The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 19, 1908, Page 1

- LAST EDITION VOL. 10. NO. 100. ow Yorker Is Named As the ‘Running Mate for Taft--- animous---Taft Resigns As War Secretary and Luke E. to Be Successor. N NATIONAL ! = TICKEY DENT: i Howard Taft, of Ohio. VICE PRESIDENT: wep &. Sherman, of New York. MERMAN WINS ON FIRST | 4 BALLOT. CHICAGO. June 19 ,& Sherman of New York Yerencon nominated for ney on the repub- ‘on the first ball He i 816 votes. After the re- ee announced Senator Mur- of Massachusetts made which carried, that the) be made unanimous. ‘Sherman was nomi.| Nominated for Vice President. py Timothy L. Woodrutt of | Sie“ pictare of Representative Jan ee seu od « Sherman. The band played “Ho | the nomination. Whe Sherman Is. Utica, N. ¥ ted from Hamilton Time in the Old Town. Sherman entered ortly after wards and was given a big ove don, When the roll call for nomina - ted to the bar, prac: | tions was started Delaware yleided Utica, N.Y }its place to New York mayor of Utica. ‘| States Chairman Timothy L. ber of congress| Woodruff, of New York, then was ihe Twenty-third New York recognized. A motion was passed ‘3 |Mmniting the sominating «peeches Member of congress | ruff presented the name of Sher 4 of the New York delegation. Member of ‘cdngress | Woodruff said in part: “We eeventh New York feel that unless the state is riven Hthe second place on the ticket, af ter we have unaueccessfully pre [sented the name of a presidential candidate, we will be returned to the Vast constithency of New York without certainty that the ticket will meet with success.” Shout for Sherman. | Speaker Cannon then seconded the nomination of Sherman in & apeech that brought much applause |, CHICAGO, June 19. “He said that no national repub- nomination was mad®)iicnn ticket with a New Yorker and tive general on it was ever defeated except resolutions were when the demeerats placed a New the convention adjourned | Yorker at the head of their ticket die. He paid a high tribute to Sher aw man for his service In congress and EVELT WIRES. [saild: “Our candidate i one of ‘ON, June 19—Pres the strongest in the pation, As it wired Representa | president of a national bank In «@ as followed: strong financial region, be is well my hearty congratula | versed the intricate problems of of the ticket, Taft and) When he named Sherman, the |New Yorker was given a great ove “(Signed) | thom that settied it in the minds of ORE ROOSEVELT.” everyone present that he would win When Cannon in bis speech said “Unele Joe” would rather be a | door-keeper im the House of the |Lord than to dwell in the tents lot wickedness.” the statement wae [greeted with great cheering and the was forced to wait until quiet | was restored. Cannon congratulat- jed the convention on the nomina- | tion of Taft. As he concluded, the veteran speaker of the House of | Representatives was given by far \the greatest ovation yet accorded |a speaker. | Governor A. EB. Willson, of Ken- jtueky, also seconded the nomina- tion of Sherman. F. A. Dennison, an Iilinots negro, lwas called to the chair and pre sided over the convention while Chairman Lodge took the floor and placed in nomination Curtis Guild, of Massachusetts. C. & Osborn of Michigan seo onded the nomination of Gov Guild. W. Jereey then placed former Gov. Murphy of that state in nomina tion. rman of the Republican tiow of New York. © to the Republican con- fe, Ci cago. for vice president. ; of the Utien Trust and \s GOV. CURTIS GUILD TAFT CONGRATULATES. HHGTON, June Taft sent the following tel: to Representative Jas. at Chicago: Sincerely congratulate you on fmomination for vice president > you as a colleague in) roll call, | Sherman. jand Oklahoma Misataeippt Patrbanks. Gov. G. L. received 10 votes from Wisconsin. 4 Be The Vote. rward with nee) The vote lted th result of our joint struggle.|sherman ....... “ vey meet me in Cincinnati toe Murphy r to confer upon matters of | Gutid 7} J - | 4 never been any ac confidence in the ticket and **® eR of the matters to be con) Tota) ; #atisfaction with the re-|* + A989! coy made of what has been complete Ie the choice of # general! When the vote wan anhounced| cunt “Russell hat made three nult, Tt te argued that the devel.