The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 9, 1908, Page 7

HOMPSON |S SET FREE (Be — Suddenly and All Sides Were | Surprised. =) se Oy ad ne he 2 : ed de m a ve] Hi ~ ue nt an 7 OMA, une 9. — Chester ' giayer of Judge G 4 Bmory, was ased at 5:30 e fees. yesterday and so quietly laa dove that very few, even the court house, know any ie oom It, He was overjoyed imoutag bis freedom and, with tee wont at once to a de ore, where be bought a Sat, and then, in company % ‘Ms father and Osear Thomp tts r, ate the first meal febas eaten out of Jail for v Tie, be and Col. Thompson ma trolley car for Stellacoom,| dae they Will spond several days dome of Supt A. P. Calhoun, ~ Stellacoem insane asylu a brother-in-law of Chest “this he will leave the Pi the exact destination KILLED IN A COLL (By United Press.) z d. Traveling Guard) ROME, June 9.—Fourteen persons of the state penitentiary. | were killed aytright and 60 badly to ee ee ee a ingured by a collision between a acy. He asked to|Pilgeim passenger train and “ om the grounds that| freight train today at Roceaptetra ite t of eal te the supreme | tation ithe recent eatdty trma re (expected to die. The freight train Hike beter Kept in custody | ¥H ruthing At a high rate of speed g wand ef tite pondben-| When It struck the passenger train jand three coaches were telescoped, | the oceupants being killed or pinned jim the debris badly injured | May Go to Figrida. ‘14 “GL Thompson bas relatives tn| Pia. al in Georgia and tn) ft is probable that Chester | Gp to Florida. P Beerelease of Chester came very ? and was a surprise both | FRompeon and Prosecuting RP Pre Be ANT TEEe Oritered Sut Pree. ta ® peespmee and bust-\on the part Heef-immediately went to Row-| iMdijalved Mf he was sincere In n to append the case, de be was not, that Ches his freedom at once. ler winming an appeal that Rewiend admit. | that be could not with“wox hope of suc a tow maments’ hest-| Soneaneed his intention | Ing tee netice of appeal f the officials it trophe averted | EN@LAN®'S MAN OF HOUR 18 OLO FRONTIER FIGHTER. tet ae emai verdiet of the jury in the titi amt Judge Snel staged | ‘Piompsen says that Chee | again vistt Seattle, it would be but iL _ (By United Press.) CONG, June 9—The Brit struck on a rock oft} of the Mohmand punitive expedi orn Pe ied late last night and t6/° i, petitiantly succonatul “week “ow Bighty natives are! end” war against the Zakka Khel all ‘aad officers of the steamer 4 The rock on which him the praise of all Englishmen. Willeocks is an ideal man for ss the leading tribesmen of that rest Mae 8 & long. narrow and | jess region well, having served in - istand, about seventeen | the Afghan war of 187960, ‘a of Macar In 1990 he commanded Ag was an fron se Ashanti field foree which relieved Ret tf 2.229 tons, built at Glas-}Kumaat. For this achievement he pat “elenged to the Hongkong,| was mentioned in the , king's & Macao Steamboat com | speech at the opening of partia WeNied, the city of London and a sword of honor Beamers Collide. The Roama Sew Constanza has teen with the Greek mer Of this coast, The iatter » a bot her crew, three of injared. were rescued. PM the Mikael at this port, pro! SOLDIER ACCUSES HIS FRIEND after tanding the} ~ Ernest G. Shepard, corporal of _~ sinallhmatl Company H, Third Infantry, sta FIRE AT TACOMA. tioned at Fort Lawton, had a com She plaint sworn out today, charging Frederick C. Kirkwood, a fellow United Press.) June 9 | soldier, with having made away with three suits of his clothes and a gold watch and chain Shepherd was acting as a quar- termaster’s clerk, and having plan ned to take a little hunting trip, he secured Kirkwood to take bis place during bis absence, and turn ed all the keys over to him. On his return, he found that the trunkohad been opened and the clothes which he hast purchased in | China, were missing “SHOES AND OMFORDS In tan and black. Look at the ; anda of dol Of Hoperty. The roof Sper plant and much of Work Of the building wore a i WINISTER SUiCioES. United Press) | . 