The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 29, 1908, Page 1

© LAST | EDITION | _ 4 change has been reorgénierd, at 1 have beén appoimted os treasurer, It ie my duty to obit on you tor the mowey of the a sociation, Phew een check by roture mall, Very Reapeotfulty, & STRAY Seattle, Waeh, Oct. 1907 H. BL Coristopherson, Dear Priend Received your check and money order, total $194.56, thanks, This money will be turned over to the exchange at | the next meeting, and you'll mo doubt get an official receipt from the secretary We are getting along pretty well Prosecuting Attor- this time, We are now getting 10 cents per quart straight, and | do! y ls Cer- net think there any cutting so far. if we can keep that up there ought to be @ little in it this winter. With best regards from your old friend, STRAY. a | These letters were offered in) evidence by Deputy Prosecuting At jorney George Vanderveer, and H./ 8. Christopherson, former seere tary of the ttle Milk Exchange, and now of Mt. Vernon, testif to having received them from &. | Stray. They were written on the letter heads of the Seattle dairy, which Mr. Stray is proprietor. for Perjury to Follow Trial of Cases. ——— TRUST JURY. , inapector Seattle }bers in the vicinity had told him. The potut ts that the prosecution claims that the sign went up after the expose of the alleged trust, and that Erickson had pet up the sign to mixiead the authorttics. Mr. Vanderveer also asked Brick LL, shingle SawYer, son af he remembered the time he Thad come to hie dairy with A. L. ages | Whit, one of bis drivers, and talked : jabout buying # milk route LACK WOOD, rea estate, Erickson denied that he had ever seen Mr, Vanderveer before he L. GRITMAN, real e& come to the court houre. “Didn't you say that you would sell me a milk rowte and agree to protect me In @ Scent price,” asked Mr. Vaaderveer “No, air, 1 did not,” persisted the witness. ¥. O, Kalberg, one of the defend ants and proprietor of the Inde- pendent Dairy up to a month ago, told of attending the meetings last September and October. Becomes Contused. He that A. Kristoferson, an tndepet t milk dealer, had sold milk for 10 cents a quart before | October 1, and became rather con ER, farmer, South INT, Y. Kennydale. carpenter, Hill coal miner, Au faces the eight men Feonspiracy for their the price of milk it ts expected that go to the jury aad « returned sometime late it has become almoet/ that Mr. Kristoferson had teetified joke,” sald Prosecuting om the stand yesterday afternoon Vanderveer this that he had sold his milk for 1-3 (as he complimented The cents a quart during that time. C. | 20 cents a @ THE LK TRUST PROMOTERS ARE UP AGAINST IT _— 3 PART OF THE PROOF, }mitk?* asked Deputy yeocuting | Atty Ko Vandervoor ttle, Wash, Oct, 4, 1907, | Yos, sir, sald Mr. Potter | H. BL Christopherson. What wan ier | A Dear Friend The Hk Be Prise Agreement Mast. “That net ke 18 eoucte @ quaurt, tie mark beelk | Did yen mee may ef Mh curt} aivtog thee axtosbate prime ot Gest | emeeting |: * “Yeu, wtp.” “Wihat wae dome with the cnrde | They wore divtributed to theme | present. I get twe ef thew: | How neany dadeyenmn were at the ) weoeting | Abeut twenty,” you any thy passed avi ? You, utr.” No Resolution Passed. “You just talked together?" Yeu, str What was said? ‘Some wanted to eefl it for § conts & quart, bet others objected, and so it was decided w sell it for art Who said that milk «howd be 10} cents a quart’ Brickson said it.” “And then you all agreed to it? “You, sir “Erickson was the prime mover tm all thie? You, str.” Penaities Presented. The constitution and by-laws of the exchange were placed in evi dence by Prosecuting Atty. George Ve veer. They fix a penalty of from $10 to $25 for infraction of the rules and agreements of the! exchange Mr. Vanderveer endeavored to seoure the admission of evidence to the effect that the penalties were tufiieted for selling milk below the agreed price, but the objection to it was wustalned wae up remehalion the prices of | | STORMS Chicago Is Struck and Tor- nadoes Swept the South. (By United Press) | } | | | has now reached. a! fused when reminded of the fact} CHICAGO, May 29.