| # BANK CLEARINGS. z 1 : » good the situation made > = (Signed) | there was tremendoyetheering. It| trips Kast to keep the good work | opment rt ako convention tit Seattic. ‘om » | Was thet moved that the nomina-|/up, The net results of what he neceshary ao thet tod $1,004, 780.00 “WILLIAM H. TAFT. tion be made unanimous, and this) accomplished can be summed up in ' ' name a New Yorker to ensure bas | 4 er tea oday gr rytey 3 Peter eaeneenn an D Ven done | the statement that he engages the sucerks ee, ie PS adh ’ #| Senator Gallinger of New Hamp-| Pinkertons to start to work on 3 jet a Winner, & Clearings today. ..$ 540,552.00 Wright the Man. # | nite, ofletad a veutition taaiie|the case, and called several timos| The first through tratn over the! Jadge: Henry Skinner, of North |, See 31,060.00 WASHINGTON, Jane 1 \Senator Lodge as chairman of a|on the officials of the state depart-| Northern Pacific road since the| Caretipa, in referring to the neces | ee mt Roosevelt ann committee te notify Tatt of hie| ment at the national capitol. Noth: | floods in Montana will be run to-| sity selecting Sherman, said \* ET Port an . aan if officially from the White nomination and Senator Penrose|ing but what could have been ac-} night at 9:30, when the North Coast “ae New York goes, 80 goes the 7S aoatas oda os veyed today that the resigne as chairman of a committee to| complished from here with # few Limited leaves for the Bast Union.” ry ° hf ef Wn H Taft. to take #|notify Sherman. Lodge said he|two-cent postage stampsandadoren’ If the Hine Is cleared by the time!" Gengressman Martin EB O1m- | * could not accept, and suggested Senator Warner of Missourt. as agreed to. had been re Jone 2. felted and th d be Luke ce eeeeeeees | Feeney ee eH HOF the convention were adopted Joseph G. Cannon em jon the committee to notify Sher farber, who express: for the nomination of a Of strong mind, trug haw, AS song will but opes te em me whom the lum of of @ . wer a xe formal’ tami Br.«i nation of Ta ap| ante "ke The announce: | abter tee adjouriimenst, The onrrotion Om, Gh ab 41+ ote, | } tis Nomination Made Un- n of the Republican to 10 minutes and the seconding | lspeeches to five minutes. Wood) ty-fifth New York dis | man, who sat smiling in the middie) Governor) and should be compelled to reim A. McCarter of New| case from the standpoint of @ man |) As the clerk proceeded with the | against Riplinger criminally I* the seconded | city’s business as did North Carolina steps to push the case I can see | West Virginia cast one vote for) Sheldon of Nebraska #16} Chairman Sawyer, of the This Resolutions thanking the officers the Coliseum and received a| man, and Senator Burrows took his meet for ormoization mnedietey then ema Ce aw Rive muddied up to the i eR ct RE Ee AO EMR AA tite. THE SEATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1908 PRICE ONE CENT MIERMAN SECURES SECON “HONEST JOMIN” WILL Attorney Morris Representing Riplinger So Announces. oes Alleged to Have Offered wu ins nna wre 'Says That No Prosecutions Will Follow and| Services to Mayor 'SAYS THAT THOMSON PLANS TO RESIGN tended to do so. The Tacoma story ix as follows Tacoma can obtain the services That the Ex-City Comptroller Will Be Of Tacoma, §— gir wna dinn omc, fr Financially Able to Pay Claims. heccsn payors anounced txt | "Me. ‘Thomson has resigned Beattie of devoting bis ready outlined and he wante to take deciding that he in time to work al much of it com evening that City Engineer RH Thotason, of this city, had resigned his position here, and had offered “Honest” John Riplinger, Se | is services tn 4 similar capacity Piet i, and that Attle’s fugitive exelly comp om city. of Tacoma up something new. He has offers troller, who was alleged to have Thetison could not be seen | {om Portiand and eastern cities emberaled ade ar today to affirm or deny the report but has not accepted any of them [rangements to return Beat laa Be Was engaged all day on a jot In a letter to Mayor Linck, who, i tle. He expects to be here Rep ip guburbs, aod did net call by the way, is an old se oe e 1908 tember | jat ofties late hor This is the information given hs up to w late ar. who ‘ate Ih close touch | *ervices