The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 9, 1908, Page 1

VOL. 10 _ FEWER STATESMEN FLAG OF “FIGHTING BOB” COMES DOWN FOREVER (By United Press.) . SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.—-Reae Admiral Thomas commended the Athutic fleet today, and thus marked the @ passing of the great figure that mow takes a place with the other great men of the American navy, At 10:80 this ning the blue pennant ef Rear Admiral Evans was lar insiguia of rank of Rear Admiral feirng Naval Commander Deivers Interesting — red and the homas was hoited “J do not think that I am wiolating the secrets of the gov ‘ when I tell you that cane out 1 was told . Tow rena on a purely peace ble cruise, but that I must be prepared to fight if necessary.” “If we ike to preserve the ‘of the world we must plenty of batueships and statesmen.” — fron talk of The very simpliety of the ceremony reflected the ndercurremt of sorrow and sympathy every officer and man felt for the stricken hero who was unable to bid good-bye to his ships, its men and the navy, All felt that a great leader was leaving them, from the humbdlest lie to the highest gold-laced admiral iva * relief papers were handed to him this morn ng, therefore all that remained to make the change in commanders was to read on board the flagship Connecti cut the formal order assigning Rear Admiral Thomas to command. Promptly at 10:30 the officers and crew as- sembled on deck. Admiral Evans’ flag fluttered down ' : ; \d-1$ from the track, never to go up again. Officers and men gazed upon its descent with heads uncovered and grave Evans. (By United Press) < NCISCO, May % Few pas and more hatteships. . Admiral Evans pithily po Bis Address at the fleet} jest wight, will be the) the Pacific coast in its ier better vara! protection . bit the nail square from the Pacific coast expression, A few seconds later Rear Admiral Thomas’ flag } order assig jeaped up to the peak, and the band played and the ing Thomas to command was read. The salute was fired and the signal tc disperse was sounded “Fighting Bob” had | ever. his great ships and the navy ——: freely | had Be Words to express bis grath admiral bas (eel ltmde for the reception accorded on the needs of “ jim, bis face assumed an expression mt of Fe eee bromay | Sedwenn, bhi voice fell and with| loan could pat it, left{® Wave of the hand he said: | ee te the minds of his hear-| “And now, gentlemen, gout night the famous sailor wants |42¢ good byw.” > A number of officers wept when 4 Se ae sade square, (thelr beloved commander uttered a president om the ques | is farewell, and Admire! Thomas, = : Peitiesbips a year, or | Th succeeded to (he command of & the Meet today, turned away to [hide his emotion Again smiling, the admiral was Appearance. bureiedty po owe away and the! dramatic appear idoors closed behind him. } Maguificent banquet) The other speakers of the even} Mt. Francis was a ft- | ing were Mayor Taylor, Secretary | to three days of stir | Metcalf, Governor Gillett, Rear Ad re Only a few select mirat Thomas and Governor Shel fhe would come to the don of Nebraska eed they omnes Evans Rests Today. Veto ret weil. The setting Admira} Evans remained in his of Mayor. ia the extreme, been made, toasts) room all day, resting for the long ik, when there came journey across the cor<inent. He Bn = gevehote | wee somewhat = wt aan ‘or Taylor arose) brief visit to the banquet ioe eye oe Council Ring Failed to Adusiral Evans goes to/ that he would he unable to start drink bis health.” Io-|for the east before tomorrow, but = danqueters jamped to/he convinced Surgeon Macdonald cure Two-Thirds flasses aloft, the wide that he was strong enough to start ae Majority. - er banquet room were this evening. and the <ciititut ‘Re=| Although we-wnnirat’s Jenvetak:| poled the room by his faith: | tng of the shipe wee a! ended even | Lew. Frank Evans without his own presence on his for “Fighting Bob.” | Magship when hie fag hauled Shlence reigned, so | own and his socerssor took charge, as the surprise. The ‘ad. |be cannot prevent the officers and lealed a hapys smile, and | ™en of his fleet from bidding him cheers When his carriage arrives at the oi for “Pishtlog | verry bullding this evening to 4 I take the boat for (he Oakland mole, ee ete ee ann ne will be met by thousands of en- Wheeled between the two | i#ted men on shore leav and bid bles, the cuests 5 jden hed bands. Mayor | Me fy dancing with joy,!