8. C., June OR ® fetited Presbyterian} ; comraitied suicide at AL | 9 ¥. He blew one othe |] quality and compare the prices Hts head off with tron se | FREOLUND, HORNBERG & SSiitornis was corning to viet LARSON, ] Wednesda | 705 Pike 8 | .. baat TEXAS---THE “LONE CAN STATE”’ ai Many of the Injured are CRITICIZES BUSINESS METH. P Fire’ broke out bat by quick work | crease of tare’, the coumy te spend sing more m extinguished and a horrijic catas-| in, Is the statement madg by the frapidly as the volume of busines MAJ, GEN. SIR JAS. WILLCOCKS. Fire Department, lncrease LONDON, Jone 9.—The man of | Street and Sewer Department, the dour in England. or rather, the | steamer Pow An, run-| man of the moment,-is Maj. Gen. | Total City Expenses, increase... Hongkong, Canton| Str James Willeocks, the leader | Police Department, tner the European pasion the Afshan frontier has won | cent and the | | ernoon THE SEATTLE WISH SAFE AND SANE ~ FOURTH Police Will Put a Lid on | Dangerous Fireworks and | Explosives. Sensible Celebration Will | Be Held All Day at | Woodland Park. The acting chief stated this morn tng that special efforts will be made to prevent mischievous persons from p¥tcing potash and ‘sulphur and other explosives on tsreet oar tracks this year A year ago, especially in the downtown districts, the street car pany wae put to great trouble duced to a minimum Pian Quiet Celebration Plans for a safe and sane Fourth of July celebration are being made by a group of organiaations, inc jude ing the churebes of the city Woodland dark has been selected an the place for celebration, and the ane inelode two situn!tancous fore: noon addresses by prominent speak RENDERS REPORT O08 OF SEATTLE AND KING ers, Dr. M.A. Matthews will milfe an address, and Dr. W. B. Riley, of COUNTY. Minneapolis, or Judge Norris, di» os trict judge of To To, P. L, who now in the Kast attending the nm tional republican convention, may be secured for the second address Several unique features are to be Introduced tnt ls to be brief, the promoters of the celebration are thorough belley ore (pg, restful and recreative man ner of observing the nation’s birth day That in spite of the enormous In ey than it is taking executive committee of the special taxation committee which was filed ith the Chamber of Commerce this afternvors. The report also states that a/ aunfder of inefficient employes are believed to be in positions for po | Iitieal reasonacund and that consid: | erable economy would result tn filt lng clerical positions tw pubile of. flees as in private. The large force cf employes Matatained in thé city engineer's of flee for making estimates on work which cannot bedone on acount of the heavy cont, comes tn for a se vere scoring in the committee's re Program of Sports. The Young Men's Christian asso clation gilt conduct the athletic program. ArmPathletic track meet of all boys registered in the Grammar Behool Athletic league, will be pull ed off with ribbons for prises in each event, and @ trophy cupOfor Be boy winning the most points ere will also be one or more base ball games Acting Chief of Police Irving Bod ard, following ine otions from Mayor John F. Miller, today an-| nounced police restrictions anent the use of fireworks on the Fo lof July Under no clreumstances shall bom be double headers. cannon crackers ing canes or revol vers be Any person caught exploding any of the foregoing holee aking devices will land in the eity jail 8 mesmeene = land in some ases damage resulted from the heavy oh of explo vou placed on the rails. 1 Acting ¢ ( Ward also Mated that It was Mayor Miller's wish that | no ¢x on of fireworks should Ae t before Jw ao that anit jamage from fire be the program, which | port. Criticises Expenses. The committee believed that the city boainess, like commercial bust. hess, should have certain fixed ex penses, after Which the. outlay should pot Increase relatively as! increases In order to show the relative growth of the city In population and | the increase of taxation, the report | of the Polk Directory Co, for the| years 1904 and 1907, le taken as a| basis, with the following compart son in increase of 1907 over 2004: Per Cent. Population accordin to Polk Di rectory, inerease oT 6 increase ‘ “ ee... 107 Eogineer's Department, increase 112 | Taxes Greatly Increased. j ‘The assessed valuation of the city has increased in