he would rather come here, out by his attorney, Will H witth the Glty engiieer do not be }eve® at & lease salary than Ie of Morris Hove that the elory of hie cosig. fred him tu other places. He docs The decision of the superior ie true. They scout the iden 0t Want to leave the mountains court declaring that the com that he even considérs leaving bis 494 the sound tractors, and not the city, were office, whiet-in now con “The mayor has shown the letter losers of the money which the with work of. considerabie | to some of the counclimen and wil! l former official is said to have itude, and of vital importance | probably ask the counctl to con lombersied from the “incom to the city. | sider the matter.” plete work” fund, has, it ie de URLs Biases so clared obviated any danger of : woe aaa : ss tice & criminal prosecutio : jcago advices give the remainder | It t» highly improbable that J of the ballot Cannon , Pair the contractors will attempt to bank# 40, Hughes 67, Foraker 16, bring a criminal prosecution Knox 68, La Follette 25, Roose They are loath to discuss the velt 4. present status of the case. | = ‘There bas never been any ‘ } LONDON COMMENT. chance of a criminal pees | anal Pr i. jaa - ton agalast my client,” declan t ONDON, June e after Attorney Morris today. “You! : ili acteiaat: note papers Sota Ce = can set your mind at rest om nomi pal of retary ‘hat score. | ‘ National | the republican conveation at Chi Riplinger is coming back to! | cago | The Standard declares that Taft lnarned hie statecraft from his bril- Nant master, and adds that he pos senses a mind of his own and has ability While praising Seattic, and I venture to say that he will never face any criminal charge. On the other! hand, he is going to completely vindicate himself He will give! the people of Seattle the sur! prise of their lives. When the real truth is known about thie ~ Committee Holds eres the repoblican that hie election ie by any means cay ola opal col mata (By United Press.) certain. Mt says that Bryan, ie | F Ly | | “Tam mot at Mberty to go into M, CHICAGO, June 19 — in to oppone! national republican com ten tely after the | tot convention, and Mi Clayton, of Arkahsas chairman, to serve untli| The Pall Mall Gazette says that as the candidates decide jthe nomination of Taft by the re details of my correspondence | with Riplinger, but he ie In pretty good financial shape now, and expects to clean ap & good) A few of the papers are inclined to sneer at Taft as subservient to t! i one to hold the pdwition per |paniican convention i# an en- paratively welltodo man as the endorsement of the policy “Love Elmer Dover, of Ohio, was te | me, love my dos.” elected secretary, and Sermeantat | sna, he ie Arms Btone was retained: hitie ee eee neta eee eee offies, ‘ \* The following subcommittee | Siete! result of his work on the Hom dures plantation. Just let ft) sink into everybody"s mind that is going to be quite @ shakeup in this good old town when John Riplinger bite the pavements of Seattle again. I would rather you would not say anything about this, but if you do—weill, put It as strong as you SUBURBAN HANDICAP. * pointed and Inetructed @ beings the candidates and |® (By United Press.) * ere ene ences of 6 OOS le MEW. ZONK, June 18— # _& : # Ballot won the of Onib: Prank Pree Te errak le handicap at Sheepshead Bay i tke.” <$ ® this afternoon King James * ' James R. Btirrat, of Atirrat & “HONEST JOHN.” aes ee pl %, Mie. oon ansans and Serpeateds a Goets, who turned over to ib m > : ‘ | , De : fiorah, of Idaho; E | Ritnaee Rs 91.500 oe whieD | impresston that Ripiinger was to be g ne ae ore een and (SR RARA AAA AAA AAS the latter is said to have afterwards owa recaptured ff it required an army | Prank Lowden, of Iilinots. SATURDAY TRIP b cashed — yeep he a —. the | Of detectives, turn out to have been) Gem Powell Clayton, the tempo mee, Sear oe a Ane largely buncombe. The tact te that! rary chairman, was governor of contractors will attempt aBy Cri™ jh. Pinkerton have bandied the| Arkansas from 1868 to 1871, United | imal prosecution case on a basis of a contingent fee | gistes senator from 18%) to 1677, Contractors Are Sore. |and have had only one detective on |q delegate to every