaged in moving; regular values $4.50 and $6.00; sale prices 6.6.6 c66 cesecee oes BLOS and $2.75 from the Housefurnishing Departmen’ "New Home” washing machines, slightly marred; regular value $7.95; sale price ......ssseecee0-.+.- $S.O8 reductions of one-half on all “hurt” pieces, including parlor and dining room . furniture, office furnishings, brass beds, bedroom furniture, go-carts, ete. —the above are but indications of the many exceptional values awaiting you during this sale. Sta x » | th Renton Hil! club bonse. j BITS OWEWS Foo renters wa *| The first rehearsal of the fall} * mixed chorus of the Ladies’ Musical | jelub, which wil! sing with the New| © Thought Club. York Symphony Orchestra, under |. a lthe direction of Walter Damrosch, | at Johnston's} | Musee AMUSEMENTS. Seattie Theatre & Drew. Mere Phones 42 Week, me Tuesday ternoon. Mra. John-| Old Soldiers’ Rally | Matiness | ‘Thursday and Satund ill read a paper on “Mind and ‘The 43rd analversary of the close Mag Wenst's A recitation will be given (of the Civil war—Appomatox—will nn Nellic Kraemer, jbe held Wednesday evening at 8), Literary and Travel Club.|o'clock In the Tabernacle chur | Next Wi Rose M. Conway entertain: | Fifth ay. and Union st. A general are « COLISEUM Seattle's Leading Vaudeville House hall LAG BLACKSMETH.” ners, 18¢ and 850; nighte, Pega ike a! and Washington. Unqualt~ Uninterrupted — Sucrses. Lyric Burtesque with Sunday Att x8 Griginet Fiaytet, Eatiiieg deo! Harry Montague Pleasarabi the Baticical im anyway took part In the scenes ae lof the Civil war—soldiers, sailors |(the bue or the gray), Women’s | Relief Corps, Christian and Sant tary Commissions, and the public | ».,, in general, Addresses will be | moi! by Mayor Miller, Prof. E. 8. General James B. Metei M. Wiestling, Hon ‘Thompson and Rey, R this afternoon at her hom Jollification, On" of the Great Bur- Beattie Woman's Club, : moment Chorus Extant. Other A Novel Features Matingss Thereday and Saturday, ite ight prices, reserved, 1c, 2bc, ju will meet } NEW SHOW STARTS TODAY |. “The g, | Teavesty Calico Ball, Tavghing arse,” a Chrous even Other Big Eastera Spe- Jude liom FH. TO SEE LESHIPS Take boats at Pier 2. Ten round tripe daily, 500 round trip. ” $500 Reward |] For any case of alcoholtam that 1 cannot cure tn from 3 to & days. 3. B. BRISHOIS, Globe Hotel, Cor. First Av. and MONDAY, APRIL 6, AT 6:30 P. M. $500 A SIDE. jain St. ~~ AMUSEMENTS. Moore Theatre JOUN CORT, Lessee and Manager. IN EVERY DEPART. MENT OF BANKING WE ARE PREPARED TO GERVE THE PEO. PLE IN AN ACCEPT. ABLE WAY. HAVE YOU TRIEO us? Tonight, Tuesday and Wed: Special Matiner Wednesday MARY MANNERING RREWSTEIOS MILLIONS.” Mecute The Grand 4OUN CORT, Manager DR. ROL R. Wrestlin Catoh-as-Catoh-Can—Best s Out of Three Falls. OLLE DONELSON ® “The Terrible Swede” Theatre | vs SEATTLE-TACOMA ROUTE. Fare 350—Round Trip, 600. FOUR ROUND TRIPS DAILY. LEAVES SEATTLE — 6:45 | and 10:25 a. m, 2:05 and 5:46 Lois ves Main 1304; Ind. 4384 DR, ROLLER am JAMES D, HOGE, - m 1906; ted, 40ne President oe lia) tivor Written, of Seattle. LEAVES TACOMA | m. and 12: 15, 8:85 and 7:30 p. m.| U. SEELEY, Jr., Agent. Seattic | —Tel. Main 176. Tacoma— Tel. 212. N. 8. SOLNER, Cashie SHERLOCK HOLMES” ea | and now on sale. Prices $1 This Evening Ladies’ Night iid ante ae 0 Aro i ZB me