The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 20, 1908, Page 1

~ LAST VOL. 10. NO KA AS NEVER BEFORE PE indy Brerpbody Better Of Ex- cepling the Former Liguer Men. anhalt HS YF eM ee By C. H. TAVENNER @tar's Exciusive Service) IGTON, May 20.--What does prohibition have ‘ of 100,000 Inhabitants, ft has been the custom $2,500. annua for te men and the p obit Mane beew carry! Phebnontnewersy ove this peed he heres oo ef Celembta ever sine e| @engrems has been in| ™ mittee hes boom om fe the largest protibttion Vateed Mates Kaneas City take the the stage by Introdactag te show why fet be made “dry, article «= reprewenting te be hopelessly bank 4 houses once fill Pempty, thet murders have Seurerews with probihttian, yew eperste at will, ond Receseary for: the pack to pay the salaries of and firemen. The pie-| seemed on the ® mighty argument for aa Shows Them Up. O Briew prohibition party the article had been the order of the brewers, * teen supplied free to eh ever the country h 6 tainted news burean showed that the assessed of the city in 1906 wae)! E and in 1997 913,875, , & gain in real estate o of decrrase benause : faleons. The total city Mi purposes for 1906 was Han each $199 ot aaecssed vab Wie fer 1907 the eity tax $2.90, a reduction of SHR ah “joints” closed tie: of Kansas City, 3 Present is cetimeted at [On inereane over 1906 of Deposits Gain. contrast to a showing “tainted” article printed nuten Poet March 2, BE deposits of Kansas (ity GEi per cout. or $3,786 s The Me | Washing | al reprewenting | EDITION 4 MATTHEW O'BRIEN, NSAS TOWN THRIVES WITH SALOONS CLOSED (IY GAINS THE WHO HANDED SOMETHING TO THE | Liavor PEOPLE. = AUTO RUNSSEN. PLATT DOW A CHILD | Girl | Bears Down on ———_— | | “Get out of brat!” was ail the warning Heiea, the Tyearcld danghier of Mra Laure Taytor, had before a brutal the way, you litte chauffeur ran down the Jitthe girl with a Ford runabout early inet evening on Seve: av. eear Ben ore st | | Ae the Metle girt Ralf termed te eee who wae yelling at ber, the car struck ber in the back She wes throws to the pavement om her face. The Hitthe girl's head bit the street ao hard that blood gushed te first 21 dry months “Yointn” closed two new | from her mowe and mouth. one trust company have | aad are being com- Genapes the Wheete Mipoectulty By sheer good luck the wheels survex | led ali |Of the machine did not pass over largest proportional gain! the body. The unfeeling chauffeur Gyerations, with a ree-| so for & yoar of 268 per cont. | **4 & companion hesitated a mo 4 im the number Of ment amd them the machine shot i 1097 was 379, due to . @f workingmen in par-| GOR Seventh av As the car on install fol | pasend over the little girl's body tht clesing of the salooms bof buliding in 1807 wae | both men in the automobile turned Gnd im 1966 $1,007,699. | in their seats the y 48% buildings | within one year after| Willing Bands bore the girl to Heat into effect [her mother's apartments, at 1112 Rene Pubtic Wort. | Seventh ay. where it was found Sf going completely tO] inst Helem was suffering from « hes graded | “** ce April 1,| contusion on the back of her head, f ‘, 7\ a briised nose and an abrasion on iit § millet | thé forehead. This, morning Helen : rtdae: | compiained of pains in her back improve; Mrs. Taylor, who ts a trained nurse, says she does not think the te in 1908) tittle girl is suffering from internal against $201.800-| so ssetog crea f 18 per| feeeipts for January. | heers indignant. Sen ie ee” Rowed Considerable indignation was ex- Hthan for the same wontha| pressed by neighbors who saw im. | Helen run down by the machine, | They say that the automobile bore wound |the numbers 1437 and 1120. Ac ihe °F cording to the official list of state . Judge |automobile licenses, No. 1437 is , Of Birmingham, Al held by Roy Howard and is carried se hat city at the! by a Ford machine. No. 1120 was wre “ye ts issued to W. L. Broback. Neither Pemaining in the room, | "ame sppears in the city directory | Mrs. Taylor did not report the in arreste aver) matter to the police, saying that re Sommnernne c ot bad ured and prohibition |Helen was not badly injured and with saloone: {thet she would not inform the of 48 1-2| ficers unbess the liftle girl show intent to | # effects of the accident Mra. wmbling, 17\T 6 & Stranger in Seattle 80 per stated today that while sh 35 per haseleen here she has neon auto Wd grand larceny, moliies @ecend and descend Sev vagrancy, 40 per enih av at en excessive rate of eating, 70 per cent.” jspeed. HAS Hils en Brutal Chauffeur Disregards Takes Witness Stand in the Woods Divorce Case. Calls Her “Brat” as Machine Presents a Most Pitiable (@y United Prem.) NEW YORK, May 2. ing & pitiable npect aesisied to the wito chair & ree, his advanced age man ifesting iteelf im every movement Senator Thomas Collier Platt to day, with quavering, childish volee, denied the allegations that Ma Woeds makes in her divorce suit eaninet bine The aged statomnan displayed in teuse fe an he a detalled account of his relations with the women. Luring the xamin athom he was very 1 and it Wee feated that the would be too severe for him The senator began by denying that he was the auth the letters that Mae We Wrote her. He met the in 1 and frequen Senator Platt ‘followed ment by emphatic denis riage to ber, declaring, as he ratsed his voice, that the ceremony plaincfe at was a myth He «wor letters bearing his ature and containing an acknowledgement of their marrage were blank when hé signed them Signatures Forgeries. Intended the as an Kraph, noth an that the we truly New York,” which were on letters, were gross forgeries denying that his relations were im pr the senator was rigidly crossexamined, Platt declared that the part of the letters he wrote to \ Woods, saying “you occupy your room until I come and signal you,” referred a dinner hkagement. He denied the report that the plaintiff ever remained in his apartment all night. Platt ad mitted that He addressed the wom an in endearing terms. At this juncture Attorney Lebarbier de manded to know what Platt's pet name for Mae Woods was. Platts Pet Name. Well,” stammered the witr sometimes | called her “Catty Platt denied that Attorney Martin Miller had been ecémmi sioned to get Wy tiers, and 1 he never he 1y Money being | used to hay rned to him Questioned again under redirect examination bv Attorn Stanch field, Plati explained the cireum stances rounding the $10,000 which he is alleged to have pald| the law firm of Howe & Hummell for vices. He admitted he gave his check for $10,000, but It wa given to the law firm of which h #on Was A member. to settle a claim made by Mac W Platt was assisted from the ehatr and, supported’ by his nurses, tot i tere@ out of the room SEATTLE STAR ONE CENT Boats and Trains, § Cents TH ~~ . . - " ATHER CLOUDY PROBABLY SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1908. SHOWERS. TONIGHT AND THURSDAY Te iil CEDAR: RIVER PIPE LINE BREAKS AND CUTS OFF THE CITY'S WATER SUPPLY IS AMAN OF CHARGES OF INSPECTOR FLEET OFF RESERVOIRS MODERATE LILLEY © IS LET ~=— COASTOF THE ONLY MEANS = FAISE = OUT. STATE SOURCE ay E. Stratton by No'Accusations Made Against Health Commissioner Crich- Passes Mouth of Columbia Rainier Valley Flooded and | Means Wealthy Says the Electric Boat Co. ton Removes Woodcock River at One | CW. Casler. Unsustained. | From Office. O'Clock. Believes Papers Did Com! Asolute Whitewash Is Investigation Showed Milk Will Be Of Grays Harbor Water Shut Off at Cedar victed Man Injustice | Administered by Inspector Failed to | at 4—~Ahead of =| Lake and Pipe Line Is Great Damage Is Being Done. i | } | | | b So Stating Committee. Enforce Law. Time. : | } ying. | i én ei EME rae ' | | i — he fact that the Seatue (By United Press.) Milk Inspector L.. M. W ON U. &. S. GEORGIA (By Wire : ; published thé state WASHINGTON, May 20.—Prand.| cock was discharg fess to North Head, Wash.), Ma With @ roar that could be hear@ thet. Guy ( Stratton, tag all of his charges as being Health ¢ 20,—Admiral Sperry's t arrived for a mile, the Cedar River pipe anslaughter jog Talee, and wecusing him of bad ton. Mr off the mouth of t Columbia | line today broke on the east slope faith, contempt and disregard of pportunity to tender his|river early this afternoon. The! o¢ peacon hill, and the immer esig or o r “richte o ers oa noke Alliance, | u hte obligations an a mer of resignation t Dr, ¢ n, | steam Roanoke and ea ‘ an automobile depurew, the select house commit declined to make his exit|with more than 1,060 passengers | ‘ume Of water tore down the jan have any effect fee appointed te investigate the m the office in that manner. | from Portland, and a fleet of hill and through Rainier valley, | jury that vieted him @eeteations made by Representa. Shortly afterwards he called | boats and small craft met the fleet,) washing out fences and small 7, Wee r, manager o8 fiwe Lilley against tim Hlectric — the he Ith — issioner ber be cheering and waving | houses, and cutting ditches through | ot 1 i branch { ther!) Beet company woing ovr pt meth-jat the ci all and was n pate and handkerchiefs seein ee tn - a Trust Co,2i@@ © influence logisiation in Its! fied that his services in the de lawns and yards belies See, eae a sopers te tel pattment of health and sanits- |. 