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

=F LAST | EDITION vol NO, 91 UNSET” 10. (Star Apecial Service, > WAStInaTOR J wae team soehety alfate | Gectea abomg ‘limes hald } the Ruropema ne witty? Mre. Geo vou | Lenmerke Mover ite of the pont jimaster gmacra | has bewm — dolng | se Cam com by be down OPLE ‘LOST Franchises Give. Ml to the Favored | and As to Charg- Provisions for Reseuting the fer east cay | custom ot every io viwtting th | cabinet hones Mee, Meyer hae attempted to im troduce foreign metheds as re gards calling and the general pro gram. Not since Mire Levi P. of distinction between accidental official posttion and hereditary so- etal standing has Washington been *© wrought up as over Mra. Meyer's Mrs. Geo. Von L. Meyer. Morton drew such a line | Weumen from the THE COMPANY GOUGING THE PUBLIC HTS ()F FIERY TEMPEST IN TEAPOT ey inanqerated the huldt tas of = wileing Went or | Sowth af the Beason etreat ebrele if | they thomgtet — ft pligatery for te wan broadly im net be at all of Hemmer smanectent Hie of congremuien partioularty eliminated her frem thetr vietung Hate Then Mra. Meyer arcuse@ « tem pest tn a teapet by ber trentem of her ansectates In the cabinet ete ete, She invariably tgered jer colleagues when she was getting up such smart evtertainn dinner and reception te the duke of Abrus! or the duchess of Suther tand She invited only monbers «f the diplomatic corps afd selected principally the wives of militem aires from the resident soctety Mra. Meyer was, before marriage Mise Alic® Appleton, daughter of the well-known head of the great publishing company She inberited & large fortune. Mra Meyer recently departed for Landon, She wil! spend the seasen with ber two daughters, Mise Alice, and Mise Jatin Meyer. These young the | Men ene se far remeved | ote an the) SEATTLE STA SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1908. LOUISIANA ABANDONED CONTEST | BY HS OVER PRICE WIE CANNOT Teg Yom Ls be GON) RENO Many Crimes. Former Governor Warmauth Jack Westgate, Forger, | to Carry Decisian to | Lawes Spouse and Faces Nevada Camp Has Stary, | (By ss | cenreaao. Rea only is a penitentiary see et the Taft man te sewup overy | wouiee string J ark Wertwue in the! thing Getere there weire peseonend to | | Seve, but bie beautifel yooor wife day, when the Leubennn dette | tw dperted kim a a result of his premise propesitten, which enna an adjournment yesterday =| ong Se taken up by the maticanad requdtiiaans | — smorant | comunttter (Wieweh, in the moan arrentad youter: | Former Gev Warawath, of Lente [GRY Wfinrmoon ator a bet camer up | fanm, nyoke far the Taft ROO | Rot ay. He ke wanted for pasud nas Then Takes Own ‘Double Tragedy im the ‘Man Kills Woman He Loves haughty attitude towards the! women have already bowed to the wives Of caignet officers and other | three monarchs, the exar, the em men tn publle life. poror of Austria and the wing of Mra. Meyer's ot|itady. ‘The will soon make their Extensions. _— treatment which gives the cor: | wives oye] < oom el courtesy to the ruler of Great Brit) i ned ben vummested that thre | ent weked to sed Westgate. sho greatest possible privt- uaed of criticiom he | atn | Louisiana delegation, consiatiog @f| sant ghe was his wife. Ske was| TT chhthie (pete, ts = ee at aaty ap lowe’ | peeud aed indigaae | bh bas absolutely but one | oy Ynes and $3.50 for one + tadiad eee eee eee ee Z| bon, by ‘the contending | Beiteved in Heabamt, ped that a statutory One, |" since then the company has tak * STAR'S CONVENTION *| being seated and each delegate) “The charges against my husband safeguard the interests | advantage of over? caeanmaie ~ * SERVICE. being allowed half a vete. ‘Phe mir) ee faiee,” whe sald. “He could describes in brief the | cut off users of four and ten-party @ = prise wes to the feet thet the sup deer do those things i franchico under which) Ines, forcing them to take two} The &=2' Star will have @ | €estton came frem a moerber of Uke | War admitted to Westgate's Telephone & Telegraph | party line service at $2.60 per|# most compicte reports fram # comantteme in the Taft ranks 0 te What passed between hue le Fork month. Hy doing so, the company | ® the republican and demooratte @ Delteved be changed his mind over |batid gad wife is wet known, He franchise ts regarded inereasing its revenues greatly national conventions the councilmen who | St little extra expense te Already a staff of epecial ap yorttaday us| The Independent Telephone com-|® correspendents