* bla at, " aa they call him, | north of Madi * | Meet, who can be relied upen to | ter. it in gem Mlemen, I present) civ their former chief a great | statement is a fact. rose in hin chat | S*ndoff. Time Nearly Up. a ald, quickly 3 Would Taik a Littie. | Pennsylvania egret that he was an- Sargeon Macdonald deemed it tn-| charter in the festivities, he | advisable for him to make the trip) There ‘A think that | am violating ite flag and the realization that hej in the Hne-up of the cour of the government whem was out of active service forever viously stated ben I started out,| would break his heart. ee ted Twas going out on o To Avoid Opposition. fn the navy and the | MacDougall & Southwick buflding, Taatter of the armor | was centered among the business BS Mesry § Reuterdahl, who men on First av. between Madison ewe the armor belt ugitation, eapnetnpmemcetenens and Yealer way, and by going north . of Madison st, it is claimed that Hl directed his remarks. (By United Press.) Mr. Asmussen will be out of the May 9.—With | way of the fight which has been et the guests nd to him Good Shot Wins. OAKLAND, Cal, Reuterdai " t ringing cheers, waving flags and | raised laht ie here to | he said, “but 1 don may b established at! following quadreuntal ence now being held at Bal | and then, like little ame the " Me Want to prone Wt the world, «: 4 Of battiesiijys 1 TO MAKE INVESTIGATION | high school to a packed house last | have the opportunity of Investig the ships and the guns | night at Egan's hall ‘ing the cas miion | THE SEATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASH,, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1908. NE eno BREEDING CRIMINALS IN ty BRUTAL EveRert TRUE =~ THE MERRY WIDOW fin More Police ‘Me RE BATTLESHIPS AND vont a: POCO C CC ROOET EO ee SU FECSEORETROOS | | |* “It shall be unlawful for ' } & any person owning, managing Body Is Dismembered and on eee at See ; — room or billiard room to allow yy pees | any person under the age of Thrown Into ony 5A Wee IERAY- Widow’, 18 yea loiter or play pool a MOTE / HAVE CHANGED ITA TRIKE or bill therein.” —Section enhancer iteneendies M. Leavitt, of the cirew lation department of the Dally Times, w crushed to death used by) stationers ane Second ay} J. R. Juntioe & Co book binders, at shortly afer § o'clock this moh} PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Mey Cee ee eccceeseceseesessessseseseseseeeess The body w removed to the ‘ | Leavitt home, 4759 Rrookiyn av. to | der ever committed in Washington | await the arrival of Mr. Leavitt,’ "i t Fort Worden | |who te at Wenatehee on bustness.| "er Derpetrated at For wins, Leavitt was Informed of Iie last might at band headquarters | son's death this mornin That young Leavitt's | purely accidental, ie the optuton of Henry L. Johnson, first clarionetiot | x, 18 years old, with whom | of 1 Biat 111de bend, wae lthe untervennie tay tee paste kt’ fe astiibecy J shortly before he met bis death, Caught in Trap. 2) Pred Lan, Lang aad Lonvitt, both of Wham pace he bt tof the so! | Queers were in the employ of J. R. Juatler tle age 7 up rubbish tp ee the lem’ barracks, Fire was then | basement of the Justice establiah ot os y the etre ment thie morntag. taking it ol |, evidently by the perpetre the elevator beneath the sidewaly | tor, In the hope ef burning (be body jana hiding the ghastly crime COCR CROS ECOL OS OSOO OE OSE SO SOOO SOSODOOOSOOSOEESOOR |to the street After depostting the garbage on | the street, Lang says be closed the! This morning the charred body of doore in the and that) . . “ the| Leavitt started to iskesthe elevator the victim was dragee om Lang Went! five by the firemen when they went) ian Leavith) a6 tive up for the day. The remains | gers are today turning up earth | lew, and that be badland we'll do what you want us ‘ chord was attest-|to ge.” he pas cheering that Pathetic Farewell. gee Sey my “ an occasional}, After telling bis audience that he | down to the basement fated to appear [basement and found |body of Leavitt crushed between hae j® concrete beam directly beneath | son trom fragments of his band unt-| . home, in hysterical