—-A gale of | If j wind which reached « greater ve | jloelty than has been recorded In| | Chicago for seven years, last night THE WEATHER PROB SEATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASH,, FRIDAY, MAY WEATHER —TONIGHT CLOUDY, 29, 1908. ABLY WITH SHOWERS; WEST WINDS. TO APPOINT PRICE VOTING TWO TO ONE FOR OPEN FAIR ON SUNDAY HIGHEST CITY WALLIN B A [LOTS THE WORLD Star's Method of Learning Public View Promises ONE CENT ILL TALK BILL 10 i |A. J. Cody Said to Be the Currency Measure Is Caus-- Man the Mayor Has ing Bitter Con- Selected. on Monday. promise currency bill developed to day when Senator Stone, of Mix | claim for the position, but it is the sourl, famous as a long distance | ingpreasion ¢ talker, returned to Wasbington amd) ine apvotntme at once Informed Senator Robt. La} , | ‘ flict. —— : Popularity. Mayor Milter will tm all probabt! n rrr — ee ity name a permanent obief of po 7 rite Hoe in @ communication to the elty ee | nT f Senator Stone Drops Over | comes on next Monday night n rire Two Open Sunday Advo- jelty's chief exeeutive declined to v rr ? day to Intimate who would got the 0 reer } to Help Lafollette’s ‘i Ree eer n rire cates Send Letters With ppotntment n rrr \. The man most prominently men n re . Side. tioned on the outside an the o n err Their Votes. who will likely get the job in A 2 rire ee kt [3 Cody, superintendent of the ( (By United Press) | Detective Agency & Merchants oe ° ° WASHINGTON, May 29%-~The! Patrol Possibility of unexpected delay | of Pol - and the killing of the few .cam-|. “ere of Police Seargeent M Donald have been pushing his - - e e @ e@ the mayer favors of it Cody rather Sunday Closing ? Follette that he would belp tain | am that of MeDonald for various NEW YORK’S PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BUILDING. the bill to death ieeedy is well known as an officer.|. NEW YORK, May 29—The New| subway entrances. The second fla 'voTe The vote on the measure will ae ane teen engaged in criminal | York & of estimates and Mayor | will be for the machinery to oper probably be delayed until neat week} irk for many years. He was o| MeClelian are now pansing finally |ate the lighting plant and 32 ele * without trouble by La Follette, whe asivened ‘ot on plans for the highest city hall| vators of the building For Against . tmatctaine thet the measure ee the + shay the in the world. ? A peculiar feature of the bulld dangerous and evasive and does not a Getentive on the F The 34-story building. to cost §7,/ ing will be that all the roo wil spin at all meet the requirements of| 000,000, will stand in the triangle| be outside roome foree for a time, and more u ite ton nator © i he 9 ae an Y oa the ty served puty United 4 7 now, Center and Duane | light coare will Mark a cross in the square nan from Oklahoma, | Eee Poncd oe io His | *®, Sod tower B59 feet & inches| New York's municipal skyscraper! $ pops also today promised La Follette that na ay Si above the sidewalk it ett bal will @iffer toom ¢ caiiete aaah lor’ if you want the fai fYiends claim he has both the ex ability to make good © local police. closed; “against” if you want it opened on Sunday. he would join tn the filibuster Much Apprehension. depend upon its height The e ae high as the Flatiron and|in that it will not & few feet shorter than the) tower for its great height to the reof of the main struc ju Bertence ee chief of Uy Singer building Stone's nolng over to La Pollet eemeed ry Baien he pn r~ Position Not Sought. | The New York hall will house|ture is to be 349 feet, From the/$ ° | part of those whe hoped the bili] Mayor Miller har now been in practically ail the city departments | root to the head of the figure on MIRO -orcererseee eres could be rushed through. Thea | fae since March 16, and Police and leave 23 floors to be rented by | the tower is « dint of 20 feet developments change the whole stt- er Irving J. Ward has beeo act-| the city as offices. It in expected! inches. The figure will be 24) $ AOD ss iGivtnisicdenale nation here. Only last night tt was | (2 Shief of police during the in| they will bring in $600,600 in| feet