and phete« ly Renerous with the; pany in still Installing fourparty| * raphers are om the way to | of the city | phones at $1.76 per month. Chicago to furnish The Star that if it were coments er with the things which are Prererrrei treet treet ete ttt ttt ¢ the franchise would |® worth having for its readers. @ oy on the ground Roth the wire and illustrated # ne pretense of com- services from the republican @ even the most ordinary | ® convention next week will be @ that common sense of the finest character * : A special wire starting fram @ the convention h will be @ - vee | ® operated by the United Pross, # wae graated ia l® connecting with ite leased @ riod of 36 years. wire to the Pacific coast eee? The office of The Seattle # Wont of these Star will therefore be in direct # 7 76 connection with the arena # pee ae | ene where the great republican * ogee Sy. ganee drama is to be enacted * ee ot te As quick as the lightning’: @ fash will be The Star's serv. @ geoveiians. whieh ioe on this occasion * the semblance ft of ti here * ST ese Manting its ‘The sta photograp! and skilled writers who will « 25 years and the other furnish special matter of in & phrase which terest will be picked men of @ is subject to modifi. Rough Draft of Principles marked abilities in their sev © | beady ng Sting eral lines of newspaper work. @ of the fran fulfilled by the com- Kenneth ©. Beaton, now on # his way east, will be in close # of Republicans Is | Ga If this last clause touch with the delegates: from # faserted as « reguiar the state of Washington and @ bly trom Made. the Pacific atates, and will fur & the sieepy-eyed nish complete wire specials * i who granted the fran to The Star as fant as matters * it tn as a “matter of of interest develop. Mr. Bem * ton ia so well known as a & news * man in this city # nice i tne trancniee| Halt Evidently Well Pleas-| = taxis? s.e%ec"s'ns pees fates which may be | ® ence at the convention carries # istrict in which serv- ed With All j* with it a certainty of excel * Provided, possible «x lewt m reports to this pa . ior, in fact. anything which ' be looked for in vice grant. If the intended as a gift) WS certainly could not have unrestricted. granted to the In per. When the democratic con vention takes place in Denver next month, The Star will # have equally strong represen tation and will carry the most complete and reliable reports of the proceedings published tm any Seattle paper If you want FIRST NEWS of what both conventions do, read The Star. Issues. (By United Press.) ‘company is|__WASHINGTON, June 9--Wade| ‘of an improvement, for| Ellis, attorney general of Ohio, re | w the maximum rates|turned from Virginia Reach today and residence tele- | with @ rough draft of the Chicago T, even this ordi-| platform in his pocket. He saw Bot specify anything ex-| Secretary Taft and left later for two party lines, and| Chicago. to follow the exact| The substance of the platform their franchise, the cor-| declarations he has drawn, tenta oe cclet Festrict its business | tively with the approval of the ad and two party lines. | ministration, is as follows p termes of a resolution| An indorsement of the policy of St the council meeting| the present administration will be A.V. Bouillon, superim | the central idea of the platform. * 7 * * * . * * * * \* PUREE EES SS DYING see Hon Counsel Scott Cal-| axkeg | Proseeutton. Will also pronounce Now in Dangerous emer “88g lin favor of the national contro! as it clause givin, e city the | @alnst national ownership. — Modify or repe a ae tram | Trusts—A resolution condemn Ot Hittie avail as it is stip | toa such combinations as create the counct! can only modt| monopolies, limit production and | control prices. Finance—A note congratulating the country and congress on the passage of the currency bill. of the four survivors of the expio Navy—A plank urging an fn- sion in the fireroom of the cruiser Crease in fighting ships. | Tennessee are in @ critical condi- New states—A recommendation |tion today, and Dr. Brooks, of the the franchise in event | mpany violating Its pro-| are po clauses in the Of the Sunset Te! lephone | Bing the rates to be} (By United Press.) achise foverning extension, gives the city %,| tor the admission of Arizona an4/ Angelus hospital, stated at noon Modify or revoke it on| New Mexico as separate states, that their death might oceur at Of the refusal of the com} . Shippina— Indorsement of the | any moment. ontinue the service on| Sip subsidy idea. These