0" Beard U. & 9 Georeie- The water was pouring through 1 And Casher seathing denwnctation of the part | tion ild no longer be re te b me asichts the main pipe Mne at the rate of | thir 7 he yed by the Connecticut 5 pele 000,900 gallons an ho ac- thinks , aril ll ta the controversy, and was off Tillamook, about 200 nas m hour and prac tive & complete Vindication of the boat) yy, miles south of Cape Piattery, at | “cally all of thin water went rush- nis Wt Ml gempany and Congressman Loud. | /* 0060 9:30 thie morning. An offshore | ing ugh the broken pipe, wreck- rg b aa Locked Imtormat kr east wind has qoleted the sea and jing immense damage wherever it DiattON Be Repreweniative Lilley in arraign better time ia being made. The mverted inte ed for allowing himself to be used but it is likely that his present) 0° 0 0 Ot reached ould not havesMipan “Instrument of the Lake Sub-| term of office will terminate on |“SL,I8 overcame oe ae cotam. | Flood Unchecked. we 000 geared Hp kn aca bmg the day of the present pia river at 1 4 and off Gray's} Owing to the force of the flow, ; ‘ en ‘gore mon Harbor at 4 p. m., ut anchors will He a says that the auto itee pis obligation as a member Saag is a a ta ok either plane the water department employes, t friven by Mr Stratton ond “acting in contempt of the F WW he i han ateaial Cape Flattery wi reached by | who were immediately rushed to at the ¢ of the accident was | heue mad Pie page B Bireacy | midnight, Port Ax at daylight | the scene, found tt impossible to “ 1 him The comvittee fede that a been decided upon. In fact, |tomorrow, and Bellingham at 10 a check the flood and telegraphic ia ' le tter reece OF the resoiniion seking | the n who will get the job | m. tomorrow | % : oo tere is Casler’s letter gor am Investiqntion of bis charges canrting 4 hele ilk se | structions were sent to the head- to The Sta wae not im weed faith | * arding the city's m sup . | wo t ne vu Mr, Canior’s Statement by Lilley; that he had ne informa | ply was picked out some time! OE Sonera Coast. . i rks to shut off the supply from me a reader of your (#00 te justify his charges: that he ago; and will be in position to| , NEWPORT, Ore, May 20. The | that point a gens by yor Fm pub. weted in bed faith tm making them, accume his duties as soon as or ine 2 a reson} A report sent back to Supt. paper a ou a ot and thet tn stating that he made, coast. For an hour this morning. | youngs was to the effect that the Keation, and have always bees aw harven reflecting upon mem.| the formal change is made between the hours of 5:30 and 6:30, Admirer of the fearless Way IM te public he was not sin Was ! A |the long parade of fighting ships |Mers had been followed out, but which you have fought for justice | Bers ep . ‘aa Inefficient. Steamed slowly past this port,|it will require six or eight hours for the community at large. | The report further charges bim Inapector Woodcock has not! while hundreds of spectators shout-/to allow the water at present in lieving as | Go that you are 5 i filled the bill, id Health Com-|eq cheered and waved frantic : with violating hin obligation im | ics, Cricht - 4 th the pipe line above the point of . re in these watters, I do not wen ‘a urging before the missioner Crichton today, “an | nals to the men on board the boats think you will overlook an oppor sh jam am mb ne . 4 only alternative is to pick @ man/, glight haze sprang up about the break to run out and until that 7 i © me w _ tunity to correet an error whieh Tf pee eng AP cag Mone ysigto who can. I feel sorry for Mr. | 6:36 and obliterated the view, bot {s done it will be practically im- hink bas worked a hardship, and that he acted mm bad Wo?