republican con “t think it ge potty oe Lane pwc keeping tab on Mre, Rip-| vention from 1872 to 1806, ys On the reture trip the Dode -wili lot business for ¢ city e er. United States ambarsador to Mex 7 out from under the way it bas in| Riplinger has never been in any! feo from 1897 to 1906 [leave LAGlOw Bt 7 Gee. Ease this case,” he declared, “The de- | danger of capture. It ts openly | i anenenee bens ‘justifies cision of the court may be the asserted that there has never been | Delegates Celebrate. “cy: aa to jaw, but it is not justice. I do not | any real intention of attempting his | on is being spent In |think any honest man in the city/ecapture. Certain interents, it is afternoo ieee ences: POLLARD JURY tion ere | tractors ought to be stuck for that low the missing comptrotier to work |," ite oo gees obeering | peliewes In hie neart that the con claimed, have been content to a) | money his banana plantation in perfect | joe ‘ana Sherman. DISAC FES ¥. or SS - me — Moat of the leaders are so tired |linger, as we wane “cneecee © ie No Criminal Prosecution, out that they went to their hotels |the city. He, recelved NM igne re. |, The city will not bring any orim-|1o peek j city’s agent : {ite money |188! prosecution. The contrectors| ‘Thete is « general feeling of sat sponsible for the lows oF are not even considering @ criminal | among the republicans w sails beackis prosecution on their part. Rip | over result of the convention. (By United Press. j SAN FRANCISCO, June 19% | After having been out 19 hours, the jury Im the case of Mrs. Zena Pol lard, charged with attempting murder her Hager's lawyer langhe at the idea | All lard, the well known actor, today Leaving Colman dock tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'elock, the steamer Dode will resume her special Satur: day trips to Kingston and Ladiow \purse us. The facts are clear, 1 lam a plain business man, and an | honest one, I hope, and I view the of arresting the fugitive offfétal. The facts in the case show that the | bees ten. offictale have either) The Indiana delegates, however, been insincere or have made the}have get recovered from their re- chase a genuine “frost” through |sentment at the treatment accord: their stupid negligence. 4 Goternor J. Frank Hanly while Several of the contractors who| he was placing Fairbanks in nomi- lost money through Riplinger's de | nation yesterday faleation have discussed the matter! The Wisconsin contingent also 1® occurred in Apri! last, caused a sen informally at s number of meetings. |in @ bed state of mind over the gation, because of the actor's popu They belleve the city is trying to| failure of the resolutions commit | jarity here, and on account oft shift the burden of responsibility on | tee te adopt a mere radical p! mystery which surrounded the a their shoulders, snd unless the|form. They speak of Representa (fair, Both Pollard and his wife tes higher courte reverse the lower| tive Geoper as a hero for bis work | tified in a dramatic manner that he court's dectal the famous Rip-|in bringing in the minority report) held the pistol from which the shot linger chase can be marked as fin-|and fighting for it on the floor. | was fired and not Mrs, Pollard ished The vice presidential candidates ciaimed by the prosecution who Yetired, Hammond, Knight, case is set for retrial on June 29. Dolliver and Cummins, ail express lwho gives and expects a fair deal | We are not getting it “The matter. of proceeding t does not take a oe lon a verdict | where we will get a raw deal” Appropriated Money. The city council! appropriated $5. 1000 to pay the expenses of captur ing Riplinger. George Russell, for mer city treasurer, was assigned the task of handling the cham finance | tees, turned the $5,000 over ’ RETURN TO SEATTLE nominee, the Globe does not deem | Roosevelt } * lof the land, announced that it could not agree | eyes, The shooting, whieh | ~ eee eeeeeeeees . 2 I ns THE TONIGHT PROBABLE BHOWERS WEATHER CLOUD® 8. W. BREEZE AND GATURDAY, PLACE } ] | | BY DOROTHY DALE. ymands, (Copyright, 1908, by the Newspaper | i Enterprise Association.) j WASHINGTON, June 19.