men are Walter Burns, OF to extend its lines.” | Labor—A recommendation for| coal passer, Brooklyn; A. Hays, Against Extortio a that will insure labor | water tender, Brooklyn, and 8, Ste at are organizations against snap judg matis, fireman, Norfolk, Va. ieee rin ng meth-| ment by the courts in issuance of| The injured men passed a very iis being heard trem att le | Sngeste ts but thels condition was - ’ slightly improved during the morn ce torn 4 ars, when | BAD MEN ARE WANTE {tne woure, stihough according te tn or. rooks, little hope is enter a,” in rest (By United Press.) tained that any of the men except een put the tele | SALEM, Ore. June %—“Requlst'| Henry Fitapatrick, fireman, of of all, $1.50 per{tton has been made upon Gov, Mead. | prookiyn, will recover. the minimum charge|of Washington, for the return of} is eae George Tucker Tucker, CAUGHT BY CAVE-IN. f the tele-| Benjamin Tucker, Bogan | ad and users! and George Bogan, who are wanted| Peter Jura, a laborer who is em belr phones.| in Wallowa county for particlpating | ployed by the International Concrete Sévantage of this fact, the| in a riot in which W. T. Estees was|Co., sustained a brok nilar bone oo, # year age ed to in| shot and badly slashed with a knife. | yesterday afternoon y nd st. and| a uore ten and’ four-party|Thé accused men immediately | Fremont ay., when a thas of earth | ling the » ce to ¢ crowmed the boundary line In Asotin| caved in, pinning him beneath lines, the minimum|county, Washington, where they | Jura was taken to-Providence hos W being $2.50 per month for | were arrested | pital. He lives at Ballard . ° eee: © oisty whites” on the Taft tof public utilities. Is author. Tartff—As unequivocal declara make an investigation of| tion for revision tompanies and re Rallroade—A declaration favor. to the counct! ing amendments to the anti-trust} 5 | Franchise is Bad. law that wil enable railroads to; Tepmesseé Survivors Are franehi ~lenter reasonable traffic agree } we is & bad one.”| nents without fear of criminal LOS ANGELES, June 9.—Three! and declared: “We must gp ito the convention with a futl vot er) net enter, We must rube or ars | out. There can be nm } Bick w Boost Porwian. j Senater Dick, of Obto, and took charge of the idential boom of Senator For | Dick insists that FPoraker's | fight for the nomination ts serious, | and saye that he will be @ strong! factor in the contest before the con: | vention, John ©. Montgomery, leeder of the vice presidential boom of Joba! Hayes Hammond, opened bead quarters today. Hammond ts the only real working candidate for the ground. Warmouth waa exeluded from the | meeting of the gational committes | ae soon as he had completed bis presentation of his case. As be left the building he sald 1 would rather bolt the conren- tion than accept a compromise. The delegation from Louisiana wag fair | won for Taft and I will not see single vote surrendered.” Unele Joe” Cannon, with hie big black cigar and his ueunl smile, arrived today and conferred with his friends at the Union League! club. It was said that Cannon bas no idea whatever of withdrawing frem the presidential race. His friends assert with apparent conti dence that he is a strong contestant The first split was made today when, after @ hot discussion and much objection, it finally was de termined to divide the Louisiana representation, but even this ts con sidered a victory for Taft, as it leaves his men fn control of the | wtate. ‘The fight has fastened the name and) the term “black and tans” on the ) Allies, #0 far aa the contests in the south are concerned | The decision means that Pearl | Wight, a Taft supporter, will be the sole disposer of federal patronage in Loutetana. Former Gov. War) mouth, of Louisiana, is furious at) the result. When the committee! adopted the compromise resolution he was asked to accept it “IT will bolt the convention first,” he declared. “There can be no com promise that I could accept. It is| impossible.” Warmouth says he will never en- fer an agreement with the “black and tans.” The committee took an! jadjournment before going on with! the contests in order to let War |mouth “cool down.” The compromise gives nine votes from Louisiana to each side. { Warmouth Real Angry. | During the recess a number of | the committee gathered around} Warmouth and tried to pacify him. He was made all the more obdurate by the suggestions, and shouted “No, I won't accept; it means anarchy in the party. | could never |go back to Louisiana