today. ite is | ¢&ds to more juvenile crimes the aidewalk and the floor of That Indiana Fiend open elevator, Head Was Crushed. Lang ran to the! sete vat | ae * 0 the ruins of the Gunness house the iifetews were urned vant rooosnition, vt Convincing Evidence Given ‘ica: ‘ampere, arrested in con } were identified as those of John MT toon, which adh it t* thought that Leavitt tote Eats ithe elevator up again, bavi | gotten to lock the street below with an iron = it te renga gs koe |boy became confaned before : - [he could turn off the power of the béHd, and Private Knight | announced today that he thiake she | lift was caught betweer (hd beam | hom were known to be in debt Remains. i feor. Abandons Effort to Open MHARERAAREA ADE Rh w) dered man Inet night, and disap MEAD FOR TAFT. By United Presa) May f= ® Governor Albert BE Mead, of #/ ihe motive for the crime. j the Gunn ‘ssbington, who arrived in ® ® Brooklyn on a visit, stated * pene | be the next president, [6S is #!< s a & tee denaeee condita money and was able to make loans} 1.) romaine are not those of Mrs. | NOTED MAN’ * (© bie comrades at a high rate of | Gunness. He sald that he knew the | Because it has been found im | FSP PEEP E EEE EY > posable to secure the extra vote} f rousing goodby. required to pase his license ordi: | Sof the banqueiers shout | Wlee nance over the veto of Mayor Miller, Henry Asmussen will withdraw his) pplication for a saloon Itcense in | [the old MacDougall & Southwick | bullding, at Second av, and Colum | md will buy out a saloon see Te Me * | side being a clarionetist, conduct-|1a Porte, who made a scientific ex- |! & heir goodby will be as rousing | Thin ts the report generally ctr | ke it eulated about the elty hall today, fe the admiral. grasped | "hey can make and while the members of the coun- ith hands and then turn- Officers Will Greet Him. ell whe have been favoring the It Steeanteter®, exclaimed. 10) 4+ Gaxtand the admiral will be | cense claim to be ignorant of Mr | j Indes. out 860 offi { the | Asmussen’s intentions in the mat IB Is Intood » crown upon | Het, 20 ches eben tol ally believed that the Portland Suspect Will Not Have a Preliminary effort The trip to the east wit be made) ‘The counci) bad only until next} and after lool . y | guests ina came you over the Southern Pacific, Union| vonday night in which to legally Pacific and the Chicago-Northwest-| pass the ordinance over the objec- ern to Chicago, where etther the | tion of the city’s chief executive, Baltimore -& Ohio | after which the mayor's veto would Hentlemen will kindly be! will be taken for Washington. ive Meee cumaiasd vensdiens of Fill talk @ tittle.” | Admiral Evans was not present | any subsequent action of the coun Sate and laughter followed. when Thomas took command, for | c1) under the provisions of the city (By United Press.) ‘FALLS DEAD AT FEET | ° suspicion, thereby leading those | Ore. Ma, Siete’ | ~ ore | i : | There are scores of pool and bil- Pry (ohn ge Med, | who found the corpses to the belief | (By United Press.) not to give Edward H. Martin, the alleged slayer of Wolff, a prelim- Instead he will fle PORTLAND, inary hearing an information against day in the county court charging him with the murder. be taken from the city prison and placed in a cell in the county Martin received bis firat direc message from his father late Fri The elder Martian tw | touring Southern Burope and has been hard to locate. his son to keep up his courage and secure the best of legal advice. For} seidier, Mra. Erb had mov since he was im } considerable skirmish =” | to the Connecticut. The members |ing during the early part of the People ask me why the Meet/of the Evans family were 80) week to secure the missing vote, MY answer is: It is here averse to the adtniral going out, 48! but ax late an yesterday it was re St Was told to bring it here, they felt that the hanling down of ported that there was no change) ti, as pre He will then ible croise, but that The objection to granting the Prepared to fight if nec-| Asmuasen license @ transfer from ; /OAKLAND PAYS H its present fovation on Jefferson st the first time prisoned, four took food last night solicitations oan Spoke of the great, to the location in the remodeled allowed him which he oraved. ‘MILLIONAIRE LYING Clapping