—A} thengh fashionable Washington is done up io moth musiin and the P. P. C. cards of fleeing offictaidom have been distributed, Mra. Wm. H Taft, wife of the presidential som- inee, who may be the leading lady is stfil at her home om K st. No W | But Mrs. Taft was not at all fret- ted about the outcome of the conven- ‘thon, She waited here, as she al- Force public school, where he is in the sixth grade. | And the waiting is reciprocated. For every afternoo mmer or winter, when his mother returns | from receptions or the everlasting | visit paying, she finds the little fel low perched on the stone baluster waiting with a brand new propost- | tion backed up by a sunny smile. It is impossible to tell of Mre, | Taft without bringing Charley in. Several visits at the Taft home proved that ‘The first visit was at noon, the morning calling hour at the late- rising capital, I was ushered into a reception room by a Filipino butler whose every footfall brought an echo as he went up the stairs to his | mistress, There wasn't a rug in the balls or rooms opening into each other. There were no hangings and the walls were bare of pictures. | Muslin covered the chandeliers and leverything except the teakwood heme and curious metal and earth enware vases from the Orient. The whole place had an inhospitable, |notathome appearance. ' she entered, Mra. Taft's to! manner had much the same tone. | Wh° husband, Harry Pol-| she is a tall, commanding figure |™80 in one, a cook and housemaid. | with clearcut features, steady gray and luxurious hair, slightly THe MISS HELEN TAFT the train reaches Pasco, It will pro-| stead of Pennsylva Tee eee eee eee ceed over the N. P. line, but If not;|/termnom that with » Taft-Sher- | ee a ? Wouldn't Take Money Back. it will run over the O. R. & N.| mage ticket hit state would give a Russell has reported the results| from Wallula to Pocatello, and from | repabiiean majority of half a mil-| of these trips to the finance com /the latter place to Butte over the] jon. } mittee—in executive session. OD | Oregon Short Line, Bastward of Stete Chairman Woodrwf of} lines on a typewriter A telegram was read from th 5 By United Press.) livigh-Ampanttae Eeleue ey New| one conch Treg eg be al Butte the Hine, is cleared and the}New York, who has been consid: UM, CHICAGO, June 19.|York pledging support to the| jo" eining in the fund. Sawyer did ee oe Lae Ah mrp sy —— 4 ped tonvention was called to or-|ticket. |ret anree to this. He expressed a| CARPENTER BREAKS Lea. | Ph | alla deed ay he wel Bt 10:19 by Chairman| Gov. Wilson of Kentucky offered | Pier that the money had been ap- absolutely ag er ot ype a ah eas be candidate to come presidential ©. Lodge, who just previous|a resolution thanking the local ¥ , G pente | | thought It ought to be spent. The/« fracture of his right log by fall-| re y FM hy, of fs nothing to it bat Sher-| rangements. po then and is now in jing 20 feet from the scaffolding of complicated presidential situation | tween Lieut. Walter Murphy, fot the vice presidency Senator Penrose could not we | ener wae Oe 5 vuild ao ag wep there, and [t would have been hard | fire station No. 1, and Lieut. Peter 6 os ra So notify, Bher.| me, custody of Russell & building under construction at) co the delegation to fo back to|Kumpf, of station No. 10, while Jackson st. this removed to and was Couneliman Gill attended several Sixth av. 8 of th ecutive meetings and | morning He |the state with nothing to show but | fighting the fire which destroyed 4 ene execatiy and | @ a defeat of the candidacy of Gov. | the factory of the Seattle Box Co. Sration, There were ch all! pt ‘ Provide € Suter Uscle Joa” |) Chairmen Ladee eeueeeeed thal paee4 eager eee Tee FE Ted tee te 80 wert Hughes for the presidency jeetly yesterday morning, one . or or was offered b | awallng | eo — Doth firemen may suspended, ac Prayer was offered by Rabbi|the new national committee would) "you had we legal right to appro- | Tar is Maney. cording to Fire Caief Harry W tis mency in the first) FUNERAL NOTICES. 0," eo awelnced, “and the whole! ng fugeral services of Peter Nel son were held .the parlors of the Johnson & Hamilton undertak- oat te OS you that ing parlors this afternoon at - een! 8* | o'clock, Lege The Cuneral services of Marton C.| When he wae informed of bis eam-| in the future. Mise. Anderson will be held at the St.