high and the diameter of the | believed possible that congress | “ lrentals annually. French revals | clock face is to be 26 feet Mall to AYP. E. Edito could adjourn finally by tonight, tt i no secret that the mayor! ance ts the type, with exterior col-| The alm of the architect haw been | The Star, Seattic, Wash. buflding lines conform in the style of Would have preferred to a permanent to have the | general classic Center st. will be areaded. The|arebitecture in ite neighborhood subway will enter the first base jempecially the style « tne other ment and the first floor will be for) county and muntelpal buildings. a point a chief from among the Pigibies in the department, but} bone of the officers who were tn! Hine wanted the job. It ts gen nity believed that the mayor tried umns, Steel and stone Is to be the the batteries of La Pollette,| . = uw on Gore and Stone are turned upon} the bill with the determination to! continne the bombardment aati: the day of doom or kill the bil}, the republican leaders will surrem | AGAINST SUNDAY CLOSING... .28 FOR SUNDAY CLOSING........18 eeerer sat ee @ the promised success of Johnson, another one of the defend: | preceded an electrical storm which | ig’ der without a struggle tu persuade Capt. Ward to accept} which it started sev. ants, who says he has been tn the deael ‘ago aguinat the extor dairy business for 19 ¥ . tent id considerable damage ty various | ot milk fled that there had been no re-| Parts of the city, Beveral persons tm the extreme, the organization of the Seatt Mitk| were thfured by debris biown Brickson of the Jersey | Exchange, and that no officers had| from buildings by the gale aud a thief conspirator in been elected. eburch and half a score of other the appointment, but the latter has i omen ihe hesitation im stating that he int looking for the position. The fet that a chief of police; is practically at the merey of each | change of administration, and that Benator Culberson, Henal lawyer, opened the debat when the currency bill was taken up this afternoon. “Dangerous in| Mation of the currency under such SIGNS TH EPROMOTION The above is the result of the | Vote ved in The Star office in tui morning's mafl upon the ques- tion of the Sunday closing of the 2 “malik trust,” was con-| “What were you doing at the buildings were struck by lightning Morning before Judge | meeting?” asked Vanderveer. te the superior court.) “We bad « class of beer, some poesidie that ft will) wine and cigars. by a tall of perjury| “Why did you go down to those | meetings at the Erickson dairy.” Against Perjury. i “1 thought there was going to be some goings on.” Hee ves chen | “Never dreamed that they were Atty ‘anderveer 20ine to talk about the price of Tobosen, ao dairyman,| milk 7 fe & worse crime than) | Talked of Price of Milk. telling the truth,! “after you got there they did pep Bae Joan | tak about the price of milk? Who is defending Mr.| ~yes. sir.” Bt don't want any man) ~You didn't go, then, just to look ftand and not tell the | a¢ the dairy?” | “Not exactly; no.” ‘soon hil: i ‘ou were in favor of raising the today while a} ori tk?’ Went in search of & how ; treasurer of the Se-/ “Did any one object to raising the : had promised Atty — ” Fad ; “Noe, str. Abat be would be in| gilt you had no written agree me morning, but when be) ment to raise the price of milk? Mi he was nowhere to be! “No, sir.” ‘ The state does not have to prove ty May Be Hiding. that the milk men had a written mated that Mr. int to app Stray | agreement to ralse the price of milk ‘ar in court, and | Ail that it has to prove to win tte Atty. Humphries | sort of an understanking between 4 Immediately | cach other that prices should go up. r to issue a) This has been practically admit @t 1:90 this after-|.aat the raise was necessary on account of the threatened raise by Atty.