three years 138 per levy has Inereased from 13 to 1@ mills, or 23 per cent In the county the assessed valuation fe Am strock ts near Capsimun | froutier campaigning, as be knows | has increased 123 per cent and the| tax levy Increased 16 per cent | ‘The mport does not criticise the} expendite for parks, fire proteo- the | on and other necessary features of | the city government It is recommended that more of the work of the county poor and charities be given to the associated ment, and received the freedom of charities by the county THOUGHT HE SAW A BURGLAR While C. D. Douglas, who lives at the Buena Vista Apartments, at Belmont av. and Olive at. was walking toward his home last night, about 11:30 o'clock, he saw a man he thinks was a burglar, enter the home of John Kanen, at 1630 Bel-! mont av. Douglas rushed to a telephone and reported the matter to the po- lice, saying that he would try to; keep the burglar in the house, Pa trolman J. E. Smith hotfooted to the Kanen home, but the suspicious character bad made his escape. W. A. Cady, of 42/2 Baker av.,! reported to the police this morning | that he fell asleep in the King at passenger depot last night, waiting for one of the delayed trains, While Cady was as pocket relieved him of a valuable gold wateb Some roomworker entered the room of D. H. Adam, at the Mason hotel Third av., yesterday aft a sult of clothes. on and tole | ming and Rand concerts will be a feature throughout the day The Young Men's Christian asso elation ts making an effort to bave) on Green take, in the late afternoon and early part of the evening vart ous aquatic sports, including @wim- diving contests, cance races and an illuminated water pageant or boat parade. owning boats and canoes will be asked to cooperate in this feature INHERITED MILLIONS, BUT HAS NO TIME TO WAS PETER COOPER HEWITT. vice.) June 9—Peter is a millionaire It came easily, (Star Special NEW YORK, Cooper — newitt many over by inheritance. If Mr. Hewitt wanted to he could do nothing but rest, But Ne tan't that kind of a millionaire He works from early till Inge, and complains about the shortnéts of time. He spends his life in overalls, at his workshop, desig ing, thinking, inventing and get results, He is fast becoming one the master inventors of the age His most recent inventions are the mereury-vapor lamp, the static converter and a new style eight cylinder motor, The mercury-vapor lamp is the cheapest light known Mr. Hewitt belleves when the eight cylinder motor is applied to big abipw it will bring Liverpool within 20 hours of New York Cor. Second Avenue (he and Pine Street at Blectric Light. Hot and ¢ Free Telephone in each room ate Terns rid Wann Pri All persons | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1908, BRIEFS BY WIRE Montana has abolished the con The Wheeling & Lake rie rall road has gone into the bands of a receiver Sheet metal workers of Spokane | have declared for the open bop. STRUCK A GIRL U. & MARINE WANTONLY AT TACKS YOUNG WOMAN FROM BALLARD. Roland Cor a United Staten marine, was arrested by Patrolmar Sisior shortly after 1 0 this morning on a charge of assault and battery preferred by Opal Bnnte young woman who lives at Ballard Coon oeeuples a cell at the city jaf! and the young woman Is de tained at the police matron’s home Miss Ennis says #he and a youn man went to the theatre last night The young man left ber for a few | minutes while they were walting for & street car at First av d Pike nt Coons hed her ark, to whieh | As she was standing al te alleged to have and made some ren |the girl paid no attention, Ap ently angered, Coous tx alleged to have struck the young woman. Two bystanders and hold the marine until Patrolman Sis ler arrived appro loterfered ee * / 6,000 HOMELESS. (By United Press.) TOPEKA, Kas, Jithe Eight thousand persons are reported 18 be homeless today as the result of the Late ports may water ts constantly rin great fears are entertain the safety of propert many people in the path of the water, Train and service have been cut off ma here. Fee ee eee eee eee ee ee TRIAL OF ACTOR HITCHCOCK | miles GIRL GAYS SHE WAS NEVER | WRONGED BY THE COMEDIAN, (By United Press.) NEW YOHK, June 9% —Sidney | Harris, counsel for William Chan jler, brother of Lieut. Gov. Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, of New York, and a million@re, announced today that Chanler would take the stand in the trial of Raymond Hiteheock, | the actor, who is accused of having? | and} wronged Helen Von Hagen at his | Long Island home | Chan@r bas a place on Long |Istand, adjoining Hitehcock’s, la alleged to have been prese when the Von Hagen girl and Elsie | Voecks visited the actor there. { Elsie Voecks, who Is alleged to jhave been with the Von Hagen gtrl in Hitcheotk’s home, was on the and today. She said that she is now 15 years old. Her testimony corroborated the Von Hagen girl's tract plan at the penitentiary at Helena The theatre at Moscow, Idaho, haa been destroyed by fire William Matson, of Friseo, has been recognized as the consul of Sweden for the states of Caltfor ula, Oregon and Washington Owing to the prohibition law, | the large brewery at La ¢ nile, Ore, Will be converted {nto can nery ee ee | PORTLAND, Ore., June 9.—In the @atimony except that she asserted | that she had never suffered at the hands of the actor The clerk of the Lambs’ club, an factors’ club of New York,Qoday tow | tiffed that Hitchcock had reserved @ room at the club on December 17 and kept it six days. The testi mony combatted the assertion that the actor wan ® tenant of the “house with green blinds” tn the tenderloin, to which it was alleged thet he lured the little girls After the clerk had finished his teatimowy, the defendant's attorney made a motion that the case be dis missed, but this was denied by Re cerder Goff. Ageistant District Attorney Gar | van-moved that the prosecution be jindictments from December 22 to ‘on or about December 15,” and this was granted RE UNION PIONEERS’ ASSOCIATION CON- VENES THIS MORNING AT LAKE WASHINGTON, The 25th annual reunion of the Pioneer association of the st convened this morning at Madison park, with Judge T. H. Cann pre siding. | The morning session was taken over in the election of officers and @mher business | Robert .C. Hill, of Port |aend, was elected president. Mr, Edgar Bryan was unanimous ly reelected secretary for the 11th j Hime. | William M. Calhoun was chosen |treasurer to succeed C. B, Bagley he motion to change the date of eligibility from 1870 to 1875 did not meet with the approval of the old-timers, and was r The second Tuesday nesday in June was ma manent date for all unions The association will purchase the land in front of their hall rds of the association show 26 members have died since oi eal) Thomas W. Prosch r logy on the life and care late Dr. Whitworth | Major W B. Rhinehart and Jude HW. Gann were elected # to fill Vacancies, Town future a R that | the last do an eul r of the | allowed to change the dates on thed a he Ke AMENDMENT PUT TO TEST Injunction Proceedings to’ Determine Franchise | Power of City. | charter | | The legality of the Amendinent adopted at the last mu-| nicipal election viding in sul stance for municipal purchase of wilway line for which fran * may be granted subsequent |} the passage of w, will be tested in a sult instituted in the erior court today by Mile r iton and his wife, Ida B, F The plaintiffs are residents of the 14th ward and are merely fig urebeads in the action, an the | ceedings are really brought on be half of the city with a view to de termining the validity of the new law | The rit is Intended to compel! the & ¢ Electric Co, to accept & franchise for the construction of the proposed South A extension which c« the m felpal pur chase clause now The franchise does not ovision | an it incorporate stand this new p Counciiman is Lawyer H legal firm of Wardall @ present t plaintiffs Wardall, a of this} and counciiman from the 14th ward, is active charge of the suit Copies of the complaint wer» fil ed with the clerk of the court this morning, and immediately after wards Attorney Wardall appeared before Judge Morris and secured & temporary training order, for bidding the city offictals from tak ing any further action In award. ing the franchine until after a hear ing, which is set for Saturday morn (ing at 9:30 o'clock, At this time the tempory order will be dissolved