hands, Oakland today paid| Ry purchasing an existing loca t agre® her tribute to the great Atlantic |tion and securing a transfer of the , BO Breater| feet, ax the soldiers, sailors, ma-| license, it is urged that the objec: | of the | insuffl | pines and civic bodiea marched | tions about violating the new char- | The real through her flag decorated streets. | ter amendments will be done away | (By United Press.) LOB ANGELES, D ” shoots j with. One of the chief potnta made | ie fe a ine mn whether | MAY GET A BISHOP. in the fight against-the license ap- | > { wood i |yMeation now before the council hy fre § Headquarters for a bishop of the| was that it would break the law | 4 tated a moment, | Methodist Episcopal church, and| which prohibits more than one sa- if jaw sed, bi8 aise headquarters for the church | loon in any one block efforts of three Complaints have been made fre-+who had been treating the veloped and now he His condition g that bis whole for and the member ived at the Vannuy is being attended Ma - quently of Sound steamers racing SENIORS GIVE PLAY. and during one of th peed that lasted eral yesterday the Reliance struck the wed, and wh «ad A Scrap of Paper” was rendered | Inland Flyer No dama wa be heard axain, he | by the seniors of the Washington | done, but the marine inspectors will ONE CENT WEAT HER—FAIA TONIGHT; LIGHT FROST. SUNDAY, FAIR AND WARMER. EXTRA!!POOL AND BILLIARD ROOMS —_—— tention Than All the Saloons. } ‘Chief Ward and Detective | Corbett So Express Themselves. 56, ordinance 16,646 of the € of Seattle, an ordinance for the preservation of publie morality “The pool and billiard rooms of Seattle cal! for more surveillance than all the saloons, The breed criminais pecially pernicious in fluence because they attract boys whose characters are still in the formative period.” Acting Chief of Police Irv- ing T. W (@y United Press.) 19—One of the most dreadful mar. | } eee eee ee | Sometime during last night) “The pool rooms of this city are havens for budding orim ina! and do more to land young boys in jail than any other class of so-called amuse ment parlors. The young boy who allows himself to become enmeshed in the pool room net spends every cent he can acqu| honestly. The poo! room evil & is one of the greatest we have @ to combat.”—City Detective @ Sam G. Corbett, a veteran boy * criminal catcher * * * PORE That the habit of loitering ie prol and billiard rooms in this city | uurdered and his body dismember 4 and thrust into the heating far | aE = } nection with the burning of the constantly shouting that Mrs. Guo- | any other cause, and that the num ness is haunting him ber of young men who frequemt ered | } Notwithstanding the limbs were “ . ag 5 hull battered in, | Is Not Dead. saprenns ese resorts is rapidly increastog 4 The boy's head was crushed ang }eorered and the skull . o! Suspected Women Released. a thé Ghia tunica 0 was bleeding from the nowe auit no indication of the deed or bioo SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 9. have he can be found about the! a questioning the woman a |for many years given this matter | early this morning on a New York ee. ; ine for ‘ " . Central train, on euspicion that she t the young man in whom acore from Stason wes known to have com Diggers Are Searching the as Mrs. Reulah Sones, who is {the pool room germ Is nursed Tho | siderabie money, and loaned smal! sufd te have converted the ground | sooner or later becomes a confirm jclep was found on the floor of the | sume on interest to enlisted men. | . pear the back door of her farm |ed petty thief or worse, is what James Voll, second cook in the! Premises for More house near La Porte, Ind, into a| Sam Corbett gives as his emphatic | graveyard, Chief of Police Condin | opinion. vig oa . | "Sam Corbett has been after bey is Mra. F. B. Herron, of Chicago, as | criminals for many years and bia te Johneon, quarreled with the mur she ways. This is the name she | him he has a capable assistant we | save the detectives when she was Truant Officer Ketchum. Sam arrested. Further proof that she | Corbett says, and he knows be | peared frm the fort. Both were (By United Press.) |is not Mrs. Gumness came from we he deals with youngsters, ¥ caught hiding under the wharf this} LA PORTE, Ind, May 9.