%deock, and would have been | not until all of the big boats bh possible to close the hole through therefore am going to present the | MICHIKAS: ime ied his clark to/ more than pleased could I have re-/ been seen by those on shore which the flood % hi spportunity. Previous to and dur | ™ Paco fleeting om the honor (ined his services. The truth of | WAKER (ae FUCn te Forune ; ing the trial of Mr. Stratton, which | Send leitert reflectig on the honor the Whole matter Is that the pres Metcalf May Take Trip | Until this time the water will recently occurred, your paper pa | Th. sous, and that he acted in| ent milk Inspector has not enforced) HoxoOLULU, May 12.—In reply |Continué on its mad course down ished the statement that MP. joo cine for mot disavowing the|(h¢ laws. The statutes are plain |, an invitation to accompany the |the center of Rainier Valley, where peeten sse.8 Weer a iby man. letter published over his own signa and our ordinance Is fully ample. | battleship fleet to Honolulu, Secre-|it is overflowing the road and n fact that he was reputed to on : ce | gee oF ten Seer ne ge worth several hundred: thousand -sotds a pagan Maye omg Dhue an inapector who will see that they |[4 Baw! “4 pier cape» Lage fi, | Street car tracks, weshing out fills, dollare sisiss bane retin are strictly adhered to. The condi: | ut: tn July and may be able to/#d accumulating hundreds of tons Created by Newspapers Lilley Acted in Contempt tions which we have unearthed as tie Ge jot debris and filt y : In destroying a forged ictter|the result of an investigation |™#*¢ r One . the jurors sgn “ei, |from tis secretary to Frank L. shows that such has not been done Supply Cut off. ox in the same pane J "| Bdinborough, of Ray City, Mich. The ordinance specifically enu jurors who tried Mr. Stratton stat to the Loud incident, in-| merates various duties which the The entire water supply af the he to me ag ner aoe ope) yering lt to the com-| milk inspector shall assume Mr ‘5 xcepting that which is stored sion among the jurors vo | Wi ad eservoirs, is ¢ Me tattan was & very wealthy |mittee, Lilley Is also held to have | Woodcock has failed in many par-| in the reservoirs, is cut off by the 7 The committee up to the require acted in con F oak and Supt. Youngs issued a and that this impression had CLEVELAND IN man : ; ° finds that Lilley's object in mak-| ments of the office. Our milk sup-| ¢ Nernons been created by the newspapers, (tie the charges was in reality a|ply ix a most important item in| tatement this aftersonn, pinciey Know aa you certainly do, “propaganda” in bebal{ of the Lake | our daily lives, and we must have + |the people to be as economical as + oh rae an =i ~z amané | company, which sought to t/a man who will see that all laws possible in their use of water, until soaliice aoania ak aa against the clause in the naval appropria-|readlating its purity and the con-| the damage can be fepsired Gas ou Will readily se where an in. tion bill -favering the electric com. ditions under which it Is sent to} the supply resumed. There wil be jesticn han deen done when yout Lilley’s charges that exces eave Saree ; ; 1 ee Jno sprinkling of lawns permitted -* rts wive profits were being made in Mr oodcock has been under} . eprnks ee ee Oe Se ee jsub-marine contracts are declared | fire for several days now and his| STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS PULL | unti) the repairs are completed The facts are that Mr Stratton |i be based on fictitious figures, |work in the office has been made| Gung ON STREET CAR MEN| The department says that there Fane eiliney cre conrecteg;and that Lilley knew the charges | the subject of a close investigation s enough water in the reservoirs his entire holdings were converted]... taise when he made them. | for several weeks. Deputy Prose-| AND MANY INJURED—POLICE . “i “ into cash he would not have VCE re committ finds that no/cuting Attorney Vanderv called | | to fast the people for the 24 hours $5,000 or $9,000. press correspond: naval official, | the attention of both Mayor Miller| GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS. it is a be occupied By the Sweat of His Brow. infember of congress or campaign and Health Commissioner Crichton repairing the break to bis alleged failure to enforce the by De n corrupted | have known Mr. Stratton fot) committee had c ¢. Breck six or seven years, and since be the Electric company, and Lilley is| milk laws a month ago (By United Prose.) ause of Break. . iness four yeare ago |peored for refusing {o testify at the Will Fight Retirement. CLEVELAND, May 90--Four eak was caiised by an at: have been familiar with bh‘ finan (beginning of the investigation are in the hoagital, perhaps | te the part of A. L. Hawley, condition Kverythings Mf[without the aid of counsel When notified of the action taken /rarany wounded by bullets, sc ontractor, to move a heavy steam atton poxsrases has been earned Ry the Denia cons today, | were injured by flying missiles, one aba iden by the sweat of his brow | Lilley Remains Quiet. Mr. Woodcock state he would | oe was completely burned and an.