temporary injunction issued nding all oration» until the can be heard and adjudicated on its merite Is Test Case. | The mayor, corporation counsel, members of the board «of public works and the officials of the Se attle Kleetric Co. were served with copies of the temporary complaint | member to have re and temporary restraining order | early this morning } As it stands, the company has! opted the franchise for the Alki Point ¢ sion without the clause | providing for municipal purchase The complaint recites that this is illegal and that the | will be greatly damaged if this ac tion is permitted to go unquestion ed. Mayor Mi signed the ord inance only as a means of getting }the question before the court in the shape of @ legal action. NDICTED FOR LAND FRAUDS (By United Press.) | voting of indictments against 11 | prominent eastern Oregon citizens, | accused of land frauds, the federal | grand jury has opened the way for) the government to appear jin court; through its legal representatives and prosecute more alleged land/ grabbers. 1 The sevén indictments charging | the defendants with conspiring to} defraud the government out of 30, 000 acres of unallotted Indian lands in Umatilla coenty were returned late ionday, and today the gov- ernment’s attorneys hege are pre-| paring for the trials | Prominent among the accused, | t of whom reside at Pendleton, | J Raley, democratic poll-| tielan and lawyer; Wm. Slusher, joint representative from Morrow and Umatilla counties in the 1907 legislature; Alonzo Knotts, John W. Crow, John M. Wynn, Wm, Cat well and C. W. Mathews, wealthy ranghers and sheepmen, and John Vert, formerly of the First National bank of Pendleton The other less prominent defend. ants are: Bailey Ross and Samuel Olmstead, wood dealers, and Wm Rahe, a horse train: TO RESUME ing made | | ] | The local officials of the Great} Northern have been advised by As-| sistant General Superintendent Brown, who i# supervising the re- pair work in Montana, that there is every indication that that line) will be open for traffic by tomor row noon No definite advice has been re- ceived by the local Northern Pacific office as to the clearance of that line for trafft verything depend- ing on the weather conditions The first Northern Pacific trains| since last Friday night arrived last night over the O. R. & N. ratiroad One Great Northern train arrived |to extort $5 from her and her friends | this morning from Spokane, carry ing transferred passengers. North-| ern Pacifie No. 3 {s due to arrive | this afternoon, from Spokane, hav the detour around the! washouts via Pocatello. A passenger on the train this| ing brought the story that he walked five miles around a washout, carrying his grips on his back, He} also reports many passengers arriv ing in Spokane on work trains. Nine Northern Pacific trains are marooned on the Great Northern line, the exact whereabout being wn. known to the local passenger offt | ctats China Cabinets You have always wanted a pretty piece of furniture in your dining room for your precious china. You felt, per- haps, you could not afford to pay the regular price—now it’s different. This sale will gratify your desires, and you pay only Cost Prices The china cabinets are in different sizes. Made up in early English oak, weathered oak and fumed oak, all in the latest style. Take advantage of these suggestions now—remember, we are uitting the Business And after we have retired you will chide yourself for letting this oppor- tunity slip by. Of course you can fur- nish your home here, too, and at man- ufacturers’ cost and less. DOORS OPEN 9 A. M.