—Con-| Franklin, Pa, tm a telegram an-| that there fs scafcely « pool room | morning and were arrested. | vinciog evidence that the body of /Pouncing that the woman in cus-/in Seattle that does not allow bers ‘tody is undoubtedly Mrs, Herron, under 18 years of age to hang whose mother lives eight miles around. It makes no difference from there, and where she makes | whether the boy plays, whether he ther home when she is not visiting | is looking for a “live one,” or hicago. | Whether he forms chance acquaint Chief Condin says he will release | ances which lead to vice and crime Indications point to robbery a8|the woman found in the rains of on farm house is pot that i lof Mrs. Beulah Gunness was pro- Johnson. the murdered Wan. P| duced today by Harry H. Long, of accept a renomine @ | @d & cobbler shop at the fort, aud amination of the charred body. | ‘dat Taft wilt & belug-subes-and-Industriewtzourd | After completing the examination |P*™ |-—the peol room proprietors wast | the coin and they get it, aceord- ing to Sam Corbett linterest. Yesterday was payday at woman well, and is convinced be-| “1 don't know at it is about lithe post, and as a consequence Yurd & dowbt that she is stilt | pool rooms that gets into a boy's ! altve. He avers that his examina | blood,” said Sam, “but once let the [Dr. Log deciart positively that | | dolinaow would be expected to have |r re aig (By United Press.) | ahacshe: shart seabks and ae result \¢ large amount of money Dr. Long gives as another reason for)! CHICAGO, May 9.—Dr. J. Sander-\ig sometimes fierce. I've seen his bellef that the body is not that | son Christisen, a noted alienist and | boys mi dash for the pool reom RARAAA ARR ARA ARH Hof Mex Gunness the fact that the | Writer and a student of hypnotism! as scon as school let out. In nine es had reoms and turning on three gas/cent he gets. He spends ft all at a mant- | jets. the pool room, and when it is gone a Min positive that Mra. € ‘% finger nails of the dead woman and criminology, committed suicide | cases in ten every young man whe WITH MURDER iS BANK CLEARINGS. */nad been manicured. He said he today by locking himself in his | frequents pool rooms spends every ‘cssinenaataee \* ever seen the inside ® Cloarings today ..$1,141,911.76 @/ curing parlor. He also points to| Dr, Christison formerly was con-|he looks for more to spend, If bis & Balances + 80,376.78 ®/ the fact chat Mrs. Ganness weighed | nected with the New York hospitals | parents will not supply more money * Tacoma. * pounds, while the body at the for the insane, and for years had/he will steal it. So, you see, ite @ Clearings today ..$ 575,324.00 &! morgue was that of a woman who | been a close student especially of | easy to tell why the budding law- @ Halances 5 00 %| tipped the scalés at about 160. | hypnotism tn its relation to crimin- | breaker degenerates into a ¢rim- * Portland. * Detectives searching for the al-| ology. He was the author of many | {nal.” & Clearings today ..$ 769,934.00 @|leged murderesy have redoubled treatises on these subjects. | Strong words, these, but Sam ‘® Maiances . 53.790.00 w | their efforts. It has been their . oF aan 4 ‘Corbett has encountered the peel * * | theory for the last two days that room evil for many years and his eae ee ee | The body of @ woman was placed in (HEAP RATES CERTAIN opinion is worth more than ordin- the ruins by someone, presumably | ary weight by Mrs. Gunness herself, to throw | tepeonmmememome | All Do Good Business. that they were those of Mrs, Gun-| CHICAGO, May —9.—Barrlers | W274 ponte SS ae = OF HIS LADY LOVE ness and her three children. As! which western railroads carefully derive their patronage from Bove the result of Dr. Long's discovery | erected against reduced passenger and young men, T! are open all sas the police authorities may send | rates for conventions and for state ’ 4 night and throughout the country cireulars| fairs have been broken down and here fa ae hours of the day. @ on Sunday. Apparent! (By United Press.) bearing @ picture of Mrs, Gunness| cheap rates will undoubtedly pre- | effective way of stopping boypfrom LOS ANGALEHS, Cal, May 9.