and face my | people if I agreed ych a scheme As long as I have a drop of blood | in my veins, I will never sit in a} convention with a black mah.” | Finding it hopeless to induce Warmouth to agre to the com-| promise, the committee reconvened he? i A motion to amend the resolution 80 a8 to seat the whole Taft delega-| tion was lost by a vote of 30 noes to 20 aye The compromise eg lution t was made unanimous. Warmouth then immediately an- nounced his intention to carry hia} fight before the credentials com- mittee of the convention, and, if| failing th to fight it owt on the! convention floor. The compromise | resolution was offered by Chairman | New, of Indiana, who ts presiding} over the national committee. ; Committeeman Stevenson, of | Colorado. waned a resolution re 44 ting the Incoming national com |mittee to appoint Pearl. Wight com mitteeman from Louisiana, and it wa ypted contests in Misstesipp! then were taken up. | The Taft delegates-atlarge from Missinsippi were seated this after noon. i a The arrived | ™ ‘to@p farnity * second place now officially on the! where she lived In Seattle. | vat identified Weetgate as the m been offered $2,000,000 for it | Was Bold the | aqumious etrocks. Laat night ompremin.” | Win Game to the peline al wast have confessed his crimes fever, for In a few minutes bis 4 left bis cell in tears, vowing shé would never live with him “He deceived me,” she bitterly sald an she left the station “His | whole Ife and his love for me was je te” oth at Vancouver. gate says that she mar erowrere at Vancouver last October, She ix a wellbred «irl jeridently from a refined and well She refused to teil Three charges are now pending inst Westgate, This morning Broom. 4 bag manufacturer lemern ay and Madison et who out of $50 recentiy swindled him [by means of a worthless check The evidence against Westgate te clear the penitentiary door |'# looming ahead of him PLANT WILL ‘James A. Moore Says Moran Co. Will Not Leave Seattle. James A. Moore, president of the | Moran Shipbuilding company, stated today thar the company bas no in-| tion of moving the plant from tte. ‘When the announcement was made that the Moran company ia to fesue $500,000 in bonds the rumor | Was revived that the company would well Ita Seattle holdings and re |move the plant to some site on Paget sound. Mr. Moore contra dinted the rumor “Of course,” “the said Mr. Moor 1 Will soon come a time when We cannot afford not to sell our land in Seattle. We have already it) | is the best site on the water front! |for @ railroad terminal and some ratiroad will pay as our price for it “In that case we will have to select another location. It wilt probably be on the sound very near Seatile. The people need never) fear~Moran company will always remain a Seattle concern.” My, Moore stated that If the aite company would not moyeé for at least two years after. wards. He also stated that the plant would be transferred to Lake Washington if there was a canal combecting the lake and the sound. are practically all enb- $500,000 will be used larging and improving the plan it ts planned to almost |double the output. LEVEE BREAKS; LAND FLOODED - (BY United Pre SHREVEPORT, 1 9. Following the breaking of the levee at Wertdale today, 25,000 of fine plantation land are un water and great damage to buildings and live stock has sulted. A eh estimate of th Joss Js that property valued at thousands of dollars has been de stroyed. It is not thought that any lives have been lost, though many narrow escapes are reported. a beaotife young! Life, (By United Prose.) ® 0, Nev be good June “A girl in Ret in the statement made in a letter written to the chief of police by Wm | Causiand, « traveling man from Low Angeles, who shot Nan Sutherland, with whom he had been living, in her rooms last night | | cannot and then blew the top of his own head off. The letter was opened early today after the woman died, and explained the tra The woman was known as Nan Harrison, and was but 26 years of age, She came here some time ago from San Francisco. jbad been singing at Tait's McCausland met her here Causland returned to their roome lat night to find the woman in the company of other men, and flew into a rage. He shat her and then turned his revolver on himself. | The woman's four-year-old daugh | ter was in the room at the time That the shooting was premeditat jed i# the opinion of the police, who found the letter ‘addressed to the} chief, In McCausland’s pockets, toy |day. The letter says in