—CLOSE 6 P.M. SALE TERMS AND CONDITIONS—AI! Cash; No C. 0. D.; Free Delivery at Our Earilest Convenience; No Refund or Exchange; No Storage. Century Furniture Co. N. W. Corner Second Ave. and Spring St. FUNERAL NOTICES. The funeral services of Mary X. | Filmore took place at the chapel |of Butterworth & Sons this after- noon at 2 o'clock. The burial took place at the Mount Pleasant ceme tery ‘The funeral services of E. Gor- den will take place at the residence Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The burial will take place at the HOSPITAL While tn a state of partial mental collapse due to a long siege of sick-| ness, W. P. McBride, an insurance | The burt : Hon agent who lives at 109 12th av. N oun! jeasant cemetery. escaped from the Pacific hospital |, The greek to aft nd is still at| Preston were held at the —— rea gabe church this afternoon at 1:30. The M. G. Conrad, a friend of the) body was shipped to Blaine, Wash, escaped sick man, reported to the for interment police that McBride is in a pre- ee ge a carious state and he fears that the DEATH NOTICES. missing man may make away with himeett. Orders were issued last night to outgoing patrols to watch for Mc Bride. He is 63 years old, of stim build and is about 6 feet 10 inches in height SUFFRAGISTS PLAN BATTLE (By United Press.) CHICAGO, June 9.—All hopes of | the suffragists for action by the two big political parties favoring thelr cause, now center in the dem- ocratic convention to be held in Denver. Leaders of the movement at a meeting held to discuss their chances in the Chicago and Den- ver conventions, decided to make a dignified uest to be released by the republicans with no hope being successful They declare that the repulilicafis act too slowly for them and finally adopt a reso- lution to save all their powder for the democratic convention. It is understood that the suffragtsts have} an understanding with Bryan DIDN'T WORK SPURIOUS DETECTIVE GETS CHAIN GANG SENTENCE pts | TRYING EXTORTION. George Smith, who says he is em ployed by the Webster Detective agency, a concern which works “For | Rewards Only,” was sentenced to serve 30 days on the chain gang this morning by Police Judge John B. Gordon on @ disorderly person charge On complaint of Wallin, Patrolman W. T. Alvey ar rested Smith yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Wallin says Smith attempted Mrs. Matilda on the representation that he could secure the release called the city jal “Il know the judge well and I lean fix It for you if you will come | year. * Smith said H. Beebe, manager of. the North Seatle Heating Co., who was present when Smith attempted to secure the $5, told the Webster de teative to retérn tn half an hour and he would give him $5, Beebe informed Patrolman Al of the affair and, when Smith returned for the money, Alvey placed him under arrest through with Ww of a woman | Swede Annie,” now held in} Gladys Buist, daughter of Mr. ané |Mrs. Thomas M. Buist, died at the | residence at 2621 Fifth av., May 8 The remains were shipped to Cen tralla this morning by Butterworth & Sons. Elizabeth Gorden, age 68, died te | this city June 8. > | Edward Wenner, age 53, died tp this city. The remains are at the | parlors of the Bonney-Watson com | pany. | James W. White, age 61, June § in this city, The body 3 shipped to Eugene, Ore., for burta) last evening by the Bonney-Watson | company. died WATER IS | RISING RIVERS IN MISSOURI ARE | SLOWLY RISING AND PEO. | PLE ARE FLEEING TO | PLACES OF SAFETY. | | (By United Press.) || KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 9.— Reports brought to this city today jare to the effect that there is no |improvement in the flood situation, | The Missourf and Kaw rivers con- {tinue to rise slowly and the water | which is overflowing the land is in- creasing the damage. The situation is so serious that | the Missouri! Pacific, Union Pacifie jand Santa Fe railroads are. refus- “t any freight, as they guarantee that they cag get shipments through. On both sides of the two rivers for some distance houses have been swept from their foundations, and today residents are fleeing to places of safety The weather forecaster says that the crest of the flood may be reached tomorrow if weather conditions do not change. THERE I'S NO BETTER INVEST- MENT, NOR ONE THAT WILL BE MARKETABLE AS EASY AS A LOT AT SEACOMA BEACH, } The new electric ratiway to Ta j}coma will double the values in one The present prices will be withdrawn about August next and | now 1s the time to purchase, while you can get fine water front lots. Pure spring water piped to the lot; fine beach to bathe on; beauti ful park and tra Perfect boat servic three rou trips per day Sti us 10 @ and 2 p. m |Telephone Chas. E. Crane, Mer, 420 Alaska Bldg. Tel, Ind. 8 Main &900. on