| the ranchers. » scene of} Much Testimon: oy withdrawn | Numerous witnesses tnstitie’ in nT eee es etene | the alleged milk conspiracy case Fee will meee hae ait 8 | before Judge A. W. Frater tn the 460 make his appear-| cooerior court yesterday afternoon Bppcare as & witness | that the price of milk had been en Stray ls a de | raised October 1 of last year, giv be compelled tO | ing as the reason fdr it that the minating himself ‘d ent as as recalled this ier cade threatening to raise bat the opening of Drivers for A. Z. Erickson, the Milk “fe reorganized d about four }nd claimed that no offi q lected Memory Failing. Seattle Milk Exchange, testified that they had been given instruc | tions to follow the prices on thi printed schedules and not to accept | dissatisfied customers of other Was ‘Seattle Milk Ex-|dairymen. 4 on your awning? it was admitted by T. T. Patton eer jot the Pure Milk Dairy, that two _ femenmber said Mr.|days after the prosecution started against the alleged milk trust the price of milk dropped. | Just Social Gatherings. | Mr. Erickson and Secretary F |W. Anderson, of the milk exchange testified that the exchange went out of existence in April, 1906. They claimed that the meetings at 8 your judement as to the at all. Ou do remember It the month of March or nr” I don't remem Heeeas of the court, Just prior to Ocfober last year were Walled up the painter of| informal affairs, largely socia Mid came back join with |which a case of beer had be 4 Several dairymen told of W way that the sign had March 5. having been present at some of — F claimed that the | hese meetings SP about March 33 f. C. Potter, proprietor of the MOIR R Very bewildered tone | Sterling Dairy at 1102 Madison turned and 24 | Who has been in the milk business this Was a fact E |for two years, sald that he had lheen present at a meeting In Se arena tee. tember, 1907 ut attorne old} Was there any understanding a Wat Was what the neigh-|rived at concerning the price of fe in hiding somewhere, | cuse is that the milk men had some | " to have Mr. jted by all the witnesses, who say| man on trial and president of the| | Phe greatest instance of damage occurred when an eighty-foot fron c.imney was blown from the roof of an cight-story butiding at 119 La | Ballle st. | "The high wind, which reached a | velocity of 86 miles an hour, erip | pled telegraph and telephone wires | throughont the city Storm in Oklahoma. GUTHRIE, Okla, May 29.—Tor-| | nadoes that swept over the county | adjacent to Hennessey, 40 miles | northwest of here, and Cashion, 14 [miles southwest, brought great | damage to crops and farm property Dewils are meager. Kansas Storm. TOPEKA, Kan. May 29. A ter over the southern part of Lowell) jcounty last night. killed one man} land injured 22 persons, seven of {them probably fatally ESCAPES FROM CHAIN GANG William Carr, an alleged “pink cuff,” who. was sentenced May § to | work 63 days for the city without | pay, escaped from the chain om | ithis morning shortly after 11) o'clock. Guard Owen Roberts tm-! Jately notified police headquar- | ters as soon an he discovered Carr's escape and all patrolmen have been | }ordered to watch for him. It ts be-) | lieved that Carr will attempt to lreach Aberdeen. Carr was sen | tenced to the gang May &. DOUBLE REWARD FOR STRAGGLERS Increased rewards for the appre hension of stragglers from the ba Hleships which sailed from Seatt harbor Wednesday morning will be paid by the naval authorities, ac leording to advice# received by Act ling Chief of Police Irving Ward this morning Heretofore a reward of $10 hae en offered for the arrest of each | | straggler. From today on a re ard of $20 each will Nine Rulers from the t Con necticut and seven from the Min Sota were re ml to the police | this morning. Russian Battleship Aground. ST. PEPERSHURG, May 29 The Russian battleship Peter the ‘wat rock ¢ rocks last night lin the Gulf of Finland at a point ne eval. Her bow was pierced 1 aground jim ite resulta than dangerods com ljamaigamation of the Aldrich and rific wind storm of almost the pro-| ators Aldrich and Nelson declared | | portions of a tornado, which passed | «nat La Follett & Bystom as provided In this mene: | ure, would prove more disastrous | °° long ae they remain where they aré now they are certain of keep: ing their jobs, ix one leading factor which influenced the present de | partment officers to fight shy of| a chiefs appointmens Tenure Too