part | “This is a case of a man loving a woman too much. | do this act because the love she gave me is dead. | took the baby and have done everything for her. A girl cannot be good in Reno.” Accompanying the letter to the chief of police were letters and tel legrama written.to McCausland by | the woman. One said Don't do anything rash until you see me.” The woman was suing her hus. baad, J. Byron Harrison, of Bloom field, N. J., for divorce, and was singing at a concert hall here. Her mother is Mra. John Mitchell, of Kast Orange, N. J. MeCansland was a traveling man fof the Ar mour Packing company. McCausland had known the girl a year. He was a member of the Bike at Bisbee, Ariz, a Mason and an Odd Fellow eae | | TRAITOR TO BE PUBLICLY DEGRADED BEFORE MAN, (By United Press.) PARIS, June 9.—Lieutenant Ulimo, the traitor who was convicted by court-martial of having tried to sell the docu |® ments describing the defenses |# of Toulon and of a code of signals, is to be publicly de graded before the men he commanded here next Mon day, Ullmo'’s sword will be broken in front of him, his uniform will be stripped of all honorary decorations and he will then be compelled to pass in front of his men. * ° * * * 7 i’ * * 7 * * * * \* * * . o 7 * o OPER EEE SUNDAY CLOSING BALLOT FINISHED The and against Sunday closing of the A-Y.-P. exposition is ended last votes counted w recelved ~ the malls at noon Tuesday The final result is as follows For Sunday Closing Against Sunday Closing (ee ee RR tt * * * BANK CLEARINGS, * * . & Clearings today. . .$1,384,334.70 ” * Halances il il * Tacoma * # Clearings today. ..$ * &® Balances * Portland. * | ® Clearings today...$ 878,169.00 & | * Ralances 106,900.00 * * * RR eh FALLS FROM CAR, Miss Mand Galvin, a recent ar 1 from St. Paul, Minn, attempt 1 Madi to boare a mn st. cable car yesterday afte Madison « and Western av., but slipped and fe heavily to the ground. Her left leg | was injured slightly. Mées Galvin was taken to Providence hospital Poo (eee eee eee ee eee eee eee eS balloting of Star readers tor| FAIR TON! ONE CENT “HAVING TAK | of Russia Meet Each Other. | Comment on Teday’s Visit. | a | (By United Prom.) REVAL, Russia, June 9.—Trat fic in the gulf of Finland ts pended t and will be for two days fi to make way for sue day wing the visit of King Edward to Czar Nicholas ‘The czar and his retinue arrived by train this morning, having abandoned the trip in the impertal yacht Standart on account of rough weather. Two hours later King Edward and Queen Alexandria, with their following, arrived on the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. No ves sels were allowed to approach within a large circle surrounding the royal yacht Today's ceremonies aboard the king's yacht czar came aboard King Edward kissed him affectionately on both cheeks and the two monarchs re mained in conference some time | Tomorrow Nicholas will act as host on board the imperial yacht Standart j o doy in Conference. ST. PETERSBURG, June 9 | The Russian press in unanimous today in viewing with joy the pt ing between the czar and King Ed ard. Coming as it does shortly after the visit of President Fal Heres, the papers here attach great | political significence to the confer ‘ence between the two monarchs The Bourse Gazette says Tt is not impossible to perceive in the interview a precursor to a Russian convention concerning Europe, which will be a natural sequel to the Asiatic convention and will also be of vast moment in the per manent establishment of the bal co of power in Europe and in deed throughout the whole world by transforming the Fra Rus sian alliance Into an Angio-Franco | Russian understanding.” were held When the The “Russ” says: “Although the country will have no opportunity jof recetving the visitors directly |King Edward and his splendid sailors may rest assurdd that the whole Russian people greet them in thought with feelings of friend ship. English Papers Comment. LONDON ine = 9.