| ination, he could hardly thank those The highly yarns that| Mary's church Sunday afternoon at who brought him the nas. Hi inwued to the by several | 2 o'clock. The burial will take place words failed a tine. # Riteiais, in which’ they eave the | atthe Calvary'cometery, © 5” ¢ full vote given we 792. WASHINGTOR, June 19--Serre | Reinghusrt, who (x com@ecting an y of War Taft, mew the reped-|levetiamtion of the Hean fer tee Premdmecy of by Commehans Aventd sinder the United Co rent «| Mae Deedes aes te man today, That de is puede wan ee or bate co his hemes: groce's yeto, I am sick of the ete the fire and @ater amy ittee of the ci@*councll would @, MNCAOMasD Gaate On @ a od EMDOM COMM CBomon & @o unciiman Zbin@w@ need kwh | ametevtiagy ame oxtiere: «lb touched with gray. Even in a flow ing Japanese silk morning gown she was stately called “Come in!” and Charley, just home from school, entered, twirling a stick. He is 10, and a slender re production of his jovial father, Got apy oranges’” be asked softly, with a big wink Mrs. Taft party te a meeret, for the boy han ANS Med | (neintel for meni om Ke weit. i Tan eine bao om heeds 1B OW om any dat ator Gah B van aNTnitit. “lithe outcome goes witerit mying, \aets to prevent perwtRar equsbtiay) ira Fitt tnt teow she vue «lh of ‘en ei |Arwe's ebotton, digs After prefacing by saying she must not be quoted, Mrs. Taft | graciously but conservatively dis lcussed life in the Philippines and Washington. Suddenly there was a clatter. “Mother!” called a voice in the| | hati Mrs. Taft's eyes were ashine, She skowk wwe hond as if} MRS. WILLIAM H. TAFT AND HER SON CHARLEY Her everyday life shows ber a manysided woman, fond of [society and its exactions, intensely interested tn her children and their | welfare, the central figure of her home and witha! the busiest woman in Washington. Mrs. Taft has no secretary as the other ladies of the cabinet have. She says frankly that it's because she cannot afford one. And the answering of her voluminous cor | respondence and invitations alone ts ja big task. Her mornings are taken up doing this work, managing her household, suburban ® | ways does, for her youngest child,| doing the daily ordering over the * harley, to finish his year at the) —— | | BF ROBERT TAFT, OLDER SON Who Is at Yale | telephone or going down to the cen- | tral market to pick out choice vege | tables and foods. Besides there are frequent callers. The Taft household staff is not- There are only the Filipino, is butler, valet and all-round large. During the season the rest of the day is a whirl of society fune- tions. Bridge luncheons, stand up functions and dinners are almost the daily routine. And besides that the official visits must be made. Mra, Taft paid more than 1,000 between January 1 and the clore of the season at the beginning of are three children in the Robert 18, Helen 16, fand Charley 10, | Robert fs in his second year at | Yale, and was on his class crew. | Helen, unlike most society buds, is to go to college. She will enter | Bryn Mawr in the fall The ‘Taft children are publie |echool products, Mrs. Taft believes in that. She says that it is the place for American children to be leducated, and frowns at any sug- gestion of Buropean education for her daughter. A student herself at the University of Cincinnati, she japproves the academic training for a girl as well as a boy Mrs. Taft is an ardent patron of all things musical, is a wide read- er, but claims only one accomplish- ment—cooking She thinks all girls should learn to cook, but at home. Domestic science and men- ltal training should not be com- | bined, she says. | She also believes that women should vote. That does not m }hold office, she explains, as would confusion and tend to take woman out of the home. Although in the fashionable se tion of Washington, the Taft res dence is unpretentious It is @ three-story brick house, | with four rooms on a floor, The \tivst floor is made up of two draw- ing rooms, one oa elther side of the ball, & libvary ond dining room, ‘The furniture ts atom? e: ear vid sooteneadk ty tory ett ao Stet axeishy, Lapetabes cursy iepiete, Oleg 4p tite Rowcrritee of Fife a Toma Sprott, aii a )