Uncertain, Vreeland bills and he . severely Only once in the history of the) criticized the Roosevelt administra-| department has a chief been re-| tion, saying it has been grossly | tained in office after his admin wasteful and extravagant. j istration was changed, and in that! A-Y-P. E. It shows almost two to one in favor of keeping the fair open on | Sunday, and the ballots come from ali classes of people. Two of the envelopes containing | ballots contained also letters upom jthe subject. They came from op- | ponents of Sunday closing. Asks for Open Gate. A woman, signing herself “ traction of the money supply,” de | clared Culberson. Me said that the remedy did not Me in the measure formed by the GARBAGE LAW AT LAST Kin Peletes ot Pheen, case Chief of Police Bulltvan man le ee " i —— ey | Play ad giving her name with After Culberson finished, La Fol sll | cag job retired Oniet| | the request | that it be omitted, ) mee | writes as follows lette calmly began hie filth by demanding & count to ascertain lof Police Meredith. Usually a chief! Mayor Approves Ordinance Capt. Richard Wainwright lof police joins the down and out if a quoram were present. He} ™ 4 Jelub when the appoluting executive ! made tee Seman gue tats om ote There we some] Fe Maan g | Premed tok | prvaie sve tty coe a ident Pairbanks, he appenlad from) the present officers who are [OT ystem | omoted tO Rear — Sittin Zand fietMeatinee ie tack the decision of the chair. La Fox | Mingering for membership in that) | | Sowrectnte’tve grea! fait should bet “ > | organization. | q } ° “ tr. hepeive th tte A idvlch and Melee declareg| “capt. Ward his performed ex-| of Collection. Admiral. ‘ile great amdortad 9 point of order ig |Sellent work while temporarily In} | ime a Pe og charge of the police department,” | a | proud city will wee the demanding & quorum was out of OF) id Mayor Miller today, “and I am | e der and in thie contention they were sustained by Falrbanian. In the meantime the leaders sent for missing members, and when the Wisconsin statesman began his speech from hie arm chair there was a quorum present. 4 with the splen Hie handling mt has been effi-| ughly satisfactory and for that won Tt have been in no hurry to make a permanent ap } pointment. Out of ox , city council I wil! more than satis did resulta obtal lof the departim lelent and tho Fight Over Measure Has Caused Division and Bitterness in Council. ‘Thirteen Guns Signaled the Event—-Tacoma Is | Entertaining. net care te | teem to sta: nrsae dose | ap bod |employed on the grounds, or those hav- away ‘the Known to that 4 so desire. De, f osir, fight for the RRR ee today wlened © (By United Press.) = % Ln ries * t *) climan Murphy's ordinance appro| TACOMA, May 29.—The boom- | fo all see ‘ # BIG NOME CLEAN-UP, = #| Frinting $65,000 for the installation|ing of 13 guns, at € o'clock this| pbb arsis * a ay */ of a municipal system of garvaKe | orning near SO Sunday His Only Day. * (By United Press.) ®| collection and destruction. Thirty |™@°T!S: signalized the promotion) fp 1. Burton, of Columbia City, & | NOME, Alenka, May 29.~~ %) Gaye from date the ordinance will|Of Captain Richard Wainwright to) was the other correspondent, Mr. @ The Pioneer Mining com become a law, and as soon as t the rank of rear admiral, with com-| Burton belleves that in the interests & pany’s clean-up ie $1,500,000. #! row details are arranged the money | plete command of the second divi-|of the workingmen and women the & The ice has all gone out and # | wii) be available for immediate use, sion of the battleship Me The | fair should remain open on Sunday. * as follows have marteed a # the roadway Is perfectly clear. writes ® The Corwin is due admiral's flag was hoisted over the | Georgia and due naval honors paid) The only chance of sidetracking ne the project at this time is in taking Editor Sta Decoration Day to Be : i \the issue to the people on a refer-|...e new and popular admiral. ‘The Fittingly Observed in SEE EEE EERE HH ondum Vote, and this Is regarded promotion was given by President oe EO as very remote. President Gill, of | Roosevelt, and included not only seven that 1 may | the