——Although some of the English papers crici cire the king for making his visit to Russia, the majority of the pe pers here look upon the visit with favor. All attach great significance to the conferen The Pali Mali Gazette thinks that the ference will have a quieting effect in India, particularly on the northwest frontier and on the Af ghanistan, where uprist have been frequent. The Gazette says All the mischlef-makers and 11! wishers to the British Raj will know that the king-emperor has met the czar in person and tha | fact will mean much to t Orten. tal mind. It can do Habibullah nc |harm to have a reminder that the old days are gone, when it was possible to play off Russia against England—or to. pretend to do so From the Indian standpoint, the fore, as well as from many othe the announcement of the royal {sit to Reval is very welcome SHOT WHILE STANDING AT A WINDOW (By United Press.) MUSKOGEE, Okla, June 9 lother evidence of the bitter feel ing In the h county wa the murder orge Dunlap, @ deputy sheriff, who was guarding the court house, and today E. ¢ lian, county clerk, accused of committir the crime, is unde heavy guard However, the evidence against the prisoner is clreumstantial. I }iap was in a window on the third floor of the court house wh A | bullet coming front below him. The fight between the tions in this county have been w lor some time and is f eniivened by shooting M. Woods, one of the feudiste recovering from a bullet wound ir flicted a few days ago in x mish THE WEATHER LIGHT WEST WINDS. An GHT AND WEDNEBDAY; MADE PRISONER BY RAVING PARISHIONER BEROYALTY IS VICTIM. OF INSANE King Edward and the Czar Green Lake Paster Forced | to Pray and Sing at Command. Russian and English Press Maniac Routs Him Out | of Bed and Takes Him | to Church. O. Vaw Houten, a Green Lake Meth ‘enthustawe, W member of the odist Episcopal church, compelled his pastor, Rev. E. Lawrence Beng diet, to leave his home at 4 o'clock this morning, walk several blocks to the church and there alternate ly » and sing for nearly three hours. City Detective Sam Corbett and Patrolman Willlam Westedt final- ly rescued the pastor. Van Houten offered no resistance when t officers led him from the church and he was taken to the county fail. Van Houten was taken before Superior Judge George B. Morris for examination as to. his sanity, Dre BE. EB Beckett and W. N. Powers, after a short ex- amination, held that Van Moutes was insane, and Judge Morris or dered the man cofimitted to the asylum for the insane at Steila- coom, Insane Over Religion. It developed at the hearing this | morning that Van Houten has been acting pecullarly for several weeks, A short time ago the demented man refused to allow Rev. Bene dict to enter his church until he removed his shoes The church is a_holy sald Van Houten. “You must re move your shoes.” To pacify Van Houten, Rev. Benedict obeyed the order. Nothing farther was noted in Van Houten's actions which led his neighbors to believe him de mented, until this morning. About 4 o'clock, Rev. Benedict was awakened by insistent ham- mering on the door of his home, at 2415 North 65th st. He arose and went to the front door to find Van Houten. Come with me to the church,” commanded Van Houten “We must pray and sing.” The pastor vainly endeavored to dissuade his parishioner, but Van Houten be came greatly excited, and to quiet the man Rev. Benedict consented to accompany him to the church, at North 65th st and First av. N. E. place,” Oceupies the Pulpit. When the pair reached the church, Rev. Benedict unlocked the front door, and both entered. Van Houten immediately ascended ta the pulpit and began to deliver a rambling talk, exhorting all sinners to repent. As Van Houten spoke, he became more and more wrought up until every word which left his lips was a shriek. He finished ab- ruptly, and commanded Rev. Bene dict to sing. The pastor obeyed and as the sun shot its morning rays through the windows, the face of the demented man took on a wilder cast Attracted by the unusual service so early in the morning, neighbors investigated and then telephoned to police headquarters. City De tective Corbett and Patrolman Vv tedt were detailed to investi- gate, and they arrived at the little chureh shortly after o'clock to d pastor and parishioner mute and silent an Houten fs 28 years old and lived at 1901 North 82nd st., with wife and one child. The de- man was employed as a common laborer. CONFEDERATE VETERANS | AND G. A. R. MAY MEET TOGETHER (By United Press.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 9.-= The Confederate Veterans and the Grand .Army may meet together next year in annual encampment, f the fight ing made here today by the Atlanta del tion to the an- ral encampment of the €onfeder. ute Veterans proves snecessful. At- ta 8 both encampments to eet the same time and has a big del tion to enforce consid- ion of her scheme. Tie ene pment of the boys in gray was pened today with a grand parade, teessed by thousands of people ve come from all parts of th an