| Shovel across the ine. When The automobile he was driving = resign ; Sogo know just! iner wrecked ae @ result of ve el reat wint above at the time ‘of the unfortunate ate! ae eeee. although Tar going} ous trouble tate last night t ne, it crushed the steel cident did not belong to him, bt) make any lengthy comment on the | 1) stand by my righ's. Lhave been |. trike 8 attacked a cs ol as0 6 alee was ong be was repairing committes’s report, declaring that soined out of the offt and it |Cer om the ¢ Fs. n t that swamped This letter may be too late (@ihe could not, in justi himvelf,| Snounts to nothing more nor leas {fre om the car men and th ‘ P accomplish any good unless Mf igiscuss it until after he had care-| than a political trick, T have done (#24 {2 & few ininutes a mo © en 1 few mo- Stratton should be fortunatel¢aiiy read ite contents and con-| at lh paovnng 0 a ennai thousand people were upon enough to secure a new trial, Ii guited his lawyers. Panna et ayes * OR eenne,. ? of the guards aes inka wih wees wecbindaniee which case I trast you will lve ug The most serious and painful) “*"*™e? ° i by shots, and when the po)... w 1 saturated |to the reputation for fairness you) effect it has, on me ts its reflec Mayor Approves. arriv were sent at onee 5 ere all saturated |hold with me and investigate thes@ftion on my personal jor,” he I have had the alleged failure|to the bi For ten it nd the machine was almost matters and publish only the lgaid. “However, those who know | of Mr. Woodcock to enforce the fiercest riots prevailed turned complete ver by the foree | truth C. W. CASLER.””— lain will not yded any explanation, | laws called to my attention the police had to cha of t wate \There is nothing In my private or Mayor Miller today, “but as it was with guns and c cahes sees dheidaiaa ee record that justified th not in my° department, I simply car was set on fire and anc pe jup with Health Commissioner, Early in the evening a car in that noth- ee segaasaerieedl® riehtor the down-town section ran ov . td be done ards making * BANK CLEARINGS *|is one of the most essential feat-jof lynching out upon th sab, =. * ® ures of our datty Ife, and the en- | but the reserves were t eu pipe This, they Seattle % | forcement of all laws which go to /ried to the see and the et y e at least Walier H. Martin, the 11-year-old in ings today 4 *#/) make the milk ply better is car men spirited awa . nm of F. J. Martin, who lives ath, anoen #| something that concerns us all. | drastic was taken 1301 Atlanta st, was knocked down | There are probably many cities In The ot times of las t by a heavily loaded automobile sow | * Tacoma. */the country where the dairy situa-| were followed by unusual q H | RY WIRE caped death under the wheels af|* Balances 49,0 *l ue, and most likely many cities | but " 1 the car at 16th avy. We and At|® Portland *| where conditions are yably bet-jous d re - lantaont * arings today ..$ 998,709.00 #| ter jeau } be t : ieee are: | Young Martin was riding on * Balance 116,214.00 ® The »a the duty | pre ° t, doing | wa n going towards h hac * ®\ of guar mi ly should S: i f stri dl shortly before the accident The te te eee a ae a em) cortain »%k HO precautions | pathi ta boy jumped from the wagon and ap and ignore for in so dc 1 ay, t tate ses- parently did not notice the auto The labor teket won in the mu-| he endangering the health deme ation 6 N. criticized | mol approaching in bis. reag.|nielpal election yesterday at Ban| the entire community. I presume Tho: led in T ® ‘ nking ta The r, which carried @ man ar Joe |that whatever action has been /are report as betne f da a number of women ruck young} The Chinese heed tex of Pritish | iaken by Dr, Criehton is the result |e : ts in ¢ with : Martin and knoeked him dowa. He| Columbia bag reaitred the govern of @ condition whieh ho believes |the | 1 of five'cars shortly | Tammany ha * engexed @ ape | Wer bot seriously injured. men! $690,000. | iustities that action. efter midnight have been made cial train for Denver.