city council, who led the at-|Captain Wainwright, but also Ca; "vetng Seattle Tomorrow KIDNAPER IS SHOT | tack » bill inst Monday night,|tain Seaton 8 hrovder, who rank A... ¥ a4 threate wards that he was even above ainwright Sid | goin dum vote on| When the t left the Atlantic ‘il "be able. tor the | the ‘ the Inside| Admirals Evans, shor Emory Mewmplate that there Tinian esi wat ba shel (By United Press.) | do not helieve that he will attempt and Sperry were aboard in com the morse of mee observed tomorrow. Seattle pos LAGONIER, Ind., May 29—Will-| to carry his threat into execution. | mand of the four divisions, Evans my children. Uf the peo lof the G. A. R. and Spanish War pone fe vis age pn nl pee hen" Caused Bitter Feeling and Thomas were retired, leaving ster . ‘ nd he comm, » the hands of the l¥iret av. and University at. and » ree. . The Somat ot os rg a . anid rable OPS, | has now } noted both to the hon-| than they will by clamoring for Sunday | disbanding at the Coliseum theatre, {789 bY Patterson's brotnerin-law 1 feeling aroused among sev.|°° %f rear admirals. bs “R, I. BURTO: } after he himself had been wounded | 8na nk @ y 2 where the exercises of the day Will) i tne abductor. The Pattorsons|¢ra! counctimen on both sides of Tacoma Entertains. Columbia City, May be held } Saree . ake | the fence, it is likely that the same The officers and crews of the bat At 5 p.m, members of Joho 4 lig Fine at \ cane sero factions will be divided on many|tieships in the harbor are being|@ ~ TRENT ae Miller se G ‘ wl and COTPS! Hig wife separated and Patterson|!mportant measures which may royally entertatr Halfhour au|%® FALLS THREE STORIES, * No. 51, Women's Relief corps, will | jituca Mrs Sargent for causing {come up later tomobile rides about the city for/® HEAD 18 CRUSHED, BUT & hoid memorial serv for depart-| the trouble | According to the figures which | enlisted men were given this morn: |» LAD IS NOT KILLED. & od marines, Services will be held have been gathered by several of/ing. Pienia excursions for enlisted | % 3 a. from the steamship Obie at the foot aa kak kek tk ke kt ew the councll members, th ix now}men to Spanaway and American) » (By United Press.) * of University street, and flowers # | $128,000 of city funds available in| lakes and Point Defiance took place|# SAN FRANCISCO, May 29. % will be scattered on the water in| BANK CLEARINGS. #/the general fund which can beat 10 o'clock, Tonight the reception | * The 22-year-old son of Mr. ®& memory of those who died at sea, | #| used for the garbage system if nec to commanding and’ line officers of|# and Mrs. L. Carboni, who live # Ballard and Green Lake postal + Seattle. wlessary. This money is set aside battleships in harbor takes place|* in the third story of the Lor- # will hold joint services tomorrow at! # Clearings today .$1,182,982.8% #/ in various funds that have been idle |at the Tacoma Commercial club. At| * enzt apartments, fell from the # | Woodland park ® Halances 109,447.95 ® for many month 1 for whieh 8:30 p. m. an indoor athletic car-|@ front window today triking ® An all the stores gave thelr em: | + Tacoma. | there 18 no Immediate use nival, Glide rink, auspices Y. M.|# his head on the cemer * ployes @ half holiday last Tuesday,|# Clearings today $615,517 & HC. A.; medale and prizes for all) * ment below, and was not kill. & | most of the stores will be open to ® Balances 45.160 & Deaf Mute Wedding men of fleet. At $:30 to 10:30 p. m.|# ed. The lad’s head was * morrow from noon until their ustwal | # Portland. * ugo Asa Holcombe, of Colfax,|ilumination of warships at anchor|® ed, the features were almost * closing hours. The Hon Marche! # Clearings toc $700,688 | and Miss May Reese, of Seattle,/in the harbor. At § to 9:30 p, m./# unrecognizable, but the wisi be closed all day tomorrow, re-| % Ralaw 87.751 &|two deaf mutes, were married yew |searchlight drill. Tom¢ the} %* breathing was regular * maining open this evening until 10) » terday at ine home of Rev, M. E.|crews of the battleships parla “ o'clock Instead Toe e ee eee eee ee es ¥ | Duar in Spokane |tetpate in the Memorial day parade. % xy RRR RK