—|*¢ ber description | vail everywhere during the coming | frequenting these resorts po- Ptanding on the street in the pres-| Others implicated. season lice officers know the law. They ence of Mrs, Kstelie L. Erb, whom| Evidence discovered today tndi-| The Mystic Shriners demolished | try to enforce it, but to property he loved, Samuel Barr, a private|cates that Mrs. Gunness was in|the ratiroad defenses by tnducing | enforce the ordinance quoted above in the United States hospital corps, | league with some one in Aberdeen, |OD¢ line to agree to make @ rate would take the entire time of the blew out his brains, falling dead/S. D., misleading the relatives of of one and one-half cents per mile | police force. at her tect. [her alleged victims as to thetr| for the annual gathering of that or-| Every time a pool reom proprie- To excape the attentions of the| whereabouts, One instance ts cited | der, to be held in St. Paul, July tor is hauled before Police Judge 4 here | in the case of Bert Chase, of Mish. | 13 % 18 |John B. Gordon he is fined. There is no excuse for permitting boye ning | awaka, Ind., ne but Barr r La Porte, who | from Monte ¥, Martin | where whe had gone, secured a fur-| disappeared sc time ago. junder 18 rs of age to spend Upon his re Pongh end followed her. Hert told bis brother that he was their time In pool rooms, accord- Chief Gritz - going to visit a “wealthy widow | ing to Judge Gordon. The pool room macher changed bis prison fare and | owning a fine farm in Indiana,” | ‘proprietors invariably fall back on HINGTON TOWN: That Was the last seen of him by | the excuse that they always ask | his friends or relatives. Later the | the’ age of boys who appear to | brother received a telegram from nena them to be under the limit set by Aberdeen, 8. D., announcing that | eae re ordinance. Judge Gordon has always Is FIRE SWEPT Hert Chase bad been killed in a|_, Residents of West Seattle in the |peld that no pool room proprietor railroad accident. The brother im-| Vicinity of the grounds of the jig justified in accepting any boy's P ae ’ sly went to Aberdeen, where Ae Seattle Gua —_ vad Scente | statement that he is over 18 years 1 he discovered that the name sigr eights, are protesting agalust the | of age if there is any doubt. Judge AT POINT OF DEATH (ey United Press.) f led te tae Secbene “eee Gaitees” club members disturbing the Sab- Gordon says it is up to the pool GRANTS RTATION, Ore. May 9. Aslie Helgaline, whose brother's | >@th quiet of the suburb, and have /room proprietor to. ascertain the i Fire, which at $ o'clock this mor) iogy was found in a sack In the | sved petitions asking the mayor | right age from the boy's parents, Pee ee sere eats Serves murderer's graveyard,” today re-|that the club be compelled to stop) ‘That is as far as Police Judge town of Goldendale, Wash, 25 miles| (Mvca” trom” Abecdoen additional /#Rooting on Sundays. It Is alleged |Gordon can go. The police can do from here, and melted down the | iors that passed between the that the club fires about 2,000 / nothing but arrest the offending +s peone wires, Centroyes oe man, now dead, and Mra. Gunness rounds sry Sunddy between 9 a. proprietors. But the results re Woe) $ak08 worth of property | One of the letters shows that An-|™- amd 1:30 p.m. main, The evil remains and it will is said tol ing to the best reports here remain until some more stringent Goldendale {s tho county seat of @'e¥ Helgaline began correspond INDIAN BOY ESCAPES Klickitat county and has a popula. | %&, W'th the woman in August remedy is fortheor tion of 1,500. Tho fire started tn She described farm Nfe and) Winiam Kitsap, a Kitsap Indian, | CANADIAN TO SPEAK 7 hoped that she and Andrew would jewelry store of Smith & Gun: | eee eest friends and have many reported to the police yes ay ning, apread to the adjoining bulld that Frank Tom, a Kitsap Indian| E. T. Kingsley, editor ings, and the entire town was soon| S°eret® boy, of 10 years, from the Kitsap/Clarion, of Vancouver, B. threatened. The hardware store of Suspect Hysterical County Indian reservation at Port /address the socialists at J. W. MeKengle and the merchan-} Up to noon today no more bodies | Madison, ran away from the hall tomorrow evenin The sub oo ete of J. BE. Gappett were! had been found is uot expected ‘er Kitsap when the vessel be 1 | ject of his address is “In the Last gutted before three this morning that others will be unearthed. Dig- ‘in & Ditch.